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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 7:54 AM
Subject:  1 APRIL ~~ TODAY IN HISTORY


1700 : April Fools Tradition Popularized
On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual
tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other.

Although the day, also called All Fools' Day, has been celebrated for
several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery.
Some historians speculate that April Fools' Day dates back to 1582, when
France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as
called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the
news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to
January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March
through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These included having
paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as "Poisson d'avril"
(April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible
person.

Historians have also linked April Fools' Day to ancient festivals such as
Hilaria, which was celebrated in Rome at the end of March and involved
people dressing up in disguises. There's also speculation that April Fools'
Day was tied to the vernal equinox, or first day of spring in the Northern
Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with changing, unpredictable
weather.

April Fools' Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th century. In
Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event, starting with "hunting the
gowk," in which people were sent on phony errands (gowk is a word for cuckoo
bird, a symbol for fool) and followed by Tailie Day, which involved pranks
played on people's derrieres, such as pinning fake tails or "kick me" signs
on them.

In modern times, people have gone to great lengths to create elaborate April
Fools' Day hoaxes. Newspapers, radio and TV stations and Web sites have
participated in the April 1 tradition of reporting outrageous fictional
claims that have fooled their audiences. In 1957, the BBC reported that
Swiss farmers were experiencing a record spaghetti crop and showed footage
of people harvesting noodles from trees; numerous viewers were fooled. In
1985, Sports Illustrated tricked many of its readers when it ran a made-up
article about a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who could throw a fastball
over 168 miles per hour. In 1996, Taco Bell, the fast-food restaurant chain,
duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia's
Liberty Bell and intended to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. In 1998, after
Burger King advertised a "Left-Handed Whopper," scores of clueless customers
requested the fake sandwich.


1918: British Royal Air Force is founded
On April 1, 1918, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) is formed as an
amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service
(RNAS). The RAF took its place beside the British navy and army as a
separate military service with its own ministry.

In April 1911, eight years after the American brothers Wilbur and Orville
Wright made the first-ever flight of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air
aircraft, an air battalion of the British army's Royal Engineers was formed
at Larkhill in Wiltshire. The battalion consisted of aircraft, airship,
balloon and man-carrying kite companies. In December 1911, the British navy
formed the Royal Naval Flying School at Eastchurch, Kent. The following May,
both were absorbed into the newly created Royal Flying Corps, which
established a new flying school at Upavon, Wiltshire, and formed new
airplane squadrons. In July 1914 the specialized requirements of the navy
led to the creation of RNAS.

Barely more than a month later, on August 4, Britain declared war on Germany
and entered World War I. At the time, the RFC had 84 aircraft, while the
RNAS had 71 aircraft and seven airships. Later that month, four RFC
squadrons were deployed to France to support the British  Expeditionary
Force.

During the next two years, Germany took the lead in air strategy with
technologies like the zeppelin airship and the manual machine gun. England's
towns and cities subsequently underwent damaging bombing raids and its
pilots were defeated in the skies by German flying aces such as Manfred von
Richthofen, dubbed The Red Baron.

Repeated German air raids led British military planners to push for the
creation of a separate air ministry, which would carry out strategic bombing
against Germany. On April 1, 1918, as a result of these efforts, the RAF was
formed, along with a female branch of the service, the Women's Royal Air
Force (WRAF).

By the war's end in November 1918, the RAF had dropped 5,500 tons of bombs
and claimed 2,953 enemy aircraft destroyed, gaining clear air superiority
along the Western Front and contributing to the Allied victory over Germany
and the other Central Powers. It had also become the largest air force in
the world at the time, with some 300,000 officers and airmen—plus 25,000
members of the WRAF—and more than 22,000 aircraft.


1945: U.S. troops land on Okinawa
On this day in 1945, after suffering the loss of 116 planes and damage to
three aircraft carriers, 50,000 U.S. combat troops of the 10th Army, under
the command of Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner Jr., land on the
southwest coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa, 350 miles south of Kyushu
the southern main island of Japan.

Determined to seize Okinawa as a base of operations for the army ground and
air forces for a later assault on mainland Japan, more than 1,300 ships
converged on the island, finally putting ashore 50,000 combat troops on
April 1. The Americans quickly seized two airfields and advanced inland to
cut the island's waist. They battled nearly 120,000 Japanese army, militia,
and labor troops under the command of Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima.

The Japanese surprised the American forces with a change in strategy,
drawing them into the mainland rather than confronting them at the water's
edge. While Americans landed without loss of men, they would suffer more
than 50,000 casualties, including more than 12,000 deaths, as the Japanese
staged a desperate defense of the island, a defense that included waves of
kamikaze ("divine wind") air attacks. Eventually, these suicide raids proved
counterproductive, as the Japanese finally ran out of planes and resolve,
with some 4,000 finally surrendering. Japanese casualties numbered some 117
000.

Lieutenant Buckner, son of a Civil War general, was among the casualties,
killed by enemy artillery fire just three days before the Japanese
surrender Japanese General Ushijima committed ritual suicide upon defeat of
his forces.

The 1952 film Okinawa starring Pat O'Brien, is one of several movies to
depict this decisive episode in the history of the war.
***************************************************************

and.......  just to make you smile....  the below definition !
"FLOOR: (n) The place for storing your priceless genealogy records."
             Jewelle

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I don't know about all this history of this day ,, which was quite interesting
,, but my Great Aunt was born on April 1st,, back in the late 1800s.
She loved playing pranks on my sister and myself when we were little ,, and then
she would just laugh and laugh because she'd done it again to us. I did love
her.

At the moment here I'm dealing with a much more serious problem ,, and I don't
want to take up anyone's time with it. The cats somehow got into the butter..
the entire house from one end to the other is a sea of smeared butter across the
rugs, the couches the walls .. and they somehow got into the cinnamon ,, they
are so in trouble with this. And, Happy April Fool's Day everyone. best, cheryl



________________________________
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To: genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, April 1, 2011 4:09:24 PM
Subject: [genpcncfir] Fw:1 APRIL ~~ TODAY IN HISTORY

 
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Subject: 7-Steps to Finding Slave Ancestors


Our Step-By-Step Guide to Tracing Your African-American Roots
and Reclaiming the Lost Heritage of Your Slave Ancestors.
http://tinyurl.com/4ukylz6

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         The above "gleaned" for your information!!
BTW.....  Spring is beautiful today in North Carolina !!  :)
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----- Original Message -----
Subject: a new search engine


        mocavo.com    is a search engine just for genealogy

Hello Group......
             The above site was "gleaned" for your perusal......  hope it
helps!
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Another useful site, gleaned for your information.  Thanks Sally!!
         Jewelle

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Subject: ACCESSING THE PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES


Footnote.com is one of my favorite websites. Found among the many databases
located there is the entire series of the Pennsylvania Archives. It's one of
the FREE databases found at www.footnote.com, and one of the most useful, if
you
have early Pennsylvania people.

You'll find the following types of early Pennsylvania records at the site:
Church Records
Diaries and Journals
Governors and their Constituents
Land Warrantee Records (1730-1898)
Militia Records and Council of Safety
Oaths of Allegiance, Naturalization and Ship Manifests
Tax Records

Hello Group.....
         Another one to help with finding your Black Ancestors......
http://tinyurl.com/666kqbt    posted in February.   See below:

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----- Original Message -----
Subject:  Ancestry.com Marks Black History Month With 250,000 New African
American Records


From Dick Eastman's Online Newsletter
http://tinyurl.com/666kqbt

The following announcement was written by Ancestry.com:
Nearly 35 Million Americans Can Find an Ancestor in the World's Largest
Online Collection of African American Family History Records

PROVO, Utah, Feb. 1, 2011 -- In honor of Black History Month, Ancestry.com,
the world's largest online family history resource, today launched more than
250,000 new historical records documenting early African American family
history. The five new collections span more than a century and contain
important details about the lives of African Americans who bravely fought in
the U.S. Civil War, document the transportation of slaves to and from the
prominent slave ports of New Orleans and Savannah, GA, and include poignant
first-person accounts from former slaves.

Ancestry.com's historical record collection now contains more than 3.2
million African American slave records. As 88 percent of the United States'
black population in 1850 was comprised of slaves, when extrapolated to its
current population, nearly 35 million Americans may find a slave ancestor in
Ancestry.com's African American collections.

The Ancestry.com African American Historical Record Collection includes
thousands of poignant stories that bring this part of American history to
life. One story outlines how Solomon Northup was lured from New York to
Washington, D.C with the promise of a job in a circus. Instead he was
kidnapped, put on a boat to New Orleans and sold into slavery. His
liberation in 1853 prompted him to write "Twelve Years a Slave, 1841-1853,"
which became both a popular seller at the time and an important historical
document. The ship record of his transfer to New Orleans, which also lists
most of the cast of characters from his book, can be found in Ancestry.com's
Slave Ship Manifests from New Orleans, 1807-1860.(original record images
available)

The five new collections form part of the 60 million records already
included in Ancestry.com's African American Historical Record collection-the
largest online collection of African American family history records
available. These new collections are:

US Colored Troops Service Records, 1861-1867: Approximately 178,000 African
American troops served the Union in the final two years of the US Civil War.
Their compiled service records include enlistment papers, casualty sheets,
death reports and correspondence.

Slave Ship Manifests from Savannah, 1789-1859: Although the transatlantic
slave trade was banned in 1807, the internal transportation of slaves
remained, especially as the tobacco industry diminished in the North while
the cotton industry boomed in the South. These port records document the
arrival and departure of more than 10,000 slaves through the port of
Savannah, GA.

Slave Ship Manifests from New Orleans, 1807-1860: Another important Southern
port, this collection includes records for more than 100,000 slaves who
arrived or departed through the port of New Orleans.

Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878: The Freedmen's Bureau was formed after
the Civil War to aid in Reconstruction efforts. This collection contains
hundreds of thousands of records relating to former slaves the Bureau helped
find work, to establish schools, negotiate contracts, seek medical care,
legalize marriages and more.

Slave Narratives, 1936-1938 (updated): In the early 1930s, an effort began
to document the life stories of 3,500 former slaves. The result is a series
of moving, individual accounts of their lives, as told in their own words.
With collections such as these now online and searchable for the first time,
exploring African American roots is becoming increasingly accessible and
popular. For example, leading African American actress and singer Vanessa
Williams' own family journey will be showcased during the second-season
premiere of the hit NBC series "Who Do You Think You Are?" on Friday,
February 4.  Ancestry.com is the official sponsor for the NBC series and
worked closely with the producers to provide the family history research for
those celebrities featured. Lionel Richie's family history will also be
showcased this season, building on the compelling African American stories
of Spike Lee and Emmitt Smith, who were featured last season.

"As we continue to expand our collection of African American family history
records, more Americans than ever can make exciting breakthroughs when
researching their early heritage," said Josh Hanna, Head of Global Marketing
at Ancestry.com. "According to independent statistical analysis, one in nine
Americans has early African roots and so may have ancestors just waiting to
be discovered in our collections."

These inspiring collections can help millions of African Americans uncover
their own family stories.  To search the African American Historical Record
Collection, visit www.ancestry.com/aahistory. For further stories and
updates related to African American family history research, you can also
follow Ancestry.com on Facebook  and Twitter.

Hello Group.....
   Guess by now you can tell I'm going thru my eMail.....  :)  here's more
information gleaned for y'all:

Top digital destinations for researching black roots
http://tinyurl.com/4eyasey

Heritage guide to tracing slave roots
http://tinyurl.com/4gwqou4

African American genealogy toolkit
http://tinyurl.com/49tl37v

Eight tips for finding ancestors in the 1850 and 1860 slave enumerations
http://tinyurl.com/482byrj

Slave bills of sale
http://tinyurl.com/4ep8vd9

101 Best Websites 2010: African-American roots
http://tinyurl.com/4fssljl

Rescued slave ships database
http://tinyurl.com/4dw9rqp

Look for a guide to tracing black ancestors using African American
newspapers in the May issue of Family Tree Magazine, on newsstands March 8.

      Jewelle

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Hello again, Group.....
         Another one gleaned for y'all  :)  Thanks "Mabear"...
             The inhabitants of London in 1638 | British History Online
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=176

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Hello Group......
         Another one, gleaned for your information:

Of interest to you....  :
    "Free Civil War Webinar"

  Good news, family historians! We're offering one of our interactive online
seminars for free to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.

Learn what life was really like during the war between the states for the
soldiers who fought and died in the conflict, as well as the civilians they
left behind at home. Take a virtual trip back to the 1860s with Michael O.
Varhola, the author of the new book Life in Civil War America, to discover
what your ancestors wore, said, ate, earned, did for fun and more.

Registration for the live session includes:
* participation in the live presentation and Q&A session
* access to the webinar recording to view again as many times as you like
* PDF of the presentation slides for future reference
* coupon for purchase of Life in Civil War America or 2011 Civil War desk
calendar

The Life in Civil War America webinar is scheduled for April 6 at 2 p.m.
Click here to reserve your spot, http://tinyurl.com/46rf8n9.

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         Yes...  I AM going thru my eMails....  and here is another
informative one .....  see below:
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----- Original Message -----
Subject: Deceased Online adds 100,000+ Aberdeen Burial Records


> The following announcement was written by Deceased Online:
> Over 100,000 burial records added: 1830 - 1951
>
> www.deceasedonline.com has added 105,000 burial records for St Peter's
> Cemetery and Churchyard in Aberdeen City to its growing database.
>
> Deceased Online, the UK's only website dedicated to statutory burial and
> cremation records, has increased it's database with the addition of a
> further 105,000 burial records for Aberdeen City. Deceased Online already
> has nearly 25,000 burial records for Scotland's third largest city so this
> will increase the data size to almost 130,000.
>
> The new data is for St Peter's Cemetery and Churchyard for the period
> 1830 -
> 1951 and comprises scans of the original burial registers and details on
> occupants of graves. The data represents approximately 70% of all burials
> within the Cemetery and Churchyard for this period and others will be
> added
> over the next few months. Further records before 1830 will also be
> included
> on Deceased Online later this year.
>
> The existing records for Aberdeen City on www.deceasedonline.com are for
> Grove Cemetery, Nellfield Cemetery, Old Machar Churchyard and St Clement's
> Churchyard.
>
> Eventually there will be nearly 200,000 burial records for Aberdeen City
> on
> the website and further areas of Scotland will also be added during this
> year.
>  http://tinyurl.com/45uexjw
>

This is worth your time pursuing contents:

Mocavo <http://www.mocavo.com/> launched yesterday and it's definitely worth a
look.

Quoting from the website:
  "The world's largest free genealogy search engine, Mocavo.com, provides
genealogists access to the best free genealogy content on the web including
billions of names, dates and places worldwide. Mocavo.com seeks to index and
make searchable all of the world's free genealogy information.
      I took a peek today and it's pretty darn good. The search is fast. Results
lead you directly to the website where the genealogical information is
found. There's no sneaky trying to keep you in a frame of the original
website. Websites that snag the visitor in a frame make it so you never
really know where you are or where you found the information. Mocavo doesn't  do
that and kudos to the creator(s) for keeping it honest!

Mocavo is new so the indexing of genealogy data sites is not complete. There  is
a link where you can suggest a site you think should be included in the search
results so that will speed things up once visitors start utilizing that ability.

I tried a couple of genealogy searches and was impressed with the speed. I'm
going to be watching Mocavo closely over the next few weeks to see how it grows.
You might want to check it out at http://mocavo.com

Lorine
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http://olivetreegenealogy.com

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----- Original Message -----
Subject:  Google Voice Adds Number Porting


"From Dick Eastman's Online Newsletter"
I have written several times about Google Voice, a great service that
provides free phone calls to North American numbers and also combines all
your telephones (home, office, cellular, etc.) into one phone number. You
can read my past articles at http://goo.gl/maRqF. Starting today, Google
Voice now offers number porting: you can transfer an existing telephone
number to Google Voice for a $20 fee. Now you can use all of Google Voice's
features without having to give up your long-time phone numbers.

There are quite a few restrictions, similar to the restrictions on porting
numbers to cell phones. You can read the details at:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/port-your-existing-mobile-number-to
html
or short version:
http://tinyurl.com/4vqltdk

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         The below "gleaned-info" for you .......  enjoy the benefits:
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----- Original Message -----
Subject:  Historic Athens, Georgia, Newspapers Now Available Online via
Digital Library


Historic Athens, Georgia, Newspapers Now Available Online via Digital
Library
http://tinyurl.com/4n3wtpk

The following announcement was written by the Digital Library of Georgia:
ATHENS, Ga - An archive of historic Athens newspapers is now available
online via the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia.

The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to five
newspaper titles published in Athens from 1827 to 1922. Consisting of more
than 57,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that are
both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date. The site will provide
users with a view into the history of Athens in its early years as the home
to the first state-chartered university in the nation and its eventual
growth into the largest city in northeast Georgia.

The archive includes the following Athens newspaper titles: Athenian
(1827-1832), Southern Banner (1832-1882), Southern Watchman (1855-1882),
Daily/Weekly Banner-Watchman (1882-1889), Daily/Weekly Athens Banner
(1889-1922).

The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive is a project of the Digital Library
of Georgia as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. The project is
supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum
and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of
the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Digitization is
also made possible through a grant provided by the Francis Wood Wilson
Foundation, Inc. It is available at:
                 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers

Other newspaper archives available through the Digital Library of Georgia
include the Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive (1847-1922), the Macon
Telegraph Archive (1826-1908), the Columbus Enquirer Archive (1828-1890),
the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive (1808-1920), the Southern
Israelite Archive (1929-1986), and the Red and Black Archive (1893-2006).
These archives can be accessed at:
               http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html

"Georgia HomePLACE is very pleased to support digitizing and presenting
online content for the Athens Historic Newspapers Archive, a project of the
Digital Library of Georgia, which is an initiative of GALILEO (Georgia's
Virtual Library)," said Ed Johnson, director of Georgia HomePLACE.

The digitization project was supported with federal Library Services and
Technology Act funding, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Frances Wood
Wilson Foundation also contributed to the project.

Hello Group....
         Another one for you ......  and, of course, Marcia  :)
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----- Original Message -----
Subject: ILLINOIS: Illinois State Genealogical Society - New Website


  Illinois State Genealogical Society - Home
            http://www.ilgensoc.org/

Another good thought, Group.... read on:
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----- Original Message -----
Subject: Label Your Photos


> [From Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective]
>
> Label Your Photos
> As you go through boxes and albums, take a few minutes to write an
> identification on the back. Use a soft lead pencil for heritage images on
> card stock and a special pen labeled fade-proof, water-proof and quick
> drying for those twentieth century resin coated pictures. These are not
> Sharpie's. I prefer Zig markers available at most office and art supply
> stores.
>
> A typical label should include the following: name of the person depicted,
> life dates (if known), where and when it was taken and your name and date.
> You want your descendants to know who labeled the photo.
>
> Set a Goal: Identify an Image or Two
> I know how time consuming it can be to solve your photo mysteries, but
> instead of tackling a whole box at once set a simpler goal. Try one or two
> photos.
>

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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 8:38 AM
Subject: Revolutionary War Southern Campaign Pension Application
Transcriptions Online


Newsletter reader James Morgan sent along information about a web site that
contains free transcriptions of over 10,000 Revolutionary War Pension
Applications. The site is sponsored by the American Revolution Association
and currently contains 10,496 pension application and 70 roster
transcriptions, all from the Southern Campaign.

Here is one typical pension application as found at:
http://southerncampaign.org/pen/#m:
Pension application of Dan Alexander R88 Sarah fn23SC

For the rest of the article:
http://tinyurl.com/4qy7g6o

Sally Rolls Pavia

For your information:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cyndi Howells" <cyndi@...>
Subject:  19 March 2011, Tacoma Family History Center


>I will be speaking on 19 March 2011, 10am
> Family History Center
> 5915 S 12th St
> Tacoma, Washington 98465-1956
> Topic: Googling for Grandma
>

BTW...  if any of you plan to attend, please give us a report afterwards!
                 Jewelle

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         Some of you in Texas (and others) .... may find the below Link
advantageous.....
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Researching: (Main Capitalized)
BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway,
COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison,
Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman  (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson,
Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills,
Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes,
Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington,
Worthington,  plus ++++

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Jewelle,
Sounds interesting!
 
I'll have to have a look.
Some of my eastern NC McCoys moved through KY to southern IL.
 
My relatives, for the most part, are all on the East Coast.
Marcia

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From: Jewelle Baker
Subject: [genpcncfir] Fw: Illinois State Genealogical Society - New Website
Date: Saturday, April 2, 2011, 7:11 PM 




Hello Group....
Another one for you ...... and, of course, Marcia :)
Jewelle

----- Original Message -----
Subject: ILLINOIS: Illinois State Genealogical Society - New Website

Illinois State Genealogical Society - Home
http://www.ilgensoc.org/




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Hi Jewelle,

Thank you for all the great research links especially the Georgia
newspapers!

David

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Jewelle Baker
<jewellebaker@...>wrote:

>
>
> Hello Group.....
> The below "gleaned-info" for you ....... enjoy the benefits:
> Jewelle
>
> jewelle@...
> jewellebaker@...
>
> GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research
> (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties)
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>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> Subject: Historic Athens, Georgia, Newspapers Now Available Online via
> Digital Library
>
> Historic Athens, Georgia, Newspapers Now Available Online via Digital
> Library
> http://tinyurl.com/4n3wtpk
>
> The following announcement was written by the Digital Library of Georgia:
> ATHENS, Ga - An archive of historic Athens newspapers is now available
> online via the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia.
>
> The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive provides online access to five
> newspaper titles published in Athens from 1827 to 1922. Consisting of more
> than 57,000 newspaper pages, the archive provides historical images that
> are
> both full-text searchable and can be browsed by date. The site will provide
> users with a view into the history of Athens in its early years as the home
> to the first state-chartered university in the nation and its eventual
> growth into the largest city in northeast Georgia.
>
> The archive includes the following Athens newspaper titles: Athenian
> (1827-1832), Southern Banner (1832-1882), Southern Watchman (1855-1882),
> Daily/Weekly Banner-Watchman (1882-1889), Daily/Weekly Athens Banner
> (1889-1922).
>
> The Athens Historic Newspapers Archive is a project of the Digital Library
> of Georgia as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. The project is
> supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum
> and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of
> the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Digitization is
> also made possible through a grant provided by the Francis Wood Wilson
> Foundation, Inc. It is available at:
> http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/athnewspapers
>
> Other newspaper archives available through the Digital Library of Georgia
> include the Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive (1847-1922), the Macon
> Telegraph Archive (1826-1908), the Columbus Enquirer Archive (1828-1890),
> the Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive (1808-1920), the Southern
> Israelite Archive (1929-1986), and the Red and Black Archive (1893-2006).
> These archives can be accessed at:
> http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html
>
> "Georgia HomePLACE is very pleased to support digitizing and presenting
> online content for the Athens Historic Newspapers Archive, a project of the
> Digital Library of Georgia, which is an initiative of GALILEO (Georgia's
> Virtual Library)," said Ed Johnson, director of Georgia HomePLACE.
>
> The digitization project was supported with federal Library Services and
> Technology Act funding, which is administered by the Institute of Museum
> and
> Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the
> Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Frances Wood
> Wilson Foundation also contributed to the project.
>
>
>


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i am looking for any information regarding the letchworth family, Lela
letchworth from pitt, lenior, or greene county

A few puzzle pieces.

Name: Lela Letchworth
Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1890 Birth County: Lenoir Parent1 Name: John F Parent2
Name: Fannie Roll Number: B_C059_68001 Volume: D-6 Page: 38

Name: Lela Letchworth Perdew
[Lela Letchworth Letchworth] Gender: Female Race: White Age: 81 Birth Date: 22
Aug 1890 Birth Place: North Carolina, United States Death Date: 17 Aug 1972
Death Location: Greenville, Pitt Father's Name: Frank Letchworth Mother's Name:
Fannie Rouse Residence: Farmville, Pitt, North Carolina
Snow Hill Cemetery


Gender: Male Race: White Age: 0 Birth Date: 25 Apr 1931 Birth Place: Greene,
North Carolina, United States Death Date: 25 Apr 1931 Death Location: Snow Hill,
Greene Father's Name: William T Perdew Mother's Name: Lela Letchworth

Name: Carl Perden
Gender: Male Race: White Age: 0 Birth Date: 4 Jan 1934 Birth Place: Pitt Death
Date: 1 Sep 1934 Death Location: Beaver Dam, Pitt Father's Name: William L
Berden Mother's Name: Lela Letchworth

Name: Perdew Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1931 Gender: Female Race: White Birth County:
Greene Parent1 Name: Wm P Perdew Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 13 Page: 69
Name: Perdew Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1931 Gender: Male Race: White Birth County:
Greene Parent1 Name: William Perdew Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 13 Page: 66

Name: Duffy Augustus Perdew Jr.
Date of Birth: 3 Jun 1918 Birth County: Lenoir Parent1 Name: Wm T Perdew Parent2
Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number: B_C059_66004 Volume: 5 Page: 139

Name: Mary Annie Perdue
Date of Birth: 21 Dec 1920 Gender: Female Race: White Birth County: Greene
Parent1 Name: William Thomas Perdue Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 3 Page: 302

Name: Bessie Perdue
Date of Birth: 5 Mar 1927 Gender: Female Race: White Birth County: Greene
Parent1 Name: Wm Thomas Perdue Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 9 Page: 252


1900 United States Federal Census
   North Carolina > Lenoir > Institute > District 45
32-32 John F Letchoworth 38head march 1862 farmer
   Fannie A Letchoworth 29 wife june 1870 md:13yrs 6ch-6liv
  Annie L Letchoworth 11 daug sept 1888
  Lelan Letchoworth 9[lelar] daug aug 1890
  James F Letchoworth 7 son july 1892
  Walter D Letchoworth 5 son july 1894
  Roland Letchoworth 3 son sept 1896
Ruth Letchoworth 11/12 daug jun 1899



1910 United States Federal Census
    North Carolina > Greene > Speights Bridge > District 0038
69-69  John F Letchworth 48 md1:23 Francis Letchworth 39 md1:23 11ch-10liv Annie
Letchworth 21 James Letchworth 17 Walter Letchworth 15 Rolen Letchworth 13 Ruth
Letchworth 10 Viola Letchworth 8 Francis Letchworth 6 Bettie Letchworth 4 Leon
Letchworth 1

Sue

--- In genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com, "claw1234" <claw1234@...> wrote:
>
> i am looking for any information regarding the letchworth family, Lela
letchworth from pitt, lenior, or greene county
>

-------------------------------------------------
familysearch.org

Name: John Franklon Litchworth Gender: Male Burial Date: 26 Jan 1932 Burial
Place: Free Onion Graveyard Death Date: 25 Jan 1932 Death Place: Carrs, Greene,
North Carolina Age: 69 Birth Date: 31 Mar 1862 Birthplace: Lenore County
Occupation: Farmer Race: White Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Fanny
Rouse Litchworth Father's Name: Frank Litchworth Father's Birthplace: Mother's
Name: Lizzie Whittey Mother's Birthplace: Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
B02506-4 System Origin: North Carolina-EASy Source Film Number: 1943049
Reference Number: fn 1537 cn 339


Groom's Name: Billy Perdew Groom's Birth Date: 1889 Groom's Birthplace: Groom's
Age: 18 Bride's Name: Lela Letchworth Bride's Birth Date: 1890 Bride's
Birthplace: Bride's Age: 17 Marriage Date: 18 Dec 1907 Marriage Place: Lenoir
Co., North Carolina Groom's Father's Name: Groom's Mother's Name: Bride's
Father's Name: Bride's Mother's Name: Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital
Status: Groom's Previous Wife's Name: Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital
Status: Bride's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
M75209-0 System Origin: North Carolina-EASy Source Film Number: 550325 Reference
Number:

Sue
--- In genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com, "rootspuzzle" <rootspuzzle@...> wrote:
>
>  A few puzzle pieces.
>
> Name: Lela Letchworth
> Date of Birth: 22 Aug 1890 Birth County: Lenoir Parent1 Name: John F Parent2
Name: Fannie Roll Number: B_C059_68001 Volume: D-6 Page: 38
>
> Name: Lela Letchworth Perdew
> [Lela Letchworth Letchworth] Gender: Female Race: White Age: 81 Birth Date: 22
Aug 1890 Birth Place: North Carolina, United States Death Date: 17 Aug 1972
Death Location: Greenville, Pitt Father's Name: Frank Letchworth Mother's Name:
Fannie Rouse Residence: Farmville, Pitt, North Carolina
> Snow Hill Cemetery
>
>
> Gender: Male Race: White Age: 0 Birth Date: 25 Apr 1931 Birth Place: Greene,
North Carolina, United States Death Date: 25 Apr 1931 Death Location: Snow Hill,
Greene Father's Name: William T Perdew Mother's Name: Lela Letchworth
>
> Name: Carl Perden
> Gender: Male Race: White Age: 0 Birth Date: 4 Jan 1934 Birth Place: Pitt Death
Date: 1 Sep 1934 Death Location: Beaver Dam, Pitt Father's Name: William L
Berden Mother's Name: Lela Letchworth
>
> Name: Perdew Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1931 Gender: Female Race: White Birth
County: Greene Parent1 Name: Wm P Perdew Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll
Number: B_C044_68001 Volume: 13 Page: 69
> Name: Perdew Date of Birth: 25 Apr 1931 Gender: Male Race: White Birth County:
Greene Parent1 Name: William Perdew Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 13 Page: 66
>
> Name: Duffy Augustus Perdew Jr.
> Date of Birth: 3 Jun 1918 Birth County: Lenoir Parent1 Name: Wm T Perdew
Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number: B_C059_66004 Volume: 5 Page: 139
>
> Name: Mary Annie Perdue
> Date of Birth: 21 Dec 1920 Gender: Female Race: White Birth County: Greene
Parent1 Name: William Thomas Perdue Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 3 Page: 302
>
> Name: Bessie Perdue
> Date of Birth: 5 Mar 1927 Gender: Female Race: White Birth County: Greene
Parent1 Name: Wm Thomas Perdue Parent2 Name: Lela Letchworth Roll Number:
B_C044_68001 Volume: 9 Page: 252
>
>
> 1900 United States Federal Census
>   North Carolina > Lenoir > Institute > District 45
> 32-32 John F Letchoworth 38head march 1862 farmer
>   Fannie A Letchoworth 29 wife june 1870 md:13yrs 6ch-6liv
>  Annie L Letchoworth 11 daug sept 1888
>  Lelan Letchoworth 9[lelar] daug aug 1890
>  James F Letchoworth 7 son july 1892
>  Walter D Letchoworth 5 son july 1894
>  Roland Letchoworth 3 son sept 1896
> Ruth Letchoworth 11/12 daug jun 1899
>
>
>
> 1910 United States Federal Census
>    North Carolina > Greene > Speights Bridge > District 0038
> 69-69  John F Letchworth 48 md1:23 Francis Letchworth 39 md1:23 11ch-10liv
Annie Letchworth 21 James Letchworth 17 Walter Letchworth 15 Rolen Letchworth 13
Ruth Letchworth 10 Viola Letchworth 8 Francis Letchworth 6 Bettie Letchworth 4
Leon Letchworth 1
>
> Sue
>
> --- In genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com, "claw1234" <claw1234@> wrote:
> >
> > i am looking for any information regarding the letchworth family, Lela
letchworth from pitt, lenior, or greene county
> >
>

Hello Group.....
         The below "gleaned" for you from the Wilson Group.  Thank you Carol!
              Jewelle

----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Forbes
To: wilsonnc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:48 PM
Subject: [wilsonnc] Today in History, April 5

On this date in 1614,

Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English
colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. Pocahontas had converted to Christianity, and
went by the name Lady Rebecca.

In 1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts
on a month long return trip to England.

In 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a
congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.

In 1811, English philanthropist Robert Raikes, a promoter of Sunday Schools,
died in Gloucester, England, at age 74.

Lets make this day in history count.  Here's hoping we find all of our long lost
relatives......
Carol
*****************************************************
jewelle@...
jewellebaker@...
Researching: (Main Capitalized)
BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway,
COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison,
Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman  (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson,
Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills,
Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes,
Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington,
Worthington,  plus ++++

GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research
  (Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir
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Hello Group.......
              Daily Events:.....  interesting 'tidbit' ..........

April 06, 1862


The Battle of Shiloh...

On this day in 1862, Confederate and Union armies met in Hardin County of
Tennessee, beginning the two-day long Battle of Shiloh. The fight would
ultimately end in a Union victory.

             Jewelle

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Pocahontas had a husband ( Kaukum) who was killed ( murdered)  trying to protect
his family and the twins. After she (Matoaca)  had been gang raped by the
English , she recieved forgiveness from the Church and married John Rolfe. John
Rolfe had felt guilty for participating during the gang rape and during
Matoaca's imprisonment  (Rebecca was her Christain name) IN England it is
believed that Matoaca was poisoned and thus died leaving another motherless
child. When her grave was opened, her body was not there.
 
Earthfeather,
 
 A relative and descendant.Of the Powhatan, Cherokee and
The Algonquian Nation.

 
--- On Tue, 4/5/11, Jewelle Baker <jewellebaker@...> wrote:


From: Jewelle Baker <jewellebaker@...>
Subject: [genpcncfir] Fw: [wilsonnc] Today in History, April 5
To: genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "Carol Forbes" <cforbes2@...>
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 5:54 PM


Hello Group.....
        The below "gleaned" for you from the Wilson Group.  Thank you Carol!
             Jewelle

----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Forbes
To: wilsonnc@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:48 PM
Subject: [wilsonnc] Today in History, April 5

On this date in 1614,

Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English
colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. Pocahontas had converted to Christianity, and
went by the name Lady Rebecca.

In 1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts
on a month long return trip to England. 

In 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a
congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.

In 1811, English philanthropist Robert Raikes, a promoter of Sunday Schools,
died in Gloucester, England, at age 74.

Lets make this day in history count.  Here's hoping we find all of our long lost
relatives......
Carol
*****************************************************   
jewelle@...
jewellebaker@...
Researching: (Main Capitalized)
BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway,
COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison,
Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman  (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson,
Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills,
Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes,
Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington,
Worthington,  plus ++++

GenealogyPITT Co NC Friends In Research
(Serving all Eastern/Coastal NC Counties)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genpcncfir/messages

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Pitt County Historical Society:                 
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CHRONICLES VOL.II AVAILABLE!! Click here for description and ordering 
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this "pocahontas" info is largely speculative.
1.  we know she or someone else called pocahontas was married to kaukum
(spellings vary)...but powhatan marriages were not what ours are...and may not
have even been a sexual relationship.
2.  no record of his death saving family....appears to have been during a war.
3.  "gang raped" is hardly likely....
4.    her place of burial is not known.

history is not: speculation or opinion.

thanks,
david

To: genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com
From: earthfeather99@...
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:00:20 -0700
Subject: Re: [genpcncfir] Fw: [wilsonnc] Today in History, April 5




























       Pocahontas had a husband ( Kaukum) who was killed ( murdered)  trying to
protect his family and the twins. After she (Matoaca)  had been gang raped by
the English , she recieved forgiveness from the Church and married John Rolfe.
John Rolfe had felt guilty for participating during the gang rape and during
Matoaca's imprisonment  (Rebecca was her Christain name) IN England it is
believed that Matoaca was poisoned and thus died leaving another motherless
child. When her grave was opened, her body was not there.



Earthfeather,



  A relative and descendant.Of the Powhatan, Cherokee and

The Algonquian Nation.





--- On Tue, 4/5/11, Jewelle Baker <jewellebaker@...> wrote:



From: Jewelle Baker <jewellebaker@...>

Subject: [genpcncfir] Fw: [wilsonnc] Today in History, April 5

To: genpcncfir@yahoogroups.com

Cc: "Carol Forbes" <cforbes2@...>

Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 5:54 PM



Hello Group.....

         The below "gleaned" for you from the Wilson Group.  Thank you Carol!

              Jewelle



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From: Carol Forbes

To: wilsonnc@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:48 PM

Subject: [wilsonnc] Today in History, April 5



On this date in 1614,



Pocahontas, daughter of the leader of the Powhatan tribe, married English
colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. Pocahontas had converted to Christianity, and
went by the name Lady Rebecca.



In 1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts
on a month long return trip to England.



In 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a
congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.



In 1811, English philanthropist Robert Raikes, a promoter of Sunday Schools,
died in Gloucester, England, at age 74.



Lets make this day in history count.  Here's hoping we find all of our long lost
relatives......

Carol

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Researching: (Main Capitalized)

BAKER, Barrow, BEAMAN, BLOUNT, Bonner, Bours, Braxton, CANNON, Carraway,

COX, Chester, Dail, ELLIS, Faircloth, Gardner, HANCOCK, HARDEE, Hardison,

Harris, Harper, Harrington, Heath, Hollyman  (all sp), JACKSON, Johnson,

Jones, Letchworth, Manning, McGLOHON (all sp), McGOWAN, McKeel, Mills,

Mitchell, Mumford, PHILLIPS, Price, Shaw, Smith, Sumrell, Stocks, Stokes,

Tyson, Vandiford, Walls, Walston, Weeks, Wilkerson, WINGATE, Wetherington,

Worthington,  plus ++++



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I thought she died onboard a ship off England,, or in England and is buried
there. But, I'm not an expert on this at all. Supposedly she had one or more
children by Rolfe. There is speculation about that too. I've read a bit about it
.. I'm not going to debate it.


The only thing I would disagree with you about David ,, is that history, when
written after the fact is always speculation (course documentation does help)
  and opinion and written by those that write it. Me, I love the first person
accounts. They are also opinion, if you will, but at least it was someone that
was there .. however their opinions shaded what they wrote.

For myself,,,  I give her great credit for being one of the few NA women that
was actuallly written about and mentioned by name.

And, I guess she acquired the moniker "Princess" because she was the daughter of
a Chief and the English didn't know what else to call her.

I dunno, I'm just speculating here. best, cheryl o7o  



history is not: speculation or opinion.

thanks,
david

Thank you Carol!

            Jewelle



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G'morning Group......
         Just received the below notice.....  those of you in driving distance
will enjoy these presentation.  Mark your calendars!

The Old Dobbs Genealogical Society will meet on April 16, 2011 at 10:30 am at
the Wayne County Public Library in Goldsboro.  Our speaker will be Earl Ijames,
who will be speaking on Colored Confederates and United States Colored Troops.

Mr. Ijames is an archivist at the NC Department of History.  He became
interested in this subject while researching his own family roots.  This
presentation will be worth the trip to Goldsboro--Mr. Ijames is in such demand
that it has taken me two years to get on his schedule.

As an added incentive for anyone with time, Scott Mason, the Tar Heel Traveler,
will be doing a presentation at 2:00 at the same location.  This is part of the
NC Humanities Council programs and was scheduled by the Library.  There is no
admission charge for either program.
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