Courtesy of Scott Fitzgerald, we have added the years 1997 through 2005 to our archived Bulletin's. They can be found here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/archives/archived_ bulletins.html Watch for any wrapping of the URL. This concludes 'The Bulletin Archives' update project - we now have CY 1977 through the upcomming month of 2007 on the web. We are missing only a few months in 1977 & 1978, and a month in 1982. Scott & I hope that this project of his will be of use to you all. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master

Hi Scott: If you have this book, would see if there are any TINKLE about 1887 in Rusk County, Tx. or any other Tinkle. Susie Perkins Woodway, Tx. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Fitzgerald<mailto:scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com<mailto:tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Cc: Rusk County List<mailto:TXRUSK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [TX-ETGS] Rusk County Probate Book

Hi Sue, I am not sure if this helps or not but Franklin County has an active genealogy society. ETGS has traded with them and have most if not all of their books at the Tyler library. I am not sure about Upshur Co. The Longview library may have something also so you might check there. Good Luck, Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of SusieKnu1@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:34 PM > To: tx-etgs@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TX-ETGS] WILLIS BERRY WALKER D. 1900 FRANKLIN COUNTY, TX > > I HAVE A REAL DILEMA TO SOLVE, HOPING SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT. I HAVE AN > ORANGE WALKER WHO IS BURIED IN UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS HOWEVER HEHAD A SON > WILLIS > BERRY WALKER WHO WAS A CIRCUIT RIDER AND A METHODIST MINISTER. WILLIS B. > DIED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1900 BUT NO ONE CAN LOCATE HIS BURIAL OR DEATH > CERTIFICATE. WE DO HOWEVER SHOW AN OBIT FOR HIM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. > JUST THOUGHT > PERHAPS SOME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN WOOD, CAMP, FRANKLIN OR UPSHUR MIGHT HAVE > SOME CEMETERY RECORDS WHICH MIGHT SHOW HIS STONE SOME PLACE CLOSE TO THE > BORDER > OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ONE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE LOOKED JUST > TODAY > IN UPSHUR COUNTY BUT NO SUCCESS. HERES HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE > THIS > MAN. THANKS, SUE K IN SEATTLE VISITING IN EAST TEXAS > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.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

I HAVE A REAL DILEMA TO SOLVE, HOPING SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT. I HAVE AN ORANGE WALKER WHO IS BURIED IN UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS HOWEVER HEHAD A SON WILLIS BERRY WALKER WHO WAS A CIRCUIT RIDER AND A METHODIST MINISTER. WILLIS B. DIED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1900 BUT NO ONE CAN LOCATE HIS BURIAL OR DEATH CERTIFICATE. WE DO HOWEVER SHOW AN OBIT FOR HIM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. JUST THOUGHT PERHAPS SOME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN WOOD, CAMP, FRANKLIN OR UPSHUR MIGHT HAVE SOME CEMETERY RECORDS WHICH MIGHT SHOW HIS STONE SOME PLACE CLOSE TO THE BORDER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ONE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE LOOKED JUST TODAY IN UPSHUR COUNTY BUT NO SUCCESS. HERES HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS MAN. THANKS, SUE K IN SEATTLE VISITING IN EAST TEXAS ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

You might try 'Find A Grave' at http://www.findagrave.com/index.html I found a grave for Orange Walker and there are 30 for a Willis Walker all over the US. You might be a le to narrow it down to one of these or he might not be here,,,,,,,,,but it's worth a try. Malinda ----- Original Message ----- From: <SusieKnu1@aol.com> To: <tx-etgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:33 PM Subject: [TX-ETGS] WILLIS BERRY WALKER D. 1900 FRANKLIN COUNTY, TX I HAVE A REAL DILEMA TO SOLVE, HOPING SOMEONE CAN HELP ME OUT. I HAVE AN ORANGE WALKER WHO IS BURIED IN UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS HOWEVER HEHAD A SON WILLIS BERRY WALKER WHO WAS A CIRCUIT RIDER AND A METHODIST MINISTER. WILLIS B. DIED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1900 BUT NO ONE CAN LOCATE HIS BURIAL OR DEATH CERTIFICATE. WE DO HOWEVER SHOW AN OBIT FOR HIM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. JUST THOUGHT PERHAPS SOME OF YOU WHO LIVE IN WOOD, CAMP, FRANKLIN OR UPSHUR MIGHT HAVE SOME CEMETERY RECORDS WHICH MIGHT SHOW HIS STONE SOME PLACE CLOSE TO THE BORDER OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ONE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES. I HAVE LOOKED JUST TODAY IN UPSHUR COUNTY BUT NO SUCCESS. HERES HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT RECOGNIZE THIS MAN. THANKS, SUE K IN SEATTLE VISITING IN EAST TEXAS ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.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

Scott: Can you tell us what kind of bags are best suited for this purpose? Mike

East Texas Genealogical Society Get-acquainted Luncheon Thursday, October 25, 2007 (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

I am not sure they great they are, but there is a saying that any publicity is good publicity. Not sure the picture helps anything at all. And I am pretty sure I did not say that my filing was in bags, boxes for sure but not bags. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tx-etgs-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Beverly Odom > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 6:45 AM > To: TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TX-ETGS] newspaper article > > There are two great ETGS and TSGS articles in Mondays' Tyler paper. > http://tylerpaper.com/article/20071022/NEWS08/710210308 > http://tylerpaper.com/article/20071022/NEWS08/710210307 > -- > Beverly Odom > > ------------------------------- > 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

There are two great ETGS and TSGS articles in Mondays' Tyler paper. http://tylerpaper.com/article/20071022/NEWS08/710210308 http://tylerpaper.com/article/20071022/NEWS08/710210307 -- Beverly Odom

_____ From: Beverly Odom [mailto:bevodom@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:58 PM To: Scott Fitzgerald Subject: websites mentioned today Scott, please send this info to the etgs elist. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is specific to those who attended the Computer Interest Group meeting today. Beverly Odom http://www.familysearchlabs.org/ What you can do with Record Search * Search indexed records and view original documents * Browse images of death certificates, census records, and more * Find your ancestors http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp What is Indexing? Volunteers extract family history information from digital images of historical documents to create searchable indexes that assist everyone in finding their ancestors.

Forwarded at Mr. Davis' request: Mr. Fitzgerald, Thank you for considering assisting in the very noble cause. I need the name, address, relation to soldier and phone number. I will have to proper Casualty Office contact the family and mail them a kit. These soldiers gave the county listed as their Home Of Record when they entered service. Below is a statement that I use in posting that explains the process. When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years ago. Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering remains in North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those remains to the proper family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of the families of these missing soldiers. For various reasons some families have not been located. There are 140 families from Texas that have not been located. When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the family for proper burial. I am just an old (77 years) Combat Veteran out of the Korean War and thankful that I did return. I consider this a very noble cause and I hope that you can help in some way to find these families. For more information on the project you may go to http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to match up the lost families with the proper agency. I will be grateful for any assistance in locating these families. Harold Davis 40th Infantry Division Korea '52-'53 910-791-2333 hgdavis@bellsouth.net Anderson JOHN ALLEN TAYLOR, JR Born: 1931 Date of loss: September, 1950. KIA Gregg ALVIN LEROY SETTLE Born: August 10, 1928. Black DOL November 25, 1950. POW WILLIAM PERRY BROWN, JR Born: December 18, 1923. DOL Feb. 24, 1952. KIA Smith PETER COLUMBUS BELL* Born: September 17, 1912. Caucasian DOL December 1, 1950. MIA EUGENE RILEY OWENS Born: April 10, 1930 DOL June 12, 1951. KIA Thank you very much, Harold Davis

I am in WA state and cannot attend this function but am related to a Parker family. I would like to have him look at what I have and use it as he sees fit. or NOT. Hope someone can give him my email address at gsnettles@hotmail.com<mailto:gsnettles@hotmail.com> to see if we could see if we his info falls into mine or visa versa. Thanks Quinn E. Urban-Dahlstrom ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Fitzgerald<mailto:scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: Anderson County List<mailto:TXANDERS-L@rootsweb.com> ; ETGS Mailing List<mailto:TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> ; Gen Events List<mailto:Gen-Events-L@rootsweb.com> ; Gregg County List<mailto:TXGREGG-L@rootsweb.com> ; Henderson County List<mailto:TXHENDER-L@rootsweb.com> ; Panola County List<mailto:TXPANOLA-L@rootsweb.com> ; Rusk County List<mailto:TXRUSK-L@rootsweb.com> ; Smith County List<mailto:TXSMITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 5:23 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] Oct. 13th, Tyler, TX, ETGS Meeting Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX Saturday, October 13, 2007 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Jack Selden Program: "Return: The Parker Story" Jack Selden has been researching, writing, and speaking about the famous Parker family for more than forty years. Fortunately, he married a member of this illustrious family. He has accumulated a wealth of documents that relate to the family and has interviewed scores of the early family members. He will discuss his book, Return, The Parker Family, with emphasis on the role the family played during the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. Jack Selden was born in Palestine and graduated from high school there. He began his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago and completed it at George Washington University where he received a bachelor's degree. He served twenty-one years in the United States Air Force. After his retirement, he returned to Palestine, where he now lives. Selden was elected to three terms as Mayor of Palestine. He continues to be active in local activities including the Anderson County Historical Commission, the annual Anderson County History Forum, cemetery preservation and registration, and various genealogical interests. For many years, he has been a freelance writer. Besides newspapers, he has written for Texas Highways, Texas Star, and Southwestern Art. He was a contributor to the six-volume New Handbook of Texas published by the Texas State Historical Commission. He has appeared on the History Channel as an expert on the Parker story. Following a short refreshment period, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet. Beverly Bailey Odom, Larry Oliver and/or Scott Fitzgerald will host a roundtable discussion on computer related topics with questions from the audience. Information on upcoming programs can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html<http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html> ETGS will be the local host this year for the Texas State Genealogical Society's annual conference on November 9 and 10, 2007. More information can be found at our web-site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/2007/tsgs_2007_flyer.pdf<http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/2007/tsgs_2007_flyer.pdf> East Texas Genealogical Society represent six counties which are Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk and Smith counties. ETGS publishes the "East Texas Family Records" four times a year which features articles and records concerning our six counties and a monthly newsletter "The Bulletin" which features information about our society, things of interest to our members and information about our six counties. ETGS has began a First Families of East Texas covering our six counties. To find out about this program go to following link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/FirstFamilies/firstfam.html<http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/FirstFamilies/firstfam.html> For more information, you may contact me at scottfitzgerald@tyler.net<mailto:scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> or go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/<http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/> Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Vice-President. ------------------------------- 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

Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX Saturday, October 13, 2007 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Jack Selden Program: "Return: The Parker Story" Jack Selden has been researching, writing, and speaking about the famous Parker family for more than forty years. Fortunately, he married a member of this illustrious family. He has accumulated a wealth of documents that relate to the family and has interviewed scores of the early family members. He will discuss his book, Return, The Parker Family, with emphasis on the role the family played during the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. Jack Selden was born in Palestine and graduated from high school there. He began his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago and completed it at George Washington University where he received a bachelor's degree. He served twenty-one years in the United States Air Force. After his retirement, he returned to Palestine, where he now lives. Selden was elected to three terms as Mayor of Palestine. He continues to be active in local activities including the Anderson County Historical Commission, the annual Anderson County History Forum, cemetery preservation and registration, and various genealogical interests. For many years, he has been a freelance writer. Besides newspapers, he has written for Texas Highways, Texas Star, and Southwestern Art. He was a contributor to the six-volume New Handbook of Texas published by the Texas State Historical Commission. He has appeared on the History Channel as an expert on the Parker story. Following a short refreshment period, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will meet. Beverly Bailey Odom, Larry Oliver and/or Scott Fitzgerald will host a roundtable discussion on computer related topics with questions from the audience. Information on upcoming programs can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html ETGS will be the local host this year for the Texas State Genealogical Society's annual conference on November 9 and 10, 2007. More information can be found at our web-site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/2007/tsgs_2007_flyer.pdf East Texas Genealogical Society represent six counties which are Anderson, Gregg, Henderson, Panola, Rusk and Smith counties. ETGS publishes the "East Texas Family Records" four times a year which features articles and records concerning our six counties and a monthly newsletter "The Bulletin" which features information about our society, things of interest to our members and information about our six counties. ETGS has began a First Families of East Texas covering our six counties. To find out about this program go to following link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/FirstFamilies/firstfam.html For more information, you may contact me at scottfitzgerald@tyler.net or go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/ Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald, 1st Vice-President.

Hi All, As promised we secured a group rate for the hotel next door: Best Western Southpark right next door to Holiday Inn Select with adjoining parking lots. 10 doubles and 15 kings blocked at a rate of $79 each for Thursday Nov. 8 and Friday, Nov 9. Rooms will be released on Oct. 25 if not rented. Phone number for reservations is 903-534-8800. Address is 120 W. Rieck Rd, Tyler TX 75703. Scott

Larry, did you receive the bylaws I sent to you? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence E. Oliver" <oliverl@suddenlink.net> To: <TX-ETGS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 3:27 PM Subject: [TX-ETGS] October 2007 ETGS "The Bulletin" > The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for October 2007 is now available at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/2007/200710.pdf > > 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

We have been informed by the Holiday Inn Select that they are out of non-smoking rooms at the group rate for Thursday and Friday nights (Nov. 8 & 9). We are in the process of trying to arrange additional rooms or a group rate at the Best Western next door or one of the other hotels nearby. As soon as I know something further I will let everyone know. Scott Fitzgerald TSGS President

Don't Miss the Genealogy Roadshow Presented by Lone Star Chapter, APG at the Texas State GS Annual Conference 9-10 November 2007 in Tyler, Texas The Lone Star Chapter of APG is conducting a Genealogy Roadshow at the Texas State Genealogical Society (TSGS) Annual Conference on November 9th and 10th. We are offering free 15-minute consultations during breaks to provide ideas to solve one genealogical problem for conference attendees. To participate in the Genealogy Roadshow please print this linked registration form <http://lonestarapg.com/roadshow_form.pdf>, complete it, and bring it to the conference along with any pertinent documentation. At the conference visit the Lone Star Chapter APG booth to be assigned a consultation time slot. At the time assigned an experienced genealogist will discuss your problem and offer research suggestions that may help further your research. Due to the time limitations it is necessary to focus on a very specific research question. For example: * There were four men with the same name in the same place at the same time. How can I determine which was my ancestor? * I need help determining my great-grandmother's maiden name. The documents I already have are [provide a brief list of sources here with details provided on the document]. * My ancestor served in the Civil War. I have his pension file. What other records might be available to add to his story in this time-frame? * I can trace this family in every census but one. What techniques might I use to find them? Questions are not limited to these topics. These are just examples to show how you might focus on a very specific question. Lone Star Chapter APG members will be available to assist as needed in focusing your question.

The ETGS newsletter "The Bulletin" for October 2007 is now available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Publications/the_bulletin/2007/200710.pdf Watch for any wrapping of the URL. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver ETGS Web Master

Scott, my Lord, how did I miss that you were president of TSGS. Congratulations! Hey - I'm sorry but I'm behind schedule on newsletter. Working hard on it tonight. Too much company and stuff over the weekend interfered with my finishing it. Thanks Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Fitzgerald" <scottfitzgerald@tyler.net> To: "TSGS Open List" <TX-TEXSTATE-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "ETGS Mailing List" <TX-ETGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: [TX-ETGS] TSGS Conference Nov 9&10th > Hi All, > > We have put up a map of Tyler from the Visitors & Convention Bureau for > those who are attending the conference in November. Lots of good > information > about Tyler. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/TylerMap.pdf > > Members can still enter our web-site contest. For more information go to: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/website.html > > We are still accepting vendors, advertising and door prizes. If you have > any > questions, please feel free to contact me. > > Thanks, Scott Fitzgerald > President of Texas State Genealogical Society > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/conference.pdf > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/Vendorapplication.html > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/tsgs2007flyer/tsgs2007advertisingflyer.pdf > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/tsgs2007flyer/tsgs2007doorprizeflyer.pdf > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 new tombstone photos and a new survey for the Mausoleum of the Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas at: Survey: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/smith/cemetery/roshilmaus.txt Photos: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/smith/tsphotos/cemsn-r.html#TT02 These photos are courtesy of Scott Fitzgerald. Larry Lawrence E. Oliver; Smith County TXGenWeb Project Manager, Smith County TXGenWeb Archives File Manager & Smith County TXGenWeb Tombstone File Manager