These web pages can be accessed through the Table of Contents.
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2009 News
November 2009
2009 Calhoun Historical
Society Minutes & Recent News added under Clubs & Organizations on the
Table of Contents
MSGenweb obtains it own
server, new address is msgw.org
September 2009
Vance Family Website added
to HOMEPAGES and 2010 Reunion Date to Current Info
Additional Dock Bishop
Story under Who-What-When
August 2009
1860 Federal Slave Census
– Found under EARLIEST HISTORY OF
Queries for Family Names
Index to The Newsletter for 2007, 2008, 2009
found under PUBLICATIONS
PicoSearch updated. Now over 322 pages are available through the MSGenweb
site
Butts – Stafford
Family in Miscellaneous Family Files
Updated Early Calhoun
History along with current library addresses and surrounding counties
addresses.
Added Goodspeed Memoirs to Early Calhoun History page
Current (2009) Calhoun
County web pages found in Suggested Sites
Updated Suggested Web sites
and links to USGenWeb and MSGenWeb sites.
The famous hanging of Dock
Bishop in 1880s found under Who…What…When…
April 2009
Who What When Where
Newspaper Items for 1903
Lookup Volunteer: Janice
Quick for The Way I Heard It…A History of Calhoun County by Ken Nail
March 2009
CEMETERIES: Turkey Creek Cemetery photos now online via
Find-a-Grave.com compliments of Elizabeth Kidd.
CEMETERIES: Antioch Cemetery at Bruce photos online via
Find-a-Grave.com
REUNIONS: Sprayberry Annual
Family Reunion planned for April 18 Family
PUBLICATIONS: Tick-a-Bend, Timberville,
Vardaman and East Calhoun County by James Clark.
QUERIES: Gore, Goar, Langston, Williams, Hastings, Cozart, Grizzel, Davis, Clark,
Cook, Cooke, McCord, Randolph, Lay,
FAMILY HISTORIES: Moore Family Bible and Cemetery Records
FAMILY HISTORIES: Henry Fox Family Notes
CEMETERIES: Simpson Family Cemetery and additional Family
Notes contributed by
2008 News
October:
FAMILY NAMES: Submitted Family Obituaries: Ben Hasting
Obituary by Shirley Harrison
CURRENT: Calhoun Related
Personal Home Pages: The Gillespies of Vardaman by
PUBLICATIONS: Publications
to County updated.
COMMUNITY: Calhoun County
Agricultural High School submitted by Jim Young. {Photos may be slow to load}
May:
There are several new
changes to the USGenweb and MSGenweb pages. The
biggest changes are the addresses. USGenweb is now
found at:: www.usgenweb.org
and MSGenweb is now at: MSGenweb. Currently, the Calhoun County site is staying
on the Rootsweb Server, so there should be no changes
to our site/
Updates to the
Miscellaneous Family files and queries brought up to date.
April:
The National (USGenweb) and State (MSGenweb) sites have already moved to
new addresses.
Old query address that show
broken links will be deleted, however, the name of the research will still be
shown. Please notify me if you have a query and wish your new address posted
for other family members to reach you.
Three private family
cemetery sites were added to the Cemetery listings:
Feb:
Jim Young submits web link
“The Cherry Hill – Poplar Springs – Reid Community in Calhoun
County, MS. Found in Private Publications.
Queries are constantly
coming in about surnames. Have you checked the listings lately ? Found in Queries
Order form for Vol
Jan:
Laura Young submitted
numerous Vardaman related obituaries – found in Submitted Family
Obituaries
Elbert Jenkins obituary
– found in Submitted Family Obituaries.
Rev. Lee Linder obituary
– found in Submitted Family Obituaries.
2007 News
Dec:
June 12, 1902 Calhoun
Monitor Newspaper – found in Who-What-When section.
Volume
August 9 1923 Monitor
Herald Newspaper – found in Who-What-When section
August 4 and 25 1927 Monitor Herald Newspaper – found
in Who-What-When section.
2006 News
Dec:
1. Civil War Records for the Ellzey Family added
to site by Vickie Penna – Dec. 17, 2006
2. Pico Search now includes 298 pages of Calhoun
County information.
3. Bridge Blue Family Records resubmitted by
4. Community & Town Names updated with
emphasis on “Hometown Mississippi” by James Brieger. Localities page from Table of Contents. Dec
25
Oct
16:
1. Gaston Springs Cemetery Transcription
submitted by Cathryn Gober
2. Box Family Cemetery Transcriptions submitted by Cathryn Gober.
Aug 30:
1. Calhoun County
Baptist Association Minutes - 1876 thru 1879 - Church heading in Table of
Contents
2. J. N. Cook
Family photos added to Family Photos in Table of Contents
3. Miscellaneous
Family histories updated
July 15:
1. March 3 and 10,
1898 Democratic Banner submitted by James Strain, Who-What-When link in Table
of Contents
2. Article about
1893 Hanging at Pittsboro submitted by James Strain, Who-What-When link,
Justice In Calhoun County series
3. Calhoun County
residents mentioned in Webster County Newspaper, Who-What-When, Walthall Warden
link
4. Identification
of unknown photo - Massey Family Reunion - Family Names, Family Photos on Table
of Contents
5. September 16,
1926 - Several community write-ups - Table of Contents - Community Fair
6. Sept. 16, 1926
Monitor Herald Newspaper Excerpts - Who-What-When
May 22:
1. Early history
of Courthouse - Table of Contents - History
2. Loading 1908
Newspaper Items - Who-What-When
3. Justice Series
- The Lynch Phillips Case - Who-What-When
4. Misc. 1940
articles added to Who-What-When file.
5.
May 15:
1. Railroads and
Highways web pages started - Table of Contents - Newspaper Articles
2. 1902 & 1903
continue to add to Newspaper Stories
3. Interesting
story about early Pittsboro Cemetery - Cemetery heading on Table of Contents
4. Added another
Rambler story about Viola, the Outlaw's Daughter - Who-What-When
5. Added another
"A True Civil War Story" to Stories & Letters of the Civil War
6. 1902 Newspaper
articles getting so long that they were divided into 2 web pages - Jan-June and
July-Dec. Who-What-When
7. Calhoun City's
web page "In Honored Glory" linked to the Military Section of
MSGenweb
8. Links of
Calhoun MSGenweb and Historical Society added to the Calhoun City web site
www.calhouncity.net
9. Calhoun City's
main web page linked to Communities on Table of Contents
10. Rev. R.
P. Goar added to Biographies of Civil War Veterans
11. Additions to
the Moonshine Series in the Table of Contents Newspaper Items.
12. R. F. Barton Conf.
Veteran added to Biographies page - Military Section - Table of Contents
May 8:
1. More 1902
articles added to Who-What-When {1902 is an important year because
of Semi-Centennial of county}
2. Rambler
story "A Sad Story of the War" added to Who-What-When
3. 1920
articles added to Who-What-When
4. M. D. L.
Stephens added to Confederate biographies - Table of Contents - Military
5. Photo of
a Hanging at Pittsboro - Justice Series of Who-What-When
6. Newspaper
Stories of Early History added to History Section on Table of Contents.
7. Good Tom
Moorman recollects early days of Calhoun in above mentioned section.
8. Pico
Search updated with 258 pages.
9. W. H.
Bachman recollects battle near Richmond - Military - Civil War Stories
May 5:
1. Sept.
1902 articles added to existing page. - Who-What-When
2. Calhoun
County Men in World War I. (in progress) - Military on Table of Contents
3. Changed
format for Confederate Veterans biographies and obits. - Military on Table of
Contents
4. Artifacts
mentioned in newspaper articles - History section of Table of Contents
5. Indian
beginning of Calhoun County - 1920 Newspaper in Who-What-When or History in
Table of Contents
6. Justice
in Calhoun series - added 1920 Charles H. Ivy - Who-What-When section
7. Moonshine
series - added to Newspapers in Table of Contents
May 1:
1: More family
names placed in the Miscellaneous Family section -
2. 1903 Newspaper
Articles - Who-What-When
3. More 1912
Newspaper Articles - Who-What-When
4. 1937 Newspaper
Articles -
Who-What-When
5. Masonic
tombstone photo page along with 1852 Masonic Membership Page. - Clubs &
Organizations on Table of Contents
6. Reformatted the
Table of Contents with new sections sub-divided.
7. Historic Homes
of Calhoun in 1937 Newspaper
8. Veterans of
Civil War biographies separate page - Military on Table of Contents
9. New page for
Calhoun county veterans obits (not Civil War vets) started.- Military on Table of
Contents
10. 1938 Calhoun
City Cheese Plant articles.
11. 1919
Legal Hanging for the Justice Series (Volly Lyons) -
Who-What-When
12. 1917-18 National Guard for Calhoun County - Military on Table of
Contents
13. 1919 Newspaper Items - Who-What-When
April 22:
1.
Miscellaneous Family Information placed in new web section: "Family
Names"
2. Clubs and
Organization web section started: currently working on Home Demonstration
Agents & Masonic Membership for 1852.
3. Pico
Search updated with 228 pages.
April 19:
1. All the newspaper articles on the Who-What-When page have been reorganized
and several more pieces added.
2. Incorporation of Calhoun City - 1906 Dixie Herald - Who-What-When
3. Pico Search engine updated - now registering 217 page for MSGenweb site.
1.
Misc. Newspaper articles from 1912 time period added to the Who-What-When page
2. Joe
McAdams shares his family history site on the Calhoun Related Personal Home
Pages
3. A. A.
Griffin Civil War recollections, compliments of Joe Phillips. Found under Civil
War Information
4.
Information on Find-A-Grave.com's site. Look below
the Calhoun Co. MS Cemeteries listing.
5. 1870 Census Transcriptions
online - Michael Caviness has offered a link to his personal pages. -
Early History of Calhoun Co.
6. MSGenWeb Search Engine for Calhoun
County Archives now added to the bottom of the Table of Contents page. {Sometimes articles are
submitted to the Archives that are not sent to me in the county. Worth glancing
through.}
7. 1938 Misc.
Monitor Herald items added to the Who-What-When page.
8. 1938 Double
Hanging - Who-What-When page