I want to scan some Bible Records actually as they are (not transposed into print) with my HP ScanJet 5100C and save them in a manner to be attached to an email and sent to someone. Can any of you tell me the best way to save these. .gif, tif, photo or what???? Jane

Howdy yall, Well, Maury County is alive and well on the TNGENWEB! Since taking over in June from Audrey Massey who did all the really hard work, I've had several memorable moments. I added a wills page for the county and one of the first contibutions to it was a will not totally related to Maury County, but one that was very special to me... My 5th Great Grandfather's will just dropped into my lap for inclusion on our wills page. By far the most Momentous Event of my brief hosting. The worst event of 1998 had to be losing 2 weeks worth of queries due to a quirk in Outlook Express and the program that I had written to process the queries. Poof.... vaporware queries. Needless to say, I was mucho embarassed! For 1999, I'd like to see about teaming with the Maury County Historical Society to complete a couple of projects. I'd like to get the Goodspeeds Info on-line and I really liked Fayette County's High School Yearbook idea. I know where the yearbooks for about 10 years of Columbia High School were located and I'm trying to get someone from the Society to get them and scan them for me since I'm half a state away! Well that's the highs and lows and future goals for Maury County. Good Luck and Good Hunting! Denny Denny Thomas Thomas Family Archives - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/2603 Host of Maury Co. TNGENWEB Page - http://www.tngenweb.org/maury/index.html

Gibson County knee deep in the 1870 census! The most memorable thing about 1998 for me is that my group never ceases to amaze me whenever I ask for volunteers or help for anything! They practically fight over who gets to transcribe! LOL! We finished the 1850 census a few months ago and now are working on the 1860 and 1870. I only received the 1870 census CD less than 2 weeks ago and only need 5 more districts transcribed out of 23! If we had more hard copy to transcribe from, we'd have the WHOLE courthouse on line in no time! We have the best group ever! A couple weeks ago my 2nd cousin (who I started genealogy with about 6 years ago.........she dropped out and recently regained her interest) got around to telling me that her grandfather was born in Humboldt.......deep Gibson County, TN. I was shocked.........this grandfather was her mother's father and she and I are related on both of our father's side (from Georgia). I posted a message to the Gibson Co. mailing list and in less than an hour had her back 4 more generations! Wish I'd find someone to help me like that with my Wilson's!!! No one knows where they came from! LOL! But that's just an example of how great our group is! Eddy Clark and Jere Cox scanned and uploaded "Gibson County Illustrated" which was printed in 1901 and is probably one of the best genealogical finds we've ever come by! It is full of excellent photos of the county, plus many citizens! It can be compared to an illustrated Goodspeed! Stop by and take a look at it.......we are really proud of it! Eddy is still working on the index, so that doesn't work yet. A friend of Jere Cox's bought it at a flea market for 50 cents and gave it to him! Vicki Gibson Co. TN Coordinator USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngibson

Well Folks, I never get started on nut'n till Edith starts one, then I get jealous and follow suit.... I started to do a RE: on the first few possum tales, but had to wait on Edith. Yep, I grew up in the 50's just down below Monroe in McMinn. and yep, I've been a possum hunt'n a thousand plus times if I've been once. Occasionally we'd go up to Tellico and Coon hunt... and yep, I've cleaned a few possums... The first of which was when I was 10 or so and ask mother if she would cook a possum like grandma Slack, if I'd clean it... Now mind you, I'd clumb a bunch of trees, and sacked a many possums, but this was the first to nail on the back of the smoke house, and dress. It was a nasty, greasy, bristle haired mess by the time I got the dishpan to mom. She finished the rest, and carrots, sweet taters, etc.. and in the oven to bake. Really good eating.. Then I supprised some yankee buddies I went to Tenn. Weselyan College with, 15 yrs later when I barbecued one, and didn't tell them till afterward. I still have a close relationship with about everything Ms Edith mentioned, for the sowse meat, to pork brains from grandma's house. I've tried to recreate the environment here in Hickman county, with a spring for our water, and a new orchard to replace the one from 50 or so years back left on this place. We've go the chickens, and hounds, and the horses I never had as a kid, and the ones my teenagers have discomfort in feeding daily. The TwoSeat'r Edith had was really uptown... We just had a oneseater, and felt uptown cause we kept good supply of Sear and Roebuck catalogs. No corncobs for us folks. We have an old two seater here on this farm, but not too often used, since we started with buckets and have since upgraded to 3 inside full baths for these two spoiled but appreciative teens. I really miss those hills back in E.TN but I just look out my doors here and have a picture of my heritage, and one I'm instilling in these two kids and their city mom. If'n yall come near Keg County Tn... Stop by. We'll soak our toes in the branch, and sip on whatever's aging at the spring. "Nothing Distilled, but then it don't have to be!" Thanks, Fred, Jess, Jan, and Edith for sharing memories. OH Yea.... I won't mention all that our county VOL's have contributed to the two sites, but there's about 3.24 MB of data and images with 139 files in the Hickman County Project... and 10.2 MB of data and images with 279 files in the McMinn County Project. Thanks for the VOL's !! Love to All, Sam & Family Ecward@aol.com wrote: > Fred your Possim stew brought back some great memories! > I grew up in Monroe County and as a child we had a real up town out house a -- Sam Sneed P.O. Box# 13 Bon Aqua, TN. 37025 (931)670-6552 ----------------- Sam 'n' Tennessee http://www.Keepsake-Photos.Com Old & Damaged Photo Restoration ----------------- Our Genealogy Research ON-Line http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcminn/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhickma/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~lineage/ http://www.tngenweb.org/events.htm ----------------- Work http://www.StarTransportation.Com

Whenever you see a tombstone with a Masonic emblem on it, there is the possibility of more information: Masonic Information online: <A HREF="http://www.telebyte.com/masons/m-usa.html">Click here: Grand Lodges in the United States of America/TITLE</A> Yes, there are Masonic funerals. A man has to be a member in good standing at the time of his death to have one, and they are only conducted at the request of the family. It does not automatically happen. (Don't worry if you don't want to read all of this...but I figured I'll tell you what I know) As far as finding anything out about it, that is a bit more tough. The things I would look for are: Where was his Lodge membership, and what lodge? Where did he die? (the point being here that say a person was a Mason in New York, but died in Washington State, his Lodge in New York is not going to conduct the service.) You will probably get more information from a funeral program than from the Lodge. If you can find such a program and end up with the name of the Lodge that conducted the service (or possibly Masonic Service Bureau) then there is a better shot at finding something out. Whenever a funeral is conducted the Lodge has to be "opened". For you, all that means is that somewhere, there are minutes. And by minutes all it will say is that Lodge was opened with the following officers present for the purpose of conducting a funeral service for XXX. But you have to find out what Lodge did the service to even have a chance of finding those. Now, for the Grand Master part. To some people, this is a big deal. To others, it is not. Grand Master is the highest office any man can obtain in the Masons. It is the equivalent of President of the jurisdiction they cover, such as Washington State. (President of Rotary in Washington, or Governor of the State). In most jurisdictions they serve for 1 year, although some are longer. Rarely do they serve more than once, however earlier in the century you are more likely to find a "repeater". A Mason has great respect for the office. Knowing that a PGM (Past Grand Master) conducted the service tells you that your cousin may have been a good friend of this PGM. It is not generally significant of the measure of a person who conducts the service. The service, when done properly, requires some work to memorize and deliver properly. There are men who have done this and are called upon frequently to do the services. If someone has achieved significant recognition in the Fraternity, it would be considered an honor to conduct the service and a PGM might be called upon to do it. Or your cousin could have belonged to the same Lodge as the PGM and it just happened that way. Helen Hewitt Meigs County, TN

Marshall County present and accounted for! I've only been CC for a couple weeks but at the rate the great people on the mailing list are sending me data and suggestions, Marshall should grow by leaps and bounds this year. All the "Howdy" messages I've read from the other counties have been really inspiring, can't wait to get busy! Karen

TSLA will do a name search for land grants. Check out the following address for more information: http://www.state.tn.us./sos/statelib/pubsvs/mailstat.htm#Land_Grants Debbie -----Original Message----- From: Fred Smoot <dogtrot@well.com> To: TNGEN-L@rootsweb.com <TNGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 12:06 PM Subject: [TNGEN-L] Tennessee Land Grants >Greetings all, > >Bridgett had asked me about researching Tennessee Land Grants. > >Rather than answer her privately, I am send this to the list. Perhaps >this will help a few of you folks. > >First, the Tennessee State Library and Archives holds Tennessee’s land >grants records and microfilms of them can be purchased. I believe that >$20 per roll + $1 shipping is the price. There are *many* rolls. > >These records include the pre-statehood North Carolina grants because >many NC records were copied eons ago by TN. > >The way to access them is to use the card file index at the library. > >Of course, if you live far from TSLA, this could prove difficult to >access that index. > >Maybe one of our CCs who is connected with TSLA can answer about surname >lookups, obtaining copies of individual grants, etc. Not my bailiwick. > >There is another way to do this. > >The genealogy bookmonger, Bryon Sistler has a series of seventeen >paperback surname index books made directly from TSLA’s card file index. > >http://www.mindspring.com/~sistler/tnland.html > >Note that while Bryon sells the books by alphabetical order, he is >planning to publish a complete two volume hardbound set. He currently >has a pre-publication discount. Looks like a shipping date around July. > >I will order the two volume set and might do an occasion lookup for our >CCs, but *not* for the general public. But don’t ask until late summer. > >Once the "proper" ancestor is found in the index, then photocopies of >the grant may be ordered from TSLA. > >Bryon claims his index books holds 162,000 entries. How many microfilms >would that require for full text originals? And at the $20 each. Oy vay! > >Fred > > >==== TNGEN Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to visit TNGenWeb's Bulletin Board >http://pluto.beseen.com/boardroom/d/19731/ >Help the folks out if you can, but remember to answer >the query so it can be seen on line. > >

Wayne County alive and well! Edgar Edgar D. Byler, III edby3@netease.net Editor, Wayne County Historian Wayne County, Tennessee, USA Co-Coordinator Wayne County Web Page: http://www.netease.net./wayne Listowner: WALRAVEN-L@rootsweb.com

It is my understanding that the majority of the WWII military records in St. Louis burned. Debbie -----Original Message----- From: Mitzi Freeman <mpfreema@usit.net> To: TNGEN-L@rootsweb.com <TNGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 10:35 AM Subject: [TNGEN-L] WWII Military Records >Is it possible to obtain WWII military records of a veteran who fought and >died in the war? If so, from where? The National Archives? > >If the veteran died overseas would there have been a TN death certicate >issued for the veteran? > >Mitzi > > >==== TNGEN Mailing List ==== >Be sure to send your updates to this mailing list to be >included on the "What's New" page. > >

Moore County Here. John Parkes ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere!

Hardeman Co here. The sale of my business and property is complete so now I am officially retired! More time to work genealogy and write my book. By the way my book is partly about travel with horses, so I would appreciate any horse people dropping me a note. I will be looking for resources in all parts of the country for those people who like to travel with their horses and need local resources including vets, farriers, stables, tack & feed, etc. LeeAnn Pease Sharpe Glendale Arizona USA lasharpe@msn.com www.computerphysicians.com/lee USGenWeb Hardeman County TN CC http://www.tngenweb.org/hardeman/ USGenWeb Cochise County AZ CC http://www.rootsweb.com/~azcochis/cochisco.htm ICQ#9345939

Hi Folks! Memoriable Moment? That is easy! The fact that I got it! By the time I got up the nerve to ask for Dickson, (proded by my new friends Jan and David S), I was too slow and missed the opportunity. During this time Jan (Stewart Co) and I became cohorts, working on Stewart and Dave Snow lost his hair! But, fortunately for me... Dickson came by me again and I groveled and groaned until Bridgett and Nancy said," Poor thing, let's give her a try! Anybody that wants it that bad aught'a have it". <lol!!> You would have thought I had won the lottery! I still feel like that! I was overwhelmed with html and what to do..but, with the EXTREME patience of my mentor, Nancy C., *I* did it! What a rush! AND if I say so myself, I think Dickson looks pretty good.. not a lot of bells and whistles... but, plenty of meat and potatoes! Because of the help and care of its subscribers and researchers, Dickson is a living thing... full of energy and the joy of sharing and finding! <bg>I have pounds of data to transcrbe yet and I intend to call on some of the folks that have offered to help me eat this elephant! I love elephant! (c: (hickory smoked ~easy on the sauce!) Cher Dickson County list owner Dickson County TnGenWeb Coordinator

Hi, Hawkins and Cocke Counties are here. As for memorable moments, I have a few. Hawkins Co. has grown alot this year. The local society and I have linked up to get more indexes of their publications online. This was a biggie as I had to beg and plead for a year! The list members from this county have been providing info so fast that I stay behind! One thing that happened was that I got an email from a lady who had a terrible research trip to the county. She was told that no one had ever heard of her ancestor's home Marble Hall. I did a little looking around and found alot of history of this home and also a PHOTO! It sure feels good when you can help someone without a whole lot of effort. Cocke Co. is growing fast. Alot of Census and tax records have been uploaded this year. As this is a burned county we have been focusing on Church records and have quite a selection now. Joe and I work well together when we aren't playing practical jokes on each other. <grin> The Abstracts from TN Newspapers page has really taken off lately. You CC's out there are doing well providing links to what is on your pages. I guess the most important thing that has happened this year is being a part of this fantastic group in TN. We have an A-1 site! Jackie Robinson

The best moment I had from last year, was a young lady I have come to know through the Union County page. She grew up in an orphanage and knew some of the history of her family. She knew enough to know that her family was from Union County. I did some leg work and put the lady in touch with her family here in Union County. The letter I received from her not only made my day, it made my year. The three worst disappointments from the previous year were the failure of myself and several others to reach any kind of agreement with our local Historical Society. Next was the failure of Shadows of Union County. This was a story page of old Union County stories and recipes. Really thought that one would go. And lastly the failure of myself in encouraging my mailing list members to create personal pages for their work. I agreed to write the pages as they sent me the information, and host them for free at Maynardville.Com. 1998 was a success for Union County as a whole. And 1999 will be better, if I can do anything about it. Of course as everyone else stated I hope to put more information online. But further than that I hope to create better participation. I intend to get Shadows of Union County off the ground this year if I have to write all the stories myself! I am going to redouble my efforts in creating some sort of agreement with our local Historical Society. And finally I hope to totally redesign the page in the next month or so. As I have added more stuff the page has become slow and not very pleasing to look at. This I will fix! Chip Union County TnGenWeb

Subject: Perspective Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year, the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin puts together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of that year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list: 1. The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1980. 2. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and did not know he had ever been shot. 3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged. 4. Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression. 5. There has been only one Pope. They can only really remember one president. 6. They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War. 7. They have never feared a nuclear war. "The Day After" is a pill to them, not a movie. 8. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up, and Tiananmen Square means nothing to them. 9. Their lifetime has always included AIDS. 10. They never had a Polio shot, and likely do not know what it is. 11. Bottle caps have not only always been screw off, but have always been plastic. They have no idea what a pull-top can looks like. 12. Atari pre-dates them, as do vinyl albums. 13. The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them. 14. They have never owned a record player. 15. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong. 16. Star Wars look very fake to them, and the special effects are pathetic. 17. There have always been red M&Ms, and blue ones are not new. What do you mean there used to be beige ones? 18. They may have heard of an 8-track, but chances are they probably never have actually seen or heard one. 19. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old. 20. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents. (Accurate until last week.) 21. They have always had an answering machine. 22. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black-and-white TV. 23. They have always had cable. 24. There have always been VCRs, but they have no idea what BETA is. 25. They cannot fathom not having a remote control. 26. They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony. 27. Roller-skating has always meant inline for them. 28. The Tonight Show has always been with Jay Leno. 29. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool. 30. Popcorn has always been cooked in a microwave. 31. They have never seen Larry Bird play, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a football player. 32. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. 33. The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WWI, WWII, or even the Civil War. 34. They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran. 35. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. 36. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. 37. They never heard the terms: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel," or "de plane, de plane!" 38. They do not care who shot J.R. and have no idea who J.R. is. 39. The Titanic was found? I thought we always knew where it was. 40. Michael Jackson has always been white. 41. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups. 42. McDonald's never came in styrofoam containers. 43. There has always been MTV. <><><><><><><><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Sandy Keathley Regional Coordinator, TN GenWeb Coordinator, White County, Tenn http://www.tngenweb.org/white/ Keathley National Web Site: http://www.KeathleyWebs.com/keathley.htm A "Pioneer Family" of White County, TN A "First Family of Tennessee" Keathley WebDesigns http://www.KeathleyWebs.com/ <><><><><>><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Blount County is here! In 1998, Blount County added the 1830 Census, a few online cemetery records (submitted by several volunteers living in Blount County), and the big start of an obituary index for the newspapers from the county. (Gary Russell and Glenn Teffeteller have compiled the Obituary index.) In 1999 I forsee a large growth. I've just had several offers to help with the pages...I just couldn't do it all myself anymore. With help and additional ideas, I can see the exciting things happening! Denise

Greetings to all from Henderson County! Well, actually these greetings originate in Orange County, NC, but they are sent in the spirit of Henderson County. I've been with the project since January 1998 and my most memorable event from last year was receiving assistance from a volunteer. Harry E. Barnes performed the large transcription job of entering all the marriage records between 1893 and 1900. I have some lavish dreams for the web page this year, but my realistic goal is to upload at least one major index. I'm considering the 1850 Census (1860 Census is already posted) or 19th century land deeds. Hey, if I can get another volunteer . . . I'll do both! David -----Original Message----- From: Bridgett Smith <bascs@snark.wizard.com> To: TNGEN-L@rootsweb.com <TNGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 8:41 PM Subject: [TNGEN-L] Howdy y'all Being the first of the month it is roll call time again. I know some of you :::groan::: at the thought <VBG>. What i would like from you though also is to post what was one of the most memorial things that happened to you last year as a TNGenWeb host. And also, what are your plans and hope to accomplish as a host this year. I am just curious, that's all <G>. I guess my memorial moments from last year is the incorporation of the project as non-profit, being elected to the national board (I was totally shocked). Also the the great people who are with this project have made being associated with the TNGenWeb Project really super. Hmmm, oh, yes, *finally* the Greene County Genealogical Society agreeing to work with me on a few projects. I guess I'll have to replace those eye-teeth <VBG> This year I hope to be able to get more data online for Greene, of course, and later on this year I will have more time to do so. The folks on the Greene County mailing list are really great and sending in and posting a lot of information now, and this is wonderful. Okay, that's my donation for memorial moments of last year, and hopes for this year. Bridgett ==== TNGEN Mailing List ==== Please make sure your links back to any project site located on USIT has the URL http://www.tngenweb.org/

Hi, Lincoln County, the volunteer county of the volunteer state is present and accounted for :-))) My most memorable event from the past year were my activity as a USGenWeb board member from about 12/97 to 9/98. Was also moderator of USGenWeb-ALL from about July 1st to about a week ago. I'm just going to guess that I read some 10,000 emails during that time... about 90% of them ugly :-((( So now I have time to devote to my beloved Lincoln County... home of half of my ancestors. My plans are to get a lot more data uploaded into the USGenWeb archives where they will stay for eternity *free* to all researchers. George

Hi everyone, Rutherford County is alive and almost well :) We're working on it. I just had an offer to go traipsing through a cemetery from a neat lady who emailed me. She even gave me her phone number!! (I'm gonna try to get her involved.) Rutherford is a large county and needs all the help it can get :) Without a doubt, my most memorable genealogical moment from the past year was the day I received the email about the "lost cemetery" out on the Smyrna Air base. My daughter, her six week old daughter (uhhuh..six weeks) and I jumped in our car and headed up to Smyrna to meet two of the nicest Tn National Guardsmen! Karl, the gentleman who had emailed me, told us to jump in his truck and we'd go to the cemetery. Well, for one thing...I'm only 5'1". I had to JUMP into this army-type truck! Why DO they make trucks so tall? Now Karl had warned us about "bumpy roads" before we left...but I figured they couldn't be THAT bad. On the three mile drive, through the woods, Karl had a great time going through as many ditches as he could find, as he told us the "road" had just been made the previous week. I think it was the most fun I've ever had without paying for it! It was tree to tree out there and not much else. Then we came to the opening of the cemetery. As I fell out of the truck <G>, I looked up and saw what appeared to be an old, long ago forgotten cemetery, sitting at the tip of a peninsula with water surrounding it on three sides. It had an almost surreal feel. There were prolly around 500 to 600 graves that were marked. There were many more that were simply indentations in the ground. I got as much info as I could...it was almost dark by then. One grave was an infant's....there was a baseball with a number on it, sitting in front of the grave. Karl told me the ball hadn't been there the day before and we all wondered how it had gotten there. It finally was too dark to even look anymore, so we headed back to the truck. On the way, we closed the old fence, made by slave labor in the 1800s. It was one of the most amazing things I've even seen. I felt as if I had been given the opportunity to look through the eyes of the past. I'm making plans to go back out with as many ppl as I can gather to photograph and get information. Some of the areas leading families are buried there. I've seen queries about many of these souls. It will take alot of work to clear the cemetery of weeds, but that's half the fun :) I'm already copying old Rutherford Co. censuses, from 1810 on up, and hope to have them online asap. I would also like to re-do what I re-did when I took the page last fall. I really just threw it up there and hoped it would fly. I've been looking at other TnGenWeb pages and have gotten some ideas that would make the Rutherford page more easily accessable. I'm still very new at this, but this year will see ALOT more NEW info for Rutherford County! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me. Mari Byers Rutherford Co., Tn.

Lake Co. here. Leslie Moore lmoore@ecsis.net Personal homepage: http://www.ecsis.net/~lmoore/ Lake County, TN Gen page: http://www.ecsis.net/lakecounty/history/ Lake County Historical Society page: http://mbr-gene.neotown.com/lesmoore/