FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965 THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 SPECIAL EDITION VOLUME FIVE #10 December 2001 REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July, and August at 9:30 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030 Twelfth Street in Huntsville unless otherwise announced. SPECIAL MEETING! PLEASE NOTE WE ARE STARTING AN HOUR LATER THAN USUAL! MEETING DEC 15, 2001 AT THE LODGE AT 10:30 A. M. PROGRAM: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION:"RESEARCH HINTS & YOUR PROGRESS IN RESEARCHING" BRING A COVERED DISH TO SHARE. GUESTS AND PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS ARE WELCOME! WALKER COUNTY PIONEER AND WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY. IF YOU DIDN'T PAY IN MAY, Please send your dues to: Linda Parrish, Treasurer 31 F.S. Road 214 New Waverly, TX 77358 936 295-9570 OFFICERS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR 2001-2003 ARE: President: Johnnie Jo Dickenson 936 295-5551 First Vice President: Clara Malak Second Vice President: Linda Pettitt Corresponding Secretary: Jennie Chastain Recording Secretary: Dixie Bennett Treasurer: Linda Parrish Registrar: Crystal Miller Librarians: Ellie Wood and Sue Martin Historian: Margie Delbert Archivist: Mary Edwena Vick Newsletter Editor: Beth Williamson 936 295-3170 Ex Officio: Director of the Public Library, Judy Hunter NOTES FROM JOHNNIE JO The Walker County Genealogical Society is honoring "First Polish Families" with a commemorative certificate. The Waverly Emigration Society was begun in 1866, in Waverly, Walker County, Texas by twelve planters. The purpose of the society was to acquire workers to come to the area and help work the plantations. Meyer Levy, one of the planters, went to his native Poland and recruited workers to come to Texas. On April 9, 1867, forty-five families crossed the Atlantic aboard the SS City of Antwerp. They arrived in Waverly and settled this area as well as parts of Montgomery, Grimes, Robertson, Washington, Austin, and Brazos Counties. Because of this original group, so many Polish immigrants followed that New Waverly was called the "cradle of Polish immigration in this part of Texas." Descendants of these 143 persons are eligible for the certificates. Application blanks may be picked up at the Huntsville Public Library, Genealogy/Local History/Texana Room, the New Waverly City Hall, or by mailing a long self-addressed stamped envelope to WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, TX 77342-1295. A reception honoring charter members of this group is being planned for April 7, 2002 at St. Joseph Hall in New Waverly. This is the 135th Anniversary of the arrival of this group who have contributed so much to Walker County. To be a charter member, one must have completed the application and submitted with needed proofs by March 15, 2002. If one has questions, they may contact Clara Malak at 936 295-9483 or Johnnie Jo Dickenson at 936 295-5551. If you have cemetery inscriptions for Volume 2, North Walker County, please bring these to the November meeting. Deadline is January 31, 2002. We want to go to press with this book. NEW MEMBER J. BRANDON GAINES 3802 LAW ST. #1029 HOUSTON TX 77005 713 349-0285 mypekoe@webtv.net DONATION TO WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Mr. G. M. Wilson made a cash donation of $10 to the society. FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH IN HUNTSVILLE Bobbi Dodge [936 295-7300] announced that research facilities in Huntsville will soon be available at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute Building 1108 17th Street Huntsville TX 77340 Family Search will include: IGI Ancestral File Military Records Social Security Index Scottish Parochail Records The Institute Building is located next door to the Methodist Student Center adjacent to the Sam Houston State University Campus. The Story Tellers We are the chosen. My feelings are that in each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors, to put flesh on their bones and make them live again, to tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors you have a wonderful family you would be proud of us? How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say. It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do? It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can’t let this happen.. The bones here are bones of’ my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take their place in the long line of family storytellers. That, is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and put flesh on the bones. (Unknown author) NAMING PATTERNS ... [Once again] Our ancestors often used the following naming procedure to name a new child. This explains why the same names are repeated over and over on a family tree. It is also a good clue the name of the father’s father. 1st son = father’s father; 2nd son = mother’s father; 3rd son - father; 4th son = father’s oldest brother; 5th son = father’s 2nd oldest brother or mother’s oldest brother 1st dau = mother’s mother; 2nd dau = father’s mother; 3rd dau = mother; 4th dau = mother’s oldest sister; 5th dau = mother’s 2nd oldest sister or father’s oldest sister. From httm//www.rootsweb.com/genepool/naming.html

Hi, I am researching my great-grandmothers family. Annie Elizabeth Morse-Lindley was born in Georgia and moved to Texas (unknown date). Annie married a John Wood Lindley who was a widower (unknown date). John was married to a Florence Field in Montgomery Co. TX. Florence died of TB. They were married in 1865. Sometime between 1865 and 1872 John met and married Annie ( do not know if it was in Montgomery Co). If anyone has any information on these people, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You Deborah.

With the holidays now upon us, please mark your calendars for the Christmas social to be December 3, 2001 at the Library in Conroe. There will be a short business meeting beginning at 7:00PM to install the new 2002 board members. Then our Christmas social will begin, so bring your favorite dish. A 2002 membership would make a great present for someone, or perhaps one of the published books from the society. Also, if you want to donate a present to the elderly for the Friendship Center, please bring the gift wrapped. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!! REMEMBER: You are the history of Montgomery County Texas! Start writing your history today for the new upcoming new edition of History of Montgomery County. Jane Sanford Keppler sponsor for <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm">Montgomery Co. Gen. Index.</A> www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm

"Texas Flags: 1836-1945 on Exhibit" Start making your plans now to visit the first comprehensive display of “Historic Flags of Texas” at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston on view from January 13 through April 28, 2002 at the Cullinan Hall of the Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet. This will be a “must visit exhibit” for students and anyone who is interested in Texas history. The “San Jacinto Battle Flag” is the earliest flag in the exhibit, was the first flag carried under the leadership of General Sam Houston during the Texas Revolution. The flag was handmade by women of Newport, KY and features a liberty figure hand- painted by artiest Charles Beard. The banner was presented to Sidney Serman’s volunteer company as they made their way south to fight for Texas. Another notable flag in the exhibit is the “Guerrero Battalion Mexican Tricolor Battle Flag.” This flag is made of three lengths of silk that are joined vertically to form the Mexican tricolor and in the center is the traditional eagle with wings spread and a snake trapped in its beak. Forensic tests have revealed that this flag is extensively stained with blood. Confederate flags in the exhibit include the Hood’s Texas Brigade Flag, which originated with the family of Louis T. Wigfall, the original commander of the Texas Brigade. The flag, like most of the state’s Confederate Battle Flags, features a large central star representing Texas. Legend has it that Mrs. Wigfall used portions of her wedding dress in the flag’s construction. Additionally, all existing flags of Hood’s famous Texas Brigade will be displayed together for the first time since the conclusion of the War for Southern Independence. Included in the exhibit are other historic Confederate flags of Granbury’s Texas Brigade and Terry’s Texas Rangers. Three rare Buffalo Soldier flags are included in the exhibit. The Buffalo Soldiers were African-American cavalry regiments of the U.S. Army who were stationed at frontier forts and military outposts from Texas to the Dakotas. Other flags include the flag of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, a unit that mustered in the Lone Star State and contained many Texan; the flag that flew over the USS TEXAS (BB-35) during World War II; an Election Flag touting James K. Polk’s support for Texas’ annexation. The Polk Flag is an example of the way in which flags are used as a means of communication. Because so many people were illiterate in the 1840s, this flag was used to convey a political message, with the intent of influencing voters. The book “Texas Flags” by Robert Maberry Jr., published by Texas A&M Press, will accompany the exhibit and includes all 32 flags shown in the exhibit and the stories behind them. The museum is open to the public Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, 12:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. The museum is closed on Monday, except for Monday holidays. Admission is $5 for adults and $2.50 for children age 6 to 18, students and senior adults age 65+; admission is free on Thursday. For more information visit the museum’s website at < http://www.mfah.org/ > or telephone: 713/639-7300. In this column, I will be glad to highlight and review any family history, genealogy, county history, or similar book, free of charge, if you donate a copy of the book or item. After it has been highlighted and reviewed, on a space available basis, it will be donated to the genealogy section of a library. You will receive an acknowledgment of the donation from the library. Mail item or book to me at the below address. Regretfully, I cannot help with individual genealogical research. However, you can submit queries that will be published on a space available basis. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions for column topics, genealogy or historical society announcements, please contact me at: P. O. Box 16604, Houston, Texas 77222-6604 or e- mail: < friday@argohouston.com >. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lynna Kay Shuffield P. O. Box 16604 Houston, Texas 77222     telephone: 713/692-4511     e-mail: friday@argohouston.com ---My webpages--- 'Our Loose Ends' Genealogy Column by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/COLUMN-001.htm 'My Loose Ends' Family Tree Database by Lynna Kay Shuffield http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi- bin/igm.cgi?db=friday Note above URL wraps around onto the next line, cut & paste it onto the end of the first line in the 'location box' on your browser. 'Milam County War Dead Project' http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/ County Coordinator for the Milam County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/milamco/ County Coordinator for the San Jacinto County TXGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/SANJAC-01.htm TX-CEMETERY-PRESERVATION http://www.geocities.com/lks_friday/CEMETERY-001.htm

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THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965 P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 SPECIAL EDITION VOLUME FIVE #9 November 2001 REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July, and August at 9:30 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030 Twelfth Street in Huntsville unless otherwise announced. MEETING NOV 17, 2001 AT THE LODGE AT 9:30 A. M. OUR PRESENTER IS MELINDA CAGLE. HER TOPIC IS "USING COURT RECORDS." HOSTS & HOSTESSES ARE JOYCE & JOHN HILLIARD & MYRA & CLIFTON COFFMAN. Board Meeting - Wednesday - Nov 14, 5:00 PM, Huntsville Public Library. If you cannot attend please call 295-5551. WALKER COUNTY PIONEER AND WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY. IF YOU DIDN'T PAY IN MAY, Please send your dues to: Linda Parrish, Treasurer 31 F.S. Road 214 New Waverly, TX 77358 936 295-9570 OFFICERS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOR 2001-2003 ARE: President: Johnnie Jo Dickenson 936 295-5551 First Vice President: Clara Malak Second Vice President: Linda Pettitt Corresponding Secretary: Jennie Chastain Recording Secretary: Dixie Bennett Treasurer: Linda Parrish Registrar: Crystal Miller Librarians: Ellie Wood and Sue Martin Historian: Margie Delbert Archivist: Mary Edwena Vick Newsletter Editor: Beth Williamson 936 295-3170 Ex Officio: Director of the Public Library, Judy Hunter NOTES FROM JOHNNIE JO The Walker County Genealogical Society is honoring "First Polish Families" with a commemorative certificate. The Waverly Emigration Society was begun in 1866, in Waverly, Walker County, Texas by twelve planters. The purpose of the society was to acquire workers to come to the area and help work the plantations. Meyer Levy, one of the planters, went to his native Poland and recruited workers to come to Texas. On April 9, 1867, forty-five families crossed the Atlantic aboard the SS City of Antwerp. They arrived in Waverly and settled this area as well as parts of Montgomery, Grimes, Robertson, Washington, Austin, and Brazos Counties. Because of this original group, so many Polish immigrants followed that New Waverly was called the "cradle of Polish immigration in this part of Texas." Descendants of these 143 persons are eligible for the certificates. Application blanks may be picked up at the Huntsville Public Library, Genealogy/Local History/Texana Room, the New Waverly City Hall, or by mailing a long self-addressed stamped envelope to WCGS, P. O. Box 1295, Huntsville, TX 77342-1295. A reception honoring charter members of this group is being planned for April 7, 2002 at St. Joseph Hall in New Waverly. This is the 135th Anniversary of the arrival of this group who have contributed so much to Walker County. To be a charter member, one must have completed the application and submitted with needed proofs by March 15, 2002. If one has questions, they may contact Clara Malak at 936 295-9483 or Johnnie Jo Dickenson at 936 295-5551. If you have cemetery inscriptions for Volume 2, North Walker County, please bring these to the November meeting. Deadline is January 31, 2002. We want to go to press with this book. We voted to have a special meeting on December 15 at the lodge. This will be a covered dish luncheon beginning at 10:30. Bring your favorite food. We'll have a round table discussion-- sharing our research ideas and techniques. A very special thanks to all for Sweet Feast, to those who baked, acted as hostesses, and to you who attended. It was great! NEW MEMBERS Linda Rutledge 171 Roberta Rd Huntsville TX 77320 936 295-5543 dswllr@aol.com <mailto:dswllr@aol.com> Robert R. Hardy P. O. Box 296 New Waverly TX 77358 936 344-6614 Marlene N. Allen 136 Buckner Rd New Waverly TX 77358 936 344-6614 mnallen33@hotmail.com DONATIONS TO THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The WCGS donated Early Alabama Marriage Records: Brides, Surname S in memory of Nona Fails Cook. An unknown donor gave us a book; Heritage– Nacogdoches from Prehistory to the Republic by Lucille Fain. Mary Edwena Vick gave Early Texas Death and Legal Records from Joseph Franklin ’s Diary and John Griffin’s Sexton Records, published by the Galveston County Genealogical Society in memory of Eddie Ray Stewart; and Gulf Coast Atlas (original land grants with a history of grantees and maps) in memory of James Roark. Janet Gardner donated a treasure trove of materials: 1. 36 Civil War Time magazines 2. 10 Blue and Gray magazines 3. 7 American Heritage magazines 4. American Heritage book 5. Marriage Records of Early Texas 1824-1846 6. Our heritage Van Zandt County periodical Vol 11 #1 7. Our Heritage Van Zandt County periodical Vol 12 #1 8. Our Heritage Van Zandt County periodical Vol 12 #2 9. The Oregon Trail Diary of Jane Gould 1862 10. Wildflowers of Texas 11. The Oregon Trail and Applegate Trail 12. Tennesse Historical Quarterly Vol XVIII #4 13. A Map of the World 14. We Lived in a Little Cabin in the Yard (slavery) 15. Before Freedom (slavery) 16. Anderson County Texas Marriage Records 1846-1869 17. Anderson County Texas History Index 18. Anderson County Folklore and Early History 19. Collecting Dead Relatives 20. Twixt the Brazos and the Navasot- Brazos county 21. 1860 Brazos county, Texas Census 22. Brazos County, Texas Marriages 1844-1878 23. Brazos County Census 1870 24. Leon County, Texas Census 1850 25. Navarro County, Texas Record Marriages 1846-1857 26. Limestone County, Texas Cemeteries 27. Defenders-A Confederate History of Henderson County 28. Burleson County, Texas Census 1850 29. Greenstone Frontiers quarterly Vol V #1 30. Leon County Quarterly 4 issues 31. Leon County Cemetery Records 32. Newton County Heritage Calendar 33. 1860 Newton County, Texas 34. Coryell County Cemeteries 35. San Jacinto County “A Glimpse into the Past” 36. Forrest Masonic Lodge-Walker County, Texas 37. Judges of Republic of Texas 38. Stirpes 39. Texas Graveyards 40. Ansearchin News 1975 41. Ansearchin News 1976 42. Ansearchin News 1981 43. The Carolina Herald and Newsletter-South Carolina 2 volumes 44. Polk County, Texas-There Never Were Such Men Before 45. Madison County, Kentucky Births Vol I and II 46. SMITH Family Group sheets 2 volumes 47. LOTT Family lineages Issue #1 48. Clayton Family History Book -Beasley 49. Clayton Family 50. Stafford Family 51. Weaver Family 52. Gardner Family 53. Coffee County, Tennessee-Manchester 54. Tennessee Ansearchin News 55. Genealogical Handbook of German Research 56. Loose Papers of Coffee County, Tennessee 57. Giles County, Tennessee 58. Tennessee Genealogical Research 59. The Virginia Genealogist Volume 7 #1 & 3 60. The Monroe Journal-Alabama 61. Freestone Frontier Quarterly Vol 1 #1 62. Memories of A Mountaineer-Tennessee 63. Ghosts Along the Mississippi 64. Reconstruction 1865=1877 65. William F. Buckley, Jr. 66. The History of Camp Moore-Louisiana-Civil War 67. St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana 68. Louisiana Alamanc 69. Carter Sharp Papers-Louisiana 70. Livingston Newsletter-Livingston Parish Louisiana 71. Florida Parish Newsletter-Louisiana 72. Family Findings Vol XV 1-4 73. Researching in Alabama 74. Fist Land Settlers in Marion County, Alabama 75. Marion County, Alabama Tracks Vol VIII-4 76. 42 Cemeteries in Cleburne County, Alabama 77. Alabama Benton Genealogical Quarterly 78. LOTT Family lineages #2 79. Genealogical Gleanings of Jonesboro, Arkansas 1885-1887 80. Family Historian 4 volumes 81. Gloster, Mississippi (Liberty County, Ms) 82. DeSoto County, Mississippi Locating Your Ancestors Family When All you know is the State Guide to Genealogical Records in National Archives Search and Research What to Say in Genealogical Letters Who’s Where Big Book of Health Tips Tracing Civil War Ancestors 1790 Surnames The WPA Historical Guide Civil War Genealogy Genealogical Source Handbook Netting Your Ancestors Source The Researchers Guide to American Genealogy Twenty Censuses 1790-1980 Baton Rouge Genealogical and Historical Society surname Book 1986 1910 Census Tangipohoa, Parish, Louisiana Louisiana Genealogical Register 3 The Edward Livingston Historical Association Register West Felician Parish 1850 census Washington Parish, Louisiana Records 1810-1898 History of Land Titles in State of Louisiana River Trail Bayous and Back Road of Louisiana Armchair Researchers (5) Louisiana Register Northeast Louisiana Genealogical Society Quarterly 1976 America from the Road The Encyclopedia of American History Handy Guide to Genealogical Record Keeping Natchez on the Mississippie Welcome to Ft. Concho, Texas Lyndon B. Johnson Country Abrahm Lincoln Orphan Train Riders History of American People Major Butlers Legacy Grangeville Baptist Church-St. Helena Parish, La. Cemeteries of St. Helena & Tangipahoa Parish, La. 1920 Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Census Manuscript Resources on the History of New Orleans before the Civil War 1850 East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana census Diary of Elisha Andrew of St. Helena Parish Louisiana 1852-1860 The Southern Genealogist Exchange Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society Surname Index 1980 WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MINUTES OF MEETING OCTOBER 20, 2001 The Walker County Genealogical Society met in regular session at the home of Dale and Marilyn Sibley, 1493 FM 1696 West, Huntsville, Tcxas, October 20, 2001, at 9:30 A. M. with President Johnnie Jo Dickenson presiding. President Dickenson called the meeting to order, welcomed all, and led the pledges to the American and Texas flags. Registrar Chris Miller introduced four visitors and reported that we had 23 members present. Minutes of the September meeting were read and were approved as written. Treasurer Linda Parrish furnished a financial statement showing a balance of $6,107.51. Librarian Sue Martin announced that the schedule of volunteers for this month was pretty well covered, but if you have some time to give to the Genealogy Room, please get in touch with her. Monitor Report was given by Linda Pettitt. Linda reported that member Janet Gardner had gifted the Genealogical Society with six boxes of genealogy material. Corresponding Secretary Jinny Chastain read various correspondence. There were no other officer or committee reports. President Dickenson announced that work is still being done on the North Walker County Cemeteries, that a deadline of January 31, 2002 has been set; that 630 Pioneer Registry certificates have now been issued. The Society was shown a Certificate to be issued for the Waverly Emigration Society Registry of Families, both direct and collateral, of the Polish emigrants who settled the Waverly Community. The Society voted to host a reception on April 7, 2002 at the St. Joseph Hall in New Waverly to honor this group. The following announcements were made: The Sweet Feast is scheduled for Oct. 28. Mark your calendar and plan to attend. Crys thanked everyone for their help when she called them. Be sure Beth has your email address-- call her for newsletter items. Verna will accept submissions for "Heritage Happenings" -- now once a month. The question was asked by Gracie Coountz: "When are we getting new shirts [that are not yellow]?" Beth Williamson, who is in charge of shirts, replied: "When we sell all the green ones [collector's items for $8.00.] First Vice President/Program Chairman Clara Malak introduced Marilyn McAdams Sibley, who presented a most interesting program on the McAdams Family. President Dickenson then expressed her thanks to all for coming, Clara and Beth for refreshments, and Marilyn and Dale for their hospitality, and there being no further business to come before the Society, the meeting was adjourned at 10:54 A. M. Dixie Bennett Recording Secretary

TWO 2002 GENEALOGY EVENTS ANGELINA COLLEGE COMMUNITY SERVICES CONFERENCE CENTER HIGHWAY 59 SOUTH (3500 SOUTH FIRST) P. O. BOX 1768, LUFKIN, TEXAS 75902-1768 #1. Register in the Spring 2002 Semester. RESEARCH TRIP TO SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Tentative dates for actual trip are last the two weeks of May, 2002, mid-week through the weekend. Approximately 4-5-6 day trip by plane. Plane and motel reservations will be made in late March or earlier April at the best available rates. One or more days of required instruction on Angelina College Campus in Lufkin, Texas, early in the spring semester prior to departure in late May. More specific information will be mailed near the end of the fall semester. (Contact the college or the genealogy coordinator to be placed on the mailing list.) #2. Register in the Summer 2002 Semester. SIXTH ANNUAL ANGELINA COLLEGE GENEALOGY CONFERENCE THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 25-27, 2002 FEATURING TOPICS IN GENEALOGY, LOCAL HISTORY, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, AND RELATED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Conference brochures will be mailed near the end of the spring semester. For additional information and to be placed on the revised mailing list contact: (The Angelina College Genealogy Mailing List is being revised. To remain on the list individuals must have attended a recent Angelina College Genealogy Event or make a specific request to remain on the list or be added to the list. Contact the college or the genealogy coordinator.) Angelina College Community Services Phone 1-936-633-5206 fax 1-936-633-5478 fkanke@angelina.cc.tx.us Additional Information and printable registration forms will be available in a timely manner on-line at the following web sites. Angelina College Web Page http://www.angelina.cc.tx.us (Click on Students, Community Services, Personal Development Courses, Genealogy) Conference coordinator at http://www.ballistic.com/~vcates Angelina County Genealogical Society web page at (Click on special events) http://www.rootsweb.com/~txacgs

A FREE four session genealogy computer software class will be taught atLivingston High School in November and December, 2001. It is being offeredthrough a grant received by Angelina College Community Services. The class will meet for four, 6-9 p.m., sessions beginning on Thursday, November 15th. The next three classes will be November 29th, Dec. 6th and 13th, skipping the 22nd which is Thanksgiving. The class enrollment is limited to 15 people. Each person completing the class will receive a free CD and instruction book for the 9th edition of Family Tree Maker software. The same class will be offered in Lufkin at the main Angelina College campus in the spring 2002 semester. That class will be for a fee, not free, and students WILL NOT get free software. An intermediate genealogy class is also being offered in the spring semester as well as a research class and trip to Salt Lake City. Registration is through Community Services in Lufkin or at the Livingston High School. Please pass this information along to anyone in the area who might be interested. Vivian Toole Cates, Rt. #2 Box 52-A, Alto, Texas 75925 1-936-858-3801

Hi, Need assistance please. Desire to know the name of the cemetery where Benjamin W. MARTIN is buried. He served in the CSA from Alabama, per his pension application filed while a resident of Montgomery Co., TX. He appears on the 1880 census for Montgomery Co., TX. I believe he died there as well in 1910. Need name of cemetery and would like to know if he has a CSA tombstone. Thanks for any assistance. Margaret

The Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc. will meet on Nov. 5 at the Library in Conroe. Refreshments will be served at 6:30PM and the meeting will start at 7:00PM. Hope to see you there. REMEMBER: You are the history of Montgomery County. Jane Sanford Keppler sponsor for Montgomery County TX www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm

I recently found my ggg-grandmothers will. She states: I direct my body to be decently entered at the berrying ground at Mrs. Sarah KENNARD's in a plain matter. Could someone look this up and see if Joyce/Joice V. MCGUFFIN is listed there please. The death was in 1855. Thank you, Vickye White..

I need a marriage lookup please for Joyce/Joice V. HADLEY to a ? MC GUFFIN. The marriage would have taken place about 1847. Thank you, Vickye White Stanton, TX

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/volume2.htm">Click here: volume2.htm</A> The guidelines are on the website now for submitting FAMILY history for the upcoming second edition of the History of Montgomery County Texas. Remember: You are the history of Montgomery County Texas. Jane Sanford Keppler Sponsor for Montgomery County TX <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/">Montgomery Co. Gen. Index.</A> www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm

I will be adding the below link in a few days. >You might want to provide a link to our Archives, which holds the Catholic Church records for Montgomery County (as well as the other nine counties in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston). http://www.diogh.org/archives.htm Lisa May Archivist Diocese of Galveston-Houston

Is anyone researching the ACREMAN name?? Remember: You are the history of Montgomery County Texas. Jane Sanford Keppler Sponsor for Montgomery County TX <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/">Montgomery Co. Gen. Index.</A> www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/GoldenGateList.htm">Click here: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/GoldenGateList.htm</A> Thanks to Tom Vinson, Golden Gate Cemetery is now online. Remember: You are the history of Montgomery County Texas. Jane Sanford Keppler Sponsor for Montgomery County TX <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/">Montgomery Co. Gen. Index.</A> www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm

Seeking information on the two wives of Burke C. Parrish. Burke lived near Conroe and died Nov. 27, 1978. His first wife was Eula Ewing and his second wife was an Ausband (spelling?). Thanks. Charles Stephenson San Antonio, Texas

I am looking for the family of John Harvey Morris who died in Montgomery County, Texas. I believe John Harvey was the son of John Morris who lived in Hot Spring and Dallas County, Arkansas. John Morris was the son of Simeon Morris who lived in Dallas County, Arkansas . Can anyone help with the John Harvey Morris family? I can share some Morris information.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GENEALOGY & HISTORICAL SOCIETY Will be on Oct 1st at 6:30 PM until about 8:45 PM in the Conroe Library's Main Meeting room. Terry Cowan will be guest speaker. presentation of, "Resources in the General Land Office, and information you can get from land grants" Remember: You are the history of Montgomery County Texas. Jane Sanford Keppler Sponsor for Montgomery County TX <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/">Montgomery Co. Gen. Index.</A> www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/index.htm

Sending this copy to the list so it will be archived -- Daily Courier, Conroe, Montgomery Co., TX Dec 13, 1972 Obituary W.E. Gilliland Funeral services for William E. Gilliland, 88, of Conroe, will be held Thursday, Dec 14, at 11 am in Metcalf Chapel of the Pines, with Mr. Peter Vanderhoef officiating. Interment will be in Garden Park Cemetery with Metcalf Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Gilliland was born in La Plata, MO on May 11, 1884 and died in Houston on Dec 12, 1972. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lessel C. Gilliland of Conroe; one son, William E. Gilliland Jr. of Houston; and two grandchildren, Frances Ann and Mary Lynn Gilliland, both of Houston. Pallbearers will be Dan Madeley, W.B. Weisinger, S.C. Robertson, Seth Dorbandt, B.D. Griffin and W.E. Huston. Honorary pallbearers will be Dan Heaton and Winton Kuykendall.