Good morning, If anyone is interested, I've just created a new discussion list/message board for those researching their ancestors who were among the original settlers who sailed to Jamestown, Virginia, in the early 1600s. The group focuses on genealogy but includes history as well. It is a no flame, no spam, family-oriented group where researchers can meet others who also have ancestors who lived in that area at the time. My ancestor is Captain Thomas Graves who sailed from England and arrived with the 'second supply' at Jamestown, in 1608. There are many Graves descendants today who are doing research on this line. I would love to learn more about some of the other settlers who were on the three original voyages to Jamestown....men like Captain John Smith and others, who have living descendants doing those genealogies. Research topics also include descendants of these early settlers, and those who might be trying to find their ancestral connection to Jamestown, are very welcome also. This new group is 'JamestownVirginiaSettlers' at Yahoo Groups. It has a home page which has some wonderful functions such as archived messages, members list, photos, files, database, links, and the option of receiving messages as individual emails, digest mode, or no mail mode where you can read the posts from the home page. It is free to subscribe, but you must first register with Yahoo Groups by creating a user name and password. Membership requires moderator-approval, to discourage spammers. This is an informal, not-so-academic group and beginner researchers as well as advanced genealogists and historians are welcome. No post is too trivial as long as it is reasonably within the group description or if it might be of interest to other group members. You can share old photos of your ancestors, post your lines, tell stories or anecdotes about your early families, or post queries which others may be able to answer. I was born in Virginia and live near Cape Henry where the original three ships made landing in 1607. This seems like the best time to start up this group, in time for Jamestown's 400th anniversary celebration. The Queen visited Jamestown/Williamsburg yesterday, and last week a reenactment was held on the beach at Cape Henry, of the first landing, with replicas of the three ships. Since Yahoo Groups allow attachments in emails, I hope to be able to forward some of the photo-articles which seem to be published daily in my local newspaper, about Jamestown's history and events being held to mark its 400 year past. To visit the group web site, go to: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JamestownVirginiaSettlers_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JamestownVirginiaSettlers) Peggy Dyas Group Moderator Researching: Graves, Sprigg, Harwood, Belt, Sellman, Marriarte, Weems, Allein, and many others ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Peggy. My ancestor, John CLAY, came to Jamestown in 1612/13 on the Treasurer. He became an Ancient Planter in 1617. My line is very well documented to him. Best regards, Julius (Tim) Spradling -----Original Message----- From: Madyas@aol.com To: VAROOTS@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 5 May 2007 1:04 PM Subject: [VAROOTS] new mailing list for Jamestown settlers/ancestors Good morning, If anyone is interested, I've just created a new discussion list/message board for those researching their ancestors who were among the original settlers who sailed to Jamestown, Virginia, in the early 1600s. The group focuses on genealogy but includes history as well. It is a no flame, no spam, family-oriented group where researchers can meet others who also have ancestors who lived in that area at the time. My ancestor is Captain Thomas Graves who sailed from England and arrived with the 'second supply' at Jamestown, in 1608. There are many Graves descendants today who are doing research on this line. I would love to learn more about some of the other settlers who were on the three original voyages to Jamestown....men like Captain John Smith and others, who have living descendants doing those genealogies. Research topics also include descendants of these early settlers, and those who might be trying to find their ancestral connection to Jamestown, are very welcome also. This new group is 'JamestownVirginiaSettlers' at Yahoo Groups. It has a home page which has some wonderful functions such as archived messages, members list, photos, files, database, links, and the option of receiving messages as individual emails, digest mode, or no mail mode where you can read the posts from the home page. It is free to subscribe, but you must first register with Yahoo Groups by creating a user name and password. Membership requires moderator-approval, to discourage spammers. This is an informal, not-so-academic group and beginner researchers as well as advanced genealogists and historians are welcome. No post is too trivial as long as it is reasonably within the group description or if it might be of interest to other group members. You can share old photos of your ancestors, post your lines, tell stories or anecdotes about your early families, or post queries which others may be able to answer. I was born in Virginia and live near Cape Henry where the original three ships made landing in 1607. This seems like the best time to start up this group, in time for Jamestown's 400th anniversary celebration. The Queen visited Jamestown/Williamsburg yesterday, and last week a reenactment was held on the beach at Cape Henry, of the first landing, with replicas of the three ships. Since Yahoo Groups allow attachments in emails, I hope to be able to forward some of the photo-articles which seem to be published daily in my local newspaper, about Jamestown's history and events being held to mark its 400 year past. To visit the group web site, go to: _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JamestownVirginiaSettlers_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JamestownVirginiaSettlers) Peggy Dyas Group Moderator Researching: Graves, Sprigg, Harwood, Belt, Sellman, Marriarte, Weems, Allein, and many others ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.