What sources have you used to find the info you have so far? I think I do have Francis' wife's name at home in my home computer and will check that later tonight after class. Have you contaacted the Perry County courthouse at all? Jonna --- Rama Brunswick <rama32164@cox.net> wrote: > Francis Smith born in 1804 SC, died 1884 Perry Co., > IL. Wife, > Jane/Jennie/Jennet/Jennetta McHatton born 1819, > Ireland, died 1873 Perry > Co., IL. Married 1840 Randolph Co., IL. I've been > unable to confirm who > their parents were or where in SC Francis was born. > Any information would be > appreciated. > > Jonna, > I was almost afraid to read your response as the > other poster was/is really > angry with me. Thank you for being gracious and I > regret raising the > question!!! > > I do remember you, now, and am still stuck on this > generation. I have found > other family trees that list people. However, there > aren't any sources to > confirm the names/dates/places. > > Please do email me, however you prefer, and no > hurry. Thank you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonna" <jonnawanna@yahoo.com> > To: <ilperry@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 11:11 AM > Subject: Re: [ILPERRY] Message Boards - Francis > Smith - Rama > > > > Just wanted to say that, like Jean, I am also a > > legitimate member of this board. I think this is a > > good time to remind people that while it's good to > be > > cautious regarding who you are contacting and who > you > > are sharing information with, that for the most > part > > all of us as genealogists are very willing to > share > > information and to correspond with others > researching > > the same families. > > > > However, no matter how much we would like to be > > helpful, sometimes life gets in the way. > Personally, I > > work full time, take bachelor courses at night and > > teach a Beginner's course in Genealogy at my local > > teach college. Not to mention raising a family and > > attempts at having a personal life, so we are not > > always able to respond as quickly as we would like > to. > > So please be patient with me. I've been on both > ends > > of that, and have had to wait a long time to get a > > response but eventually it comes around. > > > > I would really like to help you Rama, and we > should > > talk because I was looking back at my old saved > email > > and we had corresponded back in 2003. We also have > the > > Bigham's in common. It looks as if I had responded > to > > you at that time but I had never gotten a response > > back from you. I don't have a ton in my files on > > Francis but I do have some other Smith information > > that may be helpful. Can you tell me specifically > what > > you have already and what you are specifically > looking > > for? That would help me respond quicker. > > > > If you would like respond to my private email at > > jonnawanna@yahoo.com or on this board. > > Thanks!! > > Jonna > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > > ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ILPERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com