Gary, I would love to see this page on Audie Murphy but it says the page has expired. Any ideas? Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark" <mmurphy@our-town.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 10:57 PM Subject: RE: [TNMAURY-L] RE: Knob Creek it is > Gary, > > I like your post and way of thinking on getting primary documentation (or > transcripts thereof). I believe with the advent of DNA technology and the > internet, all of our genealogy brick walls will soon be broken down, if > the > science and knowledge is used correctly and honesty. > > One day I decided to do a line on Audie Murphy. Spent a couple of days on > Ancestry, other internet sites and in the library. Here's my logic so far > on him: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/text/10.1.39M.tx > t > This doesn't have anything to do with Maury Co., but just showing that in > two days I gathered more info than could be done in a month probably in > the > old days, waiting on courthouse steps for them to open, going to FHCs, > etc. > I was thinking about doing Eddie Murphy just to see if we are related. > Might do some Elvis now if I can get the time. > > Best thing about Ancestry is that you can get copies of censuses and other > records online. I used to be mad when they started charging for > everything, > but have changed my tune. They host Rootsweb, which hosts my site, so I > best stop complaining about commercializing genealogy. > > Soon I'll post again a little synopsis of the Murphey boys and girls from > Maury Co., as it has been a couple of years since I've done so, and there > may be new folks on here interested. > > Good hunting, > Mark Murphy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Hood [mailto:garyhood@egyptian.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 3:09 PM > To: TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNMAURY-L] RE: Knob Creek it is > > If I remember right, Elvis' ancestor tree is on Rootsweb where all the > others are. I don't know which one it was. If you search on him you get a > million choices. Best I remember it was like all the rest, sketchy and > with > no source citations, but there is bound to be some truth to it. I don't > remember which Hanks line or anything now. > > I'm just a Appalachian American (formerly known as hillbilly), Ann, and > don't know much about DNA, but from what I heard on CSI or maybe PBS an > old > envelope would have lost its DNA years ago. Same for his bones or other > remains. I could be wrong about that. Maybe a somebody smart will read > this > and tell us for sure. We have kin who are well educated in all kinds of > things. I think the did get DNA from King TUT, or some other mummy, but > that > is a case where it was well preserved and still had yucky stuff in it. > > Be sure to include in your book the story about Elijah Newton Hanks, > called > Newton, and his nephew Elijah Newton, called Elijah. Elijah moved to > Kansas > and joined the Union Army. Newt stayed in Maury and joined CSA. They met > after a battle in KS while both sides were removing the dead from the > field. > They asked permission to visit a while and it was refused by both sides. > They never saw each other again, far as I know. There's more on the site > in > the Dodson descendants about that, but it is not the full story. There's > more somewhere else, but I don't remember where I got it. That was in the > days before I realized the importance of source citations. While you're at > it, feel free to use whatever source documents you want from my site. If > there's anything else I didn't post, you need, that I might have, and can > send you for it, holler. > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/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 > >

That was from Mark Murphy. The message board cut off the t on the end. Copy the link and paste to your browser, go the end of it and type a t after the x. Press Return key. It should work then. Or try this link. We'll see if the t gets cut off. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~freshnup/markmurph/text/10.1.39M.tx t