I live in the Houston area and due to the hurricane am handicapped in communication. Please add me to your list of Sussex County Cousins. Both my families of LeCates(LeGates) and Matthews resided in the greater Laurel area starting in the late 1700's. They both originated in Northampton or Accomack County, VA in the 1600's. Lloyd Matthews The Woodlands, TX lloydwm@earthlink.net 281-296-9618 >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:58:08 -0400 >From: "Carolyn & Ray Miller" <candrmiller@verizon.net> >Subject: [LDR] "Sussex County Cousins"-Special Interest group forming >To: <lower-delmarva-roots@rootsweb.com> >Cc: candrmiller@verizon.net >Message-ID: <001601c9153b$cac4d200$2f01a8c0@rayfdab7e0db48> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hello Fellow Sussex County Researchers! >> >> I thought that you might be interested in knowing about a Special Interest >> Group being organized by the Sussex County Genealogical Society (SCGS) in cooperation with the Laurel (DE) Public >> Library. >> >> The name of this informal group is "Sussex County Cousins" and, as the >> name implies, it is designed to be a group of family history researchers >> who have their roots in Sussex County DE. >> >> The first get-together will be on Wednesday, September 24 at 1 PM in the >> Carpenter Community Room of the Laurel Public Library, 101 E. 4th. Street >> Laurel, DE. >> >> The plan is to introduce ourselves and mention the surnames of the main >> branches of the Sussex County families that you are researching, the area >> of Sussex County in which they lived. We would also like to know the >> family surname which you feel most confident (we call them "hits") and >> the family name you feel the least confident about (we call them "miss's). >> That way everyone will be familiar where they can be of help to someone or >> where they can get help with their own brickwall. The library staff will >> give an overview of the Delaware and Family History collections available >> at the library. Also, for this meeting, an experienced researcher has >> offered to bring in his laptop and share his extended database with those >> interested. He has brand new, never published, still a work in progress, >> information on cemeteries and the connected families in the Little Creek Hundred and Laurel areas. >> >> After the informal meeting everyone is invited to stay and network with >> their newly discovered "cousins". Also, the library will remain open until >> 8 PM that day for those wanting to take advantage of the unique >> genealogical research collections available at the library. > >>There is no charge for this get-together! > >> Please feel free to contact me with any questions, suggestions or comments >> you may have concerning this group. My email address is bbde@verizon.net. >> >> I am really excited about meeting my unknown "Sussex County Cousins"! >> >> Carolyn Elliott Miller >> Membership Chair of SCGS >> >

Please add me to your list of Sussex County Cousins! Mine hail from Cedar Creek Hundred. My families include: Watson, Townsend, Manlove & Davis among others. Carole