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Vina Dearman b. Jan 1866 MS d Aug 1929 Mobile, AL. ----------------------------------- I am still looking for a "Dearman" family that lived in Lauderdale Co., MS in 1866. I do not have any first names, but, this family had a daughter (my g-grandmother) born in Jan. 1866, with the nickname VINA. This info is from her death record. She married [1] Elijah Creel abt.1884. Elijah b abt 1845, d 1899 Mobile County, AL. He is son of Wesley Creel and Gerusha Nicholas, Wesley is son of Thomas J. Creel & Elizabeth Dearman(daughter of Thomas M. Dearman Sr.) Children: Julia, Leona, Hiram, John, Brown(Ben), Hardy all in AL. [2] Joseph (Joe) Stapleton b abt 1858, d 1923 AL, married Vina 1902 Mobile,AL. Children: Frank and Joe(Joseph) of AL. Any help will be great! thanks. Pat Kendrick_@webtv.com

Hi Listers, We found an old letter written by my great-aunt, Ella Harmon Breber, that talked of the following folks: Frank Harmon Lula Harmon John Harmon All three were from MS and died of pneumonia. There is some connection with those folks and my Henry Harmon line. She was writing to someone else trying to find out whom they were. If you recognize those names, please let me know. Thanks, Karen Researching HARMON, FERGUSON, WHITWORTH, DONEGHEW, DONEHOO, TIGHLMAN, WILLIAMS, GOOD

I found guardianship records after the December 1838 death of Aloysius Michael Keegan in Monticello, Lawrence Co., MS. His widow Martha Anderson Crutchfield Keegan (she was named Anderson because of ancestors, she was young and had never married). The records continued until 1854 (I obtained those records from MS archives microfilm) having to have the records kept . There was a will and she was appointed executor then a man was appointed to assist with the two sons needs. They had 5 children , 2 soon married and my g-gmother married in July 1844. Gladys

We are seeking information about the GADBERRY/GADBURY Family of Mississippi. The family arrived in Yazoo County about 1825. Apparently they were from S. C. and N. C. Grateful for the slightest scrap of information. Dover

I am seeking information on the following people's background or information on their ancestors: John Cole b ?/ d ? married Susannah ? child: James C. Cole b abt 1789 S.C./ d abt 1840-49 GA married ? btwn 1805-1809 child: James C. Cole Jr. b 17 Sept. 1811 S.C./ d 22 April 1883 GA Any information excepted and will gladly trade information of preceeding generations.

There are two kinds of Guardianship for Minors...Guardian of the Person; and Guardian of the Estate: Sometimes they are made in the same Probate Order... The surviving Blood Parent does not need to obtain Guardianship of the person of their minor child; however; the Estate is a different matter...sometimes the deceased parent has no Estate to convey, or the property is community, or there was a Will...In these cases, Guardianship of the Estate of Minors should not be necessary... If there is a substantial Estate and one parent dies in testate (without a Will) the Probate Court may require the surviving Parent to obtain Guardianship of the Minor's Estate, and post bond, which requires that an annual accounting be made... Without this Order, Real property cannot be disposed of, or funds dispersed. It pays to have a WILL, especially when Minors are involved... >From: jigtweet@webtv.net (Mary Williams) >To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Guardianship >Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:44:04 -0400 (EDT) > >The same thing happened in my family. However, in my case the first >father died and the mother remarried. She was made guardian of the >children from the second marriage only and made reports to the court, >put up a bond, etc. I think it was to make sure none of the children >from the first marriage got any of the second husband's money. However, >that backfired, as the second husband never fared as well as the first. >Also, the grandmother got into the act and stated in her will that >unless all of these monies for guardianship were paid back to her by >these children from the second marriage, they inherited nothing from >her. > >This occurred in Monroe County, Mississippi. > >Personally, I can't imagine having to be made guardian of my own >children, but those were different times (circa 1887, in my case). > >Mary Williams >jigtweet@webtv.net > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi >where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

The same thing happened in my family. However, in my case the first father died and the mother remarried. She was made guardian of the children from the second marriage only and made reports to the court, put up a bond, etc. I think it was to make sure none of the children from the first marriage got any of the second husband's money. However, that backfired, as the second husband never fared as well as the first. Also, the grandmother got into the act and stated in her will that unless all of these monies for guardianship were paid back to her by these children from the second marriage, they inherited nothing from her. This occurred in Monroe County, Mississippi. Personally, I can't imagine having to be made guardian of my own children, but those were different times (circa 1887, in my case). Mary Williams jigtweet@webtv.net

When my gggrandfather died in Pontotoc County, MS, in the early 1850's, several minor grandchildren were to receive proceeds from the sale of his property. Their father was already deceased as well. I found court papers where their mother was declared their guardian about the time of the settlement and several years after their father had died. She and her brother posted $500 bond. There was at least one annual report that she made to the court noting that she had received no monies or property from their estate. Why would a guardianship be required? I did not find such guardianship for the other set of minor grandchildren, children of a different deceased father. Do you think there was some issue that required the guardianship in one case? Ann Ann H. Downing Downing Consulting, Inc. (770) 394-0916

Several months ago Paint Shop Pro was installed on my computer. I happily scanned away placing photos in My Pictures and well as the ones I was receiving by e mail. Now for some unknown reason I find that they are still saving to My pictures as instructed but they are also showing up on Display Properties as options for the Desk top. I had some one come by after I had worked with it trying to change it to no avail. All he did was just create a new folder to reroute it to. He didn't change any thing as far as the association. I would like to know if any one else has encountered this and is this an automatic feature of Me that I over looked? I was so used to Windows98 SE that I may have over looked this all the time but I didn't think so. I know this is not really genealogy but I need help.

Cheryl, If you would like to add a little more info and send me your mailing address, I will put your query in my column for the "Hattiesburg American". I hope this will help you. Sincerely, Clarise Soper Southern Footprints Magazine The Magazine for Southern Genealogy and History! P O Box 16611 Hattiesburg, MS 39404-6611 www.SouthernFootprints.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <MISSISSIPPI-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 7:00 AM Subject: MISSISSIPPI-D Digest V01 #111

Hi Nancy, Go to Google: http://www.google.com/ Type in "Carroll County Blues" (in quotation marks) Click on Google Search I got 242 web sites about that song. Including the name of the writer, people who had performed the song, a site where you can listen to the song, etc. Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> ajnkh wrote: > I'm looking for information on a song called,"Carroll County Blues!" I believe it was written about Carroll County,Mississippi...I'm told my cousin wrote the song,and would like to find out more about it. I know it was played on the radio years ago.. My cousins surname was HOOD..any help would be appreciated!! Thanks,Nancy

I'm looking for information on a song called,"Carroll County Blues!" I believe it was written about Carroll County,Mississippi...I'm told my cousin wrote the song,and would like to find out more about it. I know it was played on the radio years ago.. My cousins surname was HOOD..any help would be appreciated!! Thanks,Nancy

I have a collection of 29 electronic census spreadsheets that I am happy to share with anyone who wants to download a free copy. The spreadsheets will allow you to electronically organize and archive your extracted census records. The collection includes the federal census (1790-1920), special schedules including slave and veterans, and spreadsheets for the state censuses of Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York and Wisconsin. I also have spreadsheets for Canada, England, Ireland, and Scotland. I created them with MS Excel 97 and they require Excel 97 or 2000 to use them. I have a website at http://www.censustools.com where you can see screenshots of all of the spreadsheets, read about them in more detail, and of course download whatever you need. Gary Happiness is helping a stranger find their roots. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

I am looking for relitives of John Henry HOLLANDER. 1st wife: Rosie Lee CALL. They had two daughters: Virginia Sarilda and Mary Lee. 2nd wife Hazel HUDSON They had two children Joyce and John Jr. Please contact me. Julie Hoffman

Gail, I live right down the road from Red Banks, I would advise writing to the Hall of Records for Marshall County, MS. It might be they can help you. The town of Red Banks consists of a couple of feed stores, a steak house (great steaks), a catfish house, truck stop and a church. Its a neat little town. --- Gail Honeycutt <gailhon@earthlink.net> wrote: > I am new to this list and have two questions. First, I have seen > somewhere that there were many Mississippi State Census taken > during the > 1800's. Is it possible to get a look-up for those and if it is not > possible, where could I search them myself? Do I have to go to the > MS > State Archives? > > Also, if I need county records for Red Banks, MS during the mid > 1800's > where would I go to get those? Could I write to the county > courthouse > and request them or should I just send all requests to the State > Archives? Also, is the State Archives online? > > I live in NC and am not as familiar as I should be with MS > counties. > > Thanks! > > Gail Flowe Honeycutt > Researching: FLOUGH / FLOW / FLOWE > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > Help yourself to some data at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi in > the database, and be sure to leave a little for others. > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Gail All the Mississippi State Census Records are on three rolls of Microfilm with counties listed in alphabetical order. Rolls are V-229-1, V229-2, and V229-3. You might have your nearest genealogical library order it on loan or you can order it from Hertiagequest for purchase or loan at: http://www.heritagequest.com/cgi-bin/nspage26.cpg?catalog=qsearch&file=quick data.htm&@where.state@eq=Mississippi&@where.series@eq=V229&@s=Mississippi%20 State%20and%20Territorial%20Census,%201792%20and%201866 Mike Worsham

I am new to this list and have two questions. First, I have seen somewhere that there were many Mississippi State Census taken during the 1800's. Is it possible to get a look-up for those and if it is not possible, where could I search them myself? Do I have to go to the MS State Archives? Also, if I need county records for Red Banks, MS during the mid 1800's where would I go to get those? Could I write to the county courthouse and request them or should I just send all requests to the State Archives? Also, is the State Archives online? I live in NC and am not as familiar as I should be with MS counties. Thanks! Gail Flowe Honeycutt Researching: FLOUGH / FLOW / FLOWE

--part1_aa.15e59e70.283ceb3f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit thank you Gerald for that suggestion but I have tried that also without success. Cheryl --part1_aa.15e59e70.283ceb3f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <giegerg@hotmail.com> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.36) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 May 2001 00:53:13 2000 Received: from hotmail.com (f260.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.236.138]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.36) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 May 2001 00:52:58 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 22 May 2001 21:52:57 -0700 Received: from 63.253.236.150 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 23 May 2001 04:52:57 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.253.236.150] From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> To: Nanniec1@aol.com Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] need help to find family Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 04:52:57 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F260yz5b6KZmcK8r6be000004ec@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 May 2001 04:52:57.0920 (UTC) FILETIME=[3C87FC00:01C0E344] X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) This is just a suggestion but you will get wider coverage and your messages will be read by more people who might provide an answer if you at least put the surname in the subject line... Most people on this list also subscribe to six to twelve other lists so they just delete everything that doesn't sound like it relates to a surname that they research...and those without surnames in the subject are never opened... Keep looking...never give up... >From: Nanniec1@aol.com >To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] need help to find family >Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 23:27:30 EDT > >I am looking for any descendants from this family: > >Francis Asbury Lane born 1846 in Ga. married Mary Hattie Brown born 1855 in >Ms. >Asbury and Hattie was married in Scott County, MS on Feb 19, 1874 >Children: >Martha (Mattie) Lane born May 1876 >Alma Lane born Sept. 1877 think married a Jay >Berdie Lane born Aug 1888, think married Slim Smith and had one daughter, >Marie born about 1910 >Carl or Carol E Lane born Dec 1892 married Robert Rawson, 1909, MS >Paul Odeal Lane born Nov 1895 married Arleen Murry, 1917, MS had daughter >Doris >Myrtle Lee Lane born May 1899 married Carl D Murphy, 1918, MS > >Do anyone know of this family >Cheryl in GA > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >Help yourself to some data at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi in the >database, and be sure to leave a little for others. > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --part1_aa.15e59e70.283ceb3f_boundary--

I am looking for any descendants from this family: Francis Asbury Lane born 1846 in Ga. married Mary Hattie Brown born 1855 in Ms. Asbury and Hattie was married in Scott County, MS on Feb 19, 1874 Children: Martha (Mattie) Lane born May 1876 Alma Lane born Sept. 1877 think married a Jay Berdie Lane born Aug 1888, think married Slim Smith and had one daughter, Marie born about 1910 Carl or Carol E Lane born Dec 1892 married Robert Rawson, 1909, MS Paul Odeal Lane born Nov 1895 married Arleen Murry, 1917, MS had daughter Doris Myrtle Lee Lane born May 1899 married Carl D Murphy, 1918, MS Do anyone know of this family Cheryl in GA