Hope that many of you will seriously consider placing a GED copy of your family file (hopefully, with sources given) on the RootsWeb World Connect page. To check out this site, visit the address below: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/wcmission.html The mission of the RootsWeb World Connect project is "Our mission is simple - to provide a resource which can connect the family trees of everyone in the world." Concerning your privacy, RootsWeb promises "Unlike other genealogical Web sites, you have full control over your GEDCOM (GEnealogical Data COMmunications) file at RootsWeb. You can change or remove it completely at any time. RootsWeb will never burn your file onto a CD-ROM or charge others to access it." Concerning The Privacy of Those In Your Files, they suggest the following: "You are responsibility for the contents of your file. Please be considerate when selecting your options of what will appear on the Internet. The 100-year option is the default, and was intended to protect the privacy of those still living. If you override that option, you may be placing personal information about living people online. You will also want to be considerate on which notes appear in your file. If you override the 100-year option, and are contacted by a living relative to remove their information from your file, please do so as quickly as possible." In case you don't know how to create a GED file there are directions available for various software programs on the RootsWeb site. Right now there are 11 million names posted. You may help yourself most of all. After posting my file a few weeks ago, I have had queries from a number of people who connected to one of my lines. Jan Jackson Researching: WALKER, HADDOCK, VANZANT, SWEARINGEN, EUBANK, BROWARD, MINOR, JOHNSON, GAY, RODDENBERRY

Hello members of the Irwin Co, GA list. While re-visiting the Irwin Co page, which I had not been to in about a year I saw that y'all had added this list. Thought I would sign on for awhile and see how things go and who many be on line. I was born and raised in Washington state as my dad left Irwin Co when WWII was over and settle out west here for economic reasons. All my ancestors then on my dad's side are from South GA. I am a 23 year veteran of the Zillah School District here in Central Washington. I do the web pages for the school too, so if you want to see about our school system you can view information at http://www.destiny.esd105.wednet.edu/Zillah I have a personal web page at http://members.xoom.com/jagriffin/JAG.htm I am a member of the SCV and am webmaster for the Moultrie GA camp. You can see my work there on WBTS information at http://members.xoom.com/JKMcNeillSCVcamp/SCVhomepage.htm I have compiled many regimental histories which are posted on the web sites (list below) and also worked on a CSA curriculum, a FAQ project on the WBTS and SCV, CSA and Rev. War flag histories (illustrated) and Important CSA dates in History and also a Working With Schools project regarding teaching the true history of the CSA. These are all on line Well that is probably more than you wanted to know. Here is my big signature line showing you my family ties and research interests. John Griffin, Zillah, WA. 98953 jagriffin@nwinfo.net http://members.xoom.com/jagriffin/JAG.htm JK McNeill SCV Camp #674, Moultrie, GA http://members.xoom.com/JKMcNeillSCVcamp/SCVhomepage.htm Researching Georgia Infantry Regiments CSA (with information to share): 1st (Mercer-Olmstead), 10th Battalion, 20th, 29th, 49th, 50th, 54th, 61st, 63rd, 64th Georgia Cavalry: 4th (Clinch's), 11th GA-State Guard, 20th Bat-Partisan Rangers, 29th Bat, Coffee Co Revengers Cavalry Work to be started later (accepting information on) 1st Georgia Reserves (Symons) 12th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 12th Georgia Militia 13th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 20th Battalion Georgia Cavalry 22nd Battalion Georgia Cavalry 26th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 27th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 29th Battalion Georgia Cavalry 30th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 47th Georgia Volunteer Infantry 48th Georgia Volunteer Infantry POINT #2650, Walla Walla Italian Heritage Association (WWIHA) Researching Italian Surnames in: Scalzati, Casole Bruzio, Cosenza,Calabria: BALDINO, BISCIGLIA, CARRAVETTA, CURCIO, DURANTE, LONGO, LIBRANDI, MANCUSO, MUZZILLO, SALATINO, SERRA; Corigliano Calabro, Cosenza, Calabria: ALBAMONTE, CURCIO, ROMANO; Fornelli, Montecorice, Salerno, Campania: FANCIULLO, FRANCIULLO,MARGIOTTA; Ascea, Salerno, Campania: FANCIULLO, FRANCIULLO, MAIURI, MAZZA Washington State SAR #1700, Researching Surnames from GA, NC, SC, VA GRIFFIN, GRIFFITH, ALDERMAN, BRADFORD, COLE, COLLY, CROFFORD, DAVIS, FLETCHER, GASKINS, GIDDENS, GRAY, HALL, HARDEMAN, HARPER, HENDERSON, HINSON, HUNTER, JOYNER, KIRLAND, LOTT, LUKE, McBRYDE, McDUFFIE, McMILLAN, MEEKS, MOORE, NEWBERN, PAULK, PETERSON, PURVIS, REGISTER, ROBERTS, SIRMANS, STEARNS, TALLEY, THOMLINSON, TUCKER, VICKERS, WHITLEY, WILCOX, WILLCOX, YOUNG.

Hi folks, I'm sorry that this is reposted but I inadvertently sent the original as a MIME format. I received a copy of Barney Moore's Obit from Judy Dasher of Nashville. In it, they name all of his daughters by their husbands names though. If anyone has any information regarding any of the folks listed here, please contact me. Obituary of Barney L. Moore Published in the Valdosta Daily Times Friday, Sept. 29, 1944 Lowndes Farmer Yields to Death Barney L. Moore, 64-year-old resident of the Mount Pleasant section of Lowndes County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. T. Blanton, here last night. Mr. Moore had spent his entire life in Lowndes County where he was engaged in farming. Survivors include nine daughters, Mr. C. S. Hightower of Valdosta, Mrs. J.W. Gibson of Madison, Fla., Mrs. E.A. Storey of Lake Park, Mrs. J. T. Blanton of Valdosta, Mrs. Burke Colding of Gibsonton, Fla., Mrs. Vernon Gregory of Gibsonton, Fla., Mrs. Max Borer of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Leon L. Dowling of Lake park, and Miss Eva Kate Moore of Lake Park; two sons, Harry Moore of Leesburg, Fla., and Cpl. Fred Moore, who is with the Army in India; two sisters, one grandson, Cleon A. Moore, Jr., who resided with him until the time of his death, and thirty other grandchildren. Funeral services are not yet complete. Carson McLane is directing arrangements. Tks Carlie Leedom Vickers Key West, Florida "Prepare for the future by learning from the past" ICQ#: 28049263 AOL Instant Messenger: cvickers2 Email Address: cvickers@flakeysol.com

At 01:25 PM 10/8/99 -0700, gineil wrote: >My ancestor Jesse CLEMENTS has wife, Margaret in the 1860 Irwin Co. Census >and wife Mary Ann in the 1870 Irwin Co. Census. I cannot get the Irwin >County Govt. page or the Archived Queries page on the web site to come >up---"page cannot be displayed". Can anyone tell me the Probate Court >Address in Irwin Co. to write for a marriage record?? Also any ideas how I >could find out if Jesse died in Irwin Co.?? >Ginny Clements Hi Ginny! You might try Edd Dorminy's page <http://members.surfsouth.com/~edormine/> for early Irwin County marriage certificate info. If your folks aren't listed there, perhaps if you e-mail Edd, he can/will advise where to try next or to whom to write. Jessie H. Paulk <paulkj@perry.gulfnet.com> has been published a survey of Irwin County cemeteries. Mail order infor about the book is included with the list of Paulk's books at <http://www.gagenbooks.com/bookspaulkj.htm>. I'm sorry I couldn't help you, but I hope one of these will prove helpful in your search. Aloha, Bev in Alabama, USA :) mailto:alohabev@bigfoot.com

My ancestor Jesse CLEMENTS has wife, Margaret in the 1860 Irwin Co. Census and wife Mary Ann in the 1870 Irwin Co. Census. I cannot get the Irwin County Govt. page or the Archived Queries page on the web site to come up---"page cannot be displayed". Can anyone tell me the Probate Court Address in Irwin Co. to write for a marriage record?? Also any ideas how I could find out if Jesse died in Irwin Co.?? Ginny Clements

Has anyone ever heard of a place called Snakenation, Georgia?? Tks Carlie Leedom Vickers Key West, Florida "Prepare for the future by learning from the past" ICQ#: 28049263 AOL Instant Messenger: cvickers2

Jesse CLEMENTS and wife Margaret SMITH are in the 1850 Emanuel Co. Census. Then they appear in the Irwin Co. 1860 Census. In the 1870 Irwin Co. Census he is listed with a different birth date and a different wife. Also there is a child not listed anywhere else----J.F. (T) 20. What might the T stand for? Adoption? The other children are correct from what I have found. I guess he could have remarried and J.F. be the second wife's child, but that doesn't explain the 3 year discrepancy in Jesse's birth date. Can anyone help me? Ginny Clements

In the 1880 census taken 14 June 1880 in the 982nd district, Irwin County, Georgia (#T9, roll 153, pg 509), there appears on lines 49 and 50 the following: NATIVITY NAME AGE RELATIONSHIP OCCUPATION SELF FATHER GORDAY, Minervy 36 Keeping house GA GA GORDAY, Aaron 13 son Farm GA GA Does anyone have any information on these folks? Any pointers on locating any info on them? Aloha, Bev in Alabama, USA :) mailto:alohabev@bigfoot.com

I am a descendent of Michael Jordan Horn whose daughter, Annie Mae, married Charles King Chesnutt, Jr. My direct line is Mary Jane Horn and Eli Clark. I doubt if I'm giving you any new information, but I did notice when I went through the 1840 Irwin Co census that a Charley Chesnutt was on it. Quite a few of my ancestors were in Irwin in 1840, including Michael Jordan Horn and his father, Michael, and brother, Rowlen; William J. Hornsby, and more. The Horns were from Edgecomb and Nash Counties, NC. My Merritts were from Sampson Co, NC, but I don't know if they connect to those in Irwin Co, GA. Mitzi Clark Bateman

Is anyone researching the Browns and Hornsby families who were in Irwin Co in 1840 and 1850? I also have Smith and Merritt lines. There were only 2, 308 people in the county in 1840 according to a note on the census film. Mitzi Clark Bateman

Looking for information about the ancestors and descendants of CHARLES KING CHESNUTT & his wife, SARAH PEW. Charles was born about 1790 possibly in Sampson County, North Carolina. Charles died in Dec. 1840 in possibly Irwin Co., Georgia. Sarah died about 1855. I might have gotten information that they were buried at a Chestnutt Cemetery in Worth County, Georgia. Their children: 1. Henry William Chesnutt, b. abt 1814 in Sampson Co. NC, d. bef 1864 near Dubberly, Bienville Parish, LA., m. Martha Harriett Poland. 2. Mary Ann Chesnutt, b. Aug. 15, 1815, Sampson Co, NC, d. April 30, 1876, Worth Co, GA, m. William Wyatt Poland ? on April 10, 1856. 2. Keziah Chesnutt, b. Aug. 19, 1819, Sampson Co. NC, d. abt. May 1853, Bienville Parish, burial unknown, m. William Wyatt Poland (MY ANCESTORS) 3. Jacob Chesnutt, b. about 1823, d. 1862 in VA as soldier in Civil War 4. Charles King Chesnutt, Jr., b. July 28, 1828, d. Dec. 6, 1890, buried in Worth Co. GA, m. Anna Mae Horn 5. Walter Morley Chesnutt, b. about 1830, Irwin Co. GA, d. Aug. 18, 1889, Bienville or Webster Parish, LA, burial unknown, m. about 1854, Missouri Horn Any information would be greatly appreciated! Jana Rooke San Jose, CA

HI , Would anyone one this list know of a : CLAUDE J.LEWIS married to a PEARL KIGHT, I am researching them and I can't seem to fine out when they might have married. Thank You, June jrtraver@ix.netcom.com

Hello All, I am researching my Ashley family lines and am in need of data for my records on a Mr. & Mrs. W.C. Ashley who lived at Ocilla, GA, during the late 1880s & early 1900s. Most likely the initials represented the name WILLIAM CORNELIUS Ashley. I have obtained from the Archives in Atlanta a handwritten page in which the author states that Mrs. W.C. Ashley can provide the dates and other pertinent information on her family as well as that of MATT ASHLEY & NATHANIEL ASHLEY, this last of whom was born in Telfair County, GA. If any of you have access to census records and/or other resource books for Irwin County, I would greatly appreciate any information you might could help me with. Best regards, Jane Ashley Benson

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Looking for information on Willis J. Bone, supposedly responsible for the death of a Walker. Time, roughly 1850-1870.

Would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me if any record was ever made of the names contained in the old family Bible of Mrs. Lon Dickey of Fitzgerald, GA. Mrs. Dickey was a descendent of Nathaniel Ashley who died in Camden County, GA. When her house burned in somewhere around 1962, among the items lost was the big family Bible which was given to her mother, then to her from her great uncle, William Ashley of Coffee County, GA, along with an old minature of Lady Jane Cooper. IS THERE ANY RECORD OF THOSE NAMES TODAY in existence that were in that old family Bible? If so, where?

Looking for the parents and siblings of Martha Grantham b. November 6, 1827. She married James Tyson b. July 13, 1825 (Irwin Co.) Thanks, Martha

I am looking for information about any Wisham/Wishum/Worsham line in Irwin County. One of my Great Great Uncles is supposed to be buried in Mystic. Does anyone have any information about any buried there? LaDon & Amie Cleghorn

Looking for the parents and siblings of Martha Grantham b. November 6, 1827. She married James Tyson b. July 13, 1925 (Irwin Co.) Thanks, Martha

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