Lynda - I'm in northern Lincoln County, just south of Wesson - Will be glad to work with you during summer on transcription. I did the index in Copiah courthouse for the loose will files, and also did one on an old land record book. I work during day (middle school), but you can call me at night for next two weeks. After that, I'll be home during the day. Marti 833-7901 -----Original Message----- From: Lynda Lindsey [mailto:linda1@zebra.net] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:39 PM To: MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: I need your help please after, trying for two months, to continue my transcription of the Copiah County 1830/40 census my eyesight has just about worn itself out, tomorrow, I will have surgery on my left eye that is going to help, but I am wondering, would anyone from here like to pitch in to finish this for me, the program to transcribe it is online, there is much help from the census folks I have the SK census book, for that year which is indexed considering the 1850 one, this is different, but is still very simple to do, anyone who has family from that area,, will recognize family names, and others as well the book in in a binder, with both together, they can be seperated, by year, or pages, I dont guess it matters, as long as we can get it finished I truely am so sorry, but I have tried, and I never realized, that my eyesight was so bad, and blurred, I dont think this would be a hard thing to do, again, I appreciate your help God Bless Lynda ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

thanks so much, sure will after we can sorta figure out how to do this At 08:59 AM 5/15/2001 EDT, you wrote: >Lynda > >Add my name to the list. I would be gald to help in any way that I can. > >Dan Johnson > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > God Bless Lynda

Lynda Add my name to the list. I would be gald to help in any way that I can. Dan Johnson

I would be glad to help, but I am from Phoenix, Az. How would I be able to get what I need to transcribe?

I am sorta waiting to see how many can help, and we will need a proof reader too, for what you type, somoene to check what you have typed its not hard, I will later this week, get the web site where the template is located it really a simple thing, these census folks on line that upload stuff every week are wonderful and helpful thanks so much At 01:39 AM 5/15/2001 EDT, Whssuper@aol.com wrote: >I would be glad to help, but I am from Phoenix, Az. How would I be able to >get what I need to transcribe? > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > God Bless Lynda

Thank you,,, my you are so close we are off Wares Ferry in the Woods area eye surgery tomorrow, I am home anytime because of alpha1 antitrypsin deficiency genetic emphemia, never smoked! RATS on that sure will again thanks At 01:25 AM 5/15/2001 EDT, EGODBOLD@aol.com wrote: >Linda- call me Saturday at 244-0777 (Montgomery). I'll do what I can. Ed > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > God Bless Lynda

I think that maybe the Meteor was in print then, some of it is at the Mississippi Southern Collage in Hattiesburgh, maybe even the hazlehurst paper At 12:48 PM 5/14/2001 -0700, Bob.Crawford@csmco.com wrote: >April 22, 1883 - >a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to >Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An >F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 >killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. > >Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm >interested in the 56 killed and their burials. > >Bob > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > God Bless Lynda

dot, the folks who work the census stuff are great there is a template that is available I will check to see what I still have you just type the info in the blanks, I have enjoyed it so much will keep you all together, so we can decided what we need to do again thanks, thats 2 so far At 11:49 PM 5/14/2001 EDT, DBaker3381@aol.com wrote: >I would be happy to work on the transcriptions. I do not have any census >material is the only reason I have not volunteered in the past. I would need >to be directed to site where the format for transcribing would be found....... > >Dot Baker > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life >If you know how to reduce these risks. >http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > God Bless Lynda

Linda- call me Saturday at 244-0777 (Montgomery). I'll do what I can. Ed

I would be happy to work on the transcriptions. I do not have any census material is the only reason I have not volunteered in the past. I would need to be directed to site where the format for transcribing would be found....... Dot Baker

Bob, there is copy of the newspaper account in one of the books below put out by Betty Crouch Wiltshire. MISSISSIPPI NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES  1876-1885 by  Betty Crouch Wiltshire ISBN# 1-885480-27-X Betty has written several bookscompiling info from old MS records. There are at least 4 volumes of Newspaper Obituaries, starting in the early 1800's. She also has published some books compiling old wills, etc. from MS. Janice Holzer

Where does one get a copy of the books stated below? Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jholzer321@aol.com> To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Help on researching 1883 tornado > Bob, there is copy of the newspaper account in one of the books below put out > by Betty Crouch Wiltshire. > MISSISSIPPI NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES 1876-1885 > by Betty Crouch Wiltshire > ISBN# 1-885480-27-X > Betty has written several bookscompiling info from old MS records. There are > at least 4 volumes of Newspaper Obituaries, starting in the early 1800's. > She also has published some books compiling old wills, etc. from MS. > > Janice Holzer > > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >

after, trying for two months, to continue my transcription of the Copiah County 1830/40 census my eyesight has just about worn itself out, tomorrow, I will have surgery on my left eye that is going to help, but I am wondering, would anyone from here like to pitch in to finish this for me, the program to transcribe it is online, there is much help from the census folks I have the SK census book, for that year which is indexed considering the 1850 one, this is different, but is still very simple to do, anyone who has family from that area,, will recognize family names, and others as well the book in in a binder, with both together, they can be seperated, by year, or pages, I dont guess it matters, as long as we can get it finished I truely am so sorry, but I have tried, and I never realized, that my eyesight was so bad, and blurred, I dont think this would be a hard thing to do, again, I appreciate your help God Bless Lynda

A lady in Ellisville, had a newletter also cant remember its name it had a picture of a cotton on the front, with green leaves At 05:01 PM 5/14/2001 -0500, Marti Parker wrote: > >hi, >some years ago the daily leader in brookhaven, ms. (25 miles south of >hazlehurst and 9 miles south of wesson) carried a genealogy column. in it >they listed in 3-4 articles, the names of the people killed and some other >data related to the storm. i don't know if i still have it in my files, but >it is the best data i've found. >marti > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jack Rogers [mailto:jack@wizworks.net] >Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 4:32 PM >To: MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Help on researching 1883 tornado > > >Bob, > If you haven't seen these: >Using Northernlight.com, a search on: >1- Mississippi tornado 1883 >and >2- Copiah County tornado 1883 >produced, among a bunch of other things (that seemed worthless), these two >hits: >-- U.S. Worst Tornadoes: Apr 22, 1883 - Wesson 56 dead, 300 injured; >Beaugegard 29 dead, Georgetown 29 dead. That is on: >www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm Perhaps there is more on that >full site? >-- also: Univ. of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library manuscript >collections. -- www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/subjects.htm Looks like they >may have some manuscript (probably a student paper / master's thesis?) on >this. > >Incidentally, I just was looking over a microfilm copy of the WPA history of >Copiah County (apparently local manuscript for WPA state history [?], >ca.1938-40), but I recall nothing in it on this tornado. Check with county >library HQ in Hazlehurst as to whether they may have other info on this >(local newspaper, etc.)? Also, are there town historians in those >locales -- the kind of people who know everything & everybody else who >remembers everything/everybody? >Good luck, >Jack Rogers > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Bob.Crawford@csmco.com> >To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 3:48 PM >Subject: Help on researching 1883 tornado > > >> April 22, 1883 - >> a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to >> Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An >> F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 >> killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. >> >> Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm >> interested in the 56 killed and their burials. >> >> Bob >> >> >> ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >> Source for Family History Online. Go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >> > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== >The listkeeper is Annette Womack. >ACWomack@aol.com > > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > God Bless Lynda

Bob, If you haven't seen these: Using Northernlight.com, a search on: 1- Mississippi tornado 1883 and 2- Copiah County tornado 1883 produced, among a bunch of other things (that seemed worthless), these two hits: -- U.S. Worst Tornadoes: Apr 22, 1883 - Wesson 56 dead, 300 injured; Beaugegard 29 dead, Georgetown 29 dead. That is on: www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm Perhaps there is more on that full site? -- also: Univ. of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library manuscript collections. -- www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/subjects.htm Looks like they may have some manuscript (probably a student paper / master's thesis?) on this. Incidentally, I just was looking over a microfilm copy of the WPA history of Copiah County (apparently local manuscript for WPA state history [?], ca.1938-40), but I recall nothing in it on this tornado. Check with county library HQ in Hazlehurst as to whether they may have other info on this (local newspaper, etc.)? Also, are there town historians in those locales -- the kind of people who know everything & everybody else who remembers everything/everybody? Good luck, Jack Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bob.Crawford@csmco.com> To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 3:48 PM Subject: Help on researching 1883 tornado > April 22, 1883 - > a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to > Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An > F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 > killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. > > Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm > interested in the 56 killed and their burials. > > Bob > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

hi, some years ago the daily leader in brookhaven, ms. (25 miles south of hazlehurst and 9 miles south of wesson) carried a genealogy column. in it they listed in 3-4 articles, the names of the people killed and some other data related to the storm. i don't know if i still have it in my files, but it is the best data i've found. marti -----Original Message----- From: Jack Rogers [mailto:jack@wizworks.net] Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 4:32 PM To: MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Help on researching 1883 tornado Bob, If you haven't seen these: Using Northernlight.com, a search on: 1- Mississippi tornado 1883 and 2- Copiah County tornado 1883 produced, among a bunch of other things (that seemed worthless), these two hits: -- U.S. Worst Tornadoes: Apr 22, 1883 - Wesson 56 dead, 300 injured; Beaugegard 29 dead, Georgetown 29 dead. That is on: www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm Perhaps there is more on that full site? -- also: Univ. of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library manuscript collections. -- www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/subjects.htm Looks like they may have some manuscript (probably a student paper / master's thesis?) on this. Incidentally, I just was looking over a microfilm copy of the WPA history of Copiah County (apparently local manuscript for WPA state history [?], ca.1938-40), but I recall nothing in it on this tornado. Check with county library HQ in Hazlehurst as to whether they may have other info on this (local newspaper, etc.)? Also, are there town historians in those locales -- the kind of people who know everything & everybody else who remembers everything/everybody? Good luck, Jack Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bob.Crawford@csmco.com> To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 3:48 PM Subject: Help on researching 1883 tornado > April 22, 1883 - > a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to > Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An > F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 > killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. > > Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm > interested in the 56 killed and their burials. > > Bob > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

April 22, 1883 - a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm interested in the 56 killed and their burials. Bob

I would be happy to help as soon as school is out in June. Please let me know what I would need to do. Barbara Ainsworth Montgomery At 03:54 PM 04/20/2001 -0700, you wrote: >The transcribing of the 1860 census for Copiah County has stopped and we >are seeking anyone that might be able to help continue the project. This >would be very helpful for many researchers in Copiah. I have no idea how >long or how difficult this transcribing task is, perhaps, Lynda can offer >some ideas on the effort. > >Please think about it and, if possible, volunteer to complete the project. > >If interested, please let me know. > >Bob Crawford >www.rootsweb.com/~mscopiah > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

I am interested, but I have no idea what is involved. Can you let me know more?

The transcribing of the 1860 census for Copiah County has stopped and we are seeking anyone that might be able to help continue the project. This would be very helpful for many researchers in Copiah. I have no idea how long or how difficult this transcribing task is, perhaps, Lynda can offer some ideas on the effort. Please think about it and, if possible, volunteer to complete the project. If interested, please let me know. Bob Crawford www.rootsweb.com/~mscopiah