Colboch-Price Funeral Home 1976-1999
Hawkins County Cemeteries, Civil Districts 1, 2, & 8
Families of Hawkins County Tennessee (1786-1994)

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Roberta Estes has been a professional scientist and business owner in the information technology arena for 25+ years, as well as an obsessed genealogist since 1978. In 2005, reflecting her interest and expertise in genomics, genetics for genealogy, she formed DNAeXplain, a company providing individual analysis of DNA results and genealogical assistance. Please visit the website at http://www.dnaexplain.com . Roberta speaks publicly on the topic of DNA and genealogy, and has been interviewed by the New York Times for multiple publications, has appeared on Voice of America and in other publications.

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•Bulls Gap Funeral Home 1948-1981

(NEW CD-ROM)

Compiled by H. W. Alvis

This CD-ROM covers death records from three different owners from 27 December 1948 to 5 August 1981 and includes 1,847 burial notices.

•Homer Stewart, Stewart Funeral Home
27 December 1948 to 27 May 1979 (1,754 burials)

•J. B. Gulley Funeral Home
1 June 1979 to 28 November 1980 (61 burials)

•Ernest Wilson Funeral Home
6 December 1980 to 5 August 1981 (32 burials)

To use this disc you must open or install free Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Reader or Apple Preview.

$9.00, or if mailed cost is $10.00.

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•Colboch-Price Funeral Home
1942-1975 (CD-ROM )

This CD-ROM contains 5,590 burial records of the Colboch-Price Funeral Home in Rogersville, Tennessee. The CD-ROM is a Macintosh & PC compatible Adobe PDF file.

Information on the disc includes 5590 burial records, date of birth, birthplace, parents names if listed, informant, burial place, etc.

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$17.00, or if mailed cost is $18.00.

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•Nash-Wilson Funeral Home Burial Records
1955 -1973 (CD-ROM )

This CD-ROM contains 821 burial records of the former Nash-Wilson Funeral Home in Rogersville, Tennessee. The CD-ROM is a Macintosh & PC compatible Adobe PDF file.

Edd T. Nash & Isaac C. Wilson opened their new funeral home on the 12th of February 1955. Edd had previously worked for Harrison Funeral Home & Colboch-Price Funeral Home. Isaac previously worked for Taylor Funeral Home in Rogersville.

Information on the disc includes 821 burial records, date of birth, birthplace, parents names if listed, informant, burial place, etc.

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$8.00, or if mailed cost is $9.00.

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•A revised edition of the Harrison Funeral Home Burial Records has been completed. It covers records from September 6, 1930 to October 16, 1931 and January 4, 1935 to September 23, 1942.

We have included 493 burial records not previously published. Data (if available) includes: name, date of death, place of death, date of birth, place of birth, spouse, father, father’s birthplace, mother, mother’s birthplace, informant, cemetery.

This revised book now covers 1,418 burials, 252 pages, softbound, and last name index with as much information as possible derived from the service books.

The original service books from October 17, 1931 to January 3, 1935 were lost or destroyed over the years, and therefore the information from this period is not included in this new book.

$16.00 plus $3.95 shipping & handling. Books mailed to TN addresses must include $1.56 TN sales tax.

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•Families of Hawkins County 1786-1999 (Volume 2 in a series)

Limited Time Special Price:
$35.00 + $4.95 shipping & handling. Books mailed to TN addresses must add $3.41 sales tax.

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•Melungeons And Other Pioneer Familes

written and published by Jack Goins (HCG&HS member), is a fact-filled book about early Melungeon families and their neighbors and documents their history from Hancock County back to North Carolina and Virginia. Many family stories on the Goins and Minor families are sprinkled throughout adding additional information in special sections on the Arrington, Bledsoe, England, Fisher, Hurd, Johnsons, Lawson, Riddle, Roller, Vanzant, and Wallen families. A substantial chapter deals with the Sizemores and the real story of "Wild Bill" Sizemore (1833-1867). This volume has document photos, abstractions, family photos, and oral stories you won't find in print anywhere else.

This book received the Research Excellence Award from the ETHS (see news below).

209 pp., 6 x 9, softcover.

$17.95 per book

Payment should be sent to:
Jack Goins (email: jgoins @ usit . net)
270 Holston View Drive, Rogersville, TN 37857.

•Jack Goins (one of our members) received a special Research Excellence Award for his book Melungeons and Other Pioneer Families from the East Tennessee Historical Society on May 1, 2001. The book was nominated by George Webb on behalf of the Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society.

•Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society was the first recipient of the East Tennessee Historical Society's Affiliate Society Award on May 5, 1998. The award was given to HCG&HS for their work in preserving, promoting, and interpreting the history of East Tennessee, especially Hawkins County. A certificate was given to the Society at an awards banquet the same night.