Jane, Did you go to the link for the message board post. At the message board you click on the attachment. It opens the letter. When I ran my mouse across the letter, it showed a box in the corner. I clicked on that box and the letter enlarged so that I could read it just fine. I think you probably know but there may be others who are members of this list who have forgotten. When someone posts on the message board at Ancestry.com for Maury County, the posts are gatewayed to the Roots-L list. The only way the person sees a reply made at Roots-L is if they are also members of the Roots-L list. If they are not and we reply to the post over here and not on the message board they may never see the reply. In essence all messages posted on the message board show up on the Roots-L archive but it does not work the other way. You will find messages on the Roots-L archive that you will not find on the message board. As I said Jane I think you probably know that but I think there are many others here who do not. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? > > Jane Foley > NC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it > > with everyone. > > > > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. > > > > Don Howell > > > > > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Thanks Rick for the hints. Some of them I had forgotten. I was able to pull up the letter full size. But some of the words I could not read because of the fancy writing. I couldn't make heads or tails out of what he was asking for or even the signature. It didn't look like it was any of my 16 plus lines so I guess I will just forget it. Thanks anyway for trying to help. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Gray" <rgray7824@charter.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Jane, Did you go to the link for the message board post. At the message > board you click on the attachment. It opens the letter. When I ran my > mouse > across the letter, it showed a box in the corner. I clicked on that box > and > the letter enlarged so that I could read it just fine. > > I think you probably know but there may be others who are members of this > list who have forgotten. When someone posts on the message board at > Ancestry.com for Maury County, the posts are gatewayed to the Roots-L > list. > The only way the person sees a reply made at Roots-L is if they are also > members of the Roots-L list. If they are not and we reply to the post over > here and not on the message board they may never see the reply. In essence > all messages posted on the message board show up on the Roots-L archive > but > it does not work the other way. You will find messages on the Roots-L > archive that you will not find on the message board. > > As I said Jane I think you probably know that but I think there are many > others here who do not. > > Rick > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > >> Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? >> >> Jane Foley >> NC >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> >> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM >> Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 >> >> >> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> > >> > Classification: Query >> > >> > Message Board URL: >> > >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 >> > >> > Message Board Post: >> > >> > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it >> > with everyone. >> > >> > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. >> > >> > Don Howell >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >> > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS >> > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== >> SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS >> http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Jane, Oh I had trouble reading some of the writing too. I always do. Even after 20 years at this, I still can't get used to alot of the fancy writing - probably won't ever. Good luck, Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:49 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Thanks Rick for the hints. Some of them I had forgotten. I was able to > pull up the letter full size. But some of the words I could not read > because of the fancy writing. I couldn't make heads or tails out of what he > was asking for or even the signature. It didn't look like it was any of my > 16 plus lines so I guess I will just forget it. Thanks anyway for trying to > help. > > Jane Foley > NC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Gray" <rgray7824@charter.net> > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 7:41 PM > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > > > Jane, Did you go to the link for the message board post. At the message > > board you click on the attachment. It opens the letter. When I ran my > > mouse > > across the letter, it showed a box in the corner. I clicked on that box > > and > > the letter enlarged so that I could read it just fine. > > > > I think you probably know but there may be others who are members of this > > list who have forgotten. When someone posts on the message board at > > Ancestry.com for Maury County, the posts are gatewayed to the Roots-L > > list. > > The only way the person sees a reply made at Roots-L is if they are also > > members of the Roots-L list. If they are not and we reply to the post over > > here and not on the message board they may never see the reply. In essence > > all messages posted on the message board show up on the Roots-L archive > > but > > it does not work the other way. You will find messages on the Roots-L > > archive that you will not find on the message board. > > > > As I said Jane I think you probably know that but I think there are many > > others here who do not. > > > > Rick > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jane Foley" <mjfent@bellsouth.net> > > To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > > > > > >> Don, can't read it. Can you print out the letter? > >> > >> Jane Foley > >> NC > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <LHOWELL@wk.net> > >> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:18 PM > >> Subject: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > >> > >> > >> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >> > > >> > Classification: Query > >> > > >> > Message Board URL: > >> > > >> > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACI/527 > >> > > >> > Message Board Post: > >> > > >> > I just received this letter in the mail today and thought i'd share it > >> > with everyone. > >> > > >> > Feel free to post it to any other Maury County websites out there. > >> > > >> > Don Howell > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > >> > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > >> > http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > >> > > >> > ============================== > >> > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > >> SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS & VIEWS > >> http://lists.topica.com/lists/SouthernHeritage/prefs/info.html > >> > >> ============================== > >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >> > > > > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > > > ============================== > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > New content added every business day. 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