Carol, and all An obituary in the Times Newspaper dated August 15, 1920 states Mrs Mary L Sisson Almy widow of Harvey S Almy of New York and Newport, died yesterday at her home in Hillside, East Greenwich, R.I.The funeral will be held at the home Tuesday morning. Janice ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ZNawrocik Surnames: YEAGER YAGER SISSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/383/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I previously posted my great grandmother as Anna Sisson. Now I know why no one responded. That was not correct. I found her obituary and her name was Frances aka Frannie or Fannie J. Sisson. She married Charles F. Yeager / Yager about 1876 in Ohio. She was born August 13, 1845 in Ohio. She died April 22, 1880 in her home in Lima, OH. She is buried in Fort Meigs Cemetery, Perrysburg, OH. She left two small children when she died. One was my grandmother. Other is unknown. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Ava Jean Sisson Ava Jean Sisson was born January 18,1949, in Frederick, Oklahoma, to George and Ruby Belle Harnden. Ava passed from this life Monday, October 18, 2004 in Waurika, Oklahoma. Ava and David Sisson were married June 21, 1969. Ava was a cook for the Waurika Public School System. She was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Waurika. Survivors include: her husband, David, of the home in Waurika, OK; one daughter, Marla Lovett of Waurika, OK; one brother Charles and his wife Helen Harnden of Tipton, OK; and one granddaughter, Magen Lovett. Funeral services for Mrs. Sission were at 10:00 AM, Thursday, October 21, 2004, at the First Baptist Church in Waurika. Burial was in the Frederick Memorial Cemetery at 1:30 PM, Thursday, October 21, 2004, under the direction of Dudley Funeral Home of Waurika. http://www.dudleyfuneralhomes.com/avasisson.html

What a great effort and a super service. Thanks loads. Florence Norback ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

? THANK YOU Barbara and Letty for your time and effort photographing these old cemeteries. I had the pleasure this past month of finding photos of my maternal 4thgrgrandparents monument in Buckfield Co., ME on findagrave.com. It had just been recently posted to the site. It was exciting to me and I hope others feel the same way about your efforts. I am from the VA SISSON's but I have COGGESHALL and FISH on my mother's side so maybe we are distant cousins also. Thanks again, Jimmy M. Sisson?? sisson42@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: sisson-request@rootsweb.com To: sisson@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 3:02 am Subject: SISSON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 64 Today's Topics: 1. Photographing old stones (David A Sisson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:11:22 -0400 From: David A Sisson <dsisson2@rochester.rr.com> Subject: [SISSON] Photographing old stones To: Sisson List <SISSON-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <46FD27AA.7010404@rochester.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dear Cousins and Friends, One of our cousins, Barbara J. Austin, born just down the road from her ancestors Richard and Mary's 17th-century Portsmouth homestead, was featured in a September 25th article in the Newport Daily News. It's a long article, but these highlights will give you some idea of the wonderful work she and her "remote" cousin Letty Champion are doing. Quoting: Barbara J. Austin has made it her goal to photograph every headstone in every cemetery on Aquidneck Island. [Aquidneck is also known as Rhode Island, the "other" part of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, its official name. Aquidneck Island is the location of the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport]. It's a mission she began 12 years ago. She and her partner in this endeavor, Letty R. Champion, have covered 16 cemeteries in Newport, 32 in Middletown and 47 in Portsmouth, giving them a total of 95 historical cemeteries they have documented. They estimate they have photos of about 4,000 headstones, but they still have a long way to go. They have photographed about 2,300 headstones of the estimated 10,000 that are in Newport's Common Burying Ground. Three days a week, depending on the weather, they are out there snapping. About three years ago, Austin and Champion began revisiting the cemeteries Austin already had done. They had a better digital camera and some improved techniques for capturing the inscriptions and carvings on the headstones. That gave Austin a chance to revisit historic cemeteries such as the Easton lot of Paradise Avenue in Middletown. She photographed the headstones there about five years ago, and again in the past year. "The first time I could read them," Austin said. "There weren't good, but I could read them. Today, they are illegible." The photos of all these headstones eventually will be posted on the Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/cemeteries/index.html. Cemeteries with posted photos are highlighted on the Web site, but posting has just begun. Austin and Champion want people from around the country to be able to find the headstones of their ancestors. "That's the reason we feel such an urgency about this work," Austin said. "The chances are not great for the preservation of these stones. The fact they've been there for 300 years doesn't make a difference, not in this world - not with acid rain, vandalism and people carting off stones for mementos." Austin, who was born in Newport and has resided most of her life in Middletown, and Champion, a longtime Middletown resident who now lives in North Kingstown, first became interested in historic cemeteries because they wanted to see the graves of their own ancestors. Austin has Coggeshall, Sisson, Anthony and Sweet families in her heritage, and Champion has Coggeshall and Sisson families in her family tree. The two are distant cousins. ... Austin and Champion have found three lost cemeteries in Portsmouth during the past two years. ... They are reluctant to give exact locations for some of the cemeteries because they are surrounded by private property and visitors must first obtain the permission of the property owner to visit. ... It is not easy photographing some of the stones. They often are covered with lichen and moss. Austin and Champion clean the stones with water and brushes. They use a large door mirror to reflect the sun onto the gravestones because the inscriptions often are very worn. Held right, the mirror brings out the inscription through the shadowing in the letters, making it easier to read in the photos. ... The [state Commission on Historical Cemeteries] wants Global Positioning System coordinates for each of these cemeteries. [Evelyn] Wheeler [chairwoman of the Commission] hopes to have GPS locations for cemeteries around the state by Nov. 3, when the commission is sponsoring a statewide cleanup of historical cemeteries by volunteers. ... End quote. Three cheers for Cousins Barb and Letty!!! David Arne Sisson ------------------------------ To contact the SISSON list administrator, send an email to SISSON-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the SISSON mailing list, send an email to SISSON@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of SISSON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 64 ************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

This is such an important and impressive project.? My thanks and appreciation go out to Barbara and Letty.? You are both awesome.? Thank you!? Joan L. Fitzsimmons in NJ -----Original Message----- From: sisson-request@rootsweb.com To: sisson@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 3:02 am Subject: SISSON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 64 Today's Topics: 1. Photographing old stones (David A Sisson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:11:22 -0400 From: David A Sisson <dsisson2@rochester.rr.com> Subject: [SISSON] Photographing old stones To: Sisson List <SISSON-L@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <46FD27AA.7010404@rochester.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Dear Cousins and Friends, One of our cousins, Barbara J. Austin, born just down the road from her ancestors Richard and Mary's 17th-century Portsmouth homestead, was featured in a September 25th article in the Newport Daily News. It's a long article, but these highlights will give you some idea of the wonderful work she and her "remote" cousin Letty Champion are doing. Quoting: Barbara J. Austin has made it her goal to photograph every headstone in every cemetery on Aquidneck Island. [Aquidneck is also known as Rhode Island, the "other" part of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, its official name. Aquidneck Island is the location of the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport]. It's a mission she began 12 years ago. She and her partner in this endeavor, Letty R. Champion, have covered 16 cemeteries in Newport, 32 in Middletown and 47 in Portsmouth, giving them a total of 95 historical cemeteries they have documented. They estimate they have photos of about 4,000 headstones, but they still have a long way to go. They have photographed about 2,300 headstones of the estimated 10,000 that are in Newport's Common Burying Ground. Three days a week, depending on the weather, they are out there snapping. About three years ago, Austin and Champion began revisiting the cemeteries Austin already had done. They had a better digital camera and some improved techniques for capturing the inscriptions and carvings on the headstones. That gave Austin a chance to revisit historic cemeteries such as the Easton lot of Paradise Avenue in Middletown. She photographed the headstones there about five years ago, and again in the past year. "The first time I could read them," Austin said. "There weren't good, but I could read them. Today, they are illegible." The photos of all these headstones eventually will be posted on the Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/cemeteries/index.html. Cemeteries with posted photos are highlighted on the Web site, but posting has just begun. Austin and Champion want people from around the country to be able to find the headstones of their ancestors. "That's the reason we feel such an urgency about this work," Austin said. "The chances are not great for the preservation of these stones. The fact they've been there for 300 years doesn't make a difference, not in this world - not with acid rain, vandalism and people carting off stones for mementos." Austin, who was born in Newport and has resided most of her life in Middletown, and Champion, a longtime Middletown resident who now lives in North Kingstown, first became interested in historic cemeteries because they wanted to see the graves of their own ancestors. Austin has Coggeshall, Sisson, Anthony and Sweet families in her heritage, and Champion has Coggeshall and Sisson families in her family tree. The two are distant cousins. ... Austin and Champion have found three lost cemeteries in Portsmouth during the past two years. ... They are reluctant to give exact locations for some of the cemeteries because they are surrounded by private property and visitors must first obtain the permission of the property owner to visit. ... It is not easy photographing some of the stones. They often are covered with lichen and moss. Austin and Champion clean the stones with water and brushes. They use a large door mirror to reflect the sun onto the gravestones because the inscriptions often are very worn. Held right, the mirror brings out the inscription through the shadowing in the letters, making it easier to read in the photos. ... The [state Commission on Historical Cemeteries] wants Global Positioning System coordinates for each of these cemeteries. [Evelyn] Wheeler [chairwoman of the Commission] hopes to have GPS locations for cemeteries around the state by Nov. 3, when the commission is sponsoring a statewide cleanup of historical cemeteries by volunteers. ... End quote. Three cheers for Cousins Barb and Letty!!! David Arne Sisson ------------------------------ To contact the SISSON list administrator, send an email to SISSON-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the SISSON mailing list, send an email to SISSON@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of SISSON Digest, Vol 2, Issue 64 ************************************* ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Dear Cousins and Friends, One of our cousins, Barbara J. Austin, born just down the road from her ancestors Richard and Mary's 17th-century Portsmouth homestead, was featured in a September 25th article in the Newport Daily News. It's a long article, but these highlights will give you some idea of the wonderful work she and her "remote" cousin Letty Champion are doing. Quoting: Barbara J. Austin has made it her goal to photograph every headstone in every cemetery on Aquidneck Island. [Aquidneck is also known as Rhode Island, the "other" part of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, its official name. Aquidneck Island is the location of the towns of Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport]. It's a mission she began 12 years ago. She and her partner in this endeavor, Letty R. Champion, have covered 16 cemeteries in Newport, 32 in Middletown and 47 in Portsmouth, giving them a total of 95 historical cemeteries they have documented. They estimate they have photos of about 4,000 headstones, but they still have a long way to go. They have photographed about 2,300 headstones of the estimated 10,000 that are in Newport's Common Burying Ground. Three days a week, depending on the weather, they are out there snapping. About three years ago, Austin and Champion began revisiting the cemeteries Austin already had done. They had a better digital camera and some improved techniques for capturing the inscriptions and carvings on the headstones. That gave Austin a chance to revisit historic cemeteries such as the Easton lot of Paradise Avenue in Middletown. She photographed the headstones there about five years ago, and again in the past year. "The first time I could read them," Austin said. "There weren't good, but I could read them. Today, they are illegible." The photos of all these headstones eventually will be posted on the Web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~rinewpor/cemeteries/index.html. Cemeteries with posted photos are highlighted on the Web site, but posting has just begun. Austin and Champion want people from around the country to be able to find the headstones of their ancestors. "That's the reason we feel such an urgency about this work," Austin said. "The chances are not great for the preservation of these stones. The fact they've been there for 300 years doesn't make a difference, not in this world - not with acid rain, vandalism and people carting off stones for mementos." Austin, who was born in Newport and has resided most of her life in Middletown, and Champion, a longtime Middletown resident who now lives in North Kingstown, first became interested in historic cemeteries because they wanted to see the graves of their own ancestors. Austin has Coggeshall, Sisson, Anthony and Sweet families in her heritage, and Champion has Coggeshall and Sisson families in her family tree. The two are distant cousins. ... Austin and Champion have found three lost cemeteries in Portsmouth during the past two years. ... They are reluctant to give exact locations for some of the cemeteries because they are surrounded by private property and visitors must first obtain the permission of the property owner to visit. ... It is not easy photographing some of the stones. They often are covered with lichen and moss. Austin and Champion clean the stones with water and brushes. They use a large door mirror to reflect the sun onto the gravestones because the inscriptions often are very worn. Held right, the mirror brings out the inscription through the shadowing in the letters, making it easier to read in the photos. ... The [state Commission on Historical Cemeteries] wants Global Positioning System coordinates for each of these cemeteries. [Evelyn] Wheeler [chairwoman of the Commission] hopes to have GPS locations for cemeteries around the state by Nov. 3, when the commission is sponsoring a statewide cleanup of historical cemeteries by volunteers. ... End quote. Three cheers for Cousins Barb and Letty!!! David Arne Sisson

Our own Barb Austin was featured in the Newport Daily News yesterday in an article about her work documenting grave markers on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island. Go to http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2007/09/25/news/news1.txt for a very nice article on her efforts. Thanks for this tremendous work, Barb! Carol Sisson Regehr Sisson-L list mom -- cregehr@phys.ksu.edu

Hi Carol, ?While looking at list today, noticed James Ralph SISSON (#7452). Checked Ancestry.com and James Ralph s/o Earl Truman SISSON was actually Ralph James SISSON b: 07 Mar 1877 WI (source WWI Draft). Ralph James SISSON b: 07 Mar 1877 WI d: 26 Sep 1959 San Diego, CA, USA (CA Death Index 1940-1997) Ralph's mother was Lucy A. LEARNED or LARNARD Helen Ethel (MILLET) SISSON b: 16 Aug 1872 MI d: 24 Apr 1959 San Diego, CA, USA (CA Death Index 1940-1997) Living ( Williard M. SISSON) b: 07 Jan 1909 WA d: 02 Jul 2000 LaMesa, San Diego, CA, USA (SSDI - SS# 533-01-4194) Thought it time to put these people to rest. Thanks, Jimmy M. Sisson (Albert Desmond, Lindsay Elmer, David Sloan, Ludlow Branham, et al) ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

Save The Date!! EIGHTH BIENNIAL SISSON GATHERING When: Friday, June 27-Saturday, June 28, 2008 Where: Springfield, Illinois (Plan to come early on Thursday, June 26th, for some extra activities!) We will have displays of Sisson genealogical information, photographs, brief presentations on specific problems and solutions on Sisson research, the latest on our Sisson DNA project, and general good fellowship. Details will follow about January 15, 2008 on: -- How to reserve accommodation at our meeting motel -- Interesting sites in the Springfield, Illinois area for exploration (plan to arrive on Thursday June 26 to take advantage of these) -- How to register for the Gathering -- How to plan to share Sisson information either through brief presentation and/or displays of materials Questions in the meantime? Contact David Martin at davidchina_2000@Yahoo.com or 508-420-0224. Plan your late June vacation around the Gathering!!!

Dear Friends and Cousins, Some of you will remember a previous email I sent to a very few Sisson family "fans." Most of you have probably not heard about the subject of that message: "The Sisson Papers." They were named for a certain Edgar Sisson. Someone found the online version of an article about him which appeared in the Worker's World, a pro-Communist source that called the "Sisson Papers" forgeries. Forgeries or not, they influenced American relations with the Soviet Union for many decades. I became more curious about Edgar, and did some Googling. There are 100s of hits on his name. So I decided to check our pubic library for a record of his 1931 book: Author Sisson, Edgar Grant, 1875-1948. Title One hundred red days; a personal chronicle of the bolshevik revolution, by Edgar Sisson, special representative of President Wilson in Russia. Publisher New Haven, London, Yale university press; H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1931. Subjects Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Personal narratives. Russia Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Russia. Seeing Edgar's full name and birth date in this library record took me quickly to the online page in the Richard and Mary Sisson database. Edgar's record can currently be read at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/aqwg200.htm#8367 (Please remember that this exact address may change as "new" individuals are added to the database.) I don't know whether Edgar is worth adding to a list of "notable" Sissons, alongside such inspiring people as Richard or Robert or Thomas (or was he William?) Sisson, founders of large and growing American Sisson families, or Justin Sisson, founder of Sisson, California (now Mount Shasta, CA), or John Sisson, founder of Sissonville, West Virginia, but he is certainly one of the more curious characters among all who bear our name. You might be interested for (many!) more details of the Sisson Papers. If so, this site will give you more than you wanted: http://www.espionageinfo.com/De-Eb/Document-Forgery.html This is a looong document, but if you use your browser software to search on "Sisson," you'll find our illustrious cousin easily. I also just discovered that Sissonville, WV, has a Wikipedia site at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sissonville,_West_Virginia. Good reading! Best wishes to everyone, David Arne Sisson

The following Brown Sisson had more children. Brown SISSON (William , William , Bryan , William , Robert ) was born about 1822 in Culpeper Co., Virginia. He died Feb 1887 in Van Zandt Co., Texas. [Notes] Brown married Sarah HUGHES on 21 Dec 1843 in Weakley Co., Tennessee. They had the following children: 267FiAngeline SISSON was born 3 Jan 1848. She died 2 Nov 1854 in Graves Co., Kentucky.[Notes] 268FiiMatilda E. SISSON was born 26 Feb 1850. She died 24 Sep 1850 in Graves Co., Kentucky.[Notes] 269MiiiBreckenridge SISSON was born 19 Jul 1865. He died 12 Sep 1869 in Graves Co., Kentucky.[Notes] 270MivBalon SISSON was born after 1865. 271MvAlbert SISSON was born Aug 1862.[Notes] 272MviBrown McBride SISSON was born 1861 in Missouri. Joseph Sisson Sisson born 1857 iin Tennessee Robert G Sisson born should be Balon above ( Notes he was murdered in Van Zandt Texas..If anyone would like these articles please let me know Janice ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Looking for info on Hannah Sissons married to HENRY MAWSON on 1 Sept. 1856, Leeds UK. Her parents are WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH. HANNAH and HENRY MAWSON came to Canada with their sons MARK and JOHN MAWSON, they settled in Ontario Canada. Margaret Marion

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sonnienelson24 Surnames: Scisson/Sisson/ Haws/Hawes Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/382/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on columbia J. Scisson the daughter of Miles K. Sisson and Lucidney Sidney Jane Burgess born in Lawrence County KY. She is shown in the 1880 Census of Lawrence County KY living in the household of William A. Carter, her brother-in-law. Her siblings were: George J.; Sarah Evaline; Emily Francis; Lumuel Luman; Charles Virgil; Miles K.; and Millie Scisson/Sisson. Her mother couldn't read or write, therefore the last name is spelled two different way. SCISSON and SISSON. I'd like to find out more about this person, who she married, any children, when she died, etc. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

600 Miv Robert SISSON was born 1820 in Northfarnham Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia.[Notes] Robert married Amanda Ann SANDERS on 5 Aug 1847 in Richmond Co., Virginia. Children: Emeline Sisson born 1849 Willia A Sisson born 1853 Sarah F Sisson born 1856 William Walter Sisson born April 1860 married 1-19-1885 Christine Elizabeth Hopkins born Aug 1868 Maryland daughter of John P "Cotton" Hopkins children John Hopkins born Aug 18, 1887 Hardesty, Maryland Laura Edna born 1889 married Clarence A Phelps abt 1906 childRyan Phelps born 1907 Mary E born Feb 1889 Maryland Sadie born March 1890, Prince George Maryland Nannie Sisson born 1863 Virginia Sisson born 1868 60 1Fv Ann SISSON was born about 1827 in Northfarnham Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia.[Notes] 602 Mvi Henry B. SISSON was born after 1827 in Northfarnham Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sonnienelson24 Surnames: Sisson, Haws, Nelson, Sorensen, Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/381/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have information on the Sisson's of Dassel Minnesota, and would like to hear from anyone who has family connections in that area. Dassel is located in south central Minnesota about 20 north of Hutchinson Minnesota. My husbands grandmother was a Sisson by birth, and had 9 sisters and 2 brothers all growing up in that area of Minn. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maryachtrh Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.sisson/380/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Appears in the "Canton Telephone" 18 February 1887 Van Zandt County, Texas Wills Point, February 11 - Not withstanding the exceedingly cold norther, one of the largest funeral processions ever formed in Wills Point attended the remains of the venerable old patriarch, Brown Sisson, to the last resting place. Rev. J. A. Scruggs read a chapter from the old saint's Bible and spoke feelingly of his daily walk and the benediction of his influence. After which the impressive, solemn ceremony of the Masons were performed and the last honors paid. The departed was I his eighty fifth year, and was one of the most widely known and loved men in Van Zandt County. He was an elder in the Christian Church. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

My beloved Uncle Earl Sisson died July 25, 2007. I am sure that many of you have either met him or read his book called "Earl's Notebook" A Small Family History compiled by Earl Palmer Sisson and Lillian Cooley Sisson. He was 86 years old and lived in Chattanooga, TN. He has been quoted countless times and much of his findings have made their way onto several genealogy sites. He never owned a computer but he and Aunt Lillian traveled far and wide gathering information on the Sisson family. He is the reason for my interest in genealogy and I will always be indebted to him. Whatever he states is fact is indeed true. If he was not sure he would say so. It has been fun going behind him and checking out his findings and marveling at his accuracy. When my brother did the DNA to the 25th degree this verified what we had been told. We are proud to be part of the "Southern Sissons." Thank you Uncle Earl and Aunt Lillian for all your dedication and hard work. Martha Sisson Gaston ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hi Martha, I am sorry to hear of Earl Sisson's passing. Our prayers are with you and the rest of his family. Larry L. Sisson From the Rhode Island/ Massachusetts line of Richard and Mary Sisson Marthagaston@aol.com wrote: My beloved Uncle Earl Sisson died July 25, 2007. I am sure that many of you have either met him or read his book called "Earl's Notebook" A Small Family History compiled by Earl Palmer Sisson and Lillian Cooley Sisson. He was 86 years old and lived in Chattanooga, TN. He has been quoted countless times and much of his findings have made their way onto several genealogy sites. He never owned a computer but he and Aunt Lillian traveled far and wide gathering information on the Sisson family. He is the reason for my interest in genealogy and I will always be indebted to him. Whatever he states is fact is indeed true. If he was not sure he would say so. It has been fun going behind him and checking out his findings and marveling at his accuracy. When my brother did the DNA to the 25th degree this verified what we had been told. We are proud to be part of the "Southern Sissons." Thank you Uncle Earl and Aunt Lillian for all your dedication and hard work. Martha Sisson Gaston ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SISSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To Larry, Judith and David, Thank you for your interesting responses to my inquiry regarding the search for John Sisson. Lois