Sorry this isn't really related to FL, but it is a genie question.... A lookup volunteer found my Phillips family on a 1889 Wexford County (Cadillac MI) Plat Book. My stupid question today is, what info is in a Plat Book? All she listed was their names and the page number. What all am I missing? Sue Ann -------------------------------------------------------------- Sue ANN Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL --------------------------------------------------------------

I am looking for someone who has done research on the Cox name. I am looking for the mother or father of James Gilbert Cox born April 11,1880.

John, not only would the PC archives want your material, but I'd appreciate permission to print some of it in the Putnam County Genealogical Society's QUARTERLY JOURNAL. "'ow 'bout it?" As to NUCMC (pronounced "nuck'- muck"), it is the NATIONAL UNION CATALOG OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS, and in my always humble opinion it is a wonder of the modern world. As you know, many times family letters, diaries, etc., end up hundreds or thousands of miles from the areas where they were created or to which they refer. NUCMC is a massive indexed (by name, location, etc.) catalog of where they went! There are hardcopy volumes (by year of accession/report) from 1959 to 1993. The years from roughly 1986 to date are accessible online through an electronic form linked to the NUCMC home page. There's an FAQ and even info to let you reach the team leader w/questions or problems. Point your browser to http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html And watch for an upcoming article by Sandra Luebking in the Federation of Genealogical Societies' excellent FORUM (an abbreviated version will be out in PCGSQJ later this year--I just can't share it yet). Since the printed volumes of NUCMC run about $110, look for this source in very large or university libraries. They may have some limited access to a CD-ROM version, too. After you try it, if you have questions, I'll TRY to answer them, but if I'm an expert on anything, it isn't NUCMC (beneficiary and admirer, yes; expert, no). Since you'll be at P.K. Yonge in May (I'll miss you--I'm speaking at NGS Richmond and then researching in AL and SC), you may want to know that NUCMC is alive and well and living in the same building in Gainesville. Ain't that niiiice? Enjoy! Hope this helps.... --Brian

Lee, It really frustrates me when I get a request for help and can't do anything, but I'm in Palatka (Putnam County, FL) and we're as dry as you are. Sue Ann Sanders, to whom I was sending the "stuff" is in Wisconsin, which everyone knows is frozen year-round, so I was concerned about HER mail-carrier. She may be able to help, though. She was born in Florida, so she was bound to be pleasant and helpful, as everyone also knows. And she's both--can you send us at least a bucket of snow, Sue Ann? Oh, oh, this is an off-topic message--am I bad? --Anonymous in Palatka <grin> *************************************************** Lee Y. Ponder wrote: > > Brian, > > If you want to share some of that snow with Tallahassee we'd sure be glad to > help you enjoy it. It's so dry here we'd even welcome some of that > hoarfrost :-) > > Lee > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian E. Michaels <michaels_b@popmail.firn.edu> > To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: James E. Calkins "stuff" > > >Sue Ann, > > > >If I can find some stamps, the FL house and senate composite photos for > >1907, -09, -15, and -21, plus two copies of the FT-U obit, plus two > >bio-source entries will leave sunny Palatka at 6 p.m. today. > > > >Hope the post office's four-wheel drive can get across the permafrost > >and through the snow and hoarfrost before August. Enjoy! > > > >--Brian > >

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Sorry! That's ALUMNI folks! ********************************************* Brian E. Michaels wrote: > > Oops! I forgot something in my earlier response: Once you find out what > law school he attended in Maine, query their aluni folks. That can > sometimes pay off, too. > > Regards. Brian -once again! > Sue Ann Saderders wrote: > > > > Here's something Brian E. Michaels told me when I was looking for a > > lawyer relative.... > > It is likely that the contemporaneous editions of the Martindale-Hubbell > > directories of lawyers and law firms would give you more specific dates, > > education, etc. They can be found in large libraries, law libraries, old > > established law firms, and elsewhere. > > > > See Brian, I'm paying attention! > > Sue Ann > > > > >Does anyone know where I can find the records of someone who was a > > >lawyer in St. Petersburg? I am told he was pretty prominent, but > > >don't know what type of law he practiced. His name was James Wilmer > > >Booth, and he got a degree in Maine before moving to FL and practicing > > >in St. Petersburg. He passed away in 1965, but I don't have his obit. > > > > > >Can anyone help? > > > > > >-Tamara > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Sue ANN Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator > > sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval > > Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL > > --------------------------------------------------------------

Oops! I forgot something in my earlier response: Once you find out what law school he attended in Maine, query their aluni folks. That can sometimes pay off, too. Regards. Brian -once again! Sue Ann Saderders wrote: > > Here's something Brian E. Michaels told me when I was looking for a > lawyer relative.... > It is likely that the contemporaneous editions of the Martindale-Hubbell > directories of lawyers and law firms would give you more specific dates, > education, etc. They can be found in large libraries, law libraries, old > established law firms, and elsewhere. > > See Brian, I'm paying attention! > Sue Ann > > >Does anyone know where I can find the records of someone who was a > >lawyer in St. Petersburg? I am told he was pretty prominent, but > >don't know what type of law he practiced. His name was James Wilmer > >Booth, and he got a degree in Maine before moving to FL and practicing > >in St. Petersburg. He passed away in 1965, but I don't have his obit. > > > >Can anyone help? > > > >-Tamara > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Sue ANN Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator > sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval > Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL > --------------------------------------------------------------

Yo, John! 1- Have you checked NUCMC for references to either Washington or Taylor or diaries/journals by or referring to them? If not, I'd sure try that.... 2- Who was the "state researcher" and what is the title of the report? I have a contact in Tallahassee who may be able to help on Washington/Taylor, but I missed him and left a phone-mail message. Should hear from him Monday. 3- May I suggest that, since your grandfather and other family were "from here," the Putnam County Archives (PO Box 1976, Palatka, FL 32178-1776) would be anxious to have either the records you mention or--at the least, copies of them? 4- As the CB fanatics used to say, "Come back...." --Brian ****************************************** > John Brown wrote: > > Hi all. > This is a copy of a letter I sent to Brian. I thought I would > put it on the list t see if I could get any comments from all of you > to help me fill he gaps. Thanks to all. John Brown > "In about 1818 my GGF Ephraim Taylor was born in Hempstead, > NY. He supposedly ran away from home at an early age and became a cooks > assistant on a schooner and sailed around the Cape three times (hearsay from my > grand mother Elizabeth Taylor Brown born in Orange Mills in 1865). > I find Ephraim as an election official in "Washington Camp", > Mosquito County, in 1845 state elections in the company of Henry > Washington, surveyor for the State. I suspect this was on the St. Johns River near > Astor. He then appeared in the 1850 census in JAX as a laborer, then > in 1855 he bought land in Duval county on the St. Johns River (BLM Records); > 1860 census he was in Palatka as a raftsman, 1861, age 45 he joined the CSA 2 Florida . Infantry in Jacksonville, was wounded in Battle of Gaines Mill in 1862, mustered > out in July of 1862 at Fredrick City, MD. He next appears in 1870 census in > Orange Mills with wife Mary Charlotte and two daughters age 1 and 5. Wife died > about 1873, He left one daughter with Squire Tenney in Federal Point and the > other with Duncan McBride in Barberville(Volusia County) He supposedly went > to Tick Island near Barberville. He signed land records in 1875 in > Putnam County. His oldest daughter was in apprenticeship as of April 1873, > with Tenney. His other daughter Rebecca Rachael Taylor Atkinson, was in the > 1880 census with Duncan McBride as an adopted daughter. She ended up in Federal Point in the 1885 State census with her sister Elizabeth living in the Tenney household. From then on I think I know their lives quite well. > My Question: How can I trace Ephraim's trail when he was with > Henry Washington. I suspect that they were good friends as there are two > creeks near Tick Island name Eph Creek and Taylor Creek. I suspect that he > lived in that vicinity early in his Florida days. He may have married an > Indian. I think he met Washington in North Florida when Washington surveyed > Amelia Island about 1840. Washington surveyed most of central Florida also. I > have a story of Washington written by a researcher for the state of > Florida, but it doesn't give many details. I would like to find his daily journal or > a diary. Can you make any suggestions on these. > Also I'm curious about the time from 1862 when he left the > army and 1870 when he showed up in Orange Mills census. Any suggestions on any > of this would be appreciated. > I have a copy of the orignal cemetery records (negro and > white) of Federal Point Cemetery, the record books of the Federal Point Literary > and Social Clubs (1906-1929) lots of names, My grandfather Charles W. > Brown's early business records (1890-1929) I would like to put these in some > archives somewhere. Any suggestions? > Well, I've taken enough of your time. Anything I can do for > you, let me know. I will be in Florida from May 23 to June 8. I'm going to > the P.K.Yonge Library in Gainesvile and also the St. Augustine Historical > Society. I'll be staying in St. Augustine, Federal Point and Orlando. > Thanks. John Brown" > Note: Federal Point is located in the North East corner of Putnam > County. If I can help any one with a name from this part of the county let me > know.

Tamara, James Booth died in Pinellas County (St. Pete) in May of 1965. His death certificate is filed in the FL State Bureau of Vital Statistics Office (PO Box 210, Jacksonville 32231-0042). They'll send you a copy for $5 and a letter giving his name, date (5/65), your name and address, and these numbers: Volume 2714, Certificate #30477. When you have a death date, the Pinellas County Library System should be able to get you an obit through direct request or Interlibrary Loan channels from your local library. If you really want to find his records--if they exist--you might query the Pinellas County Bar Association to see if they know which firm, if any, they went to--or whether perhaps his firm still exists and still has them in storage. I tried to get to a Martindale-Hubbell Directory from the early 60s, but the University of Florida Law Library's space problem has denuded their shelves prior to the 90s editions. You might query the University of Georgia at Athens or the Law Library at FSU in Tallahassee. If they have one, they can get you a quick and concise bio sketch from it. The Florida Bar in Tallahassee (650 Apalachee Pkwy, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300) will check their records for you, but they need a written request (no charge!) telling them what you want ("all available information of record"). They'd like to have his registration number, but if you don't have it, ask 'em anyway. The ABA claims to have nothing and says they wouldn't give it out if they did. So there now, too. (Yanh, yanh, yanh!) [Can anybody else help? Thanks!] Good luck! --Brian Michaels ******************************************* Tamara Bowden wrote: > > Does anyone know where I can find the records of someone who was a > lawyer in St. Petersburg? I am told he was pretty prominent, but > don't know what type of law he practiced. His name was James Wilmer > Booth, and he got a degree in Maine before moving to FL and practicing > in St. Petersburg. He passed away in 1965, but I don't have his obit. > > Can anyone help? > > -Tamara > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

Ms. Larson, At this moment I know nothing of your Adkinses, though if I see them or get a bright idea, I'll let you know. I am interested in the 1890 census information on the family. Could you point me toward your source? Many thanks! --Brian Michaels ****************************************************** Cblocala@aol.com wrote: > > Once again I will ask for any information on my Great -grandfather Silas > Beckham Adkins who was born in South Carolina and came to Alachua County > about 1850. His wife was Caroline Rebecca Templeton and they had their > family in Hawthorne, Alachua County, Florida --area. My Grandfather William > Beckham Adkins was born in Hawthorne and died there in 1952. Silas Beckham > Adkins does not appear on the 1890 census but his widow Caroline does. I can > find no trace of his death date or burial place but feel sure that he was in > the Gainesville--Hawthorne area when he died. If there is any information > that is available it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Catherine > Adkins Larson

Shirley, May I suggest that there may be an easier way to get the information--and other interesting things--on Sim Johnson? At this point, the prison folks are not likely to want to help, even if you know where he was imprisoned, and unless the Ft. Myers library has an obituary index in which to look up victim Henderson, they and the newspapers probably won't be much interested, especially since you're not sure when it all took place. I would check in or query the Clerk of the Circuit Court's criminal docket indexes in Lee County (formed in 1887 from Monroe) as a first approach. That MAY lead you to the criminal case files, which SHOULD give you names and the dates of all of the major activities concerning the killing, the case, the imprisonment, etc. Then, once you have a narrower time-span, the newspapers, the librarians, and the prison recordkeepers might be more interested in your problem. Good luck! -Brian Michaels ******************************************************* Shirley Hale wrote: > > To the list, > > Okay this is my Ggrandfather. My father told this story after my mom passed > away about his grandfather. Sim Johnson supposedly killed a well known > citizen of Ft Myers by the name of Henderson and was sent to prison(don't > know what year) in the late 1800s to early1900s. He never came back to his > family which lived in Arcadia at the time. > I have two questions. How do I go about finding any newspaper articles > about this so I can find out his full name and where or how do I find out > if he died in prison or was released? > Maybe this is a part of a family tree that some might not want to look for > but I am trying to find out his legal name so I can go from there. All I > have is his birth date. > Born in Ga. in 1846. > Thanks for any help ..........................Shirley Hale

Shirley, I too had to a similar need and contacted the Lee County Courthouse Clerk at (941) 335-2283. My gggrandfather was murdered in Key West in 1891 and the accused were put up for trial in Fort Myers in 1895. I was able to get a copy of the Court Clerk's notes from the trial. This also happened to be the first murder trial in the new Lee County Courthouse. Hope this helps. Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers Searching: Mira, Martinez, Cepero, Sanchez

Sue Ann, If I can find some stamps, the FL house and senate composite photos for 1907, -09, -15, and -21, plus two copies of the FT-U obit, plus two bio-source entries will leave sunny Palatka at 6 p.m. today. Hope the post office's four-wheel drive can get across the permafrost and through the snow and hoarfrost before August. Enjoy! --Brian

To the list, Okay this is my Ggrandfather. My father told this story after my mom passed away about his grandfather. Sim Johnson supposedly killed a well known citizen of Ft Myers by the name of Henderson and was sent to prison(don't know what year) in the late 1800s to early1900s. He never came back to his family which lived in Arcadia at the time. I have two questions. How do I go about finding any newspaper articles about this so I can find out his full name and where or how do I find out if he died in prison or was released? Maybe this is a part of a family tree that some might not want to look for but I am trying to find out his legal name so I can go from there. All I have is his birth date. Born in Ga. in 1846. Thanks for any help ..........................Shirley Hale

Here's something Brian E. Michaels told me when I was looking for a lawyer relative.... It is likely that the contemporaneous editions of the Martindale-Hubbell directories of lawyers and law firms would give you more specific dates, education, etc. They can be found in large libraries, law libraries, old established law firms, and elsewhere. See Brian, I'm paying attention! Sue Ann >Does anyone know where I can find the records of someone who was a >lawyer in St. Petersburg? I am told he was pretty prominent, but >don't know what type of law he practiced. His name was James Wilmer >Booth, and he got a degree in Maine before moving to FL and practicing >in St. Petersburg. He passed away in 1965, but I don't have his obit. > >Can anyone help? > >-Tamara -------------------------------------------------------------- Sue ANN Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALL --------------------------------------------------------------

Hello from (finally) sunny Spain, any cousins related to these folks?: Dad's side: Robert A LEWIS: my token yankee, Apalachichee, Franklin Co. before 1890 Jack WILSON: Apalachicola, Franklin Co, before 1851 Catherine SWEENEY: Florida? my Fl brick wall, before 1851 Peter and Mary NEWELL and Alfred and Lucinda Pate NEWELL: Calhoun Co,Franklin Co, before 1890, related to: BARFIELD, Bountstown Mom's side: Jordan, James T, Henry H HANCOCK, Polk Co, Okeechobee, before 1860 Martha Jane BAKER, wife of Jordan H, a Ga brick wall William H WILLINGHAM, Hillsborough, Polk Co, before 1845 Ann HILLIARD, his wife Rebecca LANDRUM, died in Okeechobee, came in 1851 William STURGIS, Bradford, came before civil war Newton STEWART, Sumter Co, before 1860 Mae CAUSEY, his wife and a Georgia brick wall Nathan HARRELL, many northern Fl counties, died in Sumter Co, came before civil war Thomas J WOODS, Madison Co, before 1841 Susan ALBRITTON, his wife everyone came from Georgia, except for William Sturgis (SC) and Robert A Lewis (IN) Thanks for your time, CHARLENE

Once again I will ask for any information on my Great -grandfather Silas Beckham Adkins who was born in South Carolina and came to Alachua County about 1850. His wife was Caroline Rebecca Templeton and they had their family in Hawthorne, Alachua County, Florida --area. My Grandfather William Beckham Adkins was born in Hawthorne and died there in 1952. Silas Beckham Adkins does not appear on the 1890 census but his widow Caroline does. I can find no trace of his death date or burial place but feel sure that he was in the Gainesville--Hawthorne area when he died. If there is any information that is available it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Catherine Adkins Larson

My research has Rebecca Sauls (b. NC 1814, dau. of Kendred Sauls). Kendred (b. abt. 1789 in NC). Kendred's wife was Margaret ? Kendred and familly moved to Thomas County, GA/Jefferson County FL. Rebecca married Kinchen Ward. Are these Sauls names in any of your research? Rachel Ward Cooksey

Does anyone know where I can find the records of someone who was a lawyer in St. Petersburg? I am told he was pretty prominent, but don't know what type of law he practiced. His name was James Wilmer Booth, and he got a degree in Maine before moving to FL and practicing in St. Petersburg. He passed away in 1965, but I don't have his obit. Can anyone help? -Tamara _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 19:27:09 -0800 grandparen writes: >To All, > >I have RAULERSON in my family lineage. My RAULERSON >are from CHARLTON Co, GA & BAKER Co., FL. Do you >have any of your RAULERSON living in these counties??? > >George Thomas >Green Cove Springs, Fl >=============================================== >On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 09:00:03 EST Harlan3247@AOL.COM writes: >>Hello I'm New to the group! Davis Researchers, Do you recognize the following family?? JOSEPH JEFFERSON DAVIS was born in Telfair County, Georgia March 6, 1841, to EARLY & DELILAH LOTT DAVIS. In 1849 his family was living in Montgomery County. From there they moved to Ware County, arriving at their home on the afternoon of December 25, 1849, after having Christmas dinner with Mr. & Mrs. Greene Roberts. At this time the family consisted of EARLY, the father, & DELILAH L. DAVIS, the mother, along with the following children: JOSEPH JEFFERSON b: March 6, 1841 ABSOLUM A b: February 18, 1844 HERODIAS b: March 26, 1848 After their arrival in Ware County the following children were born: FRANCES T. b: September 28, 1850 MARGARET b: October21, 1853 AMERICUS b: February 10, 1857 Contact me if you reconginze this family. I have more information George Thomas Green Cove Springs, Fl ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]