Hi Amy, May I ask for a look-up also? I am researching a Hiram Walton who married a Mary "Polly" Cary in 1836. Any info on them? Thank you so VERY much, Brenda Jo

Would you please check on Peck and Privett in the late 1700 to mid 1800's. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Betsy Arndt

As a matter of interest, there is a small community in western Washington County, MD named Cearfoss. I thought there might be a connection to the SERFASS, ZERFUS, etc. lines. Joyce

F Y I: KIDWELL GENEALOGY I just corresponded with Marilyn, and she gave me her new E-Mail address, with permission to post it. The 'Index of Kidwells' on Marilyn Andrew Kidwell's Family Tree Maker Home Page is currently about 9900, and she hopes to hit the 10,000 mark within the next month. The 'Index of Kidwells' has now been expanded to also include location of birth, in addition to listed name, date of birth, date of death, spouse's name, and date of marriage at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/i/d/Marilyn-A-Kidwell Marilyn Andrews Kidwell [email protected] Editor & Publisher - KIDWELL GENEALOGY Happy Hunting and Sharing. Flo. -- :: What good is knowledge, unless you share? :: Winchester, VA, USA ~ ICQ uin 18874402 Mailing List Moderator ~ The Genealogy Help Network See the Web Site at ~ http://ghn.genealogy.org Subscribe~ http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/GenHelpNetwork

I thought "Stranded" was really funny. Thanks for shareing it. Susie

I am truly sorry to have posted "Stranded" to this list! I was sending it to a few friends, and must have accidently clicked, when I shouldn't have!!! My face is truly red!!! Please forgive my "misclick"??? To have not wasted an email: ALLEN, W.V. BIAS, W.V. & VA. BISHOP, W.V. & Ohio, PA. BRUMFIELD, W.V.& Ohio BUCKLAND, W.V. & VA. FETTY, W.V. & Ohio GREATHOUSE, W.V. LAMBERT, W.V. MILLER, W.V. & VA. STEPRO, Ind., & W.V. THOMPSON, W.V. Thank you, and I promise to be more careful next time!

Stranded An ambitious yuppie finally decided to take a vacation. He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life ... until the boat sank! The man found himself swept up on the shore of an island with no other people, no supplies... Nothing. Only bananas and coconuts. After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to him. In disbelief he asks her: "Where did you come from? How did you get here?" "I rowed from the other side of the island," she says. "I landed here when my cruise ship sank." "Amazing," he says. "You were really lucky to have a rowboat wash up with you." "Oh, this?" replies the woman. "I made the rowboat out of raw material that I found on the island; the oars were whittled from gum tree branches; I wove the bottom from palm branches; and the sides and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree." "But-but, that's impossible," stutters the man. "You had no tools or hardware. How did you manage?" "Oh, that was no problem," replies the woman. "On the South side of the island, there is a very unusual strata of alluvial rock exposed. I found that if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into forgeable ductile iron. I used that for tools and used the tools to make the hardware.The guy is stunned. "Let's row over to my place, " she says. After a few minutes of rowing, she docks the boat at a small wharf. As the man looks onto shore, he nearly falls out of the boat. Before him is a stone walk leading to an exquisite bungalow painted in blue and white. While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumbstruck. As they walk into the house, her beautiful breasts bouncing with each step, she says casually, "It's not much, but I call it home. Sit down please; would you like to have a drink?" "No thank you," he says, still dazed. "Can't take any more coconut juice." "It's not coconut juice," the woman replies. "I have a still. How about a Pina Colada?" Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk. After they have exchanged their stories, the woman announces, "I'm going to slip into something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There is a razor upstairs in the cabinet in the bathroom." No longer questioning anything, the man goes into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet, is a razor made from a bone handle. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened onto its end, inside of a swivel mechanism. "This woman is amazing," he muses. "What next?" When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing but vines and a shell necklace- strategically positioned -- and smelling faintly of gardenias. She beckons for him to sit down next to her. "Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him, "we've been out here for a very long time. You've been lonely. I've been lonely. There's something I'm sure you really feel like doing right about now, something you've been longing for all these months? You know... " She stares into his eyes. He can't believe what he's hearing. His heart begins to pound. He's truly in luck. "You mean...," he gasps, "...I can actually check my e-mail from here.

Amy, Would you have any Zumwalts(Somalt, Somwalt) in your books? I would appreciate any information you might be able to send. Thank you. You have already helped with other information I didn't know I needed or wanted. Thanks for all your kind help. Karolyn [email protected]

SueAnnJac, I have SERFASS families from the Luzerne Co., PA area in 1700s. If you think there may be a connection with your SURFACE, ZARVUS, ZERFUS, etal, please write via private e-mail. Jennifer Jacksonville, FL [email protected] Proud RootsWeb Sponsor+

Hi Amy, You're so kind to help so many of us! *If you have time*, would you please check for WALTONs in your book? I'm hoping to find that my Corbin WALTON (b. c1798, Shenandoah Co., VA) may be listed as an heir, which could help me to determine his parentage or other kinship. In case any Shenandoah Co. WALTON researchers are reading <grin>, Corbin/Carban married Catharine "Minnie" ROOF on 29 Aug 1819 in Washington Co., MD. The family moved not long after to OH. Lots of descendant info to share. Thank you, Amy, and best wishes to All, Jennifer Jacksonville, FL [email protected] Proud RootsWeb Sponsor+

Amy, Received your Will Book today. Absolutely first class publication. Thanks, Rick Monroe P.S. Thanks for the autograph

Amy, You said you've also done abstracts of Frederick Co., VA. Are they published also? Do you have anything on the "Scottish" MASONs'? That would be Bingley, Reason, or George MASON. Or anything on the Ayler or Ailer family of northern VA. Thank you so much for taking the time to look names up for all of us. Kaye (Ayler) Osterman

According to DeLorme atlas/gazetteer: According to DeLorme atlas/gazetteer, Calfpasture River begins in Augusta Co., just south of the dividing ridge in the George Washington National Forest. [I assume the dividing ridge is where rivers north of it flow north and those south of it flow south.] It is not the Augusta Co. line which appears to run along the mountain ridge. Calfpasture parallels the county line. It flows past West Augusta, Little Baltimore, and Marble Valley. It crosses into Rockbridge Co. at Ramsey Gap. Just below the county line, at Goshen Route it turns east with highway 39 and becomes Maury River which flows past Rockbridge Baths and south to Lexington. Lynne Hundley ---------- > From: Clem <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Calf Pasture, Clemmons, etc. > Date: Thursday, February 25, 1999 3:59 AM > > Can someone please tell me where the Calf Pasture River is? Neither > my atlas nor my encyclopedia shows the river. I understand it is the > western boundary of Augusta Co., but I still would like to know where > the headwaters are, and how long it flows, etc. >

-----Original Message----- From: Clem <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 10:58 PM Subject: Calf Pasture, Clemmons, etc. >Can someone please tell me where the Calf Pasture River is? Neither >my atlas nor my encyclopedia shows the river. I understand it is the >western boundary of Augusta Co., but I still would like to know where >the headwaters are, and how long it flows, etc. > The Calf Pasture River rises in the mountains about 8 miles S of the intersection of Pendleton Co., WVA, Highland Co., VA, and Augusta Co., VA. It flows SW through George Washington National Forest into the N corner of Rockbridge Co., VA forming Lake Merriweather a few miles before joining the Maury River about 15 miles N of Lexington, VA. Richard A. Bain [email protected]

Amy, Please, could you let me know if you have any Woolford, especially Fred, or any REAM in your wonderful book? Thanks, Nancy J Silkey

Can someone please tell me where the Calf Pasture River is? Neither my atlas nor my encyclopedia shows the river. I understand it is the western boundary of Augusta Co., but I still would like to know where the headwaters are, and how long it flows, etc. Two Clemmons men had land on the Calf Pasture. Jacob Clemmons c. 1760 and John Clemmons, 1799. Jacob was deceased by 1760. He had 6 orphaned children. John Clemmons was the son of Christian Clemmons. He already had land there, but on his fathers death, he inherited more. This land was part of the original land grants as I understand it. If anyone has access to a will or deed book from the 1760's and/or 1790-1800, and could give me information re this I would certainly appreciate it. Also, I have no idea where to go beyond Chalkey, and they are not there, to find what happened to these orphaned children of Jacob Clemmons. Also Christian Clemmons it is reported is mentioned in Wayland, but not his heirs. Has anyone ever heard of him and does anyone have any idea who his children were, or where I might go to find out? I appreciate any info on any of these folks. Thanks very much. gail [email protected]

I don't know if you can help me, but if you can, I'd sure appreciate it. I only have bits and pieces and am having a hard time putting them together. A nice lady, Esthere McDermott sent me some information but her email address from last year is no longer in effect so I don't know how to reach her. But here is what I have and am having a problem with: Sent to me: Adam POLK married Barbara (no last name available) child: Anna b 1753-1757 , Johann Adam Barb abt 1773 Here is what I have, but I don't have any dates: Adam POKE married Elizabeth Six Elizabeth's Parents: John Six, Sr. m Barbara Bowman We have a couple of Adams and Barbara's I also have: Anna POKE married Adam Barb child: Elizabeth who married Peter Baker, Jr. Can anyone help or shed any light on this? I appreciate anything you can do to help me. Thank you so so much. Jan in Edinburg mailto:[email protected]

Could you please check on HAHN or HAUN in the late 1700 to mid 1800's. Your help would be appreciated. I am at a brick wall on the tree. Lynn Brubaker Wine

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