I am descended from John Lauderdale (b abt 1798) and Pheobe Reece. John is a brother to Jacob. Dan Ragan wrote: > At 11:42 AM 7/11/98 -0500, you wrote: > >I myself have benefited from Genealogical Societies. Some I have > >belonged to. MY best results were found because a very distant cousin > >has belonged to a Genealogical Society for many years, in hopes she > >would some day make contact with descendants of 2 Uncles that left TN. > >Well to shorten the story. I joined the society and we connected, which > >saved me what could have been many pain staking if not expensive years > >of looking. This particular person I was researching Silas Jackson > >settled in Pope CO, he was born in Jackson CO, TN. Well those of you who > >may have researched Jackson's know how hard it can be to locate > >relatives in the early 1800's. > >I personally hope to see a Pope CO Society started. I do not know if I > >can be of much help from Wisconsin, but would like to if you need any > >help. Who knows it may prove that all of us researching in Pope CO are > >really related. > >Families I am researching; > >Jackson, Hathaway, William's, Clubb, Shufflebarger, Lauderdale, > >Stapleton > > > >What Lauderdales? George W., Jacob, William, John? Danny > Dan Ragan > dragan@midamer.net