Hi List, You have all done so well with questions so far this week that i am sure mine won't pose any difficulties. I found court minutes circa 1817 which said the following: "A sorrell horse, about 4 years old, white on both hind feet and a white streak down the face. Appraised at $20. Posted before Lovet Rives, Esq. by Zachariah Judkins" Anyone have any idea what this transaction might be about? Any and all assistance is appreciated. Jack Butler

Kevin, Zephyrhills is in the County of Pasco and the county seat is Dade City. The court address is 38053 Live Oak Avenue, Dade City, FL 33525 with a phone number of 352-521-4546. Tom Santa Cruz Zephyrhills, FL User683614@aol.com wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how to request a copy of a probate record in Florida. My > paternal great-aunt Lenore M. Bertelsen 1-19-1896 passed away in Zephyrhills, > FL on December 24, 1982. I'm hoping that the document will fill in some blanks > and let me know if she had any living heirs. Thanks for the help. > Kevin O'Brien > Laguna Hills, CA >

Hi Rick, In response to your question on Acrobat Reader, YES it does work with windows 98. There is a new 4.0 version to down load now. Just loaded it on my new computer last month. Works great. Ann

I am looking for someone who would be willing to do an obituary lookup for me in the Lee County area. I am willing to exchange research in Chicago. I have access to obituaries, IL death index, Chicago naturalization records, etc. Please respond privately to KAC522@aol.com Thanks.... Kathleen Craine Chicago

Will someone please check on Census Index 319 for William J. McNeal , in Florida and tell me if it gives wife and childrens' names. Thanks ,Emma in NM

Descendants of JAMES BROOKS 1 JAMES BROOKS Bef 1775 - 1833-1834 (from Washington Co., GA to Jefferson Co. FLA) . +ANNA 1775-1780 - ........ 2 SUSAN A. BROOKS (born bef 1820) ........ 2 JAMES RUSSELL BROOKS 1808 - 1857 ............ +ELLEN S. GOFF 1817 -(dau of James A. Goff?) ................... 3 JULIA BROOKS 1838 - ................... 3 ELIZABETH ELLEN BROOKS 1839 - 1863 ................... 3 SUSAN MARGARET BROOKS 1841 - ........ *2nd Wife of JAMES RUSSELL BROOKS: ............ +ANN (Nancy)D. GRACE 1826 - 1898 (married in Thomasville) ................... 3 JAMES AUGUSTUS BROOKS 1851 - 1913( >From Fla to Thomasville to Lake Providence Louisiana) ....................... +ELIZABETH S. HALL 1850 - 1911 .............................. 4 JAMES GORDON BROOKS 1885 - 1934 .................................. +BROOKS ......................................... 5 JAMES ARTHUR BROOKS 1923 - 1925 .............................. 4 JULIA ELIZABETH BROOKS 1886 - 1887 .............................. 4 RUBY BROOKS 1887 - 1895 ................... 3 GEORGE BROOKS 1854 - ................... 3 WILLIAM RUSSELL BROOKS 1855 - 1911(From FLA to Thomasville) ....................... +FLORENCE J. WILSON 1858 - 1898 .............................. 4 HANSELL MERRILL BROOKS - 1947 .............................. 4 RUSSELL JOSEPH BROOKS 1880 - 1959 .................................. +MARTHA ANN WATTS 1895 - 1955 ......................................... 5 DOROTHY ALLEN BROOKS 1918 - 1994 ............................................. +JACK GORDON ......................................... 5 JOSEPH WATTS BROOKS 1921 - ......................................... 5 MARGARET ELIZABETH BROOKS 1925 - ............................................. +JACK EVERETT ......................................... 5 WILLIAM RUSSELL BROOKS 1927 -(From Thomasville to California) .............................. 4 JOHN WILLIAM BROOKS 1882 - 1900 .............................. 4 GLEN GRACE BROOKS 1884 - 1885 .............................. 4 MINNIE GERTRUDE BROOKS 1888 - .............................. 4 MAIMIE NANNY BROOKS 1890 - .................................. +FREEMAN ......................................... 5 BILLY FREEMAN (Thomasville GA) ......................................... 5 ERNEST GLEN FREEMAN (of GA) ................... *2nd Wife of WILLIAM RUSSELL BROOKS: (Thomasville, GA) ....................... +MINNIE WILSON - 1916 ................... 3 MARY BROOKS 1856 - ................... 3 ELLEN BROOKS 1859 - ........ 2 JOHN M. BROOKS 1810 - (Jefferson Co., FLA) ............ +ELIZA JANE TAYLOR 1821 - ................... 3 RICHARD W. BROOKS 1838 - ................... 3 JOHN TAYLOR BROOKS 1840 - ................... 3 MARTHA A. BROOKS 1841 - ................... 3 THOMAS J. BROOKS 1843 - ................... 3 SUSANNAH BROOKS 1848 - ................... 3 DAVID W. BROOKS 1850 - .........2 NANCY JANE BROOKS (born bef 1820) ...............+RICHARD BURNEY This is my line... James Brooks at the top of the list came to Fla. around 1827 to 1829... Major land holder, and farmer. His Brother John Brooks was in the area and his friend Arthur Burney, Willis Burney, Harris Burney, James A. Goff, and crew were there during the Seminole wars. The next generation went through the civil war and my branch moved to Thomasville, while the other braches went different areas... there may even be relatives still living in the area only I don't know them. Can you see if there are any doc's on any of these above? - Bill Brooks, Vista. CA Richard & Deborah Callicott wrote: > > Bill, > > Death records for the late 1800's are sporadic...but the main library, downtown Jax, (the Hayden Burns Branch on Ocean St.) has the Florida Death Records on microfiche in the Genealogical/FL History section. They also have a lot of the old newspapers on microfilm. It's a great resource of information right in your back yard... > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Brown [SMTP:willbees@mediaone.net] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 7:47 PM > To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Florida Death Index > > Does anyone out there have a Fla Death Index for the late 1800s that > could check for a record for one person for me? Thanks > Bill Brown willbees@mediaone.net > Jacksonville, FL

Bill, Death records for the late 1800's are sporadic...but the main library, downtown Jax, (the Hayden Burns Branch on Ocean St.) has the Florida Death Records on microfiche in the Genealogical/FL History section. They also have a lot of the old newspapers on microfilm. It's a great resource of information right in your back yard... -----Original Message----- From: William Brown [SMTP:willbees@mediaone.net] Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 7:47 PM To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Florida Death Index Does anyone out there have a Fla Death Index for the late 1800s that could check for a record for one person for me? Thanks Bill Brown willbees@mediaone.net Jacksonville, FL

Thanks to all who replied to my query on Adobe Reader. I now have version 3.01 downloaded and it is working fine. Thanks again, Best regards, Rick

I'm running Adobe Acrobat 3.2 with Windows 98. I have experienced no problems... RW Rick Chancey wrote: > > Can someone please update me on Adobe Reader 3.0. Will it work with Windows > 98? All of my genealogy forms are in pdf format and I need to print out a > new supply. I went to the download site and cannot find a Windows 98 > platform. Only Windows 95. I would like to install it on my new computer > but only after I'm sure that it will work with Win98. Please notify me > off-list. > > Thanks, > > ricocha@ij.net > > Rick

Can someone please update me on Adobe Reader 3.0. Will it work with Windows 98? All of my genealogy forms are in pdf format and I need to print out a new supply. I went to the download site and cannot find a Windows 98 platform. Only Windows 95. I would like to install it on my new computer but only after I'm sure that it will work with Win98. Please notify me off-list. Thanks, ricocha@ij.net Rick

Does anyone out there have a Fla Death Index for the late 1800s that could check for a record for one person for me? Thanks Bill Brown willbees@mediaone.net Jacksonville, FL

Charlene, I don't recognize you names right off, but I'll check with my contacts to see if I can find out anything for you. I'm checking for Bobbye also, so it's no problem. Bill willbees@mediaone.net Charlene Newell wrote: > Hi Bill, saw your note, and since one of my grandfather, and family came > from there, thought I'd write. Ever heard of Newton Stewart and Mae Causey > or their son Newton Stewart and Nancy C Harrell, or her father Nathan > Harrell? Regards, Charlene

Bobbye, none of the names are familiar off-hand, but I'll check around and see if any of my "contacts" have heard of the families. Bill willbees@mediaone.net BOBBYE wrote: > Yes I am. I have Fletcher williams and wife Hannah there in 1880 in > Sumter co. Enumeration Dist. 144. With them is Wilson C. Williams. I > believe that this wilson is my ggg grand father. i would like any > information I can get on this family as far as deaths and births. I > know that I had a gg uncle Fletcher Williams and wife Hannah that > migrated to Fl. Fletcher's brother William Norman Williams my gg > grandfather migrated to Ms. All the info on this family in Sumter > co. fits. I jut have to tie them all together. Any thing you can find > would be a great help. > Bobbye Williams Davis > Greenwood, Ms. > -----Original Message----- > From: William Brown <willbees@mediaone.net> > To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 4:30 PM > Subject: Re: County Seat > > >Bobbye, Bushnell is the county seat for Sumter Co, FL. They have a > web > >site at www.rootsweb.com/~flsumter/index.htm. Most of my family came > >from that area. Are you looking for a particular family? > >Bill Brown willbees@mediaone.net > >Jacksonville, FL > > > >BOBBYE wrote: > > > >> What is the County Seat and address of Sumter Co. Fl.? > >> Bobbye > > > >

Local Genealogists Report Findings The Pasco County Genealogical Society (PCGS) will have its monthly membership meeting beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 13 at the Hugh Embry Public Library in downtown Dade City. This month's presentations will be all by Society members. Mrs. Anna Remington Stimson make a presentation on her "Genealogical Discoveries using the Poll Tax Records." Mrs. Penelope Lingen Turner will be making a seminar report on a workshop on John Phillip Colletta's book "They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Ship." Mr. Patrick Reilly, a new member, will be discuss his family's "Irish Roots" in Ireland their links, discoveries, and renewed relationships which is in keeping with March's St. Patrick's Day festivities. As part of the business meeting Mr. Donald Merrill, PCGS Director, will give the Annual Report and Mrs. Patricia Roper Parrish will conduct an Awards Presentation on the progress of the PCGS members family record keeping. There will of course be some GREEN refreshments provided at this March Meeting. The Society meets the second Saturday of each month except in the Summer and the public is always invited and welcomed. The Kinseekers, volunteers from PCGS, are available at the library to help to introduce individuals to resources available for tracings a family tree Thursday mornings, 10:00 a.m. to noon. The help is free and the people friendly. Tom Santa Cruz, PCGS Vice President tsantacruz@earthlink.net

Can anyone tell me how to request a copy of a probate record in Florida. My paternal great-aunt Lenore M. Bertelsen 1-19-1896 passed away in Zephyrhills, FL on December 24, 1982. I'm hoping that the document will fill in some blanks and let me know if she had any living heirs. Thanks for the help. Kevin O'Brien Laguna Hills, CA

Hello all: Does anybody recognize this family of Hudson's? I am interested in knowing who were the parents of Isaac and Evelina, and where they were born. They do not appear on Ga. Census after 1850..... I find Evelina and two children on the Hamilton Co. Fla census of 1880......... don't know where they were in between those years, although we have found a record of an Isaac Hudson who enlisted during the Civil War at Lake City, Columbia Co. Fla., 1861 and died during the war.. (I have not had access to the Fla census records since finding that bit of information) I will list them below........ If anybody has access to the Fl census index or any information on ANY of these people I would like to hear from you. Dooley County Georgia 1850 Isaac Hudson age 44 Evelina age 35 James age 17 John age 14 Elwood age 12 Richard age 10 Frances age 8 Martha C. age 6 Enoch H. age 4 By 1880 ...... Hamilton Co. Fla Evelina Hudson age 68 Thomas C. - son - age 22 Martha E. Shiver - dau - age 34 Laura C. Shiver - dau - age 10 Thanks in advance, Dee

Hello, I wanted to announce the brand new Duval County mailing list for all those researchers with roots in the Duval area. See signup instructions below. Sue Ann ------------------------------------------ How to subscribe. Send a message to FLDUVAL-L-request@rootsweb.com (for list mode) FLDUVAL-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) that contains (in the body of the message) the command subscribe and no additional text. -------------------------------------------------------------- Sue Ann Sanders Duval Co, FL GenWeb Coordinator sasanders@wisc-dtp.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~flduval Rootsweb Sponsor SANDERS, PHILLIPS, COPELAND, WALLS --------------------------------------------------------------

I have culled the surnames from the Westberry family, Georgia and Florida, and posted them at my site. 320+ surnames. CW WESTBERRY gslat@uswest.net DESCENDANTS OF MOSES http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lake/1736/gslat/rollcall.htm -----Original Message----- From: Sherry L. Nisly <nisly@skyenet.net> To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Surnames >At 10:53 PM 3/7/99 -0700, Dave & Gail Hopkins wrote: >>There are many messages coming through that do not include surnames. > >Rootsweb requests that you NOT post your surnames on your emails >do to search engine usage and disk space. > >Occasional posting using spacing is not frowned upon, but including >them on every email would use up a lot of diskspace. An example of >using spaces would be: > >L A P O I N T E - R I C H A R D S - C O L E Y - G U I D R Y > >Sherry > >

At 10:53 PM 3/7/99 -0700, Dave & Gail Hopkins wrote: >There are many messages coming through that do not include surnames. Rootsweb requests that you NOT post your surnames on your emails do to search engine usage and disk space. Occasional posting using spacing is not frowned upon, but including them on every email would use up a lot of diskspace. An example of using spaces would be: L A P O I N T E - R I C H A R D S - C O L E Y - G U I D R Y Sherry

http://www.my-ged.com/db/surnames/bbrooks/B please look for your Jefferson CO., Leon Co.FL or Thomasville, GA ancestors in MY-GEDCOM above. - Bill Brooks Dave & Gail Hopkins wrote: > > There are many messages coming through that do not include surnames. > I feel we may find more connections if people would include the > surnames in their messages. It is interesting to read that their > ancestor was born in a certain town or belonged to a certain > organization, but what was the name!! Thanks. > Gail