Is there someone out there who can do a Tx death index lookup? I need the information on James R. Mitchell who died in I believe CHILDRESS Co. and his wife Rosetta. Thanks, Leona

Awhile ago I posted that there is a way to get unreleased census information from 1930 to 1990. I found a URL for that info, including a printout form. http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/agesearch.html Leona

I am really sorry about the post, it was hit by accident and I thought I had deleted it ,and reposted as it had came back as a wrong address. It will not happen again, and again I apologies. Maureen

I have the following Bigham names and trying to link them together. Sarah & James are my great grandparents. Any help will be appreciated. Louise Kohl - Guppi@inreach.com Possible Parents: William Bigham m. Hannah Julian 1850 Known Sisters: Sarah Felliccia Bigham b.22 Dec.1861 Ohio. d. 1939 Kaufman Co. TX She m. James Daniel Coates in Kau. TX Elizabeth Barbara Bigham b. 07 May 1867 Illinoise d. Unknown She married Unknown Possible Relation: Joshua Rogers Bigham Sr. b. 01 Oct. 1852 Quitman, Wood Co. TX He married Elizabeth Jane Showers(Flowers) William Bigham and Hannah Julian were listed as Joshua's parents. I have a small Bible carried through the Civil War that belonged to E.C Julian. Sarah F. has written in it that he was her uncle.

What to do about the buffalo in Yellowstone National Park is a lot more complex question than we can get into in our family history research newsletter. I didn't find any mention in what was sent to East Texas Roots about what the main problem is with the animals getting out of the park. Apparently the buffalo are carriers of a disease which the area ranchers fear. When their cattle are infected, they have to be destroyed because they cannot be sold. Therefore, they want any buffalo straying on to their range lands to be shot. Lest you worry, those are not the only buffalo herds left. I know of two in Oklahoma. One of them is on the Tall Grass Prairie, a National Preserve, in Osage County, Oklahoma. The other is a small vigorous herd on the Woolaroc Ranch outside Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Woolaroc is owned and supported by the Frank Phillips Foundation. Frank Phillips was the founder of Phillips Petroleum Company.

-----Original Message----- From: Buffalo Folks <stop-the-slaughter@wildrockies.org> To: Stop the Slaughter <Stop-the-Slaughter@vortex.wildrockies.org> Date: Sunday, March 05, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: Buffalo News >In this issue >* Update from the Field >* What Can You Do? >* Leading Biologist speaks out - buffalo disaster waiting to happen >Happy Spring! Please forward this update to friends. For the Buffalo! >______________________________ > >3/3/00 > >Friends of the Buffalo, > >Montana's mild winter continues, giving reprieve to the Yellowstone buffalo >and the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) volunteers committed to their >protection. As of this writing, there is still only one buffalo--a >bull--out of the park, on the Gallatin National Forest. This bull has been >grazing in a meadow on the Madison River since mid-January. The Montana >Department of Livestock (DOL) tried hazing him five times, but were >unsuccessful each time. Facing a barrage of criticism for their needless >harassment of the bull in the local and national media, the DOL has left >him alone since 2/10. > >Stories of the bull have been very prominent in the press. Newspapers in >Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, and Missoula have been running articles on >the bull, and the major networks have devoted entire news shows to the >plight of the Yellowstone herd. In February, both ABC's Nightline and >A&E's Investigative Reports told the story of the current slaughter--and >our work to prevent it--to international audiences. Both shows relied >heavily upon video recorded by our volunteers. > >It is our belief that by making our footage available to the widest >audience possible--and exposing the bison slaughter to the American >public--we can generate the popular opposition necessary to stop the >buffalo killing. While we do provide the networks with our footage, we >have no control over storyline or editorial decisions. We have received >criticism from some of our supporters for the way the shows presented the >issues. Such criticisms should be directed to A&E and ABC, not BFC. > >Despite the warm weather, hundreds of buffalo are within a few miles of the >park boundary right now, moving toward Montana. When they come out of the >park they will fall victim to the state's management policy of haze, capture, >and shoot. The Forest Service has given the DOL approval to reconstruct >and operate a bison capture facility at Horse Butte, near West Yellowstone. > >On April 14, 1999 the DOL captured 69 buffalo in its Horse Butte trap. >We are hosting a week of actions, from April 22 to the 30th, to honor the >buffalo slaughtered in recent years and to shut down the DOL this year. >If you have been wanting to help defend the Yellowstone buffalo, this is an >excellent opportunity. We are hoping to draw more than a hundred >volunteers for the action week and will need to feed and equip them for the >field. >Donations of food, winter gear, and financial support will go a >long way to protect the buffalo. All contributions are tax deductible. >Please contact us for more specific information. If you can't make it >during this week, you are welcome anytime. > >During the summer months we maintain a table inside the park to raise >awareness of the issue among park visitors. We have openings for a summer >Campaign Coordinator and outreach volunteers. If you are interested in >either position or would like more information, please contact us at the >address below. Attn: volunteer cooridinator. > >We are grateful to Bob Clark from the Alliance for the Wild Rockies (AWR) >for his informative and entertaining presentation on February 26. AWR's >work is instrumental in gaining long-term protection for the Northern >Rockies Ecosystem. NREPA is a critical bill for this ecosystem and >letters are needed regarding this issue. If you have a minute or >two, please check out the info at: >http://www.wildrockiesalliance.org/nrepa99.html > >KGLT in Bozeman donated studio and air time for our public service >announcement on the Yellowstone bison. Thank you Andy and Kate for being >so kind. > >A big thanks to the many folks whose continued support makes our work >possible. We couldn't do it without you. > >Buffalo Field Campaign >"the only group working 365 days a year with the buffalo!" >PO Box 957 >West Yellowstone, MT 59758 >buffalo@wildrockies.org > >_________________________________ > >WHAT CAN YOU DO??? >You can take 5 minutes and write just one heartfelt email or letter >(letters are better) for the buffalo! check here for all the folks >that you can write: >http://www.wildrockies.org/Buffalo/politk99/speakdo.html > >Warm Winter boots and ski boots needed! If you can help...Thanks! >____________________________________ > >What appear to be good times may be disaster in making > >By SCOTT McMILLION - Bozeman Chronicle > >YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- The bison here are fat and sleek right now. >Absent are the jutting spines and protruding ribs sometimes seen at this time >of year. > >And so far during this mild winter, the shaggy giants are staying in the park. >Only one animal has left the boundaries. > >While the guns have been silent and the traps stand inactive, winter is far >from over and things could change in the next couple of months if heavy snows >arrive. > >A Jan. 30 flight over the area counted 2,410 bison, nearly half of them in the >western portion of the park. While an easy winter like this one means fewer >dead bison outside the park, it doesn't mean much in the long term, according >to Mary Meagher, a retired National Park Service biologist who has been >studying bison for more than 40 years. > >Though there will be annual fluctuations, she predicts that bison numbers will >continue to drop from the high point of 4,000 animals seen in 1994. > >"We're never going to see 4,000 bison in Yellowstone Park again," she said >Friday. > >"A lot of times, things look pretty good until all of a sudden they go to >hell," said Meagher. > >She maintains that the system of groomed roads in the park has so altered the >ecosystem that the park's bison herd can only decline over the long term. For >the past decade, she's advocated shutting down the winter travel system in >Yellowstone. > >"What you see is deceptive," she said. "The bison can look great, but that's >not the ecosystem." > >Meagher, who is now working on a complex project that involves the mapping of >bison densities and population analysis, calls the current situation "an >ecosystem disaster." > >The most recent bison count found 1,123 animals, nearly half the total herd, >in the western portion of the park and almost 400 of them west of the Firehole >River. > >In the early 1980s, when there were 2,000 bison in the park, they were never >found west of the Firehole, Meagher said, and though cow/calf groups >traditionally summered along the park's eastern boundary, they haven't done so >in years. > >"We've driven the entire population westward," Meagher said. "That should be >telling people something." > >The parkwide system of groomed roads, she said, "provides energy efficient >linkages between places where bison want to be." > >Though there are isolated pockets of food on the west side of the park and >just outside its western boundary, there is no real winter range in the area >because of the snow depth, she said. > >To find genuine winter range, bison would have to travel nearly to Ennis or >Bozeman, she said. > >State policy won't allow that, because of fears the bison will spread >brucellosis. Nor will a proposed new federal policy, which calls for only >limited bison range on the west and north sides of the park. > >Plus, the areas inside the west portion of the park, where soils are poor, are >suffering from too many bison during too much of the year, Meagher said. > >"That's why we'll drive the population downward," she said. "We have an >ecosystem problem. It's not overgrazing. It's much more complex than that." > >Elk herds often display what biologists call a "population density" reaction, >which means the number of births drops when overall numbers are high. > >Bison don't do that. > >Rather, Meagher explained, they respond to high population density by moving >to new areas. > >"Bison are trying to adapt to changes we've created in the system," she said. > >But when that means moving outside the park, the animals are shot, trapped or >hazed. > >A couple more big snowstorms this winter could get bison moving, Meagher said, >but at least some of them are likely to move out of the park later this year >anyway. > >In most years, bison head for the park's western boundary early in the spring >because grasses turn green there sooner than they do in the park. > >The Montana Department of Livestock in the past several years has shown more >tolerance for springtime bison, choosing to haze them repeatedly until there >is enough green grass inside the park to hold them here. > >What will happen this year depends on the weather, said DOL spokeswoman Karen >Cooper. > >"It's determined on a case by case basis," she said. "But hazing will be the >first option." > >http://www.gomontana.com/ - 2/27/00 >===================================== > >___________________________________________________________ >New info daily : http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo >We still material for our art/thoughts/poetry section! >New photo albums up - Check out Buffalo Honor- >http://www.wildrockies.org/buffalo/BuffaloHonor/index.htm >_________________________________________ >BFC is the only group working 365 days a year in Yellowstone with the buffalo. > >Please take the time to alert national media sources that you are >interested in them covering this issue. >_________________________________ >Schedule a showing of the Buffalo Compilation Video in your >community. for more info: mailto:cmcr@wildrockies.org >Let us know if you will be showing it in your community during the >National Week of Action in April! > > > > > > > > >************************************************************************ >List-Subscribe: mailto:Stop-the-Slaughter-on@vortex.wildrockies.org >List-Unsubscribe: mailto:Stop-the-Slaughter-off@vortex.wildrockies.org >News Submissions or Problems: mailto:Stop-the-Slaughter@wildrockies.org > >

I received some great help from this list several months ago and now need help again. I am searching for grandfather information. I have a picture of his headstone taken at Restlawn Memorial Park in El Paso. It says 1840-1943 and his name Ed Patten. On a family bible it states Aug. 1942 for his death date. I wrote to Austin,TX with this information trying to obtain a death certificate and they informed me they couldn't find any information on him. What do I do next? Thank you Dixie

Hi, Does anyone know of a researcher who searches Ellis Co, TX newspapers? I have some obits, I would like to find. Thanks, Brenda Check out WORLDWIDE TOP 100 GENEALOGY LINKS (over 500 links now!) http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=search

I believe it was on this list a subscriber wanted to know the location of Terrell, TX. If it has been answered, overlook please. I found Terrell, in Kaufman co TX

Dear Donald, I know a lot of Wallers in Rusk Co. and am kin to most of them. Could you be more specific about the Waller you are looking for, like who his parents or children are, and birth and death dates, maybe where he lived, etc. There are many, many Wallers in Rusk Co. and I hope I can help you. Caroleen Dorsey Williams

I'm researching the Moores of VanZandt County and Fannin County. My gg-grandfather was James Moore b, 1798 in SC. He married Cynthia (we think Hardcastle) in Tennessee about 1820. I've documented about 12 children they had in TN. They moved to Texas about 1849 and were on the Fannin Co. census 1850. By 1860 they were in VanZandt County. James died in 1876 in VZC. I have a lot of information on this family, but am trying to find siblings and parents for James. James had a brother, Curtis in Fannin County, and I feel like there were other members of this family in the area. Curtis was born in SC in 1800, he married a Bivins in MO--she died and then married Susan Rogers in Fannin Co. There is a possibility their father was Levi Moore who died in 1828 in Hardeman County Tennessee. If anyone has a Moore ancester born in South Carolina that was in the Fannin or VanZandt area during this time---please contact me---there may be a connection. Thank you, Lavern Moore-Osburn

Does anyone have any knowlege of the sur name Hollan - earlier settlers in Texas possibly in or around Houston, Texas or any part of Texas - --------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/

Researching my step-gr. grandpa Ezekiel TURNER b. June 2, 1891/92 TX d. Jan. 31, 1968 in Panola Gen. Hosp. Buried at Caledonia. Lived in Timpson. Married Dora Vada? HALL b. May 20, 1892 TX d. Dec. 20 1996 TX also buried at Caledonia. On his Record of Funeral his parents are listed as Louis TURNER b. TX and Sally THOMPSON b. TX Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jim FAIRES One Way.......Jesus! John 14:6

reply to:wcgoldman@arkansas.net Would everyone check your county cemetery records and see if you have a Mary F. Harding, wife of A. B. Harding, that was buried in your county. Her marker was found next to a dumpster in Oklahoma and people are trying to locate where she is buried. Thanks for your help. Sharon

I want to thank all the people that offered suggestions on the CSA research. I know that he was is that unit because I found his name in a book and ordered his pension papers. The reason that I need the muster roll is that I think it is possible that his brothers and his father also enlisted. It made sense to me that it would be that unit. I could be wrong, but I got such great advise! I should be able to find them easily now. Thanks again. Linda P.S. This is a great list!!!!

> > U.S. Newswire > > 1 Mar 15:39 > > > > National Archives and Records Administration Statement on Records > > Center Fire > > To: National Desk > > Contact: National Archives Public Affairs, 301-713-6000 > > > > WASHINGTON, March 1, /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a > > statement from John W. Carlin, archivist of the United States, > > on the Feb. 29 Records Center Fire: > > > > Yesterday (Tuesday, Feb. 29), the National Archives and Records > > Administration (NARA) reported a fire in its Washington National > > Records Center in Suitland, Md. The fire was contained by the > > Center's fire-safety system and extinguished with no reports of > > harm to staff or visitors, but some records were damaged. The > > following is an update on that from Archivist of the United States > > John Carlin. > > > > Although much work will be needed before we can be certain, we > > believe that of the total of more than 3.7 million cubic feet of > > records at Suitland, approximately 3,000 cubic feet were in the > > immediate area. Of those, fewer than 300 cubic feet may have been > > destroyed. Most of the affected records were wet or damp from > > sprinkler water or in singed boxes. Our staff at Suitland stayed > > up through last night making valiant efforts to protect records > > from water damage and otherwise dealing with the fire's effects, > > working with personnel from the General Services Administration, > > from which we lease the facility. > > > > The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined. Because the > > property is Federal, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, > > and Firearms as well as GSA fire investigators were notified. As > > the investigation continues, the following is what we know about > > the fire so far. > > > > The sprinkler alarms were activated at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and > > alerted the GSA Control Center that there was a problem. The first > > fire company arrived sometime between 2:45 and 2:50. A fireman on > > the scene was overcome with smoke at which point firemen abandoned > > Stack 15 to open the roof hatches to vent the smoke. This process > > apparently took approximately one hour to accomplish before the > > firemen returned to Stack 15 to begin to extinguish the fire. The > > sprinkler system contained the fire during the period between > > 2:30 and 3:50 at which point the firemen were able to enter the > > stack. At 8:13 p.m. the firemen on the scene felt that the fire was > > sufficiently extinguished to allow the investigation to begin in > > the stack. > > > > Our tracking system enabled us to identify the records on the > > shelves affected by the fire, and agencies whose records may have > > been affected have been notified. But we won't be able to identify > > exactly which records have been affected and how seriously until > > the investigation of the area is completed and we can examine the > > materials more closely. > > > > I will provide further information as it becomes available. > > > > ------ > > For further information, contact the National Archives public > > affairs staff at 301-713-6000. > > > > -0- > > /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ > > 03/01 15:39 > > > > Copyright 2000, U.S. Newswire > > > > > > > ==== ALABAMA Mailing List ==== > ** Use your subject line wisely! Place surnames, locations and dates there whenever possible! >

Does anyone know where to find the muster roll for the 22nd regiment company d of the Texas infantry of the Civil war? That is the one that my great grandfather was in and I can't find any information on it. Does anyone out there that is more knowlegeable than I in this area have a suggestion? Linda

HI.... The annual DYESS (all spellings) reunion will be held in Alexandria, La ... This includes any allied lines and anyone who is interested in genealogy. Saturday... April 29, 2000. The annual Dyess genealogy meeting will be held the Friday night before at the Roadway Inn (Room 133). This meeting has proved a great benefit to all who have come. We bring our material, pictures, etc..and...share knowledge with each other. There is a phtocopy machine available. If you would like further information, please let me know. Hope to see all cousins there!!! kaite... http://www.kaite.com/

Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society 7:00PM Montgomery County main library Conroe TX March 6, 2000 Mic Barnette will be replacing Father Hebert and will speak on Louisiana. Mic Barnette's Writes a Weekly Genealogy Column In The Houston Chronicle. Read it on the Web At Barnette's Family Tree Book Company http://barnettesbooks.com Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Here is the National Archives web page with all the information about the re= lease of the 1930 census. http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm Ancestrally Challenged!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~