Thank you Carl, You have a most impressive website !

I have just completed a three-year task, the digitization of the Vital Records of Amherst, Hampshire Co, MA. They have been posted on Jane Devlins's Website, at http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/0-index_amherst.htm There are 25 entries of the Austin surname. One section of the records are a bit unusual. It contains residents of Amherst who were not born, married, or did not die in the Town. They were culled from Tax Lists, Court Records, Selectman's meeting, Town military enlistment records. Those who have "brick walls" should look here. Carl Hommel

For your information we have found the stone of : Mary ( I presume it would be Mary (Polly) Austin) Wife of Jewett Putney Died 1835 @ 66 yrs. Old. In Stanstead County, Quebec, Canada Sincerely Marion (in Quebec, Canada)

William LaneAustin(1933-1941): William Lane Austin rose through the ranks at the Census Bureau, climbing from clerk to director, over the course of his career. Born in Mississippi in 1871, he graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1897, earning his law degree a year later. However, Austin chose to become a teacher rather than pursue a career in law. In 1900, he accepted an appointment as a clerk for the Census Office, staying with the agency when it became the permanent Census Bureau in 1902. From 1913 until 1917, Austin was chief clerk of the Census Bureau; from 1917 to 1932, he was chief statistician for agriculture, as well as chief statistician for cotton and tobacco statistics. For the first half of 1933, he was assistant director of the Census Bureau. In April of that year, after William Mott Steuart retired, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed Austin director. As director, Austin oversaw eight years of experimentation and change in census and survey work, including the introduction of statistical sampling in the 1940 census.  He died in Mississippi in 1949. Source of this article (above) with a photo  is http://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/director_biographies   Note: to Austin researchers from Helen  on March 6, 2012   Thanks to William Lane Austin, the Director of the 1940 U. S. Census and to many other U. S. Government workers, we will be able to actually view the digital copy of the 1940 Census on April 1, 2012. There is also a guide and map for the ED district locations that you will need in order to find a person.  No general name index will be available right away. Go to:  http://www.1840census.archives.gov to see a video of William Austin and the story of what will be available for you to see on the website and how to access the right page that you want to see.   AFAOA.org  has a listing in the master index for William Lane Austin. He was a descendant of Henry Austin of Calvert Co, MD  (Liz Austin Carlin, compiler) William was one of four sons of Dr. Richmond Pearson Austin b 1835 Rowan, NC, d 1898 Harperville, Scott Co., MS.   Other records that I found yesterday for William, are: Ancestry.com: Biography & Genalogy Master Index results show: 1. Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazine, Vol 3, Sept 1952-Aug 1955; Vol 7: Sept. 1964-Aug 1967. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1953, 1956, 1968 2. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 38; Vol. 47. New York: James T. White & Co., 1953 & 1965. 3. Who Was Who in America. Vol 2, 1943-1950. Chicago: A. N. Marquis Co., 1963.   Ancestry.com: 1. Mississippi Marriages 1776-1935. W. L. Austin married to Miss E. D. Campbell 30 Dec 1903, Scott Co., MS.   2. 1880 U. S. Census, Walnut Grove, Leake, MS Beat 5, 14 Jun, Dw 270, Fam 308. William is age 9 b MS, fa b NC, mo b MS. Living with his parents: R. P. Austin, 44, physician, NC, NC, SC and Susan 36, wife, keeping house, MS, NC, MA; William, 9, son, MS, NC, MS; Annie 6, dau, MS;  Annie 6, dau, MS; Duffie 4, son, MS; Susan 7 months, dau, MS; Richard 23, nephew, a student; Helen Henderson 39; John Strickland 23, w, m, servant and Noah Gunter, servant, w, m. Both servants worked on the farm.   3. 1900 U. S. Census, Scott Co, MS, Beat 1, 1 Jun, Harpersville, Dw. 15, Fam 15. Sudie D. Austin 56, Nov 1843, widow, 8 ch, 5 liv, MA; W. Lane 29, single, son, Jan 1871, MS, farmer; Annie G., 26, dau, Nov 1873, book-keeper, MS; Samuel D. 24, Mch 1876, salesman (he was also the census enumerator of this page); Alma T. 18, Dec 1881, MS; Orrin O. 16, son, Mch 1884, MS, at school.   4. 1910 ?   5.1920 U. S. Census, Washington DC, City, SD 40, ED 329, Jan 5, 1920, page 3B, address 1412 Delafield St.. William L. Austin 48, Statistician Y. S. Census, owns his home, married, MS, NC, MS; D. Campbell Austin 42, wife, MS, MS, MS; Virginia G. Austin, 8, niece, b MS; Lula P. Campbell, 41, cousin; F. Myrtle William 20 cousin.   6. 1930 U. S. Census, Washington DC, City, 13th Pct, ED 365-SD 1,Tract 20, Block 2709, South, Apr. 13, Page 40, Dw. 94, Fam 94. Austin, William, head, owns home, $15,000., m, w, 50, married at age 32, MS, NC, MS; Austin, D. Campbell, wife, F, W, 57, married at age 31, Ms, MS, MS; Campbell, Lulu P., lodger, f, w, 55, Single, MS, MS, MS, clerk; Davis, Katie, servant, F, Negro, 19, Single, NC, NC, NC, Cook.   AFAOA.org: From AFAOA Archival Documents. E.A.M., Austin Records Vo. 3, Part 2 of 2, page 49 of 77. Who’s Who in America, Vol 8, p 119: William Lane Austin, statistician, b Hurricane Farm, Scott Co, MS Jan 25, 1871. (son of Richmond Pearson, M. D., and Sue D. Lane, of Harpersville, MS.)   Today’s message is sent to you for you to add to your records or for future reference.  I did not find the 1910 census yet, so I do not know if he had any children.  Since no children lived with him in 1920 or 1930, I assume that he and D. had none.  Of course, they might have been sent to boarding school.  The 1940 census should have an interesting entry for William!      Enjoy.

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Hi List. My GG Grandfather was Edward Austin born 10/12/1826 and emigrated to Australia in the 1850’s His siblings were James, William,Susan,James,Brandsome Parmenter, Harriet. His parents were James and Elizabeth and they lived at Little Shelford, Cambridge UK. Does anyone out there have any info on this family. Thank You Elaine

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Wayne, Your John Austin family can be found on the Austin Families Assn of America Website www.afaoa.org . You can see it in Family Group Sheet style by going to Austin Research - Southern databases - NC John Austin. Or to see it "book" style go to the Text Document Search - Descendancy Books. When searching on a name in Text, there is one minor annoyance. There is a generation number between the given name and the surname when the person appears in the book as the "head" of his family (for example John1 Austin). Use the asterisk as a wild character to get around this feature (to search for John Austin, enter "John*Austin").The quotation marks are required to just return documents with John Austin and not all of the documents containing Austin or John. Unfortunately, we don't have John's ancestors. Please look it over, if you have any additions/ Corrections, please let us know. To all our Austin family, Recently, there have been numerous updates to our databases, so come take a look, and don't forget the Master Index. Liz Austin Carlin Genealogist Austin Families Association of America -----Original Message----- From: austin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:austin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of austin-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 12:01 AM To: austin@rootsweb.com Subject: AUSTIN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 Today's Topics: 1. John Austin (Wayne & Beth) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 18:37:50 -0500 From: "Wayne & Beth" <bethwayne@bellsouth.net> Subject: [AUSTIN] John Austin To: <AUSTIN@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <0E006ACC3B7746CEB6550A24A1FFD92F@DDR3JPB1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am looking for any information from my earliest ancestor I can find. John Austin, born abt 1748 or 1755, died in 1806 in Johnston County, North Carolina, he was married to a Mary. There were several children from their marriage: my direct line is thru his son John Austin born 30 Mar 1774 in Johnston County, NC, died in 1846 in Dale County, Alabama. John married Sarah Youngblodd in 1803 in NC. They moved from NC to Georgia, sometimes after their marriage with several other families. Later after their stay in Georgia and the birth of another couple of children they relocated over into Dale County, Alabama. My particular interest is who was John's (1748-1806) parents, where did they originate from, and John (1774-1846 had a son Green Austin 1807-1847 who is my direct great, great grandfather, but the information is limited on him. Also, I have done the Austin Project DNA and I was wondering if anyone from this line of Austin's had submitted to it? Thanks, very much for any information that someone may have. I will await any replies. Wayne Austin bethwayne@bellsouth.net ------------------------------ To contact the AUSTIN list administrator, send an email to AUSTIN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AUSTIN mailing list, send an email to AUSTIN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AUSTIN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 ************************************

I am looking for any information from my earliest ancestor I can find. John Austin, born abt 1748 or 1755, died in 1806 in Johnston County, North Carolina, he was married to a Mary. There were several children from their marriage: my direct line is thru his son John Austin born 30 Mar 1774 in Johnston County, NC, died in 1846 in Dale County, Alabama. John married Sarah Youngblodd in 1803 in NC. They moved from NC to Georgia, sometimes after their marriage with several other families. Later after their stay in Georgia and the birth of another couple of children they relocated over into Dale County, Alabama. My particular interest is who was John's (1748-1806) parents, where did they originate from, and John (1774-1846 had a son Green Austin 1807-1847 who is my direct great, great grandfather, but the information is limited on him. Also, I have done the Austin Project DNA and I was wondering if anyone from this line of Austin's had submitted to it? Thanks, very much for any information that someone may have. I will await any replies. Wayne Austin bethwayne@bellsouth.net

W. Rayburn Austin b 29 June 1889 m. Sarah Taylor d. Pine Bluff, Arkansas Children:  one Son W. Rayburn AUSTIN, Jr  Smackauer, ARK Any information on this family would be appreciated. Joyce

The following obituary appears on pg B3 of the Thurs. Feb 3, 2011 issue of The Record (Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA), and at www.recordnet.com. I am not related and do not have any further information. Lodi, CA Sept. 10, 1950 - Feb. 1, 2011 John David Austin, 60, a lifetime area resident, was born September 10, 1950 and passed away, February 1, 2011. John attended local schools and received a BA Degree in History at Cal State Hayward. He was a U.S. Army Veteran. John owned a General Contracting business for many years. In December 2009, he retired after working 15 years for the City of Stockton in their Craft Building Maintenance Department. He enjoyed watching sports, and he loved the outdoors, enjoying many days with his family at their cabin in Kirkwood. John is survived by his beloved wife of 38 years, Lynne Austin. He was the devoted father of Nancy Austin Morales (Kindelberg), Jeannie Austin and Mary Austin (Ryan Malloy). Loving brother of Kathleen Henderson and Stephen Austin (Teresa). He is also survived by nieces and nephews........... Donations in his memory may be made to Hospice of San Joaquin, 3888 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95204. Online guest book at deyoungchapels.com

Hi, I am seeking the families of John Gold and Isabella Austin who were married in 1829 in Butler Co., PA. John was born about 1797 and Isabella about 1806. Carol

Shelley, This family is part of the "Samuel Austin of Boston, MA" line. Harry Eaton Austin and Mary Gansel had the three children mentioned. There seems to be a number of descendants. "Samuel Austin of Boston, MA " can be found on the Austin Families Assn of America Website www.afaoa.org . You can see it in Family Group Sheet style by going to Austin Research - Northern databases - MA Samuel. Or to see it "book" style go to the Text Document Search - Descendancy Books. When searching on a name in Text, there is one minor annoyance. There is a generation number between the given name and the surname when the person appears in the book as the "head" of his family (for example John1 Austin). Use the asterisk as a wild character to get around this feature (to search for John Austin, enter "John*Austin").The quotation marks are required to just return documents with John Austin and not all of the documents containing Austin or John. Liz Austin Carlin Genealogist Austin Families Association of America -----Original Message----- From: austin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:austin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of austin-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 12:01 AM To: austin@rootsweb.com Subject: AUSTIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 20 This Austin-Austen List Digest is moderated by the AUSTIN FAMILIES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. We invite you to join us in researching Austin lines: www.austins.org/Join - Please e-mail any suggestions or comments to queries@austins.org. Today's Topics: 1. AUSTIN Family Photograph (Shelley Cardiel) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:31:36 -0700 From: "Shelley Cardiel" <cardiels@comcast.net> Subject: [AUSTIN] AUSTIN Family Photograph To: <AUSTIN@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <912C8551540E4DC2984F64B0568111C6@CardielPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I've "rescued" an old photograph of Harold, Hellen, and Howard AUSTIN which was taken at the Whitney Studio in Boise, Idaho. The photograph appears to have been taken in the early 1900's with the three children ranging in age from about 1 - 7 years old at the time. In addition to their names, someone has also written "Harry AUSTIN - Mother's Father's Brother's Children" on the back of the photograph. Based on limited research I was able to locate the following information regarding the family: Howard AUSTIN was b. 30 May 1904 and died 12 Mar 1997 in Ada County, ID. Census records provide the following information: 1910 census of Boise, ID: Harry E. AUSTIN, age 42, born VT Mary I. AUSTIN, wife, age 36, born WI Harold G. AUSTIN, son, age 8 Helen M. AUSTIN, dau, age 6 Howard D. AUSTIN, son, age 5 1920 census of Boise, ID: Harry E. AUSTIN, age 52, born VT Mary G. AUSTIN, wife, age 45, born WI Harold G. AUSTIN, son, age 18 Helen M. AUSTIN, dau, age 16 Howard D. AUSTIN, son, age 15 I am hoping to locate someone from this AUSTIN Family so that the photograph can be returned to their care. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley ------------------------------ To contact the AUSTIN list administrator, send an email to AUSTIN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AUSTIN mailing list, send an email to AUSTIN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AUSTIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 20 *************************************

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Harold, Hellen, and Howard AUSTIN which was taken at the Whitney Studio in Boise, Idaho. The photograph appears to have been taken in the early 1900's with the three children ranging in age from about 1 - 7 years old at the time. In addition to their names, someone has also written "Harry AUSTIN - Mother's Father's Brother's Children" on the back of the photograph. Based on limited research I was able to locate the following information regarding the family: Howard AUSTIN was b. 30 May 1904 and died 12 Mar 1997 in Ada County, ID. Census records provide the following information: 1910 census of Boise, ID: Harry E. AUSTIN, age 42, born VT Mary I. AUSTIN, wife, age 36, born WI Harold G. AUSTIN, son, age 8 Helen M. AUSTIN, dau, age 6 Howard D. AUSTIN, son, age 5 1920 census of Boise, ID: Harry E. AUSTIN, age 52, born VT Mary G. AUSTIN, wife, age 45, born WI Harold G. AUSTIN, son, age 18 Helen M. AUSTIN, dau, age 16 Howard D. AUSTIN, son, age 15 I am hoping to locate someone from this AUSTIN Family so that the photograph can be returned to their care. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

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Again,  I found the boss of William Austin 1831 PA- 1901 CA. The "Famous" one.  He was Jeremiah DePue Curtis b 1847 Danville, IN, d 1894 Ukiah, CA.  He is buried in Ukiah Cem, Mendocino CA.  wife was Fannie Walker "Tiny".  They had 12 ch.  His stageline ran from San Francisco to Ukiah, CA. I found him first on the Curtis page of Genforum.com So, if you see anything more about him, please send it my way, there may be more about William Austin, his stagedriver in the record. Thanks.

Oops!  I made a mistake.  Writing from the back of my head is not a good idea.  I mis-remembered the name of the "famous" mountain stageline-owner and driver.  His name was Doc Curtis, not Davis. If he was so famous, why can't I find anything about him.?  I don't have his first name, just the nickname. The article about the accident was in the California Digital Newspaper Collection.  A good search engine that highlights the exact name of William Austin in any news article. San Francisco, CA, Vol 73, No. 107, 17 Mar 1893, "Fall Over a Precipice Narrow Escape of Two Men in the Overturning of a Wagon" Ukiah, CA. It reads like a old Audie Murphy western movie of the 1950's.  I transcribed it and am anxious to put it into the story about William Austin for all Austin researchers to read. I just need some more information about what William Austin (no middle name in any of his records) was doing from 1831 in PA until he enlisted in St. Louis, MO  in Company E, 1st MO Lt. Artillery.  April 27, 1861.  Some thirty years not accounted for.  Parents unknown, but both born in PA.  Williams muster rolls show he was also in the Co E. 1st Regt MO Inf,  and Co A 5th MO Inf.   He mustered out Jul 25, 1865  Benton Bks (Breaks?) MO. In 1897, four years after the stage wreck, William Austin entered the Pacific Branch National Home for Disabled Volunteer Veterans in Sawtelle, (Los Angeles) CA. He died there in 1901. 

I am looking for the wife and possible children of William Austin b 1831 PA, a soldier in the Civil War, Union of MO. He was a stage driver for an express company, and was living in Canyon City, Fremont Co, CO in 1880 census. He might have run a stage line from Colorado City to the Silver and Lead mines, or a stage line from Canyon City by the Royal Gorge, west to Salt Lake City or California. > >At any rate, he was living in Ukiah City, CA before 1887 and worked for a >"famous" stageline owner at that time, by the name of "Doc" Davis. They had a >serious wreck with a stage and team of 6 horses 13 miles north of Ukiah, at a >place called Blue Slide. A landslide came about and nearly killed William. > >He survived and entered the Pacific National Home for Disabled Volunteer >Soldiers in 1897. It was in LA. He died there in 1901 and was buried in the Home >Cemetery. > >I am trying to find out more about Williams wife who was deceased before 1880, >and any possible children. Also need to know about this parents who were born in >PA. I can't find him on any census before 1880. > >Urgently need this information so I can finish a story about William Austin, the >brave stagedriver of the Old West. > >Write to me by email. >