Sara: Thanks! I'll suggest it to her. Dora --- "Sara M. Bettencourt" <SaraBett@swbell.net> wrote: > Hello, Dora -- > > You might try doing a search for those names in > both the Bastrop Newspapers > abstracts and the newspaper "business" > abstracts -- which are on the Bastrop > USGENWEB webpage. From preparing the abstracts > (many years ago) I recognize > most of the names. I think W. B. Billingsley > operated a store in McDade -- > but both F. A. Orgain and B. D. Orgain were > attorneys in Bastrop. One of > the Fowlers was Mayor of Bastrop (but I don't > think his name started with an > S -- J. P., if my old memory is still working > -- but the abstracts will > clear that up). In fact, I ran into a B. D. > Orgain, attorney in > Beaumont,about 6 years ago when he was in his > 90s and asked if he were > related to F. A. and B. D. Orgain. They were > his father and grandfather, > but I suspect that the man that I met has now > died. Don't happen to > remember the name Speed or Hodge -- but check > the abstracts. > > Even if some of these people lived in Bastrop > proper, they could have owned > land in various places around the county and > rented it out periodically. > > Good luck with your search, > Sara Bettencourt > Houston, TX > > > > ==== TXBASTRO Mailing List ==== > Search the TXBASTRO-L archives for previously > posted messages, > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=TXBASTRO > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real > time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/