Acknowledgement and Appreciation

To my ancestors who came before me.  They were courageous people who chose the "Road Less Traveled"  as in Robert Frost's famous poem.  Alabama became a state in 1819.  Many of my ancestors came into  Alabama before it was a state in horse drawn covered wagons along Indian Trails looking for fertile  land to grow crops.  The land in the east was depleted from over planting.  Many family members  received land grants for fighting in the War of 1812.  They came from places like Georgia, South  Carolina, and Virginia.  My Great Grandparents who immigrated from Scotland in 1886 and 87, all  looking for opportunities for a better life.

I am thankful for all the information and historical documents that are available on the  Ancestry.Com website, with International access.  A whole new world with my ancestors from  Cornwall, England and Scotland was opened up.  Documents such as census reports, marriage, birth  and death certificates.  The occupation of parents are listed on these documents.  I learned on one  certificate that my G. Grandmother Marion's grandfather was a "Master Shoemaker."  At this time,  early-mid 1800's people did a lot of walking.  Shoes were very important and the main form of  transportation, with no cars, and I am sure, very few wagons.

I am very thankful to Troy Bruce Poe.  This project was actually started in 1981.  Troy Bruce Poe  lived in Hollywood, Florida, and was the grandson of Zorilda Bell (Frost) Poe, and G Grandson of  Greenberry Frost Sr.  He was born in Corona and lived there as a boy.  He started school in 1937,  Miss Loraine Shannon teacher, Corona, and attended Corona school part 1938, 1939, 1940.  He started  school in 1941 at Wildwood, Florida and grad high school 1949.  I had recently attended genealogy  classes with my neighbor, who is of the Mormon faith at her church.  I met Mr. Poe at "Decoration  Day Frost Cemetery", and we discussed genealogy.  He was a serious genealogist.  He gave me  valuable documents that are the foundation of my work.  There were no computers in 1981 for  research.  Research was done at libraries using microfiche and microfilm.  The research  information he gave me has been most accurate.

Kay McMeekin, of Darville, Ayrshire Co., Scotland, is a retired educator, who enjoys genealogy as a  hobby.  She has been most helpful with my research and introduced the Hancocks to me.  She is  familiar with all the small parishes where they lived.

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage - to know who we are and where  we came from.  Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning.  No matter what our  attainments in life, there is still a vacuum, an emptiness, and the most disquieting loneliness"   Alex Haley, Roots

"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our Mothers'  names"  Alice Walker

We are all reflections of the people who came before us.  The good they did inspires us, prepares  us and guides us.

I hope that you will enjoy learning about your ancestors.

Jane Frost Chandler,  Nov 04, 2016