>From our GenConnect Query Board -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New McBee Queries Post Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 19:08:29 -0700 McBee Queries A new message, "Sara McBee," was posted by Ron McCandless on Wed, 12 May 1999 It is a response to "sarah mcbee," posted by dedorah todd on Wed, 12 May 1999 --- NAME: Ron McCandless EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: MagBee, McBee, McCandless, Poole DATE: May 12 1999 QRYTEXT: I have a Sara McBee born abt. 1846 or 1847 in Jackson Co. AL but her family moved to Johnson Co. AR in abt. 1854. Her father was Jessee MAGBEE who married Lucinda POOLE February 22, 1838 in an unknown location. In the 1860 Census of Johnson Co. the family includes my ancestor who had just married Dicie, the sister of Sara. Alex McCandless came back from the war and moved with the family or joined the family in Texas in Somerset, TX on the border of Bexar Co. and Atascosa Co. In the Census of 1870 there are five MCBEE/MAGBEE families (including her father) living around Alex's widow Dicie. Children of JESSEE MAGBEE and LUCINDA POOLE are: i. CINDY JANE2 MAGBEE, b. Bef. 1842. ii. DICIE C. MAGBEE, b. August 1842, iii. JAMES MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1844. iv. JOHN R. MAGBEE, b. October 25, 1844, v. LYDIA ANN MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1846. vi. SARA E. MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1847. vii. REBECCA MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1848. viii.WILLIAM MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1850;. ix. ANDREW MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1853. x. NANCY MAGBEE, b. Abt. 1854. If this matches anything contact me, I have more. This is an automatically-generated notice. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the McBee Queries: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/mcb/McBee> Thank you! Posted by Listmom Valorie <[email protected]>

Hi: I am working on a family that seems to be centered in the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland, and Dauphin, Pennsylvania. Margaret KENNEDY was born in 1780 in Pennsylvania. She married her first husband, Mr. McBay and had one son, Robert McBay with him. Robert was born in 1810 in Pennsylvania. Margaret then marries a Archibald HAZLETT (who was born in Pennsylvania in 1792) They were married in 1817 and had a son in 1823 by the name of James Hazlett, born in Portage County Ohio. James married a Susan LINE in 1850 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA, but shows up in the 1850 census in Geauga County Ohio, so it appears that he went back to Carlisle to find himself a wife. Susan LINE was born 4/9/1830 in Harrisburg, PA, by her obituary. This entire family ended up in Portage and Geauga Counties in Ohio. I have found McBay's in the IGI, living in Derry, Lancaster, PA, and Hazlett's living in Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA, and Line's in Carlisle, Cumberland County, PA (this is quite a large family of "LINES" that originated in Lancaster, PA. I have a feeling that my ancestors fit in here somewhere, and wonder if anyone has come across these names. Could anyone offer any tips on what would be the best records to search, to find out who the parents of MARGARET KENNEDY, ARCHIBALD HAZLETT, OR SUSAN LINE might be?? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am completely stuck here. Thanks Laura Hine [email protected]

>From our GenConnect Queries site -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New McBee Queries Post Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 18:10:35 -0700 McBee Queries A new message, "sarah mcbee," was posted by dedorah todd on Wed, 12 May 1999 --- NAME: dedorah todd EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: mcbee, edwards DATE: May 12 1999 QRYTEXT: looking for family of sarah mcbee b. abt. 1846.. married to jesse j. w. edwards 1874..lived in holly grove, monroe county, arkansas...children: joe b. 1877...john b. 1879 & jessie b. 1885....would appreciate any [email protected] This is an automatically-generated notice. If you wish to respond to this message, please post your response directly to the McBee Queries: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/mcb/McBee> Thank you! Posted by Listmom Valorie <mailto:[email protected]>

Hi Susan: This is from Danny McBee. Did he join the list? 2. _E_____Brock McBee_F_____ #7175 b. circa 1700, Prince George's County, Maryland, m. (1) 22 Dec 1715, in Prince George's County, Maryland, Queen Anne Parrish, Elizabeth Beckett #7176, b. circa 1700, d. before 1738, m. (2) 22 Jan 1738, Rachel Gore #31252, d. about 1757, Frederick County, Maryland. Brock died circa 1757, Ann Arundel County, Maryland. According to information taken from THE GREAT MCBEE SEARCH, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1: Brock McBee and two of his children died in a fire in 1757. This information was sent from C. R. McBee, Brownwood, Texas. (Danny A. McBee). Children by Elizabeth Beckett: i _E_____Edward (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7177 b. 23 May 1716, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. ii _E_____Sarah (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7178 b. 8 Oct 1718, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. iii _E_____Brock (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7179 b. 12 Nov 1720, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. iv _E_____Elizabeth (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7180 b. 9 Aug 1723, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. v _E_____James Offert (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7181 b. 11 Aug 1725, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. vi _E_____Lucy (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7182 b. 5 Jan 1727, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. vii _E_____William (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7183 b. 22 Apr 1730, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. There are two William McBee's (Mackbee) who married,one in Prince Georges Co., Maryland, March 5, 1780, to Ann Clark. The other William Mackbee married Jamima Grover, April 25, 1790, in Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland. I believe one of these to be the son of Brock McBee's son William Mockbee. Brock Mockbee did not come to Virginia as did his other two brothers, William and James. viii _E_____Mary (Mockbee) McBee_F_____ #7184 b. 22 Sep 1732, Prince George's County, Maryland, Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish. Children by Rachel Gore: ix _E_____Matthew McBee_F_____ #31253 b. circa 1743, Maryland. C. R. McBee, of Brownwood, Texas, suggests that Brock McBee had a three sons and a daughter by Rachel Gore. The names of these children are Matthew, born circa 1743, Maryland, Jeremiah, born circa 1757, Maryland, Mary, born 1753, Maryland, and Crozier McBee. (Danny A. McBee). x _E_____Mary McBee_F_____ #31254 b. circa 1753, Maryland. xi _E_____Jeremiah McBee_F_____ #31255 b. circa 1757, Maryland. xii _E_____Crozier McBee_F_____ #31256. Gwen Boyer Bjorkman [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Susan Saul [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 8:55 PM To: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman Subject: Re: FW: McBee Connections Hi Gwen, I've been reading all the message from our southern McBee "cousins." Now if we can only find and prove that common ancestor. I think the Matthew Mockby line has possibilities, particulary since Brock Mockby's 2nd wife is listed as deceased in 1757 in Frederick Co, MD and Brock has a son, William, who possibly could be Thomas' father. Susan

In a packet of material received from an unknown relative, there is a letter from Leota HOULETTE, who was my grandfather Harvey E. McBEE's grandniece. While there are pictures and information about living people I'm not willing to post to our GenConnect site or the list, and have residing in the list archives, she does relate this information which I can share: "Nancy Jane (Booth) McBee was buried in southern Missouri, where she had been living with her granddaughter, Clella and Bub Weeks. My mother Wilma Higdon, thinks it may have been at Mountain Grove, Missouri, and there may not even be a marker on her grave. Nancy's daughter Lola McBee Higdon has no marker on her grave. She died in December, 1923, and is buried at the Fairview Cemetery, Cainsville, Missouri. Nancy's husband (and Lola's father) Samuel Bunch McBee is also buried in the Fairview Cemetery." To quote further from the King Family History, compiled by Lois King Fetters of Carlisle, Iowa: Sidney McBee was born to Samuel Bunch McBee and Nancy Jane Booth at Cainsville, Missouri. Some think the McBee name at one time may have been McVee or Magbee. Sidney's paternal grandfather William Bunch McBee came to America from Dublin, Ireland, but there is a possibility that he was Scottish. Sidney's parents are buried in the Fairview Cemetery, also know as the old "Booth Cememtery" near Cainsville, Missouri, as are many others of the McBee and Booth families. The Booth name at one time was spelled Boothe. Samuel was raised by Jim Woodward, of Cainsville, Missouri, until he was 18, and Woodward then started Samuel up with the Old Boer's Nest Mill, west of Cainsville, Missouri. He continued running the sawmill in Missouri and southern Iowa until he became feeble, then Sidney, his son, took the mill over. Samuel and Nancy Jane lived out their later lives in Cool, Iowa, and after Samuel's death Nancy lived with Bessie Johnson at Cool. There is some question as to where she is buried. No record is found of her burial at Shaver, Indian Valley, or other cemeteries near Cool, and it is possible she was taken back to Cainsville for burial. It is quite likely that Samuel's parents died young since he was raised by Jim Woodward. Sidney's mother, Nancy Jane Booth, was born in Missouri, date not known, to Anderville Booth and Mary Ann Robertson. Anderville was born in 1828 and he died in 1904 in Missouri. Mary Ann was born in 1831 in Kentucky and she died in 1902 in Missouri. Anderville and Mary Ann's children were excellent singers, and Sidney McBee spent a lot of his young life with his Uncle Matt and Aunt Rosie. Matt was a traveling minister. Sidney's grandparents on his father 's side were William Bunch McBee and Mary Ellen Robeson (we do not know the birth or death dates). William was supposedly a violinist in Dublin, Ireland, and he may have taught music. Mary was of Irish descent, and after her death William remarried and lived in Cainsville at the time of his death. [more Booth info snipped] Sidney had 1 brother and 2 sisters. [note in margin -- 3rd sister Effie] Lola (Leona May) the first sister was married to Almarion Boyd. Lola had one daughter by that marriage, Clella who married Bub Weeks. Clella was killed in a hunting accident in Idaho. Lola's second marriage was to Charles Higdon and they had one son Alva Higdon. [marginal note -- Lola was Alva's step-mother. Alva's mother was Charley's first wife Grace A. Stanley 188?-1978. He lived with his mother until a teen-ager.] Sidney's second sister was Rosie Ellen and she married Bert Smith. His brother was Harvey Elmer McBee [my grandfather -- vz] who married Anna Baysinger in Iowa, later moving to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They had 11 children, and one son Sidney Paul died there and is buried with his parents in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ---------end of excerpt

Just a hello to all, and especially Jenifer Smith. I have a granddaughter named Jennifer Smith who I hope will be doing what you are doing in about 14 more years--she is only 3--and a McBee descendent, too. --sue -- sue seibert <[email protected]> oak cottage: http://www.mesh.net/~pituso surnames: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpalopi/surname.html englandgenweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engwgw armeniagenweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armwgw/ palo pinto county txgenweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpalopi wheeler county txgenweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txwheele randolph county ncgenweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrandol/

My grandfather, Harvey Elmer McBee, was born in Mercer/Harrison Co., MO in 1891. The Missouri Archives have no record of his birth. His father, Samuel Edward, was born in MO in Feb 1852 according to the 1900 Census (Lindley twp, Mercer Co. MO). Other family members listed in that census record: Nancy J., the mother of the family, born June 1859; Rosa E., born Sep 1880; Leona M. Boyd, born May, 1882; Sidney R., born Mar 1884; Effie, born June 1886; Harvey E, born Oct 1891; Clella B. Boyd, granddaughter, born Sept 1898. Leona was working as a servant, Samuel was listed as a farmer, and they all lived on a rented farm. All the birthplaces were given as MO. Next door lived Nancy Jane Booth's maybe brother? W.J. and (?) Booth, also listed with MO birthplaces. W.J. Booth owned his farm (and perhaps the McBee farm -- I have not gotten land records or tax records to confirm that). I could never locate the McBees in the 1910 Census. Then I found some pages copied from a King family history (his elder brother Sidney married Clarissa King), where it was related: (page H-5) Sidney McBee and Clara King were married January 2, 1907 in Indianola, Iowa. Sidney was raised in Missouri and came to Iowa with his parents where his father ran a sawmill up and down the riverbanks from Missouri to Iowa. When Sidney's father retired, Sidney took over the running of the sawmill... [bought land in Warren County, Iowa] ...Their son William Earl was born here Dec. 3, 1908. Just about this time or soon after, Sidney was captivated by wonderful stories of Saskatchewan, Canada, where they could make a fortune in just a few years and return to Iowa later. They spent the rest of their lives in Saskatchewan. On November 6, 1909, they bought [legal description of land] just north of Fillmore, Saskatchewan, about six or eight miles. Sidney, Clara and their baby son Earl moved to this land in March, 1910. Sidney had gone to Canada on a settlers train with their machinery and household effects and some livestok, and Clara and their son came later on another settlers train, with other settler's wives and families.....[Early conditions] ...Sometimes....Uncle Brosia King, George New, Uncle Harvey McBee and other came to help Dad with steam plowing, seeding and threshing.... Notes say above was written by Grace (McBee) Charleton from information gathered at various times when here in Iowa and Missouri, and from her parents. A letter from Leota Houlette in the packet says, "These pages are copied from a King Family History which I bought from the compiler, Lois King Fetters, of Carlisle, Iowa." More from this packet of papers (from who knows where!) coming up.... Valorie

Put Something In Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a looney-gooney dance 'Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before. -Shel Silverstein, who died yesterday

ROOTSWEB AND FAMILYPOINT: snip FamilyPoint trial users feedback Based on the strongly positive response, RootsWeb is going to the next step with FamilyPoint and testing the "RootsWeb Family Community," which is an integration of FamilyPoint into RootsWeb. snip The RootsWeb Family Community answers one of the most repeated comments we heard: "I use RootsWeb for my genealogy research; now I have two places to go." We have taken a first pass at combining our primary navigation into a common page with your day-to-day family information. We believe that this gives you the best of both worlds. You can find this prototype at: <http://rootsweb.familypoint.com/> If you signed up for FamilyPoint, you can use your existing User Name and Password. Check the "Save Password" box the first time you sign in at: <http://rootsweb.familypoint.com/> and the RootsWeb Family Community will become your private extension of RootsWeb allowing you to keep researching your roots while staying in touch with everyone important to you. The RootsWeb Family Community is completely free to our users and families. It provides private areas with features like: o The "Fridge" where users can share notes, stories, recipes, and more. o A photo gallery that lets you privately exchange photos. o Discussion areas by topic. o A calendar that provides an easy way to stay on top of family events with instant notification to others when you schedule an activity. o An e-mail greeting card even using your own photos. o Live chat with family members. o A "family favorites" database where you can store favorite places, recipes, and more along with their descriptions. o An address book where contact information can be shared. If you have time, RootsWeb would appreciate it if you would visit the RootsWeb Family Community area at: <http://rootsweb.familypoint.com/>, sign in as a member, build your site, e-mail your family, look around, and then e-mail us at: <[email protected]> and tell us what you think and what other features you'd like this joint site to have. Joining RootsWeb Family Community (RFC) is completely free to you, and FamilyPoint will continue to donate to RootsWeb for each of our users who join the RFC. It's a win for everyone. --------endquote If you try FamilyPoint, CC the list about your experience, please. I signed up a few weeks ago, but am still too unorganized in my research to make much use of the site. I would like to know how you all use it. All the best, Listmom Valorie PS: If I find that 100% of my list-members are also Rootsweb members, and you all promise to read RWR.....I won't need to forward excerpts! v

WHY DOES ROOTSWEB NEED YOUR SUPPORT? by Dr. Brian Leverich <[email protected]> Sometimes it is difficult for users to understand the costs involved in operating RootsWeb and why it is worth genealogists' time and money to support RootsWeb. For example, take the United States census. RootsWeb is currently providing server support to the USGenWeb Archives and Census Projects as they bring the U.S. census online. Our goal is to have both a searchable index to the census *AND* images of all the pages available on an open basis for all Internet genealogists. Our best estimate is that bringing the census online will require about 3.6 terabytes of data storage. That means we will need about 200 18 GB hard disks, and each of those disks costs about $1,000. That means the data storage alone is going to cost $200,000, and that doesn't include the servers and the bandwidth to make that storage accessible over the Web. Is $200,000 a lot of money? Well, sort of. Regardless of how much they want to help, Karen and Brian couldn't pay for that even if they mortgaged their house and cashed in their pension savings. On the other hand, $200,000 is only about 67 cents per user at RootsWeb. That is about 1/100 of what some commercial firms are charging for data they have locked up in members-only areas. Bringing the U.S. census online is not the only project RootsWeb supports. We are hosting literally hundreds of other data projects, some American and many for other countries (like the British FreeBMD Project). If all (or even if most) of our users were contributors, there is a lot RootsWeb could be doing to accelerate the rate at which public records are brought online and opened to the public. You can help us bring those records online. For details about support levels/benefits and payment options, visit <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> or send e-mail to <[email protected]>. The regular mail address is: RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative, P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798. (Please include your e-mail address on all correspondence and checks sent to RootsWeb.) * * * "I AM ONE OF THE 7%" is a message we heard numerous times this week in response to Dr. Leverich's article about who supports RootsWeb. Your response has been encouraging, but growth is still painfully slow. Who are the 7% of users who support RootsWeb? To show our appreciation, RootsWeb has started a voluntary listing of current RootsWeb contributors at any level. To register: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/addme.html>; to see the listing: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~donors/percent.html>. --------- I'm one of the 7%, and I hope each person who reads this will swell that percentage! All the best to all my relations, Valorie, IBSSG Black Diamond, Washington USA

Hello Jenifer; What years and Where was your McBee Family living? Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick wmsmith wrote: > > I'm new to the list and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jenifer > Smith; I'm 17 and live in Michigan. With the help of my Mom we are > researching our McBee line. I'm descendant from 1. Rev. Samuel McBee and > Anne Hamilton through 2. Isaac and 3. Prior. I've already chatted with > several of my McBee cousins and hope to find more. If their is anyone with > the same line that would like to exchange notes, feel free to e-mail me. > > Thanks and Happy Hunting, > > Jenifer > > ==== MCBEE Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people without > permission. All posts are archived. To search the list archives: > <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html>

I'm new to the list and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jenifer Smith; I'm 17 and live in Michigan. With the help of my Mom we are researching our McBee line. I'm descendant from 1. Rev. Samuel McBee and Anne Hamilton through 2. Isaac and 3. Prior. I've already chatted with several of my McBee cousins and hope to find more. If their is anyone with the same line that would like to exchange notes, feel free to e-mail me. Thanks and Happy Hunting, Jenifer

Everton's had the best summation of how to use the beta FamilySearch that I have seen. EVERTON'S FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE Monday, 10 May 1999 Planning Ahead for a Trip to a Family History Center It's common knowledge that the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is the world's largest genealogical library. And it is becoming well-known that the Family History Library has over 3,000 branches worldwide, known as Family History Centers. Each of these Centers can request a loan of a microfilm or microfiche from the vast collection of the main library in Salt Lake City, and each of them has its own copy of the Family History Library catalog. Now those of us with a Net connection can check out a beta copy of the Family History Library catalog online at the LDS Church's FamilySearch website. To locate the catalog, click on the "Browse Categories" link on the front page, then on the "Libraries" link on the next page, and finally on the "Family History Library Catalog" link on the next page. The initial selection page shows just two searches, but if you click on the "All Searches" button you get another page with all five of the searches: Author, Film/Fiche Number, Place, Surname, and Call Number. "Author" allows you to type in the personal name of the author of the work, or the corporate name of the company that produced the book. A bit of a wait, and then you get a list of books by that author in the Library's collection. Click on the title-link and you get a more complete display on the book. Strangely enough, film or fiche numbers are not generally on this expanded display, but must be requested by clicking on a "View Film Notes" button. While the extra step makes sense for a very large (multi-roll) film collection, in many cases it would be easier just to list the film number on the "title" page. Of course, this is a beta version of the FamilySearch site, so this situation may change in the future. The "Surname" search is similar, with the search routine looking for all books and films associated with a specific surname. This can return titles that don't even mention the surname directly, but which feature a surname prominently in the book itself. One word of warning: This is a good search tool for a relatively uncommon surname, but for such common names as Smith and Jones, the number of results can be overwhelming. The "Place" search is the Library's locality search engine, allowing you to search for records by country, state or province, county, city, etc. This is an excellent tool for research, but you must keep in mind that records cataloged for a "higher order" locality will probably not be duplicated in "lower order" entries. For example, land records for "Yuba County, California" will probably not appear in listings for "Marysville, Yuba County, California", even though it is certain that many of the deeds in the Yuba County collection refer to land inside the city limits of the county seat. If you already know the number of a roll of microfilm or a sheet of microfiche, you can use the "Film/Fiche" search to look up a description. In the same vein, you can use the "Call Number" search to look up a title by its Family History Library call number. The catalog search is accompanied by online "help" text, but the process will be familiar to anyone who has used the Library's computer or fiche-based catalog at a Family History Center or the main library in Utah. What to do when you find the records you're looking for? Go back the the FamilySearch page for Libraries and search the list of Family History Centers in your state or country. Then use those facilities to borrow a copy of the microfilm from the main library and track your ancestors through the pages of the original records. It's still work, but being able to search the catalog online can save you hours of commute time to the local Center. And that, as the saying goes, is a beautiful thing. Resources: The FamilySearch Website (BETA VERSION) http://www.familysearch.org Copyright 1999, Everton Publishers All rights reserved - ------------------------------------------------------------------ FAMILY HISTORY NEWSLINE is a free daily genealogy news service provided by Everton Publishers P.O. Box 368 Logan, UT 84323 Toll-free: 1-800-443-6325 http://www.everton.com subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe history unsubscribe: <[email protected]> message: unsubscribe history Recent articles are available online at http://www.everton.com/FHN/

This one is a winner. Even the genealogy links are good! Virtual Reference Site The Virtual Reference Site contains over 2,500 of the most popular information reference locations and tools on the Web. The site includes Maps, Facts, Calculators, Dictionaries, Directories, Chat, Travel, Health, Languages, Sports, Calendars, Jobs, Weather, Music, Autos, Humor - plus many, many more helpful tools to assist you. <http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/reference.html> All the best, Valorie, IBSSG Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb

One of our subscribers asked about accessing the list archives. I decided to see what was actually IN our threaded archives, and discovered I had omitted the crucial step of requesting registration! That has been taken care of, and our list is officially being archived. By tomorrow evening (maybe sooner) you should be able to click <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/MCBEE-L> and access all our posts. No more worries about missing something when your server is down, or you unsub for vacation. You can always search all the threaded archives by clicking <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> To quote Sunni Bloyd: "To use the Archiver you will need to pick a user name and password and you will need to accept a cookie. The reason for passwords and cookies is to keep spammers' e-mail address harvesters *out* of the archives. Because of this password-and-cookie feature, listowners can set up lists to be archived with confidence that they are *not* exposing posters' addresses to spammers....Thanks to Marc Nozell for implementing the threaded archives. It's great work." To search all rootsweb list messages, old and new, http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl/ The services Rootsweb provides for the genealogical community are truly awesome! All the best, Listmom Valorie Zimmerman, IBSSG Proud sponsor of Rootsweb

Hello, everyone! You probably have all gotten a private invitation letter from me, and perhaps more than one. I apologize for the duplicates.....I tried to weed them out. I'm thrilled to see all of you here. My family is getting tired of me cheering each time I get a new subscriber! I hope to hear from each of you in the near future, with queries, questions, stories about your families, discriptions of your genealogy websites, and so forth. I would like us all to be friends.....We're all at least *distant* relatives. My goal for this list is that we all find our HOW we are related, find new relations, and locate more ancestors! If you want to see what you've *already* missed, check the list archives! There's a spam attack against some of the lists on Rootsweb, lately. Hopefully, being new, our list will escape the attack. *If spammed on this list* -- Do NOT respond on the list! You may either forward the post **with FULL headers** to Tim Pierce at [email protected], or just forward it to me, or complain to me, or whatever. If you read it on the list, everyone else already has had to read it, and doesn't want to hear you complain about it! If all this tires you out just reading it.....You've been on lists and newsgroups before, and are just sick of spam. Pushing the delete key is really the easiest thing. Under No Circumstances respond to the spammer, on or off the list! Other NO NOs.....Do NOT ever send the entire digest back to the list in a reply. This is a personal bugabear. I hope that you won't even send whole messages back to the list, unless the entire thing is needed for reference. The taglines should NEVER be sent back. Learn to edit creatively! (On the other hand, do use short quotes when responding to someone on list. Some people get a LOT of mail, and just the answer, with no question, is very puzzling sometimes.) I'll write separately about virus warnings, chain letters, urban legends and other list-trash. Quoting Cheryl McCombs: "For more information on these types of messages, check out this page: <http://home.earthlink.net/~cmccombs/vrscntr.htm>. I have placed several urls there pertaining to the subject. "If people would just take the time to *think and check it out*, before hitting the panic button, then it would save thousands of useless messages from being processed! Remember that you can't help people by giving them false information. Check your information! Find the facts FIRST!" I'm really open to suggestions, and offers of help. I would like to start a website for both my lists, McBee-L and Baysinger-L, with easy links to the GenConnect boards, other commonly used genealogical links, lists of researchers and their lines, and so forth. When you visit a website you particularly like, forward the URL to me, would you? I don't know anything about HTML, but I guess I'm going to learn, unless someone steps forward and offers to be webmaster/mistress? Have you any suggestions about the way the list is formatted? I have 10 taglines I can fill any way I like.....So far I have 5 that each rotate twice. Send me your suggestions -- Mailto:[email protected] Finally, if any of you are NOT Rootsweb supporters -- which you do NOT have to be, to get this list, or use GenConnect -- you are missing the boat, genealogically. Visit <http://www.rootsweb.com> to find out what you're missing! All the best to all my relations, Valorie, IBSSG Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb, which provides this list to you!

To see the full text, see: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/mcb/McBeeDeed> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New McBee Deeds Post Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 20:27:01 -0700 McBee Deeds A new message, "Letter of Patent William H. McBee," was posted by Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick on Sat, 08 May 1999 --- NAME: Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: McBee DATE: May 08 1999 QRYTEXT: Transcribed as written; by Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick Shown at; Top Left Corner is: No. 75 William H. McBee Eighteen 773.913/1000000 Labors ½ Kaufman 78 ½ Van Zandt 78 Letter of Patent for William H. McBee Certificate No. 51, Kaufman and Van Zandt Co., TX In the name of the State of Texas. To all to whom these presents shall come know ye I P.H. Bell, Governor of the State aforesaid by virtue of the powers vested in me , by Law and in accordance with the Laws of said State in such case made and provided do by these presents grant to William H. McBee, his heirs or assigns forever, Eighteen 773.913/1000000 Labors of Land situated and described as follows. The Nacogdoches snip Posted by Listmama Valorie <mailto:[email protected]>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------5A3E3C0960EF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought some of you might be interested in this, very important to everyone not just Genealogist. Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick --------------5A3E3C0960EF Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtiwgwc08.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07 118 124) with ESMTP id <[email protected]>; Sun, 9 May 1999 03:14:17 +0000 Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA20282; Sat, 8 May 1999 20:11:25 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 20:11:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 20:11:45 -0700 Old-To: [email protected] From: Carol De Priest <[email protected]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [COOK-L] Fw: The FINAL word from EBay on the Auctions of Cemetery items...! Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/6395 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Just trying to catch up on mail now. Don't know if you've seen this yet... Carol De Priest >Resent-Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 13:00:52 -0700 (PDT) >From: [email protected] >Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 15:56:48 EDT >Subject: The FINAL word from EBay on the Auctions of Cemetery items...! >Old-To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] >X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 189 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/47846 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] > >It has been reported on several lists that tombstones and grave markers - >allegedly stolen - are being sold on the Internet auction service eBay. > >I received the following information from Rob Chesnut, >Associate General Counsel for eBay. The company >has been made aware of the legitimate concerns we >have regarding the auctioning of used grave markers - >an act which is both offensive and criminal. If you have , >questions or comments you can contact Rob Chesnut at >(408) 558-5948 or [email protected] . >=========================== > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >May 4, 1999 > > eBay has recently been contacted by citizens who have expressed concern >over the fact that several historical tombstones have appeared for sale on >the eBay site. We share your concern, and will not permit these items to >be sold on our site. This release is intended to answer several questions >that have been raised in connection with these items. > > First, eBay does not sell or possess the items on its site. eBay is a >venue where users post items for sale, and sellers complete transactions >directly with buyers. eBay does not, and has never, possessed any >historical tombstone. > >Second, as an Internet Service Provider, eBay cannot and does not >pre-screen items posted on its site. While eBay rules strictly prohibit >the posting of illicit items such as tombstones, it cannot guarantee that >all its users will abide by these rules in posting items for sale. > >When eBay learns that an illicit item is on its site, it promptly removes >the item. However, with approximately 2 million items for sale at any >given time, and with over 250,000 new items placed on the site each day, >some illicit items may go unnoticed for several days. We depend on our >community to work with us in locating and identifying illicit items so that >we can quickly remove them. > > In this case, eBay has promptly removed every tombstone brought to its >attention, informed the sellers that such markers are not allowed on the >site, and refunded all fees in connection with these auctions to ensure >that eBay has in no way received money for this activity. To discourage >future listings of tombstones on the site, eBay will also be posting rules >on its site shortly regarding the sale of artifacts which will specifically >inform users that the sale of historical tombstones is illegal in many >states and is prohibited on eBay. > >eBay has received information that at least some of the items brought to >our attention are not tombstones, but historical grave markers given to >families of Civil War veterans. In many cases, these grave markers were >never actually used as grave markers, but kept by families as mementos. In >those instances, the markers are not stolen property, and if they were >never used as for tombstones their sale may be lawful. eBay is >investigating whether these items can be lawfully sold, and will post >information on the site when it makes a final decision. > >eBay will be contacting law enforcement and encouraging authorities to >investigate whether historical marker posted on its site was stolen. eBay >will cooperate fully in any investigation of illegal activity, and will >provide records to law enforcement on the sellers of any illegal item. eBay >appreciates the efforts of those who have contacted us concerning these >postings. Concerned law enforcement authorities or interested citizens may >contact Associate General Counsel Rob Chesnut at (408) 558-5948 if they >have further questions on this matter. > > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress *** --------------5A3E3C0960EF--

To see the full text of this Land Patent, see: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/mcb/McBeeDeed> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New McBee Deeds Post Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 14:21:49 -0700 McBee Deeds A new message, "Land Patent #1565; Jack Co., TX," was posted by Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick on Sat, 08 May 1999 --- NAME: Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick EMAIL: [email protected] SURNAMES: McBee DATE: May 08 1999 QRYTEXT: Transcribed as written; by Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick. I have the Original Document which is very badly damaged; Front Top Left (file #1565----Fannin). Front Bottom Left (? Gutters) Front Bottom Right: ($5.00 dep. March 19th, 1884; By D.B. Mizell ) Recorded as "Record of Patent" in Book #A, Vol. 1 on page 35, on the 25th Day of August 1884: Copy of Handwritten Page received from County Clerk of Jack Co., TX. Page 354; No. #14. Vol.#16 Yr. (blank) In the name of the State of Texas. To all to whom this presents shall come know; I, John Ireland Governor of the State aforsaid, by virtue of the powers vested in Me by Law and accordance with the Laws of said State in such case made and provided do by these Presents grant to John G McBee his heirs or assigns forever. One Hundred and Sixty (160) acres of Land situated and described as follows in Jack County on the snip Posted by Listmama Valorie, <mailto:[email protected]>

Hello, subscribers! I'm so excited to see this list get going. Since there's been no public announcement of the list as yet, all of you subscribers got an invitation letter from *me*! So you all know how to subscribe (and unsubscribe), what a digest is, and how to get to the GenConnect Boards. Thanks to the enthusiasm of Elnora Wyrick, there are already some Wills posted! I urge you all to take the information you have and post those to GenConnect. Everyone using the Rootsweb Surname Search or the US GenWeb search will be able to locate your information in a flash! Elnora has sent me a copy of "Out of the Wilderness," a book written by Janice Hardie-Mercer,Virginia King-McBee, and Frank Penny, and indexed by Billy Holder. I have written to Jan Mercer and Billy Holder about posting the contents on our future web-page. If that isn't possible, perhaps Elnora would consent to send it to those who connect to the lines in it. I've just been re-reading some of the Great McBee Hunt Newsletters. What a wonderful compendium of information! Those of you who don't have these newsletters, can go to <http://members.aol.com/mcbeenews/index.html> and download them. I plan to contact the addresses in those newsletters about this list, but right now I have a wedding to attend! Tipsy with champagne (and some beer), I continue on my laptop.... There are a number of McBee sites linked to the Great McBee Hunt page. Visit them! If you have missed posts, check out the Rootsweb archives. If you go to <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/McBee-L/>, you should be able to see all the posts to our list since the registration was done. If you go to <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> you can search in all Rootsweb lists. I will be posting my own line and queries soon! All the best, Listmama Valorie Cowan McBee Zimmerman, IBSSG Proud new listowner of Baysinger-L and McBee-L Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of RootswebX-Mozilla-Status: 000918:38:54 1999 X-Mozilla-Status: 0801 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 FCC: /C|/Program Files/Netscape/Users/valoriez/mail/Sent Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 18:38:54 -0700 From: Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Organization: sigh...someday, maybe... X-Mozilla-Draft-Info: internal/draft; vcard=0; receipt=0; uuencode=0; html=0; linewidth=0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Welcome to all subscribers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, I'm the proud new Listmom, Valorie Cowan Zimmerman. My mother's mother was a Baysinger, and I have Lola Corene Baysinger Wagner's Baysinger book, and family group sheets compiled by Paul Montgomery and others. I'm sure a tremendous amount of research has been done since the publishing of Lola Wagner's book, and I hope that the members of this list post their research results here on the list, and on the GenConnect boards. Since this list has not yet been publicly announced, all of you presently subscribed got an invitation letter from me, and know how to subscribe (and unsubscribe), how to post, where the GenConnect boards are, and so forth. Feel free to send invitations to join the list to any Baysinger researchers you know, or send their email addresses to me. I hope in the near future to establish a website as a home for the list and GenConnect boards, and all of you researchers. Please offer your help if you have any expertise in this area! I look forward to seeing all of your research results, and hearing your stories. I hope that this list can help link us living relatives, and help us all find our ancestors! If you have missed posts, check out the Rootsweb archives. If you go to <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/McBee-L/>, you should be able to see all the posts to our list since the registration was done. If you go to <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> you can search in all Rootsweb lists. I will be posting my own line and queries soon! All the best, Listmama Valorie Cowan McBee Zimmerman, IBSSG Proud new listowner of Baysinger-L and McBee-L Black Diamond, Washington USA Proud sponsor of Rootsweb