Folks, I am forwarding this query. Please reply to the email address below. Thanks, John - --------------------------------------------- SILVERTHORNE / ENLOWS September 12, 1999 - I am searching for information on my ancestor Guilford SILVERTHORNE. He moved from Accomack County on the Eastern shore of Virginia to Hyde County. His will was probated in Hyde county 7 March 1737. When did he arrive in Hyde County? Other than the name Jean nothing is known of his wife. Who was she before her marriage? His will mentions two grandchildren: Abraham ENLOWS and Elizabeth ENLOWS. What were their parents names? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Elizabeth Hastings Castro eacastro.juno.com

Hello Cousin Selby: Jane Credle who was born 1820, married Dec. 17, 1840 William Fisher (b. 1818 d. 1862) was my ggg Aunt. We descend through her brother Wilson Credle. Richard Creedle I A. Richard Creedle II 1. William Creedle I a. Francis Creedle I {1.} Francis Credle II (served in American Revolution) {a.}John Credle Sr. m. Priscilla Gibbs [1.] Wilson Credle m. his first cousin Clarissa Credle [a.] Mollie Credle m. James Haywood Williams (1.) James Wilson Williams m. Louise Blanch Jarvis (a.) Mollie Louise Williams m. Alpheus Hinton McLeod II <1.> Louise Jarvis McLeod I have much more information if you are interested. Louise McLeod lmcleod@nceye.net ---------- >From: crockersmith <crockersmith@LexComInc.net> >To: NCHYDE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [NCHYDE] CREDLE-FISHER-BRIGHT-WINSTEAD >Date: Wed, Sep 01, 1999, 5:14 PM > >I am looking for information on the following: > >Jane CREDLE (b: 1820 d: 1899) married William Fred FISHER (b: 1815 d: 1862). >Daughter Mary Elizabeth (Mame) FISHER (?)married Charles Manley BRIGHT (b: >1842). >Daughter Janie Elizabeth BRIGHT( b: 1883 d: 1947) married James Edward >WINSTEAD (1878 d: 1951) > >Thanks! >Shelby > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3843/ >CROCKER/QUALLS/ROSE/PRIVETTE >WINSTEAD/BRIGHT/WILLIAMSON/FISHER/JOINER/CREDLE/FLOWERS/BENSON >NC Counties: Edgecombe/Nash/Franklin/Johnston/Beaufort/Hyde/ >Shelby Jean CROCKER-Smith >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > >

Folks, Below is information on free genealogy lessons. New lessons are being added every few weeks. This is especially useful to any beginning family researcher. John - ------------------------------------------------------------- RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ Index to the Lessons: Lesson 1 - Where to begin? Lesson 2 - What's in a name? Lesson 3 - Using technology to dig up roots. Lesson 4 - Vital Records: Death, Tombstones and Cemeteries. Lesson 5 - Vital Records: Marriage Records and Evidence. Lesson 6 - Vital Records: Birth Records. Lesson 7 - What is the Question? Lesson 8 - Misspeld Knames. Lesson 9 - Census Records: Soundexes, Indexes and Finding Aids. Lesson 10 - Exploring the SSDI (Social Security Death Index). Lesson 11 - Taxing Tales. Lesson 12 - Creating Worthwhile Genealogies: Evidence, Sources, Documentation,and Citation. - -------------------------------------------------------------

I am looking for information on the following: Jane CREDLE (b: 1820 d: 1899) married William Fred FISHER (b: 1815 d: 1862). Daughter Mary Elizabeth (Mame) FISHER (?)married Charles Manley BRIGHT (b: 1842). Daughter Janie Elizabeth BRIGHT( b: 1883 d: 1947) married James Edward WINSTEAD (1878 d: 1951) Thanks! Shelby * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3843/ CROCKER/QUALLS/ROSE/PRIVETTE WINSTEAD/BRIGHT/WILLIAMSON/FISHER/JOINER/CREDLE/FLOWERS/BENSON NC Counties: Edgecombe/Nash/Franklin/Johnston/Beaufort/Hyde/ Shelby Jean CROCKER-Smith * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

My great grandfather Jones S. Henderson b. February 18, 1839 d. October 26, 1914 known to have lived in Lake Landing c. 1874. His wife was Nancy Cutrell. If anyone has information on either Jones S. Henderson or Nancy Cutrell please email me at roberthenderson@email.com Thanks, Robert

Folks, Below are several messages which were on the NCROOTS Mailing List today which may be of interest. I am not advocating Ancestry, which is a commercial site, but weekly they have free databases for public use. John - -------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800 First settled by Virginian emigrants, North Carolina was the destination of immigrants from many locations throughout the colonial period. This database is a collection of will abstracts in the state between 1760 and 1800. Each entry contains the year of filing and name of the person filing the will. Also provided are family members mentioned in the will including, but not limited to, spouse and children. With over 10,000 entries, it contains nearly 50,000 names. For researchers of colonial North Carolina ancestors this can be a valuable collection of records. Bibliography: Olds, Fred A., ed. "Abstracts of Wills in North Carolina." Oxford: Clearfield Co., 1925. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3945.htm - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Below are NC county courthouses and years they burned: Anson (1868); Bladen (1800 and 1893); Buncombe (1830 and 1835); Cabarrus (1874); Currituck (1842); Greene (1876); Guilford (1872); Hertford (1832 and 1862); Iredell (1854); Jones (1862); Lenoir (1878); Martin (1884); Montgomery (1835); Moore (1889); New Hanover (1798, 1819 and 1840); Orange (1789); Pasquotank (1862); Pitt (1857); Rockingham (1906); Rutherford (1857); Sampson (1921); Washington (1862, 1869 and 1873) - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Virginia Colonial Soldiers Description: Since the first settlers landed in Jamestown in 1607, Virginia was largely a military colony and remained such for many years. This database is a listing of men who served in the colonial militia from those early years as a mere settlement up until the early 1770s. Go to the below url (you do not have to register to access the databases) - the new databases are on the right hand side of your monitor - just double click on underline. url <http://www.ancestry.com> - --------------------------------------------------------------------

Continued > > > > ETHNIC RESEARCH: http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html (searchable Canada) http://www.genealogy.com/gene/www/emig/emigr.html (emigration fm Germany) http://genealogy.org/~palam/#iareg (Palatines to America) http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~tbrass/AMST/Amst.html (Dutch in New Amsterdam) http://www.familyworkings.com/genealogy1.htm (German Genealogy) http://www.kst.dit.ie/nat-arch/index.html (Irelands national archives) http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/index.html (Irish Genealogical Society) http://gentreegenealogy.com (Irish Genealogy) http://www.anywhere.co.uk/news.html (Scots birth, death, marriage indices) http://www.scotclans.com/ (Scot Clans) http://www.tartans.com/genalogy.htm (Scots genealogy) http://www.origins.net/GRO/ (Scotland General Register Office) http://www.house-of-tartan.scotland.net/story/story.htm (tartans & clans) http://www.tartans.com/ (tartans) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ (UK genealogy) ARCHIVES FOR MILITARY HISTORY & WARS: http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/milhist/ (Canada war timeline) http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/unit1.html (Civil War fighting units) http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm (CW Dakota State) http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ (Civil War, U of KY) http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/civlink.htm (Civil War, LSU) http://www.usgenweb.com/military/index.htm (military history for genealogy) http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ (Military History Institute) http://www.cfcsc.dnd.ca/links/millib/index.html (military libraries) http://www.toast.net/~beau/gs1812.htm (Society of the War of 1812) SOURCES FOR BOOKS: http://www.clark.net/pub/rmharris/netdlrs.html (antiquarian books) http://www.appletons.com/homepage.html (Appleton's) http://www.glbco.com/ (Blair's) http://www.esva.net/ghotes/biblio/bkdealer.htm#dealer (dealers and publishers) http://www.hearthstonebooks.com/ (Hearthstone) http://www.higginsonbooks.com/genbooks.htm (Higginson genealogy) http://www.hopefarm.com/genealog.htm (Hope Farm, NY books) http://www.midcoast.com/~picton/ (Picton Press) http://server.mediasoft.net/Scott/C/ (Willow Bend) http://www.yogs.com/ (Ye Olde Gen Shop, Indianapolis) LOOKUP SERVICES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/#States (Books We Own) http://www.mindspring.com/~wcrews/BooksPlus.html (mostly southern books) http://www.longstreet.net/census.html (census lookups) http://www.cswnet.com/~mgoad/dar.html (DAR patriot index) http://www.concentric.net/~Mikerice/hl/usa/index.shtml (genealogy helplist) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/springin.htm (surname springboard) GENEALOGY MAILING LISTS - "HOW TO GUIDES": http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html http://members.aol.com/gresinet/gen_mail.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ http://php.indiana.edu/~stephen/ownlists.htm http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html STATE & REGIONAL GENEALOGY SOCIETIES: http://www.asc.edu/archives/genealog.html (Alabama genealogy) http://wwwcogensoc.org/cgs/cgs-home.htm (Colorado gen society) http://www.cslnet.ctstateu.edu/ (Connecticut library) http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/ (Florida gen society) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9829/Ga.html (Georgia helplist) http://www.sos.state.il.us/ (Illinois Secretary of State) http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/ (Indiana library) http://www.uiowa.edu/~shsi/index.htm (Iowa historical society) http://home.att.net/~ladylake10/ipl/ipl_main.htm (Iowa pioneers) http://www.kumc.edu/kansas/KSL/Ref/ksl_ref.html (Kansas library) http://www.kdla.state.ky.us/kdlaindx/kdlaindx.htm (Kentucky library and archives) http://mlin.lib.ma.us/ (Massachusettes Library and Information Network) http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society) http://mosl.sos.state.mo (Missouri archives) http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston) http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New Jersey library) http://www.sara.nysed.gov/ (New York archives) http://unix2.nysed.gov/ (New York library) http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm (New York vital records) http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina archives) http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOMEHTM#information (NC library) http://www.ohiohistory.org/ (Ohio historical society) http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of history) http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ (Oregon archives) http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/overview.htm (Pennsylvania archives) http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/LIDSTATE.HTML (Penn. Commonwealth library) http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina archives) http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ (old SC papers) http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical society) http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html (USC's South Carolina library) http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm (Tennessee library & archives) http://www.vsla.edu/index.html (Virginia Library) http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online) http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical society) http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online Wisconsin libraries) SURNAMES: http://www.one-name.org/top.htm (Guild of One Name Studies) http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html (suname helper) http://www.eskimo.com/~chance/lists.html (surname mailing lists) http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=surnames& (surname search engine) http://surnameweb.org/registry/ (surname web's registry) SEARCH FOR LAND TITLES AND LAND PATENTS: http://www.avana.net/~lhaasdav/Patentlocations.html (all states) http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ (BLM eastern states land records) http://www.innernet.net/hively/newpage29.htm (PA lands, with links) http://image.vtls.com/collections/LO.html (Virginia land office records) NEWSPAPERS: http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/medie-link/uspapers.shtml (Kidon US Dailies)(I haven't tried this, but if it doesn't work, note that the next two say Media-link and try that) http://www.dds.nl/~media-link/usweek.shtml (Kidon US Weeklies) http://www.dds.nl/~kidon/media-link/capapers.shtml (Kidon Canada) http://caroline.eastlib.ufl.edu/flnews/projects.html (state newspaper projects) http://www.lib.virginia.edu/cataloging/vnp/contacts.html (state projects list) http://www.naa.org/hotlinks/index.asp (state associations, dailies by state) CEMETERY RECORDS: http://users.deltanet.com/~steven/cemetery.html (cemetery listings) http://www.funeral.com/cemeterystates/ (cemetery listings) http://www.funeralnet.com/cgi-local/notfound.pl?/ (funeral home listings) http://www.dreamscape.com/goldlinks/cemetery.htm http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ (Ontario cemetery listings) http://we.got.net/docent/cem/uscem.htm (US cemeteries) http://www.inwd.com/death/usa.htm (US cemeteries) OTHER RELATED GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.firstct.com/fv/stone.html (breaking down the wall) http://www.ala.org/alonline/ (American Library Association) http://www.genealogy.org/~bcg/ (Board for Certification of Genealogists) http://www.firstct.com/fv/oldhand.html (deciphering old handwriting) http://www.nara.gov/regionals/stlouis.html (fed personnel records) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3207/ (low Country Huguenots) http://OfficialCitySites.com (index of local government sites) http://www.umdl.umich.edu/moa/moa_search.html (U Michigan literature search) http://www.vanished.com/pages/database.html (misc. online databases) http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us (Mid-Continent Public Library) http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm (libraries everywhere) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8080/philly.html (Philadelphia) http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/ (Zip Codes) * * * * * * * * * * * * * THE END * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Folks, Below is a list of useful links for genealogist which may be useful to you. It will be in two parts. John * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ROOTSWEB SEARCH ENGINE - ANY SURNAME OR LISTING http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl Trying to find a Rootsweb surname list? Don't know which of 8,000 possible variant spellings it might be listed under? This tool finds sound-alike matches for a given surname from among RootsWeb's thousands of surname lists. Give it a try! http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ (Find any Rootsweb genealogy mailing list) SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.aj.com/ (Ask Jeeves) http://www.altavista.digital.com/ (Alta Vista) http://www.aol.com/netfind/ (AOL Searcher) http://www.excite.com/ (Excite) http://galaxy.tradewave.com/galaxy.html (Galaxy) http://www.hotbot.com/ (Hot Bot) http://www.infoseek.com/ (Info Seek) http://lycospro.lycos.com/ (Lycos) SEARCH FOR PEOPLE - SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.anywho.com/resq.html http://www.555-1212.com/whte_us.htm http://www.four11.com/ http://in-114.infospace.com/_1_196816106__yp.ch/reverse.htm (reverse finder) http://www.switchboard.com/ http://www.whowhere.com/ http://www.icq.com/emaildir.html (Search the ICQ email directory - Millions of users) REAL-TIME COMPUTER TRANSLATIONS (All European languages) http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazatteer - Foreign) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (United State Geological Service - finds exact location of place names, cemeteries, churches, streams, etc. Excellent !!) http://www.indo.com/distance/ (Distance between two locations. Enter geographic coordinates or placenames) http://www.mit.edu/geo/ (finds county for known place and state) http://www.ahip.getty.edu/tgn_browser/ (geographic thesaurus) http://www1.proximus.com/lycos/ (Lycos road map) http://www.mapquest.com/ (Mapquest) http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html (geographic name locator) http://www.expediamaps.com/PlaceFinder.asp (Microsoft worldwide info) http://members.aol.com/oldmapsne/ (Historical Ink; old maps, NY&NE) http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprange.html (township and range system) http://www.multimap.com/ (United Kingdom) http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm (US Atlas, 1895) http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ (Yale geographic name locator) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot_coordinate.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Enter geographic coordinates only) http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com/terra_findaspot.htm (One meter resolution aerial and satellite photography of the USA and select foreign locations. Select location from a map or enter a place name) GENERAL REFERENCE SITE - ALL IN ONE http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html · Atlas & Maps · Beginner's Guides · Bios & Who's Who · Databases · Dictionaries · Electronic Texts · Encyclopedias · Genealogy · Government · Grammar & Style · History · Internet Resources · Law · Libraries · Miscellaneous · Phone Book · Population · Postal · Science · Thesaurus · Time & Date · Weights & Measures · World Religions · WWW Virtual Library VITAL RECORDS: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm (center for health stats) http://www.medaccess.com/address/vital_toc.htm (where to write) http://www.inlink.com/~nomi/vitalrec/ (Naomi's list) http://www.census-online.com/links/index.html#top (online census materials) http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/census.html (alternate, census online) http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/ (searchable south) CHECK AND CLEAN VIRUSES FROM YOU COMPUTER - free ! http://housecall.antivirus.com/explorer.html (Trend Microsystems) Excellent - highly recommended on-line service - no charge) GIANT GENEALOGY SITES: http://www.hamrick.com/names/ U.S. Surname Distribution from the U.S. census during various period in history. http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html (barrell of links) http://www.CyndisList.com (Cyndi's List) http://www.wwnet.com/~krugman1/fgc/ (Ford Genealogy Club) http://www.genforum.com/ (genealogy discussions) http://www.polaris.net/~legend/genalogy.htm (genealogy gateway) http://posom.com/hl/ (genealogy helplist) http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ (genealogy's most wanted) http://emcee.com/ (genealogy online) http://genealogy.tbox.com/ (genealogy tool box) http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/ (genealogy search engine) http://www.genhomepage.com/societies.html (genealogical societies) http://www.lds.org/Family_Hostory/How_Do_I_Begin.html (Mormon FHCs) http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ (National Genealogical Society) http://www.nehgs.org/ (New England Historic Genealogical Society) http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea/ (Rand genealogy club) http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/ (Roots Web Searches) http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/html/usa.htm (searchable genealogy links) http://genealogy.travellor.com/genealogy/ (Travellor southern families) http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/research/dbd.html (Uof KS sourcelist) http://www.usgenweb.com/ (US Genealogy web) http://www.usigs.org/index.htm (US Internet Genealogical Society) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/roots-l/genealog/genealog.vital-mo (genealogical and historical societies of Missouri; to change states, delete "mo" and substitute the postal abbreviation of the state of our choice) CHURCH HISTORY: http://www.ncccusa.org/ (National Council of Churches) http://www.ats.edu/members/denom.htm (theological seminaries) http://www.rrlc.org/guide/arc02.shtml (American Baptist) http://www.cob-net.org/ (Church of the Brethren) http://www.catholic.net/ (Roman Catholic Church) http://www.cin.org/ (Catholic information network) http://www.catholic.org/colweb/direct.html (Catholic web directory) http://www.disciples.org/historc.htm (Disciples of Christ) http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ (Episcopal Church, USA) http://www.elca.org/ (Evangelical Lutheran) http://www.fum.org/ (Friends United/Quaker) http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm (Quaker genealogy) http://www.mercer.edu/mainlib/SpColl.html (Georgia Baptist) http://www.depauw.edu/lib/services/Desc/dept.htm#archives (Indiana UMC) http://www.lcms.org/ (Lutheran, Missouri Synod) http://www.jewell.edu/academia/currylibrary/partee/partee.html (MOBaptist) http://cmc2.cmc.edu/arc.html (Missouri United Methodist) http://cc.owu.edu/~librweb/spuma.htm (Ohio United Methodist) http://www.libertynet.org/~pacscl/phs/index.html (Presbyterian) http://www.rca.org/ (Reformed Church in America) http://carolus.furman.edu/library/welcome/specpage.htm (SC Baptist) http://www.ucc.org/ (United Church of Christ) http://www.gcah.org/center.htm (United Methodist archives) http://www.gcah.org/Conference/umcdirectory.htm (UMC state archives) Continued > > > >

Folks, This was on the NCROOTS List. It may be of use to those searching for their Revolutionary War ancestor. John - --------------------------------------------- Check out: http://www.ancestry.com today and for next 10 days. The DAUGHTER's OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Lineage books, for FREE!!! - ---------------------------------------------

Folks, The below queries have just been posted. Please reply to the submitter. Thanks, John - -------------------------------------- CASON / RASBERRY mailto:ggettier@worldnet.att.net Judi ( ? ) August 18, 1999 Looking for info on the Annie CASON /Henry RASBERRY christening of their children born in Swan Quarter. They belonged to a Christian Church in Swan Quarter NC, first birth of child would have been born 1889 Lizzie Candelia , Effie born 1890, Paul S. born 1892, Hugh J. born 1894,Willie D. born 1896, Olivia E. born 1898 or 1900. Would like to know how can one obtain info from the church. Thanks very much. - -------------------------------------- FISHER mailto:eduncan@raex.com Leona R. Duncan August 18, 1999 Am searching for genealogical information on a Washington FISHER, if you should have this name in your findings please contact me. Thank you so very much. - -------------------------------------- REW / RUE mailto:FFFMoore@aol.com Florence Fulford Moore August 19, 1999 Solomon and Beverly REW were in the Hyde County area (Portsmouth Island, too), in the mid 1700s. I am trying to discover families that these Rews married into while in the Hyde County area, particularly BEVERLY, JASPER, MACADE, and BERRY lines. Can anyone help me here? I have found a lot of Rew data at archives in Raleigh NC and have some marriage and family linkage, but what I am seeking just isn't to be discovered yet. Thanks for your assistance. - --------------------------------------

Folks, Below are three Queries I have been asked to forward to the List. Please reply to the person submitting the Query, and not to me. Thanks, John - ------------------------------ HARRIS / SWINDELL mailto:swink1@oio.net > Lila Swink - August 15, 1999 Researching Ezekiel HARRIS and wife, Priscilla SWINDELL, m. 15 Jan 1785 in Hyde Co., NC. Children: Josiah, Comfort, Gordan, Robert, Jabez Kingsbury, Polly, William Riley and Dupree HARRIS. William Riley HARRIS and William Gordan HARRIS, son of Gordan HARRIS, went to Mississippi and then on to Indian Territory. Looking for Harris cousins in NC. Any help will be appreciated. - ------------------------------ MACKAY / MACKEY mailto:MackJet@aol.com > Alex Mack - August 16, 1999 Seeking information on apprenticeship records in Hyde Co., NC. Specifically, the court documents relating to the apprenticeship of my gr gr gr grandfather, Simpson MACKAY / MACKEY, to one Thomas SPENCER in May 1804. Simpson at that time was about 8 years old. I believe that he was part of the Matamuskeet tribe that either lost or sold their reservation in the early 1790's. Any information on who to write or contact would be appreciated. - ------------------------------ MANN mailto:BMann6@bellsouth.net > Sel Mann - August 15, 1999 Researching family of John and Margit MAN from England to America in 1600s. Son: Thomas, Grandson: Soloman, then Lewis, Charles Lewis, Theodore, etc. - ------------------------------

Folks, If anyone can help this parson on the GIBBS who migrated to White Co., TN in the early 1800's, please email the address below. John P.S. - In the 1820 White Co., TN Census, Benjamin, Casin (Cason), and Uriah GIBBS are listed. ---------------------- I saw your Hyde County Migrations Page. I know that my GIBBS migrated from North Carolina. In the list of early White Co., TN deeds, there are listing for Jesse and Uriah GIBBS. I have GIBBS on my mothers family who were in Warren Co., TN. I have a Jesse GIBBS and a great-grandfather, Uriah GIBBS. I do not have any early information on the GIBBS in Hyde Co., NC, but would be very interested in sharing any information I might have. Would love to hear from you or anyone who is researching Tennessee GIBBS. Thank you for any help! My email address is: revcook@att.net or revcook@worldnet.att.net ----------------------

Folks, The below has appeared on several mailing lists. Whether true or not, its good to be forewarned. John ______________________________ TNRUTHER-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 191 Today's Topics: #7 Re: DON'T FALL FOR THIS ONE [<lyric@bna.bellsouth.net>] _____________________________ One of our parishoners put this warning in our church announcements list: bottom line: DO NOT fall for this: Someone called her and said he was the AT&T technician. He asked her to help him check her line by pressing 9 then 0 then the # sign. She was a suspicious type and refused. Good thing! If she had done that, she would have been alerting her carrier that all 900 code calls from HIS number could be charged to HERS. This is a national Scam and has been run from prisons among other places. So Don't fall for this! ______________________________

Folks, I am forwarding this so please reply to Juanita at the email address below. John - ---------------------------- My name is Juanita McClaud Midgette. I am the daughter of the late Nathaniel and Eula (Shelton) McClaud and would like to research the surnames LUCAS, McCLAUD and SHELTON. I was born and raised in Hyde County. However, I live on Long Island in NY, where I've worked as a teacher for 20+ yrs. Any assistance will be appreciated. Juanita eulanath@aol.com - ----------------------------

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Folks, I thought some of you would find this of interest. John - ---------------------------- The Story Behind "Taps" It all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing in Virginia. The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land. During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who lay mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or Confederate soldier, the captain decided to risk his life and bring the stricken man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through the gunfire, the captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling him toward his encampment. When the captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead. The captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It was his son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in the Confederate Army. The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial despite his enemy status. His request was partially granted. The captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral dirge for the son at the funeral. That request was turned down since the soldier was a Confederate. Out of respect for the father, they did say they could give him one musician. The captain chose a bugler. He asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's uniform. This music was the haunting melody we now know as "Taps" that is used at all military funerals. In case you are interested, these are the words to "Taps": "Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lakes, From the hills, From the sky. All is well. Safely rest. God is night."

I found this fascinating and explains many sayings and customs we still have today. HOW THINGS USED TO BE IN IRELAND AND ENGLAND Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the b.o. Baths equaled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." Houses had thatched roofs. Thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the pets (dogs, cats) and other small animals (mice, rats, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up your nice clean bed. So, they found if they made beds with big posts and hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that problem. Hence those beautiful big 4 poster beds with canopies. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors which would get slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed at the entry way, hence a "thresh hold." They cooked in the kitchen in a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They mostly ate vegetables and didn't get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been in there for a long while. Hence the rhyme: "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when that happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man "could really bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew the fat." Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with a high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food. This happened most often with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes ... for 400 years. Most people didn't have pewter plates, but had trenchers - a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms got into the wood. After eating off wormy trenchers, they would get "trench mouth." Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the "upper crust." Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." England is old and small and they started running out of places to bury people. So, they would dig up coffins and would take their bones to a house and reuse the grave. In reopening these coffins, one out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would tie a string on their wrist and lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the grave- yard all night to listen for the bell. Hence on the "graveyard shift" they would know that someone was "saved by the bell" or he was a "dead ringer." Anne Singleton Condran acondran@home.com http://www.geocities.com/~ncsingletons

Folks, I am forwarding this for Betsy Graham. Please reply to her email address, below. John - - - - - - - - Greetings, My mother-inlaw, Willie Mae Spencer Graham was born and raised in Hyde. Her sisters, Ina Simmons, Edith Jarvis, Kathleen Gibbs, Leath Morrill (I think), brother who lived in Wilmington. Don't know if I left anyone out. I can't remember all the surnames right this moment. I loved them. I keep up with Julia Spencer in Wilmington, and Carolyn Harris in Swan Quarter. Just makes me "home-sick" for the "cousins-by-the-dozens". Last saw them all at my mother-in-law's funeral at Myrtle Beach, January 1995. She lived to be 93 yrs old. She was the youngest of her siblings and the last. I believe she lived longer than any of the others. My husband's sister, Jo Allegood in Atlanta, remembers everyone and if anyone is in need of a name, etc., I could possibly get it from her. Elizabeth Curtis Graham betsy@visuallink.com

FYI: The Table of Contents of "High Tides", the Hyde Co. Historical & Genealogical Society semi-annual journal, has just been posted. This journal was begun in 1980 and has continued to present day and contains such things as wills, articles on now defunct towns, prominent (and not so prominent) people, county architecture, guardian papers, estate papers, etc. This journal is a MUST for any serious Hyde County researcher. For the Table of Contents of "High Tides" and information on how to order these journals go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchyde/HITIDE.HTM Thanks, Kay Lynn

Folks, This is to let everyone know what most of you already know. Kay Lynn Midgett Sheppard is now the Co-Host for the Hyde Co., NCGenWeb Project web site. Ooops, I sent this before I finished. But I don't think I need to sing Kay Lynn's praises. Her dedication to Hyde County history and genealogy is apparent everywhere, from the many records she has transcribed to the many folks she has helped behind the scenes, including me. So it gives me great pleasure to welcome my friend and pardner as co-host of the Hyde Pages. Thanks, Kay Lynn. John