In a message dated 97-05-23 10:29:54 EDT, you write: << Ley, The Lufkin museum of forestry is TEXAS FORESTRY MUSEUM, located at 1905 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901, 409-632-9535 Cyndi of Lufkin cyndi@inu.net >> Thanx Cyndi This looks like a great place to start my search. Ley

Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo and Blair.... Buttermilk, blackeye peas, and cornbread.... sand and red dirt and pine trees.... Mary Pool, was born 15 Oct 1856, probably in San Augustine Co. Her father was Amos POOL, vitals unknown, who was her father. Mother's name not known. Amos was allegedly killed in the Civil War - date/place/unit not known. After his death, Mary Pool was adopted by Ferrell Reilly of San Augustine, TX. Mary eventually married Patrick Smith, 7 Jul 1874, in San Augustine. The 1860 Fed Cen of San Augustine, TX has Amos living with a Solomon Miller and his family, who are from NC. Amos is also shown as being from NC. Am looking for the ancesteral data on Mary's parent's - Amos Pool and her mother, name unknown. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Email respone appreciated to.... J Pat Smith --- jpatcats@aol born in San Augustine, Sept 1932, son of William Patrick Smith and Mary Elizabeth Sizemore

Hi, Just thought I'd send out the surnames I'm researching since the list is back. Yeah!! CRUNK in Williamson Co, TX 1870 - MILBURN in Anderson Co, TX 1900 - SIMMONS in Williamson Co, TX 1870 - Anderson Co., TX 1900 - I have information on all CRUNK ,CRONK, CRANK families found in 1900, 1910, and 1920 soundexes in Texas (i.e., birthdates, birthplaces, counties) if anyone would like a lookup. Sincerely, Anne Wise WiserM@aol.com

Ok, I admit I'm a big railfan! Where are the RR musuems in North & East Texas? I've heard there are a few and would like to have addresses, hours they are open, etc. If you know they have old RR employment records, pictures, etc. I would like to know that too! Jeri -- Jeri J. Steele, CGRS P.O. Box 110480, Carrollton, TX 75011-0480 steele@metronet.com See http://www.gentech.org/~gentech for info on GENTECH '98 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Ley, The Lufkin museum of forestry is TEXAS FORESTRY MUSEUM, located at 1905 Atkinson Dr, Lufkin, TX 75901, 409-632-9535 Cyndi of Lufkin cyndi@inu.net

RIGHT about the party I'll see if I can find some Sasafrass trees and dig some roots for Sasafrass Tea. like we do here in Central TEXAS. carl

Bill, I have Beairds and Walkers. Who are yours? Regards, Donna At 09:14 PM 5/22/97 -0700, william everheart wrote: >I am researching the following surnames primarily from >Harrison-Panola-Shelby -Rusk Counties from 1820's to present: Talley, >Walker, Tiller, Woodley, McCown, Dorman, Morris, Easley, Jones, Bounds and >Beard. Would like to share information. > >Bill Everheart >weverheart@worldnet.att.net > > >

In a message dated 97-05-23 04:24:13 EDT, you write: << East Texas has several museums etc. devoted to the topic of lumbering. Try the Angelina Co Genweb page -- I can't think of the name of the one in Lufkin, but I think it is listed there. SFASU's East Texas Research Center also has information on lumbering and maybe if you could find information relating to the West Lumber Co, it would identify him as an employee. Where did the quote come from? I would also leave a query at Trinity Co Genweb, and see what else you can find on Trinity Co families. Something might say, "Ollie Goodwin was a railroad man" or something like that. Toasting the NEW EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L with my DR. PEPPER in hand. Pam Phillips webpsalms@iname.com >> Thanx Pam, Will try all suggestions Ley and Pepsi w/olives

I sent this out the night MAISER died, I felt it should be this first thing I sent out when we became resurected. It never made the list and I really want to know the answer YAHOO !!! We're back up and moving. "Thanx Larry" I've got the pepsi and chips and dips and of course the black AND green olives. Let's party tonight << Does anyone out there know anything regarding the following. "About 1900-1920, Ollie GOODWIN was a locomotive engineer for West Lumber Co. Westville Mill, Trinity Co. TX." I have a Ollie Franklin Goodwin in the family and would like to find out if this is indeed him. How would one go about locating records for something like this ? The age is about right. His parents were in Angelina Co. TX when they died. Thanx, Ley >>

I am researching the following surnames primarily from Harrison-Panola-Shelby -Rusk Counties from 1820's to present: Talley, Walker, Tiller, Woodley, McCown, Dorman, Morris, Easley, Jones, Bounds and Beard. Would like to share information. Bill Everheart weverheart@worldnet.att.net

Hi, Ley, Thanks for hanging in there! East Texas has several museums etc. devoted to the topic of lumbering. Try the Angelina Co Genweb page -- I can't think of the name of the one in Lufkin, but I think it is listed there. SFASU's East Texas Research Center also has information on lumbering and maybe if you could find information relating to the West Lumber Co, it would identify him as an employee. Where did the quote come from? I would also leave a query at Trinity Co Genweb, and see what else you can find on Trinity Co families. Something might say, "Ollie Goodwin was a railroad man" or something like that. Toasting the NEW EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L with my DR. PEPPER in hand. Pam Phillips webpsalms@iname.com

Pam Phillips wrote: > So maybe we ought to think about having a PARTY to celebrate > the resurrection of EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L. I am really feeling GREAT > about it. I got the RC Cola and the moonpies! Nice to be back in bidness. megan -- ****piglet@usroots.com****pigoletto@worldnet.att.net**** ****cochonnet@aol.com****mp-zurawicz@csu.edu****

Can it be true! The lists are coming back finally! YEAH!!! Well, I'm going to test it to see how it works so here goes: If you haven't looked at the Rusk Co. page lately, take a peek! I've added many transcripts from old newspapers (& am still furiously working on it) for Rusk Co. *Even if your family wasn't in Rusk Co.*, this doesn't leave you out! There are MANY references to friends & relatives in other East Texas counties, especially those surrounding the Rusk Co. area! See the headings of "Newpapers, Misc. Tidbits", "Obits" & "Marriage notices from newspapers" for the information on my Rusk Co. page, listed below. Bonnie :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) White Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/WH.html :) :) Cleburne Co., Ark. http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/CLhome.html :) :) Rusk Co., Tex. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrusk/index.htm :) :) Cato Family Homepage http://www.webkeeper.com/cato/c.html :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Hello, EAST-TEXAS-ROOTERS, We are back in business! We must have been doing something right, because we were in the very *first* batch of MAISER lists that Larry Stephens and Karen (from Rootsweb) moved. I need to scramble to read all the directions and will be sending you a "Welcome Letter" via the List shortly, that will explain everything. One new thing is a Digest mode. Those were not working too well at MAISER and since our traffic is relatively light, I never set one up. However, at Rootsweb they went ahead and set it up automatically. Whether you are in Mail-Mode or in Digest-Mode, you get the same messages. However, to switch from one to the other, you have to unsubscribe to the one you are on, and subscribe to the other one. Another thing is that there is no formal "no-mail" mode. If you go on vacation or for some reason do not want to receive EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS mail for a while, you have to unsubscribe and then re-subscribe to start getting it again. For now, everyone is subscribed in MAIL mode. If for some reason you prefer to be on the Digest list, hang on, and I will get you all the instructions in just a little while. Another thing that is different is that if AOL or Juno or MSN or whoever, goes down or their mail gets messed up and the mail to you get returned more than 4 times, rootsweb will automatically unsubscribe you. Please, if you want to continue as a member of EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L, just resubscribe. Either wait until the mail situation clears up, or subscribe with another email address that is good or whatever. Sometimes, you may change providers, and with all the changes you have to make, not realize you are still subscribed to EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L with that provider's address, and the mail will bounce. Sometimes, a big (or not so big) service will go down or a mailbox will fill up or something will happen -- like the spamming at MAISER -- that will mess things up. This is beyond your control, but Rootsweb will automatically unsubscribe you if it gets your mail back more than 4 times. This will actually be a big help for me, because I always hated so much to zap anyone even when MAISER said it was an "unrecoverable error". We will all have a period of adjusting to these new rules, but I am so glad and so thankful to have EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L back. By the way, it is now EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L. Note the addition of the -L which goes after all the lists at rootsweb. It makes things a little unwieldy, I know, but when I chose the name for EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS I wanted to make sure that if someone with family in East Texas who was living in New York or California saw the name of the list, they would know *immediately* and without any doubt what it was about. So I decided against Piney-Woods and other names like that which wouldn't mean the same thing to people in other parts of the country. People have from time to time written to ask what counties EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS(-L) takes in, and the answer is those concentrated around Nacogdoches, or which were part of the original Nacogdoches District (which went all the way to Dallas). However, if you come from a county that considers itself East-Texas in any sense, you are certainly welcome. TEXAHOMA-ROOTS which Larry Stephens owns, and which has thus stayed at Indiana U. takes in the area right along the Red River and the Oklahoma border. There is also now a Cass County list, and I *think* it is for Cass Co, TX but I need to confirm that. There is also a WESTEX list. There is also a GERMAN TEXAN list and there is a specific set of counties where German immigrants congregated, so if you have German ancestry in Texas, you might be interested in that list. I have German ancestry in Texas, but they didn't go to those German counties -- they came to Nacogdoches (and then the parents moved to Jefferson, TX). I do think that we have a bit of an overlap with TEXAHOMA-ROOTS; however, the fact that we have grown to around 250 subscribers and from the many notes I have received from you all, there definitely needs to be an EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L list. I was talking with someone the other night who says that she and her daughter and her family have a "virtual family dinner" online once a month. So maybe we ought to think about having a PARTY to celebrate the resurrection of EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L. I am really feeling GREAT about it. So, now, if you get this message, you are SUBSCRIBED and do not need to do anything further about that. Send your messages with your queries and other information to EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com. Remember to add the -L to EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS. Even though the first part in very long, it is 'makes sense' long (the -L is for list) and the rest of it is much *shorter* and easier to remember than rmgate.pop.indiana.edu. Just 'rootsweb.com'. Anyway, a BIG WELCOME BACK to everyone! Sincerely, Pam Phillips Listowner, EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L Email: webpsalms@iname.com

I am looking for info on Richard PUCKETT, Born 1823 in Ind., Married to Mary (Polly ) Brooks, in Jasper Co. Tx. in 1856. Pollys parents were Bluford Brooks and Mason Logan Brooks, they can be found on the 1850 and 1860 Jasper Co. census. Richard and Marys children were William Jasper Puckett born 1857, Martha Jane, Roxanne, Louisana, Barbary, Thomas, Chaney R., Travis A.. I have them on the 1870 and 1880 Sabine Parrish La. Census, I am looking for were they went after that. The BROOKS family members were Louisana (Kieth), Wilson, Charles, Monroe, Tessica, James , Abel, Fabian, Ballard, Perkins,and Jane.

I am trying to locate information about my great-grandmother, Eliza E. Hignite who married John G. Strahan on May 31, 1855. She was born ca 1837 and died 1909. I would like to find the name of her parents and brothers, sisters. Anyone know anything?