OK, you do great work for us, Lee---regularly! Thanks, Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.L. Scott" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] GA Death Records 1919-1927 > Feedback is appreciated :-) > > ----- Original Message

Feedback is appreciated :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] GA Death Records 1919-1927 > Thanks, Lee. What a great site. > > I've found 11 death certificates already. > Too bad sleep has to interrupt such fun! > > Judy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks, Lee. What a great site. I've found 11 death certificates already. Too bad sleep has to interrupt such fun! Judy

I too stayed up late last night and early morning, chasing down my Georgia ancestors. If anyone is interested in contributing to such web sites, wander on over to familysearchindexing.com. Make your footprint in time. Lawson E Jolly wrote: >Thanks, Lee. What a great site. > >I've found 11 death certificates already. >Too bad sleep has to interrupt such fun! > >Judy > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

In a major turnabout, the New York Times is making its archives from 1851 to 1922 and from 1987 to the present available on the web at no charge. The material from 1851 to 1922 has long been out of copyright and was available elsewhere for modest fees. However, the Times used to charge to access those editions as well as the newer ones since 1987 on the Times' own web site. Other sections of the site have also been behind a "pay wall," generating more than $10 million a year in revenue. Now the paper is opening up most of its web site, although not everything. The announcement says there will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free. However, the announcement does not give details of what remains available only to paid access. Details may be found at http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/18/business/18times.php.

> The Family History Library and Georgia Archives have put Georgia's > death certificates 1919-1927 online at: > http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php

Time Is Running Out to For Early Conference and Hotel Registration Register for the Florida State Genealogical Society Conference in Orlando! The Florida State Genealogical Society announces its 31st Annual Genealogy Conference to be held 9-10 November 2007 at the Sheraton Orlando Downtown Hotel on beautiful Lake Ivanhoe in Orlando, Florida. The Central Florida Genealogical Society will be the local host this year's conference. TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE OCTOBER 16TH DEADLINE FOR DISCOUNTS ON BOTH THE CONFERENCE AND THE HOTEL! Our featured guest speakers are nationally-recognized experts Dr. Thomas H. Shawker, M.D., and Patricia O'Brien Shawker, CG SM. The Shawkers will present topics related to the use of DNA in genealogical research and use of NARA records, respectively. They will be joined by seven additional excellent speakers presenting lectures about: using the Internet and library/archive resources in your research; digital photography; little-known 20th century sources; immigration; research in newspapers and in territorial records; identification and dating of photographs; document preservation; a variety of topics about record types and research methodologies. This conference program is filled with something for everyone! The annual gala banquet, held on Friday night, will celebrate and honor individuals who have documented their Florida pioneer ancestors through the Florida Pioneer Descendant Program and certificates will be presented to qualifying descendants of pioneers who settled in Florida prior to statehood on 3 March 1845. In addition, awards will be bestowed on individuals who have exemplified their dedication to genealogy. Vendors of genealogical publications and supplies, and representatives from many genealogical and historical societies will be exhibiting in a vendor hall adjacent to the lecture venues in the hotel. The Florida Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists will host an "Ancestor Road Show" to assist individuals with research problems. Advance registration is suggested. October 16th is the cutoff date for early bird registration discounts for both the conference and the hotel! For full information about the speakers and their lecture topics, conference registration, and hotel reservation information, please visit the FSGS Web site at <www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs>. To request a conference registration flyer, contact A. Staley at P.O. Box 441364, Jacksonville, FL 32222, by e-mail at [email protected], or the FSGS Web site <www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs>. On-site registration will begin on Thursday evening and continue on Friday and Saturday mornings, with the conference starting on Friday morning and continuing through Saturday afternoon. Make your reservations today for the best FSGS Conference ever! Publicity Contact: George G. Morgan Tel.: (813) 920-0619 E-mail: [email protected]

> SALT LAKE CITY - FamilySearch - the world's largest repository of > genealogical records - is calling for 10,000 volunteers who can read > both English and Spanish to help index Mexican, Argentine and other > Latin American records for the Internet. > > FamilySearch is embarking on a massive initiative to digitally > preserve and index millions of Latin American records that are now > difficult to access because they are located on microfilm or in an > archive. > > The first target is the Mexican census of 1930. People interested in > finding their ancestors in that census now have to hunt among 506 > rolls of microfilm at a special library. When the project is finished > within about one year from now, people with Mexican ancestry will be > able to search for relatives easily from their computers at home. > > The project is being launched in cooperation with the National > Archives of Mexico. > > Paul Nauta, manager of public affairs for FamilySearch, said the > volunteers could spend as little as 30 minutes a week indexing records > from their home computers. Volunteers should register at > FamilySearchIndexing.org, which will allow them to download one batch > (one census page) at a time. Volunteers simply type in the information > highlighted on the digital image. Each batch should take about 30 > minutes. > > The completed product will be a free, fully searchable online index of > the 1930 Mexico Census, and it will be linked to the original images > at FamilySearch.org. Digital images of the original census can be > viewed currently at FamilySearchLabs.org. > > "The 1930 census project will be the first fully indexed census for > Mexico," Nauta said. "When finished, the database will be a tremendous > asset to family historians with Mexican roots." > > Nauta said that census records are especially valuable because they > include a large portion of the population and can provide details > about individuals which may not be available on some church and civil > records. > > "The 1930 Mexico Census is priceless to genealogists because it is the > most recent, publicly accessible census for Mexico. It can provide an > ancestor's age, birth year, religion, birthplace and occupation, > explain an individual's relationship to family members and provide > other family information," Nauta added. > > The 10,000 bilingual indexers will be added to a growing army of > volunteers that will soon top 100,000, well ahead of year-end targets. > > Over the past months, FamilySearch has been preparing digital images > of the various census pages and many other records for placement on > the Internet. However, without an index for the material, family-tree > enthusiasts would still have to go through the pages one-by-one > looking for their ancestors. > > "Once indexed, the records are searchable in seconds, just like > looking up a name in a phone book - except quicker, easier and > online," Nauta said. > > The 1930 Mexico Census marks the first Latin American project for the > Web-based FamilySearch Indexing program. In addition, FamilySearch > indexers just completed the Argentina census of 1895 and will soon > start on that country's 1855 census. > > A four-year project to digitize historical land and property documents > and wills in Paraguay has just begun, and civil records in Nicaragua > will become part of the indexing program within 30 days. > > FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of > Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members consider it a > religious obligation to identify their families. FamilySearch > maintains the world's largest repository of genealogical resources, > accessible through FamilySearch.org, the Family History Library in > Salt Lake City and over 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries. > >

Aloha, Everyone! I'm back from Hawaii-had a great time-came home with a terribly sore throat! Please make these changes to your records: Priscilla Mimms Nobles 2419 Flintstone Dr. Cantonment, FL 32533 Phone: 780-3362 cell: 982-8247 (don't use this any time soon-I have an enormous bill for the month of September) It took me apx. 40 days to get phone, cable, internet and e-mail--don"t EVER be the first house on a new street! Hope to see everyone at the November meeting, Priscilla

I was thinking the same thing but we would have to pick me up some chicken. ;-) Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Myers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Coon Hill Cemetery Celebration > Sharon, We ought to go > > Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:05 PM > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Coon Hill Cemetery Celebration > > >> >> >> A Special Invitation from Mr. Alvin Enfinger >> >> Open House at Coon Hill Cemetery >> October 28, 2007 (Sunday after church) >> >> Free seafood dinner of fried catfish, fried mullet, coleslaw, baked >> beans, and hush puppies! >> >> Although dinner is free, donations will be greatly appreciated. >> >> CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE RESTORATION >> >> This event is an OPEN HOUSE to visit the oldest cemetery in northern >> Santa Rosa County. It originated around 1820, about the time of the >> first settlers. The close-in quarters of the Coon Hill community were >> located about 1/4 mile away, near a big spring and fresh water. It had >> a general merchandise store, a stable, blacksmith shop, a Pony Express >> headquarters, a U.S. Post Office and a church that alternated between >> Methodist and Baptist. >> >> We have had three major desecrations over the last 12 years that were >> devastating. About 150 headstones and slabs have been badly broken. >> The big unbreakable ones have been pushed over, somtimes breaking the >> slab as they fell. The landmark statue of Mary, 'The Mother of Jesus,' >> was broken beyond repair and has been replaced. We also have installed >> three wrought iron gates in the concrete wall openings with the name >> 'COON HILL' above the entrance gate. About 100 headstones and slabs and >> 73 new markers have been replaced or repaired. We are proud of this >> historic cemetery and sometime in the future there may be a need to open >> a new section for burials. >> >> THANK YOU FOR CARING AND COMING! >> >> Directions >>>From south-Go north of Chumuckla Crossroads on Chumuckla Hwy. (#197) for >> 5.6 miles. Turn left on Wade Road. Follow for 1/2 mile to a stop sign. >> Continue straight (now on Mineral Springs Road) for 2.6 miles. Turn >> right on a graded dirt road and go 2 miles to cemetery. >> >>>From north-12 miles south of Jay, turn right on Mineral Springs Road or >> Wade Road. >> >> BRING LAWN CHAIRS, OR YOU MAY STAND AND EAT OFF THE FAMOUS CENTURY-OLD >> CONCRETE WALL. >> >> Additional Information - Alvin H. Enfinger, 850-994-7033 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1060 - Release Date: >> 10/9/2007 >> 4:43 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1061 - Release Date: > 10/10/2007 8:43 AM > >

I visited Dot at the Haven this afternoon. Lee, she has been getting her newsletters and said to just keep sending them to the same place. She looks good and was sitting at her usual place at a table in the lobby outside her door, Room 406. She appreciated the cards she has gotten. She has an infection around her heart and is on antibiotics. She has her Escambia Heritage Book up there and enjoys looking at it. Cynthia

Sharon, We ought to go Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:05 PM Subject: [FL-WFGS] Coon Hill Cemetery Celebration > > > A Special Invitation from Mr. Alvin Enfinger > > Open House at Coon Hill Cemetery > October 28, 2007 (Sunday after church) > > Free seafood dinner of fried catfish, fried mullet, coleslaw, baked > beans, and hush puppies! > > Although dinner is free, donations will be greatly appreciated. > > CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE RESTORATION > > This event is an OPEN HOUSE to visit the oldest cemetery in northern > Santa Rosa County. It originated around 1820, about the time of the > first settlers. The close-in quarters of the Coon Hill community were > located about 1/4 mile away, near a big spring and fresh water. It had > a general merchandise store, a stable, blacksmith shop, a Pony Express > headquarters, a U.S. Post Office and a church that alternated between > Methodist and Baptist. > > We have had three major desecrations over the last 12 years that were > devastating. About 150 headstones and slabs have been badly broken. > The big unbreakable ones have been pushed over, somtimes breaking the > slab as they fell. The landmark statue of Mary, 'The Mother of Jesus,' > was broken beyond repair and has been replaced. We also have installed > three wrought iron gates in the concrete wall openings with the name > 'COON HILL' above the entrance gate. About 100 headstones and slabs and > 73 new markers have been replaced or repaired. We are proud of this > historic cemetery and sometime in the future there may be a need to open > a new section for burials. > > THANK YOU FOR CARING AND COMING! > > Directions >>From south-Go north of Chumuckla Crossroads on Chumuckla Hwy. (#197) for > 5.6 miles. Turn left on Wade Road. Follow for 1/2 mile to a stop sign. > Continue straight (now on Mineral Springs Road) for 2.6 miles. Turn > right on a graded dirt road and go 2 miles to cemetery. > >>From north-12 miles south of Jay, turn right on Mineral Springs Road or > Wade Road. > > BRING LAWN CHAIRS, OR YOU MAY STAND AND EAT OFF THE FAMOUS CENTURY-OLD > CONCRETE WALL. > > Additional Information - Alvin H. Enfinger, 850-994-7033 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1060 - Release Date: 10/9/2007 > 4:43 PM > >

A Special Invitation from Mr. Alvin Enfinger Open House at Coon Hill Cemetery October 28, 2007 (Sunday after church) Free seafood dinner of fried catfish, fried mullet, coleslaw, baked beans, and hush puppies! Although dinner is free, donations will be greatly appreciated. CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC SITE RESTORATION This event is an OPEN HOUSE to visit the oldest cemetery in northern Santa Rosa County. It originated around 1820, about the time of the first settlers. The close-in quarters of the Coon Hill community were located about 1/4 mile away, near a big spring and fresh water. It had a general merchandise store, a stable, blacksmith shop, a Pony Express headquarters, a U.S. Post Office and a church that alternated between Methodist and Baptist. We have had three major desecrations over the last 12 years that were devastating. About 150 headstones and slabs have been badly broken. The big unbreakable ones have been pushed over, somtimes breaking the slab as they fell. The landmark statue of Mary, 'The Mother of Jesus,' was broken beyond repair and has been replaced. We also have installed three wrought iron gates in the concrete wall openings with the name 'COON HILL' above the entrance gate. About 100 headstones and slabs and 73 new markers have been replaced or repaired. We are proud of this historic cemetery and sometime in the future there may be a need to open a new section for burials. THANK YOU FOR CARING AND COMING! Directions >From south-Go north of Chumuckla Crossroads on Chumuckla Hwy. (#197) for 5.6 miles. Turn left on Wade Road. Follow for 1/2 mile to a stop sign. Continue straight (now on Mineral Springs Road) for 2.6 miles. Turn right on a graded dirt road and go 2 miles to cemetery. >From north-12 miles south of Jay, turn right on Mineral Springs Road or Wade Road. BRING LAWN CHAIRS, OR YOU MAY STAND AND EAT OFF THE FAMOUS CENTURY-OLD CONCRETE WALL. Additional Information - Alvin H. Enfinger, 850-994-7033

I don't think any of her newsletters have been returned from her old address, but I think I will send it to the Haven. We could send some get well or thinking of you cards. The Haven of Peace 1900 Summit Boulevard Pensacola, Florida 32503 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Dean" <[email protected]> To: "WFGS" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:18 PM Subject: [FL-WFGS] Dot Smith > Dot Smith is back at the Haven of Peace. She has serious heart > problems, however. > > Cynthia > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dot Smith is back at the Haven of Peace. She has serious heart problems, however. Cynthia

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Founder's Day Festival - A Day of Living History in Downtown Mobile! (For more information contact the Crichton Optimist Club at P.O. Box 160122, Mobile, Alabama 36619 or Event Chair Barbara Parker at 251-454-9872) The Crichton Optimist Club is proud to sponsor the inaugural Founder's Day Festival at Bienville Square in downtown Mobile, Alabama November 10, 2007. This will be an annual family-friendly alcohol-free event, benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs and the multiple youth programs of the Crichton Optimist Club, featuring graphic and colorful entertainment, historical and modern foods, extensive and exciting displays and events, exhibitions, historical costumed figures, art shows and auctions, carefully selected vendors of many types, and numerous other attractions over the two day weekend. Mobile, Alabama, founded by colonial French explorers under direction of King Louis 14th and his Minister of Marine Ponchartrain in 1702, became the first permanent Capital of La Louisiane, and was the Center of Government of La Louisiane for the 20 year period 1702-1722, when the capital was moved to New Orleans. The vast territory of Louisiane covered nearly two-thirds of what would become the continental United States. Over that period tens of thousands of French and French Canadians flooded through the Port of Dauphine Island and Fort de la Mobile and colonized areas now in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Florida. This incredible history will be brought to life by this Event! Bienville, Iberville, Henri de Tonti (also founder of Fort Chicagou), the Cassette Girls, soldiers and settlers will come to life in Old Mobile. Ancient and Modern Gumbos will be available (part of the ticket price!) Glass making, blacksmithing, candle makers, and artisans of many types will be present and selling their wares! Accurate historical presentations and texts on the archeology of Old Mobile will be available! This will be the best opportunity Mobilians and visitors have ever had to celebrate and enjoy their incredible heritage and role of Old Mobile in forming America and the South. Local artisans and vendors should contact the Crichton Optimist Club to make application for booth space, as well as those who wish to enter the Ancient and modern gumbo contests. Those who have displays relevant to the period are welcome to participate as well. The University of South Alabama Department of Archeology will be presenting artifacts, models, publications and talks on the subject of Old Mobile. Mobile businesses and individuals may help sponsor the Founder's Day Festival, and may also enter the Traditional and Modern Gumbo Contest. A 5K run will be held on Saturday, November 10 to help celebrate the inauguration of this celebration of the heritage of Mobile. Tickets for the Event are $10.00 in Advance or $15.00 at the gate, and will include free samples of all Gumbo entries! The title sponsor for Founder's Day is Prudential-Cooper Real Estate of Mobile.

You could be on to something. U.S. Board on Geographic Names has no reference to any place named Ferry Pass or Ferrypass in all of AL today. The only Ferry Pass references in FL are in Escambia and Okaloosa Counties (in Okaloosa it's a plaza). Of course 1818 was a long time ago and the name in AL may have died out by now. I've found references to a ferry operation in Escambia County, FL as far back as 1820, however. There may be even earlier FL references. Today's Ferry Pass is not on the river but the name itself certainly indicates there must have been some water around somewhere. Unless they were operating a land ferry. Jerry Merritt The Presley's wrote: > On page 53 of the History of Conecuh County, it is mentioned that at a place > called Ferry Pass in 1818 General Jackson captured 400 warriors. In this > section, the chapter begins with talk of Pensacola and supplies coming down > the rivers. Could this be the first mention of our Ferry Pass community that > was north of Pensacola at that time? > > Gene Presley Jr. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of L.L. Scott > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:03 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FL-WFGS] History of Conecuh Co. AL > > http://books.google.com/books?id=M4QdAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:alabama+intitle:cou > nty+intitle:history&as_brr=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

On page 53 of the History of Conecuh County, it is mentioned that at a place called Ferry Pass in 1818 General Jackson captured 400 warriors. In this section, the chapter begins with talk of Pensacola and supplies coming down the rivers. Could this be the first mention of our Ferry Pass community that was north of Pensacola at that time? Gene Presley Jr. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of L.L. Scott Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FL-WFGS] History of Conecuh Co. AL http://books.google.com/books?id=M4QdAAAAMAAJ&dq=intitle:alabama+intitle:cou nty+intitle:history&as_brr=1 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message