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******Happy Mother's Day ******

Happy May, Everyone!

Not only did May 1st, bring me my first May Basket in more years than I want to say (compliments of grandson <G>), but on May 1, 2002, the Kentucky Chatters joined together in the Root Cellar for our first Kentucky Ancestors' Recipe Exchange. We had some really great recipes most of us can't wait to try! If anyone is interested in them, send me an email privately at <<Host GFS Rip>> and I will be glad to send you a copy of them.

Our May GFNewsletter is up and running and we hope you will take a few minutes out of your busy schedules to drop in and see what is going on. Lots of great suggestions and websites.

May 2002 Genealogy Forum News

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http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfnews/may02/index0502.htm

Our theme for June is "I Am Stuck, What To Try Next." If you would like to see a listing for the upcoming months, you can check it out here: http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfnews/may02/papers0502.htm

KENTUCKY, Elliott County. Selected birth records; 1874-1876; 148 records; Pat Davis - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP CHART. Download this Family Relationships Chart and identify the relationship between two individuals in your family tree. - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/chart.html

ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS -- List for "Seniors" who are new to genealogy. For more information and an index to the more than 24,400 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy mailing lists and the subscribing options, go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/

Jefferson County. 1963 Yearbook, Westport High School, Louisville, 1,484 records; B. Salmons - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

Jefferson County. 1964 Yearbook, Westport High School, Louisville, 1906 records; B. Salmons - http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/

Johnson County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/johnson.htm

Co-coordinators Mary K. GOODYEAR and Mary Ann MERRITT provide a wealthof material for researchers in this locality, including: Census Records: 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 with an index, sorted by both maiden names and married names. Contains vitals of marriage, birth, divorce and death dates. Click on the name and be taken right to the page the name is on -- no searching for hours anymore! - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/census.htm

Marriage records of 1900-1904 - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/Mayhem1.htm

Murder and Mayhem: Accounts of murders and trials in early Johnson County and surrounding areas. "June 1885 -- The stories of mishap, mayhem and murder carried far in reporting. It was claimed that Talt HALL and another desperado were involved in a shootout with Frank SAYER over Hall's indiscretion with Mrs. Sayer. Hall then at the coroner's inquest fought with would-be juror Claiborne JONES. This second incident left two dead and several injured." - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/Mayhem1.htm

Photo albums of area schools and post offices. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/albums.htm

Reunions. List family and surname reunions. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/fam.htm

Schools. History of the county's schools, plus the school census records for District 27, 1888-1894 - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/EDU.htm

What's Up. Shows what is new to the site on a weekly basis. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/WU2.htm

World War II Memorial. Linked to family bios and obituaries. Many have pictures included. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyjohnso/WWII.htm

Barren County, KY Marriages - UPDATED - http://www.censusdiggins.com/kybarren_a.html

Barren Co, KY Death Certificates - http://www.censusdiggins.com/barren_ky_deaths.html

1819 Hart Co, KY Tax List - http://www.censusdiggins.com/1819hart.html

1830 Monroe Co, KY Tax List - http://www.censusdiggins.com/18301.html

1820 Hart Co, KY Census - http://www.censusdiggins.com/1820hart.html

TidBits From Hart Co, KY - http://www.censusdiggins.com/ky_tidbits.html

Civil War Soldiers of Hart Co, KY - http://www.censusdiggins.com/civilwarky.html

Kentucky Soldiers Who Died At Andersonville Prison Soldier List - Database courtesy of Sandi Gorin: http://www.censusdiggins.com/ky_prisoners.html

CARTER - No County

HALE - Letcher County

It has been a long time since I sent this out and thought it might be of some help to someone. It went around on so many mailing lists that I am not sure who gets the credit for it anymore. Sorry.

AGUE - malarial fever

APOPLEXY - stroke

BAD BLOOD - syphilis

BILIOUS FEVER - fever due to a liver disorder

BLACK PLAGUE/BLACK DEATH - bubonic plague

BLACK POX - black smallpox

BLACK VOMIT - vomiting old (black) blood due to ulcers yellow fever

BLOOD POISONING - bacterial infection; septicemia

BLOODY FLUX - dysentery

BLOODY SWEAT - sweating sickness

BONE SHAVE - sciatica

BREAKBONE - dengue fever

BRIGHT'S DISEASE - kidney disease, glomerulonephritis

BRONZE JOHN - yellow fever

CACHEXY - malnutrition

CACOGASTRIC - upset stomach

CACOSPYSY - irregular pulse

CAMP FEVER - typhoid fever, aka camp diarrhea

CATALEPSY - condition which causes seizures, trances, or unconsciousness

CATARRH - runny eyes & nose, influenza

CHILBLAIN - swelling of the extremities cause by exposure to cold

CHILDBED FEVER - infection following childbirth, puerperal fever

CHIN COUGH - whooping cough

CHLOROSIS - condition of pale or greenish skin, weakness, & dyspepsia

CHOLECYSTITIS - inflammation of the gall bladder

CHOLELITHIASIS - stones of the gall bladder

CHOREA - disease characterized by convulsions, contortions,and dancing

COLD PLAGUE - ague which is characterized by chills

CONGESTIVE CHILLS - malaria

CONSUMPTION - pulmonary tuberculosis

CRAMP COLIC - appendicitis

CROP SICKNESS - overextended stomach

CROUP - laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat

CYANOSIS - blueness of skin due to lack of oxygen

CYNANCHE - diseases of the throat

CYSTITIS - inflammation of the bladder

DAY FEVER - a fever lasting one day, sweating sickness

DECREPITUDE - feebleness due to old age

DELIRIUM TREMENS - hallucinations due to alcoholism

DENGUE - infectious fever endemic to East Africa

DENTITION - cutting of the teeth

DEPLUMATION - tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss

DIARY FEVER - a fever lasting one day

DIPTHERIA - contagious disease of the throat

DOCK FEVER - yellow fever

DROPSY - congestive heart failure

DROPSY OF THE BRAIN - encephalitis

DRY BELLYACHE - lead poisoning

DYSCRASY - an abnormal body condition

DYSOREXY - reduced appetite

DYSPEPSIA - bad digestion

DYSURY - difficulty in urination

ECLAMPSY - symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor

ECSTASY - a form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason

EDEMA - nephrosis, swelling of tissues

EDEMA OF LUNGS - congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy

EEL THING - erysipelas

ELEPHANTIASIS - a form of leprosy

ENCEPHALITIS - swelling of the brain, aka sleeping sickness

ENTERIC FEVER - typhoid fever

ENTEROCOLITIS - inflammation of the intestines

ENTERITIS - inflammation of the bowels

EPITAXIS - nose bleed

ERYSIPELAS - skin disease caused by infection of blood aka St. Anthony's Fire

FATTY LIVER - cirrhosis of the liver

FLUX - discharge of fluid from the body

FLUX OF HUMOR - circulation

GATHERING - a collection of pus

GLANDULAR FEVER - mononucleosis

GRIPPE - the flu; influenza

GROCER'S ITCH - skin disease caused by mites in sugar and flour

HEART SICKNESS - condition cause by loss of salt from the body

HECTICAL COMPLAINT - recurrent fever

HEMATEMESIS - vomiting blood

HEMATURIA - bloody urine

HEMIPLEGY - paralysis of one side of the body

HORRORS - delirium tremens

HYDROCEPHALUS - dropsy of the brain, water on the brain

HYDROPERICARDIUM - heart dropsy

HYDROPHOBIA - fear of water, rabies

HYDROTHORAX - dropsy in the chest

HYERTROPY OF HEART - enlarged heart

IMPETIGO - contagious skin disease characterized by pustules

INFANTILE PARALYSIS - polio

INTESTINAL COLIC - abdominal pain due to improper diet

JAIL FEVER - typhus

JAUNDICE - condition caused by blockage of the intestines

KEUCHHUSTEN - whooping cough

KING'S EVIL - scrofula

LOCK JAW - tetanus

LUNG FEVER - pneumonia

LUNG SICKNESS - tuberculosis

MARASMUS - condition caused by malnutrition or intestinal disease

MENINGITIS - inflammation of the brain or spinal cord

MIASMA - poisonous vapors thought to infect the air

MILK FEVER - fever which effects lactating women

MILK SICKNESS - disease from milk from cattle that ate poisonous weeds

MORMAL - gangrene

MORPHEW - scurvy blisters on the body

MYELITIS - inflammation of the spine

MYOCARDITITS - inflammation of the heart muscles

NECROSIS - mortification of bones or tissue

NEPRITIS - inflammation of the kidneys

NEPHROSIS - kidney degeneration

NEURALGIA - affliction of the nerves causing pain

PALSY - paralysis or loss of muscle control

PAROXYSM - convulsion

PEMPHIGUS - skin disease of watery blisters

PERICARDITITS - inflammation of the heart

PERIPNEUMONIA - inflammation of the lungs

PERITONITIS - inflammation of the abdominal area

PETECHIAL FEVER - fever characterized by spotting of the skin

PHTHIRIASIS - lice infestation

PHTHISIS - wasting away of the body due to tuberculosis or consumption

PLEURISY - inflammation of the thorax

PODAGRA - gout

POLIOMYELITIS - polio

POTTER'S ASTHMA - ibroid phthisis

POTT'S DISEASE - tuberculosis of the spine

PUERPERAL EXHAUSTION - death due to childbirth

PUERPERAL FEVER - septic poisoning associated with childbirth

PUKING FEVER - milk sickness

PUTRID FEVER - typhus or diphtheria

QUINSY - streptococcal tonsillitis

REMITTING FEVER - alaria

RHEUMATISM - disease of the joints

RICKETS - disease of the skeletal system

RUBEOLA - German measles

SAINT ANTHONY'S FIRE - erysipelas

SAINT VITUS' DANCE - chorea

SCARIATINA - scarlet fever

SCARLET FEVER - a disease characterized by a red rash and sore throat

SCARLET RASH - roseola

SCIATICA - rheumatism in the hips

SCIRRHUS - cancerous tumors

SCOTOMY - dizziness, nausea, and dimness of sight

SCRIVENER'S PALSY - writer's cramp

SCROFULA - tuberculosis of the neck lymph nodes

SCRUMPOX - skin disease, impetigo

SEPTICEMIA - blood poisoning

SHAKES - delirium tremens

SHAKING - chills, ague

SHINGLES - viral diseases characterized by skin blisters

SHIP FEVER - typhus

SIRASIS - inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure

SLOES - milk sickness

SMALL POX - contagious disease characterized by fever and blisters

SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN - apoplexy

SPANISH INFLUENZA - an epidemic influenza

SPINA BIFIDA - deformity of the spine

SPOTTED FEVER - typhus, cerebrospinal meningitis fever

SPRUE - tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat

STOMATITIS - inflammation of the mouth

STRANGER'S FEVER - yellow fever

SUDOR ANGLICUS - sweating sickness

SUMMER COMPLAINT - diarrhea

SWEATING SICKNESS - infectious/fatal disease common to UK in 15th century

TETANUS - infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache, & dizziness

THROMBOSIS - blood clot inside a blood vessel

THRUSH - childhood disease characterized by white spots on mouth, lips, throat

TOXEMIA OF PREGNANCY - eclampsia

TUSSIS CONVULSIVA - whooping cough

TYPHUS - infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache, & dizziness

VIPER'S DANCE - Saint Vitus' Dance

WINTER FEVER - pneumoni

For anyone interested:

A few weeks ago, several people were in our Kentucky chat discussing the Kentucky Longhunters. If you are interested, Sandi Gorin sent me a .jpg attachment file with a picture of a Longhunter's Plaque. If you would like me to email this picture to you, email me <<Host GFS Rip>> with "Longhunters" in the subject line and I will be happy to send it to you.

Happy Hunting and Merle and I hope to see you in chat soon.

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