Can anyone tell me if the following address is still valid for Alvis E Hodge 8200 NEELY DR AUSTIN TX 78759 (512) 343 7546 _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

That name is not listed in the current phone book. Kay

Jackie I think we have been in touch before. I have posted some info at this address http://www.main.org/mpl/etch.htm Perhaps I can look for specific answers if you want to contact me. My great-grandparents were from Decker. Kay mkdb1405@aol.com

Does anyone know much about the Swedes in the Austin area? Specifically the Decker and Webberville Road area. My grandfather was Andrew Walter Johnson. He owned a dairy on Webberville Road until his death in 1945. Thanks. Jackie Johnson Morgan _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

Scott, I will be going to the library tomorrow and will see what I can find. John in Austin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Swanson Scott" <sswanson@butler.edu> To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 4:57 PM Subject: [TXTRAVIS] obituary lookup > I'd be grateful to anyone who could find for me obituaries of the > following person who died in Travis County TX: > > 26 August 2000 Philip Jefferson Robinson > > Happy to pay copying and mailing costs. Please send by attachment or mail > to: > > Scott Swanson > Department of History > Butler University > 4600 Sunset Avenue > Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485 > > I really appreciate your willingness to do this! > > Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you. > > Scott Swanson > > > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Travis Co., TX mailing list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to TXTRAVIS-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to TXTRAVIS-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

I'd be grateful to anyone who could find for me obituaries of the following person who died in Travis County TX: 26 August 2000 Philip Jefferson Robinson Happy to pay copying and mailing costs. Please send by attachment or mail to: Scott Swanson Department of History Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485 I really appreciate your willingness to do this! Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you. Scott Swanson

Thanks. All I know is what I read in Mr. Bockstruck's article, which I thought was interesting and worth sharing. RuthAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "IGINIO FITZPATRICK" <ifitz@prodigy.net> To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:43 AM Subject: Re: [TXTRAVIS] Candidates Share Family Tree > John Kerry is not the first Presidential Candidate with direct Jewish Ancestors. Barry Goldwater was Jewish but was raised by his step father as a Christian. > > > RuthAnn <ruthab@neto.com> wrote: > CANDIDATES SHARE FAMILY TREE > > By Lloyd Bockstruck, Supervisor, Genealogy Section > > J. Erik Jonsson Central Library > > > > With the presidential election in full swing, genealogists have been digging into the roots of John Kerry and George Bush. > > > > Both men have ancestry in New England. Some people might assume that Kerry is an Irish name, as he hails from Massachusetts. But Sen. Kerry's grandfather, Frederick Kerry, came to America from his native home, Bennisch, Austria. He had the family name changed from Kohn in 1901. The elder Kerry's nativity is recorded in the Roman Catholic Church birth register in 1873. The entry reveals the family was Jewish, so Sen. Kerry is potentially the first person with immediate Jewish ancestry to be his party's candidate for president. > > > > Sen. Kerry's Colonial American ancestry is from his mother's family. She is a descendant of the most notable Puritan, Gov. John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is also a Cabot descendant. > > > > If you trace the maternal ancestry of Sen. Kerry and compare it to that of President Bush, you might be surprised to learn what else they have in common. They are cousins --- not once but five times --- ranging from 12th cousins twice removed to 10th cousins once removed. Both men are descended from Thomas Richards of Weymouth, John Dwight of Dedham, Henry Herrick of Salem, and the Rev. Peter Bulkeley of Concord; all arrived in Massachusetts in the 17th century. > > > > If you can place a sizable part of your ancestry in the Colonial America period, you are probably related to Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry. American politics is a family affair. President Bush is related to 14 presidents. His New England ancestors include Edward Gilman, also an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Bush also descends from Elisha Hutchinson, an ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. > > > > > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the Travis Co., TX mailing list, send only the word > UNSUBSCRIBE to TXTRAVIS-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest > List to TXTRAVIS-d-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

John Kerry is not the first Presidential Candidate with direct Jewish Ancestors. Barry Goldwater was Jewish but was raised by his step father as a Christian. RuthAnn <ruthab@neto.com> wrote: CANDIDATES SHARE FAMILY TREE By Lloyd Bockstruck, Supervisor, Genealogy Section J. Erik Jonsson Central Library With the presidential election in full swing, genealogists have been digging into the roots of John Kerry and George Bush. Both men have ancestry in New England. Some people might assume that Kerry is an Irish name, as he hails from Massachusetts. But Sen. Kerry's grandfather, Frederick Kerry, came to America from his native home, Bennisch, Austria. He had the family name changed from Kohn in 1901. The elder Kerry's nativity is recorded in the Roman Catholic Church birth register in 1873. The entry reveals the family was Jewish, so Sen. Kerry is potentially the first person with immediate Jewish ancestry to be his party's candidate for president. Sen. Kerry's Colonial American ancestry is from his mother's family. She is a descendant of the most notable Puritan, Gov. John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is also a Cabot descendant. If you trace the maternal ancestry of Sen. Kerry and compare it to that of President Bush, you might be surprised to learn what else they have in common. They are cousins --- not once but five times --- ranging from 12th cousins twice removed to 10th cousins once removed. Both men are descended from Thomas Richards of Weymouth, John Dwight of Dedham, Henry Herrick of Salem, and the Rev. Peter Bulkeley of Concord; all arrived in Massachusetts in the 17th century. If you can place a sizable part of your ancestry in the Colonial America period, you are probably related to Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry. American politics is a family affair. President Bush is related to 14 presidents. His New England ancestors include Edward Gilman, also an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Bush also descends from Elisha Hutchinson, an ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Travis Co., TX mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to TXTRAVIS-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to TXTRAVIS-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

CANDIDATES SHARE FAMILY TREE By Lloyd Bockstruck, Supervisor, Genealogy Section J. Erik Jonsson Central Library With the presidential election in full swing, genealogists have been digging into the roots of John Kerry and George Bush. Both men have ancestry in New England. Some people might assume that Kerry is an Irish name, as he hails from Massachusetts. But Sen. Kerry's grandfather, Frederick Kerry, came to America from his native home, Bennisch, Austria. He had the family name changed from Kohn in 1901. The elder Kerry's nativity is recorded in the Roman Catholic Church birth register in 1873. The entry reveals the family was Jewish, so Sen. Kerry is potentially the first person with immediate Jewish ancestry to be his party's candidate for president. Sen. Kerry's Colonial American ancestry is from his mother's family. She is a descendant of the most notable Puritan, Gov. John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is also a Cabot descendant. If you trace the maternal ancestry of Sen. Kerry and compare it to that of President Bush, you might be surprised to learn what else they have in common. They are cousins --- not once but five times --- ranging from 12th cousins twice removed to 10th cousins once removed. Both men are descended from Thomas Richards of Weymouth, John Dwight of Dedham, Henry Herrick of Salem, and the Rev. Peter Bulkeley of Concord; all arrived in Massachusetts in the 17th century. If you can place a sizable part of your ancestry in the Colonial America period, you are probably related to Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry. American politics is a family affair. President Bush is related to 14 presidents. His New England ancestors include Edward Gilman, also an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Bush also descends from Elisha Hutchinson, an ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

CANDIDATES SHARE FAMILY TREE By Lloyd Bockstruck, Supervisor, Genealogy Section J. Erik Jonsson Central Library With the presidential election in full swing, genealogists have been digging into the roots of John Kerry and George Bush. Both men have ancestry in New England. Some people might assume that Kerry is an Irish name, as he hails from Massachusetts. But Sen. Kerry's grandfather, Frederick Kerry, came to America from his native home, Bennisch, Austria. He had the family name changed from Kohn in 1901. The elder Kerry's nativity is recorded in the Roman Catholic Church birth register in 1873. The entry reveals the family was Jewish, so Sen. Kerry is potentially the first person with immediate Jewish ancestry to be his party's candidate for president. Sen. Kerry's Colonial American ancestry is from his mother's family. She is a descendant of the most notable Puritan, Gov. John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He is also a Cabot descendant. If you trace the maternal ancestry of Sen. Kerry and compare it to that of President Bush, you might be surprised to learn what else they have in common. They are cousins --- not once but five times --- ranging from 12th cousins twice removed to 10th cousins once removed. Both men are descended from Thomas Richards of Weymouth, John Dwight of Dedham, Henry Herrick of Salem, and the Rev. Peter Bulkeley of Concord; all arrived in Massachusetts in the 17th century. If you can place a sizable part of your ancestry in the Colonial America period, you are probably related to Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry. American politics is a family affair. President Bush is related to 14 presidents. His New England ancestors include Edward Gilman, also an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Bush also descends from Elisha Hutchinson, an ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. For more information on presidential genealogies, go online to www.rootsweb.com/rwguide/presidents

I have had a lot of questions about the book NEWS OF LEE COUNTY I put some excerpts from the book on the web site (the excerpts are shown when you click on the News of Lee County book) and I also put the index from the book along with page numbers on the web site. With the page numbers you will be able to see how many times a surname is listed in the book. For those of you who don't know the web site is helmergenealogy.com Hope this helps everyone. Deb

It sold but now there is the La Grange Journal

Where is it located? I checked Texas Genealogy and Microfilm at EBAY and didn't see it. Andrea monkees5@msn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Wildakindr@aol.com To: TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 5:15 PM Subject: [TXTRAVIS] Newspaper Microfilm There are two Newspaper Microfilms on ebay. AUSTIN HERALD, 1893-1894 AUSTIN HERALD 1895-1917 (incomplete) Jean ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

There are two Newspaper Microfilms on ebay. AUSTIN HERALD, 1893-1894 AUSTIN HERALD 1895-1917 (incomplete) Jean

Ann, I can't agree with you more about Tammy and her work on "our" website! I¹m leaving tomorrow for a TX research trip and I hope to get or meet her. I¹ll start out at Taylor in Williamson County and depending on what I find I¹ll decide which of my TX Counties ­Bastrop, Milam, Travis, Caldwell, Fayette, Lee or Colorado ­ I need to go to next. I will be ³home² for two weeks and plan to visit every one of these places of my families origin. I¹ll be checking my email so if anyone has any suggestions, send them along! Vanessa

Hi RuthAnn, Agree that these are the right ages but which one. I have checked the 1930 and didn't find Luther there either. Thank you for the effort. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "RuthAnn" <ruthab@neto.com> To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [TXTRAVIS] Searching for parents of > Hi, Larry > > I don't have any Starks in my files, but I looked at the index for the 1920 > Travis County Census. There were several Starks listed, but the following > five were of an age to possibly be Luther Ray Stark's father. They are: > > Charley J. Stark age 45 in 6 J-PCT > Frank Stark age 44 in Dessau > Fred Stark age 45 in 5 J-PCT > William L. Stark age 41 in Austin City 6 WD > Willie Stark age 20 in Dessau > > Perhaps someone can find Luther in one of these households in 1930. > > Hope this helps. > > RuthAnn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "larry hodne" <hal21@IowaTelecom.net> > To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:43 AM > Subject: [TXTRAVIS] Searching for parents of > > > > Luther Ray Stark b. 30 Jun., 1925 Travis co., TX: m.7 Mar., 1945 Austin, > Travis co., TX, to Ruby Laverne Johnson b.20 Feb., 1926. Have parts Ruby's > lines back to the 1700s, just can't find Luther. > > > > These are my ex inlaws and my son's grandparents. > > > > Thank you for any help!! > > > > Larry > > > > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, > political > > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for > removal. > > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi, Larry I don't have any Starks in my files, but I looked at the index for the 1920 Travis County Census. There were several Starks listed, but the following five were of an age to possibly be Luther Ray Stark's father. They are: Charley J. Stark age 45 in 6 J-PCT Frank Stark age 44 in Dessau Fred Stark age 45 in 5 J-PCT William L. Stark age 41 in Austin City 6 WD Willie Stark age 20 in Dessau Perhaps someone can find Luther in one of these households in 1930. Hope this helps. RuthAnn ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry hodne" <hal21@IowaTelecom.net> To: <TXTRAVIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 10:43 AM Subject: [TXTRAVIS] Searching for parents of > Luther Ray Stark b. 30 Jun., 1925 Travis co., TX: m.7 Mar., 1945 Austin, Travis co., TX, to Ruby Laverne Johnson b.20 Feb., 1926. Have parts Ruby's lines back to the 1700s, just can't find Luther. > > These are my ex inlaws and my son's grandparents. > > Thank you for any help!! > > Larry > > > ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Luther Ray Stark b. 30 Jun., 1925 Travis co., TX: m.7 Mar., 1945 Austin, Travis co., TX, to Ruby Laverne Johnson b.20 Feb., 1926. Have parts Ruby's lines back to the 1700s, just can't find Luther. These are my ex inlaws and my son's grandparents. Thank you for any help!! Larry

thanx. I had to share this with a number of people. Shirley Tomlin dihart@juno.com wrote: I received this from another list and thought you would enjoy it. Diana _________ Census Taker It was the first day of census, and all through the land; The pollster was ready ... a black book in hand. He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride; His book and some quills were tucked close by his side. A long winding ride down a road barely there; Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting up through the air. The woman was tired, with lines on her face; And wisps of brown hair she tucked back into place. She gave him some water ... as they sat at the table; And she answered his questions ... the best she was able. He asked of her children ... Yes, she had quite a few; The oldest was twenty, the youngest not quite two. She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; his sister, she whispered, was napping in bed. She noted each person who lived there with pride; And she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside. He noted the sex, the colour, the age .. The marks from the quill soon filled up the page. At the number of children, she nodded her head; And saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead. The places of birth she "never forgot"; Was it Kansas? or Utah? Or Oregon ... or not? They came from Scotland, of that she was clear; But she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here. They spoke of employment, of schooling and such; They could read some and write some ... though really not much. When the questions were answered, his job there was done; So he mounted his horse and he rode toward the sun. We can imagine his voice loud and clear; "May God Bless you all for another ten years." Now picture a time warp ... it's now you and me; As we search for the people on our family tree. We squint at the census and scroll down so slow; As we search for that entry from long, long ago. Could they only imagine on that long ago day; That the entries they made would effect us this way? If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel; And the searching that makes them so increasingly real. We can hear if we listen the words they impart; Through their blood in our veins and their voices in our heart. Author Unknown ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ==== TXTRAVIS Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from the Travis Co., TX mailing list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to TXTRAVIS-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the Digest List to TXTRAVIS-d-request@rootsweb.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I received this from another list and thought you would enjoy it. Diana _________ Census Taker It was the first day of census, and all through the land; The pollster was ready ... a black book in hand. He mounted his horse for a long dusty ride; His book and some quills were tucked close by his side. A long winding ride down a road barely there; Toward the smell of fresh bread wafting up through the air. The woman was tired, with lines on her face; And wisps of brown hair she tucked back into place. She gave him some water ... as they sat at the table; And she answered his questions ... the best she was able. He asked of her children ... Yes, she had quite a few; The oldest was twenty, the youngest not quite two. She held up a toddler with cheeks round and red; his sister, she whispered, was napping in bed. She noted each person who lived there with pride; And she felt the faint stirrings of the wee one inside. He noted the sex, the colour, the age .. The marks from the quill soon filled up the page. At the number of children, she nodded her head; And saw her lips quiver for the three that were dead. The places of birth she "never forgot"; Was it Kansas? or Utah? Or Oregon ... or not? They came from Scotland, of that she was clear; But she wasn't quite sure just how long they'd been here. They spoke of employment, of schooling and such; They could read some and write some ... though really not much. When the questions were answered, his job there was done; So he mounted his horse and he rode toward the sun. We can imagine his voice loud and clear; "May God Bless you all for another ten years." Now picture a time warp ... it's now you and me; As we search for the people on our family tree. We squint at the census and scroll down so slow; As we search for that entry from long, long ago. Could they only imagine on that long ago day; That the entries they made would effect us this way? If they knew, would they wonder at the yearning we feel; And the searching that makes them so increasingly real. We can hear if we listen the words they impart; Through their blood in our veins and their voices in our heart. Author Unknown ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!