Hello Sussex County Cousins! I had planned to attend this meeting tomorrow, but my doctor gave me some unwelcome news today that I need to take care of. I defiantly want to be part of this group, as I was born and raised in Seaford! Will notes from this meeting tomorrow be posted here for all of us to read??? Please be sure to post when the next meeting will be. In case it is needed for any reason tomorrow; some of my lines are: Hignutt, Messick, Parker, Walls, Wright, Noble, Phillips, Elzey, Lambden, Tindal, Todd, Dean, Gordy, Riggin and Wroten. Have a great time tomorrow everyone!!! Gwen Hignutt-Wint -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Carolyn & Ray Miller" <candrmiller@verizon.net> > 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 > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Sussex County Cousins   I have been following this thread with interest, my lines of interest are Bailey, Bayley and any other variations.  Also Jackson.(Samuel)   My g-g-g-grandfather ,  Horatio Bailey (1786-1878) married Sally Hurst , Laurel DE, June 1807, reference: Horatio's War of 1812 Pension Application dated 1871.   Eleanor Bailey Lafayette, Indiana swampangel39@yahoo.com      

I am interested in the Willey and Passwaters families of the Laurel/Lewes area. My G-GM was Jennie May Willey/Wooley. ('Wooley' was listed in a written record from another family member) In the 1910 Philadelphia census, Jennie lists her age as 40. (1870) I have been unable to locate a Jennie M Wooley in 1880 DE, but I did locate a jennie M Willey in 1880 with an age of 11 that is the closest match. Jennie M Willey, age 11, North West Fork, Sussex, Delaware, Village of Greenwood, dau of Jabez (59, b. DE) and Mary Willey (41, b. DE), also on the census 21 yr old William T. (b. MD) was an older brother? I find Jabez in 1860 with a 19yr old Eliza Willey and in 1870 with a 32 yr old Mary Willey (no William). In 1870, Jabez Willey's next door neighbors are John (24) and Josephina WIlley (20) Family history tells that Jennie was 'sold' by her Willey or Wooley family to a Passwaters family in the Lewes area where she worked as a family seamstress. Absence of the 1890 DE census makes this hard to track Jennie May Willey married Thaddeus A.R. Phillips abt 1890. Her social status was such that it was said that the Phillips family (Delmar/Tyaskin) disowned Thaddeus for marrying beneath his 'station' Jennie had 2 daughters born in DE. Myrtle M. (1892) and my grandmother, Leola L. (1895) Unfortunately I have procrastinated and not yet obtained Leola's birth cert to see if it showed a specific DE location. Any information is welcomed Regard Ben MacDonald Sun City Arizona

Carolyn, If it's not too late, I hope you also will throw my (known) Delaware ancestors' names in the hat ... WHARTON/WHORTON .... most familiar, from Laurel area, early 1800s BENSON/BENTSON FREEMAN POWELL My Wharton-Benson great-great grandparents moved their family from Delaware to Illinois (Chicago area) in the mid-1800s, before the Civil War. If a e-mailing list is set up for notices and information, I hope you will include me at this address, kearneyd@erols.com. Thanks! Dave Kearney Richmond, Virginia -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Carolyn & Ray Miller" <candrmiller@verizon.net> > 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 > > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOWER-DELMARVA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message