I am researching Thomas Jefferson Bates m Elizabeth Thomas. Daughter, Georgiana Bates m George Mitchell Williams. Will share info. ...Wanda...

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/227.1 Message Board Post: My grandmother, Fannie Elma Stem was born in Robertson County in 1909. She had a sister, Lela Lorene, and two brothers, Clarence Lamar, and Floyd Edward. They were all born in the Robertson / Limestone County area. Their father was Richard Lee Stem born 18 Aug 1878 died 25 Aug 1967. Their mother was Lether Dobbs Stem born 11 Oct 1886 died 28 Jan 1918. Richard Lee's father was Washington Taylor Stem, his mother Eliza Jane Henderson . Besides Richard, I know that they had two other sons at least. Their names were Tom and Jim. I have no idea where they are buried, or anything past what I listed here. Do you recognise any of these names? Found any tombstones that match? Anything?

Folks, Here is some very interesting Tips for Cemetery research from ANCESTRY NewsLetter a few days ago. I have not checked the sites yet, if you do , let us all know what you think. Wanda GEORGE G. MORGAN: "ALONG THOSE LINES . . ." "Cemetery Research Online" ===================================================================== When I was growing up, many of my friends thought I was strange because I liked cemeteries. A few friends were even fearful of walking on the same side of the street as the cemetery. They couldn't understand what I found so interesting in the old Presbyterian Cemetery in my hometown of Madison, North Carolina. The old tombstones with the names of the town fathers, dates in the early 1800s, unusual engraved icons, and interesting epitaphs still fascinate me, and perhaps that's why I am working on a manuscript on the subject, hoping to include many of the thousands of photographs, old postcards, and stereograph images I have collected over the years. The Internet has opened up a new world for all of us. We now have access to vast amounts of information from our own computers at any hour of the day or night. Information about cemeteries and details about their denizens are among the expanding body of information available, and we can conduct online cemetery research about our family lines online as well. In "Along Those Lines . . ." this week, let me share with you a number of interesting online sites for your cemetery research, followed by this week's installment of "The Citation Corner," in which I'll illustrate how to create a source citation for a Web site. DEAD FOLKS GO ONLINE This has nothing to do with Chicago politics, where I learned first- hand for over twenty years that dead people vote in elections and some ward committeemen's election day credo is, "Vote early and vote often!" No, dead men also do not create or update Web pages. However, those of us who are interested in cemeteries, cemetery canvassing, tombstone transcriptions, and a variety of other related ancestral studies work hard to place information on the Internet. I know you understand, because every time you upload a GEDCOM file, post a message to a message board, share ancestor details on a surname mailing list, or respond to an e-mail inquiry, you are somehow adding to the body of the electronic information. There are many types of online cemetery research sites to help you with your research. Let's explore some of the best. LOCATING CEMETERIES ONLINE The best starting point in your online cemetery research may be the U.S. Geologic Survey's Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) site at http://geonames.usgs.gov/. From here, you may proceed to the query page at http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form and enter information to help you locate specific cemeteries in a given area. (Please note that the URL shown contains underscore characters ( _ ) and not spaces in the name.) Simply use the pull-down menu choices to choose state or territory, and to choose Feature Type "cemetery" -- and then narrow your selection to a specific county. I located 141 cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois, in this way. The query will provide you with the latitude and longitude of the cemetery, as well as a reference to a USGS map. Click on the cemetery name and another screen. Take some time to investigate the various mapping options. Most helpful, though, is the link labeled "Show Feature Location" which takes you to the U.S. Census Bureau's Tiger Map Server's map of the area in question. The cemetery you want will be indicated by a large red dot. You can zoom in for a more detailed view of the location. Interment.net at http://interment.net is a resource for locating cemeteries in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other countries. While far from complete, it is one place where transcriptions are being placed online and can be one of your starting points. Cemetery Junction at http://daddezio.com/cemetery/ boasts more than 31,000 U.S. cemeteries, more than 21,000 family cemeteries, over 2,000 Canadian cemeteries, and over 450 Australian cemeteries listed. The USGenWeb (http://www.usgenweb.org) and WorldGenWeb (http://www.worldgenweb.org) Project sites are a wealth of cemetery materials as well. You should refer to the location in which you believe your ancestors lived to determine if some individual or organization has contributed cemetery information to their site. In addition, the Tombstone Transcription Project at USGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery) is an impressive resource whose goal is to record the tombstone inscriptions of our ancestors now and make them available online before the images and inscriptions are lost to the ravages of time. Genealogical and historical societies are resources you should never overlook. Society Hall, a Web site developed by Ancestry.com and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), is a listing of information about genealogical societies (http://www.familyhistory.com/societyhall/main.asp). A society may have compiled extensive information about cemeteries in their area. The Pinellas Genealogy Society, Inc., (http://www.rootsweb.com/~flpgs), for example, has been actively canvassing and transcribing cemeteries in Pinellas County, Florida, for a number of years. Not only have they published these for sale, they have recently begun putting indexes on their Web site. GeneaSearch has a collection of cemetery links at http://geneasearch.com/cemeteries.htm that may be helpful, as well as an e-mail newsletter to which you may subscribe. Find A Grave, at http://www.findagrave.com, claims to have 2.8 million records of the famous, infamous, and not famous persons. You can search by name, location, date, claim to fame, and a variety of other criteria. One facility allows you to search for cemeteries throughout the U.S. and to view the names of persons for whom burial information has been submitted by people just like yourself. As you can see, there are quite a few sites to check. In addition, you can use your favorite search engine and enter the name of the cemetery and the location. Enclose words in quotation marks to make them exact phrases and use a plus sign ( + ) to indicate both are required to be found. For example, I tried to locate information about a cemetery in my hometown: "woodland cemetery" + "madison, NC" The search gave me results including obituaries, advertisements, and funeral related information. These may provide pointers to funeral home contacts, churches, and other resources. Invest some time in researching cemeteries online and, perhaps, in submitting records of your own family members into some of the virtual online cemeteries. You may make connections with some of your own dead relatives online. Howells, Cyndi. Cyndi's List. Cemeteries and Funeral Homes. 07 September 2001. On-line <http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm>. 08 September 2001. A stand-alone Web page without a known author and without a publication or update date would look like this: Save Our Cemeteries, Inc. Online <http://www.saveourcemeteries.org/ Happy Hunting! George

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILLIAMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/385 Message Board Post: George Mitchell WILLIAMS b 8/13/1854, poss LA. Died 1/5/1940. Married Georgia Ann BATES 6/22/1878 in Franklin, Robertson Co., TX. They had 14 children, one named Elizabeth "Bettie" WILLIAMS who married William Wesley HULEN. I am particularly looking for info on his parents, father unknown, mother Eliza unknown. George's siblings: Drucilla, Josephine, and James. Thanks. ...Wanda...

Listers, I am resending this message as I made a boo-boo and it might make a difference. The Busby family below were located in the ROBERTSON COUNTY , TX 1860 census & Not Leon Co. I am so sorry to have made the error, too many county searches, I guess Please excuse my mistake, Wanda Can anyone tell me anything about this Busby family I located in theRobertson Co.1860 census? Could it be the same Busby who married Sarah A. Owen(s) in Robertson county 1853, whose name on the marrige record was listed as Walker ( or Walter)?? Their ages would be about right. NATHAN W. BUSBY , age 24, laborer b. TX SARAH A. BUSBY, age 23-----b. TX GOMER A. BUSBY, age 2---b. TX SYLVESTER BUSBY, age 1, b. TX. They were living in household of Thomas Stroope. I hope some of that BUSBY family is reading this or someone will know something about them. Thanks Wanda wrtracy@juno.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/306.2.1 Message Board Post: I dont know who Wm Johnson's parents are. All the information I have is from the 1870 census for Robertson coutry, Texas. It shows him living in Wheelock with his wife Ardelia and daughter Mary and an older man named Charles Gilmore. Wm was age 24 in Nov 1870 from Ten. Ardelia is from Miss and their daughter was born in Texas in 1868. Charles Gilmore was born in Ga. abt 1796.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/306.2 Message Board Post: I'm interested in knowing the birth year of William Johnson. Who his parents are? Where he was born? or any other information. I'm seeking information on William T Johnson, who was born in 1851 in either Tennessee to Jonathon W. and Sarah Alice Johnson. I look forward hearing from you. Sherrie Stout

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Slawson, Gilmore, Massey, Johnson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/61.101 Message Board Post: Looking for information about a Charles Gilmore born in Ga. abt 1796. He was living in the home of my gggrandparents Wm and Ardelia Johnson and their daughter Mary, in Wheelock in Robertson county, Texas in Nov 1870. Do you know if Charles Gilmore was the father of Ardelia. She was born in Miss abt. 1843

Can anyone tell me anything about this Busby family I located in the Leon Co 1860 census? Could it be the same Busby who married Sarah A. Owen(s) in Robertson county 1853, whose name on the marrige record was listed as Walker ( or Walter)?? Their ages would be about right. NATHAN W. BUSBY , age 24, laborer b. TX SARAH A. BUSBY, age 23-----b. TX GOMER A. BUSBY, age 2---b. TX SYLVESTER BUSBY, age 1, b. TX. They were living in household of Thomas Stroope. I hope some of that BUSBY family is reading this or someone will know something about them. Thanks Wanda wrtracy@juno.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/97.134.127.1.1 Message Board Post: Please send purchasing information to the Carnegie History Center, 111 South Main Street, Bryan, Texas 77803. They are the local genealogy library and would love to purchase a copy. Nan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/97.134.127.1 Message Board Post: When I complete transcription of the Minutes of Beck Prairie Baptist Churcn, I plan to consult with the group that maintains the Nesbit Cemetery as to their wishes. It may be published as a maintainence fund raiser for the cemetery. I would like for the index of the minutes to be posted on the Robertson Co. web site so people will know what is available and where copies are available. I will put a copy in the library at Franklin, TX, maybe one in the TX archives, one at Clayton library in Houston and one in Huntsville, TX library. Work has been delayed by a family crisis that is less pressing now so I should be able to get back on it soon. I will need someone else to post the index on the web site as I do not know how.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AlB.2ACE/376.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Nan. I'd about come to the same conclusion myself, about the place name on the back of the photo. My money's on it being pre-migration to TX, and most likely GA; there is a Talbotton , county seat of Talbot County. Which is a pretty big clue in itself to where this bunch of McHUGH and THOMSON folk came from.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/97.134.127 Message Board Post: Are you planning to put the church minutes online or publish them? They would be a marvelous addition to the Robertson County site and/or any of the area libraries listed on the site! Nan

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/376.1 Message Board Post: I have not been able to find any indication that there ever was a Talbot County in the state of Texas. There may have been a Talbot, Texas at one time...did not check for that. One of the best resources online for the state is the New Handbook Of Texas, and you can search it by just entering the name in your address bar. In dealing with Robertson County you must remember that in the beginning it took up a large portion of the state. If you will look at the Texas GenWeb site and go to the Robertson County site from there, you will find loads of information, including maps, cemeteries, census etc. Good luck.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hodge, Galloway Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/144.151.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Nellie is in my family line and I can give you some information. Would like to correspond privately.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/144.151 Message Board Post: Barbara, I am descended from the Par(r)ish (from Tenn), Galloway (from KY) and Gray (from KY) families. They moved to Robertson county in the mid 1850s. Do you have a Nellie Ann Hodge in your family files. She married my great uncle, James Isom Galloway. Would like to find her parents and siblings. Eva

Be forewarned: The website mentioned is a COMMERCIAL enterprise. The "FREEGEN" and placement on this site may lead some to believe it is a free website. Incidentally, I did not find it to be "a great Robertson County Genealogy Site" at all. Just the opposite. Submitted names AINSWORTH and WEBB and both showed 0 (zero!) hits, although every free Robertson County website search shows many of both. Just a word to the wise. Happy Hunting! Charles L. "Chuck" Ainsworth =================================== At 12:14 PM 9/22/2001 -0600, you wrote: >TXROBERTS-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 109 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [TX ROBERTSON] Robertson Research [Robertson@Robertson.com] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from TXROBERTS-D, send a message to > > TXROBERTS-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact the list administrator, send mail to >TXROBERTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: 21 Sep 2001 23:13:08 -0600 >From: Robertson@Robertson.com >To: TXROBERTS-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <MFMBM009LpgTFur2iz200000a62@mfmbm009.myfamilycorp.local> >Subject: [TX ROBERTSON] Robertson Research Site >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/384 > >Message Board Post: > >Robertson > >Found a great Robertson County Genealogy Site: > >http://65.10.15.149/FreeGen/Home.html > >They will be adding over 1 billion names to their online database over the next few months. >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/384 Message Board Post: Robertson Found a great Robertson County Genealogy Site: http://65.10.15.149/FreeGen/Home.html They will be adding over 1 billion names to their online database over the next few months.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sanders,Shockley and Willis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/383 Message Board Post: My grandfather Henry Franklin Sanders born Jan. 18,1888 in Robertson Co to James Bryant Sanders who was married to Martha Anna Belle Shockley. I am looking for info on any of these people folks. Also My step grandfather M.B.(Buford) Willis's Dad and grand father lived in Robertson Co. His grandfather was P.J. Willis and his father was Mead(medy) Willis. Mead was married to Ella Lee sanders,sister to my grandfather Henry Franklin Sanders. I have a diary that was written by P.J.Willis telling about different things in Robertson Co and it has a lot of names in it of different people from around there. He tells about going to Wheelot and doing the crops and ect. He started it in the late 1800's till early 1900's. If anyone can help with info on any of the surnames please e-mail me at VonPage@aol.com Thanks.

On the Robertson County TXGenWeb cemeteries list at http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrober2/CEMETERIES.htm. Look under "Nesbitt-Beck Prairie". The burial list, two maps, GPS coordinates, and closest town/community are all there. -----Original Message----- From: jziglar@swbell.net [mailto:jziglar@swbell.net] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:33 PM To: TXROBERTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TX ROBERTSON] Beck Prairie Cemetery This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McCrary, Welch, Hanson, Gillespie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AlB.2ACE/379 Message Board Post: I'm having trouble locating this cemetery. It's not listed on the Robertson Co. cemetery list. Does anyone know whether the name changed or is this one of the "unknown" cemeteries? An ancestor of mine was buried there in 1917 and I was hoping to find out more information about him.