2 more pages have been added for Greenwood and 6 for White Oak cemeteries. Greenwood is now 65.5% done; White Oak - 75% done. I've got 80 pages left to do between the two. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhamilt/cemetery.htm I've also added the next 250 records for Forest Hills - http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhamilt/frsthill.htm Tim

For a study of cultural conditions in Monroe, Blount,Loudon (and surrounding area), I am focusing onthe HOWARD/McGHEE/JONES feud and would appreciate input from descendants of the contemporaries of the feud events. JONES and HOWARD families had close ties to HAMILTON COUNTY, and Hamilton Count newspapers reported extensively on the feud episodes, which lasted from 1898 through 1902. This research will delve beyond previous feud accounts. Any of your ancestors' memories of how these events were perceived then, as well as how they are regarded today are appreciated. Reply privately to jbtroy1@aol.com Joan Troy jbtroy1@aol.com

Tennessee Researchers: You're invited to a ONE-TIME chat for genealogy in TENNESSEE! Please join us this Thursday night. Feel free to pass this message on to others who might be interested: http://huntsville.about.com/mpchat.htm 10-11 pm Eastern Time; 9-10 pm Central Time; 8-9 pm Mt. Time; 7-8 pm Pacific Bring a list of your surnames, any genealogy resources, and hints & tips to share. If you've never been to a chat, let me know and I'll send you step-by-step instructions. If you miss the chat, you can go to the forum and post your surname queries and research questions at: http://forums.about.com/ab-huntsville A transcript of the chat will be available at: http://huntsville.about.com/blrecords.htm If you need directions for the chat room or the forum, just write and I'll send you step-by-step instructions. Hope to see you Thursday! Jean Brandau huntsville2@home.com

I am extracting death certs for Hamilton Co. from Feb to Mar of 1943. I only have 100 of them from the LDS film #2137332. I would be happy to watch for names if you are interested. It looks like most of them are from Chatanooga. Brenda Tanner http://home.thirdage.com/SmallBusiness/btanner

Brand new to your list! Hi everyone! I am interested in learning about the BIGGS line from Hamilton County. I have just recently learned that James BIGGS married 1st Mary GWIN 21 Nov 1816. James and Mary had 13 children, as follows: Charles, Luther, John Willis, Allen, Ruth, Preston, Georgia, Willis A, James, Kizzere, Elizabeth, Andrew and Franklin. James married 2nd Leanner GOBLET 06 Aug 1856, also in Hamilton County. James and Leanner had 2 children that I know of: Buchanan and Thomas C. The BIGGS line I am researching stems from Thomas C. BIGGS and Linnie BARRETT. All I know about Thomas C. is that he was born 1861. I don't have marriage date or death date for him. I know nothing about Linnie. Would like to know her various dates, parents and siblings if possible. Anyone recogize this line???? Any comments, corrections or directions would be most appreciated. Thanks! Netta

A few more pages have been added for Greenwood and 1 for White Oak cemeteries. Greenwood is now 63% done; White Oak - 71% done. I've got under 90 pages left to do between the two. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhamilt/cemetery.htm I've also added in the churches for Sale Creek to the 1942 church survey. Tim

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Some time ago I had a message about Daniel GRIFFIN who lived in Hamilton Co. I lost the person's email and would like to correspond with him more. My Griffin family research is setting stale as it was 18 years ago. Any help on Griffin families in this area of Tennessee (Hamilton, Rhea, Meigs, Blount, McMinn, Roane, Polk) would certainly be much appreciated. Thanks for reading and good luck to all. Kay

Hi, Can you tell me what the oldest date is that there might be records for? Linda http://members.tripod.com/~Linda_T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Surnames:Stith, Goodwyn, Massenburg, Mason, Charity, Charles, Pretlow, Goings, Horn, Green, Threadgill, Copeland, Boon, Weaver, Eley, Williams, Austin, Manus, Leake, Harrison, Jones, Howell, Holland, McKenzie, McCaleb, Thomas, Witcher, Moon, Lancaster, Buckingham, Baker, Smith, Brown and others

Hi all, I first wish to thank all of you for helping me locate the address of the Paper Co. my grandfather may of worked for in the twenties and thirties. That would be Molly, Bill & Felishia, what a super bunch of folks. Felishia just sent me the address and I will let you all know if this pans out. I did try writing to the funeral home on my greatgrandmothers death certificate. It was the CHATTANOOGA FUNERAL HOME. This is the following information I received back: Name Date of Birth Place of Birth (only state) Age Date of death Place of death Doctor Name of father Name of mother Military record SSN Occupation Widowed Sex Place of funeral date of funeral Place of internment Minister Body prepared by Director Sadly they didn't include her second husband's first name or the city she was born in. That was what I was looking for. Hope this helps someone. Bushy Hartman mihartman@infoave.net

Hello, The East Tennessee Historical Society is now hosting an online mailing list to help keep you up-to-date on the latest news from ETHS. This "announcement only" list will be used to update subscribers on special events at the East Tennessee Historical Society, including museum exhibits, lectures, genealogy classes, tours, and more. Subscribers to the mailing list will receive regular updates of the ETHS calendar of events, as well as information about specials and sales in the ETHS Museum Shop and other ETHS-related news. Don't miss out on the variety of special events and activities sponsored by ETHS. Subscribe to this free service by sending a blank email message to ethsevents-subscribe@egroups.com You can also keep up to date on ETHS events by regularly visiting the ETHS web site at www.east-tennessee-history.org Sincerely, Shane Rhyne, Public Relations Director East Tennessee Historical Society www.east-tennessee-history.org

Molly mentioned O.B. Andrews Paper Company was operating in Chattanooga and they have changed the name. By any chance would they have changed the name to Georgia-Pacific? They have them all over the south and also in WV which from the OH list I have been told they had a plant in WV and the folks lived in Toronto, OH. That would explain why he left Chattanooga and went to OH for a certain amount of time and then returned. Thanks everyone Bushy mihartman@infoave.net Also I am sorry to say I don't know how far back the school records go but it only cost you a couple of stamps so why not give it a try? My records were from 1937 & 1930.

Carolyn posed a couple of good questions. I am hoping there is a second envelope coming and was just seperated in the mail. There wasn't any charges with the one I received or any type of communication. I am sorry I can not answer your questions. I will let you know though if I do hear more from the great folks that filled my request. I will send a gratuity if there aren't any charges since they were so nice and fast with handling my request. I always try to leave a great impression so others who follow will be treated like I was. Bushy > Hello Bushy! > > I appreciate the posting about the Hamilton Co. School Records. My > grandmother and my father attended school in Hamilton Co. I will certainly > write to request their records. Was any fee charged? Do you know the > earliest year for which I might request records? My great grandparents also > attended school in Hamilton Co., TN. > Thanks for taking the time to share your info. > > Regards, Carolyn Nelson

I promised to pass along how it went ordering school records. I sent last week and already received them today. I sent a list of my fathers siblings, their parents, and their home address along with birth dates but a couple not sure of. Out of five I received three and one being my fathers. I don't know if they sent another envelope since this one was full so if you order more than one you should send an envelope with each request since each report is two pages. I have found out the positive birth dates for my father's siblings and birth location. I also found out they lived for a time in Toronto, OH. I have to figure this out still. I do know that my grandfather requested his social security card in OH and wasn't sure they were one in the same person, now I know. I have sent for his application just haven't received it yet. I also learned that my grandfathers occupation was Paper Machine Tender, what ever that is. I don't know if they had a postion in the Army for that or if he worked for a newspaper. I wanted to thank again those that were so kind in helping an out of towner and I hope passing this on gives someone more light on their ancestors past. Bushy Hartman mihartman@infoave.net The information contained in the records was: Full name of child Place of birth and date Name of parent or guardian & their occupation Place of residence before entering school School last attended Age when discharged Latest residence Date of Admission/Age Sept 1st/Grade/Room/Health/Conduct/Scholarship It can give if they had a medical problem. The address that Jack in TN was so kind to provide was: mail a letter to: Hamilton County School Records Office Attn: Ruby Collins 1161 W. 40th Street Chattanooga,TN 37409

A few more pages have been added for Greenwood and White Oak cemeteries. Greenwood is now 58% done; White Oak - 70% done. I've got under 100 pages left to do between the two. After that I'll concentrate on Forest Hills and updates and corrections to the others. Updated this week Stewart Cemetery, sent in by a reader. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnhamilt/cemetery.htm Tim

I want to thank all the great folks that helped me the last few days. Also I have written for my father's school records(thanks Jack in TN) and will let everyone know how much records cost and what they reveal. I have also asked about photos that may be archived. Here are a couple of sites that you may find interesting if you ancestors were stationed in Fort Oglethorpe and living in Chattanooga. http://ngeorgia.com/county/catoosa.html Archives for Catoosa Co., GA http://catoosa.com/history/index-history.html This is just over the border from TN and located in GA. It has some nice old photos and articles on Fort Oglethorpe. http://www.nps.gov/chch/ Chattanooga/Chickamauga site

Chattanooga - Hamilton Co. Bicentennial Library, 1100 Broad Street ,Chattanooga , Tn. 37402 Ph.# (423) 757-5317 . This may help those of you researching families in Chattanooga ? Happy Hunting ! Molly

--WebTV-Mail-20029-349 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit see the forwarded message for library info. Molly --WebTV-Mail-20029-349 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-WebTV-Signature: 1 ETAtAhQhGxzrWbXHtMNtP5mvc7RMZs+CWAIVAIqNShgDB+si+xUMAauFpnrhArIa From: skunkmolly@webtv.net Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 12:35:51 -0400 (EDT) To: jbdooley@worldnet.att.net (Barbara and James Dooley) Subject: Re: [TNHAMILT] Chattanooga-Hamilton Lib email address needed Message-ID: <5783-39BFACE7-408@storefull-213.iap.bryant.webtv.net> In-Reply-To: Barbara and James Dooley <jbdooley@worldnet.att.net>'s message of Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:37:25 -0400 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Bushy, The library is open Mon. - Thur. til 9:00 P.M. and on Fri. & Sat. til 6:00 P.M...... The lady that you could write to is Clara . Yours, Molly --WebTV-Mail-20029-349--

I also tried to email the library. I had tried to open the obituary index and was told something about this file's not being "implemented." Since that didn't work, I clicked on their email address to ask about it, but the message was returned. Does anyone know about the availability of the obits indexat the present time? Another question--how do I use a reply on this list, so that it will go to the whole list rather than to the individual? I finally did a copy and paste here from my address book. I tried Shift-Reply and Control-Reply. Barbara Dooley At 09:00 AM 9/13/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi everyone, >I have been trying to get a copy of an article that my greatgrandmother was >in that may contain valuable genealogy information. I have tried sending an >email to the Chattanooga-Hamilton Libary from their web page. It was >returned since I don't have an actual name of someone working there to put >in the address. Does anyone have an email address to write to for that Lib. >I know I can call but I am out of state and that would be a long distance >call during prime time. I just need an email address that works for the >library.

Bushy, You can send a request to the Chattanooga library with $10 and they will send you a copy of the article. Also, the Tennessee State Archives has Chattanooga newspapers, see http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/paper-c1.htm#Chattanooga Their fee is $5 Try the Family History Library. Their online catalog http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchcatalog.asp They have a good collection of Hamilton Co/Chattanooga records, including some Chattanooga City Directories. I don't know if they (the Salt Lake City Family History Library) will do a search of their records but you can order microfilm (for about $3) from your nearest Family History Library. Nicole Pinson Bushy Hartman wrote: > Hi everyone, > I have been trying to get a copy of an article that my greatgrandmother was > in that may contain valuable genealogy information. I have tried sending an > email to the Chattanooga-Hamilton Libary from their web page. It was > returned since I don't have an actual name of someone working there to put > in the address. Does anyone have an email address to write to for that Lib. > I know I can call but I am out of state and that would be a long distance > call during prime time. I just need an email address that works for the > library. > > Also have written the newpaper and their response is below. I am pretty sure > she had the interview with the paper when she turned 100 years old on July > 31, 1973. I feel confident it is at least within that month. If there is > anyone out there who has a SUPER heart of gold I sure would appreciate a > look up. I would be more than willing to pay. > > Also I have written before about finding the school names of when my father > lived there from 1922-1940 (?). I realized I could use my computers map > program to put in the address which gave me the zip codes. Now with the > suggestion Jack in TN sent to me, I will contact the school system and see > if they have archives. Once I find out I will let everyone know what I have > found. > > Also, if I found out if you know what Insurance Co. your family used and a > policy number they will send you the file on the person. They used insurance > policies on delayed birth certificates to verify age. > > Thanks for any help you can provide it is so greatfully appreciated. > Bushy Hartman > mihartman@infoave.net > > _______________________________________- > Subject: FW: Lenora B. Purvis article > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:41:03 -0400 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) > Content-Type: text/plain > > Bushy: > We are currently renovating our library and our microfilm and clip files are > in storage. > You might try the Hamilton County Bicentennial Library at (423) 757-5310 or > 1001 Broad St., Chattanooga, TN 37401. I am not sure how much research they > will do for you. > If you don't have any luck with them, please feel free to contact us again > in mid-October and we will see what we can do. Your time span (1970-1973) is > pretty broad considering if we have nothing in a clip file, that is > microfilm work. We have a staff of 1 and 1/2 which does not allow us the > luxury of those types of searches. > > Good Luck, > Jackie Punneo > Librarian > > > ---------- > > From: Tant, Angela > > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 5:10 PM > > To: Punneo, Jackie > > Subject: FW: Lenora B. Purvis article > > > > > > > > ---------- > > From: Bushy Hartman > > Reply To: Bushy Hartman > > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 10:55 AM > > To: webmaster@chatfreepress.mindspring.com > > Subject: Lenora B. Purvis article > > > > Hello, > > I am trying to find a news article about my great grandmother. She had her > > 100th birthday in 1973. I am not sure whether your newspaper wrote the > > article about her during that time or prior possibly 1970. I am working on > > my families genealogy and my ggrandmother was some kinda person. Here is > > the information I have on her if that will help to locate the article. > > > > Lenora B. Purvis, b. July 31, 1873; d. Nov 15, 1974, Chattanooga, > > Hamiliton Co. TN. > > Residence 600 Ledford Street, Chattanooga Hamiliton Co., TN. > > Husbands: (1)Andrew MIXON (dec'd); (2) ____ PURVIS (dec'd) > > Daughters: Laura Louise COX; Thelma PURVIS; Ann PURVIS > > > > Content of article: was about Lenora working as a cook for coal miners > > till she was 93 years old. There is a couple of photos one being her face > > close up I believe holding a pie. > > > > How much would this cost, which I am happy to pay. If your office doesn't > > do this service could you refer me to who does? I live out of state so I > > am unable to do it myself. > > > > Thanks so much for your time, have a nice day. > > Bushy Hartman > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/