Hello List. I really need your help. Searching for the parents and siblings of Riley Bridges. Riley was b. 1842, Butts County, Ga and d. Hamilton County, Fl, married Mary Elizabeth Melvin, Jan. 12, 1846,Upson County, Ga, Mary was b. abt. 1830. This is my brick wall. Any help greatly appreciated. Retha,in Fellsmere, Florida

Sure, http://www.small-stuff.com/BRIDGES/ Julia In a message dated 7/22/2004 6:40:10 PM Central Standard Time, Daebridges@aol.com writes: I lost the webb address and directions for Bridges DNA project. Could you give it to me again. Thanks. Bob Bridges

I lost the webb address and directions for Bridges DNA project. Could you give it to me again. Thanks. Bob Bridges

Hello all, I can't remember how long it has been since I reported on the DNA project, but the results come in sporadically, and everytime I think I have them all posted to our DNA Project, a new one comes in. Also, you may have noticed that the website was down for a few days as the serve had been under attack. I am happy to announce that we have the DNA results of a participant who seems to be descended from Col. Joseph Bridger of Isle of Wight, VA. I have checked his line as well as I can without seeing all his documents and all seems to be in order. I must say that of all my 10 family DNA Projects, this one has been to most puzzling. I knew many of you for years before we began this testing and was familiar with your Bridges lines and would have bet that we were all related as we have so many collateral lines in common, and would have bet that we were all descended from Col, Joseph for the same reason. Most of our lines continued to marry into Isle of Wight, VA families even after the were long gone from VA. It is my belief that adoptions occurred in the BRIDGER family and that is why our DNA doesn't match each other. I have seen many mentions of male called "Alias Bridger" but can't remember at this moment who they were. It is possible that they were not true Bridgers. It is, also, a fact that Col. Joseph disowned his son, Joseph, and it is possible that Joseph wasn't his son. Also, I have read somewhere that the William Bridger who moved to NC about 1720 and there the name changed to Bridgers was left out of his father's will. I am not sure this is true, but it makes me wonder if William may have not been his father's son. We need to test as many Bridger, Bridgers & Bridges lines as possible to try to solve this puzzle. That includes as many as possible who stayed in VA and all those, especially, who went to or through NC. You may see the results at: http://small-stuff.com/BRIDGES Click on "DNA Test Results" and if you have been there lately, remember to "Reload" the page. Julia French Wood DNA Project Adm.

Hello Scott, Welcome to one of the greatest groups of people anywhere on any email list! I am glad that you have joined us. Enjoy! Leslie (Bridges) Kohler

Hello Scott, And welcome to the Bridges discussion list. I see that you have, already, searched out archives which is the perfect way to begin this phase of your genealogy research. I am sorry to say, however, that I don't recall hearing from Joe in a long while. I want to bring to your attention, our latest form of research, which is our Y-DNA project. We have learned a lot for our research by testing a male from each Bridges line that we can find. We would love to have you join the testing. You may read all about it and see the results by clicking on "DNA Test Results". All the matching persons are listed with the same color. We have more results that will be in soon to add to the Project results page, one of which is the DNA of Col. Joseph Bridger of Isle of Wight, VA. Julia French Wood List Adm. Y-DNA Project Adm.

Does anyone know if Joe Bridges of FL is still around? I have read many of his posts in the archives over the past several yrs. He has previously posted as BridgesRascal@aol.com and jbridges1@cwix.com. Both of these seem to be no longer active. I would like to get in touch with him regarding his research of the family in Cambria County and Bedford County PA.. Thanks, Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Bridges, Scott > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:50 AM > To: 'BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com' > Subject: New subscriber > > > Hi. I'm brand new to this digest. I'm starting to look into my family > history. I'm not sure what the format is for requests/discussions, so > please excuse my request if I'm ignoring some protocol. > > My name is Scott Bridges, currently living in Chapin, SC (suburb of > Columbia). My hometown was Youngwood, PA. My father was Orbin Bridges, > same hometown. My grandfather was Frank Bridges, same hometown. I can go > back another generation or 2 but I don't have the info handy at work. As > far as I know my family is all from the western PA/Ohio valley area. I > can also provide more detail on birth/death dates, etc. > > Does anyone have any info on the Bridges family in this area? I would be > willing to provide any data that I have as well. > > You can post or email privately. > > Thanks in advance, > Scott Bridges > scottbridges@sc.slr.com > > >

Hi Scott--My Bridges family was from SW VA, which is not far from where you're from. My great-grandfather was Murdock Bridges, who had a number of children. His father was Amos. If you're related to these guys, I have quite a bit of info on their descendents--Wes. -----Original Message----- From: Bridges, Scott [mailto:ScottBridges@sc.slr.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:50 AM To: BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRIDGES-L] New subscriber Hi. I'm brand new to this digest. I'm starting to look into my family history. I'm not sure what the format is for requests/discussions, so please excuse my request if I'm ignoring some protocol. My name is Scott Bridges, currently living in Chapin, SC (suburb of Columbia). My hometown was Youngwood, PA. My father was Orbin Bridges, same hometown. My grandfather was Frank Bridges, same hometown. I can go back another generation or 2 but I don't have the info handy at work. As far as I know my family is all from the western PA/Ohio valley area. I can also provide more detail on birth/death dates, etc. Does anyone have any info on the Bridges family in this area? I would be willing to provide any data that I have as well. You can post or email privately. Thanks in advance, Scott Bridges scottbridges@sc.slr.com

Hi. I'm brand new to this digest. I'm starting to look into my family history. I'm not sure what the format is for requests/discussions, so please excuse my request if I'm ignoring some protocol. My name is Scott Bridges, currently living in Chapin, SC (suburb of Columbia). My hometown was Youngwood, PA. My father was Orbin Bridges, same hometown. My grandfather was Frank Bridges, same hometown. I can go back another generation or 2 but I don't have the info handy at work. As far as I know my family is all from the western PA/Ohio valley area. I can also provide more detail on birth/death dates, etc. Does anyone have any info on the Bridges family in this area? I would be willing to provide any data that I have as well. You can post or email privately. Thanks in advance, Scott Bridges scottbridges@sc.slr.com

Regarding the .....Wesley Bridges' There are still many in the county of Suffolk today as the name continues through the line. Of course they were originally named for John Wesley the founder of the Methodist Church. Pat ... www.suffolksurnames.plus.com - is your Suffolk surname listed? A BBC Radio Suffolk web site of the day ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrianne Yoder" <cycberlib@yahoo.com> Is their anyone else working on this line? > James Wesley Bridges > b. Jan 12, 1838 in Alabama > d. Feb 22, 1913 in Fayetteville, SC hospital

Jeff Levy the computer expert on the radio in CA highly recommends Spy Assassination. Jeannie Lewis -----Original Message----- From: Gay Botsford [mailto:gbot@seark.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:36 AM To: BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Netsky Virus humm, Our Seark server finally got a filter and it stopped all of those, I used to get messages that said "undelivered mail returned" or something to that effect.. I never opened any of them because I knew I had not sent anything... I also have Spy Assassian and I run it every so often to keep the cookies with spy ware on them off of my computer, I couldn't believe how many it deleted when I first downloaded and ran it... Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vrgfdonna@aol.com> To: <BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Netsky Virus > I agree with that, but I understood on the Sr.Newbie List that all we can do > is delete the notifications of returned mail that we did not send, although > our email address is said to be the one that sent it. > >

Maybe we were told wrong, then. I'll start running mine more often. Velma

humm, Our Seark server finally got a filter and it stopped all of those, I used to get messages that said "undelivered mail returned" or something to that effect.. I never opened any of them because I knew I had not sent anything... I also have Spy Assassian and I run it every so often to keep the cookies with spy ware on them off of my computer, I couldn't believe how many it deleted when I first downloaded and ran it... Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vrgfdonna@aol.com> To: <BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Netsky Virus > I agree with that, but I understood on the Sr.Newbie List that all we can do > is delete the notifications of returned mail that we did not send, although > our email address is said to be the one that sent it. > >

I agree with that, but I understood on the Sr.Newbie List that all we can do is delete the notifications of returned mail that we did not send, although our email address is said to be the one that sent it.

Velma, my Norton caught 3 bugs this weekend and one of them was the Netsky Virus...you have to download new protection every week or so because of all the new Virus's that are invented... I try to run my Norton up date about once a week... YEA NORTON!!! Gay ----- Original Message ----- From: <Vrgfdonna@aol.com> To: <BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [BRIDGES-L] Netsky Virus > I don't really think that the spyware or virus protectors will keep that kind > of thing from happening. They get your address from somewhere else. I don't > know how to explain it correctly, but this is what we were told on the Sr. > Newbie List. Believe me, I know how it makes you feel to get something like > that, but we were told to just delete them and go on. > Velma > >

I don't really think that the spyware or virus protectors will keep that kind of thing from happening. They get your address from somewhere else. I don't know how to explain it correctly, but this is what we were told on the Sr. Newbie List. Believe me, I know how it makes you feel to get something like that, but we were told to just delete them and go on. Velma

Thanks to all !!! I have been using spybot for years. I have fire walls and all the precautions.and have never had a virus that I know of.. My concern was that someone , who I know, has the virus regards, dhb

Go to www.download.com and then in the search box put spybot and download spybot search and destroy. If you run this program each time after being on the internet it will destroy the spys. Otherwise you will have them. Jeannie Lewis -----Original Message----- From: David H Bridges [mailto:dbridges@toast.net] Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:58 AM To: BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRIDGES-L] Netsky Virus I received a message that stated I had tried to send a message that contained a virus. I checked, and my CP was not on any where near that time.(5pm eastern 4 July) I have checked with my updated virus protection program and on line "house call" and I am free of any Virus. I suspect that some one has my name in their address book and that's where its coming from ? Do you know someone with an address of dback@lcii.com that is where the message was going to.. I do not have this in my address book, or any where in my system but think I have seen it in someone's email as a recipient.? Here is a free on line virus test from Trend Micro It takes awhile to run http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ DHB

About the virus that can attack your address book----- I was told in a computer class, that everyone with a computer that goes online should add this to their address book: AAAAAAAA@AAA.AAA as it would be the first address in your address book and an email virus would bounce it back to the sender as unknown and prevent the virus from spreading to other addresses in your address book. I did this along with having my anti-virus program updated regularly and it seems to help. For what it is worth. Lori

DHB - I agree with Cathy. There is nothing we can do, but delete it and forget it. It has happened to me several times. Velma