HI.... I have contacted a Mr. Gordon Bennett and he has sent me the following information... I just went and did the URL's that he sent to me...and....There are some DYESS people listed in the cemetaries....... I haven't found Thomas D. Dyess ,,,, Yet,,,,, but,,,, I think I will...<smile> Thought the DYESS researchers would enjoy this information.. Also...I saw a lot of my other surnames that I'm researching... and... I'm sure you will also... Thanks!!! kaite.... ============== The Cherokee County Genealogical society has published two new books on the Northwestern Chreokee County Cemeteries. I have just put Vol II (Cemeteries P through Z) on our web page at http://www.e-tex.com/personal/gordonbe/FullNameIndex.htm If you find the names your are looking for then go to the order blank at http://www.e-tex.com/personal/gordonbe/Order%20Blank.htm If you do not find the names you are looking for, then you should contact Helen Crawford, 509 Nacogdoches, Jacksonville, TX 75766. She published several cemetery books about 20 years age that are still in print. They are: Cemeteries of southern Cherokee County, Texas / PLACE: [Jacksonville, Tex.] : PUBLISHER: Crawford, YEAR: 1974 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: vii, 67 p. ; 29 cm. NOTES: Vol. 1, no. 5 of a series of books covering the cemeteries of Cherokee County, Texas. Includes index. SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Cherokee County. Cherokee County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. HOLDER: Jacksonville Public Library CALL NUMBER: GEN 976.4 Cr Next Record Cemeteries of mid Cherokee County, Texas. PLACE: [Jacksonville, YEAR: 1973 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: vii, 91 p. 28 cm. NOTES: Vol. 1, no. 4 of a series of books covering the cemeteries of Cherokee County, Texas. SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Cherokee County. Cherokee County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. HOLDER: Jacksonville Public Library CALL NUMBER: GEN 976.4 C899C Next Record Cemeteries of ... / PLACE: [Jacksonville, Tex.] : PUBLISHER: Crawford, YEAR: 1971 1974 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 5 v. ; 29 cm. NOTES: no. 1. Northwest Cherokee County, Texas.--no. 2. Jacksonville, Texas, and family plots.--no. 3. Northeast Cherokee County, Texas.--no. 4. Mid Cherokee County, Texas.--no. 5. Southern Cherokee County, Texas. SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Cherokee County. Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Jacksonville. Cherokee County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. Jacksonville (Tex.) -- Genealogy. HOLDER: Jacksonville Public Library CALL NUMBER: GEN 976.4 C899C Next Record Cemeteries, Northwest Cherokee County, Texas / PLACE: Jacksonville, Tex. : PUBLISHER: Crawford, YEAR: 1971 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: viii, 92 p. ; 29 cm. NOTES: Title from cover. Includes index. "Vol. I, no. 1." SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Cherokee County. Cherokee County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.HOLDER: Jacksonville Public Library CALL NUMBER: GEN 976.4 C889c Next Record Death records, Cherokee County, Texas, 1903-1930 / PLACE: Jacksonville, Tex. (P.O. Box 433, Jacksonville 75766) : PUBLISHER: H.W. Crawford, YEAR: 1983 PUB TYPE: Book FORMAT: 156 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Cherokee County. Cherokee County (Tex.) -- Genealogy. HOLDER: Jacksonville Public Library CALL NUMBER: GEN 976.4 C899D