HELLO; I FOUND MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER THOMAS JEFFERSON DEAN,GRAYSON CO.TAX COLLECTOR, MY TWO COUSINS, ALEXANDER DEAN, ATTORNEY, DERO AUSTIN, GIN-MAN, IN THE GRAYSON CO,PLAT BOOK,ALSO. MUCH INFORMATION WAS IN MINE AND PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL. YOU WILL FIND IT IN THE SHERMAN PUBLIC LIBRARY. I WAS THERE IN MARCH 29, 2003/ALSO, I HAVE CLEANED UP MY RESEARCH AREA TO MAKE ROOM FOR MY GRANDSON'S COLLECTION OF HIS CHRISTMAS VILLAGE,CAROLTOWN,.A ND IT HAS GOWN TO ONE 6'TABLE, AND TWO FOUR FT.TABLES. AND ALL MY INFORMATION ON THE PLAT BOOK IS STACKED NEATLY BUT LOST IN THE MASSIVE TEXAS RESEARCH SECTION. I BELIEVE THE DATE WAS 1908/ THE LIBRARY ALSO HAD THE SHERMAN CITY DIRECTORIES AND I MADE COPIES OF MY SURNAMES WHO I FOUNDIN THE 1880,THROUGH PROBABLY 1909.I FOUND MOST OF THE O.B.S AND MAKDE COPIES FROM THE NEWSPAPER .ALSO, ALONG WITH PLATT BOOK IS A SEPARATE BOOK CONTAINING MAPS AREAS OF SHERMAN/THE LIBRARIAN IS A VERY NICE AND HELPFUL. THEY ALSO HAVE A FAX MACHINE. I TOO, WILL BE G! LAD TO CHECK FOR INFORMATION IN THE COPIES I HAVE. I WILL RETURN TO SHERMAN AGAIN MARCH 28 OR 29 FOR A FEW DAYS. I TAKE MY GRANDSON ON SPRING BREAK EVERY MARCH AND MIDDLE OF SUMMER. ALSO, WESTHILL CEMETARY IN SHERMAN HAS ANYONE BURIED THERE ONLINE PLUS YOU CAN CALL THERE TO CHECK A NAME. HAVE INFORMATION ON KENTUCKYTOWN WHERE MANY SETTLERS FROM KENTUCKY AND TN. SETTLED. THE BOOK IS IN THE LIBRARY IN WHITEWRIGHT,TX, GRAYSON CO. HAPPY NEW YEAR PAT PATTEN ----- Original Message ----- From: Victoria<mailto:sauerglaister3@access995.com> To: TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXGRAYSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 11:50 PM Subject: [GRAYSON] 1910 Grayson County Plat Book I recently found a copy of the 20th Century Grayson County Plat Book - it contains biographies of family, maps, surverys, & tons of photos of family & etc. Would be happy to share information out of it with members of the list. I am assumng it was published around 1908-1910 as there is no date on the cover....my grandmother is listed in it as my gr. grandparents last child before printing - leaving out 3 of my other gr. aunts & uncles - my grandmother being born in 1906 & then next child being born in 1909. Victoria Cripps-Sauer, Hermitage, PA ==== TXGRAYSO Mailing List ==== So many dead men! So little time! Unsubscribe Request: TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXGRAYSO-L-request@rootsweb.com> ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl<http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl>