Due to the hard work of Ruth Smith of Fannin County interceding with the Bonham Public Library she has arranged for me to have the School records for Bonham ( Maybe other places , no one has seen all the books as they are in storage so I don't know what all they cover in years and places, they may only be Bonham but the names are all familiar from those I see!) These books are huge. They don't know how many they have but they will give them all to me. I will be scanning them and sending them into the website. These are invaluable. I have a 1913 and a 1902 one on my desk now. they include the child and their birth place /date , the father and what they did for a living and their grades!!! WOW I sure hope no one ever finds mine to put up on the internet. I will just have to keep plugging away on them and as the library moves back into their new remodeled building they will find what is still in storage. This is a great amount of work. I will need a volunteer ( I figure after scanning and putting them up I won't want to see the images again in my lifetime! :/ to index the files. there won't be huge amounts it will come in small amounts. Usually only 6 students and father /mother are listed to a page and I will have to do them a set at a time so it is a long term thing. Also depends on when the rest come out of storage. Another thing; when the librarian came to speak to the group I asked her about the Fannin County Facts and Folks book . The library owns the copyright. Ruth sent an official society letter to the board. They have allowed me to place the whole book online. As you know Edith Smith already had indexed it so I will fix the whole thing up there for use. So no more lookups in the book. It has a lot of pictures in it. I will also do thess in high resolution , when you find a photo you want , you save to a disc and then can take it to any place like walmart and they can print it out on photopaper ! Its a wonderful wonderful thing. I dread getting up in the morning to begin. ( I whine a lot , it makes me feel better) I would love all of you to know . My old scanner ( a thirty dollar wonder) was sounding like an overstretched rubber band when it ran. I didn't have the money for another. I prayed it would last as long as it was needed. You will never guess how the Prayer was answered. A wonderful lady Ann Bryant thought about me as maybe needing a scanner that was not used. It is a highpowered very good one and she wouldn't even let me pay postage. She is a wonderful lady and a tool in God's hands. I sat down and cried when it came. So don't blame blotches on the pages from showing up. Mysterious ways. Your ancestors are really wanting to be found. Susan in Texas

Susan, I'm a researcher (American) living in Holland. I'm a housewife now and would like to help you in anyway I could. I don't know exactly what kind of help you need.. Or if my being so far away would be a problem. Let me know if you think there is something I could help you with. ShaJuan Studer The Netherlands DISCLAIMER: --------------------------------------- Bovenstaande mening is niet noodzakelijk de mening van mijn familie, is niet noodzakelijk mijn mening en is waarschijnlijk ook niet noodzakelijk. > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Susan Hawkins [mailto:hawkins@texoma.net] > Verzonden: dinsdag 23 april 2002 22:49 > Aan: TXFANNIN-L@rootsweb.com > Onderwerp: [TXFANNIN-L] hang on for some good news & blessings!! > > > Due to the hard work of Ruth Smith of Fannin County > interceding with the Bonham Public Library she has arranged > for me to have the School records for Bonham ( Maybe other > places , no one has seen all the books as they are in storage > so I don't know what all they cover in years and places, they > may only be Bonham but the names are all familiar from those I > see!) > These books are huge. They don't know how many they have but > they will give them all to me. I will be scanning them and > sending them into the website. These are invaluable. I have a > 1913 and a 1902 one on my desk now. they include the child > and their birth place /date , the father and what they did > for a living and their grades!!! WOW I sure hope no one ever > finds mine to put up on the internet. I will just have to > keep plugging away on them and as the library moves back into > their new remodeled building they will find what is still in > storage. This is a great amount of work. > I will need a volunteer ( I figure after scanning and > putting them up I won't want to see the images again in my > lifetime! :/ > to index the files. there won't be huge amounts it will > come in small amounts. Usually only 6 students and father > /mother are listed to a page and I will have to do them a set > at a time so it is a long term thing. Also depends on when > the rest come out of storage. > Another thing; when the librarian came to speak to the > group I asked her about the Fannin County Facts and Folks > book . The library owns the copyright. Ruth sent an official > society letter to the board. They have allowed me to place > the whole book online. As you know Edith Smith already had > indexed it so I will fix the whole thing up there for use. So > no more lookups in the book. It has a lot of pictures in it. > I will also do thess in high resolution , when you find a > photo you want , you save to a disc and then can take it to > any place like walmart and they can print it out on > photopaper ! Its a wonderful wonderful thing. I dread getting > up in the morning to begin. > ( I whine a lot , it makes me feel better) > I would love all of you to know . My old scanner ( a thirty dollar > wonder) was sounding like an overstretched rubber band when > it ran. I didn't have the money for another. I prayed it > would last as long as it was needed. You will never guess how > the Prayer was answered. A wonderful lady Ann Bryant thought > about me as maybe needing a scanner that was not used. It is > a highpowered very good one and she wouldn't even let me pay > postage. She is a wonderful lady and a tool in God's hands. I > sat down and cried when it came. So don't blame blotches on > the pages from showing up. Mysterious ways. Your ancestors > are really wanting to be found. Susan in Texas > > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Search List Archives by keyword > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AF683ED8659601346557ACAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Susan Hawkins wrote: > Due to the hard work of Ruth Smith of Fannin County interceding with the > Bonham Public Library she has arranged for me to have the School records > for Bonham ( Maybe other places , no one has seen all the books as they > are in storage so I don't know what all they cover in years and places, > they may only be Bonham but the names are all familiar from those I > see!) > These books are huge. They don't know how many they have but they will > give them all to me. I will be scanning them and sending them into the > website. These are invaluable. I have a 1913 and a 1902 one on my desk > now. they include the child and their birth place /date , the father and > what they did for a living and their grades!!! WOW I sure hope no one > ever finds mine to put up on the internet. I will just have to keep > plugging away on them and as the library moves back into their new > remodeled building they will find what is still in storage. This is a > great amount of work. > I will need a volunteer ( I figure after scanning and putting them up > I won't want to see the images again in my lifetime! :/ > to index the files. there won't be huge amounts it will come in small > amounts. Usually only 6 students and father /mother are listed to a page > and I will have to do them a set at a time so it is a long term thing. > Also depends on when the rest come out of storage. > Another thing; when the librarian came to speak to the group I asked > her about the Fannin County Facts and Folks book . The library owns the > copyright. Ruth sent an official society letter to the board. They have > allowed me to place the whole book online. As you know Edith Smith > already had indexed it so I will fix the whole thing up there for use. > So no more lookups in the book. It has a lot of pictures in it. I will > also do thess in high resolution , when you find a photo you want , you > save to a disc and then can take it to any place like walmart and they > can print it out on photopaper ! Its a wonderful wonderful thing. I > dread getting up in the morning to begin. > ( I whine a lot , it makes me feel better) > I would love all of you to know . My old scanner ( a thirty dollar > wonder) was sounding like an overstretched rubber band when it ran. I > didn't have the money for another. I prayed it would last as long as it > was needed. You will never guess how the Prayer was answered. A > wonderful lady Ann Bryant thought about me as maybe needing a scanner > that was not used. It is a highpowered very good one and she wouldn't > even let me pay postage. She is a wonderful lady and a tool in God's > hands. I sat down and cried when it came. So don't blame blotches on the > pages from showing up. > Mysterious ways. Your ancestors are really wanting to be found. > Susan in Texas > > ==== TXFANNIN Mailing List ==== > Search List Archives by keyword > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Hello Susan I wrote you a few months ago about the school records .I am interested in 1913 through 1920 .I think my father James Edgar Benton should be in there . You are doing a great job an the Fannin County List is real busy . Thanks for the help Susan JAMES --------------AF683ED8659601346557ACAE Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="jhbenton.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for James H Benton Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="jhbenton.vcf" begin:vcard n:Benton;James x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:jhbenton@seark.net fn:James H Benton end:vcard --------------AF683ED8659601346557ACAE--