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/DkB.2ACI/894.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Sue, Thanks for your interest. We are corresponding directly, if you would like to join us. Nell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CURBELO, SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DkB.2ACI/894.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This is in reply to Suzanne SCALA's ([email protected]) Sept. 16, 2005, posting to the Ancestry.com Bexar Co., TX, Message Board titled "RE: Curbelo-Smith." A great deal can be found on-line about these two families, including at the following sites: http://bexargenealogy.com/archives/familyfiles/banul.rtf http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/alamocouriers.htm http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/smithjohnwilliam.htm http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/fsm30.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbexar/canarydes.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~espcanar/q0798.htm http://bexargenealogy.home.att.net/archives/islanders.htm http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Herzstein_Library/Veteran_Biographies/Browse_Biographies/biographies/default.asp?action=bio&id=3539 http://forttours.com/pages/hmbexar.asp Sue Tilleman

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Curbelo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DkB.2ACI/894.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Nell, Yes, I am talking about John William Smith and Maria de Jesus Curbelo. They are/were my grandparents (great great great?) My mother's mother, Esther Campbell Brown, was the daughter or granddaughter of one of their children. I remember as a child being taken to the Alamo and shown a picture of John Smith ( a redhead as my mother and all three of her children are/were!) and being told about his job as the "Messenger" of the Alamo. I've heard rumor of his picture being taken down from the Alamo because he did not actually die there, but he is my great great great (great?) grandfather. So I know more about him than about the Curbelo side of things. I do know a little bit about their coming to San Antonio in the first trip and being the first settlers but I don't know much more. I also know Maria remarried after Smith passed away, but I don't know anything about who she married or when and who that clan is. Also, I have only been to San Antonio once, as a small child, and visited my Great Aunt Lida Campbell while there. She was my grandmother Esther's sister and they were from San Antonio. I know I must have hordes of relatives from both sides and would love to know more about this amazing family. I thank you for any help you can offer. Suzanne

The following articles appeared in the Sept. 15, 2005, issue of the "Herald." The "Herald" serves the communities of Bracken, Cibolo, Converse, Garden Ridge, Kirby, Live Oak, Marion, Randolph Air Force Base, Schertz, Selma, Universal City, and Windcrest. Please let me know if you would like a copy of the text of any of these articles. 1. Engagement announcement for Melissa Nicole SPITLER and Benjamin Joshua BONEY, pg. 11. 2. Marriage announcement for Natasha Marie GILBERT and Kevin Ray WEAVER, pg. 11. 3. Obituary for John Robert GARRETT, pg. 14. 4. Obituary for Harry Lester HEWLETT, Sr., pg. 14. 5. Obituary for Wilma Faye RHEW, pg. 14. 6. Obituary for Donald William WEBB, pg. 14. 7. Obituary for Jerry Walker WINSLOW, pg. 14. 8. Obituary for MSgt. Robert Clair SCHRACK, U.S. Air Force Retired, pg. 14. 9. Obituary for Jennie "Mom" MYERS, pg. 14. 10. Obituary for Maude Amelia "Amy" CHRISTENSON, pg. 14. 11. Photo with caption regarding wreath ceremony Sept. 9th to honor the namesake of Wagner High School, Lt. Col. Karen WAGNER, a 1979 graduate of Judson High School who perished in the "Sept. 11th" terrorist attack on the Pentagon. Sue Tilleman

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/DkB.2ACI/894.1 Message Board Post: Suzanne, Which Smith and which Curbelo are you referring to? Is it John W. Smith and Maria de Jesusa Curbelo? I'll be glad to try to help, but need a little more information. Nell Whittington

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, Curbelo Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DkB.2ACI/894 Message Board Post: Hi, I am reaching out to my relations. I am a great great great (?) (I believe my grandmother, Esther Campbell Brown, was the grandaughter? daughter? of one of the children of Smith and Curbelo). I know a little about my San Antonio relations but not much and have been looking on the internet to find out more. My mother talks about her cousin Helen? having written a geneology which she offered to have me peruse but couldn't find when we went to look for it. As mom gets older, I would like to really know where I come from so I can let my daughter and her children (as they come) know. Thanks so much, Suzanne Scala

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/DkB.2ACI/892.1.1 Message Board Post: i have an aunt linda but i wonder why the name is different Alfonso the one you listed is my father is there any way to find where they married or my grandmothers parents names .. or even my grandfathers parents i dont know alot about them but im trying to learn how to search through this site i just havent caught on yet my grandmother was born in 1928 this is all the information i have Born: 18 Apr 1928 Died: 24 Feb 2001 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 ) so i know she was born in Texas as for my grandfather i have no information

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hess, Krisch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DkB.2ACI/893 Message Board Post: I am searching for information on the Hess Family. The father's name was William and his wife was Nellie. Florence was born about 1887 and died in San Antonio 4 jan 1964. Her brothers were Archie Charles, born 11 feb 1882 and Forrest Campbell born 15 jun 1890, He married Mary Krisch, daughter of Frank Krisch and Mary Wagner. Florence married August Julius Krisch (Mary's brother) who was born 2 sep 1885 in San Antonio. Any help with the Hess Family would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

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/DkB.2ACI/892.1 Message Board Post: Birth Index X X X X X T H I S C H I L D Sanchez, Herlinda She WAS BORN ON 01/11/1945 IN Bexar County, TX NEAR: San Antonio, Bexar County, TX, USA, 78205 **THE MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME IS: Siller, Julia **THE FATHER'S NAME IS: Sanchez, Rudolph X X X X X T H I S C H I L D Sanchez, Alfonso He WAS BORN ON 11/05/1946 IN Bexar County, TX NEAR: San Antonio, Bexar County, TX, USA, 78205 **THE MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME IS: Siller, Julia **THE FATHER'S NAME IS: Sanchez, Rudolf

There was a post about the immigration lists at Castle Garden in New York, the predecessor of Ellis Island. I would like to add my two cents worth about other US ports. I do not know whether these lists are online or not, as some of the online materials are too late to help me with my *immigrant* problems. My English family who came to Frio Co., TX ca 1885, came in through Philadelphia. I found this information with my great-grandfather's land records, posted in Frio Co. Recently, I found the family on the immigration records newly posted to Ancestry.com, which my local Family History Center has on the computer, and now I know on which ship they came, and a few other items of interest. Some of my Germans who landed in San Antonio came in through New Orleans ca 1852, and I just happened to find that list in one of the early volumes of Germans to America, a growing collection of volumes. (Are these at the downtown San Antonio Public Library--the genealogy section?) And then there is my Ulster Irishman who came from Tennessee to help fight the Texas Revolution and who settled in Victoria Co. He was on the Kentucky frontier in 1820 in time to get married to a lady born in North Carolina. I cannot identify him on any list I have discovered so far, because he had a VERY common name. Could he have come in through Baltimore or Philadelphia? By the way, I noted on the ships list for my Germans that many of the other passengers on the ship Olbers stated their destination was St. Louis. Doubtless they were going on another boat ride!!! E.W.Wallace

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/DkB.2ACI/892 Message Board Post: My husband is looking for his family his grandmothers name was Julia Siller/Sanchez his grandfather was Rudolf Sanchez they had a son named Alfonso Sachez born in Bexar along with many other kids we are looking for any information on his family we live in Toledo,Ohio where Julia moved to not sure what year we are looking for family medical history mostly as well as looking to find out where his family is from if you dont wish to have any contact we at least need medical history it is very important

The following appears on page 22 of the Fall 2005 Northeast Independent School District Community Education flyer which I recently received in the mail. The phone number listed on the brochure is 210-657-8866. I am passing this on to the list in case anyone may be interested in taking this tour. "Cemetery Journey Tour San Antonio's historic East Side cemetery complex, a rich repository of San Antonio's history and culture. The walking tour will acquaint visitors with the city's 19th century pioneers from mayors to saloonkeepers. Meet at the entrance to City Cemetery #1 in the 1900 block of East Commerce Street across from its intersection with Piedmont Street. Maria Watson Pfeiffer is a local historian and author. 76396 City Cemetery #1, Sat., Oct. 8 Only, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. $20" This same information can be found at the following site: http://www.neisd.net/ComEd/travel.html Information about class registration can be found at the following site: http://www.neisd.net/ComEd/registration.html Sue Tilleman List Administrator

I am forwarding the following posting from another list to which I subscribe. This may be of interest to anyone who had ancestors immigrate through New York City from 1830 through 1890. Sue Tilleman List Administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:31 PM Subject: Castle Garden Immigration Database. This is from Dick Eastman regarding Castle Garden, an immigration processing center from 1830 until 1890. It's database is now online at http://castlegarden.org . This is a shortened version of the Dick Eastman article. I did some searching and found some probables. However, this site is a bit glitchy. It tells you here are 10 results but you only 6. If you reload the page you MAY see more. However, it is 60 more years than were available before. Ellis Island seems to receive all the publicity for immigrants arriving in New York City. Many people do not realize that Ellis Island did not begin operations until 1892. More than 73 million Americans can trace their ancestry to immigrants who arrived in New York City prior to that year. From 1830 until 1890, these new arrivals first stepped ashore at Castle Garden in lower Manhattan. The site of Castle Garden remains as one of the oldest public open spaces in continuous use in New York City. American Indians fished from its banks, and the first Dutch settlers built a low stone wall with cannons as a battery to protect the harbor and New Amsterdam. The stone wall was later converted to a street that is now the well-known financial center called Wall Street. The Castle Garden immigration processing center started operation in 1830. By 1890, the arriving throngs were overcrowding the center, and there was no room to expand the facility since the ocean and the city surrounded it. After reviewing several possible sites, the United States government selected Ellis Island for the establishment of a new federal immigration center for New York. On the island, it would be easier to screen and protect the new immigrants before they proceeded out onto the streets of Manhattan. Castle Garden processed its last immigrant in April 1890. After the closing of Castle Garden in 1890, immigrants were processed at an old barge office in Manhattan until the opening of the Ellis Island Immigration Center on January 1, 1892. Then a huge fire at Ellis Island occurred during the night of June 14, 1897. The fire burned the entire immigration complex to the ground. Nobody was hurt, and nobody knows why it happened or who started it. However, many state and federal records were lost in that fire. Immigration processing was moved back to the old barge office in Manhattan while Ellis Island was being rebuilt. In December of 1900, the new Main Building on Ellis Island was opened, and 2,251 immigrants were received that day. In a single day in 1907, 11,747 immigrants were processed at Ellis Island. Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al

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/DkB.2ACI/891 Message Board Post: JOE MARTINEZ was married to JULIE MARTINEZ. (I don't know what her Maiden name was). JOE MARTINEZ and his wife JULIE were both in the United States Marine Corps. They were stationed in Okinawa, Japan where their daughter MARISA MARTINEZ was born. The last time I saw my friend JULIE MARTINEZ was in the early 1980's in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was orginally from Victoria, TX where her father and sister lived. Please contact me if you are related to JOE, JULIE, and MARISA MARTINEZ. Thank you

The following articles appeared in the Sept. 8, 2005, issue of the "Herald." The "Herald" serves the communities of Bracken, Cibolo, Converse, Garden Ridge, Kirby, Live Oak, Marion, Randolph Air Force Base, Schertz, Selma, Universal City, and Windcrest. Please let me know if you would like a copy of the text of any of these articles. 1. Obituary for Miguel "Mike" Casares GARCIA, pg. 8. 2. Obituaries (x 2) for Cera Avery LODGE, pg. 8. 3. Obituary for Pearl PETRELLI, pg. 8. 4. Obituary for Warren Charles "Chuck" FORESTER, pg. 9. 5. Article regarding family of Schertz resident Larue COOPER, who d. Aug. 24, 2005, titled "Relatives's death saves family from Hurricane Katrina disaster," pgs. 10, 15. 6. Obituary for Cynthia UHTE MENKE, pg. 12. Sue Tilleman

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/DkB.2ACI/890 Message Board Post: I am trying to locate obits on several family members that passed in Bexar Co. Names and dod are Dessaw Shannon 31 Jan 1981 - John A. Shannon 18 May 1969 - James T. or Thomas J. Shannon 9 Sep 1973 - Vergie B.(Shannon)Rhodes 1 Feb 1984 - Samuel W.(Sam)Shannon Mar 1963 - Sylvia(Shannon)Popham 28 Mar 1971. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Any cost will be reinbursed. Thanks, Virginia

I am sure many subscribers already know this. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has a good many films of church registers and also of civil registration [births, deaths, etc.] of cities and towns in Mexico. Do a PLACE search on the Family History Library Catalog which is online at _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) By the way, those searching for Germans [in Germany] who formerly lived in the part of Prussia which now belongs to Poland will more than likely find films pertaining to those places under the heading of Poland. That is where I located some records of some of my Schoen [now Shane] family members--in Poland. I knew the name of the town/village from an Army pension record filed by the father and his second wife. E.W.Wallace

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Charles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DkB.2ACI/247.3 Message Board Post: Yes I too am researching this family and have info for you. I am on my way to Austin TX right now to do some more research and will contact you when I get back on Wed. 9-7-05. I am hoping to find info on Margarito Charles (Pablos Father). Pablo's Mother was Apolonia Alejandro from the Saltillo, Mexico area. My Mother - in - law is Jose Charles's daughter. Frankie

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/DkB.2ACI/889 Message Board Post: Looking for any information on Charles Gene Lackie, DOB Feb1909. Think he had a sister and father was Hayden Lackie. His father I think was brother to my grandfather. Can e-mail me at [email protected]

The following articles appeared in the Sept. 1, 2005, issue of the "Herald." The "Herald" serves the communities of Bracken, Cibolo, Converse, Garden Ridge, Kirby, Live Oak, Marion, Randolph Air Force Base, Schertz, Selma, Universal City, and Windcrest. Please let me know if you would like a copy of the text of any of these articles. 1. Obituaries (x 2) for Virginia Jo PITSON BETTCHER, pg. 8. 2. Obituaries (x 2) for Bob GONZALEZ, pg. 8. 3. Obituary for Marcus Garza SALAZAR, pg. 8. 4. Obituary for Frank Leo STOKES, pg. 8. 5. Obituary for Paul Nichols WHITELEY, pg. 8. 6. Obituary for TSgt. Roland McKinley LAMBERT, U.S. Air Force Ret., pg. 8. 7. Obituary for Merwin G. WILLMAN, pg. 8. 8. Obituary for SMSgt. Glynn LaRue COOPER, U.S. Air Force Ret., pg. 8. 9. Master of Science graduation announcement for Kristen VEGA, including info. about relatives. Sue Tilleman