I have snail mailed and called every Elam in my county and surrounding area. Many of them are not able to find a relationship to our Anderson Elam family. I put notices in the paper about our yearly reunion but only Anderson's family shows up. They show up because we are all great cooks and spend all of our time at the reunion stuffing ourselves. The Weatherford Family has such an organization as you describe and they send out letters every so often. Since I couldn't trace my Samuel to them, I fianlly quit them but they contain family news and have enormous reunions. A person can find themselves going too far afield, ending up collecting names instead of connecting families. I find it overwhelming. Since we have never been able to connect our Edward to any other Elams, I guess we will probably be happiest going along on our own for awhile. At least, that's how I feel. But I want to send a contribution if you will send your address, Cassie, and now that things have calmed down on my other research, remind me again which war we are collecting Elam names for. I work about 10 lines at once and I feel at age 77 I have a perfect right to become somewhat confused once in awhile--but not often. When I reach 78, then I can be even more confused! Mariynn ---------- > From: Cassie Elam <celam@pdq.net> > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Elam Family Research Page and a couple of ideas... > Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 1:16 AM > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --------------616F47093C8B > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi cousins -- > > I have received several offers to help out in paying for the move of the > website to Rootsweb. While it's not necessary, if you really want to I > would happily accept your kind offers. > > That brings to mind something I've been mulling over in my feverish > brain of late. What would people think about making an organized effort > to try and contact some of our "snail-mail only" Elam cousins? Since we > have lists of Elams from every state we could do some sort of a mailing > to try and get some more folks contributing to our research. Who knows > what knowledge is lurking in someone's attic who doesn't belong to the > list? > I've checked with the Post Office and pre-stamped postcards can be > purchased from it for 21 cents each. The postage for a regular postcard > is 20 cents, so this seems to be the most economical route. If you all > are interested in going this route, I could either send lists of > addresses to those of you who would like to participate or you could > make a contribution to be used for purchasing the postcards. > > Another idea would be to set up an "official" Elam Family History > Association. While I don't have time to undertake its organization, I > have done some research into how other such groups are set up and would > be glad to pitch in with getting it up and running. For a yearly > subscription, you typically get a membership card or certificate and a > periodic newsletter. The dues are used to cover such items as the > newsletter, advertising the association, establishing a research > library, etc. The associations I looked at all have a website that, > while varying in content, seems to look pretty much like the one I've > already got set up. If people are agreeable, I could modify it to > become the official association website and we could go from there. > > Well, what do you think? Any volunteers? > > Cassie > > --------------616F47093C8B > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > X-AIGFROM: <ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> > X-AIGTO: celam@PDQ.NET > Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27-2] by meg.pdq.net ID 49_77614; > Mon, 02 Aug 1999 03:47:35 -0500 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA17989; > Mon, 2 Aug 1999 01:47:01 -0700 (PDT) > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 01:47:01 -0700 (PDT) > From: ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com > Message-Id: <199908020847.BAA17989@bl-11.rootsweb.com> > Subject: ELAM-ROOTS-D Digest V99 #119 > X-Loop: ELAM-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <ELAM-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com> archive/volume99/119 > Precedence: list > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" > To: ELAM-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------ > > Content-Type: text/plain > > ELAM-ROOTS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 119 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Fwd: Court Records [LDRAM2058@aol.com] > #2 Re: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Elam Family Res [dloy@mindspring.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ELAM-ROOTS-D, send a message to > > ELAM-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > ------------------------------ > > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 16:32:18 EDT > From: LDRAM2058@aol.com > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <b525515f.24d608d2@aol.com> > Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Fwd: Court Records > > --part1_b525515f.24d608d2_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Received the attached records and thought others might be interested. I > noticed that I had many license dates for the marriages listed instead of the > actual marriage date. Maybe others will find the information helpful. > > LaDonna Elam McKelvey > > --part1_b525515f.24d608d2_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-path: Ray1693@aol.com > From: Ray1693@aol.com > Full-name: Ray1693 > Message-ID: <a88a25b6.24d53362@aol.com> > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 01:21:38 EDT > Subject: Re: Court Records > To: LDRAM2058@aol.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 21 > > There are no mentions of Samuel Elam in the Court Records. > > Edward Elam: > Page 91 4-4-1795, was named a juror. > Page 98 3-1766 was named as a defendant in Henry Co., in an assult and > battery case > Page 171 in the Records at Large Book. 9-5-1796, was a member of a jury. > Prince Edward Co. Court: As late as April 1797. Six times mentioned as being > in attendance. From the reocrds, he seemed to live 20 miles from the court > house. They were paid for their attendance, and the records state, 2 days, > 40 miles. That means 2 days of attendance and a total of 40 miles traveled. > > Joel Elam > Attendance in April 1802 at the court. 3 days, 12 miles, 2 times > > Soloman H. Elam > 5-5-1795 Charlotte Co. Court named as a juror. > ............................... > Marriage Bonds and Minister's Returns of Charlotte Co., VA 1764-1815 > > ELAM GROOMS > > 7 February 1814. Anderson G. ELAM and Latisha Weatherford, dau. Samuel > Weatherford. Dur. Samuel Weatherford, Jr. pg. 516 > > 17 November 1813. Chandler ELAM and Tabitha Harris, dau. Sally Harris. Sur. > Jacob Hudson. Married 18 November by Rev. George Petty. pg. 501 > > 28 May 1810. Edward ELAM and Lettice Wallace (widow). Sur. Thomas Chaffin. > Married 1 June by Rev. Richard Dabbs. pg. 455 *** > > *** 1 March 1790. John Wallace and Lydia Chaffin. Sur. Joshua Chaffin. > Married 11 March by Rev. Thomas Johnson who says Letty Chaffin. pg. 150 > > 29 December 1782. Soloman Harmon ELAM and Phoebe Osborne, dau. Reps. > Osborne. pg. 51 > > 23 January 1813. Harmon ELAM and Nancy Dupree, dau. William Dupree. Sur. > William Dupree, Jr. Married 28 January by Rev. William Richards. pg. 501 > > 23 February 1788. James ELAM and Betsy Sharp, dau. Mack Sharp. Sur. Thomas > Farley. Married same day by Rev. John Williams. pg. 113 > > 1 February 1790. Joel ELAM and Mary Ann Easter. Sur. Hill Hudson. Married > 3 February by Rev. John Williams. pg. 143 > > 1 October 1787. Martin ELAM and Judith Barnes, dau. Francis Barnes. Sur. > John Eubank. Married 25 October by Rev. John Williams. pg108 > > 8 December 1807. Reps. J. ELAM and Mary Gregory, dau. Joseph Gregory. Sur. > D. S. Brown. pg. 401 > > 21 May 1808. Robert ELAM and Polly Richardson, dau. John Richardson. Sur. > RIchard Richardson. pg. 412 > > 29 April 1809. Thomas ELAM and Catherine Kemp (widow). Sur. Price Roach. > Married same day by Rev. Joseph Jenkins. pg. 435 *** > > *** 5 January 1797. William Kemp and Catey Roach, dau. John Roach. Sur. John > Roach, Jr. pg. 252 > > ELAM Brides:: > > 9 April 1814. Thomas Gregory and Ednea J. ELAM, dau. Soloman H. ELAM. Sur. > Harmon ELAM. pg. 519 > > 17 December 1782. John Burrass and Elizabeth ELAM, dau. William ELAM. Sur. > Martin ELAM. Married 19 December by Rev. Thomas Johnston. pg. 49 > > 28 February 1793. Obadiah Edge and Elizabeth ELAM, dau. Edward ELAM. Sur. > John Tarply. Married same day by Rev. Edward Almond. pg. 189 > > 7 August 1800. William Neighbors and Elizabeth ELAM. Married by Rev. John > Chappell. Minister's Returns p. 25 > > 5 July 1802. John Neighbors and Jincy ELAM, ward of Charles Raine. Sur. > William Smith, Jr. John son of William Neighbors. Married same day by Rev. > John Chappell. pg 316 > > 7 May 1782. Peter Word and Frances ELAM, dau. William ELAM. Sur. Harmon > ELAM. Married 8 May by Rev. Thomas Johnston. pg. 50 > > 3 August 1812. Seaton DUffer and Nancy ELAM, dau. Jean ELAM. Sur. Samuel > ELAM. Seaton son of Edmund Duffer. Married 7 August by Rev. William Richards > who says Mary ELAM. pg. 485 > > 5 June 1786. James Elmore and Polly ELAM, dau. Edward ELAM. Sur. William > Elmore. Married 8 June by Rev. Thomas Johnston. pg. 94 > > 22 August 1797. Lewis Dunn and Rebecca ELAM, dau. Edward ELAM. Sur. John > ELAM. Married 24 August by Rev. Edward Almond. pg. 249 > > Hope that these can be of assistance to you. > > Barbra Jean., > > --part1_b525515f.24d608d2_boundary-- > > ______________________________ > ------------------------------ > > X-Message: #2 > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 02:49:01 -0400 > From: dloy@mindspring.com > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <03d201bedcb3$1d6b98c0$d23d45cf@vogmudet> > Subject: Re: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Elam Family Research Page > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Cassie, > Why don't you let some of us help you pay for the site > that you need? I certainly would contribute. I appreciate > very much what you are doing. Thanks. Diane > -----Original Message----- > From: Cassie Elam <celam@pdq.net> > To: ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <ELAM-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 6:25 PM > Subject: [ELAM-ROOTS-L] Elam Family Research Page > > > >Hello all -- > > > >As you all know I threw a major temper tantrum when Geocities and Yahoo > >merged and came out with that hideous clause in their Terms of Service > >contract that says they can do anything with the information contained > >on any site hosted by them. It turns out that after I went to all that > >trouble to move everything over to Tripod, with whom I had placed the > >"photographs" section of my page a year or two ago, I went in and looked > >at their Terms of Service and they have changed it to use the EXACT SAME > >language as GeoCities/Yahoo! I was so angry that I decided to check out > >Xoom.com and found that they also use the very same clause. So, it > >looks like short of paying someone to host the site (which I have looked > >into and is prohibitively expensive), there's really no alternative but > >to pick my favorite devil. I'm going to keep the page at both sites, > >but in the future I may change the links on the main page at Tripod to > >point to the GeoCities site just because the GeoCities File Manager is > >so much more user-friendly than that of Tripod. > > > >Now that I've probably hopelessly confused you, just remember that you > >can get to the site by going to either address: > > > >http://www.geocities.com/heartland/prairie/6831 or > >http://members.tripod.com/cellinismom/index.html > > > >Cassie > > > > -------------------------------- > End of ELAM-ROOTS-D Digest V99 Issue #119 > ***************************************** > > --------------616F47093C8B-- >