I am trying to locate an obituary for Curtis Roy Henry. He is buried in the Bullard Cemetery in Smith County. He died September 11, 1982, He was the 2nd child born to my grandmother's baby sister, both of whom were born before 1900 and are now deceased. We know he was married 3 times and had one child but do not know how to locate her as the families lost touch more than 40 years ago after the parents died. Is there any one that would be able to help us? No one lives in the Smith County area. I live in San Antonio and others are in VA, AR, OH, IL, and other states. Thanks Diane

The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for October 2008 is now available at: http://www.etgs.org/publications/the_bulletin/2008/200810.pdf Watch for any wrapping of the URL. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master

The East Texas Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Saturday, October 11, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the Tyler Public Library in the Taylor Auditorium. The featured speaker will be Don Raney, a sixth generation Texan and an active genealogist for over thirty years. Don has spoken at many local, state, and national genealogical seminars and currently teaches Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Genealogy classes at Richland College in Dallas. The subject of his program will be “British Migrations to the American Colonies.” Mr. Raney will explain how researching our ancestors in Britain differs from researching their records after they arrived in America. British migrations beginning in 1607 and continuing through 1775 will be discussed - the counties or regions they came from, why they left Europe, and where they settled here. Included will be the East Anglian Puritans settlement in New England, the West Country Cavaliers settlement in the Chesapeake, the North Midland Quakers settlement in the Delaware Valley, and the British and Scottish Borderers settlements in the backwoods of America. Approximately thirty minutes following the conclusion of the regular program and refreshments, the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet and Sibyl Creasey will present a program titled “Creating Web Pages.” ETGS meetings are free and open to the public. For more information about ETGS go to our web-site: www.etgs.org or contact June Everheart, Publicity Director at 1stvp@etgs.org or (903)877-4501.

FYI I believe that their on-line site is available for free at local family history centers. Scott -----Original Message----- From: godfrey-library-help-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:godfrey-library-help-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Tyler Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 9:42 AM To: godfrey-library-help@rootsweb.com Subject: [GLH-list] Godfrey Blog Godfrey Library has created a blog to provide information on library operations, collections, events and activities that are not particularly appropriate for the list serv. The blog web address is http://godfreylibrary.typepad.com . This address may change in the future. If it does we will let you know. We have posted a few entries to indicate the kinds of things that will be available and will be adding entries almost daily. So if you have a moment, check it out. Bruce Tyler ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GODFREY-LIBRARY-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Carolyn - Myra may not be on this mailing list. It might be better if you contacted directly at her email: mbivinsmith@cs.com Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master > >-----Original Message----- > >From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Green > >Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:04 PM > >To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] Cemetery Workshop Longview TX 10/18/08 > > > >hi, myra, > > > >i'm very interested in the workshop. i'ave already been > >photographing cemeteries for a couple of years in rusk > >county. please sign me up. info and address below. > > > >Carolyn Green > >NE20, Lake Cherokee > >Longview, TX 75603 > >903 643 9092 - home > > > >> Please contact Myra for more information: > >> > >> Mr. Fitzgerald > >> Myra Smith here. I am with a group named Historic Gregg > >County. We are > >> conducting a cemetery workshop October 18 at Letourneau University. > >> > >> It is to be conducted by Annette Bethke of the Texas Historical > >> Commission and will cover preservation and recording of > >historical cemeteries as well > >> as other topics. It will be a quality workshop We > >intend to involve > >> Gregg, Rusk, Harrison, and Upshur counties. Anyone from a > >East Texas > >> county is welcome. > >> > >> In order to get publicity out and get email and addresses, > >we need help. > >> We > >> can send you a registration form by mail and/or mail a number of > >> registration forms. We would appreciate your help with > >individuals or > >> groups who would be interested. We are a fairly new group > >and have > >> not developed a database for this project. > >> > >> When registrations are acknowledged, we will send out maps to the > >> university and maps of the university. > >> Myra Smith > >> 903-238-4739 > >> e-mail mbivinsmith@cs.com > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

We have additional new photos for the Troup City Cemetery, Whitehouse, Troup, Smith County, Texas at: Photos: http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemst-z.html#SE07 These additional photos are courtesy of Ms. Genevieve Pryor. HTML Coding provided by Mr. Mike Stanley. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager

hi, myra, i'm very interested in the workshop. i'ave already been photographing cemeteries for a couple of years in rusk county. please sign me up. info and address below. Carolyn Green NE20, Lake Cherokee Longview, TX 75603 903 643 9092 - home > Please contact Myra for more information: > > Mr. Fitzgerald > Myra Smith here. I am with a group named Historic Gregg County. We are > conducting a cemetery workshop October 18 at Letourneau University. > > It is to be conducted by Annette Bethke of the Texas Historical Commission > and will cover preservation and recording of historical cemeteries as well > as other topics. It will be a quality workshop We intend to involve > Gregg, Rusk, Harrison, and Upshur counties. Anyone from a East Texas > county > is welcome. > > In order to get publicity out and get email and addresses, we need help. > We > can send you a registration form by mail and/or mail a number of > registration forms. We would appreciate your help with individuals or > groups who would be interested. We are a fairly new group and have not > developed a database for this project. > > When registrations are acknowledged, we will send out maps to the > university > and maps of the university. > Myra Smith > 903-238-4739 > e-mail mbivinsmith@cs.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Please contact Myra for more information: Mr. Fitzgerald Myra Smith here. I am with a group named Historic Gregg County. We are conducting a cemetery workshop October 18 at Letourneau University. It is to be conducted by Annette Bethke of the Texas Historical Commission and will cover preservation and recording of historical cemeteries as well as other topics. It will be a quality workshop We intend to involve Gregg, Rusk, Harrison, and Upshur counties. Anyone from a East Texas county is welcome. In order to get publicity out and get email and addresses, we need help. We can send you a registration form by mail and/or mail a number of registration forms. We would appreciate your help with individuals or groups who would be interested. We are a fairly new group and have not developed a database for this project. When registrations are acknowledged, we will send out maps to the university and maps of the university. Myra Smith 903-238-4739 e-mail mbivinsmith@cs.com

Pennsylvania researchers have started a grassroots campaign to get their state death certificates made available. Here is a link to the website about the effort to have Pennsylvania's older state death certificates made available online: http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htm . Please pass this on to your members and anyone you know who is into Pennsylvania genealogy and history research. If you write a letter of support to Governor Rendell please send a copy of the letter so they can keep track of the endorsements (via email to timarg@rcn.com would be fine). Although they try not to control what anyone writes they are more than willing to assist in any way they can. You could mention how well the death certificate database has worked in Texas and without any problems and that it includes records up to 1976. The website has sample letters as well as contact information for the governor and other state legislators in Pennsylvania.

East Texas Genealogical Society Get-acquainted Luncheon Thursday, September 25, 2008 (normally the 4th Thursday) We start getting there about 11:30 a.m. We finish at 1:30 p.m. or earlier or later, depending on everyone’s schedule. Where: at Heartland Ham Co., 3400-A South Broadway, Tyler TX (corner of Amherst & Broadway). What to eat: Soups, sandwiches, special lunches, & excellent desserts. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Scott Fitzgerald - scottfitzgerald@tyler.net

Hi All I apologize if this a duplicate post for some. I am cross-posting to several societies' mailing lists. Because of Hurricane Ike, we are extended the deadlines for the following: Sept. 15, 2008 Deadline for entries in Volunteer of the Year Award Sept. 15, 2008 Deadline for entries in Web Site Awards Contest Sept. 15, 2008 Deadline for entries in category VIII of Writing Awards Contest (Student Projects) The new deadline will be September 25, 2008 for all. If you have entered but not received an acknowledgement from the chairman, please let me or Marynell Bryant - marynellbryant@verizon.net know. Marynell has heard from Betty Dunquez from Galveston. Betty is staying near Lufkin until she can return home. Her house is intact but water damaged. We have not heard from Darwin Gilmore or Mary Torres who are the other chairman. If you have any news, please let us know. Thanks, Scott TSGS Treasurer

-----Original Message----- From: maa1737@aol.com To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 2:40 pm Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] Seminar is ON I AM SORRY TO MISS THE MEETING TOMORROW.  IT IS TOO VERY RISK FOR ME TO TRAVEL 60 MILES.  I HAD PAID FOR MEETING AND LUNCH.  YOU CAN HAVE MY LUNCH ALSO.  MARTHA  ARNOLD -----Original Message----- From: Scott Fitzgerald <scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: ETGS Mailing List <TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 9:02 am Subject: [TX-ETGS] Seminar is ON Hi All, We have decided NOT to cancel the seminar tomorrow. We will shorten the breaks and the lunch time to get finished earlier than planned. If you have any questions, please call Sam Kidd at the Historical Society (903) 592-5993 today or on his cell (903) 343-7683 or at his home (903) 839-8483. Scott ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I AM SORRY TO MISS THE MEETING TOMORROW.  IT IS TOO VERY RISK FOR ME TO TRAVEL 60 MILES.  I HAD PAID FOR MEETING AND LUNCH.  YOU CAN HAVE MY LUNCH ALSO.  MARTHA  ARNOLD -----Original Message----- From: Scott Fitzgerald <scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: ETGS Mailing List <TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 9:02 am Subject: [TX-ETGS] Seminar is ON Hi All, We have decided NOT to cancel the seminar tomorrow. We will shorten the breaks and the lunch time to get finished earlier than planned. If you have any questions, please call Sam Kidd at the Historical Society (903) 592-5993 today or on his cell (903) 343-7683 or at his home (903) 839-8483. Scott ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi All, We have decided NOT to cancel the seminar tomorrow. We will shorten the breaks and the lunch time to get finished earlier than planned. If you have any questions, please call Sam Kidd at the Historical Society (903) 592-5993 today or on his cell (903) 343-7683 or at his home (903) 839-8483. Scott

The Longview Public Library will host a Genealogy Lock-in on Friday, September 26, 2008 from 6 to 10pm, with the option to stay until midnight. Attendees will be able to use our library computers to have access to Ancestry, Heritage Quest and other on-line genealogy databases without interruption. Free wireless is available and personal pc's are encouraged. This event is free and open to members of the public who have an interest in genealogy. Participants need to arrive before 6 p.m. when the doors are locked. Participants may leave at any time. Refreshments will be provided. Coffee, soft drinks and snacks will be available in the Moeschle room. To secure your spot for the Genealogy Department program, please pre-register by calling Linda Laminack at 903 237 1359.

ETGS to Present All Day Seminar with Desmond Walls Allen The East Texas Genealogical Society will conduct a seminar featuring national lecturer and author Desmond Walls Allen from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2008, at the Smith County Historical Society Auditorium (Old Carnegie Library across the street from the Tyler Public Library), 125 South College, Tyler, Texas in the 2nd floor auditorium. Registration will begin at 8:30 and the fee will be $45 per person. The all-day seminar will include three topics: 1. Vaulting Over Brick Walls – a two hour problem solving workshop that includes a systemic approach to difficult ancestors. 2. Confederate Military Research. 3. DNA and Your Cousins. Ms. Allen, owner of Arkansas Research Books and a co-founder of Professional Genealogists of Arkansas, has authored or compiled over 200 books and many articles about Arkansas historical materials. She teaches and lectures for genealogical workshops and seminars all over the U.S. including NGS and FGS conferences. Desmond has been acknowledged by numerous professional organizations for her work including being the 1994 recipient of the Federation of Genealogical Society’s Distinguished Service Award and the 1995 Dallas Genealogical Society’s Distinguished Service Award. She is a graduate (magna com laude) of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, a member of Phi Kappa Phi honor society, and Mensa, the international society for individuals with IQs in the top 2% of the population. . Those attending may bring a sack lunch. Soft drinks and snacks will be provided. For more information about ETGS or the seminar go to our web-site: www.etgs.org or contact June Everheart, Publicity Director at Everheart@suddenlink.net or (903)877-4501.

I think that they are taking the reeds and processing them through the machine (flattening them) and feeding them into the canisters which pulls them into a tight roll. The rolls are removed and used for caning chairs, etc. My mother is in her 80's and knows about caning. I'll ask her to look at the photo. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Barrett<mailto:parino@flash.net> To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com<mailto:tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] Old Photo Try, try again!!! My guess is they are heavy duty sewing machines. Maybe for making brooms. The brain and the fingers aren't working together today. Jim Barrett <parino@flash.net<mailto:parino@flash.net>> wrote: My guess is they are sewing heavy duty machines. Maybe for making brooms. Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TX-ETGS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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ETGS to Present All Day Seminar With Desmond Walls Allen The East Texas Genealogical Society will conduct a seminar featuring national lecturer and author Desmond Walls Allen from 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 13, 2008, at the Smith County Historical Society Auditorium (Old Carnegie Library across the street from the Tyler Public Library), 125 South College, Tyler, Texas in the 2nd floor auditorium. Registration will begin at 8:30 and the fee will be $45 per person. Persons that pre-register prior to September 1, 2008, will pay only $35 per person. Registration forms are available at the Tyler Public Library in the Local and Family History room or on the ETGS website: http://www.etgs.org/meetings/desmond_flyer_2008.pdf. The all-day seminar will include three topics: 1. Vaulting Over Brick Walls – a two hour problem solving workshop that includes a systemic approach to difficult ancestors. 2. Confederate Military Research. 3. DNA and Your Cousins. Those attending may bring a sack lunch or order a box lunch for $10 when they pre-register. Soft drinks and snacks will be provided. For more information about ETGS or the seminar go to our web-site: www.etgs.org or contact June Everheart, Publicity Director at Everheart@suddenlink.net or (903)877-4501.