Does anyone have a Malinda Craig b 2/1/1869 d 10/22/1894? I know she is from the Craig/Mackey line but Im not sure how. Family remebers reference to a Grandma Nancy Mackey. What generation of Grandmother were not sure. They think she owned a plantation in Mound City Missouri. We also know that Malinda Craig's (1869) father was a John Craig. But there are many John Craigs out there. Family legend is that he married two sisters (possibly an Elizabeth and Malinda). John had a daughter with one sister in 1869 Malinda Craig. With the other sister he had three children: Nancy Elvira Craig, Will Craig and Newt Craig. Here are the facts that I have confirmed: Malinda Craig b 2/1/1869 m Ira Cook 7/4/1886. Ira and Malinda Craig Cook had John David Cook b 1887 in (?Brown County) Kansas, Samuel Mortica Cook b 1889 in (?Brown County) Kansas and William Cook b 1892 in (?Brown County) Kansas. Malinda Craig Cook d 10/22/1894 in Richardson County Nebraska and was burried in Brown County Kansas. Her tombstone read Sister Malinda Cook. Ira was later found on the 1900 Brown County Kansas Census with his sons. Not found again. I know that the Craigs were from Missouri. Holt and Pike Countys are referred to alot. Since Malinda Cooks tombstone read Sister Malinda Cook I am under the impression that her Craig family burried her rather than her husband. Does anyone know of any Craigs that lived in the Brown County area? Can anyone help me with this line? Thankyou Paula

Thank you! I'm sorry that I didn't post the Volume that these entries came from. Ima DaleyCraig@cs.com wrote: > Replying to inquiry Ima Stephens about entries in Chalkley's: > Your page 301 (not same in all publications, and 3 books included, so know > not which) Alexander Craig, Adm. of estate of Samuel Craig, his son. These > Craigs descend from the DAVID CRAIG & MARGARET PATTON Craigs of Conoy Creek, > PA. > > Your page 335. This James Craig was son of immigrants William and Janet > Craig. James died of accident at his mill on South River in Augusta County, > VA. Legatees named are his wife MARY LAIRD, children and children in-law. > > Your page 372. Same. > > Your page 23 of 2 October 1792. Again Alexander Craig line of Conoy Creek > Craigs. > > Your date 24 September 24, 1785. Mary Craig was d. of the Alexander Craig > line of Conoy Creek, PA origin. > > Your Dec. 16, 1790. Elizabeth Evans m. George Craig, grandson of immigrants > William and Janet Craig, and son of James Craig and Mary Laird. Eliz. was > Craig house servant of extremely high character and Geo was smitten by her. > She left beautiful letter to her children, died at childbirth April 29, 1801. > Geo died Nov. 26 following. They left fine line of heirs and many namesakes. > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM

Replying to inquiry Ima Stephens about entries in Chalkley's: Your page 301 (not same in all publications, and 3 books included, so know not which) Alexander Craig, Adm. of estate of Samuel Craig, his son. These Craigs descend from the DAVID CRAIG & MARGARET PATTON Craigs of Conoy Creek, PA. Your page 335. This James Craig was son of immigrants William and Janet Craig. James died of accident at his mill on South River in Augusta County, VA. Legatees named are his wife MARY LAIRD, children and children in-law. Your page 372. Same. Your page 23 of 2 October 1792. Again Alexander Craig line of Conoy Creek Craigs. Your date 24 September 24, 1785. Mary Craig was d. of the Alexander Craig line of Conoy Creek, PA origin. Your Dec. 16, 1790. Elizabeth Evans m. George Craig, grandson of immigrants William and Janet Craig, and son of James Craig and Mary Laird. Eliz. was Craig house servant of extremely high character and Geo was smitten by her. She left beautiful letter to her children, died at childbirth April 29, 1801. Geo died Nov. 26 following. They left fine line of heirs and many namesakes.

Can anyone identify the following CRAIGs mentioned in CHALKLEY'S CHRONICLES? Also, does anyone know the relationship of Margaret PAUL to the CRAIG family? She was a wife of Oliver ALEXANDER, born circa 1732. Could Margaret have been born a CRAIG and married a PAUL before she married Oliver? Does anyone know anything about a Jeremiah CRAIG, born in the early 1700s and the names of his children? Thank you. Ima **************************************************************** Page 301.--Articles sold at vendue by A1ex. Craig, administration of Samuel Craig--To, viz: Margaret and James Craig, Robt. Flitchers, Alex, Dods, John Plunket, Timothy McKnight. Page 335.--3d February, 1791. James Craig's will (Sr.)---To sons, James and William, lands on Middle River; also tract adjoining James Crawford, John Craig, and Henderson's land; to son, George Craig, home tract and that purchased of Jno. Davison, and all lands on east side of South River; to daughter, Sarah Ely, or Sarah Throp; to son, Samuel; frees slaves; to son, James' daughter, Mary; to each grandson named for testator, viz: James Craig's son, James; William Craig's son, James; Samuel Craigs son, James (if he have one); James Ely's son, James; James Andersen's son, James; to heirs of daughter, Mary Craig, deceased; to daughter, Agnes Andersen, and her husband, James Anderson. Executors, James, George, William. Teste: John and Anne Craig, James Patterson. Proved, 15th February, 1791, by John Craig and Patterson. James and George Craig qualify, leave reserved for other executor to qualify. Page 372.--1st March, 1791. James Craig, Sr.'s, estate appraised by Jas. Rankin, John Craig, Jas. Crawford. Page 414.--18th March, 1791. Agreement between James Brownlee, John McCutchan, and John McCutchan, Jr. (teste: James Wardlaw, Samuel McCutchan, Asher Waterman). Commissioners appointed on motion of James Brownlee, administrator of Andrew Duncan, to examine the accounts of the estate, report that they find the accounts in confusion on account of the marriage of Andrew Duncan's widow with William McCutchan, and also confused the accounts of above McCutchan, Jr. and Sr, administrators of William McCutchan, who is dead; they agree to leave all questions (including estate of the deceased wife of both Duncan and McCutchan) to these, viz: Zachariah Johnston, Jno. Tate, Joseph Bell, Jr.; Michael Coulter, John Cunningham. The(y) report there is the sum of £21.12.9 coming to each legatee of Duncan. Elizabeth Buchanan has received £34.6.1. Mary Craig has received £26.11, Janet Edminston f26.6/0, Jane McKiney £22, Florence Brownlee £23.10/0. Jane McKinney shall receive £4 more than others due from David Craig and that his receipt be delivered to Mr. John McKinney for that purpose. Page 453.--Thomas Rankin's appraisement by Wm. Craig, James Craig, Jno. Givens. Page 2.--James Lessley, Jr.'s, estate in account with James Kerr and Robt. Kinney, executors--1775, November ____, paid James Culbertson for cheese for Mrs. Lessley's funeral; October ____, expenditures and work done supplies of grain, &c., about the time of their death; 1776, November 20, paid Geo. Craig for making Lessley's and his wife's coffin; 1779, paid Samuel Henry for 6 gallons whiskey for Betsy Lessley's funeral. Page 5.--John Crawford's appraisement taken 18th June, 1792, by John Givens, Jas. Rankin, Wm. Craig. Page 7.--25th April, 1792. Francis Alexander's will, of the Long Meadow--To wife, Elizabeth; to son, Gabriel, home plantation; to son, John, 100 acres on Christie's Creek, either joining Robert Russell or John Graham; to daughter, Janet Alexander; to son, William; to daughter, Dorcas Alexander, unmarried; to son, Francis, 100 acres on Christian's Creek, to be schooled by son Gabriel, 1760 acres in Caintuckey in care of Benj. Logan. Executors, brother Gabriel Alexander and sons Gabriel and John. Teste: John Ballard, John Alexander, James Ross. Proved, 19th June, 1792, by all witnesses. Executors qualify. Page 12.--Alexander McConnell's appraisement by James Peary, Alex. Craig, Joanes Henderson--Thomas Therspy's note; Jno. Cavanough's note; Benj. Norton's note. Recorded, 19th June, 1792. Page 23.--2d October, 1792. William Crawford's will--To wife, Rachel, land adjoining Robert Rennock's line, James Elliot's line, Samuel Gardner's line; to son, Alexander, land above, and to give George Crawford learning; to sons, James, John, and William; to son, George; to daughter, Polly Armstrong, £5; to Nancy Tolman, £5; to daughters, Jenny and Rachel; house to be finished and painted. Executors, wife Rachel, John Crawford, Samuel Crawford, Alex. Craig, and son Alexander. Teste: Joseph Thompson, Hannah Sawyers, Rachel Crawford, Rebecca Sawyers. Proved, December Court, 1792, by Hannah and Rebecca Sawyers and Joseph Thompson. Alexander and Rachel Crawford qualified. Alex. Craig expressly refused to qualify. Other executors have leave to qualify hereafter. 120. Craig, James (Rev.) 11-3-1789; 9-10-1795; W.B. 4/98-100 Mentions: Wife: Mary Craig Sons: James Craig, George Craig Daughters: Martha Anderson Stevenson, Mary Booker, Frances Craig Sisters-in-law: Elizabeth Sermishaw Tarry, Rebeckah Tarry Brothers-in-law: George Tarry, Edward Tarry Executors: Mary Craig (wife), George Tarry, Edward Tarry (brothers-in-law), Rebeckah Tarry (sister-in-law) Witnesses: None. Handwriting proven by: William Taylor, Anthony Street. Lewis Craig, assignee James Wallace, vs. John Fulton--Debt. Rockbridge, 27th June, 1788. Craig vs. Poage--Bond. John Poage to George Craig, heir-at-law of Rev. John Craig, 7th October, 1782. Duncanson's executors vs. Brownlee--Certified copy of will of Andrew Duncan, Lincoln County, Va., dated 25th March, 1784, to sister's children, viz: Elizabeth Buchanan's son Andrew, to sister Mary Craig's son James, and sister Jenny Edminston's son Andrew, sister Jean McKenny's daughter Jenny, sister Florence Brownlee's daughter Jenny.--Exn. brother-in-law John Edminston and John McKenny. Witnesses: William Edminston, 1785--September 24, Wm. Gay and Mary Craig, daughter of Alex. Craig; surety, Wm. Armstrong; witness, John Elliott. 1790--December 16, George Craig and Elizabeth Evans, daughter of Griffin Evans; surety, James Craig. 1790--October 9, Samuel Crawford and Elizabeth Craig, daughter of Margaret Craig (consent); witnesses, Alexander Craig, James Craig; surety, Wm. Crawford. 789--May 2, William Jameson and Margaret Craig, daughter of Samuel Craig (consent); witnesses, James Craig, Samuel Crawford; surety, James Craig. 1797--December 16, Robert McGill and James Craig, surety. Robert McGill and Mary Craig, daughter of James Craig. October 12, 1791 Samuel _____ and Elizabeth Craig; Page 190.--5th February, 1795. George Craig's will--To wife, Elizabeth and children. Executors, wife Elizabeth, James and William Craig. Teste: Peggy Evans, Mary Craig. Codicil. 16th November, 1801--Appoints James Craig Jr., son of William Craig, executor, in room of wife Elizabeth, deceased; to sister, Sarah Thorp; sisters-in-law, Peggy Evans and Polly Page 74.--21st August, 1806. Robert Craig's will, of South River--To wife, Susannah; sons, Robert and William; son, John Johnston Craig (land in Albemarle in Woods Gap); daughters, Rebecca, Agnes, Susannah, Jenny, Elizabeth Craig. Executors, friends Andrew Ramsey, Wm. Patrick, Wm. Craig. Teste: Andrew Ramsey, Wm. Finley, Ann Harvey, Sarah Finley. Proved, 23d September, 1806. Craig refuses; others qualify.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2B272EE7C75C90977454DFD9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As a PLUS for the CRAIG list, it has been my motherlode and I'm very glad to have been pointed in the direction! I've met some cousins on here that are very near and dear to my heart. I've also found maybe where my red hair, lame hip, and many other little things came from - obcession being a Craig trait, they say? Genealogy? So, I'm telling you how much I appreciate all the work and contributions to this list. Donna (Clem) Arthur RGollberg@aol.com wrote: > Judy: I, for one, really appreciate all the work you and Amanda do for the > Craig Pages. It is surely a lot of work. I'm sure many others feel the > same. We are all anxious to extend all 'our' lines and often fret. Yet, > sometime it seems like nothing is happening, suddenly, a nugget shows up on > the forum and opens tons of avenue! It's like panning for gold, most days > you get the 'tailings' but then, ever so often, the 'Mother Lode' turns up. > Thanks again for your/Amanda's work. Ron Gollberg > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM --------------2B272EE7C75C90977454DFD9 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="darthur.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Dale K. Arthur Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="darthur.vcf" begin:vcard n:Arthur;Dale & Donna x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:darthur@iquest.net fn:Dale & Donna Arthur end:vcard --------------2B272EE7C75C90977454DFD9--

I'm sorry. The last address I gave you for the Craig webpage was wrong. It was an address for Craig cemeteries. Here is the CORRECT one: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 Sincerely Sorry, (Seems I have to say that a lot lately) Melanie Shepherd

Judy, Yes, I too appreciate the work you and Amanda do. It would be impossible for me to do a lot of what you two do just because of my ignorance in computer science. Then, there's the time factor, which I know both of you have struggles with, also. Thanks!!! Melanie Shepherd

Dear Craig Cousins, I have an apology to make. I am very thankful that Beth Shields read my complaint regarding Ancestry.com and set me straight. I misunderstood the offer they are making. It is an excellent site. Use the two days left this month if you haven't yet because you'll be missing out on a really great opportunity!!! Beth, I'm sorry for my ignorance. Thanks for steering me in the right direction. Melanie Shepherd

Can anyone help this person. He needs the Craig Homepage Web address and I don't have it anymore. My name is Matthew Henry Craig. I don't know much about my Craig tree and was hoping you could point me in the right direction. My father is Charles Austin Craig, Jr., his father Charles Austin Craig was married to Marion Kaiser, they lived in Stamford, Conn. After searches on the web I can't seem to find out about my lineage. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Matthew H. Craig

Hi everyone, I am new to the CRAIG list and I hope someone can help as I am really stumped. I am looking for anyone who might have information on my grandfather Myles/Miles Phillip CRAIG. The only information that I have for him is that he was born Abt. 1911 and died November 1979. He married Fern Lucy Mean, the daughter of William MEAN of Carleton County. They had 4 children Avis, Alta, Barbara, and Gary and raised them in "Bull Lake" and then Woodstock, NB. Myles/Miles had 4 brothers that I know of: Ted CRAIG, Norman CRAIG, Earl CRAIG, and Basil CRAIG. Any information would be appreciated. Thank You in advance. Tina

Judy: I, for one, really appreciate all the work you and Amanda do for the Craig Pages. It is surely a lot of work. I'm sure many others feel the same. We are all anxious to extend all 'our' lines and often fret. Yet, sometime it seems like nothing is happening, suddenly, a nugget shows up on the forum and opens tons of avenue! It's like panning for gold, most days you get the 'tailings' but then, ever so often, the 'Mother Lode' turns up. Thanks again for your/Amanda's work. Ron Gollberg

Ron....thank you for the kind words. There is going to be a TON of new stuff going up on the page when Amanda digs in. Nothing has gone up for a year and you all are chomping on the bit to get all of you new stuff up.....and I don't blame you. When all of the new information is up on the page.....there are going to be a bunch of you that are going to jump up and shout, because everytime the page has been updated cousins have found cousins. Amanda and I are REALLY anxious to get this done. I know that John is sitting there with pages and pages of new stuff and addition....and some corrections....for Team 1...the terrible Taliaferros. It has been a rough, rough last one year for this family.....but, here's hoping that a little bit of the mayhem will slow down. I really miss the companionship of the list and the mental stimulation. So, everyone cross your fingers and hope nothing blows Amanda's week with the CRAIG page up!!!!! :-)) ..........Judy *********************************************************** cato@primary.net ***********************************************************

It is free as I have been using it for days. What is free is when you put your name in and then click on census records etc. which are usually items that are charged for you can access free. Click and see.

>>>Hello, Craig cousins! I was previously a list member, and I seem to recall reading that there is a place where I could submit my CRAIG research in hopes of connecting to other CRAIGs - something about teams, and an orphan list (which is probably where my CRAIGs will be for a while!). Would someone please instruct me on how to do that? Thanks! Anita Tally Missouri<< Hello Anita, Amanda has not had a chance to update the Craig Homepage since last year. This is really regrettable, but honestly just cannot be helped at the moment. There are just times in a family's life that family genealogy has to take a back seat to family business. I don't necessarily agree with this (hahahahahaha), but this is what has happened to us.....life...... Amanda is taking a week off from work late this month....I am not going to call it a vacation, because she is going to call for all of your updates and then she will spend that full week trying to clean them up, put them in a format that can be uploaded and then get them onto the Craig page. So.....everyone start getting your work ready. Go to the Craig page. Look at the format that the genealogies are presented in and try to get your information cleaned up and ready to email to Amanda. So, start getting ready. Amanda will put out a general call to the list. Thank you everyone for your patience. We have had one or two folks who got a bit miffed that some of their work did not get put up in a timely fashion.....and I apologize. What everyone has to remember is that the Craig Page is a volunteer labor of love.....and a very time consuming one. I surely do hope that I am going to be able to get back and involved in the list sometime in the near future instead of just reading about all of the "happy hunting" you all are doing. Hang in there......progress is on the way.......Judy *********************************************************** cato@primary.net ***********************************************************

Hello, Craig cousins! I was previously a list member, and I seem to recall reading that there is a place where I could submit my CRAIG research in hopes of connecting to other CRAIGs - something about teams, and an orphan list (which is probably where my CRAIGs will be for a while!). Would someone please instruct me on how to do that? Thanks! Anita Tally Missouri

Dear Anita, Visit the CRAIG GENEALOGY website rune by the wonderful Amamnd Cato. The address is in the tageline at the bottom of this message. Regards, John >Hello, Craig cousins! I was previously a list member, and I seem to >recall reading that there is a place where I could submit my CRAIG >research in hopes of connecting to other CRAIGs - something about teams, >and an orphan list (which is probably where my CRAIGs will be for a >while!). Would someone please instruct me on how to do that? Thanks! > >Anita Tally >Missouri >

John, After reading that at the bottom of some of the e-mail on AOL I went to that web site. It looks like a pretense to me unless I don't know how to read very well. I don't see that there is anything FREE in the whole thing. If anything it seems like a false advertisement. IF I subscribe for a year I get a month free. If you can make better sense of it, please tell me. I told my husband what I found, and was kind of disappointed in this company for leading me on. Melanie

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C27ECB877FD8CC59AE95B9F6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit WONDERFUL! I can relate! jessy wrote: > How many of us can relate to this???? > ~Jessy > > The Elusive Ancestor by Merrell Kenworthy > > I went searching for an ancestor, I cannot find him still. > > He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. > > He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. > > And avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census > > He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame, > > And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. > > His parents came from Europe. They should be on some list > > of passengers to the U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. > > And no one else in this whole world is searching for this man. > > So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. > > I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; > > but weather took engraving, and some vandals took the rest. > > He died before the county clerk decided to keep records. > > No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts, > > To top it off, this ancestor, who caused me many groans, > > just to give me one more pain betrothed a girl named Jones. > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > CRAIG Genealogy WEB Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM --------------C27ECB877FD8CC59AE95B9F6 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="darthur.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Dale K. Arthur Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="darthur.vcf" begin:vcard n:Arthur;Dale & Donna x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:darthur@iquest.net fn:Dale & Donna Arthur end:vcard --------------C27ECB877FD8CC59AE95B9F6--

Unfortunately there were so many Craigs that I only copied certain names and I didn't copy Andrew. Sorry. -----Original Message----- From: Craig, Douglas (BIS) <dcraig@billiton.com> To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 1:44 AM Subject: RE: [CRAIG-L] CRAIG Christenings from the Ayrshire, Scotland OPR >Hi, > >Thank you for the information.Is there any listing for Andrew Kenneth Craig? >(The son of Douglas Craig.) > >Any information would be greatly appreciated. > >Kind Regards >Douglas Craig > >-----Original Message----- >From: aria99 [mailto:aria99@gateway.net] >Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 5:32 AM >To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CRAIG-L] CRAIG Christenings from the Ayrshire, Scotland OPR > > > > >>Craig, Margaret....parents, William Craig, 19 Sept 1708, Beith >>Craig, Margaret...parents, John Craig/Margaret Tod (?), 17 June 1711, >>Stewarton >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Robert Craig/ Jean Jack, 18 Dec 1711, Irvine >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Archibald Craig/Janet Ker, 24 Feb 1712, West >>Kilbride >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Robert Craig/Jane Jack, 23 Nov 1714, Irvine >>Craig, Margaret...parents, William Craig, 3 Mar 1717, Beith >>Craig, Margaret...parents, David Craig/Marion Baird, 22 Sept 1717, Ayr >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Quintin Craig/Janet, 15 June 1718, Irvine >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Hugh Craig/Marion McBreadine, 30 Sept, 1722, Ayr >>Craig, Margaret...parents, William Craig/Margaret Fergushill, 2 June 1723, >>Irvine >>Craig, Margaret...parents, John Craig, 9 Apr 1727, Beith >>Craig, Margaret...parents, William Craig/Mary Dunlop, 23 Nov 1727, >>Kilmarnock >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Robert Craig, 20 July 1729, Beith >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Robert Craig, 24 June 1733, Beith >>Craig, Margaret...parents, John Craig, 30 June 1734, Dundonald >>Craig, Margaret...parents, James Craig, 25 July 1736, Loudon >>Craig, Margaret...parents, James Craig/Margaret Tode, 24 July 1737, >>Stewarton >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Archibald Craig, 11 June 1738, Dalry >>Craig, Margaret...parents, John Craig, 14 May 1740, Dundonald >>Craig, Margaret...parents, John Craig, 8 Aug 1742, Beith >>Craig, Margaret...parents, Daniel Craig/ Marrion Beg, 7 Oct 1744, >Kilwinning >>Craig, Margaret...parents, John Craig, 7 Dec 1746, Beith >> >> > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > >============================== >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > > >********************************************************************** >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). > If you have received this email in error please notify the >sender. Contents, which do not relate to formal Billiton >business, are not endorsed by the company. > >********************************************************************** > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > >============================== >Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, >access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > >

How many of us can relate to this???? ~Jessy The Elusive Ancestor by Merrell Kenworthy I went searching for an ancestor, I cannot find him still. He moved around from place to place and did not leave a will. He married where a courthouse burned. He mended all his fences. And avoided any man who came to take the U.S. Census He always kept his luggage packed, this man who had no fame, And every 20 years or so, this rascal changed his name. His parents came from Europe. They should be on some list of passengers to the U.S.A., but somehow they got missed. And no one else in this whole world is searching for this man. So, I play geneasolitaire to find him if I can. I'm told he's buried in a plot, with tombstone he was blessed; but weather took engraving, and some vandals took the rest. He died before the county clerk decided to keep records. No Family Bible has emerged, in spite of all my efforts, To top it off, this ancestor, who caused me many groans, just to give me one more pain betrothed a girl named Jones.