Hello Ann ! Sooooo very happy to hear that you are on the mend !!! Thanks, again, for all the work you have done on my behalf as I tried to find my Arba Smith and his wife, Mary from Washington Twp. I just have to share some news with you about Arba and Mary. A few weeks ago, I found an obit for their son, Chester, in which her maiden name was given as Hall. Yesterday, I was sent an e-mail from a cousin in Texas who was kind enough to look on Ancestry. com for me and told me in the IGI files, my Arba's father was a Williams Smith and where he died in New York and when as well as when he was born. I can't believe my luck is changing after waiting for 30 years !! Take care and know you are in my thoughts and prayers !! Diane Prout P.S. I have moved to Ludington to be near my son and his family. Love the grandchildren !! <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Diane, This is wonderful news. You have come quite a ways since we last talked. Where did Chester die? Where in NY did this William Smith live & die? Is there any sort of proof that this William Smith was the father of Arba. Sometimes it takes a really long time to break through some of those brick walls. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Maprout@aol.com> To: <mimacomb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:59 PM Subject: Re: [MIMACOMB] Ann > Hello Ann ! > Sooooo very happy to hear that you are on the mend !!! Thanks, > again, > for all the work you have done on my behalf as I tried to find my Arba > Smith > and his wife, Mary from Washington Twp. I just have to share some news > with > you about Arba and Mary. A few weeks ago, I found an obit for their son, > Chester, in which her maiden name was given as Hall. Yesterday, I was > sent an > e-mail from a cousin in Texas who was kind enough to look on Ancestry. > com > for me and told me in the IGI files, my Arba's father was a Williams > Smith and > where he died in New York and when as well as when he was born. I can't > believe my luck is changing after waiting for 30 years !! > > Take care and know you are in my thoughts and prayers !! > > Diane Prout > > P.S. I have moved to Ludington to be near my son and his family. Love > the > grandchildren !! > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIMACOMB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >