How far back do Anderson County marriage records go? I'm looking for one in 1855: Lewis Rogers and M.E. Dean. Thanks, [email protected]

Would like to know if in 1855 in Anderson County there was a church called Centenary Methodist Episcopal? Thanks. [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/352.359.1.1 Message Board Post: SORRY...it's NOT rev.james. it's JOHN A. MOORE

Hi All, I apologize but there was a error on the link to the seminar registration form. The correct link is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/Meetings/bockstruck.html Thanks, Scott

LLOYD BOCKSTRUCK FEATURED SPEAKER AT ETGS SEMINAR The East Texas Genealogical Society will conduct an all-day seminar Saturday, September 13, at the First Christian Church, Conference & Scout Rooms (behind the Church), 4202 South Broadway, Tyler, Texas. Mr. Bockstruck is a frequent lecturer at local, state and national genealogical societies. He is well known as an outstanding speaker and we are pleased that he will be conducting the following sessions during our seminar. FINDING SUBSTITUTES FOR BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS - Vital statistics are a major record source because they follow an ancestor from birth to death. A person’s lifespan dates may provide the data to separate him or her from others of the same name. Vital statistics may also serve the purpose of identifying the parents. Learning to let other record groups reveal the same information is a lesson all genealogists must master. LESSER USED GENEALOGICAL RECORDS - Beyond deeds, wills, marriage records, and censuses, many other records remain for the enterprising and ingenious genealogist to seek out. While they vary from one jurisdiction to another and from one century to another, it becomes imperative to consider lesser used records in order to extend a pedigree and to confirm or refute the one you have prepared. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES - Unlike the New England and Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies were directly under the control of the crown. They were primarily rural so their land records are a mainstay in documenting the existence of ancestors and providing filiations. During the Civil War there were significant record losses. Their political philosophy and religion caused them to have a different approach toward record creation. NEWSPAPER GENEALOGY - “Read all about it” was the cry of newsboys at street corners across the country in the last century. Newspapers complement civil records in town halls and county courthouses; they also offer substitutes for missing civil records due to fire, theft, tornadoes, and floods. Determining their availability and whereabouts are also challenges for the genealogists, but the dividends are worth the effort. Lloyd Bockstruck is the supervisor of the Genealogy Section of the Dallas Public Library and his column “Family Tree” appears weekly in the Dallas Morning News. He is a faculty member at several genealogical institutions and is a fellow of the National Genealogical Society. He has received numerous awards and honors including the NGS Filby Award for Outstanding Genealogical Librarian. Registration will begin at 8:30 am. The seminar will be from 9:00 until 3:30 pm. The cost is $25.00 per person if registered before September 1, or $30.00 per person after September 1. Participants should bring a sack lunch or plan to eat at nearby restaurants. Soft drinks and light snacks will be provided. Visit our Web site at www.rootsweb.com/txetgs/meetings to print a registration form. Or, call Scott at 903-592-6576; or send an e-mail to [email protected] for more information.

Thank you Kindly, sgtwendy

Yes:: Monday---12 to 8 Tuesday--10 to 8 Wed------10 to 6 Thur-----12 to 8 Friday---10 to 6 Sat------10 to 4 Sunday Closed

Can someone tell me the Hours for the Palestine library for Wed ,thu, and Fri. Thank you. [email protected]

The unknown Emmerson could be AMASON , AMERSON , or AMMERSON.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrison, Zimmerman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/330.1.1 Message Board Post: The bible record that I have for the wife of Nathaniel Harrison shows her name as Mary Zimerman. The Bible is that of William Hudson and Nancy E. Harrison. Nancy was the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Harrison.

Betsy LEE was a sister of Levi LEE. She was born about 1823 in TN and her brother Washington Levi Lee was born in 1825 in TN. He joined a wagon train and came to Anderson Co TX in 1857. Betsy LEE married an unknown EMMERSON. and lived in Poynor with Levi's family in her later years. She was blind. Her brother Levi was killed in Virgina at the "Battle of Gains Mills" in 1865. His widow Emmaline SHELBY LEE stayed in Henderson Co TX and raised the children there.. We are searching for the parents of Betsy LEE Emmerson and her brother Washington Levi LEE. Any information about this family will be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1360 Message Board Post: ..I ask that anyone from the East Texas area please go to the web site I have given below... I have uploaded a picture to the Ancient Faces web site... below is the address for those of you who are not yet members... if you are not yet a member, I urge you to join, it is wonderful, and it is free, and you can list the surnames you are interested in, and they will send you email everytime they have someone upload pictures with that surnames... ..they also have some family stories and family web sites...you will love it... here is the address... http://www.ancientfaces.com/ ..I have uploaded a picture there in the "mystery" section... here is how you find the picture... first go to the mystery photos.. then click on Texas... then it will give you a list of mystery photos... mine is called Unknown Group of Men from East Texas... I ask that yall look at that photo, and see if anyone might recognize any of those kindly gentlemen or might have any suggestion about it... ..my email address is: [email protected] ..thank you so much, and I look forward to hearing from yall anyway... have a nice nite... Karen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Walston Butler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1359 Message Board Post: On her first marriage certificate in Gonzales County in 1876, Mary Annice Walston was listed as marrying Lemuel Butler. In the 1900 census, she was listed as Annis and born in 1878 in Texas. I have a great deal of info on Lemuel, but nothing on "Annice" earlier than her marriage. Does anyone know what happened to the baby "Anise" listed as the second child of Henry Walston (Jr) and Jane? Any information on any of Henry's children by his second wife Jane would be much appreciated

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1358 Message Board Post: Seeking information on George Lee Thompson, born 6/12/1912, died 8/15/63. Bob Giannola Florence, Oregon

Regular Meeting of East Texas Genealogical Society, Tyler, TX Saturday, August 9, 2003 Tyler Public Library - Taylor Auditorium 2:00 p.m. Speaker: Elizabeth Nitschke Hicks Program: "Law Library Research" Many researchers would like to search for information about their ancestors at law libraries but need to know more about the various legal documents before they begin. Guest speakers, Elizabeth Nitschke Hicks, will discuss various records such as the First Decennial Digest and State Reports. If a complete table of American Cases from 1658 to 1906 interests you, you'll want to attend this meeting. Ms. Hicks is a descendant of pioneer Germans of Austin and Travis counties. She is the originator and manager of the "Angels" program for the Clayton Library Friends, and is currently serving as a Director. She is a professional genealogists and the genealogy editor for the German-Texan Heritage Society. She was a past contributing editor for "Tree Talk", the publication of the Cherokee County Genealogical Society. Following the program there will be refreshments. The Computer Interest Group of the East Texas Genealogical Society will not meet this month. Information on upcoming programs can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/meetings.html 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 and a monthly newsletter The Bulletin. 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/firstfam.html . For more information, you may contact me at [email protected] or go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/ Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald, President.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Cunningham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1069.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I do not know the name of the parents of William Wilson but Jane Cunningham was the daughter of John & Isabel Cunningham of Rowan Co., NC. She had a sister Margaret and brother John Cunningham. Jane's father John was the son of John Cunningham of Lancaster Co., Pa. and he was the son of William Cunningham of Lancaster Co., Pa. William Wilson was a Revolutionary War soldier and is listed in the DAR Patriot Index and Pension Abstracts. My research interest is the Cunningham family but the Wilson's in Anderson County, Tx. are buried near my home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1069.2.1 Message Board Post: Very interesting! Do you know more of Andrew's lineage, eiither going forward and/ or backwards? I have been looking for Robert Henry Wilson's folks for a long time.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Cunningham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1069.1.1 Message Board Post: Andrew Wilson and Sarah Snow are buried in the Wilson cemetery in Anderson County, Tx. Andrew was the son of William Wilson and Jane Cunningham.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Cunningham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1069.2 Message Board Post: I believe Andrew Wilson was the son of William Wilson and Jane Cunningham. Andrew is buried just down the road from my present home.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XiB.2ACI/1069.1 Message Board Post: I am also looking for this person as the father of Robert Henry Wilson who married Eliza Squyres Shaver. I have Robert Henry Wilson born in 1829 in AL. Eliza was born in 1845 and married Robert Henry Wilson in 1865 in Anderson County, TX and Eliza was the child of John Squyres and Rachel Reed as you said. I have found R. H. Wilson along with Sarah Wilson in the 1860 Census in Anderson Co., TX. Sarah's maiden name was Winters. Would like to discuss further.