In a message dated 12/1/01 1:54:59 PM, AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net writes: <<Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears there is a debate as to the origin of the word,>> Audrey, et al- Florida is the second largest producer of beef in the USA. The original cows came from Spain and many (most) became wild an lived in the brush of the wet lands. As the States population increased a railroad was built and meat became a viable crop in the north. Cowboys, vaqueros and cattle hunters begin corralling and driving stock to the market. While guns were utilized for protection and herding, the whip was most common. The herd leaders were trained to the command of the whip cracking on an ear or rump. These herders and cowboys were called "Crackers". Some of the "hammocks" where roundups were staged are still standing. At one time I lived about a mile from one of the more famous hammocks. BobHop

would anyone happen to know where Layin over to catch meddelers came from??? Am almost sure its a Floridian or Georgian saying because most of my ancesters were from those two states. Lesliei BOBHOP@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/1/01 1:54:59 PM, AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net writes: > > <<Do you know where the name CRACKER or CRACKERS came from? It appears there > > is a debate as to the origin of the word,>> > > Audrey, et al- > > Florida is the second largest producer of beef in the USA. The original > cows came from Spain and many (most) became wild an lived in the brush of the > wet lands. As the States population increased a railroad was built and meat > became a viable crop in the north. Cowboys, vaqueros and cattle hunters begin > corralling and driving stock to the market. While guns were utilized for > protection and herding, the whip was most common. The herd leaders were > trained to the command of the whip cracking on an ear or rump. These herders > and cowboys were called "Crackers". > Some of the "hammocks" where roundups were staged are still standing. At > one time I lived about a mile from one of the more famous hammocks. BobHop > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Thank you for your support of The HANCOCK Family Discussion List. Please post your HANCOCK folks periodically so we will all know who you are looking for.

Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and including the ".html". Audrey http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke rHouses.html

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mary, good morning, I also had a problem getting to your web page, however, I then went to google and just typed in grannyapple. That took me to ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 57'.That looks great by the way. That was the easy part. After 5 min the pictures never loaded. Your special list came up fine. This is the URL http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/StMarys1957/StMarys1957HOME.html This is evidently incorrect as the URL says nothing about crackers. Even tried typing in tour name and got directly to your message' at the USGENWEB PROJECT. Have you tried just sending your page out instead of the url? Warmest Regards Bob Audrey Shields Hancock wrote: > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="just-bob.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Bob Binstein Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="just-bob.vcf" begin:vcard n:Binstein;Bob tel;home:818-341-7229 x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:just-bob@pacbell.net x-mozilla-cpt:;11952 fn:Bob Binstein end:vcard --------------C162DA3C6E82071C80EB3CA5--

Audrey: I must really be dumb, but neither copying and pasting the url or double clicking on your message will allow me to access this page - it does go through to Rootsweb, but cannot get the page to come up. Are you certain you have it posted correctly. Since I apparently am not the only person having this problem, would you please double check your message? Thank you mmm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:41 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com > >

If you'll look closely at the URL below, you'll find that it has "wrapped"...i.e. it appears on two lines. Copy the second line into your browser (highlight it and do Crtl +C) Click on the (partial) link in the line above it. the browser will telll you you've attempted to access a page which does not exist. Add the 2nd line of the URL which you copied into your browser by putting the cursor there and using Ctrl+P That should give you the complete URL ~malinda Mary Margaret Meyer wrote: > Audrey: > > I must really be dumb, but neither copying and pasting the url or double > clicking on your message will allow me to access this page - it does go > through to Rootsweb, but cannot get the page to come up. Are you certain > you have it posted correctly. Since I apparently am not the only person > having this problem, would you please double check your message? > > Thank you > mmm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> > To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > > > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information > on > > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through > and > > including the ".html". > > > > Audrey > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > > rHouses.html > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com > > > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/

This is not a hyperlinked URL, as part of the hyperlink is cut off (truncated) and thus it is not clickable. You have to copy and paste the URL to the Address part of your browser window and then make sure that you have the entire URL clear through and including the .html It is correct, as I just copied, pasted, and finished off the missing part and it went right to the webpage. I will send you the URL in another way using HTML formating which is clickable because I can change the font size. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Audrey Shields Hancock" <AudreyShieldsHancock@att.net> To: <HANCOCK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [HANCOCK-L] Crackers' Houses Photos of GA > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com >

Aubrey, didn't have any trouble copying and pasting your address except I had to add the last part manually. Next time I go to Florida, I'll make some pictures of the houses around Palm Harbor. They are building new "cracker houses" there and have also old ones around Sue > Thanks to Alvis, Bob B., BobHop, and Sue for helping me with information on > the term "Crackers" and their homes. I have added your information and > given you credit for your contributions on the webpage. My sincere > appreciation for taking time to enlighten me. > > Some of you mentioned that you couldn't get to the site. Remember extra > long URLs are frequently truncated when e-mailed. You must get the entire > URL as given, case sensitive, letters specific, etc. all the way through and > including the ".html". > > Audrey > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/CRACKER%20HOUSES/Cracke > rHouses.html > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > If you have a HANCOCK Genealogy Homepage, and would > like to have it listed on our Links page, send the URL to the > list, or to: JuliaFWood@aol.com >