Hello, I am new to the list and would like to acquaint you with my search. I am researching the family and descendants of Stephen Bishop and his wife Susan Bryce who were married in Austin in 1855 and lived in Bastrop County until their deaths. Susan was the sister of Charlotte Bryce who married Benjamin Lyman. Ben Lyman and Stephen Bishop were in business together. I would be most interested in learing if anyone on the list is doing any of these families. Thanks, Melba Bishop Bastropcc@aol.com wrote: > OK, I received a copy of the Bastrop County Death Records book. Not mine > though as Karen forgot to send it and now, since they ran out, they are > printing more. I was able to borrow one until mine gets here next week. > It is a spiral, soft covered, book, with deaths sorted by date of death. > It has date death filed, place of death, names of deceased, sex, race (this > is not just a book of white folks deaths, all races are listed), marriage > status, name of father and mother, date of death, cause, physician, place of > burial, burial date and undertaker. There are spelling mistakes such as > Pettytown Cemetery is written as Petty? Tom? but these can be figured out. > All in all it is good to have it and it has irreplacable information in it. > It goes from September 1917 to March 1940. Of course, not all deaths in that > timeframe is listed as this was one record book, but there are 1671 names and > information. It's not just from the undertaker Schewe either, Luckett, > Dawson, Bryson, Grimes, Combs and other undertaker's info is in here. > Have to figure out a few things like is the City Cemetery, Bastrop Cemetery > and Fairview Cemetery the same one. Recognized lots of names. Other > cemeteries are mentioned that I haven't seen before. > It is hoped that the owner, Jim Cox, will donate the original to the Bastrop > Museum and I was told that was being worked on. We are fortunate that he > allowed this journal to be transcribed. > Again, if someone wants to purchase one: > Send $12.00 check made out to Save Texas Cemeteries > Save Texas Cemeteries > c/o Karen Thompson > 7203 South Ute Trail > Austin, TX 78729 > (512)258-5688 > And again, I am not affiliated with this organization, just letting you know > a new source for information. > > Tammy Owen > Bastrop CO, TX Coordinator > Bastropcc@aol.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbastro/bastrop.htm > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txtammy/bastrop/bastropmain.html > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send an email with only the word unsubscribe in the body of the email to TXBASTRO-L-request@rootsweb.com (or TXBASTRO-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest list) > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/