--part1_3e.223675a.2719ac50_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_3e.223675a.2719ac50_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <BETWIL@aol.com> From: BETWIL@aol.com Full-name: BETWIL Message-ID: <cb.a321c8e.27186d98@aol.com> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 09:52:24 EDT Subject: Walker Co. Genealogical Soc. October 2000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en To: undisclosed-recipients:; X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 114 WALKER COUNTY=20 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY FOUNDED IN JUNE 1965=20 VOLUME FOUR #8 OCTOBER 2000 THE WALKER COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY P O BOX 1295 HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77342 DON=E2=80=99T FORGET TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 7! REGULAR MEETINGS: Third Saturday of each month except December, June, July,=20 and August at 9:30=20 A. M. We meet at the Forrest Masonic Lodge #19 at 1030 Twelfth Street in=20 Huntsville unless otherwise announced. EVENT THIS MONTH: MEETING AT THE FORREST MASONIC LODGE #19 AT 1030 TWELFTH=20 STREET IN HUNTSVILLE AT 9:30 AM October 21, 2000 PROGRAM: =E2=80=9CLouisiana Research=E2=80=9D presented by Barbara Franz, Li= brarian,=20 Montgomery Co. HOSTESSES ARE JANET GARDNER AND MAURINE CLAYTON. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD MEETING AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON=20 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 5:30 P.M. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DUE TO TREMENDOUS INTEREST, THE DEADLINE FOR WALKER=20 COUNTY PIONEER CERTIFICATES AND WALKER COUNTY FIRST FAMILY CERTIFICATES HAS=20 BEEN EXTENDED. APPLICATIONS MAY BE PICKED UP AT THE HUNTSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, OR YOU MAY=20 REQUEST A FORM BY WRITING TO PIONEER REGISTRY AT P O BOX 1295, HUNTSVILLE,=20 TX, 77342. =20 SWEET FEAST SUPPORTS PUBLIC LIBRARY=20 MEMBERS OF THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WILL SERVE AS HOSTS AND=20 HOSTESSES FOR THE ANNUAL SWEET FEAST SPONSORED BY FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.=20 SWEET FEAST IS SUNDAY, OCT. 22 FROM 12:30 TO 3:30 AT THE HOME OF BOB AND=20 COLLEEN MARKS, 821OVERBROOK IN THE ELKINS LAKE SUBDIVISION OF HUNTSVILLE. TH= E=20 DESSERTS ARE HEAVENLY AND THE FUNDS HELP OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY. NEW SITE FOR THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY WEBPAGE: www.DickensonResearch.com/wcgen.htm <http://www.DickensonResearch.com> COMPUTER MOMENTS www.cyndislist.com <http://www.cyndislist.com> Links to excellent sources www.usgenweb.com <http://www.usgenweb.com> By state, county =E2=80=93 some=20= have=20 great information www.ancestry.com <http://www.ancestry.com> Some free, some by membership=20 [now has actual census images] www.rootsweb.org <http://www.rootsweb.org> Good source to find others=20 working on your surname www.familysearch.com <http://www.familysearch.com> LDS [Mormon site] www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors.charts <http://www.pbs.org> Free charts and form= s IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF OUR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, DUES ARE $10=20 PER INDIVIDUAL AND $15 PER COUPLE. ANNUAL DUES ARE PAYABLE IN MAY. Please send your dues to: Linda Parish, Treasurer 31 F.S. Road 214 New Waverley, TX 77358 936 295-9570 NEW MEMBERS Marilyn Adams 44 Woodland Hills Dr. Huntsville TX 77320 Henry Johnson, Jr. 422 Oakhill Dr, Conroe TX 77304 Sherrell McMillian 7603 Midpark Ct. Austin TX 78750-7936 Nelda Roberts 1015 S. Ripple Creek #15 Houston TX 77057 NEW MEMBER Joneil Sorrell 478 Elkins Lake Huntsville TX 77340 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE WALKER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY =E2=80=93 MONEY OR BOOKS, SOUNDEX, MICROFILM, YOU NAME IT. Your contributions make it possible for us to purchase additional=20 genealogical materials which may help you to research some of your ancestors= =20 in the local library. Please be generous! HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS? Please call Beth Williamson at 409 295-3170 if your address changes. We lik= e=20 to keep our mailing list up to date. Don=E2=80=99t let us lose you! Send e-= mail=20 addresses to: betwil@aol.com <mailto:betwil@aol.com> PROGRAMS FOR 2000-2001 November 18, 2000 Our annual Question and Answer Session. Be thinking about= =20 the questions you would like answered. Bring your questions on index cards. January 20, 2001 Eleanor McIntyre =E2=80=9CCensus 2000" February 17, 2001 Janet Gardner and Joyce Hilliard present =E2=80=9CHumor i= n=20 Genealogy=E2=80=9D=20 March 17, 2001 Dr. Caroline Crimm =E2=80=9CTexas After 1836" April 21, 2001 Mrs. Vernon Schuder =E2=80=9CRiverside and Cincinnati=E2=80= =9D May 19, 2001 Annual Picnic at Dickenson=E2=80=99s REQUEST FOR FEBRUARY PROGRAM Those of us who do genealogy seriously often find ourselves against a blank=20 wall and suffer from acute depression. Doing genealogy is like solving a=20 giant international puzzle but it can also have its humorous side! If you=20 have a funny or intriguing story, please let Janet or Joyce put you on the=20 agenda for our February meeting on =E2=80=9CHumor in Genealogy.=E2=80=9D We= =E2=80=99d love to hear=20 your stories. Janet Gardner and Joyce Hilliard OUR OFFICERS FOR 1999-2001 PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JOHNNIE JO DICKENSON 936 295-5551 info@DickensonResearch.com <mailto:info@DickensonResearch.com> FIRST VICE PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JANET GARDENER SECOND VICE PRESIDENT=E2=80=93 JOYCE HILLIARD SECRETARY=E2=80=93 CLARA MALAK CORRESPONDING SECRETARY=E2=80=93 VERNA BANES TREASURER=E2=80=93 LINDA PARRISH REGISTRAR=E2=80=93 MARY EDWENA VICK LIBRARIANS=E2=80=93 GORDIE REAVES, ELLIE WOOD HISTORIAN=E2=80=93 BARBARA BANCROFT THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO BE IN CHARGE OF COFFEE AND SNACKS=20 AT OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS: 2000 OCTOBER: JANET GARDNER AND MAURINE CLAYTON NOVEMBER: SUE SMITH AND CLARA MALAK 2001 JANUARY: NONA PEBWORTH AND JUDY KAYSE FEBRUARY: BETH WILLIAMSON AND SANDY ROGERS MARCH: GRACIE COUNTZ AND SUE HARDY APRIL: NONE [WE MEET AWAY] MAY: NONE [PICNIC] DONATIONS TO THE GENEALOGY COLLECTION Lucy Stewart made a cash contribution. The Capt. James Gillaspie Camp #226 SCV made a contribution toward the=20 purchase of Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. Don Matthews made a contribution toward the purchase of Roster of Confederat= e=20 Soldiers 1861-1865. Gordie Reaves donated Benjamin B. Weisiger III=E2=80=99s=20 Marriage Bonds and Ministers=E2=80=99 Returns of Chesterfield Co Virginia 18= 16-1853. In memory of Johnnie Jackson, James and Cheryl Patton donated Index to=20 Arkansas Confederate Pension Applications. Sue Smith made a cash contribution. Maurine Clayton made a contribution toward the purchase of Roster of=20 Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. She also gave Brent Holcomb=E2=80=99s Ninety= Sixth District South Carolina Will Book, and The Filson Club History Quarterly Vol= .=20 6, No. 1, and Vol 7, No. 20 of the Kentucky State Historical Society. Bill Hill donated Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History Volumes V-XII,=20 and An Account of Marriages Solemnized by Tolaver Robert Sloan. Colonial Dames of the XVII Century donated Texas Legacy- Old San Antonio Road and Three Maps published by the Texas=20 Department of Transportation. Sue Martin donated Volume H of Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. J. Turner made a contribution toward the purchase of Roster of Confederate=20 Soldiers 1861-1865. Beth Williamson made a contribution toward the purchase of Roster of=20 Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865 in honor of Stuart Williamson. In memory of Josiah Joseph Hennis, Janet Gardner donated five volumes of=20 Kentucky Ancestors and Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society. In memory of Capt. William Owen Clegg CSA, Joyce C. Robinson made a donation toward the purchase of Roster of=20 Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865. Dot Aldrich gave two volumes of Leon County history. SWEATSHIRTS Walker County Genealogical Society sweatshirts are now available for $20. =20 They are royal blue with white lettering. Get yours at the October meeting. ADOPT A COUNTY Please contact Clara Malak at 295-9483 for information about submitting your findings from the county you have adopted.= =20 We will bind submissions and place them in our genealogy library. HOW IMPORTANT IS 1 VOTE? Editor=E2=80=99s note: The following article was reprinted with permission f= rom the=20 Mount Olive Pickle Company=E2=80=99s newsletter, Food for Thought. *In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England. *In 1649, one vote caused Charles I of England to be executed. *In 1776, one vote gave America the English language instead of German. *In 1845, one vote brought Texas into the Union. *In 1868, one vote saved President Andrew Johnson from being removed from=20 office. *In 1875, one vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic. *In 1876, one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency of the United=20 States. *In 1923, one vote gave Adolph Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party. *In 1941, one vote saved Selective Service - - just weeks before Pearl Harbo= r=20 was attacked. Please remember to vote this November 7. Your one vote can make a difference. --part1_3e.223675a.2719ac50_boundary--