Group- I sent out the catalog list from the FHC to the ones who requested it. I sent it in two parts. If you asked me for it but it didnt come or wasnt able to download because the file was too big, please let me know. My husband said that AOL people might have a problem because the file was big. I can send it in smaller parts. Diana

Friends and list readers, Good News!!! I just had the opportunity to look through an exciting new Book! "Cantwell-Greene Families of East Tennessee" This is a very informative, well documented history of the Greens,Trents, Cantwells, and Drinnons back to the immigration. It has over 500 pages and over 400 photographs, with quite a few pre 1900. It list 7,000 descendants, and over 21,000 total in the index. There are other MAJOR families also and they include, Seals, Hurleys and Perrys. (Most of these families have roots in Hancock County, TN.) It really has a lot of detail. EVERY family census record is shown until 1920 (last available), it has obituaries, 8 page bibliography and 1600 endnotes. The book is a full size and hard bound. The lady who wrote this book, researched these families for 13 years. Can you imagine all this information in 1 book? This book is a MUST for these families and just in time for Christmas :-) I feel everyone that has a tie to these families, will want to know about this. The book can be picked up in Sneedville, Hancock County, TN. for $60.00. Or you can have it shipped to you for $59.00 and $4.00 shipping. In either case you should contact the author Hallie Price-Garner at < hallieg@flash.net> or at the following address: 8923 Woodshore Drive, Dallas, TX. 75243-6531. I'm not trying to be a salesperson. I only think that for people with these family ties, this book is a MUST!! I would hate for someone who wanted it to miss this opportunity. Linda

Can someone do a marriage lookup in Grainger county? About 1851, __?__ CAIN to Emeline __?__ ( possibly SOARD). In 1860 an Emeline CAIN married Hiram BARRY in Grainger county. Thanks, Richard Soard rsoard@mindspring.com

--part1_0.cf76bf6d.256e2136_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The following email was sent to a prior question of me. Id like to post this in hopes some names,places and other details may ring familiar to someone. John Johnston a message dated 11/13/99 3:54:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, j-waites@juno.com writes: Q Who are your O'Neals and Mitchells? Did they live in or near Marion Co? >> A I suspect they lived in the area. They were friends of Calvin Johnston while Calvin and family lived in Tullahoma Tn. As pre civil war troubles increased in the area, the Simpsons moved to Alton Mo. In abt 1861 Calvin moved to Ohio Co. Ky. Calvin's son, Lewis married Joanna Simpson,who lived in Alton Mo.with her familyand brought her back to Ky. By 1886 Calvin , Louis and Joanna moved to Ark,but on the way stopped and picked up Joannas Parents and family in Alton who joined them on the trip to Ark, They were headed to King Ark in Sevier Co to work in the Antimony mines. On their way there and they were in Social Hill Ark,Calvin died. His Wife,then Eliz Berkley,and some of the simsons stayed in the area. Some may hae gone with louis to King Ark or joined him later. Some of the Simpsons may still live in those areas,though I havent tried to make contact yet. John Johnston S.Calif. --part1_0.cf76bf6d.256e2136_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <TENNESSEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (rly-zd03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.227]) by air-zd01.mail.aol.com (v62.15) with ESMTP; Sat, 13 Nov 1999 19:39:54 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-zd03.mx.aol.com (v63.6) with ESMTP; Sat, 13 Nov 1999 19:39:40 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA27182; Sat, 13 Nov 1999 16:38:19 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 16:38:19 -0800 (PST) From: Lrjwj@aol.com Message-ID: <0.1fcf08ca.255f5e53@aol.com> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 19:37:39 EST Subject: Re: [TENNESSEE] RE: Johnston and 60 other surnames linked Old-To: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 39 Resent-Message-ID: <gyo0PB.A.wnG.6RgL4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4655 X-Loop: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TENNESSEE-L-request@rootsweb.com In a message dated 11/13/99 3:54:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, j-waites@juno.com writes: Q Who are your O'Neals and Mitchells? Did they live in or near Marion Co? >> A I suspect they lived in the area. They were friends of Calvin Johnston while Calvin and family lived in Tullahoma Tn. As pre civil war troubles increased in the area, the Simpsons moved to Alton Mo. In abt 1861 Calvin moved to Ohio Co. Ky. Calvin's son, Lewis married Joanna Simpson,who lived in Alton Mo.with her familyand brought her back to Ky. By 1886 Calvin , Louis and Joanna moved to Ark,but on the way stopped and picked up Joannas Parents and family in Alton who joined them on the trip to Ark, They were headed to King Ark in Sevier Co to work in the Antimony mines. On their way there and they were in Social Hill Ark,Calvin died. His Wife,then Eliz Berkley,and some of the simsons stayed in the area. Some may hae gone with louis to King Ark or joined him later. Some of the Simpsons may still live in those areas,though I havent tried to make contact yet. John Johnston S.Calif. ==== TENNESSEE Mailing List ==== Send all mail in plain text only! --part1_0.cf76bf6d.256e2136_boundary--

All names are Johnston unless otherwise stated. Each name preceding an indentation is father to son of my line. Migration is NC 1790 /, Tn 1810-1862 monteagle to Murfreesboro / Mo. Marble Hill & Lutesville region then / Ark 1886-present , Social Hill to King / Waldron /, Norman Board Camp / ,Vandervoort ,/ Gilham, / Mena and other towns in areas. 1790��b. Thomas 1815 b. Jane 1816 b. Mary 1818 ? b. Wm. 1822 b. Calvin 1845 b. Thomas 1. 1847 b. Susan 1848 b. Martha 1852 b. John D. 2 1854 b. George 1857 b Louis C.

To learn about books available from various genealogical societies and individuals, check this out: http://geneasearch.com Donna

In response to the query about preserving newpaper articles: I have two suggestions: 1) Request a copy of the Light Impressions catalog for archival supplies. 1-800-828-6216. There are several products available to deacidify paper. 2) Here is a recipe from the National Archives. I have never tried this but if I was going to, I would try it on something that wasn't important first. If the newspaper is falling apart, the best thing is to encapsulate it with mylar (also available from Light Impressions). Its easy to do and completely reversible. Encapsulating is not laminating! Recipe: Mix 2 teaspoons magnesium carbonate and 1 qt. of club soda in a large plastic dish. Sandwich the clipping between 2 pieces of screen or pellon and soak for 30 mins. Mop up the excess water with blotting paper and allow to dry overnight on more blotting paper. Susan

--part1_0.81e4cd67.256b255c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_0.81e4cd67.256b255c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: BMISKY@aol.com From: BMISKY@aol.com Full-name: BMISKY Message-ID: <0.f3106665.256b24a4@aol.com> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:58:44 EST Subject: Turner/Johnson/Jackson/Myers To: tngrain-l@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 228 Thought I would post this family again. Dates given if know and most are approximate. Henry Jackson married Martha Myers children: Hulda 11 Nov 1861 d. 28 Dec 1925 married George Turner in 1882? Cordia married James Columbus AKA J. C., and Lum Johnson Hulda and Charley had Charley b April 1887-89. Mary Ann b Feb 1887? And two other sons. Cant make out their names on census. Cordia Jackson and J.C. Johnson's children: Laura Louvenna b. 20 Feb 1890 Susie Charley Ples Laura Louvenna married Charley Turner (her 1st cousin) on 9 Jan 1902 (the certificate states Laura is 19 yrs old and Charley is 21 (?) They had the following: Bruce b 1929 d 1989 Nina Lucille b 1925 d 1982 George Henry b 1921 d 1975 Frank 1937 Estella Ruth b 1930 d? Robert Chester b 1912 d? J. C. (James Columbus?) b 1922 d 1947 Zelma b 1914 d 1965 Lester b 1918 d 1958 Claude b 1927 d? If anything looks interesting or familiar give me a ring! Thanks --part1_0.81e4cd67.256b255c_boundary--

Our Parade magazine, in Sun newspaper, had an article on gen research "Do you know your family history?" It told about the National Endowment for the Humanities had developed a "toolbox of resources" go to www.myhistory.org It's brand new and some of the pages are not available yet. A guidebook will be available for download. I did check out the History section and found a wonderful article on migration. Take a look. You can post your family history or family stories, DO NOTE this part is being hosted by Genealogy.com, one of the working partners. Also on anther note I read where the LDS will be adding a lot more family files to their site. Happy Thanksgiving Barbara Guinn

Mickey, I have seen that "tiny" closet there at Rutledge with it stuffed, how in the world did you manage to set there or did you have to stand to copy all the files? I am very surprised you get a chair in it. I was ticketed pink to pay you the $15.00 per book and I ordered the three. By the time you include the cost of electric, on your computer and lights to see by, wear on your computer and printer, not to mention the cost of paper and ink, gas back and forth, postage, etc., I can see where you would need an Armed Car to carry it all to the bank. When are you opening your company and running the other companies out of business? I do appreciate all you hard work and Thank you for giving me a chance to purchase your books. Happy Thanksgiving, Jean

I just got home from Grainger Co.where I met Mickey & Debi. They were going to the old scool where the much talked about records are stored. WHAT A MESS!! I was amazed not only with the dirt and dust, but the massive amount of information existed. I had been to the courthouse several years ago and was sent to a SMALL room and invited to help myself. That room could not have held half the information sitting in boxes at the old school house. Imagine how nice it will be when these ladies get all that sorted.I got the impression their goal was in the interest of preserving records for us and for future generations, not for personal gain. It's a shame the local genealogy society is not giving them any support. Also that state and county governments are not even interested in preserving these priceless pieces of information. I think its time we let them get on with their job and seeif there isn't someway we can support renting or buying a building for the records when they are straightened up.Let's give them the apprediation they are due. Than your for reading my letter. Mildred

Mickey: Keep up your good work, I don't think you are trying to take advantage of me, and thank you for making the books available. Garron Woodruff in Denver. (FRY, LAY, LEWIS, EDMONDSON, FULP)

--part1_0.7cfb607f.256a0147_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm forwarding this email to the Grainger Co. list just so everyone will know that there are indexes available out there. I'm not sure where you would find these but I do know that there is one located in the Grainger Co. Courthouse. I really don't know what is at the library in Rutledge other than someone posting that there is micro film and a micro film reader in the library. If anyone has that exact information I'm sure they would be glad to post it on the list. Also someone may want to let everyone know how to get their hands on microfilm and how to read it if they don't have a microfilm reader or access to one. I'm so sorry if I have offended anyone on the list. This is the only email that I have received like this. It really offends me that all the trips I have made to Rutledge (45 minutes one way) and sat in that little closet with a friend and tried to read the papers and someone gets upset that I may (which I do not) make a profit. I have charged $15.00 for the books not $45.00. I thought I had let everyone know that the books are a transcription of the records available to have a copy made of. I know there was a lady that came in from out of state and I first looked in the index located in the courthouse and found the license/bond that she was looking for but when I went to look for the original it wasn't there. It has either been lost, destroyed or stolen. The books that I have done are a transcription of the license/bonds that can be found and copied for anyone that would like a copy. I spent one whole day working in the old school trying to sort and find a way to preserve the records and for this I made zero dollars and zero cents. I'm sorry I have offended anyone out there with my books. If you would like to be put on my personal mailing list to purchase books or to keep up with the records in Grainger Co. please email me privately. I'm sorry if anyone feels like they have been taken advantage of. I have been offered money just to help with me with my expenses and I have taken none and I will not be. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all (and there has been alot) the nice people that have encouraged me and my work in Grainger Co. If anyone is concerned about my profit from the books I will be glad to share what the printing cost, mailing cost, envelopes to mail the books, and how many trips it takes to Rutledge to get information for just one book and I split the profit with my friend that helps me and I had to rent a post office box because I actually had someone show up at my door to purchase a copy. If you add all that up I probably spend more that I make. I thought this would be a good way to share the information with everyone and try to at least pay for gas. I will start a mailing list for the ones interested in the records. Thank you for your time and again I'm sorry I offended anyone. Also to all who have ordered book #3 it will be on it's way soon. I have had printer problems. I'm sorry for the delay. --part1_0.7cfb607f.256a0147_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <murk@pe.net> Received: from rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (rly-yh04.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.36]) by air-yh03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 23:53:22 -0500 Received: from magnolia.pe.net (magnolia.pe.net [216.100.16.35]) by rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (v65.4) with ESMTP; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 23:53:20 -0500 Received: from 216.100.24.106 (c1p012.riv.pe.net [216.100.24.12]) by magnolia.pe.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id UAA17630 for <IMsMickey@aol.com>; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:53:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <383718EC.3FDA@pe.net> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:57:43 +0000 From: Steve or Diana Reints <murk@pe.net> Reply-To: murk@pe.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: IMsMickey@aol.com Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage licenses References: <0.ca27ffba.25687249@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mickey: I heard that you are a nice lady, and I dont know you but I am concerned that people on the list were not told by you that there were already indexes and books in print on Grainger marriages. You say you dont want any money but then charge $45 for something that is already on microfilm. I dont think the list is the appropriate place for this. If you had offered to look up names for people, I think that would be more appropriate or at least mentioned that there were other sources. (Even Historical Societies will send you stuff out of printed material in their libraries). I am not sending this opinion to the entire list but just to you to be fair, in the hopes that you did not intentionally mean to make a profit off of unsuspecting souls on the list. As for the intent of your email that you have a sincere desire to preserve the records, I applaud your efforts, along with everyone else and thank you for that. Diana --part1_0.7cfb607f.256a0147_boundary--

Dear group: With the recent concern over the schoolhouse, I thought I would contribute what I know about Grainger's records and what to do about them. >From what others have told me, most of early East Tenn records have been microfilmed. Before most of us were born, many of the records were destroyed so we are missing gaps of records like probate and census. All the deeds are intact and court records and other records. There are many ways you can access these records: 1.Historical Society will copy things for you if you ask specifically what type of record you are looking for and what name(full name). I usually send a small amount of money ($5). 2. You can order films from your local family history center. 3. You can write to the main Mormon family history center in Salt Lake and they will copy any page from a book or film for $2.50 or less. 4. You can hire someone for about $20 to pop over to the courthouse 5. If you are not near a FHC and want to spend the money, you can buy a microfilm for about $30. and my favorite: 6.. For about $50, a researcher will go through all the books available at the Tenn State Library and get lots of copied pages on your names. I could think of some more if I gave it more time, I think the Tenn State Library will loan out their microfilms to other libraries but I am not sure. I have a list of all the Grainger films and books at the Family History Center. If there is interest in this catalog, I could scan them and send them to anyone that is interested. Looking at it, there are three sources for marriages starting at 1796, for instance. Also deeds and court records and cemeteries. Diana PS: I LOVE the deeds from Grainger co. I have put together whole families from just the deed and tax lists because in the deeds, they will mention relationships many times.

Thank you everyone for your tips. I am so happy to find a way to preserve this document. Everyone has been so helpful. Thanks again Melissa ---------- >From: KANDSANDER@aol.com >To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] RE:PRESERVATION >Date: Fri, Nov 19, 1999, 10:05 PM > > Don't laminate anything. I have a recipe for newpaper preservation or you > can buy a product to use. If you e-mail me next week, I can give you info. > Sue > e-mail kandsander@aol.com > >

Hi Melissa -- I hope this will be of help. Go to this website http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/lightimpressions/index.icl It offers a variety of products for preserving old photos, etc. What you should look for is an acid free spray that will stop the yellowing and deterioration. If they don't have it on this site, call 800 information, and ask for the number of a catalog called "Exposures". I know they carry the spray. Meanwhile, I'll see if I can dig up and old catalog with the number. Judy Melissa Noe wrote: > Help!!! > > I have an old newspaper article that I found. It is about my ggrandmother > and her 89th birthday celebration. There is a picture and everything. The > paper has already started to yellow and the picture is very grainy. I need > to preserve this record before it deteriorates further. If someone could > help me, give me some tips on how to preserve this piece of my past I would > really appreciate it. > > Thanks > Melissa Noe > melissa@ccp.com

Dear Ross, Thanks, Ross, for your additions. I do that too. Also the friend I spoke of has a great collection of scrap books containing marriage annnouncements, obituaries etc. which date from the turn of the century. She has them all photocopied. This is great since the copies can be used for research projects and save wear and tear on originals. Right now I am scanning some old school records. You can clear them up some and then do transcriptions. Some of these old materials are so fragile that as little that minimal handling is indicated. Gail > To save the information copy it. I always photocopy all of my newspaper clippings. As soon as you can get the best photocopy that you can on archival bond buffered paper. You can also scan it into a computer and save the electronic version, which one day you may be able to afford to enhance with computer techniques

Sue, Please share your recipe. We all probably have newspaper clippings we would like to know how to preserve. Thanks, Nancy -----Original Message----- From: KANDSANDER@aol.com <KANDSANDER@aol.com> To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 19, 1999 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] RE:PRESERVATION >Don't laminate anything. I have a recipe for newpaper preservation or you >can buy a product to use. If you e-mail me next week, I can give you info. >Sue >e-mail kandsander@aol.com > >

Hello fellow Grainger County researchers, I have just ordered the 1880 Grain. Co. census from Sistler. I also have access to the 1900 Grain. Co census. I wouldn't mind doing a lookup but, I have never had a request received when I have requested it. I do not want to do that to others. I have contacted the sister's daughter of Grandma. And one of her sons. That brings my count of found living relatives to 9!!! I am elated. Everyone take care. After I get back from Grainger Co......... I will let you all know what I have found. Will be going either this early Dec. or late March. If any one has family in Thorn Hill let me know and I will search the cems. for the name. M. Turner ( TURNER, JOHNSON, JACKSON, MYERS, JERNIGAN)