Learn about the covered wagon highways that existed before automobiles. The biography of Eula Gideon, transcribed by Mary Maxwell, tells of travels from Arkansas to Tolar following notched trees and pathways. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/GideonEula.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Searching for any information regarding my husband's great grandparents: Joseph Calvin BOATWRIGHT and Deanne JARVAS (Jarvis?). Their daughter, Willie Belle Boatwright, was born 10-Dec-1894 in Glenroe (?), Hood County, TX. Would appreciate any information. Karla Butler Everett Bakersfield, CA

The Hood County Genealogical Society had a tremendous response regarding our e-mail entitled "The Brick Wall" and the availability of the Judge Henry Davis Papers for additional genealogical research. Twenty-one separate requests were made for 31 surnames! Frank Saffarrans and the HCGS volunteers have been diligently processing the requests. I have another resource that should help you. It is one of my best genealogical tools. A new search engine came on-line in 1999 called Google. Yes, it does have a silly little name, but it is fast and powerful! Just be very specific in what you enter for the keywords. Example: If you enter "Hood" you would get thousands of hits on Hood County, Fort Hood, Robin Hood, and the Ku Klux Klan. Be more specific, like "Lipan Hood County Texas" or "Outlaws Hood County Texas" or "Your Family Surname Hood County Texas," etc. The Google web crawler finds your key words that are embedded deep in the web pages. You will be amazed at the pieces of information you can glean! http://www.google.com Best wishes, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Read about Hood County's Oscar Umphress, Jr. - the man who lived on both sides of the road. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/UmphressOscarJr.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to present the biographies of the Watkins Families of Tolar. David Edward Watkins, 1851-1935, was a general store merchant in Tolar with his son Robert Clifton Watkins, 1876-1918. Robert Clifton Watkins died during the great flu epidemic of 1918. The well written stories and beautiful photo of the Watkins wives were contributed by Jo Ann Hopper. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/WatkinsofTolar.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Richard Eldon Neely, who passed away recently, has been added to our Hood County military veterans. WWII Roster: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/WWIIvets.htm Veterans Obituaries: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Veteran/VeteransObituaries.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Lowell Dale Wells of Tolar was killed on the USS Bennington, an aircraft carrier, off the coast of Cuba, on April 27, 1953. Lowell was born March 25, 1925 and was buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Hood County. Read about the events of April 27, 1953 at: http://www.uss-bennington.org/stz-boilerexpl53.html Lowell Dale Wells has been added to our Military Veterans Obituaries at: http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/VeteransObituaries.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Alice Merrill Price, a Hood County educator and newswriter, passed away a few days ago (1901-1999). http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/PriceAliceMerrill.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

We have completed transcription of Hood County's 1890 Census. http://www.hcnews.com/depot/Frank/1890Census.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Attached is a link to an interesting story written by Joan Hewatt Swaim of Granbury for the Winter 1997 edition of TCU Magazine. In 1992 Joanne was at the site of the old Add-Ran College in Thorp Spring for a ceremony when the Joseph Clark burned. http://www.pub.tcu.edu/pub/winter97/memries.html Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Found a delightful article about Granbury entitled the "Outlaw Relocation Program." http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/TXGRAoutlaws.html Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Did you know that a town in New Mexico was named after Tolar, Texas? "General" Tolar would have been quite pleased! Tolar, New Mexico: http://www.zianet.com/snm/ruth.htm Tolar, Texas: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/TolarAlfredHH.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Genealogical Society has added the following military veterans: Korean War: Acy Huffman - Killed in Action in 1952 http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/KoreanWarVets.htm Vietnam War: Larry Wayne Rothel - Killed in Cambodia in 1971 http://www.hcnews.com/depot/veteran/VietnamWarVets.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Hi, For the new folks, we have transcribed the 1870 Hood Co, TX census and it can be viewed at CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS. http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm Happy Searchin' & Happy New Year to all! Brenda -- GENEALOGY = always meant to be shared! Always digging up SMELSER/WALDROP/WALDROUP/ROBERTS/LOOPER/LUPER/STARKEY /STARKEY/WALKER/HALEY/TATMAN/HOUSE Visit my web sites! Lots of databases online! CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS: http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm Visit our Smelser/Smeltzer homepage http://members.tripod.com/tracers Brenda's Branches & The Genealogy Funny Papers http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tracers

The Hood County Genealogical Society is pleased to bring you four new military biographies: WORLD WAR II: Henry Clay Johnson, Jr. - U.S. Navy veteran and Patriot missile developer who passed away on December 14th http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/JohnsonHenryClay.htm CIVIL WAR: Benjamin John Carter, 1839 - 1918 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/CarterBenjaminJohn.htm Samuel Levert Tarrant, 1842 - 1921 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/TarrantSamuelLevert.htm Joseph Newton Chandler, 1828 - 1920 (a second biography) http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ChandlerJosephNewton.htm http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ChandlerRevJosephNewton.htm (the first biography) Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- Looking for Mattie B. CONNER, born Oct 1878 in Texas, Married to Thomas C. West. She died between 1910 and 1914, I think in Granbury,Hood Co. Texas. I have found the family in Bridgeport 1900 census, 1910 on the Brown Co. census and on the 1920 Wise Co. census. A woman, Ann Anston was living with them. I am trying to find where Mattie B. CONNER is buried They had 4 daughters who married Hull, Lamb, Weast, and Dykes. Are any of these names familiar? Thanks for taking time to read this. Faye Purcell <hpurcell@bwoodtx.com> Bangs, Tx USA - Sunday, December 26, 1999 at 14:48:41 (PST) - ----------------------------------------------------

Have you hit "the brick wall" in your genealogy search? Hood County has one very precious resource that no one else has - the Judge Henry Davis Records. Judge Davis, born in 1891 in Hood County, was a veteran of World War I and a school teacher. He was later elected as County Judge in Hood County. He wrote volumes of notes on hundreds of Hood County families and court transactions as his hobby! After Judge Davis' death in 1976, his sister donated the records to the Hood County Library. The records were organized by surname and can be ordered on-line. Additional surname information has been added by HCGS members. To learn about Judge Davis (my hero) and his significant contribution that his little hobby gave to Hood County's history, go to: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/davisbio.htm Best wishes, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Happy holidays! The Hood County Genealogical Society has 14 new biographies for your pleasure: John Harrison Baker, 1863 - 1944 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/BakerJohnHarrison.htm William Lewis Carter http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/CarterWilliamLewis.htm Andrew Buck Cross, 1879 - 1963 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/CrossAndrewBuck.htm W. Ben Davis, 1874 - 1926 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/DavisWBen.htm Seaborn J. Foust, 1848 - 1913 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/FoustSeabornJ.htm DeWitt T. Gilliam, 1896 - 1968 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/GilliamDeWittT.htm John Wesley Huggins, 1875 - 1949 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/HugginsJohnWesley.htm Andrew Jackson Morgan, 1884 - 1950 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/MorganAndrewJackson.htm Vernon H. Musick, 1901 - 1974 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/MusickVernonH.htm Jesse F. Nutt, 1833 - 1913 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/NuttJesseF.htm Herbert E. O'Neal, 1905 - 1980 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/ONealHerbertE.htm Mace Martin Robinett, 1862 - 1949 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/RobinettMaceMartin.htm G.S. Tumlin, born 1852 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/TumlinGS.htm J. Walter Williams, 1896 - 1941 http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/WilliamsJWalter.htm HCGS Biographical Index: http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/biogxxxx.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

Among the recently discovered courthouse papers was a lovely poem written about 1910 by Lillian Perkins Williams entitled "G.H.S." - Granbury High School. Janet Stephenson has transcribed the poem, and links have been added to a photo and two histories of the school. http://www.granbury.com/~ancestor/z/biog/GHSpoem.htm Thank you, Virginia Hale WebPages Staff Editor Hood County Genealogical Society

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------16B30E4882CFE83E7340516F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------16B30E4882CFE83E7340516F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <listadmin-bounces@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by mailnt.hcnews.com (Vircom SMTPRS 4.1.180) with ESMTP id <B0001155933@mailnt.hcnews.com> for <opa@hcnews.com>; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:47:28 -0600 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA14444 for TXHOOD-admin@lists.rootsweb.com; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:46:37 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:46:37 -0800 (PST) X-From_: anonymous@ns.emcee.com Mon Dec 20 11:46:36 1999 Received: from bl-3.rootsweb.com (bl-3.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.19]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA14424 for <TXHOOD-L@lists.rootsweb.com>; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:46:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.emcee.com (emcee.com [207.167.87.50] (may be forged)) by bl-3.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA18528 for <txhood-l@rootsweb.com>; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 11:46:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1749 invoked by uid 563); 20 Dec 1999 19:46:41 -0000 Old-Date: 20 Dec 1999 19:46:41 -0000 Message-ID: <19991220194641.1747.qmail@ns.emcee.com> Cc: recipient list not shown: ; Reply-to: ldenton@flash.net (Lynn Denton) From: ldenton@flash.net (Lynn Denton) X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list Subject: {not a subscriber} Hood County, Texas Query X-Envelope-To: TXHOOD-L X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 The Hood County Query and Family Data Page has a new entry: - ---------------------------------------------------- HOOD,Granbury,Tx: I am searching for information about CHANEY family members in Granbury,Tx. Two names I have heard mentioned are Dalton,who died several years ago, and Ola Bell, who was in a nursing home according to the last information that I had. I do not know what their last names were. I am working on the family genealogy. I think our CHANEYS moved to Hood Co. from Winters, Runnels Co., Texas. I would appreciate any and all help. Mail: 128 Thomas Edison, Schertz, Texas 78154. Thanks! Lynn Denton <ldenton@flash.net> Granbury, Tx USA - Monday, December 20, 1999 at 11:46:40 (PST) - ---------------------------------------------------- --------------16B30E4882CFE83E7340516F--