There is a book called "Roots of the Rich And Famous" by Robert Davenport. You can obtain a copy from Taylor Publishing Co. "www.taylorpub.com" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy M." <jmurphy@erinet.com> To: <INGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: [INGEN] Re: INROOTS-L Digest - 29 Jan 2002 to 21 Feb 2002 (#2002-16) > Something I would like to someday see is where we have a list of important > persons and what county they had lived in shown here -- > > for instance recently I found out that: > > James Dean was from Indiana and after his death buried in cemetery near > home where he was raised > > Red Skelton's ancestors came from Gibson Co, IN > > Dave Thomas (Wendy's restaurant chain) was adopted and raised until around > 14 or 17 in Gibson Co, IN at which time his parents moved to Indianapolis, IN > > etc... > > Judy M. > > > ==== INGEN Mailing List ==== > FAM_TREE.LST not found. Create new genealogist? (Y/N) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Red Skelton was born in the same town as myself. He was born in Vincennes, Knox Co., In Robert Wise wrote: > There is a book called "Roots of the Rich And Famous" by Robert Davenport. > You can obtain a copy from Taylor Publishing Co. "www.taylorpub.com" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Judy M." <jmurphy@erinet.com> > To: <INGEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:51 PM > Subject: [INGEN] Re: INROOTS-L Digest - 29 Jan 2002 to 21 Feb 2002 > (#2002-16) > > > Something I would like to someday see is where we have a list of important > > persons and what county they had lived in shown here -- > > > > for instance recently I found out that: > > > > James Dean was from Indiana and after his death buried in cemetery near > > home where he was raised > > > > Red Skelton's ancestors came from Gibson Co, IN > > > > Dave Thomas (Wendy's restaurant chain) was adopted and raised until around > > 14 or 17 in Gibson Co, IN at which time his parents moved to Indianapolis, > IN > > > > etc... > > > > Judy M. > > > > > > ==== INGEN Mailing List ==== > > FAM_TREE.LST not found. Create new genealogist? (Y/N) > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== INGEN Mailing List ==== > FAM_TREE.LST not found. Create new genealogist? (Y/N) > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237