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A US Navy cruiser anchored in Mississippi for a week's shore leave.



The first evening, the ship's Captain received the following note from

the wife of a wealthy plantation owner:



"Dear Captain, Thursday will be my daughter Melinda's Debutante Ball. I

would like you to send four well mannered, handsome, unmarried officers

in their formal mess dress uniforms to attend the dance. They should

arrive promptly at 8:00 PM prepared for an evening of polite… Continue

I hope everyone enjoys this Christmas season, and has a healthy and happy New Year's day! Don't watch too much football, it's not good for you! LOL.

I am looking for information on Julia Rivers McClain [dates of birth and death unknown] who married Americus Felder [1843-1914]. Date of marriage: about 1886. If anyone has any information on Julia, please let me know. Thank you.

Looking for information about John Napier of Madison County, Alabama, specifically if a burial location is known for him; burial location possibly in Cluttsville, Alabama. Thanks for your help.

My mother was born in 1915, and she and her 11 siblings all survived to adulthood to raise families of their own. She and her siblings were born during the period the Bubonic Plague was ravaging the United States, but perhaps because they lived on a farm in Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, they survived since their exposure was probably minimal.



My daughter's grandfather was not so fortunate. He lived in Elloree, Orangeburg, South Carolina and died of the plague in April, 1918. He… Continue

As I was adding photos to this site, I thought of all the love, caring, sacrifices and other acts of human kindness those photos evoked about my family members. Sometimes we get lost in the day-to-day emotional moments and forget what great triumps and achievements our family members have accomplished. Today, I got a reminder of how beautiful my family members are. Sometimes it takes a look over the history to remind us of this. Spivey

Thanks for the warm welcome I have received. I think I have been looking for a place like this for the 12 years I have been involved in genealogy research. I have two places I have been with for over 10 years, but they are Yahoo! Groups. This forum offers so much more and it is just what a genealogist needs in the days when the 'free' providers are cutting back. Thanks ever so much, and I hope this forum is around for a long, long, time. Spivey