Sunday September 21 2003
11:00 AM Eastern Time
AfriGeneas Chat Center
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Chatters 8
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Denise
ET
Irita
Lynda
rcs
Trisha
Vicky
vkn
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vkn:Any words from CAK?
rcs:not yet
vkn:Last I heard she was on way to a funeral.
rcs:hope to hear from her soon
rcs:but that was a week + ago
vkn:same here. Silence is not like her.
rcs:nope
rcs:and they do have computers in GA
vkn:Had a couple of good phone contacts with Trish
rcs:ok
vkn:Good moring this Sunday ET
ET:Hello rcs and vkn!
vkn:Good morning this Sunday ET
vkn:Dr Rose was here last evening with lots of good ideas on increasing chat numbers and participation
ET:Sounds interesting.
rcs:it is a challenge
ET:Absolutely.
vkn:Watching the military board from a distance
ET:I see...it seems to me that Bennie may be having problems with his system.
vkn:May try and get him to teach a class
ET:Who?
ET:Hi, trisha!
vkn:Yes ET he thinks it is the site
trisha:good morning all
ET:I know, vkn...I disagree.
vkn:Trish howdy this Sunday
trisha:thanks, good to be here
vkn:Yes ET it works fine for me (Military) I have bo solution to offer
trisha:vkn, I am going to upgrade to system 10.2 this week
vkn:Trish that is just wobderful
ET:I know, vkn.
vkn:Looking for that Family Group Sheet Trish
ET:The auto industry 'invented' it...."planned obsolesence". (upgrades)
trisha:hmmmmm...ummmmm...yeah. I am working on it, lol. I keep starting and stopping
vkn:Will try and help you come up with a death certificate search plan when I can get an overview of names and time span.
trisha:I waver when I start inputting "fact" versus what I believe to be contradictory to that
trisha:oh that would be wonderful
vkn:Trish it beed that way with genealogy start stop start stop lol
vkn:Trish it bees that way with genealogy start stop start stop lol
rcs:and we always have more "facts" than fit the possibilities
vkn:The starts and stops equal out to keep us sane
vkn:Trish what browser are you using
trisha:IE
trisha:but I just use AOL to connect
trisha:i'm on dialup
vkn:ok I use IE for chat and to access my banking. Other wise I use Camino mostly and Safari. Neither acts right in the chat environment
trisha:hmmmmm
vkn:The chat is all java based
vkn:butttttttt
vkn:Safari is the browser from the Apple fokes
vkn:and is really Mozilla/Netscape.
trisha:oh...hmmmmmm....I didn't know that
vkn:IE will not have additional support for Macs
trisha:we are on T1 I think on campus
vkn:Now that is true broadband
vkn:Good people will try and start up a mailing list for Mac Users today
ET:Hi, vicky!
trisha:really???
vkn:Hope all is well with vicky
vicky:morning!!
vkn:It will be MacUsers@Afrigeneas.com
vkn:Will also try PCUsers@afrigeneas.com if yall think there may be interest
vkn:or WinUsers@afrigeneas.com
trisha:now u know the mac environ is a loyal bunch
trisha:anybody found any gems in the genealogical realm?
vkn:What say you ET, RCS, Vicky Windoze
rcs:not this week
vicky:no gems for me trisha
vkn:No Gems or ghanes Trish lol
trisha:it will all come
trisha:I feel like there are revelations out there just waiting to be found
vkn:Godfrey has reopened access to the NYTimes from 1857 to the now
vicky:i was on a 1870 page by page hunt last night ...no luck. my eyes feel like black lines criss crossed
trisha:I recognize that feeling
vkn:Vicky have you sorted by all of the possibilities?
vkn:and used singular terms
vicky:yep vkn its my mariah obsession lol
trisha:oh boy
vkn:I have a Mariah who is also Moriah
vkn:Maria and Mary as well as Polly
vicky:ev en checked out your tip on Polly
vicky:will check out Nariah
vkn:a search for females in age group only may bring good results but I spec you awreddy knowed dat
vicky:checked that also
vkn:okies back to my corner
vicky:lol
vkn:spotlight in middle of ring is hot hot hot
vicky:love ya vkn
vkn:ET any thoughts for Bennie?
vkn:and VKN -> Vicky
ET:Only the same that you usually give folks....clear his 'cache'...or maybe, reload his browser.
ET:reload
ET:Hi, Denise!
vkn:Dear Denise
Denise:was lookin to see where you all where
Denise:Heyyy vkn, ET, Vicky, rcs
vkn:and how is Bill and his goat denise?
Denise:lol - the goats are busy eating poison ivy today :)
vkn:Billy and the udder goat
Denise:her udders are looking full - she may be preggers
vkn:Ouch they will have the itchies
Denise:hehehe - nope vkn - they think of it as a snack and don't get rashes
vkn:Had you planned for that family expansion Denise
Denise:yup vkn - we have extra stalls ready for the birth of twin kids
vkn:Oh well goats will eat anything
Denise:yup they will - including clothes on the line
vkn:They are survivors
Denise:lol - like us
vkn:Capricorns together
Denise:So what's everyone researching/chatting about today?
vkn:Thanx for sharing the story of your Tuskegee airman dad Denise
Denise:yw vkn ;)
vkn:also thanx
vkn:There are so many stories
Denise:heheheh - the post was an excuse to gently discuss the flaming
Denise:though the flamer(s) didn't respond
vkn:I now have a DVD plater and watched the Tuskegee airmen film again with a little broader understanding using your dad as a backdrop
vkn:You did that in true Denise fashion
Denise:hehehhe - learned "gentle" from you vkn
vkn:a two way street -----> <-----
Denise:Daddy also talked about airmen being "set up" to do impossible missions and die
Denise:which they didn't - fooled the brass
Denise:but was a rough period for them all
Denise:surrounded by hostiles around and on the base
vkn:I had two brothers in the Navy...now talk about hardship!
Denise:yes - the Navy was the worst offender
Denise:I wonder if it has changed at all in recent years
vkn:I also watch the movie Men of Honor...is that based on a real story?
Denise:I don't know anyone currently in the Navy
Denise:Haven't seen that one vkn
Denise:was it good?
vkn:My one brother total tour of duty was in Atlanta as nursemaid/nanny to the Admirals kids
Denise:yikes!
vkn:admiral
vkn:also dooked for the family
Denise:geeze
vkn:cooked
Denise:is like the FBI agent whose sole job was to chauffer J Edgar
vkn:The good side of the coin was that he was also enrolled at Clark
Denise:ahhh - good - well at least he got something out of the time in
vkn:in a special arrangement with the then Prez of school
Denise:cool
vkn:so he was advantaged by that pre GI bill advantage
vkn:yup
vkn:I also have two brothers who refused to serve
Denise:what years was he in Navy vkn?
vkn:Post WW2
Denise:k
vkn:Will have to check for specifics. His lifespan 1926-1978
Denise:k vkn
vkn:hold tight Trish
Denise:trisha you keep runnin in and out of the room
Denise:having a problem?
vkn:Trish you are in rough waters so here is a life boat ()
vkn:ET when I say I am multitasking Art says I am taking a nap
Denise:vicky and Richard quiet too
rcs:a necessary task
ET:Absolutely, but I did awaken early today...for some reason....Hmmmmm....I must be losing it! :?
Denise:hehehehe ET
vicky:I was just sitting here Denise
Denise:okay vicky - jes checkin'
Denise:trisha?
Denise:are you here now?
Denise:speak to us :)
vkn:I was up at three or lets see maybe I was going to bed at three. Hard to tell these days
rcs:I was waiting for nispiration, myself
Denise:lol rcs
Denise:lol vkn
vkn:Trisha is on dial up from Tuscaloosa AL
Denise:give that girl some crazy glue
Denise:must be lagged
vkn:That girls glue is already crazy lol
Denise:hahahahahahahahaa
vkn:Just got to figure out how to make her stick.
vicky:Army Chaplin James Yee looks more AA than Chinese hmmm
vkn:Certainly does
vkn:I went hmmmm
Denise:lol vicky
vicky:those lips and nose but touted as chinese
vkn:BTW I had a long talk with Charity Wood who is seeking her AfriAm father. She is German born
vkn:We will continue her search from the world forum
Denise:Heyyyy lynda
vkn:() Life raft for Trisha
lynda:Hiiiii ya!!
vicky:hello lynda!!!
Denise:Any luck for her vkn?
ET:Hi, lynda!
vkn:Lynda how you be honey chile?
lynda:Ohh can't complain - what's the topic???
vkn:Found a William H King in 1930 census
Denise:ahhh - good - hope it's her dad
Denise:I met several AA children of black GI's when I was in Germany
vkn:and a Robert J King as a 6 year old who is a suspect forher father
Denise:many never met father's
Denise:quite a few are shunned in Germany - not all but it is a problem
vkn:In the olden days we called them "Brown Babies" remember?
Denise:yup
Denise:saw a doc on TV about the brown babies in Vietnam
Denise:same problem
vkn:The Pittsburgh Courier always had stories about the Brown Babies in german
Denise:though GI babies what ever the color tend to have a hard way to go
Denise:have good friend who is Japanese Irish GI baby
Denise:she was all messed up as a kid in Japan
vkn:Georfe Schuyler wrote of that often since his Phillipa was sort of one
vkn:George
Denise:sort of?
Denise:lynda - i guess topic is GI babies
Denise:lol
vkn:Well her mother was german, remember?
lynda:Oh.. was just looking at that post this morning
lynda:Hi Trisha
vkn:Phillipa Schuyler
lynda:There are 125 listed in one online directory for Alabama
lynda:Seven Robert J's/ Bobby J's
vkn:125?
lynda:Roberts, yes
ET:There's a motorcycle trek from Tenn. to ? in memory of the Native American trek to Okla. along the "Trail Of Tears". (just saw this on the news.)
vkn:William H and Edna King = suspect family
lynda:of the seven Robert J's, one in Moody, Empire, Oneonta, Birmingham, Huntsville, Fairhope and Mobile (2)
Denise:cool ET
lynda:Lest we forget?
Denise:trek to Oklahoma included quite a few AA's
ET:The money collected will go to getting scholarships for the Native Americans.
vkn:Yes it is BIG news in my local paper. LOTS of Creek-Muskogee-Seminole from this part of Alabama
Denise:rehi trisha - for the 5th time
trisha:that hurt
Denise:we do see you here
vkn:*******() adding a rope to the life boat Trish
trisha:and i'm exhausted
Denise:lol - okay - well glad you are finally here trisha
vkn:Heave Ho tug tug tug
Denise:heheheh
trisha:hey Denise...rehey everyone
Denise::)
vkn:Just short of shackles Trisha
Denise:lol
vkn:lol
vkn:Yikes transatlantic flash backs
Denise:Richard - what have you been tracking down recently?
vicky:see ya folks
rcs:not much
rcs:taking a break
vkn:RCS is asleep
ET:me too...'bye y'all
rcs:from the realities
Denise:lol rcs
vkn:Denise that is a real gem of a find you have
Denise:???
trisha:what did I miss?
vkn:about the one with six wives
Denise:ahhhhh k :)
trisha:I read that
Denise:boy was I surprised to read that
trisha:that is awesome!
Denise:in my great grandfathers own handwriting
vkn:You are a walking wonder Denise
Denise:heheheh
Denise:old goat ;)
vkn:lol goat is right
Denise:got eamil this morning from cousin - she tracked down one more wife
trisha:lololol
Denise:so we now have 4 documented
Denise:two more to go
vkn:That is terrific
trisha:wow...I wish I had folks coming out of the closet
Denise:he was born 1790 - died 1871
vkn:could there also ve other liasons as well?
Denise:plenty time for six wives back in those days
Denise:not that we know of ;)
Denise:he seemed to bury one and marry the next after a month or two
vkn:Lynda what is new in your genealogical life?
vkn:He sounds insatiable to me Denise. Gave him a long life
trisha:lol
Denise:heheheheeh
trisha:how amazing was it to find a letter documenting the histories...that gave me chills
vkn:chills and thrills
Denise:well what is even weirder is that the letter was laying around for over 40 years
Denise:Robin says her mom forgot she had it
vkn:Now need to find Wills and Bills
trisha:::sigh::
rcs:lots of treaures stuck away in shoeboxes
Denise:so you never know what folks have that is valuable to research buried in a srawer somewhere
trisha:that's for sure
Denise:drawer
Denise:lol vkn
trisha:that's how I found a picture of my grandfather. A person online had a picture she couldn't identify, and she sent it to me. It was Jed
Denise:wills and bills is right
vkn:Denise you can write a piece on strange filing cabinets
Denise:wow trisha!
Denise:hehheeh vkn
trisha:we were researching same surname and similiar family names...
vkn:Jedidiah
trisha:she sent me a picture, she didn't recognize, and it looks just like my dad and his twin...hehehehe
trisha:yep vkn
Denise:cool
Denise:vkn - we got room to have an "unidentified photo" page?
vkn:We sure do
trisha:hmmmmmmm...that would be very interesting
Denise:might be an interesting thing to do
Denise:I have a bunch of unidentified phots too - my aunt had em - she has no clue who the folks are
Denise:and they are old
vkn:Such page is in the works
Denise:wow - really?
Denise:great!
trisha:awesome
vkn:so send photos with where found
Denise:k
Denise:will send old ones- won't bother with current snapshots
Denise:Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Cuz Irita
Irita:Hey Cuz!!!!
trisha:hello Irita :-)
vkn:Irita the homepage kid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Irita:And hello to all
Irita:lol
Denise:yupppers - applause! for da cuz
Irita:thankee, thankee
Denise:she finally dood it
trisha:what homepage?
Irita:and my brothers has been working my hinny off this weekend
Denise:trisha we've been beating up Irita to make a webpage for months
Irita:you know all about those boxes, right Dee
Denise:yup Irita
vkn:applause//\\applause
Denise:Irita has hundreds upon hundreds of ancient photos
Irita:not only I have been helping with the boxes, but furniture and all
Denise:which we have insisted she share with all of us researchers
trisha:cool....
Denise:she's probably related to half of the folks in the US LOL
trisha:lolol
lynda:Gotta run all
Irita:speaking of ancient pics - just brought some in the house that are the old oval with rounded glass
vkn:Now that is rich and wild
Denise:thank god for parents who are pack rats
trisha:I wish I had that problem ::smile::
Irita:one is of my great-grandmother Eliza Jane Dalton Stevens
vkn:true dat Denise
Irita:I bee thankful and so very blessed
trisha:any duerrotypes (sps?)
trisha:it would be awesome to see those old tintype pictures
Denise:I have 3 of em trisha
Irita:have just about every kind you can think of
Irita:several tintypes
Denise:but they are getting very dark with age even though sealed away
trisha:wow
Irita:true, Denise
Denise:I coped them to preserve
Denise:copied
trisha:that's wonderful
vkn:These current scanners are touted as being able to do restorations
Irita:I have been very successful with scanning and reversing (similar to negative)
Irita:pics turn out great
Denise:Irita - our Scan Queen :)
Irita:lol
Denise:brb - gotta let doggies out
Irita:don't forget about the burning queen too
trisha:what do you do with negs, pull prints? or is this for placement, like jpeg, or .tifs?
vkn:Vicky you came back
Irita:trisha, my scanner will scan negatives to photos, then print out new photo
trisha:rehey Vicky
vicky:started to late for Sun School
Irita:wb vicky
vicky:hi irita
vicky:will go to reg service
vkn:oops we not wanting to begat sin vicky
Irita:hey folks, my bro is waiting for me to help load more stuff. Catch tomorrow
trisha:what kind of scanner do you have Irita?
Denise:seeya cuz
Irita:HP 3550
vkn:okies Irita enjoy
vicky:naw vkn I just would have been going to fast for these here feet
Denise:lololol vicky
vkn:okies whew I can un guilt then with ease
Denise:I gotta go soon - have to pick apples and pears - the trees are full
vicky:lol
Denise:sigh - then canning/preserving
trisha:::smile::
vkn:Okies all it is time for me to go as well. What fun today
Denise:seeyas all
trisha:yeah, I need to run as well. Take care all! ::waving::
vkn:~~~~
vkn:C ya