> New CD rom to help African American Genealogy research > Freed Man bureau files on CD rom > Salt Lake Tribune Article: > Ex-Slave Files a Prize for History Buffs > http://www.sltrib.com/2001/feb/02212001/utah/73340.htm > Deborah Byrd > >

Okay, here we go: BURNETT, LABOURNE ( abt 1840-1847) BURNETT,ALEXANDER PATTERSON (1845-19220 BURNETT,JOHN WESLEY (1873-1930) MOODY,NATHANIEL MOODY (?-1887) SWEAT, JAMES MARVIN (1899-1929) SWEAT, WM. (PINCKNEY) WARREN (1867-1914) SWEAT,JAMES MALCOLM(abt1865-1878) WATERS,RICHARD ALEXANDER (abt 1870-1918) Note: beginning dates reflect first known entry into Hillsborough county Contact: Billie M. Sweat at whispval@netxpress.com

Sally, The Tampa Tribune is the major newpaper for Hillsborough County. All death notices and most obits appear in the Tribune. The Tampa Public Library has all issues of the Trib on microfilm, which is how I've always retrieved copies. However, someone recently posted that these obits can be obtained online through the Tribune archives or the Tampa Library website. It would be great if that person would repost that info. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: <RROWE45@aol.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: February 21, 2001 10:12 AM Subject: [FLHILLSB] Clifford RAMSEY/death notice-what paper? | Hi! | I was wondering if there is a way to get a death notice for a Clifford | RAMSEY who died in Aug of 1977. He was a resident of Brandon. | I am trying to determine if he was a descendant of Jesse RAMSEY of | Michigan. He would have had a brother named roy, who may have died a year | before him. | would be more than willing to order microfilm of the local Brandon paper | for the month of August via interlibrary loan, if I knew the name of it. Of | course, a large dose of Bonine would be in order before I can actually look | at it! | Sally in Michigan | | | ============================== | Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! | http://searches.rootsweb.com/ | |

Hi! I was wondering if there is a way to get a death notice for a Clifford RAMSEY who died in Aug of 1977. He was a resident of Brandon. I am trying to determine if he was a descendant of Jesse RAMSEY of Michigan. He would have had a brother named roy, who may have died a year before him. would be more than willing to order microfilm of the local Brandon paper for the month of August via interlibrary loan, if I knew the name of it. Of course, a large dose of Bonine would be in order before I can actually look at it! Sally in Michigan

I maintain The sites iScreven county Georgia and HIlls and Hernando in Florida and the S.C. religious dissenters 1670 - 1781 site, I have only visited Brooksville once. A good number of the GEnweb volunteers don't live in the counties that they maintain. One of the Georgia gurus is in hawaii. That is why we depend so much on local help getting data up. Okay all here is how the mailing list page will work. Please send me your Hillsborough county names in the following format. Capitalize surnames, include front names, give dates, and if you want to events. and towns in Hills county.if they were townies. Remember this page will NOT a query list, it will be for data sharing. Each of your email address wlll be included on the web page so you can write directly to each other. I woun't know to update your addys unless you tell me. Gett ready, set and type. I may be a little slow getting some of it up, so please be patient. Deborah Byrd

Deborah, it would be a great help for us to have a site like this. I'm not sure I understand how this works, I mean how you can be in Screven County and still work on this site for us (Hillsborough County). However you do it, thanks! ..Jeannette Tamborello > Subject: [FLHILLSB] mailing lists research. > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:00:09 -0700 > From: "Deborah Byrd" <dbyrd@lightcom.net> > To: FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com > > I have an idea floating in the back of my mind how to help you all make > connections. please visit > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gascreve/scremail.htm and let me know if ya'll > want such a page set up for hills county. The Screven folks seem to like > it. I send a reminder every 6 mos or so to remind people to update their > listings. > > Deborah Byrd

Hi Deborah -I think it would be a marvelous idea and I commend you for those floating ideas and tangible efforts! Billie >______________________________X-Message: #7 >Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:00:09 -0700 >From: "Deborah Byrd" <dbyrd@lightcom.net> >To: FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <001a01c09af1$9fabb4c0$a224cece@dbyrd> >Subject: [FLHILLSB] mailing lists research. >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I have an idea floating in the back of my mind how to help you all make >connections. please visit >http://www.rootsweb.com/~gascreve/scremail.htm and let me know if ya'll >want such a page set up for hills county. The Screven folks seem to like >it. I send a reminder every 6 mos or so to remind people to update their >listings. > >Deborah Byrd

I have an idea floating in the back of my mind how to help you all make connections. please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gascreve/scremail.htm and let me know if ya'll want such a page set up for hills county. The Screven folks seem to like it. I send a reminder every 6 mos or so to remind people to update their listings. Deborah Byrd

Searching for ARVID IVER CARLSON. Husband of my g.aunt Ethel Carlson. They moved from Chicago to TAMPA in approx. 1947. I have been searching for what ever happened to ARVID after the death of his wife Ethel in 1964. I don't know if he remained in Tampa or if he moved - seemed like he disappeared from the face of the earth. Ethel's remains were "shipped" back to IL for burial. He is not buried with her. Also, STILL searching for the records of the now defunct Duval Funeral Home - those also seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth. Any info on ARVID IVER CARLSON and Duval's records would be greatly appreciated. TIA Debbi - abney6@home.com or proud_mama_4@hotmail.com researching: BISHOP * BROWN * CARLSON * MOORE * BRISTOL * GARRETT * HULL * ROBINSON * BRECKENRIDGE * FOOSE * KRICK * ROOK * STANDERWICK * RECHLIN * BOELDT * SCHUMACHER * TRAPP

Here is a search that I did using Cigar Factories as the key words http://stafla.dlis.state.fl.us/htbin/dbsearch Deborah Byrd

I was snooping at the Florida archives site. found this brief history of Florida. http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/flafacts/shorthis.html I then did a search based on Ybor and came up with this page http://stafla.dlis.state.fl.us/htbin/dbsearch Deborah Byrd

I have a number of people [ancestors and collatertal relatives] from Hillsborough County's past that I am collecting genealogical and family history on. I will have some mix with Pinellas County since it was part of Hillsborough County. I am OMITTING living people from this listing. The SURNAMES are in caps, the given names are normal. I am looking for people who are reseaching these family lines. I have information that I am willing to share and hope to get some in exchange. GRINER Family; They came from Georgia in 1846, stopped in Ocala, arrived in Hillsborough mid1850s. Patriarch: David [b. ca 1818 Effingham Co. GA] m. Caroline GRIFFIN [ca 1824 - ca 1865 Hillsborough] Children: Michael, Caroline, Sarah, Rebecca [1846 in Ocala - 1936 in Pinellas], Lurany, James [1851 - 1921 in Pinellas], Mary [1855-1930 in Pinellas], Dorothy MURPHY Family: The family arrived in Hillsborough from Monroe Co., MS in mid1850s Patriarch: Henry Peter [1810 in Buffalo, NY - 1895 in Hillsborough] m. Mary HANKS (aka Mrs. WOZENCRAFT) [b. ca 1819 in SC] Children: Mary Ellen (aka WOZENCRAFT), Stephen Edward (aka WOZENCRAFT), William Henry [1849 in MS - 1903 in Hillsborough], Thomas Cornellius [1853 in MS - 1932 in Pinellas], Martha Caroline (Mrs. WEATHERFORD) [in MS - 1908 in Hillsborough] SANTA CRUZ Family: They arrived from island of Cuba starting in 1886 in Key West, moving to Hillsborough before 1900. Patriarch: Abelardo [1870 in Cuba - 1933 in NY] m. Johannes MONROE [1873-1905], m. Maria BARANDA [1887 in Cuba - 1967 in Hillsborough] Children: Ana (Mrs. JIMENEZ)[1903 - 1992 in Hillsborough], Luciano [1908 in Hillsborough -1979 in Hillsborough], Abelardo [1910 in Hillsborough -1999 in Hillsborough], Esteban (aka Steven A.)[1915 in Hillsborough -1987 in Hillsborough] RAWLS Family: They are sons of James W. RAWLS and Margaret SANCHEZ Patriarchs: Alexander B. [1860 in Alachua Co - 1919 in Hillsborough] m. Vitha ?[d. 1918 in Hillsborough] George W. [1859 in Alachua - 1939 in Hillsborough] m. Sarah GAY [1865-1954] WEATHERFORD Family: John, a sailor, is deceased bef. 1900 and Martha dies in 1908. Patriarch: John A. [b. in Bahama] m. [1882 in Hillsborough] Martha C. MURPHY (above) Children: Sydney W. [b. 1886 in Hillsborough], Laura [b. 1887 in Hillsborough], Daniel J. [b. 1891 in Hillsborough] GIRARD Family: The stories are mixed. Jean Francois was a sailor, a pilot in Tampa Bay, who had been in Florida from the 1830s. Patriarch: Jean Francois [b. in France] m. Mary Ellen WOZENCRAFT (see MURPHY family) Child: John F. Girard [b. 1860 in Hillsborough] HAVEN Family: The family arrived from Georgia during the 2nd Seminole Indian War, first settling in Columbia Co and after the War Between the States in Levy Co. Several members later settled Hillsborough Co. Patriarch: John S. [1846 in Columbia Co. - 1913 in Hillsborough] m. Anna Jean FUTCH [1844 in NC - 1907 in Hillsborough] Child: John S. [1881 in Cedar Key - 1946 in Hillsborough] Patriarch: LeRoy [1887 in Cedar Key - 1967 in Plant City] m. Bessie DUPREE [1892 in Gainesville - 1968] Child: Ned L. [1925 in Plant City - 1968] Patriarch: George W. [1889 in Cedar Key - 1972 in Hillsborough] m. Edna V. HANKINS [1892 in DeSoto Co. - 1997 Manatee Co.]

< snip> > RAWLS Family: They are sons of James W. RAWLS and Margaret SANCHEZ > Patriarchs: Alexander B. [1860 in Alachua Co - 1919 in Hillsborough] m. > Vitha ?[d. 1918 in Hillsborough] > George W. [1859 in Alachua - 1939 in Hillsborough] m. Sarah GAY > [1865-1954] <snip> I don't know if this helps, but somewhere in the back of my mine, I seeme to recall RAWLS listed in some of the later volumes of Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, and in some of the latest issues of the The Huxford Society Magazine. The magazine has started doing a series of Pioneers of Florida, families up to 1870. Deborah Byrd

Searching for info about John Matson (1895-1975) and wife Gertrude Klemme (dates unknown). They were married 1926 and divorced 1936. I am searching for info on a daughter, name unknown. In later years, John Matson lived on E. Seward Avenue. Suzanne Collins Matson

I would like to know if someone could find and make copies of 4 obituaries. I have the name of the paper, page and the dates. They are all located on microfilm. thanks Leslie

Rootsweb has requested that large lists such as this one do not have roll calls. I do belive they are helpful, but..... Lists of last names with out dates, places, and front names are not very effective. So, if someone wishes to send names asking for help, please include both names, dates and places. Otherwise it is a roll call. List owner Deborah Byrd

Deborah, Are you aware of the database on the Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library system already? Using the THOR system you can search for obit references in the Tampa Tribune [from around 1905 to about 1978] on TRAILS. The later years are indexed in books and files in the Library reference collections. Earlier years, are also in books in the Library reference collection, these were done by Julius J. Gordon. Gordon's indexes 1893-1904 are available at the Florida Heritage Collection: http://susdl.fcla.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/~fdl/fdlcgi?SF45165245%2Fpdf Lok under deaths. The Florida Heritage Center also has Gordon's "Florida Peninsula 1855-1871" and "Sunland Tribune 1877-1883". Check the Florida Heritage Collection: http://susdl.fcla.edu/fh/ For THOR go to: http://scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us/thpl/eresources/thor/ for directions and links. If there were other papers in Hillsborough, the problem is finding copies of them. "Deborah Byrd" <dbyrd@lightcom.net> wrote: > > I have received some email for people volunteering to help get Florida data > on the internet. I have thought about this for a while and have a couple of > suggestions. I will coordinate efforts from Idaho if anyone wants to help. > > Since we have so many wanting to know when their relative's obit appeared in > the newspaper, I think an index by the deceased's name, newspaper, issue and > date would be a valuable resource. Those seeking obits would know the > information they need to get a copy of the obit. I could keep track of who > is doing what month, and year, and paper so others wouldn't do the same > paper. The volunteer would have to arrange their schedule to visit the > paper of their choice to review the obits. This information would be > transcribed into a computer file. Those that would work best are an excel > compatible spread sheet, or Notepad/Wordpad or other Microsoft Word > compatible program with a txt, rtf, or doc file extension. Let me know if > any of you want to participate. > > Deborah Byrd

I have received some email for people volunteering to help get Florida data on the internet. I have thought about this for a while and have a couple of suggestions. I will coordinate efforts from Idaho if anyone wants to help. Since we have so many wanting to know when their relative's obit appeared in the newspaper, I think an index by the deceased's name, newspaper, issue and date would be a valuable resource. Those seeking obits would know the information they need to get a copy of the obit. I could keep track of who is doing what month, and year, and paper so others wouldn't do the same paper. The volunteer would have to arrange their schedule to visit the paper of their choice to review the obits. This information would be transcribed into a computer file. Those that would work best are an excel compatible spread sheet, or Notepad/Wordpad or other Microsoft Word compatible program with a txt, rtf, or doc file extension. Let me know if any of you want to participate. Deborah Byrd

The family history center on Fletcher Avenue is OK...its kind of small though. To be honest, I haven't been able to use them very much....the census for Hillsborough are not indexed that I've been able to find and the microfilm copies are hard to read...I don't think Hillsborough was too interested in using completely literate census takers early on. The staff though are incredibly nice, but they are a rotating staff...or last time I checked....so you may not always have someone in there that is knowledgeble about the collections or knows how to work the computer programs. You just kind of have to go there when you have a list of items you would want to look for and then go down the list. It could prove to be a wasted trip if you only go there with one thing to look for. Also, they have age restrictions....leave the kids someplace else. Kathy in FL mamkmm2@prodigy.net My Articles: http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_by_tag.gsp?auth_id=708702 http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/reg/register_topic.gsp?auth_id=708702 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loretta" <latherto@email.msn.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 12:22 AM Subject: [FLHILLSB] Martinez Everywhere! > Kathy, > I feel your frustration. Everywhere I turn there are Martinezes, Garcias, > Perezes, and Dominguezes. Its worse than Smith! > Then there is the two name problem--sometimes my relatives listed themselves > with their father's name and sometimes with their mother's. I get so > confused that I don't know if I'm coming or going--looking for a father's > name or a mother's name. > And not being able to get information from Cuba is simply torture! > I am hoping to find a few new leads with the Martinez y Ybor Factory--but I > have a feeling that early employment records are scarce. > I actually have two Martinez lines--one is my paternal great great > grandmother and the other is my aunt by marriage--I haven't really pursued > her line, but it is an old Tampa family actively involved in politics and > Spanish culture in this area. > Good luck in your hunt -- have you been to the Family History Center on > Fletcher? > Loretta > > > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Kathy, I feel your frustration. Everywhere I turn there are Martinezes, Garcias, Perezes, and Dominguezes. Its worse than Smith! Then there is the two name problem--sometimes my relatives listed themselves with their father's name and sometimes with their mother's. I get so confused that I don't know if I'm coming or going--looking for a father's name or a mother's name. And not being able to get information from Cuba is simply torture! I am hoping to find a few new leads with the Martinez y Ybor Factory--but I have a feeling that early employment records are scarce. I actually have two Martinez lines--one is my paternal great great grandmother and the other is my aunt by marriage--I haven't really pursued her line, but it is an old Tampa family actively involved in politics and Spanish culture in this area. Good luck in your hunt -- have you been to the Family History Center on Fletcher? Loretta