Susan, Thanks for the reply and for all the work you do. Right now, the only way I can search for family history is "part-time" on the net, thru others hard work and kindness. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> To: <TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [GRAYSON] 1882 Earthquake & TOWNSEND family > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/cwanewspaper.html > Right now it only goes to P, I have more to add on that one then there > are two more of the old ones , all indexed by the CWA in the depression > about 1935. There are about 400 or so pages if I recall in the set and I > will get them all. It takes time. There were two main papers before the > Sherman Democrat, the last of the three indexes covers mostly that thru > 1935, because of their timing it is very important. Not all the > newpapers are on microfilm though at the Sherman library , since 1935 > their were various editions that are gone. Sometimes you can find them > at the library in Austin. Right now they do not have enough volunteers > to answer very much in the way of genealogical questions but perhaps I > can find a volunteer or set up a lookup day every 3 months or > something.As soon as I finish city directories I will have more time. > They are like wading through molassas. I don't know of a more miserable > piece of webwork than a city directory. Sometimes when I go to work on > them I wished I cut my toe or bang my head just so I'd have a good > excuse to go do something else ! :) > I figure though that if you find a listing and have the column, page > and edition, you can go to the online card catalog and see if that paper > is there or email the reference desk and perhaps they can manage to copy > it since it is a direct date/placement etc. But if they can't the state > library in Austin can. > Cross you fingers that more volunteers can be found. The one that was > so good died a couple of years ago. She was a library volunteer. The > regular librarians try to do it all but there just isnt' time with the > jobs that need doing. The Grayson County Genealogical Society doesnt' > have a work group or volunteers to boost the genealogy work in the area. > Also they do not have a quarterly, which is ashamed. It would be > wonderful if they could do that. > I write the articles that are put in the Fannin County Flashback so > I'm up to my eyeballs in that when I'm not loading to Fannin and Grayson > TXGenWeb's. > There is a need for volunteers. > Write me tomorrow about your Townsendns and let me know if you have > already checked the three main biographical books of the county. > I've got permisson to put an index online for two of the three books > so far and will try to get too it. If I seem so slow I work on a lot of > volunteer projects and also teach sometimes. I do a lot of lookups so > most days I spend all the spare time I have handling those, but I do > type on something everyday for the genweb or the quarterly. And I try to > sneak in time on my own genealogy once in a while. > If everyone would volunteer to do something where they are living, > for the records there, everything we desire would be online at our > finger tips. > Susan > > Kathy Pennycuff wrote: > > > > Thank-you for writing. Would the newspaper index indicate if TOWNSEND's were > > in any articles at the time? I was thinking about obit's, etc. > > Thanks, > > Kathy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> > > To: <TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 7:27 PM > > Subject: Re: [GRAYSON] 1882 Earthquake & TOWNSEND family > > > > > I haven't read of any deaths in the earthquake there is another I have > > > papers on somewhere that covered the Savoy area in Fannin and over to > > > the Bell's area, but it occurred at an earlier time and the only > > > injuries were from falling mud chimneys. > > > I don't believe anything but minor injuries happened. I will be going > > > to the library hopefully this week to get mor eof the newspaper index to > > > add and find some missing papers of the 1899 directory. The newspaper > > > index will tell if anyone was killed. > > > > > > Kathy Pennycuff wrote: > > > > > > > > Does anyone know anything about the Earthquake in Grayson Co on Oct 22, > > > > 1882? I saw the article at www.rootsweb.com/~txgrayso/earthq.html > > > > > > > > Any help on my TOWNSEND's in the area at this time is muchly > > appreciated! > > > > My Gr-grandfather & wife , Liston G. TOWNSEND and Mary AnnBarbara > > WILLETT > > > > TOWNSEND, lived there at the time. I found one of their infant sons, > > > > Hanserd Knolly TOWNSEND, listed on web page as buried in Brogdon > > Cemetery in > > > > Grayson Co. His date of death is Oct 24, 1882, just 2 days after the > > > > earthquake. I am wondering if the quake had anything to do with his > > death or > > > > if there are newspaper artiticles or info around for this time frame. My > > > > grandfather (Liston's son), William Mose TOWNSEND is listed as born 1883 > > in > > > > Pottsboro, Grayson Co, TX and another sister was Mary Lydia TOWNSEND > > born > > > > 1886 in Denison, Grayson Co, TX. Delayed Birth Records showed Liston's > > > > occupation as "druggist" from Denison in 1886 and "farmer" in 1883, > > living > > > > near Pottsboro. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help on my TOWNSEND's or Grayson Co info. > > > > Kathy > > > > kpennycuff@yahoo.com > > > > > > > ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2001 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com > Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl