Subject: INCIDENTS--More information From: ELIZABETH RUSSO Date: November 10, 1998 I am pausing now with the postings of my gggrandfather's INCIDENTS series, as he did over 100 years ago. Despite his "fond farewell" in INCIDENTS #57, Rev. John's writings were apparently popular enough in the 1880s that the editor urged him to resume his writing career. However, I know I need a break, and I suspect that listmembers do as well! Future plans: Rev. John published several, if not many, more articles. Additionally, he saved in his scrapbook of newspaper clippings numerous articles that are either unattributed, and many by other authors. Furthermore, due to kindnesses of many listmembers and their contacts, I have more information on the early histories of Charleston and Alabama Methodists. I am working on completing the manuscript and hope to have these articles printed in book form soon. I also plan to have a comprehensive index of the information and surnames that I have in my possession; I plan to post this index on my web page that I am building. For future "Incidents" postings and postings of a similar nature, I intend to pare back to two mail lists--the SC-Genealogy-L list and the Alabama-L list--and I plan to divide my postings according to the state list that is most appropriate. E.g., future postings on Charleston Methodists will appear on the SC-Genealogy-L list, and those pertaining to Alabama will appear on the Alabama-L list. Much of this material will no doubt form the basis of some articles appearing next year in various Alabama Heritage books. I'd like to thank EVERYONE!!! for your kindnesses and patience consistently shown to me. And please, I ask that you search the archives rather than ask me for a "lookup". Eventually, I hope to have the information within my possession available on the web. I have over 650 emails in my inbox at the moment; I have received over 3000 in the past three weeks (with fewer than 10 being unfriendly.) BUT! Your family information--if it is related to early Methodism--is most welcome if you would be interested in a compilation of genealogies that I currently plan as a companion volume or as appendices. AND! Your "fan mail" has not only been personally extremely rewarding, but perhaps also useful in interesting someone, somewhere, in publishing these materials. Elizabeth DuBois Russo ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |