I presume you mean "web" site? No I do not know of such a site; I'd like to know what Malones are listed? I understand 16 feed of earth were added to the island so I assume a casket four feet below would now be 20 feet deep? Likely a Newv Orleans newspaper would have published such a list at the time if the Galveston/Houston papers could not.? -----Original Message----- From: deffes@acadiacom.net <deffes@acadiacom.net> To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com <TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 10:55 PM Subject: Re: [TXGALVES-L] TO OUR MOTHERS, WITH LOVE >Jim would you know the site that would list the names of the people lost in >the 1900 storm in Galveston/Port Bolivar? Jackie Deffes > > > >At 08:01 AM 5/7/99 -0700, you wrote: >>WELDING LINKS: TO OUR MOTHERS, WITH LOVE >> >> by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <myravg@prodigy.net> >> <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~gormleym/> >> >>Few genealogists can trace their matrilineal line very far back >>-- that's the line from your mother to her mother, to her >>mother's mother and so on. It is difficult research because the >>surnames change with each generation and fewer records about >>females exist. >> >>However, one woman -- Susanne "Sam" Behling -- decided to do >>something about this problem. She started a "Notable Women >>Ancestors" Web site and a newsletter where she gathers and >>publishes biographical and genealogical information on female >>ancestors. >> >>"All women are notable," Behling says. "There are thousands of >>women whose roles in history have often been overlooked . . . >>There are an even greater number of women who, while possibly not >>contributing anything historically significant, nonetheless >>managed to lead very interesting lives." >> >>The Notable Women Ancestors Web site is located at: >><http://www.rootsweb.com/~nwa/> >> >>It has a large and growing database. The majority of the pages at >>this site have been contributed by descendants or relatives of >>the women. The categories are: adventurers, African Americans, >>artists, authors, educators, feisty women, firsts, great mothers, >>aunts and grandmas, health care/humanitarian, heroines, humorous, >>Native Americans, notorious, pioneers and emigrants, politicians, >>political wives and suffragists, religious leaders, royalty, >>survivors, and witches. There is a place where you can add >>information about your ancestress. >> >>At the Notable Women Ancestors Web site you can read about such >>women as: >> >> o Sarah Tuttle, who was prosecuted in New Haven, Connecticut >>for "sinful dalliance"(publicly exchanging kisses) with a Dutch >>sailor in 1660. Seven years later Sarah was brutally killed by >>her brother during a quarrel that turned violent. >> >> o Edith Lusetta (Waite) Delaney, who thought her brother >>inherited the "Mosher Millions." She learned differently at the >>reading of his will. >> >>"Notable Women Ancestors," the quarterly newsletter, is available >>by annual subscription ($16, check or money order) from the >>editor, 2500 N.E. McWilliams Rd., #D8, Bremerton, WA 98311. A >>recent issue includes tips on "Civil War Women: Finding >>Individual Women in Local, State and Federal Records," >>information about "Nineteenth-Century Women and Their Secrets," >>and a biography of "The Unforgettable Cherry Sisters," touted as >>the "worst-ever" vaudeville act of the 1890s through the 1930s. >> >>"Let it be to us, then, the family historians and record-keepers >>of this generation, to uncover the long-hidden stories of our >>female ancestors are waiting to tell and to share them with our >>families, other genealogists, teachers and historians," Behling >>says. >> >>I agree. What could be a more a fitting tribute to our mothers >>and grandmothers than preserving and sharing information about >>them and their lives? >> >> * * * * * >>Previously published by Julia M. Case and Myra Vanderpool >>Gormley, CG, Missing Links: A Weekly Newsletter for Genealogists, >>Vol. 4, No. 19, 7 May 1999. Please visit the MISSING LINKS Web >>page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/~mlnews/index.htm>. >> >> > >