Yes, I have found that it really helps to clearly articulate exactly what it is that you want to find. That way, someone may or will be able to answer you! Cheers, Kathy Cochran -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linda Stokesbury Brennan Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:40 PM To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings I've found that I have to put into words what it is I need -- and amazingly, occasionally I find what I'm looking for. My most wonderful example came when I was needing to find evidence that a family with a different spelling of the surname was actually part of my family. Many of my co-researchers disagreed, and said they thought it was too different to be the same family. At that point, I thought to myself, "I need to find a rosetta stone for this." It's hard to believe but within a couple of weeks, a new d-base was put online by the Library of Virginia--a listing of all the early chancery suits in Shenandoah County, VA. To my astonishment, I found a case which involved my ancestor, and it contained papers that spelled the surname in the exact two spellings I was trying to prove were the same family. It used the same two spellings to refer to my own ancestor. How cool is that? I really could never have imagined such a wonderful solution. I felt like I had won the lottery! So, from then on, I make it a point to define specifically what it is I need to obtain in my family history search. Kind Regards, Linda Linda Stokesbury Brennan, Lansing, MI & Natchitoches, LA Stokesbury DNA Project Administrator Researching: STOKESBURY (STUCHBURY), LAMARE, BABIN, DUNNING, OLINGER, ORR, PAINTER/BAINTER, BAUGHMAN, CLARK, HENINGER http://www.Stokesbury.org, http://www.artistsuccesskit.com http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stokesburyDNAproject ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2437/5092 - Release Date: 06/25/12

I need help. Trying to find out what cemetery Thomas Joseph Spear (died Feb. 1937) is buried in. He is not in St. Louis #1 with his brothers and sister. If someone can find his obit and send to me it may tell me something. Appreciate any help. Merle in Texas -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kathy Cochran" <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 9:00 PM To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings > Yes, I have found that it really helps to clearly articulate exactly what > it > is that you want to find. That way, someone may or will be able to answer > you! > > Cheers, Kathy Cochran > > -----Original Message----- > From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Linda Stokesbury Brennan > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:40 PM > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings > > I've found that I have to put into words what it is I need -- and > amazingly, > occasionally I find what I'm looking for. > > My most wonderful example came when I was needing to find evidence that a > family with a different spelling of the surname was actually part of my > family. Many of my co-researchers disagreed, and said they thought it was > too different to be the same family. At that point, I thought to myself, > "I > need to find a rosetta stone for this." > > It's hard to believe but within a couple of weeks, a new d-base was put > online by the Library of Virginia--a listing of all the early chancery > suits > in Shenandoah County, VA. > > To my astonishment, I found a case which involved my ancestor, and it > contained papers that spelled the surname in the exact two spellings I was > trying to prove were the same family. It used the same two spellings to > refer to my own ancestor. > > How cool is that? I really could never have imagined such a wonderful > solution. I felt like I had won the lottery! > > So, from then on, I make it a point to define specifically what it is I > need > to obtain in my family history search. > > > Kind Regards, > Linda > > Linda Stokesbury Brennan, Lansing, MI & Natchitoches, LA Stokesbury DNA > Project Administrator > > Researching: STOKESBURY (STUCHBURY), LAMARE, BABIN, DUNNING, OLINGER, ORR, > PAINTER/BAINTER, BAUGHMAN, CLARK, HENINGER http://www.Stokesbury.org, > http://www.artistsuccesskit.com > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stokesburyDNAproject > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2437/5092 - Release Date: 06/25/12 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

He was listed as being buried in St. Louis number 3 on Esplanade Avenue. Hope this helps you. --- On Mon, 6/25/12, Merle Ann Farrington <celticmick@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: Merle Ann Farrington <celticmick@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... La te night findings > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, June 25, 2012, 9:39 PM > I need help.  Trying to find out > what cemetery Thomas Joseph Spear (died > Feb. 1937) is buried in.  He is not in St. Louis #1 > with his brothers and > sister.  If someone can find his obit and send to me it > may tell me > something. > > Appreciate any help. > > Merle in Texas > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Kathy Cochran" <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 9:00 PM > To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night > findings > > > Yes, I have found that it really helps to clearly > articulate exactly what > > it > > is that you want to find.  That way, someone may > or will be able to answer > > you! > > > > Cheers,  Kathy Cochran > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] > > On Behalf Of Linda Stokesbury Brennan > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:40 PM > > To: laorlean@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night > findings > > > > I've found that I have to put into words what it is I > need -- and > > amazingly, > > occasionally I find what I'm looking for. > > > > My most wonderful example came when I was needing to > find evidence that a > > family with a different spelling of the surname was > actually part of my > > family. Many of my co-researchers disagreed, and said > they thought it was > > too different to be the same family. At that point, I > thought to myself, > > "I > > need to find a rosetta stone for this." > > > > It's hard to believe but within a couple of weeks, a > new d-base was put > > online by the Library of Virginia--a listing of all the > early chancery > > suits > > in Shenandoah County, VA. > > > > To my astonishment, I found a case which involved my > ancestor, and it > > contained papers that spelled the surname in the exact > two spellings I was > > trying to prove were the same family. It used the same > two spellings to > > refer to my own ancestor. > > > > How cool is that? I really could never have imagined > such a wonderful > > solution. I felt like I had won the lottery! > > > > So, from then on, I make it a point to define > specifically what it is I > > need > > to obtain in my family history search. > > > > > > Kind Regards, > > Linda > > > > Linda Stokesbury Brennan, Lansing, MI & > Natchitoches, LA Stokesbury DNA > > Project Administrator > > > > Researching: STOKESBURY (STUCHBURY), LAMARE, BABIN, > DUNNING, OLINGER, ORR, > > PAINTER/BAINTER, BAUGHMAN, CLARK, HENINGER http://www.Stokesbury.org, > > http://www.artistsuccesskit.com > > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stokesburyDNAproject > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2437/5092 - > Release Date: 06/25/12 > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > LAORLEAN-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 LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Merle - I will look tonight and send you anything I might find. I love being retired & being able to do this when I want;) Peggy New Orleans Proud On Jun 25, 2012, at 9:39 PM, "Merle Ann Farrington" <celticmick@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I need help. Trying to find out what cemetery Thomas Joseph Spear (died > Feb. 1937) is buried in. He is not in St. Louis #1 with his brothers and > sister. If someone can find his obit and send to me it may tell me > something. > > Appreciate any help. > > Merle in Texas > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Kathy Cochran" <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 9:00 PM > To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings > >> Yes, I have found that it really helps to clearly articulate exactly what >> it >> is that you want to find. That way, someone may or will be able to answer >> you! >> >> Cheers, Kathy Cochran >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Linda Stokesbury Brennan >> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 2:40 PM >> To: laorlean@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] If you need help... Late night findings >> >> I've found that I have to put into words what it is I need -- and >> amazingly, >> occasionally I find what I'm looking for. >> >> My most wonderful example came when I was needing to find evidence that a >> family with a different spelling of the surname was actually part of my >> family. Many of my co-researchers disagreed, and said they thought it was >> too different to be the same family. At that point, I thought to myself, >> "I >> need to find a rosetta stone for this." >> >> It's hard to believe but within a couple of weeks, a new d-base was put >> online by the Library of Virginia--a listing of all the early chancery >> suits >> in Shenandoah County, VA. >> >> To my astonishment, I found a case which involved my ancestor, and it >> contained papers that spelled the surname in the exact two spellings I was >> trying to prove were the same family. It used the same two spellings to >> refer to my own ancestor. >> >> How cool is that? I really could never have imagined such a wonderful >> solution. I felt like I had won the lottery! >> >> So, from then on, I make it a point to define specifically what it is I >> need >> to obtain in my family history search. >> >> >> Kind Regards, >> Linda >> >> Linda Stokesbury Brennan, Lansing, MI & Natchitoches, LA Stokesbury DNA >> Project Administrator >> >> Researching: STOKESBURY (STUCHBURY), LAMARE, BABIN, DUNNING, OLINGER, ORR, >> PAINTER/BAINTER, BAUGHMAN, CLARK, HENINGER http://www.Stokesbury.org, >> http://www.artistsuccesskit.com >> http://www.familytreedna.com/public/stokesburyDNAproject >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2437/5092 - Release Date: 06/25/12 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LAORLEAN-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 LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message