On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 13:37:11 -0700 Joyce Gore Locke <[email protected]> writes: >Ray, > >You sound like my less-winded cousins! Short and to the point!! I >have >actually discovered I have my first double connection and it is in the >Byrd line. I also descend from Catherine Byrd, dau of Abraham Byrd >and >Rachel Ziegler. Catherine married John THOMAS. > >I am attempting to collect gedcoms from all who are interested to make >a >central database for the Ruddells and Byrds. Several have already >sent >theirs and I would welcome yours if you want to share. (I hate to ask >outright, it is your work and your decision!) We are wanting to put >information up on a homepage to help other researchers make a >connection >and maybe fill in some of the blanks. If you are interested, please >indicate permission to use and ask for living person information to be >deleted. Or you could do this yourself. It will take some time for >all >of this to come together but I sure think it is worthwhile. I welcome >any feedback, guidance, critism, etc. None of this would be submitted >to anyone for resale or placed on a commercial site, again that is >your >decision, not mine. > >My mailing address is: >Joyce Gore Locke >P.O. Box 474 >Portales, NM 88130-0474 > >If you have other contacts that might possibly be interested in >helping >with this, please feel free to share this message. > >Keep in touch? >Joyce > >The Gore Family Connection at http://www.yucca.net/jglocke > >Raymond l. montgomery wrote: >> >> On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 08:32:40 -0700 Joyce Gore Locke ><[email protected]> >> writes: >> >Hello Ray, >> > >> >Just saw your response to a message on the Byrd list. Which line >is >> >yours? I descend from the VA line, Ingabo Byrd and Isaac Gore. >> > >> >Just wondering if we might be cousins. >> > >> >Joyce >> > >> >> Joyce >> Yup we are cousins >> >> I decend for mary bird who married Stephen Ruddell 1752 and was the >> daugher of Lt Andrew Bird and his wife Magdelena Jonasson. >> RAY Joyce I have no claim to this as they are all our ancesters. and some day i will meet them, and i would be very selfish to claim them alone! there for any info i have given is theres and not mine and I am sure that they would love to have there decendants know about them and love them as we do! I will try to get you a gedcom and you may do with the info as you see fit! this may be published, printed, or what ever means you see fit. Sincerely RAY And love you and welcome your help Cousin!!!!! _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]