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Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Southern Trails
Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 14:47:20 EDT


Hello Fellow Listers,
I am Faye Kennedy Irvin and, like many of you, enjoy history and
research. As for having a degree, my poor father thought I was going to major
in BOYS at Florida State so we were both pleasantly surprised when I stepped
off the stage at graduation time with a degree in history. I was not a
teacher because I had the wit to know I probably wouldn't have been a good
one. Instead, I worked many years as a senior medical underwriter for
Prudential Ins. CO. But, all the time, my love was history, genealogy and
research squeezed in between raising a family and being a wife to a great
husband.
My father and husband had a rich Uncle named Sam [U.S. Navy] who sent
us on many free trips, so I have been able to indulge myself in travel and
history. We live in Orange Park, Florida now. Is this an area where I
research? Don't be silly. That happens only in the movies. I am researching
Geekie [a Scots name], Kennedy, Robins, Rolfe and Word plus associated
families. The areas are Perry County, Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Leake and
Smith County, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Gloucester, Virginia and
oh, yes, Texas. Not a Floridian in the group.
I look forward to this list and Mr. Wylie, I stand in awe of your
family knowledge and your generosity in sharing the information.
Always searching,
Faye

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