I would appreciate any information in respect of the name SCULLARD. It appears that they originated from St Helena Island in late 1800's and left in droves for South Africa. Any assistance with my research of this name would be appreciated. I would also like contact with other researchers with the name in their research. I would also like the name of the motor racing driver with this name who died in recent years and another who was a hockey player.

Archive-name: genealogy/netiquette Posting-Frequency: 1st of the month Last-Modified: 1998/09/27 Version: 1.9 URL: http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/netiquet.htm Basic newsgroup and mailing list "Netiquette" --------------------------------------------- Summary ~~~~~~~ This is a regular posting which outlines the basic newsgroup and mailing list "Netiquette" which should be followed by anyone who wishes to post to the soc.genealogy.* hierarchy of newsgroups and mailing lists. This document is part of a regular series of postings which are sent to all appropriate groups and mailing lists. This particular document is posted on the first of every month. The latest version of this document is available from the following locations * Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/netiquet.htm * Via email by sending the following text in the body of a message to listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk =20 get netiquet end =20 If you have any comments or additions, or would like to suggest further topics to be included, then please contact John Woodgate, (john@meertech.demon.co.uk) Contributions by: Tim Pierce, Pat Boren, Alf Christophersen, William Mills, Richard Pence, Hugh Ainsley, Alexandre Meissonnier, Randy Klear, Dave Sadler, Carl Cason, Margaret J. Olson, Jim Eggert, Ian Rawnsley, Linnea Ista Changes For This Version (1.9 - 1998/09/27) Added section on V-Cards & HTML extensions. Also added a section on the use of Upper Case or Captials. Copyright And Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (c) 1996-1998 by John Woodgate. All rights reserved. This document may be freely redistributed in its entirety without modification provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Permission is expressly granted for this document to be made available for file transfer from installations offering unrestricted anonymous file transfer on the Internet. This document is provided AS IS without any express or implied warranty. The author may be contacted at 50 Great Meadow Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 8DA, England. Contents ~~~~~~~~ * Common Courtesies * Patience and Tolerance * Subject Lines * Personal Privacy * Requests For Information * Replying To A Message * Signature Files * Mailing Lists * Attaching Files * Dealing with Junk Mail * Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) * The Use of Upper Case or CAPITALS * Further Information Common Courtesies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read carefully what you receive to make sure that you understand the message. Read carefully what you send, to make sure that your message will not be misunderstood. Know your audience. Make sure that the person or list of people you are sending your message to are right ones to be communicating with. Many readers have very limited, and in some cases expensive electronic mail facilities. Be particularly careful not to cause unnecessary traffic, or to send unnecessary long messages. Please DO NOT send "test messages." The system works. If you must test it, at least send a valid message, with useful information or questions. In fact there is a newsgroup called misc.test, set up specifically for test messages. If you post to this group, you will get email responses from a number of servers around the world which will allow you to judge how quickly and thoroughly your posts propagate. Patience And Tolerance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remember that not all readers have English as their native language, so make allowance for possible misunderstandings and unintended discourtesies. Remember that the absence of visual clues normally associated with face to face communication provides an ideal environment for being misunderstood. Be tolerant of newcomers. None of us were born knowing all. If you are using humour or sarcasm, make sure to clearly label it as such. Humour is usually indicated by a smiley e.g. :) or (grin). Subject Lines ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Always include a descriptive subject line in your message. Use the Subject: line to get attention and make sure it describes the main point of your message. Avoid very long subjects as some newsreaders only display the first 30 characters or so. If you are seeking information about a family, include the surname in UPPERCASE in the Subject: line. Remember that with many messages each week, many people use the subject line to decide if they should read your message or not. "Need help" or "Genealogy" are not good subject lines. Likewise, not everybody who reads this newsgroup lives in the same country as you. Please give an indication of the country or countries you are interested in together with a date range. Keep messages to only one subject. Second subjects within a single message are often missed. The information contained in the subject line should also be included in the message itself as some news readers display the subject line on a different screen to the message body. Personal privacy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please be careful about the information you post to the newsgroup or the mailing list. For example, if somebody asks you to look up some names and addresses in the local telephone directory, send the results directly to the requester. Please be very careful about the amount of detail you post to the world. Consider if you would like to have the details of your birth, particularly if your parents weren't married at the time, broadcast to the world. And that is quite mild compared to some of the skeletons you might dig up. As use of the Internet grows, we are beginning to see it being abused. Please think carefully before you post private details about yourself, or any present day individual to the world. Request For Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be specific, especially when asking questions. If you ask about a person, identify when and where the person might have lived. You are much more likely to get a helpful reply if your message summarizes what efforts you have already made yourself to find the answer to your question. Please do not post to this newsgroup or mailing list messages which should be more appropriately addressed to one of the other groups in the soc.genealogy hierarchy. And please avoid posting the same message to several newsgroups or mailing lists in the hierarchy, except when its content is equally relevant to each such newsgroup. Avoid cluttering your message with excessive emphasis (such as stars, exclamation marks "!", etc). It can make the message hard to follow. =46or straightforward queries which are simply seeking further information about a particular surname, or a named individual, it is recommended that the group of newsgroups soc.genealogy.surnames.* be used rather than any other newsgroup or mailing list. This is because soc.genealogy.surnames newsgroups are moderated as well as archived. The moderators ensure that subject lines are given in an informative and stylized format, providing details of dates and locations as well as the surname in question. This is aimed at facilitating searches of the entire large archive of messages that have ever been sent to the newsgroup, searching for all messages which relate to a given family. =46or those people who are restricted to using email only, the soc.genealogy.surnames newsgroups are also available as mailing lists. Please keep line lengths to about 72 characters to avoid problems with word wrap on replies. Most mail programs prepend the included lines with a '> '. It doesn't take many replies to extend the line over the normal 80 characters display size. Replying to a message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =46eel free to answer questions or provide clarification or comments in response to any posting you see on the newsgroup or mailing list. However, please "FOLLOW-UP" to the posting ONLY if you think your comments will be of interest to other readers and you wish your answer sent to all the newsgroup and mailing list readers. Otherwise please use the 'Reply' function on your newsreader to respond directly to the poster. If your newsreader doesn't allow 'Reply', note the e-mail address of the original poster and send an e-mail directly to that person. If you want to start a personal correspondence with the poster of a message, look in the header of the note and find the "FROM:" or "REPLY TO:" field where you will find that person's email address. You can then send your note directly to that person. Many newsreaders and mail programs provide easy means of replying to the poster of a particular message, and/or of posting a follow-up message, handling all the complications of message addressing automatically. Please make sure that you do not post a follow-up message accidentally, when your intention was merely to reply directly to the poster. If you are responding to a message, either include the relevant part of the original message, or make sure you unambiguously refer to the original contents. It is very common for people to read your reply before they read the original message. However, please avoid unnecessarily lengthy quotations from the messages to which you are responding. One point to bear in mind is that most Internet Service Providers delete messages after 2 or 3 days. You cannot rely on any one message being received by another subscriber. It is this very lack of permenance which makes it vital to register any surnames you are interested in in the soc.genealogy.surnames newsgroup so that it can be added to the archive. Signature Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Always 'sign' your message with your name and your preferred e-mail address. This is especially important because some e-mail and newsreader software do not always convey the originator's full e-mail address. While you may certainly include your regular mail address in your postings, you may wish to give this out only in personal replies, when necessary. Please DO NOT include a list of the surnames you are researching in your signature file. If the messages are archived (and most newsgroups are archived) and somebody is searching for your surname, they need to find it only once; hopefully it will have your address with it as well. If they are searching, and get too many hits, then they may not request all the messages and therefore may miss seeing your message. Many new email clients now default to attaching a copy of your message. This means that your message gets sent twice. Please ensure that you have this feature turned off when you send a message to a newsgroup or mailing list. You should also consider if you need to send your messages in MIME format, or would plain ASCII text be better? There is an increasing trend to include V-Cards at the end of a message. While this may be a useful feature in a business environment, it is yet more wasted space when sent to a newsgroup or mailing list. The problem in Win95 is that they accumulate unless you purge them. Each of them will consume 16k (despite the file size of 176 bytes or whatever it is). Mailing Lists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Some newsgroups are also linked, or gatewayed, to a mailing list. This means the all messages sent to the newsgroup are also sent to the mailing list. Thus people who can only use email can still take part in the discussions. There is always a separate email address to send messages to the mailing list to that you use to subscribe, or talk to the computer. The computer often uses the name LISTSERV or LISTPROC. The mailing list address will be something list GENBRIT-L, or GENMSC-L. If you use the wrong address, you will end up sending messages to the computer, which will ignore them, and commands to the mailing list, which EVERYBODY will see. Attaching Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of the newer mail and news programs provide a mechanisim which will allow you to 'attach' a file to your message. This can be a photo, a sound recording or even a complete family history book in your favourite word processor format. Even if you are sure everybody will be able to read it, the odds are that once it has passed through the internet it will be impossible to for anybody to understand without a lot of work. Please don't do it. Sending GEDCOM files, Tiny Tafels, Decendent lists and any large lists should also be avoided. Not everybody has access to the Internet via their workplace or college. Some people have to pay for their access time. Downloading large files which they are not going to be interested in is a waste of their time and money. Much better to post a short message saying that you have the information if they are interested and then send it to just those people who request it. Including files in any format other than straight ASCII is to be avoided. The use of uuencoded files, zipped files or even HTML files are likely to mean that nobody will read your message. In some groups it will result in the message being rejected. Dealing with Junk mail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is an unfortunate fact of life that with the expansion of the Internet we are all likely to receive junk mail at some point. Because the majority of the newsgroups and mailing lists are not moderated, then there is little that can be done to automatically stop these messages. So what can you do when you recieve junk mail? =46irstly, do not post a message to the newsgroup or mailing list that it arrived in. This will just increase the 'noise' in the group or list. If the message came directly to you, then you are in a better position to do something. Here are a list of suggested steps you might take: * Never buy anything from someone who sends you unsolicited advertising by email. Many of these offers are fraudulent and the advertising method is by definition, underhand. If nobody bought from them, they would quickly stop. * Learn how to reveal the 'full headers' in a mail message. This will show you the route the message took to you. Most mail systems show just the basic information ("To", "From", "Subject", "Date", etc). Even if the "From" address shows as spammer@aol, the message may not have come from AOL, the advertiser may not ever have had an account on AOL. By examining the full headers, in the vast majority of cases you can see where the message really came from. * Forward the message, including the full headers, to the services that handled the message complaining that you don't want such mail. Send it to the following addresses: abuse@[domain] and postmaster@[domain]. For example, if the message came through Interramp, then send the messages to abuse@interramp.com, and postmaster@interramp.com. Why two addresses? Many ISPs don't have an 'abuse' address; If they don't then you should encourage them to implement one. They are all required to have a postmaster account. * If the postmaster gets thousands of complaints about this kind of activity, then they will soon realize that it is not worth it to allow these kinds of people to access their systems. If you want your message to to be taken seriously, then be polite. Verbal abuse could lose you your account! Other types of junk mail include chain mail, virus warnings and the like. If you get a message that requests, often urgently, that you spread the message far and wide, that's a good sign to delete it. These often claim that they are 'helping a good cause', like the cancer struck kid that wanted to get into the Guinness Book of Records by getting as many cards in the mail as possible. The child exists and got 16 MILLION cards in the first year - 1990! The virus warnings mails are fake too and keep going despite being years old. The 'Good Times', 'Deeyenda', 'Irina' and 'Ghost.exe' warnings are all hoaxes and spreading them around causes nothing but resource drains, bother and sometimes panic in the people you send them to. =46requently Asked Questions (FAQs) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Read the Frequently Asked Question list (FAQ) for the appropriate newsgroup or mailing list before posting anything. A list of the FAQs available for the soc.genealogy.* newsgroups can be found in the Genealogy Meta-FAQ which is available via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/meta-faq.htm. It is also avaialable via email by sending the following message: To: listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk Subject: <Leave Blank> get meta-faq end =20 The Meta-FAQ is posted periodically to all soc.genealogy.* newsgroups. Users new to Usenet should also read the informational postinmgs available in the news.announce.newusers newsgroup and at the URL http://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers. The Use of Upper Case or CAPITALS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In order to allow people to quickly scan your message to see if it might be of interest to them, remember to put surnames and place names in captials. This will help them to stand out. However, do not put everything in capitals as this is considered to be SHOUTING. =46urther Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want more information, there is a very good web page on Netiquette at the URL <http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette.html> On the topic of junk mail, take a look at the following URLs * http://www.crew.umich.edu/~chymes/newusers/Think.html * http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html * http://www.vix.com/spam/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netiquette / V1.9 - 1998/09/27 / john@meertech.demon.co.uk =20

Genealogical and historical links in the Netherlands http://members.tripod.com/~westland/index.htm http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/vermeer/2/index.html Links to Surname Indexes http://members.tripod.com/~westland/linksto.htm http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/vermeer/2/linksto.htm Dutch Home Pages by Familyname http://members.tripod.com/~Don_Arnoldus/index.html Dutch-Archives http://members.tripod.com/~westland/archives.htm Dutch Genweb "Roots to the Past" http://members.tripod.com/~westland/index.htm Surname Helper http://members.tripod.com/~westland/linksto.htm Post a query or view queries for the Netherlands http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index/Netherlands.html General http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/General Emigration http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Emigration Drenthe http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Drenthe Flevoland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Flevoland Friesland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Friesland Gelderland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Gelderland Groningen http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Groningen Limburg http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Limburg Noord-Brabant http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Noord-Brabant Noord-Holland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Noord-Holland Overijssel http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Overijssel Utrecht http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Utrecht Zeeland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Zeeland Zuid-Holland http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Netherlands/Zuid-Holland Host of The Netherlands W.G.W. Theo Strik tstrik@caiw.nl

>Hi >I received e-mail from the Ethel Torice of School of Genealogy. > >some of you might like to see this web page if you are interested >in becoming a certified genealogist .or training > > >http://members.aol.com/genology2k/family ><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/genology2k/family/"> > >"The Ethel Torice School of Genealogy is offering... Genealogy 2000 a new easy >to understand, hands-on, user friendly workbook-type genealogical program - >course. >Using year 2000 Technology.</A> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

www.seidata.com/~lhoffman/cdlist.html To the newbies, oldies, anyone who may have thought they'd never need it, etc.--This site is excellent!! You can find genealogical mailing lists hosted by others at John Fuller's listing at http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html Lists hosted by rootsweb are at http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/

> I have the good fortune of living in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. I would >like to offer my services and resources to folks who perhaps have made a >conncection (through a name, a place, a tradition, whatever) to West >Africa, particularly Senegambia (which includes Senegal, Gambia, Guinea and >Guinea Bissau) but also Mali, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. > Searches through the National Archives (Actes Notaires) reveal long lists >of captives, as household inventories and as ships inventories, >particularly through Saint Louis and Goree. Transactions of British French >and Americans are recorded. > My experience and that of several other people I know so far has shown >that making a connection with one's African origins is still possible >(beyond "you look like a Wolof or a Bambara or a Fulani"). > Please feel free to contact me at ncnwwaro@telecomplus.sn. > My name is Sarita Wardlaw Henry > BP 69 > Goree, Senegal >My telephone number, after October 15th, will be 221-825-3767. > >Looking forward to hearing from you. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>Is anyone familiar with the below? > >Damita Drayton Green >dldgreen@erols.com > > >MIDDLE PASSAGE MONUMENT PROJECT > >The symbolic water burial of the Middle Passage Monument provides an >opportunity for Black people to collectively begin healing from the >atrocities of slavery. > >On July 3, 1999, during a ceremonial event at sea involving a host of >scholars, clergy, political leaders, spiritualists, entertainers, and >citizens of the world, a monument honoring the millions of men, women, >and children who lost their lives en route to and at the hands of >slavery between the 15th and 19th centuries will be lowered into the >Atlantic Ocean's Middle Passage, perhaps never to be seen again. > >Six (6) replicas of the monument will be created for placement on land >in Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America, and >South America. > >The Honorable Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, has >endorsed the project, describing it as an opportunity to "help broaden >the understanding of African cultures and the heritage of people of >African descent." > >A MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER > >The goal of the Homeward Bound Foundation is to see to it that every >man, woman, and child in the Diaspora is aware of the Middle Passage >Monument Project by January 1, 1999 so that serious efforts can be made >for us to converge on New York City for the long-overdue tribute to our >ancestors. > >Through the media, fliers, promotional T-shirts, posters, and the use of >e-mail, we intend to inform our community. > >The most effective means of spreading the word, however, is through word >of mouth. During the next four (4) months, please use every possible >opportunity to spread the word. Inform your co-workers, your preachers, >your neighbors. And because we want strong representation from around >the world, please notify your contacts abroad, asking them to diligently >spread the word in their respective countries.Then in January, with an >informed community, we will shift the strategy to physically getting >people to New York--utilizing car pooling, buses, train, discounted >plane fares, etc. Because the ships depart Manhattan > >June 26, 1999 for the Monument Site, a series of great events will take >place in New York City between June 19 and 25, 1999, enabling everyone, >even those of us who, for whatever reason, will not be able to board the >ships, to play an integral role in this once-in-a-lifetime salute to our >great ancestors. > >The famous March on Washington, the Million Man March, and the Million >Woman March have all set the stage for millions of Black people from >around the world to come together in New York for the Middle Passage >Monument Project.On July 3, 1999, we will lower a monument and lift our >spirit. May God bless us all as we embark on our most profound journey. > >Wayne James >whj@cais.com >Middle Passage Monument Project >www.middlepassage.org > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

> An interesting site! > >http://www.lib.lsu.edu/lib/chem/display/faces.html > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

>Hi all - > >The Lifetime cable TV channel program "New Attitudes" will be >featuring a segment on using the Internet for Genealogy this >Friday. Cyndi will be interviewed and RootsWeb will be featured. See > >http://www.lifetimetv.com/onair/shows/na/attractions_1026.html > >for a brief description of the show. See > > http://www.lifetimetv.com/onair/pg/lpg19981030.html > >for show times and be sure to check your local listings as well. > >Good Hunting - Mark > > >~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~ >Mark Howells markhow@oz.net >The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man for >Cyndi's List - "The serious genealogist's starting place on the Web" >http://www.CyndisList.com >Cyndi's Book: "Netting Your Ancestors - > Genealogical Research on the Internet" > http://www.CyndisList.com/netting.htm >

>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >--part0_909774355_boundary >Content-ID: <0_909774355@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > >I sent out the following e mail trying to find someone who would have an >interest in 15 years of the Genealogical Helper. I have gotten quite a few >replies, but none from groups or libraries where these magazines could be >enjoyed by a lot of people. >I am involved in this only to the extent of hoping to prevent all of this >knowledge from being thrown away and to be a benefit others, but since my good >intentions have not worked out I have decided to publish the e mail address of >the library that has these magazines and hopefully an arrangement can be made >that is beneficial to all. The library is: >Escondido Public Library, Pioneer Room >247 S. Kalmia St. >Escondido, CA 92025 (County of San Diego, CA) >(760) 839-4315 >FAX (760) 746-9327 >dfrazee@ci.escondido.ca.us > >--part0_909774355_boundary >Content-ID: <0_909774355@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> >Content-type: message/rfc822 >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >Content-disposition: inline > >Return-Path: <Southern-Trails-L-request@rootsweb.com> >Received: from rly-ya04.mx.aol.com (rly-ya04.mail.aol.com [172.18.144.196]) > by air-ya05.mx.aol.com (v51.9) with SMTP; Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:33:18 > -0500 >Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) > by rly-ya04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) > with ESMTP id UAA04876; > Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:33:14 -0500 (EST) >Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA23094; > Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:31:03 -0800 (PST) >Resent-Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:31:03 -0800 (PST) >From: LINDA2YOU@aol.com >Message-ID: <3ba4a10e.363916af@aol.com> >Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 20:30:23 EST >Old-To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com, TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com, > ALABAMA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Genealogical Helper >X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 189 >Resent-Message-ID: <"xrDL7.A.joF.WbRO2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> >To: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/816 >X-Loop: Southern-Trails-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: Southern-Trails-L-request@rootsweb.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >A library in my vicinity is wanting to get 'rid' of about 15 years of >Genealogical >Helper, ending with 1992. They have them packed into boxes and they're just >sitting there. I don't know why I'm putting this on this list because most of >you are far away, but it seems like such a sin for all that information to end >up being trashed because nobody knows it's there. >Linda HOLMAN Swansson, San Diego >Linda2you@aol.com > > >==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== >Please remember that real people read the messages you post. >Got a problem? Got a gripe? Don't take it to the list! >Send me a message, and I'll try to take care of it: >mailto:morgana@ghg.net > > > >--part0_909774355_boundary-- > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== > >There are currently 827 subscribers to the the Alabama mailing list >

>A library in my vicinity is wanting to get 'rid' of about 15 years of >Genealogical >Helper, ending with 1992. They have them packed into boxes and they're just >sitting there. I don't know why I'm putting this on this list because most of >you are far away, but it seems like such a sin for all that information to end >up being trashed because nobody knows it's there. >Linda HOLMAN Swansson, San Diego >Linda2you@aol.com >

>One book is titled: Death in a Promised Land : The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 >by Scott Ellsworth & Dr. JohnHope Franklin > >There's also a website you might find of some interest: >http://members.fullnet.net/bhower/ > >Peace... > >Hasker Nelson >"He who inherits his father's wealth also inherits his father's debts." > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Archie Rawlings >Sent: Sunday, September 27, 1998 8:10 PM >To: afrigeneas@MsState.Edu >Subject: re. boon town in oklahoma > > >there was a race riot in tulsa oklahoma in the '20's. tulsa and oklahoma >was athe only two cities during this period that had large enough >populations to have 40,000 aa's. there is a book about the race riot. >a cousin has it and i can get the name of the book if you are interested. >however, there is no mention of oil. as i recall, this book indicated >that the reason had someting to do with a black man and a white >woman. > >during this period there was a thriving business area for blacks in >tulsa. in fact, it was called the negro wall street by the white >press. the are was in the greenwood street corridor. > >many blacks and whites were killed. the exact number was never known. >many blacks left on their own accord because their property had >been burned down. > >this book will make you proud in that this is a factual story >where blacks stood their ground against incredible odds. > >i will e-mail my cousin and ask for the reference details and >post it to afrigeneas. > >Archie Rawlings, Detroit, MI arawlings@detroit.freenet.org >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >© 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights >reserved. > >TEN >Camp Meetings [cont.] > > Preachers were of different timber too; that is, externally. Their >jeans or copperas suits formed no striking contrast with these >surroundings. But when they entered the rude pulpit they were full of >the Spirit, and preached with convincing power. Some of the finest >exhibitions of moral manhood, and some of the finest specimens of pulpit >oratory and eloquence, have been witnessed at camp meetings in Alabama. >While these meetings have been attended with much good, and have ever >been an important factor in the growth and development of Methodism, >they had to suffer trial and persecution at the hands of the sons of >Belial; but have been pushed on over the head of every opposition and >are still the means of much good. > >Preach Frolic; Out-praying the Priest > > While living in Perry, I attended one of these meetings in Marengo >county. It was a glorious occasion. Mr. Lambuth, the father of our >Chinese missionary, was there and did some good preaching. He >introduced one of his sermons by saying, "There are persons in this >congregation that have been circulating false reports, and I intend >right here and now to expose them." After continuing in this way for a >while until he had riveted the attention of all, he announced his text, >"Ye have said it is a vain thing to serve God." It is useless to say he >had an attentive congregation, and much good was done by his sermon. > > At this meeting were some working women. They were all the time in the >front ranks of the battle--praying, talking and singing. There was an >Irish Catholic in attendance, who afterward told some of his people that >he had a woman there that could "out pray the priest." > >[Tomorrow: Necessary Fried Chicken; Protracted Meetings that End Too >Soon] > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >--snip--- >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. >---snip--- >

>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >© 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights >reserved. > >Ten >Camp Meetings > > Before closing my papers on Perry county incidents, it may not be amiss >to say a few words about camp meetings, for perhaps nothing has done >more to advance the cause of Methodism, to increase its members, to >develop its strength and to distinguish its piety than these. Thousands >have been attracted to them by their novelty, that perhaps might never >have been brought under the influence of the Gospel in any other way. >Some went through curiosity; others to criticise; while many of every >class were taken into the fold, and went away faithful Christians. > > The time for the camp meeting was usually in the early part of the >fall; an idle season, just after the crops were "laid by" and before the >cotton had opened to any considerable extent. > > The spot was selected by a committee. The preacher would announce that >on a certain day everybody that had an interest in the coming meeting >must assemble at this spot for the purpose of clearing off the grounds, >building the arbor and fixing the spring. On the appointed day, in the >early dawn, the father of every family in the community that was to take >part in the meeting, would shout, "All aboard for the camp ground!" And >immediately the noisy boys and cheerful Negroes, with axes and ringing >hoe, responded; and soon the mule team or the ox wagon with its merry >group, was rattling along at rapid rate for the scene of action. > > After all have assembled a foreman is appointed, and the work begins. >A short time reveals a beautiful spot, with a spacious brush arbor in >the center, while under the hill are deep tanks of sparkling water as >clear as crystal. This done, the time had arrived for tent building. >These were arranged in a circle, square or semi-circle around the arbor. > > The building of the tent then was no great labor. Corner posts were >set up and bagging tacked around. The cover was boards, pine bark or >brush, as best suited the convenience of the proprietor. The arbor was >furnished with a rude stand for a pulpit. The seats were split logs set >on blocks of wood with holes bored in them for the candle to rest in. >The whole encampment was brilliantly lighted by rude stands covered with >sod on which glowed heaps of pine knots. These rude contrivances far >outshone the flashing jets and gilded chandeliers of these more polite >days. > >[To be continued.] > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >If you need to contact the list manager, please send your e-mail to >mmanson@snet.net >

>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >© 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights >reserved. > >EIGHT >A Study in Contrasts [cont.] > >Leroy Massengale once traveled a circuit in Perry county. He was junior >under E.V. Levert. It was a fortunate thing for any young preacher to >be under the protecting care of Bro. Levert; for while he was a great >preacher, he was a kind and considerate friend. > > Massengale was a poor boy and enjoyed meager advantages. Mr. Hendrick >of Carthage, whose wife was a member of our Church, became interested in >him because of his earnest zeal and piety, and sent him to school for a >while. He never distinguished himself as a scholar nor as a pulpit >orator, but as an efficient Soldier of the Cross, he bore himself with >the gallantry of the Christian hero, and won immortal honors. He was >pure in heart. Holiness was the watchword of his life. And it was this >that gave him influence with men. At the altar of prayer, he revealed >the genius of his power and the tower of his strength. Many a soul at >the altar, passed from darkness, to light, while he earnestly and >eloquently plead for them at a throne of grace. > >One of the chief elements of his success as a pastor, was his >punctuality. No ordinary circumstance caused him to disappoint a >congregation. Bad weather, bad roads, nor high water could drive him >from his track. When he told a congregation that he would meet them at >a certain time, they knew what he meant. He served a long time as >missionary to the blacks, and fell at his post while packing his >saddle-bags to meet an appointment, not thinking it was for the last >time; but "God took him," and he lay prostrate, with his armor on, all >covered with the dust and smoke of battle, as true a soldier as ever >fell in noble strife. > >[To be continued.] >

>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >© 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights >reserved. > >Nine > >A Study in Contrasts > > My last paper was closed by an incident, showing the unfortunate >effects of excessive levity on the part of a minister, whose name, for >reasons I did not call. > > I shall begin this by relating another of the same party, which further >shows the unfortunate influence of such a practice on the part of the >minister. > > Mr. Wm. Rowland, a pious member of our Church, Rev. L. Q. G. DeYampert >and the preacher above alluded to, started on a tour out West. For some >reason, best known to themselves, the ministers decided not to make >known their calling. In their travels, this unnamed preacher indulged >freely in his ruling propensity for vulgar anecdote, very much to the >annoyance and disgust of his more refined and dignified companions. >Finally they were joined by another gentleman traveling in the same >direction. After listening to the conversation of this indiscreet >minister for some time, the new companion and Mr. Rowland dropped back >and for a time rode together. After some sharp criticism on the part of >the stranger, Mr. R., told him the talker was a minister. > > Immediately on overtaking the other two, the stranger said, "I am told >you are a preacher." The reply was, "I am, sir." Then in language more >pointed than respectful, he was severely rebuked. It is to be hoped >that this chastisement made him a more prudent and discreet man, and >that the recital of this incident may restrain our young men who are >over-charged with a spirit of levity. Preachers cannot be too cautious >in their deportment. The apostle's warning was, "Avoid foolish >jesting." > >[To be continued] >

>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >© 1998 DuBois Publishing Co, Simsbury, Connecticut. All rights >reserved. > > >EIGHT >(cont.) > >Keeping the Sabbath > > Pardon me for introducing just here an incident in which I was an >actor. It shows the superiority of example over precept and the power >of consistency. In Perry county, in the neighborhood of Mr. R. Walthal >and Mr. DeYampert it was a common practice with the people to violate >the Sabbath, by using it to make two loads of cotton a week to market. >Of course ministers arrayed themselves against it and did all they could >to dissuade the people from so wicked a practice, but seemingly with >little effect. > > It happened that I had to assist my mother-in-law in removing from >Coosada to Perry county. We started with a train of wagons, horses, >cattle, etc., in time to reach home by Saturday night, but from the >adverse events usually incident to such expeditions, we only reahed the >Campground in a few miles of home. Here, at considerable expense, we >must remain all day Sunday, or violate the Sabbath, and thus do what I >have publicly condemned. We remained. The day was pleasantly and >profitably spent. Many of the neighbors came in and we had a delightful >time; and Mr. Abernathy afterward told me that this one act did more to >restrain that community from Sabbath breaking than all our preaching on >the subject. So you see that consistency is better than precept. > > At this Campground a circuit preacher, whose name I shall not call, >gave us a powerful sermon. He seemed to be in the spirit, and burdened >with the weight of souls. His discourses had a good effect and elevated >him in the esteem of the people. Some time after this, Mr. Abernathy >invited myself and wife, together with a few other friends to a dining >at his house. This same minister was to make one of the party. My >wife, who was young in her religious experience, and who had heard the >sermon just mentioned, expected to be greatly edified and benefitted by >his conversation; but instead of a religious treat and a spiritual >feast, she was mortified by a prolific array of silly and disgusting >anecdotes. But enough for this time. > >[To be continued.] > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >If you need to contact the list manager, please send your e-mail to >mmanson@snet.net >

>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF METHODISM IN >CHARLESTON, SC, AND ALABAMA > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >(c) 1998 DuBois Publishing Co. All rights reserved. > >TWO [cont.] >Dunkards; A Tragedy > > The next incident that I shall notice was the advent of a >prophet. He was of the sect of Tunkers, or Dunkards, as they are >sometimes called. > >He predicted the destruction of the world by water in a short time. He >preached in the market places, at the street corners and in the public >squares. His dress was plain but unique. He wore a long robe or gown, >with a girdle about his loins. His hair was long and his beard >unshorn. He had a grave and serious manner, and bore himself with the >dignity of a true prophet. Money he would not receive, and clothing >only as one garment after another wore out. He preached the doctrine of >repentance and baptism by immersion. > >As he passed along the streets in his odd dress, with his long hair and >flowing beard, he created quite a sensation, especially among the boys >and the ignorant classes. Nor was his influence confined to these, as >he stood upon the streets and preached, or in the market places and >poured forth his terrific prophecies; for one lady of note and >intelligence suffered herself to be re-baptized at his hands, very much >to the mortification of her family and her friends. Although his >prophecies created quite a stir and much needless trouble, it is >unnecessary to say that the predicted flood did not come. > > In the year 1816, as well as I remember, a camp-meeting was held near >Charleston, which could be reached by water. On Saturday morning >several sailing vessels, filled with passengers, left for the >campground. In the early part of the day the wind blew a sweeping gale >and produced a very rough sea, but in the afternoon subsided and the sea >calmed. The vessel on which I sailed did not leave until after 12 >o'clock. Our voyage was delightful; but as we neared the camp-ground we >saw one of the vessels that had left early in the morning upside down. >It was then very calm, and the river not very wide, so we entertained a >hope that all were saved; but when we arrived our hopes were not >realized. There were several lives lost. All that attempted to swim >ashore were drowned, except Mr. J. W. Houck, of whom I shall have >occasion to speak hereafter. A boat that preceded our left clinging to >the wreck of the other. The loss of many lives, however, cast a gloom >over the encampment. > > How necessary to attend to the Savior's admonition, "Be ye >therefore ready." > > For full particulars of many incidents, we refer the reader to >Mr. Wood's book. > >Jno. DuBois >Eutaw, Ala. > >[To be cont...] > > >==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== >--snip--- >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. >---snip--- >

>INCIDENTS AND CHARACTERS OF EARLY METHODISM IN CHARLESTON, SC AND >ALABAMA > >By > >The Reverend John Elmore DuBois > >Edited by Elizabeth A. DuBois >(c) 1998 DuBois Publishing Co. All rights reserved. > >[Ed. note--The following series first appeared as newspaper articles >published in the Alabama Christian Advocate sometime around 1885. Only >the headings have been edited. The above title appeared at the >beginning of each newspaper article.] > >PROLOGUE > > Thrilling incidents, reminiscences, sketches, etc., have created >of >late quite a thirst for this kind of literature among the readers of >Methodist journals. As the gratification of this desire can only result >in good, it may be well for those who possess the facts and data to >gratify it. > > Nothing is more pleasing to the patriotic and chivalrous youth, >than to >listen to the stories of gallant heroes and the adventures of the >returned soldier; and a similar sentiment seems to possess the heart of >the young Christian in relation to the heroes of an earnest faith and >the veterans of the cross. Let this sacred sentiment be nourished and >strengthened and it will result in the productions of an intelligent >brotherhood. > > By the common consent of mankind, it is agreed that old men may >relate >incidents of the past without being called arrogant. If this is so, I >certainly have the right to speak, for I am an old man, standing midway >between the eighty-sixth and eighty-seventh mile post on the journey of >life. It is a long way to look back to my childhood, and as I do so a >very checkered panorama unfolds itself to my faded vision. But it is >only life--human life--varied, mixed and mangled, as it always is. I >wish to speak of one or two things, not foreign to my purpose before I >begin my narrative. > > Some months ago, in conversation with Dr. Meek, of the >University of >Alabama, I chanced to remark that I had heard his father, Rev. Dr. S. >Meek preach in Charleston, SC in 1813, while filling that important >station. Just here I hope the doctor will pardon me for saying that it >fills my heart with gratitude to God to know that the memory of this >noble father has been honored by a son so distinguished as a scholar and >a Christian gentleman. > > During this pleasant interview, Dr. Meek proffered me the loan >of a >small volume called "Methodism in Charleston," by Rev. F.A. Wood, A.M., >and edited by Thomas O. Summers, D.D., who says it will not only be >interesting to the reader in its present form, but will be also >available to the future historian of the Church. This little book has >furnished me with valuable information, and I heartily commend it to the >careful perusal of every Southern Methodist, and thank Dr. Meek most >cordially for his generous kindness. > >[to be continued...] >