Hi! I am actively researching the Jays from the Mary Vestal and William Jay line who moved to North Carolina and South Carolina and Westward, but not Northward. Don't know much about the Vestals yet..but will read your correspondence with interest. I hope to finish my concentration with my Jays in the near future and turn to other sides of my family like the Vestals. Does anyone know where this name originated and if it has a meaning? I never find this surname mentioned in surname books. Vanessa [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Wes, > > Thanks for the census link. I hope to get alot from it. > > I seem to have been really busy this past year but doing what I'm not quite > sure. All of my genealogy was getting more and more unorganized and harder > to deal with. Another of our cousins sent me a book about organizing > genealogy "paper" so for the last 2 months I have been working on that. It > has really helped me. It centers around 9x12 envelopes and 5x7 index cards > and is all cross referenced. > > I am really interested in the Vestals and the Civil War and have index cards > for 140+ Vestals who served during that war. I am going to put them all in a > scrapbook along with any pictures, family info, etc. that I have about them. > > I am doing the census study because alot of the Missouri Vestals are not yet > connected to the North Carolina Vestals even though I think that they should > be. I have been making charts for all of the census records that I have from > the years 1790 until 1840 when they only listed the name of the head of > household. Figuring out who all of the nameless people are is the hard part. > I am going back through my Quaker records first. Anyway, you can see why I > need help collecting census records. I would go blind looking at all of that > micro film myself. > > Anyway, did you ever connect your Vestals to North Carolina? > > What would we do without computers and the internet!! > > Gotta go, > > Hope to hear from you again soon, > Barbara > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Please post your Vestal lines! That new member just might be the link you're looking for!

Hi Vanessa, I'm Rhonda. I follow the JAY line off the VESTALS. I'd love to know Which JAY is yours. Did you see my other post? I had included all my lines. Maybe we can make a connection on these lines. hope to hear from you. Rhonda -----Original Message----- From: vansmith [mailto:[email protected]] Hi! I am actively researching the Jays from the Mary Vestal and William Jay line who moved to North Carolina and South Carolina and Westward, but not Northward. Don't know much about the Vestals yet..but will read your correspondence with interest. I hope to finish my concentration with my Jays in the near future and turn to other sides of my family like the Vestals. Does anyone know where this name originated and if it has a meaning? I never find this surname mentioned in surname books. Vanessa

Yes, I saw your lines. William and Mary Vestal Jay's son Joseph Jay b. abt 1750 prob. Orange Co. NC after their move from Frederick about 1748. Joseph b. 1750 William b.abt 1770 96th District SC Joseph b. 1790 Edgefield Co. SC John, b. 1828 Abbeville, SC (died Vicksburg, Dec 30, 1862) George Robertson Jay b. 1859 Butler Co. AL (George was in TX by 1870) Clifford Robert Jay b. 20 March 1897, Rockdale Milam Co., TX (my grandfather) Vanessa Lil' Sister wrote: > > Hi Vanessa, > I'm Rhonda. I follow the JAY line off the VESTALS. I'd love to know Which > JAY is yours. Did you see my other post? I had included all my lines. > Maybe we can make a connection on these lines. hope to hear from you. > Rhonda > > -----Original Message----- > From: vansmith [mailto:[email protected]] > > Hi! > I am actively researching the Jays from the Mary Vestal and William Jay > line who moved to North Carolina and South Carolina and Westward, but > not Northward. Don't know much about the Vestals yet..but will read your > correspondence with interest. I hope to finish my concentration with my > Jays in the near future and turn to other sides of my family like the > Vestals. > > Does anyone know where this name originated and if it has a meaning? I > never find this surname mentioned in surname books. > > Vanessa > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/

vanessa you could get farther with the vestals this has a lot done already [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: vansmith <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [VESTAL-L] Missouri Vestals > Hi! > I am actively researching the Jays from the Mary Vestal and William Jay > line who moved to North Carolina and South Carolina and Westward, but > not Northward. Don't know much about the Vestals yet..but will read your > correspondence with interest. I hope to finish my concentration with my > Jays in the near future and turn to other sides of my family like the > Vestals. > > Does anyone know where this name originated and if it has a meaning? I > never find this surname mentioned in surname books. > > Vanessa > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Hi Wes, > > > > Thanks for the census link. I hope to get alot from it. > > > > I seem to have been really busy this past year but doing what I'm not quite > > sure. All of my genealogy was getting more and more unorganized and harder > > to deal with. Another of our cousins sent me a book about organizing > > genealogy "paper" so for the last 2 months I have been working on that. It > > has really helped me. It centers around 9x12 envelopes and 5x7 index cards > > and is all cross referenced. > > > > I am really interested in the Vestals and the Civil War and have index cards > > for 140+ Vestals who served during that war. I am going to put them all in a > > scrapbook along with any pictures, family info, etc. that I have about them. > > > > I am doing the census study because alot of the Missouri Vestals are not yet > > connected to the North Carolina Vestals even though I think that they should > > be. I have been making charts for all of the census records that I have from > > the years 1790 until 1840 when they only listed the name of the head of > > household. Figuring out who all of the nameless people are is the hard part. > > I am going back through my Quaker records first. Anyway, you can see why I > > need help collecting census records. I would go blind looking at all of that > > micro film myself. > > > > Anyway, did you ever connect your Vestals to North Carolina? > > > > What would we do without computers and the internet!! > > > > Gotta go, > > > > Hope to hear from you again soon, > > Barbara > > > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > > Please post your Vestal lines! That new member just might be the link you're looking for! > > > ==== VESTAL Mailing List ==== > Please Help Support Rootsweb! By becoming a member, your donation will continue to have this great surname e-mail list, and the new surname boards on a website at Rootsweb! Your donations are the only thing that keep them going! Just go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >