Thank you to everyone who has already written regarding my cookbook. Just want to let the list know that I'm leaving in a few minutes to go to n. FL on a genealogy trip. I will still be able to get email, but won't be able to answer until Monday. So don't worry when you don't get a reply. Will reply on Monday. Thanks! Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL

Good Afternoon Pamela, I would have liked to watch that old submarine break the surface. It's hard to imagine that it sank one hundred and thirty six years ago. My Morris line lived in Atlanta during the Civil War and my Robinson line lived west of Atlanta in Haralson County, GA. How I wish they had left a journal of those days. Angus From: <ConfederateLady@aol.com> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [GA-Roots] Hunley > Dear Scotty~ > > My family and I just returned home from Charleston. We were there when they > brought the C.S.S. Hunley back to the surface. It was incredible! My > husband and our oldest son were lucky enough to be on one of the boats out by > the barge. My younger son and I watched from the battery. > > Pamela >

I would like the pear preserve recipe, also. Need one for fig preserves, also. Liz In a message dated 08/09/2000 11:39:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, AJRFH3@aol.com writes: << Subj: [GA-Roots] Re: GA-ROOTS-D Digest V00 #244 Date: 08/09/2000 11:39:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: AJRFH3@aol.com Reply-to: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Billie, I would dearly love to get your pear preserves recipe. My mom used to make that and it was "to die for" good. Your "cooking list" looks just too good to be true and brings back memories long ago forgotten of mom's cooking--back in the 1930s and 40s. Thank you sooo much. Displaced GA Rebel--now MN Gus ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Return-Path: <.GA-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yb04.mx.aol.com (rly-yb04.mail.aol.com [172.18.146.4]) by air-yb03.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:39:28 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-yb04.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Aug 2000 11:39:01 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e79Fbse06771; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:37:54 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:37:54 -0700 X-Original-Sender: AJRFH3@aol.com Wed Aug 9 08:37:53 2000 From: AJRFH3@aol.com Message-ID: <.f2.1a8cc25.26c2d4c8@aol.com> Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 11:37:44 EDT Old-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 147 Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: GA-ROOTS-D Digest V00 #244 Resent-Message-ID: <615QmD.A.npB.RrXk5@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <.GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3180 X-Loop: GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GA-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com >>

Don't know, Marsha, but you can be my cousin if'n y'ont to. Jim in Vero Beach FL At 08:30 AM 08/09/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Ok, What's with this Yankee stuff???:-) >I'm the first generation of my family, both sides, born out of the >south. I use "southernisms" in my speech and get picked on, my husband >perpetually reminds me I'm not from the south, even though all my civil >war ancestors were csa and I really do like cornbread, although I never >got the hang of turnip greens. So, What Am I? hahahahahaha! >Marsha >--

Dear Scotty~ My family and I just returned home from Charleston. We were there when they brought the C.S.S. Hunley back to the surface. It was incredible! My husband and our oldest son were lucky enough to be on one of the boats out by the barge. My younger son and I watched from the battery. Pamela

Billie, I would dearly love to get your pear preserves recipe. My mom used to make that and it was "to die for" good. Your "cooking list" looks just too good to be true and brings back memories long ago forgotten of mom's cooking--back in the 1930s and 40s. Thank you sooo much. Displaced GA Rebel--now MN Gus

Liz, I would be interested in buying two copies of the cook book if you send me your address so I can send you the money. Thanks, Jane

>Good Morning Everyone, Can anyone imagine the bravery of those men? Angus "Scotty" Robinson A former certified Scuba Diver< Good Mornin' Scotty and All, You are so right about the bravery. It is just an awesome story all the way around. I am so thankful that they made it to the surface without the damage they had feared may happen. Bet as a former diver you had thoughts of the excitement of being there. As I said on another list yesterday, imagine being able to attend the funeral of your ancestor who died 136 years ago! What a thought. The ancestors of the Hunley Crew will get to; when they have the huge Confederate Burial Service for these brave men. What an exciting time for the South right now! Sharon My mother was a ROBINSON where are your ROBINSONs from? The oldest known of my line is my 2nd great grandfather: William Lee ROBINSON b. abt 1826 Mecklenburg County, NC m. Martha REED [b. abt. 1830 Mecklenburg County, NC] on October 17, 1850 Mecklenburg County, NC child of William & Martha: ----------------------------- 1. John Jefferson ROBINSON b. April 14, 1852 Mecklenburg County, NC -d. January 5, 1929 Live Oak, Suwannee County, FL m. Mildred Malissee LAMB [b. January 25, 1861 Lafayette County, FL -d. January 18, 1949 Suwannee County, FL daughter of Wade Hampton LAMB & Martha Elizabeth CLARK(E) child of John & Malissee: ----------------------------- Shelton ROBINSON b. January 15, 1895 Suwannee County, FL -d. November 13, 1954 Suwannee County, FL m. Annie Elizabeth (PARKER) GREEN [ b. November 13, 1900 Suwannee County, FL -d. January 16, 1974][widow of William Isom GREEN] [daughter of Robert Franklin PARKER & Georgia Rosetta TISON] on March 17, 1922 Lafayette County, FL

Fort Hawkins was in what is now Macon, Georgia. Ft. Hawkins was built in 1806 and garrisoned in 1807. It was named for Benjamin Hawkins, an Indian agent who worked with the Creek Indians. ----- Original Message ----- From: WDKing <wdking@email.msn.com> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: [GA-Roots] Fort Hawkins; Camp Hope > Can anyone tell me where were Fort Hawkins, and Camp Hope? > > Thanks. > >

Hi, Just wrote my Auntie and asked for grandma's biscuit recipe, thanks to you guys! Anyway, I think I may have found my ancestor James M. McDonald in the land lottery of 1827, Muscogee co. How can I find out more than just that this person of this name was drawn? Did the county lines in Muscogee change much? I think he may have sold this land because by 1830, I believe he is in AR. Anybody on this list with McDonalds who also went by McDaniel, McDonall and any other Mc? Perfect example of call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner! Marsha -- Ford House http://www.cybertrails.com/~meandsteve "Let the redeemed of the earth say so..." Psalm 107:2

Good Morning Everyone, Can anyone imagine the bravery of those men? Quite a few years ago a few friends and I made a small home made diving helmet. It could be jettisoned if we got into trouble and yet I know I had a sense of claustrophobia once I slipped beneath the water. The below men were not so lucky. Two small hatches stood between them and safety. Once down to 33 feet it is difficult to open any hatch let alone survive the pressure without adjustment. My prayers are for their souls. Angus "Scotty" Robinson A former certified Scuba Diver From: FLD <fdy@gate.net> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 7:52 AM Subject: [GA-Roots] Hunley > The crew member of the Hunley were listed in today's newspaper. They are: > > Lt. George E. Dixon > Arnold Becker > C. F. Carlson > F. Collins > Miller > Ridgeway > C. Simkins > James A. Wicks > And perhaps an unknown crewman named White. > > Faye >

The crew member of the Hunley were listed in today's newspaper. They are: Lt. George E. Dixon Arnold Becker C. F. Carlson F. Collins Miller Ridgeway C. Simkins James A. Wicks And perhaps an unknown crewman named White. Faye

Ok, What's with this Yankee stuff???:-) I'm the first generation of my family, both sides, born out of the south. I use "southernisms" in my speech and get picked on, my husband perpetually reminds me I'm not from the south, even though all my civil war ancestors were csa and I really do like cornbread, although I never got the hang of turnip greens. So, What Am I? hahahahahaha! Marsha -- Ford House http://www.cybertrails.com/~meandsteve "Let the redeemed of the earth say so..." Psalm 107:2

The cracker barrel restruants along the highway serve grits ever day but they are the refind kind much finer than the old stone ground kind. Remember they use to fry them like patties and they were good that way too. joepete@juno.com On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 19:27:29 -0400 mary <mrmungo@InfoAve.Net> writes: > Oh Billie, Vernon is soooooo lucky! Can we come to your house? All > of you > are making me hungry... > Mary in SC > > At 06:10 AM 01/08/1997 -0500, vernon & billie wrote: > >I still cook grits for breakfast as well as when we have fish. > Cornbread > >almost everyday.Biscuits 4 or 5 times a week. Beans, peas, corn, > potatoes, > >tomatoes, cukes, onions,squash and okra out of our garden,out of > the freezer > >or off the canning self. I am making crab apple jelly, fig > preserves and > >pear preserves today. Pepper jelly tomorrow and O have already > made salsa. > >Billie > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Angus P. Robinson Jr <scottyr@netnitco.net> > >To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:28 PM > >Subject: [GA-Roots] Re: Georgia Ice Cream, A.K.A. as Grits > > > > > >> Good Afternoon, > >> As a southern born boy my grandma, God Bless her, often > >> made grits. Sometimes we ate them like kids eat cereal today, > >> and at other times we ate them as a side dish to bacon and eggs. > >> How I would love to see her cooking on the old wood stove again. > >> She also ironed her clothes using the old time cast iron "iron" > >> that was heated on the wood stove. How she could handle the > >> heat isn't know but Grandma Ida Morris Robinson did it. > >> Surprisingly, many of the local restaurants serve grits. > Of > >> course we are a farming and recreational community. Back in > >> the big city when you ask for grits the waitress looks like I > just > >> asked her to unrobe. Unless she is southern born she just says > >> "huh". > >> Angus "Scotty" Robinson > >> > >> > >> > > > > >

Yolanda's message and a request from another lister got me to really thinking & searching for a recipe I've used all my life but isn't found in any of my recipe books. It was handed down to me from my mother who learned to make it from her mother back around 1900 so it has been around a very long time. I'm talking about "homemade pepper sauce". I raise a huge garden every summer and by this time of the year, the cayenne pepper plants are loaded with really long peppers, some still green & some have turned red. I gather those, wash very carefully, lay them out on a clean towel to absorb the excess water, and then pack (that means push down till the jar is literally filled to capacity & then some) into gallon jugs. I use white cider vinegar that is 5% acidic, bring to a rolling boil, then pour over the peppers in the jar. Screw on a metal band and after the jar has cooled, I place it on a lower shelf in my cabinets. I really prefer my greens after it has "come a frost" in the late fall and by that time, the pepper sauce has had time to "age" a little. Very good on all types of dried beans & peas as well as turnips & collards but be careful how much you pour. This stuff is hotter than tabasco sauce. It does not have to be refrigerated as the vinegar keeps it well preserved without spoiling. Be careful, too, about packing those peppers in the jar as the juice from the peppers will ooze out somewhat as you are packing them into the jar and will set your hands on fire. I use a large wooden spoon to help with that chore or if you use a wide-mouth canning jar, you can use a small potato masher to help. People who really like hot peppers also eat the peppers as a condiment with their meals as well as using the sauce over their greens & beans. You guys made me so hungry yesterday that I don't have to tell you what I had for supper last night. Yes, we in the deep south still use the terms breakfast, dinner & supper because "lunch" down on the farm is still a big meal. The biggest part of my day yesterday was spent making grape jelly for the coming winter months so when you guys get ready for those biscuits, I'll bring along the jelly. Jane > Yolanda, > If you find anyone who knows how to make cornmeal mush please let me know. > Grandma's recipe died along with her. :( > Mary

Names I'm researching in GA are: McElvy/McElvey, Reeves, Chester, Booth, Yon, Johnson, King, Regester/Register, Toole, Moore, Mashburn, Phillips Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL

Hello List, I am posting this with the list owner's permission. As many of you already know, I have been writing a cookbook with a genealogy theme. ( Recipes from Family, Friends & Strangers) It is at the publishers and I am awaiting arrival of my first copy to proofread. It should be printed and ready for distribution about the end of September or the beginning of October. For those who may be interested and do not know about it, here is a description. It has 200 delicious recipes, contributors genealogy, history, interesting articles about food, a section with Civil War recipes, photographs of contributors ancestors, childhood memories, some American Indian recipes, helpful hints, humor and more. Some of the recipes have been handed down thru generations. Quite a number of people on my mailing lists contributed to my cookbook and bought it already. They have all been wonderful in assisting and encouraging me in my endeavor. The costs is only $ 9.95 plus $ 3.80 postage. I am not pushing sales, however, feel free to contact me if you're interested. Please be considerate to the list and contact me privately at DLizgerlits@aol.com. Thanks! Liz Gerlits Palm Bay, FL

I do hope this LIST still deals in Genealogy instead of food. I am researching STEVENS for a certain branch of the STEVENS family tree history: If you are related to: STEVENS: Wilkins Bohannon STEVENS b.1802, d.1873 Henrietta H. (Pound) STEVENS b.1823, d.1901 George W. STEVENS b.1859, d.1923 Cora L. (Mickle) STEVENS b.1859, d.1945 Merle Carey STEVENS b.1895, d.--?-- -----please contact me with any information or perhaps any questions you may want to ask me. Janice momo7@sover.net Georgia connections: Wilkins B. had come from Georgia to just over the state line into Alabama's Randolph Cty after having built mills along several rivers that led into Westpoint Lake. He had married Henrietta Hanson-Hill (Pound) in Georgia somewhere. She was born in Stanhope(?) Georgia. Merle C. Stevens worked in Macon, Georgia for many years, and may have had some other relatives there--I have yet to prove that. -------- tm/

Nancy - We've gotta be related! Sounds like my biscuit recipe! Martha

Would like to thank you very much for your reply, will try and I am sure it will be working. I am new using the Family Tree, hope it is a good one. Thanks again, Aline ----- Original Message ----- From: <JHo1234567@aol.com> To: <GA-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 11:38 PM Subject: [GA-Roots] FTM and printing spouses > the only way I have seen to print Spouses together is to make a report. In > the "things to include" section under content- you can make it one of the > options- name of spouse. I hope I have been clear- I am doing this from > memory and those can be faulty sometimes. the steps are 1. go to Report 2. go > to Content 3. go to things to include 4. check spouse then you can print the > report. > >