Researching MERRITT out of Dekalb County, TN. Some moved to Texas (Nancy Elizabeth Merritt and husband A.F. Bartlett, Solomon Timothy Merritt and James Albert Merritt and wife Mary Nixon). Any relatives please contact me. Robie

Hello Everyone We have added 22 new 1600's ancestors and included their children on the Ancestor Roll of Honor on America's First Families web site at; http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ When you enter the site, scroll down to near the bottom of the page where the Ancestor Roll of Honor is located. On the same page you will also find a link to the 1600's Ancestor Data Base that contains over 14,000 names of proven ancestors from that era.

Barb, The vital records home page list death certificates as $9.00 each. http://www.vitalrec.com/tx.html I ordered one 6 months ago and that's what I paid for it. Good luck. Kay Hustad >Are Texas death certificates $25 now??? WOW! > >Last time I ordered, a couple of years ago, they were less than $10, I >think... > >Barb >bwhiz@prodigy.net

Certified copies of Birth Certificates are $11 - ordered from Vital Statistics in Austin. Certified Copies of Death Certificates are $9. I just got one & it was only $9. Bureau of Vital Statistics 1100 w. 49th St Austin TX 78756 There are restrictions on certificates for recent deaths (to family members, only) but anything over 25 years ago will be sent to anyone who requests it and provides the fee. Shirley Webb shirlwbb@ktc.com

At 05:23 PM 4/7/99 -0500, you wrote: >Are Texas death certificates $25 now??? WOW! > >Last time I ordered, a couple of years ago, they were less than $10, I >think... > >Barb >bwhiz@prodigy.net > > >Ithink their 11 dollars >

Barb, 1999 Collin County death certificates are $9 if purchased from the Vital Statistics Office in Austin, Texas. Birth certificates are $11. Where on earth did you get $25? Brenda Kellow Certified Genealogist Certified Genealogical Instructor Columnist <A HREF="http://www.virtualtexan.com/comm/virtual/roots.htm">Roots at Virtual Texan </A> and in <A HREF="http://www.planostar.com">PLANO STAR COURIER</A> President, Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc. <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4167/">GEN FRIENDS Web Page </A>

Are Texas death certificates $25 now??? WOW! Last time I ordered, a couple of years ago, they were less than $10, I think... Barb bwhiz@prodigy.net

List Members: It looks like the LDS has opened up the site for testing...finally. Go to: http://www.familysearch.org/Search/customhomepage.asp It was sorta slow over the weekend, but it is a good tool. Just a note to everyone...we now are nearing 150 members on the list. Your Listowner, Denise

Hi, I have some info on Claude H. Evans who married Tommie Jo Grubbs. Claudia Yeager Cowley sparrow wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm looking for information on any of the Evans families of Collin Co. They > came to TX from MS and TN in the late 1890's. They settled around > Farmersville and Princeton. Does anyone have any information on them? > > Marna

Hi everyone, I'm looking for information on any of the Evans families of Collin Co. They came to TX from MS and TN in the late 1890's. They settled around Farmersville and Princeton. Does anyone have any information on them? Marna

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------69B3A5FF09CD2ACB07BFE1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Wood wrote: > > Hello, I am looking for information on Sam HARRIS. He was city marshell of > Farmersville, Collin Co.Texas. He was married and had 4 sons and 4 > daughters.(Names?) > He died Oct.19, 1914 > I have a post card with a picture on the front of it, of him. The caption > underneath says; > Sam Harris The largest W.O.W in the world; Age 44 Weight 611 LBS Mascot > of the Worlds Champion Degree Team, Camp No. 274, Farmersville, Texas. > On the back it says: I am the biggest Woodman in Jurisdiction C... > For I am the Mascot of the Frasier Team Two seventy Four, Farmersville, TX. > Could anyone please explain to me what this all means. He is related to me > thru the DANIELS family of Farmersville. If I cant find them, maybe I can > find Sam. There was a newspaper article on him that ran in the Dallas Times > Herald on Nov. 10, 1966, the story was taken from one that ran March 30, > 1924.How can I find those articles?? > Sorry this is so long, please help me find a connection. > THANK YOU Sonya Wood- davewood@paclink.com Sonya, I keep a Surname Index of people researching Collin County ancestors, and in it I have one person who lists SAM HARRIS: John Harris 14751 FM 1392 Terrell TX 75160 972-563-2668 Please let me know if you need additional information. I do have a picture somewhere of Sam Harris; it is in the two file cabinets of family files and town files my mother, Alice Ellison Pitts, had compiled. I will contact you when I find it. --------------69B3A5FF09CD2ACB07BFE1C0 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mchamp.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Minnie Pitts Champ Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mchamp.vcf" begin:vcard n:Champ;Minnie Pitts x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Collin County Book Co. adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:mchamp@airmail.net title:http://ccvm.com/ccbc/home.html x-mozilla-cpt:;-21184 fn:Minnie Pitts Champ end:vcard --------------69B3A5FF09CD2ACB07BFE1C0--

Hello, I am looking for information on Sam HARRIS. He was city marshell of Farmersville, Collin Co.Texas. He was married and had 4 sons and 4 daughters.(Names?) He died Oct.19, 1914 I have a post card with a picture on the front of it, of him. The caption underneath says; Sam Harris The largest W.O.W in the world; Age 44 Weight 611 LBS Mascot of the Worlds Champion Degree Team, Camp No. 274, Farmersville, Texas. On the back it says: I am the biggest Woodman in Jurisdiction C... For I am the Mascot of the Frasier Team Two seventy Four, Farmersville, TX. Could anyone please explain to me what this all means. He is related to me thru the DANIELS family of Farmersville. If I cant find them, maybe I can find Sam. There was a newspaper article on him that ran in the Dallas Times Herald on Nov. 10, 1966, the story was taken from one that ran March 30, 1924.How can I find those articles?? Sorry this is so long, please help me find a connection. THANK YOU Sonya Wood- davewood@paclink.com

The WOW probably stands for Woodman Of the World, which is and insurance company. There are groups called camps still in many parts of the country. they have club houses and have WOW sponsored activities such as dances, picnics etc. Camp 274 may still exist in Farmersville. Bill Baker

Hi all! I have made the following changes to the Collin County Website at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1746/collin.html Added Cemetery Listings: Bethany Cemetery Crossroads Cemetery Hampton Cemetery Mt Carmel Cemetery Pecan Grove Cemetery West Cemetery Added to Collin County Sites of Interest: Collin County Archives on USGenWeb Also, go visit the link, on the Collin County site, Tracing Our Roots, by Brenda Kellow. She has the real scoop on the LDS Family Search site. Plus much more! or go to: http://www.virtualtexan.com/comm/virtual/roots.htm And finally, You guys need to help by contributing your files...if you have transcribed files for Collin County, please let me know. I would love to post them on the site. Or, if you have a website and would like it linked off the Collin County Site...Just Hollar! Your Listowner & Collin County Site Owner, Denise Maddox http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1746/collin.html

Would anyone who might have access to 1880 Collin Co. TX Census check for a lisitng for Isaac and Melvina TREE? Supposed to be in ED 29. I will greatly appreciate it! Sue Adamson Fritz Trinity400@aol.com

Mitzi, Thanks you so very much for the great information. I would appreciate any information about the Seminole connection. You may have open a new path for me to search down. I have just received information from a Charlotte Sasek that you may know. SHe found information about the Mantooth name on both the Dawes and Miller Roll. She also found an application by my g grandmother Elizabeth Martha Humbard. She was turned down for some reason but a 1st cousin was placed on the roll. She also found some listed for Collett which was my mothers maiden name and also some Swoffords which was my grandmothers maiden name. She also found some names that were enrolled through a Thomas Mantooth who I believe from research was my gg grandfather who was reported to be full blood. Over all I feel this proves what I wanted to know, I am a Cherokee, from many different directions. I may never be able to become a member of the tribe but in my heart I know. I have always knew that I think. I have also been told that my grandmother Mary Katherine Spray Collett was a Choctaw from OK. I have not been able to prove that as yet. I have also been told that there is some Comanche in there also. Maybe one day I will find out that I am Cherokee/Choctaw/Seminole/Comanche. I would love that. Thanks again and I would love to hear about anything else you might come across. I have only been at this genealogy searching for about 5 months and if nothing else I have met a lot of very good friends and relatives. I have me one relative Brian Corntassel that has a number of Mantooth names in his ancestry and he is for certain a Cherokee and I believe a member of the East Cherokee tribe. I know he has set up a walk in Atlanta, GA. this next month in honor of the Cherokees on the trail of tears and also the Eastern band. Thanks again, Tom

Hi Tom. My ancestry is Lumbee/Cherokee/Choctaw and I know how difficult Native American research can be. My reference to the Mantooth-Seminole comes from the fact that the Cherokee (and to a large extent the Seminole) were very open to adopting other tribal and racial members as their own--even the slaves were more adoptees than the example seen in white culture. There is a great blending of the Cherokee and Seminole especially after the Removal Act of 1830 and again after 1834; my own ancestors left NC and family lore says that they escaped into the Great Dismal Swamp where they avoided much of the ravages of white contact. Some members of other tribes, which were not in 'good-standing' with the goevrnment, claimed Cherokee blood in order to receive benefits the Cherokee were given for being 'good Indians'. While I have not had a genealogical interest in the Mantooth name, its rarity and having known a family by the name, I tended to notice when I ran across it in my own searches. It just seemed to show up more in the areas of Seminole research than others--southern GA, FL, etc. I'll check back in my notes and see if I still have the references. I also have the Final Dawes and Chillocco School records and I'll check there. Mitzi

Minnie: I just had my bank send payment to start my membership in NCCGS. Thought I would join. I am going to the library tommorrow and am taking CCVolII to show Marjorie Bays. Also, taking one of the brochure's, for your books. She had asked me to bring a brochure, so that the library could purchase a copy of CC Vol II. Oh...and guess what?!?! I signed up for a workshop (Mesquite Genealogy Society is offering in April) and guess who is the speaker??? Paula Parke. She is giving a day workshop on Genealogy and the Internet. I am taking it so that I can meet her. I would like to ask her why she doesn't update the Collin County site on RootsWeb, and why she will not answer her email...but I won't. I promise to be nice! Take care... Denise Minnie Pitts Champ wrote: > > Tom, our membership dues are $12.00 a year for individuals; $20 for family. > Year runs Jan to Jan. > > Mail check to NCCGS, P O Box 1822, McKinney, TX 75070. > > Glad you are interested. > > Minnie Pitts Champ > Collin County Book Co. > 1413 Harroun St. > McKinney TX 75069-3430 > > 972-562-6543 > "mchamp@airmail.net" > "http://ccvm.com/ccbc/home.html"

Tom, There is a LDS Family History Center in McKinney that has only been open for about a year. The address is 6800 Anderson Dr. and the phone number is 370-3537. Margie Frisco, Tx

Elaine, I am from the Garland, TX area. It Is. only about 20 miles from here to McKinney. I know about the LDS centers in Richardson and Plano. I also plan to check the libraries in Garland and Plano for the census, as I was told that is the best bet as the LDS centers have to order the census for a fee and the library is free. I have only been in Genealogy research for about 5 months and have really enjoyed it. Even if I never find everything I am looking for I have sure met a lot of very nice people, like yourself, that are always ready to help in anyway they can. I have made some very good friends that I feel certain will go far beyond the genealogy. I have also found a few relative that I did not know I had. I have only purchased on book on genealogy thus far and it is for genealogy online as thus far all my research has been on the internet. I am in the process of checking out other genealogy book to determine what would be a good one or two to have. I have the Family Tree Maker software to keep my records, but I have also considered trying to find paper charts to use as the software can only do a single page at a time. Once again thanks very much for your thoughtful and I will certainly heed it. Thanks, Tom