Hello cook cousins i was playing around in Encarta today and found this cook can anyone one claim him to there line just wondered EVelny Cook, James (1728-79), British explorer and navigator, famous for his three great voyages of exploration in the South Pacific Ocean and the North American coastal waters. Cook, popularly called Captain Cook, was born in Marton, England, the son of a farm laborer. After spending his early years as an apprentice with a firm of shipowners, he enlisted in the British navy in 1755. Within four years he had become a master, and he spent the years 1756 to 1767 charting the North Atlantic coastal waters off Newfoundland and Nova Scotia and the Saint Lawrence River below Québec. In 1768, as lieutenant in command of the Endeavour, he undertook his first great voyage to the South Pacific, on which he safely carried a group of British astronomers to the recently discovered island of Tahiti to observe the transit of the planet Venus across the sun in June 1769. He then proceeded to New Zealand, taking formal possession of parts of both main islands and accurately charting 3860 km (2400 mi) of coastline for the first time. In 1770 he discovered the eastern coast of Australia, which he charted and claimed for Great Britain under the name of New South Wales. On his return to England in 1771 Cook was promoted to the rank of commander. In 1772, in command of the Resolution, and accompanied by another ship, the Adventure, he set out on his second great expedition, a search for the fabled southern continent, Terra Australis, of which Africa was thought to be a part. He entered the South Pacific, where he sailed along the edge of the Antarctic ice block; on January 16, 1773, he made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. In 1773 he discovered the islands that were named after him. In 1774 he charted the New Hebrides, the Marquesas, and Easter Island, and discovered several Pacific Islands, including New Caledonia and Niue. After his return to England in July 1775, Cook was made a fellow in the Royal Society and was awarded the Copley medal for scientific achievement. His great 3-year expedition had proved that no southern continent existed, only the great ice mass of the Antarctic region; the voyage was also notable for the remarkable health record maintained by the crew. Cook's insistence on proper hygiene and diet greatly reduced the number of scurvy cases during the expedition. In July 1776, Cook sailed again to determine whether a Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans existed north of the North American continent. During the first part of the expedition he again visited the mid-Pacific, discovering and charting in the early part of 1778 some of the Sandwich Islands, which were later renamed the Hawaiian Islands. Reaching the coast of the North American continent, off the coast of present-day Oregon, he searched in vain for a Northwest Passage, charting the western coastline as far north as the Bering Strait, where ice turned him back. He then returned to the Sandwich Islands, where he was killed during a skirmish with islanders over the theft of a boat. "Cook, James," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.

Hi I am new to the list. I am researching the descendants of George Cook and Rebecca Buchanan crofters in Ireland (Surelysomewhere) at the end of C18. A few generations later ( I could talk heaps about this), Andy Cook was in the Anzac. He seems to have survived WW1 as I did not find him on the microfilm of dead soldiers of the Anzac at Kew PRO. I do not know how to "read" a uniform to trace him from the photo. I can tell a lot about the Cook family. Andy would be our 3rd cousin. He was from Brisbane. There was a shipping connection. Regards Laurence Laurence.Robb@btinternet.com

Hi Everyone, I have placed all the states in the Attic of our homepage for you. <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/CookCooke">COOK COOKE KOCH HOMEPAGE </A> http://members.aol.com/CookCooke Ellie

( ) .-.,--^--. _ Good Morning Cook Cousins \\| `---' |// Come on in the coffee pot's on \| / _\___/_ Good Morning Family, A big welcome to our new members. Before long you will know everyone and feel comfortable. We are a unique group of people. We cry together and we laugh together, as we are truly one big happy family. The best part about us is the way we help each other. If you are new to the Internet, or new to genealogy, please do ask questions. Someone in this group has an answer to help you. We are all eager to see who your Cook's were so when you are ready, do post them. Please put your names and STATE in the subject line. You want everyone to know what's inside. :) More good news today! Two more states are being added to the list. California is now up and running and Texas is in the making. I can't say thank you enough to these people who are working to help bring the states project together. We now have California, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. If you live in one of these states, will you volunteer to do lookups? There are many ways you can help. You might have books you can use or you might go to the different libraries and court houses. Anything you can do will be very much appreciated. If we all pull together we can all benefit from the project. Most of us are just inches away from finding our Cook's that we have searched for years for. This is an excellent way to bridge that gap so we can finally find them. Can I hear from you today that you will help? The project will work I guarantee it but it takes us all pulling together to do it. :) If you haven't been to our Cook Cooke Koch web page, do take a look. This is our web homepage address ... <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/CookCooke">Cook Homepage</A> http://members.aol.com/CookCooke Stay sweet and kind just like you are and not change, and I promise not to change also. BG I really enjoyed having coffee with you this morning, it was so nice! ( ) _.-~(~-. (@\`---'/. Ellie (' `._.' `) `-..___..-'

I have accumulated several early land deeds, some dating back prior to 1720 for Albemarble and Bertie County North Carolina. Can someone tell me what the age and sex requirements for land ownership for the Province of North Carolina were back than and also under what circumstances women were allowed to own land. I have some deeds where the ownership is held jointly by husband and wife, however when the porperty was sold, the wife needed to assign "power of attorney" before she could sign away her rights to the property. there were other cases where a woman was sole owner, could she have purchased the property outright or must she have inherited it? As of now I seem to have COOKS in two distinct sections of Bertie County, NC during the mid 1700's. One family occupied the extreme southeastern portion of the county referred to as Black Walnut Swamp. A second COOK family occupied the northwestern portion bordering Hertford County, known as the Beaver Pocosin or Beaver Dam Swamp are. With your help I hope to complete my analysis and post my findings and theories on this site. Hopefully, those of us who are related to the COOKS of Bertie County, NC will be able to share our information and build a more complete picture. Ron

I will have a couple of days off next weekend and hope to catch up on the Cook web pages - we have been busy these past couple of months and this would be a good opportunity to visit and see what we are missing - We would like to continue to add information and would love to expand our census information for other KY and TN counties. So, if you have information that you would like to see on this site - get it to me this week and I'll work to get it all posted over my 3 day weekend (in between egg hunts and family gatherings) Pat http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html

GUARDIAN'S BOND 47 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHEREAS, Matilda Cook has been appointed by the County Court of Caldwell County, and has qualified as Guardian to James B. Cook, Elizabeth A. Cook, Milton Cook, Martha Cook, Sarah Cook, Cullen P. Cook and Willis A. Cook Minors NOW, we, Matilda Cook as principal, and Reuben Cook, and Groves Howard his sureties, do hereby covenant to and with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, that the said Matilda Cook will faithfully discharge the trust of Guardian to said minors in all respects as required by law. Signed this 20th day of February 1854 Matilda Cook G. Howard Reuben Cook Teste: James Weller Clk

LOOKING FOR MORE DESCENDANTS OF: Abraham C. Cook (1st cousin of wife) Father: William Cook II Mother: Keturah Catherine Crutcher b. Nov. 1, 1809, Shelby Co., KY d. Mar. 20, 1893, Shelby Co., KY Spouse: Sarah Catherine Cook (1st cousin of husband) Father: Rev. Abraham Cook Mother: Sarah Jones Children: Edmond J. Cook, b. Dec. 7, 1832, Shelby Co., KY; d. Mar. 4, 1863, Shelby Co. KY Isreal C. Cook, b. 1835, KY; d. Aug. 10, 1835 Henry Bohannon Cook, b. Mar. 16, 1836, Clinton Co., IN, d. Mar. 3, 1905 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY Emerine Cook, b. 1837, Jackson Township, Clinton Co., IN Squire B. Cook, b. Apr. 16, 1838, Shelby Co., KY; d. Nov. 5, 1923, Anderson Co., KY Warren C. Cook, b. Dec. 5, 1840, Shelby Co., KY; d. Nov. 20, 1908, Shelby Co.KY James Clayton Cook, b. Apr. 2, 1845, Shelby Co., KY; d. Apr 27, 1893 Isaac Marion Cook, b. Mar. 30, 1846, Shelby Co., KY; d. June 19, 1914, Shelby Co., KY Biographical Sketch from: "Kentucky: A History of the State," by Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co. ABRAHAM C. COOK was born in Shelby County, November 1, 1809, the fifth of a family of six sons and three daughters born to William and Catharine (Crutcher) Cook. His father was a native of Virginia, born about 1756, and died on March 16, 1816. His mother was a native of Virginia, born about 1756 and died about 1846, a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky in 1790 and settled on a farm near Lexington, where he died in 1800. His maternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, came to Kentucky at an early day and settled near Frankfort. Abraham C. Cook has followed agricultural pursuits, and has a well cultivated farm of 140 acres. On January 26, 1832, he married Sarah Cook, of Shelby County. The names of their children are as follows: Edmund, who died March 4, 1863; Israel C., died August 10, 1835; Henry Squire, Warren C., James C., Isaac M. and Emerine. Mr. Cook has been a life-long Republican and is an honored and upright citizen. Disagreement with Author: His father, William Cook III was born abt. 1764 His mother, Keturah Catherine Crutcher was born Oct. 13, 1773 His paternal grandfather, William Cook II settled on a farm near Frankfort, KY about 1784 and died about 1784. His maternal grandfather, Henry Crutcher II, bought a farm in 1796 near Lexington, KY and died Jan. 31, 1807, Franklin Co., KY. Abraham C. Cook married Jan. 28, 1832. Another researcher has Jan. 24, 1832. Henry Squire Cook, son, should be Henry, Squire -- two sons. Apparently, there was a mixup on paternal and maternal grandfather information. It should be switched. Chas. L. Cook, great-grandson Cookstuff@aol.com

Well I thought that I could wait until the weekend to announce new pages but I just can't .. .everything new is really old things that I have had in notebooks for a ll time. There are about 5 new pages added to the Cook Web pages and I posted the beginnings of pages for Kentucky and Tennessee links ... I still have lots of great stuff to add and everyday is like a holiday because someone sends me more great Cook information to share. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4375/cookmain.html the new pages are marked as posted 3-24-99 .. they are small and include Harrison Co, KY, Shelby Co, KY, Mason Co, KY, Davies Co, KY, Wayne Co, KY ... maybe there is a tidbit or two waiting for you. I am stilling working on the site and know that a few links are nonop - but will be activiated soon. Pat

Looking for Charles Edward Cook born in NY 1813, Married to Caroline Morse. Bob Bob Cook Jacksonville, Florida, USA

hello here is my homepage http://members.aol.com/crazyjcl/genealgy/index.htm please have a look at it!!!!! Julia

Hi ~~ Can anyone connect with this family? I would be his grand niece. Any contact or information would be appreciated. Macon, GA Telegraph & News Page 11, Wed., Sept. 9, 1953 Charles W. Cook Funeral services for Charles Wesley Cook of Campton, GA, whose death occurred in Montgomery, Ala., early Monday after a brief illness, will be held in the chapel of Hart's Mortuary at 4 pm Wednesday. The Rev. L. G. Marlin, the Rev. James Reese and the Rev. Paul Fry will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harold Cook, Hubert Cook, Hanson Cook, James Cook, Harry Cook, Raymond Cook, Sidney Harden and Charles Harden. Mr. Cook, a retired farmer, was born in Jones County, the son of Josiah Cook and Mrs. Jane Hunter Cook, and had lived at Campton for 18 years, moving there from Macon. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Ida Stripling, Campton; five sons, Hansell Cook, Washington, DC; W. L. Cook, Abbeville, Ala.; B. S. Cook, Hayneville, Ala.; Tom Cook, Huber; C. A. Cook, Macon; four daughters, Mrs. A. W. Braden, Silver Springs, MD., Mrs. A. D. Thompson, Campton, Mrs. John Harden, Macon, Mrs. Dan B. Harrell, Brunswick; 32 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Charles Wesley Cook (Yes, my genealogy only lists 8 children) Generation No. 1 1. CHARLES WESLEY2 COOK (JOSIAH1) was born March 09, 1868 in Jones Co., GA, and died September 09, 1953 in Campton, GA. He married IDA MANDY STRIPLING November 01, 1888 in Jones Co., GA. She died Aft. 1953. Children of CHARLES COOK and IDA STRIPLING are: 2. i. CHARLES ALBERT3 COOK, b. March 13, 1891, Jones Co., GA. ii. LILLIE MAE COOK, b. September 14, 1892, Jones Co., GA. iii. MAMIE BELLE COOK, b. August 28, 1894, Jones Co., GA; m. WILLIAM CUNIE BURNS, February 18, 1917, Bibb County, GA. iv. WILLIE LAMAR COOK, b. April 17, 1898, Jones Co., GA. More About WILLIE LAMAR COOK: Residence: 1953, Abbeville, Alabama v. IDA CORDELIAH COOK, m. DANIEL BULLARD HARRELL. vi. ROBERT TOMMIE LEE COOK. More About ROBERT TOMMIE LEE COOK: AKA (Facts Page): Tom Residence: 1953, Huber, GA vii. JAMES LEWYA COOK. More About JAMES LEWYA COOK: AKA (Facts Page): B. S. Cook Residence: 1953, Hayneville, Ala viii. HANSEL MOSES COOK. More About HANSEL MOSES COOK: Residence: 1953, Washington, DC. Generation No. 2 2. CHARLES ALBERT3 COOK (CHARLES WESLEY2, JOSIAH1) was born March 13, 1891 in Jones Co., GA. He married HATTIE GERTRUDE ETHERIDGE. She was born May 19, 1913 in Bibb County, GA. More About CHARLES ALBERT COOK: Residence: 1953, Macon, GA Child of CHARLES COOK and HATTIE ETHERIDGE is: i. HANSON ALBERT4 COOK. -- Bev Barney, P O Box 956, Grantham, NH 03753 PH: 603-863-2810

Searching for people who have the "Alligator Children" legend in their family. Please respond to Margaret in SC at Dataprof@aol.com

Hello everyone: I have updated my Missouri Death index pages. I'm sorry to say, I lost the gedcoms that were submitted to me along with much other info when my computer went down. I would love it if you could resubmit your info. I have also added a search tool which should be funtional sometime today. If you get a message saying the site needs to be indexed, please try again later. If you have any MO deaths in your family or have a site regarding MO deaths or cemeteries, I would be glad to list the info. The URL is http://members.tripod.com/Nettie_Mae/MOdeaths.htm Please pass this email onto others who may be interested. Thank you, Nettie Mae Lucas dysfun4@internetni.com Humphrey Family Quarterly http://members.tripod.com/Nettie_Mae/Humphrey/hfq.htm The Hoadley Connection http://members.tripod.com/Nettie_Mae/index.htm Researching: H.O.A.D.L.E.Y; D.A.V.I.S; L.E.I.G.H; C.O.O.K >From IA, MO, and TN

I am new to this list and searching for the parents of Phoebe COOK, who married William HICKS (b. 1796 in Ross Co., OH). There was an Isaac COOK in Ross County with a daughter Phoebe. All I know about him is that he came to Ohio from Kentucky, and he was of Scottish extraction. I have no proof that his Phoebe is my ancestor. Do you know anything about this family or any other Cooks in the vicinity of Ross County (that could include Fayette and Madison counties)? Do you know of any Cooks associated with HICKSes in Ross County? Any clues you can toss my way will be much appreciated! Nan Runde mercat@eznet.net also researching BOSTWICK and BUCKLEY in Ohio

I thought this might be of interest to some... Carol De Priest >Resent-Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 11:41:09 -0800 (PST) >From: Blachette@aol.com >Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:47:42 EST >Old-To: NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com, SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Civil war vetrans from Illinois >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 190 >To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3562 >X-Loop: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: SOCAL-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Ok, I'll try it again. have received several messages that people can't get >in to the web site. I made a mistake when I typed in the address, I >capitalized Illinois out of old habit I guess. Here is the correct address: >http://outfitters.com/illinois/history/civil/civil.html > >Sorry for the goof up. Ronette > > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***

Some of you should be interested in the second URL: Historical data on foreign-born population. Have fun, Carol De Priest >Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:58:34 -0600 >Reply-To: H-Net Western History List <H-WEST@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Sender: H-Net Western History List <H-WEST@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >From: Elliott West <ewest@comp.uark.edu> >Subject: FYI: New Websites >To: H-WEST@H-NET.MSU.EDU > >Dear H-Westers, > > Here are a couple of new websites that might be of interest to some of >you. They are forwarded from the excellent Scout Report provided by the >Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsi, Madison. >Thanks to them. >******************* > >American Women's History: A Research Guide >http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html > >Created by Ken Middleton, reference librarian and graduate student in >American Women's History at Middle Tennessee State University, this site is >an excellent resource for researchers, especially graduate students or >advanced undergraduates, interested in US women's history. At the site, >users will find a large number of citations of print and online reference >materials and primary resources. These are grouped into three sections: >General Reference and Biographical Sources, Subject Index to Research >Sources (currently containing resources in 27 topical areas), and State and >Regional History Sources. Middleton supplies full bibliographical >information for print sources and a link for those available in electronic >form. The site also offers two sections on tools and strategies for finding >additional sources and a collection of (unannotated) select bookmarks. > >******** > >Historical Data on the Foreign-Born Population in the United States -- >US Census Bureau >http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html > >On March 9, the Census Bureau released this report, an update of and >expansion on the last Census report on the foreign-born population, which >was published in 1975. This report contains "decennial census data on >several characteristics of the foreign-born population, including country >of birth, length of residence in the United States, citizenship and age-sex >distribution." Users will also find data on the total foreign-born >population for states and large cities. The report consists of three brief >introductory sections followed by 22 detailed statistical tables and a list >of references. [MD] > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***

Not quite thru with the final touches on Sunshine and Shadows but the book is online. Working on putting the COOK/WRIGHT family tree online as well as a page with the surnames that are mentioned in the book. Is anyone out there related? Anxiously awaiting replies. The URL is: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/4343/ Enjoy :) Anita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anita (nee: Merlo) Gauld Anita_Gauld@Hotmail.Com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have over 20,000 individuals in my database. Willing to do quick look-ups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracing surnames: Bellisario..Berardo..Blake..Bonner Carpenter..Chromie..Cook..Cucco..Cunningham..Dey..Eovaldi..Gauld Gianella..Gnoli..Loomis..Marek..Marlow..Merlo..Mitrovich.. Monelli..Newton..Ottolini..Pisoni..Puricelli..Travato..Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEB SITES: Family: http://www.GeoCities.Com/Heartland/Bluffs/1314 Reunion: http://www.GeoCities.Com/Heartland/Village/1315 Trees: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/u/Anita-L-Gauld/index.html Surnames: http://www.mccserv.com/genealogy/gauld/gauld.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUERIES: Post: http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/geoplus_apps/ans_entry View: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/1314/geobook.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-Mail: Anita_Gauld@Hotmail.Com agauld@mhc.net (Munson Medical Center)Work agauld@gtii.com (please send attachments here) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact me by web pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/2318786 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As long as we are Remembered we Never die A life is not lost when it is known to future generations Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Not quite thru with the final touches on Sunshine and Shadows but the book is online. Working on putting the COOK/WRIGHT family tree online as well as a page with the surnames that are mentioned in the book. Is anyone out there related? Anxiously awaiting replies. The URL is: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Shores/4343/ Enjoy :) Anita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anita (nee: Merlo) Gauld Anita_Gauld@Hotmail.Com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Have over 20,000 individuals in my database. Willing to do quick look-ups. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracing surnames: Bellisario..Berardo..Blake..Bonner Carpenter..Chromie..Cook..Cucco..Cunningham..Dey..Eovaldi..Gauld Gianella..Gnoli..Loomis..Marek..Marlow..Merlo..Mitrovich.. Monelli..Newton..Ottolini..Pisoni..Puricelli..Travato..Wright ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WEB SITES: Family: http://www.GeoCities.Com/Heartland/Bluffs/1314 Reunion: http://www.GeoCities.Com/Heartland/Village/1315 Trees: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/u/Anita-L-Gauld/index.html Surnames: http://www.mccserv.com/genealogy/gauld/gauld.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUERIES: Post: http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/geoplus_apps/ans_entry View: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/1314/geobook.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E-Mail: Anita_Gauld@Hotmail.Com agauld@mhc.net (Munson Medical Center)Work agauld@gtii.com (please send attachments here) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact me by web pager: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/2318786 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As long as we are Remembered we Never die A life is not lost when it is known to future generations Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In a message dated 03/22/1999 8:33:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, dpriest@goodnet.com writes: > http://wavecom.net/~fulker/special.html This site was sent to me by a friend, I believe the site is a joke--at least that's how I take it. Pam ================== Of course it's a joke. Didn't you notice that: 1. Everything was an "APRIL" special 2. There were no links to anything. All URL links went back to the top of the page except for his home page. 3. I didn't check his home page out very carefully, but it looks legit. Personally, I think it's a GREAT joke, especially since we fell for it.