For anyone that has experienced a need to know where to write to get vital records (any state), I ran across this handy site the other day: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm Bob Carter Greensboro, NC

In a message dated 07/21/2003 1:36:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, NCROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > http://www.co.guilford.nc.us > Thank you Joy, I really appreciate it.

In a message dated 7/20/03 9:47:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Claywalela1@wmconnect.com writes: http://www.co.guilford.nc.us I tried it too.........just use this much of it. Good luck, Joy

In a message dated 07/20/2003 1:17:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, NCROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/novation/rodvrpub.html > Dear Mary Ellis, I am wondering where you found the births online. I too am researching the Guilford area, the census,for Bowmans, Williams. And I also have Ellis' from Ky/Va! that I am researching. Please e-mail me direct at the following Claywalela1@wmconnect.com I tried the e-mail address, and it come up blank, no forwarding or anything.

Hi All, I am sending this to several lists. I don't know if we can make a difference or not. But, as you can see from the answer I received below, Guilford vital records on line has been changed. I mentioned in my message to Bill that without the parents name available the records were not nearly as useful to us as genealogist. Maybe if all of you who have used this resource would send a message to Register of Deeds Lee Payne we could change her mind. http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/novation/rodvrpub.html Thanks Mary Ellis _____________________ This is part of my message to Bill Nash last night. _________________________ I was on the Vital Records page trying to verify some dates and happened to notice that the death records don't include the parents name, at least on all that I checked. So, I tried some birth records from my own family that I know had my fathers name before, it wasn't there either. Has that bit of information been removed? I sure hope that it isn't permanent, if I am putting families together for my genealogy , having the parent there is the only way I know I have the right 'Joe Smith' or 'Jane Doe', so without that name it is not nearly as useful for genealogy. ______________________ His Answer to me........... Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:09:55 -0400 From: Bill Nash <BNASH@co.guilford.nc.us> Effective today, we are omitting parents' names from all vital records, per Register of Deeds Lee Payne. Sorry. We have forwarded your e-mail to her office so that she might be aware of your concerns. -- Mary Ellis County Coordinator Alamance NCGenWeb http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncalaman/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncacgs/ Non-Genealogy http://marelli12.surplusalert.com/

Hi List: Looking for information on my POTEET line. So far I have a Mary A. POTEET living in Marion, NC. Born 1840 died 1935. Daughters Emma, Sally (Sarah) John F. (born 1860) and Minnie. John F., was married to a Hattie J. Turner. Minnie POTEET was married to a Joe H. Lewis. I have not connected my grandfather Oscar H. POTEET born 1886 yet. He lists his parents on his Social Security App as John POTEET and Nellie MORRISON. On the 1900 census, Oscar is listed with his grandmother, Mary A. POTEET, along with a Bell POTEET and a Minnie L. I cannot locate Mary A. POTEET living with her children in the 1870 Mcdowell Census. At this time John would be 9 or 10, Sarah (sallie), should be 9. Also cannot find them on the 1880 census with Minnie being 4 or 5. What is confusing is that he lists a John M. POTEET as his dad, but the John F. that was one Mary A. POTEET's children, that should be the father was married to a Hattie J. Turner? Unless, he was married before. But I cannot prove that. If anyone has any POTEET's connected to the LEWIS, TURNER, families, living in Mcdowell County area, I would like to compare notes. Any thoughts? Thanks! Estelle

Can anyone point me in the right direction, general area or county, where I might be able to find both MORRIS and WILKERSON families from abt 1775 - 1815 ? We have a Jesse MORRIS b abt 1775 NC who married Sarah WILKERSON b abt 1784 NC and a James MORRIS b NC who married a Nancy WILKERSON b NC Since both males are MORRIS and both females are WILKERSON, we think there is a good possibility that the MORRIS males are related and the WILKERSON females are related. But where and how ? We know that Jesse and Sarah had at least 2 ch b in NC: Susan MORRIS b abt 1813 who married 1835 in NC William McDADE b 1805. They were in TN by 1836. William MORRIS b abt 1812 who married in Fayette Co, TN in the 1840's Drucilla McDADE, sister of William McDADE. The ages for Jesse and Sarah are estimated from ages in the 1850 and 1860 Carroll Co, TN Census records. James MORRIS and Sarah WILKERSON had a son, Jessee Elender/Elander MORRIS who was also b in the 1810's. They are later found in MO and their ages are within 10 years of those for Jesse and Sarah. Any help will be most gratefully appreciated. Janice

Here are the only counties in NC that had both names in the 1790 census: Wilkerson Morris BLADEN Results: 1 Results: 1 CASWELL Results: 3 Results: 1 DUPLIN Results: 1 Results: 1 ORANGE Results: 2 Results: 4 RICHMOND Results: 3 Results: 1 It looks like Orange county might be a good place to look. Bill Snipes snibbor13@juno.com wrote: >Can anyone point me in the right direction, general area or county, >where I might be able to find both MORRIS and WILKERSON families from abt >1775 - 1815 ? > >We have a Jesse MORRIS b abt 1775 NC who married Sarah WILKERSON b abt >1784 NC and a > > >

In response to anyone questioning why use DNA testing and what are the benefits, I can only share my own experience: For thirty years I had tried to verify whether or not my COOPER line was related to the Fleet COOPER, Sr. line of Sampson County, NC. All I had to go on was family legend that my forefathers migrated to Georgia from North Carolina, and that the name of one of my dad's great uncles was named "Fleet". We had very little paper-trail, and a lot of oral history. No one alive when I started the research had ever even heard of another Fleet COOPER besides Dad's old uncle, and none knew where in NC our line was supposed to have come from. Hiram "Ben" COOPER (COOPER DNA Group Administrator) and I had corresponded over the past few years, and he had helped me a lot with some potential leads, as his paper-trail back to Fleet COOPER, Sr. was very detailed and verifiable. Even before Ben accepted the Group Administrator responsibilities, he and I became two of the initial participants, later Ben's brother, joined the group as an additional "proof test" of our results. Ben and I matched 24 of 25 "markers", and his brother and I matched all 25 markers. These results tell us that we have 99.9% probability that we share a common ancestor. In our case that is Fleet COOPER, Sr. born in the 1720s. To me DNA testing has been invaluable in assuring me I am researching the correct line, and in giving me the benefit of Ben's vast amount of prior research. In turn, I have been able to give Ben information which can extend his family tree by all the folks in my line that descended from my branch of Fleet, Sr.'s descendants. I would like to encourage everyone who has living male relatives to get them in A test group, it one has been started, and therefore increase the possibilities of finding new, previously unknown relationships. The group gets the considerably discounted rates from Family Tree DNA. If interested please check out the COOPER DNA Surname Project website at: http://www2.arkansas.net/~bcooper2k/ The testing service we are using is Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com, or info@familytreedna.com). There are over 50 male COOPERs currently in the COOPER SURNAME GROUP. Regards, Gary W. Cooper garluke@juno.com 653 Lover's Lane Road Dawson, Georgia 39842 RockCatt@aol.com wrote: > More commoner sense says that we come from a little "woman" named Lucy, from > the Rift Valley in Africa, discovered some years ago by Dr. Leakey. From what > I understand, we all have her DNA in us, so I don't think I need to spend the > $158, but it is interesting that it is so readily available and, actually, > quite a fair price. > > Barb Price > Researching:Ashford/Burnes/Neville/Hardy/Cowan/Bailey/Holtzclaw/Hardin/Graham/ > Stewart/Brown/Fish/Cooke/Ring/Harding/Murdock/Morecock/Loker/Orme.......and > Lucy > > ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== > Join the Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Rootsweb members & sponsors are who make this list possible. > http://www.rootsweb.com -- "Lord, keep your arm around my shoulders....and your hand over my mouth." ==== VALOUDOU Mailing List ==== Have you posted your Loudoun Co. surnames lately? New members are joining our mailing list every day. Be sure to periodically remind us of your Loudoun research interests.

Hi Connie, "Bill Snipes Bremerton, WA wrote... The fun of genealogy is not just in discovering dead relatives, but in finding living ones." Bill is so right in his advice. Through 'living people' being listed on Lists with 'Dead Ancestors', I have found a cousin living only thirty miles from me. His family and mine have become great friends as well as family. We first contacted through email and the rest is history. Virginia Parisi Researching Jenkins and Leinbach

My advice to you, Connie, is to contact the submitter and get your family information corrected. As long as you are not being identified by using personal information (such as birth date, home address, phone no., etc.), there is nothing wrong with including your name as a relative of the posted family. Practically all the genealogical contacts I have made have been though familial postings on web pages and through living researchers whose contact information was made available on line. The fun of genealogy is not just in discovering dead relatives, but in finding living ones. Bill Snipes Bremerton, WA Hhunterg@cs.com wrote: >Hi Connie. >As you are a living person your identity should not have been shown. Contact >the person who owns the site and tell him/her to remove you. > >Hunter George >Morganton, NC > >Researching: Critz, Dalton, Faircloth, Frans, George, Horton, Hunter, >McFarland, Maiolatesi, > Pace, Redd, Scarborough, Thomas, Zaffiro and many >others. > > >==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== >NC Military Project: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmil/ > > >

Hi Connie. As you are a living person your identity should not have been shown. Contact the person who owns the site and tell him/her to remove you. Hunter George Morganton, NC Researching: Critz, Dalton, Faircloth, Frans, George, Horton, Hunter, McFarland, Maiolatesi, Pace, Redd, Scarborough, Thomas, Zaffiro and many others.

Thank you for posting your web site. It was very informative and should be required reading. I have found myself listed on a web site (without my permission) as the daughter of my father's first wife, my mother was not mentioned. Connie Wright

Hello Everyone; We have updated a page on our web site titled BEWARE OF THE SOURCE HOAX This is being done every day and all of you may not be aware that there are many bad sources out there that are being picked up as factual when in reality they will cause great problems when proving your lines. The URL for this page is; http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/fraud/hoax.htm Everyone has FREE access to all our web site and the reports contained there. The very best to you and yours. Harold Oliver Director America's First Families

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Other surnames mentioned in the biography of KARL T. BROWN are: Brown, Trueblood, Pilkenton, Hackett, Duncan, White, KARL T. BROWN, Muncie physician and surgeon, a specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat cases, was a lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps with the American expeditionary Forces, and is a man of very interesting accomplishments and experience. He is a native of Indiana, having been born at Westfield in Hamilton County, July 26, 1874. His parents were Robert R. and Mary (Trueblood) Brown. His grandfather, Samuel Brown, came from Virginia, was a farmer and stock raiser and owned a large body of land at what is now French Lick, Indiana. Robert R. Brown was born and reared in Salem, Indiana, attended public schools in Washington County, and spent his active life as a merchant. He was with the Fifth Indiana Cavalry throughout the period of the Civil war. He died in 1899 and is buried at Fairmount. His wife, Mary Trueblood, was born and reared in Washington County, attended school there and at the University of Michigan, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1903. Her father, Dr. Joshua Trueblood, came to Indiana from North Carolina and for many years did the work of a capable country doctor all over Washington County. Doctor Trueblood was well read in literature as well as in medicine, and in the course of a busy lifetime wrote a great deal of verse. Doctor Brown cherishes a book of verse written by this ancestor, describing a trip back to his old home in North Carolina. The ancestral records of the Trueblood family have been traced back for three hundred years. The great-grandfather of Doctor Trueblood was an Englishman who came to America and settled in the Carolinas. Robert R. Brown and wife had a family of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Anna is Mrs. A. C. Pilkenton, of Frankfort, Indiana; Will A. was a merchant at Marion and died December 25, 1927; Dr. Paul D. is chief pharmacist at the Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis; Dr. Karl T.; and Bessie is the wife of William F. Hackett, of Rochelle, Illinois. Dr. Karl T. Brown was educated in the public schools of Hamilton County, graduating from the Westfield High School, and in 1896 from Mount Vernon College. He took his M. D. degree at the Barnes Medical College of St. Louis in 1899, and had training and experience as an interne in that city. For ten years Doctor Brown practiced at Crawfordsville, Indiana, and then removed to San. Antonio, Texas, where he was in practice when America entered the World war. In 1917 he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps, attended the Medical Officers Training School at Fort Riley, Kansas, for six months, was on duty at Camp Travis, Texas, until June 1918, and then went overseas. While in France he was promoted to captain and later to major, and finally to lieutenant colonel in command of the Three Hundred and Fifty-eighth Medical Detachment of the Ninetieth Division. He went with his division into Germany and was with the Army of Occupation at the base at Coblenz. He returned home and received his honorable discharge at Camp Taylor, Louisville, July 8, 1919. Doctor Brown since the war has been located at Muncie and has a reputation all over Eastern Indiana as a specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat cases. His offices are in the Johnson Building. Recently the war department sent Doctor Brown the copy of a citation dated in France, November 24, 1918, General Order No. 146 of the Ninetieth Division, reading in part as follows: “The division commander desires to record his appreciation of the services of all members of the division, and particularly those specifically cited below for their extraordinary work during the recent Meuse-Argonne offensive. Their courage, heroism and sacrifice exemplify the spirit of all rank during this operation. Major Karl T. Brown, Three Hundred and Fifty-eighth Infantry, showed distinguished gallantry under artillery bombardment, when a German 50 counter meter high explosive shell struck within six feet of his head and scattered fragments around him. His first action was to rush to his commanding officer to see if any harm had come to him.” The date of this event was September 29, 1918. Doctor Brown is a member of the Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology, the Association of Military Surgeons, Muncie Academy of Medicine, Delaware and Blackford Counties Medical Society, and the American Medical Association. He is a past commander of Delaware Post No. 19, American Legion, and is a member of Muncie Lodge No. 433, A. F. and A. M., has membership in the Scottish Rite Consistory and Hella Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Dallas, Texas, is a member of Muncie Lodge No. 245, B. P. 0. Elks, and a charter member of the Exchange Club. Doctor Brown has been very public spirited and has given freely of his time and effort to the promotion of worthy public enterprises. For the past four years he has been president of the Muncie park board and for four years was president of the library board. He is former state president and for two years was a member of the executive committee of the Tzaak Walton League, having organized the Indiana Division of that league. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Delaware Country Club, is a Republican and is on the board of trustees of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Doctor Brown married at Greenfield, Indiana, June 12, 1900, Miss Mae Duncan, daughter of John T. and Mary (White) Duncan. Her father, a farmer and stock raiser, died in 1904 and is buried in Greenfield, and her mother still lives on the old homestead. This land was entered from the Government by John T. Duncan’s grandfather. Mrs. Brown attended public schools at Greenfield, the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute, and was a teacher at Muncie before her marriage. She is a church worker, a member of the Eastern Star and one of the prominent clubwomen of Eastern Indiana, being now district president of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, and is also president of the McRae Club.

Is there anyone on the list who could do a marriage lookup for me in Randolph Co.? I'm interested in finding the marriage of Matilda PRESNELL (PRESNEL,PRESNALL), b.c. 1852-55 in Randolph Co. She was enumerated in 1870 as Matilda Presnell, so the marriage would have taken place in late 1870 or after. Ann -- Ann Avery Hunter Richmond, Virginia

Hi Ruby, I've been visiting the NC Archives for several years and have always found their records fairly easy to use. The Archives staff have always been knowledgeable and helpful, if at times a little overwhelmed with requests for help (especially on Saturdays). Many of the records are available on microfilm and some are only available on microfilm. They have a microfilm reading room, but it fills up fast on Saturdays. To find original (paper) records they have several card catalogs broken down by County or type of record. The call sheets are pretty simple to fill out, once you understand the system (which isn't difficult). Write me direct if you have specific questions about record pulls. If you are planning a visit on a Saturday then park in front of the Archives along Jones Street, you don't have to pay the meters on Saturdays. The meters on Jones are only good for 1 hour so they aren't worth the trouble during the week. If you are only going for a short time during the week then you can use the meters on Blount Street, they are good for 2 hours, otherwise I usually park in the garage underneath the NC Museum of History, it costs a few dollars, but is very convenient. Be sure and check out the NC State Archives Web site for information and some maps of downtown (and parking). http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/default.htm I would be glad to meet you and show you around the NC Archives, just be sure to give me about a weeks notice. Joel S. Russell http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/ At 09:18 PM 7/5/2003, Ruby Pruitt wrote: >Hi List, could someone tell me how the records at the Archives in North >Carolina are listed and how easy they are to access? Where's the easiest >parking? Thanks Ruby Badger Pruitt >Researching;Badger,Hanks, Price, Sage, Duvall,Newell. > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > >==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== >USGenWeb Archives, North Carolina index: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/nc/ncfiles.htm

This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Other surnames mentioned in the biography of Everett Moffitt are: Moffitt, Cox, Hiatt, Dix, Wild, Graves, Oldendorf, Potter, Whitehill, Piepho, Mueller, Huber, Everett Moffitt has had an active part in the business life of Muncie for nearly forty years. For several years he was prominent oil and gas operator while the Eastern Indiana field was still at a high mark of production. Mr. Moffitt is owner of the Moffitt real estate and insurance agency at Muncie, is vice president of the Mutual Home & Savings Association, and his name has been well known to the public in connection with business undertaking and in civic movements. Mr. Moffitt was born at Thorntown, Indiana, July 23, 1864. The Moffitts were sturdy upholders of the Quaker faith, and were representatives of a great exodus of Friends who moved out from Western North Carolina to the Northwest in the early years of the last century. Mr. Moffitt’s grandfather, David Moffitt, married Rachel Cox. Both were of well-known families of Randolph County, North Carolina. David Moffitt was born February 4, 1785. In 1840 he started for the Northwest, driving with wagons and teams across the country. He first stopped for the winter at Carmel in Hamilton County, where there were a few settlers, and in the spring of 1841 proceeded to Thorntown in Boone County, where he engaged in farming, and was so occupied the rest of his life. He died May 24, 1854, and his wife and many other members of the family are buried in Sugar Plain Quaker Church Cemetery near Thorntown. Joshua Moffitt, father of Everett Moffitt, was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, May 12, 1818. He grew up and attended school there, and was a young man of twenty-two when he accompanied his parents to Indiana. In the vicinity of Thorntown he improved a farm. For years he made it a business to buy up tracts of unimproved land, clear off the timber, put the land into cultivation and improve a farm and then sell. He was president of the First National Bank of Thorntown and held that office many years. Joshua Moffitt died August 23, 1888, and is buried in the Friends Cemetery near Thorntown. He married Martha W. Hiatt, who was born at Milton, Indiana, February 17, 1830. She was a graduate of the Friends Boarding School, which later became Earlham College, at Richmond, and she taught school at Thorntown for several years before her marriage. She was a birthright Quaker and lived that faith all her life. She died September 17, 1880, and is buried in the Sugar Plain Cemetery. Her parents were Rev. Mordecai and Rhoda (Dix) Hiatt. Her father was a harness and saddle maker and for many years a minister of the Friends Church. Joshua Moffitt and wife had six children: Alton, who died May 2, 1863, at the age of one year; Everett; Ole, who died in childhood; Florence, who died in 1898, at the age of thirty-one, wife of Frank A. Wild, of Thorntown; Mary Bertha, who died in 1902, at the age of thirty-one, wife of W. 0. Graves, of Thorntown; and Adelbert, who died in childhood. Everett Moffitt, only survivor of his parents’ children, was reared at Thorntown, attended grade school there and the Union High School at Westfield, completing his education in the Central Indiana Normal School at Danville. He left school to look after the farm property of his father, who was then in declining health. After his father’s death he settled up the estate and for four years more operated the home farm. He was three years associated with the carriage and buggy manufacturing business of Oldendorf & Moffitt at Thorntown. After disposing of most of his interests in that section of the state he became a resident of Muncie on July 28, 1892. Mr. Moffitt is a licensed embalmer and engaged in the undertaking business, associated with S. L. Potter, in the firm of Potter & Moffitt, for over ten years. They subsequently added a furniture department. Mr. Moffitt in 1902 sold his interest to C. E. Whitehill and for a time accompanied his sister in search of health. After her death he returned to Muncie, and during the next five years gave practically all his attention and his capital to his oil and gas operations in the Eastern Indiana field. Since 1907 Mr. Moffitt has been in the general insurance and real estate business. He conducts the Moffitt agency, with headquarters in the Wysor Building. A few years ago he resumed his former connections with under-taking and is now associated with George A. Piepho, in the firm of Moffitt & Piepho, funeral directors. He is vice president and director of the Mutual Home & Savings Association, is vice president and director of the Citizens Finance Corporation. Mr. Moffitt is affiliated with Muncie Lodge No. 433 A. F. & A. M., Muncie Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, Muncie Commandery, Knights Templar, the Scottish Rite bodies and Murat Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Indianapolis. He has been a Mason since 1891. He is a charter and a life member of Muncie Lodge No. 245, B. P. 0. Elks, and was exalted ruler of the Lodge in 1901. He also filled chairs in the Knights of Pythias and was formerly very active in the Improved Order of Red Men and was a charter member of the Rotary Club. He is a member of the State Real Estate and Insurance Boards. Mr. Moffitt is a Republican. He married at Muncie, December 5, 1905, Miss Margaret Mueller, daughter of Peter and Julia A. (Huber) Mueller. Her parents are now deceased. Her father for many years conducted a tailoring and clothing business in Muncie. Mrs. Moffitt attended the public schools of Muncie and is completely devoted to her home and family. They have two sons, Robert H. and William E. Robert H. is a graduate of the Muncie High School attended the Eastern Indiana Normal School, now the Ball State Teachers College, and his chief interest at present is aviation. William E. Moffitt is a graduate with the class of 1930 of the Muncie High School.

> > >> This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; >> it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not >> researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore >> about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any >> additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to >> sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. >> >> Typed by Lora Radiches: >> >> >> >> Other surnames mentioned in the biography of Howard H. BROWN are: Brown, >> Seybert, Davies, Eckenberg, Rathel, >> >> Howard H. BROWN, member of one of the oldest families of Madison County, >> the Browns having lived here for four generations, is in business at Anderson >> as a funeral director, proprietor of a well-appointed business and service >> located at 228 East Twelfth Street Mr. Brown was born at Anderson. His >> great-grandfather, Martin Brown, was a native of England, was reared there and >> when a young man came to the United States and settled in Indiana, securing a >> tract of land which he improved into a farm and on which be and his wife >> lived many happy and prosperous years, passing away at a good old age. Their >> son, John G. Brown, was a native of Indiana, was a farmer by occupation and >> during his later years lived retired in Anderson. He married Debra Seybert. She >> was born in Madison County. Her father, Harvey Seybert, came to Indiana >> from North Carolina. It was in the early pioneer days and the trip was made >> with wagons and teams, the men of the family walking beside the wagons and at >> night they camped at the roadside. Harvey Seybert secured a tract of wild >> land, on which he started his pioneer improvements in making an Indiana home. >> He developed a farm, and this land is now included in the site of an airport >> at Anderson. Harvey Seybert married Martha Davies, and both of them lived to >> a good old age. The father of Howard H. Brown was Clarence L. Brown, who >> was born at Anderson, grew up as a farmer, and it was that occupation that >> provided his chief life work. He was the father of two children, Howard H. and >> Debra. Debra is the wife of William Eckenberg. Howard H. Brown was educated >> in the Lincoln Grammar School and Anderson High School and subsequently >> attended the Muncie Normal School. While he was at the normal he was enrolled in >> the Students Army Training Corps during the World war, being honorably >> discharged after the armistice. Mr. Brown in 1924 entered the Cincinnati College >> of Embalming, is a graduate of that institution, and his first business >> location as a funeral director was at Alexandria. In 1929 he moved to Anderson, >> and continues his business in that city. Mr. Brown married, in 1918, Miss >> Iva Rathel, who was born in Madison County, daughter of Charles and Harriet >> Rathel. They have two children, Mary Lou and Beverly Jo. Mr. Brown is a >> member of the Christian Church, the Masonic fraternity, the Elks, Red Men, >> Fraternal Order of Eagles and is a member of the American Legion. He is now a >> representative of the First Ward in the Anderson City Council. >> >> >

Hi List, could someone tell me how the records at the Archives in North Carolina are listed and how easy they are to access? Where's the easiest parking? Thanks Ruby Badger Pruitt Researching;Badger,Hanks, Price, Sage, Duvall,Newell. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!