I know they have many errors. My brother in laws grandfather is listed as a baby in the cemetery records. Wanda

Sarah - It may be a few days before I can get to the library to check on an obituary. I checked the cemetery listings for Wichita Falls, and I didn't find Thomas M. Hankins, but I think there is a typo in the index. The database was typed some years ago into a database for the city parks department, which oversees the city run cemeteries. Over the years I have found many typos. In Rosemont Cemetery I found this information: P. M. Hankins buried on 11 MAR 1936 Section 5 Space 220 Hines Undertaker Given that this person was buried 2 days after the death date you gave, I feel pretty certain this is your Thomas. This section is s single lot section, meaning there are no family pots. Also, there are many unmarked graves in this section. I have to go to Dallas tomorrow, but maybe Wednesday I can stop by there and see if it is marked and get a photo to compare with the index. Also in Rosemont was Tom Hanks, buried on 6 MAR 1947 in Block L, Space 5, Row 3 Owens & Brumley Funeral Home. Norm -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of slholmes@usa.com Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 6:22 PM To: TXWICHIT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXWICHIT] obit lookup This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hankins Stalcup Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAC.2ACI/1560 Message Board Post: I am looking for obit for Thomas Melvine Hankins, died 9 Mar 1936, in Wichita Falls, TX. I am also looking for where he is buried. I searched the TX GenWeb online database for cemeteries and did not locate him in any listed there. Any help would be appreciated. Sarah ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hankins Stalcup Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAC.2ACI/1560 Message Board Post: I am looking for obit for Thomas Melvine Hankins, died 9 Mar 1936, in Wichita Falls, TX. I am also looking for where he is buried. I searched the TX GenWeb online database for cemeteries and did not locate him in any listed there. Any help would be appreciated. Sarah

This is the way my name was listed on the birth records. I guess we need to check our own. Name Date Sex Mother Father The line which reads: Blair, Maude Fay 2-1-1935 F Opal Brockeen Odie Blair Should say:Blair, Wanda Fay 2-1-1935 F Opal Brackeen Odas Blair

Mary, I will try to go to the library one day next week and get the obituary for you. Julie

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/RAC.2ACI/1559 Message Board Post: I am trying to confirm that is was indeed my cousin. Edwin Bruce Perkins, Sr. b. 16 Mar 1927 TX, His father was always listed as Bruce E, yet this Jr. is in TX Birth Index as above mentioned yet census report in 1930 of Wichita has him as Edwin H, as does his SS Death Index, Edwin H. He died 30 Nov 1995 according to SS listed as Edwin H with same birth, so I am trying to prove if he is indeed who I am looking for and think the obit will confirm or disprove. Thanks Mary

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Coley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAC.2ACI/1558 Message Board Post: Recently, I helped someone in Wichita Co. who lived in L.A. Now I need your help, if possible getting an obituary for me. Can you e mail me at neatstuffgifts@aol.com? Julie

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/RAC.2ACI/1546.2 Message Board Post: Hi Julie~ I believe my father-in-law, Ralph Marion Dillingham is buried in that older part of Riverside. I also believe that his last name was mispelled as DEllingham. Can you look this up for me. Blessings and light, Florene

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/RAC.2ACI/1546.1 Message Board Post: Hi Julie, Wish I had known about you last Tuesday. We came to Wichita Falls just to locate my gr-grandfather's grave. His death certificate states burial in Riverside and the obit we found in the newspaper there states he was to be buried at Riverside. The people at the cemetery do not have him listed as being buried there, died August 24, 1915. We stayed 2 days and nights, but went home in a very somber mood. I guess I will never know where he is. He has a granddaughter that was buried in 1910 there and she is not listed as being buried there either. My question. As you are doing your census of each section, is it recorded as a person buried in a space, but no name of who it is? The people at the cemetery found a gr-gr-aunt of mine who was buried there and she did not have a stone. Her name was recorded as the person in that space. All of the surrounding spaces was filled with known relatives some of which had stones, and some who did not including her husband. The gr-grandfather I am looking for is her daddy! If I knew the spaces in the cemetery that had a notation that bodies were buried there, but not known who they were, I might be able to accertain that my gr-grandfather was one of them. I could maybe conclude that it was him by finding out who the people were buried surrounding the unknown person. He may be buried beside other relatives. We may could uncover some of these unknown by the people that surround them. I know it would never be known for sure, but it would be better than nothing at all! Thanks, Dale

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/RAC.2ACI/1557.3 Message Board Post: Forgot to mention, when the date of death is found out, Andrew at the Wichita Falls Genealogy Library there can look up the obit and mail it out to you. He looked up one for me and mailed it along with a billing statement. I was charged all of $1 at that time. I mailed back the money and was very grateful for his help. The only problem you may have is the issue you may end up needing. It might not be on file. We found a lot of ours, a few we did not! Dale

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/RAC.2ACI/1557.2 Message Board Post: Karen, I have some good news for you. I was at the Dallas Genealogy Library yesterday and found death dates for quite a lot of my family. If you will give me your relatives name, I will look it up for you when I go back there. I hope to be going back next week. We have been on vacation and been to Clayton Library in Houston, Dallas Library, and Wichita Falls Library. You would not believe the info that I have uncovered. I found a gr-gr aunt that I have been looking for 3 years. I finally have her married name and it opened up so much information. I now have her census records that give names and locations of other family. Dale

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/RAC.2ACI/1557.1.1 Message Board Post: Julie, All I know is she was born abt 1874 in PA. She died before 1956. Karen

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/RAC.2ACI/1557.1 Message Board Post: Karen, do you have a date of death, or a time period? Do you know when she was born? A date of death will have to be known before an obit can be found. Julie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kerstetter, Johnson, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RAC.2ACI/1557 Message Board Post: I'm trying to find an obituary for a Cornelia (Kerstetter) Brown nee Johnson. She was the wife of Alex Brown. Children Howard, Georgia, Byron, L.R. Kerstetter and Mary Brown. Please any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Karen

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/RAC.2ACI/1556 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on Patrick Henry lived in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1930's.

I sent an e mail to you directly and have not heard from you so I thought that I would post this info on the mail list. Julie Texas Births shows Barbara Jan Bishop 30 Sep 1961 Female Wichita <HLT>H Loyd Monicka Swann I found the Harold L. Bishop on the Social Security Death Index Harold L. L. <H 15 Jun 1931 16 Aug 2004 Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas There is also another Harold Bishop in Wichita Co. Harold <HLT> 5 Feb 1923 03 Feb 1977 Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas Which one is yours? I will be glad to go to the library and get the obituary for you. Just let me know which one to get! Julie

Hello, I'm new to the list and in California. I'm researching any and all Harold L. Bishops I find, in the hopes I find the right one. Divorces are very sad times in people's lives so I sincerely apologize for making a post by giving this information that I found on Ancestry.com. But I'm hoping it might lead to a closure for my genealogy. If anyone has data on this Harold L. Bishop, I really need his middle name, his place of birth and names of his parents. Texas Divorce Index Name: Harold L Bishop Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923 Age: 51 Spouse's Name: Monicka M [Bishop] Spouse's Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923 Spouse's Age: 51 Divorce Date: 5 Dec 1974 Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1960 County: Wichita Thank you in advance for any help that anyone might be able to give me. Jacquie Baral

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoskins, Guinn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RAC.2ACI/1555 Message Board Post: Hello, I am trying to locate information on my great grandfather (Jack Hoskins) who was supposedly the "first chief of police" in Electra, Texas. Do you know any organization I can contact to verify that? Jack Hoskins had a son (Roy Hoskins) who was born in Electra, Texas around 1898, I believe. I don't know if there are any online resources, newspaper archives, cemetery records, etc. that I can research. I've tried about everything I can think of. If you can help in ANY way, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! Robert Griffith

Here's an article about Parks, the former oil town, in Stephens County. Handbook of Texas Online: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hrp5.html Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> PATROBISON@aol.com wrote: > Can someone tell me where Parks, Texas is or was?

Hi Mary, These McILHERANs died in Wichita County: William died 18 Dec 1928, file #56097. Robert Crisman died 12 Mar 1947 (not 18 Mar), file #14663. (I didn't find a death record for Nellie. But I did find one you didn't mention.) Aaron A. Sr. died 22 Jan 1954, file #4869. Their death certificates will tell you where they're buried. You can get their death certificates from the Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Vital Statistic Forms: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/reqproc/forms.shtm Wasn't Andrew C. Jelen at the Wichita Falls Public Library able to help you with those obits? Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net>