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

Dear Darral: I have quite a bit of information. If your can give me an idea of what you already know and your postal address, I will send it to you. James French ----- Original Message ----- From: darral lawson <lawsdar@earthlink.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > I don`t know about Richard but I am related to James French and wife Margaret > Day > of Giles co va > and would like very much to have any thing you can give me about these families > My ggreatgrandmother was their daughter Ardelia A.M. French > > thanks > Darral Lawson > > > JamesFrench wrote: > > > Dear Richard: While at the Giles county historical society I found notes in > > the file on the Frenches by Mr. and Mrs. David B. Day. Are you related to > > the Southwest Virginia Frenches. If so, I would like to share > > information.James French. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Richard Day <roday1@erols.com> > > To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:42 PM > > Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > > > > > What happened to civility? This is really getting out of hand. I have > > been > > > getting messages from this list for months hoping that one day I'll come > > > across someone who is researching the same French family that I belong to. > > > Now I'm not so sure this is such a good idea. > > > >

Barbara, I know of two FRENCH lines in NJ. The oldest is that of Thomas FRENCH who came from England c1660. There is a two volume work on this Thomas which carries the line for a number of generations. See "Descendant of Thomas FRENCH", The author was a FRENCH. I'm away from my data at the moment, but will send more references when I get a chance. The other FRENCH line came to NJ from NE/NY. I have not worked this family as it was found not to relate to my line. I'm sure you will get a response from someone on the FRENCH-L. They are a very helpful bunch. Best regards, Hugh

Does anyone know of a FRENCH family in NJ. On the ss application of my half Uncle Henry his mother is listed as Sara French. This is the first time the surname French has appeared. Henry was born in Warrenville NJ in 1894. His father's name was Valentine SWODY. He had at least three brothers: William born 1868 in Whitehouse NJ; Frank born 1892 in Coontown NJ: and Peter born 1895 in North Plainfield Township NJ. I am mystified. Barbara of Baltimore

The counties which I know of are: Dearborn County, Ohio County, Greene County, and Jennings County. I believe these are all in the southeast corner of the state of Indiana. Thanks for the interest, Richard Day

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

Richard: What counties in Indiana are you searching? A lot of us have Indiana connections in our FRENCH families. Thanks, Jan Lund -----Original Message----- From: Richard Day <roday1@erols.com> To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:59 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 >

I don`t know about Richard but I am related to James French and wife Margaret Day of Giles co va and would like very much to have any thing you can give me about these families My ggreatgrandmother was their daughter Ardelia A.M. French thanks Darral Lawson JamesFrench wrote: > Dear Richard: While at the Giles county historical society I found notes in > the file on the Frenches by Mr. and Mrs. David B. Day. Are you related to > the Southwest Virginia Frenches. If so, I would like to share > information.James French. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard Day <roday1@erols.com> > To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > > > What happened to civility? This is really getting out of hand. I have > been > > getting messages from this list for months hoping that one day I'll come > > across someone who is researching the same French family that I belong to. > > Now I'm not so sure this is such a good idea. > >

Hugh, Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG FASG Is doing a study of the first 1000 applicants for land in MO. The goal is to determine where they migrated from. I think she has completed well over 700 of the names. She has a Lafford French in the pool of applicants. If you go to the Board for Certification web site you can find her address listed in the directory. How I know this is she placed an ad in Genealogy Helper about 10 years ago and I asked her about this at a conference. Margaret

In a message dated 05/23/2000 11:29:39 PM Central Daylight Time, PKane63794@aol.com writes: << Julia, when are the next papers from the FFA due to come? I haven't received anything in quite a while. Jackie >> I heard from Mara French a couple of days ago. She is with her very ill mother, day and night, and has no time for anything else at the moment. She is very anxious to be back to a normal life and is missing her work with the French Family Association. She will contact us when she can. Julia

All, The family of Joseph and Hannah (Horn) FRENCH included Lafford, William, Joseph, Simon and Sarah (m. Hugh MOORE). I am in search of the wife of William, brother to Lafford William allegedly departed SC about 1795 and went initially to KY with his brother, Simon, and, perhaps, his brother, Joseph. It is suggested that Lafford initially went to KY, but returned to SC. William may have owned land in Warren Co., KY. Simon settled in Christian Co., KY and stayed there. Wm. moved to White Co., TN about 1803 and died there in 1808. His daughter, Jane, m. John DENTON in KY (?) and moved with William to White Co., TN. By 1812 (Tax List) John DENTON is found in Warren Co., TN. By 1829 John DENTON and family were in Washington Co., AR. There is one account that said William FRENCH died before leaving SC and his widow went to Warren Co., TN. This has not been substantiated, but, if true, the William FRENCH tracked above is someone else. There are substantial records to establish that William FRENCH was married with family in SC. (USC 1790 Pendleton Distr). William lived very near the NC border with SC. I could find no marriage record in SC or NC. I would like to correspond with anyone researching this FRENCH family. Best regards, Hugh

Julia, when are the next papers from the FFA due to come? I haven't received anything in quite a while. Jackie

In a message dated 05/23/2000 9:34:51 PM Central Daylight Time, roday1@erols.com writes: << What happened to civility? This is really getting out of hand. I have been getting messages from this list for months hoping that one day I'll come across someone who is researching the same French family that I belong to. Now I'm not so sure this is such a good idea. >> Civility is alive and well. One ant doesn't ruin a picnic. Why don't you post your FRENCH line to see if there are any connections. Maybe everyone is waiting for everyone else to go first. Julia

In a message dated 05/23/2000 6:15:39 PM Central Daylight Time, HFTHusma@aol.com writes: << All, I apologize to the List membership. I am the one who threw the fat into the fire by questioning a part of the data presented regarding Joseph and Hannah (Horn) FRENCH through the FRENCH-L when I was addressing a specific individual. >> Hugh, The list is designed to send replies to the list, because we are all interested in the questions and the answers. This list is not so active that it is a bother to receive them. Please continue to question all research, and do it so that we can see the responses. BTW, I hated to do it, but, Jeff apparently has a personal problem. He had more than three strikes, and I have removed him from the list. He sent me nasty notes in private as well as continuing to send to the list. Julia

In a message dated 05/23/2000 4:40:44 PM Central Daylight Time, RFrench866@aol.com writes: << I understand what you are saying but why would you want to buy list from rootsweb >> That is the only way is will exist. If someone doesn't pay to start it, then it will not be, and we won't be exchanging info on our FRENCHs. Julia

Dear Richard: While at the Giles county historical society I found notes in the file on the Frenches by Mr. and Mrs. David B. Day. Are you related to the Southwest Virginia Frenches. If so, I would like to share information.James French. ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Day <roday1@erols.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > What happened to civility? This is really getting out of hand. I have been > getting messages from this list for months hoping that one day I'll come > across someone who is researching the same French family that I belong to. > Now I'm not so sure this is such a good idea. >

--part1_a1.5b1a55b.265c8bd4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, FYI Re Chart #20 kept by Jeff. Best regards, Hugh _____ In a message dated 5/23/00 8:49:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jlfrench@iname.com writes: In a message dated 5/23/00 4:58:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jlfrench@iname.com writes: << I have included your message from your last e-mail about the Joseph French and Hannah Horn in my research notes and database. I have changed the death information to read NJ or SC and I have put a question mark on the 1760 date. This way people will know that it is not proven yet and maybe someone will come up with documentation that will help. >> --part1_a1.5b1a55b.265c8bd4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <jlfrench@iname.com> Received: from rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (rly-yb01.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.1]) by air-yb02.mail.aol.com (v73.13) with ESMTP; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:49:31 -0400 Received: from [209.193.72.3] (topaz.vcn.com [209.193.72.3]) by rly-yb01.mx.aol.com (v74.10) with ESMTP; Tue, 23 May 2000 20:49:04 -0400 Received: from hostname (unverified [209.193.70.149]) by (Vircom SMTPRS 4.2.181) with SMTP id <B0001540378@> for <HFTHusma@aol.com>; Tue, 23 May 2000 18:49:03 -0600 Message-ID: <001c01bfc519$01dd5540$2052140a@wavecom.net> From: "jlfrench" <jlfrench@iname.com> To: <HFTHusma@aol.com> References: <36.648d210.265c5003@aol.com> Subject: Re: Fw: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:42:56 -0600 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 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 It is okay with me if you pass the message on to the French-L list. I for one am thru with the list and the attitude of the people on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: <HFTHusma@aol.com> To: <jlfrench@iname.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Fw: [FRENCH-L] Re: Lafford (1753 NJ-1834 NC) > In a message dated 5/23/00 4:58:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > jlfrench@iname.com writes: > > << I have included your message from your last e-mail about the Joseph French > > and Hannah Horn in my research notes and database. I have changed the > death > > information to read NJ or SC and I have put a question mark on the 1760 > > date. This way people will know that it is not proven yet and maybe > someone > > will come up with documentation that will help. > > >> > > Jeff, > Seems reasonable to me. > I would like to pass this on to the FRENCH-L, if you have no objection. > Best regards, > Hugh --part1_a1.5b1a55b.265c8bd4_boundary--

All, I apologize to the List membership. I am the one who threw the fat into the fire by questioning a part of the data presented regarding Joseph and Hannah (Horn) FRENCH through the FRENCH-L when I was addressing a specific individual. The better procedure would be to privately (non-list) question the data and then send the List the result. Personal criticism should be done PRIVATELY. Early in my life I was taught to praise in public and chastise in private. Its a good rule. 'Nough said. Over and out. Best regards, Hugh

I understand what you are saying but why would you want to buy list from rootsweb

What happened to civility? This is really getting out of hand. I have been getting messages from this list for months hoping that one day I'll come across someone who is researching the same French family that I belong to. Now I'm not so sure this is such a good idea.