Does Alabama & Ms have free historical sites. Thanks for this information. FAYE -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gigi Tanksley" <gigitanksley@msn.com> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:20 PM To: "MSATTALA" <msattala@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Georgia Records for Free Online Also > > There are also "free" historical records available for Georgia. They are > located at this web address. > > http://content.sos.state.ga.us/ > > They call it the Georgia virtual Vault in the event the link does not > work. > > As I recall during my search to view some of the records available I had > to download a special reader that was provided. It worked well and the > records were great also. Lots of good information on Georgia and it's > inhabitants. > > Gigi > > Four things you can't recover: > > The stone.......after the throw. The word........after it's said. > > The occasion.........after it's missed. The time...........after it's > gone. > > > > >> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:29:03 -0500 >> From: dcumyns@gmail.com >> To: msattala@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [MSATTALA] VA Info >> >> Settlers from Virgina (VA) played an important part in populating and >> developing Attala and other MS County before and after the war with our >> northern neighbors. They also took pictures and left documents in VA >> before >> saddling up for our neck of the woods also. >> >> The below site may provide a picture or document of your VA cousins back >> then. >> >> >From what I've seen so far, it's quite interesting/informative and >> >"free" >> for your viewing. >> >> .................................. >> >> Chancery Records Collection located at >> http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/. If you run into a >> snag >> loading, ect...give Jason Roma a ring. >> >> >> Jason Roma >> Web Developer >> Library of Virginia >> 800 East Broad St. >> Richmond, VA 23219 >> 804-371-2130 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

There are also "free" historical records available for Georgia. They are located at this web address. http://content.sos.state.ga.us/ They call it the Georgia virtual Vault in the event the link does not work. As I recall during my search to view some of the records available I had to download a special reader that was provided. It worked well and the records were great also. Lots of good information on Georgia and it's inhabitants. Gigi Four things you can't recover: The stone.......after the throw. The word........after it's said. The occasion.........after it's missed. The time...........after it's gone. > Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:29:03 -0500 > From: dcumyns@gmail.com > To: msattala@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MSATTALA] VA Info > > Settlers from Virgina (VA) played an important part in populating and > developing Attala and other MS County before and after the war with our > northern neighbors. They also took pictures and left documents in VA before > saddling up for our neck of the woods also. > > The below site may provide a picture or document of your VA cousins back > then. > > >From what I've seen so far, it's quite interesting/informative and "free" > for your viewing. > > .................................. > > Chancery Records Collection located at > http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/. If you run into a snag > loading, ect...give Jason Roma a ring. > > > Jason Roma > Web Developer > Library of Virginia > 800 East Broad St. > Richmond, VA 23219 > 804-371-2130 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5

Settlers from Virgina (VA) played an important part in populating and developing Attala and other MS County before and after the war with our northern neighbors. They also took pictures and left documents in VA before saddling up for our neck of the woods also. The below site may provide a picture or document of your VA cousins back then. >From what I've seen so far, it's quite interesting/informative and "free" for your viewing. .................................. Chancery Records Collection located at http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/. If you run into a snag loading, ect...give Jason Roma a ring. Jason Roma Web Developer Library of Virginia 800 East Broad St. Richmond, VA 23219 804-371-2130

Thanks for the info. Even us old ones still use them. Hope all is well with everyone. I got copies of Eligah Milton Gregory and Anna Sweat Gregory Bible and a lot of pictures from my Metvin Cousin. Will Share with anyone. Jeannie PS If I do not answer everyone right away please excuse. Have to go daily for IV's for the infection set up in my left leg because I took too much Levaquin. So watch how much of some of these new meds you all take. Real Real Bad sometimes. Jeannie -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug. Cummins Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:24 AM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSATTALA] Bits and Pcs As we all know thru years of experience, not every genealogy site that comes along is their cup of tea, 'Attala County Family Research Speaking'. A friend about 8 years ago sent me the following article.... Free Genealogy Websites Not all good sites require a paid subscription. By Darlene Vaillancourt There is a wealth of genealogical information on the Internet, and much of is it available at no cost. Here are a few of the best free sites for your family tree research You know the old saying, "You get what you pay for", which usually refers to the quality of inexpensive deals. Well, when it comes to searching the Internet for free genealogy information, this just doesn't apply. That's not to say that pay-sites are a waste of money. You can often find what you want a lot quicker at these websites. But if you are willing to put in the time, you can find a LOT on free sites and databases. Going the free route is particularly appealing to those new to genealogy. Here are a few of the more helpful free genealogy sites for your browsing pleasure. These are usually pretty large and general. You'll find that as you learn more about your family, more specific sites may be more helpful (French-Canadian genealogy, or Scandinavian genealogy for example). RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project - A huge database of user-submitted family trees (using GEDCOM files). The search capabilities are pretty detailed, so you can really do a narrow search for the exact person you are looking for. Currently, there are more than 450 million individuals recorded in this database. Family Search - Genealogical data collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church). Don't let the church affiliation fool you. There are vital records for millions of people in their databases and not just Mormons. Read more at Suite101: Free Genealogy Websites: Not all good sites require a paid subscription. http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/free_genealogy_websites#ixzz0knDMw c5o ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jeannie, I trust you are aware there are at least two class action suits against the makers of Levaquin for symptoms that seem to closely resemble yours? A little Googling should point them out to you. To others, please excuse my broadcasting this non-genealogical content. I do not know Jeannie's personal email. Dennis Boswell -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeannie Gregory-Fairchild Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:26 AM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Bits and Pcs Thanks for the info. Even us old ones still use them. Hope all is well with everyone. I got copies of Eligah Milton Gregory and Anna Sweat Gregory Bible and a lot of pictures from my Metvin Cousin. Will Share with anyone. Jeannie PS If I do not answer everyone right away please excuse. Have to go daily for IV's for the infection set up in my left leg because I took too much Levaquin. So watch how much of some of these new meds you all take. Real Real Bad sometimes. Jeannie -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug. Cummins Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:24 AM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSATTALA] Bits and Pcs As we all know thru years of experience, not every genealogy site that comes along is their cup of tea, 'Attala County Family Research Speaking'. A friend about 8 years ago sent me the following article.... Free Genealogy Websites Not all good sites require a paid subscription. By Darlene Vaillancourt There is a wealth of genealogical information on the Internet, and much of is it available at no cost. Here are a few of the best free sites for your family tree research You know the old saying, "You get what you pay for", which usually refers to the quality of inexpensive deals. Well, when it comes to searching the Internet for free genealogy information, this just doesn't apply. That's not to say that pay-sites are a waste of money. You can often find what you want a lot quicker at these websites. But if you are willing to put in the time, you can find a LOT on free sites and databases. Going the free route is particularly appealing to those new to genealogy. Here are a few of the more helpful free genealogy sites for your browsing pleasure. These are usually pretty large and general. You'll find that as you learn more about your family, more specific sites may be more helpful (French-Canadian genealogy, or Scandinavian genealogy for example). RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project - A huge database of user-submitted family trees (using GEDCOM files). The search capabilities are pretty detailed, so you can really do a narrow search for the exact person you are looking for. Currently, there are more than 450 million individuals recorded in this database. Family Search - Genealogical data collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church). Don't let the church affiliation fool you. There are vital records for millions of people in their databases and not just Mormons. Read more at Suite101: Free Genealogy Websites: Not all good sites require a paid subscription. http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/free_genealogy_websites#ixzz0knDMw c5o ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

As we all know thru years of experience, not every genealogy site that comes along is their cup of tea, 'Attala County Family Research Speaking'. A friend about 8 years ago sent me the following article.... Free Genealogy Websites Not all good sites require a paid subscription. By Darlene Vaillancourt There is a wealth of genealogical information on the Internet, and much of is it available at no cost. Here are a few of the best free sites for your family tree research You know the old saying, "You get what you pay for", which usually refers to the quality of inexpensive deals. Well, when it comes to searching the Internet for free genealogy information, this just doesn't apply. That's not to say that pay-sites are a waste of money. You can often find what you want a lot quicker at these websites. But if you are willing to put in the time, you can find a LOT on free sites and databases. Going the free route is particularly appealing to those new to genealogy. Here are a few of the more helpful free genealogy sites for your browsing pleasure. These are usually pretty large and general. You'll find that as you learn more about your family, more specific sites may be more helpful (French-Canadian genealogy, or Scandinavian genealogy for example). RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project - A huge database of user-submitted family trees (using GEDCOM files). The search capabilities are pretty detailed, so you can really do a narrow search for the exact person you are looking for. Currently, there are more than 450 million individuals recorded in this database. Family Search - Genealogical data collected by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church). Don't let the church affiliation fool you. There are vital records for millions of people in their databases and not just Mormons. Read more at Suite101: Free Genealogy Websites: Not all good sites require a paid subscription. http://genealogy.suite101.com/article.cfm/free_genealogy_websites#ixzz0knDMwc5o

I checked this site out on a trial basis. I did not find anything of interest to my personal search. There were a couple of very interesting articles however. One was a write up about Brooks Storey being recaptured from a prison break along with a sketch of him. Mr. Storey was an outlaw of some fame. My Grandpa Gilbert once rode out on a posse to help capture him after he robbed the train depot at Durant. The other article was about the shooting outside the Attala County Courthouse between Ratliff and Jackson. It is an article with information from the trial. It includes a sketch of Ratliff and Jackson as well as the courthouse showing which door each witness was standing at. Interesting stuff if you like history or had one of the men below who testified in your family line. It mentions: Dr. J. R. Roby Chas. Lister Edgar Sanders Will Jamison J. C. Clara Frank Herington H. B. Casey J.J. Furr W. J. Sanders W. A. Stingley J. H. Redding Will Davell George McMullen Thoms. Sand J. R. George Ed Stingley W. P. Sanders Dr. F. P. Smythe T. V. Jones Kuk Yendall L.L. Blackston Ernest allen R. L. Gunter D. F. Love (sheriff) V. H. Wallace There was also a complete book of correspondence dealing with soldiers captured and in prisoner of war camps during the Civil War. That was also interesting reading although I have not finished it as yet. Anyway, I hope this gives you a better idea of what sort of thing can be found on the site. Gigi Four things you can't recover: The stone.......after the throw. The word........after it's said. The occasion.........after it's missed. The time...........after it's gone. > From: sweat2tears@earthlink.net > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:25:40 -0500 > To: msattala@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] Another Family Genealogy Info Source > > Doug, > > Hi! Your adopted sister (Mozelle) wants to know how GenealogyBank > compares to Ancestry.com. I have been a subscriber to Ancestry for > several years but am becoming disillusioned with it.Genealogy is much > less costly. Tell me what you think. > > Mozelle > > > On Apr 9, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Doug. Cummins wrote: > > > GenealogyBank states: Over the last month we’ve made it easier to > > find and learn about your ancestors by adding over 32 million > > family history records to GenealogyBank.com. > > > > These records included obituaries, birth and marriage announcements > > and other helpful information from 51 newspapers in 28 states (1793- > > Present). > > > > This latest addition includes thousands of newspaper issues that > > can reveal new facts about the daily lives of your ancestors. > > > > You can access GenealogyBank at http://www.GenealogyBank.com > > > > Thanks to Dave Cummins for this info. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA- > > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4

Doug, Hi! Your adopted sister (Mozelle) wants to know how GenealogyBank compares to Ancestry.com. I have been a subscriber to Ancestry for several years but am becoming disillusioned with it.Genealogy is much less costly. Tell me what you think. Mozelle On Apr 9, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Doug. Cummins wrote: > GenealogyBank states: Over the last month we’ve made it easier to > find and learn about your ancestors by adding over 32 million > family history records to GenealogyBank.com. > > These records included obituaries, birth and marriage announcements > and other helpful information from 51 newspapers in 28 states (1793- > Present). > > This latest addition includes thousands of newspaper issues that > can reveal new facts about the daily lives of your ancestors. > > You can access GenealogyBank at http://www.GenealogyBank.com > > Thanks to Dave Cummins for this info. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

My ggg grandparents (Cummins, Guess, McDaniel and Turner) were from NC and migrated/settled in Attala County. This is encouraging..... The following announcement was written by FamilySearch: 8 April 2010 The effort to index the 1910 United States Census continues to move forward, with five states completed and three new states added this week. New projects are also now available for Canada, Germany, and France. New Projects * Canada, Ontario—Deaths, 1933–1937 * Canada, Ontario—Marriages, 1869–1927 [Part A] * Deutschland, Baden, Achern—Kirchenbücher, 1810–1869 [Part C] * France, Paris—Registres Protestants, 1612–1906 [Part D] * U.S., North Carolina—1910 Federal Census * U.S., North Dakota—1910 Federal Census * U.S., Oklahoma—1910 Federal Census Doug

GenealogyBank states: Over the last month we’ve made it easier to find and learn about your ancestors by adding over 32 million family history records to GenealogyBank.com. These records included obituaries, birth and marriage announcements and other helpful information from 51 newspapers in 28 states (1793-Present). This latest addition includes thousands of newspaper issues that can reveal new facts about the daily lives of your ancestors. You can access GenealogyBank at http://www.GenealogyBank.com Thanks to Dave Cummins for this info.

Ancestry Magazine now Available Online - Free  Ancestry Magazine may be history, but you can read all the past issues online, free of charge. You can find articles by Lou Szucs, Laura Prescott, Jana Sloan Broglin, Leslie Albrecht Huber, Suzanne Russo Adams, George G. Morgan, Kory Meyerink, Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Esther Yu Summer, Christine Rose, onn Devince, Paula Sturat-Warren, Megan Smolenyak, Sherry Irvine, Amy Johnson Crow, Beau Sharbrough, Maureen Taylor, Elizabeth Kerstens, and many more of today's leading genealogy writers.   Best of all, the past issues are available in their entirety free of charge. I also enjoy looking at the advertisements, looking at ads for now defunct companies, for the "latest" genealogy software products that have long since been replaced by modern products, and more.   You can find the past 16 years of Ancestry Magazine on Google Books at http://books.google.com/books/serial/FTgEAAAAMBAJ?rview=1&lr=&sa=N&start=0   My thanks to cuz, David Cummins for telling me of this online resource.   Doug

The annual Doty Springs (Attala County, MS) home coming will be held on the 3rd Sunday in May.

Handy tool for genealogist......   Ever find yourself reading an interesting article online and wish you could reach for the big yellow highlighter to mark points of interest? You can, with the Awesome Highlighter Web site Awesome Highlighter lets you highlight text on a Web page and then when you're done, it displays a link to the highlighted page.   You can send this link to others to show friends or colleagues what you think is important or save the link for yourself so you can save the parts of the page you find interesting. You simply go to the main site and enter the URL to the page you want to highlight and then click the Highlight Page button. The page you requested will load and your mouse pointer turns into a highlighter icon. Just highlight away! You can also download a Firefox add-on, available at the Awesome Highlighter site.   http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/

I have a bit of trouble providing material to a source where they charge to see it. ........................... It looks like all of the trees that people have put on ancestry and have been adding to periodically will no longer be available in their entirety. So, if they don't see this note and have added things to the tree without backing up their info at home, they are going to lose it all if they don't change it to the Ancestry Member Tree. They didn't bother giving a date either, which isn't nice of them.   Any trees that you have book marked will no longer be available either if I read this right.   In the coming weeks we will no longer support showing information you have added to your personal view of OneWorldTree®   While OneWorldTree will continue to be available for searching, due to upgrades of our system we will no longer support all of the current features available in the product. The main limitation is that if you have added or edited information in OneWorldTree, we will no longer be able to display that information for you. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. To ensure that any important information you have added to OneWorldTree is preserved, we encourage you to enter it into an Ancestry Member Tree.  Learn more      * A new, updated version of the OneWorldTree database will still be available for searching.       * You can still start an Ancestry Member Tree from a selected person in OneWorldTree. Just look for the “Start a new tree” link under the Page Tools on the right side of the person’s page.       * Changes, additions and bookmarks you have made will no longer be viewable.       * Alternate parents will no longer be available to view. Doug Cummins

Did you know Samuel Isaac Gregory of Zama MS. -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charles Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:35 AM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project Hello Michelle, do you have a tree with the pictures on ancestry.con that you could shear, i would like to see pictures of people from Attala C o, i use to now a lot of people that live there, in the 1930 & and 50, and have pictures back to the 18 90, in my tree, Charles McAdams, p o box 20184 white hall ark 71612 tenman.1@sbcglobal.net phone 870 247 5123 ________________________________ From: Michelle Hall <cmwalker66@yahoo.com> To: msattala@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 4:44:37 PM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project What a fantastic idea. I've often thought the same when researching my family history. I want to know more about the people than their names. I wish you the best in your endeavor - it's a big project to undertake! I LOVE the wedding story - that's hysterical. My grandmother's family is from Attala county and I just started researching our genealogy in the last few years. I'm still a novice though. My grandmother had a treasure trove of old photos with names on them, unfortunately I didn't think to record her stories before she passed away. Researching Forrester, Jenkins, Simms (Sims), Tool (Toole) Michelle Walker Hall Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay.com/cmwalkerhall ________________________________ From: "Burchfield, Mical D" <mical.d.burchfield@lmco.com> To: "msattala@rootsweb.com" <msattala@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 3:24:19 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project This group has been quiet for a while so I thought I would throw out a suggestion for those with itchy typing fingers. I have started a project and it was suggested that I share this with others who are interested in genealogy. This may sound a little self absorbed until you think about the reasons for doing it. I am writing a book about my life. ...Now, I am not expecting it to ever make the best seller list, be published or even be read by others any time soon. I'm doing it for posterity. As I researched and organized my genealogy information, I got to wondering what kind of lives my ancestors lived. What had they done during their lifetime and where did they travel? What were they interested in? What were their thoughts of the world and who were their friends? What did they find humorous and what sadness did they endure? I have been typing my book on Microsoft Word and adding old photos of myself as a child with my parents, grandparents and siblings. Photos of the first home I owned and my first new car. I sometimes cover several years in a chapter, like when I was younger, and later on I would cover one year in some chapters. Hopefully a few generations from now someone may be interested in some of the things I did, the places I have been and the things I have seen. I grew up as a military brat and lived around the world. I sometimes went to school in old military Barracks and Quonset huts. In the Philippines we visited a reservation where head hunters(Negretos)lived and I have old photos my parents took to include in the story. In Okinawa we visited old Japanese Castles and explored old WWII gun batteries with the rusty old cannons still in them. When we lived in the Philippines we lived a few blocks from a jungle and my mother worried about Boa Constrictors crawling out and getting us as we played outside. We moved from this tropical jungle area, straight to Caribou, Maine in the middle of January, where the temps were often well below zero. I remember when Sputnik was launched and the first man landing on the moon. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade centers. On the humorous side, I probably should not mention attending a wedding with friends in a nudist colony, arriving early to get a seat well off to the side, and then realizing way too late, after other guest started arriving, that the wedding ceremony itself was not nude. Try sneaking out of a situation like that without drawing too much attention to yourself. ...Not possible. It has been quite therapeutic at times writing my story. I was surprised at some of the things I remembered, and remembered in such detail. I was also surprised at some of the things I had trouble remembering. It was nice writing about good memories and quite hard to write about sad times like going through and recovering from a divorce. I have suggested this book writing idea to friends who had strokes, are recovering from physical setbacks and others who just have spare time on their hands. They all have loved the idea and are really enjoying their writing. I thought my book would go pretty quick, but it is getting quite lengthy. I continually go back to edit and add new things I suddenly remember. I do recommend giving this a try. I believe you will really get into it. You can go into as much detail as you like or as little as you like. It's your book and your story. Have fun. ...Mical ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello. I have pictures on Attala Co Web Page Everett Carr put them on there for me. Some are back to 1862 Peeler Jamison Gregory and Winters Jeannie -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Charles Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:35 AM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project Hello Michelle, do you have a tree with the pictures on ancestry.con that you could shear, i would like to see pictures of people from Attala C o, i use to now a lot of people that live there, in the 1930 & and 50, and have pictures back to the 18 90, in my tree, Charles McAdams, p o box 20184 white hall ark 71612 tenman.1@sbcglobal.net phone 870 247 5123 ________________________________ From: Michelle Hall <cmwalker66@yahoo.com> To: msattala@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 4:44:37 PM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project What a fantastic idea. I've often thought the same when researching my family history. I want to know more about the people than their names. I wish you the best in your endeavor - it's a big project to undertake! I LOVE the wedding story - that's hysterical. My grandmother's family is from Attala county and I just started researching our genealogy in the last few years. I'm still a novice though. My grandmother had a treasure trove of old photos with names on them, unfortunately I didn't think to record her stories before she passed away. Researching Forrester, Jenkins, Simms (Sims), Tool (Toole) Michelle Walker Hall Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay.com/cmwalkerhall ________________________________ From: "Burchfield, Mical D" <mical.d.burchfield@lmco.com> To: "msattala@rootsweb.com" <msattala@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 3:24:19 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project This group has been quiet for a while so I thought I would throw out a suggestion for those with itchy typing fingers. I have started a project and it was suggested that I share this with others who are interested in genealogy. This may sound a little self absorbed until you think about the reasons for doing it. I am writing a book about my life. ...Now, I am not expecting it to ever make the best seller list, be published or even be read by others any time soon. I'm doing it for posterity. As I researched and organized my genealogy information, I got to wondering what kind of lives my ancestors lived. What had they done during their lifetime and where did they travel? What were they interested in? What were their thoughts of the world and who were their friends? What did they find humorous and what sadness did they endure? I have been typing my book on Microsoft Word and adding old photos of myself as a child with my parents, grandparents and siblings. Photos of the first home I owned and my first new car. I sometimes cover several years in a chapter, like when I was younger, and later on I would cover one year in some chapters. Hopefully a few generations from now someone may be interested in some of the things I did, the places I have been and the things I have seen. I grew up as a military brat and lived around the world. I sometimes went to school in old military Barracks and Quonset huts. In the Philippines we visited a reservation where head hunters(Negretos)lived and I have old photos my parents took to include in the story. In Okinawa we visited old Japanese Castles and explored old WWII gun batteries with the rusty old cannons still in them. When we lived in the Philippines we lived a few blocks from a jungle and my mother worried about Boa Constrictors crawling out and getting us as we played outside. We moved from this tropical jungle area, straight to Caribou, Maine in the middle of January, where the temps were often well below zero. I remember when Sputnik was launched and the first man landing on the moon. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade centers. On the humorous side, I probably should not mention attending a wedding with friends in a nudist colony, arriving early to get a seat well off to the side, and then realizing way too late, after other guest started arriving, that the wedding ceremony itself was not nude. Try sneaking out of a situation like that without drawing too much attention to yourself. ...Not possible. It has been quite therapeutic at times writing my story. I was surprised at some of the things I remembered, and remembered in such detail. I was also surprised at some of the things I had trouble remembering. It was nice writing about good memories and quite hard to write about sad times like going through and recovering from a divorce. I have suggested this book writing idea to friends who had strokes, are recovering from physical setbacks and others who just have spare time on their hands. They all have loved the idea and are really enjoying their writing. I thought my book would go pretty quick, but it is getting quite lengthy. I continually go back to edit and add new things I suddenly remember. I do recommend giving this a try. I believe you will really get into it. You can go into as much detail as you like or as little as you like. It's your book and your story. Have fun. ...Mical ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I read the book and gleaned a lot of history of the "times" Thanks Mozelle for doing the book Wanda C -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mozelle P. Chason Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:20 PM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project Good for you, Mical!! I wrote some of my life story in a book entitled When Sweat Turns to Tears about ten years ago and it was the best therapy I ever had! My book covers the years 1932-45, which of course covers much of the Depression and WWII. My folks raised us 15 children, and most of us born first were raised on sharecropper farms. All my life I felt I was not as important as others due to the poverty in our lives, but writing the book and making it as positive as I could was so-o-o good for me. It was fun! And it made my mother so happy that I was "writing (her) book" because I wrote the stories she had told us over and over through the years. (I still have some books available for sale and would be happy to send them out for $14 plus shipping. Anyone interested, write me.) On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Burchfield, Mical D wrote: Mozelle P. Chason > This group has been quiet for a while so I thought I would throw > out a suggestion for those with itchy typing fingers. I have > started a project and it was suggested that I share this with > others who are interested in genealogy. > > This may sound a little self absorbed until you think about the > reasons for doing it. > > I am writing a book about my life. ...Now, I am not expecting it to > ever make the best seller list, be published or even be read by > others any time soon. I'm doing it for posterity. > > As I researched and organized my genealogy information, I got to > wondering what kind of lives my ancestors lived. What had they done > during their lifetime and where did they travel? What were they > interested in? What were their thoughts of the world and who were > their friends? What did they find humorous and what sadness did > they endure? > > I have been typing my book on Microsoft Word and adding old photos > of myself as a child with my parents, grandparents and siblings. > Photos of the first home I owned and my first new car. I sometimes > cover several years in a chapter, like when I was younger, and > later on I would cover one year in some chapters. > > Hopefully a few generations from now someone may be interested in > some of the things I did, the places I have been and the things I > have seen. > > I grew up as a military brat and lived around the world. I > sometimes went to school in old military Barracks and Quonset huts. > In the Philippines we visited a reservation where head hunters > (Negretos)lived and I have old photos my parents took to include in > the story. In Okinawa we visited old Japanese Castles and explored > old WWII gun batteries with the rusty old cannons still in them. > When we lived in the Philippines we lived a few blocks from a > jungle and my mother worried about Boa Constrictors crawling out > and getting us as we played outside. We moved from this tropical > jungle area, straight to Caribou, Maine in the middle of January, > where the temps were often well below zero. > > I remember when Sputnik was launched and the first man landing on > the moon. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and > the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade centers. > > On the humorous side, I probably should not mention attending a > wedding with friends in a nudist colony, arriving early to get a > seat well off to the side, and then realizing way too late, after > other guest started arriving, that the wedding ceremony itself was > not nude. Try sneaking out of a situation like that without drawing > too much attention to yourself. ...Not possible. > > It has been quite therapeutic at times writing my story. I was > surprised at some of the things I remembered, and remembered in > such detail. I was also surprised at some of the things I had > trouble remembering. It was nice writing about good memories and > quite hard to write about sad times like going through and > recovering from a divorce. > > I have suggested this book writing idea to friends who had strokes, > are recovering from physical setbacks and others who just have > spare time on their hands. They all have loved the idea and are > really enjoying their writing. > > I thought my book would go pretty quick, but it is getting quite > lengthy. I continually go back to edit and add new things I > suddenly remember. > > I do recommend giving this a try. I believe you will really get > into it. You can go into as much detail as you like or as little as > you like. It's your book and your story. > > Have fun. > > ...Mical > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2781 - Release Date: 03/31/10 06:32:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I am doing this but in a more abbreviated form. I was given the book by Hallmark, which ask specific questions. It might have been easier just to write from "scratch" Wanda C -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Burchfield, Mical D Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:24 PM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project This group has been quiet for a while so I thought I would throw out a suggestion for those with itchy typing fingers. I have started a project and it was suggested that I share this with others who are interested in genealogy. This may sound a little self absorbed until you think about the reasons for doing it. I am writing a book about my life. ...Now, I am not expecting it to ever make the best seller list, be published or even be read by others any time soon. I'm doing it for posterity. As I researched and organized my genealogy information, I got to wondering what kind of lives my ancestors lived. What had they done during their lifetime and where did they travel? What were they interested in? What were their thoughts of the world and who were their friends? What did they find humorous and what sadness did they endure? I have been typing my book on Microsoft Word and adding old photos of myself as a child with my parents, grandparents and siblings. Photos of the first home I owned and my first new car. I sometimes cover several years in a chapter, like when I was younger, and later on I would cover one year in some chapters. Hopefully a few generations from now someone may be interested in some of the things I did, the places I have been and the things I have seen. I grew up as a military brat and lived around the world. I sometimes went to school in old military Barracks and Quonset huts. In the Philippines we visited a reservation where head hunters(Negretos)lived and I have old photos my parents took to include in the story. In Okinawa we visited old Japanese Castles and explored old WWII gun batteries with the rusty old cannons still in them. When we lived in the Philippines we lived a few blocks from a jungle and my mother worried about Boa Constrictors crawling out and getting us as we played outside. We moved from this tropical jungle area, straight to Caribou, Maine in the middle of January, where the temps were often well below zero. I remember when Sputnik was launched and the first man landing on the moon. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade centers. On the humorous side, I probably should not mention attending a wedding with friends in a nudist colony, arriving early to get a seat well off to the side, and then realizing way too late, after other guest started arriving, that the wedding ceremony itself was not nude. Try sneaking out of a situation like that without drawing too much attention to yourself. ...Not possible. It has been quite therapeutic at times writing my story. I was surprised at some of the things I remembered, and remembered in such detail. I was also surprised at some of the things I had trouble remembering. It was nice writing about good memories and quite hard to write about sad times like going through and recovering from a divorce. I have suggested this book writing idea to friends who had strokes, are recovering from physical setbacks and others who just have spare time on their hands. They all have loved the idea and are really enjoying their writing. I thought my book would go pretty quick, but it is getting quite lengthy. I continually go back to edit and add new things I suddenly remember. I do recommend giving this a try. I believe you will really get into it. You can go into as much detail as you like or as little as you like. It's your book and your story. Have fun. ...Mical ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2781 - Release Date: 03/31/10 06:32:00

Hi Charles, I'm not sure how to share the link to my ancestry.com profile.  But it's under my name - Carmen Michelle Walker - and I believe I have it saved as a public profile, so you should be able to get in and see it.  I don't have a ton of my old photos uploaded yet but there are some.  I also have uploaded a bunch of old letters and documents that I got when she passed away.  I haven't transcribed them yet - but they are there in case anyone is interested in reading them.   My grandmother's family lived in the Shady Grove community.  She was born in 1910 along with her twin brother - Carmen and Howard "Bud" Forrester and they had a younger brother named Cameron that was born in 1917.  Her mother was my ggrandfather's second wife so my grandmother had older half siblings as well.  She moved away in the 30's and was living in Pascagoula working in the blueprint office of Ingall's when she met my grandfather.  She moved to High Point community (near Louisville) when I was a baby so most of my memories of her took place there.   She knew EVERYONE lol.  I think she kept in touch with every person she ever met in her whole life.  She was definitely a social butterfly.  Michelle Walker Hall Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay.com/cmwalkerhall   ________________________________ From: Charles <tenman.1@sbcglobal.net> To: msattala@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 11:34:38 AM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project Hello Michelle, do you have a tree with the pictures on ancestry.con that you could shear, i would like to see pictures of people from Attala C o,  i use to now a lot of people that live there, in the 1930 & and 50, and have pictures back to the 18 90, in my tree, Charles McAdams, p o box 20184 white hall ark 71612 tenman.1@sbcglobal.net phone 870 247 5123 ________________________________ From: Michelle Hall <cmwalker66@yahoo.com> To: msattala@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 4:44:37 PM Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project What a fantastic idea.  I've often thought the same when researching my family history.  I want to know more about the people than their names.  I wish you the best in your endeavor - it's a big project to undertake!  I LOVE the wedding story - that's hysterical. My grandmother's family is from Attala county and I just started researching our genealogy in the last few years.  I'm still a novice though.  My grandmother had a treasure trove of old photos with names on them, unfortunately I didn't think to record her stories before she passed away. Researching Forrester, Jenkins, Simms (Sims), Tool (Toole) Michelle Walker Hall Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant www.marykay.com/cmwalkerhall ________________________________ From: "Burchfield, Mical D" <mical.d.burchfield@lmco.com> To: "msattala@rootsweb.com" <msattala@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 3:24:19 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project This group has been quiet for a while so I thought I would throw out a suggestion for those with itchy typing fingers. I have started a project and it was suggested that I share this with others who are interested in genealogy. This may sound a little self absorbed until you think about the reasons for doing it. I am writing a book about my life. ...Now, I am not expecting it to ever make the best seller list, be published or even be read by others any time soon. I'm doing it for posterity. As I researched and organized my genealogy information, I got to wondering what kind of lives my ancestors lived. What had they done during their lifetime and where did they travel? What were they interested in? What were their thoughts of the world and who were their friends? What did they find humorous and what sadness did they endure? I have been typing my book on Microsoft Word and adding old photos of myself as a child with my parents, grandparents and siblings. Photos of the first home I owned and my first new car. I sometimes cover several years in a chapter, like when I was younger, and later on I would cover one year in some chapters. Hopefully a few generations from now someone may be interested in some of the things I did, the places I have been and the things I have seen. I grew up as a military brat and lived around the world. I sometimes went to school in old military Barracks and Quonset huts. In the Philippines we visited a reservation where head hunters(Negretos)lived and I have old photos my parents took to include in the story. In Okinawa we visited old Japanese Castles and explored old WWII gun batteries with the rusty old cannons still in them. When we lived in the Philippines we lived a few blocks from a jungle and my mother worried about Boa Constrictors crawling out and getting us as we played outside. We moved from this tropical jungle area, straight to Caribou, Maine in the middle of January, where the temps were often well below zero. I remember when Sputnik was launched and the first man landing on the moon. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade centers. On the humorous side, I probably should not mention attending a wedding with friends in a nudist colony, arriving early to get a seat well off to the side, and then realizing way too late, after other guest started arriving, that the wedding ceremony itself was not nude. Try sneaking out of a situation like that without drawing too much attention to yourself.  ...Not possible. It has been quite therapeutic at times writing my story. I was surprised at some of the things I remembered, and remembered in such detail. I was also surprised at some of the things I had trouble remembering. It was nice writing about good memories and quite hard to write about sad times like going through and recovering from a divorce. I have suggested this book writing idea to friends who had strokes, are recovering from physical setbacks and others who just have spare time on their hands. They all have loved the idea and are really enjoying their writing. I thought my book would go pretty quick, but it is getting quite lengthy. I continually go back to edit and add new things I suddenly remember. I do recommend giving this a try. I believe you will really get into it. You can go into as much detail as you like or as little as you like. It's your book and your story. Have fun. ...Mical ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message