I am not as smart as you Cassie, but I will be glad to do what I can.. Herman Cassie Elam wrote: > 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--