This came through the Bradley list, and thought you all might be interested...ch ----- Original Message ----- From: SRomanek <romanek@cybertrails.com> To: <TNBRADLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 1:42 PM Subject: [TNBRADLE] Searchable Index Civil War Photo's] > I thought I would pass this resource along too. It does > work. I just recently got two photos I requested, and IT IS > FREE. > > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 5:56 AM > Subject: [Fwd: [HARVEY-L] Searchable Index Civil War > Photo's] > > > FYI: Happy New Year! -- MEW > > The U.S. Army Military History Institute has started a > searchable > database of their Special Collections. Using this database > you can > see if a photograph exists of your Civil War ancestor. > > Just enter the surname you're searching and the results page > will give > any photos of any soldier with that surname, along with (if > known) his > regiment. > > Next, you can send an e-mail with the photo ID's that you're > interested in. The Army will then send you (for free) a > photocopy of > the picture, along with instructions on ordering a duplicate > photo. > > An 8x10 photo costs $10.00. No more then ten photos will be > produced > for any one customer per year. > > http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html > > > You can supply any of your surnames of ancestors that may > have been in > the Civil War. The brief information usually mentions the > regiment > associated with the name, so that information can help you > locate that > person in Military archives > > Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

Congrats to Dan Burrows for compiling this and thinking of the Lists by giving his permission to send this to other Lists! This is worth printing out & keeping!! 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Cohen Priest Collier Coal miner Colporteur Peddler of books Cooper One who makes or repairs vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, barrels, tubs, etc. Cordwainer Shoemaker, originally any leather worker using leather from Cordova/Cordoba in Spain Costermonger Peddler of fruits and vegetables Crocker Potter Crowner Coroner Currier One who dresses the coat of a horse with a currycomb; one who tanned leather by incorporating oil or grease Docker Stevedore, dock worker who loads and unloads cargo Dowser One who finds water using a rod or witching stick Draper A dealer in dry goods Drayman One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads Dresser A surgeon's assistant in a hospital Drover One who drives cattle, sheep, etc. to market; a dealer in cattle Duffer Peddler Factor Agent, commission merchant; one who acts or transacts business for another; Scottish steward or bailiff of an estate Farrier A blacksmith, one who shoes horses Faulkner Falconer Fell monger One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making Fletcher One who made bows and arrows Fuller One who fulls cloth;one who shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth Gaoler A keeper of the goal, a jailer Glazier Window glassman Hacker Maker of hoes Hatcheler One who combed out or carded flax Haymonger Dealer in hay Hayward Keeper of fences Higgler Itinerant peddler Hillier Roof tiler Hind A farm laborer Holster A groom who took care of horses, often at an inn Hooker Reaper Hooper One who made hoops for casks and barrels Huckster Sells small wares Husbandman A farmer who cultivated the land Jagger Fish peddler Journeyman One who had served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day Joyner / Joiner A skilled carpenter Keeler Bargeman Kempster Wool comber Lardner Keeper of the cupboard Lavender Washer woman Lederer Leather maker Leech Physician Longshoreman Stevedore Lormer Maker of horse gear Malender Farmer Maltster Brewer Manciple A steward Mason Bricklayer Mintmaster One who issued local currency Monger Seller of goods (ale, fish) Muleskinner Teamster Neatherder Herds cows Ordinary Keeper Innkeeper with fixed prices Pattern Maker A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end Peregrinator Itinerant wanderer Peruker A wig maker Pettifogger A shyster lawyer Pigman Crockery dealer Plumber One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows. Porter Door keeper Puddler Wrought iron worker Quarrier Quarry worker Rigger Hoist tackle worker Ripper Seller of fish Roper Maker of rope or nets Saddler One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses Sawbones Physician Sawyer One who saws; carpenter Schumacker Shoemaker Scribler A minor or worthless author Scrivener Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public Scrutiner Election judge Shrieve Sheriff Slater Roofer Slopseller Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop Snobscat / Snob One who repaired shoes Sorter Tailor Spinster A woman who spins or an unmarried woman Spurrer Maker of spurs Squire Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace Stuff gown Junior barrister Stuff gownsman Junior barrister Supercargo Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship. Tanner One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather Tapley One who puts the tap in an ale cask Tasker Reaper Teamster One who drives a team for hauling Thatcher Roofer Tide waiter Customs inspector Tinker Am itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman Tipstaff Policeman Travers Toll bridge collection Tucker Cleaner of cloth goods Turner A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles Victualer A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food Vulcan Blacksmith Wagoner Teamster not for hire Wainwright Wagon maker Waiter Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in. Waterman Boatman who plies for hire Webster Operator of looms Wharfinger Owner of a wharf Wheelwright One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages,etc. Whitesmith Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes or polishes the work Whitewing Street sweeper Whitster Bleach of cloth Wright Workman, especially a construction worker Yeoman Farmer who owns his own land

This was sent to me, and Raymond is right...it's worth a look! Thanks TSLA! ----- Original Message ----- To: <cat5hall@email.msn.com>; <LITTLETN@aol.com>; <kburnet@efortress.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 2:05 PM Subject: TN Confederate Physicians > Here is a good site which you might want to put on lists for others to > preview. It has a good selection of doctors of the civil war era and their > names and where they came from. Most of them appeared to be from TN. I > saw several from Cleveland, one from McMinnville, some from Chattanooga, > etc. It's a good site if your ancestor was a doctor. > BRaymond > > <http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/docintro.htm> > > > > Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

Maybe I have been inside too long...but did you all know that the TSLA had put the Index to the CONFEDERATE PENSIONS APPLICATIONS- Soldiers and Widows on line?? Check out http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/pension.htm Aren't we lucky to have them??? Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

fyi... > From: "Cher" <ace1125@ne.infi.net> > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tndickso/DCHome.htm > This site has the latest information for you on the Danville Crossing > Homecoming. Motels, campgrounds, Reservation fee, activities that will > happen.... a map of where Paris Landing is... > So ck it out!!!! > Cher > > Listowner: TnDickso-L-request@rootsweb.com and > TnDickso-D-request@rootsweb.com > Listowner: afternoonrocking@egroups.com > County coordinator TNGenWeb http://www.rootweb.com/~tndickso/index.htm > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: TN-all@onelist.com > Subscribe: TN-all-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: TN-all-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: TN-all-owner@onelist.com > > Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

from another list... > You can now order TN vital records certificates from 1914 to present > (subject to limitations, of course) on-line at http://www.state.tn.us/health/vr/ Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

I recieved this from another list and thought I would pass it on to you. Noel Matthews Subject: Rockefeller Library > ROCKEFELLER LIBRARY UNVEILS NEW WEBSITE > > The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library has unveiled a greatly expanded section > on the Colonial Williamsburg website (http://www.history.org), offering > individuals interested in the Colonial Chesapeake the opportunity to search > the library's vast collections. New features include PATRIOT, the > Rockefeller Library's online catalog listing the 68,000 titles in the > Library, and guides to manuscript, microfilm, selected photograph and other > research collections, such as the Shirley Plantation Collection of over > 18,000 manuscript items. Previously, individuals had to physically visit > the library or be connected to an internal network to access these > resources. > > "We have electronically opened the doors to our major collections by adding > finding aids and the Library catalog to the World Wide Web," says Public > Services Librarian Juleigh Clark. "Now, when researchers come to the > Library, they will have a better idea of what we own, and we can serve them > more efficiently." Other features on the website include a virtual exhibit > of some of the treasures from the Rockefeller Library's rare book and > manuscript collections and special indexes to articles in The Colonial > Williamsburg Journal and The Colonial Williamsburg Interpreter. > > Of special interest is an index to the several hundred research reports > written at Colonial Williamsburg over the last sixty years. Early > American History Research Reports are distinguished for the significant > amount of primary source material in them and for their time and place > specificity: eighteenth-century Virginia. > > The John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library is a research library specializing in > the history and culture of the colonial Chesapeake. It is located near the > Historic Area at 313 First Street and is open to the public. Library hours > are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. > > Contact: > Juleigh Muirhead Clark > Public Services Librarian > John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library > Colonial Williamsburg Foundation > Williamsburg, Virginia 23815-1776 > jclark@cwf.org > 757-565-8511 > 757-565-8518 (fax) ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.

Is now online..The url is: http://www.tngennet.org/polk/delcem.htm If you see in errors, or have additional information to add, please contact me. Thank You. Sincerely, Connie Baumann Asst CC - Polk Co

I am looking for information on these surnames-VAUGHN, LEMONS, RUNIONS, ALLOWAY, WOMBLE. I need information on Thomas Jefferson Vaughn, and Clarinda(Lemons)Vaughn. Thomas went by Jefferson/Jeff Vaughn. Clarinda was said to be a mid-wife in Farner. They had kids by the names of Thomas,Tinie,Dorsey,Dollie,Eva,Julie,and Nellie Vaughn. Dollie married a man by the name of Smauel(Sam)Alloway. They moved to Etowah and had a large family. Tinie had a daughter by the name of Mary(Mae)Runions. Her father was George Scott Runions.These Vaughn's had a cousin by the name of Andrew David Womble of Tennessee. I am also looking for information on Mahala(Vaughn)Womble. Thanks, Veronica P.S. Could anyone tell me the names of Cemeteries, and funeral homes in Farner.

but, what about Peyton Manning coming back!!! Go Peyton! He did good! Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <LITTLETN@aol.com> To: <TN-all@onelist.com>; <TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <MLR1971@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 7:27 PM Subject: [TN-all] YES---Tennessee Titans 19-16 > From: LITTLETN@aol.com > > GO TN...headed to Jacksonville for the Championship game!! > > Sincerely, > Connie Baumann > Tulsa, OK > Asst CC for TnGenWeb Polk Co,TN > http://www.tngennet.org/polk > WOMACK, HOWELL, NICHOLSON, MOREE > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: TN-all@onelist.com > Subscribe: TN-all-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: TN-all-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: TN-all-owner@onelist.com > >

GO TN...headed to Jacksonville for the Championship game!! Sincerely, Connie Baumann Tulsa, OK Asst CC for TnGenWeb Polk Co,TN http://www.tngennet.org/polk WOMACK, HOWELL, NICHOLSON, MOREE

This came through another list...thought you all might find it useful... http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/confed/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <ATSISSIE@aol.com> To: <TNMONROE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:54 AM Subject: [TNMONROE-L] Check out Alton, Illinois - Civil War Era - Confederate Prison > Got this from another list. Check out this site and type in your search > "Tennessee". Confederate prisoners who died at Alton, Illinois prison are > listed here. > > <A HREF="http://www.altonweb.com/history/civilwar/confed/index.html">Click > here: Alton, Illinois - Civil War Era - Confederate Prison</A> > > Carolyn Whitaker Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com >

Got this off another list. A Hundred Years Ago -- (From a book called "When My Grandmother Was a Child" by Leigh W. Rutledge, which begins, "In the summer of 1900, when my grandmother was a child...") The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven. Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the twenty-first most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. The average wage in the US was twenty-two cents an hour. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2500 per year, a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the United States took place at home. Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason, either as travelers or immigrants. The five leading causes of death in the US were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza, 2. Tuberculosis, 3. Diarrhea, 4. Heart disease, 5. Stroke. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. Drive-by shootings -- in which teenage boys galloped down the street on horses and started randomly shooting at houses, carriages, or anything else that caught their fancy -- were an ongoing problem in Denver and other cities in the West. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families. Plutonium, insulin, and antibiotics hadn't been discovered yet. Scotch tape, crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Some medical authorities warned that professional seamstresses were apt to become sexually aroused by the steady rhythm, hour after hour, of the sewing machine's foot pedals. They recommended slipping bromide-which was thought to diminish sexual desire-into the women's drinking water. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Coca-Cola contained cocaine instead of caffeine. Punch-card data processing had recently been developed, and early predecessors of the modern computer were used for the first time by the government to help compile the 1900 census. Eighteen percent of households in the United States had at least one full-time servant or domestic. There were about 230 reported murders in the US annually.

Becky, Don't overlook the Cherokee County, NC Library. They have a nice genealogy collection. Janice Pate ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I found this url while traveling some today. It contains many of the familiar genealogy links, but has many, many more! http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

Another interesting site to visit. www.stategensites.com It has links to all 50 states, over 4600 links so far. The Site also has 4 Genealogical Columns. Edith Ward - CO - Host Monroe County, TN. TnGenWeb http://www.tngennet.com Monroe County, TN. Genealogy Mailing List - Host TNMONROE-L@rootsweb.com To Subscribe: TNMONROE-L-request@rootsweb.com type subscribe in the body of the message To UNsubscribe: type unsubscribe in the body of the message.

fyi, The following census records have been added to the USGenWeb Census Project : TN / Blount / 1850 Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" Transcribed by: Joyce Robinstein <robinstein@ccis.com> Proofread by: Fred Robinstein <N/A> Microfilm Roll # M432-871 Source: SK Publications ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tn/blount/1850 TN / Haywood / 1840 Dist/Twp/City: "Complete" Transcribed by: Helen Rowland <hrow71546@aol.com> Proofread by: Deanna Sparks <N/A> Microfilm Roll # M704-522 Source: SK Publications ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/census/tn/haywood/1840 Happy 2000! Cathy Hall Grand Island, NY TNGenWeb Bradley County http://www.tngennet.org/bradley Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Bradley Mail List: TNBRADLE-L-request@rootsweb.com TNGenWeb Polk County http://www.tngennet.org/polk Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Polk Mail List TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com

--part1_7a.7a62cfd8.25abe5c5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anyone looking up SWAFFORD's in Polk County? My husbands grandfather Carter Tate SWAFFORD was from Polk County. There is also a reference to Grandmother THOMPSON who ran the Colonial Hotel in Copperhill. --part1_7a.7a62cfd8.25abe5c5_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (rly-yh05.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.37]) by air-yh04.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Sun, 09 Jan 2000 08:16:46 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yh05.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Sun, 09 Jan 2000 08:16:35 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA08299; Sun, 9 Jan 2000 05:16:12 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 05:16:12 -0800 (PST) From: DDENNERD@aol.com Message-ID: <c9.c9e2edad.25a9e3fa@aol.com> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 08:15:38 EST Old-To: TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 52 Subject: [TNPOLK] Polk County Tennesse Resent-Message-ID: <NvYFaC.A.fBC.boIe4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/690 X-Loop: TNPOLK-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TNPOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com Becky, Which surnames are you researching in Polk County? Debbie (also from Michigan) ==== TNPOLK Mailing List ==== ~~~~~POLK COUNTY, TN MAIL LIST~~~~~ TNGENWEB POLK COUNTY, TN site http://www.tngenweb.org/polk --part1_7a.7a62cfd8.25abe5c5_boundary--

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Sandy, I am a descendant of George Washington Harbison (1809-1887) who I believe was a son of the Nancy Harbison you mention in your note. The information I have is not very well documented and mostly comes from the Sudie Clemmer Genealogical Collection. I have that Nancy Giles? married William Harbison and had the following children: Margaret m. Ennis Hodges Andrew John N Peggy m. Dr [?] Hooper Sally (b. c1806) m. William Hancock George Washington m. 1st Eliza Lillard, 2nd Senia Gilliland Nancy (1812-1899) m. John Williams Valentine (1814-1901) m. Rachel Carolina Wimpey Robert C (1821-1896) William Harbison was supposedly killed by the falling of a tree at age 65. [I assume this was in Cocke Co about 1815-25]. After this Nancy married Rev. Jesse Lemons is what I have. There was a Jesse Lemons enumerated in the 1840 Polk Co census. I have found the Sudie Clemmer Collection has many errors, especially on specific spellings of names. I also suspect the above Robert C Harbison (b. 1821) may have been a grandson of Nancy's instead of a son. I have a little more information in my Harbison/Gilliland/Giles file if you are interested. I would also be interested in anything further you have on your Leming/Lemon and Harbisons. Jay