Candace, I too would like to thank you very much for your endeavors, since I work during the week it is hard to get to a court or newspaper office since they have the same hours as I work. I appreciate the contribution, my PUCKETT family lived in Abbeville, SC. Thank you, Margie Puckett King ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Lou Bailey" <linloubailey@adelphia.net> To: <scabbevi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [SCABBEVI] old newspapers for Abbeville County, SC, 1863 > Candace, > I'm sure your transcriptions will be appreciated by all of us with > connections to Abbeville people. I, for one, was really excited to find > your > messages in my mailbox this morning! I've wanted to get my hands on the > Abbeville Press for years, but access is difficult from a small town in > Maine. In the two articles you have posted there is a wealth of > information > for me, especially in the account of the death of Col. James M. Perrin at > Chancellorsville, who was my great-great granduncle, and Thomas Perrin, a > great granduncle. I found several other tidbits on relatives, but also > just > enjoy getting the feel of the times and the sense of what was happening in > the community. Contemporary accounts add so much to a genealogy, and I > really applaud your efforts. Are you thinking of eventually publishing > your > abstracts, as has been done with deaths and marriages from the Edgefield > Advertiser? > In whatever form you choose to get these valuable newspaper accounts out > to > us, I appreciate your efforts, thank you very much, and hope they keep > coming! > Mary Lou Perrin Bailey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Candace Gravelle" <tealtree@comcast.net> > To: <SCABBEVI@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 1:42 AM > Subject: [SCABBEVI] old newspapers for Abbeville County, SC, 1863 > > >> Just a note to let people know that I am currently transcribing old >> newspaper articles for Abbeville Co. SC newspapers, working currently on >> 1863 to 1869 time frame. I am submitting these to the Abbeville Co. SC >> genweb archives and don't know if these are automatically posted to this >> list or not. This is the first of those that I submitted today. I don't >> know how long it takes for them to be actually posted on the genweb >> archives >> for Abbeville Co. SC. >> >> NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ABBEVILLE PRESS", Abbeville, South Carolina >> for JANUARY 1863, FEBRUARY 1863, MARCH 1863 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCABBEVI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >