That is a good praise report,Betty. I join you in the praise. The Lord has a pretty impressive genealogy too, but he said not to become involved in controversies about it. He sure had some interesting characters in his charts.----Karen Kerr

Very true. I seem to have the best of both worlds, my fathers family all being "Texans" from very, very early, and my mothers family ALL coming from Louisiana. Even my hubby, who IS NOT cajun, understands a lot, having lived in Chambers/Jefferson County all his life. When I tell him, "I think I'll go East this weekend, and spend some time at my cousins house." His immediate response is, to pace the floor, and tell me, "Pam, look, those people DON'T need a reason to party!!!" Then, I just tell him, I'm in good hands. And, he's a nervous wreck the whole time I'm gone!!! Pam --- Aline Holtzman <[email protected]> wrote: > Cajuns are a playful lot and have a language all > their own. I love it Alice. > > Perhaps someone needs to study up on these lovely > people. > > Aline > > At 07:28 PM 6/26/99 -0700, you wrote: > >How does she mean well??� We just don't understand. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 7:09 PM > >Subject: Re: Vivian and North Caddo Parish > > > > > >> In a message dated 6/26/99 7:59:04 PM Mountain > Daylight Time, > >> [email protected] writes: > >> > >> << How do we decode the messages - such as the > one below? > >>�� >> > >> Play nice ya'll, she means well... > >> > >> > > > Aline > > === Jas Hampton O 1822 AL>Daniel O 1855 AL>Mary Eboline O 1875 AL> and William F. Holmes 1836 TN>Robert W. Holmes 1867 TX>Clayton Holmes 1903 TX>Glenn Holmes 1931 TX _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I thought this was suppose to be a genealogy page, but I have had 44 messages today (Saturday) and 99.9% have no genealogy value whatsoever. It is just gossip about daughters weddings, Cajun mumbo-jumbo, etc. It's too bad. Would make a good source of sharing family info. That is if you didn't have to spend so much time DELETING off the garbage. arbage.

That is ya'll,,,,a yawl (as per Webster) is a ship's smal boat or a fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat carrying a mainsail and one or more jibs! Peggy

Karen I am one who has East Texas Roots, but that still does not make me a person who knows of the Cajuns ways. My dad never spoke of them. Maybe its because his family moved from Texas in 1916? He was born in 1905. You won't find any other family that laughs anymore than mine did and still does. Evidently Zydeco is somekind of music. We were dancers also to music. Yes we know computers was unheard of in the early 1900's. As to the crawfish and poke salad, that I know about, but not MAha berries. Oh well we learn more as each day ends. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 9:45 PM Subject: Decoding > It is difficult for me to beleive tht anyone with east Texas roots has no > familiarity with the Cajuns who live next door. That would be like people > living in San Antonio and Bexar Co. not understanding what fiesta,the > Alamo,pinatas,enchilladas,picante,or mariachis were. I am sure that our > ancestors did not have computers that kept them indoors and isolated from > their neighbors.Even if they did, the Coon Asses did not have them and would > have knocked on their doors and invited them to a soiree or offered them some > gumbo. Our crawfish,poke salad,mahaw berries and alligators did not recognize > state lines back in those days like they do now.If your ancestors lived in > east Texas they knew a few Cajuns personally.Mine married them.You can tell > because we know how to laugh and our knees start swishing whenever we hear zydeco. > Karen Kerr > >

My great grandfather was Cajun but he died before I was born as did my grandmother so I have no knowledge of their background. It is much like a foreign language to one who is from West Texas. Peggy

Thanks Alice, The light is beginning to dawn. Now all I have to worry about is all the good sites I may have missed when I didn't understand :) Pat -----Original Message----- From: Alice Chauvin Bradshaw <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 10:13 PM Subject: Re: Messages from the cajun >All the sites are Texas Cities and counties. I see old dates and >surnames. Webtv "send page" is automated. It places the URL below my >signature line. Secondly, my signature line is typed the way it is, >because if I use HTML, AOL users can not read it. It shows up on their >terminals as just gibberish. >I post everthing with only genealogy in mind. >When looking at my sign.line, for instance, the URL for Quebec Babies, >covers illegal adoptions, in Canada. The children were adopted out all >over the US and Canada...Their Children are searching for birthparents/ >grandparents..... >I hope this helps everyone:)Alice > >Cajun-Lynx~Un Chauvin est un Jingo ou, en englais, a violent >patriot".CONGRÈS MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE1999 >http://www.cma-la99.com/en_home.html >AdoptionGenQuebec, http://www.members.home.net/bjq/, >http://www.expage.com/page/bayoumama http://www.expage.com/page/mojos, >MOJO Gonna Git'Ya! POO!!YAI!! > >

It is difficult for me to beleive tht anyone with east Texas roots has no familiarity with the Cajuns who live next door. That would be like people living in San Antonio and Bexar Co. not understanding what fiesta,the Alamo,pinatas,enchilladas,picante,or mariachis were. I am sure that our ancestors did not have computers that kept them indoors and isolated from their neighbors.Even if they did, the Coon Asses did not have them and would have knocked on their doors and invited them to a soiree or offered them some gumbo. Our crawfish,poke salad,mahaw berries and alligators did not recognize state lines back in those days like they do now.If your ancestors lived in east Texas they knew a few Cajuns personally.Mine married them.You can tell because we know how to laugh and our knees start swishing whenever we hear zydeco. Karen Kerr

Cajuns are a playful lot and have a language all their own. I love it Alice. Perhaps someone needs to study up on these lovely people. Aline At 07:28 PM 6/26/99 -0700, you wrote: >How does she mean well??  We just don't understand. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 7:09 PM >Subject: Re: Vivian and North Caddo Parish > > >> In a message dated 6/26/99 7:59:04 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> << How do we decode the messages - such as the one below? >>   >> >> Play nice ya'll, she means well... >> >> > Aline

Another thing ancestors did...they went to Louisiana to get married and many of them Honeymooned in NewOrleans as is still done today. Infact my daughter married this past July in Lake Charles and stayed in La. for her honeymoon....she is from this area...hey their #1 Aniversary is very soon:)Alice Cajun-Lynx~Un Chauvin est un Jingo ou, en englais, a violent patriot".CONGRÈS MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE1999 http://www.cma-la99.com/en_home.html AdoptionGenQuebec, http://www.members.home.net/bjq/, http://www.expage.com/page/bayoumama http://www.expage.com/page/mojos, MOJO Gonna Git'Ya! POO!!YAI!!

Sorry just to much. UNSUBSCRIBE Jerry L. Jones Ps. 119:11 [email protected]

Alice Thank you for writing and telling us what it all means. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alice Chauvin Bradshaw <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 8:12 PM Subject: Re: Messages from the cajun > All the sites are Texas Cities and counties. I see old dates and > surnames. Webtv "send page" is automated. It places the URL below my > signature line. Secondly, my signature line is typed the way it is, > because if I use HTML, AOL users can not read it. It shows up on their > terminals as just gibberish. > I post everthing with only genealogy in mind. > When looking at my sign.line, for instance, the URL for Quebec Babies, > covers illegal adoptions, in Canada. The children were adopted out all > over the US and Canada...Their Children are searching for birthparents/ > grandparents..... > I hope this helps everyone:)Alice > > Cajun-Lynx~Un Chauvin est un Jingo ou, en englais, a violent > patriot".CONGRÈS MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE1999 > http://www.cma-la99.com/en_home.html > AdoptionGenQuebec, http://www.members.home.net/bjq/, > http://www.expage.com/page/bayoumama http://www.expage.com/page/mojos, > MOJO Gonna Git'Ya! POO!!YAI!! > >

All the sites are Texas Cities and counties. I see old dates and surnames. Webtv "send page" is automated. It places the URL below my signature line. Secondly, my signature line is typed the way it is, because if I use HTML, AOL users can not read it. It shows up on their terminals as just gibberish. I post everthing with only genealogy in mind. When looking at my sign.line, for instance, the URL for Quebec Babies, covers illegal adoptions, in Canada. The children were adopted out all over the US and Canada...Their Children are searching for birthparents/ grandparents..... I hope this helps everyone:)Alice Cajun-Lynx~Un Chauvin est un Jingo ou, en englais, a violent patriot".CONGRÈS MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE1999 http://www.cma-la99.com/en_home.html AdoptionGenQuebec, http://www.members.home.net/bjq/, http://www.expage.com/page/bayoumama http://www.expage.com/page/mojos, MOJO Gonna Git'Ya! POO!!YAI!!

Ok, everyone. I've been on this list about 2 weeks now, and I just this evening, figured it out!!!! Then, I get back on-line, and lo and behold, I wasn't the only one!!! I think it's a really neat idea!!! FYI: According to my book, "How To Speak Southern", written by Steve Mitchell, (whick I keep right next to my Websters Dictionary), everyone has mispelled the word that means "you all". The correct spelling is 'YAWL'. Yawl have a good one!!! Pam --- [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 6/26/99 7:59:04 PM Mountain > Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << How do we decode the messages - such as the one > below? > >> > Play nice ya'll, she means well... > > === Jas Hampton O 1822 AL>Daniel O 1855 AL>Mary Eboline O 1875 AL> and William F. Holmes 1836 TN>Robert W. Holmes 1867 TX>Clayton Holmes 1903 TX>Glenn Holmes 1931 TX _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hi Alice, I do hope you understand that some of us (like me) just had a problem understanding what your messages were about. I honestly still don't understand. there seems to be a number of URL's listed under your signature. I guess I'm just afraid I might miss something important. Were you letting the list know about a good site for research? I really would like to know. You obviously put a lot of time in on this. Regards, Pat Culp [email protected]

Hi all..... I have too many non-genealogy notes from the friendly folks here, and am leaving you for a while. Pat

I'm glad I am not the only one that had no idea what all those messages were about. -----Original Message----- From: Sarah L. Hardy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 9:00 PM Subject: Re: Vivian and North Caddo Parish >How do we decode the messages - such as the one below? > >Evelyn Sell wrote: > >> I don't understand all of this cajun stuff and the mojo. Sorry just >> wondering about it. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Alice Chauvin Bradshaw <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 11:30 AM >> Subject: Vivian and North Caddo Parish >> >> > >> > --WebTV-Mail-1055445933-8487 >> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 >> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable >> > >> > Cajun-Lynx~Un Chauvin est un Jingo ou, en englais, a violent >> > patriot".CONGR=C8S MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE1999 >> > http://www.cma-la99.com/en_home.html >> > AdoptionGenQuebec, http://www.members.home.net/bjq/, >> > http://www.expage.com/page/bayoumama http://www.expage.com/page/mojos, >> > MOJO Gonna Git'Ya! POO!!YAI!! >> > >> > >> > --WebTV-Mail-1055445933-8487 >> > X-URL-Title: Vivian and North Caddo Parish >> > Content-Disposition: Inline >> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII >> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >> > >> > http://cust.iamerica.net/ncaddo/ncmhs2.htm >> > >> > --WebTV-Mail-1055445933-8487-- >> > >> > > >

If yall would just look below my signature line you will see the URL..click and read:) Alice Cajun-Lynx~Un Chauvin est un Jingo ou, en englais, a violent patriot".CONGRÈS MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE1999 http://www.cma-la99.com/en_home.html AdoptionGenQuebec, http://www.members.home.net/bjq/, http://www.expage.com/page/bayoumama http://www.expage.com/page/mojos, MOJO Gonna Git'Ya! POO!!YAI!!

I'm not sure what you want, but I want to stay on the list. Billy J. Blankenship, Corpus Christi, TX [email protected] Relatives in the following counties: Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby, Gregg, and Wood. Tks, BJB

How does she mean well?? We just don't understand. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 7:09 PM Subject: Re: Vivian and North Caddo Parish > In a message dated 6/26/99 7:59:04 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << How do we decode the messages - such as the one below? > >> > Play nice ya'll, she means well... > >