Susan, while we are not related to the Kemp's in question I have given it some more thought. I am sure the descendants/families of the ancestors of that line would love to have the correspondence/photos. May I suggest that you check the return addresses and/or where they were posted from for a clue. If it were me I would do a little snooping on the USGENWEB in those states/areas and possible post the same information you sent to me [on several forums]. I think you were nice to save this information for such a long time. If you have the information on hand I would be glad to help you locate a possible connection and send anything to you for follow-up Bless you. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Brawley" <sroberts4@earthlink.net> To: <flduval@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] St. Joseph's Cemetery - Re: Julie Thames Howell > Mary - on the Kemp family - I have a box of letters I found in the home I > own in Lakeland more than 30 years ago that are written from a Willaim > Kemp to his wife when they were engaged - pics, too. Any idea how to > locate the family? If you are interested and can tell me the wife's name > as a security measure, if you don't mind, I will forward the contents to > whomever - I hate to have the family lose this stuff. > a fellow genealogist - Susan Roberts > You can check me out at www.jud10.org if you like > > -----Original Message----- >>From: mary kemp <marykemp@comcast.net> >>Sent: Jun 6, 2007 7:39 PM >>To: Tony & Julie Howell <tjhowell1@bellsouth.net>, flduval@rootsweb.com >>Cc: flduval@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [FLDUVAL] St. Joseph's Cemetery - Re: Julie Thames Howell >> >>What doesn't make sense to me is why the church balked at putting names on >>line. >>Is this a very large cemetery? It could be possible that they may not >>allow >>you >>to use church records and that would probably be legal but what if you >>just >>did a survey on your own? In 1999 and 2000 my husband and I went to NC >>and took over 400 digital pictures of the various cemeteries hoping to >>find >>many >>of my own genealogy researched ancestors. Rather than waste the photos we >>donated them to the USGENWEBarchives archives of NC.. After I tweaked the >>pictures I wrote the text formatted as instructed by the manager. It >>worked >>out >>wonderfully. Could it be possible that you could do the same for St. >>Joseph's Cemetery? >>I have the site somewhere on my data base regarding Florida Law in regards >>to cemeteries. >>If you would like for me to locate the site I would be more than happy to >>look for it. >>I know they had a big to-do in NC because some homes were placed on land >>sites of very >>old cemeteries and the land owners were not allowing researchers to come >>on >>the property. >>They looked up NC cemetery laws and found that they could legally do so. >>They are still >>working on the legality of it now. Good luck with your research. I guess >>I >>am a >>trooper in my golden years.. If it were me I would take my camera, go to >>the cemetery >>with pad and pencil in hand and have at it. <smile,grin> Mary >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Edgar Taylor" <ertjr1@earthlink.net> >>To: "Tony & Julie Howell" <tjhowell1@bellsouth.net> >>Cc: <flduval@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:10 PM >>Subject: [FLDUVAL] St. Joseph's Cemetery - Re: Julie Thames Howell >> >> >>> Hi Julie - Are you are referring to the St. Joseph's Cemetery across >>> the alley north of the Old City Cemetery in Jacksonville? Perhaps not. >>> It has been many years since I went there but when I did it was not in >>> very good shape, "stone wise". The discouraging thing was that many of >>> the grave stones were piled up against the fence, some broken and >>> probably some missing. Hopefully the church has straightened out the >>> problems. >>> >>> But I was fortunate in that the grave stone of my great great >>> grandmother Catherine (Joaneda aka Floyd) Taylor was at ground level as >>> were her daughter Carol Taylor (Hedrick) Ochus and her granddaughter >>> and the granddaughter's husband. In a back corner also at ground level >>> was Carol's son Augustus Ochus and his wife, Minnie. I hope the stones >>> are still there and still in good shape, but I would not be surprised >>> if they are not there. That cemetery was not in a very safe area. >>> >>> But maybe you are referring to the cemetery near Mandarin. >>> Ed T of PGH >>> ------------ >>> On May 29, 2007, at 9:24 AM, tjhowell1 wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Ann - I'm here. New email address is: tjhowell1@bellsouth.net. >>>> Sorry you had trouble getting ahold of me. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately I do not have an actual survey for St. Joseph's >>>> Cemetery. When I contacted the church about allowing us to put their >>>> cemetery records on-line, some of the members of the church balked at >>>> the idea. What they agreed to was to let me put my name on the >>>> on-line cemetery name as a contact person and I would then, in turn, >>>> give an inquirer the names and phone numbers of the persons at St. >>>> Joseph's to contact. Rather like going around your elbow to get to >>>> your nose, but there it is. I have not contacted these people in >>>> quite a while so do not know if these gentlemen are still there; >>>> should you find the info has changed I'd appreciate your letting me >>>> know so i can update my records. >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve Connley - (904)828-7820 >>>> >>>> Peter Dobrie (who is on the Cemetery Commission) - (904)260-2657 >>>> >>>> St. Joseph's Church - (904)268-5422 (in case Steve or Peter's numbers >>>> have changed or you can't get ahold of them for some reason.) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Julie Thames Howell >>>> >>>> Jacksonville, Florida >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Ann Parkinson >>>> To: flduval@rootsweb.com >>>> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:47 PM >>>> Subject: [FLDUVAL] Julie Thames Howell >>>> >>>> >>>> Julie, are you out there? Your e-mail addy on the >>>> Cemetery transcription page is incorrect and I need a >>>> look-up for St Joseph's. >>>> >>>> Anyone know if Julie is OK and what her new addy is? >>>> >>>> Many thanks! >>>> >>>> Ann Parkinson >>>> Family Historian >>>> >>>> Researching: Blitch, Bruce, Burgsteiner, Gibson, Haupt, Lanier, Nance, >>>> Parker, Parkinson, Parrish, Sanders/Saunders, Starkweather, Winberg, >>>> Wolfe and allied families. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> FLDUVAL-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 >>> FLDUVAL-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 >>FLDUVAL-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 > FLDUVAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message