Have you tried the Presbyterian Historical societies? A list appears at: http://www.phcmontreat.org/links.htm ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:13:33 -0600 >From: Peter Stines <pete1832@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [PRESBYTERIAN] Texas Presbyterian Records >To: <presbyterian@rootsweb.com> > > >Yes, I know all too well about the 1900 storm. I live on the Gulf coast. My grandparents were both born in Galveston. My grandmother's people went through the storm and took photos. The problem is that the Presbyterian church in Galveston claims they sent all their records to Rosenberg library. Rosenberg has SOME records but has tried for years to get the REST of them. They do survive, it's a matter of getting around the church red tape > >> From: User116712@aol.com >> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:09:06 -0500 >> To: presbyterian@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [PRESBYTERIAN] Texas Presbyterian Records >> >> >> >> In a message dated 1/27/2010 9:54:03 A.M. Central Standard Time, >> pete1832@hotmail.com writes: >> >> >> I'm looking for marriage records from the 1st Presbyterian Church of >> Galveston Texas. Friends have searched in vain on the island but all we get is >> run-around. Rosenberg Library does NOT have these records. >> >> You may not be getting the run around. Galveston has been victim of >> several hurricanes and nearly wiped out by two. The worst of its kind back then, >> the Sept 8, 1900 storm propelled a fifteen-foot surge of water before it; >> swamping the 8.7-foot-high island that Galveston called home. Together, the >> wind and the water destroyed everything in their path and created the worst >> natural disaster in America's history. In stories about the storm the >> prevailing theme is of mass destruction. A Catholic Church and orphanage were >> destroyed killing all the nuns and children. Reports say after the storm >> that blocks on which large homes had stood were totally vacant and one story >> tells of a young man who was saved from drowning by grabbing on to a house >> that was floating by. So records from the 1870s may not have been saved. >> >> >> _____________________________ >> To contact the list admin send an email to: PRESBYTERIAN-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRESBYTERIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ >_____________________________ >To contact the list admin send an email to: PRESBYTERIAN-admin@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRESBYTERIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Margie Cowan mcowan@erols.com