I need your help. I have been notified by a couple of lists that my personal e-mail is being bounced back to the senders to a large extent and causing lots of problems. This are those messages going to: noelm@noelm.com I need to know if anyone of you have had your messages to me bounced back to you? If you have, you can notify me at the following URL: noelm@hypermall.net If that doesn't work, reply back to me via the list. If you receive back any of the e-mails that you have set to me, please send me the message with the full heading if you still have it so I can look at what it says. Thanks, Noel

Not sure if this has been on the list so will post it. Noel The East Tennessee Historical Society is gearing up for the 2000 Southeastern Genealogy Conference and hopes to see you there. The conference will be held May 26 and May 27 in downtown Knoxville at the Knoxville Hilton, just one block from the East Tennessee History Center. The conference is open to ETHS members and non-members alike and includes a variety of sessions geared to all levels of experience from beginner to advanced. Conference sessions will cover a variety of topics from research in various states associated with Tennessee migration, ethnic genealogy, research in special collections such as the ETHS First Families of Tennessee files, and the Draper Manuscripts. Other topics will discuss the cultural heritage of our ancestors including Scotch-Irish language, life on the frontier, and Tennessee Forty-Niners-- looking at those Tennesseans who ventured west to join the California Gold Rush. Speakers scheduled to present programs include Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Billy Kennedy (author of The Scots-Irish in Tennessee and other books of Scots-Irish history), and Michael Montgomery (one of the foremost experts in Scots-Irish and Appalachian language). Other speakers will include: R.P. Baker * Dorothy Boyd-Rush * Ron Bryant * Kevin Cherry * Steve Cotham (head of the McClung Historical Collection) * Robert S. Davis, Jr. * Walter T. Durham * Pat Spurlock Elder * Cherel Henderson (director of the First Families of Tennessee heritage project) * Shelia Steele Hunt * Doris Martinson (manager of the Knox County Archives* Billie McNamara * Dorothy Potter * Shane Rhyne * Charles A. Sherrill (Tennessee State Library & Archives). For a complete listing of speakers and topics, plus registration information, visit the East Tennessee Historical Society web pages at www.east-tennessee-history.org Follow the links for the Tennessee Family History Weekend to learn more about the Southeastern Genealogy Conference and other activities associated with the weekend including a history fair, barbecue picnic, and motorcoach tours. We look forward to seeing you May 26-28 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Family History Weekend is presented by the East Tennessee Historical Society with sponsorship assistance from BankFirst, the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) of Knoxville, WBIR-TV, and grant assistance from the Knox County government.

You have probably heard about this but I want to send it out anyway. Most of these Virus Alerts we hear about are not valid but this one is REAL. The main protection from the virus is to NOT open the "I Love You" file that is attached to the e-mail received. Most of the Virus Protection centers are working on a fix for it and some are up on the web as of now. These only work if you have this special virus-fix program on your computer. There are probalby others on the list that can direct us to those fixit sites. My school got hit hard with the virus this morning. It was spread in an e-mail message that came from (of all places) our computer IT group. It went to everyone at the school and was sent out again by many. Of course since many of us are on the mailing lists of each other, some received it several times, and was even sent back to the IT department. They had to shut down the computer e-mail system and clean the files one computer at a time in order to stop the "looping." Anyone that uses Outlook will send the virus on to others automatically. So just because you catch it the first time, it will probably be back. I don't think that it will be sent automatically if you use Netscape for your mail. So, over the next week or so, be on the lookout for ANY ATTACHMENTS that you receive. Since the virus comes in e-mails from someone that you know, don't open them. Delete it immediately and then go to your "trash" bin or file and clean it as well. Noel Matthews noelm@noelm.com

The East Tennessee Historical Society is gearing up for the 2000 Southeastern Genealogy Conference and hopes to see you there. The conference will be held May 26 and May 27 in downtown Knoxville at the Knoxville Hilton, just one block from the East Tennessee History Center. The conference is open to ETHS members and non-members alike and includes a variety of sessions geared to all levels of experience from beginner to advanced. Conference sessions will cover a variety of topics from research in various states associated with Tennessee migration, ethnic genealogy, research in special collections such as the ETHS First Families of Tennessee files, and the Draper Manuscripts. Other topics will discuss the cultural heritage of our ancestors including Scotch-Irish language, life on the frontier, and Tennessee Forty-Niners-- looking at those Tennesseans who ventured west to join the California Gold Rush. Speakers scheduled to present programs include Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Billy Kennedy (author of The Scots-Irish in Tennessee and other books of Scots-Irish history), and Michael Montgomery (one of the foremost experts in Scots-Irish and Appalachian language). Other speakers will include: R.P. Baker * Dorothy Boyd-Rush * Ron Bryant * Kevin Cherry * Steve Cotham (head of the McClung Historical Collection) * Robert S. Davis, Jr. * Walter T. Durham * Pat Spurlock Elder * Cherel Henderson (director of the First Families of Tennessee heritage project) * Shelia Steele Hunt * Doris Martinson (manager of the Knox County Archives* Billie McNamara * Dorothy Potter * Shane Rhyne * Charles A. Sherrill (Tennessee State Library & Archives). For a complete listing of speakers and topics, plus registration information, visit the East Tennessee Historical Society web pages at www.east-tennessee-history.org Follow the links for the Tennessee Family History Weekend to learn more about the Southeastern Genealogy Conference and other activities associated with the weekend including a history fair, barbecue picnic, and motorcoach tours. We look forward to seeing you May 26-28 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Family History Weekend is presented by the East Tennessee Historical Society with sponsorship assistance from the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) of Knoxville, WBIR-TV, and grant assistance from the Knox County government.

I recieved this from another list and thought perhaps it could be of interest to some one else. :-) Betty McBee macbetty@worldshare.net Over the past decade, the Ricks College Family History Center has been extracting and indexing marriage records in several of the western states including Arizona, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. Additional work has been done in northern California, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and southwestern Wyoming. See List of Countries by State for a more detailed list. As of 1 April 2000, this file contains over 216,00 entries with additional marriage information added daily. http://abish.ricks.edu/fhc/gbsearch.asp

I recieved this from another list and thought it was very interesting------------ Betty macbetty@worldshare.net This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, Kansas and reprinted by the Salina Journal. 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, Kansas - 1895 Grammar (Time, one hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications. 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run. 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation. 7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865? Orthography (Time, one hour) 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phoneticorthography, etymology, syllabication? 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals? 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'. 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super. 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. Geography (Time, one hour) 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of N.A. 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco. 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers. 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth. - ------------------------------------------------ Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass this test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized. Imagine their professors even being able to pass the 8th Grade. Can Americans, student and professor alike, get back up to the 8th Grade level of 1895? - -------------------------------------------------

Hi List, I'm doing research on a WILLIAM O. CHADWICK AND WIFE RACHEL K. CHAPMAN. Last name could be spelled SHADRICK/CHADWICK/SHADWICK. died in marion co tn aug 16 1885 can any one do a look up on them and the death to see were either one is buried she went to court in sequtchie co 1895 to get his pension. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks tennanny@webtv.net kay This information is by me. KAY, SMILE BE HAPPY, IT DOESN'T HURT. <(:^]>) DYE*[TN] BLANTON [TN] *CASSIDY*[TN,OHIO,KY] HUGHS *SHAW [TN] *SHADWICK [TN] * CHADWICK*[TN] SHADRICK*[TN] MCCARVEY[GA] *CROW/CROWE[GA] LEMOND/REESE [VA-TN] and Many More!

Dear List Members, I promised many of you what I found out about the records and this is the reply I have received today from the son of Mr. Cunningham on the sad fate of the funeral records. Guess we are back to digging up another source. Gwen ********************** Message From: James W. Cunningham Date: Thu, Apr 20, 2000, 1:26pm To: wheelbarrowfarm@webtv.net Subject: Funeral Records Gwen, I'm sorry, but I can't help you. My parents bought the funeral home in Tracy City in 1942 and sold it in 1950. The previous owner was a Norvell--I don't know the first name. Whether Norvell owned the funeral home back as far as 1925 when your great-grandfather died, I can't say. My mother, who is still living, says that she and my father never had the Norvell funeral records. According to her, they were probably burned by Mrs. Norvell. I think she is just guessing about that. As a genealogy buff, I recoiled in horror! But, she said that the records told who had paid and who had not paid for funerals and what people had died of, both kinds of information that should not have been released to the general public. So, I guess I can understand it a bit, but I wish the records had been donated to the Archives in Nashville or somewhere like that. Of course, I don't know for sure that they weren't. Sorry, I can't help you. Jim Researching G.R.A.H.A.M/N.U.N.N.L.E.Y/B.O.S.T/ M.Y.E.R.S./H.A.N.S.F.O.R.D. /S.T.A.N.B.A.C.K/S.T.R.E.E.T/

Does anyone have excess to census in marion, co tn and for what years. 1 need 1850/1860/1870/1880/1900/1910/1920.lookup foe a henry cassidy. would be greatly appreciate. This information is by me. KAY, SMILE BE HAPPY, IT DOESN'T HURT. <(:^]>) DYE*[TN] BLANTON [TN] *CASSIDY*[TN,OHIO,KY] HUGHS *SHAW [TN] *SHADWICK [TN] * CHADWICK*[TN] SHADRICK*[TN] MCCARVEY[GA] *CROW/CROWE[GA] LEMOND/REESE [VA-TN] and Many More!

I can't believe I did that ,SORRY!! the link is http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi betty

this is a new link I recieved from another list. Am very impressed by it for finding graves of ancestors. Thought you might enjoy it too. Betty McBee macbetty@worldshare.net

I have formed a new forum on e-groups for the use of the list in posting wueries. The advantage is that the queries will remain on the site for the year. You will be able to go back and see who others are searching for and they will be able to see your posts. This is something that we can't do now with this mailing list. Each of you will be send an invatation to join the list. Like just about all lists today, you must be a member in order to post to it. You don't have to be a member if you only what to read what someone else has already posted. The URL to this page: http://www.egroups.com/group/tnmario The mailing address for the TNMARION E-GROUP is: tnmarion@egroups.com This new query list is not meant to replace this mailing list. Feel free to still post your questions as we have done in the past. Use the Query Forum if you want your query to be available to others who visit but may not have seen the e-mail. I hope it works out. Let's give it a try and see. Go to the list when you get the invite, join and post. It should be helpful. Cheers, Noel

Just found in the 1900 Marion Co. Tn. Census John Adams b. ca 1865 who married Mary J. Gipson b. ca 1872. They had Emma b. 1894 and Mary b. 1896. What happened to this family? John is found in the 1910 Grundy Co. Tn. Census married to his second wife Lydia Ann Summers with their children. Would like to contact anyone working on these families? Also is there a marriage lookup available for Grundy and Marion Counties for John Adams and Mary J. Gipson ca 1890? Thank you, Glenda Suit

Hi, I'm researching a WILLIAM O. SHADRICK/SHADWICK/CHADWICK. He was in Marion Co,Tn in the 1860's he served in th cherokee war ,fla war,and served at north chickamanga in hamilton co,tn. he lived in inman tn and died there 1886 could there be any record of this ?they also were in rhea co,marion co, roane co. sequtchie co, too. he was born about 18 16 tn.married 3 times to aggy? rhea co,mcdaniels in rhea co tn . rachel was his third wife. Any help would be appreciated. help linda This information is by me. KAY, SMILE BE HAPPY, IT DOESN'T HURT. <(:^]>) DYE*[TN] BLANTON [TN] *CASSIDY*[TN,OHIO,KY] HUGHS *SHAW [TN] *SHADWICK [TN] * CHADWICK*[TN] SHADRICK*[TN] MCCARVEY[GA] *CROW/CROWE[GA]

HI List, I'm doing genealogy on a WILLIAM O. SHADWICK born abt 1818 tn. would like a census look-up and any inforation i can find on him. he was married to a AGGY ? wouldlove o know her maiden name and would love to find information on him. any help would be greatly appreciated . can email me at tennanny@webtv.net thank you kay This information is by me. KAY, SMILE BE HAPPY, IT DOESN'T HURT. <(:^]>) DYE*[TN] BLANTON [TN] *CASSIDY*[TN,OHIO,KY] HUGHS *SHAW [TN] *SHADWICK [TN] * CHADWICK*[TN] SHADRICK*[TN] MCCARVEY[GA] *CROW/CROWE[GA]

Would like to know if anyone has the Goodspeed history of Marion County? It has a short history and then lost of Bios about early people, around 1885 or so. If you have a copy let me know. I would like to have some of the information for the web site. Cheers, Noel

Wow what a great sight!! Our hats off to you Noel, you did a terrific job on creating this sight for all of us. THANK YOU !!!!! How about it everyone, lets show Noel how much we really appreciate him by contributing information to him for this sight. This means you, and remember every thing is important, so please share all you can. Thanks Mac and Betty McBee macbetty@worldshare.net

Hi-- I am new to the list. My great grandfather, James B. McBRIDE was born in 1858 in Hunt County, TX. He had two older brothers, Pleasant McBRIDE and William McBRIDE who were listed as having been born in Marion County, TN in 1844 and 1846, respectively, in their Confederate Pension Records, filed in Texas. Does anyone have any information on this family? They apparently moved to Texas between 1846 and 1849. The parent's were William McBride (b. 1816-17, Tennessee) and Teresa?(b. 1819-20, Tennessee). Thanks for your help. Meg

Hi, Could someone assist me in determining a date of death for my grandfather, Issac Ottress Laster. He moved to Richard City in 1922. His date of death should be between 1926 and 1936. D.L.Crews

We are working on John Quincy Adams born ca 1825 and died 1887 in Franklin County, Tn. He lived near Providence, Pelham and Bell's Cove in Grundy County, Tn. His children were living in Franklin, Coffee, Grundy and Marion Counties. Would like to hear from anyone working on ADAMS, THOMAS, SMITH, BYARS, SUMMERS, DIKES, NORTHCUTT and McANALLY names from Franklin, Grundy, Marion and Coffee Counties. Glenda Suit Boise, Idah