I recieved this on another list and thought i'd share. Faith As found in The Librarian's Genealogy Notebook by Dahrl Elizabeth Moore ... Warning -- Genealogy Pox Very Contagious to Adults Symptoms: Continual complaint as to need for names, dates, and places. Patient has blank expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except feverishly looking through records at libraries and courthouses. Has compulsion to write letters. Swears at mail carrier when he or she doesn't leave mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins, and remote, desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls. Hides phone bills from spouse. Mumbles to self. Has strange, faraway look in eyes. THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE! Treatment: Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal but gets progressively worse. Patient should attend genealogy workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given a quiet corner in the house when he or she can be alone. Remarks: The unusual nature of this disease is that the sicker the patient gets, the more he or she enjoys it. By An Anonymous Author

Hi neighbors and cousins! Please bear with me awhile. I have temporarily set aside my work on the 1920 census to complete an update of my Stapleton family file. I will be taking a week away from it all next week. I'm going to OH, W.VA, VA and NC to do some research. Hopefully when I get back I'll get back on track with the census. Thanks for being patient. Bill Reed

Ann, Please put me on the list for this book also. Thank you very much, it sounds great! Gail Williams Pierce

Maudie, are you my Maudie as in 1st cousin, d/o Hollie and Dorothy Meek Williams? Gail Williams Pierce

Hey Bill - have a great trip! I'll look forward to hearing about it when you return home. Sharon McKenzie Visit my photo albums at: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=573222 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 2:46 PM Subject: [KYJOHNSON] Please bear with me! > Hi neighbors and cousins! > Please bear with me awhile. I have temporarily set aside my work on the 1920 > census to complete an update of my Stapleton family file. I will be taking a > week away from it all next week. I'm going to OH, W.VA, VA and NC to do some > research. Hopefully when I get back I'll get back on track with the census. > Thanks for being patient. > Bill Reed > > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate > [email protected] > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html >

----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Lemaster- Applegate <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:42 AM Subject: [KYJOHNSON] marriages > I have just added a Kentucky marriage index to the Lawrence County page. > You can search marriages from 1973 to 2000. Hope you all like it!!!!!!! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylawren/lawrence.html > > > Ann > > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate > [email protected] > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html

I have just added a Kentucky marriage index to the Lawrence County page. You can search marriages from 1973 to 2000. Hope you all like it!!!!!!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylawren/lawrence.html Ann

Hi everyone, Sorry I have been so quiet. We have been on 7/12's since June and needless to say that leaves very little time for any thing else. I was sent the email listed below from a fellow researcher and thought I would pass it along. Some is from my family lines. I have only started working on the Collins side but do know that my Collins do come from Valentine Collins. Joshua Collins and Elizabeth Dale were the parents of Elizabeth who married James Madison Welch (m. Dec 11, 1860 Johnson Co.) Also have Angeline Collins daughter of William Collins and Levisa Ratliff who married William H.H. Welch Oct 28, 1882 in Whitehouse, Johnson Co. KY Below is the email from Polly. If any of you can help here please let me know. I know someone must have the Collins Family History book (you lucky dog) maybe you can do a little research for us. Thank you one and all Mary Ann FROM POLLY: I do have a question though. I don't know how familiar you are with the descendents of Valentine Collins but figure you know more about the mulungeons than I will ever hope to know. For a number of years, a 3rd cousin of mine was looking for her grandfather's parents but didn't get anywhere. I had assumed that James Wiley Collins was part of my Collins clan but cannot find anything that confirms that. I now wonder if he was one of Valentine's grandsons. James Wiley Collins was from Johnson County, Ky. and married Sachoriby Spears, daughter of William Harvey Spears and Jemima Wells. James and "Sach" (as she was called) moved to Boyd County, Kentucky. Perhpas you know someone who is familiar with that Collins family who may be of help. Also, I think I finally know which Samuel Spears married into the Welch line. He was probably the son of Spencer Spears and Roseanna Wells. I discovered a descendent of the Samuel Spears who was a son of Thomas Spears and he was able to verify that his ancestor, Samuel married Elizabeth Price.

Marilee, Johnson County Apple Festival is always the first week-end in October. This year it should be the 6th and 7th. Pat

It's the first weekend in October every year.

http://pros.eastky.net/paintsville/chamber/apple.htm should be all the info you need ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilee Multhup <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 2:56 PM Subject: [KYJOHNSON] Apple Festival > Does anyone know when they have the Apple Festival in Paintsville? Is it > the same time every year? When is it this year? > > Thanks, > M > > > -- > Marilee Spradlin Multhup > > The Spradlin Branches > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~spradlin/ > > Also researching: Blair, Selvage, Salyer, Hitchcock, Conley, > Blanton, Harmon, and many, many more, in Eastern Kentucky, > Johnson and Floyd Counties. > > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate > [email protected] > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html >

Does anyone know when they have the Apple Festival in Paintsville? Is it the same time every year? When is it this year? Thanks, M -- Marilee Spradlin Multhup The Spradlin Branches http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~spradlin/ Also researching: Blair, Selvage, Salyer, Hitchcock, Conley, Blanton, Harmon, and many, many more, in Eastern Kentucky, Johnson and Floyd Counties.

Great stuff Faith. Thanks for sharing. Bill Mattheis -----Original Message----- From: FAITH POPLIN [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 1:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [KYJOHNSON] Obit Hello Everyone, I found a real treasure hidden away in my dad's things as i was sorting stuff yesterday. I found a box full of my grandpa Harry Lemaster's stuff. In it was an obituary and i guess you'd say description of Merlie Lemaster's final days. Merlie died January 14th, 1932, she was the daughter of Manford Lemaster. If i am correct Manford was the son of Thomas and Mary "Polly" (Cantrell) Lemaster. If i have my information correct my great grandpa Alva Lemaster was Manford's brother. I called my grandmother yesterday and she remembered when Merlie died, she said the man who wrote it Clifford Conley lived on Joe's Creek. I think you guys will enjoy this one. http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/faithsplace/Merlie.html Faith ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate [email protected] Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html

Hello Everyone, I found a real treasure hidden away in my dad's things as i was sorting stuff yesterday. I found a box full of my grandpa Harry Lemaster's stuff. In it was an obituary and i guess you'd say description of Merlie Lemaster's final days. Merlie died January 14th, 1932, she was the daughter of Manford Lemaster. If i am correct Manford was the son of Thomas and Mary "Polly" (Cantrell) Lemaster. If i have my information correct my great grandpa Alva Lemaster was Manford's brother. I called my grandmother yesterday and she remembered when Merlie died, she said the man who wrote it Clifford Conley lived on Joe's Creek. I think you guys will enjoy this one. http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/faithsplace/Merlie.html Faith

Our annual reunion will be at the Ramada Inn in Paintsville, Ky on August 13, 2000. We would like to make this the best ever and trying to contact family and friends to attend. A little history about the clan follows. Any information on these families would be appreciated. I am currently working on a Meddings History. \ -Thomas Pack b.l843, Martin Co.,Ky dl934 Johnson Co.Ky Spouse Elizabeth Haney l859--1876 Martin Co.Ky two children by this union;---- James Arthur Pack l890 Martin Co.Dl946 Johnson co.-- Mahala Pack b 1892--1971 Martin Co.Ky. ------Thomas & Elizabeth reared three children (Elizabeth's sisters) Elizabeth, John A. and __Tamsy Nealy After Elizabeth's death.___, Thomas married Nancy Jane (Maiden name unknown) Justice and brought into the family three Justice Children. George Pack b 1824 Floyd co.Ky, D l865 ---- married Anna Fannin daughter of Willian Ffannin and Jane Penix. the were ten children to this family. George was the son ofSamuel andJane Brown. Children from this union]were Thomas b l843; Noah 1846 Arthur b1848, Solimon,b1850;Uriah b 1854 , she married Arminta Caudilll.; Lydis 1852,married William Preston; Charlotte, 1856 Thursday(Thyrsy) b 1858,married Lefner Castle; Unice(Euince ) born l862; and Mary l864. James Arthur Pack married Bessie Jane Meddings the daughter of Patrick Henry Meddings and Mary Ellen (Mollie) . Patrick was the son of George t. Meddings and Mary c (unknown)Bessie was one of 8 siblings; Willie C b l889 Wv 2) AnnieldelMeddings b 1877WV3) Stanley Benjamin B 8/17 Van Lear, Ky Dd ll/16/59 Holden WV 4, John James Meddings b7/27/181 Wv d. 6/3/1956 Ohio5)Effie M b8/1881 WV6}George L. b6/1/1885 d.12/1966 Wv. 70) Bessie Jane, 8) Charles Lawerence Meddings b 4/17/1894 d 2/26/1972 Children of James Arthur and Bessie Pack Meddings\\ l) Willie Alvie ;2) Hazelgreen (Hazel) 3) Charles Troy 4 Helen 5)Lillian Mae 6)James Arthur Pack Jr. 7)Mary Elizabeth 8) Paul Douglas. Children of John James & Rachel Ellen French were; 1) Kathleen(Kitty); 2 Ninnie 3]William Otto 4) Hazel After the death of Rachel he married Ora E. Jarrell and they had 9 children. l) Leonard H. 2)John James Jr. 3)Anna Bertha 4)Thomas Edward 5) Charley Warren 6)Delmer 7) Franklin Delno 8) Shirley and 9) Everett I hope some of these names brings memories and questions as well as informaation. I am the daughter of William Otto & Gladys Stanley Meddings. we invite you to contact us if you think you may be a long lost relative or if the names the same we can search back. I have entered more than I intended but feel this gives some background. You can contact me at [email protected] or Margie James @ [email protected] or write Mary Pack Richmond p.o. Box 215 Paintsville, Ky Phone 606 789 455l, Lillian Pack ArrowoodP.O. Box l47 Paintsville, Ky. 4l240 or call 606 789 5l49, James Pack P.O. Box 876 Paintsville, Ky. 4l240 or call 606 789 5l49 . We will be happy to tell you more of out plans and be happy to really make this Year 200 Celebration the biggest ever.\ Rachel Meddings Musgrave

> > >>JUST SUPPOSE that at every ball game, > graduation, prom, etc., that > someone > > >>who has had enough of stupid, anti-historical > court decisions had the > guts > > >>to start reciting the Lord's Prayer loudly, and > others joined in, then > > > >>more, > > >>until hundreds participated. > > >> > > >>And JUST SUPPOSE this spread all over our land > until this became > standard > > >>practice in hundreds of schools--then > thousands--then tens of > thousands > > >>Just what would local school boards do? Expel > half of the student > body? > > >>(They need their jobs and federal funding far > too much to do that.) > What > > >>would a Federal district court do? Order > hundreds of non-violent, > decent > > >>minors jailed? Or thousands? Just what would the > Supreme Court do > about > > >>it--issue more edicts? What if millions decided > the Supreme Court was > out > > >>of its league and said, "So what?" > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of brave school board > members, local judges, and > > > >>other > > >>elected officials refused to intervene, > realizing that we have already > > > >>tried > > >>it the other way, and the result was a > modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah > of > > >>immorality and senseless violence. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE this then spread next into > classroom after classroom, and > > >>either a brave student or a brave teacher > started the Lord's Prayer > (or > > >>Psalm 100, or a Bible reading, etc.) each > morning, until hundreds of > > >>thousands stood up and did their part and > stopped cowering before the > > >>destructive, God-hating secular attitudes of the > pagan minority who > parrot > > >>the media line. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE every God-fearing Christian > participated--peacefully, > > >>non-violently, but firmly and continually. Where > would they get > enough > > >>jails to hold us all? How would they prosecute > hundreds of thousands? > It > > >>is far more than the government can do to even > stop the flow of > illegal > > >>drugs, despite their best efforts and > overcrowded jails. Hardened > > >>criminals > > >>walk after doing only half of their sentence to > ease jail crowding. > Even > > >>if > > >>they try to pick on a handful to make examples > of them, what if > hundreds of > > >>thousands stood up to the tyranny of the > minority and demanded their > > >>freedom > > >>of religion back? They can't build enough jails > or courts to begin to > deal > > >>with such a movement. During the Civil Rights > battles of the 60s, > some of > > >>the black people decided they had had enough and > stood up to the > system--a > > >>few dozen here, a few hundred there--and > eventually, the whole country > > >>heard, and repented, and changed. Racial > repression was an evil whose > time > > >>was over. But now, there is another battle--and > the stakes are even > > >>higher. > > >>The future of all children, white, black, and > otherwise, is at stake. > No > > >>other country on earth allows a tiny minority of > impractical > anti-religious > > >>bigots to censor their people's rights to free > religious expression. > Even > > >>Russian public schools show videos of the life > and teachings of Jesus > now. > > >>We tend to get exactly the kind of government we > deserve. If you make > a > > >>time line or a graph, you will see that the > exponential increase in > public > > >>school violence, pregnancy, and foul language > all started at exactly > the > > >>time the Supreme Court threw prayer and Bible > reading out of the > schools. > > >>We told God we didn't need Him and the results > speak for themselves. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of Christians passed this > message on to all > their > > >>friends, leaders, and contacts. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE hundreds of churches, > organizations, and ministries > passed > > >>this > > >>message on to their constituencies with a > request to reprint, repost, > and > > >>repeat it wherever possible. Once upon a time > the Church was the > moral > > >>conscience and spiritual lighthouse of the > nation. Now, most > congregations > > >>are impotent minor-league social welfare > agencies or mutual comfort > > >>societies with no impact on the world around > their little enclave. > > >> > > >>JUST SUPPOSE--What do you suppose you should do? > Luke 11:2- And He > said > > >>unto them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father > which art in heaven, > Hallowed > > >>be > > >>thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as > in heaven, so in > earth. > > >>Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive > us our sins; for we > also > > >>forgive every one that is indebted to us. And > lead us not into > temptation; > > >>but deliver us from evil.'" > > >>Matthew 6:9- After this manner therefore, pray > ye: "Our Father which > art > > >>in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom > come. Thy will be done > in > > >>earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our > daily bread. And > forgive > > >>us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And > lead us not into > temptation, > > >>but deliver us from evil. > > >>--Pastor Jim Menke > > >> > > >> > > >>P.S. Pass this on to every pastor, youth pastor, > and youth group that > you > > >>know...let's cover America with the Lord's > Prayer. Don't be afraid of > > >>it...it unites people of all denominations. > Everyone knows it...and > Jesus > > >>is the one who said to do it. Let's challenge > the world of darkness!! > > >> > Bill Reed

And I DO love it! Thanks! Jo > Howdy Folks, > Wanted to let you all know that I have added a search engine to the Johnson > County Historical Society page and also to Ann's Homeplace. This is a great > engine and includes all info on each respective site. I know you all will > love it! > > Ann

Howdy Folks, Wanted to let you all know that I have added a search engine to the Johnson County Historical Society page and also to Ann's Homeplace. This is a great engine and includes all info on each respective site. I know you all will love it! Ann

Hello Everyone! Got this on another list and thought you'd enjoy it. Faith Kinsman (original poem by Wayne Hand, 1999) Alas, my elusive kinsman You've led me quite a chase I thought I'd found your courthouse But the Yankees burned the place. You always kept your bags packed Although you had no fame, and Just for the fun of it Twice you changed you name. You never owed any man, or At least I found no bills In spite of eleven offspring You never left a will. They say our name's from Europe Came state side on a ship Either they lost the passenger list Or Granddad gave them the slip. I'm the only one looking Another searcher I can't find I pray (maybe that's his father's name) As I go out of my mind. They said you had a headstone In a shady plot I've been there twenty times, and Can't even find the lot. You never wrote a letter Your Bible we can't find It's probably in some attic Out of sight and out of mind. You first married a ......Smith And just to set the tone The other four were Sarahs And everyone a Jones. You cost me two fortunes One of which I did not have My wife, my house and Fido God, how I miss that yellow lab. But somewhere you slipped up, Ole Boy, Somewhere you left a track And if I don't find you this year Well......Next year I'll be back! Faith Poplin - CC for Clark Co. Ohio Genexchange [email protected] http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=oh&county=clark

Can someone please help me find some type of death record on my great great grandfather? He lived in Lawrence County supposedly all his life, but it is possible that he may have moved into one of the surrounding counties. I had been told by my great aunt Carrie Caudle Griffith that he died on his 100th birthday which I believe would have been in 1925. I'm beginning to think perhaps she was confused. James Boone was on the 1860 Lawrence County census. He signed up for military service for the Civil War, but no muster record has been found nor has he been found on any unit rosters. And, he does not appear on any census after that as far as I can find unless I'm not recognizing one of the many names this family has used. Perhaps he died before reporting in for his military duty???? Bud Caudle Guthrie, Oklahoma