Thank you Helen, good advice.I have checked all County's and even some I did not think to be a source.I do not know any siblings. There was two females great aunts to my dad but they both are gone.My next step is try to find one of their children.One had no children come to think of it.But yes I will use your advise .I like the calling card thing.Cousins ,I do not know, we never lived where any of them lived.John Doyle 's whole family are gone.I did know his mother for she was the only grandmother I knew but to young to know that much.I will look at our local historical society here in town.This is very new and I am not that Internet smart.Thanks again,Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen C Davis" <gertrude2@juno.com> To: <MITCHELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:47 PM Subject: Re: [MITCHELL] William Mercer Mitchells Family Ms. > Hello Mary, > > I'm not related, but wondered if you have subscribed to the county list > where they lived? Have you checked www.switchboard.com for MITCHELLs in > MS? A long process, but you look up all the Mitchells in MS or the > cities you think they lived in. Buy yourself a calling card and use it > to call them. The calling card helps to give you an idea of how much your > spending on long distance. It also is sometimes cheaper than the service > you may have at home. > > Do you know the names of your grandfather's siblings? You could go that > route. > > Ask someone who lives in the area to look up in the telephone book the > phone numbers for all the Mitchells. I would, but I don't live there. > > Have you contacted anyone connected to the family of John Doyle > Mitchell's mother? > > What about the family of your grandmother? > > Join a local historical society or contact them for info. find out if > the local papers have a genealogy column and post a query with them. > > These are just a few suggestions that I hope will help you. > > Helen > > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:38:37 -0500 "Mary" <mmd@pepperlink.net> writes: > Here is a list. > > William Mercer(sp) Mitchell (my grandfather) b.4/17/1879 d.11/9/1959 > > lived in Ms.as long as I can remember.Calhoun,County,Yelobusha, > County,( ? > > Ponotoc. County,) (? Lee County. ) > > Sons: Austin Mitchell b.9/27/1899 d.9/1975 > > James Arnold Mitchell , b.9/1900?, d. March 1970 (my Father) > > John Doyle Mitchell , b.1909- d.1981 (half brother to > Austin and James) their mother died when James was 4 years old. > > Lola (Mitchell) Hickey No dates on her birth and death.(half > sister to James) > > Mary > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > > ==== MITCHELL Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator, please send a message to: Mitchell-admin@rootsweb.com. > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]