Well written Gloria.Now after all these Rudds are put together well,we will see,but I am so gald to have found you and Linda,I enjoy so much reading all the things you have..I too appreciate all the good work Lindas doing on the Rudd line..Ya know,she would make a good private eye,lol..Thanks again to you all, Your Cuz, Shirley

Hey Shirley, Linda would make a great PI. I was looking over that family tree someone had sent you and am amazed at how many surnames that tree and my tree have in common. Can't wait to find out who Arthur's parents were, but I know he HAS to be part of my Rudds to live so close and have so many shared names in common. Also, notation for Linda (I had shared this with Gene a long while ago so don't know if you were aware): In a handwritten letter by my grandmother to a distant cousin, she (Eula Mae Rudd, dau. of Samuel Jackson Rudd and Elizabeth Craft) refers to her grandfather as ANDREW Seth Jackson Rudd whose first wife, Nancy was her grandmother, and that Grandfather Andrew Seth took Alice Craft, spinster sister of her (Eula's) mother, Elizabeth Craft (who was her father's 2nd wife), as his 2nd wife and they had 4 children of only 2 lived to adulthood, those being Fannie Rudd (Rutledge) and Winnie Rudd (Sammons).Andrew supposedly served Conf. in Civil War as did his son Samuel. I thought the use of the name ANDREW could be significant as the family Bible has only SETH written in it, but another distant cousin has affirmed that the name ANDREW SETH appears in her grandmother's Bible too. Seth and his son, Samuel both married twice having a set of children as young men with their first wife and a set of children as older (Sam was 60 when my grandmother was born) men with the 2nd wife...Sam had a 3rd wife after wife #2 died, but she was too old to have children. Had to make note of these things while fresh on my mind...sometimes have that CRS disease!!! LOL! Back to trying to piece together Linda's handiwork!!!! Gloria ----- Original Message ----- From: <Shirl4455@aol.com> To: <RUDD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [RUDD] whole lotta Rudds > Well written Gloria.Now after all these Rudds are put together well,we will > see,but I am so gald to have found you and Linda,I enjoy so much reading all > the things you have..I too appreciate all the good work Lindas doing on the > Rudd line..Ya know,she would make a good private eye,lol..Thanks again to you > all, > Your Cuz, > Shirley > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.252 / Virus Database: 125 - Release Date: 5/9/01