Adams . Cates . Dickey . Dyess . Erle . Etheridge . Gray . Hodge . Hooks . Hodge . Hudnall . Long . Mathis . McCabe . McGowan . Robbins . Stillwell . Thompson . Wilson . Worden . MEET WITH RESEARCHERS WORKING ON THE SURNAMES AS YOU ARE! AfterNet's Community of genealogy channels on IRC invites you to join the growing number of genealogist using IRC as a research tool. There are already Channels formed and becoming active on the above surnames and others in the process of forming. In addition to the #Gen-Surname channels there are also Special Interest genealogy channels for: New England . Georgia . Maine . North Carolina . Texas . Virginia . CanadaGenWeb . Dutch . Native American . OntarioGenWeb . Quebec(french) . We will be starting other 'State' and area channels. If you are interested in meeting other researchers in 'real time conversation' to compare data and resources, or if you would like to start you own surname channel or State channel, check out the webpage for the central genealogy channel, #GenealogyForum. You will find information and step by step instructions on How-to-Join-IRC and much helpful information on how our community of channels can help with your research. http://www.rare.on.ca/users/genealogyforum/index.htm Some of the good things in life are still free! This happens to be not only free and very useful, but fun as well! Visit the Dickeys and Ole John Wilson NC/TN/TX http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9101/ From #GenealogyForum IRC Channel on Afternet: http://www.rare.on.ca/users/genealogyforum/index.htm Contains Surnames of Channel Visitors

Thank you to everyone who replied and gave me directions to Aurora, AR! Newton CO, AR has the most wonderful people on its list! I'd never heard of the town; it wasn't on my map, but in 1897 the Grand Army of the Republic had a main quarters there. Knowing it was in Madison CO, AR will give me a place to begin searching. Again, THANK YOU Newton CO List Members! Bevelye Ballinger Riggs bevelye@onenet.net BTW: My surnames in Newton CO: Clayborn / Hyatt / Ballinger / Sumpter

Jonelle, and others interested, the BLM site is terrific, but there's more information available than just the final document. Ask your local librarian for a form NATF84, which is a National Archives Order for Copies of Land Entry Files. Follow the instructions carefully and in a few weeks, you will receive papers from your ancestor's applicatioin file, which resulted in him or her getting the document you see on the BLM page. There is often valuable genealogical data in these files. Terri Walker

Does anyone know where Aurora, AR is? It was listed on my g-ggrandfather's (John Clayborn's) military paper in 1897. He lived in Newton CO, AR. Thanks. Bevelye Ballinger Riggs bevelye@onenet.net

In a message dated 2/12/99 11:08:01 PM Central Standard Time, ARMADISO-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: << I was able to download copies of the original Land Certificates of some of my AR ancestors from: <http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/> I found information from 1860 into the 1900s. Jonelle Ellis Russell <ljrussell@earthlink.net> >> An excellent site for land in the east! Phillip

Hi Phillip, Thanks for respondng. I can use any help I can find. I was hoping that the obits would have some added info to help find the others. I have John G. Bowen's death cert. it gives his mother as Anne Kesner, and father as unknown Bowen. I hope to get Micajah C. Bowen's death cert. maybe the father is listed on it. Do you have the death cert. for Rosanne Bowen-Bradley? He may be listed on hers. Trying everyway I can to prove some of this info I have. I have Anne's husband as William H. Bowen b. abt 1806 Bond co., Ill. And Williams father as Micajah.??? What do you have on John Bowen and Reece Bowen?? any help appreciated. Linda ARNEWTON-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 1/25/99 04:20:34 PM Central Standard Time, ARNEWTON-D- > request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << Any one have any Bowens is Newton Co.? Boxley? > I am looking for Micajah Cager Bowen b. May 5, 1835 Clinton Co., Ill. d. > 1926 Boxley, Newton Co.,Ark in the civil war. married Mary Butler. > other siblings > John Gatley Bowen b. May 24, 1832 Ill m. Mary Ann Hadley > Roseanne Bowen b May 18, 1830 m. James L. Bradley > Isiah b. 1837 > His parents- William H. Bowen b. abt 1806 m. Anne Kesner b. 1807 > Does anyone know where I could find obituaries for any of the children? > any help appeciated. >> > > I have Rosanna Bowen, m. John Mason Bradley in my Combs line, but no other > sibs. I'll have to look for obits. > I have John Bowen as the father and Reese Bowen as the grandfather, but no > proof of either. > Regards, > Phillip

Diana that did work at the museum in Jasper told me on one of my visits, they (or she) was working on an index. But Diana does not work there anymore and I am not sure if the project is still in progress. I will try to find out on my next visit there.Other than that there is no known index. Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogy Shoppe http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm Morgan Co., Al. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almorgan/index.htm (mailing list) Howard Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arhoward/index.htm (mailing list) Newton Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm (mailing list) Sevier Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsevier/index.htm (mailing list) Bessinger Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Bessinger/bessinger.htm Hudson Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/HudsonWeb/hudson.htm Joslin Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/JoslinWeb/joslin.htm Potter Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/Potter/potter.htm Smith Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/SmithWeb/smith.htm Stokes Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/StokesWeb/stokes.htm Whitlow Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Whitlow/whitlow.htm Stokes Mailing List: To Subscribe: STOKES-L-request.rootsweb.com or STOKES-D-request@rootsweb.com Tollett Mailing List: To Subscribe: TOLLETT-L-request.rootsweb.com or TOLLETT-D-request@rootsweb.com *********************************************************************** Adair Clanton Hooper Michaux Sebring Angell Corlew Hopkins Morgan Smith Annett Day House Morton Stokes Beaston Dennis Hudson Palmer Thornton Bell Duty Kirkham Pearson Tollett Bessinger Eddings Laney Pinson Waugh Brandon Goetz Loyd Potter White Brisco Helms Lynch Rochet Whitlow Buzbee Hill McGuire Rogers Woodson Cates Holt McMurtry Rose Wright `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````

Does anyone know if Walter Lackey's book, "History of Newton County, Arkansas" was ever indexed? If so from where or from whom can it be obtained? Regards, Phillip

In a message dated 1/25/99 04:20:34 PM Central Standard Time, ARNEWTON-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: << Any one have any Bowens is Newton Co.? Boxley? I am looking for Micajah Cager Bowen b. May 5, 1835 Clinton Co., Ill. d. 1926 Boxley, Newton Co.,Ark in the civil war. married Mary Butler. other siblings John Gatley Bowen b. May 24, 1832 Ill m. Mary Ann Hadley Roseanne Bowen b May 18, 1830 m. James L. Bradley Isiah b. 1837 His parents- William H. Bowen b. abt 1806 m. Anne Kesner b. 1807 Does anyone know where I could find obituaries for any of the children? any help appeciated. >> I have Rosanna Bowen, m. John Mason Bradley in my Combs line, but no other sibs. I'll have to look for obits. I have John Bowen as the father and Reese Bowen as the grandfather, but no proof of either. Regards, Phillip

Any one have any Bowens is Newton Co.? Boxley? I am looking for Micajah Cager Bowen b. May 5, 1835 Clinton Co., Ill. d. 1926 Boxley, Newton Co.,Ark in the civil war. married Mary Butler. other siblings John Gatley Bowen b. May 24, 1832 Ill m. Mary Ann Hadley Roseanne Bowen b May 18, 1830 m. James L. Bradley Isiah b. 1837 His parents- William H. Bowen b. abt 1806 m. Anne Kesner b. 1807 Does anyone know where I could find obituaries for any of the children? any help appeciated.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_917061243_boundary Content-ID: <0_917061243@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_917061243_boundary Content-ID: <0_917061243@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: MARCENE2@aol.com Return-path: <MARCENE2@aol.com> To: ARSEARCY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Jefferson Potts family Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:11:41 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Researching the jefferson D. Potts family. Wife Dona Armstrong married in 1907. Jefferson born 1874 to George Jefferson "Jeff" Potts and Margaret Forgey. Dona born 1885 was the daughter of Henry Clingman Armstrong and Sarah Pearce. This family appears in the 1910 census of Searcy Co. with Henry Clingman Armstrong living with the family and listed as father-law Wid. One son listed as Alden F. Potts born 1908. Does anyone know this family>? Marcene --part0_917061243_boundary--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_917013151_boundary Content-ID: <0_917013151@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I thought there might be some on the list that would be interested in this. The server address that sent this to me would be @aol.com if you have questions. Kathy --part0_917013151_boundary Content-ID: <0_917013151@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: SlaveData@aol.com Return-path: <SlaveData@aol.com> To: HudsonK@aol.com Subject: Slave Data Collection Site Update Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:46:38 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The AfriGeneas Slave Data Collection ============================= Attention All Rooters with SlaveData: ============================= We would certainly encourage and support all researchers to share any and all slave data you encounter in your genealogical pursuits. We, African Ancestored Researchers (aka: Afrigeneas), have a project of some 10 year duration to gather, compile and make available slave data to the African Ancestored researcher. Records kept by the slaveowner are frequently the only clue to our ancestors, particularly during the period 1619-1870. Records Sought include: Advertisements Apprenticeship Bible Records Bills of Sale Birth Records Census Schedules Church Records Cohabitation Court Recorda DayBooks/Logs Death Records Diaries-Journals Inventories Legislative Acts Letters Litigation Manumissions Marriage Records Military Records Misc Records Pension Records Plantation Records Run-A-Ways SlaveOwners Slave Sales Tax Records Wills _____________________ Such information provided is available to all researchers at our FTP site and at the Afrigeneas HomePage. It is also available in the AOL Genealogy Forum Libraries. What format would we want the data? Well in the final analysis, whatever is best for you, the Sharer. A preferred format follows: Slaveowners Name: Name of Slave: Parent(s) of Slave: BirthPlace of Slave: Age of Slave: Sex of Slave: Color of Slave: Other PhysicalDescription: Other Information: Source Document: State: County: Year of Source Document: How to Access Source Document: ================================ This information may be submitted on line To: slavedata@aol.com or By USPostal Service To: Anniston-Calhoun Public Library Alabama Room-SlaveData Collection Post Office Box 308 Anniston, AL 36202 Browse The Collection As It Builds http://members.aol.com/slavedata/Public/ Thanx for your attention and for your help! Valencia King Nelson National Coordinator Browse AfriGeneas Archived Messages On-Line http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ --part0_917013151_boundary--

Attention researchers with the following surnames: ADAMS, CATES, DICKEY, DYESS, ETHERIDGE, GRAY, HUDNALL, McCABE, McGOWAN, ROBBINS, STILLWELL, THOMPSON, WILSON, WORDEN !! Also those reseaching in CANADA, GEORGIA, NEW ENGLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTHERN OHIO, and those with Dutch and Native American ancestors. If you have not yet taken advantage of using IRC (Internet Relay Chat) to help with your research, you are missing out on a GREAT resource! The community of Genealogy Channels on Afternet IRC have created a 'neighborhood' of Genealogy Societies of the CyberWorld. We share resources, do lookups for each other, help each other with our webpages, recommend helpful websites and have a wonderful time doing it! There are chat channels for the Surnames listed above, for the areas mentioned and other channels are in the planning stages. If you are interested in starting a channel for the area or surname of interest to you, come by #GenealogyForum channel on Afternet and someone will be happy to help you get started. You can find the scheduled date and time for theses channels on the Events page of our website... http://www.rare.on.ca/users/genealogyforum/index.htm We designed our website with the NEW IRCer in mind. You will find MUCH to help you get started..... how to download and setup the software needed to connect to IRC and how to find us.... also setup for all the features of the recommended software (mIRC) for most efficient use for genealogists. There are mIRC classes held periodically on Afternet in the #Gen-Community channel to help those of you who like a little personal tutoring. While visiting our page, check our search index for channel visitors who are researching the same surnames as you are and our BrickWall page. Come join us... a little time spent to download and setup will pay dividends in new cousins, and leads to others. Hope to see you soon! Visit the Dickeys and Ole John Wilson NC/TN/TX http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9101/ From #GenealogyForum IRC Channel on Afternet: http://www.rare.on.ca/users/genealogyforum/index.htm Contains Surnames of Channel Visitors

>Hello folks. Thought I might try out my research lines on you folks. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >CHAMBERS, HILL, HOLMAN, MCSPADDEN, NEAL, REDMAN, REEVES, SHEFFER, >and SOWELL. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I would appreciate any and all comments/inquiries. Thanks. Regards, Paul.

Does any one know of the family of Will H. Johnson & Mary Lewis? Will shows in the census he was born in Il. and Mary shows Ar. The only children I know is: 1. Lona b July 1, 1873 m Andrew Jackson Hudson Oct 4, 1891 Newton Co d Oct 10, 1939 Coal Co., Ok 2. W. Henry b 1877 m Matilda "Tillie" Hudson Sept 23 1901 Pottawatomie Co., Ok d 1932 3. Jesse C m Feb 9, 1902 Pottawatomie Co., Ok Mary Ellen Hudson Thank you any information is appreciated!! Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogy Shoppe http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm Morgan Co., Al. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almorgan/index.htm (mailing list) Howard Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arhoward/index.htm (mailing list) Newton Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm (mailing list) Sevier Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsevier/index.htm (mailing list) Bessinger Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Bessinger/bessinger.htm Hudson Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/HudsonWeb/hudson.htm Joslin Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/JoslinWeb/joslin.htm Potter Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/Potter/potter.htm Smith Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/SmithWeb/smith.htm Stokes Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/StokesWeb/stokes.htm Whitlow Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Whitlow/whitlow.htm Stokes Mailing List: To Subscribe: STOKES-L-request.rootsweb.com or STOKES-D-request@rootsweb.com Tollett Mailing List: To Subscribe: TOLLETT-L-request.rootsweb.com or TOLLETT-D-request@rootsweb.com *********************************************************************** Adair Clanton Hooper Michaux Sebring Angell Corlew Hopkins Morgan Smith Annett Day House Morton Stokes Beaston Dennis Hudson Palmer Thornton Bell Duty Kirkham Pearson Tollett Bessinger Eddings Laney Pinson Waugh Brandon Goetz Loyd Potter White Brisco Helms Lynch Rochet Whitlow Buzbee Hill McGuire Rogers Woodson Cates Holt McMurtry Rose Wright `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````

I am looking for my husband's gr-grandparents, Benjamin Barbee Jr. who married Ella Lively on 13 Aug 1889 in Newton Co, AR. His father Ben or Benjamin Barbee Sr signed the security bond. After finding this marriage licenses I believe we have been following the wrong line of Barbee's for many years. So I'm hoping someone will be able to help me in finding either Ben Barbee Jr and Ben Barbee Sr. The marriage licenses says he was from Mt Hussy in Newton Co, AR. Ella Lively was also from Newton Co, AR. I believe this family lived in or around Dallas Co, AR as 2 of the children are listed as born "around" Dallas Co, Ar. I also believe at some time they lived around Washington Co. Later moving into Oklahoma. Benjamin Barbee or he was sometimes called Ben or BG Barbee. born May 1, 1870 and died Dec 31, 1943 in Shidler, OK. He is buried in Bartlesville, OK. He m. Ella 15 Aug 1889 Newton, Co, AR. Ella b. 13 Nov 1871 Newton Co, AR and d 8 Jan 1940. She was the daughter of Willis and Cassie (George) Lively of AR. Children of Ben and Ella (Lively) Barbee. Nancy Caldonia Barbee Mary Lou Grace Barbee (this is my husband's grandmother) William Marcus Barbee b around or near Dallas Co, AR Millie Frances Barbee b around or near Dallas Co, AR Tennie May Barbee Mina Marie Barbee Lew Willis Barbee Harry Willard Barbee Benjamin Franklin "Calip" Barbee b. 1908 Bartlesville, OK Jake E. Barbee Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thelma RockinN@aol.com

I hope everyone had happy and safe holidays. This year is now coming to a close and I have been working to have the website ready for the new year. The queries that are posted on the View New Queries page will be posted for the 1999 Queries and Surnames. The ones received this past year will be archived in the 1998 Queries and Surnames. If anyone would like to have any additional pages made for the website please contact me and I will get the page done. Or if you would like any changes made to the site - my ears are always open. I made a request asking for volunteers to help with gathering census records for the website. So far I am sorry to say only one person has offered to help me with one of my counties. I personally am still working on the 1850 census for Sevier (which would included Howard Co) and Newton Co., Ar. and being helped with the 1850 census for Morgan Co., Al. Slow process but getting there. I also have cemetery information that I am still working on trying to get posted that I and 3 others helped to gathered last summer. With only one or two people working to get this information it will be very slow. But if several of us work together imagine what we can get done! This is your website - as I have told you without you it would not be a success. And you have all worked hard to make it successful! I asked a few weeks ago to consider making a donation to Rootsweb. I appreciate all those that have said they would help to make it possible to keep the site running at no charge. I did have several make a comment that they had been told on other lists that it was expected. I do not want anyone to feel that it is manditory. It is your descision. As we all know there will be many newcomers to the list. Santa made several deliveries of new computers. Remember we were all new - noticed I didn't use the word I hate newbies - at one time. So if someone does not post something you feel proper please do not take it out on them because you have had a bad day. They will learn the ettiquette of mailing lists soon. And you never know this may be the person that has the information that you have searched for many years. You all read in the welcome email when you subscribed to this list that I will NOT tollerate rude behavior or flaming. I have been proud of my lists and have not had this problem but have already seen it on other lists. Thank you for being the mature, generous and helpful people you have been. I really hate to bring this up but I don't want one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch. I have been contacted that on one of my websites a professional genealogist is gathering information from contacts on the queries and selling it to their customers. Now I am sure there is more than this one. I just want to remind you that when you share something the only obligation they have when they publish a book is to state who they obtained the info from. Now if the genealogist is providing the info without acknowledging where it came from, then the genealogist is violating copyright laws. Just as there is a copyright on all my websites. This is not only to protect the information I gather but also the information you submit. But be a good genealogist and do NOT give ALL your information out until you know who you are dealing with and what their intentions are...And if you are a professional genealogists wouldn't it be ethical to inform the person what your intents are to use their information? You will notice (below) I have started a few more mailing lists. I hope if the surnames are in your family lines the lists will be of help to you. Thank you for being a great group to work with!!! Kathy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Genealogy Shoppe http://members.aol.com/GenShoppe/genshoppe.htm Morgan Co., Al. http://www.rootsweb.com/~almorgan/index.htm (mailing list) Howard Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arhoward/index.htm (mailing list) Newton Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arnewton/index.htm (mailing list) Sevier Co., Ar. http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsevier/index.htm (mailing list) Bessinger Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Bessinger/bessinger.htm Hudson Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/HudsonWeb/hudson.htm Joslin Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/JoslinWeb/joslin.htm Potter Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/Potter/potter.htm Smith Genealogy http://members.aol.com/Hudsonpage/SmithWeb/smith.htm Stokes Genealogy http://members.aol.com/HudsonK/StokesWeb/stokes.htm Whitlow Genealogy http://members.aol.com/WhitlowWeb/Whitlow/whitlow.htm Stokes Mailing List: To Subscribe: STOKES-L-request.rootsweb.com or STOKES-D-request@rootsweb.com Tollett Mailing List: To Subscribe: TOLLETT-L-request.rootsweb.com or TOLLETT-D- request@rootsweb.com *********************************************************************** Adair Clanton Hooper Michaux Sebring Angell Corlew Hopkins Morgan Smith Annett Day House Morton Stokes Beaston Dennis Hudson Palmer Thornton Bell Duty Kirkham Pearson Tollett Bessinger Eddings Laney Pinson Waugh Brandon Goetz Loyd Potter White Brisco Helms Lynch Rochet Whitlow Buzbee Hill McGuire Rogers Woodson Cates Holt McMurtry Rose Wright `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ```````````````````````

I am sending this on to all my lists as I feel this is an important message. It is also important to your research. I myself have 4 counties and 5 mailing list (and have applied for another one) that Rootsweb donates space and availability. I have unlimited webspace for each county. They do not give "commercials" each time you visit a site that is sponsored by Rootsweb. I do not send you the email I recieve from Brian and Karen when something has gone wrong with the equipment and explaining why there may be problems. But there are many times that no sleep is gotten due to working on the equipment to keep the sites going during peak times. I would not be sending this to you if I did not support Rootsweb myself. It is easier for me to make a donation in the month of Jan. - has a lot to do with memory but not old age creeping in <gr>. But I do realize with the holidays everyone might be a little strapped for money but if you could see anyway during the month of Jan. to even send $10 or $12 every little bit helps. I remember spending $10 easily just in stamps in one month much less a year and not getting half as much information as I do from the websites that Rootsweb sponsors. Thanks and hope the following helps you understand why I felt this was important. Kathy Everyone on a very limited income, those new and young genealogy researchers with young families or people who already give to RootsWeb may delete this message. For everyone else, I am begging you to listen. RootsWeb is run by a Mom and Pop operation called Brian Leverich and Karen Isaacson, husband and wife. They started RootsWeb out of the money in their pockets with the server in their home. Karen works for Rand Corp fulltime and Brian, a Phd in computers, does speaking engagements and keeps RootsWeb servers, equipment "pieced" together with whatever donations comes their way. Brian is determined to keep genealogy free on the internet. Our donations haven't been enough (about 2.5% of the users of RootsWeb sites donate) so he went out after a sponsor who wouldn't have strings attached. Palladium came across but was recently bought by the biggies, I think it was the Broderbund conglommerate - forget) and the money and equipment expected from Palladium didn't make the last payment. Soooo, Brian and Karen took out a $25,000 loan recently to keep our genealogy free out here. A thought has crossed some minds that the "biggies" are trying to break Brian and Karen down in order to get B and K to sell out to them. Brian and Karen are working to go non profit so down the road maybe some major contributions and foundation money will go their way. Brian says all involved in going non profit with an atty, etc, is mind boggling. In the meantime, RootsWeb is hurting in the financial support department. Anytime you are subscribed to a list or browse/search sites for genealogy information, note the domain in the url. Does it have rootsweb in the address? I am begging you, if you can afford it, to support the RootsWeb Genealogical Cooperative. If I have helped you in anyway with your research, would you please donate $12 or $24 to RootsWeb so we can keep all this great genealogy data on the internet free and even increase the data for users? I am doing my part by being a donor. Here is the site to learn about RootsWeb and the address to donate. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html I know with Christmas we are all pretty well tapped out, but could you find $12 or $24 or even more by Jan? Think of those little pieces of paper with ancestors names on them that Grandpa, Grandma, Dad or Mom saved for you, how they would be flabbergasted at the time it is taking you to find a ggggrandparent by way of the internet and RootsWeb. By January, we will probably find the RootsWeb servers overloaded with all the new computers received as Christmas presents. It happens every year. A side note here - this is the best time to browse while everyone is in Wally World going crazy with shopping. Better get the browsing done now because January and the increase in people going online, it inevitably slows down. Thanks for listening and thank you to anyone who will contribute to RootsWeb. Written by Gloria Frazier

I had asked "Can someone tell me what a "white smith" was?" This is the responses I have gotten: 'Whitesmith one who finishes and polishes; tinsmith" 'A "whitesmith" was and is a metal smith who works in tin (white metal). This is an older term usally replaced by "tin smith." The word is from a distinction between black metal (iron) and white metal (tin) workers.' I thought maybe it had something to do with working with silver but did not know if that was correct or not. I sure appreciate the help and knowledge!! Kathy

While working the 1850 census I came across an occupation I have never heard of...I looked in all my "what did they mean" but did not find it. Can someone tell me what a "white smith" was? Even listowners who has done genealogy over 15 years still learns <gr> Thank you Kathy