Your mention of your Bates relatives being tall struck a chord with me. I am looking for more information about my great grandmother Almira Bates Lothrop born July 31, 1829, either "near Oswego, New York" or in Quebec. Wherever she was born, she was, according to my father, 6 feet tall. I have to imagine that was good size for a woman in her day. One piece of family lore that I have been trying to track down is that she was related to Martin Van Buren Bates, the "Kentucky Giant" who was over 7 feet tall and toured with the circus. --Frances Cbbolt@aol.com wrote: > Missy: > > Loved your poem!! Funny you should ask this now! My mother (a Bates--this > is her email address) has just recently received copies of many Bates photos > from a very old photo album (pre-1890 judging by the clothing). A few of > these pictures are marked with names that we know, but many are not, so we > have no idea of who they are. These are Rhode Island Bates (South Kingstown, > Cranston) descended from Welcome Bates (1801-1868) and Ann Eliza James and/or > their families. We would like very much to have a web location on which to > upload copies of these pics for possible ID assistance. Anyone out there > know of a good, busy site where we can post these? Is there a rootsweb site > for this? We have a scanner and a program to convert to JPG. We could also > post these on myfamily.com, but I think they require a password(??) Thanks, > > Barbara > katsyblb@aol.com > > P.S. The Bates people one+ generation back on my mom's side are v-e-r-y > T-A-L-L. > ========================================================= > Subj: [BATES-L] Pictures > Date: 5/6/00 5:35:44 PM Central Daylight Time > From: MissyD714@aol.com > To: BATES-L@rootsweb.com > > Do you ever wonder if you look like Bates of years gone by? I wish that we > could post all those nameless pictures to see any family resemblance. My > line has a peculiar ear, nothing major, just a little point that was passed > on for a few generations. Any suggestions about creating an album, etc.? > Missy > > > > STRANGERS IN THE BOX >> > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/