We have additional tombstone photos and a new survey for the Pugh-Goss (African-American) Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas at: Survey: (Old Cemetery - first-time survey) ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/smith/cemetery/pughgoss1.txt Photos: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsn-r.html#NW56 These photos are courtesy of Sam & Sherry Kidd. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager

Doug - Notice that the "f" from "pdf" has wrapped to the second line. You will need to click on the URL and when you get a 'cannot find' in your browser, add the "f" to the end of the URL and then click to go. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master > >-----Original Message----- > >From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doug Crabtree > >Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 7:59 AM > >To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] December 2007 ETGS "The Bulletin" > > > >For some reason I couldn't get to it. > > > >Doug > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com]On > >Behalf Of Lawrence E. Oliver > >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:58 AM > >To: TX-ETGS@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [TX-ETGS] December 2007 ETGS "The Bulletin" > > > > > >The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for December 2007 is now > >available at: > > > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/200 > >7/etgs200712.pd > >f > > > >Watch for any wrapping of the URL. > > > >Larry > >Lawrence E. Oliver > >ETGS Web Master > > > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.8/1154 - Release > >Date: 11/27/2007 11:40 AM > > > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.8/1154 - Release > >Date: 11/27/2007 11:40 AM > > > > > >------------------------------- > >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

add the f on the 2nd line to the pd on the top line. ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Crabtree<mailto:dcpossuman@embarqmail.com> To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com<mailto:tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 5:59 AM Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] December 2007 ETGS "The Bulletin" For some reason I couldn't get to it. Doug -----Original Message----- From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com<mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Lawrence E. Oliver Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:58 AM To: TX-ETGS@rootsweb.com<mailto:TX-ETGS@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TX-ETGS] December 2007 ETGS "The Bulletin" The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for December 2007 is now available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/2007/etgs200712pd<http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/2007/etgs200712.pd> f Watch for any wrapping of the URL. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master ------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.8/1154 - Release Date: 11/27/2007 11:40 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.8/1154 - Release Date: 11/27/2007 11:40 AM ------------------------------- 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

For some reason I couldn't get to it. Doug -----Original Message----- From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Lawrence E. Oliver Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:58 AM To: TX-ETGS@rootsweb.com Subject: [TX-ETGS] December 2007 ETGS "The Bulletin" The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for December 2007 is now available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/2007/etgs200712.pd f Watch for any wrapping of the URL. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master ------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.8/1154 - Release Date: 11/27/2007 11:40 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.8/1154 - Release Date: 11/27/2007 11:40 AM

The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for December 2007 is now available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/2007/etgs200712.pd f Watch for any wrapping of the URL. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master

Wish I could come over. But, it is not possible at this time. Please give all attending my best wishes for a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving. Sincerely and God Bless. Billie Beth Moore Chaplain General Daughters of the Republic of Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fitzgerald" <scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: "ETGS Mailing List" <TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 7:56 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] Luncheon 11/20/07 > East Texas Genealogical Society > Get-acquainted Luncheon - Last one of the year > Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (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, 1st Vice-President of ETGS - scottfitzgerald@tyler.net > > > ------------------------------- > 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: ighr-l-bounces@maillists.samford.edu [mailto:ighr-l-bounces@maillists.samford.edu] On Behalf Of Ashmore, Beth Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:31 AM To: ighr-l Subject: [IGHR-l] Jean Thomason Scholarship for IGHR - Application deadline:December 1st Applications for the Jean Thomason Scholarship are due by December 1st and will be reviewed by a Samford University Library committee. The winner will be announced in January. Please include the following in your application: * Name * Address * Email * Phone * The name of the Library where you are employed * The length of time you have worked in a library * The name of the course you plan to attend * In 500 words or less (1 printed page), a description of how participation in this course will benefit your patrons Applications should be sent to: Thomason Scholarship Samford University Library 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 35229 For more information, visit the IGHR website at http://www.samford.edu/schools/ighr/IGHR_scholarship.html. Beth Ashmore Cataloging Librarian Samford University Library 800 Lakeshore Drive Birmingham, AL 35229 [phone] 205.726.2038 [fax] 205.726.4056 [e-mail] beashmor@samford.edu

East Texas Genealogical Society Get-acquainted Luncheon - Last one of the year Tuesday, November 20, 2007 (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, 1st Vice-President of ETGS - scottfitzgerald@tyler.net

This time I did get it by clicking the bottom one. It did not work yesterday though. --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

The bottom URL took me right to the website. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Fitzgerald<mailto:scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: TSGS Open List<mailto:TX-TEXSTATE-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: ETGS Mailing List<mailto:TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 7:47 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] FW: STIRPES online -----Original Message----- From: Dreanna Belden [mailto:DBelden@library.unt.edu] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:34 AM To: mbryant@1starnet.com<mailto:mbryant@1starnet.com>; scottfitzgerald@tyler.net<mailto:scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> Subject: STIRPES online Hi Marynell and Scott, I wanted to let you know that all of the STIRPES are online, and ready for searching. We have added the Texas State Genealogical Society to our list of content contributors (http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/?browseby=contributor<http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/?browseby=contributor> ), and here's a link to the STIRPES issues. We would be very glad to have TSGS and any other societies link to these issues: http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/contributor/TSGS/<http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/contributor/TSGS/> Thanks so much again for all of your support. We really appreciate all you have done for us. Hope you both have a great Thanksgiving! Best, Dreanna Dreanna Belden Coordinator for Grants and Development UNT Libraries P. O. Box 305190 Denton, TX 76203-5190 Phone: 940-369-8740 Fax: 940-369-8882 E-Mail: dbelden@library.unt.edu<mailto:dbelden@library.unt.edu> http://texashistory.unt.edu/<http://texashistory.unt.edu/> ------------------------------- 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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didn't work for me, either. Janice Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen K" <kerrweinc2002@yahoo.com> To: <tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] FW: STIRPES online > There seems to be something wrong with the address? It does not work for > me. Anyone else with that problem? Karen Moore Kerr > > --------------------------------- > Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See > how. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

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-----Original Message----- From: Dreanna Belden [mailto:DBelden@library.unt.edu] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:34 AM To: mbryant@1starnet.com; scottfitzgerald@tyler.net Subject: STIRPES online Hi Marynell and Scott, I wanted to let you know that all of the STIRPES are online, and ready for searching. We have added the Texas State Genealogical Society to our list of content contributors (http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/?browseby=contributor ), and here's a link to the STIRPES issues. We would be very glad to have TSGS and any other societies link to these issues: http://texashistory.unt.edu/browse/contributor/TSGS/ Thanks so much again for all of your support. We really appreciate all you have done for us. Hope you both have a great Thanksgiving! Best, Dreanna Dreanna Belden Coordinator for Grants and Development UNT Libraries P. O. Box 305190 Denton, TX 76203-5190 Phone: 940-369-8740 Fax: 940-369-8882 E-Mail: dbelden@library.unt.edu http://texashistory.unt.edu/

I am putting this on the two lists in the hope that someone will be able to assist! Please answer directly to Mr. McGrath. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver, TXSMITH List Administrator ________________________________ From: Paul J. Mc Grath [mailto:pmcgrath@ontarioroots.com] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 6:09 PM To: oliverl@suddenlink.net Subject: Smith County, Texas genealogy I am a genealogist working for a Canadian Television show about genealogy called "Ancestors in the Attic", and I could really use some help about an East Texas family. "Ancestors in the Attic" is currently researching for our third season. (Unfortunately it's only available on Canadian History Channel). Our website is http://www.history.ca/ancestorsintheattic/ Our viewers write in with their genealogical stories and we help them try to solve them. I am currently working on a very interesting story. I have an elderly gentleman (90+) who is part of the African-American migration to western Canada which took place in the early 1900s. Not a lot of people are aware of the large numbers of black families which came from all over the USA to settle on the free land being granted in Canada's west. This gentleman was born in Alberta, Canada, but his family was from Oklahoma, or so he thought. It turns out they lived in OK for only a few years. Before that they were from Smith Co., TX - likely Tyler and surrounding area. His father was the only one of 14 children to make the trek north, so this gentleman has never met any of his American cousins. He is especially interested in meeting anyone from his mother's family as his mother died when he was only two. The names are as follows: Thomas Map (b.1884 in VA) married Missouri Brooks (b.1887 in Tyler, died 1921 in Alberta) probably in 1907, likely in Oklahoma. Missouri Brook's parents were Alexandra Brooks (b.1838 in VA, died c.1905 in Tyler) and Harriet (surname unkown, born 1847 in AL, died aft 1910 in Tyler). They had 14 children, but I can only find traces of a 10 of them: William Brooks, b.1866 in Garden Valley, d. aft 1900 Judge Brooks, b. c.1868 in Garden Valley, d. aft 1880 Polly H. Brooks, b. c.1869 in Garden Valley, d. aft 1880 Emma L. Brooks, b. c.1872 in Tyler, d. aft 1880 Martha (twin) Brooks, b. 1877-07 in Tyler, d. aft 1910 Mary (twin) Brooks, b. 1877-07 in Tyler, d. aft 1900 Parker Harkless Brooks, b. 1879-03 in Tyler, d. aft 1910 Floyd Brooks, b. 1885-04-15 in Tyler, d. 1948-12-31 in Tyler Missouri Brooks (previously mentioned) Leona Brooks, b. 1889-03, in Tyler, d. aft 1900 Ruby (adopted daughter), b. 1904 in TX, died aft 1910 I would greatly appreciate if you could help my by pointing me in whatever direction to find these people. And more importantly I'm hoping to trace some living relatives so we can fly them to Alberta to meet their cousin. Please do let me know if you can help me in any way, or if you have any questions. Thank you for your help. Paul McGrath pmcgrath@ontarioroots.com www.OntarioRoots.com

TSGS 2007 AWARD RECIPIENTS Presented at the Annual Banquet Nov. 9 in Tyler VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Audrey Rankin, Cass County Genealogical Society STUDENT PROJECTS Benjamin C. Gilmore - 1st place Grades 4-6 Alexis Walworth - 2nd place Grades 4-6 Tiffany Gilmore - 1st place Grades 7-9 Conner Walworth - 2nd place Grades 7-9 WEBSITES BY PARTNER SOCIETIES 1st place - Van Zandt County Genealogical Society 2nd place - East Texas Genealogical Society 3rd place - Victoria County Genealogical Society WRITING AWARDS: GRAND PRIZE WINNER - John E. Myrick "Fuller, Inglish, Day & Bourland: Lester Fuller and His Notable Grandparents" Category I - Books by Non Professionals Family Histories 1st place - John E. Myrick - "Fuller, Inglish, Day & Bourland: Lester Fuller and His Notable Grandparents" 2nd place - Clarence A. Scheel - "Bernhard Joseph Scheel: His Family in Germany and in Texas 1605-2005" References 1st place - Melodey M. Hauch - "Sandy Point Cemetery" 2nd place - Elvis N. Allen - "Building a County: Van Zandt County 1848-1992" 3rd place - Norman F. Porter - "Atascosa County History Through 1912" Category II - Books by a Professional 1st place - Dee Dee King - "Index to Selected Erath County Texas Obituaries: Mid 1980's-2006, The Marilyn Ewers Collection" Category III - Manuscripts 1st place - Karen McCann Hett - "Thomas W. Hoy, Schoolmaster" 2nd place - F. Carlton Cranor - "Samuel Dunbar Woolridge, M.D." 3rd place - Joanne Hutcheson Wilson - "John William Hutcheson" Category IV - Family Periodicals - no entries Category V - Columnists 1st place - Shirley Fuller - "This Week in Wills Point History" 2nd place - Mary O. Torres - "Harlingen Happenings" Category VI - Official Periodicals of Partner Societies Journals 1st place -- San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society 2nd place -- Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society 3rd place - Genealogical & Historical Society of Caldwell County Newsletters 1st place - Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society 2nd place - Mid-Cities Genealogical Society 3rd place - East Texas Genealogical Society Quarterlies 1st place - Victoria County Genealogical Society 2nd place - Central Texas Genealogical Society 3rd place - East Texas Genealogical Society Category VII - Books Published by Partner Societies 1st place - Grapevine Historical Society - "Grapevine's Most Unforgettable Characters" 2nd place - San Antonio Genealogical & Historical Society - "Cemeteries of Bexar County Texas, Vol. 4" 3rd place tie - South Plains Genealogical Society - "The City of Lubbock Cemetery 1892-2002" 3rd place tie - Central Texas Genealogical Society - "McLennan County, Texas Tax Roll for 1890" ARCHIVAL GRANT -- East Texas Genealogical Society for a project to digitize "The Tracings" quarterlies from the Anderson County Genealogical Society and the first 20 volumes of the "East Texas Family Records" of the ETGS-- $500 MATCHING GRANT - East Texas Genealogical Society for a project to publish a book of Rusk County, Texas Death Ledger 1903-1917 -- $500 PRESIDENT'S AWARDS OF APPRECIATION Sam & Sherry Kidd - East Texas Genealogical Society, local conference chairs June Everheart - East Texas Genealogical Society, conference vendor chair TSGS AWARDS OF APPRECIATION FOR SERVICE Deborah Kunze - Outgoing president and district rep from Grapevine Marguerite Newcomb - outgoing editor of Stirpes H. Martin Soward - retiring district rep from San Antonio Johnnye Carlson - retiring district rep from LaMarque Nelda Baker - retiring district rep from Chillicothe Nancy Hengst - retiring district rep from Hamilton Co. Judy Knight - retiring district rep from Fort Worth Terry Bowers - outgoing parliamentarian Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald TSGS President