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knoxcotn-digest Sunday, September 30 2001 Volume 01 : Number 195

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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:40:13 -0400

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Nimda virus information -- please read!

Forwarded from a DOD employee who received this from his tech support

folks... I wasn't aware of exactly how the Nimda virus spread from the Web

until I read this...

This would be worth sharing with others you e-mail regularly...

Sent: 9/21/01 8:42 AM

Subject: NIMDA Virus Instructions

Importance: High

This morning, I got a call from a user who was suspicious about a web

page that insisted he install a new component to view the page. Good for

him! This is, indeed, one of the four methods that the NIMDA virus uses

to spread itself. I am currently working on an upgrade that will lessen

the danger, but it may be a day or two before I can get it out to the

network. The following are things you can do to prevent your computer

and our network from being infected:

1) BACK UP YOUR FILES! If you have any important documents on your

computer, you should have another copy of these documents offline,

either on Zip disks, floppy disks, or network shares. There is a set of

instructions on how to back up to Zip disks on the intranet.

2) JUST SAY NO! If a web page insists that you install a component just

to view the page, get out of there quickly. Yes, there are some

webmasters that insist you have their special software to look at their

pages, but right now, the possibility exists that the Nimda virus is

just asking you for an invitation.

3) BE SUSPICIOUS! My sister-in-law sent me an attachment last night. She

does this on a regular basis. However, my brother told me yesterday that

her computer was infected, so I treated the attachment carefully. Sure

enough, it was Nimda. If I hadn't already been suspicious, I would have

lost that computer. The only cure for Nimda is a complete reformat of

the hard drive. Make sure your data is protected, and don't trust

attachments you weren't expecting.

Thank you,

Dale L. Orr

Network Administrator

DoD Polygraph Institute

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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 14:52:03 -0400

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Fabulous Irish immigrant resource

Found this tidbit in a wonderful series of books that I had no idea existed

until a few weeks ago (since I've not done any Irish research). The books

are extracts of ads posted in the Boston Pilot newspaper from around

1850-1920 when people were looking for relatives. They are RICH with

information and are indexed by every name and every location.

More about the book series at http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/Irish/

I didn't have time to copy out all the entries for around this area, but

this one jumped out at me:

$10 reward for information of John Shea, parish of Glingerive, plowland of

Skehill, within eight miles of the town of Bantry, county Cork; when last

heard from he was in Dubuque, Iowa. Any information respecting him will be

thankfully received by his brother Denis Shea, Strawberry Plains, K county,

East Tennessee. Ten Dollars Reward will be given for any reliable

information of him.

It's dated December, 1866.

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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:17:07 EDT

From: Mamt1984@aol.com

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Descendants of James Courtney of Knox County Tennessee

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Book about Knox County family on Ebay...

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"Genealogy of Some East Tennessee Families of the Early Nineteenth Century By

Ruth RitchieAuthor states "I have endeavored to bring down to date insofar as

possible all the descendants of James Courtney of Knox County Tennessee"

Includes family history Courtney, Farmer, Henson, Cottrell, Waters, Bird,

Garner and Keene. Also includes article from True West magazine regarding

former Vice-President of the United States, Cactus Jack Garner, dated 1962.

Incredible - including bios, copies of wills, an amazing feat of genealogical

research.Charlottesville, Virginia May 30, 1945 Paper bound typed by author "

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<HTML>Book about Knox County family on Ebay...

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"Genealogy of Some East Tennessee Families of the Early Nineteenth Century By Ruth RitchieAuthor states "I have endeavored to bring down to date insofar as possible all the descendants of James Courtney of Knox County Tennessee" Includes family history Courtney, Farmer, Henson, Cottrell, Waters, Bird, Garner and Keene. Also includes article from True West magazine regarding former Vice-President of the United States, Cactus Jack Garner, dated 1962. Incredible - including bios, copies of wills, an amazing feat of genealogical research.Charlottesville, Virginia May 30, 1945 Paper bound typed by author "

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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:47:59 -0400

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Fwd: Try Ancestry.com Risk Free for 7 Days

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Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 13:06:10 -0400

From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org>

Subject: [KnoxCoTN] 29 Sep 2001 Sunday Afternoon Rocking

[If you're enjoying these columns, please send a note of thanks to the

author, Jan Philpot <unicorn@sun-spot.com> to let her know!]

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Sunday Afternoon Rocking

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Scotch, Irish, Yankee Doodle and the Devil (from the "Sunday Afternoon

Rocking" series)

He was a short wiry man, with a thatch of coal black hair, and flashing

black eyes. He was noted for his extraordinary skills as a carpenter, for

his lust for living, for his quick wit and ready humor. He had a voice

made for singing, and feet made for dancing. His strong dark features and

high cheekbones were the wonder of many, and there were those curious and

bold enough to ask his ancestry.

"Scotch, Irish, Yankee Doodle and the devil!", was the cryptic answer my

maternal grandfather returned in jovial good humor. No one ever quite

received an answer. Laughter greeted his explanation, and it was accepted

that whatever the ancestry, my grandfather was the pure embodiment of

good-humored "Yankee Doodle". And that was all that mattered.

Indeed my own Mama, his daughter, did not know the whole of it until I

began to delve into genealogy. That Cherokee was in the bloodline of his

mother we knew well, for the legends had been told and re-told, passed

through the families we knew, and more I would come to know through my

efforts. But his father's heritage was such a mystery that we little

suspected far more of the same ancestry lurked there. Did my grandfather

know? Undoubtedly he did, but he embraced the present more than the past,

and no one pressed the matter. Since no one pressed the matter,

and representative of the generations who could tell us of it numbered but

one still living, we learned what we needed to know, but we still don't

know the whole of it. But enough. The strong dark features have an

explanation now beyond "Scotch, Irish, Yankee Doodle and the Devil."

Actually he was not so far off base. I expect there was a little Scotch in

there, though I admit I have not found them. My grandmother always told me

there was a little Irish in there, but I have never found them. He could

certainly dance like an Irishman, and enjoyed a nip now and then too. So

perhaps it is there. There was a whole lot of Yankee Doodle, for his folks

had met the Yankees on the shore at the boat and obviously become so

friendly, they simply married in, more than once. As for the Devil, well,

I suspect from all I have heard, he had a little mischief and devilment

about him at times. And he had a bit of Angel too, for I have known of his

kindnesses.

But I rather like his answer, for it pretty well defines us all who have

had our roots in this country long. A bit of this, a dab of that, a

smidgen of this culture, a dollop from that one. Not so long ago, my

husband and I had the pleasure of spending the evening with a very gracious

young exchange student from Japan. As a treat, we took her to a Japanese

restaurant, where she proceeded to introduce us to her own fascinating

culture. We found her very curious our own as well, and she asked our

ancestry. Not quite as cryptic as my grandfather, I left out the "Yankee

Doodle" and "devil" part of the description but proceeded with the rest of

it: Scotch, Irish, Welsh, English, Cherokee, French, German…" As I rattled

the lines of our ancestors her eyes grew wider and wider, "Me?", she said,

"I am …Japanese. You are EVERYTHING!" I am not real sure what she thought

of that idea, but I knew what I did. I laughed and proudly agreed. Had I

been thinking in terms of my grandfather's onery "devilment", I might as

well have then said , "And that is what makes me Yankee Doodle!"

And that is, I think, the truest beauty of our nation. We have borrowed a

bit from here, a bit from there, we have blended and meshed and made

families of so many cultures that the only thing left is to say we are all

"Yankee Doodle". And it is a fine thing, as if we are the living

embodiment of "one people" created of all the peoples of the earth, which

truly we are. We have proven it is possible for people of all nations, of

all beliefs, of all cultures, all religions, all walks of life to find a

common ground in the word "freedom". Freedom to be one's self, to follow

whatever life road we wish, to worship as we please, to vote as we please,

to answer the questions one wishes, or head off what we don't with a bit of

devilment and good humor. It is a fine thing being "Yankee Doodle" and

devil to pay for anyone who thinks otherwise! <BG>

Stick a feather in your cap! And call it "Yankee Doodle".

Just a thought,

jan

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