Does anyone know of a graveyard connected with Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Nashville? A cousin indicated that one of our ancestors is buried there. If there is such a cemetery, does anyone know of any records of burials there and/or of tombstone inscriptions. Thanks, Marge Currin

I got this site in email from a cousin. I have not had time yet to check it out, but sounds interesting. "National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections," also known as NUCMC, at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html What is NUCMC? The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) is a free-of- charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress. How does the program work? On the basis of cataloging data supplied by eligible repositories to the NUCMC program, NUCMC catalogers create MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) bibliographic records in RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network), a national-level database, describing collections held by participants, and establish pertinent name and subject authority headings. Descriptions and locations of the material are then available to researchers on RLIN throughout the United States and around the world. IMPORTANT: the original documents (letters, diaries, photographs, maps, etc.), are NOT online at NUMCMC--just a detailed, written descriptions. What we in the library biz call catalog or bibliographic records. To get copies of original documents, you must contact the institution that owns them.

Is there any one searching the PITTS surname in Davidson Co., TN? Please contact us if you are. Thank you, Melinda Pitts

Does anyone have an index to the 1870 US Census for Davidson County and could do a look-up for me? I'm searching for Richard C. Gordon. His wife is known only as Martha J., and the children who may still have been in the household at that time were Mary E., Margaret E., Martha L., Malissia A, and Medorah C. I understand I need all the information contained in the printed heading in order to obtain a copy from TSL&A. I would greatly appreciate any help I can get on this. Joyce

Helen Gant- I don't have your email address but I know you read the Davidson Co. List.....I found this on AOL and am forwarding it to the list so you can see it. I apologize to other readers of the list. Jeanne Johnson Subject: Robert Franklin Gant and Bessie Dawson Gant Date: Sat, Dec 5, 1998 01:08 EST From: EMoore5148@aol.com Looking for anyone who may be related to either of the above. These were my grandparents. Robert may have been born in Columbia, but I do not know where Bessie was born. I have never met any of my grandmother's people and would like to find you. We, (Gant's) were a very small family and all of my uncles and aunts are deceased and there is no one left to provide any ancestry information. If you can give me any information, please send EMail to EMoore5148@AOL.COM. Both of my grandparent's lived and died in Chattanooga Tn. E. Gant Mckay Moore

Hello Reeds (by any spelling) My name is Helen (aka) Nell Logue and I am researching the Reeds. My family line is the Reeds of Mississippi and Texas mainly. A few went to California, and a few somewhere else. What I propose to do is get all of these Reeds into one large database and see if we can make any connections. That is where I will need your help. I need every Reed (by any spelling) to send me a GEDCOM or whatever information you have on the Reeds. I will call them "unattached Reeds" or something of the order. When I do make a connection then that bunch of Reeds will be put in my Reed Database. Until then they will be kept separate. As I add to the database I will make sure you are aware of the change. I hope everyone who reads this will participate. It is going to take a lot of hard work and I will need all the help I can get. What I want is Reeds from Alabama, Arkansas, NY, Michigan, Kentucky, any state in the United States. Any questions? If you are ready, I am. Let's get the Reeds rolling. Start sending your information any way you know how. GEDCOM is really a good way to send lots of information at one time. But if you have a better system, use it. Hope to hear from you Reeds soon. Helen (aka) Nell Logue

Hello Reeds (by any spelling) My name is Helen (aka) Nell Logue and I am researching the Reeds. My family line is the Reeds of Mississippi and Texas mainly. A few went to California, and a few somewhere else. What I propose to do is get all of these Reeds into one large database and see if we can make any connections. That is where I will need your help. I need every Reed (by any spelling) to send me a GEDCOM or whatever information you have on the Reeds. I will call them "unattached Reeds" or something of the order. When I do make a connection then that bunch of Reeds will be put in my Reed Database. Until then they will be kept separate. As I add to the database I will make sure you are aware of the change. I hope everyone who reads this will participate. It is going to take a lot of hard work and I will need all the help I can get. What I want is Reeds from Alabama, Arkansas, NY, Michigan, Kentucky, any state in the United States. Any questions? If you are ready, I am. Let's get the Reeds rolling. Start sending your information any way you know how. GEDCOM is really a good way to send lots of information at one time. But if you have a better system, use it. Hope to hear from you Reeds soon. Helen (aka) Nell Logue

Hi neighbors, Does anyone here have access to or can direct me to the genealogy of Gen. Francis Nash for whom Nashville was named? Thanks, Sharon ssmith@cass.net

Hi, Anyone have any REEDs that may have migrated to Wayne Co, TN? Will share info with those who do. John

In a message dated 12/5/98 7:23:14 AM Central Standard Time, jj@tampabay.rr.com writes: > City directories are a great source for genealogy information I have to second this, and I wonder why you hear so little about them. My grandmother's first husband was named Andrew Straughn, and the fact of her first marriage was a great secret in our family, probably because, as far as I can tell, there was never a legal divorce. Anyway when I began doing research I found a child named Andrew Straughn of the right age in Wilson Co. but had no way to prove he was the one who married my grandmother, even though I was certain he had to be. I traced his family to Nashville and found them in the City Directory in the 1890s. Eventually, I found him living in the same residence as my grandmother's mother, giving me the proof I needed that he was indeed the correct person. Sara Binkley Tarpley

City directories are a great source for genealogy information. To the best of my knowledge, the Tennessee State Library and Archives have all the Nashville city directories beginning 1853-54. (The Nashville city directory was not published during the Civil War years.) I have also found the Nashville city directories at the Metro archives and upstairs at the metro library in downtown Nashville. At the state archives, they also have Chattanooga city directories and perhaps others. City directories contain clues and interesting information for the genealogist. They are books with names of persons who lived or worked in the city and businesses within the city. The business listing may list the owner/s of the business and perhaps the entire executive staff. Very often, addresses of both work and home are listed following a person's name. Also listed are occupations of individuals or whether a person was a student at a nearby university. Did the census taker miss your relative? Try looking him up in the city directory to confirm his existence in that locality. Many times, the widower or widow was listed exactly as that....so you may be able to pinpoint a time frame when the spouse died. I have also found the name and actual date of death included in the city directory listing for one of my ancestors where his name would normally appear in the directory if he was living. Did the lack of the 1890 census leave a big hole in your family tree? Try looking at the city directories. I have found daughters/sons who were old enough to have jobs and they are named in the directory. I can connect them with their parents because the home address for them is the same as their parents. Of course, further research would be needed to actual confirm this relationship, but its a safe bet they are related in some way if they are living in the same house. Wondering when your family moved from Nashville? Check the city directories to find their names and then pinpoint the year they are no longer in the city directory. Many city directories also had a section which was listed by street name. In this way, you can look up a street address to find out the name of the business or homeowner at that address. Do you have an address on the birth/death certificate and cannot figure out its connection to your ancestor? Check out the street section of the city directory to find clues. You may find the address is that of another relative or an infirmary.

It isn't much of an offer but I will make it anyway in hopes it helps someone. I have a copy of Pg. 13 of the 1853-54 Nashville City Directory and will do lookups of surnames from A (Abercrombie is the first listed) to BECKER and those which fall in between these two. Jeanne Johnson (researching RYMAN and BOSWORTH and AKIN)

Hello Reeds (by any spelling) My name is Helen (aka) Nell Logue and I am researching the Reeds. My family line is the Reeds of Mississippi and Texas mainly. A few went to California, and a few somewhere else. What I propose to do is get all of these Reeds into one large database and see if we can make any connections. That is where I will need your help. I need every Reed (by any spelling) to send me a GEDCOM or whatever information you have on the Reeds. I will call them "unattached Reeds" or something of the order. When I do make a connection then that bunch of Reeds will be put in my Reed Database. Until then they will be kept separate. As I add to the database I will make sure you are aware of the change. I hope everyone who reads this will participate. It is going to take a lot of hard work and I will need all the help I can get. What I want is Reeds from Alabama, Arkansas, NY, Michigan, Kentucky, any state in the United States. Any questions? If you are ready, I am. Let's get the Reeds rolling. Start sending your information any way you know how. GEDCOM is really a good way to send lots of information at one time. But if you have a better system, use it. Hope to hear from you Reeds soon. Helen (aka) Nell Logue

My name is Helen (aka) Nell Logue and I am researching the Reeds. My family line is the Reeds of Mississippi and Texas mainly. A few went to California, and a few somewhere else. What I propose to do is get all of these Reeds into one large database and see if we can make any connections. That is where I will need your help. I need every Reed (by any spelling) to send me a GEDCOM or whatever information you have on the Reeds. I will call them "unattached Reeds" or something of the order. When I do make a connection then that bunch of Reeds will be put in my Reed Database. Until then they will be kept separate. As I add to the database I will make sure you are aware of the change. I hope everyone who reads this will participate. It is going to take a lot of hard work and I will need all the help I can get. What I want is Reeds from Alabama, Arkansas, NY, Michigan, Kentucky, any state in the United States. Any questions? If you are ready, I am. Let's get the Reeds rolling. Start sending your information any way you know how. GEDCOM is really a good way to send lots of information at one time. But if you have a better system, use it. Hope to hear from you Reeds soon. Helen (aka) Nell Logue P.S. Should you get more than one of these letters, please forgive me. It is going to take some doing to find all of you Reeds and even more doing to keep you separated, but I will do my best.

I am trying to find any information on Peter and Letty Northern. Both shown in 1880 Madison, TN census, which I believe was a part of Davidson County. I am interested in finding out if Peter had siblings, was he in the prior census and still living in the 1890, 1900 census. Any help would be greatly appreciated. gwen

I'm searching for a marriage record for Austin/Augustine WILLIS to Arilla DYCHE, 15 Dec 1837. this information is from the "Willises of Virginia" by Maud Potter and the "Gideon Macon of Virginia Genealogy". Neither gives locations nor sources. I have traced other Willis family members to this area. Can anyone help, please? e-mail: MarcaDean@aol.com Thanks!!

Hi all, I am new to this group and want to do a search. My husband's grandmother (Lilly Davidson, June 10, 1861) was born in Tennessee and we were told long ago that she was a decendant of the Davidson whom the county was named after. How do I start my search????? All I know at this point is her birth date and that she was married in St. Louis, MO. Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you. Mary Zvorak St. Louis, MO

I am looking for information on the father of Ephraim Turner Beatty, born. Feb. 18, 1854, in Maury Co., TN and died Aug. 3, 1938, in Monette,Mo. His father was John Beatty, born 1816? he married Elizabeth Pinkerton, Feb. 5, 1838 in Williamson, Co., TN. Elizabeth was born 1822? I am in need of more information on the above individuals. Ephraim had a child by Carrie McCaul, John Alexander Beatty, b. 4/5/1878 and d. 4/17/1955, he lived in Monette, Mo. He married Ida Jane Jefferson had two children Rolla Ephraim Beatty and Loraine Beatty. They lived in Monette, MO. I would greatly appreciate any information anyone might have. Thanks Brad Beatty -- GIF89aŒ

Hello all. Great site to find counties mostly in USA go to www.mit.edu:8001/geo Good Luck, Barbara

This site has been so helpful, I'm trying again to work with the allied families of the Pinkertons. Does anyone have any information about the following? Allen PICKARD m. Margaret Pinkerton 1832 Joseph SPENCE m. Eliza Pinkerton 1833 Samuel R. ORTON m. Anna Pinkerton 1835 Christopher BROOKS m. Mary Jane Pinkerton 1845 Lydia ROACH m. James Pinkerton 1843 Martha STOVER b. about 1828 m. David C. Pinkerton Charity WINGO m. William Pinkerton 1845 Jane ROBISON m. Joseph Pinkerton [Have no mar or birth date for her, he died in 1859. Thanks to all who help each other and have a Happy Thanksgiving. Bobbie