Missouri death certificates has an unknown Pilkington infant, died in 1919 and buried in the I O O F cemetery In a message dated 1/15/2012 2:14:48 A.M. Central Standard Time, mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) Today's Topics: 1. Thank you! (Donna Cooper) 2. Re: Pilkington (Donna Cooper) 3. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Debi Waterman) 4. Re: Pilkington (Ruth Kent) 5. Featured Photo (Donna Cooper) 6. New (Donna Cooper) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:29:58 -0600 From: Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> Subject: [MOBARRY] Thank you! To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAKyvwmCwYnUj=ekGYZ4mkAsa6qOch78R0ikzDFwEowJCfLzV2w@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thank you to everyone who helped make my 70th birthday a great day and thanks to all who sent birthday wishes of one kind or another. Thanks to my daughter's high school class history class in California that called and sang happy birthday to me. Thanks to my card playing friends, genealogy friends, author friends, and family who made my day special. Thanks to those who sang birthday songs, sent e-cards and hard copy cards, and for the phone calls, e-mail messages, and gift cards. Now I know that I am older today than I was yesterday. However, it took almost 200 birthday wishes of one sort or another to get me over the hump and to roll me into the seventies. THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF ME!!! ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:38:25 -0800 (PST) From: Donna Cooper <donnac58@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Pilkington To: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> Cc: "mobarry@rootsweb.com" <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1326566305.40135.YahooMailNeo@web121404.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Celia, you ask some very good questions. I am going to send this to the list mail readers and see what they say about it. CC: List Readers, can you help Celia with her question and maybe tell her more about her Lula Pilkenton or Pilkington? Donna Cooper >________________________________ > From: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> >To: donnac58@yahoo.com >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:01 PM >Subject: Pilkington > > >I am looking for information about Lula Pilkington (Pilkenton). She died about 1918. Her son died in 1919 and was buried in the Zion Cemetery. I was thinking that he was buried next to his mother but I don?t see Zion Cemetery listed.? Is there another name for it? >Thanks Celia Johnson >willj@kvalley.com > > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:51:25 -0600 From: Debi Waterman <debi1208@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAMxoLRoOb57Ec+3-cNhM+k8ZASLM6ZTjFZA=zmPac+jbi6QCrw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Alll those years I spent in Nebraska, watching you grow and help us discover who we are/were/could be. Now I'm here in Shell Knob and have so wanted to meet you. Before you turn 70.1 may I? Meet You some where for lunch? Deb Waterman On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:03 -0800 (PST) From: Ruth Kent <eruth@swbell.net> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Pilkington To: Donna Cooper <donnac58@yahoo.com>, mobarry@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <1326574803.87209.YahooMailRC@web180911.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Missouri death certificates show a Lula Pilkenton, died in Lawrence County on May 19, 1917, buried in Maple Park Cemtery, Aurora, Missouri.? There doesn't appear to be a corresponding Pilkenton/Pilkington death in 1919.? What was the son's name? Lula's parents are shown as Nollaway (or maybe Hollaway) Wilhite and Daisy Riley. Ruth ________________________________ From: Donna Cooper <donnac58@yahoo.com> To: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> Cc: "mobarry@rootsweb.com" <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, January 14, 2012 12:38:25 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Pilkington Celia, you ask some very good questions. I am going to send this to the list mail readers and see what they say about it. CC: List Readers, can you help Celia with her question and maybe tell her more about her Lula Pilkenton or Pilkington? Donna Cooper >________________________________ > From: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> >To: donnac58@yahoo.com >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:01 PM >Subject: Pilkington > > >I am looking for information about Lula Pilkington (Pilkenton). She died about >1918. Her son died in 1919 and was buried in the Zion Cemetery. I was thinking >that he was buried next to his mother but I don?t see Zion Cemetery listed.? Is >there another name for it? >Thanks Celia Johnson >willj@kvalley.com > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the qu otes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:55:18 -0600 From: Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> Subject: [MOBARRY] Featured Photo To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Cc: ckorn@cox.net Message-ID: <CAKyvwmAjAwzueCzJtJ34K+bE2kc6h9iij6qN3G+pJM-U8LyTKQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 List Readers, our featured photo was submitted by Candy Korn and it is of Doc Skelton. It is an interesting photo. I do wish we could see the people better. Here is what Candy has to say about it. On the back it reads Mr. Dock Skelton Eagle Rock and there is something else written but can't read it. My research led me to "Dock" Jasper Newton Skelton - Eagle Rock Missouri and then your site - I sell on ebay for friends and this came from an estate but couldn't get any further info - you are welcome to use it on your site. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm Thanks so much, Candy! Donna Cooper ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:26:03 -0600 From: Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> Subject: [MOBARRY] New To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Cc: calleesgenealogy@hotmail.com Message-ID: <CAKyvwmD-4GGrmt3LW4ZgA4TSsjA21z7TULZbz0FO9k9_xpwdYg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 List Readers, here are a couple of nice photos that Patricia Garrett shared with us of George Lee Hall and his wife Sarah Jane Cole and family. In one photo their children are pictured and in the next one these people given below are in the photo. Top left to right - Delbert Glenn Hall, George Oliver Hall. Middle row - Marie Edna Hall, Robert Jean Hall, Leola Ruth Hall. Front - Sarah Jane Cole Hall, George Lee Hall. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/hallGeorgeLeeSarahC ole.htm Thanks, Patricia. Donna Cooper ------------------------------ To contact the MOBARRY list administrator, send an email to MOBARRY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MOBARRY mailing list, send an email to MOBARRY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MOBARRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 17 **************************************

Wanted to share some exciting news please read the email below. Perhaps you may want to help in this project as well. Thanks Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Archives Volunteer Hello All, It's the start of a new year, and you know what that means-1961 death certificates are available!!! We've received them from the Bureau of Vital Records and are in the process of scanning them as I write this message. If all goes smoothly, we should be ready to start transcribing by January 17th. This year we will again be using the online application set up by our IT department, thus enabling individuals to view actual death certificate images. Participating volunteers will be asked to transcribe the required information from the images into an online form located directly below. This is set up as a double blind system, meaning each certificate will be transcribed at least twice to ensure accuracy. If the first two transcriptions match, the record will be approved. If not, the certificate image is transcribed by a third volunteer. If that transcription fails to match either the first or second, it will automatically be flagged for Archives' staff to review. If you participated in either the 1960 death certificate project last January, or the 1912 project in April, you DO NOT NEED TO REREGISTER. Your existing email and password will allow you to access the online application. However, if you did not participate in either of these projects, you will need to follow the below link to register. REGISTRATION LINK http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/evolunteers/EvolunteerRegister/Default.aspx When the certificates are scanned and placed online, I will send a message to the registered volunteers with a link to the login site. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. Regards, Brian Rogers Research Analyst Missouri State Archives 600 W. Main St. Jefferson City, MO 65101 (573) 751-3280 archvol@sos.mo.gov http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-State-Archives/114279515275301?v=wall

List Readers, here are a couple of nice photos that Patricia Garrett shared with us of George Lee Hall and his wife Sarah Jane Cole and family. In one photo their children are pictured and in the next one these people given below are in the photo. Top left to right - Delbert Glenn Hall, George Oliver Hall. Middle row - Marie Edna Hall, Robert Jean Hall, Leola Ruth Hall. Front - Sarah Jane Cole Hall, George Lee Hall. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/photos/photo-4/hallGeorgeLeeSarahCole.htm Thanks, Patricia. Donna Cooper

List Readers, our featured photo was submitted by Candy Korn and it is of Doc Skelton. It is an interesting photo. I do wish we could see the people better. Here is what Candy has to say about it. On the back it reads Mr. Dock Skelton Eagle Rock and there is something else written but can't read it. My research led me to "Dock" Jasper Newton Skelton - Eagle Rock Missouri and then your site - I sell on ebay for friends and this came from an estate but couldn't get any further info - you are welcome to use it on your site. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mobarry/oddsnends/bryfams.htm Thanks so much, Candy! Donna Cooper

Alll those years I spent in Nebraska, watching you grow and help us discover who we are/were/could be. Now I'm here in Shell Knob and have so wanted to meet you. Before you turn 70.1 may I? Meet You some where for lunch? Deb Waterman On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Missouri death certificates show a Lula Pilkenton, died in Lawrence County on May 19, 1917, buried in Maple Park Cemtery, Aurora, Missouri.  There doesn't appear to be a corresponding Pilkenton/Pilkington death in 1919.  What was the son's name? Lula's parents are shown as Nollaway (or maybe Hollaway) Wilhite and Daisy Riley. Ruth ________________________________ From: Donna Cooper <donnac58@yahoo.com> To: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> Cc: "mobarry@rootsweb.com" <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, January 14, 2012 12:38:25 PM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Pilkington Celia, you ask some very good questions. I am going to send this to the list mail readers and see what they say about it. CC: List Readers, can you help Celia with her question and maybe tell her more about her Lula Pilkenton or Pilkington? Donna Cooper >________________________________ > From: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> >To: donnac58@yahoo.com >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:01 PM >Subject: Pilkington > > >I am looking for information about Lula Pilkington (Pilkenton). She died about >1918. Her son died in 1919 and was buried in the Zion Cemetery. I was thinking >that he was buried next to his mother but I don’t see Zion Cemetery listed.  Is >there another name for it? >Thanks Celia Johnson >willj@kvalley.com > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Celia, you ask some very good questions. I am going to send this to the list mail readers and see what they say about it. CC: List Readers, can you help Celia with her question and maybe tell her more about her Lula Pilkenton or Pilkington? Donna Cooper >________________________________ > From: Will Johnson <glypticconcepts@gmail.com> >To: donnac58@yahoo.com >Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 12:01 PM >Subject: Pilkington > > >I am looking for information about Lula Pilkington (Pilkenton). She died about 1918. Her son died in 1919 and was buried in the Zion Cemetery. I was thinking that he was buried next to his mother but I don’t see Zion Cemetery listed.  Is there another name for it? >Thanks Celia Johnson >willj@kvalley.com > >

Thank you to everyone who helped make my 70th birthday a great day and thanks to all who sent birthday wishes of one kind or another. Thanks to my daughter's high school class history class in California that called and sang happy birthday to me. Thanks to my card playing friends, genealogy friends, author friends, and family who made my day special. Thanks to those who sang birthday songs, sent e-cards and hard copy cards, and for the phone calls, e-mail messages, and gift cards. Now I know that I am older today than I was yesterday. However, it took almost 200 birthday wishes of one sort or another to get me over the hump and to roll me into the seventies. THANK YOU FOR THINKING OF ME!!!

Happy B'day Thanks for a great research site. So are you celebrating your 70th like you did your 21st. Stan On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Donna...Happy Birthday! I also wished you happy birthday on the Haddock/Tucker site. Hope you have a great day. Been enjoying Barry Co site for years now and thank you for making it so helpful for everyone. Love those photos. Darla ----- Original Message ----- From: <Roulx@aol.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] birthday > Happy birthday Donna. You are so amazing...it just exhausts me to read > about all your activities. I don't know how you do it. Because of you, > this > list is the best of all of them, and a pattern for the rest to follow. > > Pat Rouleau, California > > > In a message dated 1/13/2012 12:19:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > mobarry-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Allrelated) > 2. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Alice Allen) > 3. (no subject) (afm@mchsi.com) > 4. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Family Historian) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:16:41 -0700 > From: Allrelated <allrelated@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <CALGq9NAAjW_sYmu8KGQEycjQEp9-qjgHg4DOa-EXnw8_nWeE-Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Wow. You do more at 70 than anyone else I know! Good genes :) > > Happy birthday, and thanks for doing such a wonderful job with the Barry > County website! > > Best regards, > Lorraine > Allrelated > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Donna Cooper > <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > >> List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could >> understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in >> my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the >> Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent >> twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were >> straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day >> - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I >> wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. >> >> As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I >> think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added >> cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, >> marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of >> old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry >> County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more >> than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family >> photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. >> I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out >> of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the >> amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book >> page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. >> >> The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is >> researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who >> they descend from and how that they report their records. For a >> successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to >> post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the >> present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those >> records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't >> stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We >> love it. >> >> For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy >> or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the >> help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some >> things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done >> - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have >> spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped >> into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things >> . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might >> image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA >> and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. >> I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. >> Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me >> - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. >> >> I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship >> and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we >> will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot >> to do. >> >> With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty >> old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a >> ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush >> and finish what I have started. >> >> Donna Cooper >> The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:36:23 -0600 > From: Alice Allen <johndeere235@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <CA50B9E49DD748C0A0DEA7BB4C6EA2D0@Alice> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Happy birthday, Donna ! And thanks so much for all the hard work you > put > into the Barry CO site. Alice Allen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Cooper > To: mobarry@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:23 PM > Subject: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > > > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:34:21 -0600 (CST) > From: afm@mchsi.com > Subject: [MOBARRY] (no subject) > To: "mobarry@rootsweb.com" <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <9602663.24792841326432860968.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs14> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Happy Birthday and many more. > You do a great job. > > Andrew McGEHEE > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:36:39 -0600 > From: "Family Historian" <familyhistorian@kc.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! > To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <AABFD82F72EC4A69B85CBB466E01C4E0@EdHP> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > Happy Birthday - enjoy the day. > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MOBARRY list administrator, send an email to > MOBARRY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MOBARRY mailing list, send an email to > MOBARRY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MOBARRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 14 > ************************************** > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You have done a marvelous job for the last 5 years. Thank you so much. Happy Birthday and have a great day. Your cousin, Joy -----Original Message----- From: mobarry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mobarry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donna Cooper Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:23 PM To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who they descend from and how that they report their records. For a successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We love it. For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot to do. With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush and finish what I have started. Donna Cooper The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Happy Birthday Donna and wish you many more to come. Thank you for all that you do for the Barry Co. USGENWEB site making it easier for the rest of us to find info on our families w/o the traveling and digging that goes along with. Your website has evolved into a "Gold Mine" for many people. Not only have you and others that have helped you gotten the info on, you have gotten more to take interest in the genealogy of their families AND have gotten them to SHARE. IT IS WONDERFUL!! Connie Stockton Schmidt

Happy Birthday! It isn't fatal!! I am "slightly" past that. and am still kicking....maybe not as high as before? But.... The Wheaton Historical Society is having a "Snowflake Tea" at the Wheaton Depot Museum on Sat. Jan 28, 2012 at 2-4 PM (Alternate bad weather date is Feb. 4) We will have an old fashioned tea party, serving tea from the silver Tea service belonging to one of Wheaton's longest living residents who sadly passed away in 2010 at age 103.Elizabeth Smith. her daughter Molly will be doing the pouring honors! On display is over 300 pieces of Fancy needle work done by ladies past and present. Crochet, Knitting, quilting, embroidery etc. and a teapot collection of Nola Sanders McMillen. Jill Paden a former Wheaton Resident will be showing ( for sale) her original handmade Jewelry. You may come as you are or wear your best dress hat and gloves. a $2.00 donation at the door. All proceeds to benefit the Museum. The Wheaton Historical Society has scheduled their fifth Annual "Sweetheart Dinner" to be held at the WHS Tech. Center Sat eve Feb. 11. 6:30 PM Music will be provided by the Wheaton School Music dept. A Fund raising Auction will also be held. 10 ladies have been selected to decorate 10 tables for 8 using a valentine theme. We sugest reserving early as only 80 tickets are available. The tickest are $12.50 each or $25, per couple. Tickets are available at Security Bank in Wheaton and Cassville, Wheaton City Hall, or at the Wheaton Depot. Ralph and I both appreciate all you have done to make the Barry County site one of the best! Thanks Betty Lamberson

Happy birthday and wish you many, many more to follow. Linda (Walden) Garrett Blairsville, GA ----- Original Message ----- From: mobarry-request@rootsweb.com To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 3:00 AM Subject: MOBARRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 14 The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) Today's Topics: 1. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Allrelated) 2. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Alice Allen) 3. (no subject) (afm@mchsi.com) 4. Re: Whee, Six Years! (Family Historian) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:16:41 -0700 From: Allrelated <allrelated@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CALGq9NAAjW_sYmu8KGQEycjQEp9-qjgHg4DOa-EXnw8_nWeE-Q@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Wow. You do more at 70 than anyone else I know! Good genes :) Happy birthday, and thanks for doing such a wonderful job with the Barry County website! Best regards, Lorraine Allrelated On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:36:23 -0600 From: Alice Allen <johndeere235@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <CA50B9E49DD748C0A0DEA7BB4C6EA2D0@Alice> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Happy birthday, Donna ! And thanks so much for all the hard work you put into the Barry CO site. Alice Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Cooper To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:23 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who they descend from and how that they report their records. For a successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We love it. For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot to do. With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush and finish what I have started. Donna Cooper The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:34:21 -0600 (CST) From: afm@mchsi.com Subject: [MOBARRY] (no subject) To: "mobarry@rootsweb.com" <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <9602663.24792841326432860968.JavaMail.root@dsmdc-mail-mbs14> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Happy Birthday and many more. You do a great job. Andrew McGEHEE ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:36:39 -0600 From: "Family Historian" <familyhistorian@kc.rr.com> Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <AABFD82F72EC4A69B85CBB466E01C4E0@EdHP> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Happy Birthday - enjoy the day. ------------------------------ To contact the MOBARRY list administrator, send an email to MOBARRY-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the MOBARRY mailing list, send an email to MOBARRY@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of MOBARRY Digest, Vol 7, Issue 14 **************************************

Happy Birthday - enjoy the day.

Happy Birthday and many more. You do a great job. Andrew McGEHEE

Happy birthday, Donna ! And thanks so much for all the hard work you put into the Barry CO site. Alice Allen ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Cooper To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:23 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who they descend from and how that they report their records. For a successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We love it. For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot to do. With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush and finish what I have started. Donna Cooper The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wow. You do more at 70 than anyone else I know! Good genes :) Happy birthday, and thanks for doing such a wonderful job with the Barry County website! Best regards, Lorraine Allrelated On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com>wrote: > List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could > understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in > my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the > Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent > twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were > straightly for the web site. For months, I worked twelve hours a day > - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I > wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. > > As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I > think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added > cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, > marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of > old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry > County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more > than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family > photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. > I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out > of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the > amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book > page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. > > The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is > researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who > they descend from and how that they report their records. For a > successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to > post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the > present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those > records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't > stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We > love it. > > For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy > or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the > help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some > things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done > - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have > spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped > into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things > . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might > image that it is. It is a job and a half! Then in December, I did DNA > and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. > I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. > Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me > - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. > > I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship > and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we > will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot > to do. > > With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty > old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a > ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush > and finish what I have started. > > Donna Cooper > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Donna: Congratulations on an outstanding job as Barry County coordinator and Happy Birthday too. Celesta Eustice -----Original Message----- From: mobarry-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mobarry-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Johnson Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:18 PM To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! You have done a great job.  Happy Birthday and many more. Jerry Wade Johnson ________________________________ From: Donna Cooper <thedonnacooper@gmail.com> To: mobarry@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:23 PM Subject: [MOBARRY] Whee, Six Years! List Readers, six years ago a door opened for me that I only I could understand as one of the most important doors that has ever opened in my entire life. On January 12, 2006, I became the coordinator of the Barry County web site - a day I shall never forget. That day I spent twelve hours at the computer and had 198 e-mail messages that were straightly for the web site.  For months, I worked twelve hours a day - every day! It was overwhelming! When I went to bed that first day, I wondered why I had agreed to take on something so time consuming. As a coordinator, I have helped you by organizing projects that I think are important to have on a genealogy web site. We have added cemetery stone photos, historical newspaper extracts, census, marriages, war pages, many miscellaneous projects, and thousands of old photos. When I open Picasa 3 it counts 144,667 photos on the Barry County web site, I imagine that is probably about ten thousand more than we really have since some are duplicates. Most of our family photos are historical - and only a handful was taken after the 1930's. I generally refuse photos taken after 1950 since that is getting out of the range for genealogy and historical days and more into the amusement or pleasure stage of family photos. We do have a Face Book page with many photos on it - but there, too, most date before 1930. The things that make Barry County tick are many, but mostly it is researchers who care deeply about genealogy - who take pride in who they descend from and how that they report their records. For a successful web site like this one, it takes a great deal of time to post and to keep up with things that need to be updated. At the present time, I am behind on posting cemetery updates, but those records will be there waiting for me when I can get to them. So don't stop posting them - keep on giving us your updates and feedback. We love it. For the first five years, I did not take any time to do my genealogy or any projects for myself. The past couple of years I have had the help of Phyllis Long and so I have taken some personal time to do some things that I enjoy - like traveling. Among all the things I have done - the projects that I have managed to do and with the time I have spent away from the web site and computer have been many. I dipped into remodeling, which has been the most time consuming of all things . Remodeling an old house built in 1896 is beyond whatever you might image that it is. It is a job and a half!  Then in December, I did DNA and took time to study the results hoping to solve my Simpson mystery. I even took some time to do some fictional writing and sold a book. Many years ago, I published and so this wasn't a new adventure for me - just one I had put on hold and had in recess. I only wanted to say thanks for the great ride - for the friendship and support that you have given me for the past six years. I hope we will have many more good days and times to come. We still have a lot to do. With my birthday coming up tomorrow - right now, I am feeling pretty old. I think that 70 years old is probably too ancient to stand on a ladder and paint walls. So, I need to find the motor on my paint brush and finish what I have started. Donna Cooper The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Happy Birthday Donna: Just wanted to take a minute to thank you for all you do. Hope your day is great. Sorry to hear that the weather up there is so lousy. I am here in Florida for the next two weeks. Vicki Kizer Lawrence County Coordinator On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:45 PM, CRB <csm0373@comcast.net> wrote: > Donna, > > Thanks much for the best county site on USGenWeb! > > And Happy Birthday! > > Cliff Bowlin > Colorado Springs > Researching Bowling, Bowlin, Calton from Barry Co, MO > > The list-admin is Donna Cooper, address - (thedonnacooper@gmail.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >