<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/marriages1838-1872.htm">Click here: marriages1838-1872.htm</A> The originals of these marriage records are housed in the "Black Boxes" in the basement of the Montgomery County, Texas Court House. For some reason, these records were never copied into the official Montgomery County, Texas Marriage Record books, therefore, they do not appear on the County Marriage Book Indices. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

OPEN HOUSE "DISCOVER YOUR HERITAGE" Sunday March 26, 2000 3-6PM THE MAGNOLIA FAMILY HISTORY CENTER located in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (on Michael-now Sanders Street) near Swann Staduim by Magnolia High School--of FM1774 TOUR=the new center and see displays of various reseach tools and equipment. LEARN=how to use several genealogy resources, such as the Family Search Software, which includes the International Genealogical Index (IGI), Ancestral File, Social Security Death Index, and more. MEET= genealogy experts and gain advice on how to get started. ENJOY= light and refreshments and receive a 15-generation pedigress wall chart and resource kit on getting started in genealogy research (given to first 50 visitors). for more information call: Frances Anderson at 281-259-7656 Regular library hours until further notice: Thursday-12:00PM-3:00PM and 6:00PM-9:00PM Saturday 9:00AM-1:00PM appointments are available Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

<A HREF="http://www.thelonestar.org/">Click here: New Page 1</A> this is the new convention center here in Montgomery County. We may possibly use it for some seminars. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Virginia Genealogist Dr. Robert (Bob) Clay June 24, 2000            9:30PM-4:00PM location to be announced soon. Registration begins at 8:30AM This is the biggest seminar in years and you won't want to miss it!!!! A native of Tennessee, Bob is very familiar with the settlement and migration routes many people took on their way to the west.  He has been with the Library Of Virginia since 1970, is the Senior Record Archivist there and has done extensive research into Virginia records. Topics will include: (1) Virginia Counties with emphasis on Colonial period, what they are, how there were created , where they are, and how best to use county records.  (2) Virginia Colonial Records and Revoluntionary Period Records Land Office, Military, Tax and Church.  (3) THINGS THEY NEVER TELL YOU. This includes misconceptions, abbreviations, stange quirks in records, and equivalent records.  There will be time at the end of the seminar for questions and answers. Before May 15, 2000, the price is $30.00. $35.00 after May 15, 2000  Special Genealogical Society Group discounts of 15 or more are available if paid before May 15 will be $25.00 each. This does include lunch.   Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Seeking any and all information on the PINCHBACK name in Montgomery Co. Texas. James H. "Jimmie" PINCHBACK, b. 1843, married Missouri Juliette MATTINGLY, b. 1849, on Nov. 3, 1869 in Montgomery Co. Had following children: Robert, Virginia, George, John, James, Sarah, Laura and Mary. Trying to connect the above PINCHBACK family to the PINCHBACK family of S. Carolina. any information or help would be appreciated. Thank you. Rita

<A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/crawford.htm">Click here: crawford.htm</A> Crawford Cemetery is now online. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Could you tell me if any of your books contain information on the Field Store Cemetery: Doug -----Original Message----- From: TXMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com <TXMONTGO-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: TXMONTGO-D@rootsweb.com <TXMONTGO-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 12:26 AM Subject: TXMONTGO-D Digest V00 #15

Inventory Reduction of Selected Books Published by Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society, Inc. P. O Box 867 Conroe, TX 77304-0867 If you don't need any of these books, consider donating any of the following books to any library or genealogy society.  Please add $2.00 for postage and $1.00 per any additional books. Send your check to above address. Census Records 1850-60 Montg. Co. TX    95pp   was $12.00 now $6.00   Cemeteries, Vol.III Montg. Co. TX 114pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Cemeteries, Vol.IV Montg. Co. TX 107pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Cemeteries, Vol.V Montg. Co. TX 135pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Cemeteries, Vol.VI Montg. Co. TX 174pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Marriage License Applications 1898-1907 Montg.Co.TX 110pp was $12.00 now $6.00 Metcalf Funeral Home Records Vo. III (April 1945-Feb 1948) Montg. Co. TX 104pp was $12.00 now $6.00 Metcalf Funeral Home Records Vo. IV (Feb 1948-Sept 1950) Montg. Co.TX 120pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Metcalf Funeral Home Records Vo. V (Sept 1950-Mar 1953) Montg. Co. TX 114pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Military. Texas 4th Regiment U.S. Volunteers at Camp Tom Ball 1889 Montg. Co. TX 110pp was $12.00 now $6.00 Tax Records 1890. Various Montgo. Co. TX 136pp was $15.00 now $7.50 Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Would the lady who brought drinks to the meeting last month, please contact me?? I cannot remember your name. Anyone wanting to bring refreshments, for tomorrow night let me know. REMINDER: The meeting tomorrow night will start 30 minutes earlier, social at 6:30PM. meeting at 7:00PM There will be no general meeting in April. On April 17, 5:00-8:30PM we will be having an abstracting workshop in the genealogy department. Since it is always closed on Monday nights, we can get some serious work done. May meeting: Mary Fay Smith will talk on the 1787 Ordinance. BE SURE AND MARK YOUR CALENDERS FOR THIS: June 24: Robert Clay from Virginia will be our speaker for seminar. (No general meeting). This will be at the new convention center (due to open in May). I will let you know ASAP as soon as I get the rest of the details, price, time etc. We also need volunteers to help get this set up and publicity. For you that don't know, the convention center is out by the fairgrounds. I believe it will hold 5000 people. So if any of you are vendors, you might want to check this out. We will have a booth set up. The MCGHS voted a couple months ago to mark down some of the excess books we have in stock. I will be sending a list out in the next day or so. Even if you don't need this books for yourself, consider donating them to your local historical society or library. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society 7:00PM Montgomery County main library Conroe TX March 6, 2000 Mic Barnette will be replacing Father Hebert and will speak on Louisiana. Mic Barnette's Writes a Weekly Genealogy Column In The Houston Chronicle. Read it on the Web At Barnette's Family Tree Book Company http://barnettesbooks.com Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Does anyone have a transcription of this cemetery? Please see message below my signature. Tonya Aultman-Harris mtharris@ev1.net Pay for your research (and mine) with Alladvantage.com #CNO-573 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Buffie5116@aol.com> To: <mtharris@ev1.net> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [SI] Fw: [TXMONTGO] Sweet Rest Cemetery Tamina I am looking for any information regarding any Akins' that may be buried there. I am doing some research on my family tree and thought there may be some information regarding some family members there who also happened to have been slaves. Please forward any information on how to contact anyone who can give me this info. Thank you Cherry Akins-Smith

I just went down and found this cemetery. The cemetery itself is in good shape, but getting to it is the pits. You have to drive through a dump to get to it. And don't drive in a low vehicle after it has rained. The community is in very bad shape itself, but at least the graves are in tact and kept mowed. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

--part1_8a.136d5d3.25e935f8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX --part1_8a.136d5d3.25e935f8_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (rly-zc02.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.2]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:53:33 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zc02.mx.aol.com (v69.17) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:53:08 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id FAA21757; Sat, 26 Feb 2000 05:51:07 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 05:51:07 -0800 (PST) From: Ypmiller50@cs.com Message-ID: <e0.1a9e48d.25e9341c@cs.com> Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 08:50:20 EST Subject: Father Hebert Old-To: TXNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com, EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, TXJASPER-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: CompuServe 2000 32-bit sub 44 Resent-Message-ID: <sj6TSB.A.bTF.Kp9t4@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5729 X-Loop: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: EAST-TEXAS-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com This announcement is from Hebert Publications. Yolanda Fr. Donald Hebert passed away at the church rectory in Mire, La. sometime in the late morning or early afternoon of Tuesday, 22 Feb 2000 after a short illness. The funeral will be at 10 AM on Friday, 25 Feb 2000 in the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish Church, Mire, La. We will continue work on the CD of Southwest Louisiana Records and will send out a letter to everyone on the mailing list as soon as possible. Thank you for your support of Fr. Hebert's work. Sincerely, Jude Huckaby for Hebert Publications --part1_8a.136d5d3.25e935f8_boundary--

I'll let you know who will be replacing Father Hebert for our March meeting. FYI: In the Beaumont Enterprise, Thursday, February 24, 2000 Father Donald Joseph Hebert Funeral services will be held Friday, February 25, 2000 at 10 a.m. in Church of Assumption BVM in Mire for Father Donald Joseph Hebert, 57, who died at residence in Mire, Tuesday, February 22. Entombment will be in Assumption Cemetery. He attended Immaculata Seminary in Lafayette, St John Seminary in Little Rock, Arkansas and graduated from Notre Dame in New Orleans in 1968. Father Hebert was ordained in Lafayette on June 1, 1968. He was Assistant Pastor at St. Frances Regis in Arnaudville from 1968 until his assignment of Assistant Pastor in 1970 at St Anthony in Eunice until he became Pastor of St Joseph in Cecilia in 1975. In 1980 he became pastor of St Anthony in Eunice until he became Administrator of Annunciation in Duralde in 1984. In 1985 he was Pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints in Ville Platte until he became pastor of church of the Assumption BVM in Mire in 1989 until he [his] death. In 1977 he was named Diocesan Consulter and in 1987 was on the Diocesan School Board for two terms. Visitation will be held at Assumption Church, Thursday from 8 am until services at 10 am Friday. Rosaries will be at 4 pm and 7 pm. He is survived by one sister Barbara Hebert of New Orleans. Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne is in charge of arrangements. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Does anyone know of an old community located around Huntsville named....West Sandy or Big Sandy or maybe just Sandy. Thanks, Don Nixon dnixon@wt.net

There was a very interesting article in this mornings Conroe Courier. It was about Sweet Rest Cemetery in the Tamina area. This is a black cemetery where slaves and their children are buried. The article is about this cemetery has turned into a dumping ground mainly from construction companies. If time permits, I will try and find it this weekend and maybe we can do something to get it cleaned up. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Many thanks to Claudie Swiney for transcribing the Oklahoma cemetery in Magnolia and having it available to be put online. <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmcghs/Oklahoma.htm">Click here:> Oklahoma.htm</A> Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

Good morning from cold and gloomy Northern Calif. I'd be really interested in this topic - but alas - the commute may be a little long? :-))) Could I ask if perhaps Father Hebert would be willing to have the name and other particulars of his book posted on the List, or perhaps the GenWeb site? My THACKER/MORGAN family came to TX from East Feliciana Parish, as far as I can tell, and I'd be interested to know how/why they did that, and any other details. Many thanks and regards, Carolyn Carter Johnson (mailto:rhunterg@ix.netcom.com) RELPPEK@aol.com wrote: > > MARCH 6, 2000 > Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society > 7:00 PM > Montgomery County Main Library > Conroe, TX > > Father Donald Hebert from Rayne Louisanna will present a general overview of > methodologies and resources for researching ancestors in Lousianna. He will > have with him his just recently published book of in depth research into > southeastern Texas families and their Lousianna connections. > > Jane Sanford Keppler > Conroe, TX

MARCH 6, 2000 Montgomery County Genealogical & Historical Society 7:00 PM Montgomery County Main Library Conroe, TX Father Donald Hebert from Rayne Louisanna will present a general overview of methodologies and resources for researching ancestors in Lousianna. He will have with him his just recently published book of in depth research into southeastern Texas families and their Lousianna connections. Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX

During our board meeting today, a discussion was brought up about having a couple of our monthly meetings on a weekend instead of our regular Monday nights. I know several of our members don't drive at night and that prevents them from coming. Also, they are great many that live out of county, so a week night is just not feasible for them. So I would like to take a survey and see what some of you think and what would be a good time if we did decide to have it on the weekend. Let me know. thanks Jane Sanford Keppler Conroe, TX