Took me long enough to reply to your Microsoft Office problem and e-mail. First - email: get a gmail account through Google. forget about MS mail- to may hackers causing bad stuff. Gmail just doesn't have that problem and a much superior Spam block. I just love my gmail account it is FREE just go to google email I even use my google account to make LD phone calls no cost. There is more to gmail and just email. Second- MS Office: Go to open office.org It has every thing MS has plus it will open all your MS stuff. It is a great program the best part is that it is FREE. Anyway check them out (the usual disclaimer applies I am just a happy user ) My old computer died and had to get a new one it came with Vista (I hate it) it also had a home/student office program for 6mos I think, and after that if I wanted to continue to use it I had to pay. Well, that just wasn't going to happen, got my husband & son computer guru's to install the Open Office for me. Watching them do it I thought to myself, "I could have done that my self". I learned about OO from Dick Eastman a nationwide know genealogist through his column. Ellen, No CA On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Harold Blevins <hrblevins@comcast.net>wrote: > Thanks Janice, after only a day or two of Live Mail, I am beginning so see > a > lot > of similarities to Express. There was a "starter' program on the new > machine > for Word and Excel, but it goes away after a month or two unless you pay > them. > I had purchased a copy of "Microsoft Office XP Small Business" a few years > back > and just on a hunch last night, I loaded Word and Excel from that old disc > and it > worked like a charm. I don't have all the bell and whistles of the newer > versions, , > but it's much cleaner and easier to use. Since I use it basically for my > own > records, it's ideal for me. > > You might want to look at someplace like www.dealnews.com ....They don't > actually > sell anything, they just put you in touch with the folks who have it for > sale and at > the very best prices. They are head-quartered here in Huntsville and a > friend of > mine has a son who works for them. They sometimes have some fantastic > bargains > on both computers and software at close-out prices..... Harold B > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Janice Reed" <jreed47@centurytel.net> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:09 AM > To: <arizard@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] -Computer Down- Off subject > > > Morning Harold, > > My sympathies. I have just gone through the same thing except I lost > > everything on my computer. Fortunately I had all my school work backed > up > > on jump drives so I didn't lose any of my work. > > I don't like the Live Mail as well as I did Outlook and I hate Windows 7. > > I > > had Windows 2000 XP, and the Office/Student version. The only thing that > > saved me is that one of my college classes is Windows 7. I have a > > textbook > > that I can refer to when I run up against a problem. Our course also > > covers > > Excell and Power Point. Guess if I am going to keep up with the younger > > generation in the job force I will have to learn them all. However, it's > > not easy teaching an old dog new tricks. I am blessed to have a good > > instructor. > > I did switch over to Firefox for my browser. It's a lot faster. I still > > have Google as my search engine. > > Breakfast time, then back to the books. > > Good luck. > > Janice Reed > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Harold Blevins" <hrblevins@comcast.net> > > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:43 PM > > To: <arizard@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: Re: [ARIZARD] -Computer Down- Off subject > > > >> > >> Well, I am back on line after about a two-week vacation, courtesy of my > >> computer's > >> hard drive ! It suddenly decided it didn't want to boot up so I > suspected > >> right away > >> that it was the hard drive. I am one of those folks who was taught to > >> turn > >> everything > >> off when you finished using it, so if I used my computer six times a > day, > >> I > >> turned it on > >> and off six times!!! Guess I just wore the poor thing out....and only 6 > >> years old!!!!! > >> > >> I am very fortunate to live next door to a young computer engineer who > >> works > >> for a > >> large aerospace company here in town. He took the computer, took the > >> hard > >> drive > >> out and downloaded its contents onto a storage disk, then ran a recovery > >> disk to try to > >> get the disk working again. He was not successful, but he was able to > >> save > >> all my data. > >> > >> In the meantime, I purchased a new computer, with much more capability > >> than > >> the old > >> one and at about half the price I paid six years ago!! So much for > >> technology......great! > >> > >> I have spent all day getting all my programs back on the new > >> computer...found out quickly > >> that Outlook Express will not work with Windows 7!!!!...so went to > >> Windows > >> Live Mail & > >> am learning to use that. Was happy to find that my MS Office XP would > >> load > >> into Windows > >> 7 so that saves me having to buy Office again. > >> > >> So I am battered and bruised but not broken......(only had 300 emails in > >> my > >> inbox this a.m. when > >> I finally got back in my mailbox, most of them from ARIZARD )......sure > >> appreciate you folks and the > >> fine work you do and enjoyed reading every one of them......glad to be > >> back.......Harold B. > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Was searching on ancestry,com for someone and an article of several pages came up.  I scrolled through it and noticed Wiley KING was listed as prisoner in Fulton County.  Naturally, many other names familiar to me.  I would have copied and pasted it, but is lengthy. Note:  This was attached to this person:  John Miller ELLIOTT (1825-1900). I've seen other articles before but this was most comprehensive.  It covers Izrd, Seacy, Marion and Fulton Counties. Just thought someone might have interest. I should mention I do not know of any connection of Wiley KING to mine, except originated in Alabama. Peggy