_http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/_ (http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/) to view Abstracts of NC Wills just click on Eastern, NC, you will see Abstracts of NC Wills, just click on title, you can read whole book one page at a time. This site has some great books on line. Helen

A lot of old land deeds listed here from different states, lots of VA deeds. Helen Ennis Williams _http://users.rcn.com/deeds/pool.htm_ (http://users.rcn.com/deeds/pool.htm)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gVB.2ACI/2846 Message Board Post: Researcher seeking information for new NC regimental history on the 20th NC Infantry. I am currently researching and writing my third book which will be a regimental history with complete roster of the 20th NC Infantry. I am nearing completion of the roster, but there is still time to add info. The regiment’s companies were formed in Brunswick, Columbus, Cabarrus, Duplin, Sampson, and surrounding counties (including Robeson, Wayne, and Johnston). I would like to include photos, military, biographical and genealogical data (including parent's names, soldier's pre-war and post-war occupation(s), marriage info, and burial location) for every soldier. Also of particular interest are newspaper articles, and letters and diaries from the soldiers. I will pay copy/postage costs for any new information and give credit in the book's acknowledgments section. Please note that I already have the information from each soldier’s CSR, Clark's NC Regiments and the NC Troops s! eries. Thanks for your help. Neil Raiford email: [email protected] (Author of The 4th NC Cavalry in the Civil War, published by McFarland in 2003; Shadow: A Cottontail Bomber Crew in WWII, published by McFarland in Oct. 2004).

Nancy & list, The brief exposure during scanning will not harm the tintypes. Scanning tintypes (or copying photographically) gives surprisingly good results, even with originals which have become darkened with age. For storage, the originals should be kept in a cool, dark location. R. Lewis * * Orig. message: > > I have several "tintypes" handed down from our CAPPS family. They appear as a light brown color and are in excellent condition. Trouble is-I cannot identifiy "who is who" since nothing was written down to identify them. > > Will scanning/ copying (light) affect the quality of these pictures? > > Nancy

It's Time Again for the 24th Annual Toler Family Reunion Date: Sunday, Sept 11, 2005 (rain or shine) Place: DONGOLA COMMUNITY CENTER Dongola, IL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION: Begins at 11:00 a.m. Please register at the registration desk so we can document who was at the reunion. Please give births, deaths, and marriages of your family or other Toler Family History. Bring photos, articles anything you want to share with others at the Toler Reunion. Remember; History is what happened yesterday- not always 200 years ago. You will be history someday!!!! Lunch: Begins at 1:00 p.m. All Toler's like to eat so again this year the Toler Reunion Committee will ask you to bring a meat dish and some of your best side dishes and desserts. The Reunion Committee will furnish the drinks. Prizes/ Activities We will give prizes for oldest Toler Attendee, also a prize for the Toler who traveled the farthest distance to the reunion. Cecil Toler will be raffling a 2002 Edition of his book Toler and Allied Families. Proceeds will go to the Toler Reunion Fund. Donna Toler Sitter and Violet Toler will have some Children's activities planned so bring your children!!!! There is a small park nearby with monkey bars, etc. Toler Reunion Committee Members 2005 President 2004-2005 Cecil O Toler: Dongola, IL/ 618-827-3957 Vice President 2004-2005 Carl Sellers / Cobden, IL/618-893-2196 Secretary 2004-2005 Myra Woodridge /Jonesboro, AR/870-268-8443/ [email protected] Treasurer 2004-2005 Sally Casey: Anna, IL /618-697-2393 / [email protected] Committee Members Jerry and Ann Toler: Anna, IL /618-833-5322 Tim Casey: Anna, IL /618-697-2393 /[email protected] Children's Activities Donna Toler Sitter: Anna, IL/618-833-8924/[email protected] Violet Toler: Goreville, IL/618-995-1157/[email protected] ______________________________________________________________ If you have not been to the reunion for whatever reason, please come to this reunion and enjoy cousins, family, and history. We want your participation, so please join us on Sept 11th, 2005. Help us plan the 2006 Toler Reunion. Where is Dongola IL It is in Union Co IL 9 miles south of Anna IL. You can get there traveling on Interstate 57 or State Route 51. It is a small village. The Dongola Community Center is in the middle of the village. There will be a sign; it is a beige building on the right behind a Red building across the VEACH Station. It is Air Conditioned it has bathrooms and kitchen.

If you are searching for ancestors who married in Caddo Parish, LA, this may help you. According to an item in July 31, THE TIMES, Shreveport, LA, newspaper, and the notice on the Caddo Parish site, the marriage indexes are now available online to the general public for no charge. NOT ALL years are online at present time. The system is STILL BEING TESTED but you can try it now by clicking on: http://www.caddoclerk.com/ and then clicking on: "TRY IT" and using the following: USER NAME: muser PASSWORD: caddo The newspaper article states: "Searches can be by the name of the groom, the bride, and the bride's maiden name. And partial names are okay. People can also search by book and page or by date. So if you want to see the names of everyone who a license on Dec. 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the rush of folks to get married before going off to war, they are there." It further states: "While the Caddo marriage records date back to 1838, the online search now only goes back to the early 1930's." If copies of licenses are found and wanted, certified copies cost $3 in person, $3.50 by mail. Requests should be mailed to: Caddo Parish Clerk of Court Attention Marriage Department 501 Texas St., Room 103 Shreveport, LA 71101 Peggy

In a message dated 8/8/2005 6:44:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: They were farming people, and would not have had painted portraits. Again, only your family members living in th! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh- I forgot to add that the CAPPS were farmers from Johnston County- who migrated to Cumberland; AND they had several tintypes and painted portraits. ] Nancy J. Capps

In a message dated 8/8/2005 6:44:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Ferrotypes (often called Tintypes) were developed in the mid-1850s, and became the most popular form of photography for the general masses for several decades. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have several "tintypes" handed down from our CAPPS family. They appear as a light brown color and are in excellent condition. Trouble is- I cannot identifiy "who is who" since nothing was written down to identify them. Will scanning/ copying (light) affect the quality of these pictures? Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gVB.2ACI/2845.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Mark you alway give out good information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gVB.2ACI/2822.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I realized that I gave an incorrect citation for the obituary of Patty Parrish in "Zion's Landmark." The correct citation is: "Zion's Landmark," March 15, 1888, Volume 21, No. 9, pp. 213-214.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gVB.2ACI/2845.1 Message Board Post: Eleanor, The earliest known photograph was made in 1826. In the 1830s, the daguerreotype (a unique silver image on glass which changes from negative to positive depending on the angle of light) was developed and patented. Daguerreotypes were expensive, and not that prevalent except in larger cities or the among the affluent who could afford them. In the early 1850s, the Ambrotype (a positive image on glass) was developed, but this process was somewhat short lived. Ferrotypes (often called Tintypes) were developed in the mid-1850s, and became the most popular form of photography for the general masses for several decades. Paper photography was also developed in the mid-19th century, and such photographs were often mounted on cardboard backings of various shapes and sizes (cabinet cards, carte-de-visites). These were prevalent from the Civil War era onwards. It is important to understand that many of our early ancestors in Johnston County were agragrian people of humble means. For a lot of them, photography would not have been something known or commonplace to them until the later half of the 19th century (post Civil War) or even the 20th century. Most of the resident photographers in Johnston County would not have been active until probably the 1890s and afterwards. James William "Billy" Langdon of Four Oaks was one of the early photographers in Johnston County. John L. Johnson also operated a small studio at his home in Pleasant Grove Township. There were doubtless others as well. Aside from these local photographers, only if an ancestor went to a studio in a city such as Raleigh would they have had a photograph made in the late 19th century. Your ancestors Brissie and Justice Parrish pre-date photography. They were farming people, and would not have had painted portraits. Again, only your family members living in th! e later half of the 19th century and afterwards would have probably had photographs made. A good basic outline of the history of photography can be found at this web link: http://www.photo.net/history/timeline You might benefit from consulting the photograph collections at the Johnston County Heritage Center in Smithfield. They have a large collection of photographs of Johnstonians which have been donated or copied by various individuals. Many of them are from the collection of Mr. Harold Medlin in Benson, who has copied vast numbers of old photos of people and places associated with Johnston County over the years. I hope this information is helpful to you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gVB.2ACI/2845 Message Board Post: Are there any pictures of the Parrishes of the 1700--1800 out there any where? Brissie, Justice Sr., Justice Jr., Mordecai or any of their family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILKINS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gVB.2ACI/2844 Message Board Post: WILKINS FAMILY REUNION, Johnston Co NC The annual WILKINS family reunion will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2005, at the American Legion Hut on Hwy 70-A in Pine Level, N.C. Family and friends of the late James Henry WILKINS and Sarah Bonner JORDAN WILKINS are invited to attend the reunion, starting at 11:00 A.M. and lasting throughout the afternoon. Everyone should bring food and drinks to be shared at noon. The founders of the WILKINS family were Alfred WILKINS, born about 1800, who came to Boon Hill Township about 1835, and his wife Edith. Their children were: Henry W. WILKINS who married Sarah HOWELL of Wayne County; John WILKINS and Marinda RAINS; Eli WILKINS and Evaline HILL; Owen C. WILKINS and Rebecca JOHNSON; Sarah D. WILKINS; Edith Mariah WILKINS who married Henry BYRD; and, Mary Ann WILKINS who married William EASON. Descendants of Theophilus WILKINS and Nancy KING and descendants of Ann WILKINS are also members of this family. All WILKINS families are invited to attend and be added to the Family History. For more information please contact the Wilkins Family Historian, Beverly C. Williamson, 904-372-4682.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gVB.2ACI/2794.4 Message Board Post: Here's how my line goes. Thomas Smith,b 1611, Purton, Gloucester, Va.; John Smith b 1630, Purton Gloucester, Va. m Anne Bernard; John Smith b 1663, Purton, Gloucester, Va m Mary Warner; John Smith b 1684 Middlesex, Va. d. 1777 ? m. Elizabeth Whitfield; Samuel Smith b 27 May 1709 Prince George, Va d. 14 Sept 1783 , Smithfield, NC m Edith Whitfield; Elizabeth Smith b 20 Dec 1746 Johnston County, NC m William Walton.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gVB.2ACI/2794.3 Message Board Post: Jay, I have some Smith ancestors who settled in Purton, Gloucester County, Virginia in the early 1600's. One of his descendants, Thomas Smith, later settled in Johnston County, NC. Could be the same family.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gVB.2ACI/2164.2 Message Board Post: Your John Moore is my husband's gg grandfather. I am also looking for John Moore's parent's or sibling's names. Your post is about 4 yrs old. Have you found any more info? I do know that John and Martha had 11 children. Thanks for relaying any additional information you might have come up with. Beth

Hello Donna, While I don't have any specific information on your Thomas L. Mims, here are a couple of links to information about the 47th North Carolina. From what I saw, Company H was organized in Wake County, NC. Recruits could have been from any neighboring counties as well. http://members.aol.com/jweaver303/nc/47nct.htm http://www.researchonline.net/nccw/unit129.htm A great source for information on North Carolina soldiers is the multi-volume set "North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 - A Roster", compiled by Louis H. Manarin and Weymouth Jordan. It has rosters for all North Carolina units, and a brief sketch about many soldiers. I imagine most major libraries would have it. The link below describes the work. I've spent many hours pouring over the volumes looking for my Carroll ancestors. http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/nc_rostr/default.htm Good Luck in your search. Scott Shuster Houston, TX USA > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 8/4/2005 4:58:09 PM > Subject: [NCJohnston] Thomas L. Mims > > Can anyone tell me anything about this soldier and where this company was > from, > > Thomas L. Mims 47 NC Infantry Co. H. > Buried Willowdale Cem. in Wayne Co NC. > > I can't find anything oout on him, thanks for any help. > > Donna > > > ==== NCJOHNST Mailing List ==== > Johnston County, North Carolina NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/index.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Can someone get this for me? West Family by James Mark Valsame, pages 449-456 If anyone can, let me know what it will cost for copies and your expenses. Mamie

Can anyone tell me anything about this soldier and where this company was from, Thomas L. Mims 47 NC Infantry Co. H. Buried Willowdale Cem. in Wayne Co NC. I can't find anything oout on him, thanks for any help. Donna

Anyone searching for Ancestors that emigrated to America may find this site useful. http://www.castlegarden.org/ "CastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period." I found several of my people by searching for the surname in a time range. Betty Pace