For Mike who was inquiring about TXdeath records. At one time the TX State Library would photocopy the part of the index containing the surname you were inquiring about. At that time they charged 10 cents per page with a minimum of $1.00. I don't know if they still have that service but you might contact them and find out. I believe on their WebPage they have an email address where you can send them questions. It is worth a try. Ellen

Mike, I just sort of wondered upon a msg about this, but I can atest that this has done wonders for my own research. The death certificates will run you $9 each. I did an inter-library loan with them while I was in Okinawa, and did it through the library there. Didn't cost me a thing, but that's because they did that sort of thing then. If the library doesn't support that sort of thing, you'll pay the cost, which aren't much, I don't believe. But you can borrow up to 5 rolls. Just be sure and make copies of al the surnames you are researching, as you can always come back to them instead of having to do another loan. It's a good investment to have. I've got several folders I've made, broken down into different surnames. I don't know what else to say except that it has really helped my research. The whole film is broken down into last name, first name, county where the death certificate was filed, then the number, which is what you use to make your request. You'll need a copy of you I.D. (driver's license) to go with your request. You'll find everything you need on the web-page that was just sent to you, for the TX State Library Archives. Good luck, and oh yes, I believe you can have the film up to 30 days, so that helps. Good luck!!! And definitely do this! You'll not regret it!! Teresa

Mike, There is a microfilm called the Texas Death Index, with a list of all who died between 1903-1950 I believe, it is done in alphabetical order so it makes it easy to find where that person died and gives you a certificate number and the date. You then can write, call, or email the Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1100 W. 49th St., P.O. Box 12040, Austin, Texas, 78711, Tel. 512-458-7111, email : register@stats.tdh.state.tx.us URL: http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/t_bvs.htm I am not sure, but think if you have the person's name and are sure of the date of death, they will send you a death certificate if they find a match, but to avoid wasting money you can check this microfilm first to make sure he is there. Might be more info on the web page. Hope someone who has done this will jump in and help you more than I can. Janis

Would like any info on any persons connected with these families : Mary Elizabeth POLLACK ... ERNEST LAWREANCE POLLACK, GERTRUDE LUMEN ARNETT WILLIAm POLLACK.. MARY A FULKERSON ... MELISSA A FULKERSON ... MELNOT ANDREWS.. All withnin the TARRANT COUNTY ( FT WORTH) area, and DALLAS TX area from abt 1880-1940 RELATED to W.A. GREEN and JOHN GREEN of the 'GREENS DEPARTMENT STORE' in Dallas. ANY HELP APPRECIATED!!!!! Pam MAson <Prodigy Distribution List> TO: T

For all who have received "test" mailings about older queries...... And for all who have not...... I've make some improvements to the "other queries" (those that were present when the new query system went online in March). First each submitter was emailed and bounces had the query removed. Second, the remaining queries were set up with a surname index! Yep! Now, you can get to the queries containing the surnames you are interested in much easier. Check it out......if you discover problems with it.......please let me know. Http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran Just follow the "Query" links. Jean

I meant to say Smithfield, Texas is where my great grand dad, Robert James Pruitt died in Tarrant Co., Texas on Jan. 09, 1911 and not Birdville, Texas. I have checked the Tarrant County Court House and found no death certificate. Can anyone advise where next to look? He is buried in Alvarado, Texas in Johnson Co., Texas. Thanks in advance. Mike Pruitt

My great grand dad, Robert James Pruitt, was born March 05-1849 Miss. and died in Tarrant Co., Texas near Birdville on Jan. 09, 1911. I have checked the Tarrant County Court House and found no death certificate. Can anyone advise where next to look? He is buried in Alvarado, Texas in Johnson Co., Texas Thanks in advance. Mike Pruitt

Need anything on Mrs. Annie THOMAS who put her daughter up for adoption in 1884 in Tarrant, co. Gracie was at least 1/2 Indian but probably passed as white and was adopted by Dick and Nancy Jane Matthews who also were known as David S. McHERD and Nannie SHAWVER. Thank you, Brigitte

Need info. on my great-grandfather, John Smith. He m. Fannie Hatfield of AR (b. in 1856 in Independence Co. AR). Fannie moved with her father & stepmother, John and Ann Hatfield, to Young Co. with their youngest children around 1866-68. Then moved to Stephens Co. John Smith & Fannie lived in or around Tarrant Co. Were living here in 1887, when they had my grand-father, Eugene C. (b. 8/24/87). Had at least 5 other children: Charles, Luther, Ike, Minnie and Vulcie. Charles, Luther & Ike were living in Fort Worth in 1916 when my grand-father died. Minnie m. a Corley & was living in Elkhart, TX in 1916. Vulcie m. a Brittain & was living in Palestine TX in 1916. Any info. appreciated... Pat Dugan E-mail: pdugan1217@aol.com

Can anyone tell me if there were Nichols or Church family in this county?? Thank you, Roxanne

Could some please help me by looking for a couple TARRANT CO, Marriages? I am looking for the following: Albert A. POWELL (Albert was a REV. so it could say REV. Powell) To Sharlottie Cooper abt 1895 Leslie POWELL (male) to unknown abt 1897 Anna POWELL to ? BATEY abt 1900 Etta BLOUNT to (1) McCloud (2) Parnell aft 1900 Thanks so much for the help! Gina

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_906836329_boundary Content-ID: <0_906836329@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_906836329_boundary Content-ID: <0_906836329@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: GinaMC7@aol.com Return-path: <GinaMC7@aol.com> To: Roots-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Will look up Obits in FT.Smith AR Area Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1998 14:56:34 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit I will do lookups for obit next week in Ft. Smith AR. I will need the name and date of death though as I am doing several and wont have time to hunt. All the old papers are on microfilm and dont have an index. So a death month and year are a must. These paper also handle funerals for Van Buren ,Alma, Greenwood, Barling and some Booneville AR obits as well as Roland, Muldrow, Sallisaw and Arkoma in OK. I will be glad to check for anyone who died in this area. Please send request before Wed. as I will be going at the end of the week! --part0_906836329_boundary--

Hi, Just wanted to let you all know about the Footprints CD, here is what it said in the FWGS newsletter: 40 years of FWGS Footprints (1957-1997) will soon be available, it is expected back from the publisher in late October. It will contain actual page images of the original quarterlies. Features more the than 81,000 surname references on its composite Surname Index, plus a Topical Index to guide you to such subjects as Bible records, obituaries, marriages, military rolls, old letters, old secrets and research tips. Cost of the CD is $19.95 to members and $24.95 to nonmembers. If ordering by mail, include $3.00 for shipping. To order mail to: FWGS, P.O. Box 9767, Fort Worth, Texas 76147-2767 Janis

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Need help finding evidence of John Smith and w. Fannie (nee Hatfield) in TARRANT CO between 1869 and 1916. They had at least 6 children: brothers Charles, Ike, Luther (Luke) and Eugene; sisters Vulcie (married Brittain), Minnie (married Corley) and possibly sisters Pauline and Vera. John was a peanut farmer and part Indian. Fannie's family came to TX approx. 1869 from Independence Co., AR. Thanks for letting me hear from you... Pat Dugan E-mail: pdugan1217@aol.com

Something you maybe able to use on the list. This is from the 1850 census of Tarrant CO. Tx. This Fort is in Navarro District an is not the city of Ft. Worth! Major R. A. Arnold 33 Commanding office Ft. Woth from Miss. Dr. Thomas H Williams 23 Ft. Doctor from Mary Land La. John Bold 23 Dr. helper from S.C. Samuel H. Starr 33 second Lt. N. York Florida Arnold 10 born Florida Katherine M. Arnold 7 Ind. Sophia C. Arnold 1 Ky. Kate Arnold 26 Pa. Eliza Starr 27 Pa Kate Starr 7 N. York Now for the Soldier all below James B. Kepmer 32 Pa. D. McCany 32 Ireland Antonio Kemp 32 Germany Stephen Mosa 32 Pa. Nicholas Byer 34 Germany Joseph Shaffer 23 Germany William Delcher 27 Germany Henry Shulhy 26 Germany George Drisser 25 N. York John Wagner 26 Germany Simon Gristring 25 Germany Samuel Weaver 27 N. York Joseph Grass 25 Germany William Lickler 30 Germany Johnston Hughes 25 Ireland Antonio L. Mendy 30 La. Augustus Helmaring 25 Germany Frederick Burlege 27 Germany Thomas Kenmire 29 Germany John Hancia 27 Ireland Otho Kass 32 Denmark Peter Keough 34 Ireland John Lan 25 England Thomas Porthouse 33 England William Stacle 28 England William H Dixon 32 Mass. A. John Harrisson 27 Maryland Phillip Anderson 29 Scotland Hugh Boyle 29 Ireland Christopher Bockman 30 Bovaria William A Guinn 27 Ireland John Hambal 25 Ireland Thomas Danaky 27 Ireland Nathan Torkoopy 25 Poland John Lam 24 Switzerland August Poggenphol 30 Germany Bliss Miller 30 Va. Stephen Decater 26 N.York\ William Linsey 24 Conn. Hugh Brown 25 Nova Scotia Thomas Cummings 24 Ireland John Frilche 25 Germany James Gray 29 Ireland Christopher Kringber 23 Germany John McDonald 23 Ireland William Manley 23 England John Roberson 23 N. York Edward Reardor 26 Ireland Daniel S. Colland 28 Ireland Samuel Sinnage 24 Mass Crom Salivan 28 Ireland Edgart Bremer 27 Pa. Abram Harris 24 N. York John Barit 30 Ireland Fred Degleman 23 Germany Thomas Fristy 22 England Thomas Hoydon 21 Ireland James Higgins 24 Conn. John A. Coke 31 Germany John Meyer 36 Germany Charles McGlym 28 Ireland John McKenney24 Ireland John OKeff 38 Ireland Evonynius Remelin 25 Germany Fred Schrider 40 Germany James Ryan 30 Ireland John Lansola 24 N. York John Tucker 21 Ohio Fred Young 28 Germany Henry McCann 16 N.York John McCann 14 N.York D.F. Banks 28 N.York John Biggin 24 Scotland Dennis Coffey 24 Ireland Micheal Freeland 24 Ireland Joseph Langford 34 Ireland Herman Meyer 25 Germany Joseph Pierport 28 Maryland Thimothy Daily 32 Ireland Peter Fetzimons 24 Ireland John Ford 29 Ireland Anthony Lydon 33 Ireland James Mayson 24 Ireland Patrick Maherney 33 Ireland Morris Newmoon 24 Ireland John OBoyan 24 Ireland Micheal McConer 23 Ireland Patrick OBolihan 23 Ireland Charles W. Chiles 20 N.York Charles Oneal 26 Germany William McConoll 21 Ireland Peter Rily 28 Ireland James Willeth 21 Maryland Willaim Harron 3 Texas Alex Young 33 Texas Laurent Fleury 22 France Guillott Maxime 29 Germany Bour Joir 28 France Bour Gerimer 28 France Females in the Fort. Durcus Dugleman 19 Ala. Mary Harron 34 Ireland Margaret Harron 7 La. Della Mesland 23 Tenn The Commanding office R.A. Arnold was Ripley A Arnold born Jan 17 1817 in Miss. Graduated West Point 1838. Ft. Worth was formed 1849 and disbanned 1853 the soldiers move westward. Ripley did not he was killed at Ft. Graham Sept. 6 1853 while trying to arrest Dr. Josephus M. Stiener for drunkenness and falsifying. Both men drew there gun Major Arnolds fired 2 shots missing Dr. Stiener his gun misfired on the 3rd. shot Dr. Stiener fired 4 times and he died within 15 minutes. He is buried in the Pioneer's Rest 626 Samuel Ave. Ft. Worth Tx. Shortly after the census was taken in the summer of 1850 two of Major Arnold's children died they were, Sophie and Willis A. Arnold. He is buried with his children the land was set aside by Maj. Arnold best friend Dr. Adolphus Gounant it is on 3 areas, in 1871 after a cemetery Association was form Baldwin Sammuels gave 3 more areas adjoining Dr. Gounant land. Many FT Worth settlers are buried there and 75 civil war vet. General Edward H. Tarrant for whom Tarrant CO. is named is buried there also. After the Fort was disbanned the merchants and farmers took over the buildings and the city of Ft. Worth was formed. -----Original Message----- From: Jean Jones <auntjean@promail.com> To: TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com <TXTARRAN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 12:10 AM Subject: Re: Tarrant County Genealogical Resources? >>What other records are available for Tarrant County for the time of >>1852-1867? >>There are only a few Tax records, there isn't an 1860 census record, it >>is missing. Any other ideas for information sources? > > >This IS a VERY GOOD Question !! > >I have suspected for years it was a conspiracy by my ancestors to block my >exploring their business........ (ha Ha!) > >The 1860 census is missing and the court house burned in 1876 distroying >many of the records we need. Some early probate records do still exist - >this is worth checking if your person died during those years. > >I have found the Tax records VERY good and quite useful. What you find >online on the Tarrant Co. page is only those I had an opportunity to >abstract. There was more......much more. The Ft Worth Genealogy >Society's Quarterly publications have a lot of good information that may be >in other books but I've not run into it. > >So.......where have YOU found helpful info for Tarrant Co research?? > >

JPallMall@aol.com wrote: > Footprints is a quarterly journal published by the Fort Worth Genealogical > Society (FWGS). They print historical and genealogical information from > cemeteries, bible records, old letters, marriage books, newspapers, the list > of sources are endless. To receive their publication you must be a member for > a mere $18.00 a year. FWGS is online and can be found at > http://www.Chrysalis.org/business/fwgen/default.htm or you can follow the > link on the Tarrant County Page. Click on Tarrant County Resources go down to > Footprints and click on more information. Janis, thank you for the comments. We might add another upcoming event that may be of interest to those in the Tarrant County area. The Fort Worth Genealogical Society is presenting a Computer Workshop for Genealogists featuring John Vincent Wylie and Barbara Brixey Wylie on Saturday, October 24th, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Computer Workshop will have four session: Session 1: Basic Concepts for Using a Computer in Genealogical Research Session 2: Gathering Information: Ya Gotta Know the Territory Session 3: Novices, Nerds and NOtables - Genealogists Using the Internet Session 4: Sharing Information with the Rest of the Family At the end there will be a question and answer session. The workshop will be held at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Room 108, lower level. This is where the Society holds their monthly meetings on the last Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Reservations for the Workshop are $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Seating is limited. The Society's address is: FWGS, Box 9767, Fort Worth, TX 76147-2767. Isn't this a nice Website? Thank you, Jean Jones!

Hi To answer questions I have been receiving: Footprints is a quarterly journal published by the Fort Worth Genealogical Society (FWGS). They print historical and genealogical information from cemeteries, bible records, old letters, marriage books, newspapers, the list of sources are endless. To receive their publication you must be a member for a mere $18.00 a year. FWGS is online and can be found at http://www.Chrysalis.org/business/fwgen/default.htm or you can follow the link on the Tarrant County Page. Click on Tarrant County Resources go down to Footprints and click on more information. Check with your library for back issues of Footprints, this has been my best source of information on my ancestors. Someone posted on the list that FWGS is soon to release a CD of all their back issues that is highly searchable. This will be a great help for all of us researching in Tarrant County and for those who's library doesn't carry the Footprints. I know nothing about this CD but if and when it is announced in Footprints or the FWGS newsletter I will post the information on the list. I do not live in Tarrant County so I cannot help anyone with research. The FWGS and the Pioneer Rest Cemetery Ass. are joining together to collect, compile, and publish information related to those interred in Pioneer Rest Cemetery. Pioneer Rest Cemetery is the oldest in Fort Worth. So we will have this to look forward to. A big Thank You to Jean who provides this mail list and the Tarrant County Page so that we may share information. Without her hard work none of this would be possible. After visiting other county pages, I am so proud of the Tarrant County Page, she has done an excellent job. Janis

Ferrbjm@aol.com wrote: > > In the past, the Fort Worth Genealogical Society had some members who would do > look ups if it did not entail a lot of work. You might go to the genweb page > and ask for help. Also, I sent in questions to the Society and the editor > would answer them in the Society Quarterly. I bet some of this information > about what is available has been printed up. Surely some Footprints readers > know. A solution is in the making! Later this year the Fort Worth Genealogical Society will be publishing all of their back issues of Footprints, their quarterly, on a CD. The CD will be available from the Society at a nominal cost. Forty years of queries, articles, and articles, all available on one CD!

On the main Tarrant Co. Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/ Under "Tarrant Co. Links" you will find 2 links to cemeteries. The first is just "Cemeteries" and is a collection of information, some pictures, some inscriptions and some links to maps of various Cemeteries in Tarrant Co. The second is "Cemeteries in Tarrant County" which is a link to a national Map site and to the page which lists current cemeteries and provides links to maps of the area. Both links are valuable...............but different. Just thought you might want to know! Jean