Thank You For Sharing Your Lessons and advise. --- Ted Pinson <oldmanandsea@home.com> wrote: > Kimmyann, in my experience in genealogy over the > past 40 years have taught > me to record as close to verbatim those things that > you are/will be told and > set it aside but never forget it is there. I was > told information about my > greatgrandfather when I was about 16 that appeared > to not be feasible at the > time with what limited knowledge I had of the > family. As I continued my > research over the years some of the things began to > appear to have some > validity to them and now, although I have not proven > any of that information > for a fact, lots of it seem to be holding somewhat > true. Yes some of the > information has gotten colluded over the years > coming by word of mouth, but > never discount any of those tales. > > I was told (way back then) that my ggranfather had a > brother Tobe who was a > Texas Ranger. Nearly thirty years later, after > having never found that name > anywhere including the Texas Rangers, I finally > started finding information > on a Tobe, but he was not a Texas Ranger, but a U. > S. Deputy Marshall for > Judge Isaac Parker in Ft Smith, Ark. As my research > progressed, I found > that although my ggrandfather came from SC and Tobe > came from Ga, it seems > my ggrandfather moved to Ark for a short time within > miles of Tobe, and they > lived within arms reach in Georgia for a while as > well. Other ties have > been proven over the years as well, but I completely > discounted the story > originally as a thought that some of the family were > "told" stories of > goodness to haze over some things that were thought > to be not so good in the > family "way back when". Keep those thoughts of what > the family tells. > > I am sorry I am unable to help you otherwise, but > keep up the good work, in > time it WILL pay off. > > Ted > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > To change list modes or leave > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html > Use < > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > > To connect to your list website and post your web > links and family pages > TO contact list owner <WEBB-admin@rootsweb.com >or > post a complaint > To read Webb lines > http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney/WebbPlace.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of > family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > ===== Have A Great Day...xoxoxoxoxo...Kimmyann __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com