The Waco-McLennan County Library has a set of books that list those persons who died within the city limits of Waco. That might help you find the exact date of death so you won't have to search through the newspaper, as it is not indexed except for obits up through 1916. Peggy Diane Farabee wrote: > I am searching for an obit for William Cooper Simons. He died in Waco in > the last half of 1948. He was born May 17, 1873. I believe he is buried > somewhere around Waco. He had four brothers and four sisters. I do not > know his parents names, but I believe that they lived outside of Waco on a > farm. He was married in 1898 to Carrie Belle Bays in Erath county. They > were divorced in 1913 or 1914. If anyone can help with information I would > be grateful. > > If I can manage a trip to Waco, would the newspaper or the library be more > likely to have records of the papers from that era? > > Diane Farabee > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In a message dated 5/26/02 7:02:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, TXMCLENN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I have been t this library in the Genealogical Section and it is absolutely wonderful. I found a lot about my Great Great Grandfather and family there. Good luck, Joni Schildgen > > The Waco-McLennan County Library in the Genealogical Section has all of the > Waco > Times Herald (currently the Tribune Herald) newspapers from 1898 to the end > of 1999 > on microfilm. They have a dozen viewers and 3 machines that will print > directly from > the microfilm. They have a very extensive collection. > > Patrick Cuff > > Diane Farabee wrote: > > > I am searching for an obit for William Cooper Simons. He died in Waco > in > > the last half of 1948. He was born May 17, 1873. I believe he is buried > > somewhere around Waco. He had four brothers and four sisters. I do not > > know his parents names, but I believe that they lived outside of Waco on > a > > farm. He was married in 1898 to Carrie Belle Bays in Erath county. They > > were divorced in 1913 or 1914. If anyone can help with information I > would > > be grateful. > > > > If I can manage a trip to Waco, would the newspaper or the library be > more > > likely to have records of the papers from that era? > > > > Diane Farabee >

Thanks for the information. I will have a limited amount of time in Waco. Diane

The Waco-McLennan County Library in the Genealogical Section has all of the Waco Times Herald (currently the Tribune Herald) newspapers from 1898 to the end of 1999 on microfilm. They have a dozen viewers and 3 machines that will print directly from the microfilm. They have a very extensive collection. Patrick Cuff Diane Farabee wrote: > I am searching for an obit for William Cooper Simons. He died in Waco in > the last half of 1948. He was born May 17, 1873. I believe he is buried > somewhere around Waco. He had four brothers and four sisters. I do not > know his parents names, but I believe that they lived outside of Waco on a > farm. He was married in 1898 to Carrie Belle Bays in Erath county. They > were divorced in 1913 or 1914. If anyone can help with information I would > be grateful. > > If I can manage a trip to Waco, would the newspaper or the library be more > likely to have records of the papers from that era? > > Diane Farabee > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I am searching for an obit for William Cooper Simons. He died in Waco in the last half of 1948. He was born May 17, 1873. I believe he is buried somewhere around Waco. He had four brothers and four sisters. I do not know his parents names, but I believe that they lived outside of Waco on a farm. He was married in 1898 to Carrie Belle Bays in Erath county. They were divorced in 1913 or 1914. If anyone can help with information I would be grateful. If I can manage a trip to Waco, would the newspaper or the library be more likely to have records of the papers from that era? Diane Farabee

I would like to thank everyone who responded with their support, great leads and valuable information. I have noted some of the recommended websites on privacy for those who may need it in the future. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/PrivacyAct.shtml Privacy Act Issues http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara005.html Public and Private Laws http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/index.html United States Congress http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/multidb.cgi Search Results (v2) Public and Private Laws, 106th Congress ********** I just received an email response from the Law Library Public Services, at the Library of Congress Law Library Subj: Re: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act The law you want is "Public Law 106-102". You can access the text of the law, and a summary of its provisions, from the THOMAS legislative service. The URL is: http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106/d106laws.html You will then need to select the appropriate range (106-101- 106-150) and then the appropriate number (102). 102. S.900 : An Act to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Gramm, Phil- Latest Major Action: 11/12/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-102. Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; House Judiciary Then, click on "S.900" Will take you to the following website: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d106:SN00900:|TOM:/bss/d106query.html| S.900 Text, PDF Sponsor: Sen Gramm, Phil(introduced 4/28/1999) Related Bills: H.RES.355, H.R.10Latest Major Action: 11/12/1999 Became Public Law No: 106-102. Title: An Act to enhance competition in the financial services industry by providing a prudential framework for the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and other financial service providers, and for other purposes. I chose "Text" and found over 100 pages on the bill. Thank you again. I really appreciate all of your responses.

Hi, In an effort to obtain copies of my grandfather's paperwork, from a fraternal organization that he belonged to in the early 1900's, I ran into the following brick wall! Initially, I was told that the records could not be released because of the federal privacy laws. I contacted representatives of the U. S. Federal Government and NARA, both agencies stated the federal privacy law (Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts) only pertains to federal records. I was told that since I am the next of kin, I have the right to request my grandfather's records. When I sent the information to the fraternal organization, I received the following reply: Our Records Department has forwarded your request for any and all records that XXXXX possesses and that relate to your grandfather. It is my understanding that you are interested in receiving copies of anything XXXXX might possess for purposes of a genealogy search. On November 12, 1999 (may have been 1991), President Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ("GLB Act"), Pub. L. No. 102-106 (1999). This law limits the instances in which XXXXX, as a financial institution, may disclose nonpublic personal information about consumers and customers. The GLB Act is applicable to all financial institutions, including insurers. In addition, state insurance regulators, as the functional regulator, have adopted regulations implementing the requirements of the GLB Act. As a result of these new laws, XXXXX does not disclose any consumer/customer nonpublic personal information (including whether or not an individual is or was a customer of XXXXX), unless such disclosure is permitted by law. I have contacted the Library of Congress to obtain a copy of the Public Law. I was unable to identify it on their website. Has anyone had this problem? Is there a way to get through this brick wall? Thank you.

I have been in contact with Hunt County Genealgy and their Court House they can't find any records on my Great Grand Mother. Sarah Margaret (PRICE)McLain was born in Tuscaloosa ,Al on Nov 12,1848 died in Hunt County June 12,1898 and buried in South Sulphur Cemetery. Her husband was William Harvey McLain born Al Nov 3,1847 died Mar 7,1926. William Harvey was an hardshell Baptist Preacher. The McLain's leff Ala and came down the Black Warrior River to another river and they landed in Galveston ,Texas. The McLain's might have settled in Houston are Hill County Texas. The McLain's went North :East to Anna ,Texas where their oldest daughter was born Mary Ann McLain. Mary Ann McLain married Joseph Maxwell Chastain of Wolfe City Texas. We are trying to find any kind of records that might reflect Sarah Margaret Price father and mother. This has been our only brick wall the PRICE Family. Thanks Ross McClain

Many of you may not have noticed this yet so I thought I would share. Through the efforts of many dedicated helpers, over 200 obits from the late 1890's - 1920's are now online. You may research them at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/tx/county/mclennan/ or http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/mclennan/mclobits.html Also, the CTGS has now posted some of the Fall & Puckett Undertakers records online. These are extremely valuable records. You can view them at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmclenn/ Hope that these sites are helpful to all of you. Carol Couch

I am interested in the Stephensons that lived in West,TX. around 1900. There was a Morris Holt Stephenson born around 1905 in West,TX, McLennan County,TX. His father believed to be Samuel Stephenson. Siblings of Morris Holt Stephenson were Myrtle, Oak, Trav, Lank, Edmund,Elmo and Ernest(twins) and Cecil. I believe the father of Samuel Stephenson was Sylvester Brown Stephenson and his wife Mary Holt of Ellis County. Samuel Stephenson went on to St. Simon's Island,Georgia. I am also interested in a Francis F. Stephenson who I know was living in McLennan,Texas in 1886. Her maiden name was Jennings or Jordan. Any help in finding information on these Stephensons is greatly appreciated Tom Stephenson

I am looking for any researchers or descendants of these families. James Durham Day and Emma Henry Day probably died in Mclennan County. I think they are buried in Rosemound Cemetery. Best to all, Karen Parker Coppell, TX Descendants of James Durham Day Generation No. 1 1. JAMES DURHAM3 DAY (THOMAS WARREN2, JEREMIAH1) was born December 25, 1867 in Jasper County, TX, and died June 17, 1931. He married EMMA RHODES HENRY, daughter of ROBERT HENRY and MARGARET YOUNG. Children of JAMES DAY and EMMA HENRY are: i. THOMAS HENRY4 DAY, b. September 27, 1890; d. November 17, 1913, McLennan County, TX. More About THOMAS HENRY DAY: Burial: Mart Cemetery, McLennan County, TX 2. ii. MARGARET ANN DAY, b. March 08, 1892, Benchley, Robertson County, TX; d. January 1976, Waco, McClennan County, TX. 3. iii. MYRTLE OLIVE/OLENE DAY, b. February 10, 1905; d. November 13, 1986, McLennan County, TX. iv. HATTIE MAY DAY, b. April 03, 1894; d. September 21, 1969, McLennan County, TX; m. UNKNOWN MORRISS. 4. v. VERNOR CONRAD DAY, b. February 17, 1897, Bryan, Brazos County, TX; d. October 12, 1963, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX. vi. HOWARD DAY, b. October 27, 1900; d. May 15, 1984, McLennan County, TX. 5. vii. CORRINE DAY, b. January 29, 1903. Generation No. 2 2. MARGARET ANN4 DAY (JAMES DURHAM3, THOMAS WARREN2, JEREMIAH1) was born March 08, 1892 in Benchley, Robertson County, TX, and died January 1976 in Waco, McClennan County, TX. She married LAROY HASTON Abt. 1911 in Mart, McClennan County, TX, son of PHILIP HASTON and SARAH HALLMARK. He was born June 21, 1890 in Bell County, Texas, and died March 05, 1981 in Temple, Texas. More About MARGARET ANN DAY: Burial: Rosemound Cemetery, Waco, TX More About LAROY HASTON: Burial: March 07, 1981, Bellwood Memorial Park Occupation: Farmer and Rancher Children of MARGARET DAY and LAROY HASTON are: i. VERA MAY5 HASTON, b. Abt. November 1911, TX; d. January 07, 1913, Mart, McLennan County, TX. Notes for VERA MAY HASTON: Fall and Puckett Funeral Records Haston, Vera May 14 mos; by J.D. Day; for L.R. Haston; d. of measles, Jan. 7, 1913; int. at Mart, Texas, Jan. 7; J.M. Witt; 20.00; 39-305 More About VERA MAY HASTON: Burial: January 07, 1913, Mart Cemetery, McLennan County, TX 6. ii. RAYMOND LORIN HASTON, b. December 13, 1913, Temple, Texas; d. May 23, 1966, Fort Worth, Texas. 7. iii. MAURINE HASTON, b. September 20, 1916. iv. JAMES PHILIP HASTON, b. April 14, 1921; m. JOYCE E LEKA, August 24, 1975, McLennan County, TX; b. Abt. 1929. 8. v. ROBERT WELDON HASTON, b. November 04, 1923; d. November 21, 2001, Bexar County, TX. 3. MYRTLE OLIVE/OLENE4 DAY (JAMES DURHAM3, THOMAS WARREN2, JEREMIAH1) was born February 10, 1905, and died November 13, 1986 in McLennan County, TX. She married SPENCER RAYMOND ROBINSON. Children of MYRTLE DAY and SPENCER ROBINSON are: i. CHARLES RAYMOND5 ROBINSON, b. March 05, 1929. ii. NORMA GEE ROBINSON, b. May 30, 1932. iii. PATSY RUTH ROBINSON, b. May 29, 1934. 4. VERNOR CONRAD4 DAY (JAMES DURHAM3, THOMAS WARREN2, JEREMIAH1) was born February 17, 1897 in Bryan, Brazos County, TX, and died October 12, 1963 in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX. He married RUBY MAUD MARRS December 23, 1917 in Waco, McLennan County, TX. Children of VERNOR DAY and RUBY MARRS are: i. VERNOR MARVIN5 DAY, b. October 22, 1918, Waco, McLennan County, TX. ii. MILDRED MAY DAY, b. December 08, 1919, Waco, McLennan County, TX; d. July 13, 1991, Payson, Gila County, AZ. iii. EVELYN FAY DAY, b. March 11, 1922, Waco, McLennan County, TX; d. May 08, 1995, Mathis, San Patricio County, TX. iv. ALVIN HOWARD DAY, b. November 30, 1923, Waco, McLennan County, TX; d. November 07, 1984, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX. 5. CORRINE4 DAY (JAMES DURHAM3, THOMAS WARREN2, JEREMIAH1) was born January 29, 1903. She married HERBERT WELDON WARREN. He was born 1904, and died 1987. Children of CORRINE DAY and HERBERT WARREN are: i. MARGARET ANN5 WARREN, b. December 24, 1926. ii. HERBERT WELDON WARREN, b. September 02, 1932. iii. BARBARA JEAN WARREN, b. June 28, 1935.

I'm new to this list and looking for a Charles Hart. According to a relative, he died around 1883-1884 and is buried in Waco, TX. Is there anyone who does cemetery lookups or is there a cemetery book that has been published? I know the State of Texas did not require death certificates until 1903, but did McLennan County keep death records prior to that date? If so, does anyone know how far back they go and how much the county charges for a copy of the record? Thanks in advance for your time, Delores in Colorado

I'd very much appreciate a lookup for the obituary of Edwin R. KERLEY who died in Waco on July 19, 1983. Thanks, Ann -- Ann Avery Hunter Richmond, Virginia mailto:annh@erols.com

My ggrandfather, Frank Hanson and ggrandmother, Lura Abbott Hanson married in McLennan in 1890 and lived there for many years. I'm looking for information about their parents, siblings, nieces or nephews, etc. Norma

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This cemetery is in McLennan County. Thanks, Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Van Wyk" <s.vanwyk@verizon.net> To: <TX-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [TX-Cem] Welcome > Thanks for this opportunity to give an update on the cemetery we're > working on. > > Harper Cemetery is in Elk, McLennan County. It was 3 acres of abandoned > briars, thorns, snakes, overgrown brush. What a mess. > > My dad had always talked about this cemetery that held the graves of three > of his siblings, but it wasn't until Oct 2000 that he gave directions to my > sister and myself. This was one of the last projects he gave us before his > passing in Dec 2000. He always had a project going on. > > Little did we know that at the same time, another lady in the area was > searching for her ancestors and found them in this cemetery. We met her and > joined our efforts. That January we had our first work day at the cemetery. > We were joined by 35 other interested neighbors, family and friends. April > 2001, we held our first organizational meeting for a cemetery association. > > The cemetery is coming together and beginning to look beautiful. We had > another work day last weekend; what a great time we had, cutting down trees, > burning and running from snakes. > > There are many pioneer families from Waco buried here. The only way we can > keep this effort going is to find others to help us. Please take a minute > to look at the listing of graves at the links below. > > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/tx/county/mclennan/ > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/mclennan/cemetery/harper.txt > > > I will be happy to look up any information I have on any family members. > > I salute each of you who work on saving our Texas cemeteries, regardless of > what you're able to do to help. > > Sandra > Denton County Texas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Hawkins" <hawkins@texoma.net> > To: <TX-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:20 AM > Subject: [TX-Cem] Welcome > > > > I wish to Welcome all of you to the list. Though I am the new list mom > > and most of you do not know me. Besides adopting the Historic Texas > > Cemeteries website and > > list I also have the Texas Tombstone Project. As well as other websites > > in the Genweb and the archives etc. > > Everyone on this list is interested in Cemeteries and I would love to > > meet you all and see what your interest is . Are you working on data or > > on the cemeteries themselves? what is your area of interest? > > I love all facets and am putting together photographs of tombstones > > that have markings of interest as well as unique art of Texas > > tombstones. So many of them are beautiful and we have so many kinds. > > Everything from folkart types to professional German and Italian > > stonemasons who worked on cathedrals in Europe came here and worked the > > tombstones. > > I'm trying to find photographs also of the 'storebought' types , those > > that could be ordered usually from 'back east' and shipped here. > > Please all of you introduce yourselves , I would love to meet you! > > Susan > > > > > > ==== TX-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > Visit our web site > > Historic Texas Cemeteries > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~txcemeteries > > >

all rolls are $34 each, postpaid telephone credit card orders can be placed at 1-800-234-8861 or faxed to 1-301-713-6169 or mailed to national archives customer service center, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740 all other orders (non credit card) should be mailed to national archives trust fund, p.o. box 100793, atlanta ga 30384-0793 web site for 1930 census is: http://1930census.archives.gov there is a separate seamans census publication M1932 - 3 rolls there is a soundex schedule for 10 states, and 2 partial states there are 156 rolls of microfilm giving the boundaries of the enumeration districts used in the censuses from 1830 thru 1950. The call number of this series is T1224.. rolls 61-90 refer to the 1930 census. there are 36 rolls of microfilm giving maps of enumeration districts for the 1930 census. this series is M1930. there all 1587 rolls of microfilm in the 1930 soundex series, codes M2049-M2060. States are Alabama m2049 arkansas m2050 florida m2051 georgia m2052 kentucky m2053 - 7 counties only louisiana m2054 mississippi m2055 north carolina m2056 south carolina m2057 tennessee m2058 - virginia m2059 west virginia m2060 - 7 counties only the actual 1930 census is schedule T626 and contains 2667 rolls. the rolls are in sequential order by state. for instance alabama has rolls 1 thru 54 arizona has rolls 55-63, arkansas has rolls 64 thru 99. If you have any particular questions about any of the above microfilms or the catalog in general, please contact me offline at dstrickland@optekinc.com thanks david

I found www.wacotrib.com without any problem. L.

has the website for the Waco newspaper been taken down? I used to read it daily online. I could access it at www.accesswaco.com or www.wacotrib.com but nothing goes thru. Thanks, Sandra

I am researching my uncle, Grant Beaty, who worked for Skelley Oil Company in east Texas and Oklahoma. I found this picture in my aunt's trunk. The picture is dated 12-20-30, and says, Skelley Oil Co., Okla City. Employees - Ainsworth Lease. Harry Haper, Supt. V.L. Reed, Div. Supt. G. Beaty, Fore. Please see the picture at the Oklahoma genweb site. http://marti.rootsweb.com/photogallery/shoebox/skelleyoilco.html Grant Beaty, 1893-1936, born in Utah and died in Waco Texas, married Annie Mae McKerall Harry Haper, 1895-1990, died in Longview Do you know anything about this oil lease or have family who would have known my uncle during this time. Thank you, Sandra Denton County Texas