*LunchBunch
Start: 12:03:17
End: 13:02:02
Chatters: alt, bbenn, Daviss, Selma, Seventies, vkn
Seventies: good afternoon, alt.
alt: what's up Seventies?
Seventies: Nothing. Stayed home from work this am.
alt: oh, oh ... there goes my tax dollars for "slick' leave 
Seventies: oh lord... lol I can't stay at the house. I just gotta work for massa all the time??? No the screen locked up.. lol
alt: okay, thought I upset ya LOL
Seventies: Anything new going on in genealogy?
alt: Well, the Olympics are over so I've got nothing exciting to watch on TV for a few days until Football starts.
Seventies: lol alt!
Daviss: hello alt and Seventies
Seventies: Hello Daviss
alt: Hi Daviss, welcome back
Daviss: thx alt!!
Seventies: welcome back.. :}
Daviss: lol reading back re nothing to watch lol thank you seventies
alt: y'all see my post on the Jimi Hendrix story and link to Urbana, OH? My ancestors home turf.
Seventies: You know, I think that there is something to watch on TV. Don't you all watch those judge shows and all... lol I didn't see that.
Daviss: I don't seventies, I am all day MSNBC no, I did not see it yet alt
alt: naw Seventies, don't watch the Judge shows, at least not on purpose 
Seventies: Did anyone catch 'Marley' on TV? Its another biography about Bob Marley. It includes his white folks and a half sister.
alt: I haven't seen it Seventies
Daviss: I did not catch that either seventies :?
Seventies: I truly just happened to catch it weekend before last while channel surfing. It was pretty good. I talked to Jay, this weekend also. She's doing well. Making lots of headway in her research.
Daviss: I think I have just been glued to the Olympics in my spare time
alt: my TV viewing is mostly Sports & C-Span.
Seventies: Cspan is really good isn't it. I got hooked in my 20's
Daviss: Thats good for her Seventies. She is also near the archives isn't she?
Seventies: No she lives in Brooklyn, but her resarch is mostly centered in South Carolina.
Daviss: Ok I forgot she lived in Brooklyn
alt: Jay, is that Jennifer, the young lady I met in Ft. Wayne?
Daviss: yes alt
alt: Give her my best regards and a big hello the next time you speak with her please.
Seventies: Right now she's focused on looking at the men who served in USCT in the area where her family was from. She going over it with a fine tooth comb.
Daviss: her and Seraph aka Sharon
Seventies: Yes that's Jennifer. I will do alt. She calls me about once a month.
alt: right, Ihave a nice photo of them with Tony Burroughs from the Banquet and they are dressed in their African attire.
Seventies: That's on your FB page, right?
alt: not sure Seventies.. it may be
Seventies: hi Selma
Selma: Good afternoon alt, Daviss and Seventies..
alt: hello Selma... the 'package' arrived Saturday... I owe you BIG TIME ...thanks
Daviss: Hi there Selma!!
Selma: Daviss...so glad to see you. So sorry to hear about your brother.
Daviss: thank you Selma, I appreciate that
alt: very nice post on your blog Daviss re: your brother
Seventies: Yes that was very nice.
Selma: I haven't had a chance to read..got home from family reunion in Florida last night
Daviss: thanks alt and Seventies
Seventies: Do share Selma. How was it?
Daviss: How was it Selma??
alt: happy you made it home safely Selma .. hope you had a great time at the Reunion.
Seventies: I was busy looking at BJ's trip to NY on facebook.. lol She was hanging in my old stomping grounds in Brooklyn. lol
Selma: Very very nice..first off Jacksonville Florida was as hot if not hotter than here This was a reunion of my Maternal line..descendants of my family from Grenada and Panama..
Daviss: awww very nice
Seventies: That must've been fun!
alt: I bet the Grenada folks were happy about the young man winning Gold at the OLympics.
Selma: Another cousin who lives in Queens but grew up in Trinidad (and still has family there) ..has been doing a lot of research. She traveled to Panama and did research while she was in Trinidad OH yes alt..I missed..but I am sure the WHOLE island was rocking.. Have to call my cousin who knows everybody..to see if we are related..
alt: six degrees Selma LOL LOL LOL
Seventies: That's one thing about the caribbean, people traveled a whole lot.
Selma: This group of relatives..although they knew we were related did not know exactly how all the lines were connected So I took the info that my cousin had and did a big paper chart..
Seventies: So the cousin brought out the family history then.
alt: you've got your work cut out for you then Selma
Daviss: very nice Selma!!
alt: You had your 'puter with you????
Selma: The surnames are Wilson, LaBastide, Mootoo, and Otway
Seventies: So did Sylvia Wong's show offer any new ideas for you, Selma?
Selma: No not really seventies.. Well I didn't mean it that way seventies.. All shows that I listen to give me new ideas..
alt: I would imagine Caribbean research can be difficult with the Island belonging previously to so many different nations islands
Selma: But I had gotten some info from the FHC's in the early 1990's cause they went to Grenada and microfilmed the church records
Seventies: well that's okay Selma, I understood what you meant. 
Selma: Yes..you can have french, english and spanish records.. The lines that went to Panama in the early 1990's were in the Canal Zone..
Seventies: Now did any of your folks come to Panama from other places to work?
Selma: I didn't realize that they were counted on the 1940 US census
alt: did your folks come into the USA thru Ellis Island Selma?
Selma: Yes Seventies..they went to Panama to work on the Canal in the 1910's teens Only my grandmother and her husband came here in 1920..the rest stayed in Panama..her sister and brother..and other family members.
alt: ah so Selma, so you still have deep "island" connections???
Selma: Most of the folks there about 45, were descendants of my grandmother's sister (she had 17 kids), my cousin found 14... These cousins came here in the 1960's, 70's and 80's..
alt: okay Selma that is fairly recent.. like only 1 generation here in the USA
Selma: My grandmother's sister's youngest son..came here in the 1950's my grandmother sent for him..he lives in Florida.. The ones's who came in the 1960's have children and grandchildren who were born here Yes, my grandmother came thru Ellis Island and Yes, I told them "you didn't get to those islands on a Carnival Cruise
Daviss: lol lol
vkn: Greetings to all
Daviss: hello there vkn!
Selma: Afternoon vkn
alt: I did some work for Vy Higgenson and her family from Barbados who came in thru Ellis Island in the 19-teens.
vkn: How was the reunion Selma
Selma: It was great vkn
vkn: wunnerful
alt: shame on you Selma
Selma: When we all left..we were all speaking..so I figure that was a good thing.. LOL
vkn: lol
alt: yep, that's a good sign LOL LOL
vkn: Measure of success
Selma: They are suppose to meet again in 2 years in Texas..in more heat
Daviss: yayyyyy Texas lol
Selma: My mother also came..so they were thrilled to meet her
vkn: We are adding photo albums capabilities to forums within the next few days
alt: oh, that's wonderful Selma.. I know she was thrilled to see family
Selma: Yes..
vkn: How many were present Selma
Selma: About 45 to 50 vkn
vkn: grrrrrreattttttt
alt: great vkn on the precious photo progress...
vkn: Greetings bbenn
Selma: Many of them live in Florida..met a young man in his 20's who actually lives in Norfolk, Va..he had been in the Navy Afternoon bbenn
Daviss: I am trying to figure out where I heard the name Otway Selma
bbenn: Hello alt,Daviss, Selma, vkn
alt: bbenn, hello & how ya doing?
bbenn: How is everyone today?
vkn: Good lineup of guests bbenn
alt: Otway sounds familiar to me too Daviss
Daviss: good for me bbenn
bbenn: Thanks
Selma: There were 4 Wilson sisters..they married a LaBastide, a Mootoo, an Otway and a Best..they were all born in the 1865 to 1875 time frame
alt: looking forward to Thursday bbenn .. I hope to have a question or two.. should I send them to you in advance?
Selma: I am a descendant of the sister who married LaBastide, he was originally from Trinidad and came to Grenada
bbenn: Yes, please send me your questions. So far, I have received about 10 very good questions and I am forward all of the questions to Joanna.
alt: okay bbenn will do
bbenn: Thank you
Daviss: I will have to catch up on last week and this week bbenn
bbenn: Daviss - my condolences for your loss.
Daviss: thx bbenn
vkn: Me also, hours in day dwindling from 24
Selma: Ain't that the truth vkn.. I plan to do nothing today except get my self together..takes me at least 2 days to recover nowadays
vkn: I hear that
bbenn: I had a power outage right before the show and tried to log on at another location and it did not work. I was surprised that everyone stayed on-line until I was able to start the show. 114 listeners when I finally logged on.
alt: you should be in good shape Selma.. now that you're healed from your ankle and you can see better than ever LOL LOL WOW, that's great bbenn .. you have some faithful followers
Selma: About that seeing..I gots to get those glasses..this putting on readers and taking them off is driving me crazy
Daviss: oops Selma
bbenn: I think that that particular show brought in a lot of new listners.
Selma: Interestingly..I can read on the computer without the glasses..at least so far
alt: tell me about it Selma... except for getting rid of the cataracts I sometimes wish I hadn't had it done and was still wearing glasses w/bifocals
bbenn: Selma, can you see without your glasses now?
vkn: Try using a hand held magnifier Selma. Works for me
Selma: Well I could see before bbenn..just that things were blurry..
bbenn: ok
Selma: VKN..I still would be looking for the hand held magnifier.. LOL
alt: hehehehehehe @ Selma
bbenn: lol
vkn: Interesting relate to Hendricks WOW alt too funny selma
Selma: I don't have a problem with wearing glasses vkn...I had gotten kind of use to it
bbenn: Sorry, I have to go. AA Special Interest group is meeting and I have to help someone. Have a wonderful day!
Selma: and read alot..so I am always looking for the readers
alt: yeah vkn.... no 'true' family connection, but the inter-realtionship was amazing to discover.... I had the relationship in my records all of the time and didn't realize the connection of Hendrix-Hendricks
vkn: Hendrichs
Selma: Just as a heads up I won't be in the chat tomorrow afternoon
vkn: okies
alt: you'd better have a good excuse Selma :{
Daviss: lol
Selma: Gotta take a friend to the Doctor..then to the FHC..to look up something
alt: okay, that'll work LOL
Daviss: awww well you are forgiven
Selma: Thank you alt..
vkn: I thought I saw Seventies here?
Daviss: she was earlier vkn
vkn: okies
Selma: So alt..have you managed to read any of the material I sent...still haven't read the 2nd one
vkn: How are you doing this day Daviss
alt: yep, reading it off and on ... including the footnotes and checking them out now that the Olympics are over I'll be able to give it a better reading
Daviss: sheesh, welcome home lol
vkn: lol
Daviss: Selma where in Tx will your reunion be
Selma: I am not sure..I forget where this cousin lives..I have her address here somewhere
Daviss: ok just checking :?
Selma: It is not one of the big cities..like Dallas or Houston All I know is it will be HOT
alt: speaking of TX Daviss, are you familiar with Longview?
Daviss: yes alt it is 30 miles from marshall
Selma: Well folks I have to run...have a great day..see you all tomorrow nigiht Bye
Daviss: later Selma Longview I believe is still in Harrison county
alt: okay, a good friend of mine here in Springfield is from Longview and she was just there this past week for a family reunion.
Daviss: oh my!!
alt: family surname I believe is Britton, with various spellings.
Daviss: I had a uncle who lived in Longview and ministered there for yrs on my Taylor Line
alt: okay, we can talk about this later, we might have a connection there....
Daviss: his address was 445 s High . ingrained in my head would love that alt
alt: gotcha, I will pass that info on to her.
Daviss: thx have a good day\
alt: what was his surname, your uncle
Daviss: taylor.. His name was L R Taylor
alt: okay, gotcha laters
Daviss: bye
