Your family is so lucky to have the opportunity to be together again after so many years!!!!!! It sounds like there might be interest in doing it again! -----Original Message----- From: w.mcculloch <w.mcculloch@cwix.com> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 9:56 PM Subject: Unidentified subject! >This doesn' t have a thing to do with Danville Crossing. And other than me, >my brother and mother no one involved even remotely has any Tennessee >connection. I thought I would share this with you anyway. > >One of the real pleasures in genealogy is finally meeting up with kin you >have never seen (or at least not for a long time). My mother and my father' >s youngest brother' s widow are the last two McCulloch wives (neither ever >remarried) of their generation in our branch of the McCulloch clan. My aunt >now lives with her only daughter in Florida, but we never saw much of them >when they lived locally. No real reason I guess, but they went their way >and we went ours, and our fathers were okay with it. My uncle and aunt >packed up and moved to WV when my cousin was a child (she is now 54). I >last saw my uncle in 1967 when he flew in for my father' s funeral. I last >saw my aunt and cousin in 1971 when I attended my uncle' s funeral. But!!!, >we all saw each other last night (07-18-99). The occasion was aunt' s 90th >birthday. She wanted to return home one more time and this was the >occasion. > >Our old homeplace (built in 1870 by GGF McCulloch) is now a restaurant. My >cousin decided the party would be there. My cousin, her husband, her 3 >children (along with wives and grandchild), and stepson, my mother, >brothers, nephews and grand nephews, my father' s sister' s son (our other >cousin), along with aunt's sister, brother in law and niece, and various >friends (37 of us all told) gathered for dinner at the old home place. The >last time the entire McCulloch family gathered in this house was around >1942-43 (no one could really remember the year, except it was for Easter). >All these folks came in from New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and I am not >sure where else just for this occasion. > >I can' t you the absolute joy we experienced in all seeing each other at >long last (and wondering why we had not before). The room in which we >celebrated has portraits hanging of our great grandparents, grandparents and >other ancestors. The family resemblance of all is a bit amazing. My other >cousin is an Episcopal priest in NY. He looked around the room and remarked >that he had performed the funerals of our two uncles and his mother, >presided at the marriage of our cousin, baptised two of her three children >and baptised two of my three nephews. At least he used to get around to see >everyone. I don' t know that we will all ever be in the same room at the >same time again, but we were last night and we will all treasure this >experience forever. > >As a post script: The old house is supposedly haunted and many think the >ghost is our great grandfather. I can' t help but think how proud all those >folks whose portraits looked down upon us must have felt last night. Maybe >it was just the light and shadows, but GGF sure looked like he was smiling >in that stern old portrait. > >Walker K. McCulloch >Clarksville, IN >(07-18-99) > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: >They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >
Speaking of canning and recipes handed down generation after generation, a sad thing happened to me on Friday. I work in a library and someone brought in 21 Boxes of donations from an elderly lady who passed away. Upon opening a box I discovered an old pine box. The box was tongue and groove design, appeared homemade and was well used. Inside were handwritten copies of recipes. The box was full of old cookbooks, too. I asked the young man who delivered all the boxes if he knew what was in them and was he sure ALL the boxes were supposed to go to the library??? He said it was junk from his aunt's old place and nobody wanted ANY of it. Roxanne Bynum Baa_Roxanne@vax.lcls.lib.il.us bynum5@apci.net Illinois, USA
Hello, I wonder if that Mary Polly Gardner married Francis Balthrop after James White? Caroline -----Original Message----- From: Joy Bland <bland96@aeneas.net> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 9:40 PM Subject: Re: family tree >What White family???? >I have a James White b ca 1758 m. Mary (Polly) >Gardner from Dickson Co. >Thanks >Joy >David wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> I was wondering if anyone had any information on this list of names. Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> WANTED--MISSING--WANTED--MISSING >> >> White's Humphreys, Hickman, Williamson >> Marrs Humphreys, Perry >> Ragan or Ragon Dickson, Humphreys >> Rumsey Humphreys >> >> HAS ANYONE SEEN THESE PEOPLE. >> >> Thanks for you time >> >> David >> vid >> >> ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >> Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... >> Now What ???? > > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... >Now What ???? >
Walter, Your story warmed my heart, brought tears to my eyes. Yes, it has a LOT to do with Danville Crossing...at least I think so! It is really what genealogy is all about when you get down to it. Where our ancestors have been and knowing that, does not do one single thing to help them out generally (0ther than sometimes salvaging a bad rep and turning out the real story...or otherwise...)....but it can do a LOT for the living. The things I have learned from this list, the family I have come home to because of it, the friends made, that is what it is all about. Thanks so much for sharing that...and thank YOU, Dave and Dan for making that all possible in so many ways. jan ----- Original Message ----- From: w.mcculloch <w.mcculloch@cwix.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 3:53 AM Subject: Unidentified subject! > This doesn' t have a thing to do with Danville Crossing. And other than me, > my brother and mother no one involved even remotely has any Tennessee > connection. I thought I would share this with you anyway. > > One of the real pleasures in genealogy is finally meeting up with kin you > have never seen (or at least not for a long time). My mother and my father' > s youngest brother' s widow are the last two McCulloch wives (neither ever > remarried) of their generation in our branch of the McCulloch clan. My aunt > now lives with her only daughter in Florida, but we never saw much of them > when they lived locally. No real reason I guess, but they went their way > and we went ours, and our fathers were okay with it. My uncle and aunt > packed up and moved to WV when my cousin was a child (she is now 54). I > last saw my uncle in 1967 when he flew in for my father' s funeral. I last > saw my aunt and cousin in 1971 when I attended my uncle' s funeral. But!!!, > we all saw each other last night (07-18-99). The occasion was aunt' s 90th > birthday. She wanted to return home one more time and this was the > occasion. > > Our old homeplace (built in 1870 by GGF McCulloch) is now a restaurant. My > cousin decided the party would be there. My cousin, her husband, her 3 > children (along with wives and grandchild), and stepson, my mother, > brothers, nephews and grand nephews, my father' s sister' s son (our other > cousin), along with aunt's sister, brother in law and niece, and various > friends (37 of us all told) gathered for dinner at the old home place. The > last time the entire McCulloch family gathered in this house was around > 1942-43 (no one could really remember the year, except it was for Easter). > All these folks came in from New York, Pennsylvania, Florida and I am not > sure where else just for this occasion. > > I can' t you the absolute joy we experienced in all seeing each other at > long last (and wondering why we had not before). The room in which we > celebrated has portraits hanging of our great grandparents, grandparents and > other ancestors. The family resemblance of all is a bit amazing. My other > cousin is an Episcopal priest in NY. He looked around the room and remarked > that he had performed the funerals of our two uncles and his mother, > presided at the marriage of our cousin, baptised two of her three children > and baptised two of my three nephews. At least he used to get around to see > everyone. I don' t know that we will all ever be in the same room at the > same time again, but we were last night and we will all treasure this > experience forever. > > As a post script: The old house is supposedly haunted and many think the > ghost is our great grandfather. I can' t help but think how proud all those > folks whose portraits looked down upon us must have felt last night. Maybe > it was just the light and shadows, but GGF sure looked like he was smiling > in that stern old portrait. > > Walker K. McCulloch > Clarksville, IN > (07-18-99) > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >
LOVE those snaps Cher! Thanks for sharing with us! Brings back good memories of a great time with great people. I sure did enjoy that time with y'all... it didn't feel a bit awkward, and I think it is because we have all come to know each other on this list (that we AIN'T gonna change Cisco!!!! LOL!!!) Also thanks to Vanessa for the b/w shots on the page. She did a great job with those. Ya know, Eddie wasn't a bit jealous of me kissing on that wonderful man in one of those shots! Reckon he thinks that feller is pretty wonderful too! jan ----- Original Message ----- From: ace1125 <ace1125@ne.infi.net> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 11:36 PM Subject: a few more pix > Interested in the 1999 Homecoming? Some more pix are added to the > 'temporary' site. > Ck it out... Gabby, Dan, Leslie, Linda and more!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > > Enjoy! > Cher > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... > is that normal ??? >
WHO'S PLANNING ON CHANGING THIS LIST ??????? Ira, is it you .......Jan, Cheryl ????? Gotta be Dan....DAN, YOU PLANNING ON CHANGIN' SOMETHING ?????? Maybe Gramma Crow..Ma, you planning something ??????? It's that Benton County bunch then....gotta be them. Dortch's you say...knew there was something about them when I met Deb's mother...married a Wimberley, she did... Who ?????? =================================================== At 07:48 PM 7/18/99 -0400, you wrote: >Please don't change anything about the list. My family was only in this area >for about thirty to forty years, and I'm not related to many of you, but I >count you as my friends. > I can remember as a child, knowing noone except my sister and my brother >with the name Legate. Our father died when I was a baby, and my sister had >to raise me (she was nine), and we were dirt poor. One day, I found Legate, >tennessee on the map, and I knew that we were someone important, because >we had a town named after us.. > It was so great this summer to meet some of you, and to actually see >Legate, Tennessee. Well, I saw the gas station!! > Just keep on keepin' on, Lucinda > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... >is that normal ??? >
I am looking for information on Virgil W Johnston, b 1837 Benton county. He married Rebecca Francis Crowe in Camden in 1860 and lived in Benton county until after her death in the mid 1880s. He served in the CSA in either the 5th Tennessee infantry, or Williams Calvary. I am looking for information on his parents and siblings any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Jeff Johnston Johnston
Interested in the 1999 Homecoming? Some more pix are added to the 'temporary' site. Ck it out... Gabby, Dan, Leslie, Linda and more!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm Enjoy! Cher
What White family???? I have a James White b ca 1758 m. Mary (Polly) Gardner from Dickson Co. Thanks Joy David wrote: > Hello everyone, > I was wondering if anyone had any information on this list of names. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > WANTED--MISSING--WANTED--MISSING > > White's Humphreys, Hickman, Williamson > Marrs Humphreys, Perry > Ragan or Ragon Dickson, Humphreys > Rumsey Humphreys > > HAS ANYONE SEEN THESE PEOPLE. > > Thanks for you time > > David > vid > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > Okay.... so I don't descend from anyone...... > Now What ????
Does anyone on the list have a Martha COLLIER b 8 Dec 1814 TN in their line? My ancestor Britton GEORGE md ca 1837 a Martha COLLIER in TN (in or around Benton County - children all born there) . Children were: 1) William GEORGE b ca 1838 - md Harriett ? child Lucinda b ca 1854. 2) David GEORGE b ca 1840 - md Harriett ? . 3) Mary GEORGE - b ca 1842 - md Henry F. BARKER 1 May 1864 in Fayette, Vandalia Co., Illinois. 4) Mary Ann Francis GEORGE - b ca 1844. 5) James GEORGE - b ca 1844. 6) Martha Ann GEORGE b ca 1847. 7) Andrew Jackson GEORGE b ca 1850. 8) Margarette GEORGE b ca 1851. 9) John GEORGE b ca 1855 - md 30 apr 1880 Benton Co, TN Elizabeth REED; Children Sadie & Andrew GEORGE. Would very much appreciate any information anyone can offer on this family - ancestral or descendants. Very willing to share all I have with anyone interested. Thank you. Jean Stringham (Zojea@aol.com)
Hi, What a wonderful offer! I wish I had enough information right now to take you up on your offer, but I will have to hit the records a little more to try to find at least the area where they were. I am hopeful that looking at the deeds will help me with that. I believe they were either in the Lick Creek or Pleasant Ridge area. I have really been encouraged by all the information I have seen shared here the last week or so. Much of it doesn't apply to my line, but I like seeing others find leads to their ancestors, too. We are so fortunate to have the caring, sharing group that we have here. Lillie
That sounded like the gathering of a lifetime, Walker.!! I am so glad you got to be a part of it, and that you shared it with us!!! Cacky
HI Dave and ALL: As a 72 year man who was raised in the Big Sandy - Danville area I may be of some help finding a home or farm location? I also have a homemade MAP of the area between" Benton Cut" and Danville made about 15 years ago by my wifes unkle TROY WYNN before he died ,Troy only had a 5th grade ED. but he shows where most everyone lived between 1910 & 1980 and even had an X showing where special events happoned ie. where his father was kicked by a mule that shattered his knee when Troy was 11 years old and he had to finish the crop. a pretty good way to find a Farm location is by " RANGE & SECTION " most of the area near Big Sandy was RANGE 9 and the section was the area that later became the voter district ie. sec.9 (Faxon area} about 1860 became Dist.9 and Most Deeds used creeks , rivers,branches,and other known landmarks for location id. if any one needs help in this area let me know.gabbie P.S. I plan on bringing the MAP to the Next D C reunion. At 09:26 AM 7/18/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Lillie, > >Some roads still bare their old names, ie, Point Mason, Natchez Trace, >etc.....but most never had names per se. > >Early on roads were catagorized as to their 'class', ie, 1, 2, 3, Turnpike ><yeah Benton Co had a Turnpike thru it>. State set the rules for the >classification as to width and such. I've read the statutes but don't >remember where and am to lazy this morning to look them up. Also, >Tennessee is a 'meets & bounds' state, which means that surveys and road >lay-outs are specified by physical items on the land, eg, 120 yards to the >White Oak tree with the ugly branch, then west 60 yards to the eastern >border of Ulma Thurmonds Super-Duper Beauty Palor for the Celebrity >Wannabees. This makes it really tuff sometimes to figure out from an old >surveyors description just where a piece of property laid, plus alot of the >old landmarks are gone, like the old trees. > >The roads additionally were in a state of flux, and you have to follow the >Court Minutes carefully, eg, The roads around Big Sandy were constantly >being rerouted as oldtimers died and their land divided and traffic to the >old homestead decreased. The old route would be declassified and new routes >'cut' and 'classed'. Additionally, as river and creek beds demanded, new >routes would be forged to overcome weather related problems such as lowland >flooding in an attempt to make the roads more weather proof. > >'Highway' classified roads appear to be named after the towns that they >connected. ei. Pt. Mason Road went from Big Sandy to Pt. Mason, Faxon Road >went to Faxon, Lick Creek went to Lick Creek. I don't know where New Hope >Road was supposed to go. I can only imagine. Lower class roads really >didn't have names......you said you were going to Wyatt's Mill or Widow >McKenzies and everyone knew the roadway you were going to take to get there. > >But all is not lost just because you don't have a modern road name. >Careful study of the road records from the present back to the beggining >can be fairly accurate, and once you begin to include surveyors records you >can fairly well pinpoint an old homestead. You gotta remember, these folks >wouldn't go out and make or particularly change a road for fun. They had >to be prodded by the authorities to stop farming or 'resting' to go out and >clear land for a new road. So once a road was laid-off, I don't believe it >was changed very often. I suspect current roads are fairly close to the >original roads with only minor changes. Roads that were 'declassified' >because of lack of use, were just left to be reclaimed by nature, but you >may still find evidence of their original route. Wonder how they marked >the 'Mile Trees'. > >Hope this helps, > >Dave >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--------- >At 08:22 AM 7/18/99 -0500, Lillie Cotham wrote: >>Dave, >>You have renewed my hope of finding where my Matheny relatives lived. >>After visiting the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, I had given up hope of >>finding the location. I was planning on looking at deeds. Now I will >>look at the Court Minutes. I see you have done much research, a lot >>ahead of my 2+ years, in this area. Would you happen to know if the >>roads are still named the same now as then. For those of you who haven't >>been there, this is strictly country, even to an old life-time country >>girl. >>Lillie >> >> >>==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >>GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: >>They Hide & I Seek !! >> > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! > >
WOW!! Gabbie! What a goodie... wish it was Dickson!... and Gabbie is a walking encyclopedia.. tween him and Ira we have it covered! You haven't lived till you see the two of them in hot pursuit of somebodys kin... -----Original Message----- From: Raymon Lindsey <gabbie@aeneas.net> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 6:20 PM Subject: Re: Road Names ....1844 > >HI Dave and ALL: > As a 72 year man who was raised in the Big Sandy - Danville area I may be >of some help finding a home or farm location? I also have a homemade MAP of >the >area between" Benton Cut" and Danville made about 15 years ago by my wifes >unkle TROY WYNN before he died ,Troy only had a 5th grade ED. but he shows >where most everyone lived between 1910 & 1980 and even had an X showing >where special events happoned ie. where his father was kicked by a mule >that shattered his knee when Troy was 11 years old and he had to finish the >crop. > a pretty good way to find a Farm location is by " RANGE & SECTION " most >of the area near Big Sandy was RANGE 9 and the section was the area that >later became the voter district ie. sec.9 (Faxon area} about 1860 became >Dist.9 and > Most Deeds used creeks , rivers,branches,and other known landmarks for >location id. > if any one needs help in this area let me know.gabbie > P.S. I plan on bringing the MAP to the Next D C reunion. > >At 09:26 AM 7/18/99 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Lillie, >> >>Some roads still bare their old names, ie, Point Mason, Natchez Trace, >>etc.....but most never had names per se. >> >>Early on roads were catagorized as to their 'class', ie, 1, 2, 3, Turnpike >><yeah Benton Co had a Turnpike thru it>. State set the rules for the >>classification as to width and such. I've read the statutes but don't >>remember where and am to lazy this morning to look them up. Also, >>Tennessee is a 'meets & bounds' state, which means that surveys and road >>lay-outs are specified by physical items on the land, eg, 120 yards to the >>White Oak tree with the ugly branch, then west 60 yards to the eastern >>border of Ulma Thurmonds Super-Duper Beauty Palor for the Celebrity >>Wannabees. This makes it really tuff sometimes to figure out from an old >>surveyors description just where a piece of property laid, plus alot of the >>old landmarks are gone, like the old trees. >> >>The roads additionally were in a state of flux, and you have to follow the >>Court Minutes carefully, eg, The roads around Big Sandy were constantly >>being rerouted as oldtimers died and their land divided and traffic to the >>old homestead decreased. The old route would be declassified and new routes >>'cut' and 'classed'. Additionally, as river and creek beds demanded, new >>routes would be forged to overcome weather related problems such as lowland >>flooding in an attempt to make the roads more weather proof. >> >>'Highway' classified roads appear to be named after the towns that they >>connected. ei. Pt. Mason Road went from Big Sandy to Pt. Mason, Faxon Road >>went to Faxon, Lick Creek went to Lick Creek. I don't know where New Hope >>Road was supposed to go. I can only imagine. Lower class roads really >>didn't have names......you said you were going to Wyatt's Mill or Widow >>McKenzies and everyone knew the roadway you were going to take to get there. >> >>But all is not lost just because you don't have a modern road name. >>Careful study of the road records from the present back to the beggining >>can be fairly accurate, and once you begin to include surveyors records you >>can fairly well pinpoint an old homestead. You gotta remember, these folks >>wouldn't go out and make or particularly change a road for fun. They had >>to be prodded by the authorities to stop farming or 'resting' to go out and >>clear land for a new road. So once a road was laid-off, I don't believe it >>was changed very often. I suspect current roads are fairly close to the >>original roads with only minor changes. Roads that were 'declassified' >>because of lack of use, were just left to be reclaimed by nature, but you >>may still find evidence of their original route. Wonder how they marked >>the 'Mile Trees'. >> >>Hope this helps, >> >>Dave >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >>--------- >>At 08:22 AM 7/18/99 -0500, Lillie Cotham wrote: >>>Dave, >>>You have renewed my hope of finding where my Matheny relatives lived. >>>After visiting the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, I had given up hope of >>>finding the location. I was planning on looking at deeds. Now I will >>>look at the Court Minutes. I see you have done much research, a lot >>>ahead of my 2+ years, in this area. Would you happen to know if the >>>roads are still named the same now as then. For those of you who haven't >>>been there, this is strictly country, even to an old life-time country >>>girl. >>>Lillie >>> >>> >>>==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >>>GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: >>>They Hide & I Seek !! >>> >> >> >>==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >>My family tree must have been used for Firewood !!! >> >> > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >My family Coat of Arms ties at the back ...... >is that normal ??? >
Well folks, Today is the start of something special here on DC. Some time back, Jan started a tradition of "Sunday Rockin' on Stewart. Recognizing that it was a great idea, I jumped in too.! So on almost each Saturday evening or Sunday morning one of us posts a musing.. thoughts about quiet times, sitting barefoot on a stump on a hot summer day. Eating watermelon while the juice and dust make tracks down our arms plopping in the dust at your feet... the healing power of fishing, the love of home and family....... The people on Dickson and Stewart really took to it and we enjoy doing it.. We hope you enjoy it too. Cher and Jan ************************************** Afternoon Y'all, Now I know that is not quite true as it is Saturday night when I am writing this, but fact is most folk have maybe hit the sack by now, and I got plans for tomorrow afternoon...so bear with me. Fact is, hubby and I are headed off fishin. Time to renew inner serenity and all that...nothing quite like a fishin trip to help with that one. That bein the case I got to thinkin just how much fishin is like genealogy. Ah hah! Saw that look of disbelief cross your face! Well now it IS. Just you think about it... First off, fishin has a way of gettin in your blood. Sure does. All it takes is that first big whopper to latch onto your hook (whether you can get him reeled into the bank or not) and it isn't the FISH that is hooked anymore, it is YOU!!!! Well now, that is kind of how it is with genealogy, right? You get that FIRST big break...get your family on one line back to Methuselah, hit just the right contact...then it just keeps goin through your mind, uh huh, and if I just keep fishin long enough I am gonna get another BIG one!!!! (fact is, you are generally right!). And the nibbles you get that you DON'T reel in, that don't wind up your folks?? Well they are just the teasers that keep you goin, but there are plenty of KEEPERS out there tooo, and you get your share of em. Then there is that question of bait. Every good fisherman worth his/her salt knows that generally the best bait is something that seems NATURAL...fits right in. Well so does a genealogist. Quickest way I know to get information out of my older relatives is NOT to start firin questions at em right and left...they clam up, claim they don't know anything, refuse to remember...nope, quickest way is to use NATURAL bait...get em started reminiscin about old times and by golly pretty soon they drop a name I haven't heard before being connected, pretty soon they are mentioning places, and stories and pretty soon I have a whole new direction to start searching in... Line is important too you know. You want some good line strong for its diameter and real abrasion resistant ...needs to have the ability to almost untangle itself if possible....Well I reckon that to the family lines in my files. I want em strong, and documented (abrasion resistant and easy to untangle). I goof sometimes, but that is how I want em to be..strong so the line doesn't break. Get yourself a good trollin motor too...so you can browse those banks in hard to get to places. My best trollin motor is the lists I am on... I don't necessarily run into prime fishin every where I go...but I scout out the territory. Then there is that "learning experience"...don't know of a single fisherman without some good stories to tell...now maybe some of em I listen to with tongue in cheek and maybe some of em are just plain all in good fun ...but you listen to a fisherman and you are going to get some GREAT tips...they will tell you what fish are runnin, when and what to catch em with, they will tell you what prime spots to check out and how to go bout fishin em. Same with this...listen to the ole timers and by golly you get some free advise that is mighty good! I never bought a genealogy how-to book in my life....learned from the sources...folks who have been at this a good long while (and sometimes some newbies turn up some good new advice too!), and that is how I learn how to find the "keepers". And maybe the BEST thing about fishin is that after awhile you know it is not about catchin fish at all....it is about FISHIN! Maybe you come back with nothing, but you relaxed and enjoyed the great outdoors and came home feeling good. Genealogy is a lot like that...after awhile you know it is not so much about getting your FTM chalk full as it is about the family you meet, the folks you enjoy and get to know that aren't family at all. Maybe you close down the day with nothin, but you had a few good laughs, you chatted and relaxed, you recognized the concept of "family" in a greater scheme of things and you logged off feeling good. Have a good day yall! And have fun fishin! jan
OK Cher - I just got back from taking MY dogs for their Sunday afternoon ride to their "grandpa's house" for cornbread. Now Bonnie, the coon hound is stretched out under the shade tree, Sully, the English Shepherd is swimming in his swimming pool and Spot, the Heinz 57, is in his cool hole he dug in the dirt under the shed. Send your dog on over here to West Tennessee for me to take care of while you put up more pictures. :>) I'm sure my dog pack would enjoy the company and you could put more pictures up. If I don't get my pictures back soon I'm going to go berserk - they had my trip to New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile in addition to the DC Homecoming - plus all those cemeteries I ran upon and took pictures of every headstone with any surname in my line!!!!!! Surely they're not lost!! Leslie Moore lmoore@ecsis.net Personal homepage: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/ Lake County, TN Gen page: http://www.ecsis.net/lakecounty/history/ Kennedy Family Info: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/kennedy.html Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/
To all of my fellow genealogy listers - FAMILY TREE MAKER has some errors in it that are causing me to lose some of my entries in my family file database. I am also not able to export my data into a GEDCOM format that would allow me to save it. I may be forced to re-enter my data before I can confidently use the FAMILY TREE MAKER program again. (This is where I remind myself that I have 28 years worth of data stored in that database.) Some of you also read messages earlier this week about several others among us who have ALREADY LOST ALL OF THEIR DATA from their FAMILY TREE MAKER program. To make a long story short, I spent the major part of this weekend trying to fix problems in FAMILY TREE MAKER from error codes. In case you were wondering, FAMILY TREE MAKER doesnt DO weekends. Fortunately, I was able to post my problem to their website and other genealogists who have had similar problems came to my rescue with attempted fixes. None of the fixes worked, however, one of the attempted fixes did identify that I have 276 ERRORS in my family file! I am still hopeful that FAMILY TREE MAKER will respond to my series of messages on Monday. However, most of the other genealogists have expressed similar frustration at not being able to get their FAMILY TREE MAKER problems fixed. So, all I can do is keep my fingers crossed . . . . . AND REMIND YOU TO BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP ! ! ! ! ! I would highly recommend that you make a complete backup of your family file by either copying your .FTW file or by exporting a GEDCOM file that can be saved as a backup for later. Or, better yet, do both! Also, make TWO backups. Keep one at home -- Take the other one to work, a friends, a relatives, ANYWHERE but your house! AND DO IT NOW ! ! ! In case any of you are having FAMILY TREE MAKER problems, here is the FAMILY TREE MAKER site to which all problems are posted: http://genforum.genealogy.com/errors/ My hope is that in the long run, I will not have to re-enter my data -- AND that at least we all realize that as wonderful as many thought FAMILY TREE MAKER was, it is not infallible. You know, I completely lost my hard drive at my office one time . . . . THAT was nothing compared to the heart and soul I have put into my family file database. . . . Laura Darr
Please don't change anything about the list. My family was only in this area for about thirty to forty years, and I'm not related to many of you, but I count you as my friends. I can remember as a child, knowing noone except my sister and my brother with the name Legate. Our father died when I was a baby, and my sister had to raise me (she was nine), and we were dirt poor. One day, I found Legate, tennessee on the map, and I knew that we were someone important, because we had a town named after us.. It was so great this summer to meet some of you, and to actually see Legate, Tennessee. Well, I saw the gas station!! Just keep on keepin' on, Lucinda
I found in a book of TN land grants that John Leggett received a land grant, Stewart County, in 1816, 50 acres, G district, bkP, p. 339 #9634 Now my stupid question is.... What does this mean? Was he in the War of 1812? Would there be more information if I looked at the orginal record?. Lucinda
Hi, Dave; My great grandmother was Sarah Pierce who married Thomas Weaks in Henry CO TN. Sarah's mother was a Holiday/Holliday. -----Original Message----- From: David L. Snow <DLSNOW@worldnet.att.net> To: DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 4:39 PM Subject: RE: More: on Pierces >Hi Will, > >I've got some additions and corrections to update, so give me a couple of >days. This PIERCE thing really bugs me.....not sure why. Think it has to >do with that little Mt. Vincent Cemetery sitting in someones front yard >where Hiram & Kizziah Pierce and William & Elizabeth McKenzie are buried. >Who puts a cemetery in there front yard ???????? Building was more than a >home, something tells me. William was a staunch Methodist, so much so, he >alienated himself from the rest of his family for it for a number of years. > Strange thing is......it's just up the road from the missing 'Willow >Point' Cemetery, that I was informed today, was apparently destroyed in the >last 30 years or so, for a house trailer <wonder where the septic tank >went. Remember some of you folks on this list have ancestors buried >there.>. 'Like to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eye' as a start !!! >I'll find 'im yet. Makes my blood boil, sorry. > >Dave >===================================== >At 05:00 PM 7/17/99 -0400, you wrote: >>David, I'm interested if you've found anything new on the John and Rachel >>line since you last shared your records with me. I'm enclosing my FTM >>gen.report. Can you or anyone else from the DC list add to or correct it? My >>great grandmother was Mattie Pierce. Will Melton > > > >==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== >Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? >