Rex, where are you> In Ark? Ginny GinnyW AKA Mawmaw IBSSG mystery reviews some romance reviews

Ginny, Close but not quite. I'm in Texas. More specifically, The Rose Capital of the World. From what I can determine, my branch of Kirbys [grgrfather] came directly from SC to TX with the Garners and a number of other families in the late 1870s. I'm sure they stopped along the way but apparently didn't put down any roots. There was any number of Kirbys who went to GA but I haven't connected to them so far. The story is that Richard Monroe Kirby abt 19 and his younger brother John, abt 15, decided to go west with the wagon train of several families pulling out of the Spartanburg, SC area (exact location unknown). They waved goodbye to their Mama and Papa and a couple of younger sisters until they were out of sight (and so far as I have been able to determine, never saw them again) Richard had eyes on Annie Laura Garner abt 14. Followed her all the way to TX and married her in abt 1882. Have not been able to find a record of their marriage but first child was born Aug 1883, d.July 1884 in Smith Co. TX. So far as I know none of Richard's or John's descendants found their way to ARK but don't know about uncles or cousins, etc. Rex -----Original Message----- From: Virginia Welding [mailto:virginia162@webtv.net] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:51 AM To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Help! GEDCOM files & Ancestry.com Rex, where are you> In Ark? Ginny GinnyW AKA Mawmaw IBSSG mystery reviews some romance reviews ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237