Hi Walter, Texas Deaths were not required to be recorded before 1903, I believe it was. I may be off a year or so. So, anything before that time is going to be scarce. And, even then, it was not uniformly complied with. I have grandparents who died in the 1920's for whom there are no death certificates. People died at home with maybe yes and maybe no as to a Dr. attending at the time. The Dr. filed the death certificate if he had the money to do so. When you remember that a lot of the Dr.'s back then did not get paid in cash, and usually on a account basis. So, if the Dr. did not have the .50 or so to file the certificate, it was not filed..The counties that died have certificates prior to 1903 were the ones that had implemented the procedure themselves, on a county by county basis. Hope this helps. Sue Walter Hicks wrote: >On 16 Jun 2008 at 1:02, tx-etgs-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > >I have a question about "Texas Deaths 1890-1976" with images of death >certificates at > > >http://search.labs.familysearch.org/ > >There doesn't seem to be much from Smith County, or generally from the >1890's. Is this an indexing issue on a beta data-set, or was there a >major loss of records sometime before the data was microfilmed? > >I managed to find certificates for my maternal grandfather, one of his >brothers and his sister, his wife and her parents. It was the first >good evidence that Lillias Elvira Usry, wife of John Oatus Green, was >his sister and my great-aunt. Thanks to all who made the data >available and those who told you and me about the web site. > >About all I have left of my ancestors who were considerate enough to >die in Texas is my paternal great-grandfather, Solomon Usry, said to >have died in Smith County 10 June 1892 (or perhaps 6 October 1892). He >was born in GA in 1854. I believe he had a son John that died about >the same time and place. I have not found any evidence of either >death. Could I interest anyone in looking in newspaper archives for >any mention of him? > > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >

On 16 Jun 2008 at 1:02, tx-etgs-request@rootsweb.com wrote: I have a question about "Texas Deaths 1890-1976" with images of death certificates at >http://search.labs.familysearch.org/ There doesn't seem to be much from Smith County, or generally from the 1890's. Is this an indexing issue on a beta data-set, or was there a major loss of records sometime before the data was microfilmed? I managed to find certificates for my maternal grandfather, one of his brothers and his sister, his wife and her parents. It was the first good evidence that Lillias Elvira Usry, wife of John Oatus Green, was his sister and my great-aunt. Thanks to all who made the data available and those who told you and me about the web site. About all I have left of my ancestors who were considerate enough to die in Texas is my paternal great-grandfather, Solomon Usry, said to have died in Smith County 10 June 1892 (or perhaps 6 October 1892). He was born in GA in 1854. I believe he had a son John that died about the same time and place. I have not found any evidence of either death. Could I interest anyone in looking in newspaper archives for any mention of him?

I recieved this from the Texas Loose Ends rootsweb list. Although it states that is about the 5 counties mentioned, I found much about Anderson Co. history and all of East Texas history complete with photos and a lot of genealogical information. If you go to the bottom of the page it has a search item and you can type in any name that you are interested in. It even has info on south and west Texas areas. Karen Moore Kerr History of Texas, together with a biographical history of Milam, Williamson, Bastrop, Travis, Lee and Burleson counties : containing a concise history of the state, with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens of the above named counties, and personal histories of many of the early settlers and leading families Published in 1893 ... entire book on-line w/ FREE search engine ... http://texashistory.unt.edu/data/TBDP/UNT/meta-pth-29785.tkl Search Inside box is located on right-handside under the image of the book's cover ...

Walter, The only death certificates that will be on this file are those that were sent to Austin by the county. Many counties didn't send the certificates to Austin until the 1930's. Some didn't record many of the deaths. Jim Barrett - Timpson, TX Walter Hicks <walter.hicks@zetnet.co.uk> wrote: On 16 Jun 2008 at 1:02, tx-etgs-request@rootsweb.com wrote: I have a question about "Texas Deaths 1890-1976" with images of death certificates at >http://search.labs.familysearch.org/ There doesn't seem to be much from Smith County, or generally from the 1890's. Is this an indexing issue on a beta data-set, or was there a major loss of records sometime before the data was microfilmed? I managed to find certificates for my maternal grandfather, one of his brothers and his sister, his wife and her parents. It was the first good evidence that Lillias Elvira Usry, wife of John Oatus Green, was his sister and my great-aunt. Thanks to all who made the data available and those who told you and me about the web site. About all I have left of my ancestors who were considerate enough to die in Texas is my paternal great-grandfather, Solomon Usry, said to have died in Smith County 10 June 1892 (or perhaps 6 October 1892). He was born in GA in 1854. I believe he had a son John that died about the same time and place. I have not found any evidence of either death. Could I interest anyone in looking in newspaper archives for any mention of him?

Beverly - That website has already been sent to the ETGS & TXSmith lists. The website requires The Adobe Flash Player to be shown. That program can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Shockwa veFlash&promoid=BUIGP Watch for the above URL wrapping onto a second line. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Beverly Odom [mailto:bevodom@gmail.com] > >Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 5:39 PM > >To: Lawrence E. Oliver > >Subject: Re: Troup City Cemetery > > > >Larry, > >There is a site that needs to be sent to our elist. > >However, they are having problems opening the site, I guess > >because it is so long. If you can do the tinyurl thing, > >maybe you can shorten it and we can share it. > >This is what I have bookmarked. > >http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p > >=0 Sam says it is blank for him. It can also be accessed > >by going to labs.familysearch.org and clicking on RECORDS. > >It is the Texas death index, plus they can access the actual image. > > > > > >On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Lawrence E. Oliver > ><oliverl@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > Beverly - > > > > OK, great! > > > > I'll send it off tomorrow. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Beverly Odom [mailto:bevodom@gmail.com] > > > >Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:05 PM > > > >To: Lawrence E. Oliver > > > >Subject: Re: Troup City Cemetery > > > > > > > >Yes, I welcome another project. > > > >Address is almost correct. > > > >I've found out that Benbrook is one word. > > > > > > > > > > > >On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Lawrence E. Oliver > > > ><oliverl@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Beverly - > > > > > > > > Are you up for another cemetery project? > > > > > > > > If so, I'll send you the Troup City Cemetery files. And > > > >just to make sure, > > > > is your mailing address: > > > > > > > > 106 Ben Brook Drive > > > > Palestine, Texas 75801 > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >Beverly Odom > > > > > > > >"Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed > > > >in overalls and looks like work." > > > >Thomas Edison (1847-1931) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Beverly Odom > > > >"Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed > >in overalls and looks like work." > >Thomas Edison (1847-1931) > > > > > >

We have additional new photos for the Whitehouse Memorial Cemetery, Whitehouse, Smith County, Texas at: Photos: http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemst-z.html#SE01 These additional photos are courtesy of Mr. Olin Hartley. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager

We have additional new photos for the Memorial Park Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas at: Photos: http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsl-m.html#SW03 These additional photos are courtesy of Mr. Olin Hartley. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager

We have additional new photos for the Cathedral In The Pines Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas at: Photos: http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsa-c.html#SW16 These additional photos are courtesy of Mr. Olin Hartley. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager

This is a pretty good source for information. Scroll down the left column until you find "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976". Click on this and then search - the information & the "death certificate" images are available. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager TXSMITH List Administrator > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txarchive-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txarchive-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gina Heffernan > >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 2:11 AM > >To: Texas Archives List > >Subject: [TXARCHIVE] Texas Death Certificates online > > > >For those of you not on the TXGenWeb List, Death > >Certificates for Texas from 1890-1976 are now online. I > >don't think they're finished with them but I found almost > >everyone I looked for. > >http://search.labs.familysearch.org/ > > > >  > >Gina Heffernan > >Rusk Co, Texas > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXARCHIVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The East Texas Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the Tyler Public Library in the Taylor Auditorium. The featured speaker will be Mic Barnette of Dallas/Plano. Mr. Barnette’s subject will be “Taking the Mystery Out of the Georgia Land Lotteries.” Founded in 1733 Georgia was one of the smallest and last of the thirteen original American colonies to be settled. After the American Revolution Georgia purchased huge expanses of land from the Indians and chose to distribute this newly acquired land in an unusual fashion known as the Georgia Land Lotteries. Over time Georgia held eight land lotteries known by and designated by the year in which they were held; 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, two in 1832 and a final one in 1833. In his talk, “Taking the Mystery Out of The Georgia Land Lotteries,” Mr. Barnette, a former professional Georgia genealogical and historical researcher, will enlighten genealogists and historians of East Texas with the history of the eight lotteries, how they were conducted, and how one can use the records today to locate elusive and often difficult to find Georgia ancestors. Mr. Barnette, owner of Barnette’s Family Tree Book Company, attended Southwest Texas University where he obtained a degree in history, political science, and education. He has been actively engaged in genealogy since he was sixteen and has written numerous articles which have appeared in many national, state, and local magazines, newsletters, and quarterlies. For ten years he penned a widely read award winning historical-genealogical column in the Houston Chronicle. Mic currently works in the Genealogy Department of the Dallas Public Library and volunteers at the Plano Public Library’s Haggard Library. He is a member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, the Sons of the Confederacy, the Sons of the American Revolution, and is an Admiral in the Texas Navy. Approximately thirty minutes following the conclusion of the regular program and refreshments, the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet with Barbara Galbreath, Tyler Library Local and Family History Librarian, who will present a program on “Internet Resources Available in the Tyler Public Library.” 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.

The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for June 2008 is now available at: http://www.etgs.org/publications/the_bulletin/2008/200806.pdf Watch for any wrapping of the URL, and, note the new Server/URL for the ETGS website. There have been many genealogical Server/URL changes and the ones for our Counties are noted on page three of this month's "The Bulletin". There are new email addresses for the Societies Officers shown on page 4. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master

>From Palestine Herald-Press, Thursday, May 29, 2008, Page 5: Cemetery Memorial Services Slated Memorial Services for Ferguson Cemetery, located on FM 323 will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday. Jamie Hogan will be the guest speaker. Janet Huddleston Morrow will be leading the music service. A short business meeting will be held before lunch. All interested persons are urged to attend this meeting. Lunch will begin at noon. Those in attendance are asked to bring a covered dish. If you are unable to attend, donations for the upkeep of the cemetery will be appreciated and may be mailed to Barbara Huddleston, Treasurer, 1760 FM 2419, Palestine, TX 75801. Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald

>From the Palestine Herald-Press, Friday, May 23, 2008, Page A5: Strong Cemetery group to meet Strong Memorial Cemetery Association located on S.H. 294 just West of Slocum, will hold its annual meeting beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Enjoy a short message and song by the Rev. Jim Dickey as well as singing, fiddle and guitars. All contributions will be permanently recorded in our "Nearing Perpetual Care" history book. If unable to attend, mail checks to: Strong Memorial Cemetery, 400 ACR 1203, Elkhart, TX 75839. I apologize that this is not posted timely. The paper is mailed to me and I don't get it for 4 or 5 days after the date of publication. I decided to go ahead and post it because it shows that an Association is active and more importantly it gives a contact address. Thanks, Scott

We have additional new photos for the Bascom (West) Cemetery, Smith County, Texas at: Photos: http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsa-c.html#SE44 These additional photos are courtesy of Mr. Bryant Brewer. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager

>From the Tyler Courier-Times Telegraph, Sunday May 25, 2008, Page 2a: "Cemetery To Hold Annual Service Hopewell Cemetery Association is set to have its annual services and meeting on June 1 at First Baptist Church in Swan. Services at 10:45 a.m. at the church will be followed by a business meeting and luncheon, organizers said. Contributions for the cemetery's maintenance can be made to Hopewell Cemetery Association, 15111 CR 498, Lindale, 75711." The listing from ETGS' cemetery book is found at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/tx/smith/cemetery/hpewelnw.txt There are a few pictures found at: http://www.usgwarchives.org/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsh-k.html#NW10

SCROLL DOWN AND DOWN In a message dated 5/22/2008 10:35:10 A.M. Central Daylight Time, mcniel2@prodigy.net writes: Some day I'll learn to check out a "free" link to Ancestry.com, before passing it along to others! I am already a member to Ancestry, but thought I'd share the free link with a lot of other researchers who are not members. Sigh.... Forrest Ward <fward@austin.rr.com> wrote: ZIP! That freebie didn't last long, did it Scott! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fitzgerald" To: "ETGS Mailing List" Cc: "TSGS Open List" Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:35 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] FW: [TX-AGS] free military searches > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Mkdb1405@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:05 AM > To: TX-AGS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TX-AGS] free military searchs > > Announcement from Dick Eastman.... > To commemorate the NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial Day, > Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the largest > online collection of American military records -- available for free to > the > > public. From May 20 through May 31, people can log on to > http://www.ancestry.com/military to view more than 100 million names and > 700 > titles and databases of > military records. ------------------------------- 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 TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT WORKED. I AM A MEMBER OF ANCESTRY.COM HOWEVER I DID IT OFF THE LINK. TRY TRY AGAIN, MAYBE. IF I CAN HELP, LET ME KNOW. S H A R O N **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002)

ZIP! That freebie didn't last long, did it Scott! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fitzgerald" <scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: "ETGS Mailing List" <TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "TSGS Open List" <TX-TEXSTATE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:35 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] FW: [TX-AGS] free military searches > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Mkdb1405@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:05 AM > To: TX-AGS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TX-AGS] free military searchs > > Announcement from Dick Eastman.... > To commemorate the NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial Day, > Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the largest > online collection of American military records -- available for free to > the > > public. From May 20 through May 31, people can log on to > http://www.ancestry.com/military to view more than 100 million names and > 700 > titles and databases of > military records. > > > > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TX-AGS-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 >

-----Original Message----- From: tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mkdb1405@aol.com Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:05 AM To: TX-AGS@rootsweb.com Subject: [TX-AGS] free military searchs Announcement from Dick Eastman.... To commemorate the NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial Day, Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the largest online collection of American military records -- available for free to the public. From May 20 through May 31, people can log on to http://www.ancestry.com/military to view more than 100 million names and 700 titles and databases of military records. **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TX-AGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Some day I'll learn to check out a "free" link to Ancestry.com, before passing it along to others! I am already a member to Ancestry, but thought I'd share the free link with a lot of other researchers who are not members. Sigh.... Forrest Ward <fward@austin.rr.com> wrote: ZIP! That freebie didn't last long, did it Scott! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fitzgerald" To: "ETGS Mailing List" Cc: "TSGS Open List" Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:35 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] FW: [TX-AGS] free military searches > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-ags-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Mkdb1405@aol.com > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:05 AM > To: TX-AGS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TX-AGS] free military searchs > > Announcement from Dick Eastman.... > To commemorate the NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial Day, > Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the largest > online collection of American military records -- available for free to > the > > public. From May 20 through May 31, people can log on to > http://www.ancestry.com/military to view more than 100 million names and > 700 > titles and databases of > military records.

A project that we have been working for over 6 months is nearly complete. The first 20 volumes of East Texas Family Records published by East Texas Genealogical Society which cover six counties {Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk & Smith} and the complete set of The Tracings published by the Anderson County Genealogical are now on-line at the Portal to Texas History website. They are searchable. The Texas State Genealogical provided funds to help pay for the scanning through its Partner Society one-time Archival Grant. For more information on ETGS go to our new website: www.etgs.org For more information of TSGS and it grant programs: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsgs/ Hi Scott, We have your two quarterlies online now, and we sure appreciate you working with us to provide access to these: East Texas Family Records: http://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=ETGS&t=institution The Tracings: http://texashistory.unt.edu/search/?q=ACGS&t=institution Thanks, Dreanna Dreanna Belden Coordinator for Grants and Development UNT Libraries P.O. Box 305190 Denton, TX 76203-5190 940.369.8740 TEL 940.565.2599 FAX dreanna.belden@unt.edu www.texashistory.unt.edu