Terri.- You may want to check all the entries for Lucetta, which are in the family files at www.rootsweb.com I never guarantee them, but this one http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2293721&id=I598702620 has her marriage to Thomas J Kent in 1867 in Hempstead co, Arkansas. It also takes back some on her parents in the file. Cross check the different files... you never know if someone else has more data than the first, and check with the submitter to compare sources. Marriage records for that time frame are lost.. but the land records are not. Thus, if he arrived in Wise county and bought land, that should show up. You might also check at the other end, for land sold there in Arkansas, or connection to other Kent families.

Hi, Can you tell me if marriage records are available for the county before 1880? I have searched everywhere on the net but can't find anything earlier. The woman's name was Lucetta Green Kent and she married an unknown Clark before 1878, then had one child by him (Linnie Clark, born 1879) and by the 1880 Wise County census; he is gone and Lucetta is listed as widowed. Her last Kent child was born about 1875, so she had to have been married between 1874 and 1878. Any help deeply appreciated. Terri

Found this in the 1911 Times Record News. Julie Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Texas) > 1911 > December > 8 Word was received here at noon today of the death of Mrs. Mary H. Gose, at her home in Decatur, at 11 o’clock this morning from paralysis of the heart and old age. The deceased was the mother of Mrs. T.J. Waggoner of this city and visited here several months last summer. At her death she was eighty years old and was the mother of eight children. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at Decatur. Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner and their family left for Decatur this afternoon. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

GENEALOGY POINTERS (05-29-07) ==================================================== ======================================================= "LOCATING & VISITING CEMETERIES," by William Dollarhide GENEALOGY RULE #21: To understand the living, you have to commune with the dead--but don't commune with the dead so long that you forget that you are living! (From "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil") Although I would not consider myself to be obsessed with death, burials, or other ghoulish activities, I have had some wonderful experiences in cemeteries. I am sure I am not alone. Since visiting cemeteries is part of what we do to find information about our ancestors, every genealogist has a cemetery story. These stories may include the weird problems associated with cemeteries as well as the wonderful discoveries that can be found there. To most genealogists, the first problem is always that of finding the exact location of a cemetery where an ancestor was supposed to have been buried. But once the cemetery has been located, other problems prevail, such as finding a gravestone in an old unkempt graveyard with no finding aids available. Here are some thoughts on finding and visiting cemeteries that may be of use to genealogists: Finding-Tools for Locating a Cemetery: Death Certificates and Funeral Homes. A death certificate may give the name of a cemetery where the deceased was interred, as well as the name of a funeral home. The funeral home (or its successor) is probably still in business and should be contacted. To do this, use the "Yellow Book" (a directory of funeral homes) to find a funeral home today. Funeral home directors are clearly the best experts on the location of cemeteries in a particular area. The "Yellow Book" is distributed annually to every funeral home in North America. Anyone should be able to call or visit a local funeral home and request to use their directory to find an address and phone number for any other funeral home. Fortunately, the same "Yellow Book" database is now on the Internet at www.funeralnet.com where the address and phone number for virtually every funeral home in the U.S. and Canada can be found online. GENEALOGY RULE #3: When visiting a funeral home, wear old clothes, no makeup, and look like you have about a week to live--the funeral director will give you anything you ask for if he thinks you may be a customer soon. Obituaries: Another possible source for locating a cemetery where an ancestor was buried is to see if a printed obituary for the deceased person includes information about where the body was interred. Obituaries are found in newspapers published near the place where a person died. Many old newspapers are available to genealogical researchers on microfilm, and they usually are located in a public library, college library, archives, genealogical society, historical society, or some other institution near the place of death of the subject. A two-volume publication, "Newspapers in Microform," published by the Library of Congress, is the best listing of what newspapers might be found on microfilm. The publication acts as a means of identifying and then borrowing rolls of film, which can be used at a local library through the national Interlibrary Loan System at more than 6,000 libraries in the U.S. In addition, state libraries or state archives usually have the best collection of newspapers for a particular state. Most state archives now have a website on the Internet, where you may discover a detailed review of county newspapers. The Internet is also a good place to search for obituaries that may have been published for a particular area. Check www.cyndislist.com under that category, or use your browser to search the web for the keyword, "obituaries." Using the GNIS to Find a Cemetery: There is another great tool for locating a particular cemetery that may not be obvious to researchers. The most complete listing and locations of named cemeteries in the U.S. can be found at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) website at http://nhd.usgs.gov/gnis.html. This site has the USGS's Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which encompasses some two million place names (map features) in America, of which about 107,000 are cemeteries. The GNIS includes the largest list of named cemeteries published anywhere. (A few years ago, a very expensive printed publication advertised as the "most complete list of cemeteries in America" was produced, showing about 25,000 cemeteries--less than one-fourth the number that can be found in the GNIS listing.) The GNIS cemetery names were taken from the detailed maps of the 7.5 x 7.5 minute series published by the USGS. (Each map in this series covers 7.5 minutes of latitude and 7.5 minutes of longitude, a rectangle representing an area about 6-7 miles wide by about 7-8 miles deep.) For the 7.5 series, more than 50,000 maps were required to show the entire U.S. and its possessions. In addition to cemeteries, all other named features from the maps were extracted, including cities, towns, villages, hills, mountains, valleys, oil fields, airports, post offices, streams, lakes, and any other place on a map with a name. For years, genealogists were compelled to pay up to $3.00 per map for the USGS 7.5 series maps. Today, they are all accessible from the Internet and can be downloaded directly to your printer. Visiting a Cemetery: Typically, a cemetery of interest to a genealogist will be either too big in size or too small. The very large cemeteries, such as Forest Lawn in the Los Angeles area, are not user-friendly to genealogists. They have restrictions on giving out information about the interred--unless you go through a time-consuming process of inquiry. The very smallest cemeteries are a problem because they are without any official maintenance or sponsorship and sit neglected (and often invisible). The commercial and viable cemeteries today are those that are supported by a good-sized population base for a community, city, or county. These cemeteries have an endowment or trust that supports perpetual care and a staff of administrators and maintenance people. For a genealogist, these are the best cemeteries because they are well maintained and have a full-time staff of people who can locate the exact burial for any person interred there. These types of cemeteries are the ones a genealogist can visit without any advance notice or research because the information is readily available once they have arrived and have found the cemetery sexton's office. Most cemeteries, however, are those in between the largest and smallest in size. These are the ones that are maintained by some governing body, such as a cemetery association, or a county, city, or church. Although most of these cemeteries have an official sponsorship and in most cases have written records of the interments, there is usually no sexton's office at the site. So, a genealogist should try to find out who is the keeper of the records before actually visiting the cemetery.... GENEALOGY RULE #4: The cemetery where your ancestor was buried does not have perpetual care, has no office, is accessible only by a muddy road, and has snakes, tall grass, lots of bugs, and many of the old gravestones are in broken pieces, stacked in a corner under a pile of dirt. Cemetery Resources on the Internet: Not too long ago, I stumbled onto a website called "Cemeteries, Graveyards, Burying Grounds: Resources on Cemetery History and Preservation." This is a very interesting place to learn about cemeteries in general, including the preservation of tombstones, cemetery history, culture, and more. Visit the site at www.potifos.com/cemeteries.html. Included are dozens of links to cemetery sites on the web, including some with indexes to burials in cemeteries all over the country. This is also a good place to find out about historical cemetery associations, statewide cemetery preservation groups, and so on. You can even find out where famous people are buried, including all of the presidents of the U.S., beginning with George Washington. ======================================================= ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Do you know if there was a Owen Wilson Medlin listed in that book? Shermalee ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi LaDarla, Since you have been so helpful in the past I though you might be able to answer a question for me. I noticed that David Pitts had placed the Probate Records on the site. There is one there for my great grandfather, Nathaniel Tabner. How would I go about getting a copy? Thank you again for your time. Ruby Wenzel [email protected]

Those of you that are interested in the Lost Battalion can read a little about the Bridgeport members at: http://www.bridgeporttxhistorical.org/Pages/Lost%20Battalion.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Ferris" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Lost Battalion > Hi, > > I have an excerpt from a book - History of Jack Co., TX by Ida Huckabay > which lists the makeup of the Lost Battalion - the 131st of WWII. I have > it scanned into a pdf file. It is just a list of the names, including Pvt > J. D. Key, although it lists him as part of Co. H (headquarters) rather > than Co. D. If you are anyone would like a copy of the file, please email > me privately off the list at [email protected], and I will be happy to > send it out. > > Kind regards, > > Dee Ferris > [email protected] > > > > [email protected] wrote: > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:33:09 -0500 > From: "Diana White" > Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Lost Batallion > To: > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Horace Teel, a member of the Lost Battalion wrote a book called Our Days > Were Years about the Lost Battalion. He was an educator who served school > districts around the state. When he and his wife retired, they came to > Denton, which was home. I do not find him listed in the SSDI, but do find > Horace G. Teel listed as living in Mesquite an Ancestry's Public Records > list. > > The book is very informative and in the back of the book is a listing of > the > men of the Batallion with information about the. If they died overseas, it > tells the date. > > Diana > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynn Wright" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:01 AM > Subject: [TXWISE] Lost Batallion > > >> I'm looking for info on Jack D. Key, who was a POW nd a member of the >> 36th Infantry Div, 131st Field Artillery, Battery D. >> >> I understand that there is a collection in the Historical Society >> facility regarding these men. >> >> I've emailed the person who publishes their newsletter, and arranges >> their reunions, but she has never answered me. >> >> Can you point me in the right direction? >> >> Thanks, >> >> E. Lynn Wright (Foster/Cunnius - Wise Co., TX) >> Scottsdale, AZ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > --------------------------------- > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi, I have an excerpt from a book - History of Jack Co., TX by Ida Huckabay which lists the makeup of the Lost Battalion - the 131st of WWII. I have it scanned into a pdf file. It is just a list of the names, including Pvt J. D. Key, although it lists him as part of Co. H (headquarters) rather than Co. D. If you are anyone would like a copy of the file, please email me privately off the list at [email protected], and I will be happy to send it out. Kind regards, Dee Ferris [email protected] txwise-request[email protected] wrote: Message: 9 Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 19:33:09 -0500 From: "Diana White" Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Lost Batallion To: Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Horace Teel, a member of the Lost Battalion wrote a book called Our Days Were Years about the Lost Battalion. He was an educator who served school districts around the state. When he and his wife retired, they came to Denton, which was home. I do not find him listed in the SSDI, but do find Horace G. Teel listed as living in Mesquite an Ancestry's Public Records list. The book is very informative and in the back of the book is a listing of the men of the Batallion with information about the. If they died overseas, it tells the date. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Wright" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: [TXWISE] Lost Batallion > I'm looking for info on Jack D. Key, who was a POW nd a member of the > 36th Infantry Div, 131st Field Artillery, Battery D. > > I understand that there is a collection in the Historical Society > facility regarding these men. > > I've emailed the person who publishes their newsletter, and arranges > their reunions, but she has never answered me. > > Can you point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > > E. Lynn Wright (Foster/Cunnius - Wise Co., TX) > Scottsdale, AZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search.

I remember seeing that book when I was in Bridgeport school back in the 1950s. Horace Teel was a teacher at Bridgeport High. I must see if I can find a copy to read once again. Edna Wood At 07:33 PM 5/24/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Horace Teel, a member of the Lost Battalion wrote a book called Our Days >Were Years about the Lost Battalion. He was an educator who served school >districts around the state. When he and his wife retired, they came to >Denton, which was home. I do not find him listed in the SSDI, but do find >Horace G. Teel listed as living in Mesquite an Ancestry's Public Records >list. > >The book is very informative and in the back of the book is a listing of the >men of the Batallion with information about the. If they died overseas, it >tells the date. > >Diana > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lynn Wright" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:01 AM >Subject: [TXWISE] Lost Batallion > > >> I'm looking for info on Jack D. Key, who was a POW nd a member of the >> 36th Infantry Div, 131st Field Artillery, Battery D. >> >> I understand that there is a collection in the Historical Society >> facility regarding these men. >> >> I've emailed the person who publishes their newsletter, and arranges >> their reunions, but she has never answered me. >> >> Can you point me in the right direction? >> >> Thanks, >> >> E. Lynn Wright (Foster/Cunnius - Wise Co., TX) >> Scottsdale, AZ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Pat, Robert Renshaw Sensibaugh was married to my Great, Great Aunt, Mittie Ora Cartwright. I have been preparing a family history for the Lemuel Cartwright family, 1818-2008, for several years. If there is anything I can help you with our small connection to your family, please let me know. Kindest Regards, Bob Cartwright 3120 Waterside Dr. Arlington, TX 76012 (817) 261-0270 ----- Original Message ---- From: Pat Linton <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:17:03 PM Subject: Re: [TXWISE] Sensibaughs in Wise Co. Virginia, How exciting to hear from you! I sent some questions to Sue Tackel about the Sensibaugh family in Wise County, and she evidently put my questions on this mailing list before I actually joined the mailing list. I am so thankful to her for all that she has sent me! We are distantly related! I will contact you at your e-mail address! Pat Linton Eugene, Oregon ----- Original Message ---- From: Virginia and Duane Fincher <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:43:58 AM Subject: [TXWISE] Sensibaughs in Wise Co. Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. Andrew was my grandfather. Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher [email protected] Amarillo, TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Horace Teel, a member of the Lost Battalion wrote a book called Our Days Were Years about the Lost Battalion. He was an educator who served school districts around the state. When he and his wife retired, they came to Denton, which was home. I do not find him listed in the SSDI, but do find Horace G. Teel listed as living in Mesquite an Ancestry's Public Records list. The book is very informative and in the back of the book is a listing of the men of the Batallion with information about the. If they died overseas, it tells the date. Diana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Wright" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: [TXWISE] Lost Batallion > I'm looking for info on Jack D. Key, who was a POW nd a member of the > 36th Infantry Div, 131st Field Artillery, Battery D. > > I understand that there is a collection in the Historical Society > facility regarding these men. > > I've emailed the person who publishes their newsletter, and arranges > their reunions, but she has never answered me. > > Can you point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > > E. Lynn Wright (Foster/Cunnius - Wise Co., TX) > Scottsdale, AZ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Virginia, How exciting to hear from you! I sent some questions to Sue Tackel about the Sensibaugh family in Wise County, and she evidently put my questions on this mailing list before I actually joined the mailing list. I am so thankful to her for all that she has sent me! We are distantly related! I will contact you at your e-mail address! Pat Linton Eugene, Oregon ----- Original Message ---- From: Virginia and Duane Fincher <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:43:58 AM Subject: [TXWISE] Sensibaughs in Wise Co. Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. Andrew was my grandfather. Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher [email protected] Amarillo, TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222

Cherie...what Davis line are you looking for? I have quite a lot of info on the James C. Davis family from Big Stone Gap, VA. I also tie into the Miller family from Missouri... Lynn Hubin ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Eleanor - I should have given you my Sensibaugh line. My great-grandfather was James Houston Sensibaugh, Grandfather was William Andrew Sensibaugh, Father was Ferd Houston Sensibaugh. Virginia Fincher Virginia and Duane Fincher wrote: >This is interesting--my maternal grandfather was Joseph J. Hembree of >Bridgeport. Can we tie the Hembrees together? Also would like to know >about Sensibaughs in his family. Thanks. >Virginia Fincher > >ROBERT HEMBREE wrote: > > > >>MY HUSBAND HAS SENSBAUGHS IN HIS FAMILY. ELEANOR HEMBREE >> >>Virginia and Duane Fincher <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's >>mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. >>Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. >>Andrew was my grandfather. >> >>Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher >>[email protected] >>Amarillo, TX >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

This is interesting--my maternal grandfather was Joseph J. Hembree of Bridgeport. Can we tie the Hembrees together? Also would like to know about Sensibaughs in his family. Thanks. Virginia Fincher ROBERT HEMBREE wrote: >MY HUSBAND HAS SENSBAUGHS IN HIS FAMILY. ELEANOR HEMBREE > >Virginia and Duane Fincher <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's >mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. >Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. >Andrew was my grandfather. > >Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher >[email protected] >Amarillo, TX > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

MY HUSBANDS AUNT , MILLIE LEE HEMBREE , WAS MARRIED TO A SENDIBAUGH. I WAS LOOKING FOR MY INFO. BUT CAN'T FIND IT AT THE MOMENT. J.J. HEMBREE IS MENTIONED IN THE LINE.MY HUSBANDS LINE CAME THRU JOHNSON H. HEMBREE AND MILANDA WALLACE HEMBREE. THEY WERE FROM BRIDGEPORT, WISE CO. 1880-1934 LOOKS LIKE WE MAY BE KIN. ELEANOR Virginia and Duane Fincher <[email protected]> wrote: This is interesting--my maternal grandfather was Joseph J. Hembree of Bridgeport. Can we tie the Hembrees together? Also would like to know about Sensibaughs in his family. Thanks. Virginia Fincher ROBERT HEMBREE wrote: >MY HUSBAND HAS SENSBAUGHS IN HIS FAMILY. ELEANOR HEMBREE > >Virginia and Duane Fincher wrote: Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's >mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. >Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. >Andrew was my grandfather. > >Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher >[email protected] >Amarillo, TX > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. Andrew was my grandfather. Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher [email protected] Amarillo, TX

MY HUSBAND HAS SENSBAUGHS IN HIS FAMILY. ELEANOR HEMBREE Virginia and Duane Fincher <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Pat - I tried answering your query about Wm. Andrew Sensibaugh's mother to your email address and it was bounced back as timed out. Please contact me at my email address. I may be able to help you. Wm. Andrew was my grandfather. Virginia Sensibaugh Fincher [email protected] Amarillo, TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Very true. My sister had her valuables in a safety deposit box. Not only was it underwater in Katrina, she had to wait until the bank was able to let people in to see if they could salvage anything. Having evacuated out of state made that even harder. Trust me, we learned a lot of things the hard way since Katrina. Sally > Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 01:49:36 -0700> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [TXWISE] FYI--from another list> > Safety deposit boxes are subject to disaster too, so your best bet is> to have your data distributed to multiple trusted locations. During hurricane> Allison in Houston a few years ago the downtown area was flooded and> most high rise buildings, banks, hospitals, Universities, office buildings, and federal court houses had their basements flooded. Sad to say but many of the banks had their safety deposit boxes in their vaults in the basements. They are not water tight under flood conditions and thousands of safety deposit boxes were flooded. The law library at the University of Houston was lost also. So digitize those photos and documents and put them on external hard drives and CD's and DVD's and distribute them to various trusted relatives and put copies in your safety deposit boxes, etc. Backups should always be at a remote location from where your original digial and hard copies are kept.> David Pitts> > > [email protected] wrote: I have 4 portable file boxes with handles that I keep all of my files in and > a notebook with plastic sheets to keep birth, death and marriage > certificates in. That way, I can grab the file boxes in a hurry.> I keep all of my photo albums deep in a hallway cabinet, not up in the front > of the cabinet. When our house caught on fire back in 1997 every bit of my > genealogy survived. It all had soot on it and I spent months cleaning it all up > but it survived.> I also send my Family Tree Maker database to myself via e mail and save it > in my saved e mail just in case something happens to my computer. I have AOL > and I save it to "Saved on AOL". That way I can retrieve it from anywhere that > I am. > I also upload my database to a web site with photos and documents so that I > can always print them off again or burn them to a CD and get the photos remade > just in case something happens to my originals.> >>From someone who has been there!> > Julie> > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Add some color. Personalize your inbox with your favorite colors. www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/personalize.html?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_HMWL_reten_addcolor_0507

Safety deposit boxes are subject to disaster too, so your best bet is to have your data distributed to multiple trusted locations. During hurricane Allison in Houston a few years ago the downtown area was flooded and most high rise buildings, banks, hospitals, Universities, office buildings, and federal court houses had their basements flooded. Sad to say but many of the banks had their safety deposit boxes in their vaults in the basements. They are not water tight under flood conditions and thousands of safety deposit boxes were flooded. The law library at the University of Houston was lost also. So digitize those photos and documents and put them on external hard drives and CD's and DVD's and distribute them to various trusted relatives and put copies in your safety deposit boxes, etc. Backups should always be at a remote location from where your original digial and hard copies are kept. David Pitts [email protected] wrote: I have 4 portable file boxes with handles that I keep all of my files in and a notebook with plastic sheets to keep birth, death and marriage certificates in. That way, I can grab the file boxes in a hurry. I keep all of my photo albums deep in a hallway cabinet, not up in the front of the cabinet. When our house caught on fire back in 1997 every bit of my genealogy survived. It all had soot on it and I spent months cleaning it all up but it survived. I also send my Family Tree Maker database to myself via e mail and save it in my saved e mail just in case something happens to my computer. I have AOL and I save it to "Saved on AOL". That way I can retrieve it from anywhere that I am. I also upload my database to a web site with photos and documents so that I can always print them off again or burn them to a CD and get the photos remade just in case something happens to my originals. >From someone who has been there! Julie ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message