Beth, Bellville now has its own web site. Has link to Bellville Hist'l Soc. May be an e-mail address for someone there -- can't remember. They should know about the book. Let us know if you locate. Also try looking for phone # for Ann Lindemann, pres of Austin Co Hist'l Commission. Rick Garza mailto:richardgarza1@juno.com On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:38:23 -0800 TXAUSTIN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Does anyone know if the book "Bellville, Austin County, Texas: Miscellaneous Records is still available? It was published by the Baytown Genealogy Society in 1986 but I don't know how to contact them. Thanks Beth Meriwether ____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Can anyone tell me if the Methodist Church in Bellville has any old records? My ancestor moved to Austin Co. about 1860 and died there in 1881. They were very devout Methodist and I am looking for a death date. Beth M.

--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: franchar@cvtv.net (Frances Holley) To: richard garza1@Juno.com Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 02:20:55 -0600 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Czech Heritage Society of Texas will hold its Spring State Meeting on Saturday, March 11, 2000, at St. Andrew's Hall in Hillje, Texas. IH-59 South, near El Campo in Wharton County. Nonmembers and guests are always welcome at our meetings. Registration begins at 8:30 A.M., followed by refreshments, music and exhibits.The welcome address will be delivered by Marie Matcek, Wharton County Chapter President, District Judge Daniel Sklar, and El Campo Mayor, Kenneth Martin. Retta Chandler will report on the Texas Czech Heritage & Cultural Center in La Grange. The speaker's address will be delivered at 11 A.M. Lunch is served at 12 Noon. The East Bernard Czech Singers will entertain during the lunch hour. The business meeting will begin at 1 P.M. George Rhodes, of the Six Mile community in Calhoun County, will be the featured speaker. He is a graduate of South Texas School of Law and was admitted to the State Bar in 1954. He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII from 1943-46. Presently, George is Chairman of the Calhoun County Historical Commission, a position he has held since 1973. He is very active in his quest for the preservation of historical happenings and artifacts in Calhoun County and the surrounding areas. In addition to his law practice, he is also involved in farming and oil and gas activities, and resides in the Six Mile community on property that was purchased by his grandfather in 1897. Exhibits, books and genealogy information will be available. If your chapter would like to have a display space reserved, a two week notification prior to the meeting is requested. For-profit vendors may reserve a space at $25.00 per table with two weeks advance notice. Contact Marie Matcek @ 409 648-2303 to reserve your space. Also, please notify your local chapter president, so they, in turn, can notify Ms. Matcek if you plan to attend the meeting. Nonmembers may contact Marie directly at 409-648-2303 to ask her to reserve a meal for you. The TEXAS VETERANS OF CZECH ANCESTRY book will be available for purchase at this meeting. It contains over 2500 biographies, submitted by family members, of men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. These men and women were either immigrants or descendants of immigrants of the Czech Lands, now known as the Czech Republic. This book was over ten years in the making and contains 352 pages of information and photos. Copies of this book may also be purchased by calling 1-800-880-8642, or contacting: Eakin Press, P.O. Box 90159, Austin, Texas 78709-0159. Price is $40.00 and includes postage & tax. Frances Holley, Reporter Czech Heritage Society of Texas mailto:franchar@cvtv.net . . ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Does anyone know if the book "Bellville, Austin County, Texas: Miscellaneous Records is still available? It was published by the Baytown Genealogy Society in 1986 but I don't know how to contact them. Thanks Beth Meriwether

Dear Listers: Three books Listers might be interested. The Cemetery book is very good but has no inscriptions listed. Map for finding cemeteries and directions listed, about 450pp + about 200pp index of all names. Extensive list of German and Czech names. Dance Halls book is my favorite and covers over 40 dance halls in Austin Co. Includes the German singing society halls and Czech lodge halls,etc. Sharing. It's What It's All About! Rick Garza mailto:richardgarza1@juno.com NameSearch: GARZA, ZATTLER, REYNA, FOSTER, STOPFER ================================================= The Austin County Historical Commission has three books for sale: THE CEMETERIES OF AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS Price $35.00 + $4.50 postage & handling EDUCATION IN AUSTIN COUNTY, Volume I The Era Prior to 1885 Copyright 1997 Price $10.00 +$3.00 postage & handling DANCE HALLS OF AUSTIN COUNTY Copyright 1993 Price $7.00 + $2.00 postage & handling Please write to Betty Krueger 1 East Main Bellville, Texas 77418 409-865-5911 ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Hi Penny, Just a novice but I've got a few questions for you. Have you posted the same message on some of the German lists/boards? Did you do a search on "Heinrich" Verm? Bremen was also a popular point for departure from Europe for folks from the Austrian Empire, have you done a search on the VERM name and possible variations (try some of the genealogy lists in Germany .de)? As well as the fact that his folks could have gone to Bremen from the interiro, lived there awhile to gather enough money to ship out, and then got on board. VERMs in Austin Co. Columbus/Sealy/Eagle Lake phone book shows 4 Verms listed: Brooks, Cecil L., Charles & Patsy, Zenith & Esther. With a forebear like Fortunate Independence Verm, I'd talk to Zenith first. With the info you've supplied, I note he was a citizen of the republic. What specific data were you able to get from the state records on Henry/Heinrich? On Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:08:04 -0600 "alesha" <alesha@glade.net> writes: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: alesha > To: TXAUSTIN-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 8:02 AM > Subject: Fw: Family > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: alesha > > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:39 PM > Subject: Family > > > Hi my name is Alesha Penny Verm and I'am doing genealogy on my > husband's side, wondering if maybe you could help. I do know that > Henry Verm(our third great -grandfather) born 1818 in Bremen, > Germany and he died in San Felipe,Tx.June 26,1873 NOTE:'He came to > Texas permenantly in 1835,join Republic of Texas Army on March > 5,1836. Served under Capt.John Bird and later Capt. P.R.Dexter at > the Battle of San Jacinto as a scout' his wife was Rosanna Lantham > they married in 1854. Had one son named John Henry(our second > great-grandfather) married Jane Boyd Gaston in 1882 . They had 6 > children Fortunate Independence,Rosanna,Mary Jane(Coody),and twins > Ebenezer and Eddie(our great-grandfather). Eddie had 5 chilfren > named Johnnie(our grandfather),James Clyde(died 10/29/1944in > WWII),Francis Brooks,Ruby and Edna Mae. Then Johnnie had 5 children, > Albert Louis,Alvin William(Billy) is my father-in-law,Emily > Mable,Robert Edward and Patricia Ann. I'am married to Troy Wendell > Verm.If you could help I would be pleased soooo much. Thanks. > alesha@glade.net Sharing. It's What It's All About! Rick Garza mailto:richardgarza1@juno.com NameSearch: GARZA, ZATTLER, REYNA, FOSTER, STOPFER Click here to visit http://www.czechheritage.org/springfest.html ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

----- Original Message ----- From: alesha Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:39 PM Subject: Family Hi my name is Alesha Penny Verm and I'am doing genealogy on my husband's side, wondering if maybe you could help. I do know that Henry Verm(our third great -grandfather) born 1818 in Bremen, Germany and he died in San Felipe,Tx.June 26,1873 NOTE:'He came to Texas permenantly in 1835,join Republic of Texas Army on March 5,1836. Served under Capt.John Bird and later Capt. P.R.Dexter at the Battle of San Jacinto as a scout' his wife was Rosanna Lantham they married in 1854. Had one son named John Henry(our second great-grandfather) married Jane Boyd Gaston in 1882 . They had 6 children Fortunate Independence,Rosanna,Mary Jane(Coody),and twins Ebenezer and Eddie(our great-grandfather). Eddie had 5 chilfren named Johnnie(our grandfather),James Clyde(died 10/29/1944in WWII),Francis Brooks,Ruby and Edna Mae. Then Johnnie had 5 children, Albert Louis,Alvin William(Billy) is my father-in-law,Emily Mable,Robert Edward and Patricia Ann. I'am married to Troy Wendell Verm.If you could help! I would be pleased soooo much. Thanks. alesha@glade.net

I am looking for records of my G grandparents arrival to Texas. They came by wagon train from NC about 1885-1880. James M.Hinson and Elizabeth J.Hinson. They had three daughters, Dell,Minnie Violette,and Eva Samantha Hinson. They may have been associated later with a Dr.A.B. Gardner,who lived in Bellville around 1910. I do not have acess to any type of records there and wondered if the was an historical society or if any listers would have census or any type of records that they could advise me whether it mentions these people. Thank You, Karen Kerr Researching: Kerr,Campbell,Gardner,Hinson,Hudson,Parker,Patrick,Thrawl,Crenshaw,Killebrew,Wilson,Lewis,McCartney,Moore, and Zarazua.

Trying every avenue, huh Steve. This list has been pretty quiet. Yours is the first message I've seen since I signed up. I thought this would be an interesting list since Austin County had such an interesting mix of immigrants. Hopefully some of the list members will reply and share the names they are researching. Lost my database a couple of months ago but I had a whole slew of Czech and German names in this county. Sharing. It's What It's All About! Rick Garza mailto:richardgarza1@juno.com NameSearch: GARZA, ZATTLER, REYNA, FOSTER, STOPFER Click here to visit http://www.czechheritage.org/springfest.html ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

I am looking for a connection with people who are research these people in the austin county,Tx area. Steve

Does anyone know of a newspaper that existed in 1865 in Washington or Austin County. I would like to find an obit for someone that died 12/1864-1/1865. If anyone can help me I would like to hear from you. Thanks Beth Meriwether

For those in your area that are interested in the Taliaferro family genealogy, you are invited to visit my web site at http://www.assentweb.com/taliaferro The web site features my Dad's book "The Taliaferro Family - Three Centuries In America" which he wrote after 43 years of research into the family genealogy. He passed away in 1995 and I published the book this past year.

Hi its me again, Bill Hocutt If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url for the article is http//www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html I am also enclosing a link to the article. <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html">Mail List Manners</A> Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me. Bill Hocutt

Hi My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat room and I have built a TexasSites Web Page. My Page contains links to Genealogy pages that are Texas Specific in most cases. If you have a home page for Texas Research or you know of a good Texas Page please send me a link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Texas Researchers. THe site is still in the Formation stage so any links yall could contribute would be greatly appreciated. The Link for the Page is<A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html"> TexasSites</A> The URL is http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, LUNSFORD, MOORE and DODSON. I would also like to invite yall to visit my other sites 1) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html">Adventures in Genealogy</A> a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook. This site has one a few awards and the column has appeard in the Dallas Genalogical Society newsletter and is a regular on the Golden Gates Genealogical Newsletter. If you decide to try this page, just click on the title of an article and it will come up. 2) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html">Nomocotton</A> a page with my original fiction on it about a small town in East Texas. 3) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html"> AlbamaSites</A> a page of Alabama Genealogical sites 4) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/index.html">Bio</A> my Personal Bio page including a photo of my family Thank you for your time. Bill Hocutt

Iam looking for a 1880 Austin County census look-up if there is someone out there with easy access to this census. I would be most grateful for your help.. Iam looking for a August Trader & wife Paulena, August may have died by 1880 and his wife remarried...so I would be looking for a John Wearing & wife Paulina in the 1880 census. You can contact me direct, Thanks a Million Patricia Schiro schiro@gte.net

Many Thanks to everyone who responded to my request on Buckhorn, TX.. Patricia Schiro

Can someone tell me where is Buckhorn, TX??? Thanks a Million Patricia Schiro schiro@gte.net

Hello Everyone, I had a Grandfather "George Hodgkinson" who died in Texas. Probably in Austin. I think that's where he lived. His first wife was Amelia. He had a second wife, I didn't know her or her name. I was told they adopted a few children. I don't know how many. His first son is my Father. His name is also George (Edgar) Hodgkinson. He lives in Florida. Orlando I believe. Married to a woman named Sally. Would anyone have any info on either "Georges". George Sr. born Aug 27, 1901 Texas. Died May 1971 Texas. I got this info from the Family Tree Social Security CD. I can't be positive this is even him. I can't find my father to ask him. George Edgar Hodgkinson (my father) born Nov 20, 1927 (or close to it) Thank You for any information, AbbieM

Searching for further information on James L. DUFF b. 1780; d. 1800-1809 Austin Co., Texas; md. Mary PARKS Tennessee or Kentucky. I was told that he was the son of James and Agnes (CARSON) DUFF. James and his son James fought in the War of 1812 or French and Indian Wars and drew land in Hardeman Co., Tennessee; then James L. went to Austin, Texas where he drew more land. This was all told to me so need to get proof. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Willing to share my research. Ima Jean Baker Young ijyoung@gte.net

On the 1850 online census Sarah SIMON is living in the household of Ira and Mary CAMP. There is also a SIMONS household. Could someone tell me where these folks were born? Thanks, Retha