I thoroughly enjoyed the Pottery Plant Road exchange. It was Pottery Plant Road when I moved to Pensacola in 1954. . .and I still say "Pottery Plant Road." Thanks y'all. . . Dot Brown

Hi Everyone, A researcher is looking for information about Florida Farm Colony in Gainesville. Has anyone heard of it? Her uncle was placed there when he was age seven and died there in 1940. The death certificate states place of death as Florida Farm Colony. She thinks it might have been a facility like Sunland. She's looked for information but has been unsuccessful. As always, thanks. Judy

Peter, Thanks you for deferring to this lovely group of old and not-so-old Pensacolians and WFGS members. Jacqueline said it well, when she called it an "open forum," which we WFGS members really expected THIS message board to be, when we originally asked to have it set it up, if I remember correctly---correct me if I'm wrong, folks. I feel that the "open forum" also PRODS some of our more active brain cells into "jumping the gaps" between the less active processes, and nudges the memories out of the deep recesses, thus resulting in increased participation of the members---all of which can only be appreciated in an "open forum." The bouncing back and forth among multiple participants is the key to success here, I think! In addition, unlike the thousands of other Message Boards in the system, which are often "global" in scope, this WFGS Board addresses those of us who live here, are from here, or have memories of here, which ALL of us "long" to hear about---as in, "reminiscing!" Finally, if you will indulge us more local Pensacolians, whenever you see a "common Subject," e.g., Pottery Plant Road, just smile as you zap them to Delete File, and know we old Pensacola folks are "at it again." Thanks, sir, and I'll see you at the meeting Thursday! Evan R. Strohl

Ok, as you all know by know, plenty of folks have weighed in in a similar vein on the value of receiving such messages. I therefore bow to the majority and withdraw, graciously I hope, my earlier comments. Carry on. Pete Young From: [email protected] Sent: Tue 8/7/2007 8:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Pottery Plant Road For Mr. Young: For us older ones in the membership or on the 'list' this is our way of keeping in communication. Please bear with us as we get excited when a question is posed which we may be able to solve or assist someone. It is an open forum just for those of us who may possibly know a little about the subject. The name Pottery Plant Road is quite popular even today after so many years. We remember that the plant was near the curve, where the old fairgrounds were and the grand circuses that played such an important part in our early lives. We will never forget. If you grew up here you remember that first taste of cotton candy! So, again, understand and press the delete button when the subject is not of interest, however, you may miss something one of these days. Once we are challenged, or gently nudged, we give it our best shot. We never know what the next subject will be so we stay on the alert. We appreciate the announcements, dates, plans, etc., but let's keep it as it is being used. Keep up the interest and before long there will be an item in which you can participate with great enthusiasm! Jacqueline </HTML> ------------------------------- 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

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Try this, I can't do it now, because the cookies send me to my pages file. http://pages.google.com/ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Dean" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] WFGS meeting August 4th Handout > Lee, > I get a 404 File Not Found message at this URL. > > http://yoursitename.googlepages.com. > > > 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 >

Lee, I get a 404 File Not Found message at this URL. http://yoursitename.googlepages.com. Cynthia

Judy I wish I was there to help with the fight for funds for the library. Of all the things that can be cut from the budget this is not one of them.. I miss everyone in the WFGS and I wish you well. Our Library's in Columbus, are very up to date and very beautiful. I checked into how the library's are funded and they are funnded buy funds fron the state of Ohio. I know when I moved to Pensacola I was shocked at the poor library down town. It truly needs to be expanded,as well as at least one or two other librarys built in different area's of Pensacola. I spoke twice befor the council on funding the library when I lived there. Good Luck. From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Pensacola Library > Thanks, Evan, for the heads up. > > I suspected that just might be the case when I checked the calendar. > > We'll wait and see. Even if the date is in question, the celebration > is a sure thing! > > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.4/936 - Release Date: 8/4/2007 > 2:42 PM > >

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Thanks for the input, we welcome it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralph Knowles" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] IL State Death Indexes > Another good state death index that I have used a lot is Missouri. > The death certificate index is complete for the years 1910-1956, > and certificate images are available for 1910-1934 and 1945-1956. > This can be accessed at WWW.sos.mo.gov/archives. > > > ------------------------------- > 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, Evan, for the heads up. I suspected that just might be the case when I checked the calendar. We'll wait and see. Even if the date is in question, the celebration is a sure thing! Judy

Judy, Saw your recent correspondence with Mr. Bush, and thought I should update you--- At the WFGS meeting today, Priscilla mentioned that because of the Labor Day weekend, we might move the date of the Sep meeting to the FOLLOWING Saturday---she said, basically, KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN for a decision on this. Let's see if Priscilla affirms these comments to you and Mr. Bush, when she reads this email---I don't know what things will "weigh into" her decision, but as you know, we will have the August Board meeting on the 9th of August, and maybe we'll talk about it then. Priscilla---are you reading this? Thanks, Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawson E Jolly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [FL-WFGS] Pensacola Library > Hi John, > > The September meeting will be on the 1st Saturday in September. A gala > 25th Anniversary Celebration of WFGS is in the works. > > Mr. Fischer, our library director, is scheduled to speak to the > membership about the library and the genealogy department, and one or two > from the board of trustees hope to be present to also answer questions. > In addition, all sorts of special things will be included that morning. > > Nice to hear from you. Even though you call yourself a "foreigner," we > still call you homefolks! (You can take the boy out of the Panhandle, > but you can't take the Panhandle out of the boy!) > > 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

Another good state death index that I have used a lot is Missouri. The death certificate index is complete for the years 1910-1956, and certificate images are available for 1910-1934 and 1945-1956. This can be accessed at WWW.sos.mo.gov/archives.

Hi John, The September meeting will be on the 1st Saturday in September. A gala 25th Anniversary Celebration of WFGS is in the works. Mr. Fischer, our library director, is scheduled to speak to the membership about the library and the genealogy department, and one or two from the board of trustees hope to be present to also answer questions. In addition, all sorts of special things will be included that morning. Nice to hear from you. Even though you call yourself a "foreigner," we still call you homefolks! (You can take the boy out of the Panhandle, but you can't take the Panhandle out of the boy!) Judy

This is TERRIBLE news, Judy. Wish there was something a "foreigner" could do to help! Sara and I are coming down there again Sept. 19-21 to do some further Vaughn research. I'll be at the library for a time but will spend a lot of time this trip over at the court archives. Hope to see you, though, even if briefly. BTW, when does the WFGS meet in September? Would be nice if it happens to be while we're there. All the best. JOHN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ 3,665 AMERICANS HAVE DIED and at least 27,104 WOUNDED in the Iraq war; more than 68,038 Iraqi civilians have died and more than 4 million displaced. The cost: $100 MILLION a minute. To see what the cost of the war would buy, go to http://www.costofwar.com/ > [Original Message] > From: Lawson E Jolly <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/4/2007 12:08:13 AM > Subject: [FL-WFGS] Pensacola Library > > Hi Everyone, > > A Special Edition of the Friends of the Pensacola Library newsletter came > this afternoon. Perhaps you received the same newsletter. > Because our WFGS is one of the strongest supporters of our library, it is > important for us, as an organization and as individuals, to be aware of > upcoming events. Excerpts of the letter follow. > > "Emergency! Emergency! Our library system in Escambia County is in > crisis! According to the News Journal, our budget from the City Council > and the County Commission will be "slashed." Almost $1,000,000, 20% of > the library budget will be cut, the biggest cut the library has ever had. > Once again, the libraries will be closed on Mondays and additionally > one other day during the week. The budget for new books will be cut in > half - $300,000 wiped out of the budged requested by Library director > Gene Fischer. There will be a freeze on hiring - no children's > librarian for the Southwest Branch, at the least. > > "This plea for help to our members is a wake up call for all of us. We > must never become complacent about our free libraries. We of the > Friends' Board of Directors, The West Florida Public Library Foundation > headed by Dick Lacour, and the Library Board of Trustees (appointed by > city and county) which includes Phillip White, Leola Smith, Mary Todd, > Barbara Cronemeyer, Carlton Proctor, Bennie Kenney, and me are working to > ensure that these budget cuts are minimized. By the time you receive > this newsletter, we will have met with every member of the County > Commission and stated our case . . . . But I need your help. > > "We must show our elected officials that a properly funded library system > is part of the American dream. I am asking you to call, write, email > every member of the City Council and County Commission to give your > support. > > "Also, I invite you to attend the City budget meeting on Aug. 14 at 5 pm > in the 2nd floor auditorium at City Hall; and the County budget meetings > on Sept. 11 and 25 (see website for time or call or email me) at the > Courthouse Bldg. on Palafox and Govt. > > "Please wear a RED shirt and I will have LIBRARY buttons for you at the > door. It is so important to attend these meetings in a group. My > email address is [email protected] and phone 969-0001 to let me know if > you are able to come." > > (Signed) Bette Hooton, president of the Friends and member of the Library > Board > > Judy Jolly, Genealogy Volunteer > Pensacola Public Library > > ------------------------------- > 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

Ginny, So glad you're coming back to P'cola. Let's do lunch. Cynthia

Hi everyone, I am back in Pensacola for good now. Would you please change your roster list wtih my new address and phone. My address is: 2299 Scenic Highway, N3, Pensacola, FL 32503 (Windchase Bay). My phone is: 438-6910. Ginny Deagan http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~vgdeagan/index.htm

Hi Everyone, A Special Edition of the Friends of the Pensacola Library newsletter came this afternoon. Perhaps you received the same newsletter. Because our WFGS is one of the strongest supporters of our library, it is important for us, as an organization and as individuals, to be aware of upcoming events. Excerpts of the letter follow. "Emergency! Emergency! Our library system in Escambia County is in crisis! According to the News Journal, our budget from the City Council and the County Commission will be "slashed." Almost $1,000,000, 20% of the library budget will be cut, the biggest cut the library has ever had. Once again, the libraries will be closed on Mondays and additionally one other day during the week. The budget for new books will be cut in half - $300,000 wiped out of the budged requested by Library director Gene Fischer. There will be a freeze on hiring - no children's librarian for the Southwest Branch, at the least. "This plea for help to our members is a wake up call for all of us. We must never become complacent about our free libraries. We of the Friends' Board of Directors, The West Florida Public Library Foundation headed by Dick Lacour, and the Library Board of Trustees (appointed by city and county) which includes Phillip White, Leola Smith, Mary Todd, Barbara Cronemeyer, Carlton Proctor, Bennie Kenney, and me are working to ensure that these budget cuts are minimized. By the time you receive this newsletter, we will have met with every member of the County Commission and stated our case . . . . But I need your help. "We must show our elected officials that a properly funded library system is part of the American dream. I am asking you to call, write, email every member of the City Council and County Commission to give your support. "Also, I invite you to attend the City budget meeting on Aug. 14 at 5 pm in the 2nd floor auditorium at City Hall; and the County budget meetings on Sept. 11 and 25 (see website for time or call or email me) at the Courthouse Bldg. on Palafox and Govt. "Please wear a RED shirt and I will have LIBRARY buttons for you at the door. It is so important to attend these meetings in a group. My email address is [email protected] and phone 969-0001 to let me know if you are able to come." (Signed) Bette Hooton, president of the Friends and member of the Library Board Judy Jolly, Genealogy Volunteer Pensacola Public Library

Illinois has a wonderful death index in two parts: Pre-1916 and 1916-1950. Both of these are works in progress and are being added to. Illinois State Archives http://www.cyberdrive/illinois.com/departments/archives/death.html There are lots of other goodies here too. Enjoy! Mary Ann Pirone Genealogy and Local History Specialist Aurora Public Library One East Benton St. Aurora, IL. 60505 FAX: 630-896-3209 Phone : 630-264-4100 ext. 4122 Email: [email protected]