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In a message dated 10/15/01 10:51:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, GBAXTER628@aol.com writes: SNIP > I am looking for a Alachua County Volunteer to do an obituary Look up and > Death Certificate Abstract for me on: > > Carol L Ronan DOB: 7/20/1900 DOD: 10/12/1991 > SSN: 120-30-9299 > > While have no last address I do have a Zip Code: 32642 > > In checking the US Postal Zip Code Book it appears to back track to > Gainesville, Florida, in view you it has Postal Zip codes around 32641 > through 32653 SNIP Worked this problem backwards (unfortunately). Unable to verify that 32642 was in Alachua County using local ZIP map and PO ZIP books. Looked in Alachua County Public Library obituary index cards: nothing listed. Looked in Gainesville Sun (local county seat newspaper) October 12-20, 1991: no obituary, no funeral notice. Looked in Florida Death Index (microfiche created by State Bureau of Vital Statistics): Carol Lee Ronan, white male, died Citrus County, DOB 7/22/1894, DOD 10/12/91, certificate number 102985. County seat of Citrus County is Inverness. While some death certificates may be available from county health department, all are available from Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics, POB 210, Jacksonville, FL 32231. For a death certificate, the cost is five dollars. <A HREF="http://www.vitalrec.com/fl.html">Click here: Florida Vital Records Information - birth or death certificate, divorce records, marriage license, etc</A> Good luck. (It appears that this isn't her.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/641 Message Board Post: I am looking for a Alachua County Volunteer to do an obituary Look up and Death Certificate Abstract for me on: Carol L Ronan DOB: 7/20/1900 DOD: 10/12/1991 SSN: 120-30-9299 While have no last address I do have a Zip Code: 32642 In checking the US Postal Zip Code Book it appears to back track to Gainesville, Florida, in view you it has Postal Zip codes around 32641 through 32653 In a letter dated 5/27/1950 to my Great Aunt Catherine McCall (Skipper) Thebaut Delano, California, a Carol Lee Ronan was writing my Aunt for her Nephew Roy's address in Georgia so she could visit him. At that time she and her Husband Francis Ronan were living in Orlando, Florida. I believe Carol L. Ronan to be Carol Lee Ronan who I am looking for. I am trying to determine her connection to the Skipper Families as she was adamant about my Great Aunt Catherine Thebaut and my Great Uncle LeRoy Skipper being her aunt and uncle. Unfortunately no one living has any record to identify who she is. If you are able to come up with an obituary notice it will provide me with possible leads in the following areas: 1) Who the Funeral Director was - (Funeral Directors Notes are second best to a Death Certificate). I will then contact them for those notes and hopefully in the process learn who her parents were and any to the Skipper Families. 2) Surviving Living Kin at the time Usually there are family members still alive now who through the Internet telephone directory I can call. After 62 years of being torn apart the individual Skipper Family Members are pressing me for an answer. For those in their years their is an urgency for them to know so they are pressing me for answers. If you are able please contact me directly at: GBAXTER628@AOL.COM I will respond with phone number and address Gary "Garth" E Baxter Chief Information Officer Skipper Families

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/639 Message Board Post: "LEWIS C. SMITH - GAINESVILLE, Aug. 9 - (Special) - Lewis C. Smith, jeweler and resident of Alachua County since 1890, died yesterday at his residence after a long illness." Published in the Tampa Morning Tribune, Friday, August 10, 1951, p. 2-A.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Watson, Witty, Maxwell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/638 Message Board Post: Seeking info on Richard E. Watson b Sept 1959 and Glenne Valentine Watson b Feb 14, 1961at the Univ. of Fl. thank you

Good Afternoon, Can someone send me the URL to the Florida death List 1877-1916, I lost the URL. I would really appreciate it and thank you in advance. Sincerely, Antoinette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: yelvington, yelverton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/279.295.1 Message Board Post: hi, my name is beth yelvington, i am a high school senior and i have to write a research paper on my family history. my father is bill yelvington, son of chris and geneva yelvington of pine bluff, arkansas. i never met my grandfather and i was very young when my grandmother died. there is not many yelvingtons left in my family, most are deceased. i need any kind of help you can give me. please contact me at lovechic99@aol.com thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/271.275.354.1 Message Board Post: I have an Elizabeth Tillis in my line. She was born in 1824 in Georgia and died in 1906. She married John A Whitehurst and they had 6 children: Georgina, Susana, Christopher, Winfield, Harney, and Francis. Any ties between Elizabeth and your Tillis family?

Hi list... I did finish placing online Marriaage Books S through W. Books X, Y and part of Z are scanned and will be online early next week. I have also placed Will Book A online. It is not yet attached to a Database that would allow it to be transcribed or indexed online. Maybe I can get to that next week. For those thinking about Volunteering to help index the marriage books. Even one page is a help. One page a day can make a big difference. Thanks, Jim

Hi list... We finally have more marriage book images online. All of the images for Marriage Books M, N, O, P, Q, and R are now online and ready to index. If everything goes well tomorrow Marriage Books S, T, U, V and W will be online and ready to index. That will be somewhere around 5,000 pages. If you want to help and have forgotten your User ID and password, email me and I will send them to you. If you want to help and need a User ID and password, go here... http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/Archive/CFDocs/Common/SurInsert.cfm and fill out the form. I will then send you a User ID and Password. Thanks, Jim

Dear List: today I received a letter from the postmaster@mail.ucsf.edu, he told me that there was a virus in the email that I sent out called National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution vol. 24, The problem is that I am not sending it. I don't know who is doing it and I am going to contact AOL in the am. so Please be careful when you see this in the subject line. Do not open it! Antoinette

(This death copy, not obit, was sent to me today.) John W. Pendarvis, 66, of 2426 Adams St. Granite City, IL died at noon Wednesday, d Apr 10, 1963 at St. Elizabeth Hospital where he was a patient for a week. He had suffered a heart attack. Mr. Pendarvis was retired and had been a carpenter after his retirement. He was born John William Pendarvis b Apr 4, 1897 MS in Escatawpa, Jackson County, MS and lived in Granite City, IL for nine years. He was a member of the Central Christian Church. He is survived by his wife Leona (Jacobs) Pendarvis (MS), a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Parker, Granite City, IL. A brother, G. G. Pendarvis of Portland, OR; five sisters Mrs. Connie (Neil D.) Schafer, Groton, CN; Minnie Pendarvis, Hartford, CN; Mrs. Ann (Ernest) Helm, Bayou Rouge, LA; and Mrs. Gladys (William) Broadus, Prentiss, MS and Mrs. Phillie (Roy Francis) Shafer. ------------------------------------------- Preceding in death by: His parents Joseph James Pendarvis of Escatawpa, Jackson Co., MS. and Mary "Molly" Jones Pendarvis, daughter of John W. Jones and Ann Kennedy-Jones of Jackson County, MS. Two Brothers: Joseph Pendarvis, d April 12, 1956, age 49, buried Robinson Cemetery on Barns Rd., Escatawpa, Jackson Co., MS. and Allen Pendarvis b Dec 5, 1903 d Apr 12, 1956 MS. One Sister: Mrs. Clarisa (Loma) Thigpen, Escatawpa, MS, b July 6, 1901 MS (twin),New Orleans, LA. d. 1938. --------------------- (below from my notes:) His grandparents; James Pendarvis and Nancy Williams-Pendarvis of Alachua County, FL; and John W. Jones and Ann Kennedy-Jones of Jackson County, MS. Ann is daughter of John Kennedy and E.? Middleton of AL.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Breeden, Hill, Markey, Holloway, Rogers, Parrish, Malphurs, Hague Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/331.332.334.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Ezekiel Parrish, Father of (2G-Grandpapy) John Alexander Parrish begat (G-Grandpappy) Ezekiel Washington Parrish who married (G-Grandma) Mary Oliver Malphurs, who begat (G-ma) Ruth Agatha Parrish, who begat (mom) Betty Ruth Rogers, my mom. She married James H. Breeden, and thatis where that came from. Lowell Parrish at lparrish@unr.net is from Ezekiel to John Alex. to Phillip Alex. to James Fletcher Parrish. Might give him a buzz too! I want to thank for some of the other postings, they,ve given me quite a bit of info. As for these names, we're talk'n Santa Fe, Alachu-way, La Cross and Neunansville areas. Thanks again, Charlie Breeden.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Breeden, Hill, Markey. Holloway, Rogers, Parrish, Malphurs, Hague Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/37.56.373.377 Message Board Post: Miss joanne, Is yur brother Ira the father of Susan, Lived in Santa Fe just down from Pleasant Grove Baptist? Is the Joseph W. yur speakin of this one (7 Oct. 1847-29 Sep1914) Confederate Artillery. Alachua Co. pension filed for in 1889, pension A05300, consisting of 14 pages. If so, a copy can be had form the Archives in Tallahassee. Malphurs by the way of James Oliver Malphurs who begat Mary Oliver with Mary Agatha Hague. Mary Oliver was my NaNa (GreatGrandma) who begat Ruth Agatha Parrish who begat my mom Betty Ruth Rogers which is how I know Ira Stidham and his first wife Louise, Dewayne and Susan. Mama, Hugh and Louise Colson grew up together. If this all clear as mud, drop me a hello. Charlie Breeden, in Alabama!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parrish, deSha, Beasley, Tillis, Geiger Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/331.332.334.1.1 Message Board Post: I am not related to the people you mention in your posting as far as I know. I do not even recognize any of the names except Parrish. How do you relate to Ezekial Parrish?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chisholm Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BZ.2ADI/636 Message Board Post: Hello All, I am researching the Chisholm family of Newnans Lake, the were originally slaves in Chester, South carolina. In 1869, just after freedom theybought 681 acres of land from William A.Colcolough. My great grandfather name was Tom chisholm, he was born in 1852 in Windsor, Florida. So I am trying to find any information, about whose plantation that they may have lived on, where did they grow 35,000lbs of sea island cotton at. also can anyone lead me to Alachua slave census for the year 1860, it seems to me there would be something written down about the cotton transaction .Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, Antoinette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/217.220 Message Board Post: same as previous

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/217.219 Message Board Post: same as previous

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Breeden, hHll, Holloway, Markey, Rogers, Parrish, Malphurs, Hague Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BZ.2ADI/331.332.334.1 Message Board Post: Greetings,... John Fletcher is the half brother of Mary Oliver Malphurs who is my G-Grandmother, and after having married her mom's second husband's brother, Eziekel Washington , that put me in the family via her daughter Ruth Agatha Parrish who begat Betty Ruth Rogers, my mom. Roscoe C. Breeden is my Grandpa, he was from the Santa Fe bunch and had married Foy Hill my paternal grandma. He had later divorced her. At his time of death in 1958, he and NaNa (Mary Ollie) had been engaged, Paternal grandfather and maternal greatgrandmother, what a ride that would have been! How are you kin to Leta hunter?