rootsweb.com seems to be down ______________________ Jeri J. Steele, CGRS(sm) Pioneer Information Services http://www.PioneerInfo.com Want to know about CGRS? http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Goindigo1@aol.com> To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 5:06 PM Subject: Smith County Site > Howdy All, > > Wondering if anyone else is having trouble with the rootsweb Smith County > Texas site? It opens for me but I can't access the documents. > www.rootsweb.com/~txsmith > > I have been trying to check there for any record of my grandmother Gertrude > FLOWERS who is mentioned in the obituary of her Uncle, R.L. MASTERS, as > coming from the town of Troup to the services in 1910. She would have been 25 > at the time and not yet married. Her family was from Sulpher Springs, Hopkins > Co., TX. Have a feeling I'm going to find her marriage records in Smith - I > think she married Eugene Herbert CASSIDY in 1913 and they head for CA. (Or he > went ahead and she followed and they were married in CA.) Would at least like > to rule out Smith co. if nothing else. It wasn't in Hopkins Co. according to > records. > > Anyway would appreciate hearing from anyone on their ability to access this > site. I keep getting a "Connection Timed Out" with each thing I try and open > there. My system seems to be working fine so I'm just wondering if theres > another trick to getting into the Smith Co. information. > Thanks for any direction you may be able to provide, > Chris Cassidy Schutz > Port Orchard, WA >