http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/ Hand Family Cousins Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:41:18 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7350 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7350 I once belonged to " International Blacksheep Society of Genealogists I t really exists! http://ibssg.org/blacksheep/ ... From: Joan Murphy To: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:27:25 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7349 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7349 His wife was Sadie Levy -he changed his name to John Smith. He was born in Lincoln County North Carolina His parents: Uriah Rufus Hand .6-24-1814 Lincoln Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:15:48 GMT Carol Boyd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7348 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7348 Bob what were the names of his wife and children? Do you have a town in S.C. where he was born or lived? His parents names? Carol Boyd Cape May, NJ ... From: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:07:13 GMT fletcherfritz@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7347 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7347 Merry Christmas Hand Cousins, I'm trying to get in touch with Joan or Richard Hand , children of Rio Grande N. J. farmer Bus Hand. I'm helping a high school Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:29:41 GMT Joan Murphy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7346 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7346 Was just talking to a cousin tonight about some of da skeltons in our family closet!!! We all got lots of 'em!! Happy New Year!!! Joan Hand Murphy ... -- Live Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:58:16 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7345 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7345 How great to find a cousin to share with!!! I've found a number over the years and it is always exciting. The story of my grandfather takes many twists and Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:58 GMT Joan Murphy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7344 Bob, I am so sorry that you hit that wall. I found such a wall on my mother's side of the family. The family name was Ring but there was some sort of a Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:31:02 GMT Bob http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7343 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7343 Thank you for sharing great thoughts!!! You advised not giving up but I am afraid I've done just that after at least 35 years of trying to discover why my Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:47:15 GMT sesenn@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7342 Joan Thank you for your "Christmas Thoughts." I'm so glad the Handcousins have been a part of your success in finding your family. Merry Christmas and A Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:24:49 GMT txhandcousin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7341 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7341 Hi Everyone, I know this is a place for sharing information about ancestors but I would like to share some thoughts with all of you and to let you know you are Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:19:21 GMT Carol Boyd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7340 Hi cousins, Just checking some sources on the internet and came across this entry in the New York Foundling Hospital 1905 census, Joseph Hand White Male age 5. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:55:24 GMT Carol Boyd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7339 Sue, thank you for your suggestions. I also thought that we needed a little bit more information. The Saturday was for the public and they seemed to enjoy it. Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:15:03 GMT suelou5 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7338 The Founders Day Weekend was absolutely the best fun ever!! I would suggest that specific directions as to where the events are being held should be in the Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:24:44 GMT Carol http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7337 Cousins, The Cape May County Historical Society is planning another Founders Weekend for Labor day Weekend Sept 4th and 5th 2010. We are asking you for Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:28:44 GMT Elena Hande-Featherstone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/handcousins/message/7336 I'd love too but the curiosity is not mutual. :( Elena