Sylvia, If I understood correctly, the book you are writing about doesn't have a person index only an article index. Is this correct? Was hoping to find a mention of my great-grandparents' who are my tallest brick wall. Could you let me know if the Historical Society still has this book for sell? Thank you for your kind attention and valuable time. Darlene, Native Texan, in Illinois mdgdevries@worldnet.att.net Researching: Adams, Ayres, Baird, Barnett, Brown, Butler, De Vries, Doggett, Dykstra, Edwards, Fitzgerald, Flynn, Harmsen, Kooinga, Kuiper, Lang, Lassiter, Nichols, Prince, Reitsma, Stallworth, Stone, Waddell, Witterhold, and many branches from these. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sylvia Smith <sylsmith@azmail.net> To: <TXELLIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 6:29 PM Subject: [TXELLIS] ELLIS COUNTY HISTORY BOOK > Across the brown cover of this 774 page book are the words: THE LONE > STAR STATE > > The first page inside this edition reads: > Ellis County History > The Basic 1892 book > (With the Presidents Section deleted) > with > Additional Biographies > compiled by the > Ellis County Historical Museum > and > Art Gallery, Inc. > Waxahachie, Texas > In Memory of > the > Courageous Pioneers and Builders > of > Ellis County > > Copyrighted 1972 by > Ellis County Historical > Museum & Art Gallery, Inc. > > Printed by > Historical Publishers > Fort Worth & Arlington, Texas > > Page 577 reads: > > AN ADDITION TO OUR MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF ELLIS COUNTY > MOST OF THE BASIC PORTIONS OF THESE GREAT STORIES HAVE BEEN GATHERED, > EITHER IN WRITTEN FORM OR PASSED ON DOWN THROUGH TRADITION BY THE ANCESTORS, > BUT LEFT OUT OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DUE TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION, OR > FOR OTHER UNKNOWN CAUSES. > THIS SECTION CONTAINS SOME OF THE GREAT STORIES WHICH WILL MAKE THE > DESCENDANTS PROUD WHEN THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL WORK OF OUR > ANCESTORS, HOW THEY CAME TO A WILD UNTAMED COUNTRY WITH LITTLE TO WORK ON, > HOW THEY TEAMED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP ONE OF THE GREATEST AREAS IN AMERICA. > HOW MANY OF THEIR DESCENDANTS BECAME GREAT LEADERS, STATEMEN, DOCTORS, > LAWYERS, RANCHERS, FARMERS, AND PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN. > OUR EMOTIONS RISE TO THE HIGHEST, AND IT MAKES OUR HEARTS PROUD WHEN WE > READ THE BIG STORIES OF THESE PIONEER MEN AND WOMEN- OUR ANCESTORS. > WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS GREAT WEALTH OF MATERIAL. > ELLIS COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, INC. > WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS > > This work is not Indexed... it does have a Table of Contents which list > the Subject of each Article. > > > Thank You > Sylvia Smith > Sylvia Smith > sylsmith@azmail.net > > >