Carol, We have the two-volume set of THE STORY OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS, Bell County Historical Commission. There is also a book by George Tyler called, THE HISTORY OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS. There is another one, BELL COUNTY, TEXAS REVISITED but I don't remember the author...I think it was a Master's thesis. I think Tyler's book has a bibliography in it...I will look and if it does, I can make copies of the bib. and mail them to you. I have lived here in Bartlett, Bell Co. for only 11 years but have been told that the City Library at Belton has the best genealogy collection in this county. The Temple Public Library has, IMHO, a good collection. Bill could probably direct you to the part of the WebPage that has some bibliographies. If some of your family may have been in Williamson County, their Public Library is building their resources but they have a gentleman that is a certified genealogist that works at the library. You might also try this site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm Enter your surname and choose TEXAS in which to search. MaryAnn Bartlett Bartlett, Bell Co., TX -----Original Message----- From: Bill Bost <longwired@hotmail.com> To: TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com <TXBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 14, 1999 8:49 PM Subject: [TXBELL-L] Fwd: Family Histories.. |TXBELL Listers... | |This message was sent to the listowner address, but I thought list |subscribers might have better resources with which to respond to Carol. Some |of her surnames are certainly Bell County, and maybe all of them! (I've |deleted her home address and phone number.) |Please reply directly to her at: cgcottle@brushco.net | |Bill Bost |TXBELL Listowner | |>From: "Carol G. Cottle" <cgcottle@brushco.net> |>Reply-To: cgcottle@brushco.net |>Subject: Family Histories.. |>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:13:36 -0700 | |>I am looking for family histories. I have the books by; Kimble , >Bell, and |>Edwards County Historical Societies. Can you recommend any >others that |>would apply to my family. They were the Cottle's, >Cosper's, Bishop's, |>Griffiths, Henderson's. In Bandera and Kerr >Counties we have relations by |>the name of Silver's and Fessenden. >Any advice on oral family history in |>book form, please drop me a >line. Thanks... | |>Carol G. Cottle | | |_______________________________________________________________ |Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com | | |==== TXBELL Mailing List ==== |Please Keep Messages To Matters of Bell County Genealogy Or | History Interest! Don't Send Attachments To Postings. |