I found the name PARKER, William - 235 - on the Index "Our Native Heath" - Is the info pretaining to Wm. Parker available - or is available only through purchase of your book. The books sound wonderful & especially for people with relatives in that area. I do not know what part of NC my grandfathr came from or who his parents were. My first info was in Russell Co. AL where he married Frances Chamberlain in July 1841, Also was on the 1850 census in Russell Co. AL, from NC, born 1821. Would appreciate any info you have on this family. Nita Parker Ryan [email protected]

Attention Southeastern North Carolina Researchers: You may be interested in knowing about my recent book, 'Scattered Seed - Genealogical Research Data of Southeastern North Carolina.' I have posted the complete index at: http://home.att.net/~hbridges/myrtle.htm Please take a look. You may find an ancestor there! Thanks, Myrtle Bridges

The easiest way to solve your problem about knowing which messages are from the list is to subscribe in the Digest form. This way you get all the messages together and the subject line will read "Southern-Trails-Digest". It's also helpful if you subscribe to several lists. All of the Southern Trails messages are together and you can follow the discussion easier. Cathy

On other list I subscribe, at the subject line is always the list name in brackets, such as: [BAGWELL-L] then the true subject follows. Joye

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Dear List members, <<In a message dated 4/4/99 12:12:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected]an.rr.com writes: << if you don't have Outlook Express, your program should have a similar function available. To sort incoming messages: By using Inbox Assistant, you can have incoming messages sent to the folders you want. For example; all mail from a certain source can be automatically routed to a specific folder. On the TOOLS menu, click Inbox Assistant: click ADD Type the criteria you want the incoming messages to match (e.g. The southern trails address). Whatever criteria you specify, the incoming messages must match. To change the priorities by which the messages are sorted (subject, date - ascending or descending, etc.) click the Move Up or Move Down buttons in the Inbox Assistant dialog box. >> Does anyone know how to do this in AOL if you don't have Outlook Express? Thank you, Karen Grubaugh, Wesley Chapel, FL

>[email protected] wrote: >> >> I don't know whom to address this to specifically --- so I have sent it to >> the list in general........... sorry, if this is not proper procedure....... >> however - >> >> How do I request that this list be given some type of heading - in the >> Subject Line......... that will alert us that these are "Southern Trails" >> emails? If you can get Southern Trails in digest form you should be able to avoid the problems that you described. In the digest form the messages come in a "package" that is labeled Southern-Trails-D Digest. When you open the Southern Trails Digest package, you see the sender and subject for each message and can select which ones you want to open. Deleting or saving the messages is much easier with the digest format. I really miss the digest format in the two "informal lists" from which I receive mail.

Because the identification of source problem has never bothered me, I confess I have not done this, but my very computer-savvy grandson (does programming for the gov't) sent me the following -- if you don't have Outlook Express, your program should have a similar function available. To sort incoming messages: By using Inbox Assistant, you can have incoming messages sent to the folders you want. For example; all mail from a certain source can be automatically routed to a specific folder. On the TOOLS menu, click Inbox Assistant: click ADD Type the criteria you want the incoming messages to match (e.g. The southern trails address). Whatever criteria you specify, the incoming messages must match. To change the priorities by which the messages are sorted (subject, date - ascending or descending, etc.) click the Move Up or Move Down buttons in the Inbox Assistant dialog box. Hope it helps -- let me know if it works! Virginia.

[email protected] wrote: > > I don't know whom to address this to specifically --- so I have sent it to > the list in general........... sorry, if this is not proper procedure....... > however - > > How do I request that this list be given some type of heading - in the > Subject Line......... that will alert us that these are "Southern Trails" > emails? > > I just wish that there was a way to recognize the mail was coming in under > this topic.............. I have opened many *weird* items because of 'leading > statements' to genealogy topics........ and I have undoubtedly, lost maybe as > many - thinking they were in fact, *solicitous* mailings............ I love > reading these exchanges - whether they pertain to my own research or not --- > I always find them informative and interesting ----- and they enable me to > sometimes even help others....... I HATE TO MISS OUT........... > > I have found that even though I may not 'visit' a 'colorful site'....... that > just opening the mail about them......... causes me to receive even more. > Maybe this is coincidence...... but, I have 'tested' this theory and it > REALLY seems to prove true --- the more I open...... just opening the mail > and deleting the mail with the links........... does cause me to receive > numerous more mailings. > > IS there a reason WE CANNOT have a descriptive 'something' in the Subject > line.......... as simple as the one I included would suffice ! > Sorry, just curious and wishful about this............ ~ Connie > We can't do it for technical reasons...the list name is too long, and some people wouldn't have the slightest idea of what the subject is. You can do what I do, and that is set up filters to send your southern trails messages into their old folder...that's what I do, and i never miss a one. Sue [email protected]

I don't understand, maybe I'm missing something here. Southern Trails is the name of mailing list we are subscribed to, and it is clearly indicated as to being the source of the message. The topic of the message is in the Subject line. The name of the person sending the posting to the mailing list is given as indicated in the line "Sent by". Subscribing to the mailing list itself will give you a copy of any messages posted to the mailing list. I don't ever worry about receiving spam or "x-rated" or other types of materials like this from a rootsweb mailing list, it would be detected and bounced as far as I understand it. There would be very unpleasant consequences if a posting of this type were to be made to a rootsweb.com mailing list. You really don't have to "open" it as it isn't an attachment as attachments aren't allowed on any rootsweb mailing list. Please feel confident in receiving messages from any Roots related mailing list. My main complaint is when a "reply" is made to a posted messages, but the content is not related to the "subject" line. We need to remember to change "Subject" when replying to the list. Don or Millie Banks wrote: > > I have asked for this change in the past - for much the same reasons as > the others who are requesting the modified subject line. > > I didn't have much trouble recognizing the list when the discussion was > on > the Red River (of the South) but messages on other subjects are sometimes > difficult to detect. > > Don > > ==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to > [email protected] if you are subscribed to the list, > or [email protected] if you are subscribed to the digest. > In the body of your message put only the word unsubscribe

I have asked for this change in the past - for much the same reasons as the others who are requesting the modified subject line. I didn't have much trouble recognizing the list when the discussion was on the Red River (of the South) but messages on other subjects are sometimes difficult to detect. Don

[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > Southern-Trails-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 131 > > Today's Topics: > #1 "NICKNAMES" [[email protected]] > #2 Re: "NICKNAMES" [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from Southern-Trails-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: "NICKNAMES" > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:11:09 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Could someone provide me the the URL for the "nickname" mail list that was > posted a while back. > > Thanks! > > Gwen > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: "NICKNAMES" > Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:44:10 EST > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > In a message dated 4/2/99 9:14:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > <<Could someone provide me the the URL for the "nickname" mail list that was > posted a while back. > > Thanks! > > Gwen > >> > > I would also like the URL... > Thanks > Sherry (NC) The url for nicknames is http://www.usgenweb.com/researchers/nicknames.html Janet

When you new or old researchers comes across a site that will not load like Gwen did. Try this... click in your browser's address window at the end of the address if it has htm add an l. That is a small L. If it has html and it won't come in delete the small L. This is a webmasters common mistake when they use a different html editor. Some use htm extension and some use html. I hope this helps. Thanks for the Url Gwen. looks great. Tina Latchford http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/franklin/frannick.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 10:16 AM Subject: "NICKNAMES" >Thanks to Linda, here is a web site for "nicknames" - so I am sharing this >info with all my "mail lists": > >www.usgenweb.com/researchers/nicknames.html > >(this one I could not bring up, but try and see if you can) > >www.tngenweb.usit.com/franklin/frannick.html > >IF, any of you have a different website for "nicknames" would you please >share with all of us, for we never know when we may need the information. > >Thanks! > >Gwen > > >==== Southern-Trails Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the list, send a message to >[email protected] if you are subscribed to the list, >or [email protected] if you are subscribed to the digest. >In the body of your message put only the word unsubscribe > >

I agree with Connie, as I have deleted many emails not knowing the author of the source thinking perhaps it could be "x-rated" items like I have been receiving........the good Lord only, knows where they come from. It would be benefical to all of us on the list to have the SUBJECT: "Southern-Trails" or an abreviated form.

I don't know whom to address this to specifically --- so I have sent it to the list in general........... sorry, if this is not proper procedure....... however - How do I request that this list be given some type of heading - in the Subject Line......... that will alert us that these are "Southern Trails" emails? I just wish that there was a way to recognize the mail was coming in under this topic.............. I have opened many *weird* items because of 'leading statements' to genealogy topics........ and I have undoubtedly, lost maybe as many - thinking they were in fact, *solicitous* mailings............ I love reading these exchanges - whether they pertain to my own research or not --- I always find them informative and interesting ----- and they enable me to sometimes even help others....... I HATE TO MISS OUT........... I have found that even though I may not 'visit' a 'colorful site'....... that just opening the mail about them......... causes me to receive even more. Maybe this is coincidence...... but, I have 'tested' this theory and it REALLY seems to prove true --- the more I open...... just opening the mail and deleting the mail with the links........... does cause me to receive numerous more mailings. IS there a reason WE CANNOT have a descriptive 'something' in the Subject line.......... as simple as the one I included would suffice ! Sorry, just curious and wishful about this............ ~ Connie

I apologize to all, "html" is a habit: tngenweb url should read: www.tngenweb.usit.com/franklin/frannick.htm Gwen

Thanks to Linda, here is a web site for "nicknames" - so I am sharing this info with all my "mail lists": www.usgenweb.com/researchers/nicknames.html (this one I could not bring up, but try and see if you can) www.tngenweb.usit.com/franklin/frannick.html IF, any of you have a different website for "nicknames" would you please share with all of us, for we never know when we may need the information. Thanks! Gwen

In a message dated 4/2/99 9:14:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: <<Could someone provide me the the URL for the "nickname" mail list that was posted a while back. Thanks! Gwen >> I would also like the URL... Thanks Sherry (NC)

Could someone provide me the the URL for the "nickname" mail list that was posted a while back. Thanks! Gwen

I am starting to notice a pattern with several branches of my family. It seems the men fought in West Virginia during the War and then afterwards moved into the areas where they had fought. Yancey Ancel Bowen, from Forsyth County, North Carolina fought with the 33rd NC. This unit moved through parts of West Virginia. Between 1867 and 1870, Yancey moved the family to Roane County, WV. Henry L. Byas, from Amherst Co., Virginia, served in the 13 Virginia Infantry, taking part in the Kanawha Valley Campaign. Evidently, his unit was in the Kanawha Valley on several different occasions. He moved his family to Cabell County, WV after the War. Has anyone else noticed such a pattern or is this just a coincidence??? Thanks, Cathy