< REPOSTING FOR NEW MEMBERS > *MORE JUST FYI: Here are just SOME of the thousands of genealogy sites. I would suggest these for starters. http://www.genweb.com .genforum.com .rootsweb.com .onelist.com .ancestry.com .cyndislist.com .lds-online.com .lds.net Military: www.the-seeker.com/milseek.htm U.S. Vital Recs: www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ Geocities Gen.sites: www.Geocities.com/Avenues/ Soc.Sec.Death Index: www.Ancestry.com User Mailing Lists hosted by rootsweb: www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ Dick Eastman's gen.site: www.ancestry.com/home/Dick_Eastman/eastmar30-98.htm Census online links: http://raptor.nethosting.com/.../index.html Gen.Books: http://genealogy-books.com/ DAR: http://dar.library.net John Fuller's Gen Site (Gen.Resources on the internet): www.usgenweb.net/ Look up names: www.the-seeker.com/gene.htm Top Gen.Sites: http://pages.prodigy.com/Strawn/sitenogr.htm Living people site: www.switchboard.com ******** To all FHC "specialists"/"consultants": Please join our FHC Consultants "list" at onelist.com. To subscribe (or to read description), go to: www.onelist.com and follow instructions to FHCConsultants list We'd love to have you! (But you must be a Consultant at an FHC!) *TINA/CA* List Mgr.

NAME: Gervaise W. Perdue >EMAIL: gperdue@mindspring.com >DATE: Sep 25 1999 >QRYTEXT: Wriley, GA in Wilkinson Co. is located East of McIntyre, GA and Northeast of Irwinton, GA. The closest cemetery I see on my Wilkinson map is Criswell Cem. All I find for Wriley is a highway named Wriley Road and then it looks like it might be a small place named Wriley where a railroad crosses Wriley Road. > > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

NAME: Gervaise Wynn Perdue >EMAIL: gperdue@mindspring.com >DATE: Sep 25 1999 >QRYTEXT: Need info on JOSEPH REEVES, b. 1760-70 NC; d. 1818 Pulaski (formerly Wilkinson) Co., GA. Who did he marry? >Had children: Willis Brazzeal Reeves, (1793-1869) m. Susan Frances Wynn (Who was she?); John Reeves; Sinthy (or Franky) Reeves; Winny Reeves Powers; Anne Reeves Snell; Frances Reeves; Margaret (Peggy) Rhodes. Willis Brazzeal Reeves and Susan Frances Wynne had son John Thomas Reeves (1825-1883) who m. 1850 Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Pulaski Co., GA. >These Reeves came to GA in early 19th C. from Edgecombe Co., NC, settled in western part of Wilkinson County, which later became Pulaski and Bleckley Counties. They owned 3900 acres of land and 200 slaves. I am very interested in the SUSAN FRANCES WYNNE. >Could she have been a brother to JOHN WYNN (1787-1860), died Pulaski County and whose son chose "his relative John Thomas Reeves" as his guardian? *NOTE FROM TINA: Hello Gervaise! Believe we've already realized that we hve the same Wynn line, right? Mine is WM. WYNN b. 1790 Burke Co.GA who m. Susan HINSON...correct? I dont know of your REEVES or other lines at all, but mine are defintiely WYNNe and HINSON.... Anyone else out there have these lines????? *TP* List Mgr.** He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

WELCOME TO KATHY STAPLETON, our NEWEST member here! Pls. post your Wlknsn Co. info, and a little bit abt you and your family. I always like to learn where people are from, and what they are interested in..... Where's your brickwall? Who are your ancestors? *TIAN/CA* List Mgr. > > > > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

WELCOME JAMES MOORE, our latest member! Pls. be sure to post your info and any queries you might have..... there are lot of us here, and some good, knowledgeable, helpful people! Tell us a little abt yourself too, if you'd like. I live in CA, but all my ancestors were from GA, all my Dad's were from Wilkinson Co., so I'm related to MANY Wlknsn Co. families! Some of mine are: KEEN, KINGERY, HOOKS, HOLLIMAN, HOGAN, SMITH, GIBSON, SANDERS, WATKINS, WYNN (these are my direct lines in Wlknsn Co. on my dad's side. ) Best to all, TINA/CA List Mgr. > > > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

Hey Tina, Try this site out. It is the US Geo Survey site and I have found it very useful over time. http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html I also have a site for 1895 maps, but I need to find what I did with it. Bob Fisher Covington, Georgia

I was just asked a question about obtaining a marker for a Confederate Veteran. My understanding is that this headstone can be obtained through the Dept of Veteran Affairs. Our library had some application forms which I used, and this is the address.... But I don't know how to get the application form itself. Perhaps contact the nearest VA Regional Office, national cemetery or a local veterans' organization. (If anyone has had an actual experience with this, perhaps you can add some helpful details!) VA Form 40-1330 Office of Memorial Programs (403A) Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave. NW Washington, DC 20420 Eligible: Any deceased verteran discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Must provide an official document pertaining to military service, ie. muster rolls, extracts from State files, pension or land warrant. Virginia

Does anyone out there have a connection with my Stapletons: John F Stapleton b.9 May 1838 d.15 Aug 1900 married Alice Ann Brooks b.11 Feb 1857 d.27 Mar 1915. Any help would be appreciated. I can be e-mailed at katstap@accucomm.net Kathy Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com

DEAR FAYE & ALL: Just took another look at your updated website (HOOKS site but MANY other names....thousands of families, many of early NC & Ga lines, incl. many of our WILKINSON CO. lines).... It's great! I'm still stumped as to the family my PRUDENCE HOOKS b. 1788 (m. John Holleman) belongs to! I have thought for some time, and still do, even more now that I've looked at your updated Pedigrees of the Hooks' around that time period, that she must be possibly the GR'DAUGHTER of THOMAS HOOKS SR. & ANNA BELOTTE. Think she is probably sister to WHITMELL, HILLARY, THOS., JR., CHARLES, WILLIAM, and the rest of the gang. Why? Because they are in the same area (Wilkes/Putnam/Wilkinson Co. GA around the same time she is, with husband JOHN HOLLIMAN/HOLLEMAN b. 1785 GA), and the HOOKS family mentioned above was in DUPLIN CO.NC earlier, and that's the county where another related family was , MITCHELL WATKINS, SR..... this family is related in Washington/Wilkinson Co.GA a generation or two or three later..... I'm wondering, since PRUDENCE does not show up in any family group anywhere so far under the name PRUDENCE HOOKS (and I have not found any other female born 1788 GA as she is, in the family), so I'm wondering: 1. Could PRUDENCE be a nickname or is there another nickname for Prudence, that perhaps she used at a different time? (Not Nancy, Polly, Mary I suppose) 2. Could her name PRUDENCE HOOKS be a PREVIOUS MARRIED NAME???? I hadnt considered that before, but now I am considering EVERYTHING!!! MAYBE SHE WAS not a Hooks by blood, but by marriage????? BOB KINGERY, does any of this sound remotely possible, and have you had any luck with this branch of our family????? It's YOURS too, so I'll ask you about it! (It's YOURS or your wife's, I dont remember which! Or is it BOTH?????) If anyone has any bright ideas, I'd love to hear them!!! Thanks much, *TINA/CA* tina#tcsn.net *VISIT FAYE's great HOOKS (& others) website full of easy to follow Pedigrees and a great name Index! Go to: http://www.my-ged.com/hooks He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

I am looking for a map or information on Districts in early Georgia. In the Land Lottery records there is a Shores District. I am a Shores descendant and would like to find where it was and who it was named after. Pat

NAME: Jennifer Sherwood Braswell >EMAIL: jensgen@iol10.com >DATE: Sep 24 1999 >QRYTEXT: Please note that Sarah Elizabeth Ramage was buried at Wriley, Ga (WILKINSON CO) -- instead of Big Sandy Cemetery. >Which cemetery is in this community?. > > >This is an automatically-generated notice. > ><http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Wilkinson?admin> > > > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

I have found the A. I. S. ( Accelereated Indexing Systems) a good place to begin searching for ancestors. This search is available on microfiche in the LDS Family History Centers. This system is an index that lists names from U.S. censuses and other useful records from the years 1607-1906. The FHC can provide you with a Resource Guide to using the AIS. These indexes ( there are nine searches) will help to narrow down your search and locate where your ancestor lived. It is a valuable and much over-looked resource. Pat Vause

*HI ALL: (Just FYI) The below url is for the Wlknsn Co. Query Forum (or Board) where people can go and post their Queries....every query that gets posted THERE, I receive in my own email, and I then Forward it HERE .... so we don't have to miss out on anything, and you lucky people don't have to keep going back and forth, here and there, etc. BUT, not EVERYONE on the Query Forum/Board is on here (or are they?????), so every once in a while, like every few months, we might want to hop over there and POST OUR OWN QUERIES, listing our WLKNS CO. SURNAMES and time frame, etc., in case someone over there misses it and isn't on this List. Just a thought..... To get to that Query Board, http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Wilkinson He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

NAME: Jennifer Sherwood Braswell >EMAIL: jensgen@iol10.com (NOTE FROM TP: not spelled out email add.) >DATE: Sep 24 1999 >QRYTEXT: Sarah Elizabeth (Betty) Ramage was married to Joseph Henry Hooker of BIBB CO GA on 28 JUL 1870. She was raised in Wilkinson CO GA by her mother. At this point in my research, no father has been mentioned. Her mother was Katherine Ramage. >Recently,I was told that she was buried in Big Sandy Cemetery. Are there more Ramages there? Where can I find records for this cemetery? >Can any one identify her father? >. > > >This is an automatically-generated notice. > ><http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Wilkinson?admin> > > > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

*HI PAT & ALL: Thanks for posting that info on AIS---one little addition I'd make.... The AIS is (or should be) LOCATED AT EACH LOCAL FHC...it's not something you have to send away to SLC for. So it's readily available. Also, I have always had good luck looking at AIS 'SEARCH 7a' (it's the one that covers, I believe, the entire U.S. for th largest # of years....you dont need to look up a name on each and every 'search') "7a" has always been the one I go to. The way you would use it is, let's say, you have a WILLIS KEEN ancestor (which I do) in GA, in the mid 1800s. So you just go into the drawer or file that contains the AIS microfiche. (You can ask the volunteers at the FHC where to find the AIS). Then, you look thru them till you come to SEARCH 7a ... (they are in alphabetical order); then you take out the fiche that has "KEEN" on it, and look at it on the microfiche reader. Look under KEEN, and scroll down to first name of WILLIS. It will then very clearly indicate across the line, for every WILLIS KEEN listed on it, the STATE and many times the COUNTY (or township), and the YEAR of the 'event', and it will say WHAT THE EVENT is (either CENSUS or many times TAX List)...but if you find 2 or 3 WILLIS KEEN's in GA, then look for the COUNTY you believe yours was in. Then it gives you the YEAR and EVENT, so if you believe that one is yours, then you know WHEN AND WHERE he was listed as being there! I've looked up most of my southern lines for a certain time period (mid 1800s) and found virtually every one of them on there! So it does double in many cases as an "index" of who was where, when! (Not EVERYONE will appear on the AIS though....if I understand completely, they never did completely complete it, and are not planning to...but what they did do was a heck of a job and I highly recommend people taking a minute or two look at it if you're having trouble finding someone or just wanting a quick CENSUS/TAX index search!) Have fun! *TINA/CA* List Mgr. At 09:15 AM 9/24/99 -0700, you wrote: >I have found the A. I. S. ( Accelereated Indexing Systems) a good place to begin searching for ancestors. This search is available on microfiche in the LDS Family History Centers. This system is an index that lists names from U.S. censuses and other useful records from the years 1607-1906. The FHC can provide you with a Resource Guide to using the AIS. These indexes ( there are nine searches) will help to narrow down your search and locate where your ancestor lived. It is a valuable and much over-looked resource. Pat Vause >>==== GAWILKIN Mailing List ==== >*Don't forget to visit the WILKINSON CO. >*RESOURCE* Page: >http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/GA/Wilkinson/ He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

*HI ALL: I happen to have two copies of the big giant Will book, NORTH CAROLINA WILLS: A Testator Index, 1665-1900", by Thornton W. Mitchell. I 'lost' the first one, then repurchased, then found. You know how that goes. If I can get my hands on it, I will be wanting to sell it so that I can then purchase ANOTHER good book that I dont already have a copy of!!! I will see what the going rate is for it, thru BN, amazon.com, Clearfield, GPC, etc., and will try to sell it for a little lower than going rate...but wd like to get close to my price I paid as it's practically brand new and a GREAT RESOURCE. Will figure it out and post here.... Anyone interested, email me please and I'll take the first one who writes me and see if by the time I FIND it, if you might still WANT it! (I know it's here somewhere, I saw it not long ago....both of them!!!) *I'm STILL trying to find a copy to buy of "WILKINSON CO.GA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS" by Joseph T. Mattox. If you know where I can find one, pls let me know. IN FACT, MY NC Will book here cost prob. twice as much as the WCHC book that I want, and I'd be willing to TRADE book for book, if someone can give up their WCHC book by Jos. T. Mattox to me!!!!!! Tina/CA List Mgr. He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

YES!! A.I.S. is good too, and I have used it and found MANY OF MY ANCESTOR'S NAMES ON IT!! Would you like to (in a new post to the list, without our added stuff below) post a brief EXPLANATION OF THE A.I.S.? Thanks for bringing that up! It's a great resource that many overlook! TINA/CA List Mgr. At 07:01 PM 9/23/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Tina, This is very good advice! I have something to add, I don't >believe you mentioned the AIS. I find it an excellent place to narrow down >your search , if you are just beginning. I go through and make copies of >all of the surnames that I am researching . Then I know where to start >looking. This won't work if you have a surname like Smith or Jones or >Brown, of course, but it is a big help. I think a lot of people overlook >this resource when they are just beginning! What do you think? >Thanks Pat >-----Original Message----- >From: TINA PEDDIE (by way of TINA PEDDIE <tina@tcsn.net>) <tina@tcsn.net> >To: GAWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com <GAWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 2:45 PM >Subject: [GAWILKIN-L] Beginning Help > > >>**This email was sent to someone on my LEMASTER list who is just beginning >>to do her genealogy and she needed some pointers for BEGINNERS--- if you >>are not a Beginner, don't bother reading this as you will already know it!! >>But if you are a BEGINNER and need a little ADVICE, read on! *TINA/CA >>List Mgr.* >>HELLO PAULA: >> Let me go thru your email and see what I can advise...... >> First of all, you will want to get VERY FAMILIAR with your local FHC >>(Family History Center.....which will be located in many buildings of THE >>CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAYS SAINTS....you can call a church in >>your area and ask them "Where is your church's Family HIstory Center in >>this area?" they will be glad to tell you! You do not have to be LDS to go >>there, there is no charge (except for films you may order sometime, or >>copies, etc., but no charge to use the FHC)...and non-members are more than >>welcome there!! In fact, the MAJORITY of people/patrons who use the FHC >>are NON-MEMBERS.... >> OK---- you will want to get copies of the CENSUS RECORDS for the people >>who lived in the early 1900s, back to the 1800s. This can easily be done >>by going to the FHC and showing them WHICH of your ancestors you want to >>search for, and show them the info you posted below (preferably, on a >>FAMILY GROUP SHEET or PEDIGREE CHART so they can see WHO LIVED WHERE, WHEN) >>--- There are excellent CENSUS RECORDS for the years 1850-1920, and you can >>get copies of all of them that pertain to your ancestors! You will first >>(with their help) view or order the film for SOUNDEX for the 1920, 1910, >>1910 census. They will explain that further, but the SOUNDEX will tell you >>exctly WHERE your ancestors lived and on what PAGE of the CENSUS RECORD >>your ancestors appear...then you know exactly WHICH CENSUS FILM to order. >> These years, of early 1900s back to 1800s are THE GREATEST FOR >>SEARCHING!!! ALOT of info available! >> FHLC - Ask at the FHC about look'g at this...it stands for FAMILY >>HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG ..... they will show it to you and how it can help >>you. You can look up your ancestors' AREA OF RESIDENCE FOR PARTICULAR >>YEARS, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IS AVAILABLE THRU THE GIANT FAMILY HISTORY >>*LIBRARY* (the "mother library" of all the FHCs worldwide), on your area of >>interest, and you can order most films from SLC to have sent to your FHC >>locally...alot of research can be done right from your own FHC. >> IGI and ANCESTRAL FILE....look up your ancestor's names on this! You can >>do it at your FHC (it's there on cd's), AND/OR you can look it up online >>now, at the FamilySearch site of the LDS CHURCH.... >> Go to: www.FamilySearch.org >> TYPE IN THE NAME OF INTEREST, and it will bring up anyone with that name >>who appears in the IGI and ANCESTRAL FILE (AF)... you then look at the info >>with it, dates, etc.,, and decide if that is your ancestor or not. >> Hope this helps ...... PRINT THIS OUT, if you need to, and take it with >>you to the FHC and show it to them, and ask IF THEY WILL HELP YOU LOOK >>THESE THINGS UP. They will!! In fact, I work/volunteer at my local FHC >>every Thurs nite, and that's tonite! I love it! I love helping others do >>their genealogy, and if not busy, I do some of my OWN!!! >> IF you ahve any other questions, or anyone else does, feel free to Email >>me.... >> Best to all, >> TINA/CA List Mgr. tina@tcsn.net >> >> >> > > > He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

*HI ALL: Does anyone have any good links to or resources for good WLKNSN CO. MAPS??? Of the County or Towns, Cemeteries, etc.????? If not, I'll try searching around for some.....pls. let me know if you have any. Thanks, *TINA/CA* List Mgr. **************** He who says 'it cannot be done' should not interrupt he who is doing it. - Chinese Proverb

**This email was sent to someone on my LEMASTER list who is just beginning to do her genealogy and she needed some pointers for BEGINNERS--- if you are not a Beginner, don't bother reading this as you will already know it!! But if you are a BEGINNER and need a little ADVICE, read on! *TINA/CA List Mgr.* HELLO PAULA: Let me go thru your email and see what I can advise...... First of all, you will want to get VERY FAMILIAR with your local FHC (Family History Center.....which will be located in many buildings of THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAYS SAINTS....you can call a church in your area and ask them "Where is your church's Family HIstory Center in this area?" they will be glad to tell you! You do not have to be LDS to go there, there is no charge (except for films you may order sometime, or copies, etc., but no charge to use the FHC)...and non-members are more than welcome there!! In fact, the MAJORITY of people/patrons who use the FHC are NON-MEMBERS.... OK---- you will want to get copies of the CENSUS RECORDS for the people who lived in the early 1900s, back to the 1800s. This can easily be done by going to the FHC and showing them WHICH of your ancestors you want to search for, and show them the info you posted below (preferably, on a FAMILY GROUP SHEET or PEDIGREE CHART so they can see WHO LIVED WHERE, WHEN) --- There are excellent CENSUS RECORDS for the years 1850-1920, and you can get copies of all of them that pertain to your ancestors! You will first (with their help) view or order the film for SOUNDEX for the 1920, 1910, 1910 census. They will explain that further, but the SOUNDEX will tell you exctly WHERE your ancestors lived and on what PAGE of the CENSUS RECORD your ancestors appear...then you know exactly WHICH CENSUS FILM to order. These years, of early 1900s back to 1800s are THE GREATEST FOR SEARCHING!!! ALOT of info available! FHLC - Ask at the FHC about look'g at this...it stands for FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY CATALOG ..... they will show it to you and how it can help you. You can look up your ancestors' AREA OF RESIDENCE FOR PARTICULAR YEARS, AND IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IS AVAILABLE THRU THE GIANT FAMILY HISTORY *LIBRARY* (the "mother library" of all the FHCs worldwide), on your area of interest, and you can order most films from SLC to have sent to your FHC locally...alot of research can be done right from your own FHC. IGI and ANCESTRAL FILE....look up your ancestor's names on this! You can do it at your FHC (it's there on cd's), AND/OR you can look it up online now, at the FamilySearch site of the LDS CHURCH.... Go to: www.FamilySearch.org TYPE IN THE NAME OF INTEREST, and it will bring up anyone with that name who appears in the IGI and ANCESTRAL FILE (AF)... you then look at the info with it, dates, etc.,, and decide if that is your ancestor or not. Hope this helps ...... PRINT THIS OUT, if you need to, and take it with you to the FHC and show it to them, and ask IF THEY WILL HELP YOU LOOK THESE THINGS UP. They will!! In fact, I work/volunteer at my local FHC every Thurs nite, and that's tonite! I love it! I love helping others do their genealogy, and if not busy, I do some of my OWN!!! IF you ahve any other questions, or anyone else does, feel free to Email me.... Best to all, TINA/CA List Mgr. tina@tcsn.net

Hi Everyone I returned from my trip to Wilkinson County last week. The area is just beautiful. I spent some time in the local library. Here are some things I found. Hope it helps someone. HISTORY OF WILKINSON COUNTY by: Victor Davidson Pub: by the John Ball Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution Press J.W. Burke Company Macon, Ga In the Lord's district ----------. On the Union side were William Lord, James Lord, James Stevens, Russell Thompson, and Buck Dixon. Leading the secession movement -----------. Elections held at the Deese Store, where J.D. Dixon......lives. RECORDS OF WILLS AND ESTATES pg295- Elizabeth Dixon, h.(heirs) Aaron, Edward, Kinman pg297- Sampson Dixon, w. Savil; c.and h.(children and heirs) J.C., J.W., Harriet, Aaron, H.E.Morgan, Mason Hartley for his w........ pg297- William Dixon, c. Jeremiah, Aaron, Kinman pg300- James Dixon, d.Mary Ann pg161- Capt Wright's District (353 Militia District) Oct 21, 1812 William Ogleby, William Taylor, Clem Grizzle, Presly Mathis, Alexandar Adams, James Robinson, James Low, John Shepherd, Joel Miller, John Dixon...... pg316 - MARRIAGES (only copied Dixons) Aaron Dixon to Martha Green, Dec 29,1852 Coleman Dixon to Caroline Hartley,Mar 11, 1841 Edmund dixon to Martha Spears, Dec 29, 1855 Green Dixon to Rachel McCook, Oct 28, 1845 George Dixon to Jane Portor, Nov 1, 1832 James Dixon to Levina Ussery, Jan 29, 1846 John Dixon to Reubin Mathis, Dec 26, 1854 John Dixon to Vicy Davis, Feb 21, 1821 Freeman Dixon to Carolyn Jackson, Aug 24, 1842 Kinmond Dixon to Elizabeth Adams, Dec 16, 1851 Thomas Dixon to Frances Cannon, Oct 29, 1846 pg384- Bethal Church organized 1833, Reverend John Huges. Early members: David Johnson, William Dixon, William Roberson, Richard Barfield and others. pg288- Coroners of Wilkinson County Charles Ray, 1806 James Taylor, 1807 John Eady Jr., 1809 Robert Garrett, 1811 Job McClendon, 1814,15,17 & 18 Thomas Lewis, 1816 I am having some other pages copied and sent to me. When I receive them I will post the info. Also to come is information I learned about my Grandfather Julius Ira Dixon and Grandmother Nannie Elizabeth Lewis. My sister also copied information and is putting here notes in order. Will send more soon. Joy + + + + + + + "A friend listens to our words but hears our hearts" author unknown