*LunchBunch
Start: 12:09:23
End: 13:31:10
Chatters: alt, AYWalton, daviss, gareysherrod, HistoryBuff, jhonora, kim, ProfDru, Selma, Seventies Soulchild, vkn
daviss: Hello alt! I guess we are it for now
AYWalton: Good afternoon, alt, and daviss! How are you both today?
daviss: hi there AYWalton!
AYWalton: Hope all is well. Hello HistoryBuff! How are you today?
daviss: I wonder why I could not hear when you came it..My volume is up over half way
HistoryBuff: Hey everyone
AYWalton: Not sure why not, daviss. The settings may have changed. I did not hear HistoryBuff enter the room either.
alt: HI y'all was reading about 'citations' and got carreid away LOL
Seventies Soulchild: Good afternoon all
daviss: I am good AYWalton, how about you?
AYWalton: I think I just hear the welcome when SoulChile came in, though. doing gine. wassup SoulChile?
daviss: Hello there HistoryBuff and Sdeventies
AYWalton: HisotoryBuff what is new with you?
HistoryBuff: Good. How are U?
alt: Hope everyone had a great weekend.
AYWalton: you have a lot to read, then alt. lol
daviss: I can't complain alt lol
ProfDru: hello gang
HistoryBuff: Hey Alt. Hey ProfDru.
Seventies Soulchild: Nada just trying to get this photo blog entry together.
daviss: Hello ProfDru!
alt: sure do AYWalton, juts read Geder's repsonse to and he 'tore him a new one" LOL LOL
AYWalton: ProfDru is in da house!
alt: Hi ProfDru
daviss: ooooh alt, where was that one
Seventies Soulchild: um okay
alt: I did a google on blog and there was a 'lengthy' repsonse by Geder.
daviss: I am always so late on the read..It may be the fact that I am behind in the hrs
Seventies Soulchild: let me do my hello run down.. hi alt, AYWalton, daviss, HistoryBuff, ProfDr ProfDru... :-)
daviss: hmmm hello again Seventies
alt: I saw a post by Megan about "Roots TV shows" and the fact there will be about 4 of them between now and March.
AYWalton: wassup with you, SoulChile?
HistoryBuff: Hey 70s
Seventies Soulchild: Nada. Just trying to make some photos line up correctly on the blog.... harder than it should be. ProfDru, I see you are writing about church hats. :-} :}
ProfDru: yes Seventies Soulchild
alt: Seventies Soulchild, does putting a "date" on the photo tags help to line them up in the sequence you want them to be shown? Sequenceing photos was always the 'big' problem with the Family Tree Maker websites.
Seventies Soulchild: Not in my experience with blogger. Hey Kim
kim: Good afternoon
AYWalton: Hello kim
alt: Hello Kim
daviss: Hi there kim!
AYWalton: welcome to the Lunch Bunch chat. Are you new here to the AfriGeneas chats?
daviss: Happy New Year to you Kim!
kim: No I'm an oldie, just been away a while
HistoryBuff: Hey kim.
AYWalton: well good to have you back, then.
kim: Happy new year to all of you
daviss: welcome back then kim, refresh my memory..lol who are you searching and from where?
AYWalton: so alt did you finish the thread, or still pouring through it?
kim: well, Alexanders in Va. Downings & Cherry in Nc
alt: I finished it AYWalton
daviss: oh I think I remember now. I believe I had asked you if you had any Cherry's in Ariz
alt: Cherry in NC.. wouldn't happen to be in the Edgecombe Co. area?
kim: Yes Edgebomb county nc
daviss: However since then the Cherry person I knew told me that Cherry was not their real name
alt: oh my, have we 'talked" before?
kim: my gg-grandfather is bert cherry no we haven't, but we have to
AYWalton: oh daviss, I sent you a photo via email. an image taken of someone in Marshall TX.
daviss: Ok thank you AYWalton
AYWalton: you have probably seen it before.
ProfDru: .gotta run
alt: I have Cherry's 'hooked' to Lawrence, Dickens, Dawes, and other Edgecombe surnames.
daviss: breaking myneck to get to email lol
alt: and White's in Edgecombe
kim: Me too! Been searching all morning. Found out the lawrences this weekend
alt: oh, oh. kim
kim: and Dolberry
alt: check out my Cherry connections on http://tinyurl.com/cmntbhe
kim: looking for Lafayette Downing in 1870..can't find him
daviss: hmmm not there yet AYWalton
AYWalton: oh ok.
kim: my gg-grand was a downing, his son bert cherry was sold away from the downings to the cherry's
AYWalton: check your spam as it had attachment, and may have gone there, daviss
kim: one of the downing girls married a lawrence and the other married a dolberry
alt: kim, when you get a chance.. scrool down to surname's & C, then Cherry.
daviss: ok AYWalton1
alt: Hello gareysherrod... Welcome!!!!!!
kim: I will do that. Small world
daviss: hello gareysherrod!
kim: hello gareysherrod
gareysherrod: Hello My First time here
alt: Welcome gareysherrod .. this is Art Thomas
daviss: Welcome!!! Oh you two know each other alt!
gareysherrod: OMGoodness
alt: only thru AfriGeneas daviss
gareysherrod: Really ! Hi Art
daviss: thats great!!
kim: please advise, what records would use to prove parenthood. I've tried marriage record, death cert. freedmans bank records, and military records.
AYWalton: Just sent you another one, daviss.
HistoryBuff: Hey gareysherrod
gareysherrod: Art is the only one I know w/ Afrig
AYWalton: hello gareysherrod
kim: I've posted this question on the brick wall forum
daviss: Share your surnames and state gafreysherrod
gareysherrod: Hi Buff, hi ay
AYWalton: kim, are you referring to one ancestor in particular?
alt: all of the above kim... & birth, wills, estate records. census in conjunction with each other.
kim: yes. Soloman Alexander in North Carolina, Hallifax county
gareysherrod: Yes, Kim I think I remember
alt: I saw your posting kim ....
Seventies Soulchild: Hello gareysherrod.
kim: yes, help me out here
gareysherrod: Hi Soul
alt: parentage prior to 1850 is one of the difficulties in AA research kim
kim: I went to NC last weekend and located his grave.
AYWalton: and what time period did Solomon Alexander live?
gareysherrod: Ok, Daviss here goes : Sherrod - North Carolina
kim: I know he is my gg-grandfathers brother that migrated to NC by the naming of his children but I want it on paper
alt: not impossible, but difficult
kim: Soloman was born in 1844 died 1901
alt: you have suspects from the 1870 census records? slave schedule possibilites? any wills, estate papers?
kim: Someone posted a document on the forum but I can't read it.
AYWalton: ahhh ok, so kim I am guessing that you have him in 1900, 1880 and 1870 census records is that correct?
kim: Yes
AYWalton: (daviss you should have 3 emails from me---all with photos.) And you want to know when he was really born?
daviss: ok Aywalton, they just came through
kim: no. just the parents names
AYWalton: ahhhh I see.
kim: Hi Selma
alt: Hello Selma,,,
AYWalton: well, keep in mind you may be talking about a time period in which birth records were not kept.
Selma: Good Monday afternoon folks
kim: just the person I need
daviss: The man on the steps is one that I researched. His last name is Young.
AYWalton: But as I understand it, in some parts of NC, on marriage records, you can find parental data---at least sometimes.
daviss: I was going to blog about him but my trail ran cold
kim: selma did you see my posting on the brick forum yet
Selma: No sorry...
gareysherrod: Question for the room. I'm now using the resources of the local library. There is a Genealogy Lab on site. What would u suggest I should do to research the North Carolina Libraries?
AYWalton: Howdy Ms. Selma!
daviss: Hello Selma, I did not see you come in
Selma: I came in quietly for a change Daviss...
alt: you might even try cohabitation records for a clue.... look for persons of that surname & county with a relationship going back to the 1840's.
kim: not in scotland neck records, somebody did away with the parent info
AYWalton: gareysherrod are you in a library in another state outside of NC?
gareysherrod: Oh, I'm in Calif.
Selma: gareysherrod..there are actually Sherrod's in Barnetta White's books on Cohab records in NC...been meaning to email you.
AYWalton: kim are you saying that on the marriage record the parental data was blacked out?
kim: does mecklenburg county, va. have cohabitation records
Selma: Is that a question for me kim?
kim: no they destroyed it yes Selma
gareysherrod: TY Selma
Selma: There is a census done for Mecklenburg in 1866 and AA census Who are you looking for him I mean kim
HistoryBuff: Hey Selma sorry I missed. U.
kim: really how do I get
Selma: Hold on
alt: perhaps there are parents listed on the DC's of siblings. I have found parents on NC folk born in the 1840's-1850's from the DC's of siblings.
kim: looking to confirm Soloman alexander parents name
alt: NC DC images on Ancestry was my source.
kim: soloman died in 1901...no death cert.
HistoryBuff: Sorry
alt: kim, a suspected sibling may have died after 1901 and have parents listed on the DC.
kim: I wanted to confirm that soloman is listing the same parents as his siblings
alt: I have seen that situation with Cherry/Dickens descendants.
kim: wow
Seventies Soulchild: Ok I gotta run. Y'all have a good afternoon.
AYWalton: bye SoulChile
alt: wb gareysherrod
AYWalton: HistoryBuff how is the docent position going?
gareysherrod: Idk what happened
daviss: wb gareysherrod did you try to click on a link?
alt: it happens to us all gareysherrod ... being bumped
gareysherrod: So, Any suggesttions?
daviss: you may have to copy and paste if so
Selma: Hold on kim..I am checking to make sure I did not confuse with Montgomery County
gareysherrod: Daviss -yes that was it
alt: bumping ? could be browser you're using or just a server problem
gareysherrod: :} Is there Voice to this Chat?
Selma: I am going to have to check later kim...
daviss: no, not yet lol
AYWalton: no this is an on-screen only chat, gareysherrod.
kim: so, do you all believe I'm at a loss Selma
alt: are you looking at Barnetta's books Selma?
kim: ok selma
Selma: No..but I can go get alt..
AYWalton: Greetings, vkn!!!!!!
kim: ?Barnetta had my gg-grandfather sandy downing in her book
alt: I have them handy... what are we looking for kim... surname & county for co-hab records?
daviss: Hello vkn!!
alt: hey Ms vkn,, how be's ya? LOL
Selma: Ok kim..it is on Freedmen's Bureau 105...it is on line...
gareysherrod: What is the title of that book--alt
kim: Halifax county, NC Soloman Alexander or Mecklenburg county, Va
alt: or how you be's? LOL
vkn: b's good
Selma: I will have to explain how to get there.. Is this person in Mecklenburg Co. VA..
HistoryBuff: Hey Vkn
kim: no. was from Mecklenburg county
Selma: Somebody Knows My Name garey..it is in 3 volumes
kim: moved to halifax county, nc
vkn: Kim how goes the research? I am following your dricjwall postings
daviss: Are the books still available Selma?
kim: I glad to be back
jhonora: Wow! A full house!
Selma: Is this what you posted on the Brickwall .. kim?
kim: yes
Selma: I believe so Daviss..re the books..
alt: I don't see Alexander in the Index kim
vkn: alt ayw daviss gareysherrod historybuff jhonora kim Selma howdy and y'all be looking good
kim: this is so exciting! Glad I'm back
daviss: ok thanks Selma
jhonora: Hello alt, AYWalton, daviss, gareysherrod, kim, Selma, vkn
kim: hello jhonora
alt: glad you're back kim :}
daviss: Hello jhonora!
alt: hello jhonora
AYWalton: hey hey hey, it's honora!
alt: why aren't you in school .... boy lol
daviss: lol @ alt
jhonora: Hey AYWalton, had a very nice conversation with Mrs. Callum and Mr. Brown of St. Louis
AYWalton: you did? when did you speak with her? Charles Brown is a very nice fellow.
kim: selma can email me the information. I have a eye appt. that I took off work for and I'm late
Selma: Yes..kim
HistoryBuff: Hey Jhonora
AYWalton: Hope that your conversation with Mrs. Callum went well. she knows the folks at the Josephite Archives well.
kim: alt I will check out your cherry and lawrence families..we may be conected
jhonora: Ay, I spoke with Mrs. Callum this morning, and Brown, yesterday evening. She has a good memory for names, if not dates.
alt: okay kim, I'm sure there will be a connection
kim: is my email on the forum
AYWalton: true.
vkn: No your email is not Kim
AYWalton: her health is declining, but she is still alert.
kim: here it is kwaddyh@aol.com
Selma: Garey..there were 10 couples in Wayne County NC..with the surname SHERRD
kim: have a good day everybody
vkn: bye
daviss: u2 kim have a good day
kim: and thanks for everything
gareysherrod: bye Kim TY
vkn: u 2 kim
gareysherrod: TY Selma
AYWalton: I have to run, folks. Have a great day everyone.
daviss: later ay
Selma: gary - there are a couple in Edgecombe County - SHEROD & SHERROD.. Do you have a specific couple you are looking for
alt: oh wow in the cohab index a bunch of sherrod's w/ varous spellings perhaps 35-30, at least
gareysherrod: Those r good hits
daviss: gareysherrod has your research gone back to the slave era?
alt: gareysherrod, do you have a township in Edgecombe co. to zero-in on?
daviss: wb HB
vkn: ouchies historybuff
HistoryBuff: Thanks Daviss.
gareysherrod: I'm descendant of Jack Sherrod b; 1842
alt: Swift Creek, Deep Creek, Tarboro, etc.
Selma: In Edgecomb there is a Jack SHEROD and Hasty SHEROD been together for 5 years
alt: those are my primary townships
gareysherrod: No, alt not specific
alt: good job Selma LOL
gareysherrod: Jack was marr. to Cassie Exum/Hall
Selma: Barnetta writes - All the info for Edgecombe County has survived on individual pieces of paper.
daviss: Selma do you have the webpage to barnetta never mind, I can probably google
Selma: Apparently those loose certificates never made it to the book kept for that purpose. Some of the records are on printed certificates with the only writing being the name of the husband and wife and length of cohabitation. The others are entirely handwritten.
alt: Yeah, I have written to Edgecomb for the Peter & Louisa Lawrence paper... nothing returned to me as yet... this was 2 years ago.
Selma: Barnetta white spent over 10 years locating these records for NC..
daviss: that may call for another write alt
Selma: It appears that the orginals are at the NC archvies.
alt: I think so daviss
gareysherrod: Selma- email me garey45sos@att.net the title(s) of the book
Selma: Source...C.R.037.603.2; M-W Miscellaneous Records
alt: okay, sounds like a call/message to Erin (freeaainnc)
daviss: [yep alt lol
Selma: I was just thinking the same thing alt...where is she, haven't seen her here in the chat
daviss: see, this is another reason why I wish I knew a county I have Davis from NC :{ millions of them she has been on FB
gareysherrod: Daviss-have just started to slave research, ....haven't got past Jack's father Dennis Barnes who was a slave
vkn: gareysherrod have you posted to the surnames forum?
Selma: There are a 2 1/2 pages of the DAVIS surname in her index ...
gareysherrod: Yes, i think so
daviss: ok gareysherrod thanks for answering
Selma: When was Jack born garey?
gareysherrod: I'm slow I know.....lol
daviss: :o
Selma: Somebody Knows My Name Marriages of Freed People in NC County by County by Barnetta McGhee White, Ph.D.
vkn: Is Edgecomb the county in NC gareysherrod
gareysherrod: 1842 Wilson, NC
alt: got folks in Wilson & Nash too gareysherrod
Selma: Both Jack and his father Dennis Barnes were enslaved
vkn: SHERROD JACK 59 M B NC NC EDGECOMBE CONETOE 1900 SHERWOOD JACK 23 M B NC NC PITT GREENVILLE TWP 1900
daviss: my folks were slaves in NC so......
alt: throughout that area gareysherrod Bertie. Halifax,etc. oh, oh wife looking at me like she has some 'honey-do's" that need to be done.....
Selma: then you better hop to it alt.. LOL
alt: let me skedaddle... later's y'all LOL
vkn: lol
daviss: oh oh better and quick lol
alt: yeah chop, chop LOL
gareysherrod:
Bye alt TY
daviss: he will be thru by tomorrow gareysherrod lol
vkn: Y'all be good and I will be listening HistoryBuff
daviss: we are here m-f
gareysherrod: Thnx Daviss
daviss: same time, same station
gareysherrod: I'll be back Wed.
HistoryBuff: Sounds good Vkn
Selma: Ok..have a great day I have to run too folks have a great day.
daviss: ok bye
gareysherrod: Bye Selma
daviss: we are also here on sat and tues night chats and on Sun morn lol
gareysherrod: Gr8
daviss: so you can see our live is genealogy life right HistoryBuff
HistoryBuff: Have a great day good folks. I concur Daviss.
gareysherrod: Yea I'm an addict now....lol
daviss: Yes so welcome to the club lol
gareysherrod:
lol
daviss: I will cut the lights out gareysherrod if you will put the chairs away
gareysherrod: ok, i'll go now too
daviss: lol ok and please come back
gareysherrod: Thnx for ur welcome
daviss: oh one more q
gareysherrod: sure what?
daviss: where in Cali are you, they have several gen groups they may be a great help for you
gareysherrod: Tehachapi, CA 661-822-5121.....75miles north of Los Angeles
daviss: ok
gareysherrod: In Kern county close to Bakersfield
daviss: I know where Bakerfield is..my bro lives in Moreno Valley
gareysherrod: I've heard of it
daviss: they may have some sort of conference coming up near you I will check around and let you know on Wed
gareysherrod: Ok, keep me informed
daviss: talk later bye
gareysherrod: TY TTYL