APRIL: 2021 PROJECT

 

MARCH: 2021 PROJECT

 

FEBRUARY: 2021PROJECT

 

JANUARY: 2021 Project

 

2021 PROJECT:

Throughout this year, I will be posting monthly 'clips' from the Littrell Family.net Events Calendar similar to this one for the last week of the year (Busiest Week Of The Year For Littrell Family?)... showing events for that month.

THE PURPOSE IS THREE-FOLD:

1] To ensure that we have correct and complete information on all descendants of John & Kizzie.

2] To ensure the current "Events Calendar" on the LFN website is correct and complete.

3] To produce an accurate family print calendar for 2022.

We will make the print calendar using online services such as Vista Prints or Lulu Press and make them available for online purchase.

The print calendar will include family pictures if available.

The website calendar will include holidays, all descendants, and John and Kizzy's ancestors that are known and provided.

The print calendar will include holidays and all ancestors. It will also include all known descendants of John and Kizzie down to the "First Cousins."

Events that will be targeted will be births (including adoptions), marriages, and deaths.

What the project needs from you:

Watch the monthly 'clips' here on this group page. Let me know if any information is inaccurate, incomplete, or missing.

Inform me of corrections and additions that need to be made for that month via comments on the clips or email
at indianaglenn@gmail.com

Knew information collected during this project will also be used in the upcoming family history book, so please include pictures, stories, and documents that may be suitable for the calendar project and the book.

(To include all descendants in the print calendar would make traditional one-month pages impractical... the print would have to be so small it would be unreadable.))

FYI:

Are your descendants becoming a ‘lost generation?’

Over the last 5 years many of the First Cousins have tried to rekindle the closeness and affections that we all experienced in the days when large family get togethers were common at Grandpa John and Grandma Kizzie's homestead in East Prairie. But, as our families have spread out across the country these get togethers eventually became limited to the occasional funerals for the children of John and Kizzie. With the passing of Aunt Onene and Bertha the generation of the children of John & Kizzie, the siblings, has passed on.

As the new 'last' Generation of our family some of the “First Cousins" (the grandchildren of John & Kizzie) have tried to rekindle the uniqueness and tightness of our Aunts and Uncles: Jesse, Noble, Sis, Red, JD, Les, OJ, Onene, Rubin, Bertha, and Letha Mae.

We have done this through the annual family reunions, the websites, the family luncheons in the Boot Heel and St. Louis and now the recognition of our Veterans in East Prairie. We realize that everyone cannot attend all these events, but you are missing a great bonding event. Not just the bonding between you and your cousins, but a bonding with your kids and grandkids as they see the uniqueness and diversity from which they come.

When you talk about heritage, our country’s history, the imperfections of our current generations, the loss of values and respect, you are talking about ailments that can be addressed and cured by exposing your kids, grandkids, great grandkids etc., to the heritage and history of our family.

A unique family for many reasons, but especially the fact that we have a well documented history dating back to before the creation of this country. The history of our family is the history of this country. The history of our family's Veterans is the Military History of this country.

Take advantage of these events, help insure that your descendants get exposure to something to be cherished. Grab them and drag them kicking and screaming to some of these events. Support some of these events by participation. Regardless of our political persuasion, the level of our religious believe; in spite of our diversity, our skeletons, warts and imperfections; we unite, bond, and commune as a family. Consider becoming involved.

Glenn

see also: John & Kizzie's homestead today.

Clear the couch, I might be coming your way…

…beginning next spring.

Littrell Family History books: Price List

The Family Book Projects: “The Littrell Family Journals”

• “Volume I: Our Ancestral Namesakes”
• “Volume II: An American Family
  This book will cover the direct ancestors and descendants of John Daniel Littrell. Sub-volumes will be published for the Ancestral Lines of John (Urban & Landtroop), and for the Ancestral Lines of John’s wife,  Kizzie Zore Comer-Littrell (Comer,Ezell, and Belew).  Anticipated completion date: October 2016)
• “Volume III: Military Roll Call”
• "Volume IV: Walking Among The Stones”

$60.00 + $5.00 S&H = $65.00 per book

$60.00 + $5.00 S&H = $65.00 per book

$10.00 + $5.00 S&H=$15.00 per book

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Make checks or Postal Money Orders to:

Glenn Littrell

Mail to: PO BOX 20794, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, 46220

Enclose the following information with your check or Postal Money Order. As soon as your payment is in the mail send the same information to me by email (if possible) so that I can get started on your order:

Which books and how many copies.
What address do you want your copies sent to.

Send the above mentioned email and any questions to: indianaglenn@gmail.com

INTERVIEW SOMEONE YOU LOVE ABOUT LIFE

In the past I have suggested setting down with aunts, uncles, parents, older cousins and grand-parents etc., to get them to talk about their life. The idea being that you take notes or record their stories for prosperity. Below is a list of questions you might ask… you can pick and choose which ones. Mainly use the questions to get them started. Usually as they relax they will open up and reveal more than what any specific question might have asked.

It’s best to record the conversation. Use your smart phone, cam-corder, or any recording device.

Once you’ve done this, if you want to share their story or preserve it you can send me a a COPY of the recording and I will try to create a written transcript. Like with photographs, the best way to save a story is to share it. I’ll post it to this website,  FaceBook, and future books, with your permission.

If the question format doesn’t work just try asking them to “…tell me about…”

Questions from a FaceBook post by Brendon Burchard and Shared by Emily Hanks-Letterman.
1. What comes to mind when you think about growing up in [hometown]?
2. What did you love to do as a kid, before high school?
3. What did you love to do in high school?
4. What do remember most about your teenage years?
5. What do you remember most about your mom (grandma)?
6. What was most important to her?
7. What do you remember most about your dad (grandpa)?
8. What was most important to him?
9. If grandma and grandpa had a message to you and their grandchildren, what do you think it is?
10. How did you meet [spouse] and know (s)he was the one?
11. How did you choose your career and what was your favorite part about it?
12. What made you successful at work?
13. What did you believe about yourself that helped you become successful and deal with hard times?
14. What times in your life truly “tested your mettle,” and what did you learn about yourself by dealing (or not dealing) with them?
15. What three events most shaped your life?
16. What do you remember about when each of us was born?
17. Were you ever scared to be a parent?
18. What three words would you say represented your approach to parenting and why?
19. When you think about [sibling] how would you describe him?
20. What message do you have for [sibling] that you want him to always keep in mind?
[Do the last two questions above for each sibling in your family]
21. When you think about [spouse], how would you describe her/him?
22. What message do you have for [spouse] that you want her/him to always keep in mind?
23. What three words would you say best describe who you tried to be in life and how you want to be remembered?
24. When they think about their careers, what do you want your children to focus on?
25. What have you learned about other people in life? (trustworthy, kind or not and mean)?
26. What do you think the world needs more of right now?
27. What do you believe people want the most in life?
28. What were the three best decisions you’ve ever made?
29. What are you most proud of in life?
30. What were five of the most positive moments of your life?
31. What message would you like to share with your family?
32. What are you most thankful for?

Road overseer terminology

From: Lawrence County Archives [lcarchives@lorettotel.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:11 PM
To: TNLAWREN-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [TNLAWREN] Road overseer terminology

The words "in room of"  mean  "in place of or instead of."    "have the same
hands" means  "he will keep the same people as the previous overseer."
"bounds"   means "his crew will work on the same section of the road as the
previous overseer."

Each person who lived on a section of road was required to designate a member of
their family or hired farm hand to work on their section.  There was an overseer
for each section for every road.  If you did not work on the road, and were not
exempt because of old age or a disability, then you had to pay a tax.  This
continued to some extent up into the 1920's and 1930's.  The overseer was
usually appointed by the court and were constantly changing, possibly many times
in one year.

Kathy Niedergeses, Director
Lawrence Co. Archives

Joe Harrington wrote:

> I need a little help understanding the terminology (or handwriting) in some
> early court records.
> -----------------
> "Monday April Term 1840"
> ...
> "Ordered by the Court that Thomas Short be appointed overseer of the road in
> room of William Cook and that he have the same hands and bounds and that he
> keep the same in repair."
> -----------------
>
> I've read several similar orders, in various handwritings, and the word
> appears always to be the road in the ROOM of so and so...  Am I reading this
> word wrongly or is there an archaic meaning that I don't know?
>
> Also don't understand the combination of "hands and bounds"  In this case
> followed by "and that he keep the same in repair" but sometimes the order
> ends with the word "bounds"  Are the words connected or do they just happen
> to be next to each other?
> Hands taken alone, would mean to me that he has a certain amount of
> impressed labor that he can use.  Bounds of course appears to be the limits
> of the road he is responsible for.
>
> Am I reading this correctly?  Any way of knowing where the road might be
> located?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Harrington

How to Preserve Your Family Photographs

For more than a century, people have enjoyed the ability to capture a special moment in time with a photograph.  People enjoy seeing pictures of their parents and grandparents when they were young.  Many take it for granted that their children and grandchildren will someday enjoy the pictures they take today.

However, you probably have experienced yellowing, cracking, and fading of some of your photographs.  Still others are destroyed or simply lost.  Although some photographs last for generations, none of them are immune to the effects of time.  This pamphlet provides tips that can help you preserve your photographic treasures.

What a Photograph Is Made Of

Photographs are made-up of several layers of materials.  The top layer contains the image suspended in gelatin (purified animal protein).  It is called the emulsion layer.  This layer is coated on to a base layer of photographic paper of film.  A mid layer of adhesive is used to make the emulsion stick to the base.

The materials used to form the image depend on the type of photograph.  The image for black and white photographs is made up of light-sensitive silver salts (silver halides).

Color photographs and slides are made up of dyes instead of silver deposits.  Like all dyes,  those used in photography fade and/or change color over time.  Since most of the photographs taken today are made in color, researchers continue to work on dye stability.  With proper care you can expect your color prints to last for decades, but in general, they do not preserve as well as black and white images.

Causes of Deterioration

Many factors can contribute to the deterioration of photographs.  since photos are made up of layers of material, damage to any one layer can ruin the image.  Often, it is a combination of factors causing the damage.  The following are some of the most destructive influences.

High temperature and relative humidity - These factors by themselves are damaging and together they are the most destructive factors that affect photographs.  Temperatures above 70 F and relative humidity above 60% for long periods should be avoided.  Daily, drastic temperature changes (such as occur in an attic) and continuously damp areas (such as basements) should also be avoided.  At the other extreme, very low humidity, under 25%, is also damaging.  It causes the emulsion layer to crack and the base material to curl.

Because the emulsion layer is composed of organic materials (the gelatin), heat and high humidity promote the growth of mold and fungi on it.  The gelatin also softens and becomes sticky as it begins to retain moisture.  Heat and humidity also make base materials deteriorate quickly.  Cold temperatures (refrigeration) are preferable, especially for color photos, but only if humidity can also be controlled.  Standard refrigerators have a high relative humidity and are NOT a good place to store photographs.  Air-conditioning used with a dehumidifier helps control the effects of temperature and humidity when refrigeration is not an option.

Residual processing chemicals - Damaging chemicals can be left on photographs if they are not processed correctly.  In black and white photographs, these chemicals are made up of sulfur and silver compounds which react with the silver of the image to turn a yellowish brown color.  Over time, the silver compounds can become silver sulfide which will not only discolor the photograph, but also fade the image.  Residual chemicals also increase the effect of external influences such as heat and humidity.  For these reasons it is important that you have your film developed by reputable professionals or, if you develop your own, that you follow processing procedures precisely as the manufacturer suggests.

Air pollutants - All kinds of airborne substances can be damaging to photographs.  Those people living in cities with high pollution levels will find this especially true.  Oxidizing gases containing sulfur compounds, paint and varnish fumes, cleaning agents (chlorine and ammonia), tobacco smoke, auto exhaust, salty sea air, and dust are some of the most troublesome pollutants.  Photos should not be stored in areas where these pollutants are present.  For example, avoid closets that also contain cleaning products and remove photos from rooms freshly painted with an oil based paint for at least a month (latex paint is safe).

Nitrate based film - This type of film base was common in the early 1900's.  It is relatively unstable and decomposes rapidly.. It is also flammable and in large quantities is considered a fire hazard.  During decomposition it produces oxidizing gases such as nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide.  These by-products of decomposition also speed up the decomposition process and are damaging to other negatives and photographs that may be stored near them.  If possible, have pictures on nitrate based film converted to newer, safer film.  At the very least, store nitrate based film away form your other photographs.

Ultraviolet light - Direct sunlight and fluorescent light can be very damaging to the image on a photograph.  This is particularly true of the dyes in color photos which will fade rapidly when exposed to light.  For all types of photographs, it is best to avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight and to use ultraviolet filters on fluorescent lights.  tungsten lights are much safer than fluorescent lights.

Mishandling - Much of the damage to photos comes from the way we handle them.  Always try to avoid touching the  emulsion surface.  Some other obvious things to avoid are bending, cutting, or scratching photographs.  Less obvious dangers are such common household items as ink, staples, paper clips, glue and tape.  These products all contain substances harmful to photographs.  The next section (Proper Storage Methods and Materials) will list products safe to use with photographs.

Natural Disasters - There are a few things you can do to protect your photographs from flood, fire, and other natural disasters.  Storing them up off the floor is relatively simple and can help tremendously in case of minor flooding.  Storage in an enameled steel file cabinet can prevent photographs from being crushed and offers some safety from water and fire damage.  You may want to consider a safe deposit box for extremely valuable photographs.  It is also wise to give copies of special photographs to relative to avoid having them all in one place in case of a disaster.

Proper Storage Methods and Materials

In addition to avoiding the conditions mentioned in the previously section, using specialized storage methods and materials help prolong the life of photographs.  The storage environment is very important.  Heat, relative humidity, light, and air pollutants should be maintained as close to acceptable levels as possible.  The two places photographs are most often stored, attics and basements, do not provide the best conditions.

When storing prints and negatives, a general rule is never store them in contact with one another.  Prints and negatives can stick to each other.  Also, any print with residual processing chemicals could affect the prints around it as it begins to decay.  Each should be stored in a separate paper or plastic enclosure.  If you have mounted prints, be sure to place a sheet of paper or plastic (interleaving sheets) between them during storage.  The prints and negatives within their enclosures can be stored in acid-free storage boxes on a shelf or in enameled steel file cabinets.

If you prefer the convenience of a photograph album, take great care in choosing it.  Ironically, many mass produced photograph albums are made from photo-damaging materials.  Albums can be safe if made of proper materials.

Below is a list of do's and don'ts when choosing storage materials and locations.  Also, the next section lists the names of two catalogs where you can order the proper materials.  You should also be able to find these materials in photographic supply stores.

• Do use special photographic paper, envelopes and mounting board (museum board) to store and mount your pictures.  These paper products should be acid-free and have a high alpha-cellulose content.
• Do use archival linen tape, filmoplast tape, polyvinyl acetate gelatin adhesive, mounting boards with overlay sheets, or, for newer prints, dry mounting tissue.
• Do store photographs in acid-free storage boxes, stainless steel or enamel-coated steel cabinets and frames, and porcelain frames.  When framing, be sure to use acid-free matting between the print and the glass to provide ventilation and prevent the print from sticking to the glass.
• Do store prints in the coolest, driest area possible and try to maintain a fairly constant temperature.
• Do use special sheets, bags, and envelopes made of acrylic plastics, cellulose acetate, polyethylene or polyester.
• Don't use normal paper envelopes or construction paper to store or mount your pictures.
• Don't use scotch tape, paste, rubber cement glue (white, synthetic, vegetable, or organic), staples, or paper clips to secure your photographs to mounting materials.
• Don't store photographs in contact with ordinary cardboard, wood (especially if varnished), or polystyrene (Styrofoam).  Be conscious of these products when choosing frames, photograph albums, and storage containers.
• Don't store prints in hot attics or damp basements.  These areas are also prone to daily, drastic temperature changes which are damaging to prints.
• Don't use polyvinyl-chloride plastics.  Also known as PVCs, these plastics are often found in ordinary, mass produced photograph albums.

Additional Preservation Techniques

Another method for preserving your photographs is to have copies made of them while they are still in good condition.  It is also wise to display these copies instead of the originals.

For black and white photographs, toned prints tend to be more stable.  The toning process changes the metallic silver of the image to a form that is more resistant to oxidizing gases.  The toning is performed during the developing process and results in the photograph having a brownish or purplish tone to it.  This process is not recommended for old prints.

For color prints, consider having black and white negatives and prints made since these tend to last longer.  There is a method which produces black and white separation masters.  These separate the different layers of color into a black and white format which can be recombined and color at a later time if desired.  However, this procedure is costly and difficult.

As you can see, there are several relatively simple things you can do to help your photographs last longer.  By carefully choosing the mounting materials, storage materials, and storage location for your photographs, you can preserve memories for generations to enjoy.

Bibliography

• Eastman Kodak Company.  conservation of Photographs.  Rochester, NY, 1985
• Keefe, Laurence E., Jr. and Inch, Dennis.  The Life of a Photograph. Boston: Butterworth Publisher, 1984
• The Polaroid Corporation. Storing, Handling and Preserving Polaroid Photographs: A Guide.., 1983
• Weinstein, Robert A. and Booth, Larry. collection, Use and Care of Historical Photographs. Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1977    

Sources of Safe Storage and Display Materials

• Light Impressions, P.O. Box 940, Rochester, NY 14603-0940, (800) 828-6216
• Archival Quality Materials, University Products Inc. P.O. Box 101, 517 Main Street, Holyoke, MA 01041, (800) 628-1912

Our Ancestor’s Diseases:

Disease Chart

Ablepsy, Blindness
Ague, Malarial Fever
American plague, Yellow fever
Anasarca, Generalized massive edema
Aphonia, Laryngitis
Aphtha, The infant disease "thrush"
Apoplexy, Paralysis due to stroke
Asphycsia/Asphicsia, Cyanotic and lack of oxygen
Atrophy, Wasting away or diminishing in size.

Bad Blood, Syphilis
Bilious fever, Typhoid malaria hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis
Biliousness, Jaundice associated with liver disease
Black plague or death, Bubonic plague
Black fever, Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate
Black pox, Black Small pox
Black vomit, Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever
Blackwater fever, Dark urine associated with high temperature
Bladder in throat, Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates)
Blood poisoning, Bacterial infection; septicemia
Bloody flux, Bloody stools
Bloody sweat, Sweating sickness
Bone shave, Sciatica
Brain fever, Meningitis
Breakbone, Dengue fever
Bright's disease, Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys
Bronze John, Yellow fever
Bule, Boil tumor or swelling

Cachexy, Malnutrition
Cacogastric, Upset stomach
Cacospysy, Irregular pulse
Caduceus, Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy
Camp fever, Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea
Canine madness, Rabies; hydrophobia
Canker, Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex
Catalepsy, Seizures / trances
Catarrhal, Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy
Cerebritis, Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning
Chilblain, Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold
Child bed fever, Infection following birth of a child
Chin cough, Whooping cough
Chlorosis, Iron deficiency anemia
Cholera, Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing
Cholera morbus, Characterized by nausea vomiting abdominal cramps; elevated temperature etc. Could be appendicitis.
Cholecystitus, Inflammation of the gall bladder
Cholelithiasis, Gall stones
Chorea, Disease characterized by convulsions contortions and dancing
Cold plague, Ague which is characterized by chills
Colic, An abdominal pain and cramping
Congestive chills, Malaria

Consumption, Tuberculosis
Congestion, Any collection of fluid in an organ like the lungs
Congestive chills, Malaria with diarrhea
Congestive fever, Malaria
Corruption, Infection
Coryza, A cold
Costiveness, Constipation
Cramp colic, Appendicitis
Crop sickness, Overextended stomach
Croup, Laryngitis, diphtheria, or strep throat
Cyanosis, Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood
Cynanche, Diseases of throat
Cystitis, Inflammation of the bladder

Day fever, Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness
Debility, Lack of movement or staying in bed
Decrepitude, Feebleness due to old age
Delirium tremens, Hallucinations due to alcoholism
Dengue, Infectious fever endemic to East Africa
Dentition, Cutting of teeth
Deplumation, Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss
Diary fever, A fever that lasts one day
Diptheria ,Contagious disease of the throat
Distemper, Usually animal disease with malaise; discharge from nose and throat; anorexia
Dock fever, Yellow fever
Dropsy, Edema (swelling) often caused by kidney or heart disease
Dropsy of the Brain, Encephalitis
Dry Bellyache, Lead poisoning
Dyscrasy, An abnormal body condition
Dysentery, Inflammation of colon with frequent passage of mucous and blood
Dysorexy, Reduced appetite
Dyspepsia, Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms
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
Elephantiasis, A form of leprosy
Encephalitis, Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness
Enteric fever, Typhoid fever
Enterocolitis, Inflammation of the intestines
Enteritis, Inflations of the bowels
Epitaxis, Nose bleed
Erysipelas, Contagious skin disease due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions
Extravasted blood, Rupture of a blood vessel

Falling sickness, Epilepsy
Fatty Liver, Cirrhosis of liver
Fits, Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity
Flux, An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea
Flux of humour, Circulation
French pox, Syphilis

Gathering, A collection of pus
Glandular fever, Mononucleosis
Great pox, Syphilis
Green fever / sickness, Anemia
Grippe/grip, Influenza like symptoms
Grocer's itch, Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour

Heart sickness, Condition caused by loss of salt from body
Heat stroke, Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment; temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Command death result if not reversed
Hectical complaint, Recurrent fever
Hematemesis, Vomiting blood
Hematuria, Bloody urine
Hemiplegy, Paralysis of one side of body
Hip gout, Osteomylitis
Horrors, Delirium tremens
Hydrocephalus, Enlarged head water on the brain
Hydropericardium, Heart dropsy
Hydrophobia, Rabies
Hydrothroax, Dropsy in chest
Hypertrophic, Enlargement of organ like the heart

Impetigo ,Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules
Inanition, Physical condition resulting from lack of food
Infantile paralysis, Polio
Intestinal colic, Abdominal pain due to improper diet

Jail fever, Typhus
Jaundice, Condition caused by blockage of intestines

King's evil, Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands
Kruchhusten, Whooping cough

Lagrippe, Influenza
Lockjaw, Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated it is fatal in 8 days
Long sickness, Tuberculosis
Lues disease, Syphilis
Lues venera, Venereal disease
Lumbago, Back pain
Lung fever, Pneumonia
Lung sickness, Tuberculosis
Lying in, Time of delivery of infant

Malignant sore throat, Diphtheria
Mania, Insanity
Marasmus, Progressive wasting away of body like malnutrition
Membranous Croup, Diphtheria
Meningitis, Inflations of brain or spinal cord
Metritis,Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge
Miasma, Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air
Milk fever, Disease from drinking contaminated milk like undulant fever or brucellosis
Milk leg, Post partum thrombophlebitis
Milk sickness. Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds
Mormal, Gangrene
Morphew, Scurvy blisters on the body
Mortification, Gangrene of necrotic tissue
Myelitis, Inflammation of the spine
Myocarditis, Inflammation of heart muscles

Necrosis, Mortification of bones or tissue
Nephrosis ,Kidney degeneration
Nepritis, Inflammation of kidneys
Nervous prostration, Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities
Neuralgia, Described as discomfort such as "Headache" was neuralgia in head
Nostalgia, Homesickness

Palsy, Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as "Cause of death"
Paroxysm, Convulsion
Pemphigus, Skin disease of watery blisters
Pericarditis, Inflammation of heart
Peripneumonia, Inflammation of lungs
Peritonotis, Inflammation of abdominal area
Petechial Fever, Fever characterized by skin spotting
Puerperal exhaustion, Death due to child birth
Phthiriasis, Lice infestation
Phthisis, Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis
Plague, An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate
Pleurisy, Any pain in the chest area with each breath
Podagra, Gout
Poliomyelitis, Polio
Potter's asthma, Fibroid pthisis
Pott's disease, Tuberculosis of spine
Puerperal exhaustion, Death due to childbirth
Puerperal fever, Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant
Purpura, A disease characterized by purple or livid spots on the skin or mucous membrane; caused by the extroversion of blood (similar to bruises).
Puking fever, Milk sickness
Putrid fever. Diphtheria.

Quinsy. Tonsillitis.

Remitting fever, Malaria
Rheumatism, Any disorder associated with pain in joints
Rickets, Disease of skeletal system
Rose cold, Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy
Rotanny fever,(Child's disease) ???
Rubeola, German measles

Sanguineous crust, Scab
Scarlatina, Scarlet fever
Scarlet fever, A disease characterized by red rash
Scarlet rash, Roseola
Sciatica, Rheumatism in the hips
Scirrhus, Cancerous tumors
Scotomy, Dizziness; nausea and dimness of sight
Scrivener's palsy,Writer's cramp
Screws, Rheumatism
Scrofula, Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and pistulas develop.
Scrumpox, Skin disease; impetigo
Scurvy, Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness; spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin
Septicemia, Blood poisoning
Shakes, Delirium tremens
Shaking, Chills; ague
Shingles, Viral disease with skin blisters
Ship fever, Typhus
Siriasis, Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure
Sloes, Milk sickness
Small pox, Contagious disease with fever and blisters
Softening of brain, Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain with an end result of the tissue softening in that area
Sore throat distemper, Diphtheria or quinsy
Spanish influenza, Epidemic influenza
Spasms,Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles -like a convulsion
Spina bifida, Deformity of spine
Spotted fever, Either typhus or meningitis
Sprue, Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat
St. Anthony's fire,Named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance erysipelas- Also
St. Vitas dance, Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntary
Stomatitis,Inflammation of the mouth
Stranger's fever,Yellow fever
Strangery,Rupture
Sudor anglicus,Sweating sickness
Summer complaint,Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk
Sunstroke,Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a redisposing cause
Swamp sickness,Could be malaria typhoid or encephalitis
Sweating sickness,Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century

Tetanus,Infectious fever characterized by high fever; headache and dizziness
Thrombosis,Blood clot inside blood vessel
Thrush,Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth lips and throat
Tick fever,Rocky mountain spotted fever
Toxemia of pregnancy,Eclampsia
Trench mouth,Painful ulcers found along gum line; Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene
Tussis convulsiva,Whooping cough
Typhus,Infectious fever characterized high fever headache and dizziness

Variola,Smallpox
Venesection,Bleeding
Viper's dance,St. Vitus Dance

Water on brain,Enlarged head
White swelling,Tuberculosis of the bone
Winter fever,Pneumonia
Womb fever,Infection of the uterus.
Worm fit,Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea

Yellowjacket,Yellow fever.

Compiled by Dan Burrows and used with permission. dburrows1@juno.com 
This chart may be freely copied.

Saving newspaper clippings for posterity:

Saving newspaper clippings for posterity can be a problem as there is a tendency for newsprint to turn yellow. There is a "bleaching' method which should prevent your articles from turning yellow and allow them to survive for up to 50 years.   This simple homemade bath helps counteract the acid in newsprint that causes the yellowing/aging.

To be save obtain more than one copy of your clipping as insurance against your first attempt suffering a mishap.
Mix and refrigerate [for 8 hours] 2 tablespoons of milk of magnesia with 1 quart of club soda. Refrigerate for 8 hours.

Pour the mixture in a shallow pan and let one clipping set for an hour, make sure the pan can accommodate the largest clipping. Remove the clipping and remove the excess moisture by laying between several layers of paper towels and then let dry on a flat clean surface.

When complete store in an "archival-quality" album.

"HELOISE:Preserve news clippings with bleaching process", Indianapolis Star: August 15, 1995

Cemetery Book Project:

I am near completion on the Cemetery Book project. I have not updated the tombstone and cemetery inventories since 2000, but since the material for this book is about 100% complete, minus burial information since 2000, I am going to send it to the printer soon. If you have had any family members (Littrell descendants, Comer, Ezell also) buried since 2000, please send me info... date, place, full-name. A tombstone picture would be great, as well as copies of an obituary.
The book will have three Chapters:
1. Cemetery guide and census. Maps, cemetery history & information where available), driving instructions, who's buried there, etc. Could use any info on Valhalla (in St. Louis), Mounds, Evergreen, Anniston, and W.O.W. all in Missouri.
Cemeteries included in this driving tour are: Loretto Glennrock, Fairview, Second Creek, Granny Richardson, Bishop Chapel, Restview, Old Selena
2. Search for the Lost Littrell Cemetery. Notes and history behind the search for the location of our ancestors unknown burial location in Lawrence County, TN., Rodham Literal. The great grandfather of Grandpa John Littrell, the graveyard he was buried in disappeared during the depression. A victim of hard-times as every inch of plantable soil was necessary to make ends meet. The cemetery was plowed over and the stones used to dam a ravine. Over the years the whereabouts of the cemetery was lost to memory. Starting with William Q. Hill the search covered over 15 years ending in its identification in 2000.
3. A memorial to Pvt. Eli Literal. Killed during the Civil War, Eli was buried in a mass grave in Georgia. Those dedicated to the search for Rodham's grave also found themselves involved in organizing the erection of a memorial tombstone and dedication honoring Pvt. Eli, the son of Rodham.

The Cemetery Tour and the Dedication chapters are reprints from Family Reunion programs distributed for the Timmons Literal Family reunions in the early 2000s.
Post the information to email: gdl@glenns-world.com

I-70 Cross:

For years I've been passing this giant 'Cross' [198 feet tall] alongside of I-70 around Effingham, Illinois every time I go to St. Louis or SE Missouri. In 2009 Troy and I stopped and took these pictures. The Cross has an information center, website www.crossusa.org and 10 stations [w/bench] displaying the Ten Commandments.  GlennDL

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Postcards From Santa???

Want your little one’s to receive a letter or card from Santa? Just write them a letter from Santa, put it in a stamped envelope addressed to your little one and mail them in a larger envelope to:

North Pole Holiday Cancelation
Postmaster
4141 Postmark Dr.
Anchorage, AK 99530-9998

The larger envelope will be opened, the sealed envelopes inside will be postmarked with a special ‘North Pole’ postmark and mailed back to your little one.

You can send postcards too.

The service is free (except for your stamps…remember to put the correct postage on the large envelope and all the envelopes inside) but be sure to mail your envelopes so that they will arrive in Alaska by Dec., 10. Be sure to use stamps and not pre-stamped envelopes or metered postage.

Happy Holidays
GlennDL

Happy Holidays:

Sorry that I’m not updating the blog/site to much this month, I’m doing lots of Christmas overtime at the Post Office. Will try to pick it up in the next few weeks.

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Count’n Cousins:

"Civil" and "Canon" refer to the degree of a relationship. The degree of a relationship is a legal term. It refers to the number of "steps" between two people who are related by blood.

Canon law is used in most of the United States. It measures the maximum number of steps from the nearest common ancestor. For example, you would be 2 direct steps away from your first cousin because your nearest common ancestor is one of your grandparents. So in this case, the degree is 2.* The degree in civil law represents the total number of steps through the blood line that separate two individuals. For example, there are 2 steps from you to your grandparent, and then 2 more steps back down to your first cousin, so the degree is 4.* Counting Cousins What some people refer to as 'counting cousins' is an extension of the process of Canon law except that it excludes the common ancestor and does not deal with 'degree' since degree only accounts for the relationship of 2 people of the same generation.  For example in the case of two first cousins the degree, as stated above, is two, but what is the degree between one of the first cousins and the others offspring?  The offspring is three degrees removed from the common ancestor and the first cousin two degrees?  Under the civil law the 'degree' would be five but under Canon law there is no acceptable degree. The common accepted practice is to count cousins, not for legal purposes, by accounting for relationship from common siblings, not ancestors: For the sake of 'counting' the word 'Cousins' refers to relatives of the same generation who are not siblings. If either of the relatives are a sibling of the others ancestor then you are not counting cousins because you have an Aunt/Uncle and Niece/Nephew relationship. When you are counting cousins you are actually counting 'generations' from two siblings with those siblings being zero.  Aunt/Uncle and Niece/Nephew Cousins Aunt/Uncle and Niece/Nephew: You appropriately count the relationship from an Uncle to a Nephew the same way you count parentage.  In other words:           Father<>Grandfather<>Great Grandfather<>Great-Great Grandfather, etc. as applied to an Uncle would be: Uncle<>Granduncle**<>Great Granduncle<>Great-Great Grand Uncle, etc. The same would apply to the relationship of the Uncle to a Niece and an Aunt to a Nephew or Niece.  It would also apply in reverse:       Nephew<>Grandnephew<>Great Grandnephew<>Great-Great Grand Nephew, etc. A common mistake in the Aunt/Uncle and Nephew/Niece relationship is to leave out the 'Granduncle' step by skipping to 'Great Uncle' which is totally inappropriate. Cousins: In the examples above the two first cousins are the offspring of two siblings.  If we counted, under Canon law, from their common ancestor they would be two degrees from their common ancestor [grandparent] but at the same time they are the 'first' occurrence of cousins, not the second.  For this reason we do not count cousins from the common ancestor [grandparents] but from common siblings because the children of common siblings are 'the first cousins to occur.' Generally we are all in agreement about the relationship of the children of siblings as being first cousins but a common misconception occurs when we compare the offspring of one of the first cousins to the other first cousin.  In other words if A and B are first cousins, and A has a child A1, then what is the relationship of A1 to B?  If you said second cousins you are....wrong.  If A1 and B are second cousins then when B has a child, B1, what is the relationship between A1 and B1?  If A1 and B are second cousins then A1 and B1 couldn't also be second cousins.  The relationship terms must make it clear what the relationship is. ** Confused?  Everyone is.  In this case the important thing to remember is not why something doesn't work as much as why and what does work so here are the simple rules of how to properly 'count' cousins: Generations Removed Brother 0 Sister A 1 I B 2 J C 3 K 0 D 4 L 1 E 5 M 2 F 6 N 3 G 7 O H 8 P If the two relatives [C&K] are of the same generation and you count 3 steps from the two siblings, then C&K are third cousins. If the two relatives [C&N], who are not siblings, are not of the same generation then you stop counting cousins when you reach one of the two cousin [C or N] in this case C. If from the siblings you counted down to C and counted 3 steps then they are still third cousins but with a twist. From the ancestor of N who is the same generation as C you start counting from there with that ancestor [K] being zero until you reach N.  If its three more steps from that ancestor to N then N is three generations 'removed' from the same generation as C.  They are third cousins, three times removed. * Family Tree Maker **That's why Civil law is not commonly used because it does not clarify the relationship.  Under Civil law a grandson[X1] of the grandfather[V] would be 2 steps from the grandfather and a grandson[W1] by a different child[W] would be 2 steps from the grandfather[V] equaling 4 degrees.  But the son[X] of the grandfather would be 1 step away and the great grandson[W1] of the grandfather[V] by a different child[W] would be 3 steps away from the grandfather[V] making the son[X] and great grandson[W1] also equaling 4 degrees!  We must remove the inconsistency to accurately describe not only the degree of separation but the actual relationship.  Just explaining why we don't use civil or canon law to define relationships gives me a headache...

Let's Have a Test!

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Using the table to the right what is the relationship between: D & L,   A & L,   M & F,   A & N,   D & O

Generations Removed Brother 0 Sister A 1 I B 2 J C 3 K D 4 L E 5 M F 6 N G 7 O H 8 P -to see the answers send an email to gdl@glenns-world.com with the word “test” in the subject. Do not include the quotes. If you do not receive the answers within 24 hours send me an email to the same address without the word test in the subject explaining that you didn’t get the answers.

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