Hi, The Soundex is in the Waco- Mclennan County library, Geneaology section. I haven't had time to use it recently. Brady Richardson attends our church in Hewitt and Richardson Creek in Erath County, a tributary of the Paluxy River. Sid Richardson was a self made Texas oil millionaire and left his estate with Corporate offices in Fort Worth, Texas willed to his nephews, the Bass Brothers. Fort Worth is in 3 parts, North Main, for example, runs from the Trinity River North. Main runs from the Trinity south from the Courthouse seen on 'Walker, Texas Ranger"on tv, to East Lancaster and the Railroad depot. From there south is South Main . Other downtown streets are divided similarly. The Bass Brothers corporations hire private security guards in uniform and disguise to supplement City and County police in the downtown tourist area between the Convention Center and the Courthouse, It is the safest downtown area in any town in Texas , according to reports. Since you are in Ireland and are apparently a Riley, HELP! My wife's grandad, James Whitcomb O'Riley died in Cleburne , Texas 1893 when her dad Alvin Norman was about 6 years old. He was 43 or so. and was married twice. , the second time to Alice Marie Renfro of Tennessee and Johnson County, Texas. Jeannie's dad and his two sisters said Mr. O' Riley was an Irish Catholic- red headed and freckled, just like 2 of his 3 second set of kids. He lived on a farm in Ireland that raised prize race horses. He was told to never ride, ESPECIALLY the Stalion when the family were gone and he was home. One day, at age 12, he was jumping with the Stalion and he fell and broke a lef. James did not want a Sheileigh threshing, so, at age 12, he helpped the stalion to his stall, wrapped his leg, and packed some sandwiches and clothes and stowed away in a lifeboat on an outbound ship. Three days to sea he was seasick and gave himself up to the Sea Captain ., who said he could work his way to the U.S. as many of the crew were coming down sick. Since james was alone, he could not come through immigration with parents, so the Sea Captain carried him to a Tinker.s shop (for sheet metal supplies and buckets and tubs for the ship) in New York and James signed on as an Aprentice Tinker. He came ti Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas where he gardened, made sheet metal supplies like water tanks and troughs and deliverred them on his weekly route where he sold Watkins or Rawleigh products and took more orders for custom sheet metal work. We have reason to believe one of my wife's dad's half brothers was a Cleburne Texas barber and one ran a shoe factory in Boston Mr. Riley said before he died that an attorney had once contacted him about being an heir to the shoe factory and someons else had contacted him about the farm in Ireland. He told them he had his own West Texas land and a Central West Texas retirement home and if his dad had not bothered to tell him and his mother about their inheritance, he was not interested. Does this ring any Bells? I also know a building in Dublin, Ireland and one in \Glasgow, Scotland had our Wyly name carved in Stone over the door. My Great Grandad John Milton Moxley married Mary Ann Fleming, both Ireland born,or 1 generation removed, and Mary Ann's mom was Mary Murphy They are all buried in Indian Creek Cemetery, Erath County , Texas. . Some of his kids married aome Irish immigrants named Higdon, Arendell, and Darnell. Great Grandad Dr. & Rev. Dr. W.P. Hatchett's (he buried in Erath County) family were from Shrevesburg, England. One Hatchett was Burgess of Shrevesburg. Great Great Grand's mother Eliza Tuggle (Tugglestine) (Also buried in Erath County by his wive's parents, Rev. & Mrs Angelina Isabella Stevens) had roots in Jamestown, Va. from the Tarrant, Tuggle and Herndon families of Bradford, England, who made Navy uniforms for World wide export and Tarrant County, Texas is rooted in the same family. One built Christ Church in Bradford and donated it and land to the community. Does any of this ring any bells? Just courious Thanks, Charles Augustine Wyly On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 07:53:03 EST Arkivemom@aol.com writes: >Does anyone out there have access to the 1880 soundex for TX? I am in >Ireland >and need to find out which county either of the two following were in >in >1880:James Buchanan RICHARDSON, who would have been 35, and/or Henry >Clinton >RICHARDSON, who would have been 30. I just need the county. Any help >would be >most appreciated. >Charmaine Riley Holley >arkivemom@aol.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]