Thank you for the information. I'll call them tomorrow. I really appreciate it. Eileen Rogers Mullins ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe D. Deaver<mailto:ancestry@deaver.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:16 PM Subject: RE: [TXBELL] Marriage Records That would be the County Clerk's office: http://www.bellcountytx.com/countyclerk/index.htm<http://www.bellcountytxcom/countyclerk/index.htm> http://www.bellcountytx.com/countyclerk/bccrs.htm<http://www.bellcountytxcom/countyclerk/bccrs.htm> I located my great grandparents' 1883 marriage license there when I stopped by a few years back. I recommend calling to check on the policy of requesting records. Good luck... Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell<http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell> -----Original Message----- From: NEAL MULLINS [mailto:nemullins@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:43 PM To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TXBELL] Marriage Records Hello, Could anyone tell me where I would go in Bell Co. to obtain copies of marriage records from 1879 and 1880? I'm not sure whether it would be the county courthouse or the probate office as it is in some counties. Would I need to write a letter to the or could I place a call to them to obtain the records? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Eileen Rogers Mullins nemullins@msn.com<mailto:nemullins@msn.com<mailto:nemullins@msn.com<mailto:nemullins@msn.com>> ==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== Please Clear Off-Topic Posts With The Webmaster FIRST! The List Archives Are At: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TXBELL<http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/TXBELL>

Hello, Could anyone tell me where I would go in Bell Co. to obtain copies of marriage records from 1879 and 1880? I'm not sure whether it would be the county courthouse or the probate office as it is in some counties. Would I need to write a letter to the or could I place a call to them to obtain the records? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Eileen Rogers Mullins nemullins@msn.com<mailto:nemullins@msn.com>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rather, Sinclair Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2292.1 Message Board Post: I have not made it to the county clerk's office yet but I did lookup dates of death in the TX Death Records. Do you need those? I found John Walker & Minnie Rather's and Maude and Ed Sinclair's. I also found quite a bit of info in the census. Do you have all that? contact me by email and I will share what I found.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2294.1.2.2 Message Board Post: The index is available in books at the Genealogy Library at the State Archives in Austin. If you write the Bureau of Vital Statistics for information there is a big search fee.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2294.1.2.1 Message Board Post: The indexes are on microfilm or microfiche and available at Texas libraries or for purchase. Somewhere online there's information about buying them, but I forget where--I think the Texas Department of Health might sell them. They may be available from Ancestry online with a subscription.

Ok, completed more updates today to the Bell County website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/whatsnew.htm Just about done with the backlogged surname list updates. Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2294.1.2 Message Board Post: Lynn, Where do you find access to the death records for TX 1903-1940? Is that online or on site for you? Thanks, Rayedene

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PORTER, LOCKLIN, LARGE, HODGE, THOMAS, SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/2294.1.1 Message Board Post: Lynn, Thank you for the Texas Death Index information. The information I had for the death dates were obtained from cemetery listings with the year only listed. I appreciate your time and assistance. I am also hoping a direct descendant of Nola Maranda LOCKLIN and Joe L. PORTER might contact me to help fill in some of the many missing persons and dates. Kind Regards, Sarah Locklin Taylor

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2294.1 Message Board Post: In the index to Texas deaths, 1903-1940 there is this entry: Joe L. Porter d. Bell Co. 10-1-1940 cert #44149 In the index to Texas deaths, 1946-1955 there is this entry: Joe Lee Porter Jr. d. Bell Co. 9-7-1951 cert #45026

I am a descendant of John B. Fuller (1813 Greene Co GA-1874 Bell Co) and Sarah Ann Middleton (1816 GA-1888 Milam Co). I am looking for descendants of their children: John Middleton Fuller m Nancy Jane Harbour Richard P. T. Fuller m Caroline B. Lowery Agnes Ann Fuller m Benjamin J. Moseley Sarah E. Fuller m ??? Frances E. Fuller m Benjamin Caddell Barrett, 11 children George Washington Fuller m A. M. (Ella M.) Harbour, 9 children Martha Helen Fuller m 1st James Irby 2nd Thomas Jefferson Fuller, 7 children Margaret Elizabeth Fuller m John R. Harbour, 7 children Mary C. Fuller m Luther Curtis Latham, 11 children Laura A. C. Fuller m Joseph B. Overton James Reynold Fuller m Loucenda Alice Goodnight (my line), 7 children Robert "Rob" Fuller m Annie C. Wheat, 11 children Sarah D. Fuller m ???. Several of my Fuller cousins and I are planning a reunion for the descendants of John and Sarah Fuller in 2007 and would like to correspond with anyone interested. Please contact me at my personal email address chasb@hal-pc.org. I will keep this List informed of all plans as they are firmed up. Thank you, Gayle Fuller Boggess Katy TX

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Potter, Cox Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1675.16.1 Message Board Post: I am not familiar with a cemetery actually called Nolanville, but there are a number of cemeteries in that area. The largest is likely Pleasant Hill Cemetery: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cem/pleasanthill/ I see a lot of Cox burials there, but not a Potter. (Not to say he's not really buried there.) You might check our surname list, as there are several Bell County Cox researchers listed, and one for Potter. Good luck... Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

Thanks to Don Brownlee, we have a list of students and faculty from the 1931 yearbook for Mary Hardin Baylor College now in our archives, in addition to the 1921 list he earlier submitted: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bell/history.htm Thanks! Joe D. Deaver TXBELL Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2295.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you so much.....you have provided new direction..Thanks again!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Potter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1675.16 Message Board Post: I am trying to find the grave of my great grandfather, G W (George Washington) Potter. He died in Temple in 1925 and the obit indicates he was buried at Nolanville Cemetery, the home of one of his daughters, Mrs. J.C. Cox. Would appreciate any information you can supply. Thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Powell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2297 Message Board Post: William David Powell, Jr. to Mallie Bowen/Jones August 1889

Citrus Punch Is there anyone who is willing to do a look-up of the court records and/or newspaper reports of the murder of James Burrous/Burrows (or similar spelling) that happened in Oct 1869 in Bell Co? Lynn

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2295.3 Message Board Post: If your George Potter was married to Mary Walton, I have a book about Sparta that has some information about both families in it. If you are interested please e-mail me direct at franceswilless@sbcglobal.net.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2296.1 Message Board Post: I have an obituaries for H. S. Thompson and Leila Thompson. If you will contact me at mld71124@dukenet.us I will email copies to you. Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/2295.2 Message Board Post: I found the following obituary in the Temple Daily Telegram, June 11, 1925, page 2. G. W. Potter G. W. Potter, 76, died last night at 10:45 o'clock at the family home, 317 West Avenue G. The end brought eternal rest from a long period of suffering, deceased having suffered a stroke of paralysis some time ago. He is survived by his wife and six children: Mrs. W. H. Roberts of Moffat, Mrs. J. C. Cox of NOlanville, Mrs. W. Campbell of Corsicana, Mrs. S. I. Lawtherback of Valley Mills, Frank Potter of Los Angeles, Calif., and Will Potter of Temple. The decedent had lived here for 34 years and had been connected with the Santa Fe all of that time until he suffered a stroke of paralysis four years ago, from which he never recovered. Funeral services will be held at the Church of Christ this afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. John E. Dunn. The pallbearers will be selected from his Bible class. Interment will be at Nolanville Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CkB.2ACI/1633.1.1 Message Board Post: Do you have any James Bascum Hanna, m: Laura?? Buford Hanna Son of James Bascum Hanna, m: Christina Landreth?