Hi, I'm wondering about the immigration records for Galveston. I know there was a fire but, I don't remember what years that effected. If anyone knows what records were destroyed or what records are available, please e-mail me. I'm interested in the 1850's thanks, Debbie
In a message dated 1/11/00 3:35:56 PM Central Standard Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Looking for info on Civil War Vet John H. Russell 126 NY INF Co H. Is from Manchester, NY Ontario County. Buried In Fairview Cemetery League City, TX. Thanks.. Dinah >> Buried in the Fairview Cemeter League City,TX RUSSELL, John H. {Corp} 9 October 1843-------17 February 1934 Co. H----126 B=N. Y. Inf----*Masonic Emblem this is all that it has in my cemetery book Bertha Ellen
A new message, "Civil War Veteran Research," was posted by Dinah Naumann on Tue, 11 Jan 2000, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: Surname: Russell Posted by: Dinah Naumann EMAIL: rnaumann@ghg.net DATE: Jan 11 2000 Looking for info on Civil War Vet John H. Russell 126 NY INF Co H. Is from Manchester, NY Ontario County. Buried In Fairview Cemetery League City, TX. Thanks.. Dinah
In a message dated 1/6/00 9:07:38 AM Central Standard Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Looking for relatives of Daniel CLEARY, Irish immigrant to Galveston late 1800's. Some members of this family were lost in the 1900 storm. Happy to share!. Ellen >> Hello Ellen, I found in my book "EARLY TEXAS DEATH & LEGAL RECORDS FROM JOSEPH FRANKLIN'S DIARY & JOHN GRIFFIN'S SEXTON RECORDS" Pg 24 1 November 1888 Cleary, Wm. Lawrence aged 83 years. Died at Galveston, heart changes This was the only entry that I found Sincerely Bertha Ellen Beall http://berthaelen.ourfamily.com/ BerthaElen@aol.com
A new message, "CLEARY - Late 1800's-1900's," was posted by Ellen Pack on Thu, 06 Jan 2000, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: Surname: CAIN, CLEARY Posted by: Ellen Pack EMAIL: e.j.pack@worldnet.att.net DATE: Jan 06 2000 LINK: For Old Times Sake URL: http://members.rootsweb.com/~binkley Looking for relatives of Daniel CLEARY, Irish immigrant to Galveston late 1800's. Some members of this family were lost in the 1900 storm. Happy to share!. Ellen
A new message, "CAIN - 1900's," was posted by Ellen Pack on Thu, 06 Jan 2000, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: Surname: CAIN, CLEARY Posted by: Ellen Pack EMAIL: e.j.pack@worldnet.att.net DATE: Jan 06 2000 LINK: For Old Times Sake URL: http://members.rootsweb.com/~binkley Looking for relatives of Ernest and Bessie (Sloan) CAIN. Ernest was b in Natchez, Adams Co, MS in 1880. Relocated to Galveston ca 1900. M Bessie SLOAN from Brenham, TX in 1905. Happy to share! Ellen
Dear Ellen, I know some Cleary's still living on Galveston that are longtime residents as far bck as I can remember {early1900s} The one I know is Danny whose phone number is 409-740-0849 address is 3311 Aston Place,Galveston Tx. 77551.Hope this helps you out. Fred Schaper e-mail bubby 6531@aol.com
I'm seeking information about The HAWKINS TOURIST COURTS ( COTTAGES ) located in Galveston,Texas. They were located between 13th & 15th Street on the Seawall. They were sold in the late 1960's Any and all information would be gratley appreciated. Sincerely, Susie Hawkins SHawk51006@aol.com
Shelly, Thanks for the note and the humor. How do I go about getting an ancestor who died in the 1900 storm put on the proper lists and such? I am the President & Founder of the Galvez Society for Hispanic Genealogy, and have been doing Colonial Spanish Research for about 15 years. I have a Great Aunt who died and was swept out to sea during the storm. Would appreciate any information or help. Also how far back do the City Directories go? Do they start in 1890's? Thanks Michael Salinas
A new message, "Georgia Blankinship," was posted by LaDonna Blankinship on Wed, 29 Dec 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page Queries section: Surname: Blankinship --- Posted by: LaDonna Blankinship EMAIL: lblankin@brightok.net DATE: Dec 29 1999 Does anyone have a Georgia Blankinship, b. 1867, TX,(she was a twin to William Wilson Blankinship)in their lines? Family lore has that she died in the 1900 Galveston Flood. Do not know who or if she was married. Would appreciate any clues. Thanks. LaDonna.
Some random genealogical thoughts for the New Year: Can a first cousin, once removed, return? Cemetery: (n) A marble orchard not to be taken for granite. Crazy.... is a relative term in MY family. Genealogy: It's all relative in the end anyway. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. I trace my family history so I will know who to blame. It's hard to be humble with ancestors like mine! Life takes it's toll. Have exact change ready! Searching for lost relatives? Win the Lottery! That's strange; half my ancestors are WOMEN! Do I even WANT ancestors? Some I found I wish I could lose. Every family tree has some sap in it. FLOOR: (n) The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate. Genealogists never die, they just lose their roots. Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads I need. Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin! Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom. Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. My ancestors are hiding in a witness protection program. My family tree is a few branches short! Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing. Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records. Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related.
Happy Holidays everyone! Here's a chuckle to ring in the New Year! Putting ancestors in the best possible light! > > The Smith's were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come > to America on the Mayflower. They had included senators and Wall Street > wizards. > > They decided to compile a family history, a legacy for their children and > grandchildren. They hired a fine author. Only one problem arose -- how to > handle that great-uncle George, who was executed in the electric chair. > > The author said he could handle the story tactfully. > > The book appeared. It said "Great-uncle George occupied a chair of applied > electronics at an important government institution, was attached to his > position by the strongest of ties, and his death came as a great shock." >
This was in yesterday's "Houston Chronicle": A poet looks to 1999 >From the Dec. 31, 1899 Houston Daily Post, reprinted from Pearson's Weekly: "A Century From Now "If you and I should wake from sleep A century from now. Back to the grave we'd want to creep. A century from now. We'd witness such a startling change, Find everything so wondrous strange We'd hurry back across the range, A century from now. "A woman, forty, fat and fair, A Century from now, May warm with grace the Speaker's chair, A century from now. The Cabinet may be a flock Of girlies, gay of hat and frock, Who talk but who won't mend a sock, A century from now. "The people all will fly on wings A century from now (Not heavenly, but patent things) A century from now They's soar aloft devoid of fear On pinions of a chainless gear, And change their "flyers" every year, A century from now. "There'll be no restaurants at all A century from now. The home will have no dining hall A century from now. The chemists all our wants will fill With food in tablets, and to still Our thirst we'll simply take a pill, A century from now." The author wasn't too far off the mark, was he/she? Adrian At 06:44 AM 12/27/1999 -0600, Jim Turner wrote: > >The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and >is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with >the permission of the author. > > > - The End of a Millennium > >This week we will see a monumental moment in time. Looking back >over the past few years, I see a huge change in the manner in >which we research our family trees. Fifty years ago the only >practical method of accurately researching your ancestry was to go >to the places where your ancestors lived and to look in the >original records. Wealthy individuals hired people to do this >research for them. Less-wealthy people wrote hundreds of letters >to distant records repositories, asking the employees to look at >records for them. > >The invention of microfilm changed all that. Now we can do our own >research by looking at high-quality reproductions of original >records without traveling to distant locations. I believe that the >accuracy of genealogy research has increased since each of us can >read the originals; we are not forced to depend upon someone >else's interpretations. > >The invention of the home computer roughly twenty years ago meant >another huge change in the way we do genealogy research. With PC's >we could track, store and sort the results of our own research >much more easily. Even better, the widespread appearance of e-mail >in the mid-1980s made it easier to expand our "networks" of >individuals with similar interests. > >The introduction of the first genealogy CD-ROM disks about 10 >years ago marked still another leap forward for family historians. >Today there are hundreds of genealogy-related CD-ROM disks >available with references to hundreds of millions of our >forebears. > >The biggest change is not yet ten years old. The World Wide Web >didn't even exist on January 1, 1990. Yet this technology >invention has quickly revolutionized many things in our everyday >lives, including genealogy research. According to Time magazine, >genealogy is one of the three most popular topics on the World >Wide Web, along with sex and finance. > >It's a great time to be a genealogist. Things are changing >quickly, and we can only guess what the next few years will bring. >Here's a question you might ponder: If you could enter a time >machine and go back 100 years, how would you explain all this to >one of your ancestors that you met on the morning of January 1, >1900? I suspect that your ancestor would think you were crazy as >you described all the tools available to you today. > > > >
The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - The End of a Millennium This week we will see a monumental moment in time. Looking back over the past few years, I see a huge change in the manner in which we research our family trees. Fifty years ago the only practical method of accurately researching your ancestry was to go to the places where your ancestors lived and to look in the original records. Wealthy individuals hired people to do this research for them. Less-wealthy people wrote hundreds of letters to distant records repositories, asking the employees to look at records for them. The invention of microfilm changed all that. Now we can do our own research by looking at high-quality reproductions of original records without traveling to distant locations. I believe that the accuracy of genealogy research has increased since each of us can read the originals; we are not forced to depend upon someone else's interpretations. The invention of the home computer roughly twenty years ago meant another huge change in the way we do genealogy research. With PC's we could track, store and sort the results of our own research much more easily. Even better, the widespread appearance of e-mail in the mid-1980s made it easier to expand our "networks" of individuals with similar interests. The introduction of the first genealogy CD-ROM disks about 10 years ago marked still another leap forward for family historians. Today there are hundreds of genealogy-related CD-ROM disks available with references to hundreds of millions of our forebears. The biggest change is not yet ten years old. The World Wide Web didn't even exist on January 1, 1990. Yet this technology invention has quickly revolutionized many things in our everyday lives, including genealogy research. According to Time magazine, genealogy is one of the three most popular topics on the World Wide Web, along with sex and finance. It's a great time to be a genealogist. Things are changing quickly, and we can only guess what the next few years will bring. Here's a question you might ponder: If you could enter a time machine and go back 100 years, how would you explain all this to one of your ancestors that you met on the morning of January 1, 1900? I suspect that your ancestor would think you were crazy as you described all the tools available to you today.
Galveston County, Texas, Queries A new message, "Ulmer Craddock," was posted by Barbara Craddock Pike on Sun, 26 Dec 1999 on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: Surname: CRADDOCK Posted by: Barbara Craddock Pike EMAIL: barbdale@flash.net DATE: Dec 26 1999 I am looking for information on Ulmer Craddock, who I found listed in the Social Security Death Index as being born on May 16, 1899, and dying in Feb, 1982....Texas City, Texas. If anyone knows of this person, or his family, or has any suggestion as to how I might find an obit, etc. please e-mail me at barbdale@flash.net I have somehow put an Ulmer Braden Craddock in my family tree, being born to Sinclair Craddock and Mary Elizabeth Scarborough, in Coke County Texas...but now, I can't find where I got that info.....all the sources I find don't list him as a child. One of the children, Lottie Lavenia Craddock was married first to a Mr. Ulmer, then to a Dr. Braden...so it seems kinda screwy. But then, I found this Ulmer Craddock on the S.S. death index, and I thought I'd try to find his ancestors, or anyone who could tell me about him. Thanks, Barbara Craddock Pike.
In a message dated 12/23/99 11:20:37 PM Central Standard Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Surname: Quinn >> These names show up in the St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Galveston,TX QUINN, FRANK pg 42 QUINN, Mary A. Mrs. pg 110 QUINN, Mary Eve pg 190 QUINN, Mary I. pg 208 QUINN, Robert pg 190 QUINN, Thomas pg 173 If any of these names are yours I will be glad to send you the rest of the information. Hope you have a very good holiday. Bertha Ellen http://berthaelen.ourfamily.com/ BerthaElen@aol.com
Hi Everyone, A few days ago I sent out a warning about a nasty new virus that surfaced on Dec 19th. It mainly hits Mailing Lists, like this one. Today I was hit twice by it. Both messages appeared to have come from this mailing list, but the return addresses were forgeries. This what they look like: ********************************************* Subject: [TXGALVES-L] ROOTSWEB SURNAME LIST Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 10:09:22 -0600 From: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com To: jnturner@gte.net hffp://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and animations... We attached our recent animation from this site in our mail ! Check it out ! [Attachment] Name: theobbq.exe Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream) Encoding: base64 **************** If you see a message like this, don't open the attachment. Immediately delete the message, and that kills it. It's going to be with us for a while. Probably at least one computer on the list is infected. Use your anti-virus program every day. Check once a week for updated virus definition files from the web site of your virus software manufacturer. And above all, don't open any attachments, even those which appear to be coming from someone you know and trust, without checking with the sender to see if the message, and attachment, are genuine. Jim Turner
A new message, "U.S. Army Transport vessel "Cristobal"," was posted by Peter Quinn on Thu, 23 Dec 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page Queries section: Surname: Quinn Posted by: Peter Quinn EMAIL: queng@talk21.com DATE: Dec 23 1999 The Cristobal arrived in the port of Galveston, TX on or about 1 December 1914. I am attempting to locate the crew list. My great grandfather's service ended on the Cristobal on 1 December 1914.
Hello Everybody, Here is a message that came out of the RootsWeb main office last night. This, for a change, is not a hoax. The virus being discussed is a very real one-- I first heard about it a couple of weeks ago. If you have a virus protection program, I recommend you update it as soon as possible. And be careful about opening attachments to e-mail messages, even if it appears to come from someone you know. Jim Turner *************** Hi, folks - We've had a lot of reports tonight about a virus being passed around on RootsWeb lists. I have looked into these reports and it does NOT appear that the viruses have actually been sent through our lists. I've included a semi-technical explanation of what I have been able to find out, for those of you who are curious. The only important message here is that RootsWeb's lists are NOT the source of recent virus reports. What seems to be happening is that the current flock of viruses do the following things when they infect a new computer: * The virus sends a copy of itself to everyone in the computer's address book; * It forges its own return address to look like it was sent by someone *else* in the address book; * and it uses the Subject line from a message that was recently sent from that machine. So if an infected person sent mail to BUMBLEROTTER-L@rootsweb.com, the virus might send out mail like this to someone else in the victim's address book: From: BUMBLEROTTER-L@rootsweb.com To: joe@example.com Subject: [BUMBLEROTTER] looking for Fred and Wilma Bumblerotter <http://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html>http://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html Hypercool Happy New Year 2000 funny programs and animations... We attached our recent animation from this site in our mail ! Check it out ! Even though the mail never was sent to RootsWeb, the return address is forged to make it appear as if it came from us. I will continue to work on figuring out if there is anything that we can do about this; in the meantime, please assure any concerned subscribers that subscribing to a RootsWeb list is not dangerous. :-) -- Regards, Tim Pierce RootsWeb.com lead system admonsterator and Chief Hacking Officer
A new message, "McILROY & SEABRIGHT," was posted by Bart McILROY on Sun, 12 Dec 1999 on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: Surname: BYRNE, FERN, LAWN, McDOUGALL, McILROY, McKELVEY, GENTTNER, HUBER, SCHULTHEISS, SHARP, SPAETH Posted by: Bart McILROY EMAIL: B_J_McILROY_SR@email.msn.com DATE: Dec 12 1999 "Grandfather McIlroy died in Galveston Texas. Buried on property of Seabright family." Those two sentences give me the only clue to the possible location of my grandfathers remains; and the author of them is deceased. They refer to Bernard J. McILROY, born about 1880 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He immigrated to the USA about 1925 and resided, for a time, in Long Island, New York. McILROY relocated with his employer (Seabright ???) to Texas. His employer operated a (garden) nursery in New York and may have been in the same business in Texas. McILROY may have died between 1940 and 1955. He may have been known as Barney, or Scotty, or Mac; and his surname may have been misspelled as McELROY. The (Texas) Bureau of Vital Statistics did a preliminary search four years ago (before the Galveston and Seabright information was known to me) and did not find any record of McILROYs death. They advised me, at that time, that burials on private property were sometimes not properly reported. Is there a Seabright Family property in the Galveston area? Where? Is it large enough to have its own cemetery? Is it opened to the public? Is McILROY buried there? I will appreciate any assistance offered on these questions. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Bart. FL-USA. 13DEC1999. I am: B_J_McILROY_SR@email.msn.com