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L....______b_y_S_h_i_ rl_e_y_R_S_Io_a_t ______~::.~~~on ~ the Dallas Geneatogical Society A few months ago I was contacted by a young man whose grandmother, Mildred Boone Haden, had been a long-time Dallas Inside This Issue: genealogist, researching over a fifty-year time span. Mildred's great- 21 The Mildred Boone Haden grandfather was James Jackson Beeman, for whom the "Ranger John Collection Beeman Chapter #45" of The Sons of the Republic of Texas was 22 President's Column named. His brother, John Beeman, was the father of Margaret Beeman Volunteer . ~ who married John Neely Bryan, said to be the original settler of Dallas. New Members In addition to her Texas connections, Mrs. Haden had identified four 25~~'~ Birthday Celebration Mayflower passenger ancestors, and had gathered an amazing library Dallas PubliC Ubral)' Central Ubnuy of genealogical reference books. 23·24 2007 Society Programs Mrs. Haden died July 26, 2006, at the age of 97, and her grandson DGS Speclal Interest Groups Annual Reports requested assistance in safeguarding her genealogy collection. He is Beginners Education Series currently busy with a young family but may later wish to continue his grandmother's research, so a goal was that the information in her 25 The MiJdred Boone Haden Coli · . ·(continued) library would be available to him in the future. 26-27 Dallas COunty Online Records I enlisted the help of Lloyd Bockstruck and together we visited the home Alert of Mrs. Haden. I was personally very impressed by the fact that she had DGS ClG Comcast Users In Memoriam a file box with index cards cataloging every book in her extensive Wanna Be Published? collection, which had included Texana and gardening books as well as A re you "A Uitle Bit of genealogy material. I realized why her collection was in such German?" remarkable order when I was told that she had been a librarian and had 28-29 Hats Off To spent many happy hours researching in our Dallas Public Library, African American Resources where on Saturdays she often appeared with her lunch and research 30-31 DGS SJ.:uing Symposium material. Some of our long-time DGS members may have met her Schedul$'& Registration there. 32-38 Donations & Acquisitions

Lloyd determined that there were thirty-five volumes that he would be 38 Regional & National Events very pleased to add to our DPL Genealogy Section. In addition to those, we found two rare leather-bound first editions of The History of Dallas 39-40 DGS Contacts DGS Calendar County by John Henry Brown (1887), and History of Texas (1895) by John Henry Brown's wife, Mary M. Brown, which were welcome Dallas Genealogical Society additions to the DPL Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division on the P.O, Box 12446 J'hfloor . Dallas, ifexas 75225-0446 (continued on page 25) www.daUasgenealogy.org GENERAL DGS NEWS • Another great volunteer opportunity is the position of AV Coordinator. As DGS expands the number of Special Interest Groups, we need someone to manage and operate the Society's audio-visual equipment. If you're interested, please contact Tresa Tatyrek at 972-539- PRESIDENT'S COLUMN 7452 or [email protected] The New Year Begins an Exciting Time ------, Welcome to the New Year at the Dallas Genealogical Society! The beginner classes have been very Welcome To Our New Members successful so far. Attendance is about three times larger than we predicted. The lock-in had over 60 people attend. The German Seminar with Chuck Knuthson is Victoria* L Adams*, Linda* Beal ,* Karen *M Brown , close to a sellout. Along with all this activity we have had Myrtle Clark, Michelle Cohen, Joanne S. Corney a surge in membership! What an exciting time at DGS! Albert Engle, Cheryl Freeman, Jennifer Harrison Jan Howell, Catherine Johnson, Ann Logsdon Remember the excitement you had when you first Karen McAdams, Marie Navarro, Esperanza A Pirtle started your genealogy research? Take out time to Charlene G Seal, Lynda Sorelle, Ann Marie Thompson introduce yourself to the new members. Find out about Charles and Marie Trickha their research and point them to the resources. We can Gloria Whitaker, Randy Whitely always use help as a volunteer at the information desk on the 8 th floor of the library or at one of the seminars. Life Member Send email to [email protected] to find out Elizabeth Nelson Thurmond how you can help. ______.. If it has been a while since you came down to the library, you should make an effort to visit the alh floor genealogy section. Each issue of the DGS newsletter contains some of the newly acquired books. There are rows and 25TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION rows of microfilms that were acquired in the past year and the library now has access to Ancestry.com on DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY CENTRAL some of the computers. What research have you done liBRARY this year on your genealogy? The library is an extraordinary resource for all of us. BY HEATHER W I LU AMS, MANAGER HISTORY & SOCIAL SCI ENCES/GENEALOGY No matter how long you have been involved in family history, you will find a seminar, a class, or a symposium The first public library in Dallas, funded in part by that will help you. Be sure to tell your officers how much Andrew Carnegie, opened in 1901 at the corner of you enjoy their efforts. It takes a lot of behind-the-scenes Harwood and Commerce Streets and held 10,000 planning and coordination to successfully run these large volumes. In 1955, a new building opened on the same events. I hope that everyone will attend at least at one site and provided six floor levels and room for 433,000 event. volumes. By 1970, this facility at 1954 Commerce was overcrowded and could not accommodate new 3Jrn l&trrlr technological developments.

HAPPENINGS AROUND The site across from City Hall for the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library was acquired as a result of a 1967 City of DPL's 8nt fLOOR VOLUNTEER DESK Dallas bond program. In 1972, Dallas citizens approved capital improvement funds for the planning and design of Volunteers are still needed to sit at the desk on the a new central library. The new Central Library was 8th floor. It's a great way to get involved, meet new completed in 1982 and the official dedication ceremony people, become familiar with the genealogy section was held on Sunday, April 18. The Central Library was of the library and spend a few hours on your own named the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in honor of research. And a fantastic perk is free parking! If the former mayor who was a strong supporter of the you're interested, email the Volunteer Coordinator at effort to build a new Central Library. With eight floors [email protected] or call Susan above ground and two floors below, the new facility was Holman at 972-484-9680. designed to accommodate future expansion of collections and services. Dallas Genealo ical Socie I Februa 2007 I Volume 321 Number 2 22 GENERAL DGS NEWS

. In celebration of 25 years of service at the 1515 Young Street location, the Dallas Public Library J . Erik Jonsson DGS Special .lnterest Groups (SIGs) Central Library will remain open from 9:00 a.m. on ' Friday, April 20th until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 8t. Come celebrate 25 years of service with Dallas Public Under the support and guidance of DGS, a number of Library staff and take advantage of research collections, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have been formed to library services, and programs. For more information, concentrate on specific areas of genealogy. The DGS visit the Dallas Public Library website at www.dallaslibrary.org or by phone at {214) 670-1433. website at www.dallasgenealogy.org/special.htm can be consulted for the most up-to-date listings of groups and events with their email addresses, facilitators, dates, times, and meeting places at the J. Erik Jonsson Central 2007 DGS Library. Meetings are free and open to the public. SOCIETY PROGRAMS 03 April: Computer Interest Group (CIG) Bill Deal and Marti Fox, MS Word for Genealogists, Q&A 6:45p.m., program, 7:00p.m. Plaza Level Auditorium DGS General and Special Interest Group meetings are held at the 07 April: Internet for Genealogists (IGIG) Dallas J. Erik Jonsson Central Library Liz Kutz, Society Websites, DGS, NGS and others 3:00 1515 Young Street - 4:00 p.m., 7' hFloor Lecture Room in the Plaza Level Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. 07 April: Family Tree Maker (FTM) Research Journal, 10:00 - 11 :00 a.m., 7th Floor DGS GENERAL MEETING Lecture Room USUALLY MEETS ON THE FOURTH MONDAY 07 April: Native American Research Group Our monthly meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. with our (NARG), Tresa Tatyrek, How to use the Mary Turner speaker presentation to follow about 7:30 p.m. Kinard Archives website 1:00 p.m. -2:00p.m., ?'hF loor Lecture Room, •!• Come early. We begin at 6:00p.m. with refreshments and fellowship, and at 6:30p.m. 07 April: Legacy Software Group (LSG) everyone is invited to the informal 0 & A session. Bring your questions and problems and perhaps someone in the group has the answer. At 6:30, Lloyd Bockstruck (or substitute) hosts a pre- 10:00-11 :00 a.m., McDermott Room, 8th Floor. meeting discussion where members and visitors can ask any genealogically-related question. We expect that in 10 April: Digital Preservation Group (DPG) any group of Dallas genealogists, most questions can be 6:30-8:30 p.m., ?'hFloor Lecture Room answered by someone in that group. After stopping off in the East Room for refreshments, see what you can learn 12 April: Writing Interest Group (WIG) and share. Please, no food or drinks in the auditorium. 6:30-8:30 p.m., McDermott Room, 8th Floor. The theme of this year's monthly meetings is "Your Family History: It's Not All on the Internet." The topics 14 April: Advanced Methodology Research will be emphasizing sources not on the Internet and Group (AMRG) skills needed to make the best use of data found on the 10:00 a.m. -12:00 noon, McDermott Room, 8th Floor Internet. Be sure to check the website for future speakers and topics. 14 April: North Texas TMG (The Master Genealogist) Monday: April 23 Beginning Reports: Family Group Sheets, Descendant Indented Narrative and Journal Reports; Sources, Speaker: Lynne Darrouzet Recording the source, Source citations, Citation detail, Topic: How to Locate Your Hard-to-Find and Repositories, 2:00-4:00 p.m. 7'h Floor Lecture Room Ancestors: Using Indirect Evidence in Your Research

Dallas Genealo ical Socie 1 Februa 2007 I Volume 321 Number 2 23 GENERAL DGS NEWS · 17 April: African-American Genealogical little smaller with 51 in attendance and 3 volunteers. In Interest Group (AAGIG) July we had the Summer Institute with three lecturers, 6:00 p.m. Social time, 6:30 p.m. Business Meeting and Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, FNGS, Patricia Law Hatcher, Program. Auditorium, Plaza Level. FAGS, and John Sellers, on "Mining Genealogical Treasures." Eighty-three people were in attendance with 17 April: German Group (GG) 13 volunteers. The total profit for 2006 was seventeen Eberha~d Herman, Growing Up in Nazi Germany, 6:30 thousand three hundred twenty-five dollars ($17,325). p.m., 7 Floor Lecture Room

18 April: MacGen Reunion Group (MCRG) Treasurer 1 Creating Websites, 6:30p.m. , McDermott Room, 8 h Paul Rimmer Floor We made a $40,000 donation to the genealogy section NEW SIGS of the Dallas Public library in December. The society closed out the year with $7,581 in the checking account British Research Group will start 5 May and meet at 1: 00 and $56,085 in COs for a total of $63,666 in cash assets. p.m. .m t h e 7th F loor Lecture Room.

Personal Ancestral File (PAF) User Group will start 9 VP, Membership June at 3:00 p.m. in the McDermott Room on the 8th Sharon Henry Floor.

Several new groups are planned for the coming year, so During 2006, the office of Membership has been actively check the website for meeting times and dates for all the welcoming 95 new members and 8 members converting groups. If there is an area that you would like to see a to life membership status. With the addition of these new members, the total membership as of December special interest group set up, let any of the DGS Board 51 members know. 31 was 889.

Annual Reports BEGINNERS EDUCATION SERIES January Through December 2006 I Just getting started with your family research? DGS has just the thing for you: a series of topics for budding (These are the annual reports that did not make the researchers to help in your quest for knowledge about January newsletter) your family.

Sessions are held on the 3rd Saturday of each month in Executive VP, Fundraising the McDermott Rooms on the 8th floor of the Dallas Elizabeth Kutz Public Library's J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, in downtown Dallas. They begin at 1:00 Fundraising was busy this year with lock-ins. lectures p.m. and run up to 2 hours. Afterwards, students who and the Summer Institute. January was the Lock-in at elect to stay in the library to research will be mentored the Library. We had seventy-one in attendance with one by DGS volunteers. volunteer. In February we started our lecture series with lectures given by Karen Clifford, FUGA. AG, on These sessions are free to anyone who is interested. We "Methods and Sources for Online Research." The do need you to register, however, because of space attendance at this event was 139 participants and 12 limitations. To register, go to: volunteers. The TMG (The Master Genealogist) SIG sponsored Bob Velke, the founder and developer of www.dallasgenealogy.org/educationlbeginreserve.htm. TMG, in March. Sixty-one TMGers were at the event with 6 additional volunteers. In April the lecture series If you plan on attending the 8 remaining sessions and continued on the subject of "Immigration and would like a notebook with forms and all the handouts Naturalization" with Gladys Friedman Paulin, CG. There and receive a certificate at the Awards Banquet, there is were 109 participants and 19 volunteers. In June there a fee of $25. was another Lock-in in the Library. This lock-in was a

Dallas Genealo ical Socie I Februa 2007 1 Volume 321 Number 2 24 GENERAL DGS NEWS 2007 DATES AND TOPICS language changes; additional records including immigration and naturalization records and government 21 APRIL: CHECK IT OUT BEFORE YOU BOLDL Y Go: documents; genealogical societies; and social history. FINDING PUBLISHED WORKS ON YOUR FAMILY, 10 DECEMBER: AWARDS BANQUET SHARON GAYLE An overview of finding published information on your family in periodicals, published family histories, county If you need more information about the Beginners' histories, and mug books. Popular library and archive Educational series, email us at: catalogs will be introduced including the DPL catalog, begin @dallasgenealogy.org FHL catalog, NARA web site, and the Library of Congress web site. We'd like at least one, preferably two, members to volunteer to serve as class mentors for multiple 19 MAY: GATHERING THE BASIC FACTS, EUZABETH sessions, staying after class and assisting our students KUTZ who decide to remain and research. A history of vital records, determining what records are available and where to find them, evaluating found To ask questions or volunteer, please contact series information, and finding alternative sources for vital sponsor Robert Tidwell or Janet Branstetter, VP of Education, at education@ dallasgenealogy.org. information.

16 JUNE: USING THE CENSUS TO FIND THE TRAIL, HAPPI MCQUIRK The Mildred Boone Collection A history of the census, the information available in (continued from page 21) each, and finding and using your family's records. The non-population schedules and state censuses will also After we had selected the books we needed at the be introduced. Dallas Public Library, I contacted the Mesquite Library to see which of the remaining items they might need for 21 ]ULY: WORKING IN YOUR LOCALITY, DEBORAH their collection. One reason for this choice was that the MCVEAN Mesquite area has been a gathering place for the Using maps; learning about your state, county and town; Ranger Beeman SAT Chapter and many of the county courthouse records; newspapers and obituaries, researchers at the Mesquite library have an interest in and church records. Planning your first research trip will the Pleasant Mound Public Cemetery where early also be covered. Beeman family members are buried. Librarian Elizabeth Welch was delighted to select many books from the 18 AUGUST: FINDING THE FAMILY FARM: LAND remainder of the collection. RECORDS, DON RANEY An overview of state land states and federal land states; On the scheduled "book retrieval day," Ed Millis and I metes and bounds; townships, ranges and sections; an appeared at Mrs. Haden's home along with Elizabeth introduction into land records, where to find them, and Welch, and Bobby Rutherford and Marjorie Bays from how to use them. the Mesquite Genealogical Society. In addition to receiving books, they were delighted to become the custodians of Mrs. Haden's vertical files. The remainder 15 SEPTEMBER: SETTUNG THE ESTATE: PROBATE, of the collection has been distributed among various GLENN KINKADE libraries. Testate and intestate probate, the probate process, wills, probate packets, and how to find and use probate One of our special finds during the book retrieval were records. some old manuscript papers in a box upon which Mrs. Haden had written "Old Book Written by my Grandfather 20 OCTOBER: JOINING UP: MILITARY AND James J. Beeman." [See picture on page 26 for our VETERANS' RECORDS, LELA EVANS happy faces as we enjoyed this once-in-a-lifetime find.] A brief history of American wars; military service records, Once these fragile pages have been conserved, we military pension records, and land bounties; and finding hope that, if the material has not already been published, your ancestor's military records. members of the Ranger Beeman SAT chapter will be permitted to transcribe and publish the contents. 17 November: Continuing Your Research, Bill Deal The happy outcome of this unusual opportunity is that a Tips for continuing your research including organization; copy of every book that was in Mrs. Haden's collection is special challenges like handwriting, spelling, and at our Dallas Public Library, the Mesquite library became the caretaker of a very rich collection of original research Dallas Genealo ical Socie I Februa 2007 I Volume 321 Number 2 25 GENERAL DGS NEWS material, and the Hopkins County Society (home of John including deeds where she purchased property in 1970. Sellers, one of our favorite DGS speakers), the Irving But I also discovered an • Affidavit of Heirship" related to and Denton libraries, and the Balch Springs my grandmother's estate. This gem resulted in obtaining History/Genealogy organization have added useful a copy of my grandmother's will. Her estate involved books to their collections. house and land, but it was considered too small an estate to probate. So, her executor elected to distribute And I personally had the unique opportunity to review the estate through an affidavit to avoid the higher court the contents of each volume in Mildred's collection, costs of probate. This is something to consider if you many of which provided additional background don't find that ancestor's records in any probate file. 1 information on several of my 8th and 9 h great- grandparents who were early New England settlers. The types of records reportedly available are too long to list here. However, a random sample of the records What a great treat-made possible by the generosity of found follows: the Haden family. • In 1979, an Application for Exemption from Self- (Editor's Note: the family history books that have been Employment Tax (an IRS form) was found for Timothy donated by the family are listed in the Acquisitions M. Cardwell, filed in 1979. Mr. Cardwell was a pastor at Section this month) the First Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas.

* In 1980, James B. Gardner and his two partners in Brown & Co. filed an amendment to that partnership. The amendment reflected changes in the organization's leadership.

* In 1980, Darlene Law, mother of Patrick Wayne Grubbs, legally changed her son's name to Patrick Wayne Law.

* In 1980, in the court of Judge Dee Brown Walker, La Rhonda Frances Osbom changed her name to Frances Isbell Young, an alias that she had apparently been using for some time.

• In 1976, Elizabeth Holder Cabell petitioned to have the will of her husband, Earle Cabell set aside in an "Election Not to Probate." Mr. Cabell was mayor of From left to right: Joel Haden, Shirley Sloat, Elizabeth Dallas at the time of the John F. Kennedy assignation. Welch, and Marjorie Bays * In 1980, the will of Cyril Frederick Vincent, "late of DALLAS COUNTY ONUNE RECORDS ALERT! Laconia, New Hampshire but a resident of Dallas at the time of his death,• was certified by the Probate Court of BY SHARON GAYLE Belknap County, New Hampshire.

If you have any family history in Dallas County after • In 1987, Charles C. Cravens and Britton Reed Cravens 1964, you've got to see this website! Effective June 5, were granted legal guardianship over their father, 2006, the office of the Dallas County Clerk made real Charles Ray Cravens, who suffered from dementia and estate records available via its Official Public Records terminal illness. The petitioners were residents of Tarrant website. All Dallas County real estate recorded since County. Their father was a resident of Dallas. January 1, 1974, are available as images online. You can print the images on your home computer at no Currently, the Dallas County Clerk's Office processes charge. Records dated 1964-1973 are indexed only. more than 2,300 records a day. With this new system, all new records are processed and indexed and available The website suggests that the database contains only on-line within 48 hours. Future researchers will be able records dealing with real estate. That's not entirely true. to access even more records. •Assumed names" or DBAs were among the records found. Such documents rarely involve real estate. And, The database search engine is somewhat cumbersome as most genealogists know, other documents are in that not all documents within a record can be found frequently recorded among deeds. For example, using the query. This was the case of my grandmother's performing a search on my mother, I received 10 hits, will. If I had searched specifically for a will, I might have Dallas Genealo ical Socie I Februa 2007 I Volume 321 Number 2 26 GENERAL DGS NEWS . missed finding it embedded in the "Affidavit of Heirship." genealogist. Another weakness of the search engine, for genealogists, is the lack of a soundex or "wild card" Survivors include his wife Lillie; sister, Roena feature that allows for variations in spelling. A third issue Whisenant; and numerous nieces and nephews. is that these records are only those which were filed with the County Clerk and do not represent all such documents filed in the various county courts. For DGS Computer Interest Group (CIG) example, my mother was granted guardianship of two All Comcast Users! grandchildren in 1979. This document, filed in the By Marti Fox records of the 256th Family District Court, was not found in the OPR database. All COMCAST Users: Please log on now and re- register for each DGS Special Interest Group you A couple of additional caveats need to be outlined here as related to viewing the available images. The attend .. . as soon as your old email rejects, it is technology used to display and print the images requires deleted off the system, no personal phone call to an application extension to Microsoft's IE Explorer 6.0R find out why! To redo only your CIG registration, and Microsoft.NET 1.1R. For those folks whose eyes email cigmeeting-subscribe@ dallasgenealogy. org. glazed over at that previous sentence, you can recruit one of your friends who understand techno-babble to help you with the details. Unfortunately, even for the geekier of us, the website does not have all the ·------instructions for setup on a single page. Various I I instructions necessary to set my computer up for access I WANNA BE PUBLISHED? I were found on three separate web pages and still I had I I to call the "live help" phone number before I understood The DGS Newsletter can help you reach that goal! what I needed to do. I I I The editor is seeking articles on a wide variety of I Once the technical problems were resolved, however, I research topics that would be of interest to our I the database came to life like Aladdin's lamp. It was a members. If you think you might have something of delight to peruse. The database is available at: I interest, please contact editor Deborah McVean at I http://www.realestate.countyclerk.dallascounty.org/. I 214-749-3527 or [email protected] I I lI ______J In Memoriam Weldon I. Hudson Longtime DGS member Are you "A Little Bit of German?" By Tresa Tatyrek

If you are and didn't attend our 17 February seminar with Chuck Knuthson, you missed a wonderful opportunity to find out how to research that part of your heritage. Chuck was well received by over 150 attendees for the day. His syllabus material included many wonderful books and URLs related to German research. We Weldon I. Hudson, 90, passed away Saturday, February departed from a regular sandwich box lunch to several 3, 2007. German salads made by Kuby's. The entire day was a wonderful treat for those of us who attended and worked Weldon was born September 3, 1916, in Dublin, Texas the event. Our next big event is the Spring Symposium 1 to John and Delphia Hudson. He served in the Coast on the 2ih and 28 h of April. It promises to be just as rich Guard from 1942-45 in the American and Asiatic in information as the German Lecture day was. We hope theaters during World War II. He married Lillie Baugh in to see you at it or other events in the near future. 1946 and resided in Richland Hills for all of their married life. The Society is venturing into many new venues this year to help you and your fellow genealogists with Weldon was a past president of the Fort Worth educational opportunities. More are in the planning Genealogical Society, past president of the Hudson stages to add next year. If you have an idea or Family Association, a member of the Texas State suggestion for topics, speakers, or programs that you Genealogical Society and was a professional would like for DGS to sponsor, please let us know! We Dallas Genealo ical Socie I Februa 2007 I Volume 321 Number 2 27 GENERAL DGS NEWS · want the Society to reach out and help as many of you Church Cemetery as we can. Don't forget there are volunteer opportunities • Access Genealogy's Cemetery Records. The too, as all these programs have to have someone to most complete coverage of cemetery records mentor, sponsor, and work them. available on the web. They are broken down by county. We do not know if there are African HATS OFF TO: Americans in these cemeteries, so you should browse them for ancestors also. Elizabeth Kutz, Tresa Tatyrek, Susan Holman, Elizabeth • African American Census Records (hosted at Deihl, Sharon Henry, Marge Stockton, Janet Branstetter, Baltimore City MDGenWeb) Terry Reep, Joan Crittenden, Pat Stone, Jim Stone, Ed Kutz, and Diana Williams for all their hard work at the 17 • 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule - Ward 1 February lecture. We couldn't have pulled it off without • 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule -Ward 2 your help. • 1850 Fort McHenry Census • Access Genealogy's Census Records. Providing the most complete coverage of census records available on the web. We 've broken the list down African American Resources by county, take a careful look at the index page By Marti Fox where we explain which records are missing from the census data and may never be As a friend and I were planning a research trip to Deal recovered. Island, Maryland and eastern Virginia, I ran across a • Church Records (hosted at Ancestry.com) plethora of resources of interest to DGS' AAGIG. Hope • The First African Baptist Church of North this helps some of our readers find their families. America • Religious Records Collections of the Maryland Maryland State Archives African American Resources State Archives (hosted at Maryland State • African Americans in Maryland Archives) • Maryland African American Griots (hosted at • African Methodist Episcopal (AME) (hosted at USGenWeb Special Project) Maryland State Archives) • Societies • Court Records (hosted at Ancestry.com) • Afro-American Historical and Genealogical • Slavery petitions and papers Society • Baltimore City Deaths Various 1878-1908 • Biography - (hosted at Think Quest) (hosted at Black Baltimore, A Historic Legacy) o Benjamin Banneker • Directories (hosted at Black Baltimore, A Historic o Frederick Douglass Legacy) o Thurgood Marshall • African Americans listed in the Baltimore o Harriet Tubman Directory for 1810 • Free Biography Resources (hosted at • Baltimore City Directory 1819 Colored Section AccessGenealogy) • Baltimore City Directory 1824 Colored Section o Searchable by alpha • Baltimore City Directory 1835-36 Colored • African American Cemeteries (hosted at Section Ancestry.com) • Baltimore City Directory 1864 Colored Section A • The First African Baptist Church of North thru K America • Baltimore City Directory 1865-1866 Colored • Following Cemeteries (hosted at African Section American Cemeteries Online) • Baltimore City Directory for 1847-48 Colored o Dorchester County Section o Bucktown Cemetery • The Challenge of African American Research. o Fork Neck (Pinder) Cemetery Conducting successful African American o Graveyard across from Stanley Institute genealogical research can be a challenging o Mt. Pleasant UM Church Burial Site adventure. In recent years, the challenge has o Old Hughes Mission Church Burial Site been lessened and the adventure heightened by o Silent City Cemetery the growing body of publications relating to this o Union Chapel Cemetery ethnic group. Special-interest groups and o Montgomery County genealogical societies nationwide are publishing o Good Hope Church Cemetery key guides, new bibliographies, and important o Somerset County how-to books. Before delving into published o Centennial United Methodist Church sources, however, it is always important to Cemetery pause long enough to organize one's own o Samuel Wesley United Methodist personal papers and review standard research Dallas Genealo ical Socie I Februa 2007 I Volume 321 Number 2 28 GENERAL·DGS NEWS methodology. document quite like it. The collection contains • African American Research, Part 1 over 20,000 pages of type-scripted interviews • African American Research, Part 2 with more than 3, 500 former slaves collected • African American Research, Part 3: Case over a ten year period. Studies • Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 • Searching for African American families involves • Maryland Slave Narratives two distinct research approaches. These • Mailing Lists approaches correspond to the distinct change in • Maps and Land the legal status of African Americans in the • Maryland Land Records (hosted at Maryland United States before and after the Civil War. State Archives) Genealogical techniques used to track slave • Military Records families before the war are necessarily quite • Military Records (hosted at AccessGenealogy) different than those used for white or free • World War I Records (hosted at Ancestry.com) African Americans; however, research • WWI Draft Registration Cards conducted on African Americans after the war • World War II Records usually involves the same types of records as • Maryland World War II Army- Air Corps those used for whites. Casualty List • Internationally known genealogist Tony • Maryland World War II Navy- Marines Casualty Burroughs will present a lecture titled "Black List Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing the African • African Americans in World War II (hosted at American Family Tree" at the Butler Center for World War 2) Arkansas Studies, Little Rock on July 15, [email protected] and at the FGS • Civil War Service Records Conference in Boston, August 30-September 2, • African American Civil War Soldiers & Sailors 2008. (hosted at Solders and Sailors System) • Finding Your African American Ancestors: A • African American Warriors (hosted at African Beginner's Guide. Few areas of American American Warriors) genealogy pose as much challenge as the • 1 06th Regiment Colored Infantry (hosted at Lest search for African American ancestry prior to the We Forget) Civil War. Notwithstanding the inherent • U.S. Colored Troops (hosted at Lest We Forget) difficulties, there are few areas that contain as • Bureau of Colored Troops - Established May 22, much unrealized potential. Despite great strides 1863 (hosted at Lest We Forget) within the last two decades, the basic outlines of • Alphabetical List of Soldiers (hosted at Maryland the field are only now being clarified. While the State Archives) difficulties of African American genealogical • Miscellaneous research are not to be discounted, these • Mulatto Families of Southern Maryland (hosted difficulties are not always insurmountable. at Charles County Maryland MDGenWeb) • Celebrating African American Family History. • The Native Peerage of the Harley family of February is Black History Month in the United Southern Maryland (hosted at Harley Family States. If you have Black American ancestry, Internet Scrapbook) you might want to begin tracing your family tree • Freedman Savings & Trust Signature Cards for this month while many museums and archives Maryland (hosted at Maryland African American have special exhibits to mark the month. Groits) • History • Maryland and the Underground Railroad (hosted • Ancestry.com Slave Narratives - Perhaps no at Pathways to Freedom) other resource approaches the range of human • Newspapers experience found in Ancestry.com's Slave • Death Index 1930 from the Afro American Narratives. This collection of interviews stands in Newspaper- (hosted at Black Baltimore, A contrast to other slave narratives that appear in Historic Legacy) most literature anthologies which were written by • Surnames the rare few who, against staggering odds, had • African-American Surnames Database (hosted become literate. This database provides a more at Afrigeneas) poignant picture of what it was to live as a slave • Vital Records in the American South. Taken from The • Maryland Vital Records (hosted at American Slave: A Composite Autobiography, AccessGenealogy) this collection is the most complete available picture of the African American slavery experience. There is simply no other historical

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NEW ACQUISmONS IN GENEALOGY ALABAMA compiled by: Uoyd deWitt Bockstruck, FNGS - Marriage Book I, 18n-1878, Marriage Book II, 1883- 1886, Coffee County, Alabama. - Revolutionary Patriots Who Resided in Alabama. - Family Maps of Geneva County, Alabama. - Marriages and Minister Credentials, 1820-1851 , Wilcox County, Alabama. - Index to Orphans Court Record 1826-1829, Jefferson County, Alabama. - Family Maps of Lauderdale County, Alabama. - Every Name Index to Orphans Court Book B, 1824- The following contributions have been made to the 1829, Greene County, Alabama. Genealogy Section. - Family Maps of Escambia County, Alabama. *indicates a major acquisition - Index to Chancery Docket Book, 1855-1861, DONATIONS Tallapoosa County, Alabama. - Alabama State Prison Inmates, 1860 Census, Coosa The following donations have been made to the County, Wetumpka, Alabama. Genealogy Section: - Newsletter I Alabama Genealogical Society. Volume 17. - Index to Inventories & Appraisements Volume 1, Oct. - $25 from Terri O'Neill in memory of Weldon Hudson 1884-Apr. 1911 : Cleburne County, Alabama. - $20 from Kelvin Meyers in memory of Weldon Hudson ARKANSAS UNITED STATES - Arkansas Historical Quarterly Index, Volumes 1-59. - Whaling Masters. - Family Maps of Pike County, Arkansas. - Sultana Remembered: Newsletter of the Association of - Family Maps of Madison County, Arkansas. Sultana Descendants. - Family Maps of Searcy County, Arkansas. - History, Bylaws & Directory, 1976 I the Flagon and Trencher. CALIFORNIA - Regulations for Wearing Insignia I Office of the - Cemetery and Related Records, Smartsville Secretary General. Cemeteries: Yuba County, California. - Alumni Directory I Lambda Chi Alpha. 1996. - Newsletter I San Diego Genealogical Society. 2001 , - Maritime: Tales of the Sea, As Told by the Men Who 2004-2005. Lived Them. - List of the Colonial Governors and the Chief Executives COLORADO of America: Prior to 4 July 1n6 . - Family Maps of Otero County, Colorado. - Naturalizations of Mexican-Americans. Volumes 1 & 3. - National Society Magna Charta Dames. 1939, 1948, CONNECTICUT 1950-51, 1952-53, 1955-56. - History of Manchester, Connecticut. - Yearbook I General Society of Colonial Wars. 1976, Town Records of Derby, Connecticut, 1655-1710. 19n, 1979. - Inscriptions from Gravestones in the Old Burying - Quatercentenary Celebration of the Promulgation of the Ground, Norwich Town, Connecticut. Edict of Nantes, April 13, 1598. - Evidence, an Exemplary Study: a Craig family Case DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA History. - Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, D. C. 2 volumes. - Schooner Sail to Starboard: Confederate Blockade- Running on the Louisiana-Texas coast lines. fLORIDA - Membership Directory I Sons of the American - Masonic Lodges of Levy County, and Other Nearby Revolution. 2006. Lodges. - Alumnae Directory I Kappa Alpha Theta. 1997. - Family Maps of Citrus County, Florida. - History of the First Amish Mennonite Communities in America. GEORGIA Ancestors in German Archives. - Carroll County Georgia Cemeteries. Volume 2. Diccionario Etimologico Comparado de Nombres - Alabama-Georgia Queries. Volume 14. Propios de Persona. ILLINOIS - Stalker I Madison County Genealogical Society. Vol 25. - Alumni Directory I Illinois State University.

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- Alumni Directory I Illinois State University. 1988. - Amesbury, Massachusetts, Cemetery Inscriptions. - Family Maps of Williamson County, Illinois. - Account of the Celebration by the Town of Lincoln, - Family Maps of Grundy County, Illinois. Massachusetts, April 23rd, 1904. - History of Leyden, Massachusetts, 1676-1959. I NDIANA History of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. - Indiana Genealogist. Volume 3. Clipper: Newsletter of the National Society of New - Family Maps of Howard County, Indiana. England Women. 2004-05, Volume 49. - Family Maps of Washington County, Indiana. History of the Town of Hawley, Franklin County, - Thaddeus: a Newsletter of the Kosciusko County Massachusetts. Historical Society. Volume 77. Sketch of the History of Attleborough. - Family Maps of Adams County, Indiana. History of Wilbraham, Massachusetts. - Crown Hill National Cemetery, Marion County, Indiana. Record of Andover During the Rebellion. - First Marriage Records of Lake County, Indiana, from Records of the Brewster Congregational Church: 1837 to 1850. Brewster, Massachusetts. Burials and Inscriptions in the Walnut Street Cemetery KENTUCKY of Brookline. Excerpts from the Earliest Mason County, Kentucky History of the First Congregational Church, Boxford, Newspapers. Massachusetts, 1702-1952. Danvers Cemetery Inscriptions Prior to 1800. LOUISIANA History of New Marlborough. Family Maps of Allen Parish, Louisiana. History of Rowe, Massachusetts. Dark and Bloody Ground: the Battle of Mansfield and Wallum Pond Estates. the Forgotten Civil War. - Family Maps of De Soto Parish, Louisiana. MICHIGAN - Assumption Pioneer Newspaper: Deaths, Weddings, - Family Maps of Gratiot County, Michigan. Births, 9-8-1850 thru 12-28-1912: as published in - Family Maps of Lenawee County, Michigan. Terrebonne Life Lines. - Family Maps of Gogebic County, Michigan. Plaquemine-White Castle, Louisiana City Directory. - Family Maps of Branch County, Michigan. 1988. - Donaldsonville, Louisiana City Directory. 1990. MINNESOTA - Best of Yesterday-Today: a History of the Sabine River - Family Maps of Douglas County, Minnesota. and "No Man's Land". - Family Maps of Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. - Early Sawmill Towns of the Louisiana-Texas Borderlands. MISSISSIPPI - Rocky Springs Baptist Church Cemetery: Lisbon, - Family Maps of Forrest County, Mississippi. Louisiana: 1845-1995. - Mississippi Coast & Genealogical Society. Volume 42. - Family Maps of Scott County, Mississippi. MAINE - Loyal Sunrise, 1863-1865, 1877; the Fort Fairfield MISSOURI Aurora, 1875-1876; the Presque Isle Sunrise, 1876- - Polk County, Missouri. Volume 3. 1877: births, marriages, obituaries and death notices - Written in Stone, Cemeteries of Carter County, Missouri extracted from these old newspapers. - Family Maps of Dade County, Missouri. - Lawrence County, Missouri, Marriage Record Book MARYLAND Volumes XIII & XV. - Cecil County Wills. 1675-1734. - Family Maps of Crawford County, Missouri. - Genealogical Abstracts from the Brunswick Herald: - Family Maps of Johnson County, Missouri. Brunswick, Maryland. - Evolution of the Missouri Militia into the National Guard of Missouri, 1804-1919. MASSACHUSETTS - Cook & Ward Funeral Home Records, 1929 to 1991 . Brookline: the History of a Favored Town. - Deaths, Births & Stillbirths for Lawrence County, - Epitaphs in the Old Burying-Ground at Deerfield, Missouri, 1883-1893; Mortality schedules 1850, 1860, Massachusetts. 1870, 1880. - Bradford's History "of Plimoth Plantation": from the - Family Maps of Linn County, Missouri. Original Manuscript. - History of the Town of Acton. NEBRASKA - Carr Huse: His Journal Book, 1760. Family Maps of Sioux County, Nebraska. Dallas Genealo ical Socie 1 Februa 2007/ Volume 32/ Number 2 33 RESOURCES and AREA EVENTS .

NEW HAMPSHIRE OKLAHOMA - History of the Town of Cornish, New Hampshire with - Oklahoma Rural Settlers in Woodward County, 1893- Genealogical Record, 191 0-1960. 1910. - Incidents in White Mountain History. - Makers of Oklahoma: Biographies and Photographs of - First Annual Report of the City of Somersworth. Men who have Played an Important Part in the History - History of Washington, New Hampshire. of Oklahoma. - Vital Records of Orford and Piermont, New Hampshire, - Family Maps of Harper County, Oklahoma. 1887-2004. - Inscriptions from the Ancient Gravestones of Acworth, OREGON New Hampshire. - Bulletin I Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Inc. Volume 45, 1995-96. NEW JERSEY - Brief Sketch of Saint Vincenrs: the Mother Church of PENNSYLVANIA Morris and Other Counties, 1805-1939. - Reproduction Map of Butler County, Pennsylvania, 1858. Index. NEW YORK - Memorials of the Huguenots in America: with Special - County of Cortland Abstracts. Index. Reference to their Emigration to Pennsylvania. - County of St. Lawrence Abstracts. Index. - Journal. Bucks County Genealogical Society. Vols. 6-8. - County of Oswego Abstracts. Index. - Pennsylvania Legacies: the Newsmagazine of the - County of Onondaga Abstracts. Index. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. - County of Seneca Abstracts. Index. - County of Steuben Abstracts. Index. SoUTH CAROUNA - County of Saratoga Abstracts. Index. - Abstracts of South Carolina Plats. Book. 14-16, 1784- - County of Wayne Abstracts. Index. 1787. - Cemetery Records, the Town of Salem, Washington - Accounts Audited of Claims Growing Out of the County, New York. Revolution in South Carolina. - County of Madison Abstracts. Index. - Abstracts of Deeds, Pendleton District, South Carolina. - County of Ontario Abstracts. Index. Book M & N, 1812-1818. - Heads of Families at the First Census of the United NORTH CAROUNA States Taken in the Year 1790. - Abstracts of Deeds, Uncoln Co., North Carolina. Civil Actions, 1875-1918. TENNESSEE - Bertie County, North Carolina Marriage Abstracts, 1755- - West Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices 1869. from 1821 to 1889. - Transcriptions of Provincial North Carolina Wills, 1663- - Wayne County, Tennessee. Volume 2. 1729/30. Volume 2. - Polk County Historical & Genealogical Quarterly. - Burke County, North Carolina, Marriage Abstracts, Volumes 9-11 . 1780-1869. - Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Ancient York TEXAS Masons of North Carolina, A. l. 5847. - Informal History of Texas, from Cabeza de Vaca to - Alumni Directory / Wake Forest University. 1994. Temple Houston. - Caldwell County, North Carolina Cemeteries Read by Kerrville Daily Times Obituary Books, 1986-2000, Mary Anderson. Master Index. - Heads of Families at the First Census of the United This Soil Will Grow Grapes: a History of Montague States Taken in the Year 1790. County Italian Families. - Catawba County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1842- McKinney, Texas Con Survey Directory. 1985. 1900. 2 volumes. - Commerce, Texas City Directory. 1988. - Year Book I Bonnie Blue Flag Chapter No. 1852, Texas OHIO Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. - Medina Co. Pioneers, Surname ... M. - Palestine, Texas City Directory. 1991 . - Family Maps of Wyandot County, Ohio. - Huntsville, Texas City Directory 1981 . - Early Court Records of Scioto County, Ohio. Vol. 2. - Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution: - Will Abstracts, Belmont County, Ohio. Vols. D, E, F; History, Biographies, Portraits and Genealogies, 2006. 1827-1839. - C. B. Page Directory Company's Gladewater, Texas - Family Maps of Auglaize County, Ohio. City Directory. 1979. - Norwegian Settlements in Bosque County. Texas. Dallas Genealo ical Socie 1 Februa 2007/ Volume 32/ Number 2 34 RESOURCES and AREA EVENTS

- Daughters of the American Revolution, James GENEALOGIES &. BIOGRAPHIES Campbell Chapter, Highland Park, Dallas, Texas. - Adam Berkhoven Brouwer and Some of His - Ennis, Texas City Directory. 1990. Descendants. Donated by Melvin Elliott Brewer - Worship and Work: a History of the Saint Paul United - Akee Tree: a Descendant's Search for his Ancestors on Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. the Eskridge Plantation. Donated by Stephen Hanks - Pine Grove Cemetery: Highway 7, West of - Ancestry of Leander Howard Crall Nacogdoches. - Boon Genealogy, 1984. Donated by The Mildred Boone - Trinity Farm and El Rancho Grande Cemetery Burials. Haden Collection Gift from Dallas Genealogical Society - Boon Genealogy, 1984. PT.1. Donated by The Mildred - Cotton Bales, Keelboats and Sternwheelers: a History Boone Haden Collection of the Sabine River. - Boone Family Records. Donated by The Mildred Boone - Texas Branch, the National Society Sons and Haden Collection Daughters of the Pilgrims. - Cannon Family. Donated by Donna Reeves - Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas: Register of - Clear Fork Kinship (Wagner). Donated by AN. Drake Gravestones. Publishing - Forty-Second Annual Clay County Pioneer Reunion: - Cooper Family with Cherokee Connections. Donated by Centennial, 1873-1973. Mrs. Hugh M. Harris - Early Days in Franklin County, Texas. - Descendants of George Linn. Donated by The Mildred - Directory I University of Texas (Southwestern) Medical Boone Haden Collection School at Dallas. - Descendants of Governor William Bradford (Through - First One Hundred Years of Bosqueville Methodist the First Seven Generations). Donated by The Mildred Church. Boone Haden Collection - Houstonian. 1948. - Descendants of Israel Boone. Donated by The Mildred - Texas Christian University: a Hundred Years of History. Boone Haden Collection 1973. - Descendants of John & Elizabeth Alford Boone. - Alumni Directory, 1996 1 Round Rock High School. Donated by The Mildred Boone Haden Collection - City Directories of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; County - Descendants of John Kendrick of Newton, Directory of Titus County. Massachusetts. Donated by Patricia (Osborn) Olmstead - Index to Burial, Cemetery and Death Records in Red - Descendants of Oliver Nye (c. 1798-1883}: Early River County, Texas. Settlers in Cortland and Tompkins Counties, New York, - Directory I First Presbyterian Church. 1995. with a History of the Henry D. Rumsey Family. Donated - Upshur County, Texas: 1880 Census and Some Implied by James J. Carrington Marriages. Gift from Dallas Genealogical Society - Douglas in His Hall. Donated by Mrs. Vincent Howell - Dyson Family of Howard County, Maryland. Donated by VIRGINIA Diana M. Bara - Cavaliers & Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land - Edmunds-Oiin, Spear Bennett: the Genealogical Patents and Grants 1623-1666. Record of James Edmunds ... Donated by Ms. Jo Will. - Huguenot. Publication No. 39, 1999-2001 . - Fair Were Their Dreams: a History of the Family of John History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Boone of Boone Hall Plantation. Donated by The Confederate Casualties at First and Second Manassas. Mildred Boone Haden Collection Westmoreland County, Virginia Loose Chancery - Fink, Voelcker and Klappenbach Families. Donated by Papers. 1804-1864. Walter Fink and Albert Henry Fink History Notes: the Newsletter of the Virginia Historical - Genealogical Register of Edmund Rice Descendants. Society. 2005. Donated by The Mildred Boone Haden Collection From Frontier to Suburbia: Loudoun County, Virginia: - Genealogy of Thomas Hutchins of Salem, One of America's Fastest Growing Counties. Massachusetts. Donated by Rodney M. Bond Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Accounts Current, Book 4. - Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills and 1805-1812. Inventories, 1728-1826: Hodges Family. Donated by - Genealogies of Virginia Families. 5 volumes. Dolores C. Rutherford - Goochland County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, and WEST VIRGINIA Inventories (1728-1842): Page Family. Donated by - Genealogy Gleanings. Volumes 25-30. Dolores C. Rutherford - Hale of Virginia. Donated by Robert L. Ridley, M.D. WISCONSIN -Hankey Family: Jacob Hanggi, His Ancestors and - Family Maps of Racine County, Wisconsin. Descendants. Donated by Geneva Marie (Hankey) - Family Maps of Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. Rudolph Dallas Genealogical Socie 1 Februa 2007/ Volume 32/ Number 2 35 RESOURCES and AREA EVENTS

- Harvey N. White (1808-1856) and Lucy Rockwell (1810- by Karen T. Ristic, Raymond P. Ristic, & Dorothy T. 1853) Family of Scioto County, Ohio and Livingston Ristic County, Missouri, with Allied Ancestral Lines of Sallows, -True Identity of George Defer, 1811-1868. Donated by Benham, and Melton and Related. Donated by John B. Lorelei Maison Rockwell Arthaud - Two Farmer Families of Early Virginia. Donated by J. - Harvey's "From Back Thar'' in Kentucky: an Anthology Donald Coonrod, M.D. of the Harvey Clan. Donated by Gloria M. Hewlett - William Thatcher Baker Family, 1830-1971 . Donated by - Hawkins-Leeds Family History. Donated by Aileen The Mildred Boone Haden Collection Miller Whitt - Zachry, the Man and His Companies. Donated by - History of William Whipple of Dorchester, Barbara L. Johnson Massachusetts and Smithfield, Rhode Island. Donated - Samuel House (1610-1661) and His Descendants in by Dr. Charles M. Whipple Kentucky. Donated by Tom House - Hughes News and Trails. Vol. VI, No. 1; March, 2002 - Dixon/Dickson Families and their Ancestry ... 2 - James Mackay: a Man to Cherish 1761-182.2: Historical volumes. Donated by Betty Green Narrative. Donated by Helen Odgen Widener - Lula: a Portrait in Pictures and Prose of a Keystone, - Jennie Ellena (Cagle) Cammack, Her Descendants and Colorado Family. Donated by Clara Lewis Paternal Ancestors. Donated by Clara L. Park - Mayflower Heritage; a Family Record of the Growth of - Joseph, the Soldier. (Van Etten Family). Donated by Anglo-American. Donated by The Mildred Boone Haden Lorelei Maison Rockwell Collection - Journey Family History. Donated by Pamela Pomeroy - Meet the Barry Family in Rosita, Colorado. A gift from Journey Dallas Genealogical Society - Life of Lord Timothy Dexter - Anglins from Ireland to Canada. Donated by W . G. Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick. Donated by Anonymous Anglin Noyes-Gilman Ancestry - Recollections of Lewis Bonnett, Jr., (1778-1850), and One Bassett Family in America. 2 volumes the Bonnett and Wetzel Families. Donated by Omelas-Melena Family, 1900-1950 Anonymous Gift Our Walworth Ancestry. Donated by James Owen - Lewis Mclain, Georgia Pioneer: an Overview. Donated Schuyler as a gift from Dallas Genealogical Society Page Family in Virginia Land Patents (1623-1978): - My Earliest Texas Ancestor, Felix Benedict Dixon. Northern Neck (Virginia) Land Grants (1694-1742) and Donated as a gift from Dallas Genealogical Society Northern Neck (Virginia) Warrants & Surveys (1697- - Clan Ranald of Knoydart & Glengarry. Donated by 1784). Donated by Dolores C. Rutherford Suzan Younger Page Family in Virginia ... 2 vols. Donated by Dolores C. - William Bradshaw of Orange and Alamance Counties, Rutherford North Carolina. Donated as a gift from Dallas - Parkers: American Odyssey of a Pioneer Arkansas Genealogical Society Family. Donated by Carl Parker Ill - Sarah Joiney Lyman of Hawaii--Her Own Story. - Paul Sipe, Palatine Immigrant, 1752. Donated by Clara Donated by Anonymous Lewis - Eliza Sims and Two Libraries. Donated by the Austin - Pickering Genealogy. 3 volumes. Genealogical Society - Robbins Families of Virginia and North Carolina. - Descendants of Anthony Pouncey (1700?-1767). Donated by Eugene W. Robbins Donated by the Dallas Genealogical Society - Robert Elwell's Birthplace: a New Examination of the - John Thompson of Christian County, Kentucky, and Evidence. Donated by Richard Elwell Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Donated by Betty R. - Simmons Family History. Donated by Loretta Elliott Darnell Simmons - Rogers Family to Jonas, 1510-201 0. Donated by Karl - Simon Russell of Alabama. Donated by Mrs. Vincent R. Jonas Howell - John Brown and the Legend of Fifty-Six. Donated by - Snow-Estes Ancestry. 2 volumes. Rendina P. Muncy - Some Boone Descendants and Kindred of the St. - Jaggers Family: from Chester County, South Carolina Charles District. Donated by The Mildred Boone Haden to Franklin County, Donated by the Franklin County Collection Genealogical Society - Some Family Records of our Lanham Family. Donated - Beaman and Clark Genealogy. Donated by The Mildred by Clifford W . Lanham Boone Haden Collection - Thomas Clark Family. Donated by The Mildred Boone - Nichols Connection to Ancient and Royal Families: Haden Collection Ancestry A-Z. Donated by Uoyd deWitt Bockstruck - Torbron Family and Related Ancestral Lines. Donated - Family History of Simon Granser Marshall, Sr., 1791-

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1877. Donated by G. Payne Marshall - Weiland County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas - Victoria County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Days. (Noah Smithwick). Donated by C. Judson Shook Picton & Prince Edward Town & County: the 1866 - Hezekiah Cranfield and Some Cranfill Descendants: Directory Four Generations. Donated by Glenda V. King Kent County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - William Cox of Muhlenburg County, Kentucky, and His Lanark County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Descendants. Donated by Jim E. Cox Lennox & Addinton County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Arkansas Travelers II: Descendants & Ancestors of Sarnia & lambton Town and County: the 1864-65 Gilford Garner of Dallas. Donated by the Dallas Directory Genealogical Society Middlesex County: the 1890 Farmers Directory. - Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia. Part Norfolk County: the 1890 Farmers Directory. VI, 1779 John Wright. Donated by Robert N. Grant Durham: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Wagner Family Genealogy. 10 volumes. Donated by Oxford County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Mrs. Frederic (Ellen) Wagner Peel County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Trails Through Time: Harrison, George, Lenard, Renfrew County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Hamby. Donated by A. I. Harrison Uncoln County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Descendants of Samuel Partridge Hawes, 1777-1847, Simcoe County: the 1890 Farmers Directory of Franklin. Donated by Sue Ellen Hawes Bowen Grenville County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Descendants of William Phelps, Who Settled at Stormont County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Windsor, Connecticut, 1636-2005. Donated by Karen A. Grey County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Spear Haldimand County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - T ennants of Monongalia. Donated by the Dallas Hastings County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Genealogical Society Halton County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Dutch Family: Pioneers of New England, Descendants Brant County: the 1890 Farmers Directory of Osmund Dutch. Donated by Richard C. Dutch lambton County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Wilkinson of Isle of Wight, Surry and Sussex Counties, Bruce County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Virginia. Donated by Gene Cox Wilkinson Carleton County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Pauline's Pathways. (Hambrick Family) Donated by A. Short History of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada I. Harrison Glengarry: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Colonial Montgomery Family of Eglinton, Monmouth Russell County: the 1890 Farmers Directory County, New Jersey York County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Family History of the Joseph Taylor, Jr. (ca. 1751-1819) Muskoka County: the 1890 Farmers Directory and Sarah Best (ca. 1764-1836) families of Northumberland County: the 1890 Farmers Directory TyreiVMartin/Edgecombe counties, North Carolina and Ontario County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Warren County, Kentucky. Donated by Shari H. Franke Frontenac County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Loyalist Clarks, Badgleys, and Allied Families Essex County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Hendrens, Dunhams, and Their Kin. Donated as a gift Elgin County: the 1890 Farmers Directory from Dallas Genealogical Society Huron County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Wright Family Records, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Prescott County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Donated by Robert N. Grant Wentworth County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Wright Family Census Records, Deed Records, land Peterborough County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Tax Usts, Death Records. Donated by Robert N. Grant Perth County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family of Prince Edward County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Hon. Levi Parsons - Mitchell Letter. 2004-05 fRAN CE - Wright Family Birth Records, Marriage Records, and - French -Records Personal Property Tax. Donated by Robert N. Grant - Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and GERMANY Agnes (McNulty) Felt - Auswanderer aus dem ... 10 volumes - Hess-Hanau Order Books, a Diary and Roster CANADA - Hessian Letters and Journals: and a Memoir Leeds County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Silesia Place Name Indexes Dufferin County: the 1890 Farmers Directory - Emigrants from the Former Counties of Buren and - Dundas County: the 1890 Farmers Directory Paderbom in the Former Province of Westphalia in the - Waterloo County: the 1890 Farmers Directory former Kingdom of Prussia emigrated to St. Ubory, St. - Wellington County: the 1890 Farmers Directory. Clair County, State of Illinois, U.S.A

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GREAT BRITAIN NETHERLANDS - Ancestral Trails - Goethals, Tavernier, Vanmaele - Commercial Contraction and Urban Decline in Rfteenth-Century Coventry SCANDINAVIA - County Genealogies, Pedigrees of the Families of the - Scandinavian Records County of Kent - Diaries of Bishop William Poyner, V.A. (1815-1824) SCOTLAND - Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Fourth Series, Alloa & Hillfoots Burials Pre 1855 Volumes 1, 3, & 4 - Fife Emigrants and their Ships - Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Second Series, Other Stirlingshire Parishes: Burials Pre 1855 Volume 3 - Robert the Bruce - Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Third Series, West Perthshire Burials Pre 1855 Volumes 3 & 5 -W ilsl, 1824-1892: Registered with the Sheriff Court of - New and Revised Catalogue of Directories and Poll Fife at Cupar. 4 volumes Books: in the Possession of the Society of Genealogists - Savage Fortunes: an Aristocratic Family in the Early Seventeenth Century - Parish Register of Ledham Volume 2, 1754-1837. REGIONAL and NATIONAL EVENTS V.171 . - Abstracts of Feet of Fines Relating to Gloucestershire. - Country and City Do you have information about an upcoming Genealogy event? Remit - How Bedfordfordshire Voted, 1685-1735: the Evidence to: Deborah McVean, DGS Newsletter Editor, 90 days prior to event. of Local Poll Books - Northamptonshire Past & Present. No. 59 [email protected]. - College of Arms Newsletter. 2004. Also, we have soctety links on our website: - Woman in Wartime London: the Diary of Kathleen dallasaenealoqy.orq/outsidelinksfsocletvlinks.htm, and a revised Tipper, 1941-1945 community calendar: www.dallasaenealoay.org/calendar.htm - Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Ridings of York, Volume 2 5 April: Mid-Cities Genealogical Society Terri Bradshaw O'Netll, Scottish Research-A case Study IRELAND - Kellswater Reformed Presbyterian Church, Co. Antrim 12 April: Fort Worth Genealogical Society Tom Kellam and Shirley Apley, The Genealogy of a Neighborhood - Church and Parish Records of the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross 14 April: Mid-Cities Genealogical Society MCGS Technology Workshop covering Excel, Famtly Tree Maker, MEXICO GenSmarts and Internet Sources - Baptisms of San Fernando de Austrai (Present Day 10 May: Denton County Genealogical Society Zaragoza, Coahuila): December 1, 1756 to July 4, 1797 General Meeting and ElectJon of Officers - Bautismos de San Isidro Labrador, Enero 6, 1820-Sep. 15, 1901 : Present Day Arteaga, Coahuila - Census of Real del Senor San Jose del Parral, 1768, at Free Vintage Online Newspapers Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua Past Portal, a digital project of the Colonial Williamsburg - censuses of Punta de Lampazos, 1753 to 1818: 111 Located at Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo Leon Foundation, offers online access to the 18 -century Virginia Gazettes: there were different Williamsburg papers by that - Matrimonios de San Isidro Labrador, 1870-1902: name between 1736 and 1780. All three were competing at the Present Day Arteaga, Coahuila same time in 1775-76. You can find the Virginia Gazettes - Matrimonios en Ia Catedral de Monterrey Libras 1 y 2 search page at: www.pastportal.com/browse/vq/. The search 1667-1781 page will offer a block for each letter of the alphabet, and - Matrimonios y Pautismos de Ia Hacienda de Santa clicking on a block will open a master list of topics starting with Maria, 1804-1845 (Present Day Ramos Arizpe, that letter. Coahuila) Reported by the Mid-Cities Genealogical Society from the - Origin of the Surnames Garza and Trevino in Nuevo "INTERNET Genealogy," October/November 2006, Using Old Leon Newspapers Online, page 25. - Villas del Norte: the Pena Descendancy. Pt. 2 & Pt. 3 - Bautismos 1684-1799 del Sagrario Metropolitano de Saltillo Catedral Santiago

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