A new message, "Beago, Davis, Holt, Cook," was posted by Valerie Upton on Thu, 09 Dec 1999 on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: Surname: BEAGO, DAVIS, HOLT, COOK Posted by: Valerie Upton EMAIL: valu@pdq.net DATE: Dec 09 1999 Louis BEAGO Sr, married to Sophia was in Galv abt 1870 on. Cant locate on any census for 1870 but in 1880 can find family in Galv. He died and record found buried at Lakeview Cem under name BEARGO. Son, Louis #2 or Jr married Charity DAVIS. Need her parents. On census has Lena HOLT or HALT listed as sister ???? There are 2 sisters to Louis Jr. Sophie born 1868. need who she married or any info. Pescoline born 1866. IT is possible she married Bennett Arthur COOK. There is a Louisana newpaper record of a Pescoline BEAGO and B. A. COOK being married. Her birth yr is same, and they are in Galv. after marriage. If you know anything about any Beago, or the above people please contact me directly at valu@pdq.net Thanks for your time.

Hello, I wonder if any of you are researching the Shay family? Or, if there is anyone who can give me a readout of the 1880 census. The 1880 Texas census index lists John SHAY, on page 088 of Galveston Co. Thanks for any help. Will be happy to share info. Judy

The Confederate Cemetery is at the light & intersection of C R 517 & Highway 35 at Alvin. Rosemary

Many thanks. Aubrey Doggett

A new message, "JACOB PETTERSEN," was posted by ROBERT D. PETERSON on Sat, 04 Dec 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page Queries Section Surname: PETTERSON Posted by: ROBERT D. PETERSON EMAIL Address: rpeter8370@AOL.com DATE: Dec 04 1999 I would appreciate information relating to JACOB PETTERSEN, sometimes called JACOB PETERSEN, and sometimes called JACOB PETERSON, who emigrated from England at the age of 18 and arrived in Galveston Texas aboard the freighter SS NEBRASKA or SS NEBRASKAN in approximately 1870-1880. .

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------31EF9F2440667BEAC3CEAC41 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For those who have ties in Alvin: --------------31EF9F2440667BEAC3CEAC41 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <TXBRAZOR-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.30]) by mtapop4.gte.net (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <19991203133716.CXSV2099393.mtapop4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> for <jnturner@gte.net>; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:37:16 -0600 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA18015; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 05:37:13 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 05:37:13 -0800 (PST) From: LoisFaye2@aol.com Message-ID: <0.cc607cac.25792163@aol.com> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 08:36:35 EST Old-To: TXBRAZOR-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 45 Subject: [TXBRAZOR-L] Alvin City Cemetery Resent-Message-ID: <ogK38B.A.1YE.Ie8R4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: TXBRAZOR-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: TXBRAZOR-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: TXBRAZOR-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <TXBRAZOR-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/135 X-Loop: TXBRAZOR-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: TXBRAZOR-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Friends, As we speak the Alvin City Cemetery, now known as Oak Park Cemetery, is being surveyed. I will hopefully have the information to put online sometime early next year. I am still trying to get a copy of the official list for the Confederate Cemetery, so I can add it. Wish me luck, please! Lois in Alvin --------------31EF9F2440667BEAC3CEAC41--

What is the location of the Confederate Cemetery? Is it in the same location as the Alvin City Cemetery?

Selma Ruth Ekelund died on September 4, 1972 and her obituary appears on Sept 7, page 6A. She was buried in City Cemetery by Broadway Funeral Home and there were no known survivors. She died at her residence in Oleander Homes, so I doubt there is much of an "estate", but could check county courthouse for probate. Shelly Kelly Galveston TX Jim Turner wrote: > A new message, "EKELUND - HICKS," was posted by Tricia Hopkins on Sun, > 28 Nov 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page, Queries > section: > > Surname: EKELUND, HICKS > > Posted by: Tricia Hopkins > EMAIL address: hoppy@web-access.net > DATE: Nov 28 1999 > > I am looking for my Great-Aunt and family. > THELMA RUTH HICKS married GUS EKELUND. They lived and died in Galveston. > Thelma was known by the family as " Aunt Sis". > She was born 2-13-1905 and died in Aug. 1972 in Galveston, Texas. I > would like to know where she is buried, if she has any family left > living in Galveston, or anywhere, and if any one knows what happened to > their estate. > Any information will be greatly appreciated. > Thank you, > Tricia.

To Jim Turner, thanks so much for your information re City Directories and the dates available. My ancestor came very early 1846 to Galveston and by 1850 Census, I find him in Austin County. Perhaps he advertised in the local newpaper in Galveston as he was an attorney. Or alternatively, maybe a Tax List or Court Records for his admission to the Texas Bar. Any guidance appreciated. Tom

A new message, "EKELUND - HICKS," was posted by Tricia Hopkins on Sun, 28 Nov 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page, Queries section: Surname: EKELUND, HICKS Posted by: Tricia Hopkins EMAIL address: hoppy@web-access.net DATE: Nov 28 1999 I am looking for my Great-Aunt and family. THELMA RUTH HICKS married GUS EKELUND. They lived and died in Galveston. Thelma was known by the family as " Aunt Sis". She was born 2-13-1905 and died in Aug. 1972 in Galveston, Texas. I would like to know where she is buried, if she has any family left living in Galveston, or anywhere, and if any one knows what happened to their estate. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tricia.

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. - LDS FamilySearch.org To Add 240 Million New Names There hasn't been any official announcement, but two Salt Lake City newspapers report that the Mormon's popular online Web site will add a lot more records to their online database on Monday. The addition of 240 million new names will mean that a total of 640 million records will now be available at http://www.familysearch.org. In addition, FamilySearch plans early next year to index the new Pedigree Resource File (PRF), a database of family history records being uploaded to the site by users. Only the index is expected to be online. The files containing PRF data will be available on a set of CD-ROM disks. The PRF, already listing more than 5 million names, is projected to grow at the rate of 1.2 million names per month. Full details are available at: http://www.sltrib.com/1999/nov/11161999/utah/47672.htm and at http://www.desnews.com/cgi-bin/libstory_reg?dn99&9911150026

Jim, It might not be such a long-shot. There WAS a BLAKELY family in SC who went to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. I just can't connect them with mine yet. Thanks for the suggestion. Happy hunting, Marianne Jim wrote: >My Millers are Prussian to Cabarrus Co., N.C. Most of my French to Mobile >were via Canada. Long-shot: if your Blakelys were Loyalist, try coastal >S.C., then Ga. Jim >----- Original Message ----- >From: Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 11:50 PM >Subject: [TXGALVES] MILLER, DAVIS, BLAKELY/Mobile&Galveston > > >> Hi Jim, >> It sounds like some of your Mobile families were French. Were they from >> Quebec? I asked about your MILLER because I'm trying to find out something >> about George Poe MILLER, b. Washington Co., PA 27 Feb. 1798, d. Mobile 26 >> Mar. 1869. He was married to 1.?) Eliza DAVIS (b. London, England, d. 1 >> Mar. 1856 - daughter of George DAVIS, Sr.) and 2.?) Ann ___. I don't know >> if there were any other wives. I'm actually trying to find out something >> about Eliza and George DAVIS, but thought maybe Eliza and George MILLER >may >> have had children whose descendants were out there somewhere. Eliza's >> brother, Isaac DAVIS married a girl from Montreal, Matilda Sophia BLAKELY, >> in 1841. They are my gg grandparents, and moved to Galveston in 1860, both >> dying not long after arriving there. Matilda's father was either "Col." or >> "Councilia" George BLAKELY. (Lots of Georges!) If you know something about >> French names, would you happen to know what "Councilia" means? I'd like to >> find out if George Blakely had some kind of government job in Quebec. I >> think he may have been a Loyalist who went to Canada from I don't know >> where. I don't have any info on him. >> Thanks for any input. >> Marianne >> >> >> Jim wrote: >> >P.S. My ancestor, War of 1812, 3rd U.S. Infantry, defender of Mobil, Col. >> >Gilbert Christian Russell, Sr., was the great grandson of Gilbert >Christian >> >and Mrs Margaret Richardson Christian, who settled Christian's Creek, >> >Augusta Co., Va., from Penn. and alledgedly from Ireland? >> > >> >My 1702 and later Mobile families are Maj. Francoise Trudeau, Sr., Maj, >> >Pierre Gabriel Juzan, Charles Rochon, Sr., Jean Baptise Colon dit La >> >Violette, Etienne Burelle, Adam Hollinger, Col. Russell, Thomas Malone, >Sr., >> >with Mobile kin of Moniac, Owen, Bingham, van Buren, Ogden, and possibly >> >Nettles? Jim, Charlotte, N.C. >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:15 PM >> >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census >> > >> > >> >> Hi Jim, >> >> By any chance, your MILLERs didn't come from either Mobile or >Galveston, >> >> did they? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >> >> Phoenix, AZ >> >> >> >> >I'd appreciate a look-up in yje 1850 and 1860 Galveston census of my >> >> >Mobile/Galveston cotton broker ancestor, Capt. Edward Malone, Sr., >CSA, >> >and >> >> >his brother-in-law Capt. H. Van Buren, CSA, and cotton broker >> >brother-in-law >> >> >Charles M. Bingham. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. >> >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >> >From: <M44as@aol.com> >> >> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> >> >> >Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:30 PM >> >> >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> >> >> I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell >me >> >> >about >> >> >> what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or >> >indexed? >> >> >> Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary >loans? >> >> >> We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in >> >Galveston >> >> >> from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from >Germany >> >to >> >> >> Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage >to >> >> >> Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those >> >years. >> >> >> Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> Marcia Snyder >> >> >> Holland, TX >> >> >> M44as@aol.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

Hi Jim, It sounds like some of your Mobile families were French. Were they from Quebec? I asked about your MILLER because I'm trying to find out something about George Poe MILLER, b. Washington Co., PA 27 Feb. 1798, d. Mobile 26 Mar. 1869. He was married to 1.?) Eliza DAVIS (b. London, England, d. 1 Mar. 1856 - daughter of George DAVIS, Sr.) and 2.?) Ann ___. I don't know if there were any other wives. I'm actually trying to find out something about Eliza and George DAVIS, but thought maybe Eliza and George MILLER may have had children whose descendants were out there somewhere. Eliza's brother, Isaac DAVIS married a girl from Montreal, Matilda Sophia BLAKELY, in 1841. They are my gg grandparents, and moved to Galveston in 1860, both dying not long after arriving there. Matilda's father was either "Col." or "Councilia" George BLAKELY. (Lots of Georges!) If you know something about French names, would you happen to know what "Councilia" means? I'd like to find out if George Blakely had some kind of government job in Quebec. I think he may have been a Loyalist who went to Canada from I don't know where. I don't have any info on him. Thanks for any input. Marianne Jim wrote: >P.S. My ancestor, War of 1812, 3rd U.S. Infantry, defender of Mobil, Col. >Gilbert Christian Russell, Sr., was the great grandson of Gilbert Christian >and Mrs Margaret Richardson Christian, who settled Christian's Creek, >Augusta Co., Va., from Penn. and alledgedly from Ireland? > >My 1702 and later Mobile families are Maj. Francoise Trudeau, Sr., Maj, >Pierre Gabriel Juzan, Charles Rochon, Sr., Jean Baptise Colon dit La >Violette, Etienne Burelle, Adam Hollinger, Col. Russell, Thomas Malone, Sr., >with Mobile kin of Moniac, Owen, Bingham, van Buren, Ogden, and possibly >Nettles? Jim, Charlotte, N.C. >----- Original Message ----- >From: Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:15 PM >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > > >> Hi Jim, >> By any chance, your MILLERs didn't come from either Mobile or Galveston, >> did they? >> Thanks, >> Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >> Phoenix, AZ >> >> >I'd appreciate a look-up in yje 1850 and 1860 Galveston census of my >> >Mobile/Galveston cotton broker ancestor, Capt. Edward Malone, Sr., CSA, >and >> >his brother-in-law Capt. H. Van Buren, CSA, and cotton broker >brother-in-law >> >Charles M. Bingham. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: <M44as@aol.com> >> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> >> >Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:30 PM >> >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census >> > >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me >> >about >> >> what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or >indexed? >> >> Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? >> >> We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in >Galveston >> >> from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany >to >> >> Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to >> >> Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those >years. >> >> Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. >> >> >> >> Marcia Snyder >> >> Holland, TX >> >> M44as@aol.com >> >> >> >> >> >>

My Millers are Prussian to Cabarrus Co., N.C. Most of my French to Mobile were via Canada. Long-shot: if your Blakelys were Loyalist, try coastal S.C., then Ga. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 11:50 PM Subject: [TXGALVES] MILLER, DAVIS, BLAKELY/Mobile&Galveston > Hi Jim, > It sounds like some of your Mobile families were French. Were they from > Quebec? I asked about your MILLER because I'm trying to find out something > about George Poe MILLER, b. Washington Co., PA 27 Feb. 1798, d. Mobile 26 > Mar. 1869. He was married to 1.?) Eliza DAVIS (b. London, England, d. 1 > Mar. 1856 - daughter of George DAVIS, Sr.) and 2.?) Ann ___. I don't know > if there were any other wives. I'm actually trying to find out something > about Eliza and George DAVIS, but thought maybe Eliza and George MILLER may > have had children whose descendants were out there somewhere. Eliza's > brother, Isaac DAVIS married a girl from Montreal, Matilda Sophia BLAKELY, > in 1841. They are my gg grandparents, and moved to Galveston in 1860, both > dying not long after arriving there. Matilda's father was either "Col." or > "Councilia" George BLAKELY. (Lots of Georges!) If you know something about > French names, would you happen to know what "Councilia" means? I'd like to > find out if George Blakely had some kind of government job in Quebec. I > think he may have been a Loyalist who went to Canada from I don't know > where. I don't have any info on him. > Thanks for any input. > Marianne > > > Jim wrote: > >P.S. My ancestor, War of 1812, 3rd U.S. Infantry, defender of Mobil, Col. > >Gilbert Christian Russell, Sr., was the great grandson of Gilbert Christian > >and Mrs Margaret Richardson Christian, who settled Christian's Creek, > >Augusta Co., Va., from Penn. and alledgedly from Ireland? > > > >My 1702 and later Mobile families are Maj. Francoise Trudeau, Sr., Maj, > >Pierre Gabriel Juzan, Charles Rochon, Sr., Jean Baptise Colon dit La > >Violette, Etienne Burelle, Adam Hollinger, Col. Russell, Thomas Malone, Sr., > >with Mobile kin of Moniac, Owen, Bingham, van Buren, Ogden, and possibly > >Nettles? Jim, Charlotte, N.C. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> > >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:15 PM > >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > > > > > >> Hi Jim, > >> By any chance, your MILLERs didn't come from either Mobile or Galveston, > >> did they? > >> Thanks, > >> Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> > >> Phoenix, AZ > >> > >> >I'd appreciate a look-up in yje 1850 and 1860 Galveston census of my > >> >Mobile/Galveston cotton broker ancestor, Capt. Edward Malone, Sr., CSA, > >and > >> >his brother-in-law Capt. H. Van Buren, CSA, and cotton broker > >brother-in-law > >> >Charles M. Bingham. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: <M44as@aol.com> > >> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> > >> >Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:30 PM > >> >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > >> > > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me > >> >about > >> >> what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or > >indexed? > >> >> Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? > >> >> We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in > >Galveston > >> >> from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany > >to > >> >> Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to > >> >> Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those > >years. > >> >> Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. > >> >> > >> >> Marcia Snyder > >> >> Holland, TX > >> >> M44as@aol.com > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > >

P.S. My ancestor, War of 1812, 3rd U.S. Infantry, defender of Mobil, Col. Gilbert Christian Russell, Sr., was the great grandson of Gilbert Christian and Mrs Margaret Richardson Christian, who settled Christian's Creek, Augusta Co., Va., from Penn. and alledgedly from Ireland? My 1702 and later Mobile families are Maj. Francoise Trudeau, Sr., Maj, Pierre Gabriel Juzan, Charles Rochon, Sr., Jean Baptise Colon dit La Violette, Etienne Burelle, Adam Hollinger, Col. Russell, Thomas Malone, Sr., with Mobile kin of Moniac, Owen, Bingham, van Buren, Ogden, and possibly Nettles? Jim, Charlotte, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > Hi Jim, > By any chance, your MILLERs didn't come from either Mobile or Galveston, > did they? > Thanks, > Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> > Phoenix, AZ > > >I'd appreciate a look-up in yje 1850 and 1860 Galveston census of my > >Mobile/Galveston cotton broker ancestor, Capt. Edward Malone, Sr., CSA, and > >his brother-in-law Capt. H. Van Buren, CSA, and cotton broker brother-in-law > >Charles M. Bingham. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <M44as@aol.com> > >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:30 PM > >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > > > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me > >about > >> what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or indexed? > >> Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? > >> We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in Galveston > >> from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany to > >> Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to > >> Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those years. > >> Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. > >> > >> Marcia Snyder > >> Holland, TX > >> M44as@aol.com > >> > >> > >

Hi Jim, By any chance, your MILLERs didn't come from either Mobile or Galveston, did they? Thanks, Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> Phoenix, AZ >I'd appreciate a look-up in yje 1850 and 1860 Galveston census of my >Mobile/Galveston cotton broker ancestor, Capt. Edward Malone, Sr., CSA, and >his brother-in-law Capt. H. Van Buren, CSA, and cotton broker brother-in-law >Charles M. Bingham. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. >----- Original Message ----- >From: <M44as@aol.com> >To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:30 PM >Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > > >> Hi, >> >> I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me >about >> what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or indexed? >> Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? >> We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in Galveston >> from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany to >> Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to >> Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those years. >> Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. >> >> Marcia Snyder >> Holland, TX >> M44as@aol.com >> >>

Marcia Snyder Holland, TX M44as@aol.com Marcia, the Handy Book For Genealogists, published by Everton Publishers, Inc., tells you all these things and a ton of other things too. I could not survive without this reference; mine is falling apart from usage! Which reminds me to get the latest edition. It gives you information as to what is kept in which department for every County Court in Every State, the address to write, from what counties that particular county was cut, etc.. I am sure it is available on the web in several places; it would not be hard to find. My home situation, now that I am in my mid 70s, is such that I can not be away from home more than an hour, so going to LDS and the Public Library is no longer an option for me. This book and the Internet is all I have. If anyone knows a place to rent microfilm that mails it direct to a persons home (not interlibrary loan), I would like to know that! Here is the Handy Book entry for Galveston: "Galveston's parent county from which organized was Brazoria. Co Clk has b & d rec from 1903 to 1910 - 1941 to 1951, m, pro & Ind rec from 1838, civ ct rec from 1875; County Seat is Galveston 77550" At the start of the Chapter on TEXAS there is a very brief history of interest only to family genealogists, with things like "In 1820, the white settlers of Texas could be counted in four digits." 1820 - 1830 settlers came from Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. "By 1830 more than 20,000 Americans had become tillers of Texas soil." "From 1903 to 1909 attendants filed reports of birth and death with the county clerk. About 1916 some of the county clerks, but not all, transmitted to the Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756, their records of 1903-1909 births and deaths. In 1910 the Bureau of Vital Statistics commenced receiving records on timely filed reports of birth and death. From 1911 to 1929 the law did not require a local registrar of an incorporated city or town to file a copy of a certificate with the county clerk, but did require that the original records be forwarded to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. From 1911 to 1927 the county clerk continued to record and transmit to the Bureau certificates of births and deaths occurring outside the limits in an incorporated city or town. Since 1927 justice precincts have become registration districts. The precinct registrars receive and transmit to the Bureau of Vital Statistics certificates of birth and death and they are required to file a copy with the county clerk. From 1929 to 1951 the city registrars, serving incorporated cities or towns having a population of 2,500 or more, received and transmitted to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, certificates relating to births and deaths occurring inside the city limits and were also required to file a copy of the certificate with the county clerk. Since 1951, the city registrars, in cities having an ordinance requiring that a copy of the certificate be filed in the office of the city registrar, do not file a copy with the county clerk. The original certificate is transmitted to the Bureau of Vital Statistics by the city registrars and justices of the peace. Copies of marriage applications were not filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics until January 1, 1966. For a marriage record filed prior to that time, contact the County Clerk of the county in which the license was obtained. reports of divorce or annulment of marriage were not filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics until January 1, 1968. For events occurring prior to that time applications should be made to the District Clerk of the county in which the decree was issued." There follows two full pages of Genealogical Archives, Libraries, Societies, and Publications, with their names and snail mail addresses. Then follows a full page about the Printed Census Records and Mortality Schedules for Texas. Indexes: 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Printed Census Records (Counties): Galveston is listed showing the 1850 Census. Mortality Schedules (Printed): State - 1850, 1860. Counties 1860: Galveston is listed. Other printed census records: 1829 - 1836. 1821 - 1845 Texas Citizens Lists and other early records of the Republic of Texas (National Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 22) Then it lists the Valuable Printed Sources: Atlas and Gazetteer, Maps, Place Names, Guides to Genealogical Research, Histories, Genealogical Sources, Source Index. I do not know how anyone gets along without this reference, and there are probably others, but if they are, they are not well enough known for me to know about them. There is nothing worse than writing for a record, waiting eight weeks only to be told that those records are kept at another place. And unfortunately, often the person redirecting you is incorrect and your are again referred to another place and another eight weeks lost. WOW, I just reread this, and did not intend it to be a sales pitch for the Handy Book, but I have seen so many posts on mailing lists which indicate that so many good folks need help knowing what information is available and where it is located. I hope this helps someone. And Texas is just one of 50 states; Galveston just one of a ton of counties! It is all in that book! Get it! Your genealogical library has copies on the shelf; your LDS FHC usually has copies. Norm Ricker At 12:30 PM 11/16/1999 -0500, you wrote: Hi, I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me about what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or indexed? Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in Galveston from 1866 through 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany to Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those years. Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. Marcia Snyder Holland, TX M44as@aol.com

Marcia, Almost all the larger genealogical libraries (Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas to name just a few) have these census, from at least 1850 to 1920. 1850 was the first federal census that was taken that really gives any useful information, and 1920 is the last year that the federal census is available for public viewing. I believe in 2003 the 1930 census will become available. I use the Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston (part of the Houston Public Library) and they have every state, and their counties available on microfilm. Most of the Genealogical libraries will loan copies of the microfilms to other Libraries, so if you do not live near one of the above cities, I would suggest that you contact your local library and see if they can obtain the census you want on an inter-library loan. In your case the 1870 and 1880 Federal Census for Galveston County, Texas. (the 1890 census was 99% destroyed while still in federal possession, hence that census is unavailable). You will be able to use the Soundex system for the 1880 census, but for the earlier ones, you must use index's which are quite time consuming. Hope this info helps, Bill Sanders Spring, Texas bsand10@earthlink.net Genealogists live in the past lane > Hi, > > I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me about > what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or indexed? > Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? > We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in Galveston > from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany to > Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to > Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those years. > Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. > > Marcia Snyder > Holland, TX > M44as@aol.com > >

I'd appreciate a look-up in yje 1850 and 1860 Galveston census of my Mobile/Galveston cotton broker ancestor, Capt. Edward Malone, Sr., CSA, and his brother-in-law Capt. H. Van Buren, CSA, and cotton broker brother-in-law Charles M. Bingham. Jim, Charlotte, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: <M44as@aol.com> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] 1880 Galveston Co census > Hi, > > I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me about > what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or indexed? > Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? > We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in Galveston > from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany to > Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to > Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those years. > Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. > > Marcia Snyder > Holland, TX > M44as@aol.com > >

Hi, I just read about a Galveston Co census. Could someone please tell me about what census years are available, where, and how it is arranged or indexed? Also are the censuses on microfilm and available on interlibrary loans? We have been researching my husband's g-gf and g-gm who lived in Galveston from 1866 thru 1886. She was Anna (Annie LOBERT) who came from Germany to Galveston around 1868. She worked as a Governess until her marriage to Shadrach G. (S.G.) ETHERIDGE. He was a cotton broker during those years. Any help and answers would be very appreciated. Thanks. Marcia Snyder Holland, TX M44as@aol.com