Thanks for that address. I talked to a second cousin last night that possibly made my Byrd connection to the Byrds of Westover through Thomas Taylor Byrd and his son Richard Evelyn Byrd b. 1800. I was going to spend some time today trying to find out about Richard's son, William Elliot Byrd? that was suppose to have been in Texas by 1859. All of my cousin's mothers papers are in storage. My cousin is just starting to enter info but did have one printout to work from that her mother had made. Oh, why couldn't I have been into genealogy when all the old folks were alive. And, now, I'm one of the old ones. <G> Shirley Moore smoore03@mail.orion.org On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Ginger Chagnon wrote: > Good Morning: > > At http://www.castnc2.coastalnct.com/~48pp14mh/byrd.htm there is a list of > nine generations for the Byrds. I descend from Richard b. 1844 (actually > Dec. 1843) under # 7. I would be interested in talking with other Byrds who > are connected to this line and also in seeing if I can obtain copies of the > books that are listed there. > > Please e-mail me if you are connected to this Byrd family - I would love for > us to share any info we may have. > > Happy New Year! > > Ginger > > > ==== BIRD Mailing List ==== > If you have a personal message to someone, send it to them not the list. Any thing sent to the list goes to all subscribers. > > >

Good Morning: At http://www.castnc2.coastalnct.com/~48pp14mh/byrd.htm there is a list of nine generations for the Byrds. I descend from Richard b. 1844 (actually Dec. 1843) under # 7. I would be interested in talking with other Byrds who are connected to this line and also in seeing if I can obtain copies of the books that are listed there. Please e-mail me if you are connected to this Byrd family - I would love for us to share any info we may have. Happy New Year! Ginger

Good Morning.. I found the following three people on a webpage... Does anyone know who these BYRD people are and their ancestors???? Byrd, Alfred,Pvt. Co. F. 28th La. Infty. (Gray's). En. April 26th, 1862, Vernon, La. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1863, Apptd. 5th Sergt. Jan. 9th, 1863, at Butte a la Rose. Company detached at time of appointment. Roll states Present. Byrd, George W. H.,Pvt. Co. D. 28th La. Infty. (Gray's). En. Dec. 20th, 1862, Vernon, La. Byrd, James L.,4th Corpl. Co. B. 28th La. Infty. (Gray's). En. Monroe, La., May 11th, 1862. The URL where I found them is: http://members.tripod.com/~pipeslines/index.html There are a lot more names listed on this page!!!! thanks!!!! kaite.. http://www.kaite.com/

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a happy holiday. I've updated the genealogy files on my webpage so that all the information I have is together in one database. It includes not only my own family but a lot of information on the surmane BIRD and other families of New Jersey, especially Morris, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, and Somerset counties. Check it out! Judy Jamieson Pisano jupisano@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/~jupisano "To a physicist, everything's relative; to a genealogist, everyone's a relative!" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Happy Holidays to all This article about the work of Elizabeth Shown Mills came through another roots list and is very helpful - especially where Mathias Bausser is concerned! Her system is Preponderance http://www.usigs.org/signal/98-12-2.htm#proof For those without web access here is an excerpt: PRIMARY & SECONDARY SOURCES This method of genealogical research is based on the fact that 'No Man is an Island'. And neither are the women! In fact, the women were less likely to be 'Islands' than the men were. In this method, you acknowledge that in many cases Primary Sources do NOT exist. Some researchers will accept nothing less, but we have to be realistic. Preponderance requires building up a body of evidence, some Primary, some Secondary, and analyzing it for logical conclusions. PROOF is not a document. PROOF is the argument you create, using the evidence you collect. How good is your argument? This is not simple. It is not easy. But when you have built your case, no one can dispute it, because you have literally found every bit of evidence that ever existed about your ancestor, and you don't have to worry about a stray bit of contradictory evidence coming to light at a later date. -- Sandra Ragan Plum Grafik http://www.sirius.com/~sragplum "After eliminating every possibility, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the TRUTH," --------Sherlock Holmes

Happy Christmas Eve. Does anyone have any information on Mathilda Byrd dob 8-15-1837 to dod 10-24-1922. She married Elihu Lacy Morris and had a son names Albert Leonidis both in 1861. I think by this time she/they were living in Sevier or Blount Co, TN, but not sure. Thanks Cindy Sheldon Knoxville, TN

I am seeking information on my Bird/Byrd ancestors: 1. John BYRD, b. abt 1570, London, England, d. London, England, m. Elizabeth BINE, England. 2. Thomas BIRD, b. 1600 London, Middlesex, England, d. abt 1623, England m. Elizabeth (NLN), about 1618, England. 3. John Byrd, b. 1620, Brexton, Cheshire, England, d. 1677, London, England, m. 1651, Grace STEGGE, London, England. 4. William BYRD, b. 1652, London, England, d. 4 Dec 1704, Westover Parish, Charles City Co., VA, m. 1673, Mary HORSEMANDEN, London, England. 5. Mary BIRD, b. 26 Feb 1683, Westover Parish, Charles City Co., VA, d. aft 1704 Pittsylvania Co., VA, m. James DUKE about 1700, Charles City Co., VA Any additional information anyone can share will be greatly appreciated.

Dear Members, I just read the following and would like to share it with you. Recent acquisitions and mergers in the computer world have left Rootsweb unexpectedly short of funding due to the withdrawl of Palladium sponsorship. Palladium was acquired by The Learning Company which in turn was purchased by Mattel Inc. Here's a letter written by one of the founders of Rootsweb outlining the current situation: << My friends - I generally do not bring you news about RootsWeb, whose servers house some 4000 mail lists, including this one, because I know you all get the RootsWeb Review about once a week, which pretty well covers what is going on within RootsWeb. As most of you know, RootsWeb was created by, and is "owned" by Dr. Brian Leverich and his wife Karen Isaacson, both superb computer people and genealogists. They created RootsWeb and they have funded 90% of it out of their own pockets since its creation. This means that they have a houseful of computer equipment, as well as other equipment in a hub elsewhere, that runs all of these lists, as well as web pages and other items for the USGenWeb - the effort is huge and growing by leaps and bounds. However, their corporate sponsor, Palladium, has disappeared into a merger with another company, and that funding has evaporated. It seems unclear whether any other corporation will step forward to help underwrite these huge costs. In the message which Brian sent to the listowner list, he makes the first mention of danger to the whole RootsWeb concept. He is rarely pessimistic, and if he is concerned, then we all need to be concerned. He finds it particularly depressing that only a small percentage (2%-6%) are helping to support RootsWeb in any way, even though there are literally hundreds of thousands of people regularly using the mail lists and the other web pages and items which RootsWeb hosts. You can see that he has taken out a $25,000 loan just to try to keep the equipment growing with the needs of RootsWeb. The bottom line is that if we, as users of these RootsWeb services, cannot help with a few dollars(and it does not have to be much at all, if we all get involved)in support of this fine group, we are in very real danger of losing these mail lists and literally hundreds of web pages of genealogical material(including the JP Images Page and many, many others)that is today available. Please give this some thought, and see if you can find a few dollars that you could donate to RootsWeb to keep this effort alive. I have long said that Brian and Karen cannot forever continue to incure financial hits in the range of ten of thousands of dollars at a time, and still be able to keep RootsWeb alive. Take a look at: www.rootsweb.com and you can see how to donate if you wish to do so. I urge you to consider it. It is a great investment. Let's see if we can make it a merrier Christmas for Karen and him and for online genealogists everywhere. -B ============================================================ Brian and Karen don't anticipate Rootsweb going under any time soon but they are personally stretched to the limits with their own financial support of the Rootsweb system. Please take the time to visit www.rootsweb.com to examine the magnitude of this wonderful project - the same group who stepped in and rescued the MAISER mailing list from extinction two years ago - and please consider sending them a few dollars to keep Rootsweb running. Lisa Cleversey List Owner -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Co-List Owner COOK, List Owner BIRD & NYSTEUBE (Steuben Co NY) Heartland/Fields Community Leader -2500-2999 Heartland Genealogy Society & Web Ring Co-Chairman-http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2416 cleversey's Home Page-http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/5421 cleversey@geocities.com -Icq #9492621

Am looking for the ancestors of Sarah Bird. She married Phillip Booker abt 1830 in Carlisle Indiana. Their children were Sara, Jackson, David, Cynthia Ann, and Josiah Booker. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Since it has been a while since I have tortured you all with a poem, I submit this to you from the Quaker-Roots list. Janet Hunter >>>> This was seen on an LDS bulletin board. >>>> >>>> Heredity: A Genealogy Poem by Grandpa Tucker >>>> >>>> I saw a duck the other day. >>>> It had the feet of my Aunt Faye. >>>> Then it walked, was heading South. >>>> It waddled like my Uncle Ralph. >>>> >>>> And when it turned, I must propose, >>>> Its bill was formed like Aunt Jane's nose. >>>> I thought, "Oh, no! It's just my luck, >>>> Someday I'll look just like a duck!" >>>> >>>> I sobbed to Mom about my fears, >>>> And she said, "Honey, dry your tears. >>>> You look like me, so walk with pride. >>>> Those folks are all from Daddy's side."

Thanks for taking the time to say Thank You. Many times we get busy thru out the year and forget to take the time to say Thanks. I would also like to say Thank You to all of you for making the list a great list and for sharing your information. Everyone make it easy for me taking over the list earlier this year and I Thank ya'll for being so great with it. Hope each of you have a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year. Again Thanks, Lisa Cleversey List Owner -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Co-List Owner COOK, List Owner BIRD & NYSTEUBE (Steuben Co NY) Heartland/Fields Community Leader -2500-2999 Heartland Genealogy Society & Web Ring Co-Chairman-http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2416 cleversey's Home Page-http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/5421 cleversey@geocities.com -Icq #9492621

I can't fight it, I'm awash in the "spirit" in a big way. It always happens, it's just another day with tons of things to do hanging over my head and then, BOOM, I get the spirit. I'm crazy with Christmas, and all other holidays! I CAN"T HELP MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want to take this time to thank all of you who were so kind to help me. This has been a banner year for me. I learned a lot and gathered some interesting information. I hope that I can help more and more as my expertise grows. I may not help the people who helped me but by helping other maybe that will pay you back in some small way. I think these lists are great and a special thanks to all of you behind the scenes who make it work! HAPPY HOLIDAYS (apologies to anyone who is annoyed)

Hello Fellow Bird and Choate Researchers Below I am pasting in a petition making the round of lists apparently of those favoring the formation of Russell Co VA in 1785. It includes a Thomas and William Byrd and frequent co-traveler of Thomas, Valentine Choate. I meant to do this a while ago. Merry Christmas Janet Hunter (( gg grandaughter of Lucinda Choate (d/o Powhatan Choate and Winnie Simmons) and Henry Byrd (s/o John Byrd and Nancy Couts) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/ifetch2?/u1/data/va+index+2636462856+ FC NIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 1785pet.txt) Petition to Form Russell County - December 1785 The petition of sundry inhabitants of Clinch River, Moccasin Creek, Powells Valley, and others, citizens of Washington County humbly represent that your petitioners are situated from the line of Montgomery as it crosses near the source of the Clinch River, down the same eight miles; thence to the extreme settlements of Powells Valley forty more. The greatest portion of your petitioners have to travel from twenty five miles and some eighty or an hundred; moreover are generally interrupted by Clinch Mountain and the north branch of the Holstein River; the former affording very difficult passes; the latter much danger and difficulty in crossing it in spring and after considerable rains; continuous to its southern bank, a chain of hills almost as difficult as Clinch Mountain; so that great difficulty arises to your Petitioners not only in attending Courts, but Courts Martial. And from the extent of schism between our small settlements make it exceedingly difficult to arrange companies without subjecting some to travel 15 and 20 miles to private mustery. There are two difficulties in the militia law that principally affect your Petitioners. There are evils small indeed to the feelings we constantly undergo when obliged to leave our helpless families exposed at so very greast distances to obey the laws of our country. And however evident the danger may appear to us will not certainly on our failure of duty plead our excuse. Circumstance alone is sufficient to claim the human respect of the Legislature to remove the grievance. We therefore pray your Honorable House will take our case into consideration and divide the county. We further pray a line may be fixed along Clinch Mountain to the Carolina line; or with the line at present dividing the county into two regiments to the aforesaid Carolina line; then with the said line to Cumberland Mountain including taht existing county between Cumberland Mountain and Montgomery line and Clinch Mountain, or the aforesaid regimental line for the new county and southeast of the said Clinch Mountain remain Washington County; and we your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray. Albert, Michael Alderson, Benjamin Alley, David Alley, Hosea Alley, James Sr. Alley, James Jr. Alley, John Alley, Peter Alley, Samuel Asberry, George Asberry, Henry Asberry, John Asberry, William Baker, John Barker, Joel Barnett, Alexander Bays, ----------- Beavers, Alexander Belsher, George Belsher, Thomas Berrker?, Robert Bickley, Charles Bird, Thomas Bird, William Black, Joseph Blackmore, James Blackmore, James Blanton, William Bonem?, John Bowen, Arthur Bowen, John Bowland, Jared Bowland, William Bradley, James Bremley, Archalus Brewster, Michael Bristow, Isaac Brown, James Browning, Francis Bush, James Caar?, Robert Cain, David Calhoun, Davis Campbell, John Campbell, John Carter, John Jr. Carter, Joseph Carter, Norris Carter, Thomas Castles, Jacob Castles, Joseph Cenduncan, William Childress, Abraham Choat, Valentine Clark, George Cockrell, Simon Cole, Jeremiah Colvilk?, ---------- Colvill, Andrew Conway, Thomas Conway, Thomas Cooper, Christopher Cowan, Andrew Cowan, John Cox, David Crabtree, William Craig, James? Craig?, Robert Crockett, Alexander Crockett, Hamilton Cunningham, Jonathan Damron, John Damron, Lazarus Damron, Moses Daniel, James Daniel, Wyat Davis, Henry Davisson, James Davisson, Samuel Davisson, William Deskins, John Dever, Charles Dickenson, Henry Dolsberry, Lyles Duncan, John Duncan, Townsend Elam, Isaac Elam, William Elkins, Drury Elkins, James Elkins, Jesse English, John Enyart, John Enyart, Silas Evans, William Faris, Champ Ferril, Jeremiah Fields, Richard Fletcher, Ambrose Fletcher, Richard Fowler, John Frame, William Frances, Thomas Friley, Calip Friley, Frederick Friley, James Friley, John Friley, Martin Friley, William Fugate, Coleby Fugate, James Fugate, John Fugate, Josiah Fugate, Zachariah Fuller?, John Gallaher, Joel Gibson, George Gibson, James Gibson, John Gilmore, William Gilmore, William Givins, Edward Graves, Bean Gray, Jesse Green, John Haddox, Samuel Hains, Christopher Hamblin, Henry Hamond, ---------- Hargis, ---------- Haris, James Hatfield, Ephraim Hatfield, George Hatfield, John Hatfield, Joseph Hatfield, Joseph Hays, Charles Hays, Charles Hayter, Abraham Henderson, Richard Henderson, William Hendrix, James Hendrix, Thomas Hendrix, Zachariah Hensley, Joseph Hensley, Robert Higgenbothan, Moses Higgenbothan, Robert Hildreth?, Jeffrey Hobbs, Thomas Horton, William Huston, William Jackson, James Jackson, Jesse Jackson, John Jamison, John Johnson, William Jones, Benjamin Jones, Edward Jones, James Kelley, Edward Kendrick, Patrick Kennday, John Kincannon, John Kinkead, John Kirk, Alexander Kiser, Joseph Lang?, Langston?, John Lash, Adam Lash, Alexander Lash, George Leith, James Lewis, John Long, William Mackintaush, Peter Martin, Alexander McCoy, George McCoy, Robert McCulloch, John McDuck, William McFarland, Alexander McFarland, Joseph McFarland, Robert McFarland, Robert Jr. McFerran, John McKinney, James McMahon, Thomas McPike, William Meredith, Joseph Millard, Abraham Millard, Charles Monk, Henry Monk, Shadrach Montgomery, James Montgomery, John Musick, Elexious Neill, William Nelson, Daniel Nelson, Johnson Niel, Charles Nicholson, Benjamin Nicholson, Petten Oney, Benjamin Oney, Richard Oney, William Osborne, James Osborne, James Osbourn, Stephen Perrin, Joseph Porter, John Porter, Patrick Porter, Richard Porter, Samuel Prater, Samuel Prater, Thomas Prater, William Preecs, David Preecs, James Price, Anjer Price, Daniel Price, James Price, Richard Price, Thomas Jr. Price, William Puckett, Drury Puckett, George Puckett, Jeremiah Raimy, Mathew Raney, John Ritchie, Alexander Ritchie, Alexander Jr. Roberts, George Robinson, George Robinson, Samuel Robtinson, Absalom Robtinson, Jacob Robtinson, William Rogers, James Rogers, Will Ryhley, Patrick Shewmaker, James Shomaker, John Short, John Short, Thomas Skaggs, David Skaggs, Henry Skaggs, John Skaggs, Solomon Smith, Edward Smith, Elijah Smith, Ericus Smith, Ericus Jr. Smith, H. Smith, James Smith, John Smith, William Smoothe, Edward Sord, Michael Stacy, John Stallard, Samuel Stapleton, Edward Stills, Isaiah Stills, Yeah? Tate, John Tate, Robert Sr. Tate, Robert Jr. Tate, Thomas Thompson, John Thompson, Richard Thompson, William Vance, Samuel Vandyke, John Vaughan, William Vermillion, Jesse Wagg, John Wallin, Stephen Wallin, Thomas Walters, Lewis Ward, David Wells, John Wells, John White, John Whitley, Joseph Whorton, James Williamson, A? Willson, Harris Willson, John Willson, Richard Wright, James Wright, John Young, Daniel Young, David Young, James Young, Samuel ******************* Hope you all enjoy a Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving! Connie Prater Reed

I am looking for information about Asher Dennis. Asher was born 16MAY1903 and died Feb 1985. He may have lived in the Easton, PA area. Asher is my GreatGrandfather Dennis' name (Elmhurst/Roaring Brook area) and since it is such a rare name I think that this Asher might be related. If anyone knows this family or knows of either Asher, please contact me. Thanks for your help and Happy Holidays to all! Paul

> > > Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka, > > > Richard Bird, born around 1780 out east, moved to Hamilton Co., OH = > > before 1809. Married Jane. Had sons Andrew and Asriel Noble Bird. = > > Daughters Sarah, Martha, Catherine, and Jane. Lived in Tiffin, OH and = > > also Kenton, OH. > > > Can someone connect this Richard Bird to one of the Bird clans out east? = > > Perhaps the father was an Andrew?? Mother a Martha?? This would be = > > such a nice Christmas gift. > > > Mahalo, > > > Ed Stumpf >>

Does anybody know who the parents of Elizabeth Byrd are? Elizabeth was born about 1706 in Southampton, Elizabeth City County, Virginia and married Elias DeJarnette about 1724. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Linda Allen lindax1@aol.com

Bennet Van Syckel, b 17 apr 1830, is the son of Aaron Van Syckel and Mary Bird of Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co, NJ. Does anyone know who Mary's parents are, and/or her birth and death dates? Judy Jamieson Pisano jupisano@hotmail.com http://www.geocities.com/~jupisano ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

"I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me, those who are to come.  I looked back and saw my father, and his father, and all our fathers, and in front, to see my son, and his son, and the sons upon sons beyond.  And their eyes were my eyes. As I felt, so they had felt, and were to feel, as then, so now, as tomorrow and forever.  Then I was not afraid, for I was in a long line that had no beginning, and no end.  And the hand of his father grasped my father's hand, and his hand was in mine, and my unborn son took my right hand, and all, up and down the line that stretched from Time That Was, to Time That Is, and Is Not Yet, raised their hands to show the link, and we found that we were one, born of Woman, Son of Man, made in His Image, fashioned in the Womb by the Will of God, the Eternal Father." Extracted from the work of Richard Llewellyn "How Green Was My Valley"

In 1794, NOV 3 - at the Clove Dutch Reformed Church of Clove Valley, Wantage, Sussex Co. NJ. William Biard and Anna Kimer baptised their son Henry biard b. 31,MAR 1794. Does anyone have any information on this family. I am curious what the names of their other children were and if the name possibly can be a another form of the BIRD surname? Paul

I am trying to locate William Bird, his wife Lottishe Hornbaker and their family originally for Wantage, Sussex Co. NJ. There are some ties to the Clove Valley Dutch Reformed Church. In the late 1700's and early 1800's what was the custom age of Baptism? Did they baptize babies or wait until the children were older? This would give me clue where to look chronologically. Thanks Paul