I think we have all become seasoned as we have grown in our hobby. There is so much WRONG (yes, I'm yelling) out there that I shared with others when I was just beginning and didn't know any better than to give everybody everything and accept everything everyone gave me. Once they put it out on the paid sites and it gets put on those CD's there is no taking it back, and I cringe every time I see it. So, no, I don't give as much as I used to. If someone has specific questions of me on my lines I will gladly answer those specific questions. I always need a sanity check and love to debate. But, we must also realize that as we made mistakes when we were newbies, there always newbies coming along that have to make the same mistakes we did. If they are serious researchers, hopefully, we can teach them our mistakes. If they are not serious researchers, they will go away anyway. We once had a website that consisted of serious researchers, all connecting to one line, and consisting of folks all over the country. We all agreed from the get-go that we would gather all the documents, in each of our respective areas of the country, for that surname and share them with each other via the website - cemetery pictures, documents from the courthouses, newspaper articles, obituaries, etc. This worked out very well, and we were able to prove and disprove a lot of information that had previously been "common knowledge." Very exciting! However, we eventually opened the site up to EVERYONE who voiced an interest, and it basically turned into a chat room - not a genealogy site at all. All of the serious researchers have left the site, but I'm still plodding along posting those documents, hoping to generate some serious dialogue. This is something I DO believe in: those documents are public documents and are available to anyone. You could get them if you could reach them, just as easily as I can. If I have access to those actual documents that you don't, all you have to do is ask. Once I scan those documents and send them to you, they are a gift from me to you - as public documents, they never belonged to me. That first hand document is your source, not me - I was just the channel to get it into your hands. So many people have shared this opportunity with me, and I feel it necessary to reciprocate whenever I can. Many people have asked me when I am going to publish a book. That will probably never happen, as I consider genealogy a work in progress - never to be completed, AND, I wouldn't want to perpetuate any errors (and even as thorough as we THINK we are, we all make them) - I already have enough out there that I can't retrieve! And, speaking of errors, in the early census, relationship was not one of the fields, so we can only surmise what the relationship was. So, although it is the best we can do, I don't necessarily consider those early census' as PROOF of a relationship unless it can be backed up with other documentation. That census DOES give us a point to go look for that other documentation. And, on the subject of family Associations: most of the "dues" to these sites are minimal - $20 or so per year. You are not 'buying' the information that family keeps secret. Those dues are to pay for maintenance on a centrally located database that is maintained for that family, and publishing and mailing monthly or quarterly newsletters for that family. If you have ever purchased Genealogical Society newsletters, they are much the same. I certainly glean MORE than my $20 worth from those newsletters! Oops! Seems like a few of us have real opinions on these topics! Sorry this is so long... Peggy Brooks Cannady [email protected]

The Jonesboro Sun, 26 OCT 2005: JONESBORO -- Russell Cleo Wooldridge, 89, of Jonesboro died Monday, Oct. 24, at Manila Nursing Home. Born at Walnut Ridge, he lived in Northeast Arkansas all of his life. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, retired from Crane Company and a member of Cottage Home Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Hettie Barringer Wooldridge of Manila; and two sisters, Gladys Wooldridge and Alta Tate, both of Bono. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rufus and Cena Hogan Wooldridge; and three brothers, Ike Wooldridge, Joe Wooldridge, and Paul Ray Wooldridge. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Pine Log Cemetery with Wyndell King officiating. Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be E.J. Buhrmester, David Shelton, Roger Vines, Jerry Coleman, Cody Thornton and Levi Thornton. 1900 Census, Randolph County, Arkansas, Warm Springs Twp, p 166B, 14 June, 1900: 51 123 123 Wooldridge, Isaac Head M W Mar 1865 35 M17 ARTNIN(?) Farmer 52 123 123 Wooldridge, Nancy Wife F W Aug 1867 32 M17 SCSCSC 9 children, 7 living 53 123 123 Wooldridge, Ella Dau F W Jul 1886 13 S ARARSC 54 123 123 Wooldridge, Onie Dau F W Feb 1888 12 S ARARSC 55 123 123 Wooldridge, Willie Son M W May 1890 10 S ARARSC 56 123 123 Wooldridge, Rufus Son M W Aug 1894 5 S ARARSC 57 123 123 Wooldridge, Jane Dau F W Nov 1896 3 S ARARSC 58 123 123 Wooldridge, Ollie Dau F W Jan 1898 2 S ARARSC 59 123 123 Wooldridge, Lessie Dau F W Mar 1900 3/12 S ARARSC 60 123 123 Allen, Ollie Boarder F W May 1882 18 S ARARSC Peggy Brooks Cannady [email protected]

Update on the census below: Nancy Wooldridge, wife of Isaac was Nancy Broom daughter of Burrell and Mary Ann Broom who are buried in the Roach Cemetery, Hamil, Randolph Co., AR. Ollie Allen is the daughter of Francis Broom, sister to Nancy. Kathleen Burnett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cannady" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:00 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Obit - Russell Cleo WOOLDRIDGE > The Jonesboro Sun, 26 OCT 2005: > JONESBORO -- Russell Cleo Wooldridge, 89, of Jonesboro died Monday, Oct. > 24, > at Manila Nursing Home. > Born at Walnut Ridge, he lived in Northeast Arkansas all of his life. He > was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, retired from Crane Company and a > member of Cottage Home Baptist Church. > Survivors include his wife, Hettie Barringer Wooldridge of Manila; and > two > sisters, Gladys Wooldridge and Alta Tate, both of Bono. > He was preceded in death by his parents, Rufus and Cena Hogan Wooldridge; > and three brothers, Ike Wooldridge, Joe Wooldridge, and Paul Ray > Wooldridge. > Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Pine Log Cemetery with > Wyndell King officiating. Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home is in charge > of > arrangements. > Pallbearers will be E.J. Buhrmester, David Shelton, Roger Vines, Jerry > Coleman, Cody Thornton and Levi Thornton. > > > > 1900 Census, Randolph County, Arkansas, Warm Springs Twp, p 166B, 14 June, > 1900: > 51 123 123 Wooldridge, Isaac Head M W Mar 1865 35 M17 ARTNIN(?) Farmer > 52 123 123 Wooldridge, Nancy Wife F W Aug 1867 32 M17 SCSCSC 9 children, > 7 > living > 53 123 123 Wooldridge, Ella Dau F W Jul 1886 13 S ARARSC > 54 123 123 Wooldridge, Onie Dau F W Feb 1888 12 S ARARSC > 55 123 123 Wooldridge, Willie Son M W May 1890 10 S ARARSC > 56 123 123 Wooldridge, Rufus Son M W Aug 1894 5 S ARARSC > 57 123 123 Wooldridge, Jane Dau F W Nov 1896 3 S ARARSC > 58 123 123 Wooldridge, Ollie Dau F W Jan 1898 2 S ARARSC > 59 123 123 Wooldridge, Lessie Dau F W Mar 1900 3/12 S ARARSC > 60 123 123 Allen, Ollie Boarder F W May 1882 18 S ARARSC > > > Peggy Brooks Cannady > [email protected] > > > > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >

Peggy and all, I just would like to say, "Thank You" to all who do their family genealogy, mistakes and all. I think, people have a tendency to forget we are human and make mistakes. Those can be fixed sooner or later. I appreciate all the hard work that goes into doing the research as I have and do know the time it takes. I understand the annoyance of those who take things and resell them or put them up on a site and didn't do the research and connect them to your line anyway and it has nothing to do w/ your line. I know some of my "Vinson line", is on Ancestry.com, that way. I didn't put it there someone else decided that it was a good line and just linked it. If someone where to question me, I'd tell them its wrong. Other then that there isn't much I can do. But I do understand the frustration w/ it. I agree w/ Peggy its always a work in progress! ..that's why I say use pencil!...he he Again I appreciate all the work everyone does and the sharing of all the documents and information and I must say I have found new cousins on this site, what a joy that is to me. I'd like to say sometimes...we won't find the documentation we are after as there have been fires and sometimes people forgot to either write it down or tell it to families. Those are just a few. That is another reason we rely on family. To tell us, so and so is buried here w/out a marker and isn't in a cemetery book. It may not be documented but like I said, not everything will be. Kara Kara S.- Enjoying the genealogy puzzle! The 20th Great Grandaughter of Hugh Rose 1 Laird of Kilravock - Scotland

Regarding mistakes in genealogy... I've found a lot of good, solid information from individuals when they find my mistakes !!!! so sometimes they pay off. Lyn

Kara, speaking of new-found cousins on this site, I haven't forgotten that I am going to get some Wooldridge information to you! Unfortunately, work got in the way! Catherine Kara S wrote: > >Again I appreciate all the work everyone does and the sharing of all the documents and information and I must say I have found new cousins on this site, what a joy that is to me. > >I'd like to say sometimes...we won't find the documentation we are after as there have been fires and sometimes people forgot to either write it down or tell it to families. Those are just a few. That is another reason we rely on family. To tell us, so and so is buried here w/out a marker and isn't in a cemetery book. It may not be documented but like I said, not everything will be. > >Kara > > > > > > > > >