>From: "William Keenan" <whkeena@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: "William Keenan" <whkeena@earthlink.net> >To: <longwired@hotmail.com> >Subject: Bock family >Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:27:25 -0800 > >Hi: >I am looking for any information I can find on the Bock faimly. >I know that Mr. Bock owned a store in Temple around 1920. >I do not know his first name or his wifes name. >I would like to get a list of Bocks buried in what cemetery is around Temple. >If I can find out the name of the cemeteries I can write letters or what funeral home >they might have buried any of the family >Thank you in advance for any help or referrals you can give me > >Bill Bock >(Email whkeena@earthlink.net > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Howdy Jody! You've got quite a bit of connection with Bell County... I'll copy your query also over to the Query Board of the Bell County Genealogy page, as those are indexed differently than messages on this list, and you might get some different responses. Would you like to be subscribed to the TXBELL list? I haven't found other places for Bell County local history books, but there are some at the Bell County Museum. (I did a quick check of amazon.com and they did have one of the Bell County history books, although I've forgotten which one.) Check the Bookstore page of the Museum website at http://www.vvm.com/~museum Stephanie Turnham, the Director, has several different titles that are of value for Bell County local history. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner >From: Jody Dillard <okielady@postoffice.att.net> >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: {not a subscriber} Belton Early Families >Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:21:44 -0800 (PST) > > >Hi, > I am a direct descendent of the COWAN, McDOWELL, DILLARD, & JACKSON >families of Bell County. Would like to know if anyone has the names of the >parents of William and Mary Margaret McDowell of Ireland who now rest in >the McDowell cemetery. > I also am related to BARRON, BIGHAM, HERRING, PITTMAN, GARNER, STOKES, >DUKE, EDWARDS, ESTES and many more. A new country estates is being built >on the very spot where my father, Jack Dillard was born at the family farm. > I think the name of the development is either Country Ridge or Hunters >Ridge. Something like that. But the two huge trees that my father played >under as a small boy are still at the entry to the complex. It was quite a >thrill to be able to visit the area last month and see so much of the place >my father and uncles often told me about. > > Is there any place I can buy a copy of the book "The History of Bell >County"? >Thanks, >Jody Dillard Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Thanks, Bill. What I have is edited for use in the Story of Bell Co. and mentions those names only. I will try to get it up for the list tomorrow. Still working to repain my computer. Ann ---------- From: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] TENNESSEE VALLEY Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 4:06 PM Reference Tennessee Valley, I thought I remembered an email lookup resource on the Bell County page, and when I checked, the following was there: ------Extracted------- *Lyn Rose will do lookups in her book - TENNESSEE VALLEY, TEXAS 1851-1951 by Ann Joseph. It has a description of this area approximately 8 miles NW of Belton. Much of the area is now under Lake Belton. There are small family trees and short chapters of stories on each of the following families: ALLEN/DRAPER/HOWELL - BIGHAM - BIRDSONG - BOUNDS - CORNELISON/CROW/WHITEL - CROW - COX - CRASS - EUBANKS - FRANCIS - GARNER/PITTMAN - HERRING - MILLER - MOORE - MORGAN - NORMAND - PAULK - RANEY - SCOTT - STEWART - TALLEY - THOMAS - THOMPSON - WALDIP* -------End------- Might be some additional help there. The direct URL for the lookups page is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/lookups.htm Lyn Rose's address is: rosebud8@jps.net (if I copied it correctly). Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner >From: "Mary Ann Bartlett" <bartlett@vvm.com> >I was almost through transcribing TN VAL. for the second time when the city >shut their lights on and off taking my transcription and, the second time, >my desktop. I will try later from my laptop when I get the battery charged >up enough...and the city is through playing with the lines. Think a >million times before living in a small town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >Ann Bartlett > >---------- >From: BADOVINAC3@aol.com >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] TENNESSEE VALLEY >Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 9:17 PM > >Ann, >I'd appreciate any information you might come up with, it sounds >intersting! >Rose Mary Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Resources There.

Howdy Listers!! I've just forwarded to the Texas Genealogy Archives coordinator for Bell County, Kay Bradley, a file of graduating seniors for Temple High School, 1925. It's in plain text format, isn't very long, and is something that some researcher can use. The submitter took just a little time and effort, and has created something that will be used for research far into the future. Please consider what you may already have as information at-hand, and put it in plain text format, then send it as an attachment to email to Kay Bradley (kbradley@flash.net), for incorporation into the Archives for Bell County. All sorts of "people information" is of use, as you've no doubt found in looking for your own traces. You never know what may furnish just the lead needed by a researcher to help track down that elusive ancestor. Filling up the Archives for Bell County is something we all can do.. it doesn't have to just be one person. If you're not sure if something is ready for the Archives, let me see it and I'll give you an idea, or ask Kay Bradley. I'm continuing to refine a list of cemeteries for Bell County.. getting out duplicates, finding cemetery names we may have missed, trying to get better directions, putting in Lat/Long or UTM coordinates, trying to figure out which of the Fort Hood removals are Bell County's and not Coryell's, and so forth. If you'd like to have a copy of the current working copy, please email me privately and I'll attach one back to you. Many eyes looking at the info may help spot errors of commission or omission that much faster, so a good, viable product can be sent up to the Archives to replace the previous draft already there. I've gotten BCHC page and WBGS page ideas from one lister so far.. any more come to mind? Oh, yes... don't forget to do your taxes... like I'm doing instead of genealogy and web page building... :) (Did you know those little smiley faces are called emoticons, and there are web sites on the internet to tell you what they mean? :)) ... that's a smiley with a double chin.. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I was almost through transcribing TN VAL. for the second time when the city shut their lights on and off taking my transcription and, the second time, my desktop. I will try later from my laptop when I get the battery charged up enough...and the city is through playing with the lines. Think a million times before living in a small town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ann Bartlett ---------- From: BADOVINAC3@aol.com To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] TENNESSEE VALLEY Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 9:17 PM Ann, I'd appreciate any information you might come up with, it sounds intersting! Rose Mary ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Support Your Local Genealogy Or Historical Society... You Can Often Find Helpful Points Of Contact And Resources There.

Reference Tennessee Valley, I thought I remembered an email lookup resource on the Bell County page, and when I checked, the following was there: ------Extracted------- *Lyn Rose will do lookups in her book - TENNESSEE VALLEY, TEXAS 1851-1951 by Ann Joseph. It has a description of this area approximately 8 miles NW of Belton. Much of the area is now under Lake Belton. There are small family trees and short chapters of stories on each of the following families: ALLEN/DRAPER/HOWELL - BIGHAM - BIRDSONG - BOUNDS - CORNELISON/CROW/WHITEL - CROW - COX - CRASS - EUBANKS - FRANCIS - GARNER/PITTMAN - HERRING - MILLER - MOORE - MORGAN - NORMAND - PAULK - RANEY - SCOTT - STEWART - TALLEY - THOMAS - THOMPSON - WALDIP* -------End------- Might be some additional help there. The direct URL for the lookups page is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/lookups.htm Lyn Rose's address is: rosebud8@jps.net (if I copied it correctly). Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner >From: "Mary Ann Bartlett" <bartlett@vvm.com> >I was almost through transcribing TN VAL. for the second time when the city >shut their lights on and off taking my transcription and, the second time, >my desktop. I will try later from my laptop when I get the battery charged >up enough...and the city is through playing with the lines. Think a >million times before living in a small town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >Ann Bartlett > >---------- >From: BADOVINAC3@aol.com >To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] TENNESSEE VALLEY >Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 9:17 PM > >Ann, >I'd appreciate any information you might come up with, it sounds >intersting! >Rose Mary Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hello everyone, I wanted to update the Bell County list on some wonderful news. I have been looking for a Luther Curtis Latham in Bell County. However it seems that my elders minds slipped a bit on his name. It is/was LYCURGUS. The family first shows up in Bell County in 1880 census records. Here is the new information on our Latham's from Bell County. Any insight on this family would be wonderful. Thanks Again Debbie 1. LYCURGUS1 LATHAM (ROLLY P.A, CORNELIUSB) was born 1847 in Bibb County Alabama, and died in Holland Texas Bell County. He married MARY CATHERINE FULLER Abt. 1870. Children of LYCURGUS LATHAM and MARY FULLER are: i. RICHARD R. L.2 LATHAM, b. December 1871; m. CARRIE JOINER. ii. EMMIT J. ED. LATHAM, b. August 1873; m. SUDIE JOINER. iii. ELLEN LATHAM, b. 1875; m. FINNEY LOTT. iv. FANNY LATHAM, b. October 1878; m. JOHN RALEY. v. WILLIAM TILTON LATHAM, b. November 02, 1878; d. June 21, 1951, Holland Texas Bell County; m. NORA BYRD. vi. ROLLEY B LATHAM, b. October 1879; m. MARY JANE BYRD. vii. MARY ELIZABETH LATHAM, b. 1880; m. JAMES HARRIS. viii. OLLIE LATHAM, b. March 1884; m. CHARLES BARTHOLEMEW. ix. DOCIA THERODORO LATHAM, b. March 1886, Holland Texas Bell County; d. 1963, San Antonio, Texas Bexar County; m. ALBERT LOUIS ROBINETTE. x. ANNIE LATHAM, b. April 1887; m. ALEXANDER ODEM. xi. MYRTLE LEE LATHAM, b. May 1891; d. September 22, 1970; m. FRED STOCKTON.

For anyone interested, the test site us up and running with some delays, but it is working: http://32.96.111.13/default.asp

Ann, I just checked all of my email--thanks for the list (and your time!). I will check through what I have and see if I can come up with any matches. Thanks again, Rose Mary

Ann, I'd appreciate any information you might come up with, it sounds intersting! Rose Mary

Dear Listers... You may not be aware that the TXBELL listowner, or the Bell County Coordinator/webmaster, is NOT the only person who can submit information to the Texas Genealogy Archives. Take a look at the site for Bell County, at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/belltoc.htm ... and you'll see that several people have already submitted data, and the Archive Manager, Kay Bradley, would like more! The site for information about formatting submissions can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tips.htm You may very well have information that could be of use to other Bell County researchers, and only need to prepare it for submission... and submit it! We may, as TXBELL listers, want to undertake a project for the list of taking parts of different materials of interest to world-wide genealogy, and transcribing our portion of it, then turning it in to the listowner or Bell County Coordinator (me, at the moment) for compiling, then submitting our compiled work to the Archives. I'd copy some sections of, for example, our current project to put as many abstracts of cemetery listings on the web, mail them to interested listers, let them put them into their computers in TXT form, email the results back to me as attachments (or send them directly to the Archives), and we'd fill up that part pretty quick. We could do lots of indices that way. If you check the Archives page I mentioned above, you'll see that people have already submitted things like high school student lists, indices for some land records, a list of Confederate veterans, some Belton Journal entries, and so forth... all by volunteers like you and I, who take time to input the information they have into a format that can be readily be uploaded to the Archives. Bill Bost Listowner Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Howdy, Dorothy! Sorry ... I'm missing any connection with Bell County in your query. Could you clarify? As you seem to have all Caldwell County-related people, you may have better luck at the Caldwell County Mailing List signup at: http://lonestar.texas.net/~dwatson/blanco/txhillco.htm (I would copy your query to the Bell County Query Board, but I see no mention of Bell County in your text.) Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner From: "Dorothy E. Phillips" <TEXASCATLADY@prodigy.net> Subject: [TXBELL-L] PHILLIPS Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:24:58 -0000 Looking for any information on the following. Just getting started! Any ideas or tips welcome 1. JAMES THOMAS1 PHILLIPS, SR. He married EMMA ELIZABETH SLAUGHTER. -------Cut--------------- Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi, Hello everyone. I am glad to see that Bell County has a mailing list. Here are my Bell County kin. I sure hope someone knows of them. In 1880 William & Martha LATHAM were in Bell County and that is all I have on them. Nothing before or after this. I do have info on their children. William LATHAM was born ca 1841 Ga. Father born SC mother born Ga. William's wife was Martha Jane PIERCE born ca1848 Ga. Both of her parents born in Ga. It is possible that the name Lazarus came from this Pierce line. Children; 1. James M. LATHAM b.1861 Al. d.1950 Bomarton, Baylor Co Tx. Married Molly B. ARTHUR in Bell Co 1882. Molly was the d/o Matthew "Tolbert" ARTHUR & Sarah QUEENER. 2. Mary Frances LATHAM b.1864 Al married Robert "Bob" PIERCE. They are buried in the Bomarton Cem. Its been told that Mary & Bob were 1st cousins. 3.Lazarus L. LATHAM b.1870 Tx.married Roxie ?? They are buried at Grove Hill Cemetery in Dallas. 4.Robert Tillman LATHAM b.1873 Tx. married Annie FORT. They are buried in Bomarton Cem. 5.Matilda A LATHAM ca 1875 Tx. married Chas or Charles FIELDING. I have been told that they lived in Dallas. 6. George A. LATHAM ca 1878 Tx. No other info. I was told he just disapeared. I have not found William in any census other that the 1880 Bell, and I have not been able to link him with any Latham family that was in Ga or Al. And it is very possible that his full name was George William Latham. Any help would be appreciated. Robin Adams Latham

Looking for any information on the following. Just getting started! Any ideas or tips welcome 1. JAMES THOMAS1 PHILLIPS, SR. He married EMMA ELIZABETH SLAUGHTER. Children of JAMES PHILLIPS and EMMA SLAUGHTER are: 2. i. JAMES THOMAS2 PHILLIPS, b. September 03, 1927, Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas. ii. EDDIE LEE PHILLIPS, m. (1) DOROTHY BANKS; m. (2) MARIE; m. (3) UNKNOWN. iii. LESLIE CORNELIUS PHILLIPS, m. DOROTHY PHARR. iv. LLOYD EVERETT PHILLIPS, m. (1) BESSIE SHUMAKE; m. (2) RUBY DAY. v. CLYDE PRESTON PHILLIPS, m. BETTY. 2. JAMES THOMAS2 PHILLIPS (JAMES THOMAS1) was born September 03, 1927 in Luling, Caldwell Co., Texas. He married GLADINE CHILDERS, daughter of THOMAS CHILDERS and BARBARA MCBAE.

---------- From: Mary Ann Bartlett <bartlett@vvm.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Some more MIDDLETON, TUBBS, CHALK, HAYNES, FAGIN, STONE, GARNER, HERRING, BIGHAMS, ALLENS, DRAPERS...ANOTHER COUNTY Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 5:49 PM Mary Ann Bartlett Bartlett, Bell Co., TX MABartlett@aol.com bartlett@vvm.com May not be the ones you all are looking for...but you never know! MA Bartlett =================================== Hopkins County, Texas Marriages Contributed by Hopkins County Genealogical Society (deelliott@usa.net) Listed by Groom GROOM BRIDE DATE =============================== =============================== =========== Allen, B. M. Stokely, L. A. (Mrs.) 11 Jan 1926 Allen, Buddy Ray Wyatt, Betty Janice 29 May 1959 Allen, Burah Brown, Loraine 11 Feb 1931 Allen, Dillmos, Jr. McMichael, Leota Brown 23 Sep 1953 Allen, Edwin Dean Guthrie, Gloria Jeanette 10 Jun 1957 Allen, G. W. Gray, Delylie 14 Dec 1936 Allen, George Johnson, Laura 18 Mar 1933 Allen, George D. Baughman, Clinton M. 26 Jan 1928 Allen, Gerald Harvey, Evelyn Fay 08 Dec 1948 Allen, Horace Armstrong, Teena 29 Mar 1930 Allen, I. G. New, Thessa 27 Jul 1912 Allen, J. B. Kennemer, Frances 01 Feb 1941 Allen, J. Edward Hines, Lillian 28 Feb 1939 Allen, J. F. Brazell, Mary E. (Mrs.) 25 Sep 1910 Allen, James R. Prock, Virginia 01 Sep 1955 Allen, Lee A. Adair, Rosa 23 Aug 1901 Allen, M. W. Jones, Bessie 19 Dec 1918 Allen, Mercer Watson, Zona 07 Aug 1930 Allen, R. A. Mitchell, Luna 27 Jun 1914 Allen, R. A. Graham, Minnie 10 Nov 1905 Allen, R. A. Shopsher, Phoshea (Mrs.) 21 Apr 1928 Allen, Robert Davis, Cora 20 Dec 1913 Allen, Robert Lawson, Juanita 21 Aug 1937 Allen, Rock Kine, Sallie 04 Oct 1913 Allen, Roosevelt Roten, Sallie 07 Aug 1921 Allen, Sam D. Bussell, Beedie 10 Dec 1918 Allen, W. C. Davidson, Lucinda 19 Dec 1903 Allen, W. C. Griggs, Anna Mae 22 Jan 1906 Allen, W. G. Withrow, Rose 11 Sep 1920 Allen, W. H. Robinson, Mattie 14 Oct 1916 Allen, Walter Cooper, Bonnie 17 Jun 1905 Allen, William Bussell, Alice (Mrs.) 14 Jan 1927 Garner, John Dickson, Mavernee 18 Nov 1933 Garner, O. H. Henry, Ellie 02 Dec 1910 Garner, W. Y. Davis, Willie May 13 Sep 1916 Haynes, James Willie Glenn, Willie Lee (Mrs.) 16 Mar 1954 Stone, Aulbert Preston Hill, Ruby Nell 15 Sep 1954 Stone, D. Attaway, Lillie 05 Aug 1918 Stone, W. C. McLaughlin, Clifford 29 Oct 1903 Tubb, Earnest McCan, Effie 05 Aug 1922 Tubbs, Fred Smith, Ophelia 30 Jun 1928 Tubbs, Tom Radican, Georgia 30 Jun 1928 Middleton, G. W. Nelson, Nell 04 Mar 1911 Middleton, H. C. Elmore, Bessie 28 May 1920 Middleton, M. C. Smith, Mary F. (Mrs.) 06 Jun 1903 Middleton, W. A. Goolsley, Leila 22 Jun 1901 Bigham, F. M. Massey, Lou (Mrs.) 07 Jun 1904 Herring, Frank Parks, Mae 01 Aug 1921 Herring, I. A. Hutchins, Ruby 02 Feb 1914 Herring, Leonard Howle, Dorothy Lee 02 Jan 1943 Herring, P. O. Bentley, Sallie 07 Apr 1911 Asbill, W. M. Allen, Mollie (Mrs.) 15 Feb 1913 Askew, Ernest Stone, Beulah Clay (Mrs.) 16 Mar 1924 Bishop, C. H. Tubb, Alice 08 Sep 1920

Mary Ann Bartlett Bartlett, Bell Co., TX MABartlett@aol.com bartlett@vvm.com BELL County Texas Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed. Block - Block number. Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded. Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres. Section - Section Number Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the Texas General land Office in Austin. Survey Blk Grantee Leag Section Abs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- John W. MIDDLETON J.W. Middleton 621 James J. ALLEN J.J. Allen 29 SC&SF RR CO N.S. Garner 4 1260 Moses ALLEN M. Allen 39 Thornton STONE 6 T. Stone L 733 CC ALLEN C.C. Allen 1100 George ALLEN G. Allen 43 J. WASHINGTON J. Washington 911 William ALLEN 5 W. Allen L 5 24 [Down the list, the same thing was repeated for William ALLEN] John FULCHER 10 J. Fulcher L 10 James WASHINGTON J. Washington 14 1379 Samuel ALLEN S. Allen 21 31 John D. SHOLE G. Allen 42 Josiah CHALK J. Chalk 184 Joseph WASHINGTON J. Washington 907 Moses ALLEN M. Allen 23 ============================================================ I included James and Joseph WASHINGTON just in case they may have dropped the last name because the name was too long. I have found that happening in my research some times. Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm I entered one of your surnames and then chose TX as the state in which to search. The Land Records from which I took the above information were one of the matches. This particular Land Record file is for BELL CO.TX. It is 45 pages long...depending on the type of Word Processor you use. It is easier to save these matches you find to a folder on your desktop or on a disk and then look at them off-line. They are long and you cannot get more than two or three on a 3.5 floppy. Best to save to a ZIP-type drive.

Suggestions: 1. E.A. has put the original of the Story of Bell County, I think, in the Belton Library. Perhaps it would be possible to ask people of Bell Co. to check these originals, maybe get copies of their specific family part, and update and add to the information so their could be a second printing. 2. Get volunteers to be in the library and county records building on certain days to receive requests for information over the internet? 2B. To have someone that these requests are sent to for collection and for distribution to volunteers who will research the records and give the "collector" the information to be returned...or to answer the requests themselves. 3. I have noticed that many of the requests I have gotten for data from Williamson and Bell Co. cross the county lines...including Milam, Lampasas, Coryell, etc. If there is a way that research could be coordinated among persons in all counties ... well, it just seems that since we were all in Milam county at one time and then in Bell and Williamson and then in counties like Coryell, we stand on ancestrial common ground...and could help each other. 4. Collect folk tales from the folks of Bell Co. Like when my great grandparents arrived in what was to be Bell Co., they were on their way to South Texas to join up with their friends, the KINGS, to start a cattle ranch and horse ranch. My ggrandmother was about five feet tall, depending on who told the story, and had had to bury one child on the trail, fight off Indians and outlaws, not to mention the hardship of the trip. My ggrandfather was about six foot five and rode a TN Walker. He had to stand up in his saddle to see over the Johnson grass. Their children would go ahead of the wagon and oxen hacking the Johnson grass down to make it easier to get the wagon through. At night, they had to walk around and around a spot to beat down the grass and then cut and clear a spot for a fire. My great grandmother, on the morning they were to push on south, crawled upon the tailgate of the wagon so she could get eyeball-to-eyeball with my ggrandfather, put her hands on her hips and told him, "John Thomas, you want to go on south to meet up with the Kings, you go right ahead. I'm tired and the children are tired and we plan to stay right here." My grandfather said she had just gotten through cleaning the big black iron skillet and she had it in one hand. She was known to out-ride and out-shoot most men but that skillet was her weapon of choice and she had put many an Indian and outlaw to sleep with it. They stayed in Bartlett. There are stories about a man and a woman crossing Donahoo and Indian Creeks and being drowned...supposedly on the nights of the full moon you can hear them calling for help. I am sure there are lots of stories to be gathered. 5. Find out the names some of the towns here went by early on...I have mentioned to several people that live in Holland that at first it was called Mountain Home and they have no knowledge of this...and they lived there all their lives. 6. Get volunteers to go out looking for old cemeteries and document who is buried there...especially those on private property. Update some of the other cemetery list, done last in the 1960's in some cases, and publish them on the web page. 7 Need to put a list of addies so people can contact county libraries, genealogy groups, records offices, etc for information. Supply copies of forms for requesting copies of documents from the county records...with costs. 8. Ask people to bring old photos and documents to a central place for scanning...or even send copies to you for scanning....I wish we could get all the pictures E.A. used again to copy....the copy machines have come a long way since the Hist. Commission did that. Maybe you could eventually have a Bell County Gallery. 9. Have a section of maps of Bell Co. when it was part of Milam and before Coryell was cut out of it. 10. Transcribe the whole two volumes of THE STORY OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS onto the site. BTW, can you still buy copies of the two volumes of THE STORY OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS? I would like to purchase them if I can. Hope I have not over-stepped my bounds. Ann ---------- From: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] New Bell County Historical Commission (BCHC) Web Page Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 11:27 AM There is a new page on the web for the Bell County Historical Commission. It's VERY "under construction" and very rough. You might like to bookmark it, though, as it should be more helpful as more information is provided to include in it. Suggestions, ideas, and content are solicited!! The address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbchc I'll start construction work for a West Bell Genealogical Society page ASAP. It will be at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txwbgs Bill Bost ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

Howdy Listers!! Mary Ann Bartlett <bartlett@vvm.com> Asked: How do you join this Bell County Historical Commission? MaryAnn Bartlett (personal address deleted) I joined by attending several Commission meetings, at the invitation of several folks with whom I'd been doing cemetery inventorying. I requested an application to become a Commission member from the BCHC Chair, and it was forwarded to the Bell County Commissioner's Court for approval. There was no application fee, and only a simple form to complete. I joined to have some sort of "official" connection to the BCHC when we were out roaming in people's areas and cemeteries on a BCHC project! Other than that, I wouldn't have been interested... but would have still gone to the meetings. I think Bell County history is interesting, and the Commission is responsible for preservation of the County history, and for educating the public about it. Worthwhile, I think. The Commission meets the fourth Monday (Ann, I think I told you the third Monday... sorry) of every month at the County Courthouse Annex Conference Room (while the Courthouse is being renovated). We may stay there after the Courthouse reopens, so it may move around. Often you can find a notice in the paper about the next meeting. The Chair is Haroldene Early, from Troy (nobody seems to have a valid telephone number for Haroldene, either!) :) The Commission has lots of things going on... but the public isn't aware of much of it. Probably the most visible project is the assistance in documentation for historical markers. A Tennessee Valley marker was one of the most recent ones! There are several knowledgeable local historians who are Commission members and meeting attendees, and I hope to provide a list of BCHC members and their areas of interest very soon. Did this answer your question? Liked your suggestions and ideas, and hope others have some as well to share. I'm noting everything, and will see what can be used right away, and what may have to wait a while for volunteers or time... Thanks again. Oh... if you've not responded on the Who/Where question, please send your info... I'd like to have some idea of who is interested in what and why for reference purposes as listowner. Bill Bost TXBELL Listowner Bell County Coordinator/webmaster Bell County Museum acting webmaster (position available!) BCHC webmaster WBGS webmaster BEAUCHAMP Listowner (how did I get into so much stuff just since February??) Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

How do you join this Bell County Historical Commission? MaryAnn Bartlett Bartlett, Bell Co., TX P.O. Box 606 Bartlett, TX 76511 2545274639 ---------- From: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXBELL-L] New Bell County Historical Commission (BCHC) Web Page Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 11:27 AM There is a new page on the web for the Bell County Historical Commission. It's VERY "under construction" and very rough. You might like to bookmark it, though, as it should be more helpful as more information is provided to include in it. Suggestions, ideas, and content are solicited!! The address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbchc I'll start construction work for a West Bell Genealogical Society page ASAP. It will be at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txwbgs Bill Bost ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== The Bell County Genealogy And History Page Is At: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

Rose Mary, you are right about connections....through marriages...will try to finish up getting stuff and get some to you today/tonight.... Ann ---------- From: BADOVINAC3@aol.com To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXBELL-L] TENNESSEE VALLEY Date: Saturday, March 27, 1999 10:11 AM Hi John, I would appreciate any information you could find. My interests mainly concern the Garner/Herring lines--but I am beginning to think they're all related somehow or another to the other families who were in the Valley, such as the Allens and Drapers. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you! As you said, if I haven't heard from you in a few days, I'll contact you. Rose Mary ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Please Clear Off-Topic Posts With The Webmaster FIRST! The List Archives Are At: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/TXBELL-L/