Jim, Oops! I sent my last post to you then read this one. Is the latter list only from German passengers? Thanks for all that wonderful information. Marianne >>>Passenger Lists for Galveston, 1850-1855. Compiled by Albert Blaha, Sr. The Galveston-Bremen Project: 1865-1896. Compiled from lists found in >newspapers. (Not a complete list of immigrants for this time period.)<<<

This reminded me to ask a question I've been wondering about. Does anyone know what happened to those "lost" lists? My g grandparents came from Devonshire to Brazoria Co. and in my g grandfather's obituary it even gave the date they arrived (Sept./Oct. of 1872). I am assuming they came in to Galveston. Of course, 1872 is when there are no indexes. Do the actual records exist and just haven't been indexed, or were the records lost? Thanks, Marianne Bertha Ellen wrote: >There is a SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS >PORT of GALVESTON,TX >1846-1871 >some of the list is missing but the Galveston County Genealogical Society did >their best to read the microflim {which is located at the Rosenberg Library >in Galveston,TX} > There is another book that I have seen at Clayton Library in Houston, TX, >but its not indexed.

Thank you Bertha, I appreciate your advice! Marianne >Hello Marianne >May I suggest that you write to LISA MAY at the DIOCESE of GALVESTON-HOUSTON >ARCHIVES. >1700 San Jacinto/P.O.Box 907/Houston,TX 77001 ><713>659-5461,Fax <713>759-9151 >also you can send Lisa email at:LMay@diocese-gal-hou.org > >Tell her what you are researching & am sure that she will be able to help you. >Sincerely >Bertha Ellen

A new message, "Robert Edward Morgan," was posted by Caren McNeill on Mon, 07 Jun 1999 on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page, Queries section: --- NAME: Caren McNeill EMAIL: CMcne83604@AOL.com SURNAMES: Morgan, Langham, Boggess, Dantzler DATE: Jun 07 1999 I am looking for Robert Edward Morgan. He was living in Texas City, Galveston Co. TX around 1955-59. He was married to Constance Hale and he had a sister named Millie Taylor who was married to Billy Taylor. The Taylors also lived in Texas City. If anyone has history on this family it sure would be helpful. I am stuck with some dates and missing ancestors and they could help..

TCozz57795@aol.com wrote: > > Thanks for reading: > Do ship passenger arrival lists exist? Where? > 1845-6? > 1863? > 1880's? > > Next, Tax lists and/or voter lists 1847-50? > 1905? > > Thanks in advance. Tom in El Paso Tom, The Rosenberg Library in Galveston has in its collection the following: Mullins, Marian Day, ed., Republic Of Texas Poll Lists for 1846. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1974. Galveston County Tax Assessor books: 1880-1914. Original books divided by Galveston city lots and outlots. Galveston County Tax Rolls: microfilmed, arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically, 1838-1922. Ships Passenger Lists, Port of Galveston, 1846-1871. Pub by Galv Co Genealogy Society. Passenger Lists for Galveston, 1850-1855. Compiled by Albert Blaha, Sr. The Galveston-Bremen Project: 1865-1896. Compiled from lists found in newspapers. (Not a complete list of immigrants for this time period.) Passenger Lists for the Port of Galveston, 1895-1948. On microfilm. Jim Turner Galveston County, Texas

I'm far from an expert on Catholic churches in Galveston, but I have done some research there on my Catholic ancestors. I have found helpful resources at the Galveston Houston Diocese office in Houston and have viewed most of the existing records on microfilm by ordering them from Salt Lake for my local LDS Family History Center. To my knowledge, the only white cathedral is Sacred Heart on Broadway, next to the Bishop's Palace. An older, pre-1900-storm building is St. Mary's Basilica, located on Church Street. That was once the largest Catholic congregation in Texas and was diocese headquarters before it was moved to Houston. If I am mistaken with any of the above information, please correct me. Corey W. Grua Houston Marianne Gilbert wrote: > Hi Jackie, > Thanks for the advice. I wrote to what I thought was the main repository > for Catholic records in Galveston, but it was in Galveston. I guess it was > just the local church there. It was quite a few years ago, so I don't > remember, and I don't have my records for that handy at the moment. I'll > have to look into the Archdiocese in Houston. Were you able to get the > records for your g grandparents' marriage? I took a trip to Galveston a few > years ago and took some photos of that church. Have you ever seen it? Would > you like a copy of it? I'm assuming it is the same one as back in the > 1860's. It was restored, made of wood and painted white. I don't remember > the street it was on. Somewhere I have the negative and could get you a > reproduction of it if you like. > Marianne Gilbert > Phoenix, AZ > > Jackie wrote: > > >I am familiar with the St. Josephs Church book - my ggrandparents were the > >first to be married in that church June, 1860. Perhaps the Catholic > >Cemetery in Galveston could help you or the Archdiocese for Galveston which > >is located in Houston may be able to help you. Jackie Herzog Deffes

If you are talking about the cathedral, it is on Broadway. It still is white and is just beautiful and magnificent. I never realized it was made of wood! Adrian

I have posted the indices to three Galveston books on my web site at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/6048 Please feel free to look over the indices and ask about names that belong to you. Adrian

There is a Roman Catholic cemetery on Broadway, in Galveston, Texas. In the same block is the Episcopal cemetery. My ancestors are buried in both. If she was buried in Galveston, and Roman Catholic, it is likely she was buried there in the Roman Catholic side. I hope that helps. Adrian Marianne Gilbert wrote: > Hi, I'm a little behind in going thru my messages, and just came across > this one: > > >In a message dated 5/23/99 11:52:47 PM Central Daylight Time, > >sheri@worldnetla.net writes: > >Hello I checked in the a couple of bks that I have & this is the only thing > >that I found am not sure if this will help or not. > >St. Joseph's Catholic, Galveston,TX > >Baptismal/Confirmation/Marriage & Death Records 1860-1952 > > >These records are at Rosenberg Library in Galveston,TX. Also the documents > >are at the County Court House in Galveston,TX. > >Bertha Ellen > > Quite a few years ago, I had obtained that St. Joseph's book from > Inter-library Loan and wondered if you meant that the records listed in > this particular book were at Rosenberg or the County Courthouse? The reason > I'm asking is that my gg grandmother, Matilda Sophia (nee BLAKELY) DAVIS > was listed in that book. She died in Galveston 23 August, 1862. I have her > obituary from the Galveston News. I wrote to the county courthouse and they > were unable to find the record of her death. I believe I also wrote to the > Catholic Church in Galveston and they couldn't find it either, although > they did find Matilda's daughter Agnes' (my g grandmother) confirmation. I > would like to know where Matilda was buried. The last time I was in > Galveston I made some calls and discovered that after the storm in 1900 (?) > there was a lot of damage and the cemeteries were razed. I don't suppose > I'll ever know where she was buried, but I'd like to find her death record > if there is one. It just seemed to me that if someone compiled this St. > Joseph's book, they had to get the information from somewhere. I wonder > what happened to the records? > > Thanks for any advice, > Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> > Phoenix, AZ

In a message dated 6/7/99 8:30:13 AM Central Daylight Time, TCozz57795@aol.Com writes: << Next, Tax lists and/or voter lists 1847-50? 1905? >> Tom I forgot to mention the TAX LIST there is a book that I have seen located at CLAYTON LIBRARY/5300 Caroline/Houston,TX. Am not sure about a Voters list. Sincerely Bertha Ellen

In a message dated 6/7/99 8:30:13 AM Central Daylight Time, TCozz57795@aol.Com writes: << Do ship passenger arrival lists exist? Where? 1845-6? 1863? 1880's? Next, Tax lists and/or voter lists 1847-50? 1905? Thanks in advance. Tom in El Paso >> There is a SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS PORT of GALVESTON,TX 1846-1871 some of the list is missing but the Galveston County Genealogical Society did their best to read the microflim {which is located at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston,TX} There is another book that I have seen at Clayton Library in Houston, TX, but its not indexed. Hope that this has helped you some. Sincerely, Bertha Ellen

Thanks for reading: Do ship passenger arrival lists exist? Where? 1845-6? 1863? 1880's? Next, Tax lists and/or voter lists 1847-50? 1905? Thanks in advance. Tom in El Paso

In a message dated 6/7/99 12:02:28 AM Central Daylight Time, blueskye@primenet.com writes: << Hi, I'm a little behind in going thru my messages, and just came across this one: >In a message dated 5/23/99 11:52:47 PM Central Daylight Time, >sheri@worldnetla.net writes: >Hello I checked in the a couple of bks that I have & this is the only thing >that I found am not sure if this will help or not. >St. Joseph's Catholic, Galveston,TX >Baptismal/Confirmation/Marriage & Death Records 1860-1952 >These records are at Rosenberg Library in Galveston,TX. Also the documents >are at the County Court House in Galveston,TX. >Bertha Ellen Quite a few years ago, I had obtained that St. Joseph's book from Inter-library Loan and wondered if you meant that the records listed in this particular book were at Rosenberg or the County Courthouse? The reason I'm asking is that my gg grandmother, Matilda Sophia (nee BLAKELY) DAVIS was listed in that book. She died in Galveston 23 August, 1862. I have her obituary from the Galveston News. I wrote to the county courthouse and they were unable to find the record of her death. I believe I also wrote to the Catholic Church in Galveston and they couldn't find it either, although they did find Matilda's daughter Agnes' (my g grandmother) confirmation. I would like to know where Matilda was buried. The last time I was in Galveston I made some calls and discovered that after the storm in 1900 (?) there was a lot of damage and the cemeteries were razed. I don't suppose I'll ever know where she was buried, but I'd like to find her death record if there is one. It just seemed to me that if someone compiled this St. Joseph's book, they had to get the information from somewhere. I wonder what happened to the records? Thanks for any advice, Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> Phoenix, AZ >> Hello Marianne May I suggest that you write to LISA MAY at the DIOCESE of GALVESTON-HOUSTON ARCHIVES. 1700 San Jacinto/P.O.Box 907/Houston,TX 77001 <713>659-5461,Fax <713>759-9151 also you can send Lisa email at:LMay@diocese-gal-hou.org Tell her what you are researching & am sure that she will be able to help you. Sincerely Bertha Ellen

I have seen the church. My sister lives in Pearland TX and she has toured the church one of the times it was open. I have not gotten the church record for the marriage but I did get the civil record. My grandfather and all of the siblings also were baptized at that church. It is the same one that you mention and thanks I do have a photo of it. My ggrandfather David Herzog came from Germany in 1855 and I understand that the German immigrants built the church. Hope you are successful with your search. Jackie Herzog Deffes At 10:45 PM 6/6/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Jackie, >Thanks for the advice. I wrote to what I thought was the main repository >for Catholic records in Galveston, but it was in Galveston. I guess it was >just the local church there. It was quite a few years ago, so I don't >remember, and I don't have my records for that handy at the moment. I'll >have to look into the Archdiocese in Houston. Were you able to get the >records for your g grandparents' marriage? I took a trip to Galveston a few >years ago and took some photos of that church. Have you ever seen it? Would >you like a copy of it? I'm assuming it is the same one as back in the >1860's. It was restored, made of wood and painted white. I don't remember >the street it was on. Somewhere I have the negative and could get you a >reproduction of it if you like. >Marianne Gilbert >Phoenix, AZ > >Jackie wrote: > >>I am familiar with the St. Josephs Church book - my ggrandparents were the >>first to be married in that church June, 1860. Perhaps the Catholic >>Cemetery in Galveston could help you or the Archdiocese for Galveston which >>is located in Houston may be able to help you. Jackie Herzog Deffes > > >

I am familiar with the St. Josephs Church book - my ggrandparents were the first to be married in that church June, 1860. Perhaps the Catholic Cemetery in Galveston could help you or the Archdiocese for Galveston which is located in Houston may be able to help you. Jackie Herzog Deffes At 10:00 PM 6/6/99 -0700, you wrote: >Hi, I'm a little behind in going thru my messages, and just came across >this one: > >>In a message dated 5/23/99 11:52:47 PM Central Daylight Time, >>sheri@worldnetla.net writes: >>Hello I checked in the a couple of bks that I have & this is the only thing >>that I found am not sure if this will help or not. >>St. Joseph's Catholic, Galveston,TX >>Baptismal/Confirmation/Marriage & Death Records 1860-1952 > >>These records are at Rosenberg Library in Galveston,TX. Also the documents >>are at the County Court House in Galveston,TX. >>Bertha Ellen > >Quite a few years ago, I had obtained that St. Joseph's book from >Inter-library Loan and wondered if you meant that the records listed in >this particular book were at Rosenberg or the County Courthouse? The reason >I'm asking is that my gg grandmother, Matilda Sophia (nee BLAKELY) DAVIS >was listed in that book. She died in Galveston 23 August, 1862. I have her >obituary from the Galveston News. I wrote to the county courthouse and they >were unable to find the record of her death. I believe I also wrote to the >Catholic Church in Galveston and they couldn't find it either, although >they did find Matilda's daughter Agnes' (my g grandmother) confirmation. I >would like to know where Matilda was buried. The last time I was in >Galveston I made some calls and discovered that after the storm in 1900 (?) >there was a lot of damage and the cemeteries were razed. I don't suppose >I'll ever know where she was buried, but I'd like to find her death record >if there is one. It just seemed to me that if someone compiled this St. >Joseph's book, they had to get the information from somewhere. I wonder >what happened to the records? > >Thanks for any advice, >Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> >Phoenix, AZ > > >

Hi Jackie, Thanks for the advice. I wrote to what I thought was the main repository for Catholic records in Galveston, but it was in Galveston. I guess it was just the local church there. It was quite a few years ago, so I don't remember, and I don't have my records for that handy at the moment. I'll have to look into the Archdiocese in Houston. Were you able to get the records for your g grandparents' marriage? I took a trip to Galveston a few years ago and took some photos of that church. Have you ever seen it? Would you like a copy of it? I'm assuming it is the same one as back in the 1860's. It was restored, made of wood and painted white. I don't remember the street it was on. Somewhere I have the negative and could get you a reproduction of it if you like. Marianne Gilbert Phoenix, AZ Jackie wrote: >I am familiar with the St. Josephs Church book - my ggrandparents were the >first to be married in that church June, 1860. Perhaps the Catholic >Cemetery in Galveston could help you or the Archdiocese for Galveston which >is located in Houston may be able to help you. Jackie Herzog Deffes

Hi, I'm a little behind in going thru my messages, and just came across this one: >In a message dated 5/23/99 11:52:47 PM Central Daylight Time, >sheri@worldnetla.net writes: >Hello I checked in the a couple of bks that I have & this is the only thing >that I found am not sure if this will help or not. >St. Joseph's Catholic, Galveston,TX >Baptismal/Confirmation/Marriage & Death Records 1860-1952 >These records are at Rosenberg Library in Galveston,TX. Also the documents >are at the County Court House in Galveston,TX. >Bertha Ellen Quite a few years ago, I had obtained that St. Joseph's book from Inter-library Loan and wondered if you meant that the records listed in this particular book were at Rosenberg or the County Courthouse? The reason I'm asking is that my gg grandmother, Matilda Sophia (nee BLAKELY) DAVIS was listed in that book. She died in Galveston 23 August, 1862. I have her obituary from the Galveston News. I wrote to the county courthouse and they were unable to find the record of her death. I believe I also wrote to the Catholic Church in Galveston and they couldn't find it either, although they did find Matilda's daughter Agnes' (my g grandmother) confirmation. I would like to know where Matilda was buried. The last time I was in Galveston I made some calls and discovered that after the storm in 1900 (?) there was a lot of damage and the cemeteries were razed. I don't suppose I'll ever know where she was buried, but I'd like to find her death record if there is one. It just seemed to me that if someone compiled this St. Joseph's book, they had to get the information from somewhere. I wonder what happened to the records? Thanks for any advice, Marianne Gilbert <blueskye@primenet.com> Phoenix, AZ

I checked the two books that I have & didn't find these names listed Bertha Ellen

Looking for any information on: DESOIR (Dessoir, Desoi), Pauline HILL, William William was born in England, Pauline in Germany. She gave birth to a child in Galveston, Texas in 1859. They may have immigrated through either New York or a southern port. The child later, either alone or with the family, ended up in New York City. I welcome any information regarding the above surname(s). Chris

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. - FamilySearch.org is a Huge Hit As mentioned in last week's newsletter, the LDS Church officially announced its FamilySearch.org web site last Monday. The news media has been full of stories about this huge new genealogy resource on the web. The result was predictable: the site became swamped. FamilySearch.org received up to 40 million hits a day. At times the load peaked at 400 to 500 hits per second. My suspicion is that those numbers reflect only those who actually got through. Many people, myself included, couldn't even reach the site. LavaStorm, the Boston-based developer of the service, reported that in addition to the 40 million hits being recorded at the site, users representing another 60 million hits were failing to connect. "And that's just an estimate," said LavaStorm marketing director Matt Romney. "We haven't really seen this thing hit its potential." LavaStorm claims that FamilySearch already is among the top 10 most popular Web sites in the world, with 400,000 users per day. The following announcement was placed on FamilySearch.org in mid- week: FamilySearch Internet is receiving so many visits that users are temporarily being given access on a rotation basis for 20 minutes at a time. We apologize for this inconvenience. Please look at the message below to determine when you should be able to access the site. Thank you for using FamilySearch.org. Obviously this load is going to subside a bit as the publicity drops off. Many people are anxious to use this new service to look for their ancestors. After the first few weeks of operation, I suspect the load will drop back to 5 to 10 million hits a day, still a large number by anyone's standards. ============================================================ - A Prediction What fascinates me about the huge success of FamilySearch.org is that this site runs as a totally noncommercial service. It is completely free for all users and doesn't even have banner ads to help defray expenses. The only sites on the Internet right now that are more popular are commercial ventures that cram all sorts of advertising into their web pages. That would include AOL at roughly 1.5 million users per day, followed closely by Microsoft. Yahoo! is third with just over 1 million users per day. There is a battle for fourth place, with several companies running around a half-million users per day. Still, FamilySearch.org probably is in the top ten with 400,000 successful users per day. The executives at some of the big media houses are bound to wake up when they see these numbers. Genealogy has always been treated as a backwater activity, gathering little interest from large corporations. Published studies in the past few years have claimed that genealogy is more popular than golf or hunting or tennis. Yet those other activities all have multiple organizations, magazines, television shows and other media events, along with millions of dollars in advertising. Large corporations are eager to attract the notice of golfers, hunters and tennis players. The genealogy world has companies such as Ancestry.com or the genealogy-related division of Mattel. These are big companies by genealogy standards, but they pale in comparison to the companies involved in other personal activities. Now let me make a prediction: I expect to see some new names enter the genealogy world in coming months. I don't know which ones, but I have to believe that executives at Time-Warner, Disney, and their competitors are looking at the numbers being generated by the new non-profit web site from Salt Lake City. They must realize that there is a huge number of people interested in genealogy and that these people constitute a largely untapped marketplace. I wouldn't be surprised to see one or two new genealogy-oriented web sites appear about six months from now, backed by multi- million-dollar corporations. Books, television advertising and even a slick magazine or two at your local newsstand would accompany these sites. The new genealogy sites might have articles on how to do genealogy research, new databases, all sorts of information on ethnic heritage, etc. With their large checkbooks, I suspect these corporations will buy smaller companies that already have established genealogy product lines and then add those products onto the new web sites. Establishment of such sites will only encourage more people to research their heritage, who will add to the genealogical databases available today. I think we will see an upsurge of activity that will be a boon to genealogists everywhere.