Forwarded for List information. Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Nancy Harwood" <ndhar@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Resthaven Cemetery listing Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 07:21:58 -0500 The G.W. Davis listed is my father. I notice that there are no dates shown for him, although his tombstone does show them. The dates should be 1913-1973. My mother, Thelma Jones Davis, is buried next to him. Her dates should be 1912-1998. We have contacted the stonemason (or whatever you call the person who is supposed to complete the information on the tombstone), but as of about six weeks ago her stone still did not show her date of death. Thanks for all you do. Nancy Davis Harwood Houston, TX ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I have added the Bell County Obituary Search Engine that will allow keyword searches through all of the online obituaries of the local newspaper. The URL is http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/counties/tx-bell.htm There are other obituary search engines that can be searched from http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/other.htm Hope this helps someone find some surnames that they've been looking for. Sincerely, Bill & Tina Cribbs Obituary Central http://www.obitcentral.com HELP STOP BREAST CANCER!!!

The same holds true for some of my families. They used a Youngsport , Bell co address but are buried in Williamson co.

Jackie, the listing for the Donohue Cemetary is at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/cemetery/donahoe.txt The current list of transcribed Bell County cemetaries is at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm The list of all known Bell County cemetaries is at: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/cemetery/cemlist.txt I don't find reference to the Dyches name when searching the Bell County site, but our information is definitely not all-encompassing (yet!). When searching the TXGenWeb Archives, there were mentions of Dyches in Parker, Henderson, Tarrant, Childress, and Potter Counties. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Jackie Morgan [mailto:jmorgan@txdirect.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 11:03 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [TXBELL-L] Fwd: Cemeteries Bill, Reference to the Donohue Cemetery. Do you have a listing of those buried there? I am trying to find the graves of a DYCHES family that may have lived in that general area. Thanks. Jackie Morgan

Bill, Reference to the Donohue Cemetery. Do you have a listing of those buried there? I am trying to find the graves of a DYCHES family that may have lived in that general area. Thanks. Jackie Morgan -----Original Message----- From: Bill Bost [mailto:longwired@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 6:56 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] Fwd: Cemeteries Forwarded for any List responses... Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: AToodles@aol.com Subject: Cemeteries Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 02:54:28 EDT I was wondering if as you do the inventories there will be some type of cleanup work done to the ones in dire need of help? I have distant family buried in the Jackson Cemetery at Donahoe. This was a private cemetery and is on private land that is no longer owned by the Jackson family. My Gt. Gt. Grandfather, Spencer Jackson was a brother to Jacob Jackson who owned the land, cemetery, race track and etc. The Jackson family were part of the Texas Trail Drivers. I emailed someone living in that area sometime back. They did go to the cemetery, but said that it was in terrible shape. I was told that briars and such were everywhere and many stones were broken. Since this is on private land, will the owners allow a cleanup process? I wish that I could help so much, however, my health does not allow it. I would however be glad to submit a donation if needed. I cannot send much, but maybe if we contacted other Jackson descendants they also would donate. If I can help in any way I will certainly be glad to. Sincerely, Alice (Campbell) Windle Granite, Oklahoma ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings.

Hi, Deb. Something you might consider doing is looking at some of the Bell/Milam county border cemeteries. I found a ton of my Bell County relatives in the Val Verde Cemetery just across the line in Milam County. I looked in the list I have for Val Verde and your HEUN is not in there. Anyway, just a thought for you! Kim Warren Thomas

Forwarded for any List responses... Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: AToodles@aol.com Subject: Cemeteries Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 02:54:28 EDT I was wondering if as you do the inventories there will be some type of cleanup work done to the ones in dire need of help? I have distant family buried in the Jackson Cemetery at Donahoe. This was a private cemetery and is on private land that is no longer owned by the Jackson family. My Gt. Gt. Grandfather, Spencer Jackson was a brother to Jacob Jackson who owned the land, cemetery, race track and etc. The Jackson family were part of the Texas Trail Drivers. I emailed someone living in that area sometime back. They did go to the cemetery, but said that it was in terrible shape. I was told that briars and such were everywhere and many stones were broken. Since this is on private land, will the owners allow a cleanup process? I wish that I could help so much, however, my health does not allow it. I would however be glad to submit a donation if needed. I cannot send much, but maybe if we contacted other Jackson descendants they also would donate. If I can help in any way I will certainly be glad to. Sincerely, Alice (Campbell) Windle Granite, Oklahoma ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Forwarded to the List for possible research help... Bill Bost ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Kilgore" <kilgore@web-access.net> Subject: Bell county cemetery Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 12:05:21 -0500 Hi, I've just gone thru the 'on line' cemetery listings from the USGENWEB tombstone project page for Bell co.... WHEW! Now I've come to the last, which you are still working on --- Wilson Valley Cmtry... Will you please look for the name HEUN ? These were my grandfather's people and we have not found any of them yet. We know grandfather was living in Bell co in the 1890's and possibly early 1900's..... he was baptised at Holland in late 1890's.... I appreciate your help! Been looking for 6 years! Deb Kilgore kilgore@web-access.net ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I guess next time we will have to coordinate a place to meet up with the list subscribers. The tree was definitely impressive. It's too bad the sample they took from the old tree didn't work out for planting the new one at the courthouse. At least the new one was from Salado...heh. Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: MGRAYSON98@aol.com [mailto:MGRAYSON98@aol.com] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:15 AM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Charter Oak Pictures! Joe, Bravo on the pictures! They're great! Like you, I didn't see any blue ribbons. I was there for the Charter Oak ceremony (is the tree awesome or what!), and I can tell you were there (because fo the pictures!), but I didn't even see you! I am sooo sorry that I missed you! Maybe next time! Marion :)

Thank You so Much!!! I just wished Oklahoma would do the same thing. One grandparents was born in Indian Territory and 4 years later the other born in Oklahoma. LOL Susie McFarland Lemin, Looking into the Surnames of LEMIN, FOLLIARD, COMMONS, HURLEY, CABELL, RECTOR, MANSFIELD, ENGLAND, HENAGER, BOLLING, BOULDIN, MCFARLAND, SNODGRASS, HENSHAW, CARTER, RODGERS, PHILLIPS, CRABB, EMERSON, TOMERLIN, MCCUAN, WINSETT, and any associated names.

On Tue, 2 May 2000, Susie Lemin wrote: > david could you please send me or repost for the Births and Deaths. I > wiped out all my good bookmarks.. yeah I am blonde. > > Susie McFarland Lemin, LOL. http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/birthidx/birthidx.htm http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/deathidx/deathidx.htm If you are talking about the 1943 birth records that are in the archives, http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm I think that is the right URL. There will be a lot more added. The birth records are from 1926-1995, and I think the death records are 1964-1998 David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/okfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

david could you please send me or repost for the Births and Deaths. I wiped out all my good bookmarks.. yeah I am blonde. Susie McFarland Lemin, Looking into the Surnames of LEMIN, FOLLIARD, COMMONS, HURLEY, CABELL, RECTOR, MANSFIELD, ENGLAND, HENAGER, BOLLING, BOULDIN, MCFARLAND, SNODGRASS, HENSHAW, CARTER, RODGERS, PHILLIPS, CRABB, EMERSON, TOMERLIN, MCCUAN, WINSETT, and any associated names.

The only other person I located with a blue ribbon was John Galure. I parked two blocks away from the courthouse, so it was not me snoozing...heh. Did you stand up with the rest of the pioneer descendents at the Charter Oak? Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: Mysaxsjan@aol.com [mailto:Mysaxsjan@aol.com] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 8:00 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] Charter Oak Pictures! Good to hear from you Joe! My husband and I went to the Charter Oak festivities. We enjoyed all, especially seeing the Old Oak Tree and hearing the speakers at the 9:30 event. We both wore blue ribbons but I saw only one other and it was on a man taking a nap in his car parked outside the Court House. Wonder who this could have been???? The Court House really looks great and we enjoyed the old pictures too. Eating in the Park and listening to the music was fun, also. I felt very proud to be a decendant on the 1841-55 time period. (Willia;m M. Peppers and wife, Eveline Kincheloe, and dau, Mary Jane Peppers. Thanks for all Dorice

As David Morgan has stated, this information is already online, via the Texas State Archives. When I first heard about it, I was not too crazy about it either. However, keep in mind that the only information included is name, birthdate, gender, and county. No parental or Social Security information. TXGenWeb is simply breaking the information down by county for their archives. This will especially be valuable for the next generation of researchers. I am definitely looking into projects to transcribe the census and more cemetary records. If you are interested in participating, please let me know. Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com -----Original Message----- From: cindfunk@home.com [mailto:cindfunk@home.com] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:28 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] New Birth/Death Record Project The public posting of the Texas Archives birth data from 1943 is more than a little upsetting to me. I don't want my full name, birthdate, and mother's maiden name posted! Only one missing item, my SS #, and the wrong person has the keys to several of my financial data kingdoms. When I'm dead, it'll be fine, but not now. With all of the historical data such as old census records, marriages, etc. waiting to be entered online, why waste time and resources posting private data of living persons? This is going way too far. Sincerely, Cindy cindfunk@home.com

Good to hear from you Joe! My husband and I went to the Charter Oak festivities. We enjoyed all, especially seeing the Old Oak Tree and hearing the speakers at the 9:30 event. We both wore blue ribbons but I saw only one other and it was on a man taking a nap in his car parked outside the Court House. Wonder who this could have been???? The Court House really looks great and we enjoyed the old pictures too. Eating in the Park and listening to the music was fun, also. I felt very proud to be a decendant on the 1841-55 time period. (Willia;m M. Peppers and wife, Eveline Kincheloe, and dau, Mary Jane Peppers. Thanks for all Dorice

The state of Texas put the birth and death records online. > >David Yes, they did, David. Here is the link: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/birthidx/birthidx.htm Rayedene -----Original Message----- From: David W. Morgan <dmorgan@efn.org> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] New Birth/Death Record Project >On Mon, 1 May 2000 cindfunk@home.com wrote: > >> The public posting of the Texas Archives birth data from 1943 is more than a >> little upsetting to me. I don't want my full name, birthdate, and mother's >> maiden name posted! Only one missing item, my SS #, and the wrong person has the >> keys to several of my financial data kingdoms. When I'm dead, it'll be fine, but >> not now. With all of the historical data such as old census records, marriages, >> etc. waiting to be entered online, why waste time and resources posting private >> data of living persons? This is going way too far. >> Sincerely, Cindy >> cindfunk@home.com >> > >The state of Texas put the birth and death records online. > >David > >dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii >Archives Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm > > >==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== >Boards Are Available At The Bell County Page To Post Bible Records, >Wills, Pensions, Obituaries, And Biographies, And For Surname Queries. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell > >

"Joe D. Deaver" wrote: > In case you have not heard, the Texas State Archives has made an enormous > amount of data available online recently about births and deaths. TXGenWeb > has initiated a project to break down this data into county segments. There > are several volunteers, including myself soon, who are working on this > effort to add to digital archives for each Texas county. Thanks to project > coordinator Larry Oliver <loliver@tyler.net>, the first datafile (1943 > births) has been added to the Bell County online archives: > > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/vitals/births/1943/bellb43a.txt > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/vitals/births/1943/bellb43b.txt > > There's a lot more files to come over the next few months. If you are > interested in helping out with this project, mostly parsing out large > datafiles to smaller county segments, please let me know. > > Joe D. Deaver > BellCoTX Coordinator > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ > ancestry@deaver.com > > ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== > Please Clear Off-Topic Posts With The Webmaster FIRST! The List Archives > Are At: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/TXBELL-L/ The public posting of the Texas Archives birth data from 1943 is more than a little upsetting to me. I don't want my full name, birthdate, and mother's maiden name posted! Only one missing item, my SS #, and the wrong person has the keys to several of my financial data kingdoms. When I'm dead, it'll be fine, but not now. With all of the historical data such as old census records, marriages, etc. waiting to be entered online, why waste time and resources posting private data of living persons? This is going way too far. Sincerely, Cindy cindfunk@home.com

I remember a while back someone posted a request here about a cemetery in Moody that may have some of his/her relatives. I found a cemetery that is on private property right across the road from a friend of my son, near the intersection of Owl Creek Road and Hwy 53. I asked the friend's father about the cemetery, and he told me it was the old St. Paul's Luthern Cemetery and that the owner of the land did not mind if people went in there to look at it (as long as they closed the gate when they went through). He also told me that someone from The Grove was already researching that cemetery, though he didn't give me a name. If the person who posted that request could repost perhaps I can help with the question. Elmer Researching: - MI, ONT, PQ - Roberts, Williamson, Patten, Hitzel Lajeunesse, Boutin, Gagne, Gilbert - TX, MEX - Alvara, Patlan, Rios, Acosta -CO, WA - Jenkins, Hanson _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp

On Mon, 1 May 2000 cindfunk@home.com wrote: > The public posting of the Texas Archives birth data from 1943 is more than a > little upsetting to me. I don't want my full name, birthdate, and mother's > maiden name posted! Only one missing item, my SS #, and the wrong person has the > keys to several of my financial data kingdoms. When I'm dead, it'll be fine, but > not now. With all of the historical data such as old census records, marriages, > etc. waiting to be entered online, why waste time and resources posting private > data of living persons? This is going way too far. > Sincerely, Cindy > cindfunk@home.com > The state of Texas put the birth and death records online. David dmorgan@efn.org David W. Morgan Honolulu Hawaii Archives Manager http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm

Joe, Bravo on the pictures! They're great! Like you, I didn't see any blue ribbons. I was there for the Charter Oak ceremony (is the tree awesome or what!), and I can tell you were there (because fo the pictures!), but I didn't even see you! I am sooo sorry that I missed you! Maybe next time! Marion :) In a message dated 4/30/00 10:55:08 PM Central Daylight Time, ancestry@deaver.com writes: << This weekend, I attended the state conference for the TXGenWeb County Coordinators and volunteers, near Dallas. In addition to meeting some of my fellow Texas county coordinators, I attended some great presentations. Leigh Compton provided some useful tips on webpage enhancements and digital photos. One of her recommendations was a web application called jclicker. I decided to play around with it some this evening. You may recall that the Charter Oak Election Day celebration took place last weekend as part of the Bell County Sesquicentennial events. I attended (only saw one other blue ribbon!) and took several pictures at the old charter oak tree, the courthouse, and the picnic. There is a slideshow presentation of 21 of these pictures at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/sesqui1/ You must have a java-compliant browser (recent versions of IE or Netscape will do, probably above version 4) to view this. This is just an experiment and likely will not be permanent. The images have been reduced in size, but still make take a little while to load with a slow connection. I may create a text index of the pictures later this week for those with older or non-standard browsers. The final photo project I am working on will probably use standard HTML and thumbnail previews, so that the photos can have searchable descriptions. Enjoy! Joe D. Deaver BellCoTX Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/ ancestry@deaver.com >>