I found something. Ancestry.com has just listed the 1889-90 directories for Oklahoma City,OK. It shows the following: W. Craig, carpenter, Oklahoma City,OK Year: 1889 This is probably my guy. Now, I just need to find out if "W. Craig" was our "William T. Craig". Any suggestions? >From: "Brenda L. Minor" <blminor@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com >To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] STOP!! >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:01:13 -0000 > >THANK-YOU! My email box had so much of this political yahoo in it, that I >finally deleted everything but this one message. I apologize to all Craigs >who were attempting to locate info on their folks; but I don't need the >aggravation. > >I have a question or two. How do I find more information on any CRAIGS >living in Indian Territory--late 1800's? My grandfather was William T. >Craig, 1841-1921 (b: TN or KY) and he fought in the Civil War--serving out >of Missouri. Q: Was there a William T. CRAIG in MO in 1880? He had a son >named Porter Craig (Craige?) & a daughter named Laura Lee WaConnie (Connie) >Craig. I'd be just as happy to locate Uncle Porter. One Aunt said he was >living in Oklahoma City, OK during the 1950's and she said he was quite old >at that time. So, he problaby died there. > >Since I can't find this family's origins, should I list them on the Orphans >List? > > >>From: john brandt <jbrandt@ucla.edu> >>Reply-To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com >>To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [CRAIG-L] STOP!! >>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:39:38 -0800 >> >> >>Good morning everyone, >> >> Yesterday I was polite. Today I'm the BOSS. Let it be known that >>anyone continues this political discussion will be dropped from the CRAIG >>lists. >>Let's get back to genealogy. >> >>John >> >> >>==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== >> CRAIG MAILING LIST >> The list for the study of Genealogy and History >> of the Craig Families, here and abroad >> Craig Genealogy Web Page >> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 >> >> >>============================== >>Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history >>learning and how-to articles on the Internet. >>http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All Material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original > author. Permission must be obtained > from the original author for the reuse > of any text "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Tax rolls or land records are great resources. Also, if you know for a fact that he DIED in the area, the death certificate will tell you who the mortician was, and then following that trail you can get all the info from the funeral - which usually contains more wonderful information than you expected! Not many counties recorded death certificates that far back - at least not regularly - but even a funeral held in the home was following "preparation" by a mortician. This was the only lead we had, recently, and it was a gold mine. (another line) Happy Hunting Donna (Clem) Arthur "Brenda L. Minor" wrote: > I found something. Ancestry.com has just listed the 1889-90 directories for > Oklahoma City,OK. It shows the following: > > W. Craig, carpenter, Oklahoma City,OK Year: 1889 > > This is probably my guy. Now, I just need to find out if "W. Craig" was our > "William T. Craig". Any suggestions? > > >From: "Brenda L. Minor" <blminor@hotmail.com> > >Reply-To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > >To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] STOP!! > >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 23:01:13 -0000 > > > >THANK-YOU! My email box had so much of this political yahoo in it, that I > >finally deleted everything but this one message. I apologize to all Craigs > >who were attempting to locate info on their folks; but I don't need the > >aggravation. > > > >I have a question or two. How do I find more information on any CRAIGS > >living in Indian Territory--late 1800's? My grandfather was William T. > >Craig, 1841-1921 (b: TN or KY) and he fought in the Civil War--serving out > >of Missouri. Q: Was there a William T. CRAIG in MO in 1880? He had a son > >named Porter Craig (Craige?) & a daughter named Laura Lee WaConnie (Connie) > >Craig. I'd be just as happy to locate Uncle Porter. One Aunt said he was > >living in Oklahoma City, OK during the 1950's and she said he was quite old > >at that time. So, he problaby died there. > > > >Since I can't find this family's origins, should I list them on the Orphans > >List? > > > > > >>From: john brandt <jbrandt@ucla.edu> > >>Reply-To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > >>To: CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com > >>Subject: [CRAIG-L] STOP!! > >>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:39:38 -0800 > >> > >> > >>Good morning everyone, > >> > >> Yesterday I was polite. Today I'm the BOSS. Let it be known that > >>anyone continues this political discussion will be dropped from the CRAIG > >>lists. > >>Let's get back to genealogy. > >> > >>John > >> > >> > >>==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > >> CRAIG MAILING LIST > >> The list for the study of Genealogy and History > >> of the Craig Families, here and abroad > >> Craig Genealogy Web Page > >> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > >> > >> > >>============================== > >>Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > >>learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > >>http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > >==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > > All Material sent through Craig-L > > is copyright 2000 by its original > > author. Permission must be obtained > > from the original author for the reuse > > of any text "whole or in part". > > Craig Genealogy Web Page > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > > > >============================== > >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > >your heritage! > >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog