I hope this isn't out of line, but thought you might enjoy it.... 1. You are the only person to show up at the cemetery research party with > a > > shovel. > > > > 2. To put the "final touches" on your genealogical research, you've asked > all of > > your closest relatives to provide DNA samples. > > > > 3. Your house leans slightly toward the side where your genealogical > records are > > stored. > > > > 4. You decided to take a two-week break from genealogy, and the U.S. > Postal > > Office immediately laid off 1,500 employees. > > > > 5. Out of respect for your best friend's unquestioned reputation for > honesty and > > integrity, you are willing to turn off that noisy surveillance camera > while she > > reviews your 57 genealogical research notebooks in your home. The armed > security > > guard, however, will remain. > > > > 6. You plod merrily along "refining" your recently published family > history, > > blissfully unaware that the number of errata pages now far exceeds the > number of > > pages in your original publication. > > > > 7. During an ice storm and power outage, you ignore the pleas of your > shivering > > spouse and place your last quilt around that 1886 photograph of dear Uncle > > George. > > > > 8. The most recent document in your "Missing Ancestors" file is a 36 page > > contract between you and Johnson Billboard Advertising Company. > > > > 9. Ed McMahon, several TV cameras and an envelope from Publishers Clearing > House > > arrive at your front door on Super Bowl Sunday, and the first thing you > say is, > > "Are you related to the McMahon's of Ohio?" > > > > 10. "A Loving Family" and "Financial Security" have moved up to second and > > third, respectively, on your list of life's goals, but still lag far > behind > > "Owning My Own Microfilm Reader." > > > > 11. A magical genie appears and agrees to grant your any one wish, and you > ask > > that the 1890 census be restored.

Dee, Who is it that you want to send you their mailing address? Mick Kitchens in Western Australia. www.tnet.com.au/~aandm If patience with the living is a virtue then patience with the dead is a necessity. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 14 August 2000 5:11 Subject: [GA-Roots] POSTAL ADDRESSES PLEASE > If I'm doing an Archives lookup for you please send me your mailing address. > Dee > For details on sources used, refer to this link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm >

Visit Georgia's Confederate Monuments on line. The site has been updated with more photos. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/pines/3093 Enjoy Faye

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Hello Carole - Thanks for the information on BLITCH/YOUNG. I have a list of some burials in the BLITCH/YOUNG Cemetery. I do have a John Gideon BLITCH b. 20 June 1836 married: Georgia Ann Slater d. 1867 Eliza Brantley d. 1870 Laura Williams YOUNG m. in 1871 (your date) must be his 3rd wife. John Gideon BLITCH was the son of William BLITCH and Elizabeth TULLIS. John Gideon BLITCH was the brother of William Homer BLITCH. Is this the same John Gideon BLITCH? John G. and William H. had a sister Laura BLITCH b. 1852. Maureen in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Drexel <gdrexel1@airmail.net> To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com>; <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>; Maureen McCarthy <jmm1682@worldnet.att.net> Cc: Jim Blease <leds@datasys.net> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 5:25 PM Subject: Re: Marriage of Laura Williams to Thomas Young, 1861, and Laura W. Young, widow, m. John Gideon Blitch, 1871 > Hi again, Maureen. Ok. I found this letter, from Mr. Charles Parish > Blitch, to me, dated January 10, 1999. In it, he is giving me the details > of how the Young and Blitch family came together. > > "My grandmother's sister, LAURA WILLIAMS, married THOMAS YOUNG, son of JAMES > YOUNG, SR., in 1861. [My note: Thomas Young was killed in the Civil War. > He is buried in the now "YOUNG/BLITCH" cemetery in Bulloch County, GA] They > had one daughter, MARY THOMAS YOUNG, to survive. She married DANIEL C. > ASHLEY of Valdosta. LAURA WILLIAMS YOUNG married my grandfather's brother, > JOHN GIDEON BLITCH, in 1871. That's how we are connected to the Young > family. Also JAMES YOUNG, JR. married my great grandmother, ROXEY ANN > WILLIAMS, around 1851. Her first husband, WASHINGTON WILLIAMS, died in > 1845." > > I will post separately references of how it became the Blitch/Lane house. > Carole > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Maureen McCarthy <jmm1682@worldnet.att.net> > To: Gregory Drexel <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [GASCREVE] Dixon Hollingsworth's card file: Silas Morton > marriage to Miss Mary Hunter, 1813. > > > > Is there a card collection at the Screven Library for the BIRD family?!! > > > > Did you post the info on the YOUNG/BLITCH Cemetery? If so please tell me > > the YOUNG who m. BLITCH. I have lots of the BLITCH family in my database > > but can not find one of them who m. a YOUNG. > > > > Thanks you - I've enjoyed reading your postings. > > > > Maureen in CA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Gregory Drexel <gdrexel1@airmail.net> > > To: <GASCREVE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 2:10 PM > > Subject: [GASCREVE] Dixon Hollingsworth's card file: Silas Morton marriage > > to Miss Mary Hunter, 1813. > > > > > > > Here is another posting of a card that I found in the Dixon > Hollingsworth > > card collection at the Screven County Library. > > > > > > It ties in with the YOUNG posts that I send yesterday. > > > > > > HUNTER Book 1, Miscellaneous Records, Effingham County, GA p. 260 > > > > > > Marriage license, granted 5-19-1813, to MR. SILAS MORTON with MISS MARY > > HUNTER, both of Screven County, GA. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > >

Thanks for the info. It might help in my research at Library in Macon. Thanks again. Mary

You, for one of forty nine. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Mick Kitchens <aandm@tnet.com.au> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 6:26 AM Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] POSTAL ADDRESSES PLEASE Dee, Who is it that you want to send you their mailing address? Mick Kitchens in Western Australia. www.tnet.com.au/~aandm If patience with the living is a virtue then patience with the dead is a necessity. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dee Thompson <d7777@worldnet.att.net> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 14 August 2000 5:11 Subject: [GA-Roots] POSTAL ADDRESSES PLEASE > If I'm doing an Archives lookup for you please send me your mailing address. > Dee > For details on sources used, refer to this link: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm >

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While I personally agree with Debbie, it is really up to the listowner to decide what is appropriate for the list and I think we should abide by the rules or start a new list. Just my opinion. Doris

Debbie: Very well said!!!!

Debbie and other interested parties, I do not think that anyone feels that the items you mentioned are not part of genealogy or part of the search for our past. I most definitely want to know the "whole" story, as much as possible. However, the objection that some of us have is the continuing messages (for days) that simply read : "me, too.", or request the recipe for fried cornbread---these requests could, and should, be made privately. If most people are like me, there are at least 200 emails per day to handle; therefore these redundant messages get to be frustrating. Ah, some say hit the delete button. However, since a lot of people DO NOT change the subject line, who knows if that little piece of info you are seeking is there. I think what people are asking is a little courtesy for, and from, all of us. I certainly enjoy the "fun" aspects of the lists that I'm on, but after 1/2 a day enough really is enough. Tootsie in GA Debbie Isaza wrote: > Why do we do genealogy? Is it to put names and dates on paper? Or is it > to put the lives of our ancestors into our understanding? If it is to gain > an understanding of our heritage, then, I am sorry, recipes are a part of > that. So is weaving, so is housebuilding, so is modes of travel, so is > grammar, so is animal husbandry, so is crop raising, so is religion, so is > medical practices. If we have no inheritance, other than names and dates on > paper, why would anyone care? If some people DO CARE only about the > cut -and -dried f-acts, and are offended by any non "just the facts" > discussion, I think a list that consists of a variety of people sharing > facts, views, and memories. is innappropriate for these researchers. I > think these genealogists would better serve their needs visiting archives, > family history centers, and libraries. On-line lists are disparate human > beings with differing points of achievment in their search, wiht every gamut > of human condition in thieer backgounds, and with a desire, often times, > just to connect and understand. It is sad that we have come to fear attack > if we share the stuff of our most rare heritage....our memories. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GA-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <GA-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 9:05 PM > Subject: GA-ROOTS-D Digest V00 #247

>From: Debbie Isaza Why do we do genealogy? Is it to put names and dates on paper? Or is it to put the lives of our ancestors into our understanding?<snip> On-line lists are disparate humanbeings with differing points of achievment in their search, wiht every gamutof human condition in thieer backgounds, and with a desire, often times,just to connect and understand. It is sad that we have come to fear attackif we share the stuff of our most rare heritage....our memories.< Debbie, That was beautiful. Very well said. Thank you. Total agreement. Sharon Driver Wright

"Mere family never made a man great. Thought and deed, not pedigree, are the passports to enduring fame." ___ Mikhail Skobeleff, Rus. Gen. 1843-1882

Debbie thank you I love Genealogy from A-Z the storis bring them to life an it was a hard life they were a hardy bunch from me i think everone for the recipes I copy them it is rare you get good eating like that any more. Thank you an God Bless Berniece

I suppose I might have spent a good part of my life wondering why my greatgrandfather lost his eyesight and am still not sure if that was genetic or otherwise but I did make one amazing discovery in my research. He was caught up in the 1864 Georgia Militia Census called by Governor Brown and wound up being a guard at Andersonville Prison at the age of 46. In reading a lot of information pertaining to that place, one of the most frequently diagnosed "diseases" was "moon blindness". Still didn't sink in, except that I thought "OK, if I look at the moon long enough as those soldiers did, then I might not could see too well either." BUT, last year when the long-awaited full impact of the moon reached its closest point to earth in its orbit and was at its brightest, it finally sunk in. Did you know that in the time span the heavenly bodies took to reach that point, it happened the last time during the the Civil War years?? The moon the prisoners were looking at, while confined to Andersonville, was reaching its fullest impact and did not occur again until last year. Amazing that we were looking at the same phenomena that they were so many long decades ago. Jane ---------- > From: Sharon <shadri@perry.gulfnet.com> > To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] D Digest V00 #247/Why Do We Do Genealogy > Date: Sunday, August 13, 2000 10:04 PM > > >From: Debbie Isaza > Why do we do genealogy? Is it to put names and dates on paper? Or is it > to put the lives of our ancestors into our understanding?

Hello Jane. Laura Williams married, in 1861, Thomas Jones Young. So she would be Laura W. Young. When Thomas was killed in the Civil War, after the war, she married John Gideon Blitch, but that wasn't until 1871. Thomas and Laura W. Young had a few children, I believe, but all died very young. Only one daughter, Mary Thomas Young, survived. Now that is what Mr. Blitch wrote to me. This is what A. C. Felton, in 1955, wrote for "The Young Family of Georgia". The early part was also used for the basis of paperwork for Wm. Spain's Colonial Dames papers, going in under "Elizabeth Young". A. C. Felton was another Young descendant, himself, of Macon, GA. (notes added in () are from Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan Register) p. 44. THOMAS JONES YOUNG. b. 1830 (1827) d. January 12, 1865 (buried in Young Cemetery, Bulloch County, GA) (Bulloch County toombstone says d. Jan. 12, 1865, age 38 years) m. LAURA WILLIAMS on September 3, 1861. She was born August 2, 1844, and died December 20, 1921. 1. (Little Jimmie Young, son of Thomas and Laura Young b. 9-8-1862, d. 9-23-1864, 2 years 15 days, toombstone record, Young Cemetery) 2. MARY THOMAS YOUNG. b. November 9, 1864. m. DANIEL CORNELIUS ASHLEY on June 27, 1888. He was born on June 18, 1859, and died May 22, 1920. His parents were Dr. William ASHLEY and GEORGIANNA SMITH ASHLEY. Five children: a. Laura Ashley, b. September 13, 1889 m. Dr. Frank Bird on Feb. 19, 1916. He was born on June 30, 188? plus all their descendants. Unfortunately, there is no marriage data here for the widow Laura Williams Young's marriage to Blitch. Nor any mention of any further children, if they had any. Perhaps Mr. Parish Blitch could give you that data, as this is not my primary line. Perhaps Mary Thomas Young was adopted by John Gideon Blitch, and hence she took the last name of Blitch instead of Young, or was nicknamed for her father, Tommie, and her adopted father, Blitch. Also, there is no death or burial information for Mary Thomas Young, either. I'm afraid that is all the information that I have on the Blitch family. Carole Farr Drexel gdrexel1@airmail.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Benson <jab50@bellsouth.net> To: Gregory Drexel <gdrexel1@airmail.net> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Re: Marriage of Laura Williams to Thomas Young, 1861, and Laura W. Young, widow, m. John Gideon Blitch, 1871 > I need clarification, please, on the data listed below. I have in my paper > files, a handwritten letter from an earlier Ashley ancestor to a lady > working in the Archives at Atlanta, dated November 27, 1926, in which she > states that the wife of Daniel Cornelius Ashley was "Tommie Blitch". > Perhaps she was thinking of the family she came from? I've had relatives > to do that in the past. They couldn't remember the last name of a daughter > or granddaughter but did remember the father & grandfather's names. And > did Mary Thomas Young go by the nickname of "Tommie"? I do appreciate your > clarification of this name for me. D.C. & & Tommie Young Ashley are buried > at Sunset Hill Cemetery, section C2-4 in Valdosta. His dates are 1859/1920 > and hers are 1864/1954. A newspaper article I have dated Sept. 16, 1965 > gives her name as Tommy Young of Liberty County. So, I am confused about > the Mary Thomas Young and where the Blitch fits into her name. > > Also, would there be any records in the Young files for a JAMES YOUNG, born > August 15, 1750 and died September 17, 1802 in Prosperity, SC that married > MARY THOMPSON, born February 15, 1753 in Ireland and died November 14, 1834 > in Prosperity, SC (Newberry County)? > Thank you, > Jane Ashley Benson > > > > "My grandmother's sister, LAURA WILLIAMS, married THOMAS YOUNG, son of > JAMES > > YOUNG, SR., in 1861. [My note: Thomas Young was killed in the Civil > War. > > He is buried in the now "YOUNG/BLITCH" cemetery in Bulloch County, GA] > They > > had one daughter, MARY THOMAS YOUNG, to survive. She married DANIEL C. > > ASHLEY of Valdosta.

Scotty...get off the soap box, just go find ALL MY relatives, forget about YOURS. I am duck'n quick, ear

The website you need is <http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi> >From: FLD <fdy@gate.net> >Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [GA-Roots] Surname info at rootsweb >Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 14:16:46 -0400 > >Can anyone on the list help with this? I have also looked and do not see >anyway to access a list of actual names. Would someone that is more >familiar with this type search please help? > >Faye > > > >X-From_: Jmbarker29@aol.com Sun Aug 13 13:51:13 2000 > >From: Jmbarker29@aol.com > >Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:51:07 EDT > >Subject: help > >To: fdy@gate.net > >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 214 > > > >Faye: > > > >I type in http://www.rootsweb.com when it comes up there is a place to >type > >in surnames so I type in BRUMMETTE, then it says location so I type in > >Waynesboro Burke County GA or Sylvania Screven County GA and click on >search. > > Next there comes a page that says "see Brummette resource page for more > >searches so I click on that - then I have no where to go after that and >no > >list of Brummettes. The complete http address that appears while I am >doing > >this is http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/r/BRUMMETT/ > > > >Like I said, I am very new at the internet and at genealogy so any help >you > >can give is greatly appreciated. > > > >Thanks again, Jeanne > > > >you wrote: > >I do not use AOL so I can not use the keyword. > > > >Get to the point where you are stuck and send me the address that appears > >in the web page address. I will have to look at it. > > > >Faye > > > > > > > >At 09:26 AM 08/13/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >>Dear Faye: > >> > >>Thank you for responding to my plea of help. > >> > >>I type into the keyword area Rootsweb.com and when that comes up I type >in > >>the name Brummette then click on search. I get to the point where they >tell > >>me BRUMMETTE B653 then I have no idea how to get there. > >> > >>I will deeply appreciate any assistance you are able to give me. > >> > >>Thanks, Jeanne > >> > >>Give me the Internet address you are using to get to the point you are >at, > >>and I will see what I can find out for you. This is not something I >use, > >>and without looking at it, I can't be of help. > >> > >>Faye > >> > >> > >>At 05:26 PM 08/12/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >>>Dear Faye: > >>> > >>>I will begin with an apology - I am new at the internet and genealogy >so I > >>>naturally need help. > >>> > >>>I have been to the GA Rootsweb looking for a family by the name of >BRUMMETTE > >>>in Waynesboro Burke County Georgia and have found a listing of >Brummette at > >>>B653 but, Faye, how in the world do I access that list of >Brummette's????? > >>> > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Amen Debbie - On a recent visit to the near by LDS Family History Center here in the Golden State . . . I over heard a few in depth conversations on lunch/dinner plans ! So I don't understand what's the beef . . . cut and dry is so boring, and taste less. *********************************** a dweller on the path by the hedge . . . *********************************** your friend in Christ; Ken Hedgpeth Acadia, California Acts 1:8 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Isaza" <mti98@gate.net> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 3:47 PM Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: GA-ROOTS-D Digest V00 #247 > Why do we do genealogy? Is it to put names and dates on paper? Or is it > to put the lives of our ancestors into our understanding? If it is to gain > an understanding of our heritage, then, I am sorry, recipes are a part of > that. So is weaving, so is housebuilding, so is modes of travel, so is > grammar, so is animal husbandry, so is crop raising, so is religion, so is > medical practices. If we have no inheritance, other than names and dates on > paper, why would anyone care? If some people DO CARE only about the > cut -and -dried f-acts, and are offended by any non "just the facts" > discussion, I think a list that consists of a variety of people sharing > facts, views, and memories. is innappropriate for these researchers. I > think these genealogists would better serve their needs visiting archives, > family history centers, and libraries. On-line lists are disparate human > beings with differing points of achievment in their search, wiht every gamut > of human condition in thieer backgounds, and with a desire, often times, > just to connect and understand. It is sad that we have come to fear attack > if we share the stuff of our most rare heritage....our memories. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GA-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <GA-ROOTS-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 9:05 PM > Subject: GA-ROOTS-D Digest V00 #247 > > > > >

Good Evening, Like Debbie, I am not satisfied just in vital statistics. To broaden our knowledge we need anything we can find that helps us understand how our ancestors lived, whether it concerns what they ate, what they did for recreation or what they experienced in their daily lives. In my case, extended research told me that my GrGrGrandpa was one of many signers of the Alamance Petition prior to the battle of the same name. He appears to have been wounded during the battle since local records tell us he was listed as an invalid in the next tax report. As for the self assigned "censor's" on the list, I feel sorry that your knowledge is so narrow. Have a good day and Keep Looking UP. Angus "Scotty" Robinson From: Debbie Isaza <mti98@gate.net> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2000 5:47 PM Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: GA-ROOTS-D Digest V00 #247 > Why do we do genealogy? Is it to put names and dates on paper?