Hi List, Hope these might be of interest or help someone. Each time I read Somebody's Missing Links, I get my hope up. THere were several entries from states I am looking in. Maybe somdeday success will be mine. Good searching, Jeanne o My great-grandmother, Mary Ann LAFFERTY BROCK, married a HOLT, presumably in Tennessee. They had two children, Robert HOLT and Laura Lucretia HOLT. Then apparently they divorced, as my great-grandmother is buried as BROCK. I have a very old photo of a small boy and a small girl with the caption "Ollie and Bill HOLT." I am guessing that they were the children of Robert HOLT. If anyone wants a copy of this picture, and can prove kinship, I will be glad either to send a copy on the Internet or by regular mail. Doris M. Hall dorismh@airmail.net o About a year ago, I requested from the Tennessee State Library and Archives a copy of the marriage license of my maternal grandparents. When I received it, they had copied the whole page, which contained another marriage license for people to whom I am not related. I think the license was cancelled, but it might be of interest to a family researcher. The license was for Hilliard NEAL and Fannie MARTIN and was issued in Madison County, Tennessee on 22 December 1888. Hilliard NEAL and George McCOY signed the document with an X, attested to by the deputy clerk whose name looks like Jno MAGURNEY. I would be happy to forward this document to an interested descendant of Hilliard NEAL or Fannie MARTIN. Robert E. Paty rep1935@qwest.net o While searching for information about my ancestors, I came across a biography of ARCHIBALD McCALEB, in RECORDS OF RHEA CO. TENNESEE and what it has to say about popular sentiments then and now: "A quaint character who is still pleasantly remembered by older citizens of Rhea County was `Uncle' Arch McCALEB, who was of pioneer stock. His grandfather was a native of South Carolina, whence he moved to Knox County after the Revolution, where his son Archibald was born in the fort at Campbell Station, December 26, 1788. The father's name was Andrew McCALEB, who served in the war for American Independence. The first Arch McCALEB, referred to above, enlisted in the War of 1812, but died in 1813 at the head of Turkey Creek while in route to the front. The subject of this sketch was in the US Army in 1837 in the removal of the Cherokee Indians to the territory west of the Mississippi. He married Nancy Jane, daughter of Hiram and Mary STOCKTON GIBSON of Meigs County, November 2, 1848. Two children were born to them but died in infancy. Uncle Arch's farm was in the extreme upper end of the county of the Tennessee River where it adjoined the extensive holdings of Thomas G. GILLESPIE. He and his amiable wife kept open house and were deservedly popular. Mr. McCALEB was six feet and four or five inches tall and of athletic build. He was long regarded as the champion of the community in any species of physical competition. Uncle Arch was too old for military service in the War Between the States but joined a "home-guard" company. While on a horseback trip to investigate rumors of an invasion, he and a party of others passed three old women in the mountains. "Good morning, gals," was Uncle Arch's friendly salute. Imagine his chagrin when he found himself, after the war was over, defendant in a damage suit, charged with having insulted a woman. He was mulcted of $500 and registered a vow never again to call old women "gals." It was suggested, however, by some of Uncle Arch's friends that he always had a bit of weakness for the `fair' sex." Shlogan@aol.com * * * * * TO SUBMIT A NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION IN SOMEBODY'S LINKS, send a message with SOMEBODY'S LINKS in the subject area to juliecase@prodigy.net PERMISSION TO REPRINT NOTICES FROM SOMEBODY'S LINKS is granted, PROVIDED: (1) the reprint is not used for a commercial purpose; and (2) this notice appears at the end of the message: Previously published by Julia M. Case juliecase@prodigy.net, SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 3, No. 16, 6 May 2001. TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE, send e-mail with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the body of the message to: Somebodys-Links-Newsletter-L-request@rootsweb.com