Is there anyone on this list who traces their Collins back to Dunmanway parish in Co. Cork? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 12:00 PM Subject: COLLINS-D Digest V06 #23

Mrs. Nancy Collins (widow of Calison Collins) age 77, born GA died 6-14-1922, Oglethorpe Co. GA Am looking for someone connected to this lady. Have a Nancy C. Standridge md. a Mr. Collins ca. 1870. Can't find anything on her. Thought someone could help me confirm or eliminate this Nancy Collins. Thanks Terry

I am seeking information about Robert Collins b ca 1740 in Caroline County, VA---married Anna Hampton b 1759 in Caroline County. Father of John Robert Collins b ca 1774 ----Robert died before 1779 when Anna remarried to Daniel Hampton. Are these folks in anyone's family tree?? Thank you. Joanne Galvin Researching Northup, Hampton, McCall, Phelps, Blake, Daggett, Syler, Berridge,Plymale, Kinder, Cottrell, Gilbert, Baker, Rood

Check Snopes.com ... an urban legend. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:00 AM Subject: COLLINS-D Digest V06 #18

Please send the Collins file to the address on the message. Thank you. Gwen Frederick

Andrea did Collins research for a number of people. The file was microfilmed for the Salt Lake City Genealogical Society in 1947. The file is available in any of the Family History Libraries around the country. If anyone is interested I have a copy of the Leonardo Andrea file of his Collins genealogical research in the southern states. I've only found one mistake he made and that was the name of the wife of Joseph Collins of Amelia County, Virginia. If anyone is interested, I can send an attachment. The file is a large one and I've had some who could not open it because of the limitations of their ISP email regulations. Send you name and email and we can give it a try. Alice Sanders

Hi, Just checked this out with a friend whom is a producer the news for one of the major network station affiliates in Houston and he says that it is an Urban Legend and not true. B. Barnett In a message dated 4/20/2006 10:41:14 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: HOUSTON POLICE AND FBI HAVE CRACKED SEVERAL GANGS HERE IN HOUSTON AREA AND IN THE NATION!!!! THIS INFORMATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!!!! DON'T FLASH HEADLIGHTS AT CAR WITH LIGHTS NOT ON!! Police officers working with the DARE program have issued this Warning: If you are driving after dark and see and on-coming car with no headlights on, DO NOT FLASH YOUR LIGHTS AT THEM! This is a common Bloods member "initiation game" that goes like this: The new gang member under initiation drives along with no headlights, and the first car to flash their headlights at him is now his "target". He is now required to turn around and chase that car, then shoot and kill every individual in the vehicle in order to complete his initiation requirements. Police Depts across the nation are being warned. Their intent is to have all the new bloods nationwide drive around on Friday and Saturday nights with their headlights off. In order to be accepted into the gang, they have to shoot and kill all individuals in the first auto that does a courtesy flash to warn them that their lights are off. Make sure you share this information with all the drivers in your family! Please forward this message to all your friends and family members to inform them about this initiation ritual.

Concerning the post about "Do Not Flash Headlights !!!!", we shouldn't be posting this kind of stuff to our genealogy sites And -- before forwarding these kind of "WARNINGS" we all receive periodically to friends and acquaintances, they need to be checked as to whether they are valid or just a hoax. There are several sites to that can be used to check out these "WARNINGS/URBAN LEGENDS" such as: http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.askbobrankin.com/urban_legends_and_hoaxes.html http://www.surfinglegendsandhoaxes.com/hoaxes/ The "Do Not Flash Headlights" warning has been circulating for years. See the SNOPES website about this at: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lightsout.asp

sorry - didn't mean to send to my lists ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Davidson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 10:39 PM Subject: [COLLINS-L] Fw: Do Not Flash Headlights !!!!

HOUSTON POLICE AND FBI HAVE CRACKED SEVERAL GANGS HERE IN HOUSTON AREA AND IN THE NATION!!!! THIS INFORMATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!!!! DON'T FLASH HEADLIGHTS AT CAR WITH LIGHTS NOT ON!! Police officers working with the DARE program have issued this Warning: If you are driving after dark and see and on-coming car with no headlights on, DO NOT FLASH YOUR LIGHTS AT THEM! This is a common Bloods member "initiation game" that goes like this: The new gang member under initiation drives along with no headlights, and the first car to flash their headlights at him is now his "target". He is now required to turn around and chase that car, then shoot and kill every individual in the vehicle in order to complete his initiation requirements. Police Depts across the nation are being warned. Their intent is to have all the new bloods nationwide drive around on Friday and Saturday nights with their headlights off. In order to be accepted into the gang, they have to shoot and kill all individuals in the first auto that does a courtesy flash to warn them that their lights are off. Make sure you share this information with all the drivers in your family! Please forward this message to all your friends and family members to inform them about this initiation ritual.

I am a direct descendant of NARCISSA COLLENS my 3rd great grand mother -- and MILTON MCCLELLAN married : 23 FEBRUARY 1825 Cabarrus County North Carolina Bondsman : SAMUEL ERWIN Witness : M. HUNT Searching for information about the parents and siblings of NARCISSA COLLENS. I have been researching for many years with no result to date. I believe she was born in 1803--judging by the N.C. Census of 1850-- Grassy Creek--Mitchell County N.C. Family oral history states she was Cherokee, but i have been unable to locate her on any of the Cherokee rolls.Narcissa apparently died between the census of 1850 and 1860. The children of NARCISSA COLLENS MCCLELLAN and MILTON (JACKIE ) MCCLELLAN. THOMAS 1826 AMZI 1828 CATHERINE 1828 JOSEPH 1833 MARGARET (my 2nd gr.grandmother 1839-m: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FREEMAN JOHN 1841-----m: HANNAH JOHNSON NARSES MATILDA 1848-----m: ELI JOHNSON GEORGE 1850 Thank you in advance for any information.Wanda.

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Has any lister tried the new (new to me, anyway) www.lostcousins.com site which uses the 1881 England & Wales and Scotland censuses to help match common ancestors/ find relatives? If so, have you been successful in finding "matches"? I've had no luck yet with my entries for direct ancestors, which is disappointing, and am now considering starting out on households containing my blood relations from the 1881 census - more in hope than in expectation ... Susan Johnstone (Researching HAFFENDEN, HOPE, DOWLING, CARTER, TUCK, MORRIS, LOVE, GUY, ATTRILL, WHEELER, all in Isle of Wight, Dorset, Hampshire or Kent. COLLINS of Co. Wicklow, Ireland.)

Can anyone help me find pictures of my family. Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Collins, born May 1858 Weldon, NC, his wife Elizabeth V. Pepper Collins, born Sept 1859, NC - Hamlin R. Collins born abt 1803, VA, died 1885, NC, - wife Rebecca Jane Powers b 1827, NC, died between 1922/24 NC. Also pictures of their parents and siblings. Any family I have left don't have pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Donna

Dear Listers, In researching my family history have found a number of Collin connections and just wanted to pass them on. My be helpful to someone.So, plase bar with me for a while as I tell you how the Collins could be related to my Mcntyre and my relatives. After my father passed on, I found a old letter of his that indicated that he believed his grandmother's family name was Collins. He was mistaken about that, as his grandmother was Margaret, Hanlin (aka Hanlon) Rodgers. However, research does indicated that the Collins connection existed with his grandfather, Dennis Rodgers, husband of Margaret. Dennis Rodgers was the son of William and Catherine Collins. Little is known about either at this time. other than William was born about 1780 in London, England and Catherine Collins was born about 1780 in Ireland. My gut feeling is that they married some time around 1809, most likely at Pottsville, Pa., Where both the Rodger and the Collins family had settled when they immigrated to the states. I also suspect that both families were formally resident of County Donegal, Ireland. Both families were Catholic. Also, in the 1830's living in the Pottsville area of Schuykill, Co. Pa. Lived a Dominic Gallagher, who in time married a Alice Collins of that area. Dominic was born at the Aran Islands off the coast of Donegal about 1806 . Alice Collins probably in Donegal. I suspect that she and Catherine Collins ,who married William Rodgers could be sisters. About 1833. James Hanlin, my great grandfather, along with Dominic Gallagher and possibly other related families, relocated from Pa. to Franklin Twp., Columbiana Co. Ohio, where they settled buying farm land. I suspect that some of my Rodger family were also in the group. Review of the Map plot plans of Franklin Twp indicates that a number of Hanlin/Hanlon and Rodgers families lived in that area, and were most likely relatives. Children of the three families, seemed to intermarry into these families. Dennis Rodgers marrying a daughter of James Hanlin ( Margaret ), a son of James Hanlin, ( James Jr. ) marrying Susan Gallagher, etc.etc.. My connection to theses families came about, when , Dennis Rodgers and his wife, Margaret Hanlin Rodgers, relocated from Ohio around 1866 and restlled in the area of McDonald, Pa. Allegheny Co., Pa. with their 12 children all of whom were born in Franklin Twp. Ohio. My grandfather, William McIntyre, born in Scotland in 1846, married Catherine Rodgers in 1869 and the couple had 12 children, my father being the last born child. Hoping that the above may help some of the Collin listers. Would appreciate hearing from any that may find some connection of their Collins to mine, and apologize for taking up so much time in stating the connection. Take care all. Kenneth McIntyre, Victorville, CA.

I have a Julia Collins of Toams/Tooms Dunmanway who was the mother of my ggrandfather. Is there anyone on this list who has Collins from that area of Dunmanway? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:00 PM Subject: COLLINS-D Digest V06 #10

I have been researching my Va. Collins for 13 yrs. and am currently seeking any info. about whether we have Indian roots. If anyone can help me, I would be eternally grateful. I have researched back to 1585 in England, and they came to Va. in the 1600's. There are many Indians with the surname Collins who migrated to TN and KY. I am at a standstill. Please help!!! Anita

I am interested in your Collins family. My Collins ancestors are from New Jersey and a Captain John Collins. He may have been born in Newburgh, N.Y. or Pompton Lakes, N. J. If anyone has info on this man, please write to me at [email protected]

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I've "rescued" two old photographs, both identified as Mrs. Nannie PENN or Aunt Nannie PENN. The first was taken at the A. V. Caro Studio in New York City, NY, probably sometime in the 1880's with Nannie appearing to be in her 30's at the time. The second photograph was taken at the Kenyon Studio in New London, CT, likely sometime in the early 1900's with Nannie looking to be in her 60's at the time. Based on limited research I believe these are photographs of Nancy B. RATHBUN PENN. Nancy B. RATHBUN was b. 27 Nov 1856 in Noank, CT to parents Calvin RATHBUN and Rebecca PRENTICE. Nancy married Walter R. PENN on the 17th of Sept 1874 in Stonington, CT and died 22 Apr 1914 in CT. Her husband Walter was still alive at the time of her death. During the 1880 census the couple was living in Groton, CT with census records providing the following information: Walter PENN, age 30, born MD, a Stone Quarryman, parents born MD Nannie B. PENN, age 23, born CT, Housekeeping, parents born CT In 1900 I found the couple still living in Groton, CT with census records indicating the following information: Walter PENN, age 50, born Apr 1850, married 26 years, born PA, parents born PA, a Pilot Nannie B. PENN, wife, age 40, born Nov 1859, married 26 years, no children, born CT, parents born CT Rebecca PENN, niece, age 15, born Mar 1884, born NJ, parents born NJ/CT, at School Lucy COLLINS, boarder, age 15, born Nov 1885, born CT, parents born NJ/CT, at School And in 1910 still living in Groton, CT with census records under the name PEUN providing the following information: Walter PEUN, age 58, married 35 years, born PA, parents born PA, a Mariner Nannie B. PEUN, age 53, married 35 years, 1 child/none living, born CT, parents born CT Lucy COLLINS, niece, age 24, born CT, parents born NJ/CT George RATHBUN, brother-in-law, age 51, born CT, parents born CT, a Lobster Fisherman Another photograph recovered from the same source may well be related, it is of Abby RATHBUN MEISTER and Almon MEISTER which was taken at the Washburn Studio in New London, Connecticut. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's with Abby likely in her 40's and young Almon likely about 10-12 years old at the time. I'm hoping to locate someone from the family so that these wonderful old photographs can be returned to the care of family. If you are a member of this family, or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley