A new book titled HAYNES OF THE SOUTH will be coming off the presses soon and offers a unique overview of not only this family’s history but of what life was like for the family members during the last hundred years or so.

Tracing the family history from the tribe that lived in Germany during the Dark Ages, this 200 page volume contains 120 family group sheets showing the family descent. Interestingly most of these follow Haynes daughters and their children. There are over 20 pages of family pictures.

Written in story book form, the book also presents a dozen or more recipes for making things that the author describes as &uot;never carried in stores.&uot;

This makes an interesting collection of Haynes family recipes for rendering lard; making sauerkraut and hominy; preserving meat and fruit with no refrigeration; making soap, wall paper paste and yeast and finally a recipe for making a bottle of fine Haynes wine!

Edited by a Haynes descendant who was aided by yet another Haynes descendant whose grandmother was a Haynes by birth, the book will be available at a pre-publication price of $35 which includes shipping and handling. After publication the price will be $42.50. Orders may be sent to Edgar Haynes, c/o Care Center of Louisville, 543 East Main St., Louisville, Miss. 39339. Shipping will be by parcel post, so be sure to include a proper mailing address with your order.

DOES ANYONE KNOW……

n Hazle Boss Neet (207 North Main, Pontotoc, Miss. 38863) needs help with her GORDON and MCCORD lines. James McCord and Rosa Ann Gordon were married in Abbeville District, South Carolina in 1852 and moved to Pontotoc County, Miss. Who were the parents of James McCord? It is believed that Rosa Ann’s parents were Robert and Rebecca Gordon. Is there proof of this? James had a brother, John R. McCord.

Rosa Ann had a sister, Elizabeth, who married Hugh KIRKWOOD. She also had four brothers: James, Robert, Thomas and Ezekial E. Gordon. Where are James and Rosa buried? Any help will be greatly appreciated and Ms. Neet is willing to pay for any copies, postage or other expenses. Can any reader help?

n Connie Hinson (livi80@telepak.net) is searching for her JOHNSON roots and needs help with the dead ends she has found. Ms. Hinson’s father is JOHN VICTOR JOHNSON born 5 October 1918 in Sandersville, Jones County, Miss. and raised in Noxapater, Winston County, Miss. He is the son of ANNIE BELL POWELL (born in Bay Springs, Smith County, Miss. and raised in Philadelphia, Neshoba County, Miss. on the Choctaw Indian Reservation) and a Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson was 100 percent Irish and crossed into Mississippi at Bay St. Louis, Miss. He was also sent back to Ireland from Bay St. Louis in 1918 during the time Annie Bell Powell was carrying their son. John Victor never knew his father and was the only child born to Annie Bell. Who were and where are the Johnsons now? Does anyone know anything about the Powell family on the Choctaw Indian Reservation? Ms Hinson would love to be able to fill in some of these blanks during her father’s lifetime. Can anyone out there help?

n Becky Thibodeaux (105 Terrapin Drive, Brandon, Miss. 39042, gthib@bellsouth.net) is looking for descendants of CHARLIE ANDERSON TEMPLE and ADELIA NETTLES TEMPLE to attend a reunion at the homeplace on Route 3, Meadville, Miss. (off Hwy. 98) on Sunday, April 30. All friends and family are invited to bring a covered dish and a few lawn chairs for lunch on the grounds. For more information contact Becky at the above address.

Please send announcements and queries to FAMILY TREES, 900 Main St., Natchez, Miss. 39120 or e-mail (with snail mail address!) to FamTree316@aol.com. All queries printed free of charge. We look forward to hearing from you!

Family Trees is a weekly column written by Nancianne Parkes Suber of Natchez.