Due to the ice storm in Panola County, the Historical Society's web page and email are down. They have been down for the past three days. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused by not answering emails or inquiries. Hopefully the server will be up and running early next week. Technology Committee Shelby County Historical Society

Would anyone happen to know if there were any Fulsoms or Windhams in these Choctaw communities??? Thanks!

I understood that there were three Choctaw communities, or villages, in Shelby Co., TX. Anyone have any info on the locations of these? Thanks, Sallie

I, too am researching Native American heritage in the Hooper family lineage in Shelby/Panola county. Any help is appreciated.

Shelby County Rootsweb Facts- week ending 12/10/2000 is uploaded http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/shelbyfacts.htm Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby rayjac@ktsnet.com

I am also searching for any information on the Indian heritage in the Whiddon Family. Since chilhood, I have heard that our family ancestory includes American Indians, through my grandparents, Henry King Whiddon and Jesse Myrtle Whitley Whiddon. If any of you have any information on this family, or information on how to trace Indian heritage, I would deeply appreciate your help. Thanks, Joyce Spurlock Hill jhill@ktsnet.com Sallie Cannon wrote: > Anyone have any information on the Indian heritage in the Golden - > Goulden - Golding family. > JAMES GOLDEN, b. 1797 SC, d. 1877 Rusk Co., TX, mar. > SARY ?, b. 1799 SC, d. 1868 Rusk Co., TX, - they had: > > RUEBEN GOLDEN, b. Mar. 11, 1816, mar. Dec 1, 1826 > ANNIE ROBINSON, b. Oct 27, 1821 TN. > > Need to know how the indian heritage figures into this. > > Thanks, > Sallie Cannon

Seeking info on descendants of William H. Sims, b. Aug 9, 1919, as to obtain info on indian heritage, and if through the Golden line. Thanks, Sallie

Anyone have any information on the Indian heritage in the Golden - Goulden - Golding family. JAMES GOLDEN, b. 1797 SC, d. 1877 Rusk Co., TX, mar. SARY ?, b. 1799 SC, d. 1868 Rusk Co., TX, - they had: RUEBEN GOLDEN, b. Mar. 11, 1816, mar. Dec 1, 1826 ANNIE ROBINSON, b. Oct 27, 1821 TN. Need to know how the indian heritage figures into this. Thanks, Sallie Cannon

Planting Shelby County O n e b u l b a t a t i m e . . . The Shelby County Historical Society is sponsoring a fundraiser - beautification program by offering heirloom bulbs. These bulbs are closely related to the daffodil family and were selected for the East Texas region, as they are easy to grow, are drought tolerant and will multiply through the years. Gardeners will have many years of fragrant wonderful blooms. If you like, your bulbs can be donated back to the Society to plant around the county on public property such as parks, schools, right-of-ways so they be enjoyed by all. Select from three different packages: Send prepayment to SCHS, PO Box 1542, Center, TX 75935 Pay by check, money order or credit card PACKAGE (A) 15 bulbs total: 5 Avalanche, 5 Erlicheer, 5 Trevithian $25 PACKAGE (B) 100 bulbs total: 100 Avalanche $75 PACKAGE (C) 100 bulbs total: 100 Erlicheer $75 Deadline for ordering is Wednesday, December 13th Orders will arrive at the museum January 5 and 6th IF giving as a gift, a card will be sent to the recipient stating a gift has been given by you and will be arriving soon. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR ORDER FORMS Either call the museum at 598-3613 or go by The Balcony, Chamber of Commerce, Light and Champion or go to the Society's web site www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Fundraising Chair: Mrs. Lillian Bittick Committee members: John and Kim Warner, Mrs. Phabracce Havis, Mrs. Debbie Askew

I am trying to help a niece obtain documentation on her indian heritage, as I understand it would help her obtain funds for attending college. We are trying to learn of documentation of indian heritage, that would probably be in my niece's GOLDEN line. Her line is: NETTIE O. GOLDEN, b. Aug. 24, 1874 in Shelby Co, d. May 19, 1949. (She married James Hiram Taylor) Nettie O. Golden's parents were: RUBEN GOLDEN, b. 1816 SC, who mar. 1838 ANNIE (LITTLE PAGE) ROBINSON, b. 1821 in TN, d. Jan 15, 1891, in Shelby Co., TX, and both are buried in Price Cem. in Shelby Co., TX. From info I have, Annie Little Page Robinson, was of Choctaw Indian heritage. If anyone has any documentation on this, I surely would appreciate hearing from you. Advise is welcomed. Thanks, Sallie

Shelby County Rootsweb Facts - Week ending 12/03/2000 is now uploaded http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/shelbyfacts.htm Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby rayjac@ktsnet.com

WOW!!! What a great day for all. The Open House and Bake Sale went real well. Over 100 came to see Santa Claus and tour the museum and our new exhibits, while the ladies out did themselves with bake sale items. Our HERTIAG BULB sales went real well also, with over 300 bulbs sold today!!! Deadline for ordering is December 13. Order form is on our web site. Special thanks to all of the volunteers and community for baking, Jr. Chamber Students for helping deliver bake sale items, Nancy Dickerson for the live music, and Mrs. Lillian Bitticks hard work in pulling off a successful event. Also thanks to Debbie, Chris, Lillian, Phabrecce, and many more for helping set up the wonderful displays and decorate the museum for Christmas. If you get a chance stop by or drive by at night and see the decorations. Many thanks for Leonard and Ray for helping Santa with the children and printing the pictures. The other grant event of the day was the Center Business Association's Lighted Christmas Parade. Thousands turned out for the largest event of the year! Over an hour of floats, Center High and Junior High Marching Band and tons of candy. These are some great annual events that have made Center and Shelby County very unique. Happy Holidays from the Shelby County Historical Society. -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 schs@panola.cc.tx.us www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

The Shelby County Historical Society will host its Annual Christmas Open House and Bake Sale this Saturday, December 2 from 10 till 2 at the Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Library, 230 Pecan Street, Center, TX. Live music, holiday decorations, refreshments and bake sale items. Come have your photo taken with Santa Claus in front of the 12' Christmas Tree. Proceeds go toward the Society's educational and preservation programs in Shelby County. HERITAGE BULB PROGRAM - PLANTING SHELBY COUNTY ONE BULB AT A TIME Part of the Society's effort to raise funds for the museum as well as to beautify Shelby County is the Heirloom & Heritage Bulb program. These are naturalizing bulbs closely related to the daffodil that will multiply each year producing a very fragrant cluster of blooms. Specifically selected for the East Texas climate they are easy to plant and drought tolerate. Order your gift by December 13th. Prefect for holiday gift giving. The Society will send out a card to the person(s) that you are giving the bulbs to notifying them that a gift is on the way. Bulbs will be available for pickup January 5 and 6th at the museum. CHECK OUT THE SOCIETY'S WEB SITE FOR ORDER FORM AND INFORMATION www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Prepayment is necessary. Check, money or credit cards accepted Also you may contact the Historical Society at 936-598-3613 A non-profit 501(c)3 organization

I have never replied to any of the posts here, only read and enjoyed the information, but felt that I needed to put my 2 cents worth in. I also recieved this virus as an attachment, from someone I did not know, but was known to one person that I correspond with. Therefore, the virus went out to everyone's email address that happened to be on my friend's friend's email list. I recognized it as a virus and did not click on it to activate it. I immediately checked my anti-virus software's virus definitions library to see if my most recent update covered WIN 32 Navidad. It did not, so, I then downloaded the newest Norton's update, ran a scan, and cleaned the virus from my system. If you do not have an anti-virus program, I highly recommend that you get one. Another quick fix is to do the following: go to http://www.yahoo.com , at the search feature enter "navidad anti-virus" (without the quotation marks), and follow the directions you find there. Good luck to all. Joyce Hill Teacher/Webmaster jhill@centerisd.org C.H. Daniels Intermediate School Center, Texas barbara jackson wrote: > A New worm NAVIDAD is spreading via E-Mail. Works on ALL Windows platform. It checks messages in your inbox, replies with Attachments. It adds NAVIDAD.EXE attachment. When open,it installs its self in your PC where it appears in intray as a small eye icon. When your mouse moves over it, it displays a yellow dialog box that states " Lo estamos mirando" translated to ,We Are Watching It" When Icon is clicked a message appears that means "Merry Christmas" Unfortunally, your Christmas want be to Merry, you just LOST your computer. It then makes changes to your Regestry & copies files onto Your hard drive where NO program can be launched. Your system also may never boot again. IF IT DOES it still cant go any farther. > > Barbara (Lightfoot) Jackson,Huxley,Texas 75973 > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products.

A New worm NAVIDAD is spreading via E-Mail. Works on ALL Windows platform. It checks messages in your inbox, replies with Attachments. It adds NAVIDAD.EXE attachment. When open,it installs its self in your PC where it appears in intray as a small eye icon. When your mouse moves over it, it displays a yellow dialog box that states " Lo estamos mirando" translated to ,We Are Watching It" When Icon is clicked a message appears that means "Merry Christmas" Unfortunally, your Christmas want be to Merry, you just LOST your computer. It then makes changes to your Regestry & copies files onto Your hard drive where NO program can be launched. Your system also may never boot again. IF IT DOES it still cant go any farther. Barbara (Lightfoot) Jackson,Huxley,Texas 75973 --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products.

Planting Shelby County - One Bulb at a Time is the theme for this annual beautification fundraiser. Planting heirloom bulbs or what is commonly called the daffodil speices will take you and your family by storm. Below is the site for order form and information on this intriguing project. Hurry and get your orders in before the December 13th deadline. Send check to SCHS, ATTN: BULB Fundraiser, PO Box 1542, Center, TX 75935 If you would like to order by credit card, please call your order into the society. CHECK THIS SITE OUT FOR FULL DETAILS: http://www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs/Heirloom%20Bulb%20Sales%20Page.htm or you can go to the SCHS web page www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Hope you enjoy, Lillian Bittick, John and Kim Warner Fundraising Committee -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 schs@panola.cc.tx.us www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment

The Liberty Cemetery, Shelby County Texas, is now loaded to the web http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_liberty.htm Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby rayjac@ktsnet.com

The Ellington Cemetery has been located and now uploaded on the web. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_ellington.htm Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby rayjac@ktsnet.com

The Buckley Cemetery, Shelby County Texas has been located and uploaded to the web. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby/cem_buckley.htm The page is a little slow to load, due to photographs. Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby rayjac@ktsnet.com

HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS VOL. I 1988 Reprinted edition in stock. Order now and can be delivered by Christmas or pick up at the Museum Donation of $130 Check, money order, credit card or cash (not in the mail) -- Shelby County Historical Society Shelby County Museum and Genealogy Research Library Post Office Box 1542 230 Pecan Street Center, Texas 75935-1542 tel:936/598-3613 fax: 936/591-0959 schs@panola.cc.tx.us www.panola.cc.tx.us/~schs Monday - Friday 1:00 - 4:00 Saturdays 10:00 - 2:00 After hours by appointment