There are not too many of us in Virginia Beach with power yet. The morning newspaper reported that our power grid was decimated. We are under a 9pm - 7am curfew. There is an extreme shortage of ice, prepared food, and gasoline. Few gas stations have power. Those who are open have long lines. Trees are down everywhere: on roads, power lines, houses. There are tunnels flooded that may not be open again for weeks. Things are not good. Carol Shrader Virginia Beach, VA http://www.carolshouse.com (Web Page down at present since it runs on a Server at our business, what has no power.....) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McGowan" <jmack@carolina.net> To: <NCHYDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: Hurricane Report > Folks, > > Hope you all well? How did things go during the storm? Not too bad I > hope. > If you wouldn't mind, would some of you who live in the path of the > storm in Eastern North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland let the rest of > us know how things went. We would appreciate it. Thanks, > > John

Folks, Hope you all well? How did things go during the storm? Not too bad I hope. If you wouldn't mind, would some of you who live in the path of the storm in Eastern North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland let the rest of us know how things went. We would appreciate it. Thanks, John

You don't know how nice it was to hear from all of you in North Carolina. We, out here in the middle of Missouri, don't know much about what is going on in the rest of the world, but we have distant relatives in NC, and even though we don't "know" them, we know you are there and we worry about you in situations such as this. We will remember you in our prayers. ....... Vivian Swindell DeLong

Wow... thank you for the stories everyone. It's fascinating, and though I do love a good thunderstorm, I find hurricanes very frightening. I must say, I would take an earthquake ANYDAY over a hurricane. I've been praying for safety for any of you near this storm. ~Karen M. Swindell, So. CA

Yes I have memories of Hurricanes. Having lived in Hyde County, NC all of my youth I have seen hurricanes, many hurricanes, but the first one I really have vivid memories of was Hazel. I was a freshman at East Carolina College when this descended upon us. I stood in my dormitory room and watched trees fall as if they were match sticks. Mature trees were uprooted all over the campus. I had been too young previously to realize the danger in these natural catastrophes. Since then, I also have experienced many storms. My husband was from Belhaven, NC. His home was almost destroyed so many times and had to be rebuilt. My last vivid memory was of Floyd. While we live in Williamsburg, when we heard the devastation in Belhaven and damage to relative's homes we went down to help out. We checked into the River Forest Manor, no water for a bath, no food for our hungry stomachs, but calling my former ECU roommate in Ponzer we were invited to "come on out and I will fix you something". I remember David in 1979 I was interviewing for a new position in Crystal City, Arlington, VA, came home and for the first time we had water seeping into our basement. By the way I got the job! Oh, now I am remembering Dennis, we had gone to Belhaven, NC for my husband's class reunion, the storm came up flooded the streets and all night we stayed by our window at the River Forest Manor watching the water rise higher and higher, every blade of grass was covered, about 4:00 in the morning it began to recede. Believe me at first light we headed out! Stories, oh do I have stories of hurricanes. Yes, I remember many storms having had the priviledge of being born in Hyde County where the water table is soooooo low. Now I await Isabel in Williamsburg, Va. William and Mary has locked down their dorms until Sunday and sent their student who have no means to get home to a shelter. I think this is unsat. My granddaughter from Houston Tx is a freshman at Virginia Tech and what if they decided to close, where would she go? Where would I have gone back in 1955 if East Carolina had decided to close the dorm? Cancel class yes, lock down the dorms, no way! Gayle Jones Riddick Williamsburg, Va.

The first hurricane I remember was Hazel. I was watching out the window when the neighbor's chimney started coming apart. It looked like someone was removing one brick at a time and throwing them up in the air. Then the roof on their house started buckling up and Mother put me under the large oak dining table. I have seen several since then but one will always remain very vivid in my mind. Thankfully, I now live in middle GA but my daughter is in Hampton and step daughter is in Wilmington. I pray that it stays a category 2 (or degrades more). Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McGowan" <jmack@carolina.net> To: <NCHYDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 4:17 PM Subject: Isabel > Folks, > > Hope everyone remains safe during the hurricane, but I know most of you > have weathered many storms before. I can still remember my first one. > My brother Jim and I were at my grandfather's "Down the Bay". When a > large silver maple tree came down right beside the house, Jim and I hid > under a big feather bed in the loft. The next day we could tell how > high the water had come in the house because the wallpaper had turned > whitish from the brackish water, which covered the yard til that > evening. Of course we denied hiding under the bed. Now, I'm sure this > has reassured everyone... > > John > > > ============================== > 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 > > >

Folks, Hope everyone remains safe during the hurricane, but I know most of you have weathered many storms before. I can still remember my first one. My brother Jim and I were at my grandfather's "Down the Bay". When a large silver maple tree came down right beside the house, Jim and I hid under a big feather bed in the loft. The next day we could tell how high the water had come in the house because the wallpaper had turned whitish from the brackish water, which covered the yard til that evening. Of course we denied hiding under the bed. Now, I'm sure this has reassured everyone... John

Hi folks, I just thought I'd let all of you know that there is a new article on the Hyde County webpage pertaining to a lady from Hyde County who became an author and illustrator of children's books. I''ve put this article & photo in our Tidbits sections in case any of you want to revisit the page at a later date. Thanks to Kitty B. Humphries who obtained a copy of this article and sent it to me. I hope you all enjoy it. Perhaps some of you will even remember this lady! http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/CREDELLIS.HTM Kay Lynn PS: Prayers are going out in the Sheppard household for all of you that live within the path of Hurricane Isabel that is barreling down on you. Stay safe!

Folks, Below is the link to the latest issue of Jim Pearce's, "The Poor Town News", which has a new issue every couple of weeks and includes articles of various times and places in northeastern North Carolina. I really enjoy his articles and down home humor. This issue is on lake Mattamuskeet. Enjoy... John ~~~~~ The Poor Town News No. 87 http://www.poortown.com/fronts/87frontpage Thanks for reading. ~~~~~

Folks, If you haven't already found this web site, try the "North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online", which is the World Wide Web's doorway to the special collections of North Carolina's libraries, archives, and museums, at http://www.ncecho.org/ For other states, see Statewide Digitization Projects: A Guide to Information Sources, see: http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/stateportals.html Also, for a photo of the Mattamuskeet School / Public Library in Swan Quarter, Hyde County, which contains the library's local history collection, formerly the collection of the Hyde County Historical & Genealogical Society, see: http://www.ncecho.org/photos/ncephotodetail.asp?siteno=111&photono=004&searchtype=sspub John

Folks, For any of you who had an ancestor who served in the North Carolina Union Volunteers or the United States Colored Troops, the Sons of Union Veterans meeting may be of interest. John -------------------------------------------- The Maj. Gen. Thomas Howard Ruger Camp# 1 (At-Large) Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War will hold a meeting on Saturday, 11 October 2003 at 11:30am. At the Clubhouse across from 1306 Cedarwood Village, Morehead City, NC. This is a regularly scheduled camp meeting and all interested parties are invited to attend. Please visit the national SUVCW web site at: www.suvcw.org and the Ruger web site at: http://groups.msn.com/MajGenThomasHowardRugerCamp1SUVCW/majgenthomashrugercamp1suvcw.msnw Any questions can be directed to the camp secretary, Kevin Motter at motterkc@msn.com _________________________________________________________________

Folks, This was sent to another list and I am passing it on for your benefit. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Children Sent to Virginia 1618-1642: http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/families/childva.htm This as a general research help even though specific counties are not mentioned by name. "Americas First Families" website published this on their site at: http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ A list of 486 children sent to the US/VA to make it or die. Most from the London area. Many were adopted into the Cherokee tribe. From the following source: This is copywrited material... Copied from the records of the Bridewell Royal Hospital, Palace, Prison, Schools & The Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives, Monks Orchard Road, Beckham, Kent, UK. The below listed are contained within the Court Book of Bridwell and Bethlem 26 July, 1617-3 March 1626/27 Compiled by Robert Hume Ph. D. (Keele) and published in his book, "Early Child Immigrants to Virginia 1618-1642" Published by Magna Carta Book Company, Baltimore, MD 21215 in 1986. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Folks, If you can help Twyla, please reply to her email address below. Thanks, John ------------------------------------------------------- "peanuts" <peanuts@insightbb.com> wrote: I am trying to link to the Jesse Gibbs shown as migrating to White Co., TN. My GGG Grandfather was Jessie Gibbs, Sr. born ca 1793 in North Carolina, m. Sarah C. ? , b.ca. 1796 in North Carolina. Some of their children however, were born in Wilson Co., TN. Don't know about others. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you, Twyla Gibbs Johnson mailto:peanuts@insightbb.com

John, By any chance, do you have any information on my Grandaddy, Hulon Ray CREDLE, SR.? He was born in Hyde County, NC on Aug. 12, 1893. He married my Kathleen B. BISHOP, in Pantego, NC. She was born at Bishops Crossing in Belhaven, NC on May 20, 1896. They moved to Portsmouth, VA, where they raised a large family, lived, prospered, eventually died and were then buried. Grandaddy died in June 1976 and Grandma died on Aug. 28, 1978. They are buried at Olive Branch Cemetary, near City Park in Portsmouth, VA. My humbled thanks are extended to a first-cousin, for providing me with some limited information, but a considerable gap still exists in trying to retrieve information. As a child, I remember my Grandparent's had an old Family Bible they faithfully kept-up by recording births, marriages, deaths and important information into. I watched with pride and honor as my Grandmother recorded the birth of my first child's name into the yellowed pages next to mine and along with my ancestors. I felt it a duty to be carrying on my families heritage. But, not long afterwards, this Old Family Bible disappeared! It turned up missing from their house the day Grandaddy was laid to rest. I personally believe that some unthinking relative who didn't understand the importance of it, for family history, but probably wanting something of rememberance of my Grandaddy, walked off with it. When we lost the Family Bible, we lost a valuable storehouse of information. Sorry to say, but I didn't pay much attention to geneology or family history as a child. I took it for granted. I guess you could say, I felt like history and things like an Old Family Bible would always be available to each of us. Now that I'm older and wiser, I finally realize how wrong I was. I only hope and pray I haven't lost my chance to retrieve any further information on my family tree. The only bit of information I have on my Grandaddy's parents are: His father was John Anson CREDLE, b. Aug. 1858 and his mother was Amanda Ann GIBBS, b. ???. I have no information on John Anson CREDLE's parents and only the name "JANE ? GIBBS" for AMANDA ANN GIBBS' Mother. Any additional information you may have would be greatly appreciated. Office: mailto:CredleML@supship.navy.mil Home: mailto:MarlinCredle@msn.com Thanks, Marvin L. Credle, Jr.

"For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself." -- St. Paul, Romans 4:7 Merlin =========== In a message dated 7/24/2003 1:58:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, genie12@bellsouth.net writes: > Folks, > I am very sad to announce the passing of John Henry Oden, III yesterday, > July 23. Although he was not from Hyde County he had many, many friends > there.

Folks, Does anyone know the Carawan who was the husband of Eliza Emory, born ca.1829, daughter of John and Olivia Emory. In John Emery's will of 1868, he leaves property to Eliza Carawan (dau.?) and sons Zachariah Emry and Stephen Emry. Any assistance appreciated. Also, anyone with information on the Civil War service of the Emory boys: William, John, Stephen, Zachariah and James H. Emory will be appreciated. John jmack@carolina.net

Folks, Does anyone know the maiden name of Olivia (___?___) Emory (1804-1856), the 1st wife of John Emory? John Emory married 2nd to Rebecca (Davis) McGowan in 1857. Thanks, John McGowan mailto:jmack@carolina.net

Folks, I imagine that everyone is having the same problem with Spam and unwanted email. I don't know if it will help much but if you get the volume of email that I do, I have one suggestion which may help. Whenever sending an email, please make the Subject Line brief and to the point, easily recognizable by the person to whom you are emailing. For instance, to send a query to Kay Lynn or I, in the Subject Line put: HYDE CO. QUERY I think this will be helpful in all emails. Thanks, John

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Folks, I am very sad to announce the passing of John Henry Oden, III yesterday, July 23. Although he was not from Hyde County he had many, many friends there. I had the pleasure of meeting John back in the early 90's when he came to Nashville for a National Genealogical Convention and had kept in contact with him off and on through the ensuing years. If you didn't know John personally, you probably knew of his work. He was an excellent researcher and was the editor of Pamteco Tracings, the Beaufort Co. Genealogical Journal. He was a past president of the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Beaufort County Genealogical Society and had written many genealogical articles which some of you have probably had the pleasure of reading. The North Carolina genealogical community has lost a rare individual who spent untold hours doing what he liked best.....and sharing it with others. He will be sadly missed. For those of you who would like to remember John you can make a memorial contribution to the Beaufort Co. Genealogical Society; P.O. Box 1089; Washington, NC 27889 Kay Lynn