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page updated on 2/11/2009 Contents of the Bay Area Genealogical Society Quarterly
Articles are not available online. This cumulative contents list is posted as information for members.
(Regular articles such as Editor's & President's Message, New Members, Queries, and Surname Index are not in the following
listing until March 2006.)

Each volume starts in December with 4 quarterly editions ending in September.
Quick links to the first edition contents of each Volume:
Vol 1 Dec 2001 - Sept 2002
Vol 2 Dec 2002 - Sept 2003
Vol 3 Dec 2003 - Sept 2004
Vol 4 Dec 2004 - Sept 2005
Vol 5 Dec 2005 - Sept 2006
Vol 6 Dec 2006 - Sept 2007
Vol 7 Dec 2007 - Sept 2008

Article Title	Page

Volume 1, Number 1, December 2001
Charter Members (of Bay Area Genealogical Society)	4
First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas by Gifford White	9
The Indians of Seabrook by Debbie Pomeroy	16
Who Were the Clear Lake Pirates? by Jean L. Epperson	17
The Bay Area in the War Between the States by Carolyn Traweek Hellen	21
Sara Emma Edmonds by Carolyn Traweek Hellen	23
Volume 1, Number 2, March 2002
The Settling of Morris Cove and The Ritson Morris Family by Mrs. Jennie Larrabee	32
The U.S. Naval Air Station at Hitchcock, Texas by Katie Merritt	39
Genealogical Rules of Thumb submitted by Dottie Crabb	42
In Memory…Anna May Heser	44
Grace Lingle Shropshire by Resa Nichols Hennings	43
First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 2 by Gifford White	48
Volume 1, Number 3, June 2002
In Search of Seabrook Sydnor by Sue Harral	64
Estate of E.A. Peden, Supposed Rendezvous of Lafitte by Ed KilmanEighth	67
Eighth Grade Final Exam in 1895	74
First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 3 by Gifford White	76
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Billy Carrol Mayo	85
Some U.S. Epidemics	86
Volume 1, Number 4, September 2002
First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 4 by Gifford White	96
From New York to Texas--Descendents of Alexander Thompson by Joanne Clinton Truman	102
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Don R. Versluys	105
Exploring a Hidden Treasure: The Magnolia Creek Cemetery by Heather G. Campbell	106
Seabrook Remembered by Carolyn M. Hecker	113
The Searches of a Novice Genealogist by Jackie Kubaneck Wittschen	114
Grand Plan of Three Brothers Led to Naming Texas City by Lori Gannaway	117
Volume 2, Number 1, December 2002
Ahnentafel Charts by Ron Wild	4
How Many Ancestors Do You Have? submitted by Carolyn Traweek Hellen	7
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Resa Nichols Hennings	8
Little Known of Dickinson Namesake by Terry Carter	9
Clayton Library by Resa Nichols Hennings	11
Texas: The Struggle for Independence and Statehood	12
First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 5 by Gifford White	13
Volume 2, Number 2, March 2003
A Tribute to Space Shuttle "Columbia" by Jeff Tave	36
Coroner's Inquests & Miscellaneous Records of Harrisburg & Harris County, Texas 1884-1898 by Imogene Vick Macias & Mary Springer Pearson	37
In Memory...Grace Lingle Shropshire	64
In Memory...Gladys Rutledge Edwards	64
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz	65
Volume 2, Number 3, June 2003
Old Tishomingo County Civil War Veterans Who Were My Ancestors by Wanda Brackeen Yelverton	71
Medical Terms--Death Records by Stephen D. McDonald, M.D.	73
El Lago--Past, Present and Future Prospects by Glendora M. Hill	79
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Joan Marie Simpson	84
Origin of Texas Land Titles	85
Reminiscences by Charles Lincoln Cooley, compiled by Leona Barber Cook	86
Remember the Sultana by Fred Brown	88
Connecting with Germany by Jackie Kubaneck Wittschen	91
Volume 2, Number 4, September 2003
A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Introduction, by Kathryn Black Morrow	109
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Barbara Stanley	114
The 1752 Calendar Change by Kip Sperry	115
An Aviation First? by T. J. Zalar	118
BAGS Attendance Statistics (first 2 years) by Jeanine Lawrence	119
Volume 3, Number 1, December 2003
Letters to a Union Soldier by Katie Bickel Perry	1
Discovering Our History and Making Ours by Susie Ganch	5
BAGS Holiday Party Address by Eric Sandifer	10
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Willard Wilson Varnado II	19
Grant Teaff Anecdote submitted by L. Jean Nichols	20
A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 2, World War II, 1941-1947, Ellington Field Reopens by Kathryn Black Morrow	21
Volume 3, Number 2, March 2004
Diary of Henry Elmer Underwood submitted by Leona Barber Cook	34
A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 3, The Women Who Served at Ellington Field by Kathryn Black Morrow	42
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Valerie Hiss Horn	54
William Rochel--A Real Survivor by Alice Wynn Braud-Jones	55
Morgan's Point Cemetery by Bruce Compton, submitted by Ginger Compton	58
Volume 3, Number 3, June 2004
Musings and Gleanings from the World of History and Genealogy by Richard L. Hooverson	66
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of John Arthur McCall	70
The Life and Family of Hannah Hite Tucker	71
A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 4, Ellington Air Force Base 1947-1976 by Kathryn Black Morrow	76
Grandma's Apron submitted by William T. Nichols	84
Alphonso Steele, His Biography by Robert M. Dawson, submitted by Dick Warren	85
Troop Movements of the Texan and Mexican Armies March 28-April, 1836 by W.T.Kendall, submitted by Dick Warren	92
Volume 3, Number 4, September 2004
Editor's Message	98
List of Fugitives from Justice 1891—Part VII	99
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Larry Mark Barner	113
Reflections of a Patriot by Carla Medlenka	114
A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 5, Ellington Field Today and Tomorrow by Kathryn Black Morrow	120
Volume 4, Number 1, December 2004
HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS	4
Texas Connection by Kathryn Black Morrow	6
How My Family Came to Texas by Jeanine Dillenback Lawrence	11
How Neil Miserendino Came to Texas by Neil Miserendino	14
Mike Morrow's Texas Connection by Kathryn Black Morrow	15
How My Family Got to Texas by Leona Barber Cook	17
RESEARCHING CHURCH RECORDS
Using Church Records for Research by Jackie Wittschen	20
My Search for Family Through Church Records by Marilyn (Susie) Ganch	22
The United Daughters of the Confederacy by Ann Little	24
Gathering Family History -- Family Questionnaire by Tina Medlin-Chatam	25
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Nettie Frances Lamb-Dworsky	28
Volume 4, Number 2, March 2005
Bay Area Genealogical Society Heritage Map	36
HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS
How I Got to Texas by Annette Bowen	39
Galveston, The Good Ol' Days or How My Family Came to Texas by Alice Braud-Jones	41
How My Family Came to Texas by Marilyn Sue (Susie) Ganch	43
How I Came to Texas by Alan Nicholas Ganch	47
FAMILY HISTORIES
Courtship of Thomas Edward Bergin and Cora Cordelia Cleveland submitted by Judy Henderson	52
Stepp/Stapp Family by Mary Springer Pearson	56
CEMETERY RECORDS
Compton-Beazley Family Cemetery compiled by Bruce Compton	58
McComb Cemetery compiled by Mary Springer Pearson & Kimberly Pearson Seaman	60
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Annette Anderson Bowen	61
Volume 4, Number 3, June 2005
From the Historian: The History of BAGS, Part 1	66
BAGS Society News	68
HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS
How Did My Family Come to Texas by William E. Teas	72
How We Got to Texas by Loren & Mary Leonard Martin	75
How I Came to Texas by Carole Rhinehart Varnado	78
Captain Benjamin Merrill & The Regulators of North Carolina submitted by Lee Jared	81
If I Could Spend a Day with an Ancestor by Annette Bowen	82
Mother's Story, Part I by Mildred Wright Morgan, submitted by her daughter, Mary Jane Morgan Roth	85
1904 submitted by Shirley Lindquist	93
What is "once removed", "twice removed" and so on?	94
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of William E. Teas	96
Bible Records of Amanda Womack Watson	97
Volume 4, Number 4, September 2005
From the Historian: The History of BAGS, Part 2	102
BAGS Society News	104
HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS
How I Came to Texas, Once and Again by Willard W. Varnado II	108
A Brief History of the Roddy Family in America by Jean Cole Rainoshek, submitted by Gloria Smith Dupuy	112
The 1900 Galveston Hurricane Newspaper article	115
"Lost Honor" or a 19th Century Scam by Susie Ganch	116
Finding Helen by Shirley Lindquist	117
Mother's Story, Part II by Mildred Wright Morgan, submitted by her daughter, Mary Jane Morgan Roth	120
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Mary Jane Morgan Roth	120
Bible Records submitted by Lynda Clay Clegg Cox	128

Volume 5, Number 1, December 2005
BAGS Society News	2
Veteran's Day and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Allan Ganch	4
The Dawson Men of Fayette County, September 18, 1842 compiled by Hattie McKinley	6
Macune Cemetery History by Ron Cox	10
Poem: I went Searching for an Ancestor	13
Researching Patronyms by Annette Bowen	14
Bible Records from the Tucker and Leonard Families Submitted by Mary Leonard Martin	16
A Little Accounting of My Life written by Per Johnson in the late 1800's, Submitted by Annette Anderson Bowen	18
Genealogy POX	21
Slave narratives from the Library of Congress Submitted by Alice Braud-Jones	22
Queries and Genealogy of Interest	26
5-Generation Chart fo Kathleen McConathy	28
FGS Membership Benefits	29
Volume 5, Number 2, March 2006
President's Message by Loren Martin	34
BAGS Society News	35
From the Historian by Carole Rhinehart Varnado	36
Last Will and Testament of Memucan Hunt, transcribed by Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz	38
Researching Texas History by Susie Ganch	42
Archivists Work to Save Parish Sacramental Records from Mold, Mildew submitted by Alice Braud-Jones	44
Cemetery Records for Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Dickinson, Tx by Helene Stein	46
1862 Map of Texas showing Indian Territories	48
Maps in Map File which contain Family Names Found in Clayton Library presented by Bruce Krewinghause	49
Saving Your Family Treasures: There Goes the Bride submitted by Dick Warren	55
Recipe for Washing Clothes	56
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic	58
Query (Identity of Peden Iron and Steel Co. Ball Team Members in photo)	59
Bible Page from the Watson Family Bible submitted by Marilyn (Susie) Ganch	60
Five-Generation Pedigree Chart of Glen H. Cress, III	61
Surname Index	62
Volume 5, Number 3, June 2006
President's Message by Loren Martin	66
Historian Report by Carole Varnado	67
BAGS Society News	68
John Mahony Estate -- Transcription of Final Statement transcribed and submitted by Alice Braud-Jones	70
Document of Indenture transcribed and submitted by Alice Braud-Jones	72
1866 Letter transcribed and submitted by Alice Braud-Jones	74
"Somebody's Darling" (Lyrics by Marie Revenel De La Coste)	75
Clayton Library Collections: The Cuban Papers by David Allan Hardin	76
Applications for Special Pardon submitted by Annette Bowen	78
James Campbell, Galveston County Pioneer by Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz	83
Callaway, Kemp and Martin Bible Pages transcribed and submitted by Mary Martin	92
Five-Generation Pedigree Chart of Bill Ervin Frazier	93
Surname Index	94
Volume 5, Number 4, September 2006
President's Message by Loren Martin	98
Historian Report by Carole Varnado	99
BAGS Society News	100
August 2006 Show and Tell Event	102
Love Country by James Hodges, submitted by Dick Warren	104
Annie Gibson Power, My Grandmother - as I remember her by William Edward Teas	106
What I Know about my Granny - Mrs. Serena Jane Mayfield Booker by Oletia Booker Teas	108
Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg (Harris) Marriage Records, Book A (A thru L), compiled by Rose Mary Fritz	110
A Personal Journey to the Newly Discovered Cemetery of Ste-Famile Parish, Pisiquit, Acadia (Falmouth, Nova Scotia) by Claire Miré Bettag	116
Bertha Anne Rhinehart by Carole Rhinehart Varnado	118
September 11, 2001 by Susie Ganch	120
Kemp and Martin Bible Pages transcribed by Mary Martin	121
Five-Generation Pedigree Chart of Douglas Wilson	122
1939 Galveston County Marriage License submitted by Susie Ganch	123
A Cup of Christmas Tea by Tom Hegg	124
Surname Index	126

Volume 6, Number 1, December 2006
President's Message by Loren Martin	2
In Honor of Veterans' Day	3
BAGS Society News	4
Record of Samuel Tucker and his Descendants -- 1760 to 1906 submitted by Mary Louise (leonard) Martin	6
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Sue Winkelmann McCoy	13
Genealogical Treasure in an Account Book: - The Identification of Francisco Xavier de Lomba by Claire Mire Bettag	15
Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg (Harris) Marriage Records, Book A (L-Z) compiled and submitted by Rose Mary Fritz	26
Proclamation for the First Thanksgiving submitted by Dick Warren	29
Surname Index	30
Volume 6, Number 2, March 2007
President's Message by Loren Martin	34
BAGS Society News	35
From the Historian by Carole Rhinehart Varnado	36
Finding Roger Lahay by Alice Braud-Jones	37
Finding My Family by Rebecca Sloan, submitted by Shirley Lindquist	42
My Great Uncle John Phillip Thurmond and the Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found East of the Mississippi, by Ann Little	46
Fairview Cemetery of League City, Texas, Part I, by Melodey M. Hauch	48
How to Preserve Cherished Photos and Papers, by Michele Harris, submitted by Dick Warren	54
Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Myrtle Smith, submitted by Gloria Smith Dupuy	56
Funeral Notice of Mrs. Myrtle Smith, submitted by Gloria Smith Dupuy	57
Ideal Man for the Job -- Dr. James Hodges, by Dorothy Waldman	58
Accepted Genealogical Abbreviations, submitted by Alice Braud-Jones	60
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Betty Ann Cook Little	61
Volume 6, Number 3, June 2007
President's Message by Loren Martin	66
BAGS Society News	67
From the Historian by Carole Rhinehart Varnado	68
Document Preservation by Carole Rhinehart Varnado	69
Fairview Cemetery of League City, Texas, Part 2, Japanese Immigrants by Heather Green Wooten, Ph.D.	70
America's Melting Pot - Who Came When Submitted by Shirley Lindquist	77
The Neutral Ground Agreement, from The Historical Atlas of Texas, Submitted by Bill Teas	78
A Homesteader Named Cody by Jean Kary, Submitted by Paula Sinning	80
The Face in the Faded Photo: In Search of a Cousin by Annette Bowen	88
Top Ten Signs a Genealogist has Burglarized your Home Submitted by Shirley Lindquist	92
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Jeanine Lawrence	93
Volume 6, Number 4, September 2007
President's Message by Loren Martin	98
President's Message by Resa Hennings	99
BAGS Society News	100
The Search for Carolina Toole of Edgecombe County, NC by Deborah Coggins Gammon	102
Earth Calling John Allen... Come in John Allen Wherever you Are by Robert Manson, Submitted by Bonnie Morris Conrad	104
Jonathan Israel Watson, Wakulla County, Florida Pioneer by Susie Atkinson Ganch	107
Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849 by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer	110
Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Alice Braud-Jones	129

Volume 7, Number 1, December 2007
President's Message by Resa Nichols Hennings	2
BAGS Society News	3
Christine Rose Seminar Information	4
Fairview Cemetery of League City Part 3 - Italian Immigrants, by Heather Wooten, Ph.D. and Melodey Hauch	5
Poem: "ONE TIME MY DAD" by Richard E. McMullen	14
If Your Mother says She Loves You, Prove It, by Deborah Coggins Gammon	15
Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Continued, by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer	17
Pedigree Chart of Marilyn (Susie) Atkinson Ganch	27
The Allen Family Legacy - A Vision of Houston, by Etder Peralta, Houston Chronicle	28
Surname Index	30
Volume 7, Number 2, March 2008
President's Message by Resa Nichols Hennings	34
BAGS Society News	35
Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists -- George N. and Audley F. Dudley, by Jim Walsh, submitted by Renee Ball	36
Fairview Cemetery of League City Part 4 - Identifing Unmarked Graves, by Melodey Mozeley Hauch	43
Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Continued, by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer	50
Christine Rose Seminar Information	60
Pedigree Chart of Renee Amberman Ball	61
Surname Index	62
Volume 7, Number 3, June 2008
President's Message by Resa Nichols Hennings	66
BAGS Society News	69
A Serendipity Package	70
A Serendipity Package - Part Two - Letters	72
A Serendipity Package - Part Three - Love Letters by John C. Miller, submitted by Julie Jane Agee	73
Battle of Malvern Hill, submitted by Anette Bowen	75
Jeb Stuart's Sister: A Venerable Lady Now a Resident of Atlanta, from The Atlanta Constitution, circa 1900, submitted by Anette Bowen	76
James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart from Who was Who in the Civil War	77
Poem from Harper's Weekly by Private Miles O'Reilly	79
Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Continued, by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer	80
Pedigree Chart of Massye Jane Shelton	93
Surname Index	94
Declaration of Independence Timeline	95
Volume 7, Number 4, September 2008
President's Message by Resa Nichols Hennings	98
BAGS Society News	99
John Habersham, Patriot, American Revolutionary Way by Susie Ganch	100
Mamma Mia! Uncovering my Italian Roots by Shirley Lindquist	103
Pedigree Chart of Shirley Anne Hoppe Lindquist	107
Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Conclusion by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer	108
Surname Index	134
Volume 8, Number 1, December 2008
(to be posted after publishing)