THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "jean beardmore" <lljbeard@shentel.net> To: <TNWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [TNWARREN] MISSING PERSON QUESTION >I don't know anything about the family you are looking for, but here are >some suggestions. Write the County Court House where he got married. Ask >them for a copy of the marriage license or bond. List his full name, the >brides full name, and the date they married. If you know their ages you >can list that also. You can find out the cost, which is usually nominal by >going to that states web page and searching through till you find the cost >for your county. > Do you belong to Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness? If so you could > look up the County in Tn. that you know he lived in, and surrounding > counties. After you get that info, if there is someone willing to do > lookup work, you could ask them to search for a murder about your date. > If there is no one listed from RAGK, then you will have to dig into each > county and find which ones had newspapers during that time. You could > write the paper, and see if they have archives on line, or would look for > the murder for you. Also look for Funeral Homes. A lot of them have all > the records, and most are happy to give you a copy of any record > pertaining to your relative that they have. You could also write Tn. > State Archives, and ask them to do a search for you for the date you have > listed. They will want as much info. as you have, name, dob, dod, wife's > maiden name etc. etc. There is a fee for this, which is listed on their > home page. Be sure to ask for a certified copy and that they list the > cause of death. If you don't ask for the cause of death they won't list > it on the Death Certificate they send you. Hope this helps some, Good > Luck. Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JENNY SMITH" <pinkpanther7@peoplepc.com> > To: <TNWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:54 PM > Subject: [TNWARREN] MISSING PERSON QUESTION > > >>I AM HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANYTHING ON MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER >>SAMUEL SMITH. HE WAS BORN 1842 IN TN. >> >> ALL I REALLY KNOW IS HE MARRIED MALVINA STEEL AUG 24 1870 IN DEKLAB >> ALABAMA, AND HAD TWO SONS JAMES WILLIAM SMITH, AND NOAH SMITH. THEY LIVED >> IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, MAINLY MARION COUNTY. >> THERE ARE NO RECORDS I CAN FIND ON HIM.YET....I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF >> STORIES OF HIM BEING MURDERED IN TENNESSEE SOMETIME AROUND 1911. I KNOW >> HE LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS....BUT THERE IS NO OTHER INFORMATION. >> >> MY QUESTION IS DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ADVICE ON HOW I MAY ABLE TO FIND OUT >> ABOUT A MISSING PERSON OR A MURDER BACK IN THE YEAR 1899 TO SAY 1911??? I >> LIVE IN IDAHO.... >> THANK YOU >> JENNY >> >> >> ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== >> This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. >> It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical >> Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. >> No commercial activities are allowed on this list. >> Please see full list rules here: >> http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm >> >> ============================== >> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== TNWARREN Mailing List ==== > This TNWARREN mailing list is provided by RootsWeb. > It is the joint mailing list of the Warren County Genealogical > Association and Warren County TNGenWeb Project. > No commercial activities are allowed on this list. > Please see full list rules here: > http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/tnwarren.htm > > ============================== > 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 > >