Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/Marion/216 Surname: Mathews, Chitty, Harrell, Burnett ------------------------- Have extensive information on these families before moving to florida and afterwards. Looking for siblings of my ancestors and their lines.

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Wills Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/MarionWill/3 Surname: FLEWELLEN ------------------------- Grace J. Flewellen, 5-171, cabinet 1, box 105, filed 20 Apr 1927, she was 54, proceeding declaring her NCM, she died in 1928, C. C. Waits appointed Guardian.

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Wills Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/MarionWill/2 Surname: FLEWELLEN ------------------------- Mary Josephine Flewellen died 18 Feb 1925, 4-417, cabinet 1, box 98, left 1/2 to son, George Arthur Flewellen & 1/2 to George Arthur Flewellen, Trustee for g/c Josephine Flewellen & George Emmett Flewellen in Lot 63, Sect. 16, T12, R12E, also mentions grandson, Banks Flewellen, gives daughter-in-law Grace J. Flewellen the sum of $1.00. Residue of estate to George Arthur Flewellen of McIntosh, Fla.

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Wills Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/MarionWill/1 Surname: FLEWELLEN ------------------------- Junius A. Flewellen Estate, died 19 Feb 1920, 4-137, cabinet 1, box 83, Marion Co, left all to his wife, Grace, & stepson, Walter Hill, left $5.00/month to his mother, Mary J. Flewellen, will dated 5 Aug 1919.

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Fl/Marion/215 Surname: Mole ------------------------- Did Mary by any chance have a brother named Delwynn - born in 1937 or 1937, died 4/21/99? I too am trying to learn about the Moles. Thank you! Debbie

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/Marion/214 Surname: SHEROUSE and, ALLIED FAMILES ------------------------- Please connect me or Bob Sherouse . His father and mother Lewis and Jennelle Sherouse are in the area and have done extensive research on all Sherouse spellings here and in Germany. They have proven lots of information on the spellings of the names and will give you good leads!!!!!They know the cemeteries as they live in Micanopy. I will give you Bob's e-mail address if it is not listed here. He is in contact with many Sherouse and Grantham researchers. Especially of John C. Sherouse and Matlida's families. His father and my husband John Moss are great-great-grandsons of John C and Matildia. Bob has a web page at www.familytreemaker.com Lots of Sherouse( spellings) and Grantham information. He links with my page and I have some information on the Lee Co. Fl Sherouses. Good Luck!!!!

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Queries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/Marion/213 Surname: Sherouse ------------------------- John and Matilda along, with many older Sherouse headstones, are in Fort McCoy cemetery. When you drive back on the dirt road go two/thirds of the way back and stop at the last few lines of old headstones. The Sherouse' are all through there. It's a nice cemetery, well kept, and headstones I've noticed go back as far as early 1800s LaVerne

Hi! I was just on this site: www.ancientfaces.com It has almost 1200 old photos and over 1300 family names..... thought maybe someone could connect with one of their surnames! I belong to over 200 lists, so sorry if some of you have already seen my email!! Pam

Posted on: Marion Co. Fl Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Fl/MarionObits/3 Surname: MATZONKAI ------------------------- Fairfield Citizen-News, Fairfield, CT Friday, October 13, 2000 PAULINE J. MATZONKAI Pauline J. Matzonkai, 76, of Belleview, Fla., died Tuesday at her residence. She was born in Naugatuck and lived in Fairfield before moving to Florida 20 years ago. She was a retired retail salesman. She was a member of St. Theresa's Catholic Church and Leesburg Boating Club, DAV 85, Ladies Auxiliary. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Albert L. Matzonkai of Belleview; daughters, Paula J. Rich of West Chicago, Ill., Linday Daigle of Ocala, Fla., and Cynthia "Cindy" Matzonkai of Clermont, Fla.; and two grandsons. A memorial service will take place today at 10 a.m. at St. Theresa's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Florida National Cemetery. The Hiers Belleview Funeral Home, 5946 SE Robinson Road, Belleview, Fla., is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Marion County, P.O. Box 4860, Ocala, Fla. 34478.

Hello Folks, Can anyone tell me about the M.J. TANNER and family as listed in the 1885 Census for Marion Co FL. Is this the same M.J. Tanner or family line which was in Thomas Co GA and Jefferson Co FL? I have a Morgan J. Tanner that kind of went missing along that time line. Would appreciate any information, connections or suggestions. My kindest regards, Steve Census Index, 1885 Marion Co FL ==================================================== Tanner, M.J. 0352 Tanner, Ag 0352 Tanner, Ett. 0352 Tanner, W. 0352 Tanner, Van 0352 ===================================================== ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I use this list very little but scan all posts for any information. I have never posted but once I think (?). All the other lists I belong to are helpful and friendly. Mr. Bell maybe you are over whelmed with the lists, and the person who criticized ought to offer to help directly to you instead of venting her feelings for all to see. Please realize both of you this is a hobby to some and a passion and necessary to others. I hope something can be worked out between all and this list become the like some of the others I belong to a joy to read. Have a good day to all Norita Shepherd Moss ( Researching my husband's families SHEROUSE,SHERROUSE,SHEERHOUSE,SCHREAUS AND ALL SPELLINGS,GRANTHAM,WATSON,ALLEN,MOSS,BOGARDUS,SMITH AND ALLIED FAMILIES IN LEE,MARION,ALACHULA AND OTHER FL. COUNTIES) When everyone around you is going crazy, join them It is more fun in a crowd

I'm sure no one intended to hurt anyone's feelings. I certainly appreciate all of the hard work that administrator's do . Thank you so much. Please take time for yourself. Genealogy is wonderful , and helping others is wonderful. But, don't let yourself get overwhelmed and take the JOY out of it. Pat Families are Forever

Dear Marie, To tell you the truth, I became so frustrated with all the pettiness on the Marion County site that I decided to focus my energy elsewhere. The Marion County site is a mess with incomplete and misspelled words. Darrell Bell either has more important things to do or he doesn't know any better. I sent him the information on the new LDS Family History Center in Ocala which he has yet to put on the site. Jenny Lind is sitting on a pile of information that she won't post for other researchers to find. Lot's of folks won't contact a "look up volunteer" because they feel they might be imposing or would rather find it themselves. Susan McCue has written a book she can be very proud of. It was a lot of hard work. Yet, when I walked and transcribed the Gore Cemetery, which is also in her book, she raised such a fuss that Patti Peterson took it off line. Susan's EMail address is no where to be found on the Marion County site for those with questions for her. I volunteered to transcribe cemeteries in Marion County and was ignored. Susan's Gore line and our Gore line may indeed be connected back in the 1700's, but her mind is closed to that. All kinds of disasters like fire, flood etc. have and can destroy "hard copy" records. What is posted to the internet will remain for all posterity. In genealogy, there is no better service than posting vital records to the net. With all that in mind, I am now volunteering at the new LDS Family History Center in Ocala, transcribing as a volunteer for the Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild, and transcribing and indexing marriage records for Monroe County, Michigan, where my paternal ancestral roots are firmly planted. Perhaps when there is a "new administration" in genealogy on the Marion County site, I will be able to help. Please keep in touch as I feel you are a genuine researcher who cares about preserving history for those who come after us. Sincerely, Carol Lyons Gore [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:18 PM Subject: Old Fort Cemetery > Hi, Carol, > > Never did hear from you. Wondering if you ever discovered the old Fort > cemetery that someone had told you about in southeastern Marion. I keep > wondering about it. > > Let me know. > > Marie Nations > Weirsdale >

Carol, I do have equal important tasks! Besides my position as the FLGenWeb State Coordinator and providing assistance to FLGenWeb County Coordinaors when they need it; I manage six florida county genweb sites, and sites for a genealogical society and a historical society. I spend upwards of 160 hours a month online pursuing information to place on each of these county websites, this doesn't include the time I spend in the local library, or making phone inquiries. I am a disabled veteran and have chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder! If you've nothing better to do than nag when I don't jump when you send me information, then maybe you need to direct your attention elsewhere. In order for me to provide equal support for researchers, I need postive support, not negative open page flaming from someone like you. The FLGenWeb and USGenWeb Projects are based on volunteer participations and cooperation. If this is what I'm to expect from you, then I don't want it. True, I depend on input from those who reside in counties where I don't have local access to information. I appreciate all the suppost that I receive, and just because I don't stop in the middle of a project to post something that been sent, doesn't mean the information will not be posted. Darrel R. Bell FLGenWeb State Coordinator Carol Gore wrote: > > Dear Marie, > > To tell you the truth, I became so frustrated with all the pettiness on the > Marion County site that I decided to focus my energy elsewhere. The Marion > County site is a mess with incomplete and misspelled words. Darrell Bell > either has more important things to do or he doesn't know any better. I > sent him the information on the new LDS Family History Center in Ocala which > he has yet to put on the site. > > Jenny Lind is sitting on a pile of information that she won't post for other > researchers to find. Lot's of folks won't contact a "look up volunteer" > because they feel they might be imposing or would rather find it themselves. > > Susan McCue has written a book she can be very proud of. It was a lot of > hard work. Yet, when I walked and transcribed the Gore Cemetery, which is > also in her book, she raised such a fuss that Patti Peterson took it off > line. Susan's EMail address is no where to be found on the Marion County > site for those with questions for her. I volunteered to transcribe > cemeteries in Marion County and was ignored. Susan's Gore line and our Gore > line may indeed be connected back in the 1700's, but her mind is closed to > that. > > All kinds of disasters like fire, flood etc. have and can destroy "hard > copy" records. What is posted to the internet will remain for all > posterity. In genealogy, there is no better service than posting vital > records to the net. > > With all that in mind, I am now volunteering at the new LDS Family History > Center in Ocala, transcribing as a volunteer for the Immigrant Ships > Transcriber's Guild, and transcribing and indexing marriage records for > Monroe County, Michigan, where my paternal ancestral roots are firmly > planted. > > Perhaps when there is a "new administration" in genealogy on the Marion > County site, I will be able to help. > > Please keep in touch as I feel you are a genuine researcher who cares about > preserving history for those who come after us. > > Sincerely, > > Carol Lyons Gore > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:18 PM > Subject: Old Fort Cemetery > > > Hi, Carol, > > > > Never did hear from you. Wondering if you ever discovered the old Fort > > cemetery that someone had told you about in southeastern Marion. I keep > > wondering about it. > > > > Let me know. > > > > Marie Nations > > Weirsdale > >

I am reseraching Holman Freeman Simmons of Talladega County, Alabama ahd his children: Henry Clay Simmons, George McIntosh Troup Simmons, and Holman Felis Simmons who migrated to Marion, Levy, and Alachua Counties in Florida. Holman Freeman Simmons is listed on the 1850 and 1860 census records of Talladega County, Alabama. I am interested in learning more about the father, his life in Alabama and the sons and their migration to Florida and settlement there. If you would like to share and exchange information, please contact me. Anntoinette

There is a new LDS Family History Center in Ocala located at 1831 SE 18th Ave. phone: 351-4163; Hours are: Tues. & Wed. 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM; Thurs. 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM and 7:00PM - 8:30 PM; Sun 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. There will be an Open House on Saturday, September 23rd from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. All are welcome. See you there! Carol Lyons Gore [email protected]

For those of you having ancestral ties to Suwannee County, Florida. The Suwannee County Historical is accepting information to be compiled in their upcoming History of Suwannee County. Through the efforts of Jinnie Hancock, President of the Suwannee Valley Genealogical Society and a member of the Historical Society; will accept any submissions for this Historic under taking. To submit inforamtion send to Jinnie Hancock [email protected] Thanks, Darrel R. Bell SVGS Registered Agent/WebMaster

GEORGE H. YOUNGBLOOD married ELIZABETH FAIRCLOTH in Emanuel Co., Ga. and moved to the Ocala, Fl. area abt. 1925 and are supposed to be buried there. Parents of ELIZABETH are ROSCOE FAIRCLOTH and ANNIE JANE STEPHENS from parts unknown. ELIZABETH had a brother, JACK FAIRCLOTH who married "WILLA" WILLIE JOSEPHINE STEPHENS and both are buried outside of Vidalia, Ga. Can someone offer info on these bricks? Thanks, David Gray "A Confederate American"

As my Brown line settled in the Marion/Madison/Sumter/Polk/Pasco/Hernando Counties of Florida from the 1850s on, I hope some of these Browns did also. I believe some of these may be my missing ancestors. I found the following Browns in the 1840 Randolph County Census as Heads of Household. They are not in the 1830 or 1850, only the 1840, so they obviously moved on...to Florida where I find my know Browns? I already had two lines at that time in Randolph (Page & Phelps), and the Pages married into the Browns a short time later. This, plus the same uncommon names leaves me looking for probably one missing generation to connect these Browns to mine. Any descendants out there? Anyone with any info on these Browns? Here they are with approximate birth years: Caesar Brown 1760/1770 John Brown abt 1763 Green Brown 1770/1780 Abraham Brown 1790/1800 Martin H. Brown 1790/1800 Isaac Brown 1790/1800 John P. Brown 1800/1810 Samuel E. Brown 1800-1810 Jesse Brown 1800-1810 Joseph T. Brown 1810/1820 Thanks. Bill Brown

Without boring everyone with too much info, perhaps some cousins out there will recognize some names and we can share info. Some of the names are not my direct line, so I don't have complete info on all, but I'm listing them to make the connections to share as much family info as possible with my cousins. Some of these families were in the Polk/Pasco/Hernando/Marion/Sumter Counties as early as 1850. Many limbs of this tree remain in these areas. They were in Georgia from about 1800 before that and prior to Georgia they were in NC and SC (getting a little fuzzy here). If any of the names/lines seem familiar, please drop me a line. I do have additional info/dates, just too much to list here. Thanks. Bill Brown BROWN : Pearson (born abt 1800) & Elizabeth ? Brown (children) Pearson D., Sarah, Green M, Thomas & Mary Green M. (born 1845) and Tobitha Goff Brown (children) Martha, John and W.A. ? John and Angie Mamie Page Brown (children) Pascal Powell, Mamie, Walter, Martin Washington, John Archie, William Andrew Sr. and Charlie Lee Brown PAGE & DAVIDSON : Josiah & Bersheba Phelps Page (Children) Marion Washington, Jackson J. (Jeremiah?), Solomon H., Louisa, Mary M., Angelina, Lorina, Josiah, John, Ephraim E. Page Marion Washington & Mary Elizabeth Thomas Page (children) Enoch M., John G., Lenora, Mamie Angela, Tilden, A.J., Tom, Laura, George Washington Page Solomon H. & Elizabeth Jane Davidson Page - marr Polk Co 1868 (children) Leoca, Beulah, Ida & Julian Page Ephraim E & Martha C. Brown (children) Jeremiah, Joanna C., James B & unknown baby Jonathan & Mary M. Page Watson Jonathan is the son of Solomon and Elinder Hall Watson PHELPS & CRUM : Joseph T. & Nancy Phelps (children) Zebulon T., Bersheba, Enoch B., Joseph Perry, Ann Caroline, Jemime, Louisa E., and Fletcher Wesley Phelps James & Ann Caroline Phelps Crum (widowed Bersheba Phelps page was living with them in 1880 Polk Co. census) ALEXANDER : J.A. & Tobitha Goff Brown Alexander Tobitha married J.A. some time after her husband Green M. died)