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From: "marti" <>
Subject: Re: [NCSCGenSwap] List Admin message
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:10:02 -0400
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Hi sure hope someone there can help me iam at a brick wall ten feet high.my
great grandmother Eugenia Turbeville born 1849 Marion co,sc married hardy
David smith 7/25/1866 at the home of mary Watson.she gave birth to my
grandfather 5/22/1867 Andrew smith.after this time I can't find out
anything. when she died where she is buried.I know my great grandfather
hardy David smith married her sister 8/9/1870 Annie Maria Turbeville they
had nine children.any help or advise as to where I might find information on
what happen to my great grandmother Eugenia would be greatly
appreciated.Marti

----- Original Message -----
From: "Margy Bousman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: [NCSCGenSwap] List Admin message


> Hi,
>
> I'm Margy Bousman, the new list admin for NCSCGENSWAP. I have several
lists
> here at RootsWeb and enjoy being a volunteer.
>
> I'd like to spend a moment of your time discussing this list. There are
322
> members of this list.
>
> Below is a copy of how many messages are in our archives:
>
> October 1998.......... 4 messages
> November 1998...... 3 messages
> January 1999.......... 1 messages
> February 1999........ 8 messages
> March 1999............. 5 messages
> May 1999................. 8 messages
> June 1999................ 5 messages
> August 1999............ 9 messages
> September 1999..... 9 messages
> November 1999.... ..2 messages
> January 2000.... ......11 messages
> February 2000........ 14 messages
> March 2000............. 6 messages
> April 2000................ 3 messages
> May 2000................. 1 messages
> June 2000................ 22 messages
> July 2000 ..................3 messages
> August 2000............. 7 messages
> September 2000...... 1 messages
> October 2000........... 5 messages
> November 2000........ 2 messages
> January 2001............ 15 messages
> February 2001........... 5 messages
> March 2001................ 9 messages
> April 2001.................. 1 messages
> May 2001................... 5 messages
> June 2001.................. 5 messages
> July 2001.................... 7 messages
> August 2001............... 7 messages
> September 2001........ 4 messages
> October 2001............. 1 messages
> November 2001.......... 4 messages
> December 2001.......... 6 messages
> January 2002............... 22 messages
> February 2002............. 46 messages
> March 2002................... 9 messages
> April 2002...................... 8 messages
> May 2002....................... 4 messages
> July 2002 .......................19 messages
>
>
> For the number of members, that's a low volume. The Feb 2002 messages are
a
> bunch a "me too's". I think we can do much better than this.
>
> The purpose of this list is to swap information on these two states. The
> only way anyone can help anyone else is if we have some details on who and
> what you are searching for. Besides census reports, I myself have found
> very little in the way of actual records on line for these two states.
That
> means to make a real connection we need people who are willing to help
> others looking for people in areas that you have access to.
>
> It also means that unless it's somewhere available online or on a disc
> someone has, we need to give people time to look in libraries or when they
> make court house trips. There won't be answers to your queries in an hour
> or a day most of the time. Which of course means patience and not giving
> up. It also means posting who your looking for every so often. In the
past
> when I've gone looking for other people, I've printed their post and put
> them in a notebook and while doing my own searches do a look at the same
> time for them.
>
>
> I believe it's important to relay what you've found for someone to the
list.
> That way if someone has found your people others aren't still digging for
> the same info for you. They also might find something different that
could
> help. It also lets us know that this is a wonderful place to come to for
> help.
>
> One thing that should not happen in my opinion is for us to privately fill
a
> volunteer's mailbox with requests once we see they are willing to help
> others. That would scare anyone out of being willing to help. Most of us
> are involved with doing our own research as well.
>
> We do need to be mindful of copyright laws in posting what we've found to
> the list from books. It would help in this respect if you post what book
> the info was found in, giving the publishing details so others might try
to
> get it from interlibrary loan etc. If it is a short passage from a book
> that can be posted to the list. If it involves several pages from a book
> then it needs to be sent privately, with a brief notice to the list about
> the book as mentioned above.
>
> I know my libary does not loan out genealogy books, but they are willing
to
> make copies of pages and send them out for a fee. Speaking of which, if
> someone makes copies and offers to send them to you. PLEASE offer to
repay
> them for the copies and the postage and do so. No one likes to get burned
> this way. It has turned many off in the past to helping others.
>
> I live in VA. Beach, Va. My library has a number of books dealing with
> North Carolina counties. One book total on SC. My folks traveled from NC
> to SC and I have extremely little real info on SC information.
>
> I think this list would get off to good start if we had a roll call of who
> we are searching for. Please do not put roll call in the subject line.
> I suggest putting the state you wish to be searched in the subject line
> along with the surname.
> For example:
> SC-Tarver
> SC-Laurens County-Dean
> SC-Bunch
>
> Give the basics that you can. Names of children known, parents, what time
> period you are looking for, city or county. Anything that can can help
us
> know we are in the ball park for who you are looking for. Make the post
> like you are looking for the family on a surname or state list.
>
> The nice thing is that after you post your message will be in our archives
> and we can always go there to look before heading out to the courthouse or
> the library. I will add the archives link to the taglines for this list.
> But I would still post often to remind people. New people join everyday.
>
> So please post who you are searching for so others can help and please
help
> others. It's the only way a list like this can really work. I think the
> list can be a wonderful resource for all of us.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Margy Bousman
> List Admin.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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and South Carolina. If you need help in North or South Carolina and have
information you can "swap" with other list members, please let us know what
state you have information for, and what you need in North and/or South
Carolina.
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