In a message dated 7/14/01 4:00:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ARLINCOL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > thought some of you might enjoy hearing about a funny coincidence that > happened to me. I live in Tyler Co, Tx and have roots in Lincoln Co. I was > talking to a lady at a church rummage sale and somehow mentioned that I was > born in Ark. She immediately said, "Where in Arkansas?". Thinking she > would > never have heard of Winchester, Ark. I kinda fudged and said, " Around > Dumas". She promptly said,"Where around Dumas?" and I stuttered that my > Dad's > family was from Watson and I was born in Winchester. (Daddy's family are > originally from Lincoln Co.). Anyway, to make a long story longer, we found > out that we both lived in the same house ( not at the same time!). I had a > Lincoln Co Cemetery Bk and a Lincoln Co. History Bk and found all her > family > in it. She was a Collins and her people are all buried in the Tyro Cem. > Isn't that neat! > Frances > Dear Cousin Frances, I love to hear these great stories, please email me privately as I have lost you on my email and glad you posted here. If I remember right, Frances is a descendant of the Bates'? Is that right? Holler at me please :-) Wendy Gayle Walkup-Barry Mother of an autistic son County Coordinator: <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~arlincol">Lincoln County, Arkansas</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~okrogers">Rogers County, Oklahoma</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~arwhite/">White Co., Ark. Genealogy Main Page</A> <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ardrew/index.html">Drew County, Arkansas Main Page</A> Researching: Coffey, Greenlee, Mullikin, Muckleroy, Valentine, Walkup, Watson A Tulsan living in Houston