I have to share this bit with everyone because I think you will all enjoy this. The last couple of nights I have been doing some research for folks out there and as I have been thumbing thru some of the cemetary books, I keep coming across the name Browning. There's a bunch in Muhl Co. Anyway today at work, my Lead worker in my unit has the last name of Browning and I was telling her about do research in Kentucky but never mentioning that I keep seeing Browning. So she listens and then askes what part of Kentucky............so then I told her Muhlenberg Co and "by the way, there are tons of Browning stuff that keeps popping up." Well, she informs me that her father-in-law was just getting started in his Browning genealogy and is really excited and that he was from Kentucky. I asked what town.........."Owensboro". I told my staff member to have him call me because chances are, the family was in Muhl Co first. Should be interesting. I am looking forward to helping him. Also, in 1998, while having x-rays at a hospital near San Francisco, my x-ray tech had the cutest little ol Southern accent.........so I asked her where she was from, "Kentucky".............oh, what part?............."Western".........oh, what county?......."Davies"..........oh, what town?.......now she looked at me and asked, "why?".........so I told her that my grandparents were from Muhlenberg Co and that I was just wondering..............so she said "Owensboro" and so I told her that I had cousins in Island, Sacramento........and Central City....bla bla bla............wellll............she was actually raised in Calhoun but was bussed and went to high school in Central City.............Lets' see..........she had a huge crush on one of my Calvert cousins from Island, she used to work for another cousin who was Supt of schools in McLean Co.........and she used to rollerskate in the roller skating rink in Sacramento that was owned and operated my yet another cousin and she justttt loved my cousin, Miss Leona..................needless to say, we had a great time sharing...........so my theory is: always ask questions. You jusssst never know. Cheryl Cessna California ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert patterson" <elmozz@hotmail.com> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:12 PM Subject: RE: [KYMUHLEN] If you requested birth records . . . >I am researching Pattersons, amoung other surnames, in Muhlenberg Co. They >migrated from Spencer Co ca. 1854 and my own direct line, left the county >before 1940. Other names of the county include Bennett, Dortch and Putman. >I would be interested in your material. > > Volunteers like you, help many of us with our ancestry. Thank you for > your work in this regard! > > Robert L. Patterson, Jr. > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Thanks for sharing that story, Cheryl. I have one too. It is indeed a small world. Around 1986 while I was visiting my brother in Carpinteria, California, (near Santa Barbara), he pointed to a neighbor of his and said, "Sis, you just have to meet that lady next door. She reminds me so much of Mother." So he and I walked out and moseyed over to where the lady was watering her flowers. My brother then greeted her with "Good morning, Mary, I'd like you to meet my sister." As soon as she spoke, I got that warm fuzzy feeling because she sounded just like Mom. It was then that I had to ask her, "Where do you come from, Mary?." She replied, "Oh, you probably never heard of it, but I was born in Paradise, Kentucky!" "NO KIDDING!" I said, "Muhlenberg County?" we asked. And she said, "YES!" "So was our mother!", we told her. Mary then said, "My name is really "Minnie." "That is also our mother's name!" we told her. We just had to learn more about this lovely lady, so we talked. Come to find out, her maiden name was VAUGHT, and she is a cousin on our FATHER'S side! So what do you think of that? As Cheryl said, you just never know. Jean in New York. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl cessna" <dutchgalncal11@comcast.net> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:14 AM Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] If you requested birth records . . . >I have to share this bit with everyone because I think you will all enjoy >this. The last couple of nights I have been doing some research for folks >out there and as I have been thumbing thru some of the cemetary books, I >keep coming across the name Browning. There's a bunch in Muhl Co. Anyway >today at work, my Lead worker in my unit has the last name of Browning and >I was telling her about do research in Kentucky but never mentioning that I >keep seeing Browning. So she listens and then askes what part of >Kentucky............so then I told her Muhlenberg Co and "by the way, there >are tons of Browning stuff that keeps popping up." Well, she informs me >that her father-in-law was just getting started in his Browning genealogy >and is really excited and that he was from Kentucky. I asked what >town.........."Owensboro". I told my staff member to have him call me >because chances are, the family was in Muhl Co first. Should be >interesting. I am looking forward to helping him. > > Also, in 1998, while having x-rays at a hospital near San Francisco, my > x-ray tech had the cutest little ol Southern accent.........so I asked her > where she was from, "Kentucky".............oh, what > part?............."Western".........oh, what > county?......."Davies"..........oh, what town?.......now she looked at me > and asked, "why?".........so I told her that my grandparents were from > Muhlenberg Co and that I was just wondering..............so she said > "Owensboro" and so I told her that I had cousins in Island, > Sacramento........and Central City....bla bla > bla............wellll............she was actually raised in Calhoun but > was bussed and went to high school in Central City.............Lets' > see..........she had a huge crush on one of my Calvert cousins from > Island, she used to work for another cousin who was Supt of schools in > McLean Co.........and she used to rollerskate in the roller skating rink > in Sacramento that was owned and operated my yet another cousin and she > justttt loved my cousin, Miss Leona..................needless to say, we > had a great time sharing...........so my theory is: always ask questions. > You jusssst never know. > > Cheryl Cessna > California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "robert patterson" <elmozz@hotmail.com> > To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:12 PM > Subject: RE: [KYMUHLEN] If you requested birth records . . . > > >>I am researching Pattersons, amoung other surnames, in Muhlenberg Co. >>They migrated from Spencer Co ca. 1854 and my own direct line, left the >>county before 1940. Other names of the county include Bennett, Dortch and >>Putman. I would be interested in your material. >> >> Volunteers like you, help many of us with our ancestry. Thank you for >> your work in this regard! >> >> Robert L. Patterson, Jr. >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I LOVE stories like these!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Rhoads Camas" <jrcgenealogy@optonline.net> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] If you requested birth records . . . > Thanks for sharing that story, Cheryl. I have one too. It is indeed a > small world. > > Around 1986 while I was visiting my brother in Carpinteria, California, > (near Santa Barbara), he pointed to a neighbor of his and said, "Sis, you > just have to meet that lady next door. She reminds me so much of Mother." > So he and I walked out and moseyed over to where the lady was watering her > flowers. My brother then greeted her with "Good morning, Mary, I'd like > you to meet my sister." As soon as she spoke, I got that warm fuzzy > feeling because she sounded just like Mom. It was then that I had to ask > her, "Where do you come from, Mary?." She replied, "Oh, you probably > never heard of it, but I was born in Paradise, Kentucky!" "NO KIDDING!" I > said, "Muhlenberg County?" we asked. And she said, "YES!" "So was our > mother!", we told her. Mary then said, "My name is really "Minnie." > "That is also our mother's name!" we told her. We just had to learn more > about this lovely lady, so we talked. Come to find out, her maiden name > was VAUGHT, and she is a cousin on our FATHER'S side! > > So what do you think of that? As Cheryl said, you just never know. > > Jean in New York. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cheryl cessna" <dutchgalncal11@comcast.net> > To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:14 AM > Subject: Re: [KYMUHLEN] If you requested birth records . . . > > >>I have to share this bit with everyone because I think you will all enjoy >>this. The last couple of nights I have been doing some research for >>folks out there and as I have been thumbing thru some of the cemetary >>books, I keep coming across the name Browning. There's a bunch in Muhl >>Co. Anyway today at work, my Lead worker in my unit has the last name of >>Browning and I was telling her about do research in Kentucky but never >>mentioning that I keep seeing Browning. So she listens and then askes >>what part of Kentucky............so then I told her Muhlenberg Co and "by >>the way, there are tons of Browning stuff that keeps popping up." Well, >>she informs me that her father-in-law was just getting started in his >>Browning genealogy and is really excited and that he was from Kentucky. I >>asked what town.........."Owensboro". I told my staff member to have him >>call me because chances are, the family was in Muhl Co first. Should be >>interesting. I am looking forward to helping him. >> >> Also, in 1998, while having x-rays at a hospital near San Francisco, my >> x-ray tech had the cutest little ol Southern accent.........so I asked >> her where she was from, "Kentucky".............oh, what >> part?............."Western".........oh, what >> county?......."Davies"..........oh, what town?.......now she looked at me >> and asked, "why?".........so I told her that my grandparents were from >> Muhlenberg Co and that I was just wondering..............so she said >> "Owensboro" and so I told her that I had cousins in Island, >> Sacramento........and Central City....bla bla >> bla............wellll............she was actually raised in Calhoun but >> was bussed and went to high school in Central City.............Lets' >> see..........she had a huge crush on one of my Calvert cousins from >> Island, she used to work for another cousin who was Supt of schools in >> McLean Co.........and she used to rollerskate in the roller skating rink >> in Sacramento that was owned and operated my yet another cousin and she >> justttt loved my cousin, Miss Leona..................needless to say, we >> had a great time sharing...........so my theory is: always ask >> questions. You jusssst never know. >> >> Cheryl Cessna >> California >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "robert patterson" <elmozz@hotmail.com> >> To: <KYMUHLEN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:12 PM >> Subject: RE: [KYMUHLEN] If you requested birth records . . . >> >> >>>I am researching Pattersons, amoung other surnames, in Muhlenberg Co. >>>They migrated from Spencer Co ca. 1854 and my own direct line, left the >>>county before 1940. Other names of the county include Bennett, Dortch >>>and Putman. I would be interested in your material. >>> >>> Volunteers like you, help many of us with our ancestry. Thank you for >>> your work in this regard! >>> >>> Robert L. Patterson, Jr. >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >