Jim, Thanks for the run-down. Your parents are apparently also my 9th cousins, and you would be 9th cousin once removed. Here's my line: Richard and Elizabeth (INGRAHAM) BULLOCL Deacon Caleb and Elizabeth (BULLOCK) EDDY Deacon Benjamin and Hannah (EDDY) COLE Ebenezer and (2) Mary (WILSON) COLE Benjamin and Prudence (HARD) COLE Moses and Anna (COLE) BLOOD Abel Russell and Laura (LUCAS) BLOOD Moses and Sarah (HAWKINS) BLOOD Stuart Sylvester and Mabel Clare (BLOOD) HARPER William Harry and Betty (MOELLER) HARPER ME Do you have BULLOCK ancestors in England? I have the BULLOCK line back to Sheriff Robert, d. 1405, mostly from "The Connecticut Ancestors" and from Burke's "History of the Commoners". I'm not sure of all the wives without going through tons of paper records, as apparently I didn't put their sources on my data base. Thanks, Betty Sullivan bettysul@kewanee.com Please visit my web site at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/u/l/Betty--Sullivan -----

Morning All, Ralph I did not understand what web page you want to be added to?? Ma- Mendon does not have one as far as I know, anyway.Please elaborate on this request below. Thank You, Alice Original Message ----- From: "RALPH N WHEELER" <wheelsatdbeach@bellsouth.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:01 PM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Mendon web page > Daytona Beach Shores, FL Please add my name to your web site > > Ralph N. Wheeler > wheelsatdbeach@bellsouth.net > > > ============================== > 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 >

Hi All Mendon Listers, Several of you have posted things these last couple of days that I want to respond to -- but no time now. Will do so after the holidays. Meanwhile... I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS! Blessings! Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe Seal Beach, CA SueMHR@aol.com "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead, 1901-1978

I was shopping at Barnes & Noble tonight in Bellingham, MA, and noticed they have the Images of America book for Bellingham I'll have to go back now, because as I'm writing this I remembered I should have looked to see if there were photos of the Carousel that was at Silver Lake. Happy Holidays Everyone, lisa llepore2@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Daytona Beach Shores, FL Please add my name to your web site Ralph N. Wheeler wheelsatdbeach@bellsouth.net

Jean, and all, I'm related to this family through 8th great grandparents John & Priscilla (__?__) THURBER who were the grandparents of Richard LEE's wife Abigail THURBER. Do you have anything on Richard LEE's ancestry? He married & died in Rehoboth, but apparently he wasn't born there. Jim Bullock Littleton, CO -----Original Message----- From: Jespane@cs.com [mailto:Jespane@cs.com] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:29 AM To: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] Rehoboth to Mendon > Jim, Thanks for the website. One of the listed persons you have is in the > Richard Lee familiy and two of his descendants (James and Comfort Lee) ended > up in Douglas MA. So I was able to work back through what you have on the > website. > Thanks again, and Happy Holidays. > Jean

Cousin Betty, and all, My BULLOCK line: Richard & Elizabeth (INGRAHAM) BULLOCK Deacon Samuel & Thankful (ROUSE?) BULLOCK Seth & Experience (SALISBURY) BULLOCK Hezekiah & Jemima (GARNSEY) BULLOCK Benjamin & Mehitabel (FULLER) BULLOCK Hezekiah & Patience (IRONS) BULLOCK Jeremiah & Rebecca (DUTCHER) BULLOCK Noah Porter & Martha Rachel (STRANAHAN) BULLOCK Noah Porter, Jr. & Telva Maud (BROWN) BULLOCK Bernard Eugene & Doris Nadine (MEDBERY) BULLOCK ME BULLOCK wives: Elizabeth was very likely (but not proven) the daughter of Richard INGRAHAM of Rehoboth, MA. Thankful's surname is uncertain and nothing is known of her parents. She was NOT the daughter of John & Annis (PEABODY) ROUSE. Experience descended from William & Susanna (__?__) SALISBURY of Swansea, MA. Jemima descended from Henry & Hannah (MUNNING) GARNSEY of Dorchester, MA. Mehitabel descended from Robert & Sarah (BOWEN) FULLER of Rehoboth, MA. Patience probably descended from Matthew & Hannah (BROWN) IRONS of Boston, MA. There are some uncertainties in this line. Rebecca descended from Wilhelm & Leentje (MARTENS) DUTCHER of NY. DUTCHER was not the original surname. Wilhelm's name in the records was Wilhelm Janszen van Heerden which simply means William, son of John of Heerden (a village in Holland.) He apparently had no surname other than "son of John". Because he was Dutch the DUTCHER surname stuck with the family. Martha descended from John and Martha Isabel (BAILEY) STRANAHAN of Pittsburgh, PA, and Flora, IN. Maud descended from Francis & Mary (EDWARDS) BROWN of East Haven, CT. Doris was descended from John & Sarah (__?__) MEDBURY of Swansea, MA. Incidentally, my parents were 9th cousins from 3 different lines: George & ? (__?__) PUFFER of Braintree, MA. John & Sarah (HUTCHINSON) WHIPPLE of Dorchester, MA, and Providence, RI. Thomas & Alice (ASHTON) ANGELL of Providence, RI. My maternal grandparents Martin Blackmar & Mary Jane "Marie" (DAVIS) MEDBERY were 7th cousins descended from Edward & Katherine (REYNOLDS) STARBUCK of Nantucket, MA. My wife & I are 10th cousins once removed descended from Robert & Susanna (SELBEE) BLOTT of Charlestown, Concord, and Boston, MA. There are a number of other cousin marriages, even two 1st cousins (WASHBURNs), earlier in my lines. I've told my kids they have excuses for being idiots after all of that inbreeding. (They're actually great kids and doing well.) Jim Bullock Littleton, CO -----Original Message----- From: Betty Sullivan [mailto:bettysul@kewanee.com] Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:51 AM To: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MA-MENDON] End of Year Message . . . May I ask what your BULLOCK line is, Jim? My line in America begins tith Richard m. Elizabeth INGRAHAM. In this coming year I hope to have time to get back to my Colonial Ancestors in New England -- about 170 families, so no small project. . . . Betty Sullivan 232 E. Church ST. Kewanee, IL 81443

Hi, Alice! I was aware of the prominence of the DAVENPORTS in Milton, but had not gotten deep into the Mendon side because it isn't the direct line of my wife's family. I really didn't delve beyond Samuel/Holbrook when they moved to Mendon. I guess you've aroused my interest into their descendants, when you say "BIG in Mendon". I didn't realize that. If not too much trouble maybe you can fill us in. I am aware,too, that in 1801 two cousins married. This brought in a third line in the Avon area. The plot thickens. Thanks for your interest. Russ

My Trask line originated in Mendon and my ggrandfather went to Wiscasset Maine. I find that many of them went back and forth. Now I am wondering if the Cook line also went back and forth from Wrentham/Bellingham to Waldo County Maine. Does anyone have a Cook family like that? Joseph Cook 1814-1870 Robert Cook born 1846 married Rose Anna lunt and a possible son for them is David Cook of Dixmont Mainen born ca 1881 Then I think they will connect back to Wrentham but I am not certain. Thought I would take this holiday "down "time to get in an extra question this year as people on the list have been so helpful. Jean

In a message dated 12/18/03 8:48:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, bettysul@kewanee.com writes: > But I'm sure I'll be coming > >across more in the future and will put them in my data at > >http://wc.rootsweb.com/~jbbullock. > > Jim, Thanks for the website. One of the listed persons you have is in the > Richard Lee familiy and two of his descendants (James and Comfort Lee) ended > up in Douglas MA. So I was able to work back through what you have on the > website. > Thanks again, and Happy Holidays. > Jean

Hello Everyone, I, too, was astonished to receive all this Mendon mail. It's good hearing from all of you. I will definitely go to your site, Jim, as as I read about your tirp I was wondering if you had any good pics. My Mayflower ancestors were Steven HOPKINS and his son, Giles. Haven't been doing a lot on Mendon, lately, because I accidentally found a site where archialogical digging was being done in the Jamesstown, VA area. It turned out that one of the plantations they have been researching was that of a 12th ggrandfather of mine, Thomas PETTUS. I got so much wonderful Info., including many photos, that I decided to take out time and put togehter a book on my Virginia ancestors, which I have now completed. Also, we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary, and in honor of it, I printed up a book, "Our 50 Years" - all pictures. It got a little out of hhand, and I ended up with three volumes, each with about 200 pages. It was a lot of fun, thiugh, and now all those pictures are preserved for the family in the future. May I ask what your BULLOCK line is, Jim? My line in America begins tith Richard m. Elizabeth INGRAHAM. In this coming year I hope to have time to get back to my Colonial Ancestors in New England -- about 170 families, so no small project. I hope this line will get a little busier again. I do feel sorry for you folks with all the snow - we've had snow 3 times, is all, and each time it was only 1 - 2 inches and melted in a few days. Betty Sullivan 232 E. Church ST. Kewanee, IL 81443 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Bullock" <j.b.bullock@comcast.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:16 PM Subject: [MA-MENDON] End of Year Message > As List Mom Alice knows, I have recently been unsubscribed to the Mendon > list while my wife & I traveled in England. It's the time of year when > there are good bargains and we found non-stop, round-trip, Denver-London > tickets for $300, so we were on our way within two weeks. We did the same > thing last year around Thanksgiving and visited SW England. > > This year we were in the Midlands, north of London. We had three main > objectives: visit some places with Mayflower Pilgrim history, research my > wife's paternal (Frisby) line, in Leicestershire, and research my mother's > paternal (Medbury) line in Bedfordshire & the former Huntingdonshire. My > Medbury line is the one that connects to some Mendon & Uxbridge families > including Aldrich, Farnum, Darling, White, and Gaskill. > > The Mayflower sites we visited were Scrooby, Babworth, Austerfield, > Gainsborough, Immingham (near Grimsby), Boston, and Fishtoft. > > At Scrooby we started by having lunch at the Pilgrim Fathers, an inn built > in 1771. Neece & Geoff Francess-Allen have become the proprietors in the > past four months. While there, they recommended that I go see Malcolm Dolby > who lives in the Old Vicarage on the road (I think it was Church St.) > between the inn and Scrooby Manor. Mr. Dolby, about 60, recently retired as > curator of the museum in Retford. He is an expert on local history, has > participated in archeological digs around the Manor, and gives tours. He > was kind enough to give us an impromptu tour of Scrooby Manor and the town. > > There have been changes in the use of the Manor. The previous owner passed > away and his two sons, one who lives in Lincoln and the other in New > Zealand, now own the property. Rather than farming the land, they now raise > horses there. Scrooby Manor, which previously was being used for storage, > has been restored somewhat and has a family living there. Besides showing > us Scrooby Manor, Mr. Dolby took us to where the Great North Road (the > primary old route from London to the north) runs through town. It was an > excellent tour. Incidentally, Mr. Dolby said he plans to move in about a > year to Wales where taxes are much cheaper. > > In Babworth we were fortunate in arriving at Rev. Richard Clifton's old > church, All Saints' Parish Church, just as Sunday services had concluded. > We were invited in to join the congregation for coffee. The regular > minister who comes only once a month wasn't there, but the Reader showed us > around. They have done an excellent job of maintaining the building thanks > to have a generous membership. St. Helena's Church in Austerfield where > Bradford was baptized was locked when we went there, so I just viewed it > from outside. > > In Gainsborough we went through Gainsborough Manor, now known as the Old > Hall. It is another very well maintained building and has a lot of old > furnishings. They had guides dressed in period costumes who were taking a > group of children through while we were there. In the kitchen there were > stuffed animals (including a wild boar) and other foods of the kind that > would have been prepared for King Richard's visit. This was where Rev. John > Smyth held services for the nonconformists. > > On the way to Grimsby we saw the Immingham Creek Pilgrim Memorial which was > originally erected on the Humber estuary where some of the Pilgrims waited > to be picked up by a Dutch skipper for their trip to Amsterdam. In 1970 the > monument was moved to a location near the parish church to make room for > industrial development. Immingham is an industrial town and not a pleasant > place to visit. > > We went to Boston where the Pilgrims went in their first attempt to sail to > Holland. We were disappointed that the Guildhall, where they were > imprisoned, was closed for restoration. The door was open, so I did go in > for a look, but it was just full of boxes and construction materials. A > little south of town outside of Fishtoft, we saw the Pilgrim Memorial along > the Witham River. > > Some of my pictures of these places are at > http://home.comcast.net/~j.b.bullock. > > We did other traveling during the year, but the only other trip involving > genealogy was to Lansing, Michigan, where I joined some Bullock cousins I'd > never met before. That was an enjoyable experience, and the Michigan State > Library is a wonderful research facility. The highlight of the trip was > meeting a 100-year old lady who is living by herself on the site where > Jeremiah Bullock had originally built his log cabin. She was sharp as can > be and told us stories about the early years. One thing that made me > chuckle was that she had cigarettes on her coffee table and bottles of gin & > vermouth on a side table. > > Those with whom I've had personal correspondence during the year are aware > that I've been working primarily on my Bristol County, MA, research. I > haven't done much with Mendon relatives other than a few additions to the > Aldriches and Darlings--perhaps a few others. But I'm sure I'll be coming > across more in the future and will put them in my data at > http://wc.rootsweb.com/~jbbullock. > > I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season! > > Jim Bullock > Littleton, CO > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hi All Again, Thanks all for all the kind messages. All I can do is wait and see. Hopefully see longer than wait. :)) Derek I went to see about changing you to digest.. Not being too smart of a Rootsweb list Mom..I saw no place I could change ya.. except to unsub and resub using digest instead of mail mode. You can do it this way or does anyone know how I can change Derek to digest mail? No Derek we were always a Rootsweb list ..However I believe for a while , a while back the archives to all list were down and many messages are not archived. So please repost, we don't mind repeats, plus we have new members and they may have an answer for ya. So fire-away with new or old queries.. We are game if you are. :)) Once again BFN Alice

Hi Again, Russ, as u know Davenport was a BIG Mendon name. Quick, off hand I have one Samuel in my data base that married Rebecca Holbrook. Thomas, John, Samuel-3. Now the more famous Davenports in this area descend from this Samuel. Who or what are you looking for? Alice

Hi, Alice! I'm a Worcester native that ran across your touching letter this morning. My best wishes for you! Back in he eighties I did my wife's family (She's a Davenport out of Thomas of Dorchester). I remember that I spent a day with the Mendon records at the town office looking into Samuel Davenport who removed to Mendon from Milton. I took a picture of the Davenport home, as well as his grave. Just wondered if you might have some info that I didn't run across. Samuel is not a prime Davenport in her line, but maybe there is something interesting. My mate is also from Worcester, and we're know in Sarasota, Florida. Our best greetings for the Holiday season! Russ Ayrton

Hi Sue, I sese by your list that you have Spragues in your family. Would any of them have happened to migrate to NY? I have Spragues but am unable to go back any further than 1800 in NY. Sharon Palm SueMHR@aol.com wrote: >Hello Frank and all other Mendon Listers, >I was amazed to sign on this morning to find all these Mendon messages! It's >nice to hear from you all! I have a ton of Wheelock info. Will get back to >both people who have Wheelocks later -- after I see if I have those people in >my data. Meanwhile... >MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL! >Sue > >Susan Marie Hillier Roe >SueMHR@aol.com >Seal Beach, CA >Research Specialty: CHILSON >Also Researching in USA: ALDEN, ALDRICH, ALVORD, AYERS, BARKER, BALCOM, >BALDWIN, BANCROFT, BARLOW, BASSETT, BILLINGTON, BIRCHARD, BLISS, BOWEN, BROWNING, >BURR, CAPRON, CASWELL, CHAFFEE, CHAMPLIN, CHAPIN, CHASTAIN, CASSIER/CHESIE, >CLAPP, CLARK, COGGESHALL, COOK, COOLEY, CRANSON, CRARY, DEMING, DISBROW, DUNHAM, >DUTTON, EATON, EDENS, EUSTIS, EVERTSON, FENNO, FISH, FOOTE, FOX, FRAME, >FREEBORNE, FRENCH, FROST, FULLER, GARNSEY, GATCHEL, GOFF, GOSLIN, GREEN, HALL, >HAMMOND, HARMON, HARRIS, HARTSHORN, HARTWELL, HARVEY, HITCHCOCK, HAYNES, HAYWARD, >HAZARD, HILLIER, HILLS, HOBART, HOSMER, HOXIE, HULINS, HULL, HUXLEY, JAQUITH, >JENKES, JENKINS, KENDALL, KENDRICK, KENYON, KING, KINGMAN, KINGSLEY, KNOWLES, >LOOMIS, LYON, MARTIN, MERRILL, METCALF, MILLER, MITCHELL, MOODY, MOORE, MORGAN, >MOWREY, MULLINS, MUNNINGS, NASH, NICHOLS, NILES, NOYES, NASH, PARKER, PECK, >PEASE, PETTINGILL, POLLEY, POPE, POWER/BAUER, PURCHASE, QUACKENBUSH, QUINCY, >RAINSFORD, REED, REMINGTON, REYNOLDS, RICE, RICHMOND, RODMAN, ROE, RUSSELL, >SABIN, SANDS, SEGAR, SALISBURY/VAN SALSBURGEN, SEEKINS, SKINNER, SLACK, SMITH, >SNOW, SOBLET, SOPER, SPENCER, SPRAGUE, STONE, SWAN, THAYER, TOOGOOD, TUCKER, >TURNER, VAN BUREN, VANDENBURG, VINTON, VORE, WADSWORTH, WERDALL/WARDELL, WARNER, >WARREN, WEEKS, WHEELER, WHEELOCK, WHITE, WHITMAN, WHITTEMORE, WILBORE/WILBUR, >WILCOX, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WITBECK, WOODCOCK. >

Hi Listers - All the mail programs work slightly differently, but you may have the option to view/send your mail in either text or html. If it is set as html, then you will get the mail the way the person sent it. If it is text, you will only see the words, appearing in whatever way you chose to see them on your end. Look through the help section or the options sections of your email program to see how to change these things. Happy Holidays, Lisa llepore2@juno.com On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:23:04 EST SueMHR@aol.com writes: > Thanks, Peggy, but I don't use Outlook Express. I'll look into this > further. > I was under the impression that one could not control list mail. > Perhaps > I'm wrong. Sue > > > Susan M. Hillier Roe > Seal Beach, CA > SueMHR@aol.com > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Hi Jim! Thanks for that fine trip report! Very interesting! Glad you are back safe and sound. Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe Seal Beach, CA SueMHR@aol.com "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead, 1901-1978

Thanks, Peggy, but I don't use Outlook Express. I'll look into this further. I was under the impression that one could not control list mail. Perhaps I'm wrong. Sue Susan M. Hillier Roe Seal Beach, CA SueMHR@aol.com "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead, 1901-1978

Hi Alice, Funny how it gets harder to seperate the years as you get older. Yesterday I went to the Mendon-L list archives to see if I could find any of my old postings to see what I was talking about back then and could not find any of my old posts. Was there a time that this list was NOT part of rootsweb? I seem to remember a time when you told us the list was switching to Roots web. Am I remembering right? Anyway, is there a way to get put on a Daily Digest for the list? I am finding it difficult to keep up with all the postings as I already get a TON of E-Mail everyday. As for coming to Mendon again. I hope to someday in the next couple of years get back there again. When I came I was met by the Mendon Historical Society at the Library. We then spent the rest of the day visiting the various cemetarys and visiting the historical homes of my side of the Hastings. So if and when I get a chance I will arrange a meet. Vincit Veritas, Derek L. Hastings ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Alice Palladini;" <alicep@rcn.com> Reply-To: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com To: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MA-MENDON] Chat: End of Year Message Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:16:30 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com ([207.40.200.39]) by mc11-f41.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 17 Dec 2003 05:15:53 -0800 Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id hBHDFlYT023436;Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:15:47 -0700 X-Message-Info: DmaoqHVpL/V5iX+6P9chmh2wSleA2Lwp Resent-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 06:15:47 -0700 X-Original-Sender: alicep@rcn.com Wed Dec 17 06:15:46 2003 Message-ID: <007101c3c4a0$00d86920$d3d8accf@x1v6y4> Old-To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> References: <001001c3c42a$acd0ee30$6501a8c0@dellpc> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 Resent-Message-ID: <GBwk6C.A.9tF.CcF4_@lists2.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1817 X-Loop: MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: MA-MENDON-L-request@rootsweb.com Return-Path: MA-MENDON-L-request@rootsweb.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Dec 2003 13:15:53.0612 (UTC) FILETIME=[E61EACC0:01C3C49F] Hi All Again, Jim B., sure enjoyed your message , about your trip to England. Thanks for sharing . especially for those of us like me , that probably will never get there. And now would not be able to see it anyway. :( But most of all welcome back to the list, once again. Jim B. and his wife Flo visited this area a few years back and we spent several days doing genealogy, touring the area sites but best of all, here at my dining room table discovering we had many same ancestors and Jim found I was also a Bullock , way way back.:) But we are Cuz's and best of all friends . Sorry Derek I missed your visit , however next time do contact me. always happy to meet with a fellow genealogist, whether related or not. :) I am sure we'll be hearing more from everyone soon after the holidays. (my favorite time of the winter season) Hibernation and no shopping . :)) Chat is allowed on this list. We all enjoy getting to know you and your lines of course. Sharing is what this list is all about, whether it be genealogy or just a chat or a report on a recent genealogy trip like Jim B. shared with us. Just remember No flames, no religion (unless genealogy related) and no politics.. You all have a nice day, Alice r ============================== 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 _________________________________________________________________ Worried about inbox overload? Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es

Hi All Again, Jim B., sure enjoyed your message , about your trip to England. Thanks for sharing . especially for those of us like me , that probably will never get there. And now would not be able to see it anyway. :( But most of all welcome back to the list, once again. Jim B. and his wife Flo visited this area a few years back and we spent several days doing genealogy, touring the area sites but best of all, here at my dining room table discovering we had many same ancestors and Jim found I was also a Bullock , way way back.:) But we are Cuz's and best of all friends . Sorry Derek I missed your visit , however next time do contact me. always happy to meet with a fellow genealogist, whether related or not. :) I am sure we'll be hearing more from everyone soon after the holidays. (my favorite time of the winter season) Hibernation and no shopping . :)) Chat is allowed on this list. We all enjoy getting to know you and your lines of course. Sharing is what this list is all about, whether it be genealogy or just a chat or a report on a recent genealogy trip like Jim B. shared with us. Just remember No flames, no religion (unless genealogy related) and no politics.. You all have a nice day, Alice r