Bettye, Mattie very well could have been a nickname for Mathilda. I hadn't thought of that. My mother's great grandmother's name was Mathilda Carmichael, but she was from Lumber City, Ga. (Telfair Co.) I can't find out a thing about her, so far. I have an Aunt Mat, whose real name is Martha and I had a great aunt whose name was Mattie Belle. My dad's maternal grandmother's name was Mary Virginia Harpe, but she was called Molly and my mother's maternal grandmother's name was, Mary Ann and she was also called Mollie. They were both surprised when I told them their reall names were Mary. They both said, "no, Grandma's name was Molly. We had an Isabella Tucker Nobles in our family, that lived to ber 97, but she was born in Ms. in 1847 and then moved to Tx. at 2 on a covered wagon. If I ever get to go back to Ga. for a little while and can break free of my parents and visiting every old person that they know while I'm there I'll see if I can find out anything for you. Jin [email protected] wrote:Thanks Jinnye, The sqeaking wheel gets the grease. My wildflower project didn't do so well, and I just contacted Wildseed Farms in Texas and they are reshipping 14 lbs of the Southeastern Wildflower mix to be planted by the DOT and our Garden Circle again along the Atlantic Blvd section, just before the intercoastal waterway. The other areas of the city we had beautiful wildflowers, and the project here, was my idea. Anyway the seed is to be planted next month in October, and hopefully we will have beautiful wildflowers in bloom along Atlantic Blvd. and the intercoastal waterway. See our Fl Fed of Garden Club web site at www.ffgc.org scroll on down to roadside beautifaction and you'll see our project and the wildflower seeds planted by Queens Harbour. Glad you enjoy the wildflowers and Garden Clubs also. The wildflowers this month in Georgia and on the edge of South Carolina were beautiful and still in bloom. Wildflowers are a special project of mine. Good to hear from you. Still researching my Hawkinsvlle ancester Mattie (Mathilda Lou) Simmons Tucker, a grandmother that died young in Hawkinsville, Ga no new leads yet. Found out an uncle from there probably has a surname of McAlister. I am beggining to think Mattie was nickname for Mathilda. Bettye ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes