I got that messagemates.com 'worm' sent to me ----- A good indicator that it wasn't something I wanted to open was the fact that it was addressed to ME, from ME!!!! Pretty suspicious! HOWEVER, outside of email, I went to the main website, not the INDEX listed on what the email was (I can preview without opening). They had a warning there and explained it. Dawn (who thought only the dog had worms!) in Michigan ---------- > From: Donna Howland <donnahowland@hotmail.com> > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCROOTS] VIRUS SENT TO ME - PLEASE READ > Date: Thursday, December 16, 1999 2:20 PM > > PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR POSTING TO THE LISTS - BUT PLEASE READ THE BELOW > MESSAGE - I WAS SENT THIS VIRUS THROUGH THE VASOUTHSIDE-ROOTSWEB LIST - IT > WAS "SENT" BY SOMEONE WITH THE SUBJECT "THURMAN FAMILY" - I RAN MCAFEE ON IT > AND IT SAID IT WAS OK - ******NOT SO!!!**** > > IF YOU ALL GET ANYTHING WITH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS ON IT INCLUDING THE > ATTACHMENT ETC., IT WAS NOT SENT BY ME AND DO NOT OPEN IT. > > Donna Thurman Howland > > > >From: Susan Buckley <spice3@juno.com> > >To: OVERSTREET-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: Recent Virus Reports > >Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 07:50:58 -0800 > > > >From one of the head gurus at Rootsweb to all the > >List owners: > > > >Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com> writes: > > > > >Hi, folks - > > > > > >We've had a lot of reports tonight about a virus being >passed around on > >RootsWeb lists. I have looked into > > >these reports and it does NOT appear that the viruses > > >have actually been sent through our lists. > > > > > >I've included a semi-technical explanation of what I > > >have been able to find out, for those of you who are >curious. The > >onlyimportant message here is that > > >RootsWeb's lists are NOT the source of recent virus >reports. > > > > > >What seems to be happening is that the current flock of >viruses do the > >following things when they infect a new >computer: > > > > > > * The virus sends a copy of itself to everyone in the > > > computer's address book; > > > > > > * It forges its own return address to look like it > > >was sent by someone *else* in the address book; > > > > > > * and it uses the Subject line from a message that > > >was recently sent from that machine. > > > > > >So if an infected person sent mail to BUMBLEROTTER->L@rootsweb.com, the > >virus might send out mail like this > > >to someone else in the victim's address book: > > > > > > From: BUMBLEROTTER-L@rootsweb.com > > > To: joe@example.com > > > Subject: [BUMBLEROTTER] looking for Fred and Wilma >Bumblerotter > > > > > ><http://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html>http://stuart.messagemates.co > >m/index.html > > > > > > Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and >animations... > > > We attached our recent animation from this site in > > >our mail ! Check it out ! > > > > > >Even though the mail never was sent to RootsWeb, the >return address is > >forged to make it appear as if it > > >came from us. > > > > > >I will continue to work on figuring out if there is >anything that we > >can do about this; in the meantime, >please assure any concerned > >subscribers that subscribing >to a RootsWeb list is not dangerous. :-) > > > > > >-- > > >Regards, > > >Tim Pierce > > >RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator > > >and Chief Hacking Officer > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________________ > >Why pay more to get Web access? > >Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! > >Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Discussion on this list is restricted to NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY only. > If you're posting a query, include specific dates, locations, etc. if you can. > For comments or list administration questions, contact NCRoots-l-request@rootsweb.com with the > word Help in the subject line. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Hi, I just tried to access several types of records and had the same results. As a member I left a message for customer support. They usually reply within a few hours. Eva Barbara Farthing Bonham wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Joe D. Deaver" <joe@deaver.com> > > I had the same results last night. > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Cooper [mailto:lcooper@htcomp.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 9:53 PM > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCROOTS] Ancestry NC Wills > > Is anyone having a problem accessing the North Carolina Wills? When I > type > in for instance, "Price" it gives me 13 results, but then when I click > to > view, there is nothing there. > Sorry to post this to the list, but genealogy list are all I'm on > Thanks > Linda > > ______________________________ > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Discussion on this list is restricted to NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY only. > Please do not post virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, or recipes for banana pudding. > For comments or list administration questions, contact NCRoots-l-request@rootsweb.com with the > word Help in the subject line. > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Humphrey GRIFFIN's below - if any of them look like they are who you are researching, I'll be happy to forward other family members. Please e-mail me personally. Thank you Ruth in NC e-mail: RLugowski@aol.com Rootsweb Sponsor 1870 census - M593 - NC Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace County Locality GRIFFIN HUMPHREY 68 M W NC MARTIN WILLIAMSTON TWP GRIFFIN HUMPHREY 28 M W NC CHOWAN EDENTON P O GRIFFIN HUMPH 41 M W NC MARTIN JAMESVILLE TWP

Since all can benefit from this I will post to the list. Linda, I also had a similar problem when searching for my BYRD's. However when I did the same surname search using their main surname search engine and requested NC as the state, the NC Wills info came up in the findings. You might use this method to get around the bug that is in the NC Will search engine. Kay In a message dated 12/16/99 5:20:44 AM, NCROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Is anyone having a problem accessing the North Carolina Wills? When I type in for instance, "Price" it gives me 13 results, but then when I click to view, there is nothing there. Sorry to post this to the list, but genealogy list are all I'm on Thanks Linda >>

-------- Original Message -------- From: "Joe D. Deaver" <joe@deaver.com> I had the same results last night. Joe -----Original Message----- From: Linda Cooper [mailto:lcooper@htcomp.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 9:53 PM To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCROOTS] Ancestry NC Wills Is anyone having a problem accessing the North Carolina Wills? When I type in for instance, "Price" it gives me 13 results, but then when I click to view, there is nothing there. Sorry to post this to the list, but genealogy list are all I'm on Thanks Linda ______________________________

There is a PRESIDENT'S List on RootsWeb. I believe he was the Second President of this Great Country. Also, John Q Adams was a President. Happy Holidays! FAMILY QUEST RESEARCH Charlotte H. Smalley

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 http://memory.loc.gov "What is the size of your parent's family?" I had asked. "Will you tell me something of your ancestry and their occupational background. And where you were born?" "I, am the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bayer of Winston-Salem, N, C. There were five children, one boy and four girls. Two of these girls died in their infancy. My other two sisters are still living. Both are married but the oldest sisters' husband is dead. This sister has a daughter fourteen years of age. I am single. "Both of my parents were reared in early childhood on the farm but later moved to the city and there made their home, never to return to the farm. "The place of my birth is High Point, North Carolina. We are the descendants of German stock. Our ancestors came over from Germany perhaps around 1700, and landed in South Carolina, then settled in Davidson County of North Carolina." -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County PA Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawgs/ Halifax Co, VA - VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm

I apologize for the poor example of typing in my last message. I could say this little dog was sratching my leg something terrible! Corrected version The Library of Congress American Memory Collection has a wealth of information and photos available online that relate to North Carolina. Visit them at http://memory.loc.gov and do a search for North Carolina or your surname of interest...who knows what you will find... -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County PA Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawgs/ Halifax Co, VA - VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm

The Library of Congress American Mamory Collection has a wealth of information and photos available online that relate to North Carolina. Visit them at http://mewory.loc.gov and do a searh for North Carolina or your surname of interest...who knows what you will find... -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County PA Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawgs/ Halifax Co, VA - VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm

>From the Library of Congress Memory Collection WPA Life Histories http://memory.loc.gov Alabama Vera L. Henry, Hale County. MAGNOLIA GROVE On a knoll far back from the head of Main Street of Greensboro stands this majestic old Hobson home known as Magnolia Grove. This is one of the shrines of Alabama. It is reached by a graceful winding walk and a circular driveway. The flower garden joins the vegetable garden and orchard and is most atractive. The ten beautiful magnolia trees, mystery trees of the South, with other trees, form the twenty-acre grove. Built in early part of the eighteenth century, of bricks made on the place by slaves. The home is spacious, eight rooms, high ceilings, wide halls and verandas full length of the house. Across the front are columns of solid masonry; in the rear they are of fluted iron, which are supposed to have been brought from England. In the wide entrance hall there is a winding stairway, which is unusually distinctive and handsome. The most interesting feature of the house to many people. It is people who have built and lived in a home that really makes its interest, the ancestors came from North Carolina. Isaac Croom built the Hobson home. He settled in Green County then, now Hale County at the county seat and selected one of the prettiest sites in that section. After Isaac Croom had finished his house he found that a large oak tree that grew at the end of the street kept people from seeing his pretty new house so good, so he asked the permission of the town to cut this tree but there was a good well under the tree and the town objected to having the tree cut. One night when the people of the town went to sleep the tree was standing and when they awoke the next morning the tree was gone. Isaac Croom married a gifted and very charming young woman from North Carolina, Sarah Pearson, sister of Judge Richmond M. Pearson, Chief of Justice of Supreme Court. He also served as Ambassador to Rome, Minister to Persia and also to Greece. He was maternal grandfather of Richmond Pearson Hobson, the Merrimac hero. The Crooms had no children so the home passed into the possession of Sarah Croom Pearson, afterward Mrs. James H. Hobosnm (Hobson) mother of Captain Hobson. This old home was always the [centerof?] much gaiety and entertainment, especially when the beautiful Pearson sisters from North Carolina came to visit their aunt, Mrs. Croom, Sally Pearson, the mother of Admiral Richmond Pearson Hobson, and her sister, Laura, were noted belles and beauties. In the home are portraits of Colonel Isaac Croom and his wife; Judge Richmond M. Pearson; Eliza Mumford, mother of Judge Pearson; Judge James M. Hobson, his mother, Ann Morehead and others. Naturally, Richmond Pearson Hobson is there in his Naval uniform. He entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis at the age of fourteen. Although the Admiral's work carried him to all parts of the world, he tried to make an annual visit if possible, to his old home at "Magnolia Grove" where there was always entertainment given in his honor. He loved out-door sports and hunting, swimming and riding. The house is filled with curios brought by Admiral Hobson from many different lands. Among them is a pine of the tree under which there was an exchange of prisoners made when Admiral Hobson was made free after being captured when he sunk the Merrimac. Also there is a chair which was once aboard the Merrimac. It is gratifying to the friends of the Hobson family that belated official recognition from Congress came to Richmond Pearson Hobson in 1933 for the daring feat performed in June, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, which has been pronounced one of the most brilliant deeds of heroism in the entire military history of the nation. This was because of a defect in the law. This law restricted award of the Congressional medal to enlisted men, was later amended to include commissioned officers, and Congressman Oliver, of Alabama, introduced a bill to correct the long and officially honor the hero by presenting to him the medal. These were the words of "Uncle Ben" "Shucks, you ain't tellin' me nothin', man. I knowed aa how Rich was gwine ter be a big man. Didn't I see dat boy a sailin' all sorts uv little boats on dat pond out dare. He didn't take no foolishness neither. A boy playin' wid him tried to ruinate one uv dem ships one day, and de way Marse Rich thrashed dat boy wuz a sight." "Uncle Ben" the old family servant of the Hobson family, said this when he was told that the whole world was talking about what a hero Capt. Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama, had proved himself to be. "Uncle Ben" was just as glad as anyone else for he had been with the Hobson family all of his life, and he felt as though "Rich" as he called Richmond, belonged to him. At the present time visitors are welcomed at the Hobson home without any cost. There are two sisters and two brothers of the late Rear Admiral Richmond P. Hobson living in the home. Information on "Magnolia Grove" and Richmond Pearson Hobson came partly from "Historic Homes of Alabama and their Traditions" and mostly from Miss Margaret Hobson, sister of the late Richmond P. Hobson. 12/15/38 -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County PA Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawgs/ Halifax Co, VA - VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm

-------- Original Message -------- From: Dan Fairfax <dfair777@home.com> Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: Griffin Surname Hello Marilyn Logan...{:) Thank you very much.....have located a "Griffin Landing" off of HWY 76 SC right at the NC Stateline between Nichols, SC and Fair Bluff, NC and may be the location of the "Griffin Plantation"...PLease keep me in your loop if you folks connect with the Griffins in Columbus County, NC and/or Horry County, SC. Happy Holidays!!!! Dan Fairfax 2629 Somerset Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37217 Home email: dfair777@home.com - -------------------------------- > Marilyn Logan wrote: > > Happy Holidays to you and yours! Thank you for the email request on > our Griffins. Grandfather Asa was in Guilford and Rockingham Co. in > NC. Don't have much info on him, and really don't know where lived > after 1870. His son William Laton (g-grandfather) moved onto Texas > after Civil War. Search continually for Asa's wife's maiden name. > Big mystery on these Griffins. Sorry can't help you with your quest > for info on your Griffins.. Marilyn Logan, Victoria, TX

Now that the smoke has cleared somewhat, I ask that you folks get back to genealogy. I have had far more complaints about the troublemakers than the troubles. Please try to act like adults and consider all sides and if you have comments; make them privately among yourselves. A friend once said never to put your name to words that someday you may not want to eat. Good luck. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County PA Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawgs/ Halifax Co, VA - VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahalifa/indexhal.htm

PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR POSTING TO THE LISTS - BUT PLEASE READ THE BELOW MESSAGE - I WAS SENT THIS VIRUS THROUGH THE VASOUTHSIDE-ROOTSWEB LIST - IT WAS "SENT" BY SOMEONE WITH THE SUBJECT "THURMAN FAMILY" - I RAN MCAFEE ON IT AND IT SAID IT WAS OK - ******NOT SO!!!**** IF YOU ALL GET ANYTHING WITH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS ON IT INCLUDING THE ATTACHMENT ETC., IT WAS NOT SENT BY ME AND DO NOT OPEN IT. Donna Thurman Howland >From: Susan Buckley <spice3@juno.com> >To: OVERSTREET-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: Recent Virus Reports >Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 07:50:58 -0800 > >From one of the head gurus at Rootsweb to all the >List owners: > >Tim Pierce <twp@rootsweb.com> writes: > > >Hi, folks - > > > >We've had a lot of reports tonight about a virus being >passed around on >RootsWeb lists. I have looked into > >these reports and it does NOT appear that the viruses > >have actually been sent through our lists. > > > >I've included a semi-technical explanation of what I > >have been able to find out, for those of you who are >curious. The >onlyimportant message here is that > >RootsWeb's lists are NOT the source of recent virus >reports. > > > >What seems to be happening is that the current flock of >viruses do the >following things when they infect a new >computer: > > > > * The virus sends a copy of itself to everyone in the > > computer's address book; > > > > * It forges its own return address to look like it > >was sent by someone *else* in the address book; > > > > * and it uses the Subject line from a message that > >was recently sent from that machine. > > > >So if an infected person sent mail to BUMBLEROTTER->L@rootsweb.com, the >virus might send out mail like this > >to someone else in the victim's address book: > > > > From: BUMBLEROTTER-L@rootsweb.com > > To: joe@example.com > > Subject: [BUMBLEROTTER] looking for Fred and Wilma >Bumblerotter > > > ><http://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html>http://stuart.messagemates.co >m/index.html > > > > Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and >animations... > > We attached our recent animation from this site in > >our mail ! Check it out ! > > > >Even though the mail never was sent to RootsWeb, the >return address is >forged to make it appear as if it > >came from us. > > > >I will continue to work on figuring out if there is >anything that we >can do about this; in the meantime, >please assure any concerned >subscribers that subscribing >to a RootsWeb list is not dangerous. :-) > > > >-- > >Regards, > >Tim Pierce > >RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator > >and Chief Hacking Officer > > > >___________________________________________________________________ >Why pay more to get Web access? >Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! >Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

In a message dated 12/15/1999 8:37:48 PM Mountain Standard Time, aggie@rmci.net writes: > Do any of you have the Deal surname in your lines - I am looking for the > origins of David Franklin Deal who turns up in Catawba County in the > census for 1850 born maybe 1819. He later married one of the daughters of > David Wike also of Catawba County. In 1850 he is living with David Wike's > family. > > Also would like to find anyone who has the surname Dealsnyder in their > background - they would have been in Lincoln county in the 1820 to 30's > > A Cloninger > Agnes, We have several Deal names in our database. Most of them are of Pennsylvania and Maryland origins however. There is one though that I came across that may be of interest and that was a Nancy Deal, b. abt 1812 who married Elias Clodfelter, b. 1794 in Catawba County, NC. This shows that most likely your Deal family was in the Catawba County area for some time. As you may be aware we also have thousands of Cloninger descendants from NC in our database. Our database is online at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/ Don & Jeanine

In a message dated 12/15/99 9:48:47 PM Central Standard Time, lcooper@htcomp.net writes: << When I type in for instance, "Price" it gives me 13 results, >> I have Seale (also spelled Seales,and Seal, Seals) ancestors. When I typed in Seale I get 0 results. Imagine my shock when I typed in Seal and got 284 results to check. And what kind of people were these??? Every judge apparently had a seal and every lawyer had a seal. There wasn't a real live person in the crowd. Jno

Hello All, I am still looking for a SMITH family in NC around 1814 that had a son named EDWARD SMITH who traveled to PLATTE COUNTY MO in 1837. Please contact me if you have any clues. Debbie Roth emkr@temecula.com Genealogy Researching Surnames: FRALEY, HENSON, DAVIS, SMITH, NEWBY, POTTS, GRAVES, PARROTT, HOLLIMAN

Hello Ruth & others: I too am fairly new to this list (about a week or so). I was not upset by Neals post. However, I had received the info on my high school reunion list about a month ago from one of my former classmates. He works for NASA or a Univeristy or something similar. Neals post was very similar if not word for word his post. However, this info could have been in newspapers or in other publications, I think. I took it in what I felt was the spirit in which it was given, as a sort of public service announcement of poss interest to a great number of people. Those interested would make a note on their calendars & those not interested would ignore it. However, someone named Liz took exception to the fact that he didn't give credit to the author & as Neal stated, he just got it as a post from another list he is on. Liz not only took exception & berated him, but also put a 3X hex or curse on him & he has been booted from the list. Judge not, so you be not judged. Anyway Ruth this is my understanding of the situation. --- RLugowski@aol.com wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I don't know many of you on the list and you > probably don't know me. I always > sign my posts or info., Ruth in NC. I don't know Mr. > Neal Caskey nor have I > seen the post to the list from him that seemed to > insult some persons on the > list, or the lists he is on, but why has whatever he > posted or queried > started a flaming session that is causing persons to > insult this gentleman > publicly or some want to "unsubscribe" to the list? > Can anyone tell me why he > was removed from the list? Aren't most of us guilty > of "posting info" or ask > questions that cause controversy? I certainly know I > have and am sure I will > again. If I have stepped on any toes or insulted > anyone by this post, I would > sincerely like to apologize, but I think we are > adults who are all > "researching our roots" and need to work together in > our research. > Ruth Mathis in NC ---- e-mail: RLugowski@aol.com > > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > NCROOTS is an active list. If your e-mail address > bounces more than > a few times, you will be automatically dropped as a > subscriber. If > this happens, just resubscribe once your server is > back in operation. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com

To: Barbara Bonham The following is a posting on the JOHNSON-L list by the list manager, J.J. Johnson. I asked his permission to post it on the NCROOTS-L list. From: jj johnson <gnbf@tampabay.rr.com> To: BartowRich <BartowRich@email.msn.com> Subject: Re: JOHNSON-L, from the Moderator Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 6:18 PM >Request permission to post your piece, From The Moderator, on >NCROOTS-L. It is sorely needed as a rift and flameing match got >started. I think your piece says it all, what, when and why we are >doing all this and how we should be doing it. > >Thank you, >Ivan Richardson >BartowRich@email.msn.com You may post it; but please explain where it came from...thanks...jj Barbara this is the subject material. I thought it was appropriate since all this un-necessary nonsense started. I think we should knock off the banter about personalities and get on with what this list is for. If you feel it is appropriate please post it. Thanks, Ivan Richardson List member From: jj johnson <gnbf@tampabay.rr.com> To: <JOHNSON-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [JOHNSON-L] FROM THE MODERATOR Date: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 3:40 AM Hello Kuzin, WELCOME TO MY FRONT PORCH...kinda. My name is JJ Johnson; and I am the moderator of this group. Pull up a rocking chair and relax. Want something to drink? Be right up. While you are waiting, I want to explain a few things about our group; who we are, why we came here, what is expected of each of us; where this really is and what we hope to accomplish here. Those of you who have visited here before know these things, but there may be some of you who have never belonged to a group like this, so I want to touch on a few things. HOW YOU GOT HERE... You are receiving this message because you subscribed to a discussion group. Here is a list of the groups that I own and moderate: Berryhill, Cassil, Davis, Duncan, Fulcher, Johnson, MacFarland, May, Partee, Robinett, Welty and Winegardner When someone subscribes to one of the above groups, this message is sent automatically to their email address. Since this message is sent to all of my groups, simple insert the surname you are researching everytime you see SURNAME! WHO WE ARE... As a group, we are known as a SURNAME DISCUSSION GROUP. The exact spelling of the surname doesn't really matter; it includes all surname derivative spellings that I have found and probably some I don't know. Where your ancestors originated or the time from which you have traced them doesn't matter either. If you are researching ancestors with the one of the above surnames from any place and at any time, you are in the right place. WHY WE ARE HERE... As I said earlier, this is my front porch...kinda. You have been invited here to discuss the family history, genealogy, recent and past events, books, articles, and any other event that is connected directly to our SURNAME ancestors. As host, I want you to feel comfortable; I want you to find the discussion interesting; and I want you to have FUN! If I can help you in any way to make your visit more enjoyable, please let me know. WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US... Like any good host, I hope to guide the discussion. I will do this with a few rules and guidelines (I may even interrupt the discussion from time to time, to remind everyone why we came here). I have included a copy of them with this email. Please read them carefully. It is a good idea to print them up and keep them available to reread on occasion. These guidelines have been established by smarter folks than me to help us get the most out of our visit here. Like any gathering of friends and family, we have come together for specific goals. These guidelines will help us to stay on target in our discussions and accomplish our stated purposes. WHERE THIS PLACE REALLY IS... I call this place, my front porch; we refer to it as a surname discussion group; but a more technical name would be a LIST SERVER. It is sponsored by the wonderful people at ROOTSWEB in California; but it is owned by me. I pay an annual fee to them each year to operate it. I call it "my front porch" because I want you to understand the nature a LIST GROUP. WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH... We came here to have a discussion; and we will do that by exchanging and sharing information about our SURNAME ancestors. Here is how that works: when any subscriber sends email to the SURNAME email address, it is forwarded to all subscribers. Some of you will find cousins that you didn't know before; some of you will extend you genealogical lines; some of you will help other guests to find information; and in the process, I want everyone to have FUN. OK...drinks are here. 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Looking for an ADAMS who married an Elizabeth about 1820 in NC. They had a son, John Quincy, about 1824 and migrated to Tennessee around that time. John Quincy married and lived in and around Grundy County, TN and died in 1887. Other children could have been: William; Robert; and a Julia. There may have been others. Having a real problem locating John Quincy's father. Mother Elizabeth is confirmed, but unable to find anything else. Sincerely hope someone out there has something. Thanks, Jim

Is anyone having a problem accessing the North Carolina Wills? When I type in for instance, "Price" it gives me 13 results, but then when I click to view, there is nothing there. Sorry to post this to the list, but genealogy list are all I'm on Thanks Linda