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/QUB.2ACE/1057.1.1 Message Board Post: I had the dates correct with the Walter, father of Jesse H. I got his information as to his wives (1) Eliza (2) Elizabeth from his will dated 1876. This is the Walter I am speaking of. Do you concur?

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/QUB.2ACE/1057.1 Message Board Post: I will try to sort this out for you. You have your Walter mixed up. Walter who mar E.lizabeth had NO son named Jesse. Jesse H. Kennedy b 1838 d 1868, mar Mary Sugg, was son of another Walter, nephew to the Walter, b ca 1760, who mar Elizabeth H. . Jesse H. father Walter was b Mar 07, 1812. Jesse H. had ch John Thomas b 1862, Heber H. b 1864 and Hattie Elizabeth b 1867.

For those of you with Paletine families, you need to look at a three volume set entitled Even More Paletine Families by Picton Press by Henry Jones Jr and Lewis Bunker Rohrback Vol 2 is Craven Co I was aware of these books having heard from Rohrback a number of times but had not seen the books until last week at LCC. They are a scholarly piece of work, one of the best I have seen. Our own Victor Jones did a list of possible Paletine families a few years ago and he is credited with supplying much information in the book - thank you Victor. The books provide much background information, ships lists, and information on the many families with how the names evolved. It also redoes the early Craven Tax Lists which is quite different than the printed list we all use but it does help to read German. LCC does have a copy and I assume that the New Bern Library does also. They are more than worth your time finding a copy as one can't order just one volume and the index is in Vol 3. According to Dr. Pruitt and her new catelogue, Margaret Hoffman is currently working on a lengthy series entitled "North Carolina Abstracts of State Grants". Someone raised the question recently on one of the lists as to whether there were patents/Grants after the Rev. War. There were but the State issued them. These books will help fill in the gaps especially for our burned counties and they also cover grants in Tenn.. There are two books published so far but I have not seen them. I don't have an URL for ordering but will try to get one for the lists. As Dr. Pruitt said - we hope she has a long and healthy life. Dr. Bruce Pruitt has a new book of interest to many of you - abstracts of Craven Co Deed Books 2,3, & 4 and he is working on another volume. His URL is below and assume the new book is listed but I picked my copy up at PCFR Reunion. In my opinion, Dr. Pruitt, is on the same level of Margaret Hoffman and the two are the best in this business. Of course, these early Deed Books cover all of our counties. He includes an excellent map of the lots in early New Bern. http://members.tripod.com/abpruitt/

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rochelle/onslow/ PHOTOS, new pictures of RHODES family of Onslow Co., N.C. many migrated to LEnoir, Craven, Jones, etc. sloan mason

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kennedy, Eskew, Sugg Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QUB.2ACE/1057 Message Board Post: Am trying to help a new found cousin on his Kennedy family. I beleive Walter who married an Elizabeth H to have had a son Jesse who died young. Jesse (I believe he married a Mary Sugg) had family of three children, one of whom is Heber Hardy Kennedy. He ended up in Texas marrying Zoula Eskew who is the sister to my ancestor. There is a will from Walter listing these names hence my theory. If anyone can prove my theory correct, I would be most appreciative as well as my new cousin.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Tyndal Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QUB.2ACE/1056 Message Board Post: Looking for family members of James O. Tyndal and Ida Tyndal of Lenoir county, Pink Hilltwsp.Need to know Ida's maiden name.They appera in the 1910 through 1930 US Census of Pink Hill

There is going to be a Family Reunion tomorrow at 1:00PM for the descendants of Richard and Hepsie Fields Hill. It is going to be in Hookerton, Greene Co., NC at the Community Building. If you are part of our Family we would love to have you join us. Some old cousins are really looking forward to seeing each other again. The oldest ones living are 93; 89, 88 so that is what I mean when I say "old". What a blessing this is going to be. Come join us and bring your family pictures and books. We will have a Computer, Scanner, and Printer. Linda Melvin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Berry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QUB.2ACE/899.1.1 Message Board Post: Just saw your posting. Thanks for responding. Don't know of any Cobb connection, but tell me more. I know some Cobb's of New Bern. If you can't find George Berry in the line, do you think you could look for Will(William)Berry? What is the name of the Berry female you were looking at? Maybe I can help 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/rw/QUB.2ACE/983.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I too am trying to find out some information on Simon Faulkner. Can you give me any information as to when he was born or any other wives and children?

John didn't type in his address correctly - it is http://johncroom.com/ >Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:29:28 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Sun Oct 17 10:29:27 2004 >From: [email protected] >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:29:55 EDT >Old-To: [email protected] >X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6808 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3337 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >Subject: [NCLENOIR] Croom Gen. site-Lenoir Co. > >John Croom just wrote me an e-mail, I am out of town, so won't be able to >change this until I get back. >sloan > > >To Whom It May Concern: > >The URL for the Croom Genealogy Site by John Croom has been changed to: > >http://johncroom.com . Would you please change the link on the Lenoir (NC) >Families page. > >John Croom

John Croom just wrote me an e-mail, I am out of town, so won't be able to change this until I get back. sloan To Whom It May Concern:   The URL for the Croom Genealogy Site by John Croom has been changed to:   http://johncroom.com . Would you please change the link on the Lenoir (NC) Families page.   John Croom

Hello Trish and Groups... Thanks for the information Trish... I should have included Lenoir & Greene in my post... doing so now. 12 Oct 04 Trish wrote: Jewelle, The name Grandison Sheppard stands out in the list from the Confederate Cemetery in Campbell County, Tenn. He could have Greene County roots. There were a couple of Grandison Edwards. The Sheppards and Edwards certainly intermarried. Trish On Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at 11:30 AM, Jewelle Baker wrote to GenealogyPittCountyNorthCarolinaFriendsInResearch: Hello Group... For your information, forwarding for Michael HARDY.... read on: Greetings folks! Please note the below article I wrote about the Confederate cemetery in Campbell County, Tenn., along with the names of the soldiers (at the end of the article). Is anyone related to any of these men? Regards, Michael C. Hardy www.michaelchardy.com In the summer of 1862, the 58th North Carolina Troops marched away to eastern Tennessee. Their term of enlistment was three years, or the war. Many who watched their sons, husbands, or fathers pass along the route must have been terrified at the thought that they might never return. The 58th North Carolina Troops would not see any large-scale action their first year in service. But, disease, the largest killer during the war, would take its toll those first twelve months. During the winter of 1862-1863, the regiment was assigned to guard Big Gap Creek in Campbell County, Tennessee. That winter was harsh, and fifty members of the 58th North Carolina perished. They were all buried in a local cemetery in Campbell County, forgotten by most except for a few families in the area. In December 2002, Leta Cornett, of Boone, North Carolina, walked into the Campbell County Historical Museum and inquired as to the whereabouts of the Delap Cemetery. A phone call and a short drive was all that it took for Ms. Cornett to find the cemetery, and some members of the local community who helped her pinpoint the graves of fifty members of the 58th North Carolina who died during that winter 140 years ago. One of those soldiers was her grandfather. Soon the Campbell County Historical Society and other members of the community were involved; the cemetery was cleaned up and mapped. From the Veterans Administration, fifty tombstones were ordered, bearing the names and dates (if known) of the North Carolina soldiers. These tombstones and a fence will soon be installed around the cemetery to protect the final resting places of these soldiers. Believed to be buried in the cemetery are the following men: Adam EGGERS, Phillip H. GRUBB, Nathan HARTLEY, Jacob S. HAYES, Harmon HICKS, John H. BAIRD, Dudley G. GLENN, Larkin GREEN, William L. BROWN, Jacob JOHNSON, Madison JOHNSON, Larkin M. JONES, John MICHAELl, David D. MILLER, John NORRIS, Jessie PROFITT, James A. SMITH, and Alfred WATSON, of WATAUGA COUNTY; Newton A. BAKER, Samuel D. FRANKLIN, Hodge R. GARLAND, Jason E. BURLESON, Hilliard HORN, Thomas McKINNEY, and Joseph STEWARD, of MITCHELL COUNTY; John W. HUNTER, James M. CRAWFORD, William J. JONES, William M. McINTOSH, William A. NICHOLS, John W. PHILLIPS, Conarah D. PHIPPS, Grandison SHEPPERD, and Edward M. WILSON, of YANCY COUNTY; Elbert COFFEY and Stephen R. GRIFFIN, of CALDWELL COUNTY; Losen M. JAMES, John JEMERSON, J. F. MASSEY, Aaron W. OWENSBURY, and Edward TOWERY, of McDOWELL COUNTY; and William TREADWAY of ASHE COUNTY . A fund has been set up at the Peoples National bank in Jacksboro for those wishing to contribute to the project. A memorial service is also being planned. For more information, please contact Michael C. Hardy at [email protected] ********************************************************* Jewelle [email protected] [email protected] Main SURNAMES; CANNON; COX; JACKSON; McLAWHORN (all sp); WINGATE ++++ GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages eMail scan by NAV & certified Virus Free

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclenoir/reunions.html BECTON & GRIMES reunion in Kinston Please take a look at the Reunion page, there are lots of reunions coming up in Kinston & Greenville (Pitt Co. Reunion) this month. Sloan mason

Where can I find a listing of the 53 men captured and those who were executed? Thanks, Gary Budd -----Original Message----- From: Jewelle Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NCLENOIR] Civil War Hangings in Kinston NC Hello Group... Another interesting article gleaned for you from Kinston FreePress today: http://www.kinston.com/ Story of Civil War hangings goes international October 11, 2004 In the wee hours of Feb. 2, 1864, Confederate forces captured 53 men who had deserted the Stars and Bars and currently wore the uniform of those serving the Stars and Stripes. These men comprised nearly the entire roster of Company F of the Second North Carolina Volunteer Union Infantry. Within four months of capture, nearly all were dead. Many became victims of diseases after they were sent to southern prisoner of war camps. Some were branded with a "D" for "deserter" on their hips. However, 22 of these men were publicly hanged in Kinston. The story of these hangings, once the stuff of local legend, entered this summer into the arena of international study thanks to the efforts of Dr. Donald Collins, a retired history professor from East Carolina University. His account of these ill-fated men appeared in the June issue of the CHAB News. CHAB stands for the Confederate Historical Association of Belgium. The publication is a popular Civil War magazine, similar to the Civil War Times Illustrated published in the United States. "During the past two years, interest in the story of the Kinston hangings has expanded nationally and internationally," Collins said. "Northerners visiting the South are often dumbfounded by the interest of Southerners in the Civil War. "They would be more surprised at the intense interest our war has generated throughout the world." Germans, Austrians, Australians, Frenchmen, Belgians and other Europeans hold round-table discussions, and European re-enactor groups, fighting as both Federals and Confederates, recreate the battles of Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor and Antietam, Collins explained. The First North Carolina Cavalry has a German branch that has ridden into action for the past 12 years. Even the Internet offers evidence of the interest people world-wide have in the American Civil War. One website's greeting reads, "Willkommen auf des Homepages des Union and Confederate Reenactors International," while another says, "Bienvenue sur le site du Club Confedere et Federal de France." Dr. Collins' article in CHAB News, titled "General George Pickett and the Mass Execution of Deserters in Civil War Kinston, North Carolina," is just the latest chapter in the story of this professor's personal quest. "I became interested in this topic many years ago while doing genealogical research on my great-grandfather, Richard Louis 'R.L.' Collins, who was the husband of Elsy Becton of Lenoir County. R.L. Collins owned a tailor shop next to the Pollock Hotel across from the court house before the Civil War," Collins said. "He lost his shop at the beginning of the war when he refused to make a Confederate flag. He even refused to sell the material to make Confederate flags." Collins said when he learned that his great-grandfather's death occurred around the time of the Kinston hangings, he suspected that his Union-sympathizing ancestor was possibly one of those who ended up at the end of a rope. R.L. Collins was 31 at the time of his death. As the professor meticulously examined documents from that historical period, he pieced together the story of the captured deserters and the Kinston hangings. Major General George Pickett was in command of Confederate forces in the Kinston and Goldsboro areas at the time of the hangings. "I never did find out how my great-grandfather died, but being a historian, I decided to write the most detailed story of the hangings possible," Collins explained. "After I completed the article, it took years to get it into print." Since the story's first appearance in print, Collins has published an expanded version of the article in The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction, published by Scholarly Resources, Inc. In Jan. 2003, Collins told the story of the Kinston hangings to the Pickett Society in Richmond, Va., at the annual commemoration of Pickett's birthday. Professor Collins has no kind words for Gerard A. Patterson's book, "Justice or Atrocity: General George E. Pickett and the Kinston, N.C. Hangings." "I have great disdain for Patterson's book for two reasons. First, he took a subject too short for book-length treatment and padded it with Pickett's love story," Collins said. "Even worse, he padded the text with statements that are just outright wrong. He makes mistakes page after page. The courts-martial did not take place at the courthouse but at Pickett's headquarters, first in Kinston and then in Goldsboro. His claims to know the location of the hangings is incorrect because no one knows with certainty just where the hangings took place." The retired ECU scholar is in the final stages of completed his latest book. "The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis" is scheduled for release in May 2005. Mike Parker is a columnist for The Free Press. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or in care of this newspaper. C 2004 by Freedom ENC Communications. All rights reserved. Content may not be reproduced without written permission from FENC Communications. 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Hello Group... Another interesting article gleaned for you from Kinston FreePress today: http://www.kinston.com/ Story of Civil War hangings goes international October 11, 2004 In the wee hours of Feb. 2, 1864, Confederate forces captured 53 men who had deserted the Stars and Bars and currently wore the uniform of those serving the Stars and Stripes. These men comprised nearly the entire roster of Company F of the Second North Carolina Volunteer Union Infantry. Within four months of capture, nearly all were dead. Many became victims of diseases after they were sent to southern prisoner of war camps. Some were branded with a "D" for "deserter" on their hips. However, 22 of these men were publicly hanged in Kinston. The story of these hangings, once the stuff of local legend, entered this summer into the arena of international study thanks to the efforts of Dr. Donald Collins, a retired history professor from East Carolina University. His account of these ill-fated men appeared in the June issue of the CHAB News. CHAB stands for the Confederate Historical Association of Belgium. The publication is a popular Civil War magazine, similar to the Civil War Times Illustrated published in the United States. "During the past two years, interest in the story of the Kinston hangings has expanded nationally and internationally," Collins said. "Northerners visiting the South are often dumbfounded by the interest of Southerners in the Civil War. "They would be more surprised at the intense interest our war has generated throughout the world." Germans, Austrians, Australians, Frenchmen, Belgians and other Europeans hold round-table discussions, and European re-enactor groups, fighting as both Federals and Confederates, recreate the battles of Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor and Antietam, Collins explained. The First North Carolina Cavalry has a German branch that has ridden into action for the past 12 years. Even the Internet offers evidence of the interest people world-wide have in the American Civil War. One website's greeting reads, "Willkommen auf des Homepages des Union and Confederate Reenactors International," while another says, "Bienvenue sur le site du Club Confedere et Federal de France." Dr. Collins' article in CHAB News, titled "General George Pickett and the Mass Execution of Deserters in Civil War Kinston, North Carolina," is just the latest chapter in the story of this professor's personal quest. "I became interested in this topic many years ago while doing genealogical research on my great-grandfather, Richard Louis 'R.L.' Collins, who was the husband of Elsy Becton of Lenoir County. R.L. Collins owned a tailor shop next to the Pollock Hotel across from the court house before the Civil War," Collins said. "He lost his shop at the beginning of the war when he refused to make a Confederate flag. He even refused to sell the material to make Confederate flags." Collins said when he learned that his great-grandfather's death occurred around the time of the Kinston hangings, he suspected that his Union-sympathizing ancestor was possibly one of those who ended up at the end of a rope. R.L. Collins was 31 at the time of his death. As the professor meticulously examined documents from that historical period, he pieced together the story of the captured deserters and the Kinston hangings. Major General George Pickett was in command of Confederate forces in the Kinston and Goldsboro areas at the time of the hangings. "I never did find out how my great-grandfather died, but being a historian, I decided to write the most detailed story of the hangings possible," Collins explained. "After I completed the article, it took years to get it into print." Since the story's first appearance in print, Collins has published an expanded version of the article in The Human Tradition in the Civil War and Reconstruction, published by Scholarly Resources, Inc. In Jan. 2003, Collins told the story of the Kinston hangings to the Pickett Society in Richmond, Va., at the annual commemoration of Pickett's birthday. Professor Collins has no kind words for Gerard A. Patterson's book, "Justice or Atrocity: General George E. Pickett and the Kinston, N.C. Hangings." "I have great disdain for Patterson's book for two reasons. First, he took a subject too short for book-length treatment and padded it with Pickett's love story," Collins said. "Even worse, he padded the text with statements that are just outright wrong. He makes mistakes page after page. The courts-martial did not take place at the courthouse but at Pickett's headquarters, first in Kinston and then in Goldsboro. His claims to know the location of the hangings is incorrect because no one knows with certainty just where the hangings took place." The retired ECU scholar is in the final stages of completed his latest book. "The Death and Resurrection of Jefferson Davis" is scheduled for release in May 2005. Mike Parker is a columnist for The Free Press. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or in care of this newspaper. © 2004 by Freedom ENC Communications. All rights reserved. Content may not be reproduced without written permission from FENC Communications. For questions or comments about this site please email [email protected] ************************************************************************** Jewelle [email protected] [email protected] Main SURNAMES; CANNON; COX; JACKSON; McLAWHORN (all sp); WINGATE ++++ GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages eMail scan by NAV & certified Virus Free

Can anyone help me with information on NC Tax List? What counties still have them available and where are they? I am particularly looking for Robeson Co., and have ask the Robeson list and haven't gotten an answer. In the "Guide to Research Materials in the NC Archives" (County Records) it does list there are 2 boxes of Tax Records 1788-1910. I would like to find some that have been published as I only need from about 1810-1827 checked for Herrings in Robeson Co. (or a look up in the NC Archives from someone who lives near. I am willing to pay for some time and copy and postage but can't afford the out of state research fee too.) I also would like all the ones listed with name variations instead of just one name as they do.) If anyone knows anything about these tax records, please contact me. Rose Parks

Lenoir C o. Jones Co. Nancy Hayes, I misplaced your e-mail address. RHODES family of Kinston, Lenoir Co. and JOnes Co. sloan mason

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgreene/greene_photos/index.html Anna TAYLOR posted pictures for the Dail-Beamon-Walston family of Greene Co. Her e-mail address is no longer valid---it is [email protected] Does anyone know her NEW e-mail address and how we can reach her? Please let Mary Dail Harrison know at this e-mail address: [email protected] or Sloan Mason at [email protected] so I can change her address on the Greene Co. website. thanks.

Hello All You BRYAN Researchers...... The below was gleaned for you from another eList...... It touched my heart! Thanks to Mr. Mortenson for sharing! Jewelle [email protected] [email protected] Researching: (Main Capitalized) BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway, COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison, Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson, Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills, Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes, Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington, Worthington, plus ++++ GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages eMail scan by NAV & certified Virus Free ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 1:54 PM Subject: [NCJohnston] BRYAN, Winifred, sons Harry, David; Letter during War of 1812 > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: BRYAN, WALTON, POOL > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/gVB.2ACI/2731 > > Message Board Post: > > In cleaning out my parents' house, I ran across this article which was in > the Goldsboro paper while my father was stationed there during WWII. I > thought it might be of interest to someone. (I have no connection to this > family) > > North Carolina, Johnson County, December 10th, 1814 > My Dear Sons: > Accompanying this letter you will receive some clothing for the relief of > your present necessities. > One pair of breeches and two shirts to Harry and pair of drawers to David. > If you require anything more you will not be backward in making it known, > as frequent opportunities occur to send. Your mother's hands that nursed > you from infancy will be extended to your support while God shall give > them strength. Leaving a rehearsal of the news of the neighborhood to your > brother and others who may write, I will attend alone to that duty which > is required of me as a mother: the instruction of the children. > My dear sons, you are now out of my sight and beyond the reach of my voice > among strangers and a variety of characters; young men called into that > service which has a tendency without a strict regard over one's self, to > harden the feelings and brutalize the manners of men. I must therefore > content myself with the mode of requesting you to remember the many > instructions I have given you whilst you were with me; to remember that > you were raised in civil society and guard against that encroachment of > savage disposition incidental to camp life. > It is my particular request that you abstain from drinking excessively, > cursing and swearing and other debaucheries of human nature. Guard against > the temptations of every evil, and indulge not in anything that will > tarnish the character of the Christian or the gentleman. Be kind and > attentive to your soldiers. Let not a hasty temper unguarded expression > incur their displeasures. Be obedient and dutiful to your superior > officers. Endeavor to improve in discipline, and should emergency require > it, support the honor of your family, your country, state and the > interests of your country. > William will be in to see me shortly after Christmas Holidays are over, > and should you need anything more write me and I will send it by him. You > will deliver my compliments to Mr. Walton and Mr. Pool. > I resign you to the protection of that God who gave you life with an > anxious hope of seeing you return well when your line of service has > expired. > Your loving mother, Winifred Bryan > > This was on the Editorial page. The introduction says: > 1812 War Letter > Kingdoms rise and fall, but a mother's heart is always the same. > Winifred Bryan, great great grandmother of the Bryan brothers of > Goldsboro, wrote a letter to her sons serving in the US forces in the War > of 1812. It is just such a letter as a mother would write today to the > sons serving in the global war. > Robert Bryan, rummaging through old effects of his father, came across the > letter. Here it is with all the love and longing that only a mother can > express for her own. >

I will head to NC on Sat for about 2 weeks as need to find a place to retire in eastern NC. Also plan on attending the PCFR Reunion in Greenville weekend after this and hope to see some of you at that time. Christine will monitor the lists as usual. Martha