Well folks, Got my Stone County paper in the mail today and noticed that Stone County is getting ready to celebrate it's 150th anniversary! Woooie!! This is just wonderful! Of course, this isn't exactly brand NEW news to me, because I was at the Nov. meeting of the Stone County Historical Society and was able to learn of some of the Society's plans to help celebrate! Lois Watkins is gathering old photos of places around the county depicting the way life was back then. These include photos of old towns, people doing business, working, and anything that would show how drastically the times have changed. You know the kind, sorta like the Before and After type! Unfortunately, I can't contribute because there are very few old photos of any kind from my family, much less showing them in action! My people were just too darn poor to have owned anything 'cept the little spot of land they were on, IF they were lucky! The only photo's I am proud to show off are the ones that were made into postcards by the folks at Branson! Yeppers! They came and took pictures of my old uncles house and his old white mule! Guess that's one way my family contributed to the colorful local history :} Well, most of you that have subscribed to this list for any length of time know by now that I usually don't post unless I want something..<G> So....here goes........ If you have an ancestor who appeared on the early census of Stone County please let me know. As you know, Stone County was merely a stopping off place for many settlers on their way West . I may never be able to find many of them, but I would certainly like to account for as many as possible! Information needed is : Census year; Township, House # ; Surname, and parents of Head of Household. Maiden name of spouse, her parents if known, and who did the children marry. This information will help in tracking our Old Settlers. Mind you, I don't need your entire family history or your research notes but I would sure appreciate any help you could give on identify those who stayed in Stone County long enough to be counted! Many of you have already sent me your family histories and I appreciate you so much! Now I am trying to locate old timers who apparently moved away and left no trial for me to follow! Hopefully I will have most of this done in time for our 150th year celebration so that I can present the Historical Society a copy of my research! :} Thanks in advance! Your dingy pest, Robin Mindvoice@msn.com http://members.xoom.com/Robid/Page_1.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~biddle/settlers.htm