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The 2013 reunion will be held in Greenwood, Mississippi.
July 18 - 20
The Hampton Inn of Greenwood, Mississippi
Phone 622-455-7985
Ask for Kristie Smith, hotel general manager
Hotel costs are only $69 per night .
Includes a full hot breakfast daily. Meeting rooms and banquet facilities.
See your June newsletter for more details.
Alternate host hotel is The Alluvian, a boutique hotel.
Prices start at $119 per night.
Phone 866-600-5201
Hope to see you there.
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VVV
Members
Please email
the website..... pvrenton@vawterfamily.org
if you would like the VVV Newsletter sent to you by email. =======================================================================
New !! Andy Cottle now has a genealogy blog. Check it out at
the following link: http://sites.udel.edu/acottle/
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See
the "pictures" page
for pictures of the Jamison Vawter family and under
"
miscellaneous" some
pictures of the
Cintha Vawter Robinson family.
Also on "pictures"
you will find slide shows of past reunions.
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Attention
cousins with Indiana roots: The
Jefferson County (Indiana) Genealogical Society is
introducing a First Families Program to honor the founding families of the county.
A book honoring the families is planned.
The three categories of early settlers are: "Frontier Families",
who settled in the county on
or before7 August 1820, "Founding Families", who settled here
before 1 June 1860 and
"First Century Families", who settled here before 11
February
1911.
For the First Families program, visit http://www.jeffersoncountygenealogicalsociety.org.
For the Madison Bicentennial, visit
http://madisonbicentennial.com.
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Please
explore the "family tree" and verify the names
and dates for your line. Corrections and
additions will be appreciated. Especially
from the 1960s back.
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A digital book with drawings by Will Vawter.
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=nNsQAAAAYAAJ&dq=vawter&printsec=front
And....
In
the "Book" section, there
is a journal and other information pertaining to a trip to Oregon
in a covered wagon. In 1851, Philemon Vawter Crawford kept a journal
of the trip and several
Vawters
were in the "train". Now we know that "double team" is
not just a basketball term.
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Please send in your news items, for the newsletter, to
Georgene at gjurgensen@kc.rr.com.
or to the website address: pvrenton@vawterfamily.org
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LOST AND FOUND
Karen Bowman would
like to correspond with anyone interested in the Tabitha Vawter-
Adam Rouse family. email the website for her address.
Georgene
is looking for information on George Vawters who lived in Oregon
in the 1880s.
Is he kin to Christian Boehringer, who is mentioned
in the probate record?
Hawaii connection: Terrie would like to correspond
with anyone from the Nancy Vawter-
James Gatlin line.
Julia
Branham needs info about the Branham line. Several Branhams
married Vawters.
Bob Sommerfeldt is looking for anyone
researching the John Gray and Elizabeth (Stewart) Vawter
line.
Mary Jo would like
to hear from descendants of Cyrus Beverly Vawter and Elizabeth
Goodwin.
Don Tucker is looking
for descendants of Linsey and Marinda Vaughters and daughter,
Martha
Jane Vaughters.
Jim Peery would like
information on Margaret (Peggy) Chaffin, daughter of Mary Ann
(Vawter)
and Christopher Chaffin.
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Check out the website of our cousin
Arleigh Kerr. He has done a lot of traveling and research
and
has an awesome website:
http://www.arleighsworld.com/ArleighsWorld/Gen.htm
Other recommended links:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/vawter/
http://www.fmoran.com/vawter.html
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The
newsletters from 1977 thru 2006 are on this website,
as well as the Grace Vawter Bicknell
book, “The Vawter Family in America” with
the allied families of Branham, Crawford, Wise, Lewis,
Stribling, Glover and Moncrief.
The Grace Bicknell book starts with the first Vawter to come to
America, as far as she knew. The book was published in 1905 and
she did a superb job, without the internet or a computer.
One of our genealogist cousins, Georgene Jurgensen, has done years
of research and we include her work on our website as well. She
has made some corrections to the Bicknell book and added an abundance
of information.
If
you have trouble finding your connection to the family lines
listed here, please let us hear
from you
and maybe we can help.
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Other
sources include Shirley Byler's The
Family of Albert
and Josie Vawter, census and land records and
"family tradition". The cousin charts and obituaries
from the newsletters
also had helpful information.
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The
VVV Family has traditionally given a "love offering" to
the Vauter Church when we meet in Virginia. For those of you
who would like
to send a donation during the year, the address is:
Vauter's
Episcopal Church
P
O Box 154
Champlain,
Virginia 22438
This
is a small congregation that struggles with the upkeep
of an historic building and they are in the process of
very expensive renovations.
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Join the VVV Family Association!
Dues - $10.00 per year
Mail check to VVV Family Association:
Jordan Johnston, treasurer
14586 W. Merrell
Goodyear, AZ 85395
And please send your family tree information also.
You can email it to pvrenton@vawterfamily.org.
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We
will be continually updating the Vawter, Vauter, Vaughter(s)
family tree and would like to have new information, preferably
with
sources. And please let us know if you find any errors on the
information already posted.
If
you have any questions, please e-mail us at
pvrenton@VawterFamily.org
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