If you have not checked out this URL, I recommend it, it is GREAT ! After you find the grave or if you already know where it is, you can add information to it. Also you can add "flowers and a note". http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs&

Hi Listers, Another township has been added to the 1920 Stone County Census (Pierce Township) for those interested. The URL is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm Happy Hunting, Jo

Is there anyone who has the census records for 1870 and 1880 in Taney Co. that would be willing to do some lookups? Thanks, Somebody's cousin, Ideana @->->>--- http://www.homestead.com/cupps/mygrandparents.html Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go? Lain/Lane, Cupp, York, Zeiler, Hooper, McCollum, Dorrell,, McDaniel

Thank you Toni. I will keep you in mind. I will let you know how things come out. John W. PEGG

Hey, http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm The Stone Co. 1920 is getting online, with more being added everyday. Was just checking out the White River Twp, and guess what, Oliver Researchers? Kizziah Lewallen Oliver is over there, with dau. Mary F. Lewallen Thompson... Hee, hee... Vonda

In a message dated 7/30/00 5:32:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Ida, by being her little creative self, came up with a way to correct the problem...she copies the whole post, and transfers it to a Word or Works document (her way to print stuff), and she doesn't get any strikethroughs! >> Vonda, It works!! I copied and pasted the body of your letter to my wordpad and no strikethrus. I use Microsoftworks. Thanks, Ideana

Okay, aol users, From what I'm getting back through the folks I asked about strikethroughs, there are one of two answers; of course, I like the one that isn't me, but... 1) The first one was something to do with the way aol does mail. And I guess that would have something to do with: 2) Y'all know that lil symbol thingamabob that I won't type because it may cause strikethrough...? It stands for SMILE. It is an S between brackets. WHY, I don't know--I don't pretend to be some kind of techno-guru stiff, but somehow, aol reads that little smiley-bracket thing as "strikethrough", in some kind of language from old computer days, and there ya go. Funny thing is, I larnt all them ol' emoticons, symbols, etc., AT aol. Aggervatin', that's what that is. I won't smile dat way no more. I'm afraid to even <G>. <<ducking>> Who knows what That Would Do? Make you get Green letters? Turn your puter Grouchy? Dat Smart Man I'm married to did a really cute "smack on the forehead" kinda thing when I told him. I've told him a hundred times, if I've told him once, sometimes he just makes things Too Complicated. He's been 'round puters since Radio Shack put out their first PC (it's in the attic, or maybe Vic's closet), and he should know those basic things like that. You know what? Ancestors can be really a whole lot of trouble. I've been surfin' all day, trying to find my Worley/Hatley folks over in Hardin Co. TN and Chatham NC. They aren't very co-operative. Thought I might find some verification of what info I've received from distant cousins. My particular line went down to Lampasas Co. TX, where my ggg grandparents have a short bio in a $90 book. I don't think that's a book I'm gonna buy... Since none of y'all are sending much to the lists, I think I might send some stories....I'm afraid to call a roll call, since I promised the last time I called one that I would pair up all of y'all who are researching the same folks (as if ya couldn't do that yourselves...I think you're big folks, and if I remember right, you did). Anyway, I got busy with the website, and don't even know where that particular list of subbers and their lines is...on the old puter...I think...rather moot, really... Want stories on the WRV list? Vonda

Hey, gang, Apparently, all "dem dat knows" don't know everything. (But don't tell Greg I said that...<S>) I'm still getting folks from aol who are receiving just my posts to the lists with strikethroughs. Problem is, I'm not using compuserve as an ISP anymore; we quit them, after 4 years, last week. So no one should be getting any posts from me with strikethroughs, right? Hah. So much fer dat. Ida, by being her little creative self, came up with a way to correct the problem...she copies the whole post, and transfers it to a Word or Works document (her way to print stuff), and she doesn't get any strikethroughs! We are using a whole different ISP (People PC), and now I'm wondering if they simply bought space from compuserve/aol's servers here in Branson, and thus have the same problem with "static". I personally could not come up with a more evil way <VBG> to really aggravate folks... I'm also using a new computer, so that means it is not my computer, not compuserve, but somehow, from Branson to Rootsweb to aol listmembers, someone, somewhere, is not getting along.... I'm going to find out if other lists have similar problems... Has any other list member had problems with another person's posts having strikethrough? Ingrid is also in Branson, but she uses a different ISP. I myself haven't had the problem since I quit using aol a few years ago, when we used both. Well... Back to genealogy... "The Branson Tri-Lakes Daily News" is the local paper that would have an obit for 1988. It advertises that it is "A combination of the Branson Beacon, White River Leader, The Southwest Missourian & the Oldest Paper in Taney County, The Taney County Republican" The phone number is 417-334-3161, snail is PO Box 1900, Branson MO 65615. There's a lot I could say about the paper...but I'll keep it to just 2 comments...<don't be so surprised and close your mouth...you could catch a fly> 1) Despite its name, it only publishes Tues-Sat. 2) I subscribe to the Springfield News-Leader; I will buy a Branson paper if I really have to. If you have any problems getting an obit out of them, let me know...and I'll take care of it. Vonda

<A HREF="http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/">Click here: The Springfield News-Leader Online Edition</A> The current obits in the Springfield paper indicate that they publish death notices of areas south of Springfield also, including the Branson area. They do not appear to have access of their archives on-line, but there is a customer service link here that could be used to see if they can provide obits from early years. Ida

<A HREF="http://www.cofo.edu/ozarks.htm">Click here: College of the Ozarks -- Hard Work U</A> For anyone wanting to contact the college here is the website address, and near the bottom of the page in small letters there is a link that says, "Contact Us." That should get you all you want to know. Ida

John, The School of the Ozarks is just south of Branson, Missouri. I think their address is Holster, Missouri. I live at Springfield which is 40 miles north of Branson. I would be happy to help you out. Ever so often we do go to Branson. But right now I have a broken foot and am on crutches so am not doing any extra. I am sure someone on the list will be able to help you. If not let me know and I will be what I can do. My brother in law graduated from there. He lives here in Springfield. I can at least contact him and find out the address for you. Let me know if I can assist you any farther. Toni

Does anyone know the e-mail address for the library at the College of the Ozarks? The library is located at Point Lookout, Missouri, where ever that is (I can't find it on the road map). I would like to contact them to try and obtain an obituary unless someone on the list could help. Any help would be appreciated very much. The library at Forsyth, Missouri does not have the TANEY COUNTY REPUBLICAN after 1958 on microfilm. That is where I started my original search. The obituary I am looking for is my deceased cousin who died December 4, 1988 probably at Forsyth, Missouri. I believe he is buried there too. My cousin's name is Ronald "Ronnie" Charles HIGGINS, s/o Gerald and Norma HIGGINS. He was born July 2, 1947 in Gary, Indiana. I assume it is in the above named newspaper. Whatever newspaper it is in, I would like a photocopy of it if possible. If a copy is found, I also need the source of the obituary, in other words, I need the name of the newspaper, date obituary published and, page number. I will be glad to pay anyone for a copy of the obituary and postage too. I will also pay transportation for anyone to get it but no special trip is necessary. I also need directions to the cemetery where Ronald HIGGINS is buried in case I decide to go there someday. Please help. Thank you. John W. PEGG 910 West Pine St. GRIFFITH, Indiana 46319 -2054

Hello, Been quiet on both lists, so thought I'd do some pondering/musing/searching...if I get long-winded (who, me? <S>), bear with me a moment... There is documentary, called "The Ozarks: Just That Much Hillbilly In Me". A friend of Greg's loaned/gave it to us when he realized how involved Greg and I are getting to be in local history. In the video, which was produced by the Ozarks Studies Institute http://ozarksstudies.smsu.edu/ , a division of SMSU I'm just starting to explore, Don Holliday (a Taney Co. Native of Lewallen/Oliver/ Holliday descent) talks about the special blue hazy fog-like substance which hangs over these hills, even on the clearest of days. (I said something to Greg about it being unique, he got the giggles and asked if I'd ever heard of the Smokies...<S> There's times a smart man is a pain! LOL) The other night, as we were traveling Shepherd of the Hills Expressway, I could see 5 different ridges coming down to meet near Gretna in the Roark Valley, all with that haze lovingly laid on top. And as in nearly all of the White River Valley, the trees on the ridges and in the valleys hide the developers' work, if they left the trees standing. In older times, you might have been able to tell where a cabin was by the chimney smoke. I don't know if the video is available for purchase. The website's area for video is "under construction". But if you keep checking back, I would think the video would be available...eventually. I'll find out in a month. What's going on in a month? Ozarks Celebration, a festival of Ozarks Heritage, to be held 26-27 August, on the Southwest MO State Campus. This will be the 3rd festival. I'm going to go...anyone else who'd like to, and wants to meet up, let me know. Should be quite a shebang... Someone very recently asked if there are any re-enactments in Taney Co. I'm sorry to say, no, none I am aware of on a regular basis. There really aren't any in the whole White River Valley covered by the website, that I know of. There's Law Day in Forsyth, when the White River Valley Historical Society opens up the old Taney Co. Jail for a few hours. There's craftsmen and women, in a multitude of shops, but not all, if even a few, dress as our ancestors did, unless you are at Silver Dollar City. There's the War Eagle Craft Fair, a 4 day event held in Madison Co. in October. A few communities hold traditional festivals, like Sucker Days in May in Nixa; Crane's Broiler Festival in late summer in Stone Co.; and some others I'm not remembering now. But those are like picnics, a chance to see folks like you do at a county fair; long-held traditions, but not traditional in nature. The hillbilly has long been a commercial institution. Greg and I stopped in at Sammy Lane Resort in Branson tonight--my former creative writing teacher from HS owns it, and I hoped he could shed some light on this huge hole, this lack of celebrating, commemorating (is that a word?) our people. Mr. Brown (who noted that maybe it was time I called him "Mike". I dunno, we'll have to think on that...) and his wife pointed out the walking tour held by the former Downtown Branson Betterment Association (which has changed its name to something else). I would like to take the tour, which I've known and forgotten (of course) about for a while. The Sammy Lane Resort is on the National Register for Historic Places, for the rockwork and cabins. You can see some pictures at http://www.sammylaneresort.com/ and no, I'm not advertising the resort. I am pointing out one of the most beautiful, quiet spots on Lake Taneycomo, right on the old White River. We talked quite a bit about the subject of our heritage disappearing. Mr. Brown's father was a genealogist and newspaper columnist; I remember reading his articles when I was little in the weekly Branson paper. (White River Leader, maybe?) Mr. Brown said he could remember as a child when folks would come into the resort, wanting to meet a real-live hillbilly, with overalls, no shirt, a corncob pipe, and a lil brown jug tilted over the right shoulder for easy access. What visitors wanted, the natives supplied, for cash was hard to come by, and this was a way to get it (see "the Legend of the Hillbilly" at the WRV site http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ ) So the hillbilly has always been commercialized. More on this subject can be found in the book "Shepherd of the Hills Country, Tourism Transforms the Ozarks, 1880s-1930s" by Lynn Morrow and Linda Myers-Phinney, printed by the University of Arkansas Press in 1999. You can order this book from the U of AR site at http://www.uark.edu/~uaprinfo/startpage.html by typing "Morrow" in the search box. So much of our heritage is hidden behind the commercial hillbilly. Folks come in thinking the Baldknobbers are a musical group (and they are NOW...<S>). But they were real people, recruited by Nat Kinney in 1884, and originally called the "Citizen's Committee" or the "Law and Order League". Another time I will list who was in the original group, according to Elmo Ingenthron and Mary Hartman's book, "The Baldknobbers: Vigilantes on the Ozarks Frontier" (the only Ingenthron book in print these days, you can order it from either Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com). That wasn't a pretty time in our history...but it is our history. And there isn't a marker anywhere about it. Unless you count the neon sign in front of the theater out on "The Strip". Kirbyville was the biggest town in Taney Co. for a long time. The Springfield-Harrison Road ran through it. Sam Snapp, who watched Nat Kinney kill his friend Andrew Coggburn, was shot and killed by Wash Middleton on the main street through Kirbyville. Snapp was extremely vocal in his dislike of the Baldknobbers, and Kinney allegedly hired Middleton to kill him. Billy Miles, who was the cause of Nat Kinney's demise, was involved in a gunfight with Galba Branson and Ed Funk in Kirbyville on 4 Jul 1889. (Branson and Funk were both killed; there were several more folks involved). Kirbyville doesn't have anything showing its importance in the history of the White River Valley. There are no markers noting the Springfield-Harrison, Boston, or any other old roads in the area. Even the Wire Road, over in Stone Co., doesn't have markers--you'd have to know it was there. There's nothing showing the ferries, the trails, the old bridges...am I missing something here? A log cabin in Kimberling City, probably the oldest one in the area...no marker denoting its history. The mills of Taney county (and others)...an old Civil War fort on Beaver Creek, near Brown Branch and Bradleyville. Mutton Hollow, which had held a crafts village until it went bankrupt, now has an amusement park called Branson USA, with a ferris wheel so high, you can almost see Compton Ridge from the top. There is nothing stating that this is an important spot in "The Shepherd of the Hills" now. Even along the new 4 lane going right through the middle of the "holler", there are no signs announcing that you are in Mutton Hollow. Greg and I visited Wilson's Creek National Battlefield today. Run by the National Park Service, there is a 4.9 mile driving tour where the second major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi was fought in Aug 1861. It is on atlases, maps, and I would imagine most Civil War buffs who visit southern MO find their way to the park. Simple markers and the Ray House tell the history of the area. They do have re-enactments at the park, but not on an annual basis. While we were there, a thought came to me, and chills ran down my spine. Why can't there be a driving tour of some kind in the White River Valley? If you buy the right books, you can drive your own tour; but why should it stop there? Some people don't have, don't take the time to read up on an area before they visit it. Granted, the Civil War is important to history...and that's a massive understatement, I know...but are the old cabins, the roads, the Mutton Hollows of the White River Valley any less important? What about simple re-enactment villages--Kirbyville being an excellent place, quiet as it is now? Has anyone been to, what is it, Williamsburg, in VA? Eureka Springs, in Carroll county, is a great historical place. And it is one that does make a big deal about its origins (but they didn't have Baldknobbers <S>) But I don't think there are re-enactments, except for the Passion Play (Life of Christ). (They would have to re-enact sick people sitting in mineral water spas...how hard could it be?) If it wasn't for us genealogists, would ANYONE know about these places? Does anyone besides US care? Is there another area in the United States that doesn't protect its history? What's going to happen when the handful of folks who know exactly where Murder Rocks is, are gone? What's going to happen when one of your great-grandchildren, who studies the work you are doing in genealogy, comes here to visit, and can't find Mutton Hollow? Yet another book, "A Living History of the Ozarks", outlines many important historical spots in the White River Valley. It is by Phyllis Rossiter, published by Pelican in 1992. I'm in Taney County, and I know pretty much what's not here, and some of what is. Educate me. Vonda

Subject: Re: What else is missing? > Vonda; I think you and Greg should write and develop the driving tour of > the White River Valley Area. If folks will drive all over the country to > see sites like Williamsburg, Plimouth Plantation, Old Mystic Seaport, Heart > Castle, etc.; I know they would appreciate being able to tour the area > around Branson, etc. > > Since Branson has become such a popular tourist area, and the Shepherd of > the Hills area is still popular, there has got to a bunch of folks that > would also be interested in seeing some of the other important places in the > area. We all know it's one of the most beautiful areas in the world, and > that comes from a chap that's extensively toured on five continents. I have > never seen anything to rival the Ozarks! > > It might not make you overnight millionaires; however, if enough local tour > operators, hotels, and other folks knew about such an effort, least of all > help from the Chamber of Commerce, it would certainly become popular. > > People like history and if they could just become aware of the vast > importance and beauty of the area, they would embrace it. I really believe > this. Why, Maupintour in Lawrence, KS; Tauk Tours of New England, and some > of the pother companies that go to Branson would probably be very supportive > too. > > This could be such an important legacy to leave, and a fantastic memorial to > all of our families. Think about it -- then -- DO IT!!! We know you can! > > Go for the gusto!!! > > Jerry Johnston > (who wishes he could be there for a tour right now!!!!) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vonda Sheets" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 8:51 PM > Subject: What else is missing? > > > > Hello, > > Been quiet on both lists, so thought I'd do some > > pondering/musing/searching...if I get long-winded (who, me? <S>), bear > with > > me a moment... > > There is documentary, called "The Ozarks: Just That Much Hillbilly In > Me". > > A friend of Greg's loaned/gave it to us when he realized how involved Greg > > and I are getting to be in local history. In the video, which was > produced > > by the Ozarks Studies Institute http://ozarksstudies.smsu.edu/ , a > division > > of SMSU I'm just starting to explore, Don Holliday (a Taney Co. Native of > > Lewallen/Oliver/ Holliday descent) talks about the special blue hazy > > fog-like substance which hangs over these hills, even on the clearest of > > days. (I said something to Greg about it being unique, he got the giggles > > and asked if I'd ever heard of the Smokies...<S> There's times a smart > man > > is a pain! LOL) The other night, as we were traveling Shepherd of the > > Hills Expressway, I could see 5 different ridges coming down to meet near > > Gretna in the Roark Valley, all with that haze lovingly laid on top. And > as > > in nearly all of the White River Valley, the trees on the ridges and in > the > > valleys hide the developers' work, if they left the trees standing. In > > older times, you might have been able to tell where a cabin was by the > > chimney smoke. > > I don't know if the video is available for purchase. The website's area > for > > video is "under construction". But if you keep checking back, I would > think > > the video would be available...eventually. I'll find out in a month. > > What's going on in a month? Ozarks Celebration, a festival of Ozarks > > Heritage, to be held 26-27 August, on the Southwest MO State Campus. This > > will be the 3rd festival. I'm going to go...anyone else who'd like to, > and > > wants to meet up, let me know. Should be quite a shebang... > > Someone very recently asked if there are any re-enactments in Taney Co. > I'm > > sorry to say, no, none I am aware of on a regular basis. There really > > aren't any in the whole White River Valley covered by the website, that I > > know of. There's Law Day in Forsyth, when the White River Valley > Historical > > Society opens up the old Taney Co. Jail for a few hours. There's > craftsmen > > and women, in a multitude of shops, but not all, if even a few, dress as > our > > ancestors did, unless you are at Silver Dollar City. > > There's the War Eagle Craft Fair, a 4 day event held in Madison Co. in > > October. A few communities hold traditional festivals, like Sucker Days > in > > May in Nixa; Crane's Broiler Festival in late summer in Stone Co.; and > some > > others I'm not remembering now. But those are like picnics, a chance to > see > > folks like you do at a county fair; long-held traditions, but not > > traditional in nature. > > The hillbilly has long been a commercial institution. Greg and I stopped > in > > at Sammy Lane Resort in Branson tonight--my former creative writing > teacher > > from HS owns it, and I hoped he could shed some light on this huge hole, > > this lack of celebrating, commemorating (is that a word?) our people. Mr. > > Brown (who noted that maybe it was time I called him "Mike". I dunno, > we'll > > have to think on that...) and his wife pointed out the walking tour held > by > > the former Downtown Branson Betterment Association (which has changed its > > name to something else). I would like to take the tour, which I've known > > and forgotten (of course) about for a while. > > The Sammy Lane Resort is on the National Register for Historic Places, for > > the rockwork and cabins. You can see some pictures at > > http://www.sammylaneresort.com/ and no, I'm not advertising the resort. I > > am pointing out one of the most beautiful, quiet spots on Lake Taneycomo, > > right on the old White River. > > We talked quite a bit about the subject of our heritage disappearing. Mr. > > Brown's father was a genealogist and newspaper columnist; I remember > reading > > his articles when I was little in the weekly Branson paper. (White River > > Leader, maybe?) Mr. Brown said he could remember as a child when folks > > would come into the resort, wanting to meet a real-live hillbilly, with > > overalls, no shirt, a corncob pipe, and a lil brown jug tilted over the > > right shoulder for easy access. What visitors wanted, the natives > supplied, > > for cash was hard to come by, and this was a way to get it (see "the > Legend > > of the Hillbilly" at the WRV site > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~moarwrv/ ) > > So the hillbilly has always been commercialized. More on this subject can > > be found in the book "Shepherd of the Hills Country, Tourism Transforms > the > > Ozarks, 1880s-1930s" by Lynn Morrow and Linda Myers-Phinney, printed by > the > > University of Arkansas Press in 1999. You can order this book from the U > of > > AR site at http://www.uark.edu/~uaprinfo/startpage.html by typing "Morrow" > > in the search box. > > So much of our heritage is hidden behind the commercial hillbilly. Folks > > come in thinking the Baldknobbers are a musical group (and they are > > NOW...<S>). But they were real people, recruited by Nat Kinney in 1884, > and > > originally called the "Citizen's Committee" or the "Law and Order League". > > Another time I will list who was in the original group, according to Elmo > > Ingenthron and Mary Hartman's book, "The Baldknobbers: Vigilantes on the > > Ozarks Frontier" (the only Ingenthron book in print these days, you can > > order it from either Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com). > > That wasn't a pretty time in our history...but it is our history. And > there > > isn't a marker anywhere about it. Unless you count the neon sign in front > > of the theater out on "The Strip". > > Kirbyville was the biggest town in Taney Co. for a long time. The > > Springfield-Harrison Road ran through it. Sam Snapp, who watched Nat > Kinney > > kill his friend Andrew Coggburn, was shot and killed by Wash Middleton on > > the main street through Kirbyville. Snapp was extremely vocal in his > > dislike of the Baldknobbers, and Kinney allegedly hired Middleton to kill > > him. Billy Miles, who was the cause of Nat Kinney's demise, was involved > in > > a gunfight with Galba Branson and Ed Funk in Kirbyville on 4 Jul 1889. > > (Branson and Funk were both killed; there were several more folks > involved). > > Kirbyville doesn't have anything showing its importance in the history of > > the White River Valley. > > There are no markers noting the Springfield-Harrison, Boston, or any other > > old roads in the area. Even the Wire Road, over in Stone Co., doesn't > have > > markers--you'd have to know it was there. There's nothing showing the > > ferries, the trails, the old bridges...am I missing something here? A log > > cabin in Kimberling City, probably the oldest one in the area...no marker > > denoting its history. > > The mills of Taney county (and others)...an old Civil War fort on Beaver > > Creek, near Brown Branch and Bradleyville. Mutton Hollow, which had held > a > > crafts village until it went bankrupt, now has an amusement park called > > Branson USA, with a ferris wheel so high, you can almost see Compton Ridge > > from the top. There is nothing stating that this is an important spot in > > "The Shepherd of the Hills" now. Even along the new 4 lane going right > > through the middle of the "holler", there are no signs announcing that you > > are in Mutton Hollow. > > Greg and I visited Wilson's Creek National Battlefield today. Run by the > > National Park Service, there is a 4.9 mile driving tour where the second > > major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi was fought in Aug 1861. It > > is on atlases, maps, and I would imagine most Civil War buffs who visit > > southern MO find their way to the park. Simple markers and the Ray House > > tell the history of the area. They do have re-enactments at the park, but > > not on an annual basis. > > While we were there, a thought came to me, and chills ran down my spine. > > Why can't there be a driving tour of some kind in the White River Valley? > > If you buy the right books, you can drive your own tour; but why should it > > stop there? Some people don't have, don't take the time to read up on an > > area before they visit it. Granted, the Civil War is important to > > history...and that's a massive understatement, I know...but are the old > > cabins, the roads, the Mutton Hollows of the White River Valley any less > > important? What about simple re-enactment villages--Kirbyville being an > > excellent place, quiet as it is now? Has anyone been to, what is it, > > Williamsburg, in VA? > > Eureka Springs, in Carroll county, is a great historical place. And it is > > one that does make a big deal about its origins (but they didn't have > > Baldknobbers <S>) But I don't think there are re-enactments, except for > > the Passion Play (Life of Christ). (They would have to re-enact sick > people > > sitting in mineral water spas...how hard could it be?) > > If it wasn't for us genealogists, would ANYONE know about these places? > > Does anyone besides US care? Is there another area in the United States > > that doesn't protect its history? What's going to happen when the handful > > of folks who know exactly where Murder Rocks is, are gone? What's going > to > > happen when one of your great-grandchildren, who studies the work you are > > doing in genealogy, comes here to visit, and can't find Mutton Hollow? > > Yet another book, "A Living History of the Ozarks", outlines many > important > > historical spots in the White River Valley. It is by Phyllis Rossiter, > > published by Pelican in 1992. > > I'm in Taney County, and I know pretty much what's not here, and some of > > what is. > > Educate me. > > Vonda > > > > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > > >

Hi Listers, For those on the list who might not be subscribed to MOSTONE list----we have a census project going on at Stone County. A group of volunteers are transcribing the 1920 Stone Co. Census. We now have 3 townships completed and online, with only 16 more to go! For those interested the URL to the 1920 Stone Census is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mostone/1920census/1920.htm If you are on multiple lists you may get this message more than once. My apologies, but I thought it was important as most of the people in counties surrounding Stone have a connection. Happy Hunting, Jo Dunne

OOPS! I didn't look; thought that was goin' to cousin Mike, directly; I seriously am thinkin' of signin' off for a while ... I gotta' get somethin' else done .... besides' the lists have been pretty quiet for toooooo long; wish my email were half as quiet! Jerry J. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Johnston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Shipman Family Book > There you are! Where've you all been! I am about ready to sign off the > lists for a while -- I gotta' get somethin' done besides genealogy. I put > my stuff on rootsweb.com and have been getting 10-15 inquiries a day! > > I will look up the address I have for that Shipman book. It's gotta be > somewhere around here, among all these papers ........ > > JJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 7:13 AM > Subject: Re: Shipman Family Book > > > > Jerry, > > Hi, how are you doing. I am interested in finding out about the Shipman > book, > > please advise. > > Mike > > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > > > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > Visit webpages by other Taney Co. MO researchers to see if they have > some of your family information http://www.rootsweb.com/~motaney/taney.htm > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM > >

There you are! Where've you all been! I am about ready to sign off the lists for a while -- I gotta' get somethin' done besides genealogy. I put my stuff on rootsweb.com and have been getting 10-15 inquiries a day! I will look up the address I have for that Shipman book. It's gotta be somewhere around here, among all these papers ........ JJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 7:13 AM Subject: Re: Shipman Family Book > Jerry, > Hi, how are you doing. I am interested in finding out about the Shipman book, > please advise. > Mike > > > ==== MOTANEY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com now has more than 200,000 subscribers! To celebrate, > access to ALL of Ancestry.com will be free from July 18 to July 31! > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/freepromo.asp?sourcecode=A11AM >

Jerry, Hi, how are you doing. I am interested in finding out about the Shipman book, please advise. Mike

OKAY! It is too quiet! Can anyone tell me anything about my great-great-great-grandmother? Her name was Mary Isabella Bennett. Her first husband was William C. Mitchell. They were parents of Thomas, Francis Marion, Eliza, Martha, and Mary who tied to the Roberts, Shelton, Melton, Mapes, and Workman families. Thomas was my gg-grandfather. Anyway, when William Mitchell died in about 1862, after evidently being shot and drowned then in the Sack River, Isabella married the widowed Isaac Peacock, also of Christian Co. I know they lived near Garrison and that Isabella was a midwife. She was evidently quite renowned as a midwife and a clairvoyant & I wonder if anyone else knows anything about her? I know very little about where she was from, except that she and William were evidently married in Greene Co., before moving to Taney Co. If any of you know anything about these folks, again, please let me know! Thanks! Jerry Johnston

I am trying to find information about my great-grandmother's oldest brother, Patterson Mitchell. They were children of Thomas Mitchell and Catherine Roberts Mitchell, of Christian and Taney Counties, respectfully. Pat married a Mollie Stevens on 12 Jul 1899, in Christian Co. They had possibly two children, maybe named Marthallen and Ralph. I believe they then moved to Oregon, but have o idea where and when. If anyone knows about these folks, please let me know. Thanks! Jerry Johnston Gerald Hankins "Jerry" Johnston Researching the following families: Adkins, Austin, Bills, Caudle, Coulter, Covington, Elledge, Ferguson, Forrester, Foster, Frank, George, Greenback, Hankins, Hess, Hutson, Johnson, Johnston, Kicenski, Mitchell, Mustain, Narramore, Reece, Roberts, Schell, Schwegler, Stacey, Stephens, Tinsley, Traylor, Van Der Grift, Watts, and various and sundry others!