Thank you for confirming. What I was reacting to which was someone listing Elijah Morris's father as John's but with John's ancestors. Everyone agrees on a John Morris but not just which one. I hope that you would share what the evidence is when you decide that is probably the correct one. Speaking of Jim Morris, have you had any contact with him recently. It has been a few years since he sent me his research and travel trips on several disks. You can write me off the list at [email protected] Joan Black Lund --- Norma Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I to have done extensive research and travel on the > Elijah Morris line and > have been in contact with Jim Morris and have > received his research as well > as that of Eugene Morris. We all have the same John > Morris (found > independently) however there is no concrete proof > beyond Elijah . Eugene > and I have found some information recently and have > shared with each other > in trying to solve the mystery. It is not ready to > be documented as yet as > it is a work in progress. > The information supplied by D. Hanson has a lot of > mis information in it. > I also have the information from Pauline Morris > Geiger . > > I have a lot of documented history on the Elijah > Morris line forward and > undocumented from John backward. > > Ask for documentation of facts . > > Norma Morris Smith > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Lund" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:47 PM > Subject: Re: [ILLOGAN] John Morris > > > > Other persons' family trees are not proof. I do > know > > that Jim Morris and Pauline Morris Grieger worked > on > > this for a number of years. Jim did extensive > > traveling both on the Morris line and on the > Richards > > line and was never able to unscramble either of > these > > (1985-early 90's). Yes, it was John, but which > John > > Morris is the question. > > > > I have a line that has been repeated since 1878 in > > various family histories but it is not right. I > > believe in the perponderance of truth. This is one > > disadvantages of the internet. A person can just > say > > "oh that looks like my line", and doesn't get the > > documents to back it up. > > > > There is a book called "Cite your Sources" by > Richard > > S. Lackey 1980. Any serious genealogist and family > > historian should read it and follow its > guidelines. > > > > Joan > > --- [email protected] wrote: > >> Attn: Joan Lund, > >> Sources: > >> One World Tree > >> Ancestry World Tree Project > >> Robert, John MORRIS, Hanson/Morris Family Tree: > >> Dianna Hanson, > >> [email protected] > >> Elijah Albert Morris, Sr., Source: > >> Fletch Williamson Family Tree: Contact, Sandra > >> Salyers, [email protected] > >> Toy Williams Family Tree: Paul Williams, > >> [email protected] > >> Norma Morris Smith, [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > >> To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you > are > >> in mail mode, send to > >> [email protected] If you are > receiving > >> messages in the digest mode, send to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > > > > Joan Black Lund > > [email protected] > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/ > > > > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you > are in mail mode, send to > > [email protected] If you are > receiving messages in the > > digest mode, send to > [email protected] > > > > > ==== ILLOGAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Logan County List if you are > in mail mode, send to > [email protected] If you are receiving > messages in the digest mode, send to > [email protected] > > Joan Black Lund [email protected] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~joanlund/