Afternoon yall, I am celebrating Labor Day doin nooooo labor, not that talkin to yall, my friends and cousins, is labor...but simply that I fully intend to kick back with a good Louis L'amour out at a campground, intend to spend a nice quiet night out on the lake (maybe the fish will actually BITE this time!), intend to eat gooooood! And have generally a mighty fine time....might oughta call it UN-Labor Day! <vbg> But now I got to thinking about that term "labor". Tis something I think on from time to time, when I am mentally exhausted and frustrated with folks in the ivory tower, or my feet have swollen up over my shoes, or the house is a mess or I am complaining about my job, or wishin hard for retirement to be less than a few short years down the road. What REALLY have I got to complain about? Given my ancestors' lives, I reckon not much. I know we all think sometimes that we really would be better off in "the good ole days" and folks I long for them deeply...but fact is, I doubt I am cut out for them. I wish often I had been born in them...but should by some touch of magic I be transported into the past of my ancestors I am doubting I could survive long having been pampered too long. Fact is, I doubt I would even know HOW to survive, and my kinfolk I was transported back into the lives of would be shamed to call me kin. Once they saw what a soft greenhorn their line had evolved into, sheesh! They might even give up on the notion of havin descendents! Consider now... 1) Do you really want to rise before daylight and work till night fall EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR to insure you and your family EAT? SURVIVE? 2) Do I really want to know there is NEVER such a word as "retirement" in my vocabulary and I have to work till the day I die or be beholden and hopeful that one of my youngins will look after me if I became incapacitated? 3) Do I really want to look at that pile of dirty laundry and KNOW I have to a) gather the water to clean it with b) make the soap to scrub it with c) scrub it out by HAND.... 4) Do I really want to have to go out and get wood and a fire started, and stand over a wood stove to even have a cup of coffee in the morning.... 5) Do I really want to do without a qualified doctor and hope that the few things someone might know about the herbs of the forest will keep me and my youngins healthy? 6) Do I really want to have to make the cloth, the thread, and sew each garment my family wears... 7) Do I really want to be dependent on a good shot for game or a good season for crops to determine not only WHAT I eat, but IF I eat? 8) Do I really want literally have no leisure time to hunt up my ancestors? <vbg> Well you see....while I think maybe sometimes (and maybe I think too much) we would all be better off WITHOUT so much leisure time...and maybe integrity of the nation in general would be much stronger if we were closer to the roots of things and had to depend upon ingenuity and hard grunt labor to survive...I reckon I have indeed been "spiled rotten". Reckon I owe my ancestors and yours for the conveniences that made me so. If you are gonna call it "Labor Day" consider THEIR labors that made it possible. Now before I go off campin and "roughin it" <vbg> I think I will hunt up my electric blanket to take along in case it gets cool, microwave a snack to eat on the way, fold my clean sheets out of the dryer to take with us, pour a thermos of coffee from the coffee maker, doublecheck to see that I packed spare light bulbs for my canvas awning lights, and make sure the hot plate is back in the camper... Yall have a dandy UN-Labor day! jan

Thanks, Flo, for that tip! I'll pass it on to others I'd like to invite you to visit the Obituary Links Page. There are many sources for obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, death notices, as well as birth, marriage, and anniversary announcements arranged by state and county. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm. Thanks, Bill Cribbs Cribbs-Krebs-Creps-Kribbs Family History ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ldfrje@aol.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 9:28 AM Subject: Re: The Obituary Links Page > I am on AOL and I can get the page fine. Remove the period after htm and it > will work. > > Flo > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... > > > > >

I am on aol and I got the SSI link fine - I thought it was WONDERFUL and shared it with many others.........(but the add on part was not available at this time) Brenda Barfield

I am on AOL and I can get the page fine. Remove the period after htm and it will work. Flo

Hi Janet, Thanks for that report. It seems that the only ones who have had problems, however, are with AOL. Thanks again, Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <JDukeLit@aol.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 9:09 AM Subject: Re: The Obituary Links Page > I am on AOL and was able to pull up the page just fine. > janet > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY goes on... and on... and on... > > > > >

Is anyone researching HORNSBY or FIELDS that lived in Henry Co. TN in the 2nd half of the 1800's ? If so, please contact me. Linda N klnor@juno.com A great truth spoken by a child= Pray every day, God loves the sound of your voice. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Hi Stan, For some reason, I'm getting a mixture of responses on the link to the Obituary Links Page. All of those with AOL email addresses can't get the page; all of those on other providers are getting it fine. Don't know what the connection is, but it's got to be something to do with AOL. That's something that is baffling me right now. I'm sorry for the problem. Bill P.S. Try http://www.cribbs.net/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Yelowstone@aol.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 3:18 AM Subject: Re: The Obituary Links Page > Bill, > > I tried the below mentioned address and got a message that it does not exist > on Yahoo/Geocities. > > Could you verify this is the correct address, please? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Stan > > > > In a message dated 9/3/99 4:23:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > cribbswh@wwbbs.net writes: > > << Subj: The Obituary Links Page > Date: 9/3/99 4:23:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: cribbswh@wwbbs.net (Bill Cribbs) > Reply-to: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com > To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com > > I'd like to invite you to visit the Obituary Links Page. There are many > sources for obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, death > notices, as well as birth, marriage, and anniversary announcements arranged > by state and county. The URL is > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm. > Thanks, > Bill Cribbs > Cribbs-Krebs-Creps-Kribbs Family History > >> > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My Family Tree has Root Rot !! > >

I am on AOL and was able to pull up the page just fine. janet

I'm on AOL, and I had no problem pulling the page up. Keitha in AL

Bill, I tried the below mentioned address and got a message that it does not exist on Yahoo/Geocities. Could you verify this is the correct address, please? Thanks, Stan In a message dated 9/3/99 4:23:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, cribbswh@wwbbs.net writes: << Subj: The Obituary Links Page Date: 9/3/99 4:23:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: cribbswh@wwbbs.net (Bill Cribbs) Reply-to: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com I'd like to invite you to visit the Obituary Links Page. There are many sources for obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, death notices, as well as birth, marriage, and anniversary announcements arranged by state and county. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm. Thanks, Bill Cribbs Cribbs-Krebs-Creps-Kribbs Family History >>

Hello Russ: I am going to forward this to our Danville Crossing Email List that covers the Stewart/Houston/Henry County area where your Dilday family lived. There may be folks on the list that are also researching these same families. I don't have any Dilday's in my database. I have a 104 year old cousin, William Robinson, who lives in Clarksville now that can tell you stories about Dr. Russell. It was Dr. Russell that invited him to go to the little Baptist Church where William was saved. He was boarding at Dr. Russell's while principle of the local school in the area. Reply directly to Russ if you have any information on his family. Dan Martin Nashville, TN ------------------- > Subject = Dilday > nexturl = http://home.earthlink.net/~dlmartin2/cem/dilday.html > from = rdilday@buckner.org > message = Wow! This is first time to see this website.Lot of my family members in the cemetery. Thanks for doing the work. I'm Russell Neal Dilday, publications editor for Buckner Baptist Benevolences in Texas. I'm the son of Donald Gene Dilday, grandson of Russell Hooper Dilday Sr. and great-grandson of Malcolm Dilday (I don't think it's the one interred in this cemetery). My uncle, Russell Hooper Dilday Jr., also is in Baptist work here in Texas. My grandfather was named for a doctor Russell. It's a good bet he's the one interred here An aunt, Ann Dilday Young, has visited or plans to soon visit this cemetery. She has done a lot of genealogical work for the family. If you have any family history of the Dildays that you would share, I would appreciate an e-mail. Family history is small because Malcolm and my great-grandmother, Blanche, divorced. Also...Is Dilday Irish (O'Dildy) or French (Dilde) I've seen both. > > Again, Thanks for your work. > > Russ Dilday -- Have I, therefore, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Gal. 4:16 Jesus said: "I am The Way, The Truth And The Life, and nobody comes to the Father but by Me" John: 14:6 Christian Exchange, Inc: http://home.earthlink.net/~dlmartin2/cei/ggm.html God Bless America: http://www.wwd.net/user/sjackson/america.htm

I'd like to invite you to visit the Obituary Links Page. There are many sources for obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, death notices, as well as birth, marriage, and anniversary announcements arranged by state and county. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm. Thanks, Bill Cribbs Cribbs-Krebs-Creps-Kribbs Family History

There was a Conyersville because I have a lot of family buried there, but I have never heard of Couriersville. But the names have changed a lot through the years and could now be called something entirely different. Marsha -----Original Message----- From: Sue Matheny <matheny@apex.net> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 9:15 AM Subject: Courierville >In the Family Bible of Martha Jane MCBride, who married William Newton Matheny 24 December 1868, she states that they married in Courierville, Henry County, TN. They did marry in Henry County because I found the marriage record. Does anyone know where Courierville was? Would appreciate the help >Sue Matheny >matheny@apex.net > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? >

In the Family Bible of Martha Jane MCBride, who married William Newton Matheny 24 December 1868, she states that they married in Courierville, Henry County, TN. They did marry in Henry County because I found the marriage record. Does anyone know where Courierville was? Would appreciate the help Sue Matheny matheny@apex.net

Hi! Danville Crossing Homecoming June 22,23,24,2000 Paris Landing Tn. Details will be posted to the county lists as they come in. Any questions? Contact Cher at ace1125@ne.infi.net Everybody have a safe Labor Day weekend! Cher -----Original Message----- From: Yelowstone@aol.com <Yelowstone@aol.com> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:18 AM Subject: DC Homecoming >Hi. > >Could someone tell me what the dates are for the year 2000 Danville Crossing >Homecoming, please? > >We are about to schedule vacations at work, and I really would like to >schedule mine around this event. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Stan > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired ??? > > >

Hi. Could someone tell me what the dates are for the year 2000 Danville Crossing Homecoming, please? We are about to schedule vacations at work, and I really would like to schedule mine around this event. Thanks. Stan

Sorry the Baggett reunion is Saturday the 25th of Sept. at Billy Dunlap Park in Clarksville (St. Bethlehem) Debbie McMinn

Anyone know anything about this family? Email James directly. Dan Martin -------------- > Subject = Web Page Message > nexturl = http://home.earthlink.net/~dlmartin2/cem/dill.html > from = hillbilly1@tri-lakes.net > message = We have been searching for Joseph L. Dill of Kentucky 1806 > removed to Hamilton county Tennessee. > Removed to Missouri about 1845. We are unable to get any records > from Tenn. about his actions his wife or children, Father, Mother , > Sisters or Brothers. We have no proof of his Father but we know > Joseph Dill Sr. died in Bledso County and Joseph L. Dill > was in Smith and Hamilton County, Smith county was Changed to DeKalb. > Any information we could get about Joseph L. Dill would be appreciated. > > Sincerely; James Lester Dill > of Collins Missouri -- Have I, therefore, become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? Gal. 4:16 Jesus said: "I am The Way, The Truth And The Life, and nobody comes to the Father but by Me" John: 14:6 Christian Exchange, Inc: http://home.earthlink.net/~dlmartin2/cei/ggm.html God Bless America: http://www.wwd.net/user/sjackson/america.htm

Hello B J : This is to encourge you to "Keep up the FAITH", My son Phillip also Had M.S. for over 8 years he fought the monster! his was what they call Progressive M.S. at the Veterians Hosp. they say there is 3 kinds? any way he was into researching the civil war (or WAR OF NORTHERN AGGRESSION " as he called it VBG he helped a lot of people with their research in this area. one Lady in Kansas city ,Kansas who he helped find her g-g Grandfather in the war knew him and when he died june 4,1996 she sent me a very nice card: and last week I went to our NEW Library in Benton Co, Tn. and the Liberian showed me the NEW tables (2) and the NEW book shelfs (3) that this lady had given to the Library (cost $ 500.00) in the name of Phillip Lindsey and the Benton Co. Genealogy Soc. is goung to install a name plate on them in his name. So you see you never know when your efferts will be awarded! my prayers are that they will find a cure for this monster soon and you and others can get back to normal (whatever that is?)sooo again " Keep up the faith" gabbie At 10:46 AM 9/1/99 -0500, you wrote: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >I, too, have a problem with getting to the places where the original >documents are stored. I have MS and live approx. 90 miles from the >nearest FHC and I, therefore, have to depend to some extent on the kind >hearted people I encounter on the internet to help me with my work. I >have "met" many kind and informed people who have helped me and I >sincerely hope I have not failed to thank them individually. My >genealogy work is mostly for my own information and am glad to receive >any information or clues to my elusive ancestors. Again, thanks to >anyone I might have inadvertently missed. B.J. (Massey) Clay > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... >is that normal ??? > >

Thought some of you maybe interested in the following from Rootsweb: "Do you know the difference between direct evidence and indirect evidence? What is a primary source and why does it matter? Lesson 12: Creating Worthwhile Genealogies -- Evidence, Sources, Citation, and Documentation. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson12.htm>. " Dave