Don and Others, All messages that are exchanged on this mailing list (and many others) are archived at the Rootsweb site and are accessible to all. The Bible message was no exception. To access the archives, go to the Rootsweb site www.rootweb.com Scroll down the left hand column to the section entitled MAILING LISTS. Once there, select either Interactive Search or Threaded Archives. When it asks for the mailing list type in ILMCLEAN and you will be able to access many messages. The Interactive Search works via a search engine so you should be able find the message by typing in ONE of the following words "Baize, Bible, Young, Webb, Young, Kent. The threaded archive search has messages listed by subject in the order that they were received. This message was sent on August 31, 2000 and had the heading YOUNG/McLean Co., IL Searching the archives for any mailing list can yield some great results. There is also a list of all mailing lists that might have information that could be valuable for your surnames. So give it a shot and see if you can't dig this up yourself. Happy Hunting! Lisa (who also used to teach chemisty & physics--approximately 2,500 diaper changes ago :) >From: Don Ward <[email protected]> >To: "L. S." <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [ILMCLEAN-L] BAIZE BIBLE >Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:00:32 -0500 > >"L. S." wrote: > > > > Debbie, > > > > I have the query printed off in my McLean County file. It looks as if > > it was from a member of the Baize family Ellen (Short) Baize e-mail > > [email protected] It said her husbands grandparent lived in McLean > > County for some years. > > > > The family Bible belonged to a Webb family and has mostly Webb names > > listed-no Baizes. I remembered this as a Baize family Bible also -- > > must have been the unusual surname over powering the more common one! > > > > Lisa > > > >Hi Debbie, Lisa, and Ellen, > >It would be a very nice service if someone with access to this Bible >would extract the family history information and then make the data >available, say by posting on the McLean County, Illinois, GenWeb site. > >I am interested in the WEBB family so I would appreciate very much >having this information made available. It would be a shame to have >information like this remain hidden and vulnerable to loss. > >Thank you, > >Don > >-- ># --... ...-- -.. . -.. --- -. -.- -.-. ---.. -.. --.- -.. * ># Donald L. Ward KC8DQD * voice: (517) 355-9715 ext. 217 * ># Department of Chemistry * fax: (517) 353-1793 * ># Michigan State University * e-mail: [email protected] * ># East Lansing, MI 48824-1322 * URL: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~ward * ># * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.