AMEN, MARY Virgil is like taking a fresh breath of air and releaving the pressure we have been holding in for many years. Right now, I feel like he is my father telling me all about the Rains, except my father was very closed mouthed. Keep going Virgil dee Mary Stephenson wrote: > My sentiments exactly Vergil! Don't you dare! We will get a posse of > Raines together and come to Palestine after you!! LOL!! You are not safe > from this "hongry for information" Raines bunch! (yes, HONGRY!) > By the way, Vergil, where have you been hiding all these years? We have > been pitiful on this list at times. It is usually feast or famine and right > now we are all feasting!! You are a blessing to us! > Mary > > -----Original Message----- > From: deesnest <deesnest@peganet.net> > To: RAINS-L@rootsweb.com <RAINS-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:06 PM > Subject: Re: [RAINS] Early Rain(e)s of Virgina > > >Vergil, "DON'T STOP THE INFORMATION" I have learned more about the Rains, > etc > >spellings, in the last few days than I had ever dreamed of learning. I have > been > >searching now for 4 years and I really love all the information. It gives > me > >insight as how they traveled, names I never heard of, and many more details > that > >I may be able to use in researching. Thanks for all your hard work. All > those > >notes you have that you had thought about publishing, and never got around > to it. > >If I can help you type them up, I would be glad to at no cost to you. I am > >keeping everything that comes through on the Rains. > >dee > > > >baxter60@aol.com wrote: > > > >> Does anyone need the material I'm sending? If not I will stop. Just > thought > >> it might give someone a lead. After all abt. 80% of the Raines in US > started > >> in Virgina. We were there before old George was even a thought in his > Dad's > >> mine.( Washington that is ) Ha! > >> Vergil Raines Baxter60@aol.com > >> > > ==== RAINS Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!