believe me, i can relate ... a pun intended. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack &Marilyn" <lynnjack@bright.net> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > Thanks...I need to revisit that bible. Sometimes when you let a record grow > cold and then return to it, you see possibilities you missed the first time. > > My problem is that all branches of the family I am followiing had to pass > muster before they were allowed to join the clan. They must have one of the > most common surnames in the south and they must agree to using only 4 > different given names no matter how many sons they had. HA! > > How I would love to have relatives with a rare name! > > > From: "Tracy Stancil/mail.hotmail.com" <TracyStancil@hotmail.com> > > Reply-To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 10:42:20 -0500 > > To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > > Resent-From: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > > Resent-Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:41:23 -0700 > > > > Marilyn, > > This may be no help, but I just thought that you should check out the Edward > > and Mary Ward family bible which is posted on line on either the Pitt or > > Duplin Genweb page. This bible records some Ward and Stancil births in Pitt > > County during the mid to late 1700's. I believe some of those Wards settled > > eventually in the Duplin County area and it is possible that there could be > > some connection to your John M. Ward. > > Just a thought. > > Tracy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jack &Marilyn" <lynnjack@bright.net> > > To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:06 AM > > Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > > > > > >> Brenda; > >> > >> I have a Zilphia Dinkins I have been trying to follow. She m. into our > >> Ward/Wilson family in Shelby Co TN. Since I am stuck on the Ward family > > in > >> Sampson/Duplin Co NC If I could connect Zilphia to the Pitt Co, I could > >> figure out the Wards also. > >> > >> I know nothing about this John M Ward, but figure he is somehow related > > to > >> Elizabeth Wilson Ward of Sampson Co NC and Gibson Co, TN. > >> > >> 1839 John M Ward married Zilpha or Zilphia Dinkins, age 33 in Shelby Co > > TN. > >> He was evidently dead by the 1850 census. Zilphia Dinkins is > > possibly > >> the Widow Dinkins at the time of her marriage. > >> > >> 1850 Census Shelby Co, TN > >> Household > >> Zilpha Ward, 44, > >> Jas., 10, > >> Horace Wilson 21, > >> Lucinda 20, NC. TN. 842-267 > >> [listed in cross index as Lucinda > >> Wilson. Possibly dau of Zilpha and unknown Dinkins] > >> > >> Horace Wilson was the son of James Wilson and Elizabeth Ward of Gibson Co > >> TN, originally from Sampson Co, NC. > >> Horace and Lucinda "Lucy" Eliza Dinkins were married in Shelby Co in 1850 > >> and living with Zilpha Ward] > >> > >> Part of the Wards of Duplin/Sampson Co are supposedly from Pitt Co. > >> > >> Can you help? > >> > >> Marilyn > >> > >>> From: "Brenda Stewart" <gstewart@cox.net> > >>> Reply-To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 05:29:07 -0800 > >>> To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > >>> Resent-From: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>> Resent-Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 03:50:50 -0700 > >>> > >>> Janice, I think I have given you my info, but just in case I didn't. > >>> Brenda Little Bryant Stewart........Surnames Little, Cherry, Pollard, > >>> Edwards, Dinkins, Knight, Llewellyn, Pierce > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "john ellison" <ellisonj7@msn.com> > >>> To: <NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com> > >>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 6:30 PM > >>> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > >>> > >>> > >>>> Janice, > >>>> > >>>> I'd like to be included in the upcoming Surname book: > >>>> > >>>> Janie Ellison > >>>> 105 Hollyberry Court > >>>> Simpsonville, SC 29681 > >>>> (864) 963-1580 > >>>> > >>>> ellisonj7@msn.com > >>>> ellisonj7@hotmail.com > >>>> > >>>> Surnames: Harris, Haddock, Simmons, Paramore, Pollard, Randolph > >>>> > >>>> Thank you. > >>>> > >>>> Janie > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: Janice Tripp Gurganus > >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:47 AM > >>>> To: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>>> Subject: [NC-PCFR] PCFR Surname Book > >>>> > >>>> Good Morning, Friends, > >>>> > >>>> I have had some of you ask what information you need to submit for the > >>> upcoming surname book. The surname book will consist of Pitt and > >>> surrounding counties, but primarily Pitt. I need your name and any > > contact > >>> information (address, phone, email) that you wish to submit for others > > to > >>> contact you, and your list of up to 10 surnames. > >>>> > >>>> Please send this information to PCFR, P. O. Box 20339, Greenville, NC > >>> 27858-0339, or email it to me (jtginnc@cox.net) AND to Laymond Elks > >>> (elksld@aol.com). Laymond and I will be coordinating the list and will > > be > >>> backups for each other. > >>>> > >>>> I hope your holidays are happy and healthy! > >>>> > >>>> Janice > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Janice Tripp Gurganus > >>>> Researching: Barber, Bell, Briley, Cannon, Crawford, Dail, > >>> Frizzelle/Frizzle, Harris, Hart, Moye, Nichols, Slaughter, Sutton, > > Tripp, > >>> Turner, Vincent/Vinson > >>>> Visit Pitt County Family Researchers' website at > >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > >>>> Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>>> Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > >>>> Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private > > documents, > >>> and public records. > >>>> > >>>> ============================== > >>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > >>> go to: > >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > >>>> Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>>> Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > >>>> Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private > > documents, > >>> and public records. > >>>> > >>>> ============================== > >>>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, > >>> go to: > >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > >>> Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >>> Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > >>> Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > > and > >>> public records. > >>> > >>> ============================== > >>> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go > >>> to: > >>> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >>> > >> > >> > >> ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > >> Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > >> Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > >> Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > > and public records. > >> > >> ============================== > >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > > go to: > >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >> > > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and > > public records. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: NC-PCFR-L@rootsweb.com > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, and public records. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >