Folks, I have just made the following additions: 1. WILLIS query from Jon Morris 2. MASON query from Jan Cooper Both of these queries can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM I have added the following obituaries: 1. Moncie Adams at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSA.HTM 2. J.B. Cahoon at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSC.HTM 3. Rosalie Hodges at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSH.HTM Or all of these sites can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/WHATSNEW.HTM I received word yesterday that our web host, John McGowan, will be going into the hospital this coming Monday so if you have any queries, surnames, or other information that you want posted please send them to me because John will not be back at his computer for a while to get any of his e-mail. My e-mail address is: genie12@bellsouth.net. Thank you. Kay Lynn

Well, folks we made it home safe and sound and I can tell you I was thrilled to see the place and to know that I would be able to sleep in my own bed but I was also saddened that I had to leave my friends behind in North Carolina. Brittany, our 16 year old granddaughter, had done a magnificent job of keeping the house straightened up and watching our 4 dogs and 2 cats. (She is interested in veterinary medicine so this was good practice for her.) Glenda had mowed our yard and Mom's so I will not have to do that chore until the latter part of next week...thank heavens! We visited in Greenville, NC on Saturday with Mary Moore and her delightful 87 year old mother who entertained us with stories of growing up in Hyde county. Shirley Edwards & Gladys Sadler were also there. Shirley and Gladys have a published book called "The Luptons of North Carolina" which I readily bought. Glenn took lots of pictures of some very old photos that Mary had retrieved from the flooding caused by one of the hurricanes. These are pictures of her ancestors. I will work with them and post them on our Hyde photos pages in the future.. We talked and talked about the genealogy of our respective ancestors while Glenn snoozed in the car. :) Then they served us a wonderful lunch and saw us on our way to Nags Head that afternoon. We stayed in Nags Head from Saturday night through Tuesday. Easter Sunday morning we drove to the Chicamacomico Life Saving Station in Rodanthe which is being renovated. Bob Huggett gave us a 2-hour grand tour even though the station is not open to the public until May 15. They even have one of the original lifeboats housed there that was used in the Mirlo rescue. Bob is a wonderful, kind man and knows everything there is to know about the station and the men that stayed there. If you ever have a chance to go to the Outer Banks, don't miss this attraction. Sunday evening we met with Kay France and her husband Rick in Nags Head. They live in Virginia but have a summer home at Nags Head and just happened to be there for Easter week-end. I was really delighted to finally get to meet them after conversing via e-mail for over a year. She has Hyde & Tyrrell Co. ties in her ancestry. On Monday we left Nags Head early to go to Elizabeth City. We had enough spare time so I stopped by to visit with Lois Meekins in Coinjock who is working on the Dare County Cemetery book. Lois and I have been friends for years now so I didn't want to pass up the chance to see her again. Her cemetery book is coming along nicely and I can tell you if you have any Dare, Currituck, Hyde or Tyrrell county ties you will NOT want to pass this book up when it's finally published. I will apprise the mailing list when this book is in publication. We arrived in Elizabeth City around 10:00 and sat on the waterfront in the glorious sun (which we hadn't seen much of since arriving in NC). We were to meet at 11:30 in Mulligan's Pub for lunch with Sel & Suzy Mann from Orange Park, FL, George & Lorraine Owens from Mass., Jess Mercer from Elizabeth City, and a whole passle of others from various parts of the country. Most of these folks graduated from EC High School in 1947 and it was a sort of semi-class reunion and genealogy fest. Sel has ancestors from down around Manns Harbor and Stumpy Point. Glenn and I didn't stay long as we didn't want to interfere with the reunion part of the lunch but I'm glad I went so I could give Sel a big ole bear hug like I told him I would if I ever saw him face to face. On Tuesday we strolled around the Manteo waterfront and visited my very favorite bookstore, The Manteo Booksellers. They have tons of books done by local folks on local things. I managed to come away with a sackful of new books to add to my already burgeoning library. I also visited the Dare Co. courthouse and the Outer Banks History Center which has been added to since I was last there 7 years ago. Brain Edwards was extremely helpful to me while there. I also managed to get in a little microfilm reading in the Center. Meanwhile Glenn snoozed in the car.... We had a delightful lunch at Clara's on the waterfront with Marybruce Lennon Dowd whom I have known and corresponded with for some time now. Marybruce absolutely can talk your ear off about any Midgett in Dare County. She has Midgett's galore in her lineage so she and I talked the afternoon away about them. Meanwhile Glenn read a book in the car...are you beginning to get the picture now? :) That afternoon we drove into Hyde County (the last leg of our trip) in a blinding rain storm, and stayed the evening at Hotel Engelhard owned and operated by George Terrell. Wednesday morning we got up early and drove to Fairfield to meet with Betty Mann at her home...also the home of the Hyde Co. Historical & Genealogical Society library. We chatted until it was time to drive back to Martelle's Restaurant in Engelhard where we met with R.S. Spencer, Ellen Williams, Ann Williams, Betty Mann, Sandy Carawan, and Roy Clarke, Jr. who treated us to a wonderful buffet lunch and great conversation. They presented us with an afghan depicting Hyde County points of interest and a basket chocked full of Hyde T-shirts, pot holders, soaps, sachets, the Lake Mattamuskeet book done by Lewis C. Forrest, and other goodies. Oh, and Ellen gave us a tin of cornbread cake for our trip back home...yummmm, it sure was good! :) All too soon our trip had come to an end. We drove from Engelhard to Winston-Salem on Wednesday evening then drove 8 hours on Thursday and arrived home at 3:00 pm right before a huge storm hit here. We just managed to get all our luggage unloaded before the rain started in earnest. I am very sorry that our trip could not be extended but Glenn is retiring in October so I will make sure our next trip is sooner than 7 years. I extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to those of you that made our trip eventful. My friends--I hope to see you all again. Kay Lynn PS: I have tons of e-mail to go through so if you're wanting something posted to the web page please be patient with me as I will go through them as I got them...earliest first.

Seeking info on william Hutson. Listed as part of Hyde Co. Militia 1782. Also In Hyde Co 1800 census. a William Hutson shows up in Livingston Co KY in 1812 and marries Sally Hazelwood there in 1813. Possible link to my oldest PROVEN Hutson, John, born in NC in c. 1793 and moved to Livingston CO KY by 1814. Thanks, Phyllis Hutson Richerson

I found this obit on the Hyde Co site. Does this family descend from Charles Manley BRIGHT or Elias Godley BRIGHT? Thank you. Shelby crockersmith@lexcominc.net http:/www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3843/ ==================== COPIED: http://c-23.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/nc/hyde/obits/obitsb2.txt BRIGHT, John L. SWAN QUARTER - Funeral services for John L. BRIGHT, 32, who was killed Friday in an automobile wreck, will be conducted Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at Swan Quarter Christian Church by the Rev. John Alligood. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lenora Raburn Bright; three daughters: Debra, Katherine and Beverly Bright, all of the home; his parents, Mr. & Mrs. John Bright of Maysville; seven brothers: Lewis and Garland Bright of Jacksonville, and Ernest, Manley, Norman, Ervin and Elvin Bright, all of Maysville; and three sisters: Mrs. Carl Smith, Mrs. J.D. Banks and Miss Evelyn Bright, all of Maysville. (Unknown newspaper - circa February 14, 1964) [Submitted by Merlin S. Berry of Gambrills, Md.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Folks, I have just added two obituaries: One for Steve Williams at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSW.HTM and the other for Angela Spruill at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSS2.HTM Thanks for stopping by. Kay Lynn

Folks, A new biography has been added to the Hyde Bios page. This bio of James Benjamin and Mary Ann Wilkinson DUNBAR was submitted by B.J. Roundtree. Thanks B.J.! If anyone wants to submit a biography of their family please go to the following page for instructions: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmack/photos/hydebios.htm Kay Lynn This new bio can be accessed at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jmack/photos/dunbar1.htm

Folks, Hyde County has a new web site added to its coffers! Sandy Carawan, who lives in Engelhard and is an excellent photographer, has created a new web site of Hyde County gravestones. If you live too far from Hyde County and wish to have photographs made and know that your ancestor is buried in Hyde County, Sandy is just the person you need to contact. She will travel to any Hyde County Cemetery (limited months) and take a photograph of the tombstone in question with only a minimal amount of cost to you. Please check out her site at: http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/CarawanOBX/page157.html Give this page a little time to load as it has large images...you won't be sorry you waited. I've also posted a new obituary for Ethel Cahoon Cherry which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSC.HTM Or as usual, you may visit our What's New page and access both of these sites from there at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/WHATSNEW.HTM Hope all of you are having a great weekend! Kay Lynn

Folks, I have just posted a new surname sent in by Frank Elwood Cahoon, Jr. of California. You can access this page and reply to him at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDENAM5.HTM Some new obits have been posted: Robert Lee Bryant at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSB2.HTM Altiva Greer Rodefer at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSR.HTM Emily Muller Simmons at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSS.HTM Or, you can access the What's New page and go to the links provided for you. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/WHATSNEW.HTM Hope you all have a great Friday. Look out Hyde County--here I come! Kay Lynn

Friends, I will be on a much needed vacation from April 21-30 and will not be able to answer any e-mail or post anything to the webpage during this time. If you need to have something posted immediately please direct all your queries to John McGowan at: jmack@carolina.net and he will see that it gets posted. I will be visiting in Hyde and Dare counties and can hardly wait for the 21st to get here. It has been too many years since I've personally visited with my friends there so this is going to be a real treat for me. See you all when I get back. Kay Lynn

Folks, I have just posted a new query from B.J. Roundtree. She is interested in the Kemp & Bayner families. You can access the query and reply to her at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM Thanks, Kay Lynn

Folks, This morning I have added two new surnames (English & Sirmon) to our surname page which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDENAM5.HTM I have also added two new queries on Farrow/Credle & Howard/Swindell which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM Or you can always access any new additions by going to our WhatsNew Page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/WHATSNEW.HTM Hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. Kay Lynn--in very chilly Tennessee

Folks, I have just added a new obituary for Elsie Gray Carawan which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSC.HTM I have also added the names Bullock, Cahoon, Spring/Spring, and Popperwill to the surname page which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDENAM5.HTM Hope everyone has a great weekend! Kay Lynn

Folks, I have just posted an announcement of an upcoming Baynor family reunion at the end of this month.. To view this announcement and to get further information go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/ANNOUNCE.HTM Thanks, Kay Lynn

The BAYNOR family will hold a reunion with all connecting surnames, APRIL 29, 2000, at the Everetts Church of Christ, Everetts Crossroads, (Beaufort), Washington, N.C. Please Contact Terria Baynor, 177 Hassell Ave, Washington, NC 27889, or B.J.Rountree, 905 Queen Elizabeth Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23452 or e-mail Terria at hoji@beaufortco.com or me at virgo90675@aol.com. for more information. It will be catered so we need your RSVP as soon as possible. We would really like to make this a reunion to be remembered. You can call Terria at (252) 975-38705. Anyone with any connections to the Baynor family are welcome. Please plan on Attending!!!!! See you there!!!!! B.J & Terria

Folks, I have just posted a new query from Ryan Carawan looking for information on Bennett SADLER and his wife Elizabeth "Betsy". You can view his query and answer him directly at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM Kay Lynn

Folks, I have just posted the first query of April from Ryan Carawan who is looking for information on Ella Harris. You can view his query and reply to him at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM Kay Lynn in soon to be wet Tennessee

Folks, I have just added the Sermon/Sirman/Sermons surname to the Surname Page which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDENAM5.HTM I have also added a Sermon query which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM And an obituary for Douglas Darrel Dickinson which can be accessed at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/OBITSD.HTM Hope you all have a great weekend! Kay Lynn

Folks, I have just posted another query pertaining to the Burrus family which was sent from Bill Rhodes. You can read his query and reply to him at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HYDEQUE5.HTM Kay Lynn

Hi everyone, I am trying to document info for a friend who is interested in becoming a member of DAR. I hate to admit this but I must! I downloaded 'Descendants of Christopher R. Rollinson' and I don't know where I found it to download!! I know none of you would have done anything like that!!! It had endnotes with documentation. Do any of you know where I might have found that or did someone send it to me??? I'm not too computer savvy! The line I am following is: 1. Christopher R. ROLLINSON b. 07 Oct 1799 2. John Wallace ROLLINSON b. 07 Jan 1827 3. Missouri W. ROLLINSON b. 12 Sep 1854 4. Lena Wallace WILLIS b. abt 1878 I am interested in the Willis family also. Does anyone know the parents of the Christopher R. ROLLINSON? I would appreciate any help that I might get. Thanks. Betty ESTGen@AOL.com