If I'm not mistaken I'm the Fulton descendant that Cheryl is referring to who was able to purchase the Fulton family photo's off of ebay. I will be FOREVER grateful to Cheryl for taking the time to mention on this list that a photo collection was up for auction. The auction description included a few surnames. I knew when reading them they were "mine". After checking the site and recognizing some photos already in my posssession I knew I had to have the lot. I didn't fool with the auction but immediately did the "buy it now" price. It cost me nearly $100. but it was worth every penny to me. Sadly, the majority of photogrpahs (40+) were not marked and unrecognizable to me. If Cheryl had not taken the time to review ebay and post the information I would never have known this photo collection existed. The source for the photos seemed to have purchased them at an estate sale. The original album belonged to Ella Mink Hoffman, sister of my great-great grandmother Serepta Mink Fulton. Photos in my collection include: Lyvonia Clark Bunce, Jacob Tipton, Harrison Mink, Sarah Jane Tipton Mink, Missinda Mink Fulton, possible John Mink, Edna Fulton Thaxton, Harlan Fulton, John Fulton, Serepta Mink Fulton, Nancy Malaby Fulton and her children Royal, Mary, John, Samuel, and William., various VanSandt's who moved to Harrisonville, Missouri. I would guess that since the original owner was Ella Mink Hoffman there could be Hoffman photos in the collection as well. I also have assorted Thaxton family photographs. If anyone connects to these families and is interested in copies email me privately and I'll send a scan. Thanks again to Cheryl for understanding that someone out there would be thrilled to locate precious family mementos! Debi ----- Original Message ----- From: "cheryl enyart" <trayne1837inc@yahoo.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:11 PM Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] ebay files > Marty, > You are really lucky, this is what I tried to get a guy to do with the last set I saw. > The Fulton set was a real find and the right full owners did get them. > The other set of photo's from Gallipolis is still in the owner, from Columbus, posession . I have his email address and he will hold on to them to see if he can find the family. > I have run into both the kind and the greedy > > Martin Cassidy <cassidym@earthlink.net> wrote:There are people out there that are nice in these situations. Here's > what happened to me: > > An "antiquer" (one who spends as much time crawling through antique > shops as we spend doing genealogy) found some old photographs in a store > and bought them because there were names on them. She then hit the > internet looking for relatives, found my website, and then sent them to > me gratis. They were beautiful photos of my great grandfather's family, > originally in boxes stored in a barn and sold off to a dealer in an > estate matter. > > My guess is that if she hadn't found any claimants, she'd try on ebay to > recoup some costs. Her motives weren't greed, they were honorable, and > I am forever indebted to her for her efforts. > > > -- > Marty Cassidy > Seattle, WA USA > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. > > > > > Be Well, Do Good Work , Keep In Touch > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Check the address you are replying to before sending your message. >