This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: meg1661 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.washington/1784.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you, Dannette. I would appreciate her contacting me. My address is Mary Goldman, P.O. Box 53, Medina, Texas 78055. Specifically, I am tracing the Josiah Patterson Woolsey line. He was the father of my great grandmother Elizabeth Jane Woolsey -- hence, my great/great GF. At the moment I have traced a direct Woolsey lineage to the year 1435 and the Billingsley (Josiah's wife was Naomi Billingsley)back to year 1505. Much of the clues I had to work with came from your mother's research. But, there are huge holes in the research and now I need documentation. Unfortunately information I have gleaned from Ancestry.com records is not consistent with other material. I wanted to "prove" the data with "legitimate and recorded" documentation. In her papers "Our Woolsey Family" dated August 1994, of which I have a copy, your mother refers to certain records, but I am confused as to what state, territory, and county where those are recorded. I wonder too if she made copies of those records. She also states, "this is a work in progress" and "research will continue" at the time of her printing but I need some clarifications as to where she found her information -- thereagain, specifically on the John Woolsey IV and his grandson, Josiah Patterson Woolsey. I have always stayed close to my mother's (and father's) family. Last month, Rena Marie Bufe (your mother knew her)passed away at the age of 99. Rena was the daughter of Laura Jessee, (a woman I knew well and called "Aunt Laura" -- though she was a cousin. "Aunt" Laura (1887-1984) was the daughter of Arrena Sultana Woolsey Jessee (1856-1892). Arrena and my great-grandmother Elizabeth Jane Woolsey Shields (1854-1929) were sisters. Rena (1908-5/2007), "Aunt" Laura's daughter, and my mother, Berta (1911-2004), were more sister-like than cousins -- the best of friends -- and I stayed in touch with Rena till her passing last month. Aunt Laura, her daughter Rena, and my mother had sharp minds, good recall, and command of words all (most)of their lives and shared many narratives with me about the Woolsey and Billingsley family. I treasure all this information and want to get it verified and committed to paper so that it will be remembered for future generations. I know that I am the last link as far as my sister's and my own children are concerned. I do not want our heritage to be forgotten. Please ask your cousin to get in touch with me. I will be in Waxahachie and in the Waco for the upcoming weekend and hoping to do some searching for family gravestones while I am there. Specifically I am looking for the actual gravesite of Naomi (Billingsley) Woolsey (1821-1891) Is there a chance she is buried in that part of Texas? Last summer I spent hours cataloging and photographing headstones and sites at the old Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Red Oak, but to no avail. In kinship, Mary Elizabeth Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.