Three people referred to the joke that was recently sent to this list. why did each person have to resend that same joke? Shouldn't they have taken the time to type in the address instead of hitting their reply key? On my computer when I hit my return key I get asked on the screen if I want to include the original message and I can hit y or n as I see fit. If you can't do this please why do you have to return the message you were originally complaining about seeing? Just wondering, Lynn

My grandfather's story was that his father would rather go fishing than take care of his family. So my grandfather was adopted by his grandparents. He had 2 living brothers and a sister who were supposed to be adopted out. My ggrandmother had married a Edward Lamay when she was 4 months pregnant with my grandfather. She was 18 and he was 29. My grandfather was born__________Lamay with Gertrude Wilson Lamay and "Edgar" Lamay as parents. Apparently he was sent to live with his grandparents early because in the 1900 census, he shows up living with his grandparents, George and Sarah Wilson, listed as a 3 yo, but his name was Chester FAIRCHILD. I have no idea where this surname came from, or why they were using it for him. I had summised, since his mother was living in the next town with her huband having children, that there was a reason that he wasn't wanted. I assumed that he was not the natural child of the husband Lamay even before I saw the Fairchild surname. Meanwhile the parents have ________Lamay in 1898, a boy, Florence Mina Lamay 1900 (dies of cholera the day her sister is born Sylvia Sarah Lamay in 1902 ________Lamay 1804, a boy Strange that they never named the boys - until later I guess I found the first son, Howard Lamay in our family plot in Ferrisburg VT. He had never oficially been adopted out, since he was still a Lamay. I never could identify the last boy, and could not find out what happened to Sylvia. I found a delayed birth certifcate for my grandfather, giving him the name Chester Munro Wilson. Given father was his grandfather, given mother was natural mother Gertrude. I assume that this was created before his grandfather died in 1909 - or maybe so he could enter WWI with an official. name. In the town indexes, his name is penciled in under L as Chester Munro Wilson. Now who is the true biological father ? Edward "Edgar " Lamay, ________Fairchild or his grandfather? Alice

Good Idea! My surnames are HURDLE and CONWAY Kathy Florida

Sent message From: A-mae-znCajun@webtv.net (Alice Bradshaw) Date: Mon, Aug 31, 1998, 7:36am To: sayona@telepath.com Subject: Re: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] Re: Much Ado I meant to send this "REPLY ALL" SO HERE I GO AGAIN! CHEERS, Alice About Nothing Message From: sayona@telepath.com (B. Rivas) Date: Mon, Aug 31, 1998, 3:06am To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] Re: Much Ado About Nothing Good lord, I don't know..but My eyes sure lit up when you said OKIE.... I Was married to the best ole Ridge Runner ever to come out that state! He was from Kiowa, do you know it.   Outside of McAlister in Pittsburg County.   what is the matter here?   A simple post, once.   Really a rather instructive post, as one should have drawn assumptions from it.   And suddenly it's one of the biggest crimes of the century?   I'm afraid some of you are a little bit too intense. I did not send a "rude and nasty" note to GAL. I answered her with questions.. Alice - "cool" is GREAT.   Us Okies are also wilting in the heat. *grin* Barbara Rivas Earl told me how HOT Oklahoma could get! He said the old iron bedsteads get so hot couldn't touch it'd burn ya!! and w/ the heat this lonnnnnnnng HOT summer..... I know how truthful he was being, in saying that!! Wow! you've reminded me, too of a Bradshaw Unsolved mystery.!!! Earl had a sister Marie, that went to a dance ans never came home!   Marie Bradshaw was 18 and never seen again, nor heard of, from that night on.... Earl was born in 29 or 28, she in 1910 maybe no one ever said that I recall Cheers and pass that block o'ice this shere way girlfriend~ Alice sayona@telepath.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Agape~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.expage.com/page/bayouhome http://www.angelfire.com/tx/cajunmae/index.html GRAND PRE LOUISIANNE a new add. ACADIE ANNE & CHAUVINS http://www.chignecto.net/nsnews

Good morning! Can you send the picture so I can take a look at the clues? Thanks! Pat McCoy ========================================= JudyL91982@aol.com wrote: > I have two pictures taken in 1942 of a beautiful woman. She may have been a > movie star, as one of the pictures shows her in front of a movie set with palm > trees in the background. In watching old movies I 'think' I have seen this > woman. > On 8-29-42 she gave birth to a baby girl that she named Mary Lassiter. > Hospital records show that the mother's name was Virginia Lassiter, but the > adoption papers are signed Betty Lassiter. > Virginia/Betty was supposed to be 23 years old, residing in Nyack, NY, born in > Virginia, and working as a retail secretary. All this info has been checked > out to be false. > We know who the birthfather was, but he's deceased. Both the doctor and > attorney who handled the adoption are also deceased. > If anyone is interested in helping us solve the mystery of her true identify, > I have two pictures that I can send as email attachments. > Judy Lassiter > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > To contact the owner use, dwburgess@worldnet.att.net

Message From: pattysueh@juno.com (Patty S Herczeg) Date: Mon, Aug 31, 1998, 7:31am (CDT+1) To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] lightbulb joke Hi! Patty Sue, I did enjoy the joke!! and if you will take another look at it, you,ll see that what has been going on here the last couple o'days....proves it was VERY FUNNY...THIS list has taken off true to form!! as all lists do<grinnnnnn> think about it WE ARE THE JOKE!! HAHAHAHA GET IT??? CHILL OUT!!! has been the best advice as we could get whatwith the heatwave!!!! I for one did not enjoy the lightbulb joke. But that is just my personal opinion. Some jokes I like, some I do not. CHEERS! ALICE But I subscribe to     GENHUMOR-L@rootsweb.com     for that purpose. I subscribed to this list for the mysteries. I"m disappointed in this list, so I'm unsubscribing. That's my 2 cents worth. Patty ________________________________________Good! thats as it should be! Free speech and all that ya know ...best thing tho, to coome out of all this discourse, was to remind me of an unsolved I'd not thought on, in absolute ages!!! I guess the heat shriveled my poor little pea-brain<grin> _______ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from digest mode, send a NEW message to GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com In the body of the message, put the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Agape~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.expage.com/page/bayouhome http://www.angelfire.com/tx/cajunmae/index.html GRAND PRE LOUISIANNE a new add. ACADIE ANNE & CHAUVINS http://www.chignecto.net/nsnews

Hello to the list, As a refresher, my unsolved mystery involves the murder of James Archer WILKES in 1873 at Bear Lake in Holmes Co., MS. I'm still looking for the newspaper accounts of this. Thanks, Annette (Listowner of WILKES-L@rootsweb.com) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I for one did not enjoy the lightbulb joke. But that is just my personal opinion. Some jokes I like, some I do not. But I subscribe to GENHUMOR-L@rootsweb.com for that purpose. I subscribed to this list for the mysteries. I"m disappointed in this list, so I'm unsubscribing. That's my 2 cents worth. Patty _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

B. Rivas wrote: > > Good lord, what is the matter here? A simple post, once. Really a rather instructive > post, as one should have drawn assumptions from it. And suddenly it's one of the biggest > crimes of the century? I'm afraid some of you are a little bit too intense. > > I did not send a "rude and nasty" note to GAL. I answered her with questions.. > > Alice - "cool" is GREAT. Us Okies are also wilting in the heat. *grin* > > Barbara Rivas > sayona@telepath.com > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > Support Rootsweb! Visit http://www.rootsweb.com ! > To contact the owner use, dwburgess@worldnet.att.net AMEN!!!!!!!!

Hi all I am the listowner of the BlackSheep-L. My list was "spotlighted" at the same time this one was by Rootsweb Review. The initial influx of postings and swarms of people joining and then unsubbing drove the list owner of this list and my self NUTS for a couple of weeks. That is the power of the press. The owmer of this list and I were in conversation, and it was stated that she needed to take a break . I am assuming that she has done so. So in the meantime, let's not trash her home? Let's leave it as a neat and clean place for her to return to, and Use it for the intended purpose? After all she Paid for the privelege of allowing us to be here. We should respect the generousity of her allowing this forum to exist. Thanks for listening to me ramble on. Jeff Scism, IBSSG

Good lord, what is the matter here? A simple post, once. Really a rather instructive post, as one should have drawn assumptions from it. And suddenly it's one of the biggest crimes of the century? I'm afraid some of you are a little bit too intense. I did not send a "rude and nasty" note to GAL. I answered her with questions.. Alice - "cool" is GREAT. Us Okies are also wilting in the heat. *grin* Barbara Rivas sayona@telepath.com

I am so sick of the damn bickering. Every list seems to have its share of self-appointed censors. RULES that I've not seen in print. Barbara! Shame, Shame on you for posting a very descriptive little diddy about these people. To bad that they can't see themselves. Each and Everyone of us, (including me) fit into that poem someplace. Barbara, Perhaps _we_ should snip the lines that fit and send them, or address them to these people. Just look at the postings over this. Good Grief! Why can't you people do the same thing with MY ancestors? I would love to have my mail box filled up with data about my LUTTs, FISHERs, MIXDORFS. Instead, I get a box full of gritches, moans and petty little comments. Now, by God, Slam me. I've only just begun. JudyL105@aol.com.

I assume by now you have noticed the many complaints of subscribers concerning the foolishness that went on last night on the Unsolved Mysteries list. I for one wrote a note personally and ask the lady to refrain from using the list so that we could concentrate on our Unsolved problems. Got a very nasty and rude response from her. I have been in contact with others who have done the same and are unsubscribing because the unprofessional conduct is being allowed. I would hope to protect the list and it's reputation you would do something about following rules and procedures. I have tried repeatedly to contact you privately using: dwburgess@worldnet.att.net - to no avail. States no longer in use. GAL

Greg Boe wrote: > > Dear Barbara; > > Please do not post jokes. I am sure there are plenty of 'jokes' to be > found on the internet. I do not beleive that is what this list is for. > > Debbie At 11:17 PM 8/29/98 -0700, you wrote: > >GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 53 > > > >Today's Topics: > > #1 [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] changin [Barbara Gingerich Rivas > <sayona@te] > > > >Administrivia: > >To unsubscribe from GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D, send a message to > > > > GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 > >Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:22:13 -0500 > >From: Barbara Gingerich Rivas <sayona@telepath.com> > >To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <35E846D4.C65EEA8B@telepath.com> > >Subject: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] changing light bulbs > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >>From the Roots list: > > > >X-Message: #18 > >Date: Fri, 28 Aug 98 21:22:10 -0600 > >From: Carma Brown <carma@uni-sol.com> > >posted on another list by Chris Stewart, chriss@gorge.net > > > > > >Discussion group subscribers... > > > >| >Q: How many internet mail list discussion group subscribers does it > >take > >| >to change a light bulb? > > > >| >A: 1,331: > > > >1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light > >bulb has been changed > > > >| >14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the > >| >light bulb could have been changed differently. > > > >| >7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. > > > >| >27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > > > >| >bulbs. > > > >| >53 to flame the spell checkers > > > >| >156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light > >bulb > >| >discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list. > > > >| >41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. > > > >| >109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please > >take > >| >this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb > > > >| >203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and > >| >alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped. > > > >| >111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use > >light > >| >bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list. > > > >| >306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where > > > >to > >| >buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for > >this > >| >technique, and what brands are faulty. > > > >| >27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs > > > >| >14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post > >corrected > >| >URLs. > > > >| >3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to > >this > >| >list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list. > > > >| >33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all > >| >headers and footers, and then add "Me Too." > > > >| >12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they > >cannot > >| >handle the light bulb controversy. > > > >| >19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." > > > >| >4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. > > > >| >1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. > > > >| >47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, > >leave > >| >it here. > > > >| >143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. > > > >Barbara Rivas > >sayona@telepath.com > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from digest mode, send a NEW message to > GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com > In the body of the message, put the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes). Greg, Lighten up!!! I enjoyed Barbara's "joke"!!! And I believe that I am not the only one. I even forwarded it to many of my friends with whom I have laughed about people just like you that are listed in the "joke". If you have nothing better to do than try to trash Barbara, then you need to get a job. That list had been very inactive, in fact it has been one of the most boring lists I have been on in a while. I just stay in it to see if it improves. Barbara's "joke" was one of the best posts I have seen on there in some time. Just chill and enjoy!!! Suzanne

I believe this teachs a very good lesson , the word , light bulb is the kicker. Very, Very, good lesson. emc Woody/Suzanne Coats wrote: > Greg Boe wrote: > > > > Dear Barbara; > > > > Please do not post jokes. I am sure there are plenty of 'jokes' to be > > found on the internet. I do not beleive that is what this list is for. > > > > Debbie At 11:17 PM 8/29/98 -0700, you wrote: > > >GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 53 > > > > > >Today's Topics: > > > #1 [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] changin [Barbara Gingerich Rivas > > <sayona@te] > > > > > >Administrivia: > > >To unsubscribe from GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D, send a message to > > > > > > GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > > > unsubscribe > > > > > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > > >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 > > >Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:22:13 -0500 > > >From: Barbara Gingerich Rivas <sayona@telepath.com> > > >To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com > > >Message-ID: <35E846D4.C65EEA8B@telepath.com> > > >Subject: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] changing light bulbs > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > > >>From the Roots list: > > > > > >X-Message: #18 > > >Date: Fri, 28 Aug 98 21:22:10 -0600 > > >From: Carma Brown <carma@uni-sol.com> > > >posted on another list by Chris Stewart, chriss@gorge.net > > > > > > > > >Discussion group subscribers... > > > > > >| >Q: How many internet mail list discussion group subscribers does it > > >take > > >| >to change a light bulb? > > > > > >| >A: 1,331: > > > > > >1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light > > >bulb has been changed > > > > > >| >14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the > > >| >light bulb could have been changed differently. > > > > > >| >7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. > > > > > >| >27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > > > > > >| >bulbs. > > > > > >| >53 to flame the spell checkers > > > > > >| >156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light > > >bulb > > >| >discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list. > > > > > >| >41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. > > > > > >| >109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please > > >take > > >| >this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb > > > > > >| >203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and > > >| >alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped. > > > > > >| >111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use > > >light > > >| >bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list. > > > > > >| >306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where > > > > > >to > > >| >buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for > > >this > > >| >technique, and what brands are faulty. > > > > > >| >27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs > > > > > >| >14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post > > >corrected > > >| >URLs. > > > > > >| >3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to > > >this > > >| >list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list. > > > > > >| >33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all > > >| >headers and footers, and then add "Me Too." > > > > > >| >12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they > > >cannot > > >| >handle the light bulb controversy. > > > > > >| >19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." > > > > > >| >4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. > > > > > >| >1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. > > > > > >| >47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, > > >leave > > >| >it here. > > > > > >| >143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. > > > > > >Barbara Rivas > > >sayona@telepath.com > > > > > > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from digest mode, send a NEW message to > > GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com > > In the body of the message, put the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes). > > Greg, > > Lighten up!!! I enjoyed Barbara's "joke"!!! And I believe that I am > not the only one. I even forwarded it to many of my friends with whom > I have laughed about people just like you that are listed in the "joke". > > If you have nothing better to do than try to trash Barbara, then you > need to get a job. That list had been very inactive, in fact it has > been one of the most boring lists I have been on in a while. I just > stay in it to see if it improves. Barbara's "joke" was one of the > best posts I have seen on there in some time. > > Just chill and enjoy!!! > > Suzanne > > ==== GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Mailing List ==== > To contact the owner use, dwburgess@worldnet.att.net

ah Barbara "CHILL" is the most pleasant word I've heard here in HOT EAST TEXAS! Thanks for the treat! Alice

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Martin luther Hammond b. Feb. 24th 1911 in Ga. adopted by a couple in Alabama around 1915 to 1917. The 1920 census list his last name as Hammond but his marriage cert. has Hammons. He was adopted by "Wright's" , adoptive mother's maiden name was LaRue. It was said that he was adopted from a orphanage in Atlanta, Ga. So far i have not been able to find his adoption records. Trying to find who his birth family was. Pat Hammond

Dear Barbara; Please do not post jokes. I am sure there are plenty of 'jokes' to be found on the internet. I do not beleive that is what this list is for. Debbie At 11:17 PM 8/29/98 -0700, you wrote: >GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 53 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] changin [Barbara Gingerich Rivas <sayona@te] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D, send a message to > > GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:22:13 -0500 >From: Barbara Gingerich Rivas <sayona@telepath.com> >To: GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <35E846D4.C65EEA8B@telepath.com> >Subject: [GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES-L] changing light bulbs >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >>From the Roots list: > >X-Message: #18 >Date: Fri, 28 Aug 98 21:22:10 -0600 >From: Carma Brown <carma@uni-sol.com> >posted on another list by Chris Stewart, chriss@gorge.net > > >Discussion group subscribers... > >| >Q: How many internet mail list discussion group subscribers does it >take >| >to change a light bulb? > >| >A: 1,331: > >1 to change the light bulb and to post to the mail list that the light >bulb has been changed > >| >14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the >| >light bulb could have been changed differently. > >| >7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs. > >| >27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light > >| >bulbs. > >| >53 to flame the spell checkers > >| >156 to write to the list administrator complaining about the light >bulb >| >discussion and its inappropriateness to this mail list. > >| >41 to correct spelling in the spelling/grammar flames. > >| >109 to post that this list is not about light bulbs and to please >take >| >this email exchange to alt.lite.bulb > >| >203 to demand that cross posting to alt.grammar, alt.spelling and >| >alt.punctuation about changing light bulbs be stopped. > >| >111 to defend the posting to this list saying that we are all use >light >| >bulbs and therefore the posts **are** relevant to this mail list. > >| >306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where > >to >| >buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for >this >| >technique, and what brands are faulty. > >| >27 to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs > >| >14 to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly, and to post >corrected >| >URLs. > >| >3 to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to >this >| >list which makes light bulbs relevant to this list. > >| >33 to concatenate all posts to date, then quote them including all >| >headers and footers, and then add "Me Too." > >| >12 to post to the list that they are unsubscribing because they >cannot >| >handle the light bulb controversy. > >| >19 to quote the "Me Too's" to say, "Me Three." > >| >4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ. > >| >1 to propose new alt.change.lite.bulb newsgroup. > >| >47 to say this is just what alt.physic.cold_fusion was meant for, >leave >| >it here. > >| >143 votes for alt.lite.bulb. > >Barbara Rivas >sayona@telepath.com >

My husbands great grandmother Julia with three childern left the port of Mobil in Sept. 1875 for the port of Houston. They traveled on the Lizzie, a sidewheeler. I have not found any records of passenger list or any record that the Lizzie even existed. Did this sidewheeler exist? Dian Granberg irish@arn.net