Hi Nora, Yes,, the holidays are upon us, and the millenium thing, too. I'm not surprised that people are busy. I am less busy now than I was a few weeks ago. I had to take the Graduate Record Examination on Dec. 1st, and it was arduous. I did not make as high a score as I thought I would, but I can take it again in the future. It just turned my life upside down, and I neglected my email and genealogy pursuits. I still have not found any connections for my Phillip Green Belcher. Laura's contribution looked promising, and I have kept it. I am also pursuing the Trautwein side of my family--my dad's grandmother-- in addition to the Belchers. When the Hildreth Family Assn. puts its stuff online in a searchable database, I may find those connections all the way back to 1635. However, the Belcher connection is a real knot. I have some things on the Cotton side of the family, and hope someday to start on the Marshes. What a lot to do! And I have a lot of other reading to do! I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. We had a lot of relatives pop in. Tell me what has been happening your way. Hope to hear from you. Sylvia in FL, raamses@gdi.net -----Original Message----- From: PAYNE FAMILY <PAYNE9@webtv.net> To: BELCHER-L@rootsweb.com <BELCHER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 12, 1999 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [BELCHER] what's happening? Hi, Sylvia..... Everyone must be getting ready for the Holidays. Write to me....Nola Surnames (updated11/23/99) PATERNAL--PAYNE(1933WA->MO->VA/WVA),DYER(KENT,ENG.1828) DEAN,BELCHER,WISER,CHILDS(?) COTTON. MATERNAL--RANKIN(1935-->IMM 1839) ,NEFF(H-LINE),LOPER,COLE,DEWITT, WOLFE, BUSER, CLOMAN,MARKS, CULBERT,EDMUNDSON, RIDLEY(CAPT. MARK),DAY,CONGER,POND,FAIRBANKS,ROBINSON,BOWIE,WEBBER,SMALLEY, STROUT,HENDERSON,NORTON. MCCRACKEN,HARKNESS,MADDISON Snail Mail Address: 1122Glenwood Ave., Wenatchee, WA 9880l Tel:509-663-1410 "The warmest thoughts we ever send..... are those that go from friend to friend." ==== BELCHER Mailing List ==== %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% .........................BELCHER MAILING LIST.......................... PLEASE DO NOT SEND ATTACHED FILES TO OUR LIST. MANY OLDER SYSTEMS WILL NOT PROCESS THEM. YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO PRIVATELY EXCHANGE THEM OFF LIST %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%