*SatNiteChat

Start: 20:59:48
End: 22:29:52
Chatters: AYWalton, bearnut2, daviss, deannie, gsft, HistoryBuff, jhonora, Khathu, Selma, Seventies Soulchild, vkn

deannie: evening

Seventies Soulchild: hi deannie

daviss: hello deannie and seventies!

Seventies Soulchild: hi daviss

daviss: how's it going/ ?

Seventies Soulchild: You have a package coming by Tuesday or Wednesday. OK.

daviss: ok thx Seventies :p

Seventies Soulchild: You're welcome I decided that I'm going to attempt to complete this scr@pbook... lol

daviss: Whtat going on with you tonight scrapbook??

Seventies Soulchild: Nothing, my nephew is here and asleep before 9 I had a scr@pbook that I was working on a few years ago, but never finished. dman it we need to revisit restricted words!

daviss: Are you making it for the boys? scrapbook

Seventies Soulchild: No for my personal gratification.

daviss: hmmm worked for me lol durn is good lol

Seventies Soulchild: yes because you're the chat host

daviss: ha!

Seventies Soulchild: ha ha ha ha! that ain't funny! lol

daviss: you sure it ain't lol

Seventies Soulchild: That's why I can't get anything in, I cuss too much! lol

daviss: scuse us oops I mean her deannie lol lol lol

deannie: Evening All...just get back to the site

daviss: hahahahaha hi deannie

Seventies Soulchild: I had actually found some African scr@p paper with the Akan symbols and quotes. So the book is beautiful as well as unique.

deannie: Hi daviss, seventies

Seventies Soulchild: The company has gone out of business. Hi deannie

daviss: Good for you seventies...too bad they went out of business you may have found something else

Seventies Soulchild: I know their paper was beautiful and unique. Definitely had a niche market with it.

deannie: What going on in you world of genealogy search

daviss: Deannie have you been back to FtWayne

Seventies Soulchild: Maybe I will scan some of the pages I created and send them to you.

daviss: I would love that seventies

Seventies Soulchild: What I do with those pages that look like old fashioned wall paper is create frames to make like a wall look in the book.

deannie: No....AAGHSC had their first meeting of the new year and we are planning our yearly trip in September 14

Seventies Soulchild: I really enjoy being creative ok enough about that.

daviss: thats quite a long way away

AYWalton: good evening all.

daviss: I wish I were creative,

Seventies Soulchild: Hello AYWalton.

AYWalton: Howdy daviss, deannie, SoulChile!

daviss: Hi there AYWalton!!!

deannie: I know but we put it on the calender so that members can plan their trips....

Seventies Soulchild: everyone has their own unique strengths daviss. :}

deannie: Hi Angela how are you

daviss: hmmmmmmm

AYWalton: what are you making with Adinkra symbols.

daviss: I never knew what mine was lol

Seventies Soulchild: I had a scr@pbook that I ordered some time ago with Adinkra symbols.

AYWalton: that's nice.

Seventies Soulchild: And proverbs as well.

daviss: deannie do you ever go up on your own?

AYWalton: Hmm......I just typed the sentence, I am a s c r a pbooker (put in spaces) and got a message that I used an inappropriate word.

Seventies Soulchild: yes me too.. which is why I'm using the @ sign

AYWalton: I intentionally put in the spaces in the word s c rapbooker

daviss: lol I am a scrapbooker

Seventies Soulchild: see daviss gets to cuss and we don't... lol

AYWalton: I wonder what the bad word was....

deannie: no...I can but I have not...I do not have a car...but I can that the bus up there...because it stop across the street from the hotel....

daviss: Mariah made me do it lol

AYWalton: oh maybe s c rap

Seventies Soulchild: yes Smh @ blaming Mariah for everything!

AYWalton: wow the word with the s and the wor without the s are both bad words on the system. lol

daviss: mabe because I am the elder in the room lol

Seventies Soulchild: yep! lol

AYWalton: so how did you get to do that, daviss?

Seventies Soulchild: exactly!

daviss: watch it seventies!

AYWalton: hey Miss Selma!!!

Seventies Soulchild: You said it daviss, not me.. I was just co-signing... Lol

daviss: Hello Selma!

Seventies Soulchild: Hello Selma

deannie: I will be going to Springfield, Il state archives on a regular bases...they have a lot of things to look up a it cheap for me to go there....

Selma: good evening folks..yes I am still awake..but just barely

deannie: Hi Selma

Seventies Soulchild: I hear you Selma...

daviss: How far is it from you deannie, and have you ever been?

deannie: Ft Wayne is about 4 hours....Springfield,Il is about 5 hours

jhonora: Evening daviss, deannie, Selma! Hey AYWalton!

daviss: hi jhonora

deannie: H Jhonora

Selma: Evening jhonara..

AYWalton: hey hey hey, it's honoray!!!!

Selma: Is that a bad word Daviss rapbook

AYWalton: but daviss can type it.

Selma: sapbook

AYWalton: I can't either.

daviss: I guess I am aged or Mariah is making me cuss Selma

AYWalton: lol, yep Mariah might be in the room.

Seventies Soulchild: ok just checking... lol

AYWalton: You need to get those ghost hunting guys on the travel chanel to chase down Mariah for you. lol

daviss: deannie does it take a long time to pull the files you need at the archives

deannie: In Springfield, Il no....I went there when we to the conference last year....I located a death certificate for a cousin mother-in-law that gives me his wife new name after he died....

AYWalton: oh the documentary Banished that Charles Brown mentioned on Bernice's show is on youtube. The full documentary.

daviss: I did not know the archives had DC's. I wonder if FT Worth has some

Selma: I forgot to listen on Thursday...I need reminders..

deannie: The first couple of copies are free...and the others are only a dollar....cheat...if I have to go to the City Hall here they a $15.00 I can take the train....

daviss: oh really AYWalton, I must see it Can you take in a camera deannie?

AYWalton: It is good.

deannie: I say it it at our meeting about 2 years ago...I enjoyed it

daviss: The radio blog was good Selma

AYWalton: daviss, I doubt it about the Ft. Worth Archives---unless it is contained in another file I would think. deannie which Archives was this? Illinois State Archives?

deannie: Yes.....

AYWalton: ok that makes sense. Many state archives do have death records.

deannie: Yes...Illinois State Archives

AYWalton: the MD archives---known as the MD Hall of Records had reels of death records. but not the national Archives nor its branches.

daviss: ok so FT Worth would be national then

deannie: I did not know I had family in Chicago in 1930, but I located him here.....

AYWalton: yes, the capital of TX is Austin, and they may have some there. the Archives in Ft. Worth is a Federal repository.

deannie: I lives 20 minutes from the National Archives in Chicago

AYWalton: I have done research at the Ft.Worth branch. I need to go back again.

daviss: wow thats close deannie

AYWalton: they have records from Indian Territory and many of the old tribal courts.

deannie: I know....

AYWalton: Howdy khathu!

Khathu: Good evening everyone

Selma: Evening Khathu

daviss: hello Khathu!!

jhonora: Hey Khathu

daviss: They should also have everything Texas then right AYW

AYWalton: howdy HistoryBuff

daviss: Hello HistoryBuff!!

Seventies Soulchild: Hey what happened. I stepped away for a moment and now there are twice as many people in chat! lol

jhonora: Hello HistoryBuff

AYWalton: the state archives in Austin, does have a lot of TX stuff--and all of it TX! lol all for you, SoulChile! lol

Seventies Soulchild: Hi HistoryBuff, jhonora, Khathu

HistoryBuff: Hey Khathu, AYWalton, Daviss, Deannie, Selma, Jhonora and Seventies.

AYWalton: what's new with you, khathu?

deannie: Hi historybuff

Khathu: Nothing much outside of working on history of Lorenzo Williams

HistoryBuff: Deannie have you had a chance to research at the NA location in Chicago?

AYWalton: well that's ok.

Seventies Soulchild: You know I checked with my local National Archives repository, and they didn't have RG105

HistoryBuff: How is your research working out, Khathu?

Selma: can they order for you seventies?

Seventies Soulchild: They only carry docs relevant to the Northeast

Selma: Oh OK..

Seventies Soulchild: No So it looks like I will be heading down to D.C. again soon.

Selma: Well since many of those FB AGents were from the North..there is a connection

deannie: I go all the time...but I have just learned about my family that was here in chicago around 1930....I thought they came here in the early 50's

AYWalton: Oh Soulchile you mean the one in NYC?

Seventies Soulchild: yes

Khathu: it is going slow

HistoryBuff: Ah good hunting, Deannie. Which repositiory are considering next?

AYWalton: well....uh...........ahem..........that's because our group has them SoulChile.

Selma: Ummmm LOL

Seventies Soulchild: WHAT??!! lol

deannie: Military record for Chicago.....

AYWalton: see when they moved, they gave up lots of microfilm and put out a notice that they were giving away microfilm to any non-profit organization that wanted microfilm.

Seventies Soulchild: get out! wow

daviss: wow!

AYWalton: they had a massive list, and I immediately sent an email on behalf of the Louis Diggs African American Cultural Resource Center---a new group here in MD. we were the first and we requested 732 reels of microfilm.

HistoryBuff: If I may ask, which type of military record, Deannie?

AYWalton: We got 625....so most of the states we got.

daviss: thats wonderful AYWalton!

AYWalton: and we hope by spring of this year they will be available to be used by researchers.

jhonora: thats great AY!

AYWalton: there were many more record groups they were putting up.

HistoryBuff: Great to learn that, AY!

AYWalton: also they expect that many of the states will be digitized within the next 2-3 years, so they decided to give it away to a non-profit group.

HistoryBuff: Deannie are you able to use the HQ Chicago Public Library-Harold Washington Branch?

deannie: Regisition.....I have just the internet....but I have not anything

AYWalton: we sent them our 501 (c) 3 number and a few months later 10 boxes of microfilm arrived.

Seventies Soulchild: Well I'm coming down to your spot AYWalton... :}

deannie: what is HQ

AYWalton: we are the only entity in the state of MD that has almost a full set. only 2-3 states were missing---but that's ok. we got the states I need! lol and more

Seventies Soulchild: lol

Selma: and thats what really counted right AY.. LOL

daviss: lol I wonder what states are missing

HistoryBuff: I had just recently heard the Louis Diggs Cultural Center. Where in MD is it located, AY?

AYWalton: uh....yeah!!!!!!!! where right now it is in name only-----we have been given a building, but it has to be restored. it is the old Pest House, a home for those with Incurable Diseases.

jhonora: The center will be a library system branch or owned entirely by a group?

AYWalton: It was built in the 1800s by former slaves. and was used till the mid 20th century. the center will be a part of the Baltimore County Historical Society and it rests on their grounds. it is structurally sound, but needs to be completey refurbished.

Selma: Are you having a ceremony when it is opened..let me know I would like to come

daviss: isn't that something.. Well Congrats to you guys

jhonora: How many sites/properties does the County Society have?

AYWalton: the historical society gave the building to Mr. Diggs in his name for all of the work that he did to document black communities in Baltimore County.

HistoryBuff: Me too, ay.

AYWalton: the society itself sits on several hundred acres and is beautiful. The pest house sits on their grounds.

Seventies Soulchild: Ok its almost my bedtime.. lol see y'all tomorrow.

jhonora: That is awesome!

AYWalton: there will proabably be a ceremony for sure when it opens. I shall let you know, Selma!

Selma: Is the name Pest a person's name..or was it cause folks with incurable diseases considered Pest

AYWalton: we are awaiting a preservation grant.

daviss: hello gsft1

AYWalton: Not sure---I think the latter, Selma.

jhonora: Will the renovations equip the building for archival storage as well as research?

gsft: hello

daviss: oops I mean gsft!

AYWalton: here is a photo of the building:

HistoryBuff: Hey gsft .

gsft: hello

daviss: Welcome, Is this your first time here gsft?

Selma: Good evening gsft

gsft: In the chat room? yes

daviss: oops AYWalton got bumped

deannie: Hi gsft

gsft: hello

daviss: awesome!!

deannie: Welcome.....

AYWalton: back! I hope the link worked.

gsft: I'm from nyc

daviss: wb AYWalton

AYWalton: If you google Pest House, Baltimore, you will see more images of the structure.

Selma: yes it worked.. NICE

deannie: Big Apple

gsft: yes

daviss: NYC and isn't that where seventies is

HistoryBuff: It worked for me, AY.

Selma: What state and counties are you researching gsft?

AYWalton: the Historical Society itself is located in a similar structure only larger, and it was known as the Alms House.

daviss: Where is your research gfst It sure is taking you a long time to say Texas gfst lol

deannie: Chicago here

AYWalton: howdy bearnut2

gsft: Alabama - Etowah and Greene County, Georgia - Floyd and Richmond, various counties and Virginia, Orangeburg County in SC

deannie: HI bearnut2

jhonora: Hello bearnut2

daviss: Hi bearnut2!!

jhonora: What family names from Alabama, gsft?

bearnut2: Hi AYWalton gsft deannie jhonora daviss HistoryBuff Khathu and Selma

HistoryBuff: Hey Bearnut2

gsft: Ishman

Selma: Who are you researching in Floyd and Richmond..is that Richmond the city or the County? evening bearnut2

daviss: thats an odd name Ishman..

AYWalton: it is a unique name for sure. have you begun to document the family gsft?

Selma: Good evening vkn

vkn: howdy all y'all

gsft: In Floyd Georgia I'm researching Mostella or Marställer

bearnut2: were your ears burning today AYW? Charles and I were talking about you--all good of course

gsft: Augusta Georgia also

vkn: also Isom daviss

daviss: wow thats another name that is unusual I have heard of Isom as a first name

vkn: gsft do you also do Bartow

AYWalton: oh gracious, bearnut2! glad ot know it was good, though.

bearnut2: lol

HistoryBuff: Perhaps as in Isom Dart, an A-Am gunslinger, Davis?

gsft: Ishman is mostly from PA. Trying to see if they were free in Ohio. They lived in Greene County near Mcalpines and other big slave owners.

AYWalton: is that why my hair is singed around the edges? lol

bearnut2: lol lol lol

Selma: Oh I thought you meant Floyd and Richmond counties in VA..

vkn: lol @ AYW

AYWalton: Isom was quite common out west

bearnut2: good one !I'll have to remember that.

AYWalton: Isom and Isam

daviss: yes HistoryBuff him too

gsft: I do have a lot of family from Richmond, The Southalls

AYWalton: bearnut2 did you get to hear Charles on Bernice Bennett's show the other night? by the way the documentary Banished is online.

jhonora: oh really?

AYWalton: it was really 3 stories in 1. yes jhonora, let me find the link again.

HistoryBuff: I learned years ago, there is a relation on my father's maternal side who is named Isom Herron.

gsft: bartow? no.

vkn: great to get the link

bearnut2: I listened to the recorded version yesterday--can't listen live. We saw Banished last Saturday at the History Museum. It was part of their film series--VERY GOOD!!!

gsft: Banished is an excellent Doc.

AYWalton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2CvdEAM2cs it was well done.

vkn: gsft Cartersville

Selma: Folks time for me to bid you all Good Night..

bearnut2: yes it is! We cracked up when the lady stumbled around for 2 minutes trying to figure out what to call "us"---ridiculous!

AYWalton: that was amazing for so many reasons.

daviss: So gsft you have searched past 1870

AYWalton: and the guy who oversaw the sale of much of the land in GA---amazing!

bearnut2: thanks for the link!

AYWalton: and he was head of the committee to discuss the issue of land. Puleeze!

bearnut2: yeah---I wanted to slap him silly!

deannie: I have to run,,,,gsft come back again,,,,the people in this site are great and know a lot......nice to have chat with you........good nite

AYWalton: it was so revealing.

daviss: nite deannie

AYWalton: this should be shown on PBS, frequently.

gsft: Well, I guess. I have almost everyone past 1870. I missing about 4 people.

AYWalton: gsft you mean in your family line or in a specific community?

daviss: are those the one you are thinking may be FPOC's

bearnut2: Charles says they do show it quite a bit (at least here in the St Louis area) and it should show a few times in Feb for Black History Month.

gsft: In my family tree I'm missing 3 of my 2nd great grandparents. The rest I can trace to 1870.

AYWalton: are you now branching into other record sets now like Freed.Bureau, Freedman Savings, Southern Claims, military?

gsft: Some of the Ishmans may have been in Ohio, freed from Virginia.

daviss: lots of Bamer Ishmans

AYWalton: interesting.

daviss: Vkn did you see my FB page today

gsft: I have some freedmans records from Virginia that I found on familysearch, all from the Southall family in Virginia

vkn: Not as yet daviss

gsft: lots of Ishmans in Alabama, yes

vkn: what will I be looking to see daviss

daviss: Ok, vkn I posted a pic of my bro in law who passed away last night. He lives in Atlanta

vkn: oh dear

daviss: I mentioned because he lives in your neck of the woods

vkn: oh dear so sorry

AYWalton: so very sorry for your loss.

daviss: not sufre yet AYWalton..

gsft: sorry for your loss

daviss: gsft thx I just looked on Family Search. Lots of ishmans lol

vkn: what is name daviss I will look for obit

daviss: Phillip Reid

vkn: okies

AYWalton: going to run, folks. Have a good evening.

daviss: nite ay

vkn: niters ayw

daviss: have a good one'

bearnut2: Sorry to hear about your b-i-l cuz'n daviss bye AYWalton

daviss: heyyyy bearnut2 !

bearnut2: you just noticed me? lol

daviss: its a double hi cuz lol

vkn: lol @ bearnut

bearnut2: lol

gsft: I've been doing this 3 years. what about you gyus?

bearnut2: 20 years this year

daviss: sheesh gsft me, I started in 92

bearnut2: just found a new cousin via Ancestry this week!

HistoryBuff: I began in 1997.

bearnut2: we can celebrate our anniversary together daviss!

daviss: Wow bearnut2 thats great

jhonora: I started nine years ago

vkn: gsft where are you located. I have been at it for some 30 years or more

HistoryBuff: Good for you, bearnut2

gsft: I wish I would started earlier. I was inspired by the genealogy TV shows. I'm in NY

bearnut2: thanks! She's my 2nd cousin 1 removed

jhonora: I'm signing off y'all, see you tomorrow!

daviss: my states are texas and texas gsft until I can get out LOL

bearnut2: take care jhonora lol daviss

daviss: How did you find them bearnut2.. Did a leaf fall?

bearnut2: lol

gsft:

vkn: we are just glad you started gsft

gsft: I've been to Dallas

daviss: thats what they said on TV

bearnut2: I saw that she added a record that I had added and went to check out her tree...

daviss: Do you have any Texas ties gsft or was it just a visit?

bearnut2: I sent her a message and she checked with her mom and confirmed that we are cousins

daviss: awesome bearnut2, thats wonderful what state was that

gsft: My great aunt lives there. She been there since the mid-60s. The last one of that generattion.

daviss: did you interview her gsft? That would be great for you to do

HistoryBuff: Have a good good folks. See you tomrrow. Bye.

bearnut2: was the state question for me daviss?

daviss: nite

gsft: I've done genetic testing, but I'm reticent to ask her to take one. I don't know why. I have asked her of a lot questions, but I don't want to make it seem like I'm just using her for info.

daviss: state for you bearnut2

bearnut2: the family is from FL

daviss: who did you use gsft

bearnut2: I'm not sure where she is living now

vkn: History daviss bearnut gsft niters until 2 morry

daviss: nite

bearnut2: nite vkn

daviss: did you use 23&me

bearnut2: cool! where did you test gsft?

gsft: 23andme - I've done one, my uncle and my maternal grandma and FTDNA.

daviss: so did bearnut2 and me

gsft: cool

bearnut2: daviss' brother matches my dad and grandma-- so we're cousins

daviss: yep!

bearnut2: I'm A10SCN2 on 23andme

daviss: and I am Vicky M or twosdaviss

gsft: I'm Gnome23

daviss: how cute the name

bearnut2: ahh-I've seen you! it is cute

gsft: lol, yeah I try to get as much info as I can on the forums

bearnut2: me too

daviss: did you also use Dr McDonald

gsft: yes

bearnut2: well, guess I'd better get off here. Haven't had dinner yet...take care ya'll

daviss: nite cuz

gsft: good nit

bearnut2: nice to meet you gsft--see you around 23... nite cuz'n daviss see you everywhere! lol

daviss: lol

gsft: good night

daviss: Goodnite Ms Calabash where ever you are..