http://hometown.aol.com/powellsresearch/myhomepage/heritage.html Hi, Because I had so many requests for information on Joshua P. Powell, I created a webpage at the address listed above to display my notes. That is about all the information I have on him. I hope it helps someone. Thanks, Birdcro

Hi List, I am in need of help to find where and who shot my gggrandfather Riley Newton Willis (his nickname may have been "Nudie" or "Nute") between the years 1851-1860. He was shot while turkey hunting somewhere in one of these counties, Winston, Morgan, Walker, the story passed down was he was shot around the area of Natural Bridge, Winston County, AL. It could have happened in any county in north Alabama. If anyone has heard of this story passed down in your family please let me know. I have searched high and low trying to find where he died at. The last known place I have him living was in Morgan County, AL 1849. His wife, Melinda Jane Rutledge, came to Walker County, AL in 1860 to the Wolf Creek area near the Fayette County Line. She was the daughter of David and Mary (Bullard) Rutledge of Morgan County, AL. Riley and Melinda had five children that I know of: Angeline b.1844 (never married) Charlotte b.1845 married Neely Tidwell William J. b.1847 died at the age 19 Riley Newton, b.1849 married Martha Ann Lawrence Mathey/Mathew David b.1851. married Ollie Margaret Tidwell If anyone ever heard or read about the hunting accident or anthing about this family please let me know. I sure could use the help on this brick wall! Thanks Glenda Willis Burgess

I received this from Mic and thought you might all be interested. I will also be placing chat times on Genealogy Shoppe. http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm Kathy Attached is a press release for your information and publication about the genealogy chat to be held on TalkCity.com on Jan 10 and Jan 24. After these two chats a decision on it's continuance will be determined. Thanks, MIC GENEALOGY CHAT ON INTERNET The Hearst Corporation, owner of over 500 newspapers nationwide, HoustonChronicle.com, the Chronicle’s online website and TalkCity.com , a national chat hosting website, will sponsor a genealogy chat from 8 PM to 9 PM on both Monday January 10 and Monday January 24. Mic Barnette will be the host of the Chat. He is an author, lecturer, and a genealogical instructor. He writes an award winning weekly genealogical column in the This Week section of the Houston (Texas) Chronicle. His column may be read at http://barnettesbooks.com. Mic is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Sons of the Republic of Texas, a number of genealogically related societies and is an Admiral in the Texas Navy. To join the Genealogy Chat go to http://www.chron.com/chat or http://www.talkcity.com . A greeting on the website will prompt chatters to sign-in as a member or as a guest and will give further instructions on how to download the chat software to join in the fun. Both members and guests are able to ask questions and see all the action. Those that sign in as members on the Chronicle’s website will receive the Chronicle’s Weekly Online E-Newsletter with schedules of other chats and activities. Chatters who use AOL as their only means of access to the Internet will need to have either a) a full version of Netscape or Microsoft Explorer 3.0 or higher installed separate from the "mini-browser" that comes with AOL, or b) upgrade to AOL 4.0 which does allow the AOL browser to reach Talk City. Mic Barnette's Writes a Weekly Genealogy Column In The Houston Chronicle.

The Morgan Co. Genealogical Society, Inc has purchased the last order for the Heritage book. There are few remaining so if you have not purchased one and wish to do so I suggest you get your order in as they are going quickly. For the pricing and where to mail your remittance go to "I Am Missing What In Morgan Co" link on the Morgan Co. website. You might also wish to visit the Published Books link, as there are many published books for Morgan Co. research. Good luck in your search! Kathy http://www.rootsweb.com/~almorgan/index.htm

Searching for info on Frankin Bell born 1829-30 in (unknown county) Ky. I don't know if Franklin is first or middle name. Moved to Al. late 1850's. Married Elizabeth Austin in Morgan co. He was a jeweler . He died in 1901. I need names of his parents who were probably born in North Carolina. http://community.webtv.net/jenk2k/HELLOFROMGARYAND

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----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <ladyd@dnaco.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 9:30 AM Subject: Family Tree Finders Tuesday January 4, 2000 > > > FAMILY TREE FINDERS > Tuesday - 4 January 2000 > > Understanding FamilySearchT > > If you have visited your Family History Center or gone to the > Family History Library in Salt Lake City, then you have > probably used the FamilySearch system. And since last May, > you can also use much of FamilySearch online at the > FamilySearch.org web site (http://www.familysearch.org). > But do you really understand what you are using? Do you > understand the benefits of the databases found in the > FamilySearch system? And do you realize the errors that may > have crept into the databases? > > The FamilySearch system as you find it in your local Family > History Center consists of > > -- Ancestral File > -- International Genealogical Index > -- U.S. Social Security Death Index > -- U.S. Military Index > -- Scottish Church Records > -- Family History Library Catalog > > Also included in FamilySearch are versions 2.31 and 3.0 of > Personal Ancestral File for those individuals who do not have > access to computers at home, particular LDS individuals for > creating the files they need for completing their Temple work. > > The SSDI and the Military Index are database of records from > the U.S. government. Many time people have asked how they > change information they find in one or the other of these > databases. Basically you cannot change this information. The > databases are released as they have been created by the > respective government body. And in the case of the SSDI, it > is not an all-encompassing index to deaths in the United > States. There are many reasons that a person's name may not > appear in this database (but that's another article). > > Ancestral File is made up of lineage-linked pedigrees that > have been submitted by fellow genealogists. Some are from > LDS members who are just sharing what they found in doing > their temple work. Other submissions are from non-LDS > submitters. Regardless of who submitted the work it is > important that you keep in mind that it is merely the results of > the researcher's interpretation of the records located. It is > possible that you have found records that the other research > didn't have access to. Therefore your information may be > more reliable. Likewise, the records used may not have been > the most reliable, and that would affect the results you find in > Ancestral File. Ancestral File should be used as a tool to pick > up clues to possible familial connections. You would then > take that information and verify it in primary sources wherever > possible. > > Finally, the IGI is made up of LDS submissions and extraction > work. LDS submissions are those names submitted by LDS > members who are working on their ancestors' temple work. > This index was designed to help them keep track of who has > been done. Genealogists just find it a great index to the world > at large (though it in no way is a complete index of the world) > to help them narrow their research efforts. Like Ancestral File > though there are possible errors. So it is important to always > seek out primary and original sources to verify information > found in this database. > > These comments in no way diminish the massive undertaking > of the FamilySearch system. It is a marvelous tool. I just > encourage you to use it as such, a tool, and not as the end of > your research. > > > > > Rhonda R. McClure > rhondam@sodamail.com > > If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, > please forward this entire message to them! > _________________________________________________ > To subscribe to Family Tree Finders, send a blank e-mail message to: > join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com > > At the site you can change your address, cancel or join: > http://207.153.204.247/cgi-bin/gt/login.html > > To cancel your free subscription don't hit reply,send a blank email from > your subscription address: ladyd@dnaco.net > > To: > leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com > ________________________________________________ > Copyright 1999 by SodaMail. All rights reserved. > http://www.sodamail.com > > > > >

I am finishing a book on the Breeding Family of Morgan County, along with over 3900 descendants of Samuel Breeding, and his son Mason Breeding. I expect to have the book ready for press by June 1, 2000. I would like to send sections covering their family to anyone concerned for the purpose of catching as many errors as possible. If you will send me your name and your conncetion to this family, I will send back a small section. Then I ask for you to profread that section and correct any errors. I am sending an advance copy of the entire book to the Morgan County Archives for research and comments. Earnie "WHO WE WERE IS WHO WE ARE." Researching Breeding, Breeden, etc., Blankenship, Brannon, Carter, Cochran, Hudson, Hutson, King, Lumsden, Walling, Webster, West, Whitten & Winton

I finally got the last half finished of the census and FTPed. You may need to refresh your browser if you have been to the website in the last couple of days to get the new main page for the updated listings for the census pages. If there is anyone that would like to make an index from the website for the 1850 census please let me know. Right now I do not have time as I am very behind on answering email and I need to get all my counties updated. I do have a volunteer to do the 1860 but if anyone would like to help her please contact me and I will put you in touch with her so you can work to gether on what pages each of you will work. Or if anyone wishes to go further to 1870, 1880.... let me know and I will make note of it. Thank you & good luck in your search! Kathy Stokes Hudson ~~~ Genealogy Shoppe http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm AR Family History Association http://www.rootsweb.com/~arfha/ Ok Cowboys & Indians Seminar http://members.aol.com/OkCowboys/AndIndians.htm Morgan Co., Al. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almorgan/index.htm(mail list) Howard Co., Ar.http://www.rootsweb.com/~arhoward/index.htm(mail list) Sevier Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsevier/index.htm(mail list) Bessinger Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowGenealogy/bessinger.htm Hudson Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/HudsonWeb/hudson.htm Joslin Genealogy http://members.aol.com/SmithGenealogy/joslin.htm Potter Genealogy http://members.aol.com/PotterGenealogy/main.htm Smith Genealogy http://members.aol.com/SmithGenealogy/main.htm Stokes Genealogy http://members.aol.com/StokesGenealogy/main.htm Whitlow Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowGenealogy/main.htm Other Mailing lists(to subscribe-digest mode available): Newton Co., Ar.ARNEWTON-L-request@rootsweb.com Potter mypotters-subscribe@egroups.com Stokes STOKES-L-request@rootsweb.com Tollett TOLLETT-L-request@rootsweb.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Family Tree Finders <soda-send@gt.sodamail.com> To: <ladyd@dnaco.net> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: Family Tree Finders Monday January 3, 2000 > > > FAMILY TREE FINDERS > Monday - 3 January 2000 > > Genealogical Goals > > OK - well, if you are reading this, then I can assume that your > computer did indeed survive Y2K (as did your local power > company). In fact, I wish only the best for all of you this > coming year and hope that none of you have experienced any > problems related to Y2K. > > Now is usually the time that we make our New Year's > resolutions. We all do it, and within a week we seem to have > forgotten them. Sometimes it's because we make resolutions > that become unattainable goals. Other times, we really have > good intentions, say to start that diet, only to find that we > already have enough stress in our life and just can't add any > more. > > Genealogical goals often turn out the same way. We start out > strong, but somewhere along the way get overwhelmed or > frustrated. Usually it is because we have made an unrealistic > goal. We are striving for the moon when in fact we should be > happy to settle for the local library. > > This is especially true of newer genealogists. They do not as > yet realize what the undertaking may entail. Sometimes, > because they have heard of other's success they think they will > have the same success. Unfortunately, nasty little things like > courthouse burnings, lost records, or the inability to travel to > repositories crop up and get in our way. And then some > researchers give up. > > So this year, make your goals small. Be happy with the little > steps. There will still be times when you have major finds, > and rejoice in those. But on those more difficult lines, don't > be too demanding. > > For instance, I am working on STANDERFERs. As this is my > maiden name, I have been working on them for as long as I > have been doing research. My problem is that my 3rd great > grandfather, Benjamin STANDERFER doesn't like to be > found. He likes to avoid census takers. He was born too early > for birth certificates, and if it weren't for his less than stellar > choices in life, I may never have found a single record on him. > As it is, I have located a court case (he stole some money), a > divorce case (his second wife), and what I hope will turn out > to be his Civil War pension papers. I am still waiting for those > to arrive, even though patience is definitely not in the > character of this genealogist. However, I am jubilant with > each new find, as those finds have been hard one over the > years. And when I can't stand it any more, I put that line aside > and concentrate on another one. > > The goal isn't to find his birth record, or to find out who his > parents are. My goals where Benjamin is concerned are much > smaller than that, to find proof of his existence in any given > year. I am always thankful when I find a new record that > appears to be his. And get great satisfaction when I compare > that record to what I currently know and it appears to fit into > the puzzle. > > So as the new year begins, may your goals be attainable, so > that you continue to enjoy this hobby. Hobbies should be fun > and by making your goals small and attainable perhaps you > won't get overwhelmed and frustrated with your research this > year. > > > > Rhonda R. McClure > rhondam@sodamail.com > > If you know someone who is interested in genealogy, > please forward this entire message to them! > _________________________________________________ > To subscribe to Family Tree Finders, send a blank e-mail message to: > join-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com > > At the site you can change your address, cancel or join: > http://207.153.204.247/cgi-bin/gt/login.html > > To cancel your free subscription don't hit reply,send a blank email from > your subscription address: ladyd@dnaco.net > > To: > leave-family-tree-finders@gt.sodamail.com > ________________________________________________ > Copyright 1999 by SodaMail. All rights reserved. > http://www.sodamail.com > > > > >

A Coordinator has a lot of responsibilities. We make mistakes like everyone else. Getting a Site together is not easy believe me I should know I have 8. Be Blessed that Kathy is a Great Morgan County Coordinator. I appauled you Kathy, Thank You. Blessings, Sandy

My thank to Kathy and those who have done such a fine job with the Morgan Co. website. Transcribing census info is very time consuming and exhausting. Exhausting in that one is trying to read someone elses handwriting which is hard on the eyes and the ones mine. Anyone who has transcribed knows what I am talking about. These transcriptions are a great undertaking. It is a wonderful asset to the website and to thoses of us that use them. Much nicer for all of us than scanning the documents and then each of us having to decipher the handwriting. Again, my thanks for having a great website and for all you hard work updating and maintaining it. Cynthia Chandler East Peoria, IL Researching: Chambers, Lynn, and Holmes of Morgan Co.

Harrah for you, Kay! And please don't apologize. It's so nice to know you are a real person and not a machine. I think some times with every thing so machinated we forget at the end some where there really is a human being. THANK YOU so much for your hard work.

Kathy, I should send this directly to you, not the list, but wanted everyone to know my sentiments on the subject: Nothing to say except, BRAVO. I for one have had NO problem with the pages and I for one didn't say Thank You. I am sorry for that, and I certainly appreciate ALL of your hard work and dedication. Thank You and I sincerely hope you will soon be able to get some much needed rest and It was a wonderful gift to see the census on line after such a long wait. Many of us don't realise how much work what you do takes, For this new Year, I am going to resolve to be more appreciative and try and remember to show it. God Bless you and Thanks Again for all you do. Pam Harbison

I want to apologize for "sounding off" and for breaking one of my biggest peeves and something I would not tollerate - flaming. I was not directing my email at any one person. In fact couldn't tell you who sent emails of "complaint" yesterday as I deleted them as I read them. I don't normally "get on a roll" unless I am defending someone else. But I guess too many hours at the computer clouded my mental thoughts. I totally ignored the email I got first thing Christmas morning from a lady criticizing and telling me how I should run the Morgan Co website and this is what I should have done yesterday instead of saying anything. So please accept my apology and I will try to not let myself get so worn down I lose my professionalism. If anyone still has problems getting census 1 loading please let me know I may still need to down size it for those with slower running computers. I hope to have the remainder of the census done by late tonight or sometime Monday... Thank you and good luck in your search! Kathy

----- Original Message ----- From: BevBeard <beards@gulfsurf.infi.net> To: <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 4:38 PM Subject: [ALMORGAN] MORGAN COUNTY 1850 census > I can get the intro pages but no data. It works fine for me. But I know what all of your problems are. The data is in an HTML table. As there's a lot of it, it takes a little while to load. But the only drawback of using tables is that *none* of the data appears until *all* of the data in the table is loaded. And with a table as big as this, it certainly could seem that nothing was coming through. Joseph Thomas Richardson

I won't even go into the rules of the mailing list Re: "If you have a problem contact me not the list"...were broken. But in my initial email I DID tell you I would be making some adjustments over the next few days. Had you emailed me privately I would and could have told you what you needed to do to access the pages. I also told you there would be heavy traffic on USGenWeb. I wish I had gotten as many volunteers to work the census so they could be posted as there has been complaints thru the list today. But as it was I got only one volunteer - which is the same number to say thank you - to help me with the 1850 census and I truly appreciate her taking and giving of her time!! Yes I am just a little put out and Yes I am just a little tired. Have you ever looked to see what time of the night or rather should I say mornings I get things uploaded? Where were you at at 4 am Christmas morning? I can tell you exactly where I was - still at my computer not giving up hopes of getting this project finished so it would be there waiting for you. But that isn't the only time I spent to wee hours trying to get the project done. Have you looked to see what time I got the changes to the first 2 pages uploaded tonight? Do you know what problems this census has caused?? And I figure I will get flack again. If you get the Morgan Memories go back abt a year ago and read the statement from Morgan Co where several of the members - who were innocent to it all - were threatened with a lawsuit because the census sent to me to post was copyrighted by someone else. As soon as I was notified by the person and that I would also be named in the lawsuit I immediately yanked it from the site and never mentioned a word to any of you why. Because of the person who sent it to me - which to this day and to my knowledge has never came forth and admitted it nor apologized for all the problems - Morgan Co Genealogical Society, Inc no longer can print that book for resale. Thus they will be sent a copy of the work to do with what they wish. I begged one of my suppliers to put the census on cd - which finally happened but with 26,000 miles within 5 months I was unable to get the project worked until now during my "free" time. Now that I have gotten a few things off my chest - pages 3 and 4 are still the same and you may have problems loading. But I am in the process of making the changes as I did to pages 1 & 2 which are now page 1. Once I get this project finished I will begin updating all the pages to all my counties AND then I am going to work on my own research which I haven't gotten to do in almost 2 years! But now I am going to go to bed so I can get back to work on this project tomorrow..... Thank you and I hope you have a good day! Kathy

Same here----------------james-- BevBeard wrote: > I can get the intro pages but no data.

I can get the intro pages but no data.

I'm only getting intro pages (segments 1 & 2 attempted), and can't get to data. -----Original Message----- From: gary w garner <gkmhhcn@bellsouth.net> To: ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com <ALMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, January 01, 2000 2:21 PM Subject: [ALMORGAN] Morgan County 1850 Census >Is anyone getting the census to load. I feel like I am doing something >wrong. Or What:???? Any advice would be appreciated. > >