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/RO.2ADE/102 Message Board Post: My Name is Robert Townsend looking for information on my father name is Hezekiah born 07-10-1897,sister name Nellie born 12-22-1891,brother Samuel born 12-14-1893, and here the rest of the townsend family names;Clarence,Rufus,Florence. For i know they were borned in Charlotte? If any info contact me? 217-5252454 or 816-8750 if no answer leave message.

Hello to all friends of NC Genealogy and Heritage! As our Country moves on, we are encouraged by the heart and spirit of genealogists everywhere. North Carolina's rootsweb folk are particularly noteworthy. These historians and genealogists have gotten right back into their "research mode". Great therapy to be sure. Longfellow had some encouragement, written some 160 years ago. (If you'd like to read the entire poem, see the link below) PSALM OF LIFE (ca. 1840) Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. the full version may be found at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~petecol/longfelo.html#psalm -------------------------------------------------------------- FREE FAMILY WRITER'S WORKSHOPS, Mon., Oct. 8th in Robeson and Stanly Counties: Oct. 8 Robeson Co., NC - 12 Noon Lumberton Library Stanly Co., NC - 7 PM Hampton Inn, Albemarle Remember our deadline for the Robeson book is Nov. 15, and the deadline for the Stanly Co. book is Nov. 5! Don & Becky Mills eaglesnestmtn@mindspring.com

Please join the St. Louis Public Library for a Military Records Symposium on December 8, 2001, from 10AM - 4PM. Presenters will include staff from St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis County Library, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri Historical Society, the National Personnel Records Center, and the U.S. Army Military History Institute. The program is designed to help genealogists discover what types of military records are available in the St. Louis area, and how to access them. We will cover records from the Revolutionary War through Twentieth-century wars. The symposium will be a unique opportunity to learn about various types of military records and their availability. Please join us! Registration is required. Please call Kathy Smith at 314-539-0385 or Tom Pearson at 314-539-0381 to register, or email Kathy Smith at mailto:ksmith@slpl.lib.mo.us . I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian.

Hi Everyone, Thought you might have an interest in this information. It is being posted to the maillist for Don & Becky Mills, the authors shown below. Please also notice the new Tyrrell Co., NC link: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/Tyrrell.html This book is sponsored by the Tyrrell County Genealogical and Historical Society, Inc. (a non-profit 501(c)-3 organization). Hello to all friends of NC Genealogy and Heritage! In the aftermath of America's Tragedy, we are encouraged by the heart and spirit of genealogists everywhere. North Carolina's rootsweb folk are particularly noteworthy. These researchers; historians and genealogists have gotten right back into their "research mode". Great therapy to be sure. Longfellow has some encouragement, written some 160 years ago. (If you'd like to read the entire poem, see the link below) PSALM OF LIFE (ca. 1840) Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. the full version may be found at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~petecol/longfelo.html#psalm Full speed ahead as we near the Nov. 5 and 15 deadlines for our forthcoming: Granville, Robeson, Stanly, Tyrrell, and Warren County Heritage books. Family writers workshops are to be held: Oct. 1 Warren Co., NC - 12 Noon at the Lions Den in Warrenton, NC Granville Co., NC - 7 PM New EMS building Take Exit 191 from I-85 go east approx. 1/2 mi. on Hwy 56 to So. Campus Dr. Turn in at the Vance Granville Comm. College sign. EMS is the white building on your immediate left. Oct. 8 Robeson Co., NC - 12 Noon Lumberton Library Stanly Co., NC 7 - PM Hampton Inn, Albemarle Tyrrell Co., NC workshop was Sept. 23 for more details, our Rootsweb friend Jane Barnhill has created a website for easy reference: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/Tyrrell.html Don & Becky Mills eaglesnestmtn@mindspring.com I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian.

Hi Everyone, Thought you might have an interest in this information. It is being posted to the maillist for Don & Becky Mills, the authors shown below. Friends of County Heritage books: We too were shaken by the events of last week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all who were directly or indirectly touched by this tragedy. Meantime, we continue to work on NC and other County Heritage books. As we can see from many of the roots web lists, folk are diving into genealogy in a big way. This seems to help take our minds off the events of Sept. 11. We will prevail, life will go on. Our Country is very strong and we are united! It will gratify you to know that we're carrying on this important task of preserving our Heritage "one County at a time". As always, there is NO CHARGE to include your family story and picture(s) in these beautiful books. Here are web sites to hook you up with four of our North Carolina Projects. We'll have a site for Tyrrell Co., NC in just a bit. Warren: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/Warren.html Stanley: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/Stanly.html Granville: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/Granville.html Robeson: http://www.geocities.com/bjbarnhill/heritage.html a) there is never a charge to submit a family story & picture b) proceeds from the book typically go to the genealogy room(s) at the local Library(ies) c) Most of all, these are a part of the beautiful NC County Heritage series! Don & Becky Mills eaglesnestmtn@mindspring.com "Preserving Heritage & History, one county at a time!" I hope this information helps. If you have problems or further questions please let me know. :-) Thanks, Mike Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian.

After this email I will be unsubscribing due to serious illness. I dont want to but cant read them all and respond right now. Love you all. donna

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/RO.2ADE/101 Message Board Post: Looking for any gravesites of Durhams in Stokes Co. NC. I am making trip to area in couple of weeks, would like to find some of my ancesters graves. Any possible cemetaries that contain Durhams, and location in county, would be appreciated. My line would have been there from late 1700s to possibly now.Also what communites Durhams lived in.Email me direct with any questions or comments. vdurham@netexas.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holden Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RO.2ADE/100 Message Board Post: It is very important that I speak to the decendents of the Passmore Family. This is concerning gravesites that we believe to belong to our family.....If you could help us,please e-mail me at djgilley@yahoo.com.... Thanks, djgilley

Hi Everyone, I received the following message on another mailing list and with Dan's permission, I have forwarded it to you. I thought it might be of interest and wanted to share it with you. "I put these 130 items together from many sources and used it as a handout for our local Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society. I was asked by many recipients if the CHART could be forwarded to other lists or used in local newsletters. The answer is yes - please share this information." Dan Burrows - dburrows1@juno.com NAMES and MEANINGS Accomptant - Accountant Almoner - Giver of charity to the needy Amanuensis - Secretary or stenographer Artificer - A soldier mechanic who does repairs Bailie - Bailiff Baxter - Baker Bluestocking - Female writer Boniface - Keeper of an inn Brazier - One who works with brass Brewster - Beer manufacturer Brightsmith - Metal Worker Burgonmaster - Mayor Caulker - One who filled up cracks (in ships or windows or seems to make them watertight by using tar or oakum-hem fiber produced by taking old ropes apart Chaisemaker - Carriage maker Chandler - Dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles; retailer of groceries, ship supplier Chiffonnier - Wig maker Clark - Clerk Clerk - Clergyman, cleric Clicker - The servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers; one who received the matter in the galley from the compositors and arranged it in due form ready for printing; one who makes eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. Cohen - Priest Collier - Coal miner Colporteur - Peddler of books Cooper - One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. Cordwainer - Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain Costermonger - Peddler of fruits and vegetables Crocker - Potter Crowner - Coroner Currier - One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease Docker - Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo Dowser - One who finds water using a rod or witching stick Draper - A dealer in dry goods Drayman - One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads Dresser - A surgeon's assistant in a hospital Drover - One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle Duffer - Peddler Factor Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate Farrier - A blacksmith, one who shoes horses Faulkner - Falconer Fell monger - One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making Fletcher - One who made bows and arrows Fuller - One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth Gaoler - A keeper of the goal, a jailer Glazier - Window glassman Hacker - Maker of hoes Hatcheler - One who combed out or carded flax Haymonger - Dealer in hay Hayward - Keeper of fences Higgler - Itinerant peddler Hillier - Roof tiler Hind - A farm laborer Holster - A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn Hooker - Reaper Hooper - One who made hoops for casks and barrels Huckster - Sells small wares Husbandman - A farmer who cultivated the land Jagger - Fish peddler Journeyman - One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day Joyner/Joiner - A skilled carpenter Keeler - Bargeman Kempster - Wool comber Lardner - Keeper of the cupboard Lavender - Washer woman Lederer - Leather maker Leech - Physician Longshoreman - Stevedore Lormer - Maker of horse gear Malender - Farmer Maltster - Brewer Manciple - A steward Mason - Bricklayer Mintmaster - One who issued local currency Monger - Seller of goods (ale, fish) Muleskinner - Teamster Neatherder - Herds cows Ordinary - Keeper Innkeeper with fixed prices Pattern Maker - A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end Peregrinator - Itinerant wanderer Peruker - A wig maker Pettifogger - A shyster lawyer Pigman - Crockery dealer Plumber - One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. Porter - Door keeper Puddler - Wrought iron worker Quarrier - Quarry worker Rigger - Hoist tackle worker Ripper - Seller of fish Roper - Maker of rope or nets Saddler - One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses Sawbones - Physician Sawyer - One who saws; carpenter Schumacker - Shoemaker Scribler - A minor or worthless author Scrivener - Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public Scrutiner - Election judge Shrieve - Sheriff Slater - Roofer Slopseller - Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop Snobscat/Snob - One who repaired shoes Sorter - Tailor Spinster - A woman who spins or an unmarried woman Spurrer - Maker of spurs Squire - Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace Stuff gown - Junior barrister Stuff gownsman - Junior barrister Supercargo - Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship. Tanner - One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather Tapley - One who puts the tap in an ale cask Tasker - Reaper Teamster - One who drives a team for hauling Thatcher - Roofer Tide waiter - Customs inspector Tinker - An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman Tipstaff - Policeman Travers - Toll bridge collection Tucker - Cleaner of cloth goods Turner - A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles Victualer - An tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food Vulcan - Blacksmith Wagoner - Teamster not for hire Wainwright - Wagon maker Waiter - Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in. Waterman - Boatman who plies for hire Webster - Operator of looms Wharfinger - Owner of a wharf Wheelwright - One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages, etc. Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work Whitewing - Street sweeper Whitster - Bleach of cloth Wright - Workman, especially a construction worker Yeoman - Farmer who owns his own land Good Luck and Happy Hunting, Mike Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian.

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/RO.2ADE/99 Message Board Post: Friedens Lutheran Church Cemetery Transcription: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bruckner/cemetery.htm Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery Survey: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bruckner/bethel_guilford_nc/cemetery.html

Hello List Members, We are mourning and will be mourning for a long while, the tragedy which happened to us last week. I, as you, hurt and want to cry out and scream to the world.....why?, we hurt, and something has to be done! Those who lost loved ones will continue to need the support of their fellow man while they either wait for word of their missing or are burying their dead. I received the following message, and with Vicki's permission, I have forwarded it to you. Please see the URL in Vicki's message below. Because of the catastrophe that happened in the United States Tuesday, 11 Sept., 2001, MyFamily.com (RootsWeb.com and Ancestry.com) has created a special Message Board for those who wish to express or share condolences, sorrow, prayers, and thoughts for the victims, their families and friends. However, this is not a board for discussion on how the U.S. should resolve this issue or about how the search for those responsible is going. The URL for the board is <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=usa-tragedy.mourning> Please join us in sharing this message board. Let the healing continue ... -- Vicki Lindsay Thauvin RootsWeb Content Team Manager vicki@rootsweb.com Michael G. McManness, List Administrator Michael G. McManness, a Jayhawk through and through, eating, sleeping, and bleeding Crimson and Blue near the University of Kansas. Family genealogist and research historian.

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/RO.2ADE/78.1 Message Board Post: ephraim was my greatgrand father.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DALE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RO.2ADE/97 Message Board Post: I AM TRYING TO FIND MY G-GREAT GRANDPA THOMAS DALE'S GRAVE AND NEOMIA DALE. THEY DIED IN HAYESVILLE N.C. CLAY CO. HE WAS BORN ABT1810 AND DIED IN OCT 71903. NEOMIA DALE(MAIDEN NAME YOUNG) DIED BEFORE 1903. THEY WERE BORN IN MORGANTON N.C. BURKE CO. THEY LIVED IN CHEROKEE CO N.C. ALSO.THEY WERE IN N.C. CENSUS. THANKS KATHY IN GA.!!!!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DALE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RO.2ADE/98 Message Board Post: I AM TRYING TO FIND MY G-GREAT GRANDPA THOMAS DALE'S GRAVE AND NEOMIA DALE. THEY DIED IN HAYESVILLE N.C. CLAY CO. HE WAS BORN ABT1810 AND DIED IN OCT 71903. NEOMIA DALE(MAIDEN NAME YOUNG) DIED BEFORE 1903. THEY WERE BORN IN MORGANTON N.C. BURKE CO. THEY LIVED IN CHEROKEE CO N.C. ALSO.THEY WERE IN N.C. CENSUS. THANKS KATHY IN GA.!!!!!

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/RO.2ADE/95.1 Message Board Post: Linda, I'm not that familar with the cemeteries around Brunswick County, but here are a few that I have visited looking for relative. They are all new Town Creek. 1. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery 2. Mill Creek Baptist Church (there are two cemeteries there, one at the church and the other about 2/10 of mile from the church) People around that area call them the Robbins and Willetts Cemeteries. 3. Lebanon Baptist Church on Funston Road 4. Town Creek Baptist Church Cemetery 5. new Hope Presy.Church What family are you looking for. If I don't know the name my brother in law has been alot of help to me finding cemeteries in Brunswick County. If I can help email me at sllv976@aol.com Betty

Hi Everyone, I'm new on this list.  I'm searching for Boldigpas, NC.  I didn't find it on the map as either a town or a county, so I assume it is a small community, or no longer in existance, or misspelled. Can anyone help? Elayne Pair Gibbons Pair family - any time - any place - <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pairplace2/index.htm">Pair Place</A>

Does anyone know anyone who has any info from this journal? Can someone tell me what county this is? (Source: An old journal still owned by members of the Robinson family in Greenville, NC)

One time when I was reading online about cemetery laws in NC, I thought that the Register of Deeds is supposed to have a list of some of them, ones in rural areas if my memory is correct. You could check there. I don't know of master lists (would be nice though) of years, but if you are near enough and want to check microfilm, there might be newspaper articles about the openings of cemeteries. Also perhaps in deeds too. I read an articles about a cemetery in TX that was rediscovered this way. You are right about 100 yr old cemeteries still having spaces left. Bozeman Griffin Cemetery in Ash, NC is a little over 100 (as far as I know) and they are still burying people there. Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: "wandajoe" <wandajoe@m-y.net> To: <NC-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: [NC-Cemeteries] Re: Cemeteries of 100 years ago > > Hello, listers. > > I asked this question, in a different way, before, but have not received any > answers, so here it is, re-phrased. > > Is there a list of the cemeteries of Buncombe and other WNC counties, > showing the main years in which each cemetery was established, utilized, > filled, and replaced by more recently established burying grounds?? > I am sure that gravesites of 100 years ago still have some available plots > for a grave, here or there, among the family spaces, but how can one know, > other than by inspecting for the earliest grave, when such a place was first > established?? > That is one question. > Another one is --- how can one find out, other than by walking in the > graveyard, who may be buried in some given location?? I am sure that > there are data-bases for some larger and more financially stable graveyards, > but what can be found about the ones which are smaller, and perhaps not > currently 'cared for' well enough to even be mowed, and tended by a > grounds-keeper?? > My wife is not able to walk in grave yards, physically, so to find a 'lost' > grave of an ancestor (when the actual burial place is not known) is more of > a challenge than she can bear, in spite her strong desire to go and look!! > > Can any one suggest any alternatives??? > > Thanks. Joe DUKE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NC-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <NC-CEMETERIES-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 20:00 > Subject: NC-CEMETERIES-D Digest V01 #14 > > > > > ==== NC-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > Share Your Family History > > The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research. Most resources on RootsWeb are designed to facilitate such connections. > > "But where do I begin?" That question is often asked by new users when faced with all the options available at RootsWeb. The best ways for you to connect to others on RootsWeb are to make it easy for others to find you, ask for help, and give others help. This page will give you a brief overview of the many resources available at RootsWeb; and areas where you will want to contribute as your own research progresses. > > Your contributions to RootsWeb make the NC-Cemeteries Mail List possible. > http://searches.rootsweb.com/share.html > > ============================== > 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 _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Hello, listers. I asked this question, in a different way, before, but have not received any answers, so here it is, re-phrased. Is there a list of the cemeteries of Buncombe and other WNC counties, showing the main years in which each cemetery was established, utilized, filled, and replaced by more recently established burying grounds?? I am sure that gravesites of 100 years ago still have some available plots for a grave, here or there, among the family spaces, but how can one know, other than by inspecting for the earliest grave, when such a place was first established?? That is one question. Another one is --- how can one find out, other than by walking in the graveyard, who may be buried in some given location?? I am sure that there are data-bases for some larger and more financially stable graveyards, but what can be found about the ones which are smaller, and perhaps not currently 'cared for' well enough to even be mowed, and tended by a grounds-keeper?? My wife is not able to walk in grave yards, physically, so to find a 'lost' grave of an ancestor (when the actual burial place is not known) is more of a challenge than she can bear, in spite her strong desire to go and look!! Can any one suggest any alternatives??? Thanks. Joe DUKE ----- Original Message ----- From: <NC-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <NC-CEMETERIES-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 20:00 Subject: NC-CEMETERIES-D Digest V01 #14

I am looking for any Bagwell gravesites in Wake Co. and/or in Rutherford CO. NC. The main names I am seeking are Daniel d. 1802, and Elizabeth d. unk. However, I am interested in all Bagwell names. Kind Regards, Sharon K. Turner - Researching: (Bagwill, Hill, Butcher, Duty, Barringer, Waddington, Cole - NC, TN, IL); (Smith, Johnson, Bergesen, Tønnesdtr.- Norway, NY, NJ, RI); (Turner, Smith, Carroll, Hill, Davis, Elliott, Bolinger, Rains, Hoskins, York - NC, VA, TN, KY ); (Wilder, Hensley, Fleenor/Fleemon, Miracle, King, Risner, Mason, Shackleford, Jones, Bingham - VA, NC, TN, KY, MI); (Stratton, Marlow, Phillips - Ireland, NJ, OH, WI, ID, WA); (Longfellow, Ullom, King, Salo, Sakkinen, Massingill, Duckworth, Powell, Ripley, Smith, McPike, Van Cleve, Underwood, Morgan - Finland, NY, MA, ME, OH, IN, WA, CA); (Kimball, Jones, Norton, Preston, Haines, Hampton, Tucker, Pruitt, Aydelotte, Pruitt - IL, MO, OR); (Cass, Surber, Moore - Ireland, IN, FL, CA)