Hello I am searching for information on the Gibson and Cheely family in Henry Co. Va. William Riley Gibson b. 1829 There is a John or James Gibson in Henry Co. on the 1830 census. Is this his father? Who are his Mother and siblings? William Riley Gibson married Anne Eliza Cheely b. 1846. in 1860. Their children are: William O. 1862 married Mary Maddox in Putnam Co.,W.Va. Joseph S. 1864 Nancy R. 1867 married Thomas Call in Putnam Co., W.Va. Thomas Jackson "Jack" 1869 married Libby Theodosia Erwin in Putnam Co.,W.Va. This is my line. Catherine 1871 John C. 1874 George A. 1876 Delilah 1879 The family migrated to Putnam Co.,W.Va. in 1880. I have information re: William Riley from 1860 to 1880. I don't find him on any census after 1880 but I do have some info on some of the family. I would like to know who his parents/ siblings are and any other information on him and his family. Is there a connection to any of your families? Thank You Carole Russell --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

Raleigh, NC - Speakers Forum - March 25, 2006 The North Carolina Genealogical Society is pleased to announce its First Annual Speakers Forum to be held Saturday, March 25 at the Wake County Commons Building in Raleigh from 8:30am to 3:00pm. The opening workshop session is on DNA. Following that will be seven speakers with nine lectures (three lectures running at the same time - you choose the one you want to attend). Included are discussions on land, census, probate and Revolutionary War records. For those whose ancestors migrated into Georgia, one lecture is an overview of the records of the Georgia Archives and preparing to do research there. Bring your own lunch. Drinks will be provided. Walk-ins are welcome; however workshop packets may not be available. Details, directions and registration information for this workshop are available by e-mail from info@ncgenealogy.org or at http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ by clicking on Calendar & Events on the left side of the page, then on the March NCGS Speakers Forum button.

One subscriber states she cannot access the Ulster Ancestry newsletter with the URL I provided. I guess my AOL just automatically added http. Otherwise, it is not so smart!!! I stand corrected. . It is an address, and one has to subscribe. Click on the part which says free newsletter. _newsletter@ulsterancestry.com_ (mailto:newsletter@ulsterancestry.com) However, this is the URL _http://newsletter@ulsterancestry.com/_ (http://newsletter@ulsterancestry.com/) Be sure to click *Free newsletter* and any other *free* links. E.W.Wallace

Paul Drake and others have referred to URLs of possible interest for those of probable Scots-Irish descendancy. This one pertains to the *homeland*--Northern Ireland aka Ulster. May I add this one. There is a free newsletter. Most Scots-Irish were from Ulster (six counties full of Presbyterians, of all kinds). _http://newsletter@ulsterancestry.com/_ (http://newsletter@ulsterancestry.com/) I have a couple of known Scots-Irish--with surname Miller [try to research that! especially when Presbyterians did not keep records, for fear of persecution]. Another was a lady named Agnes McCord, later Mrs. Christopher Harris, of colonial Albemarle Co., but previously of Augusta Co., VA according to some abstracts by Lyman Copeland called Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia--or a similar name. There is a version (three volumes) on the internet. E.W.Wallace

Rain is falling here today. Think some of it must have fallen on me wee brain.... The James Webb book about how the Socts-Irish shaped America is NOT entitled 'Fighting Back.' It is BORN FIGHTING. Sorry 'bout that.

Good monring, People. I am posting my collection of research notes & information of the Weathers/Wtihers families in chronological form on the Weathers-L@rootsweb.com and Withers-L@rootsweb.com for the use of others. These are in segments, 6 already completed beginning in the 1500s, that can be found in the archives of those lists. The information includes MANY names that were associated with the the families above.....in patents, church records, deeds, marriages, chrisrtenings with godparents, wills .... and FROM THE COUNTIES OF SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA & the NORTHERN NECK. The records will continue until approximately 1800. With the hope that you find them helpful...... Best wishes, Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net .

Paul, thank you for the Scots site. I anticipate spending hours in it. Some on the list might not be familiar with a book....FIGHTING BACK by James Webb How the Scots-Irish Shaped America. All who have roots in the Appalachian region should read this! Pugnacious and proud? You betcha!

Here is the one to which I meant to have reference. http://heritage.scotsman.com/ Genealogy without documentation is nothing. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: Sarah Keesee To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] FYI; SCOTCH-IRISH AND IRELAND LISTS These are two lists you will enjoy when researching Scotch-Irish or Irish ancestors. Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== Problems Subscribing or Unsubscribing ? Contact: G. Lee Hearl List Adm. at: glh@naxs.com Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/265 - Release Date: 2/20/2006 -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1218 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

These are two lists you will enjoy when researching Scotch-Irish or Irish ancestors. Sarah Withers Keesee lydiap@salisbury.net Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com

Sorry, should have sent the home site for the Scots newsletter; Here it is: http://heritage.scotsman.com/ Genealogy without documentation is nothing. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1218 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

Try this; it will get you to the site, and then you can click "home" http://heritage.scotsman.com/news.cfm Genealogy without documentation is nothing. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: tonin1@airmail.net To: Paul Drake Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Scots-Irish > For those with a Scots, Irish, or Scots-Irish ancestry, as most of us do, > this is a great subscription website and is almost all free all the time. > It is more scholarly than are MANY other sites. > > Heritage@scotsman.com] > > > > Genealogy without documentation is nothing. > Paul Drake JD > Genealogist & Author > <www.DrakesBooks.com> > Paul: Do you have a URL for this site? I would like to look at it before subscribing at the email address you have given. Tree Mother, a proud Highland Scot descendant.> "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot http://www.FrontPorchRockerNews.blogspot.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.12/265 - Release Date: 2/20/2006 -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1218 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

For those with a Scots, Irish, or Scots-Irish ancestry, as most of us do, this is a great subscription website and is almost all free all the time. It is more scholarly than are MANY other sites. Heritage@scotsman.com] Genealogy without documentation is nothing. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1218 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

Pam wrote: I'm researching the Winn, White and Atkins family of Mecklenburg, Virginia and not getting very far. Wondering if there is anyone else researching these same families? Pam Suggestion: Go to _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Look for the link on the lower right side for the FHL Catalog. Do a place search. See when Mecklenburg Co. was formed and what the parent county was. I believe it was formed from Lunenburg Co., which I believe was formed from Brunswick Co. Furthermore, I find my folks in Granville Co., NC (colonial era and beyond) hopped across the state line from time to time to conduct business or to visit family or to acquire land, and you may find your folks in that area!!! According to NC genealogists, few North Carolinians came in by ship, as the barrier islands prevented ships from having a safe landing. (I hope you have some maps.) North Carolinians, in many cases, came from Virginia (or Maryland) and later from everywhere, including Pennsylvania. In other words, you may have to do what some genealogists call *a radial search*--you have to radiate out from Mecklenburg. I was advised early in my genealogical hobby to search for Virginians in EVERY county. I thought the lecturer was nuts--until I started looking for my colonial familes!!! Landon C. Bell wrote a fair number of books on old Lunenburg Co. [do an author search on the FHL catalog] and some of his works may have been filmed--or the books may be in a library near you. Note the name of his books, and ask your librarian about interlibrary loan--if you cannot easily borrow the film through your LDS family history center. I am assuming you are referring to colonial families. If they are of later date, then you will have to use censuses as well as tax lists, court records, deeds [I love deeds--I find more family relationships in deeds], probates, family histories. Also look in counties beyond Mecklenburg--as several counties were formed from that area. Good luck!!! Genealogists have to really stretch their thinking ability and remember that not only did people migrate but the county boundaries changed (and in Virginia and its sister state Kentucky and its neighbor North Carolina this was always happening. Don't even talk about South Carolina where the names were always changing and where colonial records seem to be almost non-existent.) E.W.Wallace

I would like information on William Matthew Cralle and his family. He was born in Northumberland, moved to Lunenburg and died in Amelia County. I believe that my Kenner Cralle born abt 1779 may be related to this family but cant' prove it. Thanks, Mike Descendants of William Matthew Crallé 1 William Matthew Crallé b: 1739 in Northumberland County, VA d: 1800 in Amelia County, Virginia .. +Anne Opie b: 04 Oct 1738 in Northumberland County, VA m: 06 Jan 1762 in Northumberland, VA .. 2 Richard Kenner Crallé, Sr b: 08 Oct 1762 in Nottoway, VA d: 30 Sep 1830 ...... +Sarah (Sallie) Montfort Jones b: in Lunenburg County, Virginia d: Aft. 1836 in Afton Grove on Flat Creek, Lunenburg, VA m: 01 Nov 1795 in Lunenburg, VA .. 2 William Cralle, Jr. b: Abt. 1765 in Northumberland County, VA. d: 20 Dec 1816 in Campbell County, VA ...... +Mary Rosser b: Abt. 1798 in Campbell County, VA m: 20 Dec 1816 in Campbell, VA .. 2 Kenner Cralle b: 16 Jan 1774 in Northumberland County, VA. d: 16 Dec 1819 in Nottoway, VA ...... +Nancy Ann Hatchett b: 03 Oct 1783 in Lunenburg, VA d: 27 Dec 1836 in Nottoway, VA m: 05 Mar 1801 in Lunenburg County , VA .. 2 Sarah Cralle b: Abt. 1776 ...... +William Fowlkes d: 07 May 1835 in Nottoway County, Virginia m: Abt. 1793 in Nottaway/Lunenburg, Virginia .. 2 Beverly Lindsay Cralle b: 1777 in Northumberland County, VA. d: 1821 in Campbell County, VA ...... +Ann "Nancy" Rosser b: Abt. 1789 in Campbell County, VA d: Aft. 1860 in White Sulphur Spring, Union County, KY m: 30 Dec 1805 in Campbell County, VA .. 2 Susannah Cralle b: Abt. 1778 ...... +Joseph Townes d: 1824 in Mechlenbug Co, VA m: 16 Jan 1800 in Lunenburg County, VA. .. 2 John Cralle V b: Abt. 1779 -- Michael J. Gough ltcolmichaelj@bellsouth.net

I'm researching the Winn, White and Atkins family of Mecklenburg, Virginia and not getting very far. Wondering if there is anyone else researching these same families? Pam

There was this post on the list in the last few days, and I have something to add to it. From: "Doris R. Ryan" _drryan@bellsouth.net_ (mailto:drryan@bellsouth.net) If the person who was recently looking for Tuder/Tudor ancs. will contact me off-list, I may have a bit of helpful info My added remark: I recently e-mail corresponded with a man (genealogist, amateur, I assume, like myself) who bears the name Tudor. He lives in eastern Kentucky. He might add to your store of knowledge. E.W.Wallace

Very sorry; I intended to send only the URL FYI http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/txmarriages Genealogy without documentation is nothing. Paul Drake JD Genealogist & Author <www.DrakesBooks.com> -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1159 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

If the person who was recently looking for Tuder/Tudor ancs. will contact me off-list, I may have a bit of helpful info.

Greetings All! Further about the discussion of old land boundaries - This web site has information about plotting these old boundaries, including the old compass rose and a bearing equivalent table for the descriptions that refer to it. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vavfar/ Hope you find it usefull. Eve S. Gregory, Web Mistress Surry County, Virginia, Historical Society and Museums, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/ Surry County VaGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasurry/ Sussex County VaGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vasussex/ >From: VA-SOUTHSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com >To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-D@rootsweb.com >Subject: VA-SOUTHSIDE-D Digest V06 #23 >Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:00:28 -0700 > >VA-SOUTHSIDE-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 23 > >Today's Topics: > #1 colonial land grant language [jbduffer <jbduffer@GTE.net>] > #2 Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] colonial land ["Paul Drake" ><pauldrake@charter.ne] > #3 Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] colonial land ["Paul Drake" ><pauldrake@charter.ne] >

Hi, I have been researching some families who seem to be in the Brunswick Co. records, and also Prince George Co. I would like to see a map of that area before Brunswick Co. was created. I know it was created from Prince George Co., Isle of Wight, and Surry. I am trying to place someone who shows up in the Brunswick Co. records, in an area that might have been Prince George earlier. Does anyone have some sort of link to a map like that? Thanks. Sue