From: "Rebecca Roberts" <rcurtis0628@insight.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:04 PM Does anyone have the cemetery listings for Forest Hills Cemetery in Hinds Co., MS? I am looking for information on the surnames HINSON, MARBLE and RAINEY/RANEY. Contact me if you can help me. Thanks in advance, Becky Roberts Columbus, Ohio

From: <Wilson950@aol.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:13 AM I'm looking for a John Wilson. I found him in Fair River, Lawrence County, Mississippi for the first time in 1822 on a tax list. He married a Mary Jane Newman in 1824 in Lawrence Co. Ms. John Wilson appeared on a will of Benjamin Wilson in Lawrence co. Ms. in the 1830's I could not find him on a census in 1830, but the Pike Co. Ms. list is missing for that year and I think he and Mary Jane were living there. A son Rodolphus Wilson was born in 1838 to John and Mary Jane Wilson. In the 1840 census Mary is the head of household in Pike Co. Ms. I don't find them in the 1850 census, but in 1860 she and her son Rodolphus Wilson are living in Pike Co. Ms. Rodlphus served in the 16th Ms. Infantry during the Civil War, and by 1870 he has a wife and son, and his mother Mary Jane Wilson is living in Lincoln Co. Ms with a son of her's by her first marriage, his name is Hiram M. Norman. By 1880 she must be dead. I found no more records. I found a obituary of Hiram Norman's in 1892 which said he was buried beside his mother, in Pike Co. Ms. I went to the grave and found his marker, his wife's, but not his mother's. I found a lot of Prestridge family members living near this family in Lawrence Co. Ms. and I found where one had married a Wilson in Lawrence Co. I would love to find anyone working on this Benjamin Wilson in the County. Thanks for any help. John Wilson

From: <SUSZH@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 6:31 PM Bernard, I have a person I'm looking for in McComb. Rudolph Baumgartner died in 1900 and was a longtime resident of McComb. Are there any cemeteries that have indexes there? He was married to Helena who died in 1886 while visiting in Summit. She had been married to a Jacob or Joseph Kuntz and Louis Hakenjos prior to marrying Rudolph. They had a son Adolph Baumgartner. Helena is buried in the Billet tomb in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans with her daughter Elizabeth Kuntz Billet. Rudolph had married "Jerusa" in the 1900 census, living in McComb. They were both 61 at that time. I don't find her in 1910. If you or any of the other readers of this list can shed light on any of these names, it would be much appreciated! Thanks, Susan Billet

From: <jgpark@juno.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:03 PM Thanks for the information on the church now existing. Gladys

From: "Mike Shaw" <mikeshaw@texoma.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:04 PM I guess I should have picked up on this earlier. There are many, many churches named Mt. Moriah and it has nothing to do with LOCAL place names. Mt. Moriah was where Abraham was commanded to sacrifice Isaac, so presumably it would be used for any denomination. QUOTE OF THE DAY So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants. --Tacitus ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jgpark@juno.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:30 PM > > > The reason I was asking about the church is my g-g-uncle was baptized at > the Mt. Moriah Church. They lived in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, > Mississippi so it must have been near him. That was in 1903 so it may > have been gone many years or changed names many times. I thought maybe > it was a community near there possibly. > Thanks, > Gladys >

From: "Bernard Westbrook" <barneyw@cableone.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:03 PM There is a Mount Moriah Baptist Chursh at 814 Marwood Loop Se, Brookhaven, MS. They have a telephone 601-876-3678 I got 'the info from a telephone book. I do not live in Brookhaven. I live about 25 miles south in McComb, MS. Bernard Westbrook ----- Original Message ----- > From: <jgpark@juno.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:30 PM > > > The reason I was asking about the church is my g-g-uncle was baptized at > the Mt. Moriah Church. They lived in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, > Mississippi so it must have been near him. That was in 1903 so it may > have been gone many years or changed names many times. I thought maybe > it was a community near there possibly. > Thanks, > Gladys

From: <jgpark@juno.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:30 PM The reason I was asking about the church is my g-g-uncle was baptized at the Mt. Moriah Church. They lived in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi so it must have been near him. That was in 1903 so it may have been gone many years or changed names many times. I thought maybe it was a community near there possibly. Thanks, Gladys

From: "Ted Henderson" <teddyh38@charter.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 8:11 AM HI. have a Mount Moriah church in Malcom ,Al where Henry T. henderson is buried. >From: <jgpark@juno.com> >Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 2:56 PM > > Does anyone know where the Mt. Moriah Church was and what >denomination in the early 1900's, must have been in or near Lincoln >County. > >Thanks, >Gladys

From: "James(jim) Hills" <jameshills@att.net> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:21 PM I am not positive but I believe there is/was a church by that name in the vicinity of Collins/Seminery MS. Jim Hills Houston TX >From: <jgpark@juno.com> >Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 2:56 PM > > Does anyone know where the Mt. Moriah Church was and what >denomination in the early 1900's, must have been in or near Lincoln >County. > >Thanks, >Gladys >

From: "Gene Phillips" <gnphllps@comcast.net> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 6:18 PM >From: <jgpark@juno.com> >Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 2:56 PM > > Does anyone know where the Mt. Moriah Church was and what >denomination in the early 1900's, must have been in or near Lincoln >County. I found a location for Mt Moriah in Tippah county NW of Walnut. However I can't find it on a map. So I don't know if it is a town, church, or physical feature. Gene

From: <jgpark@juno.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 2:56 PM Does anyone know where the Mt. Moriah Church was and what denomination in the early 1900's, must have been in or near Lincoln County. Thanks, Gladys

From: "Pat Rihner" <prissycat@realwest.com> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 5:31 PM I am searching for information on George Rabb b. 1856 d. 1918 and Mary Bertha Jennings b.6/30/1856 in Pike County.They had 10 childern born in Pike county which I have and the birthdates but would like to have thier parents. Mary Bertha's mother was Margurite Plauche and a sister Margurite.She also had two stepbrothers Richard and James.Margurite Jennings 2nd husband was Lycurgus Jennings and The two girls took his name but I don't know who thier real father was.I would also like any information on the childern of George and Mary Rabb. Pat in Colorado

From: "A. Land Harris" <alandmd@cox.net> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:13 PM In my paternal ancestry, I have three Harris lines, two of which puzzle me greatly. My father was Elliott Berkeley Harris, b. Nov. 2, 1901, only child of Lewis Henry Harris and Gertrude Elizabeth Brown. He was named for his maternal uncle Thomas Elliott Brown and the place in California where he was working at the time. Four months later his uncle died and dad's grandfather Thomas Harris Brown, at the age of 80, took the train to California to bring his son's body home for burial. My first Harris connection begins here: As above my father's maternal grandfather was Thomas Harris Brown, b. 3/25/1823 - d. 1/17/1910 and m. to Elizabeth Marshall Hamner 12/20/1853. They named their children Thomas Elliott, Gertrude Elizabeth (my grandmother), Ida Marshall, John Augusta, and Fanny Lee. However Thomas Harris Brown is a mystery of mine. I have no sibs nor ancestors for him. But I suspect that he is somehow connected to the B. Browns of Albemarle Co. because I have found two other Thomas Harris Brown's in that family (however not of the right age to be my great grandfather) . The only other clue I have is that the Thomas Harris Brown/Elizabeth Marshall Brown family was in DeSoto Mississippi in 1858, were in the Census 1870 there. They were then back in Albemarle Co. Va in the Census in 1880. I have no idea why they went or why they returned,but I believe all of their children were born in MS. My second Harris line begins with James Harris (1739-1797) m. to Betty/Betsey Shares (1739-1830). My father's paternal grandmother was Hettie Mildred Norris (b. 7/23,1830 to Caleb Norris Sr & Allie/Ally/Olly Harris who was b. May 25, 1795 to James and Betsey's son Henry Harris and Mary Ferguson). The third Harris line in my paternal lineage follows: My father's paternal grandfather James Edgar Harris born circa 1830 and m. Dec 17, 1855 to Hettie Mildred Norris, is another mystery. I have no sibs nor ancestors for him yet. They named their children Lewis Henry, Emma J., Jennie, Josephine, Edward F., George T., Earnest Linwood, & Orville F. I have not been able to find any of these great uncles and aunts, nor their descendants. Any help or clues would be much appreciated!!! Thanks, Augusta Land Harris Phoenix, Az

From: "Linda Haas Davenport" <lhaasdav@cox.net> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:47 AM (Brian and Karen are the folks who started Rootsweb) *********** Hi All: Having started with a directory of Illinois genealogical resources, Linkpendium has now finished a first pass through all US localities and surnames worldwide. We have now built a directory to 1,039,142 sources of genealogical information on the Internet. This is by far the largest genealogical link collection on The Net. Nonetheless, we know we have missed many important resources. So, again starting in IL (but working on the rest of the country and all surnames in parallel), we are doing a second pass looking for resources we've missed. YOU CAN HELP US! All Linkpendium's lower-level locality and surname pages include links to a Web form that allows visitors to nominate new links. If you visit us at: http://www.linkpendium.com/ please take a moment to make sure that we have links in the appropriate categories to any Website, mailing list, or message board that you administer. Also, if you just have a favorite site that we've missed, PLEASE use the Web form to tell us about it. WHY HAVING A COMPLETE DIRECTORY IS IMPORTANT Obviously, a complete directory is useful to genealogists. Having access to a categorized list of all the Cook County resources will save genealogists a lot of Googling. But more importantly, in the next phase Linkpendium is going to use the directory as input to a search engine specialized for use by genealogists. This will allow folks to search for their ancestors without having to dig through hundreds (and often many thousands) of irrelevant links returned by Google. If we don't have a genealogical resource in the directory, we can't make it searchable by the search engine. That's why your help in making the directory complete is so important. PLEASE PASS THE WORD! While we're starting the second pass in Illinois, we'll be working on the rest of the USA and surnames world-wide in parallel. If you participate in lists or message boards frequented by other folks who can help us index all the Internet's genealogical resources, please feel free to tell them about what we're doing (or just forward this letter). Thanks, everyone, for the help. I hope we can build something of great value to the genealogical community. Cheers, B. Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 leverich@linkpendium.com Linda homepage: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas MarionCoAR: http://www.rootsweb.com/~armarion/ TulsaCoOK: http://www.rootsweb.com/~oktulsa2

From: "Charlotte" <ctucker@dbtech.net> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:04 AM Saturday, October 16, 2004 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM Alabama Genealogical Society, Inc., Presents Writing Your Own History... "The Secret System That Makes it Easy" by LaRae Free Kerr of Gallatin,Missouri Our October seminar will be held in the Milo Howard Room Alabama Department of Archives and History 624 Washington Avenue Montgomery, Alabama. You are cordially invited to come and participate in lectures that will be useful for all genealogists and researchers. LaRae's topics will be.... "The Memory Jar: A simple system for remembering, organizing, documenting and writing memoirs" "Write Word Pictures: Make family histories lively through language" "SOS: Making sense from opinions and sources" "Twentieth Century Research: If 70% of pedigrees are wrong in the 20th century, is yours? How do you know?" For registration information please contact jylhardy@bellsouth.net

From: "Tree Mother" <tonin1@airmail.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:48 PM Pat: Thank you for this wonderful source of information. Poldi "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pat creel" <patcreel@cableone.net> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 7:41 AM > > [copied - posted today on Daily Uploads] Record of Disposition of Destitute > Orphans in Orleans Parish, LA, starting 1887 > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/history/louisdev/orphans/188 7orph.txt > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/history/louisdev/orphans/188 8orph.txt > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/history/louisdev/orphans/188 991or.txt > >

From: <Tjtemple@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 8:18 PM NEED Help: Trying to find the graves of William F. Johnson born 1856 Married. Almedea Temples born 1862 in Jones County Married in Jones County 1891, both born in Jones County but moved to Forest. All Help is appreciated Thomas temple

From: <jgpark@juno.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:40 PM I looked in the Handy Book For genealogists and found no census available for 1870 for Benton Co., formerly in Tippah County. I looked on the Tippah County that came up in seach for Wall and found them in 1870. On page 1 Salem P.O. Ezekiel Wall was 63 b. TN a farmer Harriet age 45 b. Ala Susan age 14 b. MS Margaret F. age 10 b. MS Gladys

From: <jgpark@juno.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:32 PM No Wall or Walls came up for Benton Co., MS for 1870 in a search. Gladys

From: "Ona Patrick" <onapatrick@att.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:07 PM 1870 Tippah Co., MS, Census, Township 1, Range 1, post office Salem, p. 1, taken 1 June 1870: L1, 1, 1, Ezekiel WALL, 63, m, w, farmer, $1200, $1000, TN, cannot read nor write Harriet, 45, w, f, keeping house, $500, AL, cannot read nor write Susan, 14, w, f, at school, MS, attended school within the year Margaret F., 10, w, f, at school, MS, attended school within the year -----Original Message----- From: <SewzArt@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:30 AM Just hoping that someone has acess to the 1870 Benton co. census and can tell me what children are on it with parents Ezekiel Wall (about 70 yrs. old) or Walls. and wife, Harriett thanks so much, sue in Al.