Carolyn, The lady who did the books on the Cottage Hill Cemetery is supposed to be starting on the Celina Cemetery next. You could try contacting her. Gayle Maxson, 2008 Georgetown Drive, Denton, TX 76201. Glad the obituaries helped. Joy ATSISSIE@aol.com wrote: > > I have desperately been trying to locate my Balch family in the Celina, Texas > area. Thanks to the effort of one kind individual who sent me the Cottage > Hill Cemetery records, I have found my family. > > I was able to speak to a cousin by telephone who lives in Whitesboro and > confirmed our family ties. > > I can't remember who sent me the information a couple of weeks ago, but would > like to give a BIG THANKS to them for sending that vital piece of > information. I was able to determine from the burial records of Murphy G. > Balch that my 2nd great grandfather was in fact his father. I had been > looking for Harvey G. Balch, but have since determined his name was Henry > Girdine Balch who married Sallie Hedrick, his 2nd wife. > > After the death of my 2nd great grandfather abt 1899, Sallie remarried a > Ragsdale and they were living in Madill, Oklahoma. These families lived in > the Madill, OK area, Grayson Co., and Collin Co. Texas. > > My family left Parrottsville, Cocke Co. Tenn in the middle 1890's and settled > around Celina area and have lived in that area ever since. Descendants are > still living in the Sherman, Van Alystyne, Texarkana and Celina areas. > > I just wanted to share the experience that although the information I had > given didn't seem to match anything anyone had in their records, I requested > the cemetery records anyway in hopes that I could make a link. One line in > the obituary of my great uncle, Murphy G. Balch gave his parents, which gave > me the link. Another one of the obituaries gave me an address in Whitesboro > where I wrote and found the link. I didn't know my 2nd great grandfather had > had any more children. > > I hope my experience will help other researchers who might have a brick wall > to take a shot in the dark and be as lucky as I was. > > Does anyone know if the Old Celina Cemetery has been abstracted and published? > > Carolyn Whitaker > http://members.aol.com/atsissie3/page/index.htm