Please take a moment each day, but especially this day to remember our brothers and sisters who were lost on 11 Sep 2001. Nancy Lewis Millsap The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

Hello List, I have an Alice Leedham married to a Thomas R Keach/Keech and sorry I have no dates but that Thomas was born Dec 18,1853 in Mass.They probably married in Mass after 1880 because he was still living at home in the 1880 census.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks. Teresa Keach

Good Afternoon, In preparation for the release [April 2002] of the 1930 U. S. Census, Dave Lossos has provided some incredible information on his "Genealogy In St. Louis" web site: http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/1930.htm The man never ceases to amaze! Nancy Lewis Millsap

Good Afternoon My Little New Year's Revelers! 2001 has been the most amazing year, so far! And while it will be remembered for many things, different to all, I think we can all agree on one point - good and bad, if given the chance, we wouldn't have missed one precious second! Whatever your plans may include for this New Year's Holiday, please take care. We are a family here and just like any family, nothing would be the same without you! Peace Nancy Lewis Millsap

Good Morning My Little Christmas Stockings, Any Way You Would Like To Say It - "Merry Christmas"! Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah Argentine: Feliz Navidad Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On! Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou! Chile: Feliz Navidad Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth Corsian: Pace e salute Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi Croatian: Sretan Bozic Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok Danish: Glædelig Jul Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast English: Merry Christmas Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo! Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar! Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad Finnish: Hyvaa joulua Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar French: Joyeux Noel Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier! Galician: Bo Nada Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr! German: Froehliche Weihnachten Greek: Kala Christouyenna! Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova Hindi: Shub Naya Baras Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara! Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou! Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket Icelandic: Gledileg Jol Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay. Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum! Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu! Lausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa Maori: Meri Kirihimete Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh Navajo: Merry Keshmish Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado Papiamento: Bon Pasco Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr! Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo Philipines: Maligayan Pasko! Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie Portuguese:Feliz Natal Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn! Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom Sami: Buorrit Juovllat Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou Serbian: Hristos se rodi Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce Sami: Buorrit Juovllat Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina Serbian: Hristos se rodi. Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok Slovene: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto Spanish: Feliz Navidad Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech! Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh Welsh: Nadolig Llawen Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Good Evening My Little Sleigh Bells, Need a last minute gift for those Naughty Little Ones? Try this! You'll need: 1 bag white miniature marshmallows 1 gallon size ziploc bag 1 sheet colored cellophane ribbon Put the bag of marshmallows in the ziploc bag. Wrap with colored cellophane and tie with a ribbon. Attach the following note: "Dear ______, Santa has you on his list this year As being more naughty than nice, But due to an unstable energy market, And skyrocketing fuel prices, Could not afford to give you a Lump of Coal. So this year Santa is giving you ... A bag of Snowman's Poop! Merry Christmas!

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus Editorial printed in the New York Sun in 1897. We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor, I am eight years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, "If you see it in 'The Sun,' it's so." Please tell me the truth. Is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon 115 West Ninety-fifth St. Virginia, Your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world, which not the strongest man, not even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. ~Frances P. Church, New York Sun, September 21, 1897

Dear Leedhams, A thank you to Nancy for reminding us of the origins of the "Festive Season", and a happy Christmas to Ron and Robyn, whom I have met electronically speaking, and to all the other cousins whereever they might be. Dorothy Maddock.

Dear Nancy, Thanks for the beautiful Verses, and thank you for hosting the LEEDHAM site. I've met several wonderful Leedham family members here. I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and the best of everything in the coming New Year. With a special good wish for Robyn and Dorothy, my favorites...... Ron Shadduck

Merry Christmas, Dorothy! Nancy Dorothy Maddock wrote: > > Dear Leedhams, > A thank you to Nancy for reminding us of the origins of the "Festive Season", and a happy Christmas to Ron and Robyn, whom I have met electronically speaking, and to all the other cousins whereever they might be. > Dorothy Maddock. > > ==== LEEDHAM Mailing List ==== > To change your e-mail address at LEEDHAM-L: > 1. subscribe using your new e-mail address. > 2. unsubscribe using your old e-mail address. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

The Nativity And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also sent up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And. lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. St. Luke, Chapter 2 Verses 1-20 Have a peaceful and blessed holiday. Nancy Lewis Millsap List Administrator

Good Afternoon, Below are more links if you are interested in the latest news about the court order disconnecting the DOI's databases, including our favorite Land Patent Search at the Bureau of Land Management. Briefly, the databases that seem to be affected are: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bureau of Reclamations (BOR) Fish and Wildlife Services (FWS) Minerals Management Services (MMS) National Parks Service (NPS) another favorite! Office of Surface Mining (OSM) http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/11/interior.reut/index.html http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48980,00.html Official US Executive Websites and their acronyms: http://www.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html

Good Morning, The U.S. Department of the Interior, has been directed by court order to disconnect all databases that allow access to "individual Indian trust data". Since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is under the directive of the DOI, it has been disconnected, along with some other vital databases. You can read the DOI memos concerning the court orders at: http://www.doi.gov/ Nancy Lewis Millsap

Good Evening, The following url has city/county listings with county code numbers for all states. Just scroll down the list to find the 2-letter state abbreviation: ftp://130.11.49.249/pub/fips55/ Nancy Lewis Millsap List Administrator

>From another list: > Ancestry has a new free downloadable family tree program called Ancestry > Family Tree... click below for more details. > > Download Ancestry Family Tree > http://genealogytoday.com/ancestry/family/tree.html >

Good Morning, The following url has a collection of specialty search engines that should interest everyone. A collection of special search engines: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/ub/biv/specials.htm

Good Morning, The website below has good information about the origin and meaning of the Christmas Tree and how the first trees were decorated: http://www.ultranet.com/~tlclcms/chrtree.htm

Good Morning, The following website has 1895 maps of all states and counties as well as links and other facts of the era: 1895 U. S. ATLAS: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895 Nancy Lewis Millsap

Good Evening, RootsWeb strongly discourages the discussion/posting of virus warning messages on mailing lists. So, in that light, let me just say that EVERYONE on this list needs to update the antivirus software - NOW! Please visit http://www.symantec.com for the latest news. If you have any concerns, please email me private, but do not post your messages to the list. Nancy Lewis Millsap List Administrator

Dear Georgena, Can you give us a bit more information about your LEEDHAMS? Which county in England did they come from? I have Leedhams from Lincolnshire, in my family background, and there are Thomases. If you can give an idea of where yours are from it would help a lot. Dorothy Maddock.