FYI: In the Beaumont Enterprise, Thursday, February 24, 2000 Father Donald Joseph Hebert Funeral services will be held Friday, February 25, 2000 at 10 a.m. in Church of Assumption BVM in Mire for Father Donald Joseph Hebert, 57, who died at residence in Mire, Tuesday, February 22. Entombment will be in Assumption Cemetery. He attended Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, St John Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas and graduated from Notre Dame in New Orleans in 1968. Father Hebert was ordained in Lafayette on June 1, 1968. He was Assistant Pastor at St. Frances Regis in Arnaudville from 1968 until his assignment of Assistant Pastor in 1970 at St Anthony in Eunice until he became Pastor of St Joseph in Cecilia in 1975. In 1980 he became pastor of St Anthony in Eunice until he became Administrator of Annunciation in Duralde in 1984. In 1985 he was Pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte until he became pastor of church of the Assumption BVM in Mire in 1989 until he [his] death. In 1977 he was named Diocesan Consulter and in 1987 was on the Diocesan School Board for two terms. Visitation will be held at Assumption Church, Thursday from 8 am until services at 10 am Friday. Rosaries will be at 4 pm and 7 pm. He is survived by one sister Barbara Hebert of New Orleans. Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne is in charge of arrangements.

In a message dated 2/22/00 12:21:49 PM Central Standard Time, vballard@airmail.net writes: << There are two volumes and thet cover most everyone who passed through Nacogdoches. The books plus a lot of others were compiled by Carolyn Ericson who has a book store in her home, Ericson Books. You can access her site at <ericsonbooks.com> . The two books cost $37.50 for vol.I and $35.00 for vol. II. Tell her Vaughn srnt you. Vaughn Ballard >> Vaughn, thank you for the info on Caroly Ericson Books web page. Several years ago Carolyn presented a workshop here in Lubbock, TX. I had a conflict and was unable to attend. I understand Carolyn has an excellent reputation as an accurate researcher and writer. I too, was told her workshop was well accepted and she was well prepared for her presentation. Every contact by *E* has been an informative and learning experience for me. There appears to be many courteous and helpful subscribers on the above Rootsweb pages. Again, thank you for your time to share the Ericson Books URL. Best, Betty Cole Wienke Bjlub@aol.com RESEARCHING: CLOVER, GANN, HOWARD, MASSINGILL-Nacogdoches and Angelina counties of TX+back to TN

Is there anyone out there researching the Felps Family of East Texas. If so, please contact me at TUCK1946@AOL.COM Thanks in advance James Andrew Tucker

Can anyone tell me what the term "bonus money" in a tax record would mean? In looking at Hopkins Co Tax Rolls 1846-1882, I found this entry for my gg-grandfather: "Acres --, Horses (2) $230, BONUS MONEY $15, Miscellaneous $80" Did he have to pay taxes on bonus money (or was he given a bonus because he had so little???) He was a Methodist circuit-riding preacher. Thanks Mary Wingo Anderson

Regretfully, I have learned that Fr Hebert was found dead in his home this afternoon. Please watch for details in the news and pass the word to others who may have known him or were familiar with all his work on records of south and southwest Louisiana, among others. A great loss to the world of genealogy. Yolanda Pepper Miller

I haven't heard much lately, is everyone on a holiday? I really enjoyed the East Texas thang--it's just too quiet. I wondered if anyone has heard of Kittrell, Texas. My GGrandfather Theodore GILBERT and GGrandmother Edna ANDREWS were married there 18 Jan 1899. I see no record of the place on my maps. Also, I have a listing for Clapp Cemetery in Walker County, Texas, if anyone's ancestors are buried there I wouldn't mind looking it up. I only have deaths to 1991. Hope to hear from you, Trace Researching: GILBERT, ANDREWS, WILLIAMS, MORGAN, BROCK and McWILLIAMS

Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society Montgomery County main Library Conroe, TX. MARCH 6, 2000 Father Donald Hebert from Rayne Louisanna will present a general overview of methodologies and resources for researching ancestors in Lousianna. He will have with him his just recently published book of in depth research into southeastern Texas families and their Lousianna connections. Meeting will start 30 minutes earlier than usual. Social: 6:30PM Meeting: 7:00 PM Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Hi, Here are some more Top 100 genealogy links sites. These are great places to find new genealogy links. Worldwide Top 100 Genealogy Sites (over 300 links) http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=search Dee's Top 100 (new and growing) http://www.floyd-pavey.com/cgi-bin/linkrank/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=gendet Genealogy Top 100 http://genbooks.hypermart.net/cgi-bin/topsites/topsites.cgi?ID=362 Kentucky Top 100 Sites: (only Kentucky genealogy sites!) http://www.hostedscripts.com/topsites/top.cgi?user=surnames&click G100 Genealogy: http://www.irigen.com/cgi-melvindesign/g100/topsites.cgi?ID=174 I just keep finding more of these. Seems to be a popular kind of site to put up now. Have fun with these! Brenda

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Here's some various links that might be of interest to you fellow genealogists out there. Many are on my site...but I've got over 2000 categorized links on Firstmom's that lead to great resources...cant post all 2000 so I will post a few of my categories and let you browse from there: Firstmom's Ship Lists -25 ships I transcribed, links leading to thousands more. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/ships.htm Firstmom's Military links for genealogy- includes War of 1812 all the way to Veitnam era. Categorized by wars, and also states in the Civil War. Also includes links and info on getting military records from the National Archives. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/military.htm Ok this one isnt mine, but it has over 480 rated links, each with a description, so it is a good site to check out....you'll see my page towards the top of the ratings. http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=firstmom Freebies for Genealogists- includes links forms/letters in various languages for sending requests for records overseas, and also forms to print free to keep track of your own genealogy data, graphics, clip-art, volunteer lookup sites, places to get free family homepages, Gedcom readers, just lots of neat stuff! http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/free.htm US States -categories for each state, some with over 100 links have their own page. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/states.htm Non-Usa- this one is for all the other countries. Again, ones who have more than around 50-100 links have their own page (Germany, Ireland etc) and you'll find their link here. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/nonusa.htm Ancestry.com and Kindred Konnections- Search both huge sites (Ancestry has over 2000 databases now) from this one little page: http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/ancestor.htm Firstmom's Genealogy Webring- It's a webring linking together sites of genealogical interest. This is another place you could add your site...all free, and we have some nice sites to browse there as well. http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/webring.htm Or if yours is a commercial genealogy site you might be better at: http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/comgen.htm Commercial Genealogy Ring, it's free too. Ok...have fun with it and good luck searching! Kathy ---- <A HREF="http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=ancestry"> Top 100 Genealogy Web Sites</A>

Is anything wrong..............No mail in a while txjane@ktc.com

Why oh why would anyone want to do such a thing? I just don't understand it, what would they have to gain???!!!!! It's just a shame, that's all. :( Michelle Holland ----- Original Message ----- From: <LGut800427@aol.com> To: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 7:41 PM Subject: Cemetery vandalism > In today's Dallas Morning News there is an article on page 13-A saying that > the 115 year old Caddo Cemetery in Johnson County Tx was vandalized by two > idiots with crowbars and sledge hammers. More than 100 stones were > demolished. Mr Bob Hadley of Jasper is head of the cemetey preservaation > committee and they are trying to restore what they can. He could be reached I > guess by mail at BOB HADLEY, Caddo Cemetery PreservationAssoc. General > Delivery, Jasper TX. I am going to send a buck or two. Thanks, Leona > >

In today's Dallas Morning News there is an article on page 13-A saying that the 115 year old Caddo Cemetery in Johnson County Tx was vandalized by two idiots with crowbars and sledge hammers. More than 100 stones were demolished. Mr Bob Hadley of Jasper is head of the cemetey preservaation committee and they are trying to restore what they can. He could be reached I guess by mail at BOB HADLEY, Caddo Cemetery PreservationAssoc. General Delivery, Jasper TX. I am going to send a buck or two. Thanks, Leona

Hello all! I just listed another experienced Texas Researcher on Firstmom's Genealogy Researcher's List and thought I would let you all know that she's available there to help you. She's got access to every Texas census, plus soundex and indexes, 3 county's obituaries, Civil War, births, deaths, marriages, National Archives of Ft. Worth Texas and just all kinds of great resources that might help you find your brick wall ancestors! If you'd like to read her information, as well as many other states plus Scotland researchers, you can go to: http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/research.html or if you can click in email: <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/research.html">Firstmom's Genealogy Researcher's List</A> Just scroll down to "Texas" or use the Quick Map and choose that state. Good luck in your search! Hopefully she can help make your family tree grow! Feel free to pass this on, to wherever you think there is someone needing Texas help, as I only announce new additions to a couple main state lists and not individual counties. Thanks Kathy ---- <A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/~KHuish/index.html">Firstmom's Genealogy Resources and Records</A> as seen on: <A HREF="http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=firstmom"> Top 100 Genealogy Web Sites</A>

I'm tring to find the individual that e-mailed a Geneology site. It was e-mailed the past week. Please ree-mail this as my computer shut down and I lost all e-mail. Thanks

This was sent to me and I thought the info was worth passing on to the list. Wanda > This came from another list, so you may have seen it before: > > This may help someone find an ANCESTOR that you may have completely given > up on. Many denominations have collected their records into central > repositories. You can write to the following addresses to learn where > their records are > located. > > BAPTIST > > Virginia Baptist Historical Society > Boatwright Memorial Library > P.O. Box 34 > University of Richmond > Richmond, Virginia 23173 > > EPISCOPAL > > Before the American Revolution, the state church of Virginia was the > Episcopal Church. Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many > records of a civil nature in their vestry books. In many instances, > parish registers containing baptism, marriage, and death records have not > survived when vestry books have. > > Some early parish registers are incomplete or missing. Those still > existing are available at the Library of Virginia and the Family History > Library. > Many of them have been published. > > The Church of England (called the Anglican and then the Protestant > Episcopal Church) was the established church in Virginia from 1624 to 1786. > You > may need to study parish boundaries to determine which parish an ancestor > attended. There are three excellent sources, which include maps written > by Charles Francis Cocke that can help you identify parish boundaries. > These are listed in the Author/Title Search of the Family History Library > Catalog under the author's name. > > METHODIST and METHODIST EPISCOPAL > The Library of Virginia has some Methodist church records in manuscript > form and some on microfilm. > > PRESBYTERIAN > {Presbyterian Church Archives > Union Theological Seminary in Virginia > 3401 Brook Road > Richmond, VA 23227 > Telephone: 804-355-0671 > FAX: 804-355-3919 > -------------------------------------- > > Transcription of obits and other announcements from the Alabama > Christian Advocate have begun, thanks to volunteers from the Methodist-L > list and the Methodist Genealogical Society. If you would like to help, > too, drop me an e-mail. This will be an ongoing project for some time. > > I will be posting some of the obits as I receive them. Eventually, > these will be posted to a web site for access to all. > > Alabama's Christian Advocate is the first publication we are > undertaking. Once finished, we will be transcribing other states and > regions. > > If you have a Methodist ancestor and have not yet had the pleasure of > reading an article in one of the Christian Advocates on your ancestor, > you are in for a delight. They are usually much more detailed than what > you might find in other newspapers of the 19th century. > > Stay tuned... > > Elizabeth DuBois Russo > List maintainer, Methodist-L@Rootsweb.com > President, Methodist Genealogical Society > > > > > > > --part1_35.147b9d8.25d750b6_boundary-- > > > ==== ARIZARD Mailing List ==== > In addition, see Jeri Helms Fultz' Izard Co. AR webpage at: http://idt.net/~jfultz19/izardco1.htm >

Check out: http://members.xoom.com/masters_lair/ This one appears to be well researched and has lots of detail and references. See also the activity day for school children to be held near Spring, TX next fall Sharon

Would you please email me, Thanks Gloria

Would the gentleman who sent me the inquiry about Augustus Rogers on Friday please re-send. My daughter accidentally deleted the message before I had time to respond. Thanks