We would like to announce the forming of a new organization the Cumberland Gap Tennessee Genealogy and History Group, A.K.A (CGTGHG) which propose to record and preserve. The goal of the group is to promote Genealogy with the recording of Pioneerâs and their descendantâs while also preserving and recording Cumberland Gapâs history. The CGTGHG hopeâs the Nation will get behind the group by submitting pioneerâs names, stories, pictures and Genealogies to be preserved for future generations to come. The CGTGHG will be having a newsletter 4 times a year and will have memberships available on different levels more on that to come. You can go to our website at [1]cgtghg.org or [2]facebook.com/cgtghg Thank You, David A Nelson Jr Website and Social Media References 1. http://cgtghg.org/ 2. http://facebook.com/cgtghg

I'm looking for info on Alice Schoolcraft Boutilier, born 29 Aug. 1896, died 8 Aug. 1974 in North Conway, NH. The 1930 NH Census has her as being born in NH. Her father was born in Mass. and her mother was born in NH. Her obit says that she was survived by a brother Paul Schoolcraft, of Charlotte Harbor,Florida. Alice was married to my grandmother's brother Freeman (Sinclair/St. Clair) Boutilier who was from Nova Scotia, Canada. Was wondering if anyone might have the names of her parents and any other info. Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Kathy Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

I apologize if you've already received a copy of this email. I'm on several lists and have sent it to more then one. In my frustration with the so-called free ancestry websites and free sites which are so cluttered you need a GPS to find your way out, I created my own. It's a simple collection of free ancestry resources and how to use them. My wife and friends encouraged me to put this website together. I kept getting questions from people who knew I was doing ancestry research and wanted to try it themselves. They were beginners and wanted to know where to go to get information about their ancestry. So I put this website together: http://sites.google.com/site/FunSimpleFreeAncestry It contains a lot of links to websites that are already in many of the GenWeb County websites. I just put them all together with examples of how to use them. So far I have received a lot of great feedback . If you have a website and you would like to add my website as a link, then please do. Thanks, Dan Smith

Hello, new to this list. I am looking for the burial location for Leo Albert Manzenberger, b. 9/4/1898 Bedford, Lawrence Co., IN d. 2/17/1989 Port Charlotte, Charlotte Co., FL. I do not know for sure if he was buried in Florida, but we have not been able to find him in Indiana and his son and grandson still live on Florida. Thank you, Brad Manzenberger

I have tried the Random Acts of Kindness page and have been unable to find someone to answer my request for a look up in Charlotte. I need an obituary for Edward Philip LIPS born Aug 27, 1890 in Pgh. Pa. He died in June of 1965. I do not know how this information would be indexed there as I can't find a date. I also would like one for his wife Ann Marie LIPS. She died on May 17, 1988 in Citrus, Florida and was from Chechoslovakia. They had three children, Robert, Betty Jane and Edward. Please let me know of any cost before. One place I called wanted an astronomical sum ( $40) which I could not afford. Thank you for any help. Mary

Here is a local resource for finding some local obits! http://obit.ltaylorfuneral.com/obit_list.cgi Jay

Looking for the death and then an obituary on a Foster Gardner, he died Dec. 1966 Charlotte Co., Florida. He is buried at the Indian Springs Cemetery. Thank you in adavance, any help to locate his information would be appreciated. Sharon

The next meeting of the Florida Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogist will be held on Saturday, 7 October 2006, at the Leesburg Public Library. The Board Meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. followed by the General Meeting at 10:30 a.m. Guests are welcome to attend. Our member Mitchell Brown will be giving a talk titled "Researching the Indian Wars of the Southeast, 1813-1858." Leesburg Public Library 204 N. 5th St. Leesburg, FL 34748 (352) 728-9790 Lunch will be at Bob Evans Restaurant (1205 N. 14th St., Leesburg) which is about 1 1/2 miles from the library. Yolanda Campbell Lifter, Program Chair Malabar, FL http://ohiofamilyresearch.com

Hi List, Looking for an obit, or other information, on Clarence VanDuzer who, according to the Social Security Death Index, died in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, FL, in November 1985. I'm looking for any descendants of Clarence VanDuzer and his wife, Margaret, who died about 1991. Hopefully an obituary will give me some clues. I am not certain that this particular Clarence VanDuzer is the one I am looking for, but the birth date (1899-1900), the death date, and the New York connection, where his Social Security Number was issued, make him a good candidate. Appreciate any information, leads, clues, etc. John Hale Williamsburg, VA

I am trying to locate family for Thelma Bonnell who was married to Russell Bonnell and lived the Port Charlotte area. Thelma died in 2004 in Pierce, Washington but brought back to Florida. Do not have info as to when her husband died. Thelma was born in March of 1919 in Missouri. Her parents were Samuel and Vella Rule. Louise was born in September 1922 in Missouri and she died in 1989 in Port Charlotte, Florida. Her husband's name was Leslie Rainey. I am looking for obituary or burial places for them if anyone can help. Thank you. Sharon Tate IL

Vicki, Here's the obit for Naomi---NAOMI M. BRADLEY Naomi M. Bradley, 91, of 361 Waltham St,. Port Charlotte, died Thursday at her home. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, she came to this area 27 years ago from there. She was a retired shoe sales person and a Protestant. Survivors include a son, Edward L. Hanna Jr, of Wilmington; a daughter, Marguerite Pollock of Port Charlotte; two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Friends may call between 1 and 2 p.m. Monday at the Port Charlotte chapel of Kays-Ponger Funeral Home. Services will be at 2 p.m. and burial will be at Restlawn Memorial Gardens, Port Charlotte. Sorry that our microfilm does not go back farther than 1976. I'll see what they have at the History Center for Charles. Barbara, Punta Gorda ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cooking0404@aol.com> To: <FLCHARLO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:23 AM Subject: [FL-Charlotte] obit request - Charles A. & Naomi M. Bradley > Naomi M. Bradley b 07Oct1895 d. 12 Mar 1987 Punta Gorda, Port > Charlotte County, FL Born Naomi M. Maxwell > > Wife of Charles A. Bradley b 24 Mar 1896 d. 15 Oct 1970 > > Looking for obits for both if possible. Would someone be willing to see if > they can locate this information. > > Thanks > Take care. > Vickie > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Subject: Re: [FL-Charlotte] obit request - Charles A. & Naomi M. Bradley > Hi Vicki, > I'll get them for you tomorrow. > Barbara > Punta Gorda, FL > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Cooking0404@aol.com> > To: <FLCHARLO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:23 AM > Subject: [FL-Charlotte] obit request - Charles A. & Naomi M. Bradley > > > > Naomi M. Bradley b 07Oct1895 d. 12 Mar 1987 Punta Gorda, > Port > > Charlotte County, FL Born Naomi M. Maxwell > > > > Wife of Charles A. Bradley b 24 Mar 1896 d. 15 Oct 1970 > > > > Looking for obits for both if possible. Would someone be willing to see if > > they can locate this information. > > > > Thanks > > Take care. > > Vickie > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Hi Vicki, I'll get them for you this afternoon. Barbara Punta Gorda, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <Cooking0404@aol.com> To: <FLCHARLO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:23 AM Subject: [FL-Charlotte] obit request - Charles A. & Naomi M. Bradley > Naomi M. Bradley b 07Oct1895 d. 12 Mar 1987 Punta Gorda, Port > Charlotte County, FL Born Naomi M. Maxwell > > Wife of Charles A. Bradley b 24 Mar 1896 d. 15 Oct 1970 > > Looking for obits for both if possible. Would someone be willing to see if > they can locate this information. > > Thanks > Take care. > Vickie > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Naomi M. Bradley b 07Oct1895 d. 12 Mar 1987 Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte County, FL Born Naomi M. Maxwell Wife of Charles A. Bradley b 24 Mar 1896 d. 15 Oct 1970 Looking for obits for both if possible. Would someone be willing to see if they can locate this information. Thanks Take care. Vickie

Hi All, My name is Rich and I live in Ohio. I just found this mailing list. I'm doing research on the Kaffenberger surname (and various spellings). I'm looking for an obituary of an ancestor who appears to have died in Charlotte County, FL. But I'm unable to find any kind of index for obituaries in that area. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can find if an obituary exists for Iris Kaffenberger (or Koffenberger, Koffenbarger, Kaffenbarger, Coffenberger, etc) who died August 1969 (SSN 273-09-3455) with the last known residence in Punta Gorda, Charlotte County, Florida? Thanks for any pointers, Rich --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

From astaley@comcast.net : Come join the excitement of the 29th Annual Genealogy Conference. This exciting learning experience will be held 11-12 November 2005 in Panama City Beach, Florida at the Bay Point Marriott Resort (4200 Marriott Drive). Our featured speaker, Donna Moughty, will present four exciting lectures you will not want to miss. Ms Moughty is a well known genealogical instructor and lecturer and her topics will be: "Applying for Your Irish Passport" "Immigration" "Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are--Hide and Seek on the Internet!" "Using Griffith's Valuation" In addition to the featured speaker, we will have Pamela J. Cooper, Amy Larner Giroux, CG(sm), CGL(sm), Ann Mohr Osisek, Gladys Friedman Paulin, CGRS(sm), Deanna D. Ramsey, William Zehner, CGSM, and James McSweeney (NARA SE Region Archives). All total, we will be providing the opportunity to participate in about 19 lectures covering Censuses, Military, Methodology, National Archive Resources, Naturalization, Land Records, Organization, Cemetery Records and Computer/Technology. We are also pleased to announce that Dean DeBolt, noted Lecturer, historian and author, will be our Banquet Speaker. If you would like further information, contact A. Staley, P. O. Box 441364, Jacksonville, FL 32222 Email: astaley@comcast.net or you will find the registration form online at the FSGS Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs

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Obituary: Alistair Cooke Esteemed writer and BBC broadcaster Alistair Cooke, famed for his programme Letter From America, has died aged 95. BBC News Online looks back at his long and respected career. For more than half a century, Alistair Cooke's weekly broadcasts of Letter from America for BBC radio monitored the pulse of life in the United States and relayed its strengths and weaknesses to 50 countries. His retirement from the show earlier this month after 58 years, due to ill health, brought a flood of tributes for his huge contributing to broadcasting. Born in Salford, near Manchester, northern England, Alistair Cooke was the son of a Methodist minister. Winning a scholarship to Jesus College, Cambridge he read English, edited the undergraduate magazine, Granta, and founded the Cambridge University Mummers. Alistair Cooke made his first visit to the United States in 1932, on a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship which took him to both Yale and Harvard universities. Following his return to Britain, he became the BBC's film critic and, in 1935, London correspondent for America's National Broadcasting Corporation. He returned to the United States in 1937 to work as a commentator on American affairs for the BBC. He made his home there and, in 1941, became an American citizen. March 1946 saw the first edition of American Letter, which became Letter from America in 1949. The series was the longest-running series in history to be presented by a single person. Alistair Cooke never decided what he was going to talk about until he wrote the script, made no notes during the preceding week and preferred to rely on his memory. In an interview given at the time of the 3,000th edition of Letter from America, he appeared to have mixed feelings about the future of the United States. "In America," he said, "the race is on between its decadence and its vitality, and it has lots of both." Cooke led his listeners through the American vicissitudes of Korea, Kennedy, Vietnam, Watergate, Nixon's resignation and Clinton's scandals. In all of this, Cooke pulled no punches. The lyricism of his broadcasting and the urbanity of his voice did not disguise his fears for America which he saw becoming a more violent society. A liberal by nature, he reserved particular dislike for what he saw as the shallow flag-waving of the Reagan presidency. Alongside working for the BBC and The Guardian, for which he wrote from 1945 to 1972, he developed a passion for jazz and golf and, as a film critic, he mixed with Hollywood stars. As a commentator on history, Cooke was sometimes an eyewitness too. He was just yards away from Senator Bobby Kennedy when the latter was assassinated in 1968. He was never as comfortable on television as radio but, by the 1970s, his hugely successful television series America recounted his personal history of his adopted homeland and won international acclaim, two Emmy Awards and spawned a million-selling book. British or American? The Queen awarded him an honorary knighthood in 1973 and the following year, for a journalist, he received the ultimate recognition - he was asked to address the United States Congress on its 200th anniversary. He told his audience he felt as if he was in a dream, standing naked before them and there was only one thing he could find to say. Teasing, he exclaimed to the assembled legislators, "I gratefully accept your nomination for President of the United States!" Naturally, he brought the house down. Many Britons thought he was American, but to the Americans he was the quintessential Brit, the man who brought them the best of British television as presenter of Masterpiece Theatre. For his part, he explained, "I feel totally at home in both countries." He impressed both audiences with his high quality work. With his unquenchable curiosity, Alistair Cooke remained for decades the consummate broadcaster, an elegant writer and a man of enormous wit and charm who made sense of the American Century. A special tribute to Alistair Cook will be broadcast on BBC Radio Four at 2100 BST on Wednesday 31 March, 2004 and on World Service at 1030 GMT, 1430 GMT (not Europe) and 2130 GMT (Europe) on Tuesday 30 March, 2004.