This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Terri, Thank you so much, one I had the other I had never seen. That man loved to get married. Rose Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: We dont have any Williams in our family but there must have been some family connection in Jasper because Willis went there and in Polk Co, in Bolivar, Willis' son Albert was born about 1925.I did find a Rosa Smith on the census, that was Willis' mother, if she was there briefly, then that would be his reason for visiting southern MO. The Adams that I know of were all in NW MO. They had Thomas relatives also who came from NC. I dont know if any Thomases or Adams were in Jasper CO. I just have a marriage license. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mackietwo Surnames: WILLIAMS Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I believe that my Great-Grandfather, James Riley WILLIAMS, is buried - 9 Apr 1884 in Avilla, Jasper Co., MO. Among his brothers there was a John "Willis" WILLIAMS who was born about 1851 probably in Washington Co., IL. "Willis" died after 1900. A niece wrote down that "Willis" married and had children; but her information has proven to contain many inaccuracies. I have no other information on "Willis" WILLIAMS. He could have lived in Jasper County, MO., other of his siblings did. Or he could have lived in eastern Washington state, for a time brother Amos did, then he returned to Jasper Co., MO. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Lynn_Witters Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have attached a copy of the marriage license for Willis R Adams and Sultana Coats in Dec 1939, also a license for a marriage for Willis R Adams and Miss Phelps. Hope these help. Tere Witters Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: Adams/Coats Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You are right, I only persued this conversation to correct a misunderstanding.I apologize to this list. I am on this list to find out about a marriage that took place in Jasper Co between my grandfather WIllis Raymond Adams and a Sultana Coats in Dec 1939 in Sarcoxie. There was a son born of this marriage, which was brief,his name was Pueblo. Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I just received a marriage license for Willis R. Adams and Frances N Holbert in 1966. Does anyone have any information on these two? Rose

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mackietwo Surnames: WILLIAMS GAULT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Rose, Many of the names we have been mentioning, I think, have little to do with Jasper Co., MO. Would it not be better for us to make our remarks directly to each other? My personal ancestry is mixed: north & south, colonial & 1800's. My husband's is also mixed: colonial, & Polish/German pre-Civil War, Irish to Canada 1850's & MYERS pre-Chicago Fire. I also work on our daughter-in-law's: Scotch-Irish & colonial. I have been trying to concentrate on my Dad's lines, especially WILLIAMS which is so common. My paternal grandparents were married in Jasper Co., MO. in 1897 WILLIAMS & GAULT, but they were no longer there for the 1900 census and never returned to MO. Kay C. nkopportunity@gorge.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a John Fish who married Hannah Palmer. My Mullins go into the Packards, who were my grandparents. I do have SImmons and Pabodie and a few of the others too. My ancestry is all from New England. I am a Kent, of the CT Kents and the Ohio Kents. I also have four lines on the Mayflower and so, I am related to everybody. That is why I am and have been for the last 30 years, working on my hubbys lines. It is a hard task as his all came from the south. Rose Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070811591100495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mackietwo Surnames: FISH, BARROWS, PABODIE, LATHROP, BIRCHARD, BOWEN, GRANT, SIMMONS, TOBEY, FALLOWELL, PRENTICE, JACKSON, WINCHESTER, BLISS. Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Now, 'Rosebud' that is a good question. That part of my husband's ancestry 'grew out of control' so I laid it aside. Some of his lines 'deadend' in the late 1700's. The lines which kept going were those of Joseph FISH (1784-1862)& Cynthia BARROWS, that is her father's, Lemuel BARROWS (1762-1842). Joseph FISH & Cynthia BARROWS were his GGGGrandparents. Two more generations and he has Nathaniel FISH & Mary PABODIE (PEABODY), Capt Jedidiah LATHROP & 2nd wife Jemima BIRCHARD, Noah BARROWS (1727-1784) Martha BOWEN (1734-1815) and Thomas GRANT & ???. Two more generations and he has George BARROWS (1670-1758) & Patience SIMMONS, Nathan TOBEY & 2nd wife Sarah FALLOWELL, Isaac BOWEN (1676-1727?) & Hannah WINCHESTER (1680-1717), Capt. Thomas PRENTICE (1676/77-1730) & Elizabeth JACKSON (1687-1753), Israel LOTHROP (1659-1733) & Rebecca BLISS (d. 22 Aug 1737). With all this I have worn out my brain, but I have not yet found more on the FISH line. And I do have more on FISH somewhere. Back into England and middle English spelling of names. Do any of these couples belong with your ancestors? Kay C. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070811093100495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: if you are replying to rose, we were speaking about a huegonot that came with the Mayflower, not a dna thing. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070800504200495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mackietwo Surnames: CHASTEEN, CHASTAIN, CHESNEY, CHESTNUT, CHESNUT, CHESNUTT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: A male CHASTEEN (desc. of John Burton CHASTEEN 1822 TN.) in the CHESNUT DNA Project is NOT related to Pierre CHASTAIN (a Huguenot), NOR Robert CHESNEY NOR any of the CHESNUT, CHESTNUT, or CHESNUTT in that DNA Project. Kay C. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070722172200495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mackietwo Surnames: CHASTAIN, CHESTNUT, CHESNUT, CHESNUTT & CHESNEY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have gone back and reread the CHESNUT etc. DNA Project, there I found this conclusion. From that Project so far there has been NO support for the hypothesis that there is any relationship between the CHASTAIN: Charles, Thomas, & Jacques (descendants of French Huguenots to America) and those with spellings such as CHESNEY, CHESTNUT, CHESNUT, & CHESNUTT. Kay C. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070717550700495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

As far as I know we were talkiing about Mullins. I dont recall speaking about any of the others except the spelling of (S)Chasteen. Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] CHASTEEN > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: Mackietwo > Surnames: CHASTEEN, CHASTAIN, CHESNEY, CHESTNUT, CHESNUT, CHESNUTT > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > A male CHASTEEN (desc. of John Burton CHASTEEN 1822 TN.) in the CHESNUT > DNA Project is NOT related to Pierre CHASTAIN (a Huguenot), NOR Robert > CHESNEY NOR any of the CHESNUT, CHESTNUT, or CHESNUTT in that DNA Project. > > Kay C. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > PRIVACY STATEMENT > http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp > > We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you > provide us to third party advertisers. > > Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to > unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. > > Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: > http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 > > To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' > section. > http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070722172200495735357024/rd.ashx > > You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, > Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOJASPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: ALDEN/Mullins/Packard/Hamblin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm not sure but the story is that on the second boat there was one and he proposed to Priscilla. She must have been pretty as three of the men wanted her. Someone told me this a long time ago and I am sorry I cannot remember his name. They are my 10th g grandparents. HOw does your husband descend? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070717210600495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Mackietwo Surnames: MULLINS ALDEN Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Priscilla MULLINS is one of my husband's ancestors. She married a John ALDEN. As the story goes, John was speaking to Priscilla on behalf of another man; but Priscilla told John to speak for himself. Priscilla had already noticed John and liked what she saw. So, who was the Huguenot? I thought that group was just Pilgrims and Puritans. Kay C. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070716592300495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marskc Surnames: Miller/Hertz Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/2082.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Louis Miller and Walburga Hertz Miller were relatives of mine. I have a little bit of info on them that may be useful and I would love to know if you have further info for me since you started this thread six years ago. marskc@hotmail.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070711422400495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Sarah Jen HOGE which was taken at the Moberly Studio in Webb City, Missouri. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1880's with Sarah Jen noted as just 3 months old at the time it was taken. I am hoping to locate someone from her family so that this precious old photograph can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rosebudadams Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Robert, thanks for the information. It was said that there was a Huegonot on the second ship that came with the Mayflower also. One of my great grandmothers was Priscilla Mullins and a Huegonot man was smitten with her and proposed on the journey. My husbands great aunt Elsa Adams Adams Chasteen married a Howard Chasteen. He had several Chasteen cousins. They either married in CA or OK, we are not sure yet. He had a brother names Al Chasteen, I have a picture of him. He was a noted Motorcycle racer and set some records. He was dark complected. I often wondered what nationality he was. I never saw a piture of his brother, my husbands uncle Howard. I used to puzzle over the spelling of his name, but it has helped in research. But I knew it was originally spelled Chastain. Thank you Rose Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070608175300495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: repage Surnames: Chasteen, Chastain, Buskett Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Chastain is of French Huguenot descent. They were originally driven from France in the 17th Century. Pierre Chastain was born in Switzerland and migrated to Holland and then on to Jamestown Virginia on the ship Mary and Ann where they settled on a 1000 acre tract given by Virginia to the Huguenots. They built a town called Manakin in what is now Goochland County Virginia. Beause they were French in an Anglo colony, the name Chastain was mutated into several different forms. Just looking through the index to the book "Pierre Chastain and his descendants" gives one a agood idea of how manry variations stuck. Nancy Chastain (1794-1843)is my gggrandmother and James Louis Chastain Buskett (1826-1912)is my great grandfather. Bob Robert Evans Page Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070607210700495735357024/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.

If it was derived from the name Chastain, as someone else suggested, then it is French Huguenot. You can read about them at this address: http://manakin.addr.com/ I have a few names of these people in my ancestry (Chastain included) and through the generations some of the spellings have been changed. J. On Jul 6, 2008, at 12:27 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: rosebudadams > Surnames: ADAMS, CUMMINS, CHASTEEN > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/ > localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jasper/4962/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I have Chasteens in my family. I have never seen it spelled with an > S before, but maybe originally it was. I wonder what nationality > the name is? > Rose Adams > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > PRIVACY STATEMENT > http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp > > We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal > information you provide us to third party advertisers. > > Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to > unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. > > Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: > http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MOJASPER- > L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 > > To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my > alerts' section. > http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070523272200495735357024/rd.ashx > > You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 > North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOJASPER- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message