O.K. I'll go first!!! I live in RABUN Co. It is beautiful...anytime of the year. "WHERE SPRING SPENDS THE SUMMER." Names of families from the early 1800's are still here. My ancestors came from NC traveling to IL/MO. However it appears there is a "possible." I am looking for WINCHESTER. Thanks for any info. Dolores ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Crilley" <virginia@genrecords.org> To: <GARABUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 5:53 PM Subject: [GARABUN] GARabun list --- > Sometimes people wonder just how many people are reading the messages on a > County List. > > GARABUN has 132 subscribers! > > Let's hear from folks about what things you're stuck on about Rabun County > ancestors. > Rabun Co was formed in 1819 --- very old compared to some counties!! > It was formed from "Cherokee Lands" - -meaning it was part of the Land > Lottery of 1820. > Wish we had that listing on-line! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~garabun/ > Dawn Watson's page gives much more history about this. Be sure to visit her > page and click on all the categories. > > Many people living in Rabun County drew land in the 1827 land lottery. > You can find them listed at: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/rabun/deeds/1827lot.txt > (This listing is by the day they drew) > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/deeds/1827/sur/ > This listing is alphabetical by surname. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/rabun.htm > Check this page to see what is on-line in the Archives for Rabun. > > We don't seem to get very much traffic, so I think we might need to get > some dialogue going to help out new subscribers. > > January 2004 3 messages > February 2004 12 messages > March 2004 6 messages > April 2004 6 messages > May 2004 4 messages > June 2004 3 messages > > So please -- let's see some messages come through. Just ask about the > family you're seeking, and you might be surprised who would have information! > > This is such a friendly list -- so let's see what we need to work on to > help others! > Virginia Crilley > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >