Birdsong is an old North Carolina family name. Circa 1900, some lived near Sanford, N.C. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Dana Beavers <18feb00@gte.net> To: <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 6:58 AM Subject: [TXGALVES] Female BIRDSONG > I am searching for a female BIRDSONG who was possibly born in Galveston > or Harris County between the years of 1948 and 1950. Up until two years > ago, my mother, Georgia Nadine BIRDSONG, never knew who her father was. > After searching for quite sometime, I finally discovered that he was > Robert Walker BIRDSONG, born in Alabama in 1910. After receiving copies > of his military records, I also discovered that he had an older daughter > from his first marriage named Dorothy (Dottie) Verlon BIRDSONG (my > mother's half sister). Now, after alot of searching again, I found her > living in MS. She tells me that my mother has a full sister that was > 1-3 years younger than my mother but doesn't know what her name is/was. > She also said that she remembers the two girls being placed in the > Galveston County Orphanage at one time. This female BIRDSONG's father > would have been Robert Walker BIRDSONG and her mother, Georgia Henrietta > HEMPHILL. They were married in the 40's and lived in the Houston and > Galveston areas. My mother was born in Houston at the Jefferson Davis > Hospital which leads me to believe that her sister may have been born > there as well. If you happen to have any information regarding this > female BIRDSONG, please write to me. I am an amateur at genealogy and > would also be open to any suggestions as to how I might locate this > person. My email address is 18feb00@gte.net. > > Thanks! > Dana Beavers > >