I would like to get a copy of my cousin's obituary. She died December 18, 1981 in Thonotosassa, Florida. Her name was Nealie Squires. I assume it would be in the Tampa Tribune. Thanks in advance for your help. Janie Bartels

Does anyone have any information on the original Gordon Keller School of Nursing which began in 1910 at the Gordon Keller Memorial Hospital? My grandmother is supposed to have graduated from the first graduating class and I have not been able to find any records. Any help will be appreciated. Carole raycare@bellsouth.net

I'd like to submit these pages for everyone's research: The Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/ Obituary Archive Search Engine http://www.cribbs.net/obitsearch/ States of the Union http://www.cribbs.net/states/

I found on the 1870 census (Hillsbourgh Co. FL) a 96 year old Samuel Cox and his wife Elizabeth 76 years old. Samuel said he was born in North Carolina and Elizabeth said she was born in South Carolina. Can you tell me anything about this family. My G-Grandfather David Cox was living beside them with some Colsons'. He was a farm labor he was 16 years old. I would like to know there relationship. This was the 1870 census of Hillsbourgh CO in Florida. Samuel Cox 1804- + Elizabeth 1824- I am also interested in any info on David Cox 1854-1947, wife Theodosia 1860- children Samuel, John, James, Mollie, Ruby, Matilda and Edith. Thanks, Tommy

My ROBERTS grandfather died in Manatee County in 1925. On his death certificate and also in his obit it says he was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery, Tampa. I've been to the one in Tampa on Kennedy Blvd. and to the one in Plant City and cannot find him. My mother told me he had a "Woodmen of the World" headstone and I vaguely remember seeing it as a child but I don't know where it was. Was there another Hopewell Cemetery that has changed names? Thanks for any help you can give me. Janie

Thought this was interesting enought to get Mr. Sherman's permission to pass it on. Deborah Byrd > Talking about the value of $$$$. My ggrandfather, Captain J. Owens Berry, > CSA, was in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. He led Company G of the Eighth > Virginia Volunteer Infantry and survived the battle. I have a copy of his > pay voucher (from LDS) showing his salary throughout the war while he was a > Captain. For the month 30JUN1863 until 31JUL1863 (Gettysburg), his pay was > the same as usual--$130 per month. According to the value factor posted: > (An equivalent amount of $85000 in 1860 dollars would be $1530987.29 in 1999 > dollars.) > He would have been making the equivalent of 18 X $130 = $2340 per month. Or > $28,080 per year. This means his pay for the day he charged with Pickett was > $75 by today's standards. He was paid $75 to walk across THAT field and face > those Yankees. It wasn't for the money. He later said they had a "Cause" > which was larger than life, and it had nothing to do with slavery or money. > Respectfully posted, > Edgar Sherman > Governor, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of South Carolina >

Dear Phyllis, I happen to have Plant City's High School Yearbook 1959, it lists a senior Jerry Hawkins- came from Mulberry High, Letterman 1,2,3,4; Football 1; Basketball 2,3,4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; A junior, Carol Hawkins. A sophomore, Minnie Pearl Hawkins. Two freshmen, Mary Jane and Rachel Hawkins. Hope this helps. Barb-FL

Roger, Any approximate dates??I've been here 25 years and never heard of Chandler Park...any additional information as far as location?? Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Lee Owen <SOUTHPARLO@email.msn.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 2:05 AM Subject: [FLHILLSB-L] Death records between 1915 to 1950 > > Hello > > I am looking for someone with death records for Hillsborough County. I am > looking for records of death of Robert W. Sherrod and wife Edna (Owen) > Sherrod. Any help will be greatly appreciated. They lived in Chandler Park I > believe. I would like to know the cemetery they are buried in also. Any info > will be of great help. > > Roger L. Owen > SOUTHPARLO@msn.com > Pontiac, MI > > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Hello I am looking for someone with death records for Hillsborough County. I am looking for records of death of Robert W. Sherrod and wife Edna (Owen) Sherrod. Any help will be greatly appreciated. They lived in Chandler Park I believe. I would like to know the cemetery they are buried in also. Any info will be of great help. Roger L. Owen SOUTHPARLO@msn.com Pontiac, MI

Hi all, I have more Hills. and Hernando Census records and Hernando Marriage book 1 records to transcribe. I remember that people wanted to help this month and sent me messages asking for first chance, I cleaned out the inbox this week and the delete finger got to fast, so I lost those offers of help. Please holler again. If you haven't read alot of census and handwritten documents, volunteer for only a couple of pages of census records, so you don't get too frustrated with the handwritting. I want to thank all that have helped with this. There still seems to be a mountain of pages to go. Thanks Deborah Byrd

I am looking for more information on the John Calhoun HAWKINS family who lived in Plant City, Hillsbourough Co., FL in the early 1900's. His wife's were Nancy BOULWARE and Lucinda HOWDESHELL. John C. and Nancy's children were: William Max Hawkins Clyde Ethel Hawkins Charles Augusta Hawkins Otto Hawkins Lou Delia Hawkins b. 1892 Does this family sound familiar to anyone? Let me hear from you. Phyllis Homepage: http://homepage.davesworld.net/~phyllisb

I am searching for any information on Aarne Koivisto.He and Leo Birch perchased 15 acres of land in the Dover Fl.area 1n 1932...From T Snow...Aarne and Leo came from Finland..Aarne died in Tampa 1972 we are trying to trace our roots back t Finland. Thank you Linda http://community.webtv.net/tenn_tick/FromFinlandtoAmerica

Joan, Woodlawn is "maintained" by the City of Tampa Parks Department. Maintenance consists of mowing the grass when and if there is time. They cemeteries have low priority. Woodlawn is an older cemetery and is pretty full. I'm sure there are still some spaces left, however. There isn't any single funeral home that would be a primary user. I hope that gives you some perspective. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gaspar2@aol.com> To: <FLHILLSB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 10:50 AM Subject: [FLHILLSB-L] Woodlawn Cemetery-FOLSOM; PHILLIPS > Hi list, > I need information about Woodlawn Cemetery. Is there a caretaker employed > at the cemetery and which funeral home primarily uses that cemetery? Has > anyone attempted to document the graves there? > Surnames: FOLSOM; PHILLIPS > Thanks, > Joan > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Joan, Many of my relatives are buried at Woodlawn. When my father died, I made an inquiry as to available plots, and there were none. This was in 1986. I hope this info. helps. Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers

Hi list, I need information about Woodlawn Cemetery. Is there a caretaker employed at the cemetery and which funeral home primarily uses that cemetery? Has anyone attempted to document the graves there? Surnames: FOLSOM; PHILLIPS Thanks, Joan

----- Original Message ----- From: <acecpi@webtv.net> To: <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: Florida Obits > http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/Johnson > > is now on-line for white obituaries; the site presently has 591 white > obits. >

Deborah Byrd, You are absolutely correct! We have a number of bridges linking to two cities, that are gridlocked everyday. My own family has done this commuting, at most times half of us lived on one side and worked on the other, and vice versa. So thanks for your input. Barb- Tampa Bay Area (not in the Bay)

I too have hit the proverbial BRICK WALL in researching my Roberts ancestors. My ggrandfather William Henry ROBERTS was born abt 1840 in either the Bahamas or Key West, FL. Don't know his parents names. He was married in Key West, FL to Elisabeth (don't have last name). They had several children, I have the names of three of them Armenia (Minnie) b. 1860, Claude b. 1862 and Michael b. 1866. I found this information in the 1870 census records for Monroe County. His second wife was my ggrandmother and they show up in the 1880 census for Franklin County, FL. My grandfather, A.W. ROBERTS, was 3 years old at that time. At some point they moved to Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL. and died there about 1920. If anyone has a connection to this ROBERTS line, I would love to hear from you. Janie

Hi listmembers - Just want you all to know that I now have a complete death date for Herbert William NEED due to the voluntary search of Yvonne. It is June 17, 1987!! And I want to thank all of you who were kind to send me all kinds of URLs for getting an obit. I can now do that with a complete death date. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much...Venee

II believe that the list is aware of the number of requests posted for help with obituaries. I also get them directly. So I have come up with an idea that should prove helpful to those trying to get copies. I would like to add to the genweb page the names and addresses: email, land and url of the Hills. county papers that carry obits. And the papers that are in St. Pete. From the few obits posted in GenConnect it appears that some people lived on one side of the bay and churched on the other. Thanks for the help. Deborah Byrd