Sharon, I really appreciate this information. I have Family Tree Maker and should be able to open a gedcom with no trouble. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: <FmlyTracer@aol.com> To: <kyallen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [KYALLEN] , Strait, > Lou, > Your husband and I are 1/2 relations. > > Israel Strait 1839-1907 married Elizabeth Railey 1838-1913 > > Israel Strait was son of Grey Benjamin Strait 1808- aft 1880 (no one that > I > know has found his death date or location of burial) and 2nd wife Mary > Elizabeth Stone.(no one knows anything about Mary Elizabeth except her > name from > various children's death certificates). One of their daughters married > Robert > Hardcastle (Martha is this your line?) > > Grey Benjamin Strait (my ancestor) was son of William Strait 1769 Isle of > Wight Co VA - 11/3/1854 Allen Co KY and his wife Dorcas. > > William Strait was son of David Strait b. about 1740 unknown location - > d. > 1792 Wake Co NC.and Ann Briggs. > > Ann Briggs 1767-1785 was daughter of Edmund Briggs d. 1755 Isle of Wight > Co > VA and Hannah Ward 1726-1776 Isle of Wight Co VA. > > Hannah Ward was daughter of Thomas Ward d. 1727 Isle of Wight Co VA and > Jane. > > I'll sent you the Strait Gedcom if you have capabilities of opening it. > > Sharon > > > In a message dated 1/30/2009 6:55:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > ltravelsted@bellsouth.net writes: > > Sharon, > I have Donnie T. Strait 5/30/1867 - 10/19/1934 married 10/5/1885 to > Lorenzie J. Buchanan (2/16/1867 -1/29/1926). Her parents were Israel > Strait > and Elizabeth "Bettie" Railey. This is all the information I have. > Donnie > was my husband Frank Travelsted's grandmother. I would like any > information > you can supply. He really didn't know anything about his mother's family > because his mother died when he was too young to be interested in > genealogy. > > > **************From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, > stay > up-to-date with the latest news. > (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000023) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYALLEN-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 - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1926 - Release Date: 1/30/2009 5:31 PM