Spring Issue 2004
Martha Childress Ferris, Editor
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
The following was submitted by Jack Childers. Many of you might want to
read this and think about the future and all of the genealogy information that
you have gathered over the years. Jack said that he is going to attach
this codicil to his own will and maybe you would want to do the same.
A Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament
To my spouse, children, or guardian:
Upon my demise it is requested that you DO NOT dispose of any of my
Genealogical records, books, files, notebooks or computer programs for a period
of two years. During this time period, please attempt to find one or more
persons who would be willing to take custody of the said materials and the
responsibility of maintaining and continuing the family histories. In the
event you do not find anyone to accept these materials, please contact the
genealogical organizations that I have been a member of to determine if they
will accept some parts or all of my genealogical materials. (List of
organizations and addresses at bottom) Please remember that my
genealogical endeavors consumed a great deal of time, travel, and money.
Therefore please do not ignore my requests.
Signature__________________________________ Date ________________
Witness___________________________________ Date ________________
Witness___________________________________ Date ________________
List of organizations & addresses here
This might give you some peace of mind when you are thinking of all the years
that you devoted to this endeavor.
WEBSITE
Have you checked out the website lately? www.childers/childress.com It looks really great and you can find out a lot of information there. Pat Childress Spurling has placed many transcribed wills on the website. The wills are under the heading Family Information. They are fantastic! You have to look to see if you have any relatives among them. I found my ancestor there! The transcriptions that were done by Pat, Mary Rouse, and Virginia Hanks are commendable. Don't forget the Bulletin Board. Many people are looking there and posting questions and answers. If you haven't taken part in the DNA project there is still time. This will prove that we are all related. You will see all that is needed on the website. Gary Childress is the DNA Project director for Childers-Childress Family Association and if you have any question or wish to take part in the project please contact Gary at his Email Address London2001@earthlink.net
Officers:
President: Robert E Childers, 185 Columbia Drive, Waverly, OH 45690, (bobfloch@adelphia.net)
Vice President: Anne Ruggiero, 8982 Baytowne Loop, Ft. Myers, FL 33908, (ruggierodhsd@earthlink.net)
Secretary: Wanda Trott, 2806 Mulberry, Pasadena, TX 77502
Treasurer: Julia Childress, 10993 Clear/P.O. Box 302, Hamburg, MI 48139 (jcbc1258@aol.com)
Registrar: JoAnn Childers, 960 River Road, Woodruff, SC 29388, (bob265617@aol.com)
Newsletter: Martha Ferris, 71 Dorset B, Boca Raton, FL 33434, (mkferris@bellsouth.net)
Lifetime Members
"Just a reminder" For those members who are age 80 or over, who have paid their dues for the past ten years, "Life Membership" is available upon request. There is no charge for this and the newsletter will continue to be sent. Please notify the Registrar, JoAnn R. Childers, 960 River Road, Woodruff, SC 29388 and a certificate will be sent to you. Our association appreciates your support.
OBITUARIES
We are happy to say that we have not been notified of anyone passing away
in the Childress Family Association.
JOHN, JOE, MIKE AND OSAMA
Washington Post June 27, 2003 Submitted by Jack Childers
John B. Childers, president and CEO of the Washington-based Consortium of
Universities, read with interest our item about an American couple who upon
arrival to Florida by sailboat from Mexico went to great lengths to check in
with the U.S. Custom Service, as required by law. When the couple finally
was to reach a Custom Officer by telephone questions: "Are you both
American citizens?" and "Do you have any avocados on board?"
Now Mr. Childers tells this column, "I recently had the same experience in Minnesota. Upon returning from a fishing trip, into the Boundary Waters area between the United States and Canada, my, cousins and I went to report in to Customs office near Ely, Minn. "Upon arriving at the office a trailer by the side of the road about 15 miles from the border we found it closed at 4:15 p.m. on Friday afternoon. There was a sign at said to just put the form with the names of the members of our party in a box that was attached to the side of the trailer. "We did" say the CEO, "but obviously there was no check to see who actually was in our group." We trust that you didn't pick up any hitchhikers, Mr. Childers or didn't bring back any northern avocadoes
REMINDER!!
CFA ANNUAL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2004
The 2004 Annual meeting will be held at The Comfort Inn (name change is
underway to Quality Inn and I don't know if the signs will be up or not) which
is next door to a Country Kitchen. The address is: 4200 S. Noland
Rd., Independence, MO 64055, Reservation: 800-4-CHOICE or 816-373-8856, Fax:
816-373-3312
A block of rooms is being held until Aug 15 so get your reservations in early. We are guaranteed ground floor rooms at $59.00 per night plus tax for double bedded rooms. You can come early and stay as long as you want.
Each room has a coffee maker and refrigerator, and a safe to lock up your
valuables. There is a continental breakfast with "cooked to order
waffles".
The Inn has Tropical Atrium with an indoor pool and whirlpool spa and plenty of
FREE parking and is located at exit 12 on I-70 on the south side of I-70.
You can go to a number of activities from this location including
Mid-Continent Public Library. Just go north on Nolan road to Independence
Rd. and turn West and the library will be on your left a few blocks West.
The library web site is www.mcpl.lib.mo.us. It is 4.3 miles from
the Inn...
On September 18, there will be a Re-enactment of the Signing of the United
States Constitution in Independence. America's Family Foundation presents this
historical re-enactment on Independence Square .Call 816-252-9810 for more
details
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION MOVES
The headquarters of the Sons of the Revolution, housed up to now in New
York City. is moving to Independence, Missouri. In its new location, it will be near the Mid-Continent Public Library's Genealogy and Local History Branch. The SR'snew address is 201.WestLexmgtonAvenue, Suite 1776, Independence, Missouri, 60450-3718. You may reach them by phone at 800-593-1776 or examine their web site at http://www.sril776.org.
(Source: Immigrant Genealogical Society Newsletter,N\sa-ber 235, October
'2.003'yQuestitig Heirs Genealogical Society Newsletter, PO Box 15102,
LongBeachCA 90815-0102)
DAVID LIBRARY
The David Library is devoted to materials about American history. It is a
privately endowed, non-profit foundation is the-owner of one of the largest and
best collections of Revolutionary War era records in the United States.
Few genealogists have probably heard about it.
David Library was founded in 1959 by Mr. Sol Feinstone. Mr. Feinstone has
spent his lifetime collecting everything he saw related to the Revolutionary
War. He owned a farm in Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he set up
a library for his collection. He has now established a foundation and an
endowment fund to provide for the perpetuation of the David Library of the
American Revolution.
The library is devoted to materials covering American history from about 1750
to 1800. It has 10,000 reels of
Microfilm and 40,000 books and pamphlets. Some of the materials are unique and not available anywhere else. There are British materials from the Public Records Office and other repositories in England, others from Canadian and German archives. Included are early American government and military records, newspapers and periodicals from the 18th century.
The Library is located at 1201 River Road, one mile north of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. You can also find its website using Google, etc.
[Source: RootsWeb Review: Vol. 7, No. 18, 5 May 2004.]
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME?
There were strict rules in naming your children in England and Wales from 1700
to 1879. The naming order for children was: First daughter-named
after the mother's mother (maternal grandmother). Second daughter-named
after the father's mother. Third daughter-named after the mother.
Fourth daughter-named after the mother's oldest sister. First
son-named after the father's father. Second son-named after the mother's
father. Third son-named after the father. Fourth son-named after
the father's eldest brother.
Exceptions apply if there was a duplication of given name. In that case,
the practice was to skip to the next name on the list.
TALE OF A CENSUS TAKER
An old timer was sitting on his porch, when a young man walked up with a pad
and pencil in his hand. "What are you selling, young man?" he
asked. "I'm not selling anything, sir." the young man replied.
"I'm the census taker." "A what?" the old man
asked. "A census taker. We are trying to find out how many people
are in the United States." "Well," the old man answered.
"You're wasting your time with me. I have no idea."
DAR PATRIOT LOOKUP SERVICE
The Daughter of the American Revolution records are among the most valuable genealogical resources available. The DAR Patriot Index contains names of Revolutionary patriots, both men and women, whose service (between 1775 and 1783) has been established by the National DAR Society. Information available may include: dates and places of birth and death, name(s) of wife/wives or husband(s), rank, type of service, and the state where the patriot lived or served. If pension papers are known to exist, that fact will be included. If you are interested in knowing if your ancestor is recognized by the DAR as a Revolutionary Patriot, find out at http://www.dar.org/cigbin/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm.
[Source: Kishwaukee Genealogists Newsletter, P 0 Box 5503, Rockford, IL
61125.]
A METRIC CONVERSION 'PIN-UP' FOR YOUR WALL
When you know millimeters, 7 multiply by 0.04 to find inches
When you know centimeters, multiply by 0.39 to find inches.
When you know meters, multiply by 3.3 to find inches.
When you know kilometers, multiply by 0.62 to find miles-
When you know hectares, multiply by 2.47 to find acres
When you know square kilometers, multiply by 0.39 to find square miles.
When you know cubit meters, multiply by 35.3 to find cubic feet.
.
When you know liters, multiply by 0.26 to find gallons,
When you know kilograms, multiply by 2.2 to find pounds.
When you know metric tons. Multiply by 2.204 to find pounds-
When you know degrees Celsius (centigrade), multiply by 1.8 and add 32 to get
degrees Fahrenheit.
[Thanks to DerBlumenbaumi]
THE KITCHENS OF OLD ENGLAND AND HISTORIC AMERICA
If you want to try cooking and tasting the recipes that your ancestors used
then you have to see this website. The recipes are quite unusual and you
wonder just how our grandmothers were able to cook these fabulous dishes and
feed their families. Have fun trying out some of them.
17TH-CENTURY ENGLISH RECIPES.
If you're just dying to learn how to stretch sheep's guts for sausages and/or to make a foole -- not of yourself, but rather a popular dish of cream, eggs and wine -- you'll enjoy this website: http://www.godecookery.com/engrec/engrec.html
This website is very informative and will allow you to look through many
different cookbooks from the 19th century. Enjoy your walk down memory
lane.
FEEDING AMERICA: THE HISTORIC AMERICAN COOKBOOK PROJECT.
Created by the Michigan State University Library and the MSU Museum, here's a search- able collection of America's most influential cookbooks of the 19th and 20th centuries. http://digital.lib.msu.edu/cookbooks
[Previously published in RootsWeb Review: Vol. 7, No. 18, 5 May 2004.]
LOOK FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTORS ON-LINE
Submitted by Jack Childers
If YOU are researching Native American ancestry be sure and visit http://www.accessgenralogy.com/native> This Native American genealogy site is 17 printed pages of information to aid in searching for Native American ancestors. Pages are divided into easy-to-use links and searchable databases. Topics include: State Pages; What's New or Updated, Quick Links. Free Databases. Rolls (examples include Reservation Roll of 1917 Armstrong Roll of 1830, etc.), Mailing Lists, CD'S and Books, Research Tools, and free Look-ups (of special material). This site is well worth investigating. [Thank you to the Southern Echoes newsletter.]
Need help with your Cherokee heritage research?
Quite often we are asked if we know anyone who can help with Cherokee Heritage
research. Judy Cardwell has a vast collection of microfilm and other
resources that enable her to find your ancestors if they ever appeared on any
of the many Census or immigration. Judy charges a very reasonable fee of
$15.00 per Ancestor, but check with her to make sure this is a current price.
Her address is 941 Frontier Circle, Friendsville. TN 37737
[Thanks to Polk County Historical & Genealogical Society. PO Box 36,
Benton, TN 37307]
"In the Mailbox"
Email from JoAnn Childers
New Life Member
CFA # M-2/ Tabitha Bye Morgan, California
I am pleased we are doing this to treasure those who have supported CFA for so
many years. We have copies in our files of many letters Bye wrote in the
70's...
Bye descends from Hugh Martin Childress, Sr., born 13 December 1800 in Davidson
County, TN, who was a minister. He married Susannah Watters on 5 December
1823 in Perry County, AL. Hugh died 1886 and Susannah died1882 - both in
Coleman County, TX.
Bye descends through Hugh Martin Childress, Jr. who was born on 24 May 1835 in
Bastrop, TX. He married Hulda Ann Cox on 7 June 1855 in Springfield, MO.
Hugh Martin Childress, Jr. died on 24 Sept. 1897 in Silver City, Grant
Co., NM. His daughter, Tabitha Frances Childress, born 1861 in Belton,
Bell County, TX is in Bye's line.
Bye has done extensive research on her line for many years. She would
love to hear from anyone researching this line.
(Bye's address is 120 Acacia Ave. Oroville, CA 95960)
Query from Virginia Childers Zeboski, 4538 Juno Way, Sacramento, CA 95864-1753,
email: vczeb20@hotmail.com
Can anyone identify and explain these five Childers on an 1840 list of unpaid
taxpayers in Perry County, TN? Could any of them be connected to the
early Childers/Childress in Henry and Stewart/Humphreys Co., TN? Some
heirs of a John C Childers were on one of the earliest tax lists in Henry Co
and a Henry Childers also was an early settler there. There were three
Childers/Childress from the Carolinas in Henry and Stewart/Humphreys Cos. very
early, the two younger ones in Henry Co. The Edward Childers on the list
appears as Edwin H. and E.H Childers in other Perry Co. TN court records, some
involving the q4oo acres.
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