That is what it is, an it happened elsewhere. Swain County, NC has it's Fontana lake, which covered up the village of Fontana where my mother grew up. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "elizabeth waller" <ewaller@cox-internet.com> To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > Tennesee Valley Authority--unit that built a huge dam to produce > electricity-- water dammed up covered much land and many communities ( I > think that's what it is) > Liz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janean Ray" <JRay38@neo.rr.com> > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:58 AM > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > For those of us who don't know everything, what is TVA? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "ED Wilson" <ed.wilson@attbi.com> > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:34 PM > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > > > > cages bend tenn-abt 7 miles from gallatin--got swallowed up by the tva > in > > > late 1920's--i go by eddie in the family--but born in 1937 in wa state > > where > > > i live > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Anne Haines" <annerhai@adelphia.net> > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:53 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. There could be a connection but our belief that the line came > > down > > > > through Virginia to North Carolina. But some of them could have > branched > > > out > > > > into what is now West Va, and probably did. But I think mine were > > probably > > > > in NC before your granddad's time. On one side a Melinda Wilson was > born > > > in > > > > 1810, I think in NC. I think. Would have to look up the other side, > but > > I > > > > think it's more recent. I can't find Cages Bend, TN in my Inadequate > > > Atlas. > > > > Is it close to KY or NC? > > > > > > > > I knew an Ed Wilson, we called him Eddie. He was married briefly to my > > > > youngest aunt. This would have been during the 1930s. > > > > > > > > Anne Haines > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "ED Wilson" <ed.wilson@attbi.com> > > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:42 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > > > > > > > > > > i have anc from va--now w va--and ohio--plus gdad moved to cages > bend > > > tenn > > > > > in 1895--ed wilson > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Anne Haines" <annerhai@adelphia.net> > > > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:53 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, here's another two cents worth: As I understand it, you > really > > > > can't > > > > > > connect from Wilson and Adams on down. You have to start with > > yourself > > > > and > > > > > > work back. Tough, but true. (My mother was convinced that she was > > > > > descended > > > > > > from Queen Anne, none of whose children lived to grow up, by > another > > > > > line.) > > > > > > And there are so many Wilsons. Unfortunately, my sister cannot > find > > > male > > > > > > relatives to check on our surnames, except for one or two. You > have > > to > > > > > have > > > > > > a male relative with the surname WILSON, for instance. It can only > > > tell > > > > > you > > > > > > if there are any other Wilsons out there who have had the test and > > who > > > > are > > > > > > of the same line. Who knows, one of them might be related to > > Woodrow. > > > I > > > > > have > > > > > > forgotten if he had brothers or uncles who would have carried that > > > > Wilson > > > > > > line. > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a Wilson line on both sides, but I haven't connected with > > > anybody > > > > > > yet. Anybody from VA, NC, TN? Maybe I'm on the wrong list. > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne Haines, who inherited from somebody a distinct tendency to > > shoot > > > > off > > > > > > her mouth. > > > > > > > > > > > > .----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Janean Ray" <JRay38@neo.rr.com> > > > > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:46 AM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ya know it drives me nuts...... It was said in our family that > we > > > were > > > > > > > related to both presidents Wilson and Adams and I have yet to > find > > a > > > > > > > connection. Reason? 2 part. One, my grandmother has passed > and > > I > > > > > > started > > > > > > > our genealogy from scratch "until" I discovered relatives that > had > > > all > > > > > > kinds > > > > > > > of stuff and got my hands on some papers my great-aunt had. > > > Second - > > > > I > > > > > > have > > > > > > > brick walls on both Adams and Wilson lines. No parents etc. to > > even > > > > get > > > > > > me > > > > > > > close to a "genealogy line". The only lineage on the presidents > > > I've > > > > > seen > > > > > > > is from them back. How can one find who is related and see if > > some > > > > > lines > > > > > > > connect from them down. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Janean > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "ED Wilson" <ed.wilson@attbi.com> > > > > > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:11 AM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] DNA Project: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > How to unsubscribe fom list. > > > > > > > > > e-mail to WILSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > How to unsubscribe fom list. > > > > > > > > e-mail to WILSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > List owner > > > > > > > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > > > Be sure and check out www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > Archives of this list and other list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > > Search for wilson surname on all Rootsweb.com list. > > > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > List owner > > > > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > List owner > > > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > List owner > > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > List owner > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > >