Hi all, It's a pleasure to join the group. It's so hard to research so far away from home but I'm sure that the tips that I pick up here will help. Without further adieu, here is my info: A. Scott Eric Fowler B. Naples Serviceman's Branch, Naples Italy District C. DOB 21 Jul D. FOWLER, ROBINSON, MORTLOCK, SCULL, POWELL, FORD, and DAVIS E. Sure, send me it all, I could use the help. Most of my lines have been worked on by others, I just need to verify their work. The great mystery are the Fowler's. My grandfather, Dick Fowler (1915-1965) came to Houston, Texas with his brother Sidney from somewhere in Oklahoma. The brothers married two sisters, Nellie Mae and Francis ROBINSON. I requested his death certificate which should give me some clue. I found him in the SSDI but would appreciate any current info on how to get his SSN records (request forms, web pages etc.). Thanks for your help, Scott

Looking for cousins on the following lines. Have additional family information on most surnames: CANTRELL c 1780 ? NC or GA CORBITT c 1786 NC FIELDS c 1846 - 1996 ?>ARK>TX>AZ>ID GORGE c 1800 TX LEWIS c 1635 - 1997 FRANCE>NORTH IRELAND>NC>TX>AZ>CALIF MARTIN 1755 - 1862 ?>NC MC CLELLAND c 1650 FRANCE MILLICAN 1792 ?NC MORTON c 1750-1997 ?>NC>GA>TX>AZ>ID REED 1796-1902 ?>TX SCOTT c 1820 - 1872 ?>GA SHROPSHIRE c 1800 - 1848 ?<GA TURNER c 1756 ? NC VAUGHT 1855 - 1942 MO>TX WILLIS c 1800 - 1927 ?>VA>TX Welcome any inquiries. June in Idaho

My Grandfather is eluding me. He can't keep his date of birth, place of birth, or even marriages straight. I have, all documented: name: John Benson/Benjamin/B ?? ARMSTRONG DOB: 1 Aug 1881/1879 Place Moweaqua, Shelby/Christian, Illinois of birth: Flat Branch, IL or Kentucky? Marr: 9 Nov 1908 - Edith Pearl Robertson - Decatur, Macon, Il - "1st marr" - 28 yrs 12 Jun 1913 - Cordelia Moore - Burlington, Iowa- another "1st marr." Migration: 1901 Louisville, KY - enlisted in Army 1904 Roots, Ark - discharged from Army 1909: Westpoint, Clay, Mississippi -birth of 1st child 1911-1913: Decatur, Macon, Ill birht of 2nd & 3rd children 1916-1941: Johnson City/ Olathe Kansas with 2nd "1st wife" & family until his death 1941 Military: 1 Feb 1901 - Co. B, 28th Reg. US Inf. 21 May 1901 - Co. F, 30th US Inf. discharged 31 Jan 1905 Mindanao Exp. Jul 1901, Phillipines 15 Apr 1901 - 14 Nov 1903.Father: Father: Richard M. Armstrong born: Kentucky Mother: Sarah Harriet Sellers (Sellars) born: Illinois Anyone run across any proof on my grandfather or ggrandfather/mother? Happy Hunting, and let me know if you find grampa! Thanks. Toni Perry reply to: [email protected] ----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- Received: from mrin75.mail.aol.com (mrin75.mail.aol.com [152.163.116.113]) by air15.mail.aol.com (V32) with SMTP; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:54 -0400 Received: from listserv.indiana.edu (piano.ucs.indiana.edu [129.79.5.189]) by mrin75.mail.aol.com (8.8.5/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id FAA07446 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> Received: from piano (129.79.5.189) by listserv.indiana.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 4:36:41 -0 >> ----------------- Forwarded Message: Subj: Rejected posting to [email protected] Date: 97-09-15 05:36:54 EDT From: [email protected] (L-Soft list server at Indiana University (1.8c)) To: [email protected] (Toni Perry) You are not authorized to send mail to the ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L list from your [email protected] account. You might be authorized to send to the list from another of your accounts, or perhaps when using another mail program which generates slightly different addresses, but LISTSERV has no way to associate this other account or address with yours. If you need assistance or if you have any question regarding the policy of the ILLINOIS-ROOTS-L list, please contact the list owners: [email protected] ------------------------ Rejected message (42 lines) -------------------------- Received: from emout19.mail.aol.com (198.81.11.45) by listserv.indiana.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <[email protected]>; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 4:36:41 -0500 Received: (from [email protected]) by emout19.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id FAA27248; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 05:36:18 -0400 (EDT) From: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Armstrong, John IL> KY>Il >MS> IL>KS 1879-1941 My Grandfather is eluding me. He can't keep his date of birth, place of birth, or even marriages straight. I have, all documented: name: John Benson/Benjamin/B ?? ARMSTRONG DOB: 1 Aug 1881/1879 Place Moweaqua, Shelby/Christian, Illinois of birth: Flat Branch, IL or Kentucky? Marr: 9 Nov 1908 - Edith Pearl Robertson - Decatur, Macon, Il - "1st marr" - 28 yrs 12 Jun 1913 - Cordelia Moore - Burlington, Iowa- another "1st marr." Migration: 1901 Louisville, KY - enlisted in Army 1904 Roots, Ark - discharged from Army 1909: Westpoint, Clay, Mississippi -birth of 1st child 1911-1913: Decatur, Macon, Ill birht of 2nd & 3rd children 1916-1941: Johnson City/ Olathe Kansas with 2nd "1st wife" & family until his death 1941 Military: 1 Feb 1901 - Co. B, 28th Reg. US Inf. 21 May 1901 - Co. F, 30th US Inf. discharged 31 Jan 1905 Mindanao Exp. Jul 1901, Phillipines 15 Apr 1901 - 14 Nov 1903.Father: Father: Richard M. Armstrong born: Kentucky Mother: Sarah Harriet Sellers (Sellars) born: Illinois Anyone run across any proof on my grandfather or ggrandfather/mother? Happy Hunting, and let me know if you find grampa! Thanks. Toni Perry reply to: [email protected]

I'm in desperate need of help! How? read on � or skip to bottom! 1985: mother-in-law (Mil) receives group sheets, family newsletter showing her lines to abt 1702 - does nothing 1991:Mil receives letter: 13 years of serious research has produced a book about her husband's Gen, 1-time pre-pub offer - does nothing 1995-96: Mil passes copies on to my husband ( Hub) - He does nothing-I slip everything into the photocopier, return the originals to his clutter pile, and put my copies in the back file. You know, the one waiting for "Round Tuits" to go on sale. 8/31/97: I am about 2 mos away from a deadline to finish a cont ed (CE) class, and Hub starts looking over my shoulder to see why I'm always at the computer. To humor him, I pull out his stuff to show him, and send off inquiries on his 2 lines - takes 5 minutes. 24 hrs later I receive e-mail from both sides: the book is being reprinted, his 2nd cuz-2 is e-mailing to talk about that, who-knows-what cuz on the other side with the web-site wants an interview of Mil, now 83, Hub starts asking about relationships to the e-mailers. Then, I input all the info we have, plus updates from the website, now I'm into several hours of work, and Hub can't wait to see his pedigree and group sheets coming out of my printer. Now he is talking fondly of vacationing in Lazdijai, Lithuania! I have been working on mine since 1975, (well, OK, career took off and interfered) and am stuck at grandpa on mom's side. As his girlfriend said to Nathan Detroit..I kehn't SHTAND it! Thank goodness Hub still has a job to keep him occupied during the week. Oh, did I mention Hub doesn't know the on-off button on the computer (OK, he learned DOS Word Perfect 5.1 about a year ago, nothing else) I want to send him off on weekends to have cozy taped chats with Mil, get the web-site guy satisfied and GET HUB OFF MY BACK (er, shoulder) so I can get back to MY homework project, now due in 6 weeks! Where you can help: I need an interview script, mine dates from 1975, and is not all that great. Any sources, books, etc. you can refer me to� or one you can e-mail. Toni Perry, Huntington Beach, CA ****************************************************************************** ******** reply to: Gma Hacker @ aol.com - Where are your ancestors? ****************************************************************************** ********

Hi everyone, I have been meaning to talk to you a little bit about why we do genealogy research. Some do it to join a society like DAR etc (which are good societies). Some do it and are determined to document every word. Some do it as an obligation. Some do it to get a feeling of family. Some do it for love. You have to decide what you want from your genealogy. I write it so I can not only trace my roots but try to find out the personal things that made each ancestor unique. One of my favorite things to do is go to my home town and sit at the microfilm printer with old newspapers microfilmed and just click every time I see any of my surnames mentioned. A lot of it is who had dinner with who or visitors from out of town, new babies, deaths, (I accidently got two of my great grandmothers obits doing this) Its getting to know them-- who were they--what did they like to do-- were they happy and fun or sad and alone. You can learn all kinds of things if you look and want to. I was reaised in an extremely disfunctional home with no feeling of roots. I went to 16 grade schools in 8 years. (don't get me started LOL) By researching I am getting the feeling of belonging to a family, of knowing where I came from. That is my reason. I have found funny things like (well I thought it was) my dad had to have his tonsils out when he was in the navy. I never knew so many things. I love getting to know each ancestor as personally as I can so I feel I know them and they are my family. This is genealogy by my perspective. I will probably never be able to document a lot of things but knowing the family member means so very much more. I think this fits in to what you were asking Tanya. Enough of my rambling along - Happy Hunting, Dianne

Hi Everyone, I was asked by one of you to help know a good way to post a pedigree to a hopeful relative and how to read the ones with numbers and indentations. That is a toughie! The way I deal with sending my pedigree to a possible relative is to write it like this: Dianne Lynn Curry Morris parents- father- Anderson Rudolph Curry mother- Clara Juanita Boaz grandparents- George Benjamin Curry and Ella Amelia Schulte (married couple) Noah William Boaz and Ethel Lindhorst great grandparents-Anderson Curry and Elizabeth Ann Pruett Rudolph Schulte and Anna Eva Lotz Amos Wilson Boaz and Anna Bannon Robert T. Lindhorst and Sue Mae Chesser and it goes from there. You start with yourself and work back- filling in basic info- If they are a realtive then you can go in to dates, places etc. This may not be the best way but it works for me and I have all my direct line descendants listed that way. You can compare collateral lines (siblings (and spouses of) and the rest of the family. Now as to using the numbered Indented form of presenting your pedigree chart -I find it as confusing as you do usually. But this is how my pedigree would be that way (this way you start with the oldest relation you know and work forward) 1. Amos Wilson Boaz +Anna Bannon 2 their first child (second generation) +spouse if married 3 their child (third genertation) 3 their child (etc) +spouse 4 their child (fourth generation) +spouse 5 their child (fifth generation) 2 the original couples second child +spouse 3 their child +spouse 4 their child +spouse 5 their child 2 the original couples third child You can see how this could be confusing- especially if each child had several children who had several children etc, It could be pages between the originals couples children. I hope you understand this. I get confused just explaining it LOL. Some people add to the confusion by adding the alphabet to the list-A, a, roman numerals --whew- I am more into learning not only my genealogy but who the ancestors really were so usually put it in a text form that would probably confuse you to haha. ( If I have more information than just a name I put a + in front of the number of the person in the family.) # where child fits in( i for the first child ii for the second etc) name Oldest known faimly member. born XX at XX Died XX at XX buried at XX. Married (spouses name) date of marriage. She was born XX at XX Died XX at XX buried at XX (spouses parents goes here) They had the following children: +1 i son Joe 2 ii son Tom +3 iii daughter Sue SECOND GENERATION 1. son Joe was born XX at XX died XX at XX buried at XX. He married Jane Doe XXXXX at Blue co. IA. She was born xx at xx, died xxx at xx buried at xx (her parents were xx xx) They had the following children: 4. i mary ryan +5 ii ann ryan 6 iii linda ryan 7 iv george ryan 3. daughter sue was born xx at xx died xx at xx buried at xx. She married ___Jones date and place of marriage. He was born xxxx . They had the following children: 8 i jack Jones THIRD GENERATION 5. ann ryan was born xxx at xx died xx atxx buried xx. She married tom lewis. They had the following children: 9 i pat lewis +10 ii ann lewis FOURTH GENERATION 10. ann lewis was born(you fill in all the info you have). she married Joe___ They had the follwowing children: 11 i susie ___ Now that I have you totally confused (really I hope not) I will hush till next time. I would read these over and try a little of each and see what works for you. Have a good day! Dianne

Hi Everybody, I thought I would go over a few of the terms and abbreviations you are going to run in to in your quest for your ancestors. Most of them are common and just common sense but may be confusing to newbies. These are the links I used to get this information. They also have links there for Colonial diseases and Colonial Occupations. I hope this helps someone out there :-)). <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7116/terms.html">Genealog y terms</A> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7116/terms.html <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7116/abbr.html">Genealogy Abbreviations</A> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/7116/abbr.html ANCESTORS - person from whom you are descended in a direct line CENSUS - official listing or counting of persons; the Federal Census has been taken every 10 years since 1790; there also are state censuses in some states which may have been taken every 5 to 10 years CENSUS INDEX - alphabetical listing of names enumerated in a census CIRCA - about or approximately, usually used in front of a date or year CODICIL - a supplement to a will COLLATERAL - relatives descended from the same ancestors, but in a different line (aunts, uncles, cousins - those not in your direct line) COUSIN - [1] a child of one's aunt or uncle; also called first cousin; [2] a relative descended from a common ancestor, such as a grandparent, by two or more steps in a diverging line; [3] a relative by blood or marriage; a kinsman or kinswoman; [4] a member of a kindred group or country DESCENDANT - one whose ancestry can be traced to a particular individual DESCENDANT CHART - graphic document that shows descendants of a source couple for a specified number of generations DIRECT LINE - descent from an ancestor through succeeding children EMIGRANT - one who leaves one country or region to settle in another ENUMERATION - the process by which persons are counted for purposes of a census ESTATE - the whole of one's possessions; especially all the property left by a deceased person FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY (FHL) - of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) located in Salt Lake City has the world's largest collection of genealogical information FAMILY HISTORY CENTER (FHC) - located in many towns throughout the United States, these are local research centers where one may access the information of FHL through the use of microfilm, microfiche and computers GEDCOM - acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication; file format supported by most genealogy database programs for the exchange of genealogy information between different programs and computers IMMIGRANT - one who settles in a country having emigrated from another OBITUARY - published notice of a death, sometimes with a brief biography of the deceased PASSENGER LISTS - names and information of passengers who arrived by ship, often including their age, sex, occupation, place of origin PEDIGREE - a list of ancestors; a lineage PEDIGREE CHART - graphic document that begins with one person and moves backward in time, showing the parents of each person in the tree PRIMARY RECORD - a record created at the time of the event (birth, marriage, death, etc.) as opposed to records written years later PROVED - documents such as wills, deeds, bills of sale, etc., having their accuracy and honesty atteted to through legal proceedings in a court of law REGISTRAR - an official who registers/records events such as land transactions, probates, births, deaths, etc. SIBLING - a brother or sister SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX - an index of records containing names of deceased Social Security recipients whose relatives applied for Social Security Death Benefits after their passing which includes the individual's name and Soundex code, birth date, death date, Social Security number and state where it was issued SOUNDEX - a card index system prepared by the Works Progress Administration for the federal censuses; names are arranged by letter and number codes according to the sounds of their consonants; thus, even if a name is misspelled or spelled in an unexpected way, it can often be located in the Soundex index SPOUSE - a husband or wife SURNAME - the last or family name that a person bears in common with others in his/her family VITAL RECORDS - civil records of birth, marriage and death WILL - the legal document containing the statement of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death ****************************************************************************** GENEALOGY ABBREVIATIONS ab. - about; abbr. - abbreviation a.k.a. - also known as bef.- before bur. - buried c. - cousin; ca. - circa cem. - cemetery cen. or cens. - census cert. - certificate ch. - child; children; d. - died; div. - divorced; d/o - daughter of FGRA - Family Group Record FGS - Family Group Sheets FHC - Family History Center FHL - Family History Library gch. - grandchildren GEDCOM - GEnealogical Data COMmunication gm. - grandmother gp. - grandparents grf. - grandfather g.s. - grave stone gt. gr. - great grand IGI - International Genealogical Index info. - information m. - month; male; mother; married; marriage m/1, m/2 - married first, married second, etc neph. - nephew obit. - obituary orig. - origin; original q.y. - query rel. - relative s. - son SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope sis. - sister s/o - son of tn. - town; township unc. - uncle unk. - unknown unm. - unmarried vols. -volumes v.r. - vital records vs. - versus w. - wife; wf/o - wife of Keep in mind these are not all you will run in to and some will have a different meaninig from the stated one here. These are just some of what I use.

Fellow LDS researchers: What's a good answer for our non-member friends and family when they ask, "Why are you interested in helping me with my research?" My answer was, "Just look around you at all the incomplete families you know, then look at all the complete families you know -- which produces, on a regular basis, a stable and more secure offspring with their feet on a firm foundation? I feel that by going deeper into my family history, I know that much more about "who I am" and "Where I come from" and this gives me a better foundation on which to build "where I'm going". By my posterity knowing who their progenitors were, they can't help but have their feet placed more firmly on the ground and this encourages them to continue to build stable and secure families, with a firm footing, who know who they are." I'm wondering if any of you have any additional suggestions. Please advise. Thanks, Tanya Lynne Gilliam Griffin Gloucester, Virginia Branch Newport News Stake [email protected] Surnames I am researching: GILLIAM, GRIFFIN, ROARK, HAMMETT, WHITE, GIPSON, HENDRICKS, HOLLOWAY, POLLARD, YOUNG, FLOYD, CHAMBLESS, BABB, HART, BLACKWELDER, ELAM, EDWARDS, LOWE, OLIVER, TAYLOR DOZIER, BURKE, WHATLEY, MOODY, SPENCE, SAWYER, BERRY, WOOD THORNTON, BERRY, MATTHEWS & HILL. States from which my ancestors migrated: VA, SC, NC, ILL, KY, TN, TX

Hi Everyone! I have been busy and finally got all the names you have sent me compiled and will give you what I found. I have a few (5) that sound similar but are spelled different: Gardner and Gardener McCrea and McCray Brizel and Brazel Hendricks and Hendrix Stephens and Stevens If you are the one with one of the sound alikes and want more info let me know. I Found the following matching surnames SURNAME PEOPLE WITH THE MATCHING NAME SNOW Albert.Gardner and AZDEE TAYLOR Gryphon, Dshindelar, Guardian FW and Albert.Gardner HILL Gryphon and Dshindelar WILLIAMS Deshindelar; rficklin; i-luv-angels; and GuardianFW STORMS Dshindelar and AZDEE WHITE Gryphon; LKSearcy; and Dshindelar BERRY Gryphon; Sjmchugh; and AZDEE WOOD Gryphon; Kim-Den; and IamDLW FORD Kwilter 809; and Scott.Fowler MOODY Gryphon and AZDEE SPENCE/SPENCER Gryphon; LKSearcy; Seracen2; and Sjmchugh COOK/COOKE GuardianFW; and Kim-Den PERRY Kim-Den and Kwilter 809 HOWE/HOWES wferretr and LKSearcy BALLARD Pbl3gkah and rficklin ROBINSON ScottFowler and pigrace WALSH wferretr and rficklin MURRAY symchugh and azdee I dont know if you will find any cousins in the group but it never hurts to check. I just matched them, from there you are all on your own :-)) The majority of mine ended up in IL, Moody was from ENG Murray, Martha J from TN>KY>IL Hall- I have two family groups. Louiza Hall married J.E. Denton Vera Marie Hall b. 22 Feb 1890 Berry, IL--d. 28 May 1959 Hannibal MO Father---Jacob Hall Mother ---Elizabeth Spouse----Julius Anderson Brown I have a question for all of you. Do you want to go thru the list to check out matches or get the address of the individual? Just let me know ! Tomorrow morninig I will post a new lesson for the beginners. I believe learning the language of genealogy might be interesting, and take a lot of confusion away as you search. Today's site of interest will be at the internet site at <A HREF="http://www2.cy-net.net/~bga/stlinks.html">Brazos Genealogical Associ ation, Brazos Co Te...</A> http://www2.cy-net.net/~bga/stlinks.html It has searchable data bases all over the world. It is a good place to search Here is one of the searchable places from this link- its great if your realtives were from IL Illinois Ancestor Exchange Purpose of Illinois Ancestor Exchange: To provide family historians with a way to contact one another for research about Illinois residents. Data included is limited to name, approx. year of birth and Illinois county of residence. Please contact the submitter directly for additional information about the listings. -------------------------------------------------------------- Birth County Of Surname Given Name Year Residence -------------------------------------------------------------------- CYR Bonnie 1947 Cook --------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Cernosek, Bonnie Email: [email protected] Address:1855 Chippendale Road Hoffman Estates, IL 60195 Other Surnames from this submitter: Surname Given Name Year Residence -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BANDY Henry Franklin 1879 Greene BANDY Robert James 1857 Greene CYR Bonnie 1947 Cook DRUMMOND Benjamin 1799 Greene DRUMMOND Lucinda 1826 Greene FORD Eldorado 1857 Greene FORD William Franklin 1821 Greene HENDERSON Amy Ann 1821 Greene HENDERSON Daniel 1781 Greene JONES Emma/Amy 1811 Greene ROSE Sarah/Sally 1806 Greene STOUT John Hardin 1820 Greene STOUT, JR. John Hardin 1847 Greene WATTS Fannie 1848 Greene WATTS Jane 1795 Greene WELLS Mary A. 1831? Greene WELLS Robert 1803 Greene WELLS Robert 1821 Greene

Dianne! You are too good to be true! Thank you so much for the effort to establish this list and now for the extra effort just for me. My Myers, Copen, and Farley lines are from WV and my Rice line is from MD and WV. My husband's Dumont family were Washington, DC natives. Some Dumonts came from MA. Other family names are Lineberger, Norbeck, and Werner (last two from Eshzell, Germany). My real stumbling block is my paternal grandfather, James Francis Rice. No one in the family ever knew, but suspected, he was born out of wedlock in Cumberland, MD. No name for mother either so this Rice name could be his mother's maiden name. I do have his birthdate - 02 April 1865. I have not worked on these names ever over the internet so I am a real greenie. My family group sheets and pedigree charts go back to early 1800s. I received all your lessons but admit I need to read and digest them - and I will. +:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+ From Jane's brain For all the Saints +:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+

I am recovering from knee surgery right now but thought I would send in my info. too. Name: Jayne McHugh Ward: St. David's, Hamilton Stake, Ontario, Canada Calling: Ward Genealogy Teacher Surnames being researched: England, Derbyshire - CLAYWORTH, TAGG, SHEPHERD, SPENCER, BROCKLEHURST,PASHLEY England, Lancashire - CLAYWORTH, HARVEY England, Nottinghamshire - CLAYWORTH, PASHLEY England, Yorkshire - CLAYWORTH, MURRAY, HARVEY England, Durham - MURRAY, SNOWDON, HARVEY Canada, New Brunswick - MCHUGH, CYR I am conducting a One Name Study on the CLAYWORTH name. Bye for now, Jayne ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jayne McHugh St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada E-mail: mailto:[email protected] Homepage: http://www.vaxxine.com/genrace Mailing lists: http://www.vaxxine.com/genrace/lists.htm FTM Webpage: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/h/Jayne-A-Mchugh/index.html :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

TO All, I lost my computer last night. My hard drive crashed and I still have AOL as long as I am on some one elses computer. I am asking that everyone hold my mail until Tuesday when I hope to be up and running again. We have to completely delete AOL and start from scratch. thanks deidre [email protected]

Dianne: Where do your Halls come from My Halls are From Kentucky. I have my great-grandfather Millard Fillmore Hall who married Veitrice Stenger in 1904.Millard is the son of Chaplain Hall (Chaplain may be a tiltle his real name may be Benjamin) Who is suppose to be the son of Sir Benjamin Hall of England. I have a wonderful chapter to a book my grandmother started that tells of her early life. She also mentions an uncle Herbert Hall who came to visit bringing a wife and baby girl with him The wifes name was Thelma. I am desperate to find Veitrice my grandmother mother who died when my grandmother was 6 yrs old. I've been feeling an overwhelming closeness to Vietrice and I know I have to find her though I've checked the vital statistic records in Ky and she's not there I'm thinking that maybe they were somewhere else and moved to Ky after her death I just don't know. My grandmother (Rosella has been in a coma for a week now) so that may be why I have such a strong need to find her mother so they can be reunited. Anyhow I'm actually collecting any and all info on all Halls so anything you would be willing to send would be great.

Hi, I didn't send any links to search on adoption :::::blushing:::: Cyndis is <A HREF="http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm">Cyndi's List of Gen ealogy Sites on the Internet</A> http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm Dianne :-))

HI All, We hadn't really gotten in to adoptions and the problems they face. I would try Cyndi's links-she has some good search spots for adopted persons or even missing persons. Hope this helps. Dianne

Hi Priscilla, The address to post things is : [email protected] Have a nice day!! Dianne

As you can see from the message below, a friend of mine is trying to locate a sister of the Christie she has been working with. If you think you might have information, please contact Judy at her e-mail address at the top or e-mail to me. Please use discretion! Thanks Priscilla Judy Wallace wrote: > Hi Priscilla, > Sandra said you might have some ideas. I have a friend in California > that > we actually got to meet and spend some time with last month when we > were > down for Erin Bledsoe's wedding. She and I have been e-mailing for a > couple > of years while she was looking for birth family. She just recently > discovered that another baby was given up in the Seattle area. Her > birth > name was Christie and she was 1 or 2 years old when she was adopted, > was > raised by an aunt until that time but the uncle wouldn't let her keep > the > baby because they had 3 little ones. She was adopted by a Mormon > couple in > the Seattle area. I don't have their name. Is there anywhere we can > start > that will help with this one ? How's that for a question ? > > Thanks for thinking about this one. > Judy

Hi Everyone, I have been checking sites to send you to and it made me realize I don't know anything (haha). There is just so much out there!!! A few basics for the Greenies: Start with yourself. Your pertinent information. Then your parents, sisters, brothers -grand parents- aunts uncles --and question all of them (kindly of course :-)) about other relatives and memories they have. You may find some thing invaluable later on. You work with the information you have and work backwards. parents grandparents great-grandparents etc. Even if you have very little information you can work this way. Always write down where you get any information at all so you can refer back if you need to. Write down dead ends too. That way you don't repeat yourself. If you do not have any Family Group Sheets (lists parents, children and etc) for each marriage, you need to get to work <G>. Any local Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will have FGS(family group sheets) and Pedigree Charts. Sometimes there is a nominal charge (5-10 cents usually). They are usually very nice volunteers that will help you if needed to learn how to fill out the forms. They are also very helpful --you do not have to be a member to use them. Check the white pages and call the church for hours. If you have a program in your computer for keeping your genealogy, most will print out these sheets, with the information you have accumulated or blank. If you don't have access let me know and I will send a few addresses off the net you can get free forms to print out on your printer. ALWAYS write down things, I can't stress this enough because I know what its like not to. I ended up backtracking a lot looking for the same information--a real time waster. There are so many places online to get how to information on genealogy, If you get tired of me rattling on how tos just let me know (I wouldn't mind that one being private :-)) OK - now everyone has their FGS and PC right! Fill out one with you as a child and as a spouse (if married). Then your parents. Be sure to include siblings and their spouses and children etc. A good location for how to's is at <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/how tofnd.html">Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Getting ...</A> If this comes thru blue click it otherwise you can go to: http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000394.html The Family Tree Maker Genealogy site is good. They have a searchable index. Go to home page for a list of all things available. <A HREF="http://www.family treemaker.com/ifftop.html">Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site </A>http://www.familytreemaker.com/index.html I hopes this helps. If there is a specific research area you want please post the question on the mailing list- [email protected] so when I answer (of course assuming I can LOL) everyone will get the information at the same time. They may have been wanting the same information but were afraid to ask ;-). I will hush up now. Happy Hunting, Dianne

Here you go Dianne and Gen-Rooters: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE GEN-ROOTERS 1. Full Name - Matilda Louise Perry , but usually I answer to Toni. 2. Ward and Stake you are in. - California, Huntington Beach Stake, Huntington Beach 1st Ward. 3. Date and month of birth. Dec 21. 4. Surnames looking for : ARMSTRONG: Ky 1871> Illinois 1881>Miss1909>Illinois1910>Kansas 1916-55> BADCOCK: Mass 1827 BALDWIN: Maryland1800 DAMON: Mass 1692-1764 DEBOLT: Ohio/Indiana/Illinois1810-1870 DEERING: Illinois 1865 -1894 DICKERSON: 1826 Indiana >Illinois 1870 FAULKNER, FORKNER, FORTNER: Wales 1650>Maryland 1727>Illinois1866 FILMER: Maryland 1652 FORD: Maryland 1731 MCCRAY: Illinois1850>present NEWELL: Ohio 1782> Illinois 1866 NYE: Mass 1650-1800> PAYNE: Maryland 1850 PERRY: Wales 1650> Mass 1718 -1749 >Maryland 1782> Ohio 1805> Indiana 1835> Illinois 1862 - present PHILLIPS: Maryland 1800>Illinois 1825-present RAND: Mass 1680 ROBERTSON: Ky 1798-1865>Illinois 1880-present SELLARS: Illinois 1900-present WOODWORTH: Mass 1656-1764 YOCUM: Maryland/Illinois1820-1847 5. Do you want to receive: ... Yes, Please ~:-)

To one and all, My name is Dennis Mitchel McCrea I live in the Sikeston, MO Ward of the Cape Girardeau, MO Stake Today is September 12, 1997 Surnames: McCrea, Perry, Wood, Remington, Cook, Sargent, Pack, Colton Many Thanks, Bro. Dennis McCrea Sikeston MO Ward Cape Girardeau MO Stake [email protected]