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From: TIM AYERS <>
Subject: [KYMASON-L] African Americans in Mason County
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:04:01 -0500


I've taken the liberty of forwarding this on to others who are
researching African American surnames in the Mason County area. If
everyone would do a quick roll call of the surnames they are researching
I will email it out to everyone. Anyone else want to join?

If you are not African American but know of African Americans (by
surname) who lived in and around your ancestors that information would
be helpful as well.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF) [SMTP:]
>Sent:Friday, October 23, 1998 12:06 PM
>To:TIM AYERS; 'Judy Place Maggiore'; '';
>''; ''; 'Sandra Johnson'
>Subject:Various Research Questions
>
>Good afternoon,
>
>I am falling behind in answering my messages, because I am working on a
>Masters in computers. So I have combined a number of African-American
>messages here. Pick out what you find useful. Sorry about the mess.
>
>
>FRED L. STRICKLAND
>
>AL-AfricaAmer-L -- A mailing list for anyone with an interest in
>African
>American
> genealogy in Alabama.
>
>GEN-AFRICAN-L: Gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.african newsgroup for
>the discussion
> of African genealogy.
>
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>data about slaves
> in the Unites States including wills/deads that show sales and
>transfer of ownership, vital
> records (e.g., birth, marriage, death), and information/queries on
>specific slaves that may be
> part of your ancestry. Anyone with genealogical data on slaves is
>welcome to post this
> information and thereby share it with all of the list subscribers.
>
>
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>historical interest in
> South Africa (additional information on tracing your South African
>roots can be found on the
> South African Genealogy web page at
>http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:TIM AYERS [SMTP:]
>> Sent:Thursday, October 22, 1998 3:30 PM
>> To:
>> Subject:
>>
>> Looking for inf. on Thomas & Melvinia JONES who lived in both Mason
>> and
>> Fleming County, Kentucky at various times. Melvinia is the daughter of
>> Alexander & Emily MURPHY and may have been born into slavery in Mason
>> County. Her mother's birthplace is listed as Virginia. Her husband,
>> Thomas may have been born in North Carolina prior to the Civil War.
>> The
>> two of them had 5 children: Thomas, Jr.; Nanny; Alex; John; and
>> Luzetta.
>> Melvinia may have died and been buried in FLEMINGSBURG, Kentucky in
>> the
>> early 1900s. After the 1880 Census, I am lost as to the family
>> whereabouts.
>>
>> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!!
>>
>> Tim Ayers
>>
>[Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF)] [snip]
>
>Dear Mr. Strickland,
>
>I have sent numerous e-mails back and forth to Tim Ayers, and he is
>helping me with the direction I should take. Thank you for suggesting I
>contact him though. We are all in this together, right?
>
>No, I am not AA. I have been trying to help an elderly gentleman that
>lives where I do to find his great grandparents before 1872, when they
>married in Maysville, Mason County. (I just found their Marriage Bond
>this week.) He also had great grandparents that I have recently located
>in Centerville, Bourbon County, in 1870. Now comes the hard part which
>is finding out where they were and where they worked before 1866. I
>really want to help this man. The other day when the Marriage Bond
>arrived in the mail from the courthouse, I sat down, cried and thanked
>God for His help. My friend had thought that they married in Virginia
>or
>Tennessee, but it was actually in Kentucky.
>
>I am so grateful to everyone on this list for their help. I do research
>in New York and Connecticut back to the 1600's on my own family, but I
>like to help others when I can. This area (KY) and its available
>records
>are new to me.
>
>Thanks again for your suggestions.
>
>Judy
>
>Strickland, Fred (HQ CAP/DOKF) wrote:
>>
>> Good afternoon,
>>
>> Are you African-American? You might wish to check with the AAGRI or
>> with Mr Tim Ayers, because they might be able to help you out. Also,
>> have you considered joining one of the African-American talk groups?
>>
>> FRED L. STRICKLAND
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Judy Place Maggiore [SMTP:]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 9:10 AM
>> > To:
>> > Subject: African-American churches in Sardis Pct./Maysville,
>> > Mason Co., ca. 1870-1890
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what church an African-American family may have
>> > attended from about 1870-1890 in the Maysville/Sardis Pct. area? Do
>> > records still exist? THANKS!
>> >
>> > Judy
>
>====================================
>
>Yes, Mr. Strickland I am African American. I do subscribe to
>Afrigenesas.
>Can you refer any others that might me helpful.
>
>
>Antoinette

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