I am here. Thanks for wanting to know that. Joan Griffin Rusk -- >

Gene Phillips and family is OK You can read my story and others at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=hurricanekatrina2005&m=9

second try. I am here in Dallas,TX and we are expecting up to 25K people from NO. Pat Miller Reilly/Reilley/Riley, Shurron/Sheran, Dills, Reeves, Gilbert, Crews, Harmon, Roach, Bearden, Fisher, Qualls, Putnam/Putman, Clark (a new one) etc. from SC MO and NC AR. topdog wrote: >Good Morning, > >In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special >Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only >send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include >your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what >we need to know. > >Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never >posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you >only have to click the mouse once. > >We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you >must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each >and every one of you. > >Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". > > >Nancy Lewis Millsap >List Administrator >MO-OREGON-HISTORY > > >==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== >http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > > > >

Hello All: Carver, Hales, Kellett, Medlock, Morgan, Schultz and Williford. Most of these are in Sharp Co, Arkansas. Josiah JB Kellett

I Am Here in Northern Ontario, Canda. All your Canadian freinds and neighbors are here collecting money, items, etc to help the refugess through the Red Cross, our various churches and governement. Our military and any of our supplies, including our DART team, which Philip is a member, has been offered though at this time, has not been requested. Researching: JOBE, McINTIRE, BREWER, THOMAS (direct lines) Ann (Jobe) Brown

I am here....Martin/Ross/Blackburn

I am Here..... Richardson/Young/Tillerson ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/

I am here in Willow Springs, MO Lyn

I am here Joye Obarts Pocahontas, AR > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "topdog" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:51 AM > Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special > Roll Call - Please Read > > >> Good Morning, >> >> In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special >> Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only >> send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include >> your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what >> we need to know. >> >> Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never >> posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you >> only have to click the mouse once. >> >> We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you >> must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each >> and every one of you. >> >> Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". >> >> >> Nancy Lewis Millsap >> List Administrator >> MO-OREGON-HISTORY >> >> >> ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== >> http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >> > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >

I am here. Paula Rubar - Hansen topdog <[email protected]> wrote:Good Morning, In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what we need to know. Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you only have to click the mouse once. We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each and every one of you. Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". Nancy Lewis Millsap List Administrator MO-OREGON-HISTORY ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/

I am here. Betty Tucker Jonesboro, Ar All is well in our area. Katrina provided us with some much needed rain and cooler temperatures. (and soaring gas prices $3.10 a gal) ----- Original Message ----- From: "topdog" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:51 AM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special Roll Call - Please Read > Good Morning, > > In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special > Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only > send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include > your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what > we need to know. > > Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never > posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you > only have to click the mouse once. > > We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you > must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each > and every one of you. > > Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". > > > Nancy Lewis Millsap > List Administrator > MO-OREGON-HISTORY > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >

I am here. topdog wrote: >Good Morning, > >In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special >Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only >send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include >your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what >we need to know. > >Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never >posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you >only have to click the mouse once. > >We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you >must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each >and every one of you. > >Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". > > >Nancy Lewis Millsap >List Administrator >MO-OREGON-HISTORY > > >==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== >http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > > > >

Good Morning, In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what we need to know. Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you only have to click the mouse once. We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each and every one of you. Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". Nancy Lewis Millsap List Administrator MO-OREGON-HISTORY

I'm here...our prayers to the victims of the storm.... .and where are some of world friends...countries we have been assisting for many years.....and a special thanks once again to Australia....who once again stepped up first to assist us in our time of need... Todd Wolfe ----- Original Message ----- From: "topdog" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:51 AM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special Roll Call - Please Read > Good Morning, > > In light of Katrina and her devastation we are going to have a Special > Roll Call. Beginning now. Ending midnight 9 Sep 2005. You need only > send a simple message to the list "I am here." If you choose, include > your surnames or any other message you wish. But, "I am here" is what > we need to know. > > Given the circumstances EVERYONE please respond even if you have never > posted to the list before. The automatic reply to function is set; you > only have to click the mouse once. > > We realize at this time you all have more important issues. But, you > must realize that you are dealing with two old gals who care about each > and every one of you. > > Please take a moment and tell us "I am here". > > > Nancy Lewis Millsap > List Administrator > MO-OREGON-HISTORY > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >

I am here Bailey Warren Cates Farris Beverly Woodring Fagan

Thank you Perry! I have been praying for three days that Beauvoir survived ----- Original Message ----- From: "perry foley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:35 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Jeff Davis' home demolished by hurricane > The person who sent me the info > about the destruction at Beauvoir has a website where he will be posting > information about other WBtStates site damage. > http://civilwarinteractive.com/ > (click on Breaking News) > > I have permission to cross post this. > > Jane Foley > > >> Those of us who endulge our interest in genealogy have a deep core of >> respect for history. I received this email today about the fate of > Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis' home. >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Jefferson Davis' Biloxi Home Beauvoir >> Reported "Demolished" by Hurricane >> >> Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, was reported late Tuesday >> to >> be "virtually demolished" by Hurricane Katrina. The Jackson, MS, Clarion >> Ledger said that the historic building has been "reduced to rubble and a >> frame of a house." >> >> The house was located on the north side of Beach Boulevard, across from >> a >> number of "barge style" casinos. One of the closest, the President > Casino, >> was lifted whole from its mooring pillars and transported across the >> highway where it came to rest crushing a Holiday Inn. >> >> The house, constructed in 1854, was dedicated in 1998 as the "Jefferson >> Davis Presidential Library and Museum." >> >> After Davis' death Beauvoir evolved first into the Jefferson Davis >> Soldiers' Home, serving as a hospital and residence for disabled >> Confederate veterans and their dependents. >> >> The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery is located at the extreme northwest >> corner of the estate and contains over 750 graves. One of them is Sam >> Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, whose body was moved there when the >> Mississippi River threatened his original gravesite at Hurricane >> Plantation. >> >> The Beauvoir cemetery is also the home of the Grave of the Unknown >> Confederate Soldier in an above-ground granite shrine. No reports on >> its >> condition are available. >> >> Another nearby burial ground, Southern Memorial Park, had its mausoleum >> torn open by the force of the onrushing water, and witnesses told the >> Clarion-Ledger that numerous caskets were strewn about the grounds. Most >> "burials" in the area are above-ground entombments due to difficulties >> with the high water table. >> >> The home and grounds have been open to the public since 1957. In 1969 >> Beauvoir survived Hurricane Camille but the museum, at that time in the >> basement of the house, was severely flooded. The Library cottage >> suffered >> severe damage from that storm. Both had since been rebuilt. > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >

The person who sent me the info about the destruction at Beauvoir has a website where he will be posting information about other WBtStates site damage. http://civilwarinteractive.com/ (click on Breaking News) I have permission to cross post this. Jane Foley > Those of us who endulge our interest in genealogy have a deep core of > respect for history. I received this email today about the fate of Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis' home. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Jefferson Davis' Biloxi Home Beauvoir > Reported "Demolished" by Hurricane > > Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis, was reported late Tuesday to > be "virtually demolished" by Hurricane Katrina. The Jackson, MS, Clarion > Ledger said that the historic building has been "reduced to rubble and a > frame of a house." > > The house was located on the north side of Beach Boulevard, across from a > number of "barge style" casinos. One of the closest, the President Casino, > was lifted whole from its mooring pillars and transported across the > highway where it came to rest crushing a Holiday Inn. > > The house, constructed in 1854, was dedicated in 1998 as the "Jefferson > Davis Presidential Library and Museum." > > After Davis' death Beauvoir evolved first into the Jefferson Davis > Soldiers' Home, serving as a hospital and residence for disabled > Confederate veterans and their dependents. > > The Beauvoir Confederate Cemetery is located at the extreme northwest > corner of the estate and contains over 750 graves. One of them is Sam > Davis, father of Jefferson Davis, whose body was moved there when the > Mississippi River threatened his original gravesite at Hurricane > Plantation. > > The Beauvoir cemetery is also the home of the Grave of the Unknown > Confederate Soldier in an above-ground granite shrine. No reports on its > condition are available. > > Another nearby burial ground, Southern Memorial Park, had its mausoleum > torn open by the force of the onrushing water, and witnesses told the > Clarion-Ledger that numerous caskets were strewn about the grounds. Most > "burials" in the area are above-ground entombments due to difficulties > with the high water table. > > The home and grounds have been open to the public since 1957. In 1969 > Beauvoir survived Hurricane Camille but the museum, at that time in the > basement of the house, was severely flooded. The Library cottage suffered > severe damage from that storm. Both had since been rebuilt.

Thank you for giving this advice!!! Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Write it down > This is a repeat message that I sent on the list which I have had a > request to repeat again. It is sent to serve as a good reminder to all, > even me. > > > I want > to tell you a couple of quick things about the [ex] mother-in-law's > funeral > and the plans thereof that happened this past weekend.. > > As some of you might know, I wrote a book on my [ex] inlaws and their > special > love story. [at the time married 70 years, and still looked at each > other and talked to each other like they were kids... a true inspiring > love story of real sweethearts!!] It was published over 3 years ago, and > was a surprise Christmas gift to them.. > > Along with the usual, who begat whom, with data info, I had asked my > mother-in-law to write their story... how they met, the first date, > where they lived, what they did, etc. She had no idea it was going into > the book.. She did a whale of a job, and was the perfect story teller... > we learned so much, and she had even added some humorous tidbits in the > story.. > > Not only did the book come in handy, it was a lifesaver to the family!! > When questions came up...'didn't she have a baby sister that died? What > was her name?".. I pulled out the book and said, 'that info is right > here!'... When they asked, 'when did Raymond's dau. die?" [niece]... I > pulled out the book again and said, 'it's right here!".. The look on > the family's faces took a whole new turn when they realized that all the > info they needed was already written down for them, and they didn't have > to 'think' back.... I was looked at in a whole new way of appreciation, > and my fufillment was completed when they used something I had asked the > mother to write down for the book [unbeknownst to her], for the funeral > itself..They used that story, word for word, read by the pastor, and it > just made the service alot more personal! > > So, my advice to any reseacher is..... get that older person to WRITE IT > DOWN... YOU TAPE IT... DO SOMETHING!! Do not stop with names, dates, and > marriages... get the actual stories and memories... and put them into a > book for the family... That Christmas, my husband's siblings looked at > me like 'oh, isn't this nice...yawn yawn' when I gave them a copy and > copies to their parents.... BUT, this weekend, it was a whole new > appreciation! They got out the book a number of times, and deep inside, > I kept saying 'I TOLD you so!!! I TOLD you so!!" > > I know many don't feel like they are writers!! But, people, if we don't > write it down, how will family members know?? Our history is more than > names and faces, along with dates, they were people.. > It's OUR job/love to make these ancestors come alive and maybe, along > the way, excite the living family members with their own history!! > > The burden of thinking back was taken away by everything already being > in the book..I cannot encourage you strongly enough!! Write it down.. > Put it into a book! Put it into several pages... but, for pete's sake.. > do you families a favor by writing down in story form, what you know or > have been told!! AND, you know more than you think!! > > While we have dreaded this weekend for so long, for me personally, I was > finally perceived as an actual family member, I think, because I had > already taken care of gathering some info that they would need.. That > was not only fulfilling, but it validated once again, this passion that > I have, called family history!! What a welcomed relief to know that some > burdens were not present because the information was already provided, > and was actually used fora sad day! > > Please, people, do yourselves and your families a favor....WRITE IT DOWN > and GIVE to family members!!! > > Lanita > > ______________________________ > ------------------------------ > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >

Lanita, I think everyone needs to be reminded of the "write it down" principle. My mother is 92 and every time she tells us a story about the past I ask her to write it in a story for us. I have quite a few stories and I have learned about things I had never never been told. She even told us this past weekend what kind of vehicle she and my dad had when they got married. Pat Miller Dallas,tX Lanita Sconce Smith wrote: > This is a repeat message that I sent on the list which I have had a > request to repeat again. It is sent to serve as a good reminder to > all, even me. > > > I want > to tell you a couple of quick things about the [ex] mother-in-law's > funeral > and the plans thereof that happened this past weekend.. > > As some of you might know, I wrote a book on my [ex] inlaws and their > special > love story. [at the time married 70 years, and still looked at each > other and talked to each other like they were kids... a true inspiring > love story of real sweethearts!!] It was published over 3 years ago, and > was a surprise Christmas gift to them.. > > Along with the usual, who begat whom, with data info, I had asked my > mother-in-law to write their story... how they met, the first date, > where they lived, what they did, etc. She had no idea it was going into > the book.. She did a whale of a job, and was the perfect story teller... > we learned so much, and she had even added some humorous tidbits in the > story.. > > Not only did the book come in handy, it was a lifesaver to the family!! > When questions came up...'didn't she have a baby sister that died? What > was her name?".. I pulled out the book and said, 'that info is right > here!'... When they asked, 'when did Raymond's dau. die?" [niece]... I > pulled out the book again and said, 'it's right here!".. The look on > the family's faces took a whole new turn when they realized that all the > info they needed was already written down for them, and they didn't have > to 'think' back.... I was looked at in a whole new way of appreciation, > and my fufillment was completed when they used something I had asked the > mother to write down for the book [unbeknownst to her], for the funeral > itself..They used that story, word for word, read by the pastor, and it > just made the service alot more personal! > > So, my advice to any reseacher is..... get that older person to WRITE IT > DOWN... YOU TAPE IT... DO SOMETHING!! Do not stop with names, dates, and > marriages... get the actual stories and memories... and put them into a > book for the family... That Christmas, my husband's siblings looked at > me like 'oh, isn't this nice...yawn yawn' when I gave them a copy and > copies to their parents.... BUT, this weekend, it was a whole new > appreciation! They got out the book a number of times, and deep inside, > I kept saying 'I TOLD you so!!! I TOLD you so!!" > > I know many don't feel like they are writers!! But, people, if we don't > write it down, how will family members know?? Our history is more than > names and faces, along with dates, they were people.. > It's OUR job/love to make these ancestors come alive and maybe, along > the way, excite the living family members with their own history!! > > The burden of thinking back was taken away by everything already being > in the book..I cannot encourage you strongly enough!! Write it down.. > Put it into a book! Put it into several pages... but, for pete's sake.. > do you families a favor by writing down in story form, what you know or > have been told!! AND, you know more than you think!! > > While we have dreaded this weekend for so long, for me personally, I was > finally perceived as an actual family member, I think, because I had > already taken care of gathering some info that they would need.. That > was not only fulfilling, but it validated once again, this passion that > I have, called family history!! What a welcomed relief to know that some > burdens were not present because the information was already provided, > and was actually used fora sad day! > > Please, people, do yourselves and your families a favor....WRITE IT DOWN > and GIVE to family members!!! > > Lanita > > ______________________________ > ------------------------------ > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > >

It is possible.. I had them in my program as young as 12 when I worked as a Prenatal Social Worker. And yes it is very hard on a growing child to have a child. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 9:51 AM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] married at 11? > Holy Cow.... having a baby at 12! That poor little girl!! > > Thanks for sharing! > > Lanita Sconce Smith > > I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >