Hi listers, Received an email from a cousin this morning from Victoria (that's Australia) wanting to know if I knew how to find a Bob Wettenhall who is a solicitor from Florida. This fellow Bob wants a family tree sent to him from Australia but no one thought to get an address......so I have tried google, yellow pages etc. etc. etc. with no luck. Can anyone help me find this Bob, Florida is a big place and I don't know where to start...... Many thanks Sally Flynn Queensland Australia

I am looking for info regarding my g-g-grandparents. Albert Booth McELVY, b. 1844 in Decatur Co, GA moved to Gadsden Co, FL about 1849; 1st m. Martha J. L. JOHNSON in 1865 in Gadsden Co, FL. I have the following children listed: 1. A. Hentz (Henry) McELVY (?), b. 1866 2. Florida Alice McELVY, b. 1868; m. Edward Hunter WOODBERY 3. Miles Marion McELVY, b. 1870; m. Mattie WILLIAMS 4. Sue A. McELVY, b. 1873; m. L. W. THOMPSON 5. Mattie McELVY, b. 1874; m. Tom RYALS Albert Booth McELVY 2nd m. Sarah J. (Sallie Ann) MOORE ALDERMAN in 1875 in Gadsden Co, FL. (my g-g-grandmother) (Moore was maiden name; Alderman was 1st m. name). I have the following children listed: 1. Charles (Charley) McELVY, b. 1876 2. Clide (sp) McELVY, b. 1878 3. James T. McELVY, b. 1879 4. Sam McELVY, b. 1880 5. Clara Maude McELVY, b. 1884; m. J. BROWN 6. Edward Wilke McELVY, b. 1885; never married. 7. Lillian Forest McELVY, b. 1890; m. Oliver Noah CHESTER (my grandparents) Florida Alice McELVY & Edward Hunter WOODBERY were m. in 1885 (I think) in Gadsden Co, FL. I have the following children listed: 1. Collin L. WOODBERY, b. 1886 2. Potter William WOODBERY, b. 1890 3. Daniel Hoyt WOODBERY, b. 1892 4. Charley WOODBERY, b. 1894 5. Ella WOODBERY, b. 1898 All of the children were born in FL, probably Gadsden Co. Any and all info will be appreciated. Hoping to hear from some descendants and cousins, also. Liz Gerlits (formerly of Havana, Gadsden Co, FL) now living in Palm Bay, FL

As President of the Florida State Genealogical Society, I am pleased to announce that we now have posted to our web page the complete updated index of Florida Pioneers that have been documented up to 2001. http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ Our web master Drew Smith and our Pioneer Program coordinator, Mary Parker has provided us with an excellent readable and printable format for you to use. Keep in mind, that this is just the list of names that have been documented and proven to the year 2001. All documentation for these records can be found at the Florida State Archives. For information about receiving this prestigious Florida Pioneer Certificate, you can print or download from our web site the application workbook. The deadline has passed for this year to send in your application. However, now is the time to start working on next year. FSGS will be hosting the Federation of Genealogical Societies Annual Conference in Orlando http://www.fgs.org/2003conf/FGS-2003.htm We will have an earlier cut-off date for the applications and the awards will be presented much two months sooner at the FGS/FSGS conference on 3 Sept (Wednesday) 2003. In addition, don't forget our annual conference in St. Petersburg this year on Nov 15-16. Complete information can be found at our web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ There is something for everyone at the annual state conference! Pam Cooper FSGS President -- Are you a member of the Florida State Genealogical Society? If not, visit our web page to find out how to become a part of a great organization. http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ ****************************************************** Pamela J. Cooper P. O. Box 7066 Vero Beach, FL 32961-7066 Email: [email protected]

Thanks for the many good replies and directions. I live near Tampa but I was educated in DeSoto County, FL. I will be visiting the schools of Hillsborough and Jeffereson next week. Alvie L. Davidson CGRS Lakeland, Florida http://www.floridadetective.net "Keep smiling and keep 'em guessing what you are up to!" --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes

There was no official requirement to file the discharge papers with the county clerk but it was strongly suggested. The World War I discharge was called just that and was so called up until about 1955 and it was then called a DD-214 which contained quite a bit more information such as place entered, place discharged, birthdate, Social Security number, and usually the next of kin. The legislature in FL tried to pass a law this past year to close these books since some of them contained such personal information as Soc. Sec. number but the efforts failed due mostly to heavy lobbying by the First Amendment Foundation and genealogical researchers, etc. Those who have these types of records in other states should watch their legislators carefully and not let them close these books. Alvie L. Davidson CGRS Lakeland, Florida http://www.floridadetective.net "Keep smiling and keep 'em guessing what you are up to!" --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes

I do not know if service personnel were REQUIRED to file their discharge papers with local government agencies, but I have found all of my family's discharge papers on file at the local county courthouse...it gives quite a bit of information ......including any medals they received...... >>>>Richard Wrote>>>>>> Brenda... There is no reason to suppose automatically that someone who registered for the draft in W.W.I actually served. Almost all men who were of an age required to register did, but only a certain (relatively small) percentage were drafted. Our military involvement in W.W.I was very small compared with W.W.II. For example, my maternal grandfather registered for the draft in Immokalee, Florida, but took his family home to Whigham, Georgia, then himself went to somewhere near, I think it was Dothan, Alabama, where he took a job in a munitions plant, to assure that he did not get drafted. I knew all of that except the part about Immokalee from oral history. I don't know what he was doing in Immokalee. So far as I knew he had always lived in Fort Myers. So my first question would be: Do you know through oral history that the man in question actually served? If he did, he may have filed his discharge record at the courthouse in the county he returned to after military service. There is no requirement that that be done, but it was recommended practice and many did. If you're like me though, you might not know for sure where that might be. If he did serve there is a pretty fair chance that his grave was marked with a VA gravestone. At least some of those show the unit that the veteran served in, and my impression is that showing such information was more common on W.W.I veterans' stones. In my father's brother's case (he died on active duty between the wars) I found state service officer records showing his military ID number in my grandmother's Bible. If I had not found that, there would have been nothing. Most of the records of military service from before W.W.I to after W.W.II were burned in an enormous fire in 1973 (see: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/fi re_1973.html ) that lasted for days, at the federal records center in St. Louis. I asked the records center for copies of what they had based on that service number and instead was requested by them to provide what I had so that they could "reconstruct" my uncle's personnel record from it. So, before I made the request they had nothing... and afterwards they had what I provided to them, from my grandmother's Bible. A copy of the discharge papers of many veterans... such as my father who was a W.W.II Army vet... had been forwarded to the VA and were reconstructed from VA files. But those reconstructed records will have only the discharge record... not the full record. It will show the last unit assigned to but will not note any before that. You really need the man's service number. Failing that, knowing his unit might help. Not knowing either... I don't know if there is any chance at all... and there is a huge probability that his record was destroyed anyway. RW Brenda Antal wrote: >If there are any military experts out there, can you please tell me if a man >was living in Sumter Co, FL, registered with the Civilian Draft, and has a >very common name, ie: James Jones, is there anyway to find out what unit he >was assigned to so I can get his records? >

Brenda... There is no reason to suppose automatically that someone who registered for the draft in W.W.I actually served. Almost all men who were of an age required to register did, but only a certain (relatively small) percentage were drafted. Our military involvement in W.W.I was very small compared with W.W.II. For example, my maternal grandfather registered for the draft in Immokalee, Florida, but took his family home to Whigham, Georgia, then himself went to somewhere near, I think it was Dothan, Alabama, where he took a job in a munitions plant, to assure that he did not get drafted. I knew all of that except the part about Immokalee from oral history. I don't know what he was doing in Immokalee. So far as I knew he had always lived in Fort Myers. So my first question would be: Do you know through oral history that the man in question actually served? If he did, he may have filed his discharge record at the courthouse in the county he returned to after military service. There is no requirement that that be done, but it was recommended practice and many did. If you're like me though, you might not know for sure where that might be. If he did serve there is a pretty fair chance that his grave was marked with a VA gravestone. At least some of those show the unit that the veteran served in, and my impression is that showing such information was more common on W.W.I veterans' stones. In my father's brother's case (he died on active duty between the wars) I found state service officer records showing his military ID number in my grandmother's Bible. If I had not found that, there would have been nothing. Most of the records of military service from before W.W.I to after W.W.II were burned in an enormous fire in 1973 (see: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/mo/st_louis/military_personnel_records/fire_1973.html ) that lasted for days, at the federal records center in St. Louis. I asked the records center for copies of what they had based on that service number and instead was requested by them to provide what I had so that they could "reconstruct" my uncle's personnel record from it. So, before I made the request they had nothing... and afterwards they had what I provided to them, from my grandmother's Bible. A copy of the discharge papers of many veterans... such as my father who was a W.W.II Army vet... had been forwarded to the VA and were reconstructed from VA files. But those reconstructed records will have only the discharge record... not the full record. It will show the last unit assigned to but will not note any before that. You really need the man's service number. Failing that, knowing his unit might help. Not knowing either... I don't know if there is any chance at all... and there is a huge probability that his record was destroyed anyway. RW Brenda Antal wrote: >If there are any military experts out there, can you please tell me if a man >was living in Sumter Co, FL, registered with the Civilian Draft, and has a >very common name, ie: James Jones, is there anyway to find out what unit he >was assigned to so I can get his records? >

In Florida when a serviceman entered the military in World War I, there is an entry card in the Florida State Archives and they are accessible. This card gives the service number and other pertinent data about the person. They are separated by branch of service, and separated by enlisted and officers. I have used these cards quite often but the only downside to these is that they are on microfilm and must be read in the archives. Alvie L. Davidson CGRS Lakeland, Florida http://www.floridadetective.net "Keep smiling and keep 'em guessing what you are up to!" --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes

If there are any military experts out there, can you please tell me if a man was living in Sumter Co, FL, registered with the Civilian Draft, and has a very common name, ie: James Jones, is there anyway to find out what unit he was assigned to so I can get his records? Thank you, Brenda

Hello Rooters, I know I can contact the school board in Tampa for a reply to this question but not sure if I get someone who knows an accurate answer. I am trying to find which High School a student might have attended in Tampa, Florida if they lived at 2404 N. Armenia Avenue in 1935-1940. I know there were not many schools in Tampa during that time so it will probably be only one or two. Thanks Alvie L. Davidson CGRS Lakeland, Florida http://www.floridadetective.net "Keep smiling and keep 'em guessing what you are up to!" --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes

Hi... I am seeking the family of Hollace McPherson who married Ruth Robey. They lived in or around Altamonte Springs, FL. Their children were born in MD, Washington, D.C. and FL. Their children are Linda Jean, Hollace Keller Jr, Barbara Susan, Norma Juanita and Stephen Alan(who is now desceased) Any help would be appreciated. Stephanie Grohol

Does anyone have this book? "History of Highlands County,Florida" by Albert Devane's thank you, pat [email protected]

(Could someone please do a look-up for Jenny (Virginia, Ginny ???) Mckenny (McKinny, etc) on the 1930 census? She was born 1865 + -, in Ala. I have no idea what her husband's first name was. She could have been in Bartow or Newberry.) I meant to say either Mulberry (not Bartow) or Newberry. thanks, shandi

Could someone please do a look-up for Jenny (Virginia, Ginny ???) Mckenny (McKinny, etc) on the 1930 census? She was born 1865 + -, in Ala. I have no idea what her husband's first name was. She could have been in Bartow or Newberry, I've heard both. Also, she had a daughter, Pasteria, but I don't know when she was born. Thanks for any help anyone can send my way. shandi

Have been trying to contact Willard Revels who was posting research to the GenWeb. The e-mail are being rejected. If anyone knows his address of if he should read this, please contact me. Thanks! Maureen

7/3/02 Does anyone have the correct mailing address for the Ridge Genealogical Society. Would appreciate - post office returned our mail. Thanks. Shelby Bender Volunteer Director Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center East Hillsborough Historical Society

I need more information on these Jackson's buried in the St. Augustine National Cemetery. Thank's, Winnette JACKSON, ANDREW A 216 4 NOV 1937 PVT JACKSON, BARNEY D 83 21 APR 1945 PFC JACKSON, DOCK D 60 17 MAR 1946 PVT JACKSON, HARRY H. JR. C 28 17 DEC 1944 CAPT JACKSON, JAMES A. D 74 6 OCT 1947 CPL JACKSON, MYER A 366 UNK JACKSON, N. M. B 357 PVT JACKSON, NATHANIEL A 189 24 OCT 1896 CPL --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release Date: 7/1/02

Is there anyone on the list who is familiar with the marriage books for Marion County being sold by the HO/MCGS? I need specific information regarding the contents since two sources conflict. Thanks. Leslie (Leslie Jeffcoat Maddocks) Fl State Gen Soc

Many thanks to those Listers who got back to me on the above subject. Mike Greatorex Harrogate England Looking for All Greatorex's in Blyth/Worksop/Sheffield and Orange Co, NY, USA

Get ready for a great St. Augustine Genealogy Society Program this month. The speaker is Randy Regan. He will be presenting a program on computer search tips. You may recognize his name from his web site http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/ or Pajama Genealogy. The meeting is 1:00 pm on July 13 at Pilgrim Community Church (for directions): http://www.geocities.com/glwilson_us/Pilgrim.html. We also will be having computer classes in August. For details please go to the main St. Augustine Genealogy site at www.geocities.com/glwilson_us/Stauggen.html.