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2010-09-27*LunchBunch *LunchBunchStart: 12:11:04
alt: Hello 3rdthawkins 3rdthawkins: hey alt alt: where you been the last couple of days? 3rdthawkins: been away, stuck deep in editing my family tree alt: okay, just checking on ya hello daviss 3rdthawkins: hello daviss, thx alt daviss: hello alt and 3rd alt: got a friend here learning about the chat room 3rdthawkins: cool alt daviss: howdy alt's friend lol alt: Flora says howdy back atcha & thanks for the welcome 3rdthawkins: hello Flora alt: Hi daviss: piece of cake Flora! We are glad to have ya. You have a great teacher alt: she knows that LOL daviss: lol Is my man alt also giving you some great research tips Flora alt: You betcha.. found her folks in GA... back to 1870, LaFayette, Walker co., He rmother in the 1900 census as a 14 y/o 3rdthawkins: cool daviss: oh my! thats some looking out. What are the surnames? I have Burks and Lester's but I am only looking in Wilkes County as of now alt: Oops Grandma in 1900 also named flora Marsh & Young in Walker co., GA daviss: We do have a couple of Ga researcher that come into chat alt: check out this post from this morning on Gen/Hist http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum/index.cgi/page/1/md/read/id/83375 daviss: I have a friend that researhes Marsh but they are in Smith Co Tx Shreveport Alt, that is 30 miles from my hometown of marshall nice article alt! alt: thanks daviss .. this lady is a 'white' researcher who follows the post on Afrigeneas. 3rdthawkins: that's greawt alt daviss: very good alt: this was a black man.. notice he was ordained in KY in the mid 1800's before the end of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal church. I was amazed at the.!!!!! that!!! daviss: I hear ya alt! He is one of your lines alt? alt: Yep. my maternal great-great grandfather. born in 1817 died in 1885 3rdthawkins: that is interesting alt daviss: I love those genie angels alt! And the amazing thing is they always have others in their thoughts as they research alt: sure do daviss. it is really rewarding daviss: Did you read that last blog I posted alt The one on hamilton alt: on Gean? yes, it was very very nice and heart warming. daviss: I heard from two of the daughters last night and they were thrilled I left off over half of those documents that gave them 4 more grands alt: I'm sure they were.. gonna show Flora your blog.. URL real quick ..please. daviss: http://mariahszepher.blogspot.com/ thats the one but many articles there alt whats amazing also is that it includeds all of the slave owners alt: gotcha .. thanks she was impressed daviss LOL daviss: heyy Flora when will we see you on board here 3rdthawkins: hello Selma alt: Hello Selma daviss: and thanks flora Selma: Good Monday afternoon everyone daviss: Hello Selma! What oops lol 3rdthawkins: you have some nice photos daviss Selma: Who is Flora? daviss: thx 3rd alt: a friend Selma.. she's visiting and I'm showing her how chat works. daviss: Flora is sitting along side alt 3rdthawkins: even though you have the Cards helmet at the bottom lol alt: she's impressed... enjoyed daviss' blog daviss: hey what can I say 3rd lol Selma: Well hello Flora..glad to meet you 3rdthawkins: that's cool lol Selma: Does this mean we have to be on out best behavior? alt: Flora say hi to the lady in Newport news LOL daviss: lol lol @ selma alt: Naw, she's sitting here cutting up herself. daviss: nice little article about Bishop College when it was in Marshall 3rd It means Selma that when Flora starts coming to chat alt will have to be on "his" best behavior lol 3rdthawkins: lol Selma: That will last about 15 minutes... LOL daviss: hahahahahahaha alt: Flora lives with her son and she doesn't want to mess with his computer... we're trying to get him/her toget her own computer. daviss: That would be great.. Besides we want Flora to be able to stay on as long as her heart desires heyyy Seventies Seventies Soulchild: hello daviss alt: Flora's " ex" lives in Tucson and he goes to the Library for his computer access... told flora she can do the same here unitl she gets her computer. Seventies Soulchild: hello alt 3rd Selma alt: Hi Seventies Soulchild 3rdthawkins: hello Seventies daviss: Seventies, we took my granddaughter to a college fair yesterday. There were about 220 colleges represented Seventies Soulchild: Oh wow! That's a lot. Was at the convention center? daviss: Why was no one at the West Point? lol Seventies Soulchild: lol Those guys have been working overtime! LOL 3rdthawkins: oooo daviss: I walked briskly over and kinda pushed grand in that direction and bam! no one lol Seventies Soulchild: Oh no! 3rdthawkins: lol Selma: Afternoon seventies Seventies Soulchild: They probably sent a liason and not one of our officers. daviss: Flora I live in Phoenix about 120 miles from Tucson Selma: Flora what states and counties are you researching? alt: I told her you were in AZ daviss and mentioned Joplin, West Point & Newport News. Seventies Soulchild: um ok I don't see this Flora person y'all talking to... lol is something wrong with my computer??? LOL alt: she's in Walker county Ga Selma doing Marsh & Young. daviss: hehehehehe @ daviss Selma: OK daviss: @ seventies 3rdthawkins: lol Seventies, alt has a friend he's helping and showing around Joplin here Flora!! Seventies Soulchild: Speaking of military and all. I was recently given a new USCT resource Selma: BRB Seventies Soulchild: I posted the info on the military forum daviss: I also sent you a msg on FB seventies alt: Hi AmosNY Seventies Soulchild: ok I'll check there daviss. 3rdthawkins: hello Amos Seventies Soulchild: Hello AmosNY daviss: hello AmosNY 3rdthawkins: anyone know if there are roster lists for the 9th Calvary around 1920? AmosNY: Greetings all! Hawkins,alt,daviss,SeventiesSoulchild. Seventies Soulchild: probably at the Nat'l Archives 3rdthawkins: ok, none online, though, huh? daviss: I dont know 3rd AmosNY: Weren't they disbanded by 1920? Seventies Soulchild: Wait that's after WWI, and I don't think that those records are being released yet. alt: there is a WW I book by a guy named Wendell Scott... has a lot of WW I rosters 3rdthawkins 3rdthawkins: ok AmosNY I don't know, I have a Ed Hawkins who was found in 1920 on Philippines Island Troop K Regiment 9 Calvary Seventies Soulchild: Would there be some alternate records that would indicate military status? 3rdthawkins: oops Amos...........ok alt I don't know Seventies, he is not found in 1930 census, and no identifiable record of him after 1930 Seventies Soulchild: hmmm daviss: interesting. What about a city directory or perhaps looking on the va cemertery sites Seventies Soulchild: Yes that's a good one. or in your case a Post Directory daviss: cemetery 3rdthawkins: I have to locate him him daviss, he was in Richmond, VA on his draft card I checked the National Cemetery lists on U.S Department of Veterans Affairs Seventies Soulchild: I know ancestry does have WWII and WWI records online for those who enlisted. 3rdthawkins: I haven't found the WWI enlistment, only the draft cards Seventies Soulchild: It gives their HOR & where they were stationed for Basic Training HOR = Home of Record 3rdthawkins: ok, I didn't see it, let me go look daviss: seventies I see you did answer my question re Hilliards thx Seventies Soulchild: Oh that msg.. yes. No Hilliards... alt: wb Selma daviss: Fora what other surnames do you have and are they all in Ga? wb Selma! Selma: Thanks Seventies Soulchild: The two books added to the collection here at west point: "Whence They Came: The Families of United States Colored Troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1815-1995" and "United States Colored Troops Civil War Digest" So if anyone is looking for USCT folks, this seems like a good resource. alt: nope, she has Smith, Powers, Henry & others, but they are mostly in the GA also. Seventies Soulchild: I'm waiting for them to become available in circulation. daviss: ok thx alt/flora AmosNY: I'm back. daviss: wb AmosNY 3rdthawkins: were are her Smiths alt? Seventies Soulchild: Hey Smith, what part of GA? That Baxter Smith was in GA before AL daviss: I wish I did have a USCT alt: all over 3rdthawkins , mostly GA & Ohio. AmosNY: I found possible places for military rosters by Googling. You have to have a specific name. 3rdthawkins: oh ok, I have Smiths in Chatham County (Savannah) Selma: My sister bought me..Men of Color, To Arms..USCT from Eastern Shore MD..one of the authors is in her Alumni Chapter Seventies Soulchild: oh nice Selma: David Briddell alt: Flora is on her way out... She and Anita are talking now. Seventies Soulchild: bye Flora! daviss: byeeeee Flora alt: she says bye y'all and nice meting ya... 3rdthawkins: bye Flora alt: that was fun.. and she was thrilled with seeing Chat in action. daviss: I am trying to figure out what I want Sannie Claus to get me this year. lol. I dont need a subscription to Ancestry.. Any good suggestions ya'll alt: and also looking at daviss' blog Mariah's Zepher. 3rdthawkins: I'm not seeing WWI enlistment Records on Ancestry Seventies Seventies Soulchild: Yes daviss really cracks me up with those stories! They are there 3rd 3rdthawkins: Enlistment Records? or Draft Cards? Seventies Soulchild: both. Let me go grab one for you... 3rdthawkins: ok I see Army enlistments that stop at 1914 daviss: I found my father and all his brothers they were there Seventies Soulchild: ok were you able to look at the transcriptions? 3rdthawkins: I'm looking at the search results now, no Edward or Edgar, Ed or Eddie Seventies Soulchild: Maybe there was something destroyed in the fire in the 1970's in St. Louis. alt: 3rdthawkins, look at individual States for WW I records on Ancestry... they have the 23 volume set of Ohio soldiers & sailors online. w/service records. Seventies Soulchild: Ohio kept state records on military? Awesome! 3rdthawkins: ok, Ohio kept all kinds of records alt: here are draft cards & service records for my family found on Ancestry. Seventies Soulchild: I mean I know that they keep regional Veteran's records now. daviss: I think other states may have also seventies. ww11 alt: http://tinyurl.com/2vclb3h Seventies Soulchild: I was browsing through Christine Charity's website this weekend. I really like what she's done with it. Alt your page is one of the top links... daviss: and you can sometimes see in the newspapers where hometowns listed those going off to war 3rdthawkins: I found Draft Cards of Edward, but no service records or enlistments alt: really Seventies Soulchild daviss: I found on ancestry my dads and his brothers enlistments 3rd Seventies Soulchild: yep ccharity.com 3rdthawkins: I'm not seeing it daviss daviss: the only one of the brothers I did not find was my uncle Harry and he was navy Seventies Soulchild: I should invite Iris to join us here. She's found a lot of stuff that I haven't even looked at yet. Selma: Who is Iris? Seventies Soulchild: She found her dad in National Geographic! daviss: you should have long time ago seventies :? Seventies Soulchild: Well we're up to no good... lol Iris a descendant of Charles and Charity Rounds son Andrew. I"m a descendant of their son Goliah daviss: well we are just gonna have to Round her up then Selma: LOL Seventies Soulchild: We connected through Afrigeneas.... daviss: seee AfriGeneas is da bomb! Seventies Soulchild: lol no one says that anymore daviss....lol daviss: lol well what do they say missy? 3rdthawkins: tight? Seventies Soulchild: LOL Boss... lol I know that's a throwback! daviss: did you know that Selma lol alt: what did i say earlier about AfriGeneas doing it again. Selma: Boss....that is old school... Seventies Soulchild: Don't worry daviss they'll be saying it again before you pass on... lol It will comeback... alt: the best school.. old lol 3rdthawkins: I know Diana Ross had an album named that daviss: so I should say Afrigeneas is da boss!!! errrrrrr 3rdthawkins: lol Seventies, that reminds me, I recently seen my sister put that on her status message, saying that she discovered that she is the BOSS!! Seventies Soulchild: or da baddest. that is also a throwback. Twice since I've been around 3rdthawkins: how about, "Sucka!!!" daviss: my grey skirt with the poodle in the front did not come back yet :? :? Selma: Ummm..in the end there is nothing new under the sun Seventies Soulchild: I gotta get to work. Phone been ringing off the hook. daviss: later 7 alt: naw daviss, that ain't coming back lol 3rdthawkins: bye 70s Seventies Soulchild: The skirt didn't come back, but the petticoat underneath made a big comeback in the 80's lol alt daviss: it was not a crinolyn seventies Seventies Soulchild: God that was one of the things I deseperately wanted was a decent petticoat. LOL daviss: big difference lol Seventies Soulchild: Oh okay.. lol daviss: had to use argo Seventies Soulchild: you old folks think you know EVERYTHANG! lol Selma: Yes we do... LOL daviss: lol lol lol lol alt: Selma & daviss .. you got my email about the 'power' of Afrigeneas we do Seventies Soulchild Selma: Haven't read my email yet alt.. alt: okay Selma daviss: me either yet alt Seventies Soulchild: ok I seriously need to get going! LMAO alt: okay daviss daviss: later Seventies Soulchild: Bye for real... lol Selma: Ok this time it was for reall....LOL daviss: I will as soon as we leave here alt Selma: We have to keep this woman employed.. LOL alt: me too ..lunch is late LOL daviss: ok my friend later alt: thaks y'all for entertaining Flora.. she enjoyed it daviss: we will wish her luck re computer alt Selma: I say take over the son's computer daviss: hehehehehehe you mean like I do with my daughters lol Selma: Yes... LOL daviss: I like it when she askes can she borrow her computer and I say for a minute you can lol Selma: If I kept a list of all of my stuff my kids (now grown) busted up...I would pop them in the head everytime I saw then them daviss: I hear ya Selma: On that profound statement..think I need to go take a nap.. LOL daviss: ok Sel see ya later Selma: Bye daviss: bye 3rd |
