Does anyone know if there is a Fulton co. iin Miss. I know a Fulton, Miss , but idon't know about a co. My grandparents were in Fulton co, MIss is what was told to me. Faye in morgan co,al

Go to: http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html and put in Sweetwater, MS. There are 31 listings. Hope this helps, Kay BonBonSass@aol.com wrote: > In an old family book, the author states that an ancestor of mine was buried > near Sweetwater, Mississippi. I cannot find Sweetwater on any maps. > > Can anyone tell me if there really was a Sweetwater, Mississippi? Also, I > saw in the LDS website that another ancestor was buried in Mulberry Cemetery. > He lived in Choctaw and Webster Counties but I cannot find that cemetery in > those counties. Does anyone know where that cemetery is located. > > Thanks so much for your help! > > Bonner > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

In an old family book, the author states that an ancestor of mine was buried near Sweetwater, Mississippi. I cannot find Sweetwater on any maps. Can anyone tell me if there really was a Sweetwater, Mississippi? Also, I saw in the LDS website that another ancestor was buried in Mulberry Cemetery. He lived in Choctaw and Webster Counties but I cannot find that cemetery in those counties. Does anyone know where that cemetery is located. Thanks so much for your help! Bonner

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Hi, I first want to apologize if you get doubles, because I am posting this to several different list. I have just found another 'new' cousins, who gave me more information. He states that my first EDNEY, John, supposedly owned a ship, and brought prisoners over from Ireland. He had two sons, who were part-time preachers. Their names were Samuel and Ishmial/Ishmal, (I am guessing at this spelling). One of the brother's was going to preach for the other brother to marry a STEPPE? Something happened and the brother's had a misunderstanding of some sorts, and the families split. I do not know which 'side of the fence' mine fell on, and don't care! Anyway, a Samuel EDNEY, born 1734, married Mary KELLY? They had Robert EDNEY, born Feb. 15, 1770, locations, I don't know? Then Robert married and I maybe have a generation missing, because I have down that his son was Millard EDNEY, born Jan. 1857, in Fayette Co., AL. Millard was my great great grandfather. He married Martha Virginia 'Jennie' LAVENDER. Milliard (railroad man) and Jennie had: (probably not in order) John EDNEY, Claude EDNEY, Carniff Ruff EDNEY, (railroad man) Mary Keifer EDNEY, Carey Austin EDNEY, (miner) Wilma EDNEY, and Drue EDNEY. Mary Keifer EDNEY was my great grandmother. She was born 1881 in Columbus, MS. Mary Keifer EDNEY married Hezakiah Clark GORE. Millard and Jennie's family relocated around the Birmingham Jefferson Co., AL. area. Can anyone help me with any of my EDNEY's. I know that Martha Virginia 'Jennie' EDNEY and Claude EDNEY are buried in Elmwood Cem. in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL. But I can not find Millard. He may have been sent back to Fayette Co., AL, where he possibly was born? Seeking any info and help on any of these names. Thank you in advance. Sincerely, Kay R. MUSIC

Transcribing The Census: There has to be a better way I have been working on my family tree since 1986 and I am tiring. #1 Why don't "we" transcribe only what we know to be true, with the caveat that we make mistakes just like the original census takers did and with the 'default' that we can always fall back to the originals. As an example, while I found an original written so poorly, that it was not until later that I learned what the childrens actual names were, so I am one of the few people who could accurately "transcribe" what the census taker wrote down. #2 Why not use the actual forms as originally used, even when we now "know better" At least that way, no-one could cook up their own forms. #3 Why not transcribe only those records of information which are of individual interest. I see no reason for anyone to go thru the drudgery of doing a "complete" sheet or county or (Twp or Post Office), while ruining their eyes and repeating errors or making new ones, simply because "they are someone elses relatives, not mine" (or even if they are diligent, they get tired) The census records might then be incomplete which is what they are now. (In fact, many "Family History Centers" shrug their shoulders when you ask for a particular census, and fall back on "the counties have changed or the British burned the records") I realize that many of these concepts can be improved upon, but I am disgusted for having paid taxes to have the census' taken and then being unable to ever put them together again I am quite willing to put my few ancestors on the census lists and I believe that many census would be completed in short order compared to those poor "volunteers that are trying to complete whole counties. If everyone who has a computer only contribute a little, we could accomplish a lot ! L&S, Robert Davis 13117A NW 8th Ave. Vancouver, WA 98685

I am searching for anyone that may be researching the FLOYD surname of DeSoto County, Ms. I have a Lucinda WHITE m. ?? FLOYD. Their three children are living with Lucinda's brother in 1890, from school papers found. They were Della, age 15, Lizzie, age 13, Cora , age 11. Would to know what happened to these children and their parents? Debbie in Alabama

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Janet, official death records before 1912 in MS will be hard to find. Mississippi officially began reporting deaths at the state level Nov 1912. Some counties kept scattered records before that and may be found at the local court house. If you knew the area where he died, perhaps an obit would have been published in a newspaper. Bennie Janet Douglas wrote: > > Would like to know where or how I can obtain information or a death record > for George 'Henry' Hunt, July 27, 1906 in Mississippi. Do not know where in > the state the death occurred. Was either accidental or a homicide. Body > was shipped to Princeton, Indiana for burial. He worked for a timber firm > at the time of his death. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Janet Elliott Douglas > starpocket@pahrump.net > > Researching: Hunt, Anderson, Elsfelder, Flinn, > Lynch, Elliott, Slaughterback, Sauerheber > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

At 05:39 PM 02/21/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a website that gives the geographic boundary lines of each county for each census year? I have been unable to find such a site. > >Barry Fox There is a book in the Cook Library at the University of Souther MS. that details every change in the counties from their formation to present day. It also includes defunct counties. I'm sure that book would be available in most libraries. If you can't find it, I could probably make you copies of the county your interested in. If it happens to be Lafayette, I already have them. They help me a lot. I seemed to have a lot of relatives buried in Calhoun county, but they were on Census for Lafayette. Come to find out about 50 square miles was given over to Calhoun county in 1852 when it was formed. Gene

Janet, Have you contacted the cemetery for death certificate information,(They may not have death certificate but they should have record of where the body was shipped from.) Who serviced the body? Funeral Home? Cemerty records? From all of these records you should get where the person died at County and such. Have you tried that? Nelda From: Bennie White <bennie@netpathway.com> (SNIP) Janet, official death records before 1912 in MS will be hard to find. Mississippi officially began reporting deaths at the state level Nov 1912. Some counties kept scattered records before that and may be found at the local court house. If you knew the area where he died, perhaps an obit would have been published in a newspaper. Bennie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Would like to know where or how I can obtain information or a death record for George 'Henry' Hunt, July 27, 1906 in Mississippi. Do not know where in the state the death occurred. Was either accidental or a homicide. Body was shipped to Princeton, Indiana for burial. He worked for a timber firm at the time of his death. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Janet Elliott Douglas starpocket@pahrump.net Researching: Hunt, Anderson, Elsfelder, Flinn, Lynch, Elliott, Slaughterback, Sauerheber

Does anyone know if there is a website that gives the geographic boundary lines of each county for each census year? I have been unable to find such a site. Barry Fox

Here is one-- http://jrshelby.com/genmap/maps.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Fox" <bfox@charter.net> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] County Maps > Does anyone know if there is a website that gives the geographic boundary lines of each county for each census year? I have been unable to find such a site. > > Barry Fox > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Does anyone on the MS. list recognize any of the following?? Need help in identifying the following Lambs: ANDERSON LAMB buried in Lebanon Cemetery - no dates -- Need Anderson's parents Henry L., son of M. O. and M. A. Conerly - Does anyone know if M. A. Conerly was a Lamb?? Winfred Lamb - need husband or parents of Winfred Lamb?? Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Lamb died Jun 7, 1962 - need parents of James Lamb?? Pearl Sheppeard -- Is this OLLIE PEARL LATHAM, wife of Oscar Sheppeard and d/o Latham & Martha U. Lamb ?? Any help in identifying these Lambs will be appreciated. Wanda ============================== Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life If you know how to reduce these risks. http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html

Is Springfield still around? I am looking for info on my mother-in-law. Her maiden name was Edith Dyess, b-14 Feb. 1913 in Springfield, Jefferson, MS to Richard Lineback Simmons, b-27 Sept. 1910, d- Jan. 1965 in Ann Arbor, MI. No date on when they were married. Thanks, Jim Plummer

I spent a while this morning doing what some folks consider morbid. But in reading the obits I was taken back by how many names I saw which I have also seen in MS, AL, GA and the Carolinas. I live in Texas and the greater part of the population of this state was made up of migrants from the above areas. Some of the folks are in their 90s and 80s so they are the links we are losing to family history. The Dallas public library has the newspapers on microfilm and I imagine Houston's does too. Some of the smaller towns have preserved their local papers though their historical societies. If I knew how to scan I would do some of these obits which name related families and some migration patterns. Tree Mother

Does anyone have a copy of the 1800 and/or 1810 MS census and not mind doing a lookup for me? I am interested in the Chambers family of that time period, who the heads of households were and what counties they were in. Thanks for your help. My local library starts with 1820. Barry Fox Greenville, SC

A couple of years ago, I received GIBSON family information from Dennis Elmore who, at the time, lived in Leland, Mississippi. His e-mail address, delmore@ag.gov no longer works, and I have been unable to find him in a telephone / address search. Does anyone on this list know Dennis? If so, do you have a current address or e-mail address for him? Thanks. Larry in TX

Hi Mississippi Researchers.... I haven't sent this post in quite a while so I'm hoping someone new is on the list. My "brick wall" is my gr,gr,great grandmother. Her name was Elizabeth Mary (also went by Mary Elizabeth) ?. Her surname is a total mystery. She married my grandfather, R.W. (Robert Wesley) Tillman in approximately 1846-47. Census records show she was born in AL, but here's the confusing twist. My grandfather was born in Tennessee..... By 1850 his father and siblings were in Greene County, MO and R.W. and Elizabeth were their next door neighbors with 2 children. The oldest being 3 years born in MS and the 2nd being 1 year old born in MO. R.W. Tillman was born in 1822 and Elizabeth Mary was born in 1827. Since she would have only been 20 in 1847 when their first child was born, I am suspecting that my grandfather probably went into her own home town to meet and marry her. Since their first child was born in 1847 in MS...I'm thinking she was living in MS. I have no idea what county though.... My plea to this list is could you all look at your family history and see if you have a one ELIZABETH MARY born in AL in 1827 who you possibly knows married a unknown TILLMAN or possibly you don't know who she married.???? Help :) Below is my family info on the TILLMAN'S who is the family ELIZABETH MARY married into. Possibly it may sound familiar to someone??? 705. SAMUEL TAYLOR TILLMAN, son of Joshua (424) and Chloe (Taylor) Tillman, was born November 4, 1800 in Chatham County, North Carolina, and died January 4, 1864 in Greene County, Missouri. He married first Patsey or Martha Perry. Issue by first marriage: Gida, born 1825, John Calvin, born 1826, Robert Wesley, born 1822, and Newton Jasper, born January 1, 1832. Mr. Tillman married secondly August 3, 1833 his sister-in-law Mary Carter Perry, who was born May 16, 1810 and died August 12, 1890. This second marriage was performed by the Rev. Joseph McCord, at Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee. Issue by second marriage: Oran Mentor, born October 4, 1835, Margaret, born May, 1834, Samuel Andrew Jackson, born May 9, 1837, Stanley D. born February 18, 1839, Martha W. born August 30, 1841, Caroline, born July 7, 1843, Paralee, born September 27, 1845, Joseph Albert Madison, born July 7, 1848, Lucy Taylor, born September 14, 1850, and Louisiana, born 1851. 708. ROBERT WESLEY TILLMAN, son of Samuel (705) and Patsey (Perry) Tillman, was born 1822. He married Elizabeth M. --, surname unknown. Issue: Calvin W. born 1847 in MS, and Alvis W. born 1849 in Greene County, MO. Robert Wesley and Elizabeth Mary Tillman eventually moved into Arkansas where they died. Robert Wesley died in approx 1890-1900 in Clark County, AR and Elizabeth Mary died 12-26-1910 in Clark County, AR. Any help would be sooooooo much appreciated. Pam Tillman-Goff