From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jan 5 08:59:34 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k05FxYSK009482; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:59:34 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k05FxUlA010464 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:59:30 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k05DX2FI014821 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:33:02 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k05DX2Uc014820 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 08:33:02 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k05AsWFI014488 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 05:54:32 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k05DKnET008270 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:20:49 -0700 X-Envelope-From: treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com Thu Jan 5 06:20:49 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k05DKnSK008261 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:20:49 -0700 Received: from ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com [24.93.47.43]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k05DKigA009907 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 06:20:44 -0700 Received: from oemcomputer (cpe-24-175-91-92.houston.res.rr.com [24.175.91.92]) by ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id k05DKg9C023464; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 07:20:43 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <003f01c611fb$05b94810$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> From: "Trevia W Beverly" To: "Leta Sheaffer" , References: <01f301c6118f$6e2dab00$020aa8c0@NEWCOMPUTER> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Question --- SPANOS Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 07:22:05 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com My doubts about your friend's statement! Perhaps she does not know all the things available and how to use them, or she does not have the patience to follow in a systematic pattern. Not knowing where your friend is located --- nor you --- there is no way for us to ask if she or you have used a specific repository or not -- or to suggest a special collection, etc. to you. (Folks, my soapbox, but please - after your name if you'll give your town & state - and your county unless your town is well known - it helps us to help you). Of course, there may not be a really good, comprehensive genealogy collection nearby but I'll bet that somewhere near there is a library with some genealogy, certainly local history, etc. And there is always the Internet for starters (and the Internet does NOT take the place of 'research.') I suspect that a lot of our Readers out here would be interested in more than just the surname SPANOS ... possibly spelled slightly different in various records... if for no other reason that to test our own skill. Let's see what really can be found out there! What can your friend tell us? Without going into a lesson in basic genealogy, ask her to give us a starting point .... a person she can document (grandparents, perhaps) with a name, birth date and where, death date and where, marriage date and where with spouse's name, etc. And did she find them on a census record? If so, which one? Trevia Wooster Beverly Houston, Harris Co Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leta Sheaffer" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:31 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Question > A friend of mine mentioned that her ancestry cannot be researched, because her families were considered criminals. Does this mean they may have entered illegally ? Certainly they were not all thieves. The surname was Spanos > > Thank you for your answers > > Leta