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From: "Ken & Linda Howell" <>
Subject: Re: [MOBARRY-L] in awe
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 07:36:43 -0000


Hi

I saw your "roll call" name of Pharriss. I had a Great-Aunt Jenny Ray that
married a man by the surname of Pharriss. Does this fit in with your lines.

Linda Howell

-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Winter and Sylvia Stevens <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, February 11, 2001 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MOBARRY-L] in awe


>Wow! I'm in awe as well. What a wonderful find! Tell us on the list, who
>your family names are, which surnames are in the books> How many links to
>barry County? What a delightful treat! Congratulations!
>
>By the way, perhaps we ought to have a roll call on the list?
>
>Mine are JAQUES JAQUESS JAQUISH JACQUES LeMASTER LeMASTERS HARTUNG DUNBAR
>BROWN SCHLACKLETT SCHACKLETT SHLACKLET ELLIS MURPHREE MARBUT SAMPLE MERGES
>PHARISS PHARRIS
>CRAKER GLEAVES
>
>Sylvia
>
>At 11:45 PM 02/10/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>>I have been working on genealogy off and on for more years than I care to
>admit. This winter I have been able to devote at least 3 hours a day to
>doing research, so I was starting to feel pretty good about my records.
>Then I meet a cousin of mine. I had heard about her for years and I am
>sure that we had even attended the same family gatherings from time to
>time. but we had never actually talked. A few weeks ago I gave her a call,
>and I was invited to her home to see what info on our family she had
>gathered. I didn't need to be ask twice. I grabbed up my sister (who knew
>this cousin <being the youngest some times has it disadvantages>) and was
>standing on her door step bright and early the next morning. Not only did
>I have a wonderful time, talking old family stories, but I was loaned a
>notebook that was over 6 inches tall, packed full of dates, names,
>marriages and stories. Needless to say I got very little sleep the next
>few days. I stayed up late and got up earl!
>>y, entering this wonderful find into my computer. (anytime I am lucky
>enough to borrow anything, I try to return it as soon as possible.) I took
>it back only to be loaned another, of equal size and interest. These
>notebooks are well organized, easy to use and read. I have taken a picture
>of this wonderful lady and have it framed and setting on my desk, so from
>now on any time I start to feel a little cocky about the info I have and
>the research I have done, I just have to look up to remember I am really
>just a novice.
>>
>>Penny
>>
>>
>
>
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