Two years ago, my nieces from California came to visit, and Aunt Grace let us take a couple of boxes of "scrapbook" material off for the weekend. I am surprised she didn't make us leave a deposit. Just kidding, she really takes guardianship of this stuff serious. I worked at a copy machine place at the time, and we copied what we could. But like I said, there is so much non-genealogy and non-history junk pasted in there . . recipes, movie star scandals, war news . . . most of the deaths/births/social events revolve around just the family and the small community of Handsboro MS (which is now Gulfport . . Harrison County) . . . and a lot of it is just the article cut and pasted with no dates, no paper name, etc. One neice took pics with a digital camera. I have been trying so hard to infect her with the genealogy bug. My aunt is rapidly approaching 80. If there is anyone that would like to talk to her, in relation to Barrett, Schmitt, Jessen, Hardtner, Reinke, Streiff (I am trying so hard to remember all the collateral lines and the local Handsboro, MS families and business owners at the turn of the last century: Martinolich, Leger, Fant, Switzer, Loposser, DelMas) . . . anyway, she would be ok with people calling her, but I would need to ask her first, then give her phone number to whomever is interested, and let her know they are calling. She is kinda old, you know. We are descended from the Thomas C. Carradine line (he is buried in Handsboro) he was son of William Grant Barrett. There are several Barretts in Lamar County that Aunt Grace remembers visiting as a young girl. . . . I am thinking Quincy Carradine Barrent descendants and Benjamin Bird Barrett descendants. I now live in Forrest County, right next to Lamar, and have been uncovering some of these descendants as time goes on. . . . Anyway, as far as my old aunt's memory goes, here is a tidbit she gave me several years ago: she remembers going to Purvis as a young child (she is close to 80), to attend a relative's funeral. She thinks it was Burton Barrett. She said, the wake was at the family home, and they had the casket set up in one of the big rooms, for visitation. And Burton's hunting dog, got into the house, and wedged himself under the casket, and refused to be moved, so they just left him there, because they thought it was fitting, that a man's dog would want to stay by him. Burton was born in 1871 Neshoba County- that and Aunt Grace's memories are all I have on him. Later, Jean On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:37:39 EST CHenry8604@aol.com writes: > Jean, > I really wish your Aunt Grace would let someone archive the > scrapbooks, that > kind of stuff doesn't last forever and someday it will be lost to > decay. I > understand it is falling apart already so would be hard to > photocopy. Karen > explained to me that there is a way that you can photograph each > page so that you > can see it clearly, maybe that would be a good way to do it. Of > course it would > also have to be transcribed and with 6 volumes that would be a major > > undertaking! > To bad the stories she told with each article went with her..those > would be > so fun to hear!! > Hugs, > Janet > > > ==== BARRETT-REUBEN-SC Mailing List ==== > Reuben Barrett Family Website > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barrettbranches > Look For your Reuben Barrett Ancestor Page Here > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >