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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION
CFANET e-NEWSLETTER
April 2001
Volume II No. 4
NEW
MEMBERS
Since the
last Bulletin, we have had the following new members:
Austin & Jane Callaway,
Greenville, SC JaneGray29
at aol.com
Jackson
Stewart Callaway, Jr., Hueytown, AL
jscdollar
at netzero.net
Briana
Smith Felch, Madison, AL
briana5555
at aol.com
Mildred
Ann "Nancy" Hannah Forsyth,
Pikeville, KY Hilltopnan
at kymtnnet.org
Richard
Stanley Kingswell, Somerset, England
moandick
at aol.com
Kerin
Drum Saunders, Sherrills Ford, NC
Scott
Charles Taylor, Fort Worth, TX
scottctaylor
at altavista.com
Susan
Elizabeth Taylor, Fort Worth, TX
REMINDER
Our
Assistant Secretary, Martha Winkler,
is busily preparing to mail 149 Renewal Reminders. If you are
one of the 59 e-mailers from last year who haven't renewed their CFA
memberships yet, please respond to Martha's request at your
earliest convenience. Thank you.
HELP
- HELP NEEDED
The Association urgently
needs two volunteers, preferably in Georgia, who would be willing
to take over the duties of "Mailer of the Journal" and
"Mailer of the Census".
1. CFA Journal Rusty
Callaway, of Columbus, GA, is moving into an
apartment and will no longer have space to store the inventory of Journals from the last 25
years. He mails
only the Journals that are ordered extra during the year, and
those for the people who
join after the bulk mailing in June, when the new Journal comes
out. He has
nothing to do with the mass mailing which is handled by the firm
which prints it. But, as
you may have noticed, the return address on the envelope in which
it is mailed, is Rusty's,
so that any undeliverable Journals go to him for storage. The
quantity he mails fluctuates every year, and anyone
interested in the job should contact
Rusty at rustycal
at aol.com or
phone him at (706) 596-1292, to get details.
2. Census Records John
A. Callaway, Sr., of Conyers, GA, is unable
to continue fulfilling orders for the Census
Records (extracted for Callaway) as shown on the Order Form from
the CFA web site
www.callawayfamily.org
. This is
the smallest of the two jobs, as not as many orders come in for
the Census as for the
Journal. But some storage space would be required. Russ
and Heide Callaway have offered to
provide more details on this job, and they can be
reached by e-mail at r.callaway
at juno.com
. In both cases, of course, any
expenses for mailing supplies and postage will be reimbursed, upon
periodic submission of receipts. If you should decide to
accept either of these challenges, would you please let Russ and
Heide know, so that they will be able to arrange the transfer of
materials. Thank you.
MEMBER
BIOGRAPHY - (Removed from CFA Web Site Archives)
To respect the privacy of our members, none of the
biographies submitted to CFA will be posted on the CFA Web Site Newsletter
Archives.
Connie Burns Sherrill
is the
Chairperson of the STAR Membership Committee. For more information
on how to become a STAR member, contact Connie at
cbs
at cei.net
. Or visit our web site at
www.callawayfamily.org.
Connie has informed me that
there are two more STAR members since the last Bulletin. Congratulations to:
Christell Ricketts from Crossett, AR, and
Gladys May from Livingston, TX
CFA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
On May 4 & 5, 2001, the
Board will be holding its semi-annual meeting in Victoria, B.C.,
Canada. This will be the first time it has met outside the United
States of America. At the end of the two days of
business, there will be a banquet at the Laurel Point Inn on
the Saturday evening. Any member (or prospective member), who
is in the area, is invited to join the Board at a reception at
6:00 PM, followed by dinner (Dutch treat). There will be an
after-dinner speaker in the person of Sherry
Irvine, a well-known Genealogist from
Victoria. She has titled her talk:
"The
Commonwealth Gap, 1641 to 1660: What's Your Perspective?"
If
anyone reading this Bulletin is interested in attending, or knows
of someone else who would be, please contact me at callawaybill
at shaw.ca
as soon as possible, and definitely before April 23, so that
catering arrangements can be finalized. We would love to see you
there.
PRESIDENT
ON THE GO
Our President, Victoria
Jennings, Ph.D., has had a horrendous
business travel schedule this year. Having recently returned from
a long trip to Indonesia, she is leaving today for Turkey,
arriving
back in the US in time for a meeting in Phoenix, AZ, from where
she will fly to Victoria, B.C., for the Board meeting, leaving for
Ecuador three days later. On top of all this, Victoria finds time
to plan the agenda for the CFA Business meeting. My
sincere wish is that she will one day write a Bio for the
Bulletin, so we may gain a better understanding of the very
demanding job that she does so well.
CHAT
ROOM
Kermit
Bridges, Chat Room Facilitator,
wishes to remind you that the regular monthly Chat takes place
tonight. And that's not an April Fool's joke. Nor is the fact that
you should have turned your clocks AHEAD one hour last night.
So the
time for joining the Chat Room is 10:00 pm EDT (or 7:00 pm PDT)
and anything in between, depending on where you live. Hope to see
you there. Go to
www.callawayfamily.org
and click on Chat Room, then follow instructions. Try it ahead of
time, and if you have a problem, contact Kermit at
jundal
at verizon.net
.
There
is still more to come, including an International Bio from Bill
Kellaway Piper of England. But to ensure
that you receive this on April 1, I will e-mail it to you
now. More later. Bill
Callaway, CFANET Coordinator, Parksville,
B.C., Canada
CFANET
BULLETIN 2001 - # 4
April 2001
Conclusion
April 9, 2001
CFA WEB SITE
Donna Morgan, our
Webmaster, has added two new pages to our web site.
1. Photo Gallery - It has
pictures from various volumes of the CFA Journal, a publication which contains a wealth of documented data for Callaway research.
2. Bulletin Board - At
Kermit Bridges' suggestion in the last Chat Room, Donna has built a bulletin board for our Callaway site. It is for any comments, queries,
questions and
discussions, etc., relating to the surname Callaway (all spellings). Check them out at
www.callawayfamily.org
MEMBER
BIOGRAPHY - (Removed from CFA Web Site Archives)
To respect the privacy of our members, none of the
biographies submitted to CFA will be posted on the CFA Web Site Newsletter
Archives.
Bill Piper's web site
has been mentioned in previous issues of the Bulletin, and you will remember
his "Foxy Story" in January. His newsletter, "Kellaway
Link", should be read by all.
Bill has compiled all
the "international conversations" between Sherrill Williams, Bruce
Callaway and Warwick Kellaway which took place early in 2001. They can
be found as a link on his home page, or directly at
http://members.tripod.co.uk/dreycott/kellchat.htm
. When printed, it amounts to about 30 pages, but makes fascinating
reading. Such depth of research!
Bill Piper can be
e-mailed at
bill@dreycott.screaming.net
The next International
Bio should come from Canada. Any volunteers?
INTERESTING
WEB SITES
Donna Morgan,
has come up with some more good web sites which she would like you to know
about.
http://www.vitalchek.com "Here's a web site that is really becoming
useful. More and more records are becoming available this way. I've ordered
several death certificates already and they usually come in about 2 weeks,
sometimes a little longer. You can get birth, death, marriage and divorce
certificates from most states."
http://censustools.com
"This one offers custom designed
spreadsheets for collecting data. (Microsoft Excel). I love them because I'm
so unorganized when I go to the library to comb the census films and other
sources. These really help me. See what you think."
Thanks, Donna,
for the tips. Keep them coming.
HELP NEEDED
To date, there
has been no response to the request for two volunteers to take over duties
of mailing the Journal and the Census. If you would
be willing to help, please contact Russ and Heide Callaway at
r.callaway
at juno.com
for details. Thank you.
Bill Callaway,
CFANET Coordinator Parksville,
B.C., Canada
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Copyright © 2001
Callaway Family Association
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