Larry, this site belongs to Diane, she is the one that has done all the hard work. I'm just sending in some info to her for the site. Donna in Smithfield

Thanks for the information, this may be the daughter of Elijah Strahan. He was reported to have moved to that Parish from Copiah Co. MS. after his father died. Did the information say anything about her father or mother. That Parish is just to the west of Washington Parish where my 4th Great-Grandfather Cornelius lived and was a brother to Elijah. That Parish is only 30 miles away from Baton Rouge, LA. where I live. I will try to go to the courthouse. Is that where you got the information? Thank you for writing to me. Larry Strahan

Larry, Welcome to the list, and I am glad you enjoyed our site. I am also the County Coordinator for New Hanover and Pender Counties, which were all divided from the original New Hanover County. There are 5 Counties that divided from New Hanover, with some then dividing from there into other Counties. The Counties are: Bladen, Brunswick, Duplin, Onslow, and Pender. You can find a link to these and all other NC Counties here: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encgenweb/county.html I will try to remember to let you know if I come across any of the variants, but I can't promise! : ) I do post notices to the list when I post new info to the site, as well as having the new things posted on the home page. If you haven't tried it already, use the search engine on the home page and it will tell you exactly where these surname variants can be found on the sites I appreciate you spreading the word about the site, and feel free to send any info to me that you wish to contribute to the sites. Have fun and happy researching! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: Lawrence E. Strahan Date: 11/16/2006 7:38:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] Early Hill Wills Donna, I am a new researcher on your web site. My name is Lawrence E. "Larry" Strahan [email protected] and President of the John and Moses Strahan Family Association. We are owners of the book "The Strahan Story". The family started with the arrival of Alexander Strahan in Westmoreland Co. VA.1657. The family moved into NC, MD. & DE in 1721 and the name Alexander Strahan is noted in many land purchases, mostly in New Hanover Co. NC., but knowing many counties were divided into other counties I don't Know how many were made from the original New Hanover Co. If you ever run Across the name Strahan and variants such as Straughan, Straughn, Strayhan, Straun, and Strawhorn or some Strachan please let me know, I would greatly Appreciate it. Enjoyed your site. I have notified the Sanders side of my Wife's' family of VA. And would your believe my mother's family in MS. Of Your site. Thanks for your work. Larry ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Diane: I am so sorry, I was not saying you had made ANY mistakes, I just was pointing out to anyone looking for LANIER to be sure to look at the various spellings on the census. I apologize if you thought I was saying you had made the mistakes, no way!!! Do not know what we would do without you on the Duplin site so that we can research all the info that you have downloaded. Thanks for all you have done. Suzanne -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Suzanne, > > I copied the transcriptions exactly as they appear on the census records. > Yes, you have to be creative with the spellings, because the census takers > didn't ask how to spell names, as many couldn't read and write back then. > There are a lot of misspellings on all of the census years, and I feel I > wouldn't be doing them justice if I corrected the spellings. I wanted to > make them as true and as accurate as the census taker wrote them down. You > will also notice in later years when they started putting race in that some > people are listed as colored when in fact they were white, or Indian when > they were Asian, Hispanic, or mulatto if they didn't know what race they > were. The census takers were just trying to get through the families as > quickly as possible to get them finished. There are countless errors and if > I corrected all the ones I find, then when someone goes to the original > record to pull the family up they won't be able to find them as they will > think the corrected versions are taken directly from the census record > itself. Therefore creating more problems. That is why I put on the page that > any errors or omissions are on the part of the census takers, and not my own > mistakes. > > I hope this explanation helps... > > Diane > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > -------Original Message------- > > From: [email protected] > Date: 11/16/2006 9:03:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! > > Diane: > Thanks very much for all your good work!! > On the 1790 Census: > James, John & Benjamin LINEAR and Jesse LENEAR should be LANIER. > If you use the CTRL F, you will not get any of them if you use LANIER. > Looking forward to seeing the rest of the census work. > Suzanne Lamb > > -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" : > -------------- > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I > > > hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search > > engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm > > > > The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is > > interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not > > > have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. > > > > Hope to hear from you on transcribing! > > > > Diane > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

[email protected] writes: I don't have the book personally but if you go to this page: http://wwwrootsweb.com/~ncduplin/dlook.htm Dunita Berta and Fran Bumann both have the book and they are willing to do look ups for others. Thanks, Diane. Fran

Suzanne, No problem! I understand about you pointing it out, and I just wanted to make sure that others understood the reasoning behind the errors that they will find on the census records. I have sent people info from the census records before and when they see the blind, deaf and dumb entries on there they practically go ballistic thinking that someone (usually me) have made a mistake as they know their family member wasn't any of these things. Then they think I have given them the wrong info. I found my Grandfather and his family listed as colored and mulatto and I know for a fact he wasn't, BUT that is because of the hurriedness of the census taker, as well as them transposing the first drafts over to the records that we get today. A lot of newbies will think the errors are the person who posted the info until they get used to doing research. I know I did that at first too. : ) You have to be very creative when researching the older documents as there is no telling how you will find someone's name spelled. So, no worries, I didn't take it personally, was just trying to help others that may not know the difference! : ) I am glad to be able to help others with their Duplin research, as I have even found new info on some of my own families since taking over the site. So, in the end it is helping all of us! : ) So, keep sending the info in! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 11/16/2006 10:20:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] errors on census Diane: I am so sorry, I was not saying you had made ANY mistakes, I just was pointing out to anyone looking for LANIER to be sure to look at the various spellings on the census. I apologize if you thought I was saying you had made the mistakes, no way!!! Do not know what we would do without you on the Duplin site so that we can research all the info that you have downloaded. Thanks for all you have done. Suzanne -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Suzanne, > > I copied the transcriptions exactly as they appear on the census records. > Yes, you have to be creative with the spellings, because the census takers > didn't ask how to spell names, as many couldn't read and write back then. > There are a lot of misspellings on all of the census years, and I feel I > wouldn't be doing them justice if I corrected the spellings. I wanted to > make them as true and as accurate as the census taker wrote them down. You > will also notice in later years when they started putting race in that some > people are listed as colored when in fact they were white, or Indian when > they were Asian, Hispanic, or mulatto if they didn't know what race they > were. The census takers were just trying to get through the families as > quickly as possible to get them finished. There are countless errors and if > I corrected all the ones I find, then when someone goes to the original > record to pull the family up they won't be able to find them as they will > think the corrected versions are taken directly from the census record > itself. Therefore creating more problems. That is why I put on the page that > any errors or omissions are on the part of the census takers, and not my own > mistakes. > > I hope this explanation helps... > > Diane > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > -------Original Message------- > > From: [email protected] > Date: 11/16/2006 9:03:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! > > Diane: > Thanks very much for all your good work!! > On the 1790 Census: > James, John & Benjamin LINEAR and Jesse LENEAR should be LANIER. > If you use the CTRL F, you will not get any of them if you use LANIER. > Looking forward to seeing the rest of the census work. > Suzanne Lamb > > -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" : > -------------- > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I > > > hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search > > engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm > > > > The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is > > interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not > > > have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. > > > > Hope to hear from you on transcribing! > > > > Diane > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the census, diane

Fran, I don't have the book personally but if you go to this page: http://www rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/dlook.htm Dunita Berta and Fran Bumann both have the book and they are willing to do look ups for others. Please contact one of them and they will be able to assist you with the info you are looking for. Good luck! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: Fran Date: 11/15/2006 11:55:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] Early Hill Wills Donna, do you have a Duplin Deeds abstracts book? I need the book and Page number for a 1778 deed from William MAGEE to Edmond MATHIS that was Witnessed by Peregreen JOHNSON, Mayhew STEVENS and Lucretia WEST. Also, the abstracts I posted to the list a few days are to be put on the Duplin pages if you can use them. Many thanks. Fran ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You are certainly welcome! I hope to continue to get the rest of the census years posted as well as other helpful info to the site. If there is anything you or anyone else can think of that they would like to see added to the site, please let me know and I will do my best to get the info posted. Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 11/16/2006 9:25:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! Thanks for the census, Diane ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Suzanne, I copied the transcriptions exactly as they appear on the census records. Yes, you have to be creative with the spellings, because the census takers didn't ask how to spell names, as many couldn't read and write back then. There are a lot of misspellings on all of the census years, and I feel I wouldn't be doing them justice if I corrected the spellings. I wanted to make them as true and as accurate as the census taker wrote them down. You will also notice in later years when they started putting race in that some people are listed as colored when in fact they were white, or Indian when they were Asian, Hispanic, or mulatto if they didn't know what race they were. The census takers were just trying to get through the families as quickly as possible to get them finished. There are countless errors and if I corrected all the ones I find, then when someone goes to the original record to pull the family up they won't be able to find them as they will think the corrected versions are taken directly from the census record itself. Therefore creating more problems. That is why I put on the page that any errors or omissions are on the part of the census takers, and not my own mistakes. I hope this explanation helps... Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 11/16/2006 9:03:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! Diane: Thanks very much for all your good work!! On the 1790 Census: James, John & Benjamin LINEAR and Jesse LENEAR should be LANIER. If you use the CTRL F, you will not get any of them if you use LANIER. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the census work. Suzanne Lamb -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Hi all, > > I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I > hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search > engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm > > The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is > interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not > have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. > > Hope to hear from you on transcribing! > > Diane > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Denise Woodside is the CC for Sampson. She has been attending classes in college, so that may be the reason Sampson hasn't been updated lately. If Sampson does become open I will ask to be assigned to it. In the meantime if you have anything to be posted to Sampson I am sure if you send the info to Denise she will get it added as soon as she can. I am the CC for Duplin, New Hanover and Pender Counties. New Hanover and Pender are very slow sites, as no one wants to step forward and add any info to those pages. I currently don't live in NC but I do try to get there 3 or 4 times a year to do research, and I have great people like are on this list that are always sending in new info to be added to the Duplin site. Hopefully some will step forward soon and start sending in info for New Hanover and Pender. I hope everyone continues to send in info for the Duplin site, and if you have anything for Pender or New Hanover please feel free to send that info to me as well. Thanks, Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm -------Original Message------- From: Malcom Strickland Date: 11/16/06 08:50:07 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDUPLIN] 1790 census posted! Mike & Diane, Do you know if Sampson County has anyone such as yourself? Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 11/15/2006 5:59:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > do you have a Duplin Deeds abstracts book Sorry, I don't I had gotten these from the court house and Archives. Donna

They are around the 1800-1860 time frame. Donna

Diane: Thanks very much for all your good work!! on the 1790 Census: James, John & Benjamin LINEAR and Jesse LENEAR should be LANIER. If you use the CTRL F, you will not get any of them if you use LANIER. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the census work. Suzanne Lamb -------------- Original message from "Mike & Diane" <[email protected]>: -------------- > Hi all, > > I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I > hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search > engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm > > The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is > interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not > have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. > > Hope to hear from you on transcribing! > > Diane > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm > http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message

Donna, I am a new researcher on your web site. My name is Lawrence E. "Larry" Strahan [email protected] and President of the John and Moses Strahan Family Association. We are owners of the book "The Strahan Story". The family started with the arrival of Alexander Strahan in Westmoreland Co. VA.1657. The family moved into NC, MD. & DE in 1721 and the name Alexander Strahan is noted in many land purchases, mostly in New Hanover Co. NC., but knowing many counties were divided into other counties I don't know how many were made from the original New Hanover Co. If you ever run across the name Strahan and variants such as Straughan, Straughn, Strayhan, Straun, and Strawhorn or some Strachan please let me know, I would greatly appreciate it. Enjoyed your site. I have notified the Sanders side of my wife's family of VA. and would your believe my mother's family in MS. of your site. Thanks for your work. Larry

Mike & Diane, Do you know if Sampson County has anyone such as yourself? Thanks

Diane, apologies to you and the listmembers for not changing subject line before sending previous lookup request. Fran/awkoska

Hi all, I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I Hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search Engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is Interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not Have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. Hope to hear from you on transcribing! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm

Donna, do you have a Duplin Deeds abstracts book? I need the book and page number for a 1778 deed from William MAGEE to Edmond MATHIS that was witnessed by Peregreen JOHNSON, Mayhew STEVENS and Lucretia WEST. Also, the abstracts I posted to the list a few days are to be put on the Duplin pages if you can use them. Many thanks. Fran

Hi all, I have just completed and posted the 1790 census on the Duplin web site. I hope you enjoy using it! It has been indexed so you can use the search engine on the home page or use CTRL F to search the page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/1790.htm The 1800 and 1810 census records are being worked on now. If anyone is interested in transcribing a census year please let me know. If you do not have access to the original images I will be glad to email them to you. Hope to hear from you on transcribing! Diane http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/garebel http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm