If your friend's ancestors were of Huguenot descent, try Huguenot-L@rootsweb.com Perhaps someone on that list could help you with additional French mailing lists. Marion Scherer

Can anyone recommend the address of a good French rootsweb mailing list? I'm trying to help a friend who is elderly and not on the Internet find her BEZAULT and PIETROIS family. Thank you. Francine Conn Halter Researching HALTER in Alsace

Does anyone tie into this James FRENCH of Cumberland County, Kentucky? On the Cumberland County, KY 1799 Tax List: FRENCH, James, no land Cumberland County was where my Williams family lived.....Nancy WILLIAMS was Julia Ann DOUGHERTY's Mother.....Julia married Samuel FRENCH. Maybe there is a connection? If anyone has any information on this James, please let me know......maybe he is Samuel's Father or another brother of Samuel and George Hedges FRENCH. Thanks for any help...Jan Lund

Mara, Sorry to hear about you mother. Take your time we all understand what you are doing and how difficult a task it is to take care of a loved one, especially a parent. Godd luck and Best Wishes, Richard Howlett On Wednesday, May 31, 2000 3:44 PM, Mara French [SMTP:FrenchFamilyAssociation@compuserve.com] wrote: > To everyone trying to reach the French Family Association: > > I apologize for not answering your communication in a timely manner. > My 91-year old mother had a massive stroke followed by a seizure and > was in the ICU for several weeks. She is now at home and we alternate > taking care of her. It has been a very difficult, painful emergency for our > family. > > I've decreased my work schedule to 4 days per week and intend to work > on French genealogy all day Fridays. > > I'll now be attending to your communication. Please excuse the delay. > > Best regards, > Mara French > > PS. For anyone wanting to join the FFA or know more about it, please > wait until August for inquiries so that I can catch up with our present > members. At that time, I'll send email describing the FFA. > > ______________________________

Mara take care of Mom there will always be a list but one Mom Berniece

Hi Mara - I'm so glad to hear your Mother is improving--my positive thoughts go out to her for continued health. Mara, when I renewed my membership in the FAA, I included payment for the chart my family is covered on, and also asked about the three quarterlies I didn't receive for my last membership year. I haven't received an acknowledgement from the FAA. My check cleared some time ago, and I am getting a little concerned. I understand completely that you have been unable to respond personally, but I had hoped I would hear from someone else connected with the association. I would appreciate your looking into this when time allows. Again, God Bless you and your family. Thank you. Billie B. (Faulk) Rudy

To everyone trying to reach the French Family Association: I apologize for not answering your communication in a timely manner. My 91-year old mother had a massive stroke followed by a seizure and was in the ICU for several weeks. She is now at home and we alternate taking care of her. It has been a very difficult, painful emergency for our family. I've decreased my work schedule to 4 days per week and intend to work on French genealogy all day Fridays. I'll now be attending to your communication. Please excuse the delay. Best regards, Mara French PS. For anyone wanting to join the FFA or know more about it, please wait until August for inquiries so that I can catch up with our present members. At that time, I'll send email describing the FFA.

To Peggy at Pegletpf@aol.com If you want to know more on this family, contact the French Family Association: FrenchFamilyAssociation@compuserve.com. Thanks, Mara French 1.1* John Morgan French, b. ca. 1809, 1810, or 1811 in South Carolina [8], m1. a Miss Burgess ca. 1835 who died shortly after 1842 in TN after giving birth to four children [2], m2. ca. 1844 Elizabeth L. Campbell in Tennessee. John was a chairmaker. He d. 1859 near Coffeeville, Yalobusha County, MS. Elizabeth had five children. John moved to Tennessee, perhaps Gibson Co. [8], before 1820, and Dyersbury, TN about 1840, then in moved to Yalobusha County, Mississippi between 1842 and 1845 [1]. Elizabeth may be descended from the Campbell family in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Elizabeth was b. 23 May 1819. First 4 children born in TN, possibly Dyersburg in Dyer Co., and the last 5 children were born in Mississippi. All 9 children born from1835 thru 1856 [3]. After the death of her 1st husband in 1859, Elizabeth m. John H. Brock [4]. SECOND GENERATION Children of John Morgan French, 1.1. 2.1 Robin O. French, b. ca. 1835 in TN [1], age 15 in 1850 [2]. 2.2* Burgess Lawrence French, b. Jan 1838 in TN, m. 22 Feb 1859, d. 1912 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi [3]. Age 12 in 1850 [1]. 2.3 Henry French, b. 1840 in TN [2], age 10 in 1850 [1]. 2.4 Rachel French, b. 1842 in TN [2], age 8 in 1850 [1]. 2.5 Harriet French, b. 1845 in Mississippi [2], age 5 in 1850 [1]. 2.6 James Lorenzo French, b. 1847 in Mississippi [2], age 3 in 1850 [1]. 2.7 Unity Elizabeth French, b. 1850 in Mississippi [2], about 6 months old in 1850 [1]. 2.8 John Morgan French, Jr., b. 1853 in Mississippi [2]. Age 7 in 1860 [4]. 2.9* William Wesley French, b. ca. 1856 in Mississippi [2], m. Frances Shaw. Age 4 in 1860 [4]. Frances was a mid-wife [2] [8].

Dear Richard, The names of your French ancestors and the locale is so similar to mine that I thought I would contact you and see if we had any connection. My G-Grandfather Thomas French was born in 1835, Jennings Co. IN. He was living with the Dixon family (1850 census). He married Mary Little b. Dearborn Co. 1840 and moved to Jennings after 1850. They were married in 1864. They are both buried in Queensville Cemetery, Geneva Twp. Jennings Co.IN. I have never been able to find his parents or any siblings. I have been researching them for years. I have been to Jennings Co. twice but am unable to come up with anything. Sincerely, Louise Church luise2@juno.com On Thu, 25 May 2000 11:49:08 -0400 "Richard Day" <roday1@erols.com> writes: > No, I don't believe I am related to the Frenchs from VA. Actually I > don't > go very far back with my French family. I am still trying to find > my French > roots in Indiana. > > My GGrandfather was Thomas French, (B ~1857 in Rising Sun, Indiana), > married > Nancy A. Graves ( B. 5 July 1854, North Vernon, Indiana), Feb 21, > 1878. > > They had four children, Walter, Ralph, Edward (my grandfather), and > Leora. > > Thomas and Nancy lived in Aurora, Indiana and are buried in > Riverview > Cemetary there. > > Anybody out there who might have some connections to this branch of > the > French tree?? I would love to hear from you. > > Richard Day > ________________________________________________________________ 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.

Julia Kidd...Where do you find Indian tribal lists?? My gr gr grandmother was Cherokee, but I haven't been able to prove it.

----- Original Message ----- From: George R. French To: French-L list Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: William James French Hi Folks: Does anyone have this gentleman, Christened (or born) 13 Jan 1839, Old Church,Saint Pancras, London, England in their line? I'm trying to determine if he immigrated to North America and if so, who he married. Thanks. George French

There were many Frenchs in New Jersey - many different counties. Sussex County, Morris County, Huntingdon County and what is now Ocean County - to name a few. Also, different spellings - Frensh for one. My 4th great grandfather was Jeremiah L. French who was in Sandyston, Sussex County, NJ in 1778. He served in the Continental Army as a private. Jeremiah married Margarete VanGorder/VanGarden. (Sussex County was formed from part of Morris County). Jeremiah moved to Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA after being mustered out of the Army. He appears on the 1790 Census as having one son over 16, two sons under sixteen and two daughters under sixteen. The sons were, Moses French, Sr., William French and Jeremiah French. I believe the sisters were Flora and possibly Mary. Jeremiah and his family then remove to Tioga County, New York appearing on the 1800 Census for that county. Jeremiah and Margarete both died in 1846, Erin, Tioga Co., NY. Jeremiah's sons Moses Sr. and William resided in Chemung and Steuben Counties, NY and raised their families in those counties until after their parents' death. At that time, both sons and their families moved to French Hill, Middlebury, Tioga County, PA. I believe that Jeremiah's father was also a Jeremiah, but haven't been able to confirm that. Although many of the New Jersey Frenchs were Quakers, I am disinclined to think that Jeremiah and his family were. Margarete VanGorder/VanGarden was of the Dutch Reformed Church which had been her family's faith for many generations. My grandfather told me that his family had come from New England, moved down the coast then over to PA and NY. Sound familiar to anyone. Some other allied lines are Martin, Shaff, Churchill, VanGorder/VanGarden, Hulett/Hewlett and Monk. Still out there are Shoemaker, Niles, Lyman and Myers to name a few. This is chart 179 French Family Association. Please let me know if any of this sounds familiar to anyone. Marion Scherer

-----Original Message----- From: JULIAFWOOD@aol.com <JULIAFWOOD@aol.com> To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] French family in NJ? >In a message dated 05/26/2000 1:54:56 AM Central Daylight Time, >wcfrench@compuserve.com writes: > ><< Hugh > I would be interested to learn of the work you mentioned concerning a > Thomas French coming from England abt 1660. I would appreciate knowing the > name of the person with that information so I can compare my genealogy to > it. > Bill French > Houston TX > >> > >Bill, >If you live in Houston, you are very lucky. The Clayton Library has almost >every book ever written. You will be able to find the Thomas French Book >there. >Julia > > Hello, If I may add a P.S., suggest trying Inter-Library Loan. That worked for me a few months ago, the author was Howard Barclay French, the copy that was loaned to me was from a library in Philadelphia. Best regards, Grace Baxter Constantine

True or False? I recently received information on Hannah Horn(e), and respectfully submit to the list for verification. Hannah born ca 1723 was the child of Simon Horn(e) and Sarah Olden of Piscataway New Jersey.

Does anyone have any info on a John Morgan French b 1811 in SC...married twice, the first wife was probably a Miss Burgess or Bird, the second was Elizabeth L Campbell. John Morgan lived in TN, for a while he lived in the Dyersburg, TN area and from there he moved (around the 1840's) to Coffeeville, MS. His first set of children were: Robin, Burgess Lawrence, Henry, and Rachel. His children with Elizabeth were: Harriet, James Lorenzo, Unity Elizabeth, John Morgan,Jr, and William Wesley. John Morgan Sr died in 1859. I don't know anything about his parents or siblings.

--part1_8.584e5aa.265fea33_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 05/26/2000 9:44:02 AM Central Daylight Time, GALE_FRENCH@prodigy.net writes: << GALE_FRENCH@prodigy.net >> --part1_8.584e5aa.265fea33_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <listadmin-bounces@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (rly-zb05.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.5]) by air-zb02.mail.aol.com (v73.13) with ESMTP; Fri, 26 May 2000 10:44:02 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (v74.10) with ESMTP; Fri, 26 May 2000 10:43:47 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA13082 for FRENCH-admin@lists.rootsweb.com; Fri, 26 May 2000 07:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 07:43:32 -0700 (PDT) X-From_: GALE_FRENCH@prodigy.net Fri May 26 07:43:31 2000 Received: from bl-3.rootsweb.com (bl-3.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.19]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA13061 for <FRENCH-L@lists.rootsweb.com>; Fri, 26 May 2000 07:43:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pimout7-int.prodigy.net (pimout7-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.106]) by bl-3.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA20575 for <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com>; Fri, 26 May 2000 07:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from default (nas-51-198.houston.navipath.net [216.67.51.198]) by pimout7-int.prodigy.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA94472 for <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com>; Fri, 26 May 2000 10:43:42 -0400 Message-ID: <00c201bfc720$c93a8640$c63343d8@default> From: "GALE L FRENCH" <GALE_FRENCH@prodigy.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Old-Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 09:39:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list Subject: {not a subscriber} Fw: [FRENCH-L] French Family Association X-Envelope-To: FRENCH-L For those of us who are new to the list, WHAT is the French Family Association?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gale French -----Original Message----- From: PKane63794@aol.com <PKane63794@aol.com> To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 23 May, 2000 11:25 PM Subject: [FRENCH-L] French Family Association >Julia, when are the next papers from the FFA due to come? I haven't received >anything in quite a while. >Jackie > >______________________________ --part1_8.584e5aa.265fea33_boundary--

I appreciate that the list is mainly American orietated but would never the less like to inquire whether any members have any information on Samuel French, butcher of Seaford, England who was burried on 25 June 1767. He married Jane Swayne, spinster of Seaford by licence of Arch.D of Lewes 6 May 1728, the wedding took place at Arlington on 28 May 1728 at Arlington, Sussex and she was burried on 20 December 1739/40. Pax et bonum, Brian French ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Day <roday1@erols.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > No, I don't believe I am related to the Frenchs from VA. Actually I don't > go very far back with my French family. I am still trying to find my French > roots in Indiana. > > My GGrandfather was Thomas French, (B ~1857 in Rising Sun, Indiana), married > Nancy A. Graves ( B. 5 July 1854, North Vernon, Indiana), Feb 21, 1878. > > They had four children, Walter, Ralph, Edward (my grandfather), and Leora. > > Thomas and Nancy lived in Aurora, Indiana and are buried in Riverview > Cemetary there. > > Anybody out there who might have some connections to this branch of the > French tree?? I would love to hear from you. > > Richard Day > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Day <roday1@erols.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > No, I don't believe I am related to the Frenchs from VA. Actually I don't > go very far back with my French family. I am still trying to find my French > roots in Indiana. > > My GGrandfather was Thomas French, (B ~1857 in Rising Sun, Indiana), married > Nancy A. Graves ( B. 5 July 1854, North Vernon, Indiana), Feb 21, 1878. > > They had four children, Walter, Ralph, Edward (my grandfather), and Leora. > > Thomas and Nancy lived in Aurora, Indiana and are buried in Riverview > Cemetary there. > > Anybody out there who might have some connections to this branch of the > French tree?? I would love to hear from you. > > Richard Day > >

In a message dated 05/26/2000 1:54:56 AM Central Daylight Time, wcfrench@compuserve.com writes: << Hugh I would be interested to learn of the work you mentioned concerning a Thomas French coming from England abt 1660. I would appreciate knowing the name of the person with that information so I can compare my genealogy to it. Bill French Houston TX >> Bill, If you live in Houston, you are very lucky. The Clayton Library has almost every book ever written. You will be able to find the Thomas French Book there. Julia

My Mary T French is American Indian, probably Cherokee. She was married in 1844 in Limestone, Alabama to John Murphy Wood, and moved to Burnet County, Texas. I have found quite a few French on the lists, and have met one lovely one, Ann, who is working for the government in Washington. I couldn't find anything until I started looking in the tribal lists. Does anyone have a hint that they , too, might be Cherokee? Julia Kidd -----Original Message----- From: FRENCH-D-request@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: FRENCH-D@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:19 AM Subject: FRENCH-D Digest V00 #104