1. Sarah Ruth "Sally" (Smith) Swiecki was an enormous help providing 
        answers at every turn. For example, almost all of the Thurman family 
        information was from her.    
  2. Bertha “Bee” Charlene (Meek) Smith was so very helpful in proofreading 
        my work, correcting numerous spelling errors and factual mistakes.
  3. Chas. T. Carter, Jr. and Marilyn Carol (Carter) Clagett provided all kinds  
        of assistance with the Carter and Thurman families.
  4. Ralph Raymond Smith sent emails all the way from Wales with census 
        page attachments and information about the Elmer D. Smith, Sr. family.
  5. Clara Ruth (Pearson) Earnest provided excellent data on her grandmother, 
        Effie Mae Smith, and Thomas Spencer “Fighting Tom” Williams.
  6. The internet provided much information, especially these seven sources:     
        a. Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/)
        b. RootsWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/) 
        c. Winstead Family (http://www.winstead.org/)
        d. RootsWeb, Obion County, TN 
	           (http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnobion/)
        e. Tenn. State Library 
              (http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm)
        f. The National Archives (http://www.archives.gov/)
        g. Social Security Death Index at RootsWeb 
              (http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/)
 7. Many other relatives too numerous to mention provided me with useful
       genealogy data on their immediate families

The entire Smith Genealogy is free of copyright except for three pages scanned from the book, "Obion County History, Vol 2", written and produced by the Obion Historical Society of Obion County, Tennessee. They have graciously given their consent to include these pages in the Smith Genealogy, but there exists a copyright. The pages are histories about Luke Lee Smith, Jr. Walter Lee Smith and Thomas Spencer Williams. At the top of each of these three webpages, the Obion Historical Society is again acknowledged as copyright owner.

Other than these three pages, the remainder of the Smith Genealogy is copyright free and may be copied under the following condition: Only a genealogy researcher, family member or other persons interested in genealogy may copy materials from this site, and no material copied by them from this website may be sold for profit, and only a nominal copy and mailing fee may be assessed of which no profit may be derived.

         
  1. Marilyn Janette Everhart/Kowalski provided all kinds of data and 
        photos of the Green Family.  
  2. Relatives who provided the lineage of their own family = Ralph Raymond 
        "Jack" Self, Eva Elnora Self, Rita Yvonceile "Mickey" Smith, and
        Barbara June "Bobby" Smith. 
  3. Military records from the National Archives & Records Administration,
        Washington, D. C. 
  4. The internet provide much information, especially these nine sources:   
        a. The Stokes Family Genealogy internet site = 
              http://www3.rcstokes.com/webpages/index.htm 
        b. The Civil War Home Page = http://www.civil-war.net/
        c. RootsWeb Social Security Death Index = 
              http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/
        d. Ancestry.com = http://www.ancestry.com/ (I am a paying member)
        e. RootsWeb = http://www.rootsweb.com/
        f. National Archives & Records = http://www.archives.gov/
        g. Genealogy of David Washington Self =
              http://www3.rcstokes.com/webpages/relatfam/
              sibley/descendants_john_sibley/rr01/
              rr01_012.htm#P284
        h. SelfSite at RootsWeb = http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~selfsite/
        i. LDS Family Search =
              http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

1. No copyright at the Stokes Family Genealogy Site:

	The main page begins at: 
	         http://www3.rcstokes.com/webpages/index.htm

	Rather than accessing the main page, it is faster to go directly 
	to names beginning with "S" and skimming down to SELF. The "S" 
	category may be found at: 
	            http://www.rcstokes.com/relatfam/sibley/idx001.htm#S

2. Self Seekers and Self Portraits have a copyright:
      Copyright 1996-2006 Tim Seawolf-Self and Barbara A. Peck, All 
      Rights Reserved. Tim and Barbara have graciouly given permission 
      go for this genealogy to use their Self genealogy data.

      The Self Seekers internet site, will be found at:  
            http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~selfsite
 
      The Self Portraits internet site, will be found at: 
            http://www.selfroots.com/      
 
3. Rootsweb has a copyright:
      To find our Self family at Rootsweb, please go to William 
      Isaac Self, Jr. and track to your family by clicking on one 
      of his progeny. For example, if you decend from David Edgar 
      Self, first go to William Isaac Self, Jr., then click on 
      David Washington Self, then Dr. Christopher Columbus Self, 
      David Edgar Self and then click on one of David's children. 
      Start here:

      http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mfludvigsen&id=I11719
            
      Rootsweb "Limited Use Policy" generally allows use of their 
      content as long as it is for personal or professional family 
      history and will not offered for resale. To read the "Rootsweb 
      Limited Use Policy", click next.