Gail, Thanks! I do believe that "Leaves From The Family Tree" is now on-line. I think that Bob Puryear sent that URL to me. Can't find the URL at the moment....but when I do I will post it for all. Thanks...Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Roorda <b-roorda@msc.net> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:30 PM Subject: [TNGRAING-L] Re: Leaves from the Family Tree > Gail In CA said > " There is a family history on the TATE family in a book called > "Leaves From > > the Family Tree"." > > > > Deals with the TATES of Grainger County. > > > Great minds apparently think alike. <tee hee> I spent last night > trying to dig out what I found on the Tates in "Leaves.. I > thought that Debbie, and Jean B might find it of interest. > > Leaves From the Family Tree is based on a series of articles which > appeared in a Knoxville newspaper in the 30s. It is an interesting > colllection of Eastern Tennessee genealogical information. > Included are early tax lists, articles on various surnames,etc, > lists of revolutionary was pensioners, etc. > > I only seem to have the part of the article which concerns Edward > and Mary Ann GRAY TATE. When I volunteered at my gen society > library last summer, I hoped to get a little bit of my own > research done in between waiting on "customers". The day I found > the information on the Tates I had been hoping to get a look at > the 1850 Grainger County census entries so I could get approximate > birth dates for Mary Ann GRAY TATE and Elizabeth GRAY MALLICOAT. > (Actually, I just remembered something! Isn't Elizabeth > Mallicoat "yours", Jean??? I have been meaning to check something > out....) > > Alas I had to keep the desk, the researchers arrived at once, and > I was unable to get back to the readers all day!!I I started > thumbing through "Leaves from the family tree and ran across the > article on the TATES and inadvertently found what I was looking > for, Mary Ann Tate's DOB. However, as I said I just seem to have > the information on Mary Ann and Edward Tate and as I remember the > article was several pages long. I am hoping to get to St. Joe > sometime this week (It has been forever since I have been able to > get to the library) and would be glad to check the article again. > > Gail in MO > > > > There is a family history on the TATE family in a book called > "Leaves From > > the Family Tree". > > > > Deals with the TATES of Grainger County. > > > > Gail in Moreno Valley, Ca. > > > > > > > >