From the Surburban Press (OH) April 3, 1997 Carel A. Cosby Jr., 66, of Liberty Township died Mar. 21 at his residence. An educator for 45 years, Mr. Cosby was known for sports activities, as a player, referee and observer. He was the principal of Oneida Elementary School in Middletown since 1962. He was the husband of Bonnie Cosby, father of Gary, Tim, Randy, and Scott Cosby, and Karen Fuchs, step-father of Lisa Ivers and Scott Wycoff, son of Carel and Verlie Cosby, grandfather of five and step-grandfather of two. Services were held Mar. 26 at Oneida Elementary School, with burial at Woodside Cemetery Mausoleum in Middletown. If desided, memorials can be made to Oneida Elementary School. Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

thanks so much!

I apologize if these records caused any confusion in my previous posting of Burke County Census records. I didn't realize I had them in the same file. I had intended to send them in a separate post. Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

I recently photocopied pages from transcribed Burke County Census records at the N.C. State Library. I have typed them here to share with you all. I hope I haven't made typos! I typed the entries as they appeared in the transcribed book, so I cannot vouch for their accuracy. SOURCE: 1850 Burke County, NC Census #459 Causby, David 50 M Miller NC Catherine 48 F NC Robert 20 M NC Cynthia 16 F NC Joseph 14 M NC Thomas 7 M NC Margaret 10 F NC #909 Causby, John 30 M Farmer NC Mary 24 F NC George 5 M NC Wm. 4 M NC Thomas 2 M NC Earnhart, James 18 M Farmer NC #919 Causby, Thomas 59 M Miller NC Rachel 68 F NC Fanny 35 F NC Rachel 32 F NC David 36 M NC Sarah 6 F NC Eliza 5 F NC Martha 3 F NC #939 Causby, Wm. 50 M Farmer NC Rachel 29 F NC Eliza 22 F NC Solena 20 F NC Thomas 18 M NC John 1 M NC SOURCE: 1860 Burke County, NC Census #403 Causby, Thos. 45 M NC Mary 47 F NC William T. 20 M NC Farm Labourer $140 NC John N. 18 M NC Farm Labourer NC David J. 14 M NC Julia A. 13 F NC Joseph 8 M NC #477 Causby, Wm. R. 65 M Poor House Keeper $70 NC Rachel 51 F NC Solena 25 F NC John M. 11 M NC Girley, Sarah * F Pauper NC Whisenhunt, Rebecca * F Pauper NC *No age given #1122 Kincaid, J.B. 28 M County C. Clerk $1000 $1500 NC Julia A. 25 F NC Anna F. 6 F NC Cora C. 1 F NC Cosby, Eliza 30 F NC #262 Cosby, David 59 M Miller $100 NC Sarah 41 F NC Margaret 18 F NC Thos. 17 M NC Tennessee 13 F NC David 7 M NC John 4 M NC #387 Cosby, Thos. 69 M Farmer NC $180 Rachel 78 F NC Fanny 47 F NC Rachel 43 F NC David 36 M Farmer NC Eliza 15 F NC Martha 12 F NC Brittain, John 25 M Labourer NC Sarah 16 F NC Joseph16 M Labourer NC #406 Cosby, John 40 M Farmer NC $15 Mary 35 F NC George 16 M NC William 11 M NC Thos. 9 M NC Martha 8 F NC David 6 M NC Joseph 4 M NC Elizabeth 3 F NC Infant 22/365 F NC SOURCE: 1870 Burke Co. NC Census #57 Causby, Thomas 59 M W Farmer NC Julia A. 22 F W Keeping house NC Joseph S. 18 M W Farm Laborer NC Thomas 22 M W Farm Laborer NC #58 Causby, David 24 M W Farmer NC $200 Mary J 17 F W Keeping house NC Mary E. 1/12 F W NC #158 Causby, William R. 70 M W Farmer NC $200 $100 Rachael 58 F W Keeping house NC #216 Causby, Thomas E. 37 M W Railroad hand NC Margaret A. 33 F W Keeping house NC Nancey E. 14 F W At home NC Martha C. 12 F W works on farm NC Ella L. 2 F W NC #228 Causby, John M. 21 M W Railroad laborer NC Mary A. 24 F W Keeping house NC William C. 1 M W NC Fanney E. 6/12 F W NC (Nov.) #313 Causby, George 21 M W Farm laborer NC Harriet 17 F W Keeping house NC #362 Causby, Thomas 26 M W Farmer NC $100 Eliza A. 26 M W Keeping house NC Robert 2 M W NC Anne E. 1 F W NC #371 Kincaid, James B. 38 M W Life Ins. Agt. NC $1,100 $500 Julia A. 35 F W Keeping house NC Ann F. 16 F W at school NC Sarah E. 8 F W NC Estelle A. 2 F W NC Causby, Eliza 45 F W housekeeper NC #149 Causby, Reen 40 F W Keeping house NC Thomas 20 M W laborer NC Matthew 18 M W laborer NC David 16 M W laborer NC Joseph 14 M W laborer NC Elizabeth 11 F W At home NC Sarah 7 F W NC Eliza 5 F W NC #227 Causby, David 70 M W Farmer NC Sarah 45 F W keeping house NC Margaret 35 F W Assists mother NC Tennessee 22 F W At home NC David 18 M W Laborer NC John 16 M W Laborer NC #229 Causby, Joseph 40 M W Laborer NC Rebecca 35 F W Keeping house NC John 12 M W At home NC Thomas 10 M W At home NC Catherine 5 F W At home NC Pinkney 3 M W NC Julius 1 M W NC SOURCE: 1910 NC Soundex Rutherford Co. James R. Causby W 42 NC NC Rose ? Z wife 27 NC Erea ? W dau 03 NC John V. son NR NC Cleveland Co. John Causby W 50 NC NC Zenie wife 25 NC Julia dau 16 NC Timie dau 14 NC Lillie dau 12 NC Maggie dau 02 NC Bessie NR NC Cabarrus Co. Concord John A. Cosby W 35 NC NC Sarah J. wife 55 NC Gibson E. son 25 NC Reynolds E. son 21 NC Cleveland Co. Julus E. Causby 34 NC NC Sallie wife 44 NC Ola dau 19 NC Joseph son 16 NC William son 131 Edward son 12 Rebekah dau 11 Charles son 08 Benjamin son 06 Noah son 04 Burke Co. Glen Alpine Lou Causby W 63 NC NC Susan wife 63 NC Coil N? 27 NC Cleveland Co. Louisa M. Cosby 53 NC NC Alice B dau 20 NC Augustus L. son 17 NC Joseph son 15 NC Patton, Nancy mother 73 NC Rowan Co. E. Spencer Louise Cosby 30 NC NC enumerated with Kayden, James Surry Co. Louise Cosbey 50 NC NC Christina E. wife 47 NC Earnest E. son 18 NC Sidney F. son 16 NC Ciscro E. son 12 NC Viola dau 10 NC Jesse M. son 9 NC Paul son 7 NC Mildred dau 5 NC Burke Co. Mary Causby 39 NC NC enumerated with William E. Edmondson Edgecombe Co. Tarboro Mary Cosby W 55 NC NC Robert son 32 NC Faithful, James M 78 NC 1 non-relative Rutherford Co. Mills H. Causby 34 NC NC Lola E. wife 27 NC Hattie L. dau 7 NC Mamie S. dau 04 NC John F. son NR NC Pink Causby 42 NC NC Bessie wife 33 SC Johnie L. son 10 SC Clannie A. son 06 NC Lucy I dau 03 NC Hattie E. dau 02 NC Clyde E. son NR NC Burke Co. Robert Causby 43 NC NC Margaret K. wife 48 NC Sarah Ann dau 14 NC William W. son 12 NC Arthur P. son 09 NC Jones I. son 06 NC Rowan Co. Rufus Cosby, 27 SC NC enumerated with Ed Wooley Russel Causby, 20 NC NC enumerated with H. H. Horton Wake Co. Raleigh S. L. Cosby, 85 NC NC Laura F. dau 45 VA Burke Co. Samuel A. Causby 38 NC NC Lula 30 NC Essie dau 09 NC Herman son 08 NC Clement son 06 NC Jesse son 04 NC Frank son 02 NC Roy son NR NC Burke Co. Thomas Casby 24 NC NC Myrtle wife 21 NC David son 02 NC William son NR NC McDowell Co. Thomas C. Causby 53 NC NC Ann wife 43 NC Albert son 20 NC James son 14 NC Dollie dau 12 NC Harmie dau 06 NC Fred son 02 NC May dau NR NC Burke Co. Thomas E. Causby 79 NC NC Margaret A. 72 NC Maud dau 29 NC Burke Co. Thomas J. Cosby 65 NC NC Elizabeth wife 54 NC Charles E. son 22 NC ? May dau 19 NC William R. son 18 NC Joseph son 12 NC Burke Co. Treeler Causby GS 04 NC NC enumerated with David C. Linfield Cleveland Co. William Cosby 20 NC NC Darcus wife 19 SC McDowell Co. Marion 036 0102 0116 William Cosby 30 NC NC Ora wife 06? NC Jane S 06 NC ??? Mary Jane dau 01 NC 1 non-relative Burke Co. William R. Cosby 35 NC NC Julia C. 31 NC Earnest M. son 14 NC Woler R. dau 12 NC Elsie L. dau 10 NC Vassie R. dau 8 nC Hundor W. son 06 NC Marry M. dau 03 NC James P. son NR NC Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

I contacted Berna Stillwell for more information on the Morganton Store Account. This was found in a Burke County Genealogical Society Journal. She was kind to send me the entire page which I will share with you. No further information is available except this. Here's a copy of the Burke Journal page: Copy The Burke Journal December 1992 "The Morganton Store" Account Book 1791-1792 From The Morganton News-Herald -- June 10, 1915 (Editor's note: The following article was submitted by Mildred Walker as part of her continuing series from Burke County newspapers. However, the singular significance of the material contained in this piece warrants its presentation in the "Journal" as a separate feature. This also occasions a reminder to researchers to always check every possible source of information when tracing ancestors -- in this case, a 1915 newspaper article gives us 231 names from a 1791-1792 Morganton account book!) AN OLD MORGANTON RECORD The destruction of the records of Burke County at the close of the Civil War was a great loss to the county in a historical sense. Who lived in and near Morganton a hundred years ago? There are very few records left which throw any light on the question. In an old account book kept in "The Morganton Store" in 1791 and 1792 the following names appear among the list of customers: (The List ) Some of these names, it will be noted, have entirely disappeared from Burke, but most of them are family names still represented in the county. This old account book was found at "Belvidere", one of the homes of the Erwin's on Johns River, when one of the outbuildings was torn down, ten or fifteen years ago (Note: ca.1900-1905). The entries were made with a goose quill pen, and the "figures" are in pounds, shillings and pence. The goods were hauled from Fayetteville, N.C. the entries showing a payment of forty pounds to Jeremiah Thompson and Thomas Patton for hauling two loads of merchandise from Fayetteville to Morganton. As forty pounds face value is equal to $200 in round numbers, it is surprising that some legislative commission was not appointed to investigate the overcharges of these old time freight monopolists. The old Morganton Store, the name of whose proprietor is not given, dealt largely in deer skins, bear hides, and gingseng root as articles of barter, and sold large quantities of Jamaican rum, silver snuff boxes and shoe buckles. Wrought iron nails were sold by the hundred, 100 twenty penny nails costing four shillings, or one dollar. Other articles were: rum per quart three shillings; sugar per pound eight shillings; silk gloves, twelve shillings; linen per yard, ten to seventeen shillings; wheat flour per hundred, twenty shillings; corn, two shillings; wheat flour per hundred, twenty shillings or one pound; steel per pound, three shillings; deer skins two shillings; bear skins, twelve shillings six pence; venison hams, each one shilling six pence; pewter plates, each four shillings and six pence; lead per pound two shillings; Dutch blankets, each one pound four shillings; butter per pound, six pence. The only books sold were Bibles, and Testaments at fourteen shillings and seven shillings respectively; and the "Young Man's Companion" at fourteen shillings. When it is considered that the pound was $5, the shilling 25 cents and the pence, two cents; these prices will appear somewhat steep; but it is probable that they were payable in the depreciated coin of that day and that all things considered the old Morganton merchant did very well by his customers. W.C.E. (From The Morganton News-Herald -- June 10, 1915) Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

The following note was sent to listowners last week. I decided I should pass it along to the lists so everyone, especially our new subscribers, will have a better understanding of what Rootsweb is and how it has evolved. I believe we owe these people our support for all that they do in maintaining our various surname and other genealogy mailing lists. If you can afford to do so, please make a contribution today! ********* Beginning of post *********** It's been a long, rough summer. ### We had excruciating problems with attacks from crackers, but we've tightened security somewhat and that problem seems to have abated. <knock on wood> ### As many of you know, RootsWeb adopted the 1,000-odd Maiser mailing lists after a spam attack forced Larry Stephens to close his site. Since that time, the number of lists has grown to more than 1,500 and we are continuing to create more than 100 new lists each month. We've also adopted the eWorld mailing lists after Apple chose to stop supporting them at LSoft. These are among the largest genealogical lists, and share gateways with the various genealogical Usenet news groups. It's important to note that Apple didn't forsake the lists, though: they generously donated a server to RootsWeb to help house the lists. ### As a consequence of these adoptions and the natural growth in use of RootsWeb, we're now "moving more bytes" than *any* other genealogical site on the Internet. Our Web server handles a substantial fraction of the load handled by Microsoft.com's 15 servers, and our older (and more heavily loaded) mail server handles about half the load of plum.lsoft.com, the world's busiest list server. ### In part caused by the influx of new lists (and also by the increasing popularity of the 1,700 Websites we host), RootsWeb experienced a series of technical problems. While we managed to come through the problems with little actual downtime, Karen and I were running with very little sleep and no free time for several months. During that time we made a number of changes, including: o Growing from 2 to 4 main servers, and from 2 to 5 auxiliary servers. o Upgrading the operating systems on our servers to a more stable version of Unix. o Adding industrial quality uninterruptible power supplies and power conditioners. o Adding redundant networking hardware in our network operating centers. o Growing from one to two (and soon three) separate and partially redundant network operating centers. o Adding fast, high-capacity tape backup systems. o And a hundred other large and small improvements. But the executive summary is that we've made a laborious and expensive transition to operating a professional-quality site. ### Concerning Member and Sponsor services, the one thing we regret from the last year is that we've done a poor job of supporting folks who wanted Web space or GEDCOM service on our servers. We intend to remedy that problem within the next several weeks. And as we announced before, all of the folks who wanted Web space or GEDCOM service will have their memberships extended to a year after we get them up and running. ### Concerning fundraising, RootsWeb is now entering its thirteenth month of full operation. We've been too busy supporting the site to spend much time on fundraising, but we anticipate launching a major drive shortly. While part of the funds will be used for covering the costs of operating the site, we're hopeful that in the next fiscal year we can raise enough fungible funds that we can get on with what we'd really like to be spending money on: BUYING GOVERNMENT RECORD SETS AND BRINGING THEM ONLINE FOR EVERYONE TO FREELY USE. ### I'd like to end with a personal thank-you to everyone who has contributed to RootsWeb during the last year. You should each feel like you've done something for Internet genealogy -- if you hadn't supported RootsWeb, the world would have been a different place: o ROOTS-L, the Maiser lists, and the eWorld lists would still be depending on the charity of others, and might not exist at all. o 1,700 USGenWeb and other Websites wouldn't have had a home with unlimited space for data. o The Roots Surname List wouldn't have had a home. Thank you for helping Internet genealogy grow! -B -- Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com/ P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 leverich@rootsweb.com Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

Hi all, I saw this on the NC-SC-ROOTS-L and thought I would post since it does contain the name of William CAUSBY, which I know a few of us have an interest in! From: Berna Stillwell <abner@NAPANET.NET> Subject: NC: Early Burke Co. "Morganton Store Account Book (Names A-C) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hello Listmembers: Especially you early Burke Co. researchers: I have recently obtained a copy of an "Old Morganton Record" which was published in "The Burke Journal", December 1992. It's an "account book kept in "The Morganton Store" in 1791 and 1792. The following names appear among the list of customers: (A-C, below. More to follow later.) Anthony, Jacob, Sr. Anthony, Jacob Sr. Anthony, Paul Avery, Waiightstill Allen, Francis Armstrong, John Alexander, Elias Alexander, Francis Ainsworth, James Bailey, William Baily, Alexander Bradburn, John Boone, Jesse Berson, James Brittain, Philip Brittain, William Brittain, Aaron Bottles, john Ballew, Betsy Bell, Thomas Bell, Daniel Baker, James Baker, John Bouschelle, Dr. Beck, Jacob Byers, John Butler, Thomas Craig, Robert Craig, Elizabeth Coleman, Thomas Coleman, John Coleman, William Causby, William Cowan, Joseph Coffey, Benjamin Carswell, William Chambers, James Connelly, Hugh Connelly, John Connelly, James If those of you with names, above, are interested in "comments" from the Burke Journal regarding this item, please contact me at my personal email address. Thanks Berna Stillwell abner@napanet.net Napa Valley, CA Wanda Rabb researching RABB (NC/SC), (GANTT (NC), NIX, ROBERTSON, WILSON, CONNER, JONES (Rutherford Co.NC), LAWS (Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), EDWARDS & KELLEY (NC), CAUSBY & PATTON (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) PAXTON (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), FARRIS & MORRIS (York Co., SC) LOVELACE, HAMRICK, GREEN, and MCSWAIN (Cleveland Co., NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr Genealogy Main Page: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr/main.html

looking for James Edward Cosby, bn in VA...there are two generations bythe same name 1800's

Linda, Thank you for your trouble. Appreciate it... Maxine

Hi Maxine, Sorry, but no Joseph Cosbys in the entire 50+ sheets that were born before 1850. I wish that I could have helped you in some way!!!!!! I will keep you in mind as I research the Ivy family. I only have 2 Ivy females in my family at this time as well. Hope you find your Joseph Causby. Linda L. Brown

Linda Brown <ZorroandCo@aol.com> has written: >I just received 50+ family sheets of various Cosbys. >Unfortunately none so far have connected to my Cosbys in TN from NC. >I am willing however to share the information with others. >If you will post the name of the person you are searching for I will check to >see if any of the sheets have that person listed. >Please include dob if known; state born if known; etc. >This will make my job a bit easier. >Along with the information on the sheets are the addresses of the person that >compiled the information. I will pass this along to you as well This is so nice of you, Linda. If there are ANY CAUSBY/COSBY family sheets with ANY NC connection, I would be interested in them. The earliest names that I am aware of are William, David, John, and Thomas. These men were in what is now Burke County, NC around 1800. Thanks! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner (Rutherford Co.NC), Laws(Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards (Yancey Co, NC), Causby and Patton (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), Farris and Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr

Hi! Linda - I am need of info on Josiah Cosby b. 1798 in NC and Washington Jackson Cosby/Causbie b. Dec 1826 in Marshall Co., TN. Thanks, Christia Causbie

Hi I am researching Cosby--Causby my g-grandfather was Joseph Causby b. ca 1836 married to Elizabeth Stafford in Burke Co NC. I would greatly appreciate any information that you might have. I have marriage records that I copied in Rutherford Co this summer if that would help you. I noticed that one of the names you are searching is Ivey. My gr-gr grandfather John Loven b. 1822 TN married Narcissa Ann Ivey b. 1828 AL. They married in Marshall Mississippi Feb 14, 1848. They lived in Neshoba Mississippi until sometime in the early 1860s. I have NOOOO other information on the Ivey name and have not been successful in finding anything. Surely someone has a spare Narcissa Ann somewhere...wouldn't you think? Thanks Maxine Anglin Childress, TX

At 02:35 PM 8/26/97 -0400, you wrote: >Hi gang, >I just received 50+ family sheets of various Cosbys. Linda, Are these the Yates Publishing sheets? If there are any that have William Cosby who married Hannah Smith, I would like to see what it has. Or, a William Cosby who married Tabitha Farrar (1833). Hope you can get some good contacts from these which will help you find yours. Lanier

Hi gang, I just received 50+ family sheets of various Cosbys. Unfortunately none so far have connected to my Cosbys in TN from NC. I am willing however to share the information with others. If you will post the name of the person you are searching for I will check to see if any of the sheets have that person listed. Please include dob if known; state born if known; etc. This will make my job a bit easier. Along with the information on the sheets are the addresses of the person that compiled the information. I will pass this along to you as well Linda L. Brown ZorroandCo@aol.com Researching: Cosby(of course); Leonard; Dalton; Williams; Massengill; Whitaker; Holland; Ivey; Walker; Norrison; Estes; Hunter; Worrell; Sturman; Talbot; Roberts. These are only the sirenames of my father's line.

I am forwarding the following information to my mailing lists as many of us have roots going back to UK. I just checked the Tree Tops web site and it all looks legit. TREE TOPS FAMILY TREE QUERY SERVICE: The idea is to send your FAMILY TREE QUERY of no more than 40 words which must include a postal address, and it will go on the television screen on Sky News fastext for one week and be seen all over the UK, Ireland and Europe. This is a FREE service and you do not need to have the facility to use it. At the end of each month a copy of the un-edited version of the queries are in the TREE TOPS GENEALOGICAL JOURNAL which also contains other bits of information and useful titbits. This is available for sale each month and is bought by researchers in many other countries so once your message has gone on screen you do get 'passed around' a bit. The 2nd FREE service is called 'WE'LL MEET AGAIN" which is also a query service but more for the living, old pals, war buddies, 20c descendants etc. Again 40 words, there is no Print out for this service. All queries for the above two services to be sent to:- tree.tops@virgin.net putting TREE TOPS QUERY on the message line or by snail mail to P.O. BOX 116, SWINDON, WILTS SN3 2SX, ENGLAND No limit to the number of queries you can send but you will only get ONE on per week. The 3rd FREE service is a similar service for those who have Canadian research. This is run by Mary in Canada and is called MAPLE LEAF QUERIES. Maple Leaf is a similar service for those who have Canadian research. Send your query and it will go on our web page for one month and can be seen by any surfers of the net. Mary says please BE SURE TO INCLUDE DATES AND remember that Canada is a very large country. Please PROVIDE A LOCATION, A PROVINCE AT MINIMUM, if at all possible. Send to:- traces@cadvision.com putting MAPLE LEAF QUERY on the message line. Mary also has PUBLICATIONS and holds indexes, which are ongoing, referring to immigration (CANADIAN BORDER ENTRY LISTS, 1908-1918; PRE 1865 PASSENGER LISTS FROM NEWSPAPERS), and has started an index for ALBERTA RESEARCHERS called: SOUTH WEST ALBERTA GENEALOGICAL INDEX. All searches are FREE; SMALL CHARGE for references. Check our web page for more information. Home page: http://www.cadvision.com/traces/ Tree Tops: http://www.cadvision.com/traces/treetops.html Wiltshire Index Service: http://www.cadvision.com/traces/wis.html

Maxine (JA5MA7@aol.com) sent me the following information yesterday. We thought the list might like to see it as a couple of you also have Burke County Causbys you are researching. I am listing death certificate information we copied from Burke Co. I dont know if this is of any help but maybe it is something that you dont already have. Thomas Causby b. 12 April 1848 d. 6 May 1921 Burke County NC. Silver Creek Township - Trade- miller- grinding corn, employer Giles Bros. father Jno Causby birthplace Burke Co NC. , Mother Rena Gurley b. Burke Co NC informant: Jno Causby. Buried Glen Alpine NC. ( The Glen Alpine Cemetery records record his death as May 16 1920) I have a marriage record of John Causby and Lethy Gurley in Burke Co NC. 21-Nov 1847 William Thomas Causby b. 11 July 1839 Burke Co. NC Quaker Meadows Township, widowed, death date 30 Dec 1924 occupation farmer father Thomas Causby born in Burke Co NC. Mother Mary Sorrels born in Burke Co NC buried Oak Hill Cemetery informant Mrs William Walker. I dont know if this is the same William Causby but I have a marriage 29-July 1847 Burke Co to Emeline Whetstone Elizabeth Causby b. ???unknown age about 56 years old d. 20 Feb 1917 Burke Co NC father John Causby born in Burke Co NC., mother Annie Gurley born Burke Co. burial Glen Alpine NC informant Ottis Causby David Durant Causby b. 12 April 1852 Burke Co NC d. 14 July 1944 Morganton Burke Co . name of spouse.. Jane Roper, father John Causby b. Burke Co NC mother Rena Gurley b. Burke Co. burial Zion informant Joe Causby address Rt #2 Morganton NC. In the Burke Co Library in a book concerning the Court Minutes (Can you believe that I failed to document the name of the book?) October 1809 P.124 a: Wm and David Cosby, sons of John Cosby who left his family, to be at next court. John Nelson Causby b. ???? age about 70 born in Burke Co NC d. 2 March 1940 occupation: farmer name of wife Mary Causby, father: Thomas Causby born in Burke Co NC, mother Elizabeth Causby, buried Zion Church ,informant Mrs John Causby David Causby b. 21 June 1872 Burke Co Morganton, NC. widowed name of wife Lillie Smith Causby , d. 27 April 1966, Occupation: farmer, father unknown, mother Liz Causby buried Missionary Ridge Baptist Ch informant Mrs Swannie Buff, Morganton NC Rt 6. Hope this info helps someone.... Maxine Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner (Rutherford Co.NC), Laws(Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards (Yancey Co, NC), Causby and Patton (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), Farris and Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr

Please join me in welcoming a new member to our group: Rebel1920@aol.com We hope you will introduce yourself and tell us about the line you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner (Rutherford Co.NC), Laws(Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards (Yancey Co, NC), Causby and Patton (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), Farris and Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr

Hello fello Cozbys, I am new to the internet mailing lists and to genealogy. Am researching my Cozby line, but without much help... I'm the last of my line as far as I know. Please email if you can help me with the following family. Descendants of J. S. Cozby 1 J. S. COZBY b: Abt. 1883 in TX ... + Annie TAYLOR b: Abt. 1889 in TX d: 1943 in Artesia, NM Father: Tom TAYLOR Mother: ... 2 Shelton COZBY b: Abt. 1907 d: in Artesia, NM ... 2 Ray COZBY b: Abt. 1909 d: 1968 in California ... 2 James Laster COZBY b: 27 April 1920 in Dexter, TX d: 10 July 1970 in Artesia (Eddy) NM ......... + Myrtle Ernestine LINDLEY b: 22 December 1920 in Cloudy, OK m: 20 October 1952 in Artesia (Eddy) NM d: 11 December 1983 in Artesia (Eddy) NM Father: Jacob LINDLEY Mother: Myrtle Louise MUSGRAVE ........ 3 Norma Leigh COZBY b: 17 June 1953 in Roswell (Eddy) NM .............. +1 Timothy Michael DOOLEY b: 28 May 1952 in Louisville (Jefferson) KY m: 10 August 1985 in Placitas, NM 1 Father: Francis Anthony DOOLEY 1 Mother: Catherine Doloretta HAYDEN Thanks, Norma Cozby Dooley tdooley@sprintmail.com

I finally got my CAUSBY page online, although I do not have it tied to my homepage yet. Feel free to check it out at: http://www.NetUnlimited.net/~wcr/causby.html Be sure to click on the link to our "Most Wanted Causby" list. If you wish to have your query listed, please post a note to the list or send to me via e-mail. Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner (Rutherford Co.NC), Laws(Yancey,Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards (Yancey Co, NC), Causby and Patton (Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton (Union Co, NC > Lancaster, SC), Farris and Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co NC) Listowner for CAUSBY, FARRIS, LAWS, NIX, PAXTON and RABB Family Mailing LIsts Homepage: http://www.netunlimited.net/~wcr