That is discouraging. I've had a similar experience with the Friends (Quaker) Library in London; they were most unfriendly...Julia, did you get any names in the Smith/Edmondson file? Maybe you could mail them a copy of your correspondence & request that they send the copies, when the file resurfaces? I would not mind sharing reasonable expenses for SC research prior to 1800, if we could locate a good researcher. Nancy Edmondson Wood > Well, the same thing sort of happened to me when I sent for a file from the > South Carolina Historical Society. I found a list of several (perhaps a > dozen) files on the Edmondsons in South Carolina on the SCIway site which is > by the SC Historical Society. So, I used their e-mail address and authorized > them to spend up to $20 to send the the file I wanted. I was told to do this > by the woman at the SCHS with whom I spoke on the phone about my request. > > I received a letter back, along with a copy of a page showing the Smith file > in which the Edmondson resided. The note about the Edmondson file was on the > bottom of the copied page. > > So, I wrote a letter to the SCHS requesting the file and sending a check for > $15.00, > the going price for 1/2 hours of "research." > > Saturday I received a "note" telling me that they "could not find the file." > So, I am out $20! Should I feel fleeced??? > > Julia > Florida/USA > > Saundra Carr wrote: > > > We visited Guilford College in NC to research our Edmondsons. They were > > VERY uncooperative. > > The indecis we searched did not show any Edmondsons in their collection. > > We were told research was to be conducted only by one of their paid > > researchers. > > Perhaps the librarian had a bad day... > > > > John Carr > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.net> > > To: <EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:20 PM > > Subject: [EDM] FYI: Re: Orangeburg-Bamburg > > > > > Edmondson listers, > > > > > > This is FYI... > > > Julia > > > Florida/USA > > > > > > > > > Dear Julia. > > > The birth, death, & marriage records for most Orangeburg Dist. > > > Quakers > > > were included in Wateree (later named Fredericksburg) Monthly Meeting > > > records, which were lost. Willard Heiss (a nationally known historian > > > and > > > genealogist) and I offered a substantial reward years ago to encourage > > > people > > > to look for the records in South Carolina. They were not found. > > > Most of the surviving records for Bush River Monthly Meeting are > > > housed > > > at Guilford College in NC, and are available abstracted in Hinshaw's > > > Ency. of > > > Amer. Quaker Genealogy and a CD of that from Family Tree Maker. > > > While it has been years since I worked actively with those records, > > > I > > > seem to remember that the Edmundsons were connected with North Carolina. > > > I will try to check on this, but it may be a few days before I have > > > a > > > chance. > > > B Medlin > > > > > > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > > > To email to the list, send your message to: EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com. > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, email to: EDMONDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > or to EDMONDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com, if you get digests. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > > > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > > ARCHIVES: > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=EDMONDSON > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/EDMONDSON-L/ > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > ROOTSWEB - our host: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > Help Desk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >

Nancy, There were no names that I can remember. I had my husband empty my file to a disc for storage. It was the one which had the images of the correspondence. Can't seem to find the original. :( However, I sent a copy of it to Beverly Brunelle in Wyoming. Perhaps she could tell you what the name with Smith was. Yes, well, the English have never been known to be a warm, "friendly" people. I guess that wouldn't be the opposite to the Spanish, Italian, or Portugese then, would it? Anyway, I figure that, as a Lcdr. Bradbury used to say, "[I] got some English put one [me]!" :) Julia Florida/USA nancy_wood wrote: > That is discouraging. I've had a similar experience with the Friends > (Quaker) Library in London; they were most unfriendly...Julia, did you get > any names in the Smith/Edmondson file? Maybe you could mail them a copy of > your correspondence & request that they send the copies, when the file > resurfaces? I would not mind sharing reasonable expenses for SC research > prior to 1800, if we could locate a good researcher. Nancy Edmondson Wood > > > Well, the same thing sort of happened to me when I sent for a file from > the > > South Carolina Historical Society. I found a list of several (perhaps a > > dozen) files on the Edmondsons in South Carolina on the SCIway site which > is > > by the SC Historical Society. So, I used their e-mail address and > authorized > > them to spend up to $20 to send the the file I wanted. I was told to do > this > > by the woman at the SCHS with whom I spoke on the phone about my request. > > > > I received a letter back, along with a copy of a page showing the Smith > file > > in which the Edmondson resided. The note about the Edmondson file was on > the > > bottom of the copied page. > > > > So, I wrote a letter to the SCHS requesting the file and sending a check > for > > $15.00, > > the going price for 1/2 hours of "research." > > > > Saturday I received a "note" telling me that they "could not find the > file." > > So, I am out $20! Should I feel fleeced??? > > > > Julia > > Florida/USA > > > > Saundra Carr wrote: > > > > > We visited Guilford College in NC to research our Edmondsons. They were > > > VERY uncooperative. > > > The indecis we searched did not show any Edmondsons in their collection. > > > We were told research was to be conducted only by one of their paid > > > researchers. > > > Perhaps the librarian had a bad day... > > > > > > John Carr > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Julia Leite <ladyj13@pcola.gulf.net> > > > To: <EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 9:20 PM > > > Subject: [EDM] FYI: Re: Orangeburg-Bamburg > > > > > > > Edmondson listers, > > > > > > > > This is FYI... > > > > Julia > > > > Florida/USA > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Julia. > > > > The birth, death, & marriage records for most Orangeburg Dist. > > > > Quakers > > > > were included in Wateree (later named Fredericksburg) Monthly Meeting > > > > records, which were lost. Willard Heiss (a nationally known historian > > > > and > > > > genealogist) and I offered a substantial reward years ago to encourage > > > > people > > > > to look for the records in South Carolina. They were not found. > > > > Most of the surviving records for Bush River Monthly Meeting are > > > > housed > > > > at Guilford College in NC, and are available abstracted in Hinshaw's > > > > Ency. of > > > > Amer. Quaker Genealogy and a CD of that from Family Tree Maker. > > > > While it has been years since I worked actively with those > records, > > > > I > > > > seem to remember that the Edmundsons were connected with North > Carolina. > > > > I will try to check on this, but it may be a few days before I > have > > > > a > > > > chance. > > > > B Medlin > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > > > > To email to the list, send your message to: EDMONDSON-L@rootsweb.com. > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, email to: > EDMONDSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > or to EDMONDSON-D-request@rootsweb.com, if you get digests. > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > > > ARCHIVES: > > > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=EDMONDSON > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/EDMONDSON-L/ > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > > ROOTSWEB - our host: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > Help Desk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > > Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > > > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > ==== EDMONDSON Mailing List ==== > For RootsWeb lists, the "-request" form of the email address is for > subscribing and unsubscribing. 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