Hi Pat, I'm new to my SMITH line. I've been slow to delve in too deep, afraid I will get lost in all those Smith's! My line is from Cumberland County, North Carolina. The earliest I have found so far is JOSEPH SMITH born about 1818. Fay ----- Original Message ----- From: "ConnorsGenealogy" <nymets11@pacbell.net> To: <SMITHE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: [SMITHE] new list admin > Hi all .... I have just taken over this list and see there is only 12 > of us subscribed to the list so it shouldn't be such a burden to > introduce ourselves and give out Smithe connections. > > I have two Smith(e)/Smythe branches in my family tree. One goes back to > the Smithtown Smith(e)/Smythes and are English. The other is Scot and > my first name is James Smith(e) who was a printer in New York City in > the very early 1800s. I don't know yet if he emigrated from Scotland or > his father....he had one son I can document, Thomas, who was born ca > 1809, lived first in NYC, then Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn and > then Yonkers. He married Amanda Smith(e) (Smithtown branch) and they > had many children. He also was a printer, journalist and publisher and > had his own daily newspaper in Yonkers for a few years. > > My goal is to link a number of siblings to Thomas and to find if James > was born in NY or Scotland. > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento CA, list admin > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton > > > > > > > ==== SMITHE Mailing List ==== > To change your subscription, unsubscribe, look at the archives of the list, contact the list admin: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/s/smithe.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

> > >The earliest I have found so far is JOSEPH SMITH born about 1818. > Well, I wish I had half my branches back that far :) -- Pat Connors, Sacramento CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com All outgoing mail virus free, scanned by Norton