People went from McCreary because thee were no jobs in the county. They went to Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, and Ill. here the jobs were. ''My ancestors must be in a wittness protection program!'' ''If GOD is for you,Who can be against you''

Ann, My Mom said that main reason her parents move up here to Muncie was work. Muncie had a lot of factory jobs with Ball Brothers, Chevy, Warner Gear, and many other factories here back then. Belinda In a message dated 8/11/2004 11:46:18 AM US Eastern Standard Time, AnnBergelt@aol.com writes: > Hello, All; > > This is strictly a question out of curiosity, but would appreciate some > input from other list members. > > I notice from time to time there are obituaries posted. Quite a few of the > former residents of McCreary County appear to have died in Muncie! > > Was there some reason for a "migration" from one place to the other? > > Best wishes, > > Ann Bergelt > Florida > >

Hello, All; This is strictly a question out of curiosity, but would appreciate some input from other list members. I notice from time to time there are obituaries posted. Quite a few of the former residents of McCreary County appear to have died in Muncie! Was there some reason for a "migration" from one place to the other? Best wishes, Ann Bergelt Florida

Just checking to see if I'm still on the list. I posted an email earlier this evening and haven't received it back yet. Belinda

The Starpress 8/9/04 MUNCIE - Flonnie Bell, 67, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2004. She was born to the late Bessie & Wilbur Bell. She is survived by sons Larry Bell and Shad Bell, both of Muncie; sisters, Emmie, Berthie, and Evelie all of KY. She was preceded in death her husband, Leslie Lincoln Bell, her parents, and three sons. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 10, at Parson Mortuary with Pastor Hoyt Davis officiating. Burial will be in Tomlinson Cemetery. Friends may call from 1 -2 p.m. Tuesday at the Mortuary. Online condolences may be submitted at <A HREF="http://www.parsonmortuary.com/">www.parsonmortuary.com</A>.

Genealogy Exchange Workshop FREE - Everyone Welcome! Saturday, August 7, 2004 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Williamsburg, KY Tourism & Convention Center (Exit 11 off I-75 Across from Cumberland Inn) This is a great time to meet and visit with others researching families of southeastern KY and northeastern TN. Bring your photos and family information for sharing with others. This is a very informal gathering. We will not have a speaker this year. Tables available for anyone for anyone wanting to sell or display genealogical material. Mary Lou Hudson hudgo@medt.com

Thank you Sue Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sch3111@aol.com> To: <KYMCCREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 9:18 PM Subject: [KYMCCREA] Address > Here is the address I have. I think it is still a valid address. > > melking@tds.net > > Sue > > > ==== KYMCCREA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the KYMCCREA Mailing List, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to KYMCCREA-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or if you are > on the Digest List to KYMCCREA-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.725 / Virus Database: 480 - Release Date: 7/19/04

Here is the address I have. I think it is still a valid address. melking@tds.net Sue

Hello, I am searching for a Mel King that used to research genealogy, I have lost contact with him and in desperate need of contacting him. Melissa --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.725 / Virus Database: 480 - Release Date: 7/19/04

The McCreary Co. KyGenWeb has been updated again with several pictures, an obit, and other things. I will be adding some more pictures soon. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign!

Oops! Don't "drop the Scott Co, TN Website". Please "drop by the Scott Co, TN Website. I've added a number of obituaries, headstone pictures, death certificates, bible records, an updated index to the Scott County Historical Society Newsletters, cemetery transcriptions, an FNB Chronicle article, new map links, and pictures from the recent 4th annual researcher's get-together. Sorry for the confusion with the other email. ...tim west... Scott Co, TN Coordinator for the TNGenWeb Project http://www.tngenweb.org/scott

All, Please drop the Scott Co, TN Website. I've added a number of obituaries, headstone pictures, death certificates, bible records, an updated index to the Scott County Historical Society Newsletters, cemetery transcriptions, an FNB Chronicle article, new map links, and pictures from the recent 4th annual researcher's get-together. ...tim west... Scott Co, TN Coordinator for the TNGenWeb Project http://www.tngenweb.org/scott

This will be in tomorrow's newspaper. Belinda The Muncie Starpress 7/1/04 MUNCIE - Estes W. Ball, 88, passed away Wednesday June 30, 2004 in Williamsburg Village after a extended illness. Mr. Ball was born in Stearns, Kentucky July 5th, 1915 to James A. and Rachael (Stephens) Ball. He was a World War 2 U.S. Army veteran at Pearl Harbor-Hickman Field. Mr. Ball was the last of the Pearl Harbor veterans in Muncie, IN. Estes married Maudie Coffee on July 4th, 1946 after 57 years of marriage. He attended True Light Baptist Church in Muncie. He enjoyed horse racing with his son. Survivors include loving wife Maudie (Coffee) Ball, one son, Michael Ball, of Toledo, Ohio; three sisters, Millie Barnett, Julie Estes, both of Cincinnati, Ohio; Goldei Irine Revelo, Kentucky; four brothers, Hoyt Ball, (wife Dovie) of Revelo, Kentucky; Darrell Ball, (wife Bertha) of Revelo, Kentucky; Richard Ball, (wife Betty) of Pineknot, Kentucky; and Ronnie Ball, also of Pineknot, Kentucky, one granddaughter, Dori L. Throckmorton, (husband David) of Avon, IN.; two great-grandchildren Cale J. Forbes, and Joycelyn M. Throckmorton, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by parents, five brothers, Claude, Carl, Mark, Ralph, James Jr. Ball. All of which were WW II veterans but Carl. Calling hours for Mr. Ball will be Friday July 2nd, from 4-8 P.M. at PARSON MORTUARY, 801 W. Adams St. Funeral services will be held at PARSON MORTUARY, 11 A.M. on Saturday July 3rd, with Pastor Randell Brown officiating. Military Honors to be performed by Veterans of Delaware County. Burial to follow in Gardens of Memory Cemetery. Memorial donations are to be made to the American Cancer Society, envelopes are available at the mortuary. On line condolences can be sent to: <A HREF="http://www.parsonmortuary.com/">www.parsonmortuary.com</A>.

oops, sorry I'm ready old emails. I didn't know you'd already answered. ----- Original Message ----- From: "brenda and jesse" <jjbear@atlantic.net> To: <KYMCCREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [KYMCCREA] Re: [CRR] Kidd, obit from McCreary County Voice...June 3, 2004 > sure do she's my grandmother.. daughter of Olive Jones and Andrew West she > had six brothers and sisters... If you want those names be happy to > share..... > brenda kidd shufeldt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Timothy N. West" <timwest@cox.net> > To: <KYMCCREA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:03 PM > Subject: [KYMCCREA] Re: [CRR] Kidd, obit from McCreary County Voice...June > 3, 2004 > > > > Any one know who Flora Mae West Kidd (see obit) descends from? > > > > ...tim west... > > Scott Co, TN Coordinator for the TNGenWeb Project > > > > brenda and jesse wrote: > > > > >William Charles Kidd, age 78, of Fairborn, Ohio passed away Thursday May > 27, 2004. > > > > > >Funeral services were held Monday, May 31, 2004, at 1:00 in the chapel of > Pine Knot Funeral home with Bro. Dennis Bryant officaiting. Dennis and his > wife Charlotte Brayant provided the special music. Mr. Kidd was laid to rest > in the Pine Knot Cemetery. > > > > > >He was born August 19, 1925, in Kentucky, the son of Emby and Flora Mae > West Kidd. He lived for many years in Kentucky, marrying Lucille Smith on > September 18, 1943. She preceded him in death in 1997, as well as a daughter > Betty Jean Engle in 1999. > > > > > >Charles worked for many years for Thornton Daughterty before moving to > Ohio and then worked for Weidner Construction retiring in 1991. > > > > > >He is survived by his sons, William Larry Kidd and Roger Dale Kidd of > Pine Knot, and Garry Lee and Renee Kidd of Fairborn, Ohio and is daughters, > Patricia Ann and husband Tom Leach of Fairborn, Ohio. Brenda Jo Shufeldt and > her husband Jesse of Crystal River, Florida. Eleven grandchildren include > Charles Estell Easterling and his wife THeresa of Canal City, Ky. Marquada > Easterling of Georgetown, Kentucky. Kim Easterling of Hindman, Kentucky. > Chasity Kidd, Gary Daniel Kidd and Mariah Jean Kidd all of Fairborn, Ohio. > Cindy Wolfe and her husband Doug of Long Beach, California. Meanie Joy > Bissacco and her husband Michael of Spring Hill, Florida. and Jeremy, Alysia > and Crystal Kidd of London, Ky. > > > > > >there are eight great grandchildren. Charles, Darrick, Beau, Elyssa, > Cody, Devon, Johnathan, and Keisey and a great great grandchild, Jordan > Terrance Kidd, of Fairborn, Ohio. > > > > > >Mr. Kidd had three brothers, Edward Kidd of Pleasant Plains, Ohio. > Dillard Ray Kidd of Muncie, Indiana. and Oscar Lee Kidd and his wife Betty > of Pine Knot. Charles had numberous nieces and nephews. He will also be > sadly missed by close neightbors and cousins Marie and Cathy and Roy Taylor. > > > > > >Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arragements. June > 3, 2004 > > > > > > > > >==== CUMBERLAND-RIVER Mailing List ==== > > >America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on > liberty-- the only one. People went to America to be free. -- Margaret > Thatcher > > > > > >============================== > > >You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > >http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYMCCREA Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the KYMCCREA Mailing List, send only the > word > > UNSUBSCRIBE to KYMCCREA-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or if you are > > on the Digest List to KYMCCREA-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYMCCREA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the KYMCCREA Mailing List, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to KYMCCREA-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or if you are > on the Digest List to KYMCCREA-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Tim I have that she descends from Andrew West & Olive Jones. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy N West" <timwest@cox.net> To: <KYMCCREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:03 PM Subject: [KYMCCREA] Re: [CRR] Kidd, obit from McCreary County Voice...June 3, 2004 > Any one know who Flora Mae West Kidd (see obit) descends from? > > ...tim west... > Scott Co, TN Coordinator for the TNGenWeb Project > > brenda and jesse wrote: > > >William Charles Kidd, age 78, of Fairborn, Ohio passed away Thursday May 27, 2004. > > > >Funeral services were held Monday, May 31, 2004, at 1:00 in the chapel of Pine Knot Funeral home with Bro. Dennis Bryant officaiting. Dennis and his wife Charlotte Brayant provided the special music. Mr. Kidd was laid to rest in the Pine Knot Cemetery. > > > >He was born August 19, 1925, in Kentucky, the son of Emby and Flora Mae West Kidd. He lived for many years in Kentucky, marrying Lucille Smith on September 18, 1943. She preceded him in death in 1997, as well as a daughter Betty Jean Engle in 1999. > > > >Charles worked for many years for Thornton Daughterty before moving to Ohio and then worked for Weidner Construction retiring in 1991. > > > >He is survived by his sons, William Larry Kidd and Roger Dale Kidd of Pine Knot, and Garry Lee and Renee Kidd of Fairborn, Ohio and is daughters, Patricia Ann and husband Tom Leach of Fairborn, Ohio. Brenda Jo Shufeldt and her husband Jesse of Crystal River, Florida. Eleven grandchildren include Charles Estell Easterling and his wife THeresa of Canal City, Ky. Marquada Easterling of Georgetown, Kentucky. Kim Easterling of Hindman, Kentucky. Chasity Kidd, Gary Daniel Kidd and Mariah Jean Kidd all of Fairborn, Ohio. Cindy Wolfe and her husband Doug of Long Beach, California. Meanie Joy Bissacco and her husband Michael of Spring Hill, Florida. and Jeremy, Alysia and Crystal Kidd of London, Ky. > > > >there are eight great grandchildren. Charles, Darrick, Beau, Elyssa, Cody, Devon, Johnathan, and Keisey and a great great grandchild, Jordan Terrance Kidd, of Fairborn, Ohio. > > > >Mr. Kidd had three brothers, Edward Kidd of Pleasant Plains, Ohio. Dillard Ray Kidd of Muncie, Indiana. and Oscar Lee Kidd and his wife Betty of Pine Knot. Charles had numberous nieces and nephews. He will also be sadly missed by close neightbors and cousins Marie and Cathy and Roy Taylor. > > > >Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arragements. June 3, 2004 > > > > > >==== CUMBERLAND-RIVER Mailing List ==== > >America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty-- the only one. People went to America to be free. -- Margaret Thatcher > > > >============================== > >You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > >http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== KYMCCREA Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the KYMCCREA Mailing List, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to KYMCCREA-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or if you are > on the Digest List to KYMCCREA-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

This was in today's paper. Martha parents Ralph and Millie Kidd Burk were from Wayne or McCreary County. Belinda The Muncie Starpress 6/16/04 MUNCIE - Martha Maybelle Duncan, 41, of Muncie, after a courageous battle with cancer, went to be with the Lord Monday morning, June 14, 2004. She was born in Muncie, the daughter Ralph and Millie Kidd Burk, graduated from Muncie Central High School and attended Ball State University. Mrs. Duncan was employed at Ball Memorial Hospital in Respiratory Therapy until her illness. Previously she had been employed at Pediatrics' Associates for several years and Dr. Hershik's Optical Office. Mrs. Duncan was a member of Gethsemane Apostolic (now Victory Temple) and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Surviving are her husband, Scott; her son, Scotty Duncan; her daughter, Rebecca Duncan; two nieces whom she was raising, Kennedy and McKinsey Burk, all of Muncie; two sisters, Marcia Bush (husband-Dwight) and Mary Crosby (husband-Bing), both of Muncie; her mother-in-law, Vera Beal, Muncie; five other nieces and nephews, Cammie, Gary, and Heather Murley, and Trent Bush, all of Muncie, and Matt Bush, Wadsworth, Ohio; her great niece, Madison Bush; three special friends who helped with her care, Leslie Puckett, Brenda Boling, and Larry Tafflinger; and numerous other friends and family. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Jonathan Burk. Services will be held in Victory Temple at 2:30 p.m. on Friday with Pastor Rick Bowen officiating. Entombment will follow in Tomlinson Cemetery. Friends may call at THE MEEKS MORTUARY and CREMATORY from 4 until 8 p.m. on Thursday or one hour prior to services at the church. Online condolences to the family may be sent to<A HREF="mailto:meeksmortuary@sbcglobal.net">meeksmortuary@sbcglobal.net</A> .

Helen, You are so generous to offer this to us. I would like to read the one about Electricity coming to Southeast KY 1912-50 Part 1. Thank you so very much. Sue Hasty Sch3111@aol.com

Taken from Kentucky Explorer Vol 17 #3 June 2002, pg. 36, by Earl R. Sutton. This is just a Summary and Highlights of the story that he tells. Capt William Sears and The Development Of Woodbine, Whitley County Owes Much To Its Native Son. William Sears was born Sept 4, 1823, at Rockhold, KY. Rockhold was named for its founders, the Rockhold family of Eastern Kentucky. They not only founded the town, but owned it as well as most of Whitley Co, KY. Since William's mother was a Rockhold, he was born not wanting. The family wealth could have allowed them to live in great cities with little land, but they preferred to be a big fish in a small pond. Nothing is known of William's father or any other member of the Sear's family. William was well educated and grew to be a well-rounded man. He knew every inch of Whitley County, KY. He married H. J. Early, of the Whitley Co, KY, Early's. After the wedding, they settled in Whitley County for a season. They had a son, birth date Unknown, and a daughter, Mary, born May 19, 1854. The Plains soon summoned William to seek his fortune and he packed his family in a wagon and headed to Missouri. They settled in Mercer Co, MO, where life was hard, but a welcome change from Kentucky. The move was cut short when their son died on an Unknown date, and then his wife died Jan 16, 1858. The two are buried in that county. Feeling that his daughter needed a woman in her life, he returned to Kentucky. On his return, he met Mary Pimberton, a courtship ensued, he proposed, and they were married on Christmas Eve, in Whitley County, Dec. 24, 1860. John H. Pimberton and James M. Jones, appeared as witnesses. Afterwards, they settled in Whitley County. At this time, Mary was 6 years old. The need to defend the Union and the citizens of Kentucky, William Sears, joined an effort to organize a volunteer force, on about August 1961. On Sept. 16, 1861, the organizing Captain suddenly died and the 7th Reg of the Kentucky Volunteer Infantry was mustered into service on Sept 22, 1861, at Camp Dick Robinson, KY, Captain William Sear. First called Captain Sear's Reg., the Third Reg. or the Old Third, it was one of the first recruited regiments in Kentucky. One of his most outstanding features of William Sear's character was his compassion for his men and the protection of Kentucky. His motives were reflected in the journals of the war. He wrote of his great sadness over contacting families about the deaths of their sons, lack of supplies for his men, and the horror of one trooper who's leg was removed. The Reg was first attached to Thomas's command in the Army of Ohio. They were moved to Mt. Vernon, Kentucky in Oct 1861. Confederate troops made their first moves on the Reg. on Oct 21, 1861, at Camp Wildcat, near the town of Rockcastle Hills in Rockcastle County. For months following the battle, the 7th moved towards Cumberland Gap. In Jan 1862, the Reg was reassigned to the 12th Reg, 1st Div, Army of Ohio, led by Navy Lieutenant Samuel P. Carter. From March 21-23, 1862, another skirmish occurred near the Gap. The Reg. was in the process of changing hands again. The 24th Brigade, 7th Div., Army of the Ohio, was now led by Gen. George W. Morgan. Five days after the skirmish, the Cumberland Gap Campaigned began. The battle waged from March 28th to June 18, 1862, giving way to the Union victory, and the 7th occupied the pass, beginning June 18th. The 7th kept the Gap open until Sept. 16, 1862, when the Confederates again began to threaten the supply line thru VA. The 7th battled in a retreat to Greenupsburg, on the Ohio River, that lasted from Sept 16th until Oct 21, 1862. After which the 7th was assigned to the 3rd Brigade, Dist of WV, later they went to Charleston, WV from Oct 21 to Nov 10, 1862. They were reassigned to the 2nd Brigade, 9th Div, Right Wing, 13th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee. The 7th left West Virginia for Memphis on Nov 10, 1862, and remained in Tennessee until Dec. 10th. Then reassigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Div, under Gen. Sherman's command. The Campaign, called Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, began on Dec 20, 1862 and ended on Jan 2, 1863. Once again the 7th was reassigned to the 2nd Brigade, 9th Div, 13th Army of Tennessee. They soon departed on a second expedition towards Arkansas Post, Arkansas, Jan 3, 1863. This lead to the capture of Fort Hindman on Jan 11, 1863. The troops remained in the fort until Jan 15, then moved on to Young's Point. While at Young's Point, they were reassigned to the 1st Brigade, 9th Div, 13th Army of Tennessee, Feb. 1863. The 7th remained there until March 8th, when it moved to Milliken's Bend. They were in a number of operations from March 31st to April 17, 1863. Captain Sears led an expedition from Perkins Plantation to Hard Times Landing passing Phelps' and Clark's Bayous on April 28, 1863 and ended April 29, 1863. On May 1, 1863, the 7th was at the Battle of Thompson Hill, Port Gibson. Then moved to the Battle of Champion's Hill on May 16, 1863. By the end of the war, they had lost 274 men to disease. On May 18, 1863, the Battle of Vicksburg began. Captain Sears was struck with fever. When the Battle was over, July 4, 1863, he was still ill. The surgeon recommended that he be released from active duty because of pain in his right side and head. In August 1863, Captain Sears resigned his commission. He returned home unable to do any work. After getting back about half of his strength, he returned to MO. Some think he moved because of being a Union Captain in the War. He returned to Mercer County, MO, where he stayed from Nov 1863 to May 1867. His daughter, Mary, remembers cutting firewood and feeding the animals, while her mother tended to her father. But life was too hard and they returned to Rockhold, Kentucky. William Sears bought land in Joefield, Kentucky, an area that was covered in a vine called woodbine. Everyone wanted to change the towns name to Woodbine, all but old Mr. Joefield. This idea upset him so much it was though that it would end up killing him. So after the death of old Mr. Joefield, the town of Joefield was then changed to Woodbine. The valley where Woodbine was built was flat, green and perfect farmland, set between two mountains, or what the locals call "hills." The trees were great for lumber for building, streams kept the land moist, and made for great dairies. Many dairy houses were built over the springs so the milk would be kept cold. On his land, Captain Sears built a large home for his family. Their daughter, Mary met William Perkins, Jr. in the 1870's and soon married. Her father must have liked William and formed a partnership with him called Sears and Perkins. William Perkins, Jr. was a hard worker. He worked so hard that it is said that when he returned home at the end of the day, he would take off his pants and they would stand up by themselves because of the sweat acting as starch. When their store opened, William was to do most of the labor alone so his name was placed first. The need of ice caused Captain Sears to open another innovation, a blockhouse. With the addition of ice, Woodbine became quite a modern town for the day. The general store remained in the Perkins family until the 1980s. Captain Sear with of the Baptist faith. He donated land and William Jr. donated $1,500 to build the First Baptist Church of Woodbine. William also donated a church bell, organ, and lumber from his land in Knox Co, KY. The family wealth grew and at the age of 73, Captain William Sears passed away. He was buried at Woodbine in the Perkins Cemetery. His second wife, Mary Pimberton Sears, also called "Aunt Pop," had been married exactly 38 years. She died 11 years after her husband, on July 12, 1909. The Sears' lives had touched all of Woodbine and Whitley County. (this was shared by Earl R. Sutton. Captain Sears was his great-great-grandfather) There is a picture of Ruby Harris Sutton and her son, Earl Sutton, writer of story, taken in 1917 in Whitley County. There is a picture of Mellie Perkins Harris, taken abt 1910, most likely in Whitley County. Also a picture of William and Mary Sears Perkins, taken in 1922 in Whitley County.)

I have several Kentucky Explorer's in my possession and willing to scan anything in them and email it. I am typing the Table of Contents for each and posting here. I also have posted on my website but YAHOO seems to be having problems. http://www.geocities.com/toosweet2253/Index.html If you see anything that interest you, please email me at shoke2253@aol.com. I will be posting some of them to the county that I think would enjoy them as I go along. I will be adding to my website, as time permits. So check back often. Helen Kentucky Explorer Vol 17 #3 June 2002 There Was Nothing Fun About Working Tobacco. Outsiders Don't Always See The Other Side Of Appalachia. Quilting Bees And Turkey Shoots, Old Times In The Pennyrile. Lexington's "Silent City Of The Dead," Now Home To Numerous Notables. Reminiscences of a Confederate Cavalryman. Are You Descended From George Washington? Part 1: Electricity Comes to Southeast Kentucky 1912-50. Wet Woods and Duck Spring: Two Jefferson County Landmarks. The Many Signs of Spring Bring New and Exciting Adventures. The L & N Railroad in Henderson, 1882. A Train Trip From Letcher County To Grandpa's House. Kentucky's First Two Stone Houses: Lincoln County. A History of DeMossville, Pendleton County, Kentucky. A 1921 Funeral at Pvt. Spencer Perkins at Orr, Lawrence County, Kentucky. Kentucky Affairs: An Hour In Lexington And What I Saw. Bell of Louis Philippe was Donated To St. Joseph Church. To Save Work, Uncle John Tried Using Dynamite. 1936 Wages in the Hazard Coal Fields. We Didn't Know We were Poor Though Stereotyping Made Us So. Please feel free to pass this along to others and other mailing list. Helen L Smith Hoke

Hi,     I just wanted to tell you thank you for allowing me to join your mail list.  A lot of my family was from McCracken County so while looking for info on my family I am also looking forward to possibly getting to know others that might be related as well. My surnames are: 1. Orr 2. Conner 3. Crawford 4. Peterson 5. Fox 6. Wilkerson 7. Rice (by marriage only) Thank you for any and all help. Kelly Orr Noland