Name: William F. Byrd Age: 5 Estimated birth year: <1875> Birthplace: Georgia Relationship to head-of-household: Son Home in 1880: Coopers, Decatur, Georgia Marital status: Single Race: Black Gender: Male Father's name: Frank Byrd Father's birthplace: FL Mother's name: Mary Byrd Mother's birthplace: FL

Does anyone know the parents of the following William "Frank" BYRD? He was my g-grandfather. His and Allie's daughter, Ida BYRD, was my paternal grandmother. According to the 1900 Census for Lafayette County, Florida, both his parents were born in Georgia. Thanks for any information. Sharon DRIVER Wright shadri@gtcom.net Sharon's Southern Heritage Driver & Allied Families http://www.geocities.com/shezzybug/ 1. WILLIAM FRANK1 BYRD was born 07 September 1870 in Georgia, and died 08 July 1949 in Lafayette County, Florida. He married ALLIE SESSIONS 06 February 1895 in Lafayette County, Florida, daughter of ABNER MITCHELL RUTHERFORD SESSIONS and MARTHA JANE MIMS. [dau of James MIMS, Sr & Mary "Polly" OSTEEN] She was born 31 May 1875, and died 18 March 1927 in Lafayette County, Florida. On the 1900 Census for Lafayette County, Florida Dwelling #232 William Bird, Head, White, Male, born Oct? 1873, Married 7 years, age 27, Born Georgia, Father born Georgia, Mother born Georgia Allie Bird, Wife, White, Female, born 1875, Married 7 years, age 25, Born Florida, Father born "looks like" 4 children born, cannot make out how many are living. My copy of the census was very faded, looks almost like a letter "N". Month born is very faded. Lamb Bird, Son, White, Female, born 1897, age 3, Month born is very faded. Children of WILLIAM BYRD and ALLIE SESSIONS are: i. EVA2 BYRD, m. J. L. MILLER, 04 December 1921, Lafayette County, Florida. ii. PEARL BYRD, m. W. GARNER BATES, 16 September 1929, Lafayette County, Florida. iii. LAMB BYRD, b. 13 November 1896, Lafayette County, Florida; d. 25 August 1987, Lafayette County, Florida; m. CLAUDIA L. JOHNSON, 09 October 1921, Lafayette County, Florida; b. 04 September 1899; d. 25 October 1974, Lafayette County, Florida. iv. IVA BYRD, b. 28 May 1903; d. June 1966; m. GEORGE A. OSTEEN, 10 April 1921, Lafayette County, Florida. v. CORA BYRD, b. 07 January 1910, Lafayette County, Florida; d. 19 August 1997; m. LEROY "ROY" WHITE, 27 November 1927, Lafayette County, Florida; b. 21 February 1907; d. 10 February 1985. vi. IDA BYRD, b. 16 August 1912; d. 25 June 1991, Lafayette County, Florida; m. JAMES JERRY DRIVER, SR., 25 September 1928, Mayo, Lafayette County, Florida; b. 24 January 1907, Lafayette County, Florida; d. 08 October 1975, Lafayette County, Florida.

The Florida Death Index shows him dying in Dade County in February 1958. There are 8 Maude Dunn's and 2 Margaret Magee's listed in the Index. Good luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb McBride" <rbhighlander@shaw.ca> To: <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: [FLORIDA] 1930/ST PETERSBURG, PINELLAS, DUNN SURNAME > Hello > > Could sks help with a lookup for Evit D Dunn and his wife Maude. Also, I > believe his aunt Margaret Magee is living with them in the 1930 census. > > Thank you so much. > > Barb > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/120 - Release Date: 10/5/2005 > >

Hello Could sks help with a lookup for Evit D Dunn and his wife Maude. Also, I believe his aunt Margaret Magee is living with them in the 1930 census. Thank you so much. Barb -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.10/120 - Release Date: 10/5/2005

Board : Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Florida > Counties > Polk Subject : Scotts and related families...from GA to FL Author : Bill Scott Date : 2 Oct 2005 12:08 AM GMT http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pZ.2ADI/1016

Hi, Pam - This may not be the "Florida" list you want. This one normally refers to the State of Florida, in the United States of America. I suspect that you may want one for the City of Florida, in South Africa, and I'm not sure how to access that one. (There's not much deep mining done in the U.S.'s Florida--probably none-- only a few surface mines for phosphate, sand, maybe a few other things.) Good luck! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam" <pam2001@hotkey.net.au> To: <FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:38 PM Subject: [FLORIDA] Re William WELLING >I am new to this list and am hoping sks can help me locate William WELLING > who listed his last employment as Vogles......Deep mine Florida,would have > been about 1909,he died in Johannesburg hospital may 1909,aged 60 years,he > is buried Braamfontein Cemetery,South Africa > his friend was J DUNN also working for same mine company,i would be > interested to find out if there was any orbit/death notice in > newspaper,and > very interetsed to find out any information about William Welling whilst > he > was in Florida > Many thanks for your time > Pam from Australia > >

I am new to this list and am hoping sks can help me locate William WELLING who listed his last employment as Vogles......Deep mine Florida,would have been about 1909,he died in Johannesburg hospital may 1909,aged 60 years,he is buried Braamfontein Cemetery,South Africa his friend was J DUNN also working for same mine company,i would be interested to find out if there was any orbit/death notice in newspaper,and very interetsed to find out any information about William Welling whilst he was in Florida Many thanks for your time Pam from Australia

The third annual reunion of descendants of people buried in the Vickers Cemetery in Concord, Gadsden County, FL, will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2005, at thecemetery. Pre-registration is required. Contact Donna Warlick or Angela Cassidy by e-mail or phone: 850-422-1577, dwarlick3@comcast.net or angela_b_cassidy@yahoo.com. Registration fee is $5 and everyone brings a covered dish unless from out-of-town, in which case, for $5 extra, we will provide food for you. Our program will be on the Walsh family in Concord, and our speaker is Barbara Boynton. We will have lots of photo albums with ancestor photos, copies of Barbara Boynton's book on Concord cemeteries, a preview of Angela Cassidy's book featuring hundreds of photographs of deceased people from Concord, and we are having family photographs made by ancestral group. The big family names in this cemetery include Vickers, Walsh, Poppell, Johnson, Laing, Kemp, and Perkins.

Searching for descendents of Alice Sheehan maiden name Cone. Alice was born in 1902 in NJ , her parents were Edward Cone and Estelle. Alice was living in Hollywood Beach Fl in 1972. thankyou pat

Am looking for any information (descendants) on the following Thompson Family of Gadsden Co., FL: Nelson M. THOMPSON b 1792 married Letitia GRAY in 1819 Children: Theophilus S. b. 1820 married Nancy Unknown David b. 1823 died in infancy John b. 1825 died in infancy Elizabeth Savannah Jane b 1827 married Early LAING Daniel Nathaniel b. 1831 married Susan WEAKLEY/WEAKLY Sarah Ann b. 1835 died in infancy Letitia Ann b. 1837 d 1915 (marriage unknown) The family moved to Gadsden Co. by 1840. It is assumed they moved from GA. Theophilus and his family moved to Henry Co., AL shortly after 1860. It is assumed that Daniel and his family stayed in Gadsden - possibly in the Quincy area. If anyone can help provide additional information on any of these individuals, your help is greatly appreciated. Laura Thompson-Smith --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

Did any of these men serve in Florida units or receive pensions in Florida? There are several matching names (or close with initials) on the pension records at the Florida State Archives online records and also in the "Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865". Without further information I can't make a connection. If they are in either one of these categories it will more than likely be faster to obtain the records from the Florida State Archives. Pension records may be downloaded and printed from their site. You would have to order copies of the service records from them. When you start working on other cemeteries I'll be more than happy to check the books for you if they served in a Florida unit. That way you will know if your first resource should be the Florida State Archives. I'm sure their fees for copies of service records are probably lower than from the Federal government. And you can't get better than free pension records :) Leslie -----Original Message----- From: Gail Harris [mailto:peaches@strato.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:11 AM To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLORIDA] Subject: Bryant, Hancock & Lanier families / Polk Co, FL fyi... Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Florida > Counties > Polk URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=localities.northam. usa.states.florida.counties.polk&m=1014 Subject: Bryant, Hancock & Lanier families Author: Sheila Tindle Date: 26 Sep 2005 9:30 PM GMT Email: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- I am with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Annie H. Darracott of Lakeland. My project is to mark the graves of the Confederate Veterans in the Lakeland area. I am presently working in the Bethel Baptist Church, Socrum Cemetery in North Lakeland. If anyone has the military records on the below veterans, I would appreciate it if you would share a copy. I have ordered the military records from Richmond, VA. and have been told that it will take 3 months to receive these documents. I would rather not wait 3 months before I order a marker. The Confederate Veterans are: James L. Bryant John M. Bryant William Hancock James S. Lanier Please e-mail my privately if you have any questions at STindle675@aol.com Thank you. Sheila Tindle, President United Daughters of the Confederacy, Annie H. Darracott #791 Lakeland, FL

fyi... Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Florida > Counties > Polk URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=localities.northam.usa.states.florida.counties.polk&m=1014 Subject: Bryant, Hancock & Lanier families Author: Sheila Tindle Date: 26 Sep 2005 9:30 PM GMT Email: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- I am with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Annie H. Darracott of Lakeland. My project is to mark the graves of the Confederate Veterans in the Lakeland area. I am presently working in the Bethel Baptist Church, Socrum Cemetery in North Lakeland. If anyone has the military records on the below veterans, I would appreciate it if you would share a copy. I have ordered the military records from Richmond, VA. and have been told that it will take 3 months to receive these documents. I would rather not wait 3 months before I order a marker. The Confederate Veterans are: James L. Bryant John M. Bryant William Hancock James S. Lanier Please e-mail my privately if you have any questions at STindle675@aol.com Thank you. Sheila Tindle, President United Daughters of the Confederacy, Annie H. Darracott #791 Lakeland, FL

Please forward this to your contacts. What: Writing Family Histories When: October 1st, 2005 10:AM to Noon Where: Central Brevard Library, Forrest Ave in Cocoa. Who: Michael Boonstra and Blondie Clayton Contact: Ray Osborne 321-243-8097 Cost: Free Note: RSVP requested but not mandatory Ray Osborne of the Nonfiction Writers Circle will present speakers on topics to assist you with your vision of writing a family history. 1st speaker on Writing Family History is Blondie L. Clayton who speaks regularly to groups on the importance of leaving family histories via autobiographies, family recipes, stories of triumph, spiritual enlightenment, etc. To discover interesting facts about your family history, Michael J. Boonstra will talk on genealogical research. He currently serves as the Documents/Genealogy Librarian at the Central Brevard Library in Cocoa. Boonstra has worked as a professional genealogist for nine years and is one of only 11 Certified Genealogists in the state of Florida. Other speakers are invited to share their experience in writing family histories. For updates and more information on this event email guru153@yahoo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

Mr. Charles Edward Westberry, age 58, of Jacksonville, FL, died Wednesday, September 21, 2005 after a short bout with lung cancer. Mr. Westberry was diagnosed on 16 May of 2005 which cut short his passion for genealogy. Mr. Westberry was affectionately known to his cyber friends as "Moses" taking that name from one of his grandfathers, the Reverend Moses Westberry, Sr., who is buried in the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Wayne Co., GA. Mr. Westberry had been researching his family roots for over 25 years, which led to the formation of a Westberry website on which he posted all of his findings. Love for genealogy was his life and he was responsible for putting together one of the largest Westberry genealogical collections to be found. Charles was born in New Orleans, LA. He was raised in the WACO State Home in Waco, TX. Mr. Westberry was a Vietnam Veteran. He spent 4 years in the USAF 1963-1967, including time at Holloman AFB, NM; Elmendorf AFB, Alaska; Phan Rang AB, Nam; Danang AB, Nam. He was assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, "The Gunfighters" & the 389th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, "Phantom Phixer." Among his achievements, he earned the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Medal, Vietnam Service Medal With Bronze Star, Small Arms Expert Ribbon, & the Vietnam Campaign Ribbon. He owned his own upholstery shop at one time in Houston, TX, and was a freelance photographer. One of his loves in life was motorcycles. He could be found frequenting the motor cross tracks with his camera. Charles had spent the past 5 years living in Jacksonville, FL, but he had previously lived in Seattle, WA before moving to Florida. His expertise was steel fitting and structural drafting and Computer Tech. He was preceded in death by his father James Edward Westberry, Sr., and a sister Eyvonne Marie (Westberry) Stewart. Mr. Westberry is survived by his mother, Lena Kathryn (McCain) Westberry; beloved family Matriarch Mary Catherine Westberry; 2 daughters: Jennifer Lynn Westberry and Tammi Lynn Westberry; and 1 son, Gary Gene Westberry; 3 sisters: Catherine Eyvonne Westberry, Carrie Ann Westberry and Virginia Ann Westberry; 4 brothers: Carey Madison Westberry, James Edward Westberry, John Henry Westberry, and Louis Gordon Westberry; 1 grandson; special friends Mr. & Mrs. William & Beverly Greer ( The Greers were taken into the Westberry family on the express desires of the Matriarch of the family, Mary Catherine Westberry, a pure blooded Westberry), a host of nieces and nephews and a whole host of friends. He had been in the Care of Community Hospice of NE FL of Jacksonville, up until the time of his death. In Lieu of flowers it is requested that you contribute money to help defray the costs of keeping the website going and help defray the costs of the funeral. Per his wishes, Mr. Westberry will be cremated and his ashes will be scattered in a private ceremony at the feet of his great-great grandfather, James Madison Westberry, a CSA (Civil War) Soldier. A.B. Coleman Mortuary Inc. is in charge of arrangements. Here is the URL to sign the online Guestbook for Charles Westberry: http://www.legacy.com/timesunion/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=15165054

According to "A Chronology of Florida Post Offices: by Alford G. Bradbury and E. Story Hallock, Burch was established 19 Aug 1896 discontinued 4 Nov 1911 and merged with Selman - in Calhoun Co. Selman was established 22 Jan 1887 and discontinued 31 Oct 1921 and merged with Blountstown, Calhoun Co. Leslie -----Original Message----- From: Sjc2108@wmconnect.com [mailto:Sjc2108@wmconnect.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 5:33 AM To: FLORIDA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [FLORIDA] RE: Lost Town Hi listers Anyone know where the town of Burch may have been located? Thanks for your help. Susan

Hi listers Anyone know where the town of Burch may have been located? Thanks for your help. Susan

fyi... Index to the Polk County Historical Quarterly Vols. 1 - 29 June 1974 - March 2003 is online here: Polk County Historical Association http://www.polkha.org/index.htm select Quarterly Archives pdf...takes long time to load...178 pages...

The Genealogy Society of South Brevard will present A special program Honoring our WWII Ancestors it will be held on Saturday Sept. 17, 2005 at Rodes Park Community Building, located at Max K. Rodes Park 3000 Minton Rd. West Melbourne, FL. Program will be from 8:30 am to 4pm This program is a seminar commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Speakers Dr. William Oldson the founder and director of the World War II Institute of Florida State University. Other speakers will include World War II veterans, a musical presentation, display of military uniforms by Honor America. Pre-registration is necessary . Cost $10 for GSSB members, $15 non-members. This fee includes a barbecue lunch. Please send check to GSSB P.O. Box 786, Melbourne, FL 32902-0786 Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 9th For additional information contact Diane at 321-727-1986 ______________________________________________________ Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/

The Genealogy Society of South Brevard will present A special program Honoring our WWII Ancestors it will be held on Saturday Sept. 17, 2005 at Rodes Park Community Building, located at Max K. Rodes Park 3000 Minton Rd. West Melbourne, FL. Program will be from 8:30 am to 4pm This program is a seminar commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Speakers Dr. William Oldson the founder and director of the World War II Institute of Florida State University. Other speakers will include World War II veterans, a musical presentation, display of military uniforms by Honor America. Pre-registration is necessary . Cost $10 for GSSB members, $15 non-members. This fee includes a barbecue lunch. Please send check to GSSB P.O. Box 786, Melbourne, FL 32902-0786 Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 9th For additional information contact Diane at 321-727-1986 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale E. Reddick" <dereddi@hargray.com> To: <GA-DEUTSCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 6:47 PM Subject: [Georgia-DEUTSCH-German] Katrina: Impact on research in Orleans Parish > Hi Folks, > > The following has been shared across a number of surname e-mail lists. > So, I'm sharing the message with the lists where I'm an administrator. > > It appears as though Hurricane Katrina may have had a very deep, > genealogically significant impact. Nearly two hundred years of records > (perhaps more) may have been lost! > > Would someone who's a member of the FLY e-mail list please repost this > message there. If any of you are an admin for another list then please > consider passing along this information. > > If a Category 4 or 5 hurricane were to impact upon Savannah, Georgia - > then I'm certain that the -original- 1778 will of my gggg-grandfather's > uncle Peter Readick would simply dissolve in the floodwaters that would > fill the storage vault of the Chatham County Courthouse (most of Chatham > County will be underwater due to the storm surge of a major hurricane - > I've seen the flood maps). I've handled that 228 year old document > along with the later will of his brother (along with my co-investigator > Niles Reddick). Those and other documents are so fragile. > > Besides the human tragedy that we're all witnessing (and that some > readers may be experiencing), there is this potential for loss of > significantly meaningful documents. Such does not compare to the human > suffering of the tragedy we've seen unfolding, however - it may effect > many of us in our personal interests. > > Thanks, > > Dale E. Reddick > > Administrator, RootsWeb FLYTHE-L e-mail list > > Administrator, RootsWeb PARIS-L e-mail list > > Administrator, RootsWeb PARRIS-L e-mail list > > Administrator, RootsWeb GA-DEUTSCH-L e-mail list > > _____________________________________ > > > FYI: > Beginning to assess impact on research in Orleans Parish > > While this is far from the most important thing going on in New Orleans, > the > following piece from the Times-Picayune website (nola.com), begins to show > what sort of damage is readily apparent to documents in the parish. > > From Dave McDonald CG/Certified Genealogist > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Mortgage records may be drowned > > Orleans documents are in basement > > By Greg Thomas > Real Estate writer > > Thousands of lawyers in the metropolitan area have lost their files, their > clients and their offices, but one of the biggest legal ramifications of > Hurricane Katrina's flooding waters is the probable loss of real estate > records dating back to the early 1800s. > > The records, which include titles, mortgages, conveyances and liens, were > stored in the now-flooded basement of City Hall on Poydras Street. > > In 2002, employees of Register of Conveyances Gasper Schiro began the > tedious process of entering the records into computers, a $700,000 process > that could have been contracted out and accomplished quickly but was > instead > done slowly by his staff to save money. > > It's unclear how much of the information has been digitized or whether the > computerized information is stored safely. If either the original > records or > the digitalization is lost, it will be a major mess, said Southern > University Law Center Professor Winston Riddick, who teaches real estate > law. > > While it will be a tedious process to fix, and it can be fixed, it will > be a > major headache that could take years. The records involved date back to > 1827, with the earliest recorded by hand in Spanish and French. > > According to the American Center of Real Estate Lawyers, or ACREL, the loss > of the records could be devastating to the local real estate industry. > > The process of restoring the information could be incredibly tedious and > create havoc for homeowners who will be filing insurance claims, said > Professor Riddick. While he expects insurance companies to honor claims by > owners who have copies of their insurance policies, the potential for > delays > and other hassles is very real. > > New Orleans real estate attorney Marx Sterbcow of Marx Sterbcow Law Group > said Friday that the loss of the records, stored in the musty, moldy > basement of City Hall, may be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to > storm-related problems for Louisiana attorneys, citing a memo e-mailed to > Louisiana lawyers by Southern University Law Professor Michelle Ghetti. > > "Many ACREL members have been in touch with us to express concerns for > colleagues in the region. Members have been generous with offers of office > space housing and other support," Ghetti said. > > Real estate records aren't the only ones affected. Ghetti estimates that as > many as 6,000, or two-thirds of the state's attorneys, have lost offices, > files and other documents critical to civil and criminal legal cases. > Several court buildings were flooded by Hurricane Katrina, including the > basement in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Louisiana Supreme > Court > building. > > For City Hall records, Sterbcow said, "it's the mortgages that's going > to be > ugly. To put it mildly, how are you going to be able to prove if you own a > piece of property if your records are gone? How are you going to be able to > prove you have a mortgage, or one is paid off?" > > Records for the 24th Judicial District in Jefferson Parish are probably in > much better shape than the records in Orleans Parish, Sterbcow said. > > "Jefferson Parish sounds like they're going to be ok for mortgages and > conveyances,'' he said. > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. 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