on 2/5/04 10:01 PM, NCROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com at NCROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > NCROOTS-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 16 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NCROOTS] James Calhoun/Perkins [Homelybin@aol.com] > #2 [NCROOTS] Correctiony should have [Homelybin@aol.com] > #3 [NCROOTS] Mathis- Matthews/Gavin s [FLYFISHW@aol.com] > #4 [NCROOTS] Divorce Records ["Gerri Ann" <gal@naxs.net>] > #5 Re: [NCROOTS] Divorce Records [Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NCROOTS-D, send a message to > > NCROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > Contact Elizabeth Harris, ncgen@mindspring.com > for any questions, complaints, etc. > > > ______________________________ > From: Homelybin@aol.com > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 3:41 AM > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCROOTS] James Calhoun/Perkins > > Looking for information on a James Calhoun born N C approx 1807 (1850 census > has him listed as 43 yrs. old.) > > It is noted in some "family research" he was married to an Elizabeth Perkins > born N C approx. 1801 (1850 census has her listed as 49 yrs old) Elizabeth's > mother's name may have been Nancy and Later he was to have married her sister > Sarah Perkins > > Is anyone researching this family I am trying to tie them in with a Huggins > family if possible. Two Huggins children Robert b 1839 and Ellen born 1841 > in > Alabama are listed as living with James Calhoun and Elizabeth in the 1850's > census. If any one can help I would appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance > Barbara in Louisiana email address: homelybin@aol.com > > ______________________________ > From: Homelybin@aol.com > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 4:20 AM > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCROOTS] Correctiony should have read Joseph Calhoun/Perkins > > Looking for information on a Joseph Calhoun born N C approx 1807 (1850 census > has him listed as 43 yrs. old.) > > It is noted in some "family research" he was married to an Elizabeth Perkins > born N C approx. 1801 (1850 census has her listed as 49 yrs old) Elizabeth's > mother's name may have been Nancy and Later he was to have married her sister > Sarah Perkins > > Is anyone researching this family I am trying to tie them in with a Huggins > family if possible. Two Huggins children Robert b 1839 and Ellen born 1841 > in > Alabama are listed as living with jJoseph Calhoun and Elizabeth in the 1850's > census. If any one can help I would appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance > Barbara in Louisiana email address: homelybin@aol.comn > > ______________________________ > From: FLYFISHW@aol.com > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 2:01 PM > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCROOTS] Mathis- Matthews/Gavin surnames in early 1800's > > Is anyone researching the Mathis/Matthews or Gavin surnames of Duplin County? > I am attempting to find a Mandria (or other spelling) Gavin who was born > about 1810 in Duplin County. > Any information, or suggestions would be appreciated. > Wanda Groves Kohlmann > > ______________________________ > From: "Gerri Ann" <gal@naxs.net> > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 5:22 PM > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NCROOTS] Divorce Records > > Checking North Carolina Vital Records I found divorce records go back to > 1958 only. > What happened to them before 1958. Would they be in the Archives? Surely > someplace in NC has records of divorces before 1958. > > Thanks for all help, > Gerri Ann > > ______________________________ > From: Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> > Date: Thursday, February 5, 2004 5:45 PM > To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NCROOTS] Divorce Records > > Hi Gerri Ann, > > Texas began recording divorces at the state level in 1968. And marriage > records in 1966. Any years before that, you have to go to the county clerk > where the marriage or divorce occurred. (And TX has 254 counties.) It > looks like North Carolina began recording divorces at the state level 10 > years before Texas did. > > Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> > > > Gerri Ann wrote: > >> Checking North Carolina Vital Records I found divorce records go back to >> 1958 only. >> What happened to them before 1958. Would they be in the Archives? Surely >> someplace in NC has records of divorces before 1958. >> >> Thanks for all help, >> Gerri Ann > I found my ggrandfather's 1886 divorce papers in the State Archives. Beverly