What's New

Changes through April 29, 2010 - I am in the process of updating the website after a long absence of available time. I am still short of time and have been since starting an Engineering Services company in 2000 and the business really ramping up in 2005.

• New Guestbook installed that hopefully will not be vulnerable to spammers.
• Menu has been reorganized to better facilitate location of information
• Photo Album: relocating "reunion photos" to a newly created menu topic
• E-mail Tree: in the process of being updated
• Search function needs to be repaired
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Changes through September 15, 2004

• E-mail page: Revised the David Jethro Oates family e-mail address for Francis Chapman Sullivan
• Oates Library: Added new folder with link to the old Oates-Wolfe homeplace in Cleveland County, NC
• Photo Album: Added numerous Oates lines to the Photo Gallery
• Guestbook: Many new entries have been made during recent months by visitors to OatesFamily.com

• Homepage Index: Added a "Search Engine" to aide in locating information on html pages.  Search engine does not search PDF pages. Use Adobe Acrobat built-in search engine to search PDF documents.

Note: I just made several structural changes to the website including cleanup/deletion of a number of obsolete files. If you notice any "broken" links or inoperable features of the website, my recent changes may have been the cause. If so, please let me know by e-mailing to ______________  Thanks.

Changes through November 15, 2003

• Oates Library: Added Genealogy File on Jesse Oates descendants in Kentucky, provided by Lee Hanson

• Photo Album:  added pre-1900 photo of Sarah Lewis Oates (daughter of Lewis Cogdell Oates, brother to David Cogdell Oates) , provided by Amanda Cook Gilbert

Changes through August 15, 2003

• E-mail page: Revised the David Jethro Oates family e-mail addresses for  Don Oates
• E-mail page: Revised the Jethro William Oates family e-mail addresses for  Bill Oates, Mary Martin Holloman, and Deborah Oates Sloan
• Photo Album:  added photo of Martin and John Matthew Holloman (Mary Martin Holloman, Mt. Olive, NC)

Changes through May 15, 2003

• Family News Board: Fixed on 5/12/2003
• E-mail page: Revised the e-mail addresses for Susy Oates, Rhonda Luttman, and Jackie (Bailey) Delianides
• Oates Library:  Genealogy of Movie Actor, Warren Oates, descendant of Jesse Oates.

Changes through January  31, 2003

• E-mail page: Revised/added the e-mail address for Dolly Meems, Tiffany D'Emidio, Raymond & Jenny Overman, Gary Oates, and Le Bateman (Oates Pioneer's Descendant page)
• War & Peace section:  added entry for Norwood Keith Oates Son of Richard Aaron and Mildred Grady Oates and grandson of David Jethro and Minnie Martin Oates
• Oates Library: Letter from Laura Mitchell Oates dated 12-10-1910 and Bladen Co. NC Court Records of Joseph Oates submitted by Le Bateman (Alabama) based on lookups by Dee Thompson

Changes through December 31, 2002

• JMO_1970 page: Duffy and Bryan Huffman with new son, Noah (see photos under Hilda Oates Jones family)
• Oates Museum: photos of Cotton Gin from David Cogdell Oates plantation around 1850.

Changes through November 30, 2002

• War & Peace section:  added entries for Archibald Oates to Civil War section (submitted by GGGranddaughter, Sandra Shultz).
• Oates Library: Article about the Life of William Calvin Oates and history of the 15th Alabama Volunteer Infantry, written by Richard Oates (grandson of Herbert Oates).
• Photo Album:  David Jethro Oates family, added photos of Richard Aaron Oates and Ruth Oates.
• 2002 Oates Reunion moved from Index Bar to Photo Album (special events)

Changes through June 15, 2002

• Index Frame: added new section, "Oates Landmarks".  This section was a joint project between the Webmaster and John Martin Oates, Jr.  It was the last genealogy  project by Jack Oates prior to his death in December 2001.

Changes through March 31, 2002

• War & Peace section:  added entries for Luther Oates, son of James Arthur Oates and Grandson of David Jethro and Minnie Oates and Luther's son, Randy Oates.
• David Jethro Oates family: added more e-mail addresses and photos. The Oates Family Photo Album now includes photos of the families of 11 of the 18 children of Dave and Minnie.  The E-mail Family Tree includes e-mail addresses for 25 descendants.

Changes through February 28, 2002

• Index Frame: added link to "2002 Oates Family Reunion"
• War & Peace section:  added entry for Richard McCullen, son of Sally and Oates McCullen and grandson of Lillie Oates McCullen.
• Oates Museum: added Kathleen Oates' gold locket given by her uncle, Duke McCullen; also added a glass dish that belonged to "Minnie" Oates, wife of David Jethro Oates.
• Edwin Oates 1970 page:  photo of Kathleen Oates Hopkins in 2001
• David Jethro Oates: added more e-mail addresses and photos.

Changes through January 31, 2002

• E-mail Tree:  added e-mail address for Jennifer Sutton Ludy in Missouri (daughter of Dot Oates Sutton) and Rich McCullen in Florida (son of Oates and Sally McCullen), and Sharon Oates Lancaster in Tenn. (daughter of Kay and Mitchell Oates).  Revised the e-mail addresses for Beth Oates in MI, Deborah Oates Sloan in Germany, and Ron & Betsy Oates in MI.
• War & Peace section:  added photo of Michael Oates at an observation post on the border between West Germany and Czechoslovakia during the height of the "Cold War".  Added entry for Richard Aaron Oates (son of David Jethro Oates) who served in WW I.
• Edwin Oates 1970 page:  photos of Melinda Smith Jones during visits to Dorothy Hopkins in Alb. New Mexico. in 2000.
• David Jethro Oates family: more photos and e-mail addresses

Changes through December 31, 2001

• E-mail Tree: added e-mail address for Hope Oates Dale (daughter of Norris Oates)
• Welcome page: added slide show feature with Home Place followed by 7 other photos in succession
• Jethro W. Oates_1870 page: Mittie Martin Oates' brother, Giles Martin and wife
• Lillie Oates page: Oates McCullen as a child
• JMO_1900 page: George Oates and Piney Grove School class
• JMO_1940 page: relocated the "Loafing Bench"
• JMO_1950 page: Jack and Agnes Oates' wedding reception; Hugh Oates and Faison Town Team (basketball), Hugh and Doris Oates' Elizabeth, NJ house, Rudy Oates with Hugh Oates' family at the beach; Hugh Jr.' birthday party; several pictures dressing quail in Blanche's kitchen
• JMO_1970 page: Ann Oates D'Emidio family;
• David Jethro Oates family photos: still underconstruction.

Changes through December 15, 2001

• John Martin Oates 1950  photos: John Martin and Blanche Oates with great-granddaughter, Deborah Oates
• Edwin Oates family page 1900: photo of Laura Mitchell in California
• Edwin Oates family page 1940: photo of Merrill and Kathleen
• Edwin Oates family page 1950: photo of Edwin's grandchildren: Sharon, Michael, Tom, Dorothy, Ralph, Sue, Martin; Merrill on vacation
• Edwin Oates family page 1970: photo of Wanda, Dorothy, and Tom
• David Jethro Oates family photos: photos of wife, Minnie Martin Oates; photos of Herbert Oates, Lucille Oates, Ruth Oates, Elma Oates, Sadie Oates, Rebecca Oates,  and Truman Oates families
• War & Peace: WWII photo of Herbert Oates
• Oates Library: link to Aerial photos of the Oates lands in Sampson County.

Changes through December 2, 2001

• John Martin Oates 1970  photos:  added six (6) photos of John M. Oates  family in Michigan, including photos from Jenni and Lance Kongeal's wedding.   Also, added wedding photo of Todd Oates (Bill's son) and bride in Michigan.  Also, included photo of  Ronald Oates Jr.' visit with Gary, Bill, and John Oates in Michigan.
• War & Peace section: Recognized James Arthur Oates (WWI) and Herbert Koseuth Oates (WWII), sons of David Jethro Oates and Minnie Martin Oates.
• James Oates line (3rd gen.)/Robert Oates (6th gen.) photo album: added photo of Carlee and Luther Elza Oates (son of John Calvin Oates)  and photo of their 3 sons, Robert F. Oates, Johnny E. Oates, and Elza Oates, descendants of Oates Pioneers living in Texas.
• "Oates Library": added a "Christmas Memories" by Kathleen (Oates) Hopkins.
• E-mail page: Added new E-mail section for descendants of David Jethro Oates family.

Changes through October 31, 2001

• E-mail page: Revised/added the e-mail address for Dewey McCullen, Marcie (Oates) Raynor, and J.C. Oates
   

Changes through August 3, 2001

• "Oates Library": added an unfinished (1 page) memoir by Kathleen (Oates) Hopkins, as she nears her 90th birthday.
• Lillie (Oates) McCullen photos: added photo from early 1920's that includes the children of Lillie, Edwin, and John Martin.  Pictured are Edna, Oates, Cecil, Kathleen, Joe, Ronald, Ralph, Hilda, Serena, and J. William (Bunk). 
• E-mail page: Revised the e-mail address for Dennis Oates (Sam's son)..

Changes through July 28, 2001

• "Oates Library": added on-line book, "Our Family Heritage" (Oates section only), written by Minnie Speer Boone. Added "Last Will and Testament" of James Oates (1660-1703), 24 July 1703. Added four petitions to the Court for John, James, Joseph, and Jethro Oates for their inheritance from grandfather John Wyatt. [The petitions was a major recent discovery that proved a fourth son of our ancestor Joseph Oates (1697-1747) and brother to Jethro Oates.
• "Oates Museum": List now at 19 items and 9 photos
• Family Photo Gallery: 
• David Cogdell Oates (1802-1875); added photo of John Alexander Oates (Sheriff of Sampson Co. during the Civil War) by David's first wife. Half-brother to Jethro W. Oates
• JM Oates, 1970-2000; added photo of Agnes Marshall (Oates) 
• War and Peace: added photo of Agnes Marshall (Oates) in Army Nurse Corps. Added link to J. William Oates, WWII Photo Album. Incorporated the "Memorial Wall" into the "War and Peace" section
• About us: added photo of John and Marilyn Oates 

Changes through July 13, 2001

• Separated the "History Section" into two sections, "Oates Library" and "Oates Museum" (accessible from the Index Frame).
• "Oates Library": added newspaper article/column about the Oates family ancestors, written by historian, Claude Moore
• "Oates Museum": listed the first 10 items to be included in the "on-line" museum.
• Edwin Oates 1950-1969 page: Added photo of Laura (Jim) Oates Smith and Philip Smith from their 1951 Bahamas honeymoon.
• Jethro D. Oates 1970-2000 page: Added photo of, first cousins, Don Oates and Ronald Oates
• JM Oates 1950-1969 page: Added photo of George Oates plowing behind a mule.
• JM Oates 1970-2000 page: Added photo of Doris and Hugh Oates family
• Special Events section: added photos from Connell-Meadows wedding  
• E-mail page: Revised the e-mail addresses for Bruce and Melinda Smith Jones and Linda Clifton.
• About us: added photo of Wanda and Martin Oates

Changes through July 1, 2001

• Welcome page: numerous wording changes
• Index frame: added links to "Oates Memorial Wall" page and "Genealogy Links" page and future "Oates Landmarks" page
• Jethro D. Oates 1970-2000 page: Added photos of Jethro David Oates IV
• JM Oates 1950-1969 page: Added photo of John Martin, Blanche, Lillie, and Laura Oates 
• David Jethro Oates family: Created page with photos from family attendees at the 1989 Oates Reunion.
• E-mail page: Corrected the e-mail address for Sandra and Paul Sasser

Changes through June 23, 2001

• Restructured Edwin Oates Family photo album into four different time periods
• Edwin Oates 1940-1949 page: Added photos of Laura and Kathleen in Michigan and Tom Hopkins fishing
• Edwin Oates 1950-1969 page: Added photo of J.T. Oates and Butch Coley fishing in Youngs Swamp  

Changes through June 21, 2001

• Edwin Oates 1900-1969 page: Added photos of Bob; Sam and Tom; Laura Jim; Sue, Butch, Tom, and Mike; Sharon, Tom, and Dorothy 
• Edwin Oates 1970-2000 page: Placed 1940s photo of Edwin and Laura at top of page; added aerial view of Edwin Oates home and farm
• JM Oates 1970-2000 page: Added photo of John Martin and Blanche, Lillie Oates McCullen, and Laura Oates at 50th
• E-mail page: Revised the e-mail address for Raymond Overman
• Added links to "Oates Family Genealogy Forum" at Genealogy.com and "Oates Message Board" at FamilyHistory.com. Both of these are international websites, where Oates descendants from around the world post messages and inquiries  in their search for answers to their Oates roots. It can be interesting and educational to read some of the posted information and conversation "threads".

Changes through June 1, 2001

• History section: added the audio of the "ringing" of the Oates Plantation Bell
• E-mail page: Revised the e-mail address for Rebecca Oates Douglas,  Rudy Oates, and Ann Oates D'Emidio

Changes through April 7, 2001

• History section: added document from London, England that authenticates the Oates Crest.
• E-mail page: added e-mail addresses for Matt and Austen Oates (grandchildren of Hugh and Doris Oates). Revised the e-mail addresses for Gary Oates and daughter Katie Oates in Michigan

Changes through March 31, 2001

• Changed the background "theme" music on the home page from "Titanic" to "Gone With the Wind".
• Oates Pioneers section: re-opened
• Oates History section: John Martin Oates Jr.'s book "Roots II" can now be read and keyword searched "on-line".
• Oates Family Tree at new website created by Bill Oates. Click on "Oates Family Tree" in the left index frame.
• E-mail page: added new e-mail address for Sandra and Paul Sasser

Changes through January 31, 2001

• Section: Oates Pioneers temporarily closed for repairs  (i.e., to validate pioneers information)
• E-mail page: added e-mail addresses for Lance Kongeal and Jenni O. Kongeal (daughter of John and Mare Oates) and Rita and Sammy Oates (son of Sam Oates) and Jennifer Oates (granddaughter of Sam Oates) 

Changes through Sunday, December 31, 2000

• New Section: Oates Pioneers Opened on 12/31/00
• Made several edits to the War and Peace section
• E-mail page: revised e-mail address for Melinda Smith Jones, daughter of Laura (Jim) Oates Smith

 Changes through Sunday, November 26, 2000

• Photo Album Index: Restructured the Index Table
• History section: minor changes to the Table
• Created new section titled "Oates Roots", history of the land and house (in progress)
• Edwin Oates family page: split into two separate sections, 1900-1969 and 1970-2000
• Jethro David Oates family page: added about 20 photos of J.D., Don, Dot, Norris and family members

Changes through Tuesday, November 21, 2000

• Welcome page: Made several corrections relative to the history of the "Home Place"
• History section: added a sketch of the Oates Family Coat of Arms, origin of the coat of arms and origin of the Oates name. Copy of 1922 obituary of Susan Martin (sister of Mittie Martin)
• War and Peace section: added photo of Gene Martin (husband of Margaret Oates Martin) to Edwin Oates section
• Cemetery section: Made several editorial corrections in the top frame
• 1870 page: added photo of Blanche Sutton (Oates) and sister Tempie Sutton (Tyndall). Photo of 1898 Sutton reunion
• JMO_1910 page: added photo Blanche, J. William, Ronald, Serena, and Ralph as young children about 1919. Piney Grove School, first grade picture of Hilda Oates Jones in 1927.
• Edwin Oates family page: added 12 new photos: Mammy, Edwin, John, Kathleen, Cousin Serena, 1955 photo of Mike, J.T., and Butch on Young Swamp bridge; 1979 Reunion of brothers and sisters; photo of Dorothy, Tom, Ann, Martin, and Wanda; also John, Mitchell, Kathleen, and Joe as children. 1922 photo and 1927 photo of cousins Laura (Jim) Oates and Hilda (Biddy) Oates
• E-mail page: added e-mail address for Hugh Martin (son of Margaret Oates Martin), Dennis Oates (son of Sam Oates), Mandy Ebel (daughter-in-law of Carol Oates Ebel, and new e-mail address for Bill Oates.

Changes through Sunday, October 22, 2000

• JMO 1970 page:  photo of Michell Oates Hewitt and new baby Bethany (old man Bill's grandchild) and more photos
• Edwin Oates family page: 1957 photo of the cousins (Dorothy, Janet, Sue, Ann, Linda, Sharon, Melvin, and Butch); Kathleen and Merrill Hopkins' 50th wedding anniversary, 1979 Reunion Photo
• Lillie Oates McCullen page: Sybil McCullen and Hal Pope
• Cemetery: Revised the top frame (history)
• E-mail page: Address and phone number for Ronald Oates Sr. (Sunbridge Nursing Home, Mt. Olive, N.C.)

Changes through Sunday, August 27, 2000

• Revised home page: residents of the Oates Home Place
• Jethro William Oates page 1870-1899: added photo of Mittie Martin Oates with her four children
• Edwin Oates family page: added photos of Joyce Oates Odom as a baby, Margaret (Pete), Kathleen at Faison School and later at East Carolina Teachers College and daughter Dorothy Hopkins. Also, one unidentified photo.
• Lillie Oates McCullen page: added photo of granddaughter Sybil McCullen with oldest son Saul Levy.
• Created separate family photo page for Lillie Oates McCullen family
• War and Peace section: added Vietnam war photos from William "Bill" Oates

Changes through Sunday, August 20, 2000

• History section: A Treatise by John Martin Oates Jr. on the "Olden Days" on the Oates Farm (twelve pages)
• E-mail page: revised e-mail address for Philip Smith III and address for Linda H. Oates

Changes through Sunday, August 13, 2000

• David Cogdell Oates_1800-1869 page: added photo of brother Lewis Cogdell Oates
• History section: image of the 640 acre Land Grant by King George II to Jethro Oates dated 1773
• History section: image of Oates Family Coat of Arms (authentic)
• War and Peace section: added image of Civil War battlefield letter from Bryant Martin
• E-mail page: added e-mail address for Len Caveness and husband Brian, Granddaughter of Joe T. Oates Sr.

Changes through Sunday, August 6, 2000

• Added New section titled "Oates Family during War and Peace" 
• JMO_1940 page: added Piney Grove School photo of Hugh Oates (about 1942)
• E-mail page: revised e-mail address for Liz and Dan Silvers 

Changes through Sunday, July 30, 2000

• David Cogdell Oates page: added photo of Jethro William Oates and his brother David Jethro Oates, as children (about 1868)
• Jethro William Oates page: added photo of Mittie Martin Oates as a young woman (about 1882)
• Created separate family photo page for Edwin Oates family
• E-mail page: added e-mail addresses for Joe T. Oates Jr. family in Washington state, Mary Oates, Dan, Jon, Sarah, and Amy. Added e-mail address for Janet Oates Carter (Bob Oates' daughter) family, Janet, Dennis, Tyler, and Will  

Changes through Sunday, July 23, 2000

• Added additional names to Edwin Oates family branches to the "E-mail Family Tree"
• Edwin Oates family photo page: Added photo of wedding party of great-granddaughter Jill Pate to Elwood Gardner
• "John E. Oates, as described by a cousin"    (accessible from Edwin Oates page, new WAR section described above, or click HERE)
• Several "Family News" items concerning Ronald Oates Sr.'s health

Changes through Sunday, July 16, 2000

• JMO_1950 page: Added photo of Blanche Sutton Oates and sister Tempie Sutton, and Hugh, Doris, Jerry, and Linda (infant) Oates and Ann Oates (D'Emidio)
• JMO_1970-2000 page: Added photos of Gary Oates and daughter Katie; photos of Ann Oates D'Emidio, Roger, Tiffany, Mellisa, and Betsy and Ronald Oates Sr. at West Virginia University concert.
• E-mail page: revised the e-mail address for Dewey McCullen

Changes through Sunday, June 25, 2000

• Added animated Old-Time Radio to the Index frame. Click on "The Family Radio" to listen to replays of famous radio programs (i.e., The Lone Ranger, Fibber McGee and Molly, etc.) from the 1930s, 40s, 50s. Programming changes daily. These were the radio shows listened to by our grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins during this period of rural American History. You will need the Windows Media Player, already installed with Windows 95 and 98, and a sound card.
• Edwin Oates page: added photo of Edwin and Laura's 1909 house during construction
• JMO_1910 page: added photo of Piney Grove High School 1928 Senior Class (Ronald Oates Sr.) 
• JMO_1950 page: added photos of John Martin and Blanche Oates in their living room, John Martin cooking fish, and John Martin holding large fish at Taylor's Pond in Faison.
• JMO_1970-2000 page: added photos of  Doris and Miriam; and Janet, Glenda, Gail, Mary Martin, and Deborah at Ronald Sr.'s ice cream party; added photos of Rudy Oates' family including a photo of Deborah's house in Germany; added photo of the 8 granddaughter's in Faison
• E-mail page: added new address and phone number for Ronald Oates Sr. at Mt. Olive Retirement Village
• About Us page: added photo of Jack and Ronald Jr. working on the website

Week Ending Sunday, June 11, 2000

• JMO_1940 page: Hilda and Eddis Jones (1942)
• JMO_1950 page: Glenda, Gail, and Sandra (1950)
• JMO_1970-2000 page: wedding of Duffy Connell and Bryan Huffman, Brad Connell's college graduation, and Duffy and Bryan's graduation from Asbury Theological Seminary, photo of Hilda and Eddis Jones, and photo of cousins Janet, Elizabeth, Mary Martin, Glenda, and Gail.
• Added e-mail addresses for Wanda and Martin Oates and Tom Hopkins

Week Ending Sunday, May 28, 2000

• 1910-2000, Edwin page: Joe, Mitchell, Sam, Bob, and John Oates (about 1952); Edwin Oates with grandson, Tom Hopkins (about 1942);  John E. Oates with bird dog. 
• JMO_1910-1939 page:  John Martin Oates with daughters Hilda and Serena
• JMO_1970-2000 page: Bill Oates' son, Todd

Week Ending Sunday, May 21, 2000

• 1910-2000, Edwin page: Edwin reading, Laura preparing dinner
• JMO_1940 page: George and Bob Oates; Serena w/ Jack in Army uniform
• JMO_1950 page: George Oates, Lillie O. McCullen, Jerry Wayne Oates, and John Martin Oates
• JMO_1970 page: Bunk & Katherine 50th wedding anniversary
• About us: added Jack Oates and Bill Oates
• Family Cook Book:  made minor revision to Apple Scrooch recipe.
• Structural changes: Changed period 1950-1959 to cover period 1950-1969; moved several photos to correct periods

Week Ending Sunday, May 14, 2000

• Added new section "Edwin, Lillie, and Jethro Oates Families". Added 1910 photo of Edwin Oates and future bride Laura Mitchell in California. Adult photos of Edwin Oates' children. 1920s photo of Lillie Oates McCullen in front the hotel she ran in Faison. Photos of Jethro David Oates and wife Dorothy Wolf Oates
• Re-created 1800 section and added Grandparents of John Martin, Edwin, Jethro David, and Lillie Oates McCullen . One of the photos was taken about 1845.
• 1960 section: added photo of Jack and Agnes Oates, 1972 photo of Bunk and Katherine Oates, and 1994 photo of the brothers, sisters, and spouses at the Westbrook home in Newton Grove, N.C. 
• Relocated some photos to the New Sections 
• Recipes Posted: Aunt Laura's chess pie passed (down from her mother, Bet Mitchell). Submitted by Laura (Jim) Oates Smith (daughter of Laura and Edwin Oates)

Week Ending Sunday, May 7, 2000

• Added e-mail addresses for David, Linda, Lindsay, and Will Clifton
• Received recipes for chess pies from Joyce Oates Odom (daughter of Laura Oates) and chess pie recipe from Miriam Oates Grimes made by Velma J. (McCullen) Isenhour.
• I have some nice photos of the Edwin Oates family beginning in the early 1900s in California. Will try and add at least a couple next weekend if not all of them.

Week Ending Sunday, April 30, 2000

• Added e-mail addresses for Philip and Laura Oates Smith, Philip Smith III, and Tim Smith
• Added family photo for Dewey McCullen's family (includes Dewey's mother, Velma)
• Added photo from Deborah Oates Sloan with mom, Judy Oates
• Added background "theme music" for the time period of each photo section
• Made minor organizational changes

Week Ending Sunday, April 23, 2000

• Added e-mail address for Doris Oates and Sybil McCullen
• Enlarged photo of Mittie Oates, Lilly O. McCullen with son Oates McCullen and his baby son Ritchie
• Added several photos of John, Joe, Don, Norris, and George?? at hog killing time
• Added photo of Edna McCullen's wedding party that included Serena Oates and Cecil and Velma McCullen
• Added photos in the 1960-2000 Section of Ron and Betsy; Marilyn Oates, Jenni, and Beth; Mary Martin's family photo, Jerry Oates' family photo, Scott and Vanessa Oates,  Uncle Hugh and grandson; Linda O. Clifton and Lindsay
• Added photo of Glenda J. Overman at Kathy's wedding 
• Added many old photos to the 1900, 1940, and 1950 sections
• Added "Oates Coat of Arms" to the Welcome page 
• Family Recipe Book additions:  Several recipes for Apple Scrooch were submitted by Janet Oates

Week Ending Sunday, April 9, 2000

• NEW "Family Cook Book" feature activated
• Added photos of John and Jean Westbrook
• Added photo of Rudolph (Rudy) Charles Oates (Blanche and John Martin Oates' youngest child) who died as a baby
• Added photo of Deborah Oates Sloan family
• Added background music, big band tune from 1940s and North Carolina flags blowing in the Sampson County wind to the welcome page.
• Added e-mail addresses for Jerry & Carol Ebel, Marybeth Ebel, and Brian & Mandy Ebel
• Corrected caption below Captain Daniel Cogdell photo per Jack Oates
• and other changes during last month

Week Ending Sunday, March 5, 2000

• Added photos of Jethro William Oates to 1800-1899 page and Mittie Oates to 1900-1939 page.
• Added e-mail address of Melinda Jones (family of Edwin Oates) to e-mail list
• Added photo of Duffy and Bryan Huffman, Brad Connell, Melinda Meadows (see special events section - Kathy's wedding).
• Enlarged photo image of "Miriam and cousins"
• Converted all images from gif to jpeg format which should significantly decrease download time of photos.

Week Ending Sunday, February 27, 2000

• Re-activated the Guest Book after web server problem caused loss of about 10 guest entries

Week Ending Sunday, February 20, 2000

• Added Oates-Parzygnat wedding/reception photos
• Added photo of Ronald Jr. on tri-cycle, Glenda and Ronald Jr. visiting Aunt Serena and Aunt Jean in D.C.
• Added group photo that includes Carol with Ron, John, Gary, and Bill

Week Ending Sunday, February 13, 2000

• Expanded the e-mail list to include the families of Edwin, Jethro, and Lillie Oates. Added e-mail address for Robert and Joy Oates, Derek Oates, and Dewey McCullen.

Week Ending Sunday, February 6, 2000

• Relocated "Voice Chat" from the home page to a NEW page called Voice Chat.Accessible by clicking on "Voice Chat" in the left index frame.
• Added addresses for Raymond and Alex. Corrected e-mail address for Beth.

Week Ending Sunday, January 30, 2000

• Installed "embedded" video player in actual webpage. Now, all you have to do to view family video is click and watch in your browser. Try it out. Pretty slick. Later, will get everyone to download Real Player for expanded capabilities.
• Photos from Bill Oates [1892 photo of John Martin Oates Sr., his two brothers, and sister;  1922 photo of Jack Oates in baby carriage; 1922 photo of Mittie M. Oates with Jack and John W.; 1949?? Ralph, Carrie, Janet; Serena, Jean, Hilda- 1949??; Jack & Agnes - 1958; George- 1959; John Martin - 1959; Oates cousins in Michigan- 1999.]
• Elizabeth showed her mom the photo of "Miriam and cousins". She was able to identify the other cousins. Names added.
• Added e-mail addresses for Sandra, Duffy & Bryan to e-mail list.

Week Ending Sunday, January 23, 2000

• Fixed the Guest Book script so that guest who have registered are listed in the Guest Book
• Added e-mail addresses for Mary Martin, Elizabeth, Michele, Todd, Mare, Beth, Scott, and Katharine & Trey; corrected the addresses for John, Ron, and Gary.
• Added an August 1999 photo of the 8 grand daughters of Ronald and Myrtie Oates who were the pall bearers at their Grand Mother's funeral.
• Added photo of Bill and John with parents (about 1947), photo (about 1800) of Grandparents of David Cogdell Oates, photo of John Martin Oates sitting on loafing-bench in Faison; group photo of Ronald Oates Sr. family.
• Changed website home page to display Oates Home Place (photo supplied by Bill Oates) as first thing seen when browser first loads.
• Added table showing Oates lineage. (information taken from Roots, Seeds, and Other Things)
• Added an image of a 1917 Sampson County tax receipt of Mittie Martin Oates (the mother of John Martin Oates) supplied by Bill Oates [you can find it by accessing family history]