I was writing you a letter when it suddenly disappeared. I didn't know if it went out or not. I am using my laptop and accidently hit the touch pad with my thumb. I would be interested in your books, if she isn't. I have a great interest in Webster county because my mom's family lived there since before it was Webster County. I have deep roots in the area, but no books yet. Tina Hall Henderson County GenWeb coordinator www.rootsweb.com/~kyhender/ -------------- Original message -------------- From: Vera Andrews <grmav29@sbcglobal.net> > Hi Carol > > Just yesterday I was looking at my list of the books I have collected on > Webster Co, then your e mail comes online! > > I do NOT approve of trying to sell things on the boards but it seemed like > such a coincedence I can' t help but ask you.. > Are you interested in what I have and need to dispose of , as I am sure to > need to QUIT this research soon for health reasons. > > Sincerely, > Vera B Andrews > Mishawaka INi > > Carol Huff wrote: > My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle of > October. > Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Thank you to all who responded to my query re hotels/motels in Hopkins/Webster Co area. We are going to stay in Madisonville at least two nights. It is actually our second trip there, but the other trip was in 1991 and my memory is not that great anymore. Don't have a clue as to where we stayed, at that time. Carol Williams Huff Marian Dunn <dunnm@roadrunner.com> wrote: There are no motels in Webster Co that I know of. You would have to stay in Henderson or Madisonville (Hopkins Co) and Sebree, which is in Webster Co is about halfway between. If you need directions to the courthouse I can help or I have a copy of the cemetery books. Just email me privately and I will be happy to help. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Huff" To: Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:23 PM Subject: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip > My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle > of October. > Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Vera: I am in exactly your situation, in that I have collected so many books and journals relating to W.KY; and, of course, many other Counties and States. I have decided to donate them to the LDS Family History Center in Boise, Idaho. While I am not LDS, I feel strongly that they have so helped all of us research our families and are very deserving of my donation. We have a daughter who lives in Boise. They have a very nice small facility and are always so very welcoming and helpful when we "pop in" there. Also, I know that any number of local libraries would love to have your donation. Thank you for your offer, but the small area I have is already spilling over onto the surrounding floor. Carol Williams Huff Vera Andrews <grmav29@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hi Carol Just yesterday I was looking at my list of the books I have collected on Webster Co, then your e mail comes online! I do NOT approve of trying to sell things on the boards but it seemed like such a coincedence I can' t help but ask you.. Are you interested in what I have and need to dispose of , as I am sure to need to QUIT this research soon for health reasons. Sincerely, Vera B Andrews Mishawaka INi Carol Huff wrote: My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle of October. Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are no motels in Webster Co that I know of. You would have to stay in Henderson or Madisonville (Hopkins Co) and Sebree, which is in Webster Co is about halfway between. If you need directions to the courthouse I can help or I have a copy of the cemetery books. Just email me privately and I will be happy to help. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Huff" <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> To: <kywebste-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:23 PM Subject: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip > My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle > of October. > Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Carol Just yesterday I was looking at my list of the books I have collected on Webster Co, then your e mail comes online! I do NOT approve of trying to sell things on the boards but it seemed like such a coincedence I can' t help but ask you.. Are you interested in what I have and need to dispose of , as I am sure to need to QUIT this research soon for health reasons. Sincerely, Vera B Andrews Mishawaka INi Carol Huff <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle of October. Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To my knowledge there aren't any motels in Webster Co. There are a number of good motels in the Madisonville [Hopkins Co] area, near the Pennyrile Parkway exits. If you need phone numbers email me privately. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: kywebste-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kywebste-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kent & Tracy Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:41 PM To: kywebste@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip Here is a link,, http://www.marionkentucky.us/Marion-Kentucky-lodgings.htm we ended up staying in Henderson, waited to late to find anything closer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Huff" <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> To: <kywebste-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:23 PM Subject: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip > My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle > of October. > Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.2/1052 - Release Date: 10/5/2007 6:53 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.2/1052 - Release Date: 10/5/2007 6:53 PM

Here is a link,, http://www.marionkentucky.us/Marion-Kentucky-lodgings.htm we ended up staying in Henderson, waited to late to find anything closer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Huff" <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> To: <kywebste-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:23 PM Subject: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip > My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle > of October. > Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

My husband and I are going to be in W.KY doing research around the middle of October. Can anyone suggest hotels/motels in the area.

Interesting! I would direct you to a Perry County OH web site that has a page of interesting material about old pioneer customs and habits: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/fphpart5chap4.htm The part about infairs is near the bottom of the page - you can use your browser's search function to search for "infair" if you don't want to read the entire thing - but the whole thing is interesting. I love the part about how well the horses get into the spirit of the celebration. <grin> I found this by googling the phrase "old wedding customs - infair" and got a lot of hits. Last year I heard a speaker say she had about given up her bookmarks and was mainly using Google to find where she wanted to go. I've almost reached that same place myself. Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/ On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:06:02 -0500, you wrote: > Hi folks, > I am forwarding this to you-- first time I had heard of it. It is a response from the Wayne CO., IL mail list. Some person had written in telling a tablecloth was found with a handwritten note saying it was used at his gg grandfather's infair dinner in 1848. The gg grandfather was from Wayne County, IL, so I thought maybe it was something done in that part of the country that I am not familiar with. Below is the response-- I had never heard of it, and it may or may not have been a custom here in Dubois CO with all the German immigrants. It may have been a prevalent in areas with a high number of Brittish Isles immigrants. > It doesn't say whether the married couple was present, but since the honeymoon thing seems to be from the 1900's, the married couple most likely was present. Scroll on down and have a nice day. Helen Zuber Keusch > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randall McDaniel" <spacegeezer@msn.com> > To: <ILWAYNE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:24 PM > Subject: Re: [ILWAYNE] Infair Dinner > > > "Infare- alternately known as "infair" or "enfair" (from an old Scottish or Middle English custom). In a tradition dating back to the early 1800s, the bride's family gave a bridal feast the day of the wedding and the groom's family hosted a > wedding breakfast the day after. This breakfast was called an "infare." > It provided an occasion for family, wedding party, and out-of-town guests to visit and review the previous day's festivities. Travelers then departed, taking with them the warmth of hospitality. The rehearsal dinner is today's version of the infare. Many people may have never heard of the term infare, yet are quite familiar with the tradition. In the 1880s, it was an American custom for the bridegroom's parents to host an infare, or a feast, on the day following the wedding. Today, this custom has evolved into a Sunday brunch intended to give out-of-town guests more opportunity to visit with > family, friends, and other wedding guests before returning home." > > Randy McDaniel > Webster, Texas > > Researching the following families from Wayne County: McDaniel, Nichols, > Richardson > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi folks, I am forwarding this to you-- first time I had heard of it. It is a response from the Wayne CO., IL mail list. Some person had written in telling a tablecloth was found with a handwritten note saying it was used at his gg grandfather's infair dinner in 1848. The gg grandfather was from Wayne County, IL, so I thought maybe it was something done in that part of the country that I am not familiar with. Below is the response-- I had never heard of it, and it may or may not have been a custom here in Dubois CO with all the German immigrants. It may have been a prevalent in areas with a high number of Brittish Isles immigrants. It doesn't say whether the married couple was present, but since the honeymoon thing seems to be from the 1900's, the married couple most likely was present. Scroll on down and have a nice day. Helen Zuber Keusch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall McDaniel" <spacegeezer@msn.com> To: <ILWAYNE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [ILWAYNE] Infair Dinner "Infare- alternately known as "infair" or "enfair" (from an old Scottish or Middle English custom). In a tradition dating back to the early 1800s, the bride's family gave a bridal feast the day of the wedding and the groom's family hosted a wedding breakfast the day after. This breakfast was called an "infare." It provided an occasion for family, wedding party, and out-of-town guests to visit and review the previous day's festivities. Travelers then departed, taking with them the warmth of hospitality. The rehearsal dinner is today's version of the infare. Many people may have never heard of the term infare, yet are quite familiar with the tradition. In the 1880s, it was an American custom for the bridegroom's parents to host an infare, or a feast, on the day following the wedding. Today, this custom has evolved into a Sunday brunch intended to give out-of-town guests more opportunity to visit with family, friends, and other wedding guests before returning home." Randy McDaniel Webster, Texas Researching the following families from Wayne County: McDaniel, Nichols, Richardson

Sara Bradley Mason has sent two school photos with which she needs some help: The first is the Providence 7th Grade Class of 1912-1913 http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/schools/prov7th1912-13.htm The second is the Providence H.S. Freshman Class of 1914-1915 http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/schools/provfresh1914.htm We have left these photos in the original large format to make features more easily identifiable. Both are extremely clear photos and the faces really stand out. Any help would be appreciated! Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/

KYGenWeb state coordinator Sherri Bradley has put in place a great new Google search feature for Kentucky researchers and I've added it to the Webster County site. It's a statewide search engine for the *entire KYGenWeb Project.* It searches the files at http://www.kygenweb.net, each Kentucky county site, the KYGenWeb Special Projects and the KY USGenWeb Archives. So for those of you whose families lived in several counties around the state, now you can search your surnames for *all Kentucky counties* instead of going to each county site individually and searching. Of course, if you want to search *only the Webster County site* for your surnames, you can still do that using our countywide search box with the heading SEARCH THIS SITE. To avoid confusion the new statewide search box is about halfway way down the main page of the Webster County homepage and is marked with a bright red "NEW" logo. The link to the Webster County site is in my signature line below, as usual. Hope it's not as hot and dry where you are as it is here in Kentucky. Hugs, Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/

This time I hope I get it right. My new email address is feddings@suddenlink.net Francis Eddings

Thanks to Amy Dunn for sending us a link to this news story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070524/ap_on_hi_te/genealogy_war_records Until June 6, Ancestry will evidently make these new military databases available at no cost. After that, the usual yearly Ancestry dues will apply. I haven't had a chance to give this a trial run yet but since the time of the free access is limited, I wanted to let you know as soon as possible. Comments to the list will be welcome, always keeping in mind that Ancestry provides free web space to the Webster County KYGenWeb site, as well as many others. So make hay while the sun shines! http://landing.ancestry.com/military/collections.aspx Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/

Fellow genealogists and anyone concerned with preserving our sacred cemeteries, The History Channel and Time Warner are sponsoring a 'Save Our History' grant award for which anyone can go online and cast their vote. Voting ends THIS FRIDAY April 27th, so time is short. We were fortunate that our restoration project was chosen as a finalist. The JCOGS is the only genealogy society or cemetery project to be chosen as one of the five finalists, so I truly hope that you will go to the Time Warner website and cast your vote for the James Cemetery project. If awarded this grant, we will use 100% of the grant to begin installing an antique-style aluminum alloy fence around the perimeter in order to help halt further desecration of this sacred and historic burial ground. You can read more about our James Cemetery project at the Time Warner 'Save Our History' voting website. Please unite with us as a group of genealogists concerned about the ever-increasing destruction of our cemeteries by VOTING for us at the website below. And note also that ANYONE with Internet access can VOTE so please forward this email to your genealogy circle of friends and ask THEM to vote too! Link for voting: http://www.aroundrr.com/SaveOurHistory James Cemetery website: http://coyan.net/JamesCemeteryindex.html Anthony Coyan Secretary, Jackson County Chapter - Ohio Genealogical Society

Hi Carole, Thanks for the link to the Shelton Acorns. This is my line. I am part of the Shelton Gang :O) HA HA! Not really. I am out of the first son Joseph Alexander and they weren't in the Gang so I hear. I posted a picture of an unknown Shelton man on the Webster Co. Photo page. I now know his identity. He is my 3rd ggf, Wilson Albert Shelton. He lost a leg in the Civil War. He was on the Confederate side and his family nicknamed him "The Rebel!" Here is the hyperlink. _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpalmer/album/hineman/hineman3.htm_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cpalmer/album/hineman/hineman3.htm) Take care, Janet Hineman ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Greetings, Webster County researchers, I hope spring has arrived where you live. It arrived here in central Kentucky in late March; then it retreated for a week. We are hoping for better things starting tomorrow and that spring will soon be here to stay. Vonette Shelton Curtis has sent us her "Shelton Acorns" manuscript - the history of Vonette's Sheltons who came to western Kentucky in the early 1800's. Take a look: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/families/shelton/acorns-index.htm Today Carol Williams Huff sent me an updated annotation for her family's 1860 Webster County census listing. As I made the changes to Carol's annotation, I happened to think maybe others have found additional or conflicting information to annotations sent to me for their families' 1860 census listings. After all, the 1860 Webster County census project went online in March 1999 and I began to accept annotations shortly after that. I know most of us have added to our research during that six-year period. So if you have material that needs to be changed or new material that needs to be added to our 1860 census annotations, please feel free to send it to me. Be sure to present your material in the way you want to see it online, because I will not be editing material for clarity. And if you don't note the correct household number for the annotation, chances are I won't be able to figure out where it belongs. btw, the Webster County 1860 census can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/census/1860/householdnumbers.htm Notice the census is still not indexed; if any of you techies out there want to undertake a project that would consist of an every-person index in which the names would link to the actual census household listing, it would welcomed by all, I am sure. Hugs, Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/

Hi all....Brenda Joyce Jerome, editor of the award-winning Western Kentucky Journal, has once again gifted our site with one of her excellent transcriptions. This one is the 1870 Webster County Mortality Schedule http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/census/1870-mortality.htm This schedule contains a list of Webster County persons who died during the year ending the 1st of June 1870. We all know the problems finding KY death records prior to 1911 so the mortality schedules are a great resource. Thanks again, Brenda, for your generosity to Western Kentucky researchers. The Western Kentucky Journal web site is online at: http://wkjournal.com/wkj/wkj.htm Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/

Brenda Joyce Jerome, editor of the award-winning Western Kentucky Journal, has made a very nice contribution to the Webster County site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/marriages/selected-gallatin.htm Above is a link to Brenda's abstraction of Selected 1906 Gallatin County IL Marriages of Western Kentucky Couples. Gallatin County, Illinois is located just across the Ohio River from Union County, Kentucky. For many years, it was a popular place for Kentucky couples to get married. You will find marriages of Webster County couples in this list, as well as couples from Henderson, Hopkins and Union counties. Thanks to Brenda for her many contributions to Western Kentucky genealogy. You can visit the Western Kentucky Journal web site at http://wkjournal.com/wkj/wkj.htm Carole Palmer Webster County KYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~kywebste/

Carol; Thanks for that information on Andrew J. Smith and yes cemetery is Springdale in Sebree, as to date I haven't been able to come up with anything there either. As to Martha D. mirage that a mystery also. Maynard <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.