This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Webb Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AKB.2ACI/1268.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Evelyn. Is all the genealogical info housed on the society's floor? If you're looking for info on families in various counties of MS, would it be better to go to the state historical site or try to go all over MS to the various counties? Sue

Evie, do you have Mary Lavonia Kestler, wife of John Thomas Webb in your line? My wife is a descendant of John's brother Joab S Webb. Ted

Hi, **This message is being sent to the MSLAFAYE mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the MSLAFAYE list admin spencer_4488@msn.com is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff billingh@rootsweb.com -- Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> Adopt-a-mailing list -> http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi, **This message is being sent to the MSLAFAYE mailing list.** The email address that RootsWeb has for the MSLAFAYE list admin spencer_4488@msn.com is bouncing, so RootsWeb is looking to make contact with the list admin. Will the list admin please contact Andrew Billinghurst (billingh@rootsweb.com) so that we know that you are still maintaining this list and please reply quoting this message. List members there is nothing for you to worry about and nothing for you to do, it is probably just an email problem for the person looking after the day-to-day management of this list. Rest assured that this does not mean that your list is in danger. Thanks! Andrew Billinghurst, RootsWeb Staff billingh@rootsweb.com -- Andrew Billinghurst <billingh@rootsweb.com> Adopt-a-mailing list -> http://resources.rootsweb.com/adopt/ Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crocker, Gandy, Kestler, Martin, Hollowell, Webb of Lafayette Co. MS. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AKB.2ACI/1270 Message Board Post: Desire obits of the following Crocker Sisters, Addie Celie Martin, bn. Jan. 1868 MS, d. 1918 age 50(need exact dates, dd/mm/yy); Spouse of Wiley B. Martin , Paris area, Lafayette Co. MS.. buried, Paris Memorial cemetery, Paris, Lafayette Co. MS. children , Dorothy LOEFFLER , Memphis TN(no children) , Mabel Ray of Helena , AR.; Luther Martin (never married) of Memphis TN. all deceased. Several step children all deceased. FANNIE B. KESTLER bn. May 1857 , SC; died 1934 age 77, Paris, Lafayette Co. MS. Spouse, of William D. Kestler ; Paris, Lafayette Co. MS. (need exact dates, dd/mm/yy.) buried; Paris Memorial Cemetery, Paris , Lafayette Co. MS. Daughter, B. Ruth Kestler,(never married); Son, Hugh Kestler of Jackson, MS. and Wm Holder Kestler of Memphis Tn. all deceased. One step -daughter, child of her younger sister, Agie Kestler deceased, last known address Water Valley , Yalobusha Co. MS. OR! exact date of birth (dd/mm/yy) and death (dd/mm/yy). Thank you. Evelyn Crocker Grandneice Paris, MS. CC and Web master: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crocker, Gandy, Kestler, Martin, Hollowell, Webb of Lafayette Co. MS. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AKB.2ACI/1269 Message Board Post: Desire obits of the following Crocker Sisters, Addie Celie Martin, bn. Jan. 1868 MS, d. 1918 age 50(need exact dates, dd/mm/yy); Spouse of Wiley B. Martin , Paris area, Lafayette Co. MS.. buried, Paris Memorial cemetery, Paris, Lafayette Co. MS. children , Dorothy LOEFFLER , Memphis TN(no children) , Mabel Ray of Helena , AR.; Luther Martin (never married) of Memphis TN. all deceased. Several step children all deceased. FANNIE B. KESTLER bn. May 1857 , SC; died 1934 age 77, Paris, Lafayette Co. MS. Spouse, of William D. Kestler ; Paris, Lafayette Co. MS. (need exact dates, dd/mm/yy.) buried; Paris Memorial Cemetery, Paris , Lafayette Co. MS. Daughter, B. Ruth Kestler,(never married); Son, Hugh Kestler of Jackson, MS. and Wm Holder Kestler of Memphis Tn. all deceased. One step -daughter, child of her younger sister, Agie Kestler deceased, last known address Water Valley , Yalobusha Co. MS. OR! exact date of birth (dd/mm/yy) and death (dd/mm/yy). Thank you. Evelyn Crocker Grandneice Paris, MS. CC and Web master: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crocker, Gandy, Kestler, Martin, Hollowell, Webb of Lafayette Co. MS. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AKB.2ACI/1268.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sue and All; You may now find the address , telephone number and email contact on the Lafayette County MSGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafayette/books.htm, if this is an broken link use http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/ . The Skipwith genealogy room is open the same time as the Oxford - Lafayette Co Library, Mon - Thurday, 10 am to 9 pm, Fri - Sat. 10:00 am - 5:30 p.m.; closed on Sundays. Volunteers are present in Skipwith room ; Mon. 10 to 2; Tues - Friday 1:00 to 5 to assist patrons with copier and micro-flim viewers. The editor of newsletter , Melissa Kitchens may be emailed at mdkitch@yahoo.com, Joe and Rebecca Murphy may be reached at jmurphy@dixie-net.net , They are the 2005 President and Secretery. I am the webmaster and CC of Lafayette County MSGenWeb Project and Skipwith His/Gen Soc. Surname Registrar. If a Volunteer is not on duty a number is entered into the phone so one may be paged as needed. Please, copy and keep in your files. Regards; Evelyn Crocker, Paris, MS.

UpDate: What became of Carroll Waits; Lafayette County Heritage Book, C67 PARIS, pgs. 178- 179. Authors: Annette Waite and Kathy / Cathy Kisner (deceased) pg. 178 last column, "the earliest land transaction for a church is recorded in Book I., page 667, on October 24, 1860, where C. A. (is this CARROLL?) WAITS, et. ux. deeded to Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church a one acre lot in Sec. 30 (This is not a very good description of location, since a Sec = 640 acres NW, NE, SW, SE?) . This may have been the old Elim Primative Baptist Church built a mile west of the Post Office. It was a log building with a large rock chimney. There was a cemetery there with tombs dated before the Civil War. This is probably what is now know as the Hamblett Cemetery. {(No, this is not the Hamblett Cemetery, it is in the SW 1/4 of Sec 25 Range 3W, I have a 1977 Lafayette Co. MS. Ownership Map with the cemeteries marked. EMC) Sec 30 is in R2E This land would have been on the old Oxford hwy now CR 224} "Among the members of the this church (old Pilgrims Rest) in 1887 were JA McMillian, Sarah McMillian, N. E. Kelly, ME Barton, MA Guess, Amanda Guess, SA Shearer, J. Watson, Mary A. Watson, Martha Watson, GW Davie, Racheal Davis, Wm. Walker, Stephen Moorhead, Lucy Moore, Peter Moore, EA Mender, Martha Meader, Elders EA Mender was the Moderator and Elder Wm. Guess was the clerk... Pg. 169 Third column,... Post Masters: ...CARROLLE A. WAITS appointed Jan. 1853. (served until next man was appointed in 1855. emc) I hope this helps solve your question. blessings ; Evelyn Crocker Lafayette Co. MSGenWeb CC --- William Ward <spencer4488@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > If you do not get a reply with the answer you're > looking for, I suggest you send an SASE to the > SKIPWITH HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. > PO Box 1382 Oxford, MS 38655 > > with your query enclosed. Last time I was at the > Society's room in the Oxford/Lafayette Co. Library, > I saw a lot of information on the WAIT/WAITE family > in the vertical file. I'm sure that one of the > volunteers there can help you. > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ===== http://rootsweb.com/~mslafaye http://rootsweb.com/~msyalobu http://rootsweb.com/~txbailey http://rootsweb.com/~txborden http://rootsweb.com/~txlamb http://rootsweb.com/~txalhn http://texannusa36.us http://texannusa36.tripod.com http://texannusa36.bravepages.com http://photos.yahoo.com/texannusa36

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AKB.2ACI/1267 Message Board Post: Am interested in learning more about the Thomas Cobb who appears on the 1880 Lafayette Co. census with wife Emma and father-in-law Joe Dotson. Census info follows: Cobb, Thomas W M 26 MS--GA--GA Emma W F 25 MS--AL--AL Dotson, Joe W M 70 AL--AL--AL (widower, father-in-law) I can't find Thomas and Emma on a later census. Does anyone have any information about this family? Thank you

Wm, It is good to see you back on the list. By the way, I am a member of the Skipwith Genealogy Society, and they are now charging for doing look-ups. I don't have the price information here at home but I am the Volunteer for Friday afternoons so I will see what the cost of look-ups are and place them on the Lafayette Co web site. Copies are 10 cents per page. If you own Lafayette County History book, look at the bottom of the article pretaining to your Waits family then contact the person who submitted the information about the Waits to be included in the book, althought it was published in 1989 perhaps the submitter is still alive. She may contact Joe or Rebecca Murphey at jmurphey@dixie-net.com for more information. He is president again and she is secretary. I am recording their Surname registrar for them this year. I am sure some of the broad members are members of this list . Perhaps they will reply to this. Thank You; Evie Crocker Paris MS Lafayette Co MSGenWeb Project. --- William Ward <spencer4488@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > If you do not get a reply with the answer you're > looking for, I suggest you send an SASE to the > SKIPWITH HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. > PO Box 1382 Oxford, MS 38655 > > with your query enclosed. Last time I was at the > Society's room in the Oxford/Lafayette Co. Library, > I saw a lot of information on the WAIT/WAITE family > in the vertical file. I'm sure that one of the > volunteers there can help you. > > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ===== http://rootsweb.com/~mslafaye http://rootsweb.com/~msyalobu http://rootsweb.com/~txbailey http://rootsweb.com/~txborden http://rootsweb.com/~txlamb http://rootsweb.com/~txalhn http://texannusa36.us http://texannusa36.tripod.com http://texannusa36.bravepages.com http://photos.yahoo.com/texannusa36

If you do not get a reply with the answer you're looking for, I suggest you send an SASE to the SKIPWITH HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. PO Box 1382 Oxford, MS 38655 with your query enclosed. Last time I was at the Society's room in the Oxford/Lafayette Co. Library, I saw a lot of information on the WAIT/WAITE family in the vertical file. I'm sure that one of the volunteers there can help you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WAIT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AKB.2ACI/1266 Message Board Post: In the Lafayette County Heritage Book on page 692, there is a history of a WAIT family, F714. This family history includes two WAIT brothers, James Matthew & Carroll A. It mentions that James Matthew died in 1850. What happened to Carroll A.? I have been unable to find any information about Carroll A. other than what is in this book. Any information that anyone can give me about these brothers and their descendants will be greatly appricated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: williams ,charles,lewis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AKB.2ACI/1265 Message Board Post: charles was born in biloxi, Ms. between 1928&1934.The family knows he was married and had three kids there.we think his mom owned a tavern called the horse shoe.then he moved to Davenport IA. And in 1964 he had two more kids a boy and a mounth later a girl by roberta schlimmer.His best friend was bob mitchell.He worked at International Harvester as a tool a dye maker.there are lot lot of us who would like to know about the family mostly me rhoda foster he is my father.I just would like to know about him. any help i thank you for. rhoda foster

I thought it was great!

Well, I'm just having all kinds of computer problems. This is the second time I'm trying to send this message to the list. I changed my email address list - Lafayette is very close to my cousin's name and I accidentally clicked on the wrong one again. I can't believe I made the same mistake twice and sent another joke. Since I'm already so embarrassed - I'll send my family information. James West, b 1796, SC married Sarah Jane (Jincey) Taylor Uriah Taylor, b. 1782, NC married Nancy Taylor Charles W. Starnes, b. 1830, NC married Elizabeth C. Moore These families moved into Lafayette County in the 1850s. I would be happy to share any information that I have. Is anyone researching these families? Promise......no more jokes - or I promise I will unsubscribe. Beth --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'

Well, I can't believe I've made the same mistake twice. I have now edited my address book - Lafayette is very close to my cousin's name and I keep clicking the wrong one. So....since I'm embarrassed - I'll go ahead and share family I'm researching. James West, b. 1796, SC - was in Lafayette County in 1870 and 1880 census. Uriah Taylor, b. 1782 married Nancy Tucker Charles W. Starnes, b. 1830 married Elizabeth C. Moore Is anyone related to these families? I would be happy to share any information that I have and no more jokes. Beth --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more.

Subject: HOT TIPS Investment tips for 2005.... for all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks. Watch for these consolidations in 2005. 1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R.Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace. 2.) Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become: Poly, Warner Cracker. 3.) 3M will merge with Goodyear and and become: MMMGood. 4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and become: ZipAudiDoDa. 5. FedEx is expected to join its major competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP. 6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: Fairwell Honeychild. 7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: Poupon Pants. 8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become: Knott NOW! 9. Victoria's Secret and Smith & Wesson will merge under the new name: Titty Titty Bang Bang --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more.

Beth, I thought it was quite funny. Language a little salty, but still funny. Sue Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Streu" <bstreu@yahoo.com> To: <MSLAFAYE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 12:04 AM Subject: [MSLAFAYE] I'm so sorry > I'm so sorry that I sent the Roy D. Mercer joke to the Lafayette list. I > clicked the wrong address by mistake. I'll be more careful from now on. > > Beth Streu > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AKB.2ACI/1264 Message Board Post: The 1900 Lafayette County Census is almost impossible to read. I can verify the following. Russell, Ben A. age 26, farmer, Berma, age 3, daughter of Ben. However, I need help with Ben's wife's name, age 18. There is also a son, age 2, whose name I am unable to read. Any information on this family would be appreciated. Am hoping that Ben was a son of George Russell and had an older sister, Lennie. Thanks a million! Dennis

Beth, your apology is accepted in the light in which it was offerred. We all make a boo-boo once in awhile, so don't worry about it. Bill Ward MSLAFAYE List Manager Beth Streu <bstreu@yahoo.com> wrote: I'm so sorry that I sent the Roy D. Mercer joke to the Lafayette list. I clicked the wrong address by mistake. I'll be more careful from now on. Beth Streu --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx