As many of you know I am a veteran also and since this subject was brought up I thought that maybe I should pass on to you the following information. The writers of Chicken Soup for the soul is working on a new book. Chicken soup for the veterans Soul. Submissions up to 1200 words are accepted and the deadline is Dec 31, 1999. For guidelines call 1-888-387-6373 or visit the web site at www.vetstories.com This would be a great way to preserve your military history and share it with our future generations. Semper Fi. Mary in Mich Researching surnames: Hajduk, Welch, Litton, Collins, Merritts, Meier, Staples and Szela Proud member of the WOMEN MARINES ASSOCIATION, MOTOR CITY CHAPTER

Thanks Bud. May I suggest a visit to >http://www.heavybombers<.com for pictures and stories of the planes of WWII. Also >http://behindbarbedwire.com<, pictures,etc of Stalag I, a POW camp in Germany. For stories of life in POW camps, go to >http://www.B24.net< Lots of pictures of planes, too. My husband was a radioman on B24, Able Mabel, shot down 19 June 1944, was a POW at Stalag IV and I. Thanks again, Betty Pulley

Betty: Thanks for sharing that part of your life. And thanks for the web sites. I'll have to take a look. Bud

Genealogy and family history for nearly all of us has something to do with veterans. Every person and every county in this great country have been affected in some way by veterans. So I don't think this article is in any way "off subject." Read, but have at least one tissue or handkerchief available. Bud Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a Jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: The soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe � Wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet? He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel. He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel. She or he is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL. He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by. He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep. He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come. He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs. He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known. So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded. Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU". Remember November 11th is Veterans Day Read the "The Greatest Generation" by Tom Brokaw to gain a sense of recent history and world changing significance of your father's generation which can be found no where else.

Ann, I know this is off subject and i apologize in advance. But i really could use everyone's prayers right now. I recieved a phone call a few minutes ago telling me that my birth father just passed away. Faith

Due to overwhelming e-mail I am asking that anyone wanting to participate in the CENSUS project, please e-mail Candy privately. If anyone wants to participate in the CEMETERY project, please e-mail me privately. Thanks, Ann

My version of Netscape will not open this URL. I will send money if I can find an address to send it to! HELP! Charlene Woodring Faith Poplin wrote: > Kate, > Here is the link to Candy's information page for these Cencus orders. > http://www.htonline.com/~candy/censusproject.html > Faith > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate > annapplegate@maysvilleky.net > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html

I would like to be included in the 1920 Johnson Co. Census. Del Spencer 501 Davis Athens, TX 75751

Hi Donna, I tell you I am so impressed and grateful for all the responses I have gotten to my message. I really didn't expect this. I am very grateful. Actually, the Roscoe Salyer you write about is not my grandfather. My grandfather was married to Laura Hampton (ironically also in 1906) in Magoffin county. My grandfather (Powell Roscoe Salyer (he rarely used "Powell") was 26 years old when he married in 1906. We know that he lived with his aunt and uncle (James E. and Tilithia Salyer) and brother (Hamilton Preston Salyer) when the 1900 census was taken. Our problem is that we cannot find any information about his father (possibly Richard or Dick Salyer). He may have been born in VA and we are going to search there now. I sometimes think it is amazing that my mom didn't know who her grandparents were but, then, I never met my grandparents either and know little about them. Again, I want to express my sincere appreciation to you for taking the time to do this research and to write me. God bless you and I hope that someday I may be able to return the kindness. Warmest Regards, Dan Risner Donna Hall wrote: > Dan, > I was looking in my marriage record book and I came across.......... > Rosco Salyer 22, Married January 04,1906 to Nora E. McKenzie,14. > His parents are listed as ;Logan Salyer & Susan J. Williams. Her parents > are listed as ; Henry P. McKenzie & Victory Murry. All of Johnson Co. > I then went back even farther. This is what else I found........... > Logan Salyer,25,married 6-27-1879,2nd.,to Sucky J. > Williams,21........... > Logan Salyer,20,married 12-17-1874 to Lourany F. McKinsey............... > I hope this is of some help and I hope this is the right people. > Donna > > ==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== > Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to the listowner, Ann Lemaster-Applegate > annapplegate@maysvilleky.net > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html > Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html

Dan, I was looking in my marriage record book and I came across.......... Rosco Salyer 22, Married January 04,1906 to Nora E. McKenzie,14. His parents are listed as ;Logan Salyer & Susan J. Williams. Her parents are listed as ; Henry P. McKenzie & Victory Murry. All of Johnson Co. I then went back even farther. This is what else I found........... Logan Salyer,25,married 6-27-1879,2nd.,to Sucky J. Williams,21........... Logan Salyer,20,married 12-17-1874 to Lourany F. McKinsey............... I hope this is of some help and I hope this is the right people. Donna

Judy, You can get the cemetery,census, and the vitais record books from the Johnson Co. Library. 606-789-4355. You can get the marriage record books from Janet Horne. 606-789-4486. Hope you find what you are lookng for. Donna

Kate, Here is the link to Candy's information page for these Cencus orders. http://www.htonline.com/~candy/censusproject.html Faith

Thank you Ann. Shannon A Daniels Columbus Ohio

I will continue to collect checks for the 1920 census... whenever we have enough (about 15), I will place the order. Candy Parent Tazewell County, VAGenWeb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~vatazewe USGenWeb Revolutionary War Pension Coordinator for Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan Candy's Clan http://www.htonline.com/~candy candy@htonline.com -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Johnson ICC <ronbar@atlantic.net> To: KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com <KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 9:11 PM Subject: Re: 1900 & 1920 census records project >Candy I want to participate in the 1920 census also. And as Sassyman said >maybe we can get enough to bring the cost down. If not and I need to send >more just let me know. >Thank you again for your time and effort on our behalf. >Barbara Johnson >-----Original Message----- >From: SassyMan46@aol.com <SassyMan46@aol.com> >To: KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com <KYJOHNSO-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 6:15 PM >Subject: Re: 1900 & 1920 census records project > > >>Candy, >>I still want to participate in getting the 1920 census. Hopefully we can >>double the amount of folks who want that census which would bring the cost >>down to around 25.00 each. please keep us poated as to the number of folks >>wanting it. >>Sassyman >> >> >>==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >>Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to: >>annapplegate@maysvilleky.net >>Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html >> > > > >==== KYJOHNSO Mailing List ==== >Comments or suggestions pertaining to this list may be sent to: >annapplegate@maysvilleky.net >Visit the Johnson County Historical Society homepage: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjchs/johnson.html > >

In a message dated 11/3/99 5:56:09 PM Central Standard Time, FPoplin@prodigy.net writes: << Kate, Here is the link to Candy's information page for these Cencus orders. http://www.htonline.com/~candy/censusproject.html Faith >> Faith, Thank you very much for the link! Sherri

Faith, Thank You, Have a good evening, Kate

Could you please let me know the address we send our checks to? Thank You, Kate

Judy, The URL for the Johnson County Historical Society is: http://www.rootsweb.com~kyjchs/jhnson.html All the ordering info is on the page! Have fun! Ann

Judy, Cemetery records Vol. 2 & 3 are available from the Johnson County Historical Society at $10.00 per book. Ann

Sherri, What list are you referring to? Ann