They are part of the UT Library system. Go to www.utexas.edu and click on libraries, then Perry Castañeda collection. That should get you where you want to go. Nan Bradford-Reid Admin Asst, Air Force Science The University of Texas Commander's Secy Air Force ROTC DET 825 512-471-1776 "It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, and Whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who allows the protestor to burn the flag." Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Lt Col USMC -----Original Message----- From: Corey Barton [mailto:corey_barton@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:23 PM To: TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXCORYEL] newspaper archives I remember there being a discussion a while back about a library with newspaper archives in Ausin. I tried looking for a way to search the list archives, but was unable to find one. Does someone know where the archives might be? Also, other than the Waco paper, are there other coryell newspapers I might look for? I'm going to be looking from mid 1800 to present. Thanks, Corey Barton homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbarton _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi, Wish I lived close enough to Gatesville to attend the monthly meetings of the Coryell County Genealogical Society. Another great source for research are the POAs or Power Of Attorney found in county records. These are fantastic sources of information. Especially the earliest ones. How many of you have used these POA records and found a gold mine? Cheers Cassie

I remember there being a discussion a while back about a library with newspaper archives in Ausin. I tried looking for a way to search the list archives, but was unable to find one. Does someone know where the archives might be? Also, other than the Waco paper, are there other coryell newspapers I might look for? I'm going to be looking from mid 1800 to present. Thanks, Corey Barton homepages.rootsweb.com/~cbarton _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Our January meeting of the Coryell County Genealogical Society was held last night. It was well attended and enjoyed. Bobbie Thornton gave us a very good rundown of all of the things that could be found in land records. Any record that is recorded CAN be found in land records. Unexpected things like marriages, adoptions, wills, death dates, children's names can be discovered in land records. Also - the 1845 Webster's dictionary defines step-son as a son-in-law. Also discussed was early writing styles and land measurements. Come on guys - let us know what families are your main interest in Coryell County, someone on this list is bound to be able to help you. Bobbie Ross, County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Coryell County Genealogical Society http://www.htcomp.net/ccgs Ross Home Page http://www.htcomp.net/ross National Society Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar "If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito."---Michelle Walker---from Ancestry Daily News

Hi Coryell folks, I'm doing work on Mastin Latham and his line. One of his sons was my gg grandfather Thomas Jefferson Latham. His 1st wife and my gg grandmother was Hannah Parker Latham. There youngest daughter Edna Octavia married one Augustus (Gus) Power(s). After leaving Coryell Co. Edna went to Eastland Co. With uncles, aunts, cousins. One of her sisters Sarah Ann married Andrew Jackson Richardson. After living in Eastland Co. for some years, most of the Lathams and Richardsons moved to Mangum, Greer Co., TX.(now Oklahoma) Any info on these folks would be appreciated, especially Augusts Power(s) or Moses Parker, Hannah's father who at one time lived in Cherokee Co., TX. Thanks, John Christoff Wichita Falls, TX

Hi Bobbie, I don't know if many people would know her, but my Mother Erma Dean PHILLIPS WALKER passed away on Dec. 27 in Houston. She was the daughter of Roy Mitchell & Maggie Laura PAUL PHILLIPS. She was born in Tama Valley on Oct. 20, 1917. My folks had already planned to move to Terry County when all this happened, so she was buried in Brownfield, TX. My grandparents, Roy Mitchell & Maggie Laura are buried in Turnerstown Cemetery there in Coryell County. Sylvia Tenaha, TX 75974 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

----- Original Message ----- From: TOM CAIRNS <tommyneil@email.msn.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:20 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} The Long Family > Looking for Robert Irvin Long, born 1852, supposedly in Athens, Texas. According to my aunts, all of his and my ggrandmothers children were born in Coryell County. I'm not sure about that. I accquired my grandfather's ss# application, it says he was born in Milsap, Parker County, Texas. > My ggrandmother's name was Laura Lee Ince, born in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas. Anyone know of any Long's living in Coryell County? Some of the names that have been handed down from Robert's family. > > Irvin, Iseland, Wilson, Ida > > Any help, greatly appreciated. I know so much, yet so little. There's no death certificate, headstone, nor ss# for Robert,but I know where he died, even the tending doctor. I have a picture of he and his wife on their wedding day, April 1, 1883. I have a land tax record from 1886 from Weatherford, Parker Cty., Texas. I'm wondering where Coryell County fits into this. My uncle once told me, "your ggrandfather was a big, black dutchman from Texas." > > I won't give up, I'll find him. Peg Long >

Hey all, Since the New Year is here and their are some new people on the list I thought I would send out my link again. It contains Census records, Marriage Records, Birth's etc....and four searchable GedComs with many many family members. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/LesleysWorld/index.html Check it out and see if we connect or if there is anything you may be able to use. Have Fun Lesley Baird Prey lprey@rochester.rr.com (originally from Cleburne, Texas) now in Batavia, New York. Lesley's Family Tree http://www.angelfire.com/ny/LesleysWorld/index.html census,marriages,birth,deaths, etc...

I am researching several families in the Coryell Co. area. John McCoy Key was my ggggrandfather. He came to Anderson and Upshur County Texas in the 1850's but later lived in Coryell County. He is shown with the 1880 Coryell County census. He was a physician. I don't know much about him and have been looking for any other of his descendants. He had a daughter Molla Key who was born in Texas. The family story is that he had 5 wives and several children. Molla was his first child and her mother died right after she was born. Molla Key married Duffie Watson Gambrell who came to Coryell Co. in the 1870's. They had 7 children in Coryell County (Gatesville) - Mitchell, Reid Key, John Duffie, May Anna, Eunice Elizabeth, Nora Francis, and Fleta Cecilia Gambrell. I have been told that Molla and Duffie are buried in the Masonic Cemetary in Gatesville. May Anna Gambrell was my great grandmother and she married Benjamin Ernest Ekrut who had immigrated from Germany in the 1890's. She and Benjamin had 5 children - some in Gatesville and others in Fort Worth. My grandfather was their oldest son, Ernest Erbal Ekrut. Daniel Trapp is another of my ancestors shown on the 1880 census in Coryell County. They left and moved to Oklahoma in the 1890's. His wife was Sallie. Their daughter Betty (Elizabeth) married Thomas Martin Fryar and they are shown living in Coryell County in the 1880 census. (The last name was spelled Fryer in the census). They also left and moved to Oklahoma in the 1890's. Any one who is working on these lines or who has information about these people, I would love to hear from. Thanks, Ann Shettles genealogy_bug@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Thanks Cuz, Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Carl Williams <cwilli@flash.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] news > Hello Bobbie - I'm very sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Best > wishes to you and James... > Carl Williams, in Weatherford

Hello Bobbie - I'm very sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Best wishes to you and James... Carl Williams, in Weatherford ----- Original Message ----- From: Bobbie Ross <bwross@htcomp.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, 02 January, 2001 6:20 PM Subject: [TXCORYEL] news > Dear List members, > You never know what to share with the list and what is only clutter to you, but decided to share this info with you for my own benefit. My husband was very close with a member of our Society here in Gatesville, they ate breakfast together every morning. He was also our CPA. This morning Jame found Morris Ashby at home in his bed, he had died in his sleep He was a close friend to many of us, his family goes back a long time here and he will be sorely missed. But what a kind, gentle way to go. > Bobbie Ross, County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ > Coryell County Genealogical Society > http://www.htcomp.net/ccgs > Ross Home Page > http://www.htcomp.net/ross > National Society Daughters of the American Revolution > http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar > "If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito."---Michelle Walker---from Ancestry Daily News > >

Dear List members, You never know what to share with the list and what is only clutter to you, but decided to share this info with you for my own benefit. My husband was very close with a member of our Society here in Gatesville, they ate breakfast together every morning. He was also our CPA. This morning Jame found Morris Ashby at home in his bed, he had died in his sleep He was a close friend to many of us, his family goes back a long time here and he will be sorely missed. But what a kind, gentle way to go. Bobbie Ross, County Co-ordinator for Coryell County, Texas http://www.rootsweb.com/~txcoryel/ Coryell County Genealogical Society http://www.htcomp.net/ccgs Ross Home Page http://www.htcomp.net/ross National Society Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.htcomp.net/ross/dar "If you think you're too small to make a difference, you've obviously never been in bed with a mosquito."---Michelle Walker---from Ancestry Daily News

Just saw Bobbie's great greetings, and I heartily concur with the comments she made, through-out!! Especially that last sentence, or two. Way to go, Bobbie!! Happy New year to you all. Joe DUKE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Ross" <bwross@htcomp.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 16:17 Subject: [TXCORYEL] New Year > Dear List Members, > We are approaching a new year in which to try to further our knowledge about our elusive ancestors.Quite a few of you have already let us know who you are working on in Coryell County and some connections have been made. I hope the rest of you will let us know how we might could help you. That is what we are here for and that is what this list is for. Put us to work! > As we approach the New Year, some in our country are iced in without electricity (my daughter's family in AR is) but they have heat and plenty to eat. We are so blessed in this country, that is why our ancestors tried so hard to get here. Let us remember to Thank God for what we have and to try a little harder in 2001. Season's Greetings to You ALL Bobbie > > ______________________________

I have a William A. Hewlett that m. Martha Griffin in Coryell on Sept. 4,1881. I have a lot on the Griffins, but nothing on the Hewletts. At 11:31 AM 12/30/00 -1000, you wrote: >William A. Hewlett and family lived in Coryell County from sometime in the >late 1860's to at least 1884 (he and family are in 1880 census and 1884 tax >rolls that are on the net. I believe one of his sons (Thomas) was born in >Coryell in 1867, and a daughter (Frances) in 1870, but haven't been able to >find the family in the 1870 Census index. I don't believe there were any >birth records kept then, but may be mistaken. Any ideas to help me out? > >Aloha >Wayne >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bobbie Ross" <bwross@htcomp.net> >To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:17 AM >Subject: [TXCORYEL] New Year > > >Dear List Members, > We are approaching a new year in which to try to further our knowledge >about our elusive ancestors.Quite a few of you have already let us know who >you are working on in Coryell County and some connections have been made. I >hope the rest of you will let us know how we might could help you. That is >what we are here for and that is what this list is for. Put us to work! > As we approach the New Year, some in our country are iced in without >electricity (my daughter's family in AR is) but they have heat and plenty to >eat. We are so blessed in this country, that is why our ancestors tried so >hard to get here. Let us remember to Thank God for what we have and to try a >little harder in 2001. Season's Greetings to You ALL Bobbie > > >

Thanks for the quick reply! I guess their wherabouts for the 1870 census will remain a mystery, although I feel almost certain that he was there somewhere! Aloha Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Ross" <bwross@htcomp.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] New Year Wayne, I have a printed copy of the 1870 census and don't find them under any alternate spelling either. A possibility would be just across the county line in a surrounding county. However I have a family living at Waldo who was missed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Coryell County, so it did happen. Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Jones <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] New Year > William A. Hewlett and family lived in Coryell County from sometime in the > late 1860's to at least 1884 (he and family are in 1880 census and 1884 tax > rolls that are on the net. I believe one of his sons (Thomas) was born in > Coryell in 1867, and a daughter (Frances) in 1870, but haven't been able to > find the family in the 1870 Census index. I don't believe there were any > birth records kept then, but may be mistaken. Any ideas to help me out? > > Aloha > Wayne

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0491_01C07275.98398360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is the IGI information on William Jr. William HEWLETT Sex: M Event(s): Birth: 1859 Walker, Alabama Parents: Father: William A. HEWLETT Mother: Sarah E. According to my aunt's research, he was born 20 Oct 1845 and died 3 Jun 1920, and married to a "Mattie", which could easily eb Martha.. Where she got this info, I have no idea. There are two William A. Hewletts listed in a Necessity Cemetery, Stephens County, TX and one is William Senior. The other is probably William Jr. It's quite probable that she could have gone back to Coryell after he died in Stephens! If you want to pursue this line further, let me know. His mother and uncle inherited a league and a labor of land in Hill county, TX, and I have a copy of the land grant that was signed by Sam Houston. -- As near as I can tell, his maternal grandfather (Jonathan Wallace) fought in the War for Texas Independence, went back to Alabama to get his family in 1836, and died there before he could bring them west. The land wasn't claimed until after the Civil War when the Wallace and Hewlett families left Alabama. A law suit was involved, and the land was awarded to them by the Texas Courts. Also, his fraternal grandfather was a Revolutionary War veteran. Aloha Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "mallen" <naturalsoft@earthlink.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: RE: [TXCORYEL] New Year Wayne Jones, I have a William A Hewlett in my files married to Martha Griffin, she was b. February 04, 1860 in Bosque Co., TX, d. January 23, 1943 in Coryell Co., TX, buried: Coffey Cemetery, Coryell, Tx. They were married September 04, 1881, so this could be William Jr. who was 29 in the 1880 census. I have no further information on the Hewlett line, but have more on the Griffin line that ties into my Graham lineage. The main lines I'm working on that lived in Coryell Co. include Beaty, Lamb/Lam, Jeanes, Graham, Arrowood, Draper, Rogers, Melton, Cox, O'Keefe. ..Mike Allen (http://home.earthlink.net/~naturalsoft) ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Jones <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] New Year > William A. Hewlett and family lived in Coryell County from sometime in the > late 1860's to at least 1884 (he and family are in 1880 census and 1884 tax > rolls that are on the net. I believe one of his sons (Thomas) was born in > Coryell in 1867, and a daughter (Frances) in 1870, but haven't been able to > find the family in the 1870 Census index. I don't believe there were any > birth records kept then, but may be mistaken. Any ideas to help me out? > > Aloha > Wayne ------=_Next

Wayne Jones, I have a William A Hewlett in my files married to Martha Griffin, she was b. February 04, 1860 in Bosque Co., TX, d. January 23, 1943 in Coryell Co., TX, buried: Coffey Cemetery, Coryell, Tx. They were married September 04, 1881, so this could be William Jr. who was 29 in the 1880 census. I have no further information on the Hewlett line, but have more on the Griffin line that ties into my Graham lineage. The main lines I'm working on that lived in Coryell Co. include Beaty, Lamb/Lam, Jeanes, Graham, Arrowood, Draper, Rogers, Melton, Cox, O'Keefe. ..Mike Allen (http://home.earthlink.net/~naturalsoft) ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Jones <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] New Year > William A. Hewlett and family lived in Coryell County from sometime in the > late 1860's to at least 1884 (he and family are in 1880 census and 1884 tax > rolls that are on the net. I believe one of his sons (Thomas) was born in > Coryell in 1867, and a daughter (Frances) in 1870, but haven't been able to > find the family in the 1870 Census index. I don't believe there were any > birth records kept then, but may be mistaken. Any ideas to help me out? > > Aloha > Wayne

Wayne, I have a printed copy of the 1870 census and don't find them under any alternate spelling either. A possibility would be just across the county line in a surrounding county. However I have a family living at Waldo who was missed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Coryell County, so it did happen. Bobbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Jones <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [TXCORYEL] New Year > William A. Hewlett and family lived in Coryell County from sometime in the > late 1860's to at least 1884 (he and family are in 1880 census and 1884 tax > rolls that are on the net. I believe one of his sons (Thomas) was born in > Coryell in 1867, and a daughter (Frances) in 1870, but haven't been able to > find the family in the 1870 Census index. I don't believe there were any > birth records kept then, but may be mistaken. Any ideas to help me out? > > Aloha > Wayne

William A. Hewlett and family lived in Coryell County from sometime in the late 1860's to at least 1884 (he and family are in 1880 census and 1884 tax rolls that are on the net. I believe one of his sons (Thomas) was born in Coryell in 1867, and a daughter (Frances) in 1870, but haven't been able to find the family in the 1870 Census index. I don't believe there were any birth records kept then, but may be mistaken. Any ideas to help me out? Aloha Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobbie Ross" <bwross@htcomp.net> To: <TXCORYEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 11:17 AM Subject: [TXCORYEL] New Year Dear List Members, We are approaching a new year in which to try to further our knowledge about our elusive ancestors.Quite a few of you have already let us know who you are working on in Coryell County and some connections have been made. I hope the rest of you will let us know how we might could help you. That is what we are here for and that is what this list is for. Put us to work! As we approach the New Year, some in our country are iced in without electricity (my daughter's family in AR is) but they have heat and plenty to eat. We are so blessed in this country, that is why our ancestors tried so hard to get here. Let us remember to Thank God for what we have and to try a little harder in 2001. Season's Greetings to You ALL Bobbie

Dear List Members, We are approaching a new year in which to try to further our knowledge about our elusive ancestors.Quite a few of you have already let us know who you are working on in Coryell County and some connections have been made. I hope the rest of you will let us know how we might could help you. That is what we are here for and that is what this list is for. Put us to work! As we approach the New Year, some in our country are iced in without electricity (my daughter's family in AR is) but they have heat and plenty to eat. We are so blessed in this country, that is why our ancestors tried so hard to get here. Let us remember to Thank God for what we have and to try a little harder in 2001. Season's Greetings to You ALL Bobbie