FYI.....After hearing about your cemetery quest a friend gave me 2 names. We figured you probably know them and have copied them but if not I'm passing them along to you. One is Pine Forest Baptist Church on Pine Forest Rd. just North of 5 Flags Speedway (probably have done this one since it's one a main road). The other is a small one in the back corner of a small church property...Spring Hill AME Zion Church at the corner of Godwin Lane and Blue Angel. I have no ancestors in Escambia Co. so I don't have a copy of the book to check. Keep up the good work. Hope you and Jerry have a good turn out for the program this week. And to Jerry, as you read this too, it was a great program this month. Nancy

Ginny Deagan asked me to let all her friends know she has a new, temporary e-mail addy: ginny@deagan.net It's been so long since she has been on e-mail, she would love to hear from her friends!

What: African American genealogy for Black History Month When: Sat. Feb. 19, 2011 at 10:00 AM Where: West Florida Genealogy Library, 5740 North 9th Ave, Pensacola, FL Cost: None Genealogists Evan Strohl and Jerry Merritt will give a PowerPoint presentation and workshop on beginning African American genealogy for Black History Month at the West Florida Genealogy Library beginning at 10:00 AM Saturday, 19 February. The complete program will be approximately two hours and will cover how to get started, how to piece together family lineages from seemingly unrelated clues, and how to put together a road map to doing your own personal family history. It will even include tips on how to trace your paternal and maternal lines back to specific locations in Africa. It will also include examples of African American research done recently by volunteers for beginning researchers at the Genealogy Library. A tour of library facilities will follow the presentation and, for those who already have enough information to get started, volunteers will work with them in beginning to find and document their family's history. Library phone: 850-494-7373 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 AM-6 PM

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flwfgs/calendar2011.htm Note: There is a special program to celebrate Black History Month offered Feb. 19, 2011 at the new West Florida Genealogical Library. See above link to calendar for details. Please forward to your lists in nearby counties. Thanks!

http://rootstech.familysearch.org/video.php

438-6910 -----Original Message----- From: Cynthia Dean Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:48 PM To: fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Deagan What is Ginny's phone #, now. I would like to call her. Cynthia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

What is Ginny's phone #, now. I would like to call her. Cynthia

For an exact date, we check the Social Security Index to see if there is one. If the date is just a month, and we are dealing with a weekly newspaper, we WILL indeed check since it is four issues. If the paper requested is a daily....that is subjective whether we will check or not. With the Pensacola newspaper on microfilm and with its obits in a standard place, we sometimes will guickly check a month. There is considerable talk among archivists and librarians that with our ability to scan and store newspapers digitally and that some of the locals are picked up in national databases now that individual indexing is not necessary. I also suspect that as more court records and online "data miners" are available that there are other avenues for discovering death dates, even if it involves paying a small fee to a data miner group. Dean On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Bonnie Griffis Lewis <griffle@cox.net>wrote: > The Reedy's have this information. You would need to direct the inquirer to > Carolyn Reedy, indigo5@cox.net, who will respond to the person's inquiry. > Those years which have already been indexed can either be looked up in the > newspaper, or one could contact Carolyn, who if available, can provide a > copy of the obit via e-mail. > > I'm not sure what else you would be looking for... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:18 PM > Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > > > Bon, I believe I was being somewhat facetious when I > > suggested a phone number---I don't even think they would > > want someone calling them---at will, nor would I. > > > > The point I was making was that if the WFGL gets a phone > > call, and we DO, for an obit back in, say, last October, and > > they don't have the date, which is likely, do we have a way to > > help them? > > We always ask for an exact date---and the library staff asks them > > the same, so the reason for my original question was to know if anyone > > is doing current obits, THAT ARE INDEXED, so that 2 months, > > or 8 months in the past, we can easily look up an obit, i the > > recent past, for someone. > > Absent this capability, we SHOULD have someone indixing the > > obits---it IS one area that we are lacking. A couple of ladies > > have recently come to the library and asked for a project to keep > > them busy. And this obit question keeps coming to mind. > > > > And a question for Dean---does your office look up obits without knowing > a > > date? > > If so, my point is moot. I now know you have all those papers, which is > > wonderful---are the obits indexed? > > > > Thanks for you answers. > > > > Evan > > > > And I DO appreciate what the REEDYs are doing, and have done, for us. > > Thank you REEDYs. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> > > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > > Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:58 AM > > Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > > > > >> Would not want to give out a phone number. I think it would be courteous > >> to > >> ask them if receiving phone calls would work for them. They will see > this > >> e-mail because I've cc'd them, but are not members of the List. Best to > >> e-mail them directly and ask if they will accept phone calls. As you > >> might > >> imagine, finding an obit in the thousands of obits is a real Herculean > >> task. > >> It isn't something that can be done during the timespan of a phone call. > >> But, let them decide and while you are at it, give them a great big > thank > >> you for all that work!!! > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> > >> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:06 AM > >> Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > >> > >> > >>> Thanks, Bon, so if they will respond to queries, > >>> I guess we ought to have their phone # at the WFGL, > >>> so they can call them, huh?? "Annually" is too long > >>> to wait for the update, cuz people call us at any time. > >>> > >>> OK, Thanks. Do you have their phone number to call? > >>> Evan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> > >>> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > >>> Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:52 PM > >>> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > >>> > >>> > >>>> The Reedy's (Carolyn & Curtis) do obits, but they are submitted to me > >>>> annually to put up on the website. They have done this well over 10 > >>>> years! > >>>> They respond to queries and provide copies of obits. They are a > >>>> treasure > >>>> beyond compare!!! > >>>> > >>>> Thank you Carolyn and Curtis!!!! > >>>> > >>>> Bonnie > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> > >>>> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:27 PM > >>>> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Simple question: > >>>>> > >>>>> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication > >>>>> via the WFGS? > >>>>> > >>>>> Evan > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>>> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >>> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213

The Reedy's have this information. You would need to direct the inquirer to Carolyn Reedy, indigo5@cox.net, who will respond to the person's inquiry. Those years which have already been indexed can either be looked up in the newspaper, or one could contact Carolyn, who if available, can provide a copy of the obit via e-mail. I'm not sure what else you would be looking for... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > Bon, I believe I was being somewhat facetious when I > suggested a phone number---I don't even think they would > want someone calling them---at will, nor would I. > > The point I was making was that if the WFGL gets a phone > call, and we DO, for an obit back in, say, last October, and > they don't have the date, which is likely, do we have a way to > help them? > We always ask for an exact date---and the library staff asks them > the same, so the reason for my original question was to know if anyone > is doing current obits, THAT ARE INDEXED, so that 2 months, > or 8 months in the past, we can easily look up an obit, i the > recent past, for someone. > Absent this capability, we SHOULD have someone indixing the > obits---it IS one area that we are lacking. A couple of ladies > have recently come to the library and asked for a project to keep > them busy. And this obit question keeps coming to mind. > > And a question for Dean---does your office look up obits without knowing a > date? > If so, my point is moot. I now know you have all those papers, which is > wonderful---are the obits indexed? > > Thanks for you answers. > > Evan > > And I DO appreciate what the REEDYs are doing, and have done, for us. > Thank you REEDYs. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:58 AM > Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > >> Would not want to give out a phone number. I think it would be courteous >> to >> ask them if receiving phone calls would work for them. They will see this >> e-mail because I've cc'd them, but are not members of the List. Best to >> e-mail them directly and ask if they will accept phone calls. As you >> might >> imagine, finding an obit in the thousands of obits is a real Herculean >> task. >> It isn't something that can be done during the timespan of a phone call. >> But, let them decide and while you are at it, give them a great big thank >> you for all that work!!! >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> >> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:06 AM >> Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? >> >> >>> Thanks, Bon, so if they will respond to queries, >>> I guess we ought to have their phone # at the WFGL, >>> so they can call them, huh?? "Annually" is too long >>> to wait for the update, cuz people call us at any time. >>> >>> OK, Thanks. Do you have their phone number to call? >>> Evan >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> >>> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> >>> Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:52 PM >>> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? >>> >>> >>>> The Reedy's (Carolyn & Curtis) do obits, but they are submitted to me >>>> annually to put up on the website. They have done this well over 10 >>>> years! >>>> They respond to queries and provide copies of obits. They are a >>>> treasure >>>> beyond compare!!! >>>> >>>> Thank you Carolyn and Curtis!!!! >>>> >>>> Bonnie >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> >>>> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:27 PM >>>> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? >>>> >>>> >>>>> Simple question: >>>>> >>>>> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication >>>>> via the WFGS? >>>>> >>>>> Evan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Bon, I believe I was being somewhat facetious when I suggested a phone number---I don't even think they would want someone calling them---at will, nor would I. The point I was making was that if the WFGL gets a phone call, and we DO, for an obit back in, say, last October, and they don't have the date, which is likely, do we have a way to help them? We always ask for an exact date---and the library staff asks them the same, so the reason for my original question was to know if anyone is doing current obits, THAT ARE INDEXED, so that 2 months, or 8 months in the past, we can easily look up an obit, i the recent past, for someone. Absent this capability, we SHOULD have someone indixing the obits---it IS one area that we are lacking. A couple of ladies have recently come to the library and asked for a project to keep them busy. And this obit question keeps coming to mind. And a question for Dean---does your office look up obits without knowing a date? If so, my point is moot. I now know you have all those papers, which is wonderful---are the obits indexed? Thanks for you answers. Evan And I DO appreciate what the REEDYs are doing, and have done, for us. Thank you REEDYs. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > Would not want to give out a phone number. I think it would be courteous > to > ask them if receiving phone calls would work for them. They will see this > e-mail because I've cc'd them, but are not members of the List. Best to > e-mail them directly and ask if they will accept phone calls. As you might > imagine, finding an obit in the thousands of obits is a real Herculean > task. > It isn't something that can be done during the timespan of a phone call. > But, let them decide and while you are at it, give them a great big thank > you for all that work!!! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:06 AM > Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > >> Thanks, Bon, so if they will respond to queries, >> I guess we ought to have their phone # at the WFGL, >> so they can call them, huh?? "Annually" is too long >> to wait for the update, cuz people call us at any time. >> >> OK, Thanks. Do you have their phone number to call? >> Evan >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> >> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> >> Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:52 PM >> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? >> >> >>> The Reedy's (Carolyn & Curtis) do obits, but they are submitted to me >>> annually to put up on the website. They have done this well over 10 >>> years! >>> They respond to queries and provide copies of obits. They are a treasure >>> beyond compare!!! >>> >>> Thank you Carolyn and Curtis!!!! >>> >>> Bonnie >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> >>> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:27 PM >>> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? >>> >>> >>>> Simple question: >>>> >>>> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication >>>> via the WFGS? >>>> >>>> Evan >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The best book on War of 1812 genealogical sources is George Schweitzer's War of 1812 book (he was a speaker for WFGS some years ago). The UWF library collections have in excess of 100 books on the War of 1812, and I would suggest looking through those. Schweitzer's book is on the 4th floor, call number E 354 S34 1983. I'm sure there are copies at WFGS Library. Dean On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Malcom Strickland <pnsflyboy@cox.net>wrote: > ?I have just discovered that my 2nd GGrandfather, Jesse Strickland, served > in the NC Militia during the War of 1812. His second wife a Martha Farmer > Strickland drew his benefits. That is all the info I have. Could anyone > direct me in a direction the research more info. > > Thanks > Malcom Strickland. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shirley Byerly > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:56 AM > To: fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com > Subject: [FL-WFGS] War of 1812 Troop Movements question > > > Thank you, Jerry Merritt, for a fabulous presentation last Saturday! It > was > wonderful. > > I am stumped over troop movements during the War of 1812, so I thought I > would collectively ask everyone for advice. I know of several ancestors > who > served in the North Carolina Militia, 3rd Regiment, during the War of 1812. > How can I research where the various companies may have travelled, short of > paying the $85 dollars each for NARA's veteran records? > > I suspect it was the War of 1812 that brought my ancestors to the Tensaw > Region. I know they were together in Moore's Company, 3rd Regiment, North > Carolina Militia. I just can't find troop movement information. Am I > missing something obvious? > > Thanks for any advice. > > Shirley > > > > Shirley Booth Byerly, M.A.; M.S.C.E. > 21745 Hubbard Road > Robertsdale, AL 36567 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213

?I have just discovered that my 2nd GGrandfather, Jesse Strickland, served in the NC Militia during the War of 1812. His second wife a Martha Farmer Strickland drew his benefits. That is all the info I have. Could anyone direct me in a direction the research more info. Thanks Malcom Strickland. -----Original Message----- From: Shirley Byerly Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 8:56 AM To: fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com Subject: [FL-WFGS] War of 1812 Troop Movements question Thank you, Jerry Merritt, for a fabulous presentation last Saturday! It was wonderful. I am stumped over troop movements during the War of 1812, so I thought I would collectively ask everyone for advice. I know of several ancestors who served in the North Carolina Militia, 3rd Regiment, during the War of 1812. How can I research where the various companies may have travelled, short of paying the $85 dollars each for NARA's veteran records? I suspect it was the War of 1812 that brought my ancestors to the Tensaw Region. I know they were together in Moore's Company, 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Militia. I just can't find troop movement information. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks for any advice. Shirley Shirley Booth Byerly, M.A.; M.S.C.E. 21745 Hubbard Road Robertsdale, AL 36567 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We don't track the obits that we do. We can locate them using things like Social Security Index, sometimes Google if someone has published a family tree, cemetery indexes for the various counties, biography files that we have onsite, etc. Dean On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Bonnie Griffis Lewis <griffle@cox.net>wrote: > Hi Dean! Are your obits indexed by any chance? > > Thanks, Bonnie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dean DeBolt" <ddebolt@uwf.edu> > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > > > Special Collections staff will look up obituaries and send to anyone in > > the > > world without charge. I don't think a day passes that we don't look up > > an > > obit and send it to someone. We have newspaper holdings for the ten > > counties of the Panhandle that go back as far as we can get the papers. > > Many are on microfilm, but we have vast holdings of papers that are not > on > > film and can also cross-check obits with other sources. > > > > For example, many of the small towns in the panhandle are weeklies. > > Sometimes the obituaries are listed in the closest "daily" paper town. > > Obituaries for Santa Rosa County are often in the Pensacola papers. > > > > We have paper runs of the Pensacola Journal from 1905 through the 1950s > > and > > runs of the Pensacola News from about the same period though the > microfilm > > begins in 1889 when the News launched. Before that we use the Pensacola > > Gazette which runs 1821-roughly 1857; we have two different microfilm > sets > > of the Gazette from two different universities because neither has quite > > the > > same issues as the other. > > > > I probably should give a program sometime on newspaper holdings, > > especially > > for Florida about finding them and using them. > > > > Dean > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Evan Strohl <estrohl@cox.net> wrote: > > > >> Simple question: > >> > >> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication > >> via the WFGS? > >> > >> Evan > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Dean DeBolt, University Librarian > > Special Collections > > University of West Florida Library > > 11000 University Parkway > > Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 > > ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213 > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213

Hi Dean! Are your obits indexed by any chance? Thanks, Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean DeBolt" <ddebolt@uwf.edu> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > Special Collections staff will look up obituaries and send to anyone in > the > world without charge. I don't think a day passes that we don't look up > an > obit and send it to someone. We have newspaper holdings for the ten > counties of the Panhandle that go back as far as we can get the papers. > Many are on microfilm, but we have vast holdings of papers that are not on > film and can also cross-check obits with other sources. > > For example, many of the small towns in the panhandle are weeklies. > Sometimes the obituaries are listed in the closest "daily" paper town. > Obituaries for Santa Rosa County are often in the Pensacola papers. > > We have paper runs of the Pensacola Journal from 1905 through the 1950s > and > runs of the Pensacola News from about the same period though the microfilm > begins in 1889 when the News launched. Before that we use the Pensacola > Gazette which runs 1821-roughly 1857; we have two different microfilm sets > of the Gazette from two different universities because neither has quite > the > same issues as the other. > > I probably should give a program sometime on newspaper holdings, > especially > for Florida about finding them and using them. > > Dean > > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Evan Strohl <estrohl@cox.net> wrote: > >> Simple question: >> >> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication >> via the WFGS? >> >> Evan >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > -- > Dean DeBolt, University Librarian > Special Collections > University of West Florida Library > 11000 University Parkway > Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 > ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Would not want to give out a phone number. I think it would be courteous to ask them if receiving phone calls would work for them. They will see this e-mail because I've cc'd them, but are not members of the List. Best to e-mail them directly and ask if they will accept phone calls. As you might imagine, finding an obit in the thousands of obits is a real Herculean task. It isn't something that can be done during the timespan of a phone call. But, let them decide and while you are at it, give them a great big thank you for all that work!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > Thanks, Bon, so if they will respond to queries, > I guess we ought to have their phone # at the WFGL, > so they can call them, huh?? "Annually" is too long > to wait for the update, cuz people call us at any time. > > OK, Thanks. Do you have their phone number to call? > Evan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:52 PM > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > >> The Reedy's (Carolyn & Curtis) do obits, but they are submitted to me >> annually to put up on the website. They have done this well over 10 >> years! >> They respond to queries and provide copies of obits. They are a treasure >> beyond compare!!! >> >> Thank you Carolyn and Curtis!!!! >> >> Bonnie >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> >> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:27 PM >> Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? >> >> >>> Simple question: >>> >>> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication >>> via the WFGS? >>> >>> Evan >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Special Collections staff will look up obituaries and send to anyone in the world without charge. I don't think a day passes that we don't look up an obit and send it to someone. We have newspaper holdings for the ten counties of the Panhandle that go back as far as we can get the papers. Many are on microfilm, but we have vast holdings of papers that are not on film and can also cross-check obits with other sources. For example, many of the small towns in the panhandle are weeklies. Sometimes the obituaries are listed in the closest "daily" paper town. Obituaries for Santa Rosa County are often in the Pensacola papers. We have paper runs of the Pensacola Journal from 1905 through the 1950s and runs of the Pensacola News from about the same period though the microfilm begins in 1889 when the News launched. Before that we use the Pensacola Gazette which runs 1821-roughly 1857; we have two different microfilm sets of the Gazette from two different universities because neither has quite the same issues as the other. I probably should give a program sometime on newspaper holdings, especially for Florida about finding them and using them. Dean On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Evan Strohl <estrohl@cox.net> wrote: > Simple question: > > Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication > via the WFGS? > > Evan > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Dean DeBolt, University Librarian Special Collections University of West Florida Library 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514-5750 ddebolt@uwf.edu; 850-474-2213

Thanks, Bon, so if they will respond to queries, I guess we ought to have their phone # at the WFGL, so they can call them, huh?? "Annually" is too long to wait for the update, cuz people call us at any time. OK, Thanks. Do you have their phone number to call? Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bonnie Griffis Lewis" <griffle@cox.net> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Carolyn Reedy" <indigo5@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:52 PM Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > The Reedy's (Carolyn & Curtis) do obits, but they are submitted to me > annually to put up on the website. They have done this well over 10 years! > They respond to queries and provide copies of obits. They are a treasure > beyond compare!!! > > Thank you Carolyn and Curtis!!!! > > Bonnie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> > To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:27 PM > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > > >> Simple question: >> >> Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication >> via the WFGS? >> >> Evan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FL-WFGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Jerry Merritt, for a fabulous presentation last Saturday! It was wonderful. I am stumped over troop movements during the War of 1812, so I thought I would collectively ask everyone for advice. I know of several ancestors who served in the North Carolina Militia, 3rd Regiment, during the War of 1812. How can I research where the various companies may have travelled, short of paying the $85 dollars each for NARA's veteran records? I suspect it was the War of 1812 that brought my ancestors to the Tensaw Region. I know they were together in Moore's Company, 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Militia. I just can't find troop movement information. Am I missing something obvious? Thanks for any advice. Shirley Shirley Booth Byerly, M.A.; M.S.C.E. 21745 Hubbard Road Robertsdale, AL 36567

I visited with Ginny Deagan today as I delivered her Footprints. She is doing well [my opinion], but she still misses her independence now that she is in assisted living, which is to be expected. She is on a walker, she's misses being able to walk on her own. All of these things are to be expected as we are growing older, but it does not mean we have to like it. :-) She does have Cox internet, but they have never been able to get her email to working. She is most unhappy with this situation. She can be contacted on Facebook. She misses all the the folks at WFGS.

The Reedy's (Carolyn & Curtis) do obits, but they are submitted to me annually to put up on the website. They have done this well over 10 years! They respond to queries and provide copies of obits. They are a treasure beyond compare!!! Thank you Carolyn and Curtis!!!! Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Strohl" <estrohl@cox.net> To: <fl-wfgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:27 PM Subject: [FL-WFGS] Obits? > Simple question: > > Is anyone currently doing obits, daily---for publication > via the WFGS? > > Evan