LOL, that's funny...I felt the same way! If you have anything on mine I would LOVE it! My ggrandmother was Mary Alice Downing Riley, of Bruton, Alabama. I do not know the first thing about the family and would greatly appreciate help :) Thank you, ma'am. Mari At 11:28 AM 01/01/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Mari, > >I figured someday there would be a link between our ancestors! Do you have >or need any info on your DOWNING line? I subscribe to the Downing Family >Times. My line is well documented. > >M'Lissa >-----Original Message----- >From: Mari Byers <keyofbflat@home.com> >To: TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com <TNRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:52 PM >Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] Flowers > > > >I saw a Flowers married to a Riley in Jefferson County, MS. You might > >check their MSGenWeb site. My grandmother's maiden name was Riley. She > >was from MS. but her parents were from Bruton, Alabama. Her mother was a > >Downing. Oh..also, there was a large Flowers family in Duplin County, > >NC. They married lots of Barfields :) > >Mari Byers > >BARFIELD, Old Jefferson, TN. 1803-1820 > > > >At 07:50 PM 12/31/2001 -0500, Rprfos@aol.com wrote: > >>Have never gotten beyond Ann Flowers m. to George Riley. rpr > >> > >> > >>==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== > >>IF you would like to announce your Rutherford County, TN family reunion > >>here, send Teresa an email at CheasaG@cs.com and put REUNION in the > >>subject line. > > > > > >==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe from the digest mode send a message to >TNRUTHER-D-Request@rootsweb.com and put UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. >Put nothing in the message field. > > > > > > >==== TNRUTHER Mailing List ==== >Edythe Whitley: The Whitley Collection consists of over 2,300 notebooks of >genealogical research compiled by Mrs. Edythe Rucker Whitley during her >lifetime. Includes research on pioneer families of Tennessee, North >Carolina, Virginia, and other states.