junk JENKINS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > JENKINS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 27 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: JENKINS-D Digest V00 #26 [RLDOZIER@aol.com] > #2 Fw: Truly a Genealogist ["Jaunice" <njyork@flash.net>] > #3 Re: JENKINS, Mary Jane ["DAVID R. MILLER" <davidrmiller@ho] > #4 ROWLAND ???? [Rose Harnden <roseh@coinet.com>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from JENKINS-D, send a message to > > JENKINS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: JENKINS-D Digest V00 #26 > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 19:43:26 EST > From: RLDOZIER@aol.com > To: JENKINS-L@rootsweb.com > > Do you still get this newsletter. Are these some of your Jenkins? > > In a message dated 1/30/00 7:27:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, > JENKINS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << -Message: #1 > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 16:22:35 -0800 > From: Grier Ingebretsen <grier@uswest.net> > To: JENKINS-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3893844B.126440B@uswest.net> > Subject: Re: Thomas Jenkins second family ... > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I have been searching for information about a Thomas JENKINS in > my line. He would have been born abt 1770 but don't know where > and I do not know the name of his wife (wives). He lived in KY. > He had at least 2 sons: > > 1. Benjamin JENKINS b ? , d ?, married 1827 Putnam Co, Ind > to Catherine Shelton/Skelton. > > they named their children: > Elizabeth > Sarah Jane > Jesse b 1833 Ind > Emily > Columbus > Elijah > > Does this Thomas JENKINS connect with anyone? > > Patti W-I > Portland, OR > > > DIXIEGIL@aol.com wrote: > > > > I have just begun to find out about my ancestor's [Thomas Jenkins] second > > family. After his first wife, Jemima Williams, died, Thomas Jenkins of > > Greenville Co., SC married Ruth Barton, eldest dau. of Benjamin Barton and > > Lucy Welborn of NC. Thomas and Ruth settled in Lauderdale Co., AL. where > > Ruth's brother, Wm. S. Barton had the "Barton's Trading Post". Thomas > > Jenkins and Ruth Barton had 9 children born before 1814. These children > are: > > i Benjamin Jenkins > > m. Hannah __ > > ii Chapley (Shapleigh) Jenkins > > m. Elizabeth Johnson > > iii Hiram Henson Jenkins > > m. Polly Ann Willoett on 1 Oct 1831 > > iv Ruth Jenkins > > m.(1) Zachariah Belcher on 19 Dec 1835 > > (2) Thomas Sherrod > > v Permelia Jenkins > > m. ___ Bowden > > vi Catherine Jenkins > > m. John T. Mackey > > vii John Jenkins > > viii Lemuel Jenkins > > ix Abner Jenkins > > m. Martha E. ___ > > > > If you know any of these, I would love to complete this family ... > > > > Amy > > >> > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Fw: Truly a Genealogist > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 18:50:05 -0600 > From: "Jaunice" <njyork@flash.net> > To: JENKINS-L@rootsweb.com > > Forgive me. I know this is not a typical posting for the list, but I > received it from a very devoted (3 trips a year to Salt Lake City) > geneologist cousin in Oklahoma, and it fit so well, I thought everyone > should enjoy it. > Jaunice > > Subject: YOU KNOW YOU ARE A GENEALOGIST WHEN: > > Your kids think picnics in cemeteries are normal or that EVERYBODY does it. > You're the only person in the bridge/poker club who knows what a Soundex > is. > "It is only a few miles down the road" means at least 50. > > Some of your best friends live over 200 miles away. > > You have more pictures of tombstones than of the kids. > > "I need to spend just a little more time at the courthouse" means > forget the cleaning, washing, dinner, chores; the day is shot. > > The mailman can't believe that you got this much mail from someone you don't > even know. > > You explain to mother why you can't go 25 miles for Sunday dinner, but can > go 100 miles to check out another cemetery. > > "As soon as I check out this census record, I'll fix dinner" means "call > the local pizza parlor." > > Your neighbors think you are crazy, your friends wonder, and YOU know > you are. > > You can't drive past a cemetery without wondering if your ancestors are > buried there. > > You have to watch the credits of a movie to see if any of the surnames are > ones you are researching. > > You ask all the people you meet, what their grandparents surnames are. > > You move to a new town and the first thing you look for is a historical or > genealogical society in the area. > > You go on vacation and beg your hubby to please drive 80 miles out of the > way so that you can try and find your granddaddy's grave in 100 degree > heat. > Youthful fantasies of traveling to exotic places are replaced with plans to > get to those little towns with graveyards, or larger towns with Archives! > > Your fear of snakes and bugs is overshadowed by the need to get through > those brambles to that old gravestone. > > Old friends who knew you before you were into genealogy begin sending > clippings about dead or live people with your surnames (and you know you > have been talking about genealogy too much!) > > You worry about the roof's leaking only if the drips threaten your genealogy > section. > > When you can recite all the counties of a State you've researched but where > you've never lived. > > When you find your ancestor's execution by hanging or burning at the stake, > far more interesting than the mass-murder that just took place next door. > > You're not invited to family functions because your relatives are tired of > filling out family group sheets. > > When you read the New Testament in Sunday School and find yourself > comparing the pedigrees in Matthew and Luke. > > Patricia Owens 1/30/00 > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: JENKINS, Mary Jane > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 20:42:51 -0500 > From: "DAVID R. MILLER" <davidrmiller@home.com> > To: JENKINS-L@rootsweb.com > > HELP PLEASE > Looking for info. on my g-grandmother running into brick wall > > Mary Jane JENKINS Spiker (b October 28, 1857 d November 27, 1920) > Married: Wm. Henry Spikr > Children: Odus Troy > Parley J. > Benjamin R. > Alvey G. > > Mary Jane lived her married life on a farm in Preston County, West > Virginia, near Bruceton Mills, WV. > > Probably born and raised in that general area. > > Any help, any leads greatly appreciated. > > Karen Spiker Miller > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: ROWLAND ???? > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 20:44:28 -0800 > From: Rose Harnden <roseh@coinet.com> > To: JENKINS-L@rootsweb.com > > I am anxious to find out who and where Rowland JENKINS of NC > and Carter Co, Tenn. are decended from and his family and > decendants... I would very much appreciate any help... > > MIne is of Elbert JENKINS marr 1849 to Sarah STOVER... he > was son of Emanuel JENKINS,, > > Thank you for your time... > Rose in Oregon.. > roseh@coinet.com