Sunday December 30, 2001
Log by Participant
Dogstar05: <~~~~~~ Gun Barrel. Texas
Dogstar05: hello just a little early
Dogstar05: i didn't want to be late
Dogstar05: i'm in texas, gun barrel city, s.e of dallas
Dogstar05: was born in west virginia
Dogstar05: my first name is donna
Dogstar05: and my grand mothers name was Dora E Rhodes
Dogstar05: so far i haven't found any that has dora in their history
Dogstar05: i don't know any of my grandmothers side
Dogstar05: she died in the late 1940's
Dogstar05: just moved here last jan.
Dogstar05: do you know if any one comes here that had family from around WIDEN WV.
Dogstar05: Dog Run
Dogstar05: thats close
Dogstar05: clay,,lisimore vicmore
Dogstar05: maybe thats mis-spelled
Dogstar05: been so long sinse i have been back to wv
Dogstar05: yes it is
Dogstar05: well with susanna's name i may have a start also
Dogstar05: my Grandmother was Dora e Rhodes Salisbury
Dogstar05: i had a great Christmas hope you did also
Dogstar05: this is my first also Suzy
Dogstar05: thats a lot
Dogstar05: oh ok
Dogstar05: mine was from the Widen,DogRun Wv,area
Dogstar05: Dora E Rhodes marrried Granville Salisbury died 1948
Dogstar05: from wv
Dogstar05: thats more than i know of my rhodes
Dogstar05: same here
Dogstar05: no
Dogstar05: i found my grandfathers side easy
Dogstar05: but in england
Dogstar05: no have to drive a ways to get to one here
Dogstar05: nara?
Dogstar05: ok and where do you find one
Dogstar05: fort worth is a couple of hours from me
Dogstar05: our little library has a small section on genealogy
Dogstar05: i'm new at this sorry
Dogstar05: what are countu list servers
Dogstar05: oh ok
Dogstar05: thank you
Dogstar05: maybe i will find info this time i go looking,,tried about 6 months ago
Dogstar05: i have aunts and uncles in wv but to get info out of them is like pulling teeth
Dogstar05: it's great when you find a family member and make a new friend
Dogstar05: thats great,,what i know of my family i have found out on line
Dogstar05: but thats on my mothers father's side not her mothers
Dogstar05: sometimes it's being in the right place on here at the right time
Dogstar05: mother
Dogstar05: i will scan the only pic i have of my grand mother and send it to you bud maybe some one has her in their pictures also
Dogstar05: not sure how old she is in the picture
Dogstar05: bye nice meeting you
Dogstar05: thats what i am hoping for also
Dogstar05: some one that might have some of her and know more about the family
Dogstar05: and is that on here?
Dogstar05: oh ok
Dogstar05: thanks
Dogstar05: i guess i should go and do some research
Dogstar05: i will try google
Dogstar05: when is your next meeting in here?
Dogstar05: have a great night
DDamron: <~~~~~ Palm Desert, California
DDamron: Thank You. I am a Rhoades Relative
DDamron: My Great Grandmother was Ella Rhoades Soapes
DDamron: My family was from the Pana, Danville, Illinois area.
DDamron: Okay, Nicholas Rhodes born in Kentucky. Date unknown. Married Arebell French Rhodes, who was born in Indiana. They had Daniel R. Rhodes, born 30 Dec 1844 in Indiana
DDamron: Don't know where, but am guessing around 1820 for both Nicholas & Arebell.
DDamron: Nicholas was a Rhodes, Arebell his wife (her last name was French)
DDamron: We do know that Daniel R. Rhodes had 4 girls, Ella, Ethyl, Spray, and Leeta.
DDamron: All four born in Illinois
DDamron: Our Daniel R. Rhodes died 22 Jan 1917 in Pena, Illinois.
DDamron: I have his death certificate.
DDamron: Have done that already. That's how you found me.
DDamron: no
DDamron: How did it help you Suzy?
DDamron: Will give it a try sometime.
DDamron: Absolutely, but NARA is better if you are near one.
DDamron: A Federal Repository with Census', Immigration Records, etc.
DDamron: They have one in Chicago, Kansas City, Boston, Atlanta, L.A. (that's mine) Seattle, San Francisco, Fort Worth, Denver, and NY
DDamron: Worth the trip to Ft. Worth
DDamron: We have one in Laguna Nigel. That's a little more than an hours drive from our desert.
DDamron: I have found that visiting the town where family lived and going to the local library is extremely beneficial
DDamron: Daniel R. Rhodes had the four daughters, so the Rhodes line stopped in 1959.
DDamron: Is this a free service?
DDamron: Thank You
DDamron: I'll try it first.
DDamron: I did that this summer on the Damron side of the family and met two distant cousins and lots of very helpful individuals.
DDamron: Take your pliers and start pulling. My grandfather gave us NO information and now he's gone.
DDamron: You've been doing this for awhile.
DDamron: Which side is the Rhodes side? Mother or Father?
DDamron: Nicholas Rhodes was born in Kentucky. That is my ggg grandfather.
DDamron: We have no pictures.
DDamron: It's been fun, but I need to sign off for now. Thanks for the chat. Don
Suzy Kooll: <~~~~ Fayetteville, NC
Suzy Kooll: This is my first reunion chat. How many do you usually have?
Suzy Kooll: Thats pretty good.
Suzy Kooll: Are they usually from all over the US?
Suzy Kooll: Wow!
Suzy Kooll: Wiley Trice Rhodes from Orange Co, NC born 1819. Had son King James Rhodes but dont know who his first wife was or who Kings mother is.
Suzy Kooll: yes, I have.
Suzy Kooll: I havent been having much luck, but then I havnt been at this that long either.
Suzy Kooll: Not yet but plan to do that soon.
Suzy Kooll: Our library has a small one too and it has helped some.
Suzy Kooll: Bye DD.
Suzy Kooll: Great.
Suzy Kooll: Thanks Bud and nice to meet yall. Take care and hope to see yall again.
HOST GFS bud: <~~~~ Dubuque, Iowa
HOST GFS bud: Hi Dogstar_
HOST GFS bud: My real name is Rhodes Isenhart
HOST GFS bud: There are quite a few Rhodes/Rhoads etc. in TX_
HOST GFS bud: Bill and Doris Brock lived in Grand Prarie TX but they moved to AL
HOST GFS bud: Bill was descended from a Henry Rhoads from PA.
HOST GFS bud: My GGG-Grandfather died in Clarksburg WV in about 1846
HOST GFS bud: He is buried in Dolls Run in the Custer Cemetery. Abandoned in the woods
HOST GFS bud: Beautiful Country
HOST GFS bud: My GGG Grandfather was married to Susanna Rhodes in Cumberland MD in 1801
HOST GFS bud: DDamron You are in the quarterly
HOST GFS bud: Rhoades/Rhodes/Rhoads Family Reunion. You are
HOST GFS bud: welcome to stay_
HOST GFS bud: DD Great ! You will be in good company _
HOST GFS bud: Hi Suzy _
HOST GFS bud: Did you all have a good Christmas ??
HOST GFS bud: Suzy: Have had as many as 15 - 20. Don't know what the holidays will do to that tonight
HOST GFS bud: Suzy: I send the logs out to about 150 Rhoades etc.
HOST GFS bud: on AOL and another 120 plus on the Internet.
HOST GFS bud:
HOST GFS bud: Donna: I will edit it and send it out to you in about a week
HOST GFS bud: In a few minutes we will ask that that you hold your
HOST GFS bud: comments while each one tells us where they are from
HOST GFS bud: and who their oldest known ancestor was and where they
HOST GFS bud: were located and about when:) Let me call on you in turn
HOST GFS bud: when we start that.
HOST GFS bud: READY?
HOST GFS bud: DDamron?/
HOST GFS bud: Dogstar ?
HOST GFS bud: Suzy ?
HOST GFS bud: HEINREEK RHOADES, Frederick Co, Md and Bedford Co PA in 1700rds. I am in Dubuque, Iowa
HOST GFS bud: DD Where bouts in KY and about when ?
HOST GFS bud: The Rhoads family pioneered the Green River Area in Muhlenberg Co KY in the late 1700rds
HOST GFS bud: A Daniel Rhoads/Rhodes died in Edgar Co IL in about 1835 and is burind there
HOST GFS bud: . Visit the Rhoades/Rhodes/Rhoads web page at
HOST GFS bud: http://members.aol.com/BUDI/Rhoades.htm to view past
HOST GFS bud: reunion logs.
HOST GFS bud: On the RHOADES/RHODES/RHOADS page you will find
HOST GFS bud: instructions to subscribe to the Rhodes List Server where
HOST GFS bud: you can leave queries and questions for all Rhodes
HOST GFS bud: Researchers on that list and receive all the messages
HOST GFS bud: posted to that list.
HOST GFS bud: Have you all used the search Engine GOOGLE.COM ?
HOST GFS bud: Bring up www.GOOGLE.Com and put in your
HOST GFS bud: surname. It will give you hundreds of links to the
HOST GFS bud: web information for that name .
HOST GFS bud: Have you all used the Family Hstory Centers of the Mormon Churches near you ?
HOST GFS bud: DD: We have used the NARA at Kansas City for early Iowa land patents and records
HOST GFS bud: The local FHCs have the IGI International Gen
HOST GFS bud: Indexes where you see all the references to your
HOST GFS bud: own surname. Salt Lake will send the microfilm to
HOST GFS bud: the local center for a very small fee and you can
HOST GFS bud: copy records there.
HOST GFS bud: My wife did here German Genealogy from German Church records from Salt Lake.
HOST GFS bud: My Rhoades/Rhodes/Rhoads Web page URL is
HOST GFS bud: http://members.AOL.com/BUDI/Rhoades.htm
HOST GFS bud: The log willl be up loaded to that page. Look at the
HOST GFS bud: Search files from that page for possible matches.
HOST GFS bud: Send me a direct line profile of your Rhoades etc ancestry
HOST GFS bud: and I will add it to the files.
HOST GFS bud: Sample Direct line Profile
HOST GFS bud: George and Armakella Rhoades (He died in 1814 on way to Ohio)
HOST GFS bud: Jacob Rhoades1781-1853 Bedford Co., PA and
HOST GFS bud: Montgomery Co., OH
HOST GFS bud: Jacob Rhoades 1805-1882 Bedford Co. PA and
HOST GFS bud: Montgomery Co., OH
HOST GFS bud: Hiram Rhoades 1838-1913 Montgomery and Darke
HOST GFS bud: Cos. Ohio
HOST GFS bud: Jesse Rhoades 1881-1948 Darke Co., Ohio
HOST GFS bud: Chalmer Rhoades 1905-1990 Darle Co. Ohio
HOST GFS bud: Gerald Rhoades <---------me
HOST GFS bud: Do any of you subscribe to any of the ROOTSWEB County List Servers?
HOST GFS bud: There is a list server for every county in the US on Rootsweb and for almost
HOST GFS bud: all areas in Europe. Some will even interpret for you.
HOST GFS bud: I will e-mail you instructions on how to find them and subscribe. It
HOST GFS bud: If you try Google .com you will be kept busy for a while.
HOST GFS bud: If you have a chance to actually visit the areas where your ancestors were
HOST GFS bud: you can research the court houses, Historical Societys and librarys and will
HOST GFS bud: meet some nice people along the way
HOST GFS bud: My wife and I found some of my Irish relatives in County Kildare and Cork
HOST GFS bud: and in the Stutgartt area of Deutschland and in Schleswig Holstein near Denmark
HOST GFS bud: My Web page has a link to a Rhoades etc reunion we have in Muhlenburg
HOST GFS bud: KY the last weekend of April with pictures of some of the attendees along with their profiles
HOST GFS bud: Last April we had 60 people there from 16 states. Very informal and we have a ball.
HOST GFS bud: Through the internet we found a party who had a picture of my Irish
HOST GFS bud: Ancestor (Michael Driscoll and his wife Ann Donnovan Driscoll) who were from County Cork in 1852
HOST GFS bud: I host a Midwester Chat every Monday night at 10:00 EST in the AncestraL Digs Room if you want to catch me on line
HOST GFS bud: Yes: you click on the Skull on the Chats page instead of going to the Family Reunion Room.
HOST GFS bud: Thanks for coming tonight:) The log will be sent out shortly. The next On Line
HOST GFS bud: meeting will be on Sunday, Mar.24 2001 . Hope to see you all there Regards, HOST GFS bud. (Rhodes J. Isenhart Jr.)
HOST GFS bud: Suzy: YOU are WELCOME _
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