Hi all, Please make note of the following address change for Sue Lefan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn Sue Lefan" <suelefan@msn.com> To: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com> Starting in the next few days my new address will be suelefan@mchsi.com Let's hope it works. Sue LeFan

Hello Listers, I have just completed a Genealogy Report on Green Calvert, Jacob Fryer, and Thomas Morse, these men were all slaves belonging to Caldwell Co., Ky. families. The report is called "From Slavery to Freedom". Green was owned by John Thompson Calvert my g-g-g grandfather. When John T. Calvert died in 1860, Green and a slave named Henry were listed on the apprasial of his estate. When I found this I started searching for their descendants. Jacob Fryer was listed in the 1870 Caldwell Co., Ky. Census living the next household from Richard Fryer the son of Reason and Delilah (Calvert) Fryer, who owned a 1,200 acres Plantation in northern Caldwell County. There isn't as much on Thomas Morse, only bringing his line down to the third generation. Hope to find more. I have included census records, death certs. obits,and some court records on these families. I placed a copy in the George Coon Library Genealogy Room at Princeton, Ky., but if you are too far from Princeton I will be glad to do a look-up in my database for you. surnames included in this report are: Baker, Bumphus/Bumpass, Calvert, Cantrell, Chandler, Cook, Crow, Crumbaugh, Curry, Davis, Day, Edmonds, Ephriam, Fryer/Friar,Gaither, Gray, Hicks, Holland, Hudson, Hughs, Johnson, Kirkwood, Martin, Mason, McCain, McCoy, Morse/Moss, Murray, Nall, Parker, Rice, Teasley, Tinsley, Williams, Wimbleduff (196 people), dates from 1830 to present day. Peggy Gilkey \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

The following messages comes from Caroline at gildent@msn.com who must be a subscriber since she received the referenced article. You should be able to respond to her via the list. Also, Caroline, could you contact Vicki at: donl@netnitco.net , I would like to correct the address the computer has on file for you. Thank you! ----- Original Message ----- From: "gildent" <gildent@msn.com> To: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 4:15 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: About PERSI > I have gone to several sites where the PERSI index is noted. All that I have > been able to find so far is a volume number, name, year indexed. I haven't > been able to find a site that actually lets you read any of the articles on > line. Do you have any idea of a web site that lets you actually read on line > any of the actual PERSI articles themselves?? > THanks > Caroline > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don & Vicki Stewart <donl@netnitco.net> > To: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:34 PM > Subject: About PERSI > > > > Here's another article by Michael John Neill that seemed noteworthy if you > have time to read it. > > > > Reprinted from Ancestry Daily News, 13 February 2002 > > > > "PERSI: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS," by Michael John Neill > > =================================================================== > > > > Old genealogical society quarterlies are a goldmine of information. > > Unfortunately, the likelihood that they are all scanned and converted > > to searchable text anytime soon is remote. As a consequence, the > > information in these journals could easily remain buried for a long > > time. Searching these journals manually is extremely time consuming. > > Even for quarterlies that are indexed, the index only covers one > > issue or a year's worth of issues. Searching thirty years of a > > quarterly publication could mean viewing as few as thirty or as many > > as one hundred and twenty indexes. Multiply this times the number of > > magazines and the time required to search increases significantly. It > > makes a comprehensive search difficult. > > > > THE ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY COMES TO THE RESCUE > > > > For over a decade, library staffers have been working on an index to > > relieve genealogists of the burdensome task of manually looking at > > each index or journal separately. The library has created a topical > > index to articles contained in the many genealogical society > > quarterlies and journals housed in their collection, categorizing the > > articles by surname, geographic location, and article type. The > > resulting work is called the Periodical Source Index. Many know this > > work by the familiar name of PERSI. > > > > NOT EVERY NAME ON EVERY PAGE > > > > Let's clear up a misconception first. PERSI is not an index to every > > name on every page of every journal. You cannot perform a text search > > of every article's contents. However, it is important to remember > > that this source was created before the days of digitization and > > optical character recognition. It is also worth remembering that to > > digitize all these journals and put them in a searchable database > > would require the onerous task of obtaining permission from each and > > every journal and many individual authors. Many of the periodicals > > indexed in PERSI are under copyright and will be for some time. > > Obtaining reprint rights would be a nightmare and a significant > > additional expense. Consequently, PERSI is limited. However, it is > > still a wonderful source and provides many genealogists with access > > to materials they would not otherwise have. > > > > A NOTE ON SURNAMES > > > > Not every surname included in a given article is included in the > > surname section of PERSI. The main family being researched is listed. > > Individuals mentioned in passing in an article will not appear in > > PERSI. > > > > 1 MILLION REFERENCES AND 5,000 JOURNALS > > > > PERSI contains over one million references and includes articles from > > five thousand genealogical journals from the nineteenth century and > > beyond. The task is gargantuan. We will discuss some of the > > limitations of PERSI, however. These limitations are discussed not to > > minimize the importance of PERSI, but rather to avoid leaving the > > impression it is a panacea for every genealogical brick wall > > (although I have used it to break down a few of my own). The > > limitations are discussed because when genealogists are aware of them > > they are more likely to use the resource more effectively. > > > > FOR INSTANCE > > > > There is a PERSI reference to an article I wrote in 1995 for the > > Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. > > > > PERSI actually lists the article twice. The references are as > > follows: > > > > Surname: BIEGER > > Article Title: Franciska Bieger Trautvetter, IL > > Periodical: Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly > > Volume: 27 Number: 2 (Summer 1995) > > > > Surname: TRAUTVETTER > > Article Title: Franciska Bieger Trautvetter, IL > > Periodical: Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly > > Volume: 27 Number: 2 (Summer 1995) > > > > The article appears in PERSI under the maiden and married names of > > the article's focus person. The article also contains significant > > information on surnames of other family members. One in particular is > > HAASE, the stepfather of the article's focus and the father of > > several of Franciska's half-siblings. The article is not indexed > > under the HAASE surname or any other surname contained in the > > article. Why? The reason for this is that it is extremely time- > > consuming to read every article for every surname and to enter that > > data in the index. Also (and I'm conjecturing here) because it likely > > becomes difficult to decide what families to include and not to > > include based upon the amount of information contained on any given > > collateral family or family member. Because of this limitation, the > > researcher should make certain to search PERSI for surnames of > > extended family members in addition to the direct line surnames being > > researched. Again: PERSI is not a full-text index to all the > > genealogical journals included in the index. > > > > LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION > > > > PERSI also has a location section where articles are categorized by > > their locality. It is worth noting that not all articles will get a > > locality categorization. The articles that obtain a geographic > > categorization are generally ones focusing on specific records, for > > example a cemetery transcription, some newspaper extracts, a > > historical article about life in a certain county, etc. The Franciska > > Bieger Trautvetter article does not appear in the locality section > > because it focuses on a specific family, even though the vast > > majority of the information referenced in the article is from one > > specific county in Illinois. > > > > Locality entries in PERSI are classified by the type of record the > > article includes. The more popular classifications are: > > --- Biography > > --- Cemetery > > --- Census > > --- Church > > --- History > > --- Land > > --- School > > --- Vital Records > > These classifications are to provide users with an idea of the > > content of the article as titles are occasionally deceiving. Those > > who do not find entries for their specific families in the surname > > section of PERSI should also consider doing searches in the locality > > section of PERSI for those areas where their ancestors lived. > > > > A quick search of PERSI's locality section resulted in an entry for a > > cemetery in which I was interested: > > > > Locality: U.S. States, Illinois, Hancock Record Type: Cemetery > > Article Title: American cemetery burials, Tioga, Al-Yo > > Periodical: Yellowjacket > > Volume: 24 Number: 4 (March 1999) > > > > PERSI can be a great way to locate cemetery transcriptions and other > > records that have not been published in book form, but have appeared > > in a serial publication. > > > > Another locality search turned up a reference for an additional > > location > > > > Locality: U.S. States, Illinois, Knox Record Type: School > > Article Title: Rio township school, 1852-53 > > Periodical: Knox County Genealogical Society Quarterly > > Volume: 21 Number: 1 (March 1993) > > > > If I had ancestors living Rio Township during that time period, the > > record may be helpful. It might assist me in determining how many > > children an ancestor had or whether or not a specific child of the > > ancestor had lived until 1852. > > > > NONE OF MY FAMILY IS IN THERE. > > MY LOCALITIES ARE NOT IN THERE EITHER. > > WHY SHOULD I BOTHER? > > > > It still may be to your advantage to search the methodology section > > of PERSI. I found several references to specific areas of Germany > > where various members of my family originated (and found no reference > > to my family members by the way). Additionally, I found a reference > > that may be particularly useful to those searching for members of the > > Jewish faith: > > > > Locality: Russia Record Type: History > > Article Title: Jewish patronymic-metronymic surnames > > Periodical: Avotaynu > > Volume: 7 Number: 4 (Winter 1991) > > > > While there are not many Russian records listed in PERSI, this > > reference may be especially helpful if I am researching Jewish > > families from Russia. Understanding the naming system may be key to > > avoiding pitfalls and making incorrect assumptions. This > > understanding comes from either lots of research on the families and > > noticing what happens or reading the article and getting a broad > > understanding before beginning research. Speaking from personal > > experience with other geographic areas, it is easier to read a how-to > > article first! > > > > SEARCHING PERSI > > > > Next week we'll discuss searching PERSI using the CD and the online > > version. There are differences and if you find many references in the > > online version you may wish to take advantage of the more > > sophisticated features of the CD. > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical > > Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, > > Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in > > Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM > > and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical > > Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide > > variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to > > several genealogical publications, including Ancestry and > > Genealogical Computing. You can email him at: > > mailto:mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his website at: > > http://www.rootdig.com/, but he regrets that he is unable to assist > > with personal research. > > > > Copyright 2002, MyFamily.com. > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > > > FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a > > friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A527901 and > > click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar. > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > > RootsWeb Boards now allow you to pick the classification and expand all > the messages on the page at one time. > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > >

Here's another article by Michael John Neill that seemed noteworthy if you have time to read it. Reprinted from Ancestry Daily News, 13 February 2002 "PERSI: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS," by Michael John Neill =================================================================== Old genealogical society quarterlies are a goldmine of information. Unfortunately, the likelihood that they are all scanned and converted to searchable text anytime soon is remote. As a consequence, the information in these journals could easily remain buried for a long time. Searching these journals manually is extremely time consuming. Even for quarterlies that are indexed, the index only covers one issue or a year's worth of issues. Searching thirty years of a quarterly publication could mean viewing as few as thirty or as many as one hundred and twenty indexes. Multiply this times the number of magazines and the time required to search increases significantly. It makes a comprehensive search difficult. THE ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY COMES TO THE RESCUE For over a decade, library staffers have been working on an index to relieve genealogists of the burdensome task of manually looking at each index or journal separately. The library has created a topical index to articles contained in the many genealogical society quarterlies and journals housed in their collection, categorizing the articles by surname, geographic location, and article type. The resulting work is called the Periodical Source Index. Many know this work by the familiar name of PERSI. NOT EVERY NAME ON EVERY PAGE Let's clear up a misconception first. PERSI is not an index to every name on every page of every journal. You cannot perform a text search of every article's contents. However, it is important to remember that this source was created before the days of digitization and optical character recognition. It is also worth remembering that to digitize all these journals and put them in a searchable database would require the onerous task of obtaining permission from each and every journal and many individual authors. Many of the periodicals indexed in PERSI are under copyright and will be for some time. Obtaining reprint rights would be a nightmare and a significant additional expense. Consequently, PERSI is limited. However, it is still a wonderful source and provides many genealogists with access to materials they would not otherwise have. A NOTE ON SURNAMES Not every surname included in a given article is included in the surname section of PERSI. The main family being researched is listed. Individuals mentioned in passing in an article will not appear in PERSI. 1 MILLION REFERENCES AND 5,000 JOURNALS PERSI contains over one million references and includes articles from five thousand genealogical journals from the nineteenth century and beyond. The task is gargantuan. We will discuss some of the limitations of PERSI, however. These limitations are discussed not to minimize the importance of PERSI, but rather to avoid leaving the impression it is a panacea for every genealogical brick wall (although I have used it to break down a few of my own). The limitations are discussed because when genealogists are aware of them they are more likely to use the resource more effectively. FOR INSTANCE There is a PERSI reference to an article I wrote in 1995 for the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. PERSI actually lists the article twice. The references are as follows: Surname: BIEGER Article Title: Franciska Bieger Trautvetter, IL Periodical: Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume: 27 Number: 2 (Summer 1995) Surname: TRAUTVETTER Article Title: Franciska Bieger Trautvetter, IL Periodical: Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume: 27 Number: 2 (Summer 1995) The article appears in PERSI under the maiden and married names of the article's focus person. The article also contains significant information on surnames of other family members. One in particular is HAASE, the stepfather of the article's focus and the father of several of Franciska's half-siblings. The article is not indexed under the HAASE surname or any other surname contained in the article. Why? The reason for this is that it is extremely time- consuming to read every article for every surname and to enter that data in the index. Also (and I'm conjecturing here) because it likely becomes difficult to decide what families to include and not to include based upon the amount of information contained on any given collateral family or family member. Because of this limitation, the researcher should make certain to search PERSI for surnames of extended family members in addition to the direct line surnames being researched. Again: PERSI is not a full-text index to all the genealogical journals included in the index. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION PERSI also has a location section where articles are categorized by their locality. It is worth noting that not all articles will get a locality categorization. The articles that obtain a geographic categorization are generally ones focusing on specific records, for example a cemetery transcription, some newspaper extracts, a historical article about life in a certain county, etc. The Franciska Bieger Trautvetter article does not appear in the locality section because it focuses on a specific family, even though the vast majority of the information referenced in the article is from one specific county in Illinois. Locality entries in PERSI are classified by the type of record the article includes. The more popular classifications are: --- Biography --- Cemetery --- Census --- Church --- History --- Land --- School --- Vital Records These classifications are to provide users with an idea of the content of the article as titles are occasionally deceiving. Those who do not find entries for their specific families in the surname section of PERSI should also consider doing searches in the locality section of PERSI for those areas where their ancestors lived. A quick search of PERSI's locality section resulted in an entry for a cemetery in which I was interested: Locality: U.S. States, Illinois, Hancock Record Type: Cemetery Article Title: American cemetery burials, Tioga, Al-Yo Periodical: Yellowjacket Volume: 24 Number: 4 (March 1999) PERSI can be a great way to locate cemetery transcriptions and other records that have not been published in book form, but have appeared in a serial publication. Another locality search turned up a reference for an additional location Locality: U.S. States, Illinois, Knox Record Type: School Article Title: Rio township school, 1852-53 Periodical: Knox County Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume: 21 Number: 1 (March 1993) If I had ancestors living Rio Township during that time period, the record may be helpful. It might assist me in determining how many children an ancestor had or whether or not a specific child of the ancestor had lived until 1852. NONE OF MY FAMILY IS IN THERE. MY LOCALITIES ARE NOT IN THERE EITHER. WHY SHOULD I BOTHER? It still may be to your advantage to search the methodology section of PERSI. I found several references to specific areas of Germany where various members of my family originated (and found no reference to my family members by the way). Additionally, I found a reference that may be particularly useful to those searching for members of the Jewish faith: Locality: Russia Record Type: History Article Title: Jewish patronymic-metronymic surnames Periodical: Avotaynu Volume: 7 Number: 4 (Winter 1991) While there are not many Russian records listed in PERSI, this reference may be especially helpful if I am researching Jewish families from Russia. Understanding the naming system may be key to avoiding pitfalls and making incorrect assumptions. This understanding comes from either lots of research on the families and noticing what happens or reading the article and getting a broad understanding before beginning research. Speaking from personal experience with other geographic areas, it is easier to read a how-to article first! SEARCHING PERSI Next week we'll discuss searching PERSI using the CD and the online version. There are differences and if you find many references in the online version you may wish to take advantage of the more sophisticated features of the CD. ___________________________________________________________________ Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including Ancestry and Genealogical Computing. You can email him at: mailto:mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his website at: http://www.rootdig.com/, but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research. Copyright 2002, MyFamily.com. ____________________________________________________________________ FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A527901 and click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar.

Hi Listers, A new item as been added to the Caldwell County US genweb page called Skacyfat A to Z. We just finished reading it, and thought it was GREAT !! You may want to check it out. The address is below. http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html Peggy & Ken G \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

searching for any information on LLoyd Calvert, he was a preacher. He preached and lived in Caldwell Co. for a while, also in Waterloo Mich. he was beaten until blinded over his preaching, but refused to stop having to be lead to the pulpit. He may have preached also in Crittenden Co., Ky. as there is an Infant of Rev.& Mrs. Loyd Calvert b&d 1926 buried in Whites Chapel Cem., Crittenden Co., Ky. I think LLoyd may have been born abt. 1900, I am sorry I have no other information, hope some of you can help Peggy Gilkey \\\|/// kengilke@evansville.net \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

I am searching for the parents and siblings of Anna Lola Monte Josephine Calvert any help appreciated. Anna Lola Monte Josephine Calvert b. 4-17- 1858 Caldwell Co., Ky. ? d. 12-5- 1948 Hopkins Co., Ky. md. 12-18- 1877 Caldwell Co., Ky. William Taylor Jackson b. 3-7-1856 d. 10-29-1931, son of Nathan B. & Sarah Elizabeth Smith Jackson known children were Alice Jackson b. 10-9-1889 Donie Jackson Thomas Jackson Monroe Jackson Peggy Gilkey kengilke@evansville.net \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

Well! I've been completely chastised. > Reprinted from the Ancestry Daily News, 7 February 2002 > > > "AFTER YOU POST," by Michael John Neill > ===================================================================== > > This piece is a follow-up to "Before You Post" which recently > appeared in the "Ancestry Daily News" > (http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A517801). > Based upon the number of messages in my in box, handling queries > after they have been posted is just as important as posting the query > in the first place. > > Maintenance is a fact of life. The following suggestions may help you > get more 'life' out of your query and increase the chance of a > fruitful response. > > > CHECK YOUR EMAIL > > Did you create a separate e-mail account to use solely for genealogy > and query posting? This is fine, but make certain you check the mail > and delete unnecessary messages from the account on a regular basis. > Most of the free e-mail accounts have space limitations and those who > send you messages will get their message bounced back if your account > is full. Are you willing to risk the chance that the "big break" is > in one of those bounced messages? Delete spam from these free > accounts immediately as these messages tend to monopolize space > (especially those messages in HTML). As one who uses a free e-mail > account, I have found the filters to be reasonably effective in > reducing the amount of spam that I have to manually delete. > > > UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS > > "Before you Post" mentioned the importance of tracking query > postings. This is extremely important and is necessary to > appropriately manage your queries after they have been posted. Your > e-mail address will change, frequently for reasons. When your e-mail > address does change, post the updated version as a follow-up to your > original query and include new information if known. Don't make it > impossible for people to contact you. > > > CHECK THE BOARDS > The boards at Ancestry.com (http://boards.ancestry.com) allow the > message creator to choose to receive an e-mail when a reply has been > posted to their message. This is the best way to track responses > without having to manually visit the message board periodically. If > you choose not to use this option or post where this option is not > available, check periodically for message replies. Not everyone will > e-mail you personally. > > > POST UPDATES WHEN AVAILABLE > > If you are fortunate enough to answer your own query, post a follow- > up. You may wish to post an annual follow-up even if you are unable > to locate new information. There are some who may ignore "old" > messages because of the increased chance of a bounced message. Annual > follow-ups are sufficient, don't clutter the board with weekly > updates when you have no new information. Annual updates allow > researchers to contact you and to know that you are still actively > searching. In cyber space, a five-year-old e-mail address is > definitely archival! > > > DON'T EXPECT MIRACLES > > Hoping for a response is one thing. Expecting someone to simply drop > the answer in your lap is another matter. If the information in your > original post is incorrect (perhaps through no fault of your own), > the chance of a response is decreased. Keep researching so you can > post new information as you receive it. If you are working on a > puzzle that has stymied others for years, the answer may not come > easily, if ever. And the only responses you get may be queries on > other families of the same line, with little or no direct connection > to the individuals being researched. > > ANSWER QUERIES > > Responses need not be immediate, but try and answer as many replies > as you can. Even a short response indicating "no information" is > better than nothing. But you may be inundated with more e-mail than > you are able to handle. While having too many messages may seem > desirable, believe me, it's not. > > > KEEP RESEARCHING AND LEARNING > > "Naught times naught is naught" or so goes the saying. Don't expect > to quit working on your family after you post your query. You must > continue to research after the family after the query is posted. At > best you may answer your question. At worst you locate absolutely > nothing. Many times the end result lies somewhere in between. The > reality is that you may locate additional details, which could be > used to make your original query more effective. Do some research. > Learn about the area. Sitting passively and waiting is best applied > to television, not genealogy. > > > WHAT POSTERS SHOULD NOT EXPECT FROM RESPONDENTS > > Query posters should not expect respondents to send them an entire > data file carte blanche. Personally, I think it's a bit much to ask > someone to send you their entire GEDCOM file. If the person offers to > send you their entire file, that's a different matter. (An aside > comment: If someone offers you a glass of wine, hopefully your > immediate response is not to ask for the entire bottle!) Posters > should not expect respondents to send them gratis copies of mountains > of records they might have spent years compiling. Posters should not > expect respondents to spend days doing free research. Posters should > not expect instantaneous replies. Those who respond are free to do > what is within their ability and interest. One must also remember > that some respondents have to deal with minor issues like earning a > living and dealing with living family members. > > > A NOTE TO FRUSTRATED QUERY VIEWERS > > If you cannot contact a message poster, consider the following > --- The person might have died > --- The person might have lost interest in genealogy altogether > --- Life might have taken a priority over family history research > > Don't forget that an individual's life might take a quick, unexpected > turn and family history might have been temporarily left behind. > > > TRY SEARCHING ELSEWHERE FOR THE MESSAGE POSTER > > If your e-mail to the person bounces, consider searching for them on > a search engine such as http://www.google.com. If their name is > common, add the main surname from their query post to your search > terms. If a Susan Jugkowski posted a query on the Brownson family and > your e-mail to her bounces, enter the phrase "Susan Jugkowski > Brownson" into a search engine. The person might have completely > forgotten about the query and changed their e-mail address in the > interim. You might have some success also posting to the various > county and state mailing lists for the areas where the poster's > family lived. Just because the person had a bounced e-mail address > does not mean they are no longer interested in family history. Maybe > they simply forgot about their original post. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical > Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, > Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in > Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM > and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical > Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide > variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to > several genealogical publications, including "Ancestry" and > "Genealogical Computing." You can e-mail him at: > mailto:mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his Web site at: > http://www.rootdig.com/, but he regrets that he is unable to assist > with personal research. > > Copyright 2002, MyFamily.com. > > FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a > friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A525401 and > click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar. > > > > > > ==== KYCALDWE Mailing List ==== > Add the Caldwell County Board to your Notification List at RootsWeb > and once a day you will receive one posting with all the new postings to the board and an easy link to the message. > > ============================== > 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 > >

Reprinted from the Ancestry Daily News, 7 February 2002 "AFTER YOU POST," by Michael John Neill ===================================================================== This piece is a follow-up to "Before You Post" which recently appeared in the "Ancestry Daily News" (http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A517801). Based upon the number of messages in my in box, handling queries after they have been posted is just as important as posting the query in the first place. Maintenance is a fact of life. The following suggestions may help you get more 'life' out of your query and increase the chance of a fruitful response. CHECK YOUR EMAIL Did you create a separate e-mail account to use solely for genealogy and query posting? This is fine, but make certain you check the mail and delete unnecessary messages from the account on a regular basis. Most of the free e-mail accounts have space limitations and those who send you messages will get their message bounced back if your account is full. Are you willing to risk the chance that the "big break" is in one of those bounced messages? Delete spam from these free accounts immediately as these messages tend to monopolize space (especially those messages in HTML). As one who uses a free e-mail account, I have found the filters to be reasonably effective in reducing the amount of spam that I have to manually delete. UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS "Before you Post" mentioned the importance of tracking query postings. This is extremely important and is necessary to appropriately manage your queries after they have been posted. Your e-mail address will change, frequently for reasons. When your e-mail address does change, post the updated version as a follow-up to your original query and include new information if known. Don't make it impossible for people to contact you. CHECK THE BOARDS The boards at Ancestry.com (http://boards.ancestry.com) allow the message creator to choose to receive an e-mail when a reply has been posted to their message. This is the best way to track responses without having to manually visit the message board periodically. If you choose not to use this option or post where this option is not available, check periodically for message replies. Not everyone will e-mail you personally. POST UPDATES WHEN AVAILABLE If you are fortunate enough to answer your own query, post a follow- up. You may wish to post an annual follow-up even if you are unable to locate new information. There are some who may ignore "old" messages because of the increased chance of a bounced message. Annual follow-ups are sufficient, don't clutter the board with weekly updates when you have no new information. Annual updates allow researchers to contact you and to know that you are still actively searching. In cyber space, a five-year-old e-mail address is definitely archival! DON'T EXPECT MIRACLES Hoping for a response is one thing. Expecting someone to simply drop the answer in your lap is another matter. If the information in your original post is incorrect (perhaps through no fault of your own), the chance of a response is decreased. Keep researching so you can post new information as you receive it. If you are working on a puzzle that has stymied others for years, the answer may not come easily, if ever. And the only responses you get may be queries on other families of the same line, with little or no direct connection to the individuals being researched. ANSWER QUERIES Responses need not be immediate, but try and answer as many replies as you can. Even a short response indicating "no information" is better than nothing. But you may be inundated with more e-mail than you are able to handle. While having too many messages may seem desirable, believe me, it's not. KEEP RESEARCHING AND LEARNING "Naught times naught is naught" or so goes the saying. Don't expect to quit working on your family after you post your query. You must continue to research after the family after the query is posted. At best you may answer your question. At worst you locate absolutely nothing. Many times the end result lies somewhere in between. The reality is that you may locate additional details, which could be used to make your original query more effective. Do some research. Learn about the area. Sitting passively and waiting is best applied to television, not genealogy. WHAT POSTERS SHOULD NOT EXPECT FROM RESPONDENTS Query posters should not expect respondents to send them an entire data file carte blanche. Personally, I think it's a bit much to ask someone to send you their entire GEDCOM file. If the person offers to send you their entire file, that's a different matter. (An aside comment: If someone offers you a glass of wine, hopefully your immediate response is not to ask for the entire bottle!) Posters should not expect respondents to send them gratis copies of mountains of records they might have spent years compiling. Posters should not expect respondents to spend days doing free research. Posters should not expect instantaneous replies. Those who respond are free to do what is within their ability and interest. One must also remember that some respondents have to deal with minor issues like earning a living and dealing with living family members. A NOTE TO FRUSTRATED QUERY VIEWERS If you cannot contact a message poster, consider the following --- The person might have died --- The person might have lost interest in genealogy altogether --- Life might have taken a priority over family history research Don't forget that an individual's life might take a quick, unexpected turn and family history might have been temporarily left behind. TRY SEARCHING ELSEWHERE FOR THE MESSAGE POSTER If your e-mail to the person bounces, consider searching for them on a search engine such as http://www.google.com. If their name is common, add the main surname from their query post to your search terms. If a Susan Jugkowski posted a query on the Brownson family and your e-mail to her bounces, enter the phrase "Susan Jugkowski Brownson" into a search engine. The person might have completely forgotten about the query and changed their e-mail address in the interim. You might have some success also posting to the various county and state mailing lists for the areas where the poster's family lived. Just because the person had a bounced e-mail address does not mean they are no longer interested in family history. Maybe they simply forgot about their original post. ___________________________________________________________________ Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including "Ancestry" and "Genealogical Computing." You can e-mail him at: mailto:mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his Web site at: http://www.rootdig.com/, but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research. Copyright 2002, MyFamily.com. FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A525401 and click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar.

Group, some thoughts on being "postingly correct" :), Reprinted from Ancestry Daily News, 23 January 2002 best regards, Vicki "BEFORE YOU POST . . ." by Michael John Neill ==================================================================== Submitting genealogical queries has never been easier. Query boards, mailing lists, and online data sites have made publication of genealogical interests virtually instant. Searching is usually easy and does not require manually viewing each page or using an index. It is easier than ever to get international exposure for your problems. And yet we still don't get answers. In the "old days," when one wanted significant national exposure for their genealogical stumbling blocks they had to advertise in one of the large national magazines. Publication of the query was not instant and payment was based upon the number of words. The genealogist would wait at least six months before their query was in print. To minimize cost, the genealogist would carefully craft their query, including enough words to be clear without being needlessly verbose. Just listing the surnames Smith and Jones would not be effective, but needless words upped the cost. The online posting sites are wonderful, but free queries and the ability to instantaneously post should not entirely change the rules. One can't simply slop anything in a query and expect results. PROVIDE ADEQUATE DETAILS On any of the query boards, including those at Ancestry (http://boards.ancestry.com), word count is not an issue. Details should be sufficient enough to allow the reader to determine if the subject is a likely match for her own research. Readers are not likely to completely read rambling textual monologues. Keep it clear and succinct. A few examples follow. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY These samples parallel postings I have seen on a variety of boards. I've used my own family members in all cases so as not to pick on any one poster (and to increase the chance my long lost distant relative learns of my problem!). NOT SO GOOD "My name is Jimmy Jo Genealogist and I am so excited about looking for my family history. My ancestor was Ira Sargent and he must be the most difficult man on the planet to find. I swear his alien comrades must have just dropped him off the UFO and returned to their home planet. I can only find him in one census and his first wife just up and disappears, leaving him and the children. Maybe the UFO came back and got her by mistake?! I need help! Please send me what you have." New meaning to the word "vague" here. While we can sympathize with the writer's frustration, some readers will wonder how much research the writer has actually done. A LITTLE BETTER "I'm looking for Ira Sargent. He lived in Warsaw and his wife Ellen left him in the 1880s. They are both dead." Where is Warsaw and who expects these people living in 1880 to be living now? Otherwise I'd try locating them in the longevity section of the Guinness Book of World Records. BETTER "Looking for information on William Ira Sargent, born ca. 1846 in Canada. First recorded existence is the 1880 census for Warsaw, Hancock County, Illinois. His wife, Ellen Butler was born ca. 1856 in Missouri and lived with Ira as his wife in 1880. She left a few years later and was never heard from again. Ira lived in Lima, Adams, Illinois and Rocky Run Township, Hancock, Illinois after his wife's 'disappearance.'" He died in Peoria County, Illinois in 1916. Their children were Ida Mae and Ella. The last query has dates and locations. Some dates are approximate, but that is okay. The researcher searching for an Ellen Butler born in 1800 in New Brunswick immediately knows that this query is not for her. WHAT'S THE CHANCE? My wife has an ancestor named Philip Smith. How effective will a query like "I'm looking for a Philip Smith who lived in Illinois in 1850" be? If this man is an ancestor or a relative, I must have some fact other than his existence in 1850. Few are likely to respond to this query. I should add the county where he lived, the people I think are his parents, the name of his wife, and the state of birth he lists in the 1850 census. IT WILL BE PUBLIC What you submit to one of the genealogy bulletin boards will be available to all who read it. And it will stay there, so read it BEFORE you submit it. Readers could incorporate the information into their own genealogy database without asking. This may happen regardless of whether or not you want it to and regardless of whether you think it is ethical or not. However, this type of problem is nothing new. Genealogists who were researching in the distant past (for example, the '80s) encountered the same problem using a more archaic media called a book. If you were to publish your genealogy in paper form, you would be taking the exact same kind of risk. Material can be copied from a book without any credit given to the original compiler. The best approach is to use the information as clues, obtain the actual records, and contact the original poster-they might be more than willing to share. The original query poster might have additional information (ulterior motive alert!). If there are details you don't want used by others in this fashion, then don't include them in your query. Even if I could sue for copyright infringement (and that's a big if), the legal fees would probably exhaust money I currently use for other things like house payments and food. My dependent descendants are somehow used to eating and having a place to live-they're funny that way. However do include enough information so that query readers can distinguish your John Smith from the millions of other ones out there. Otherwise why post at all? KEEP TRACK Keep track of the queries that you post. Some sites allow you to create a username and a posting identity in order to tie all queries to the original submitter. Use this feature! Then when your e-mail address changes, it can be changed once. Otherwise you'll need to keep track and post email updates to all your queries. Otherwise how can people reach you? YOUR SUBJECT Your subject should be brief and specific. Avoid being redundant. If posting to the Smith message board, avoid using a subject line of "Smith family." Every message posted to the Smith board should be about the Smith family. Use a location or a complete name and a birth date in your subject line. You want to catch the attention of potential readers. MICHAEL?GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE Some of the query criticism might sound a little harsh. But remember some of these query boards have thousands of messages, more than any one person can ever read. And while messages boards can be searched, unspecific queries are still unspecific. Finding them takes time. When the surnames and first names are common (and who doesn't have a few of those), researchers simply don't have time to read incomplete postings. Queries with few details are the ones readers are most likely to click right past without giving a second thought. I want the best chance that researchers who are looking for my query find it. Let's face it, researchers type in names and/or locations into search boxes. That is how searches are conducted. I should put terms like this in my query. This increases the chance that other researchers locate my posting. And don't we all want interested researchers to find our queries? BE POLITE All of us started out inexperienced at some point in time. Keep this in mind when reading and replying to postings. WHY BE CONCERNED? In summary, posters to a genealogy bulletin board are hopefully trying to: 1) Maximize the chance that potential relatives see their query 2) Maximize the chance that those who see (and can help) respond It's not as difficult as selling manure to a cattle farmer, but it's not as easy as selling water to a dehydrated man either. DO NEW RESEARCHERS ALL KNOW THIS? No they do not and frankly it's the responsibility of more experienced researchers to gently show them the way. There's no need to post nasty responses to unspecific queries. If you encounter a vague posting on a bulletin board and the names interest you, post a short follow-up of the type "could you provide approximate dates and places so other readers can better determine if they can help you?" If you're tempted to be rude, remember: --- Your posting will remain forever --- The poster may in several years obtain vast quantities of information and may remember your rude response Search the boards and post, but don't spend hours and hours looking. After all, there are actual records you can be researching as well! ____________________________________________________________________ Michael John Neill, is the Course I Coordinator at the Genealogical Institute of Mid America (GIMA) held annually in Springfield, Illinois, and is also on the faculty of Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois. Michael is the Web columnist for the FGS FORUM and is on the editorial board of the Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly. He conducts seminars and lectures on a wide variety of genealogical and computer topics and contributes to several genealogical publications, including Ancestry and "Genealogical Computing." You can e-mail him at: mailto:mneill@asc.csc.cc.il.us or visit his Web site at: http://www.rootdig.com/, but he regrets that he is unable to assist with personal research. Copyright 2002, MyFamily.com. FOR A PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, e-mail it to a friend, or submit your feedback on it, just go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=831&key=A517801 and click on the appropriate icon in the beige sidebar.

Warning to Computer Genealogists: Dew Knot trussed yore spell chequer to fined awl you're misteaks. Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 5, No. 6, 6 February 2002 ********************************************************************** \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

Remembered reading this article by Sandi Gorin that mentioned Mrs. Kevil, so went searching to see if I could still find it. I have found the article and it covers these surnames: Bell Holloway Boyd Patrick Thomas Pettit If you have time- thought you might enjoy reading it. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.bios&m=542 Vicki

Group, the following message comes from our Betty Sellers and I just now realized it did not make it to the list. I will need to chat with Betty and get her address corrected. Adsmore Museum is located downtown Princeton and currently has a special presentation going on...wish I could go. Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty Sellers - KYSEEKER" <bsellers01@home.com> To: <KYGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <KYCALDWE-L@rootsweb.com>; <KYHENDER-L@rootsweb.com>; <KYCHRIST-L@rootsweb.com>; <lbl-pals@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 10:07 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} ADSMORE WAKE > I received my Cadiz Record today and there is an article on the Wake > recreated at Adsmore Museum... > > Nancy Trice called this to our attention a few weeks ago... > > Here is the article: > > Through February 10, 2002 Adsmore Museum recreates the wake of Nancy Belll > Kevil held in January of 1905. Grandmother Kevil has passed on to "seek the > last sleep and start of her journey towards the great beyond to reap the > glorious reward of the just, where free from suffering, life is one long > summer day." > > "This is one of Adsmore's most educational and authentic interpretations of > the late Victorian era. During this unusual tour we highlight the elaborate > etiquette regulating mourning dress, social customs, and other traditional > expressions of sympathy and grief appropriate to the period rather than the > home's artchitecture and decorative accessories," said Ardell Jarratt, > curator. > > The home's drapes are drawn, black crepe hangs at the entrances, black > wreathes dress the doors, and all the clocks have been stopped at the tim > eof Mrs. Kevil's death. Victorian costumed tour guides representing the > Methodist Ladies Aid Society, extend warm greetings to all visitors coming > to pay their respect to to the Smith-Garrett family. Family members mourn > her loss in the parlor alongside the draped casket and share the family > history with museum visitors. Mrs. Kevil was preceded in death by her > husband and six of her 12 children. She missed seeing her 80th birthday by > one day. > > Adsmore, built in 1857, became the home of prominent John Parker Smith > family in 1900. The house remained in the family until the 1984 death of > Katherine Garrett, the Smith's granddaughter and great-granddaughter of the > deceased. AT the time of Mrs. Kevil's passing in 1905, four generations > were living in the Greek Revival-style mansion. > > Adsmore Museum, 304 N. Jefferson, Princeton, Kentucky, is open Tuesday > through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission if $5 for adults, $4.50 for > seniors 65 and older and $2. for children six to 12, with children under six > admitted free. > > Groupe rates are available for scheduled tours of 12 or more adults and > school groups. Call 270-365-3114 for more information. >

POSTED to ROOTSWEB MESSAGE BOARD Isaac Rodgers Author: Vera Rodgers Date: 27 Jan 2002 1:52 AM GMT Classification: Query Looking for siblings and parents of Isaac Rodgers/Rogers who appears in the 1812 tax list for Caldwell Co near other Rogers. Isaac later appeared in Livingston Co as a trustee of the city of Smithland. Does anyone have a connection to other Rodgers/Rogers in Caldwell Co? Respond to vridgers@midwest.net ****************** \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

Hi Listers, Per requests, The following address will take you to the gateway to the message boards at rootsweb... http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p= then go to "Find A Board" , type in, caldwell (or lyon) co., ky., or county name, your choice..... click Go then click on <Board Usa Kentucky Caldwell Co> (or your choice)... Regards, Ken G. \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

Hello Caldwell County Researchers, John BARNETT was a Baptist minister who performed marriages in Caldwell County between 1842-1845 for members of our TIMMONS family. Does anyone know which church he was pastor of? Thank you so much, Elizabeth Ordway Ordmins@aol.com

John Barnett was a Baptist Minister Ken G. \\\|/// \\ ~ ~ // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo-(_)-oOOo----McGillekehr ********************************************************************** *****Your kygenweb homepages are***** CALDWELL http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/caldwell.html LYON http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html TRIGG http://www.kyseeker.com/trigg/index.html **********************************************************************

I had just finished posting the COMPLETE New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely, Lake County, TN. This cemetery contains 3,506 headstones. William, Gay, Matt and Ashton Mathis walked and transcribed this cemetery Thanksgiving weekend while her family was home. Gay and William finished it off a couple of weeks later and Gay has typed it all for us. This is a monumental accomplishment for us because New Haven Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Lake County and therefore contains the majority of our ancestors. I am posting this notice to other lists that I know had a large migration from that county or area into the Lake County area. Please go to: http://web4.ecsis.net/~lmoore/index.html Click on the "Cemeteries" link and then on the "New Haven" link. PLEASE NOTE: The search engine which is on the main Lake County TNGen Site will not have these names in it until midnight Sunday - when my search engine reindexes the whole site - therefore you can go to the page and use the "Edit" "Find" to locate a particular name. The library is in 6 sections and the first 4 sections were included in Sunday night's index round but the last two sections were not. This is a great donation to the genealogical community and I thank Gay again for providing this for us. Leslie lmoore@ecsis.net Personal Website: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/ Lake County, TN County Coordinator: http://www.ecsis.net/lakecounty/history/ Future Resident of The Old Genealogists Home, best kept secret in America http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndigs/homeplace/

I want to start the new year off with sending out all I know on my KENNEDY line in the hopes that someone out there might have a clue to help me in solving this puzzle: Cenus Hardy KENNEDY, born February, 1870, to Alford and ????? KENADY in Tennessee. Below are listed the facts we know about Cenus Hardy KENNEDY/KENADY's family: Both Alford and his wife died before 1880 and Cenus was raised by a Preacher named HALL near Jackson, Tennessee. Cenus had a brother named Sam KENNEDY who moved to Texas. He died May 3, 1926 in Paris, Texas at the age of 64. Information on the death certificate was provided by J. K. KENNEDY of Haworth, Oklahoma. Sam was buried at Garvin, OK, on May 4, 1926. Cenus' mother was Alford KENADY's second wife. Alford had at least two sons (name unknown) by his first wife. She had a daughter from her first marriage named Cordie who married and became Cordie BALSER. She lived in Owensboro, KY and had three sons. On the back of the picture I have of Cenus' mother is written: Mother was 1/2 Indian. Family stories say that Cenus was born to Alford and this lady in Scotts Hill, TN but this has not been proven. Latest guesses are that Alford came from Alabama and moved up to Lincoln Co. and then to Scotts Hill. However this is just speculation. Family information on KENNEDY line is at: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/cenus.html If anyone has any information which would give me a clue, please email me at lmoore@ecsis.net Thanks, Leslie lmoore@ecsis.net Personal Website: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/ Lake County, TN County Coordinator: http://www.ecsis.net/lakecounty/history/ Future Resident of The Old Genealogists Home, best kept secret in America http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndigs/homeplace/

Daily StatusI'm sending this to let you know that there are some genealogy books which I have placed on eBay for the Lake County Historical Society. Please check out the items below if you have ancestors in West Tennessee or West Kentucky that might have ventured over to Lake County, TN. Here are the details on all of your active eBay items: This information is current as of Jan-01-02 00:46:28 PST You have the following auctions underway: Item name: The Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake Item number: 1402934507 Current bid: $25.00 End date: Jan-04-02 21:43:00 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1402934507 Item name: 1988 Miss Piggy Doll Item number: 1056510213 Current bid: $3.00 End date: Jan-02-02 16:45:16 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1056510213 Item name: 1988 Fozzy Bear Item number: 1056699908 Current bid: $3.00 End date: Jan-02-02 20:37:25 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1056699908 Item name: Very RARE!! Old Spice Sailing Ship Decanter Item number: 1056735905 Current bid: $100.00 End date: Jan-06-02 22:23:22 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1056735905 Item name: Numeric Keypad - Scorpius 22 Item number: 1316611865 Current bid: $25.00 End date: Jan-04-02 21:09:57 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1316611865 Item name: Genealogy-Burnetts Chapel Baptist Church Item number: 1402940732 Current bid: $7.50 End date: Jan-04-02 22:11:55 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1402940732 Item name: Lake County Veterans of World War II Item number: 1402932926 Current bid: $25.00 End date: Jan-06-02 21:35:18 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1402932926 Item name: Genealogy - The Shull Family of Lake County Item number: 1402936349 Current bid: $5.00 End date: Jan-04-02 21:52:36 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1402936349 Item name: Genealogy - Tiptonville City Cemetery Item number: 1402938498 Current bid: $10.00 End date: Jan-06-02 22:01:43 PST To view item, click here: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1402938498 Save on all your holiday shopping at eBay's Half.com! Buy more for less on CDs, DVDs, books, computers, electronics and more. For $5 FREE off your first purchase, click here NOW for details! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your eBay Visa Card on eBay and receive a 1.9% Intro APR* plus you'll receive a $10 credit towards eBay fees when you put your eBay Visa on file with eBay. Apply Now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXCLUSIVE!!! Get 500 ANYTIME minutes, UNLIMITED night & weekend minutes, and FREE long distance from VoiceStream for only $39.99. Plus, get $50 back! Click here to check availability. Note to Seller: You are committed to selling the items listed above on eBay. Refusing to sell these items to the highest bidder when the item auction ends will cause you to lose your registered status. Please remember, you may not place a bid on your own item. To learn more, click here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/shillBidding.html You selected to receive this email notification when you registered. If you do not want to receive these notices in the future, click here: http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?OptinLoginShow. You will be asked to log in. Then, click NO next to Bid Notices. Copyright 1995-2001 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.