Hello, I'm new and I need help. Well, fellow listers, I really don't know where to begin. First let me say that I am very happy to belong to the lists, I'm new to genealogy and I know that my lack of experience is one of my biggest pitfalls. I have joined the Guilford, Richmond and Moore county lists also, and will be happy with any help from anyone. One of my biggest problems is that I don't have anyone living to help be get past the first two generations. So here goes.... My name is Pamela Sue Repp, I was a PHILLIPS before I married. My daddy's people (PHILLIPS) are mostly from the Virginia/West Virginia area. My daddy was DeNeal Eugene Phillips, career military (US Army) of Elkins, WVA. He met my mother, Mary Louise CRISCO, in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1948 when she 19 years old and working at Prego-Myers (I think that is right). I know that my mother was born at home in the Ellerbe, North Carolina (Richmond County) area on July 18, 1929. She is the only child of Loyd Chrisco and Bertha Haywood Chrisco. Now, my grandfather, Loyd Chrisco died in March, 1965 and is buried in Greensboro. I'm not sure where he was born, but I've been told Moore County, NC. His birthday was April 12, 1902. I know that he had a brother John and a brother Daniel (there were others, but I don't know their names), and he had a sister Mary and a sister Sallie (there were other sisters, too). I think there were about 12 children, and the problem that I'm having is the spelling of the name. My grandfather spelled it CHRISCO, his brother John and Daniel spelled it CHRISCOE and my mother dropped the 'h' out and for the past 60 years has spelled it CRISCO. The only thing that I know about his parents is that his father was called 'Enny' Chrisco, and that his name was either 'Enos' 'Ennis' or 'Enoch' and that he was married to Amanda Russell. I know NO DATES, NO BIRTHPLACES, NO DEATH PLACES. I know that John and Daniel Chriscoe lived in the Greensboro area and most probably still have family there. My grandmother Bertha Haywood Crisco is still living (she will be 90 years old in January), but she doesn't know any further generations. She and my grandfather were married in Bennettsville, SC in 1928 and they lived in the country around Ellerbe before moving to Greensboro. My grandmother was born at home in 1910. She was the oldest girl and the fourth child of Chesley Haywood and Margaret "Maggie" Poplin Haywood. She does not know the name of her grandparents on her mothers side (POPLIN). The only grand- parents she ever knew were on her fathers side (HAYWOOD). Her grandfather was Benjamin Haywood and he was married to Margaret Cole. I know that my grandmother's youngest sibling, EJ (Edward James) called 'Eddie' Haywood was killed in action--WWII on a a ship that was bombed by a Japanese kamakazi pilot in 1945. I can't find any record of his death, not even in Social Security records. My mother can't remember the name of the ship he was on, but thinks that it started with a 'W'....I've tried looking up the battleships on the internet, and can't find a ship that starts with a 'W' that was bombed and sunk in 1945. I know that my grandmother had the following siblings: MARVIN HAYWOOD McCOY 'Coy' HAYWOOD FLOYD HAYWOOD EDWARD JAMES 'EJ or EDDIE' HAYWOOD all of the above are deceased..... the girls are: BERTHA HAYWOOD CRISCO (my grandmother) LULA HAYWOOD DUNN (wife of Elsie Dunn of Ellerbe) MAUDE HAYWOOD BRIDGES (Charlotte, NC) MARGARET LEE HAYWOOD KINNEY (Akron, Ohio) As far as I can tell, all the Haywood children were born in Richmond County. Does any of this info sound familiar to anyone out there. Can anyone help me??? Many thanks, Pam Repp Nashville, TN >>