I hope that each of you had a very Merry Christmas. Here, in North Carolina, the sky was blue, the air crisp, and we enjoyed the company of my husband's two cousins. Plenty of phone calls from friends and family in other states. We did miss being in Texas with son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, grandson, grandaughter-in-law and the two greats, but we were together in spirit. Best wishes to all in the New Year. Connie

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------285F7D2B611A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To the list: I am another one who clicked REPLY and as a result sent only to Eddie. It did bring a nice message from Eddie, which I appreciate. Now I will send to the list - which I should have done originally. Clark --------------285F7D2B611A Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 11:51:20 -0800 From: "E. C. Rogers" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Merry Christmas!!! References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Merry Christmas to Eddie and all!! Our little family - daughter Mary, daughter Ruth and her husband Steve and their 2 year old son, and I - spent Christmas Eve at his family home in Los Angeles, California. The little boy really was excited by all the goodies he received even though he is too young to understand it all. I live alone at the long time home of our family in the high desert north of L.A. since my wonderful wife Patsy (McKee) Rogers, born in Virginia, went home to be with the Lord 4 years ago. My wife's McKee family had a small reunion in Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia last August. I was unable to go because of health problems, but bought airline tickets for the rest of the family to go. They were able to enjoy the striking beauty of Southwest Virginia at a great time of year. They also were able to see the area where Patsy's ancestors McKee, St. John, Glenn and Copenhaver had lived starting about two centuries ago. Their uncle lives in the great old house built by their ancestor, Confederate Cavalry officer Andrew Fulton St. John, right after the unCivil War. Best wishes to all for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I will be reading your postings and searching for more info on my wife's ancestors in Virginia next year. Thanks for all the interesting stories. Clark Rogers --------------285F7D2B611A--

------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "JLMason" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Happy holidays Date sent: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 02:52:32 -0500 As per Eddie's letter: I have had the best Christmas as my prayers have been answered! My daughter, Jennifer and new son Eric (Jen's hubby) are here in TN with their kids Little Eric and Rebecca! Jennifer has been in "The Wilderness" and has been restored to us! Any parent with a lost child will know what I mean. Right now if you read this and find that you have a child who needs prayer know that GOD IS ON THE THRONE and hears you!!!!! Never ever give up! Jennie ------- End of forwarded message -------

Volks, I wish people had been careful with their address. Too many clicked REPLY and wrote to only me and not the List. I got some very sweet and touching notes. Maybe they can resend to the list address. [email protected] Thanks to all. I did read them. -eddie

Merry Christmas to everyone from west central Texas!! I am enjoying watching our 7 yr old grandson play with his gifts. His mother is working today so we will have our feast this evening. JoAnn McBride [email protected] wrote: > Volks, > > The list has been deathly quiet. > > I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Be sure to wish Jesus a > very Happy Birthday. I hope everyone is with their precious, loving > family. I think of the happy Christmas with family members who have > passed on. > > I am having a wonderful time in S. CA with my ten year old > daughter, Rebecca. We spent ten hours at an amusement park. I'm > much too old for that. Dec 26 it is back to NC to see the others. > > If you feel like it, please send a Merry Christmas and 1-2 > sentences about who you are spending it with. Watch out we may > get 500 msgs today. > > God bless you all with true, lasting happiness!! > > -eddie > List owner > > ==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== > #9 As of 3/22/2000 we have 550 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your > mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. > There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. > -sysop > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Eddie, Where are you at in SC. If you are near Carowinds, an amusement park on the NC/SC border, then you are close by. I live about 40 miles south in Fort Lawn, SC. Were do you live in NC. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL ON THE LIST. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS Barb and Don

Merry Christmas and many blessings now and throughout the coming year from Julia at home in TN with husband David and sons Joshua 17, Jordan 15, Jared 12, and Justin 10. We'll be going to my parents this afternoon to visit with them and my brothers. Merry Christmas! Julia Williams Kodak Researching Adams, Anderson, Baker, Bedsaul, Brannock, Creed, Dickens, Golding (Golden), Gollehon, Goodson, Johnson, Norman, Roland (Rowland, Rolling), Suits (Suit), Upchurch, Williams and Wymer in Carroll, Grayson, and Smyth Co., Va. and Surry Co., NC and Residents of Shell Creek, Carter County, Tennessee. <A HREF="http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/k/o/d/Julia-W-Kodad/">Roots And Branches of SW, VA. and Surry Co., NC.</A> "Every house is builded by some man; but He that built all things is God." Hebrews 3:4 "The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

Merry Christmas! The children just opened their gifts and excitement is in the air. I wish a wonderful Christmas holiday to everyone as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. Thanks to all of those who have helped me find my family roots this year!! Tina Stewart Owen

I am spending Christmas at home with my family. All of our Children made it home safe and sound. It is a beautiful day to celebrate Christ Birthday MARY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE Roger Napier

Happy Holidays to you all whatever your belief ...My Christmas will be spent at my daughter's house. I no longer have to cookk the holiday meal. Merry Christmas to you all.. http://www.geocities.com/millyella/happyholidays.html http://www.geocities.com/millyella/happyholidays2.html Milly WARD Piros "My Mind Is Like Lightning ... One Brilliant Flash and ............Poooffffffffffffffffffffff It's Gone"! http://www.geocities.com/millyella/sitemap.html

It's Christmas eve and all the children have opened presents at their Aunts and Uncles , We had a wonderful meal, with turkey, dressing, and the fixings, also ham, oysters, and several deserts. I am back home catching up on all the cards and letters from my internet family. I have found a new cousin in California this past week to exchange information with. Isn't this internet thingy a wonderful toy. Let us be kind to all our new cousins who get Computers for christmas, and are just starting their search. May they be as lucky as i was and have the wonderful support i have had. May this be a safe and happy season for everyone, and may you find that elusive ancestor. This from Rena Worthen at [email protected]

Dear friends, I will take Eddie up on the warm invitation. I'm alone, but it's been a productive year for family history and I'm grateful to be in a cozy beach cottage instead of under a bridge! I'm also so very grateful for all the help I received from you. SW VA has been greatly on my mind lately, for I've made a commitment to travel there next fall. Looking forward to hanging out in libraries and courthouses, and to driving roads in Ashe, Carter, Johnson, Allegheny, and Grayson Counties, as well as Russell Co. Big deal for an Oregonian! Now where is that lovely lady who was thinking of opening a bed & breakfast especially suited to genealogists? I'll soon be ready to make reservations! My very best to every one of you. In the coming year, may Heavenly Father bless us all with health, patience, perception, and rewards in proportions appropriate to our personal investment. Carlyine Tracking JESSEE & HEBURN in Russell Co. and BLACK, PARSONS and RAY in Ashe, Grayson, and NE TN

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Volks, The list has been deathly quiet. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. Be sure to wish Jesus a very Happy Birthday. I hope everyone is with their precious, loving family. I think of the happy Christmas with family members who have passed on. I am having a wonderful time in S. CA with my ten year old daughter, Rebecca. We spent ten hours at an amusement park. I'm much too old for that. Dec 26 it is back to NC to see the others. If you feel like it, please send a Merry Christmas and 1-2 sentences about who you are spending it with. Watch out we may get 500 msgs today. God bless you all with true, lasting happiness!! -eddie List owner

I am looking for relatives of a Samuel YOUNG who served with Col Campbell at the battle of King's Mountain. I know this is a streach to be looking in TN because Campbell was from just across the line in VA but my Sam's oldest daughter was born in Rowan Co NC in 1782 and Rowan co covered parts of NE Tenn at that time anything is possible. Thanks J. Ray Young

I am looking for any relatives of a Samuel YOUNG that said that he served under Col Campbell at the battle of King's Mountain. He did a short hitch with the Northumberland Co PA malitia in 1778 and then he said that he moved to Montgomery co VA where he served 2 three month hitches with Campbell. I have found no YOUNGs in Montgomery co but there were some in Washington co. Since he was only 18 years old when he moved to VA I am guessing that he moved with family. He was in nearby Rowan co NC in 1782 so he did not stay long but probably left his family behind. Thanks J. Ray Young

I will ditto everything that Ann had to say. It was a great trip & did appreciate how fast it all worked. Congrats to all that worked on this! Carol

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 09:49:53 -0600 To: [email protected] From: [email protected] (Ann Moore) Subject: Re: Daniel Boone trail - Wilderness Road Hi, took the tour of the Daniel Boone trail and that is one of the fastest downloads I have seen in a long time. The pictures are beautiful, lots of information on each site. I liked the fact that I did not hve to sit here and wait a long time for each picture to come up. Whoever put up this website did a great job. My hat is off to you. At 08:11 PM 12/18/00 -0800, you wrote: > >Folks... > > > The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Website is up and running at this >url: > > http://www.danielboonetrail.com/ > > We're still tweaking so if you see any problems, please holler. > >Thanks... > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#4 Chain letters, gossip, non-genealogical notes, commercial ads, pleas >for help, etc. are >PROHIBITED on this List. -sysop > >============================== >The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 Ann Moore (_E=mc2_) :-) 8 ------- End of forwarded message -------

Folks...          The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Website is up and running at this url: http://www.danielboonetrail.com/        We're still tweaking so if you see any problems, please holler.   Thanks...

Hi Guys! Just wanted to wish you each a Happy Holiday Season. And may the New Year bring us all genealogical goodies!! I am enclosing a surname list since I have seen many of these names on the list recently. I can send more information on these fascinating people who we theorize have a Mediterranean origin with connections to Native Americans, white folk of other origins and black folk too. Please note that a connection to the Melungeons brings some health issues along with it for some of us so take a look at my medical website noted below. There is also a brief overview of the Melungeons off the first paragraph of the medical page. Common Melungeon Surname List: North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia *ADAMS ADKINS ALLEN ALLMOND ASHWORTH * BARKER BARNES BASS BECKLER BELCHER BEDGOOD BELL BENNETT BERRY BEVERLY BIGGS BOLEN BOLLING BOLTON BOONE BOWLIN BOWLING BOWMAN BRADBY BRANHAM BRAVBOY BRIGER/BRIDGER BROGAN BROOKS BROWN BUNCH BULLION BURTON BUTLER BUTTERS BUXTON BYRD * CAMPBELL CARRICO CARTER CASTEEL CAUDILL CHAPMAN CHAVIS CLARK CLOUD COAL COFFEY COLE COLEMAN COLES COLLEY COLLIER COLLINS COLLINSWORTH COLYER COOPER CORMAN COUNTS COX COXE CRIEL CROSTON CROW CUMBA CUMBO CUMBOW CURRY CUSTALOW * DALTON DARE DAVIS DENHAM DENNIS DIAL DOOLEY DORTON DOYLE DRIGGERS DULA DYE DYESS * ELY EPPS EVANS * FIELDS FREEMAN FRENCH * GALLAGHER GANN GARLAND GIBSON GIPSON GOINS GOINGS GORVENS GOWAN GOWEN GRAHAM GREEN(E) GWINN * HALL HAMMON(D) HARMON HARRIS HARVIE HARVEY HAWKES HENDRICKS HENDRIX HILL HILLMAN HOGGE HOLMES HOPKINS HOWE HYATT * JACKSON JAMES JOHNSON JONES * KEITH(E) KENNEDY KISER *LANGSTON LASIE LAWSON LOCKLEAR LOPES LOWRY LUCAS * MADDOX MAGGARD MAJOR MALE MALONE(Y) MARSH MARTIN MAYLE MINARD MINER MINOR MIZER MOORE MORLEY MOSELY MOZINGO MULLINS * NASH NELSON NEWMAN NICCANS NICHOLS NOEL NORRIS * ORR OSBORN OSBORNE OXENDINE * PAGE PAINE PATTERSON PERKINS PERRY PHELPS PHIPPS PRINDER POLLY POWELL POWERS PRITCHARD PRUITT * RAMEY RASNICK REAVES REVELS REEVES RICE RICHARDSON RIDDLE RIVERS ROBERSON ROBERTSON ROBINSON RUSSELL * SAMMONS SAMPSON SAWYER SCOTT SEXTON SHAVIS SHEPHARD SHEPHERD SHORT SHORTT SIZEMORE SMILING SMITH STALLARD STANLEY STEEL STEVENS STEWART STROTHER SWEATT SWETT SWINDALL * TALLY TACKETT TAYLOR THOMPSON TIPTON TOLLIVER TUPPANCE TURNER *VANOVER VICARS VICCARS VICKERS * WARE WATTS WEAVER WHITE WHITED WILKINS WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLIS WILSON WISBY WISE WOOD WRIGHT WYATT WYNN cont’d on post # 3 Happy Holidays!! NancyS THE MELUNGEON HEALTH EDUCATION AND SUPPORT NETWORK: http://www.melungeonhealth.org Sparks Genealogy: http://SparksGenealogy.net Searching SPARKS, HAGER, JAYNE, RAMEY/REMY, COLLINS, MUSICK, WALKER, PORTER MAYO, CAREY/CARY NAPIER,QUEEN, PERDUE, KELLEY, LETT, BELCHER