<monal> 

sorry to differ Stwby. you did not get here by chance

<huntsvilleADM> 

sorry, guys--but I kicked Strwbry out--I don't like people who just surf the net and drop in the chitchat......we're doing serious business here!

<Granny> 

Good for you, ADM!!!

<monal> 

and sorry room for my spelling........thanks for getting him out

<Travis> 

I don't know whether anyone is interested or not, but I will be going to Alabama to attend the Wilson Reunion at Old Bethel Church in Winston County on October 13.

<huntsvilleADM> 

hey, good for you, Travis!

<Granny> 

That's exciting, Travis! Will you have time to do some research while you are there?

<huntsvilleADM> 

Going to do a lot of research?

<monal> 

tell us about it Travis

<CyberLemon> 

you do what you need to, I have helped admin an AOL Parrothead room and sometimes folks got rowdy

<CyberLemon> 

good luck Travis

<Travis> 

Well, not too much to tell. I intended to come last year, but opted for open heart surgery instead.

<huntsvilleADM> 

good choice, Travis!

<CyberLemon> 

ouch, that's a good reason to pass

* Granny 

MOTIONS/happy.gif This year ought to be lots more fun, Travis!

<huntsvilleADM> 

Travis, where are you? I forget! Texas?

<monal> 

WOW. How are you

<Travis> 

The week after, there will be a Johnston reunion at Tannehill (I think that is the way to spell it).

<marfaTX> 

I thought New Mexico

<marfaTX> 

or Arizona

<Travis> 

The good part is that I get to go to both of them.

<Granny> 

Hi nangirl...welcome!

<marfaTX> 

Hi nangirl

<MizB> 

Sounds like fun

<huntsvilleADM> 

hi, nangirl--welcome.

<CyberLemon> 

hi nangirl

<MizB> 

Hi nangirl

<marfaTX> 

Travis are you in Arizona

<monal> 

I know nangir

<Travis> 

Yes, beautiful downtown Gilbert, AZ.

<huntsvilleADM> 

oh, monal--so you can vouch for her?

<Travis> 

Hi Nangirl

<nangirl> 

Hi everyone

<monal> 

HECK NO

<marfaTX> 

I thought I remembered talking to you about the heart surgery and my husbands problem

<huntsvilleADM> 

Nangirl--share your Alabama SURNAMES and counties with us.

<monal> 

Thanks ADM

<huntsvilleADM> 

LOL, monal!

<nangirl> 

monal, Good or Bad, :O)

<CyberLemon> 

KING, GATEWOOD, EHLERT/ELLIOTT, SWINNEY, COWARD/COWART, Benjamin Franklin JOHNSON in CONECUH, BUTLER, COVINGTON, ESCAMBIA, PIKE, DALE and COFFEE Counties

<Travis> 

Well, there is nothing like heart surgery if you have to go that route.

<annaelycm> 

TURNER, PAYNE, LEMAY in Lawrence and Etowah Counties

<marfaTX> 

Travis it was my husband that has the IPF

<monal> 

You guys are my friends on Mondays

<Granny> 

PADGETT, MORGAN, WEBB, HORTON, SNODGRASS, NICHOLSON, McCORD in Jackson, DeKalb and Cherokee counties.

<nangirl> 

Travis, I had Heart Surgery 13 years ago, not much fun

<Travis> 

Yes, I think I remember Marfa.

* Granny 

MOTIONS/playful.gif monal...glad to know that we are your friends on Mondays!

<monal> 

thanks Granny

<MizB> 

POTTER, Johnathan----PACE, William (father of Eliza) ----COWARD/T, Elihu (father of Erasmus)-----MORGAN, John B. (father of James Adkins)----NICHOLSON/NICKOLSON, Mary Ann----HOLDRIDGE, John H. (father of John Henry)-----JACKSON, Martha Adlade----COLEY, John S. (father of Edith)-----CAVER, Joel (father of Harriett Ann E.) from Jackson , Randolph, DeKalb and Talladega Counties

<Travis> 

Well, it probably beats the alternative of not having it.

<Granny> 

Right you are, Travis!!!

<nangirl> 

Now my surname Waldrop

<Travis> 

Waldrop - Where is that from?

<monal> 

I am looking for CHAPMAN'S and Parkers in Limestone

<Granny> 

What county, nangirl?

<monal> 

Dad was CHAPMAN and his Mother a PARKER

<marfaTX> 

RICHARDSON, CARPENTER, HALES, in Greene Co.

<nangirl> 

Anyone near Washington County, Alabama?

<huntsvilleADM> 

how long has everyone been doing genealogy research?

<Travis> 

ADM - I got kicked out and couldn't get back in 2 weeks ago, and we were just getting back from California last week. I still owe you an email with Mark Grace's web site.

<Granny> 

Not quite two years, ADM.

<CyberLemon> 

rooting since 1990

<MizB> 

Nan what Waldrops

<marfaTX> 

about two years for me

<huntsvilleADM> 

about 5 years.

<monal> 

I am a new come bie only one year

<annaelycm> 

about 2 years for me also

<MizB> 

off and on for 30 years or more

<CyberLemon> 

got family tree maker when it was a 5 1/4 inch floppy

<nangirl> 

About 8 years now, HuntsvilleADM

<Travis> 

I have been at it for a little over 2 years.

<Granny> 

Long enough to be hooked, right monal?

<Hugh> 

About 3 years, ADM

<huntsvilleADM> 

the computer has really changed things, hasn't it? Even if by just talking to others and getting their help via email and chats!

<Granny> 

Well MizB, if we added up all our years, looks like you still have us beat!

<annaelycm> 

Had Family Tree maker for longer than 2 years...but just never really got started till the last couple of years

<monal> 

Granny........I was hooked after brother showed me pictures of G, Grand parents

<nangirl> 

Starting with Joseph Ryon Waldrop, James Harry Waldrop, Sarah Baxter Waldrop, Minnie Lee Masters Waldrop

<CyberLemon> 

puter helped, but the internet was such a leap from BBSes

<MizB> 

I received part of a letter that I wrote in 1977 concerning one line of my family

<monal> 

they had faces

<CyberLemon> 

I'm amazed I have found so much since moving to California

<Granny> 

My second cousin in TN just sent me an album that her father had that has tons of new pictures I have never seen from late 1800's early 1900's! Really thrilling!

<Travis> 

Cyber - Where are you in CA. I used to live in Long Beach.

<CyberLemon> 

that's neat Granny

<CyberLemon> 

I'm in San Jose, the Heart of the Silicon Valley

<Travis> 

I have heard of that!

<Granny> 

Don't know why I figured everyone in here had been working in genealogy for a long time. Makes me feel better to know that others are still as new as me.

<huntsvilleADM> 

I'm in the Silicon Valley of the South! Huntsville......

<CyberLemon> 

we saw the boom and are riding the bust now

<CyberLemon> 

hey, I love helping newbies get started

<monal> 

Granny, I am waiting for my Dad's first cousins, extra family for family photos

<Granny> 

CyberLemon...any luck job wise?

<CyberLemon> 

with so much online and on cd, its so much easier now

<huntsvilleADM> 

I think the computer has made it so easy, Granny, that just a couple years experience can now produce a LOT of information and contacts.

<Travis> 

Well, I think a lot of people are riding the bust right now - But it will all come back - It's just a big cycle.

<CyberLemon> 

sadly not Granny, one fell through and I'm hoping for another now

<Granny> 

It sure has made things nice...I have met some terrific new cousins through the query boards!

<CyberLemon> 

same here Granny

<Granny> 

Good Luck, CyberLemon! Know the feeling!

<Travis> 

Me 2, Granny.

<CyberLemon> 

thanks

<monal> 

It is great Granny

<monal> 

and Cyber

<nangirl> 

I am in Columbus, Georgia, just across the Chattahoochee River , Alabama.

<huntsvilleADM> 

well, you

<monal> 

hi nangirl

<huntsvilleADM> 

oops

<MizB> 

Well I have more connections in the last 3 years than all 30 before that

<Travis> 

My wife used to live in Columbus = Many years ago.

<huntsvilleADM> 

well, you're within spitting distance, nangirl!

* Granny 

MOTIONS/sad.gif I'm in Florida, which seems like a million miles away from Alabama when you want to do research there!

<CyberLemon> 

its so much nicer with chats and queries... snail mail took so long

<Granny> 

Largely due to the Internet, MizB?

<CyberLemon> 

the Bama Archives have some great stuff

<huntsvilleADM> 

and scanner are great, too, CyberLemon!

<Travis> 

Well, I know that when I go to visit my mother, I lay out all of these plans, and usually do something different.

<Hugh> 

I'm in the heart of Skyline Mtn, Jackson Co, Al

<marfaTX> 

San Antonio is a long way from Alabama also

<Granny> 

Scanners are awesome, ADM!

<Granny> 

Right, marfa...know what you mean.

<huntsvilleADM> 

marfa--don't you live here in Huntsville, too?

<annaelycm> 

My friend found her closest remaining cousins using the internet