1. We have a new virtual cemetery and interment listing that is for the Hall-Rogerson Cemetery. I hope that you will check it out: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/hallrogersoninterments.html Thanks Claudia for photographing these graves and also for all of the burial information! 2. Helen Tice has added two contributions of Revolutionary War Soldiers information to the Halifax records: http://users.rootsweb.com/~nchalifa/halifaxrevolution.html 3. Neil Raiford's book "Shadow" has received another excellent review! You can find the McFarland publication, Shadow: A Cottontail Bomber Crew in World War II reviewed at: http://www.aviation-booklist.com/squads.html#Shadow The book's cover also graces the site's main page at: http://www.aviation-booklist.com "Shadow was a fun read and scored high marks. Anytime I read of the Ploesti attacks I'm reminded of the heroism and sacrifice of the dauntless crews who flew them. Truly amazing stuff.... Sincerely, Dave Williams WWII Aviation Booklist http://www.aviation-booklist.com" =============================================================== Hope that you will all enjoy! Marianne

Michelle; Do you know about any more of E. Nicholas's children? Maybe he left a will mentioning them and maybe some stayed in Northampton County, NC. I did look in my deed book abstracts and found a William Nicholas of Greensville County, VA in 1784. I will check at Jackson at the courthouse of Northampton County for more info. Ken Odom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michele Chavez" <michelec@qnet.com> To: <NCNORTHA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 9:26 PM Subject: [Northampton] Nichols/Nicholas > Hi Everyone, > > Ebemelech Nicholas was married to Nelly Wall. They had a son Jordan Nicholas > b. abt 1794 in Northampton County, North Carolina. > > Ebemelech was on the 1790 Northampton County census as well as these other > Nichols/Nicholas families: > > 578-2 Nicholas, Edmund 1 . 3 . . > 578-19 Nicholas, Elemelitch 1 . 2 . 1 > 572-29 Nicholas, William 2 1 1 . . > 583-17 Nichols, Bethias . 1 3 . . > 574-2 Nichols, John 1 . 1 . 4 > 583-20 Nichols, Lemuel 1 1 2 . . > > Ebemelech and son Jordan Nicholas were in Humphreys County, Tennessee in 1820. > > Does anyone have any information on the Nichols/Nicholas families in > Northampton County, NC? > > Thanks, > Michele > > > ==== NCNORTHA Mailing List ==== > Please submit replies back to the list so we can all take advantage of answers > and participate in the dialog, Of course, If only a personal nature > you should answer off line. This will facilitate more interest in the list. > You can always copy the individual directly also. Please reference the subject > when replying. Please do not use reply button and repeat entire thread if > you are on the digest list, cut and paste only the necessary part. > You can view my file on Worldconnect, file name jmljr > Search my data base which is updated weekly and contains notes and sources > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jmljr > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

Hi Everyone, Ebemelech Nicholas was married to Nelly Wall. They had a son Jordan Nicholas b. abt 1794 in Northampton County, North Carolina. Ebemelech was on the 1790 Northampton County census as well as these other Nichols/Nicholas families: 578-2 Nicholas, Edmund 1 . 3 . . 578-19 Nicholas, Elemelitch 1 . 2 . 1 572-29 Nicholas, William 2 1 1 . . 583-17 Nichols, Bethias . 1 3 . . 574-2 Nichols, John 1 . 1 . 4 583-20 Nichols, Lemuel 1 1 2 . . Ebemelech and son Jordan Nicholas were in Humphreys County, Tennessee in 1820. Does anyone have any information on the Nichols/Nicholas families in Northampton County, NC? Thanks, Michele

Hello Everyone, Being new to this particular list, I decided to post family information in the hope that someone here will connect with it. Also, any insite I can gain will be appreciated. A man, whom I believe to be my GGGGgrandfather was born in Northampton County, NC ca 1782. His name was John BRIDGE(R)S. I have not yet come up with the name of his wife. His father was Edwin BRIDGERS, whom (I am told) died bef 2 Feb 1783 (Will Book 1/265). John's child, William Clayton BRIDGES, was born in NC, 5 Oct 1805. Wm later went to Robertson County, TN. Some of my BRIDGES family is still there today, although my father moved to MO after World War II. (His parents had died when he was but a boy.) Leslie Bridges Kohler

Happy Holiday's Everyone! Here are some new pages and contributions to the County Genealogy sites that you might enjoy ~ HALIFAX COUNTY NEWS Thanks to Deloris Williams [delwilliams@insightbb.com]contributing her ancestors Revolutionary Pension Records we now have a new Halifax County Revolutionary War Page that I hope you will check out: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchalifa/halifaxrevolution.html ======================================================================== ============ NORTHAMPTON COUNTY NEWS Thanks to Al Ward's contribution of two historic homes and a query posted to the Northampton List from a Northampton student looking for help with historic information about the county we now have a new Northampton County section that will hopefully be of use to everyone researching that area of NC: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnortha/northamptonstories.html ====================================================================== HERTFORD COUNTY NEWS In keeping with all the wonders of the season.... the 2nd section of the 1868 - 1872 Hertford County Marriage Records contributed by Jim Hollomon have at long last been posted: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchertfo/hertfordmarriages2.html ======================================================================== =========================== BERTIE COUNTY NEWS For those of you who may not subscribe to the Bertie List group mail; Neil Baker has contributed this wonderful info regarding the Greenscross Church Window Memorials: Stained Glass Windows in memory of: Greenscross Baptist Church Stained Glass Windows R H Castellow 5/25/1830 8/20/1909 This is Redden Haywood Castellow Wife 10/30/1836 7/4/1888 Elizabeth Phelps D L Simons died 7/27/1882 W H Pierce 5/19/1810 8/29/1901 "First Deacon" William Henry Pierce Z W White 7/8/1848 1/31/1913 "Deacon and First Clerk" Zacheus W. White W A Lawrence 6/1/1845 12/23/1915 William Alpheus Lawrence F Cale 2/21/1854 1/24/1918 This is Franklin Pierce Cale Jarsay Cobb died 9/1919 age 78 The following were in the class rooms. Alonzo Asbell B 1825 D 1889 Isiah Castelow B 9/29/1840 D 6/28/1907 His brother H.J B 5/2/1854 D 5/28/1914 Wm M Mizell B 6/25/1857 D 6/24/1918 Fannie E Mizell B 12/3/1872 D 1/12/1911 Christian Asbell Died 7/1904 age 67 +++++++++++++++++++++ JOB CEMETERY INTERMENTS UPDATE: [Claudia will be recording this cemetery soon - other interments are listed in the Bertie Archives] Barbara sent this info regarding additional burials in JOB CEMETERY [Bertie Co.] : Descendants of Lunie Brantley Generation No. 1 1. LUNIE2 BRANTLEY (SAMUEL JACKSON1) was born August 15, 1886, and died December 12, 1972 in Bertie County. She married (1) HENRY WINSTON FARMER, son of JAMES FARMER and RACHEL OUTLAW. He was born September 10, 1869 in Bertie Co. , NC, and died July 06, 1946 in Hertford Co. , NC. She married (2) FRED SIMONS, son of JOHN SIMONS and ANNIE ELLIS. He was born 1880, and died 1918. More About HENRY WINSTON FARMER: Burial: Job graveyard (Mitchell Farm) Hollowell Road Aulander.NC Child of LUNIE BRANTLEY and HENRY FARMER is: i. RACHEL LEE3 FARMER, b. December 28, 1930; d. May 04, 1932. ===================================================================== There are some terrific tid-bits and facts tucked in those records that will hopefully make nice genealogy presents for many of us. I really hope that you'll enjoy these new pages of information and that you'll think of your fellow genealogist when you run across something neat to share. :o) Wishing each of you every joy & blessing throughout the Holiday Season and New Year! Marianne Nichols Ordway mordway@adelphia.net www.b4us.net

Hi, This is a copy of notes of my compilations on two historic houses in Eagletown, Northampton Co, NC. That's 3 miles east of Rich Square. In the interest of time I'm sending as is. If you have questions on the houses please email and I'll address them. Please note the sources of the information since it is not my original research. Regards, Al W. _______________ Elias Elliott and Sarah Copeland moved from the Old Neck area in Perquimans Co, NC, to Eagletown, two miles east of Rich Square, Northampton Co, NC, in 1851. They had been Quakers meeting at the Wells Monthly Meeting which had been laid down, and were probably members of Piney Woods Monthly Meeting in Perquimans County before coming to Rich Square where they subsequently transferred to the Rich Square Monthly Meeting. There last two children were born in Northampton Co, NC. They bought the old Lawrence home and land in Eagletown from Amos Peele. This Georgian house was purchased by the Murfreesboro Historical Association and sold in the 1970-80's to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Regan to be restored under guidelines of the Association. The house is listed in the National Register of historic places as the "Duke-Lawrence House," or is being considered for that list. It was known in the 1950s as the "Brick House," the "Elliot House," and the "Shoulars House." It is, according to legend, said to be haunted. The original interior paneled woodwork, a walnut cabinet, pine flooring, several doors, the stairway and two fireplaces (all in mint condition) were removed in 1937 and sold by R. A. Chappell to the Willow Oaks Country Club in Richmond, Virginia. (The house was then sold to Dr. Q. H. Cooke.) The front entrance to the Country Club is a brick Georgian residence, a copy of a 1700s Colonial House that uses the original interior, fire places, windows, doors and stairway of the Duke-Lawrence House. It is used by the country club as a historic meeting and relaxing place of an older style than the rest of the clubhouse in back. The upstairs of the Colonial House is used as the club office. The restoration of the original "Duke-Lawrence House" in Eagletown has not been able to duplicate this valuable and treasured interior. [Parts from "Footprints in Northampton, 1741-1776-1976," by the Northampton County Bicentennial Committee, 1976, 128 & 129. Herein cited as Footprints.] Manning Cooke in a Rich Square brochure states that the frame portion of the "Duke-Lawrence House" was built in 1716 by William Maule, Esquire, who was granted a patent for the land. His daughter married William Cathcart and she sold it to John Duke in 1749, who added the exterior brick imported from England and the interior of hewed virgin heart-pine. John Duke's daughter married John Lawrence. They were married in 1768 and had eleven children. Additions to the house, making it a split level, were probably made because they needed more room. Perhaps it was the first split level in the Colonies. [Ibid., 129.] Originally the house had a porch on the back, or south, side which faced the old Cornwallis Road, which no longer exists. According to an Elliott Family historian, Lucy Elliott Hollowell, a cannon ball was found and kept in the home of her ancestor Thomas P. Elliott that was from the Cornwallis Revolutionary march to Yorktown near the end of the Revolution. Today one is looking at the North side or back of the house via the main road from Rich Square or Hwy 305. The family cemetery is located on the South side or today's back of the house. Presumedly it was located there after it became the back of the house. Elias and Sarah are probably buried there. Elias's daughter-in-law, Julia Ann Taylor, the first wife of his son Elias Saunders Elliott is buried there. Elias Saunders Elliott and his second wife Josie Copeland are buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Rich Square. Other Eagletown treasures have helped in the restoration of Williamsburg and other restorations of 18th century Virginia. The Maggette house, built in 1730, and later the home of Henry Thomas Outland, Sr., was dismantled and moved to the Country Club of Richmond as part of a historic house project. This house looked like the "King-Bazemore House," one of the historic houses at Hope Plantation. This apparently was the style of upper middle class houses in the mid 1700s. [Footprints, 128.]

Hi Everyone, Though that you may find something tucked in this hodge-podge of info regarding Northampton interesting. These online books at the Joyner Library are great reading in particular. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- TO READ SOME BOOKS ONLINE REGARDING NORTHAMPTON CO AND ITS PEOPLE Joyner Library Academic Library Services East Carolina University: North Carolina Collection; http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/eastcarolina1/universal/ The Founders of Rich Square Meeting by Juliana Peele Northampton Parishes by Henry Wilkins Lewis 1951 & others that are wonderful and fully readable from this link in their entirety. ======================================================================== ========= Historic Northampton History for Northampton County In 1806 Atherton was established as the courthouse of Northampton County. Jackson is currently the county seat. Northampton County was named in honor of James Crompton, Earl of Northampton, an English nobleman. Embraced by the Roanoke and Meherrin Rivers, Northampton County was established in 1741. Our lush farms, massive forests and quiet rivers offer much to our 22,000 residents and thousands of visitors that visit our area each year. We are home to numerous golf and hunting clubs, fishing tournaments and historic walking tours. Northampton County was formed in 1741 from Bertie County. It is in the northeastern section of the State. It is bounded by the State of Virginia and Halifax, Bertie and Hertford counties. ============================================================== NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES: http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NC/Northampton/state.htm l ============================================================== North Carolina ECHO [Exploring Cultural Heritage Online] http://blue.dcr.state.nc.us/servlet/ascwg/search?ss=no&qry=county&tm1=No rthampton ============================================================== http://www.albemarle-regional.lib.nc.us/ Northampton Memorial Library (Albemarle Regional Library System) Special Collections Special Collections at Northampton Memorial Library seeks to collect and preserve published and unpublished material for genealogy and local history research. This collection is particularly strong in church histories and old homes. ======================================================================== == North Carolina Collection Joyner Library East Carolina University Northampton County Additional Reading County Government and County Affairs in Northampton County, by Edward A. Terry. Chapel Hill: UNC, Institute for Research in Social Science, 1929. Daily Roanoke-Chowan News' Roanoke-Chowan Story, by Frank Roy Johnson and Thomas C. Parramore. Rich Square: Parker, 1962. "Dugger-Dromgoole Duel," by Henry W. Lewis. North Carolina Historical Review 34 (July 1957): 327-45. NoCarF 251 N892 Catalog Link Footprints in Northampton : 1741-1776-1976, by Northampton County Bicentennial Committee. [The Committee], 1976. NoCarReferenceF262.N7 N6 1976 Catalog Link History of Conway School District, 1870-1951, by Conway Parent-Teacher Association. Conway: Association, 1951. Hog Killing and Cooperation in A North Carolina Community, by Marolyn L. Manley. Master's thesis, University of North Carolina, 1978. "Horses and Horsemen in Northampton before 1800," by Henry W. Lewis. North Carolina Historical Review 51 (Spring 1974): 125-48. NoCarF 251 N892 Catalog Link Life and Times of Sir Archie; The Story of America's Greatest Thoroughbred, 1805-1833, by Elizabeth Amis Cameron Blanchard. Chapel Hill: UNC, Press, 1958. NoCarSF355.S5 B54 1958 Catalog Link Musings, by William Hyslop Sumner Burgwyn, Jr. Woodland: Author, 1989. "Northampton." In Vol. 3 of New Geography of North Carolina, by William P. Sharpe. Raleigh, N.C.: Sharpe Publishing Co., 1954-65. pp. 1487-1500. NoCarRefF262.A15 S5 Catalog Link Northampton Parishes, by Henry W. Lewis. Jackson, N.C., 1951. NoCarBX5917.N8 L4 1951 Catalog Link Northampton Progress [Jackson]. "National Publicity Edition." 26 June 1924. Social Role of The Black Church in a North Carolina Community, by Sharon V. King. Master's thesis, University of North Carolina, 1983. Soil Survey of Northampton County, North Carolina, by Karl A. Shaffer. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in cooperation with N.C. Dept. of Environment, Health, and natural Resources, 1994. NoCarRefS599.N8 S52 1994 Catalog Link Soil Survey of Northampton County, W.D. Lee and S.F. Davidson. [Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1929] NoCarRareS599.N8 L43 1925 Catalog Link "Some Social Traits of The Quakers of Rich Square," by W.A. Bryan. Trinity College Historical Society Papers 7 (1907):64-70; 8 (1908-9): 6-14. NoCarF251 .D83 Catalog Link The Doctor and Mrs. Lewis: H.W. Lewis, Sally R. Lewis, by Henry W. Lewis. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Author, 1980. NoCarRareR154.L46 A3 1980 Catalog Link The Roanoke Valley [microform]: A Report for The Historic Halifax State Historic Site, by Elizabeth W. Wilborn. 1974. NoCarMicroforms Microfilm H629 ser. 1 no. 62 Catalog Link Town of Rich Square: A History, 1717-1983, by Samuel Glenn Baugham. [S.l.: s.n.] c1983. NoCarF264.R5 B38 1983 Catalog Link Village of Woodland-George, by Hazel Griffin. Ahoskie: Pierce Printing Co., 1974. We Came Home to Warren Place, by Grace White Stephenson and Gilbert Thomas Stephenson. Raleigh, N. C., A. Williams, 1958. ======================================================================= http://www.rootsweb.com/~afamerpl/plantations_usa/NC/belmont.html SANKOFA'S SLAVERY DATA COLLECTION Belmont Plantation ================================================================= Wilkens Plantation Location: near Gaston / Roanoke Rapids areas; Northampton Co. NC Constructed: =============================================================== The Philadelphia Architects and Buildings database: http://www.philadelphiabuildings.org/pab/app/view_location.cfm/NULL,NULL ,NC0131,12,1 ================================================================= North Carolina genealogy records: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xander/north-carolina-genealogy .htm ============================================================== Northampton USGenWeb Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnortha/ Hope you'll enjoy these notes and links ~ Marianne Nichols Ordway www.b4us.net mordway@adelphia.net

Hi Everyone, Just received a request to help with a school project and thought that we might come up with some interesting answers to these questions by a collective List effort so hope that you’ll all agree and chip in an answer or two for this query? ================================= Where are the historical sites of Northampton County, NC? Why are they considered historical?   Are there any natural or recreational sites? What are they and why are they worth mentioning?   Is there any interesting architecture? What are they? Why are they special?        Can you please get back with me as soon as possible with these answers pleeeeeeease  thank you its for a project at school. Blutisticleice@aol.com ================================== If you will all cc your responses to the Northampton List when you answer a question for this child I will make a history page up for the Northampton GenWeb page and post the compilation of interesting facts there to save and share with other researchers okay? Many thanks for helping ~ Marianne Nichols Ordway mordway@adelphia.net www.b4us.net

Paddys delight: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/MapMultPoint?id=991780 Wildcat Swamp: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/MapMultPoint?id=997319 Take care. Ken Christison Conway, NC www.oldiron-nut.com > [Original Message] > From: <DonnaEldrid@aol.com> > To: <NCNORTHA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/20/2004 3:13:45 PM > Subject: [Northampton] Paddys Delight Creek and Wildcat Swamp > > > Hi, > > Looking for present day location of Paddys Delight Creek and Wildcat Swamp. > (See previous posting below) > > Thanks, > > Donna Eldridge > DonnaEldrid@aol.com

Hi, Looking for present day location of Paddys Delight Creek and Wildcat Swamp. (See previous posting below) Thanks, Donna Eldridge DonnaEldrid@aol.com ============================================================ Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 00:54:16 EDT From: "William A. Mills" <wm-mills@juno.com> To: NCNORTHA-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <19991021.001251.4391.28.wm-mills@juno.com> Subject: [Northampton] Northampton Co., NC Maps. Northampton County Researchers: Below, is a list of names of roads, ponds, creeks, etc. that may shed some light on where your ancestors may have lived in Northampton Co., NC in the old days. William A. Mills Perry, GA wm-mills@juno.com - -------------------------------------BEGIN----------------------->>> ROADS: Elams Road Gaston Dam Road Cal Floyd Road Macon Price Road Brewers Road Reid Road Davenport Road Taylor Road Jackson Road Harris Road Morgan Road Jordan Mill Road Turners Crossroads Henry Kee Road Severn Road Bynum Road Gay Road Britton Road Edmonds Road Lewters Crossroads Vaughan Creek Road Boones Bridge Road William Beale Road Horne Farm Road Barrett Cabin Road Watson Mill Road DeLoatch Mill Road Phillips Hill Road Parker Road Gilmer Ricks Road Perdue Hatchey Road Ashleys Grove Road Finley Road Odom Road Tyler Road Benthall Cook Road Bryantown Road Cumbo Road Boones Crossroads Braswell Road Bolton Road Griffin Road Lasker Road Collier Road Bridgers Road Baughan Road Lassiter Crossroads Bristow Sawmill Road Jenkins Mill Road Doolittle Mill Road Burgwyn Road Barrows Mill Road PONDS: Corwells Millpond Jordans Millpond Taylors Millpond Debary Millpond Doolittle Millpond Boones Millpond Barrows Millpond CREEKS, SWAMPS & BRANCHES: Beaverpond Creek Blackduck Creek Jacks Swamp Rogers Swamp Corduroy Swamp Kirbys Creek Reedy Branch Panther Swamp Potecasi Creek Urahaw Swamp Bull Neck Swamp Cypress Swamp Bridgers Creek Quarter Swamp Occoneechee Creek Gumberry Swamp Wiccacanee Swamp Paddys Delight Creek Wildcat Swamp Ramsey Creek Turkey Creek Bear Swamp Sandy Swamp TOWNS & COMMUNITIES: Vultare Gum Forks Pleasant Hill Margarettsville Pendleton Woodland Conway Bryantown Faisons Old Tavern Gaston Jackson Rich Square Severn - --------------------------------END---------------------------------->>> ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. -------------------------------- End of NCNORTHA-D Digest V99 Issue #51 **************************************

It is Christmas time and you might want to consider this book for a gift. =================================================================== Twelve Northampton County, North Carolina Families Bridgers, Daughtry, Futrell, Jenkins, Joyner, Lassiter, Martin Odom, Parker, Stephenson, Sumner, and Woodard By Rebecca L. Dozier 2004 Twelve Northampton County, North Carolina Families is a new book that contains a compilation of early families who lived on or near the Hertford and Northampton County line during the mid-1700's to the early 1800's. It covers not only the primary family surnames listed in the title of the book, but also many other family surnames that were acquired through a daughter's marriage. Most of these families lived in and around the Ashley Grove, Milwaukee, Potecasi, Lasker, Woodland and Dusty Hill areas of Northampton Co., and all of the surnames are still familiar in those districts, even in 2004. Each family has been carefully researched using all the resources available to the author, including the Northampton County Courthouse in Jackson, NC; the NC Archives in Raleigh, NC; and several other state Archives as well as many different family Bibles. Rebecca Leach Dozier is known for her knowledge of Northampton County, as well as the counties that border Northampton, Warren and Halifax counties. Other books written by this author are Looking Back on Littleton, NC; Town Leaders, Littleton, NC 1790-1920; and numerous individual family genealogies. She also has a book in progress, "NC Colonial Governor, John Jenkins, and His Heirs" which should be out by the spring of 2005. Twelve Northampton County, North Carolina Families printed by Gateway Press out of Baltimore, Maryland, is a 443 page hardback book and is thoroughly indexed. The price of $40 includes postage and handling. To order: send check to: Rebecca L. Dozier 3522 Pebble Beach Dr. Augusta, GA. 30907 E-mail: RLDozier@AOL.COM Or order from: Marianne Ordway <mordway@adelphi

Denise Woodside has shared this info from the Missouri List. These sites are so interesting that I wanted to make sure you had a chance to visit them. You might also be interested in a French site dedicated to American Air Force and Navy pilots who died in France during WW2. Marcel Ertel is a member of a group which arranges to place plaques and hold celebrations locally in France, with the deceased's family when possible. That site is at: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrick.ertel/_ It doesn't indicate what state the Americans were from, just lists names with the various pictures. Nancy Sween http://members.aol.com/USgenealogy/inter-loc.html Military search page ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ There are wonderful Bertie County WWII individual Military personnel photographs located at: http://www.albemarle-regional.lib.nc.us/be_worldwar2_%20scrapbook/world_ war_2_scrapbook.htm Compiled by Amelia Perry (White) during 1941-1945. The scrapbook was later donated to Lawrence Memorial Public Library. It is terrific! Also, the Bertie site has some helpful info to share regarding WWII: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/index.htm and I have a number of WWII related tributes, articles, links and photographs that you might enjoy located at http://www.b4us.net Enjoy ~ Marianne Nichols Ordway www.B4us.net mordway@adelphia.net

Michelle from the Monmouth Co List shared this info with us: Source URL: http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/ U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative Health care professionals have known for a long time that common diseases - heart disease, cancer, and diabetes - and even rare diseases - like hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia - can run in families. If one generation of a family has high blood pressure, it is not unusual for the next generation to have similarly high blood pressure. Tracing the illnesses suffered by your parents, grandparents, and other blood relatives can help your doctor predict the disorders to which you may be at risk and take action to keep you and your family healthy. To help focus attention on the importance of family health history, U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., in cooperation with other agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a national public health campaign, called the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative, to encourage all American families to learn more about their family health history. In addition to the Office of the Surgeon General, other HHS agencies involved in this project include the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). National Family History Day Surgeon General Carmona has declared Thanksgiving 2004 to be the first annual National Family History Day. Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the holiday season for most Americans. Whenever families gather, the Surgeon General encourages them to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family. Learning about their family's health history may help ensure a longer future together. My Family Health Portrait Americans know that family history is important to health. A recent survey found that 96 percent of Americans believe that knowing their family history is important. Yet, the same survey found that only one-third of Americans have ever tried to gather and write down their family's health history. Because family health history is such a powerful screening tool, the Surgeon General has created a new computerized tool to help make it fun and easy for anyone to create a sophisticated portrait of their family's health. This new tool, called "My Family Health Portrait" can be downloaded [http://www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/download.html] for free and installed on your own computer. The tool will help you organize your family tree and help you identify common diseases that may run in your family. When you are finished, the tool will create and print out a graphical representation of your family's generations and the health disorders that may have moved from one generation to the next. That is a powerful tool for predicting any illnesses for which you should be checked. For information on other activities of the Office of the Surgeon General, please visit www.surgeongeneral.gov. Marianne www.B4us.net <http://www.b4us.net/> mordway@adelphia.net

Hi Everyone, Thanks to Jeanie Carter we now know that three of the previously "unknown" graves in the Christian Harbor Baptist Church Cemetery are actually the resting places of three members of the Cornette family. Please check out the changes and additions to this section of the site when you have a chance. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchertfo/hertfordcemetery.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Genealogical Photograph Quick Tips: Use Any Camera This tip is for all the other people who's budget will not allow them the luxury of a digital camera. Last summer I took my girls to visit their great-grandmother in a town where most of my family is from. While there, I took my girls to four cemeteries where I took pictures of headstones with a six-year-old, regular, automatic, 35 mm camera. I had the film developed and put on a CD at WalMart. I was pleasantly surprised when I viewed the photos with the basic photo editing software that came with my computer. Every single picture was beautiful!! The moral of my story is that you do not wait for that digital camera. Try taking pictures with what you have. You might be pleasantly surprised. Happy Photographing, Angela Fulcher +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Save the Originals Never discard or alter your original digital images. Burn these to CD or DVD for permanent retention. If you do this, you won't wish later that you still had an original image. You also won't regret an irreversible change that you make in a digital image. On another subject, if you're tired of transcribing, try voice recognition. I'm using Dragon Naturally Speaking and have been pleasantly surprised by its performance. You need to watch closely and proofread, but I can move faster than my typing allows. Maybe it's also faster than yours? Bob Peterson ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Records Closer to Home I have a comment on George G. Morgan's article in the Ancestry Daily News, 22 October 2004, "My Great-Great Grandfather at the Georgia Archives." http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9175 <http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9175&o_iid=8 31&o_lid=831&o_it=831> &o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831 George wrote about records available at state archives. A number of libraries, both local and college, also have microfilm of the service and pension records, as well as other county and state records. Checking local facilities might help those who live a distance from the state archives to find records closer to home. An example is a college near me that has microfilm of many records for a number of southern states, the original colonies, etc. Melba Clark Alabama +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Use the "Negative Reversal" Mode I use an older model Sony that only as 3.2 megapixels and have found a good "work-around" to the problem of shooting the traditional white-writing-on-black-background images that microfilm readers sometimes project. Set the camera to shoot in black and white "negative reversal" mode (see instruction manual). The image you capture then produces black writing on a white background--just like we normally get shooting a regular page of text. Of course, the real benefit is in the printing--a modest amount of black ink is used. Often I find that this image on my computer screen is greatly superior to the image at the library, and therefore much easier to read. Best wishes to you in employing your digital copy machine (camera) in genealogy hunts! Digitally yours, Dale Tuckey Jackson, MI Browse the Ancestry.com Library for topics of particular interest to you: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/archive.aspx If you have something to contribute to the US GenWeb research files please send it to me anytime ~ Marianne Nichols Ordway mordway@adelphia.net www.b4us.net <http://www.b4us.net/>

Hi Everyone, Want to make sure that you have this link to the Library of Congress because it is fascinating and would probably take months to read everything that they have available and searchable for your genealogical research: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/index.html LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AMERICAN MEMORY DIVISION ============================================ Neil Hunter Raiford has an awesome new book out! It is called "Shadow: A Cottontail Bomber Crew in World War II." It is 248 pages, 110 photographs, maps, appendices, index, bibliography - ISBN 0-7864-1906-7 ~ To read an overview and/or obtain more information contact: www.mcfarlandpub.com Congratulations Neil! McFarland & Co., Inc Publishers Jefferson, NC 800-253-2187 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hope that you’ll find this information useful and that you will make time to VOTE today! Best Regards, Marianne +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We had a query regarding a map that was published in 1779 of NC so thought that you all might find this info useful/interesting too. This 1779 map is posted in the Maps section of www.b4us.net if you’d like to see it. Here is some additional info about the NC maps published in the late 1790’s and also the Price – Strother NC map of 1808 and some excellent links for additional information and/or to order maps for your research: In the 1790s, three American publishers produced surveys of the Carolinas coast. The first by Mathew Clark form two sections of a series of charts of the eastern seaboard of the United States, A COMPLETE SET OF CHARTS OF THE COAST OF AMERICA FROM CAPE BRETON TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE GULPH OF MEXICO published in 1790. The second was published by John Norman, apparently printed from a plate first issued by Daniel Dunbibin in 1761, although no example of the first printing was know to Wheat and Brun (4). he third, recorded by Wheat and Brun in only three examples (5), was published by the North Carolina surveyors, Jonathan Price and John Strother. The partners also published a separate chart of Cape Fear, circa 1800, and a map of the State of North Carolina, issued in 1808. Although containing a certain amount of hydrographical information, it could be said to show that the surveyors were not gifted chart-makers. Jona. Price, John Strother. 1808. Engraved by W. Harrison, Philadelphia. Dubbed the first actual survey of North Carolina. Thought that you all might like to have thing info too particularly the links for future reference: NARA http://www.archives.gov/publications/finding_aids/special_list_29/north_ carolina.html Special List 29: List of Selected Maps of States and Territories Special List No. 29 North Carolina --------------------------------------------------------- To order a map, you need the following information: Special List 29 Name of State Entry Number The date (if any) of the record The file designation =================================================== 621. To David Stone and Peter Brown, Esqrs., This First Actual Survey of the State of North Carolina, Taken by the Subscribers, is respectfully dedicated By their humble Servants Jona. Price, John Strother. 1808. Engraved by W. Harrison, Philadelphia. 1 inch to ca. 8 miles. 2 sections, each 29.5 x 30. Annotated published. Counties (in color), towns, roads, churches, iron works, physical features, and names of some residents. Filed as RG 77: US 16. [As governor, Stone pushed for improvements in transportation, particularly canals that would expedite commerce. He also realized the need for a new and accurate survey map of the state, to replace the one done in 1789. He and his friend, Peter Browne, contributed financially to the project. The resulting survey, done by cartographers, Jonathan Price and John Strother, was published in 1808.] ============================================= Ordering Reproductions of Maps, Plans, and Aerial Photographs Information About Records Archival Research Catalog (ARC) Citations On-site Research Contacting the Reference staff Placing an order directly with Vendors Information About Records Holdings of the Special Media Archives Services Division's Cartographic and Architectural unit at College Park relate primarily to the official functions of the Federal Government. Architectural and engineering drawings relate almost exclusively to structures and equipment built by or for the Federal Government. Holdings are arranged by the Federal offices that created or accumulated the records. Maps that predate the Federal Government and 19th century maps of areas outside the United States are rare among the unit's holdings. Reference and reproduction work involving maps, plans, and aerials held in NARA's Regional Records Services Facilities and in Presidential Libraries is handled through those respective sites. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ North Carolina Office of Archives & History Department of Cultural Resources Catalog of Publications ------------------------------------------------ Historical Publications Section 4622 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4622 Phone: (919) 733-7442 Fax: (919) 733-1439 -------------------------------------------- http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/Catalog/maps.htm †North Carolina in Maps William P. Cumming. Pp. viii, 36. (3rd printing, 1992) 15 maps varying in size from 12 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches to 35 3/4 x 17 1/8 inches. $30.00t Maps reproduced by photolithography from original copies in such repositories as Library of Congress, North Carolina Collection of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, State Archives. Set includes White 1585 MS, White-DeBry 1590, Mercator-Hondius 1606, Comberford 1657 MS, Ogilby-Moxon ca. 1672, Moseley 1733, Collet 1770, Mouzon 1775, Price-Strother 1808, MacRae-Brazier 1833, Colton 1861, Bachmann 1861, U.S. Coast Survey 1865, Kerr-Cain 1882, Post Route 1896. Four different maps, descriptive and explanatory matter in booklet sold with set. Individual maps are available for $5.00 each. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ In the 1790s, three American publishers produced surveys of the Carolinas coast. The first by Mathew Clark form two sections of a series of charts of the eastern seaboard of the United States, A COMPLETE SET OF CHARTS OF THE COAST OF AMERICA FROM CAPE BRETON TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE GULPH OF MEXICO published in 1790. The second was published by John Norman, apparently printed from a plate first issued by Daniel Dunbibin in 1761, although no example of the first printing was know to Wheat and Brun (4). The third, recorded by Wheat and Brun in only three examples (5), was published by the North Carolina surveyors, Jonathan Price and John Strother. The partners also published a separate chart of Cape Fear, circa 1800, and a map of the State of North Carolina, issued in 1808. Although containing a certain amount of hydrographical information, it could be said to show that the surveyors were not gifted chart-makers. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/1795map.htm http://www.mapforum.com/06/capedesc.htm The Price and Strother map, engraved in 1808, which purports to be "The First Actual Survey of the State of North Carolina," shows the 1772 line crossing the Broad River 1¼ miles south of the east and west line through the junction of the Broad and the First Broad. This corresponds with the distance on the Gaffney quadrangle of the United States Geological Survey. By other checks of the 1772 line where it crosses streams, with the United States Geological Survey of the line, it is evident that both lines are one and the same. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You can order it from here for $5.00: http://shop.store.yahoo.com/nc-historical-publications/9009.html http://shop.store.yahoo.com/nc-historical-publications/colonial-records- of-nc--2nd-series-.html NC Historical Publication Shoppe +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please VOTE today! Regards, Marianne Nichols Ordway www.b4us.net mordway@adelphia.net

Good Morning Everyone, Just a couple of things that you will hopefully find interesting: 1. Faye Wallace has completed the Hoggard Virtual Cemetery with the addition of: Bertie's - Hoggard section IX ~ with the note that updates may occur and of course all input from other researchers that would add cemetery information, corrections or suggestions are most welcome at any time. Just send to me, make a note to the List group or send an email to Faye. Thank you very much Faye for this tremendous file contribution to benefit area researchers! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/cemeteries.html 2. Can anyone lend Carla from the Hertford Board a fact or note regarding this family please? am looking for information on the parents of (Joseph) Bryant Hollomon (age 14 in the 1850 Hertford census). I believe he may be the son of Simeon Hollomon (located in 1830 Hertford census) and Louisa (unknown) (located in 1840 Hertford census). I am trying to find out what marriage/birth/death records are available for Hertford and where to obtain them. Any help will be greatly appreciated. boomizbaly@aol.com 3. Clipping of the Day From the "New York Herald" (New York, NY), Oct. 31, 1870, page 7: ALL HALLOW EVE. Spirits and Fairies Once More Restored to Power--The Ceremonies of the Season--Curious Old Customs This will be "All Hallow Eve," and to-morrow will be "All Saints Day." To-night there will be scenes of merrymaking in every household all over the Christian world, excepting where the dread consequences of a war or other calamity have veiled with sorrow the memories of happier days. Already the English, Scotch and Irish residents in New York are developing the excitement caused by their preparations for its celebration, and grocers and fruiterers are besieged with customers for the nuts, apples and the other auxiliaries required for a proper observance of "All Hallows Eve."... Among the ceremonies of Hallow Eve in Scotland, the burning of nuts is conducted as follows--Each player takes a few nuts, names each one as it is laid in the fire, and accordingly as they burn quietly together or start from beside one another will be the course and issue of the courtship of those who make the test. Another for the benefit of girls who are anxious to see the partner of their future joys and sorrows, is to take a candle and go alone, at midnight, to a looking-glass; eat an apple before it or stand and comb your hair. While you are doing so the face of your conjugal companion will be seen in the glass as if peeping over your shoulder.... The old houses in the country will echo to-night with the glad shouts of the joyous youngsters gathered around the big tub of water as they souse in their heads while ducking for apples, or watch the grotesque faces of others, who with hands clasped behind their backs, make frantic efforts to catch with their teeth the big apple that dangling from the ceiling by a string, eludes their grasp and bumps them on the nose.... ------------------------------------ Subscribers with access to the Historical Newspapers Collection can view this clipping. Subscribe to the Historical Newspapers Collection at Ancestry.com. =================================== Enjoy, Marianne Nichols Ordway www.b4us.net mordway@adelphia.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

HERTFORD MARRIAGES 1868 - 1872 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchertfo/hertfordmarriages.html Jim Hollomon has donated some new/old file to share with everyone, and these are awesome! Most of us will find these marriage records extremely interesting especially since they list the bride and grooms parents names along with the rest of the info provided. Claudia retyped the entire first half of Jim's transcriptions for everyone so that the search engines will be able to spider the info and bring up results for future searches. In the meanwhile please use your "Ctrl F" to search through these records. The second half of these files will be added as soon as I can make myself finish typing it AND get over having posted this first section... hopefully that won't be in the too distant future ... :o[ ======================================================================== ============== This was in the Washington Post the other day and I saved it to share with you just in case you missed this article. It is interesting and very "Northampton" & nice North Carolina furniture industry [Viet Nam] news ~ NORTHAMPTON'S NAMESAKE NEWS: http://users.rootsweb.com/~ncnortha/index.html [Click on the pictures <g>] Thursday, October 21, 2004 Reproducing Diana's Past Furniture from the Family Manse, No Names Attached By Jura Koncius Washington Post Staff Writer ========================================= HIGH POINT, N.C. Charles Spencer, younger brother of Princess Diana, jetted to the semi-annual International Home Furnishings Market here last week with a licensed collection of furniture and upholstery based on antiques from the family's sprawling ancestral home of Althorp. A photograph of a framed portrait of Diana presided over the showroom, though her name was never mentioned. To the manor born, anyone? The 9th Earl Spencer, 40, opened the mahogany doors of his 1508 estate in Northamptonshire to high-end furniture Manufacturer Theodore Alexander to do a collection of 300 pieces: gilded carved mirrors, serpentine sideboards, tweedy wing chairs, leather-topped desks, wooden planters, and a $7,500 wooden bar shaped like Althorp (pronounced Ahl-thrup) house itself. The collection of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century reproductions and adaptations based on antiques in the 90-room manse is made in Vietnam and will start appearing in the U.S. stores next spring (www.theodorealexander.com). [To read the rest of the article visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ] For some great English genealogy/history: http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Earl%20of%20Northampton http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Marquess+of+Northampton Visiting Northamptonshire, England and facts of interest: http://www.fatbadgers.co.uk/Tourism/nhaninfo.htm I've included nice links from the Northampton site - just click on the pictures if you're interested in more historical facts or European genealogy links. ======================================================================== ============ HALIFAX: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchalifa/halifaxcemetery.html Halifax has added some wonderful photographs to the virtual cemetery pages thanks to the work of Clare L. Herrick! Also, Clare would be very grateful to hear from anyone who may have a few clues as to the burial places of some of her family members who stayed in the Halifax county area when others moved on to MS ~ she's been working on these puzzle pieces for many years so if you can lend a hand or fact please do. Those ancestors' surnames: BUTTS and LOCKE Please contact Clare via her sites: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslownde - Lowndes County, MS Genealogy AND/OR http://www.rootsweb.com/~msoktibb - Oktibbeha County, MS Genealogy ======================================================================== ============= BERTIE: Charles Parker has updated the file of the Amos Parker family: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/bible1.htm Which includes the Bertie Hero Pomeroy Parker ~ we're still trying to find a picture of Pomeroy Parker so please keep his name in mind just in case you run across a relative or newspaper article that might provide an image okay? Also, we've had quite a few new subscribers to the Bertie Mailing List over the past month and I wanted to take a minute to say hello to each of you and to wish you great success with your research! If you would like to share some information please let me know ~ Enjoy, Marianne Nichols Ordway www.b4us.net mordway@adelphia.net

Hi Everyone, Some neat things to share with you: Clare L. Herrick has donated some terrific HALIFAX County photographs for all of us that you will love! Most of these are from the Whitaker Chapel Cemetery and the Eden Church Cemetery, but a number of them came from a large cemetery in Enfield that she doesn't remember the name of and the really old concrete slab markers (on the ground) are from a cemetery just south of Enfield before Whitaker's Chapel. If you can pin point the location of any of these stones and name the cemeteries please let me? Thanks so much! Also, Clare would really appreciate any help that anyone will offer to her with locating the interment places of her Butts and Locke families in Halifax. Many, many of the Butts and Lockes (they were related) migrated to Lowndes County, Mississippi and Clare has been trying to find their family graves in Halifax County for years! Here are a few of her sites if you'd like to visit: http://bellsouthpwp.net/h/e/herr1174/ - Pensacola Cruise http://www.geocities.com/doubledutch2516/ - Our Boat Restoration Story http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslownde - Lowndes County, MS Genealogy http://www.rootsweb.com/~msoktibb - Oktibbeha County, MS Genealogy Here is the address to the new Halifax County Pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchalifa/halifaxcemetery.html ===================================================================== Also, Charles Harrell Parker cparker134@earthlink.net has contributed to BERTIE Co. some new info regarding the Amos Parker family and he would love to hear from other researches on this line! http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbertie/bible1.htm ===================================================================== Hope that you'll enjoy these new pages and also that you'll pitch in some information when you have a chance! Many thanks ~ Marianne Nichols Ordway mordway@adelphia.net www.b4us.net

Hi Everyone! Here are some neat new things to share: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchertfo/resources.htm Check out the new pages and file additions to the Hertford Co. Cemetery Section. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnortha/resources.html Northampton Civil War Soldiers: 883 of them. Two men lived in Northampton but served in troops out of VA. Becky L. Dozier and Raymond Parker Fouts have added some of their finest research books regarding these areas of North Carolina to www.abebooks.com AND www.Alibris.com making their work available world wide on a major scale! Thank you both and congratulations!

Hi Everyone, Just a few things that I thought you might enjoy: First I wanted to mention that recently while working on a "what-ever-happened-to" ~ my G-Grandfather's little brother [who was fighting during the Civil War with the Confederate Army out of KY] whom we lost track of in 1862 after he was listed as sick in Nashville, TN and did not receive pay from October through December 1861 ~ we ran across a Union soldiers file that is very interesting and prompted a few new trains of thought. Linda suggested the other day that he may very well have recovered from that illness in Nashville and been a part of the first draft of the United States that was initiated by President Lincoln as a result of the war dragging on and on with fewer men willing to enlist. We did find a Union Soldier who matches his description and are waiting to receive those military records now. It will be a wonderful coo to find that this is the same man we have been looking for. I thought that perhaps this information might be a great help to some of you who have ancestors who seemingly disappeared during the Civil War? It makes perfect sense in many cases as these men had NO choice. Here is the scenario and back up info that Linda posed to me the other day and in our case regarding this Uncle it may well prove to be brilliant: Robert joins the Confederates in 1861, gets sick, leaves Nashville and comes home after he gets well enough to travel back, then joins up on the Union side in 1863 - because he has to as a result of the Enrollment Act. All the men 20-45 were required to join the Union Army (or pay $300 to send a substitute) - America's first draft - as a result of the Enrollment/Conscription Act that Lincoln signed in March 1863. That's why these guys joined up in 1863-64 and were in the Union Army. [Here is an example of what the men of Campbell Co., KY, received about the draft]: After the first year or two of the Civil War, the number of volunteers dwindled to near zero. The Union needed men to continue the war and so the Enrollment Act was passed and signed by President Lincoln March 3, 1863. Under the new draft bill, white males and aliens who had declared their intent to become citizens were eligible for the draft if between ages 20 and 45. An article in the Kentucky Times Star on April 30, 1917 recalled the local Civil War draft and reprinted the notice received in June 1864 by Conrad Hafner of Newport. It read: Provost Marshal's Office, Sixth District, State of Kentucky, June 23, 1864, Conrad Hafner, Campbell County, Kentucky. You are hereby notified that you were legally drafted into service of the United States for the period of three years in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress for enrolling and calling out the National Forces and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1863. You will accordingly report on or before the 29th of June 1864 at the place of rendezvous or be deemed a deserter and subject to the penalty prescribed therefore by the rules and articles of war. Transportation will be furnished you on presenting the notification at Covington, Kentucky or the station nearest your place of residence. Signed: Henry A Mitchell Major 17th Regiment VRC Acct Provost Marshall Sixth District of Kentucky ======================================================================== ==== It is estimated that of those who took part in the American Civil War, 75,215 were regulars, 1,933,779 were volunteers and 46,347 were drafted and 73,600 were substitutes. Officially, 201,397 men deserted, of these 76,526 were arrested and returned to their regiments. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++ Now here is another thing that I thought was interesting in Sunday's Washington Post and want to make sure that you've had a chance to read it too: UNDER A CITY SIDEWALK, REMINDER OF A WAR LONG AGO: While burying electrical cables under a busy sidewalk this month, construction workers in Burlington, VT., made an unusual discovery; 10 skeletons laid head to toe, between three and six feet deep. Archaeologists called to the scene believe the bones are from soldiers stationed in the area during the War of 1812. They found scraps of uniforms, a pewter button with the inscription "U.S." and remnants of hexagonal wooden coffins. Some 5,000 soldiers were stationed in the Burlington area during the war and after. Archaeologists believe there may be hundreds more remains under the city. The excavation site in the north end of Vermont's largest city, which as almost 39,000 residents, was once a hospital and cemetery for soldiers. "It's a forgotten part or Burlington's history, because the city just grew up over it," said John G. Krock, the director of the University of Vermont's Consulting Archeology Program, which has been hired by the state to analyze the discovery and it working on a map of the former military installation. "We're hoping to figure out where other hot spots for more graves might be," he added. Reported by: Jonathan Finer ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++ "You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was." --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Best Regards, Marianne Ordway www.b4us.net <http://www.b4us.net/> mordway@adelphia.net