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From: "Doris Perkins" <>
Subject: Re: [CAMP-L] newbie
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 19:43:49 -0500
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Margaret

If indeed one of your ancestors is listed with the DAR the following site
may help you. However, I believe that DAR stands for "Daughters of the
American Revolution" and the dates you listed do not go back that far.
However it turns out, good luck to you.
http://members.tripod.com/LeeHouse/DAR.htm

Doris Camp Perkins

----- Original Message -----
From: "margaret" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: [CAMP-L] newbie


> Hello, I just signed up, hoping to close some unverified gaps in my
> Georgia/Alabama Camps.
>
> My maternal grandmother was born a Camp and I know she had one sister,
> but I don't know if there were any boys, so they might be the end of
> that particular family. There certainly doesn't seem to be any
> information that I can find!
>
> I believe she was born Callie Calvin (or Colvin) Camp, on 30 June 1899
> in Floyd County Georgia. She later changed her name when she filed a
> delayed birth certificate, to Lois C. Camp. Her sister's name was
> Alice. Their parents were John W. (or William J., I've been told both)
> Camp and Cynthia Ann Lumpkin Loveless. John (or William) was reported
> to have been born 22 March 1855, married 29 August 1874 and died 1
> December 1929. His parents were Thomas D. Camp (b. 6 April 1832, m. 26
> July 1853, d. 8 August 1863 in Petersburg VA) and Elizabeth Ann
> Burrows. Thomas' parents were Louis (or Lewis) Camp and Leah Daniels.
>
> This must have all been documented at some point; my grandmother joined
> the DAR and I think they're pretty picky about documentation, but there
> were no records left after she died. I've been doing census searches
> but nobody seems to be where she said they were when she said they were
> there. Very frustrating (as I'm sure you know). Can anybody help? I'd
> really appreciate it.
>
> Margaret Andress
> Morristown NJ
>

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