On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 12:16 -0400, CPJester@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central Daylight Time, > kssooners@sbcglobal.net writes: > > I still don't know why it is asking too much to put some identifying > name/state, etc. in the subject line. > Johnson was in the subject line. Some covered two or three dozen Johnson given names so that doesn't work well. > > The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is not in the subject line > don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this complaining and moaning. > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs searching is always slow. Even when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, spouse, and children to even see if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow and its work. Its far easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 million fewer to search through. Gerald J. >

Thank you! good idea! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <g369n849j@weather.net> To: <johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] subject > On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 12:16 -0400, CPJester@aol.com > wrote: >> In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central >> Daylight Time, >> kssooners@sbcglobal.net writes: >> >> I still don't know why it is asking too much to put >> some identifying >> name/state, etc. in the subject line. >> > Johnson was in the subject line. Some covered two or > three dozen Johnson > given names so that doesn't work well. >> >> The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is >> not in the subject line >> don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this >> complaining and moaning. >> > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs > searching is always slow. Even > when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, > spouse, and children to even see > if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow > and its work. Its far > easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 > million fewer to search > through. > > Gerald J. >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.1/1051 - > Release Date: 10/5/2007 12:27 PM > >

Hey Gerald, I'm also looking for information on a David Johnson. My guy was born about 1812 in NC, married Mary Ann Macon in Macon County, Alabama. The family was in Vaugine Township, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff Post office, Arkansas,when the 1870 census was taken. Then, they took off for the wilds of Texas. Mary Ann made it, David didn't. At least, she showed up in 1880 in McCulloch County, Texas, and he was nowhere to be found. I know who is descended from David and Mary Ann. Don't know who he descended from. Don't suppose my David is also your David??? Carlette > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs searching is always > slow. Even > when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, spouse, and children to > even see > if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow and its work. Its far > easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 million fewer to search > through. > > Gerald J.

On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 16:39 -0500, Carlette wrote: > Hey Gerald, > I'm also looking for information on a David Johnson. My guy was born about > 1812 in NC, married Mary Ann Macon in Macon County, Alabama. The family was > in Vaugine Township, Jefferson County, Pine Bluff Post office, Arkansas,when > the 1870 census was taken. Then, they took off for the wilds of Texas. Mary > Ann made it, David didn't. At least, she showed up in 1880 in McCulloch > County, Texas, and he was nowhere to be found. > I know who is descended from David and Mary Ann. Don't know who he descended > from. Don't suppose my David is also your David??? > Carlette > Since my David's estate was probated in 1823 with children that I can identify birth years born from about 1786 to 1805, its not the save David. It would have been nice had all our kin used two middle names, then maybe they would have had more unique names. However during their lifetime, they though one given name was often enough. Now there was a Scottish king named David that beat the British a time or two so David is a popular given name. There was that old testament David but staunch church goers kind think of him with less admiration. Gerald J.

I agree... Ben Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Gerald N. Johnson<mailto:g369n849j@weather.net> To: johnson@rootsweb.com<mailto:johnson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:57 PM Subject: Re: [JOHNSON] subject On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 12:16 -0400, CPJester@aol.com<mailto:CPJester@aol.com> wrote: > In a message dated 10/6/2007 7:52:08 AM Central Daylight Time, > kssooners@sbcglobal.net<mailto:kssooners@sbcglobal.net> writes: > > I still don't know why it is asking too much to put some identifying > name/state, etc. in the subject line. > Johnson was in the subject line. Some covered two or three dozen Johnson given names so that doesn't work well. > > The solution is simple. If your ancestors name is not in the subject line > don't open the e-mail. Then you can save us all this complaining and moaning. > Because there ARE and WERE so many of us JOHNSONs searching is always slow. Even when I find a David Johnson, I have to check era, spouse, and children to even see if this one is close. Yes its tedious and its slow and its work. Its far easier to search for Brudtkuhl, but there are 20 million fewer to search through. Gerald J. > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:JOHNSON-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message