Gene" If you find any information in Leaves about the Mims line from Pikeville Ky. I sure would appreciate it Thanks Martha Mims Hall > > Wrom: JJPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXISHJEX > Date: 2004/01/10 Sat PM 05:49:55 GMT > To: MIMS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Leaves from the Mims Family Tree > > I too would like a copy of this paper. > > -----Original Message----- > Wrom: XIMQZUIVOTQNQEMSFDULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKY > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 10:48 AM > To: MIMS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MIMS,MIMMS,MIMBS] Leaves from the Mims Family Tree > > > How can I get a copy of this paper? > > > Terry Reigel <terry@reigelridge.com> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:19:57 +1100, Lilly wrote: > > Terry, > > > Concerning the 1961 paper by Sam Mims: I have not seen > > it. Where would someone find that??? If anyone knows > > the answer, please post it here to the entire list. > > I've sent to a copy of the transcription I have to you directly, and > would be happy to do the same to anyone interested. I received it in > Mar 2000 from my wife's cousin, Deborah Manley, who was at that time > actively studying her Cobb/Mims ancestry. She said at the time that > someone on the Mims list sent it to her some time before, but she > could not recall who. She also said she had seen references to it on > the list from time to time. > > A search on "Leaves" in the 1996 archives of the list shows a number > of messages about it. I find that Kate Shue provided copies to > interested persons in Jul 1996. She is the transcriber, and there are > a couple of notes from "Kate" in the copy I have. In another post in > Jul 1996 I find a note from Marilyn H. Symonds in which she says: > ---- > It is a photocopy of a typescript which I found in family files in > Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, Texas, apparently completed > circa March 1961. Mims, now deceased, stated in "Leaves": "Ten years > of research for the State of Louisiana, followed by four years in > Washington, gave me opportunity to pursue the study [of Samuel Mims > and Fort Mims]. Countless hours were spent in the Library of > Congress, the National Archives, the Bureau of Land Management in the > Department of Interior, and other departments and agencies at our > Nation's capital, digging into orginial sources for facts about Samuel > Mims and the Red Stick War." > ---- > > And in Aug 1996, Kate Shue says: > --- > It's fascinating material, full of history of the family. At least one > of the genealogical "facts" is wrong, but whose research is without > mistakes? And it does have a lot of correct information and clues. > --- > > I do not find any other commentary on the accuracy of the data. As > Lillian says, any current thought would be appreciated. > > Terry Reigel > > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 9/29/2003 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 9/29/2003 > > > ==== MIMS Mailing List ==== > Ann Mims-Neff > List Moderator > >