There are some maps at this address, to help your work with those 1895 maps of OK. Some towns are on one that aren't on the other. Anyhow, these are good maps. bj http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cole/MapIndex15.html

Our list is basically for Victoria Co., and genealogy, but I have an offering here I can't help but want to share with you all. I have thought over whether or not to send this to the list, as it's not a genealogy site. I decided this could be really helpful to you, in conversation with other genealogists, or with just some of your own family members. This little site allows phone calls via your computer microphone if you have one. (if not, ten dollars will get it, if your computer is new enough to run IE 4.0 minimum. It also will install a little piece of the program called VozeMail, voice mail, which allows you to record a sound file and automatically sent it just as a plain email, to someone. I've not yet used the mike for a telephone call but I've already tested the voice mail with one of our children. It works really great, so I'm comfortable with sharing it with you. It's a new, but free, program. Download it from the bottom of this page, and install it, and try it yourself? This isn't the page I downloaded from, but it's one easily reachable by me, and it has the download file near the bottom right. MediaRing 6.5, think it's called. Send me a voice mail if you get it installed and want to check it out! bj http://www.mediaring.com/members/index.html

Doris Martinak sent this along. It's useful if you are up to beginning to work with scanned pictures and trying to make them look a bit better. Best of luck, I don't find that so very easy to get just right, myself, and so struggle along. Thanks, Doris. bj http://members.home.net/bfcoughlin/Restore/colour.html

I was looking again at this today, and thought it worth a reminder to you that it is out there, and online. We sent it before, but since it's such a great site and some are new to the list, thought I'd just send it again. Chalkley's Chronicles of The Scoth-Irish (very early VA court records of then Augusta County) http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/

Edna LaFour sent this one along Texas link along. Maps online for the ordering, of original Landowners in various counties. Thanks, Edna. http://freeweb.pdq.net/mike_in_katy/tolo_maps.htm

Came off the Rootsweb list, and I'm sure some of you have seen it, so here is news about the upcoming census release for those of you who don't subscribe to the Rootsweb List. You should, there's always a lot of new news there. bj 1930 FEDERAL POPULATION CENSUS -- Information about this census which will be released on 1 April 2002 along with the Soundex indexes for Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, part of Kentucky (Bell, Floyd, Harlen, Kenton, Muhlenberg, Perry, and Pike counties), Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and part of West Virginia (Fayette, Harrison, Kanawha, Logan, McDowell, Mercer, and Raleigh counties). <http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html>

Carolyn Shearer sends this one along, and it's one super site of primary source info. Perfect for genealogists, like she said. Most of us will use this one. Thanks, Carolyn, for keeping a weather eye open for sites we can use, and if any of you others out there feel like you have a good genealogy site on whatever subject it may be and aren't quite sure how to get it yet to the list, send it to me and I will! bj http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html

I found this on Goliad's website, didn't even know of it. I was happily surprised. If you've not seen this really nice two pages of info on Victoria Tours which has information and pictures, please look at them, and while you are about it, please look at the nice page of tours they have also done for Goliad. Holiday Inn did the pages as advertisement, but it sure is good for all of us. If you can't come here yourself, do the next best thing, and look at the area via "wwwcamera". Thanks, Goliad GenWebbers, for putting that out where I stumbled over it! bj, listmanager Here's the pages, beginning with the ad, and info re the tours, then the separate pages: http://www.victoriatx.com/holidayinn/tours.html (About it all) http://www.victoriatx.com/holidayinn/tour1.html (Historic Homes) http://www.victoriatx.com/holidayinn/tour3.html (Rose & Botanical Garden, Zoo) http://www.victoriatx.com/holidayinn/tour2.html (Goliad Tour)

Here's one to check. bj The Middlesex Parish Records, 1563-1859, and searchable database of names. http://hometown.aol.com/jlajza/index.html

Can one of you recall the full posting of this information? I had thought we had the book cornered, but it isn't the right one(s). Have this much information, need more, need the contact person, please. I'm told it was sent to our TXVICTOR list. Thank you, Billye Jackson Goliad in the Texas Revolution by Nell White @6.50 $13.00 Goliad Remembered by Beth White @6.50 13.00

going to toss in a ringer here. this website is all about quotations. the reason i send it is because it might be useful for you if you want to find something to use for your own personal signature files. genealogical, it's not, but you could put it at the bottom of a genealogy email! how about that? http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

I appreciate the help several of you have sent me regarding location of some of the Coleman-Reynolds family members. You've been really helpful, all of you. I'd have said so before now, my excuse for a delayed reply is that I managed to mess up Netscape somehow, and it took the better part of three days to get going again, by which time I'm covered up with email. Please forgive the One Size Fits All sort of answer to each of you. I do appreciate your help, and you've given me plenty to work with. Sure glad to know all of you are out there! Billye D. Jackson, Listmanager TXVICTOR-L

Recently a member of the Victoria Historical Society offered books on Goliad but, unfortunately, I wiped out the address. Can you please send that name and address again. Want books! Dorothy Truitt

Well, I don't know, the Reynolds I have listed here are: Mary Lou; Arie Belle; Woodrow David; Nannie Pearl; James Harvey; William Harvey, Jr.; Cecil Leonard; Evelyn Faye; and Clyde Reynolds. The parent of these people was Alice Coleman who married William Harvey Reynolds. Both are buriedin Edna Cem. She d 24 Dec 1976; he d 11 Dec 1957. That's all I have on the Reynolds. delaney wrote: > Reynolds--Are they related to the Carl Reynolds family who lived in Glen > Flora, Wharton Co, TX? IIf not, you do not need to reply. They are > friends, not relatives! Sharon > -----Original Message----- > From: TXVICTOR-D-request@rootsweb.com <TXVICTOR-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: TXVICTOR-D@rootsweb.com <TXVICTOR-D@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:34 AM > Subject: TXVICTOR-D Digest V99 #121 > > ==== TXVICTOR Mailing List ==== > Victoria, Vital, Visible, Viable, Visionary, Visitable, > Versatile. What else can we say? We want you to visit > our website, go to http://www.viptx.net !!

Reynolds--Are they related to the Carl Reynolds family who lived in Glen Flora, Wharton Co, TX? IIf not, you do not need to reply. They are friends, not relatives! Sharon -----Original Message----- From: TXVICTOR-D-request@rootsweb.com <TXVICTOR-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: TXVICTOR-D@rootsweb.com <TXVICTOR-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 7:34 AM Subject: TXVICTOR-D Digest V99 #121

Looking for any descendants of the Coleman family of Edna, Texas, who may be family interested in their ancestry. Contact me if you know a member of the Coleman or Reynolds family who do research their family. I have information for that person. Billye D. Jackson listmanager

Hello Everyone, I have just completed a family history book for the Werner F. Dohmann family of Weesatche, TX. The book contains 255 pages with over 100 photographs and an every-name index. Over 470 surnames are mentioned in the book - mostly from Goliad County but also from the counties Austin, Colorado, DeWitt, Victoria, and many others. Information about the book is posted at: http://www.ortech-engr.com/users/dohmann/sandebeck.html The index is included at this site in html format so you can check to see if there are any names of interest. A couple of the chapters are also included in PDF format so you can download them to get an idea of what the book looks like. I have also included a little file that describes my preparation and publishing process if you are interested in that sort of thing. Your comments would be most welcome. Best regards, Edgar Dohmann edohmann@ortech-engr.com www.ortech-engr.com/users/dohmann

This note in from Carolyn Shearer. I think I noticed on the page it's a trial version with a time limit, but you may want to try it. Thanks, Carolyn. bj The New York Times has placed a language translation program download on the page listed below. After download (about 7 MB), it will make translations, online, or offline, of the following languages --- Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Hebrew, and English. http://www.nytimes.com/partners/babylon/

ANCESTRY ADDS DATABASE OF MEXICAN PARISH RECORDS Ancestry.com announced the addition of the Mexican Parish Records Database to its growing collection of international research data. The records list more than 400,000 names and are the first Mexican parish records to be posted anywhere on the Internet. "The parish records are an invaluable resource for genealogists who can trace their roots into Mexico," said Curt Allen, CEO and president of Ancestry.com, Inc. "The addition of this database expedites our effort to assemble the most comprehensive collection of international family history research data available online." The database includes marriage, baptism and death records from nine Mexican parishes: Matamoros, Agualequas, Mier, Sabinas Hidalgo, Vallecillo, Cadereyta, Camargo, Cerralvo and Guerrero. The original records were meticulously documented and often include information about immediate relatives, spouses, parents and grandparents. The records, compiled by the Spanish American Genealogical Association (SAGA), contain information from as early as 1751 and as late as 1880. "The parishes represented in the records consisted of families from the state of Nuevo Leon that colonized along the Rio Grande River," said Myra Smithwick, SAGA President. "These were strong, well established families that millions of people will be able to trace their roots to." With the addition of this database, Ancestry.com now offers more than 1700 databases and more than 276 million names. The Mexican Parish Records Database will be freely accessible to the public from today through Aug 29, after which it will be available exclusively Ancestry.com subscribers. This database can be searched at: http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/mpr/mpr_index.asp There is also listed a website with links to more Mexican research places. MEXICAN LINKS & RESOURCES http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/08_19_99.htm#4

I have only begun to scratch the surface of Old English in my research, and know of only one local genie who can actually read it. You may enjoy, as did I, listening to a verse of the Bible spoken in Old English, and reading the script of it. It's a Genesis verse. I'm grateful we don't have to try to read or speak it today, for church! One snag, you can read the verse without having the sound program Real Audio, but to hear it spoken, you must download that if you don't have it. Newer machines can run it, older ones probably can't. The system requirements are there someplace with it, I already had it, so didn't look. bj http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/excavation990818.html