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| Volume 43 No. 1 - February
2000 |
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Biographical Sketch of James Ivison Wright - Tarrant County
Pioneer |
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Bible Records: |
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John Beverly Stanford
Samuel Noe
Zachariah Lamar
Strickler-McClellan
Benjamin Franklin Dollins
Joseph Kendrick Walker |
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Death of Captain John B. Denton
Extracts from a School Teacher’s Diary
In Memory of Lucille Campbell Miller
Book Review - Milam County, Texas in the Civil War
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| Volume 43 No. 2 - May
2000 |
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Dedication of Memorial to Confederate Veterans
Obituaries from the Arlington Journal
Minutes of the Oakwood Cemetery Association - 1910
1860 Tarrant County Tax Roll
Early Days in West Texas
Republic of Texas Claims - John Dancer & Thomas J. Butler
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| Volume 43 No. 3 - August
2000 |
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The Year 2000 - And Another Census
In Memoriam - Noliah McDuff
Deaths Abstracted from Fort Worth Newspapers, 1870's
1925 Tarrant County Will Abstracts
Burke Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas
1860 Tarrant County Tax Roll Abstracts (conclusion)
Extracted from the Mansfield Mirror, Mansfield, Texas, 1907
Early Abstracts from the Arlington Citizen Journal
Minutes of the Oakwood Cemetery Association - 1910 (continued)
Pioneer Rail Man Dies
Captain J. T. Clements Dies Suddenly
Fretwell Cemetery, aka Old Settlers Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas |
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Bible Records: |
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Choat Bible Record
Darr Family Record
Baker Family Bible
George Family Bible
Brown Family Bible Record |
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Obituaries from Los Angeles Times
Book Review - Erath County, Texas Marriages, Vol. IV, 1908-1921
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| Volume 43 No. 4 - November
2000 |
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In Memory of Dixie Hall Bennett
William Leroy (Leet) Norton, alias Felix Brown, alias John F. Bedford
Bible Record - Archibald Norton
Marriage Notices from Fort Worth Newspapers, 1873-1876
Why Fort Worth Fire Trucks Aren't Painted Red
Deaths Abstracted from Fort Worth Newspapers, 1870's (cont.) |
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Book Reviews: |
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Two Sons of James Boydston Sr. and Their Descendants
James Sargent of Maryland and His Descendants, A Revision
Anadardo: Days of Glory |
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Abstracts from the Arlington Weekly Journal, 1903-1904
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| Volume 44 No. 1 - February
2001 |
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Memorium to Patrick McKenna |
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Bible Records: |
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Augustus Lefevre
Benjamin Franklin Lefevre
Lewis Bethel Graves and R. Ellen Lefevre |
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General Index to Probate Court, Tarrant Co. TX, 1850-1876
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927
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| Volume 44 No. 2 - May
2001 |
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There's Still a Fort in Fort Worth
A Brief History of the Fort of Fort Worth, 1849-53
W. W. Wilson Arrived, As Expected
A Fish Resolution
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.) |
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Book Reviews: |
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The Family of Charles Holt & Martha Ratliff Holt
A Gathering of Picketts, Volume II, North Carolina
The Humbert Family
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| Volume 44 No. 3 - August
2001 |
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Microfilm Publications and Records Found at the Southwest
Region Archives Used For Genealogical and Historical Research |
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List of Indian Rolls Available on Microfilm at the National
Archives, Southwest Region |
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About NARA's Regional Records Services Facilities
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| Volume 44 No. 4 - November
2001 |
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The Muster Roll of Soldiers Who Served at Fort Worth
(1849-1853)
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| Volume 45
No. 1 - February 2002 |
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Bible Records: |
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James Benjamin Clark and Laura Florence Matthews
Mary Leona Clark and Carroll Franlin Farr, Sr. |
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Ancestry of Mrs. Gussie Blackmon Morris - Bartow, Polk Co.,
FL
Tarrant County, Texas, Birth Announcements, 1875-1890
Finding Lost Graves... An Adventure in Genealogy and Perseverance
A Record of Events, 1923, North Side High School, Fort Worth, Texas
Elisabeth Gonauh vs. The Estate of M. T. Johnson, Deceased
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.)
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| Volume 45 No. 2 - May
2002 |
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Zachariah Gieger Bible Record
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.)
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| Volume 45 No. 3 - August
2002 |
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Proving a DAR, The Family of Axline/Exline
Axline Bible Record
Fossil Methodist Church and Cemetery
County Denies Payment on Grave Relocations
39 Graves Give Rise to Legal Questions
Letters from 1st. Lt. Washington P. Street to sister Nelly, 1850-52
Northern Texas Traction Company Salute to George Henry Clifford
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| Volume 45 No. 4 - November
2002 |
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The Roach Family Bible
Samuel Noe Bible Record
Meetings of Texan Sympathizers
L. T. Pease Narrative on Ward's Battle at Mission Ridge
With the Georgia Battalion - Samuel G. Hardaway's Account
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| Volume 46 No. 1 - February
2003 |
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A Documentary History of Oak Grove Methodist Church, Bedford,
Texas
The History of Tate Springs Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas
Heavenly Branch Cemetery, Erath County, Texas
Bowman Ridge Cemetery, Erath County, Texas
News Items in 1919 Fort Worth Star Telegram
Death Notices from Fort Worth Daily Democrat (1880-1881) |
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Fort Worth Obituaries: |
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Mrs. Florence Peak (wife of first physician)
Jesse Zane-Cetti (builder of T&P Railroad into Fort Worth)
Rowan H. Tucker (well-known politician) |
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History of Northwest Tarrant County Cemeteries
The Showboat "Alvez" - Lake Worth, Tarrant Co., TX
The Salvation Army Emergency Home - Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX
Holmes Burial Plot - Erath County, Texas
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| Volume 46 No. 2 - May
2003 |
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A Documentary History of Oak Grove Methodist Church, Bedford,
TX (pt.2)
Death Notices from Fort Worth Daily Democrat (1881)
Tarrant County Pioneers of Medicine
First Women Voters in Tarrant County |
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Fort Worth Obituaries: |
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Captain George Bird Holland, Texas Pioneer & C.S.A. Veteran
Dr. William Paxton Burts, (Pioneer Physician) |
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Correct Use of Brackets and Parentheses
Parsons' Brigade - Famous Texas Fighting Unit Gives Up Reunions
High Praise for Parsons' Brigade
P. A. Watson Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
George Ellsworth, Confederate Soldier - An abbreviated biography
Blondy's Tavern, "Worthy" of Mention
The Salvation Army Emergency Home
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| Volume 46 No. 3 - August
2003 |
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FWGS Honors Three of Its Own With Life Memberships
More on Tarrant County Pioneers of Medicine |
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Tarrant County Pioneers: |
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Winfield Scott
Colonel John Peter Smith |
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Fire Destroys Funeral Home
J. Edgar Hoover writes to Fort Worth's Chief of Police
54 Lives Are Lost in Traffic Accidents (1930)
Obituary - Mrs. Hilda T. Burroughs, wife of Postmaster
A Documentary History of Oak Grove Methodist Church, Bedford, TX (pt.3)
P. A. Watson Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas (pt.2)
Round About Town
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| Volume 46 No. 4 - November
2003 |
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Fort Worth Obituaries: |
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Samuel Burk Burnett
Mrs. Sarah D. Henderson
W. T. Waggoner
Sidney M. Doge
John B. Slaughter |
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City Directories as a Research Tool
John and Malinda Gillespie Bible
Vance Godbey
A Documentary History of Oak Grove Methodist Church, Bedford, TX (pt.4)
Blind Musician Marries After Brief Romance
P. A. Watson Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas (pt.3)
Veteran San Saba Cattleman Dies
Deaths in Polytechnic Heights, 1916-1920
Bride of Three Weeks Murdered!
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| Volume 47 No. 1 - February
2004 |
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The Texas Spring Palace
Brief History of James Hodgkins
Hodgkins Cemetery - Lake Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Abstracts From The Fort Worth Daily Democrat
Lake Como Cemetery - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Death Notices from Fort Worth Newspapers (1881-1883)
City Directories as a Research Tool (pt.2)
1938 Stockyards Company Seniority List
Births in Polytechnic Heights, 1912-1922
Burke Cemetery - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Quanah Parker Will Attend Cattleman's Convention
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| Volume 47 No. 2 - May
2004 |
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Judd Street Cemetery - White Settlement, Tarrant County,
Texas
Biography - Captain Buckley B. Paddock - Fort Worth's Master Builder
Biography - Sam Rosen - Fort Worth Real Estate Developer
The Order of Railway Telegraphers
Fort Worth Pan Electric Telephone Company |
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Obituaries: |
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A. S. Dingee - Long Time Fort Worth Grocer
W. W. Nelson - Scurry County's First Sheriff
J. T. Morgan - West Texas Pioneer
E. W. Farmer - Pioneer Texas Cattleman
Colonel Henry Clay Holloway - Stockyards Promoter |
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When Fort Worth Was Young
Followup to The Texas Spring Palace Disaster
Fort Worth News Briefs
Death Notices from Fort Worth Newspapers (1883)
REL Camp Veteran, Joseph McClure
The Casino Park and Ballroom of Lake Worth
Lake Como Cemetery - Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas
Fort Worth Fire Department - 1911 Roster
Births in Polytechnic Heights - 1912-1922 (pt.2)
The Hicks Legacy
Book Review - Index to Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations Microfilm
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| Volume 47 No. 3 - August
2004 |
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Visit the Tarrant County Courthouse
Berachah Cemetery - Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
Bill Quantrill Still Alive?
Backwoods Schoolmaster, J. W. P. McKenzie
From Trails to Rails
Biography - William Trezevant, Jr.
James Howard Family
Tarrant County Early Estate Settlements
Fort Worth Newspaper Abstract - Around Town
Fort Worth Newspaper Abstract - Fort Worth Gun Club
Fort Worth Newspaper Abstract - Married Folks Dancing Club
Fort Worth Newspaper Abstract - A Tribute to West Texas Pioneers |
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Obituaries: |
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John B. Lanari
Rev. E. T. Bridges |
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Death Notices from Fort Worth Newspapers (1884)
Were your ancestors poor? Were they ever imprisoned?
Biography - Hiram McGar, Jr.
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont. from 2002)
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| Volume 47 No. 4 - November
2004 |
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Tarrant County, Texas - Will Abstracts
Official Detail of the Fort Worth Police Department, 1959-60
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.)
Tarrant County Marriage Book 13, 1901-1902 (pt.1)
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| Volume 48 No. 1 - February
2005 |
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Elected Tarrant County Officials 1888
A Centenarian - William Mays, Oldest Negro in Texas
Death Notices from Fort Worth Daily Gazette (1885)
Registered Pharmacists
1880 Census Mortality Schedule Tarrant County, Texas
Fort Worth Manufacturers
Tarrant County Marriage Book 13, 1901-1902 (pt.2)
Bowman Ridge Cemetery, Erath County, Texas
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.)
Finding Ancestors in Unusual Places
About Town
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| Volume 48 No. 2 - May
2005 |
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The "Poor" Farm [Tarrant County, Texas] (pt.1)
Birth Announcements in Some Early Fort Worth Newspapers
Tarrant County's Ex-Confederates Organize
The Star-Telegram Carriers in 1911
Tarrant County Marriage Book 13, 1901-1902 (pt.3)
Flat Rock Cemetery, Wise County, Texas (part 1 of 2)
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.)
South Pacific Log of the USS Arthur Middleton APA-25
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| Volume 48 No. 3 - August
2005 |
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Morgan Hood Survey Pioneer Cemetery [Tarrant County,
Texas]
E. Foust & Son Funeral Directors [Tarrant County, Texas]
School Communities in 1877
Approved Civil War Pension Applications for Tarrant Co., TX (pt.1)
The Poor Farm [Tarrant County, Texas] (pt.2)
1897 Fort Worth Police Department Application
1897 Fort Worth Police Department Applicants
1897 Fort Worth City Application
1897 Fort Worth City Applicants
1897 Annual Police Report
First White Child to Live Here Dies at Lewisville Home
Report of the Genealogy/Local History Department [1949]
The 1890 Census in Fort Worth
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (cont.)
How Much Do You Know About Texas?
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| Volume 48 No. 4 - November
2005 |
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Archibald Franklin Leonard
Hood Cemetery [Tarrant County, Texas]
The Poor Farm [Tarrant County, Texas] (pt.3)
Tarrant County Index to Probate Records, 1876-1927 (conclusion)
Approved Civil War Pension Applications for Tarrant Co., TX (pt.2)
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| Volume 49 No. 1 - February
2006 |
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FWGS Honors Another With Life Membership
In Memorium - Carl Waters - [husband and father of members]
In Memorium - Mary B. Curtis - [FWGS past member]
In Memorium - Olive Hart - [FWGS past member]
Paul Campbell Remembered - [FWGS member]
Message from the [FWGS] President
Alfred Madison Hightower - 1824-1897
Eli Smith - 1848-1879
Tarrant County Marriage Book 14 - (part 1 of 3)
The Poor Farm [Tarrant County, Texas] (pt.4)
Visiting the Tarrant County Courthouse
Quarterly Exchanges of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society
A Genealogical Codicil to My Last Will and Testament
Preliminary Finding Aid, Archival Records of the City of Fort Worth
Genealogical Humor
Queries
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| Volume 49 No. 2 - May
2006 |
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In Memorium - Betty June Bradford Shelvey - [FWGS member]
In Memorium - Turner Lee Hutson - [FWGS past member]
In Memorium - Olive Hart - [FWGS past member]
Henry Family Bible Record
William M. Rice - 1803-1878
Firsts in Fort Worth
Martin Casey - A Builder of Fort Worth
Tarrant County, Texas - Selected Will Abstracts (pt. 1)
Tarrant County Marriage Book 14 - (part 2 of 3)
Death Notices from Fort Worth Dailey Gazette, 1886-1887
Flat Rock Cemetery, Wise County, Texas (part 2 of 2)
Did You Know .....? - Discontinued Texas Counties
Treasures from the City Archives [Fort Worth]
Queries
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| Volume 49 No. 3 - August
2006 |
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In Memorium - Joe F. Grant - [FWGS member]
Stone Family Bible Record
Old Letters Found
Lilburn Howard Colley
About Town .... - Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 1887
Probate Proceedings - Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 1887
Motor Vehicle Licenses Issued
My Grandfather, Dr. Charles Franklin Hayes
Teachers Next Year - Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 1887
Tarrant County Marriage Book 14 - (part 3 of 3)
William G. Veal - 1831-1892
Tarrant County, Texas - Selected Will Abstracts (pt. 2)
Death Notices from Fort Worth Dailey Gazette, 1887
Genealogical Resources in Tarrant County
Some Discontinued Post Offices in Texas with Their Counties
Firsts in Fort Worth
A Fitting Centennial Celebration - [Fort Worth, 1936]
Queries
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| Volume 49 No. 4 - November
2006 |
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In Memorium - Robert L. "Buzz" Borland - [FWGS past
president]
From the [FWGS] President...
White/Mayhall Family Bible Record
William Letchworth Hurst
Tarrant County, Texas - Selected Will Abstracts (pt. 3)
Excerpt from "30 Years in the West"
Burials at the Tarrant County Poor Farm
City Council Notes - Fort Worth Dailey Gazette, 1883
Birth Announcements from the Fort Worth Daily Gazette, 1887-1889
Queries
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| Volume 50 No. 1 - February
2007 |
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In Memorium - Weldon I Hudson, 1916-2007 - [FWGS past
president]
In Memorium - Nancy Timmons Samuels, 1924-2007 - [FWGS member]
A Short History of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society
Some Useful Websites
The Walnut Creek Church Book
Register of Physicians, Tarrant County, Texas 1876-1907 (pt. 1)
Index to Naturalization Papers, Tarrant County, Texas (pt. 1)
Georgia Courthouses Destroyed by Cyclones, Floods . . .
First Women Grand Jurors in Tarrant County
Unidentified Cemetery, Tarrant County, Texas (Willburn Cemetery)
Queries
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| Volume 50 No. 2 - May
2007 |
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In Memorium - Mrs. Marie Orrick - [FWGS past member]
In Memorium - Garld "Mickey" Dunivan, Jr. - [FWGS past member]
In Memorium - Lesbia Word Roberts - [FWGS past member]
It Happened in 1957
Remembering Edna [Perry Deckler]
In the Spotlight . . . Eleanor Hutcheson [FWGS member]
A History of the First Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Texas
Supporting Local Societies
The Spring Garden Community of Tarrant County: A Preliminary Survey
Visiting the Tarrant County Courthouse
Register of Physicians, Tarrant County, Texas 1876-1907 (pt. 2)
These people had a good time . . . . These people didn't - [1885-1887]
Index to Naturalization Papers, Tarrant County, Texas (pt. 2)
[Fort Worth] Obituaries From California Newspapers
Queries
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| Volume 50 No. 3 - August
2007 |
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News from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Excavators Unearth Cistern Dating Back to About 1873
Fort Worth Lodge No. 148 A. F. & A. M.
Fort Worth's First Newspaper Editor
Chronology of Fort Worth Newspapers
School Census of Tarrant County, Texas, 1854
Register of Physicians, Tarrant County, Texas 1876-1907 (pt. 3)
Death Notices from Fort Worth Dailey Gazette, 1887
Finding Grandpa's Grave
Index to Naturalization Papers, Tarrant County, Texas (pt. 3)
Queries
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| Volume 50 No. 4 - November
2007 |
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The Canadian Flyers
Register of Physicians, Tarrant County, Texas 1876-1907 (pt. 4)
Naming Camp Bowie
Tarrant County's 1865 Indian Creek Raid
The 1869 Independence Day Raid
The Kiowa Raid on Walnut Creek
Tarrant County Communities of Yesterday
Pioneer Citizen of Fort Worth Dies
History of Voting
Index to Naturalization Papers, Tarrant County, Texas (pt. 4)
Good Websites for Native American Research
Thompson Cemetery - [Tarrant County, Texas]
Joseph McClure Chummed with the Indians
Queries
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| Volume 51 No. 1 - February
2008 |
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In Memoriam - Doris Jane Ray Taylor
Memories
History of the Scotch-Irish or Ulster Scot
Abstract of Deeds, Tarrant County, Texas Book "A"
Two Women From Wisconsin
The Coffman Family of Northeast Texas
Civil War Veterans of Northeast Tarrant County |
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Hyram Adams
Byron Akers
Moses Allen
Moses S. Allen
Rufus Perry Allen
Thomas B. Allen |
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Using Newspapers for Research
Descendants of Joseph Ward and Jane Thomas
Dayton's Antiques
Queries
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| Volume 51 No. 2 - May
2008 |
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In Memoriam - Bob Markgraf
Beginnings of Lake Worth
Texas Rangers Serving from Parker County
From Cooper Street to Broadway
Civil War Veterans of Northeast Tarrant County |
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William Riley Allen
Dr. William Morgan Allison
Benjamin Franklin Andrews
Marcus DeLafayette Arthur
George W. Ash
Harrison Sterling Price Ashby
Jonathan T. Ashby
Hezekiah Holman Austin
James Scruggs Austin
William Rhodes Austin
James A. Autrey
Rayford E. Autrey
John T. Bailey
Charles E. Barcroft
Daniel Barcroft |
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The Family of Major Ripley
Arnold
Queries
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| Volume 51 No. 3 - August
2008 |
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In Memoriam - Maurice Wendt
In Memorium - Ruth Minter Castillon
FWGS Honors Two Members With Life Memberships
News From The Fort Worth Library
Researching Family Immigration History
Hill County Heritage Book, Volume II
A Tale of Two Cemeteries
Memories and Tales of the Historic West Side of Fort Worth Farmlands
Tarrant County Archives
Giles T. Holley: Biographical History
Ancestor's Grave Marking
What's New on the Shelves of the Genealogy and Local History Department
The Fort Worth Library Develops Women's Archive
Ninetieth Anniversary of the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918
Death Certificates from 1918 in Tarrant County
Civil War Veterans of Northeast Tarrant County |
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Jabez B. Andrews
Daniel Arwine
David L. Arwine
James Arwine
Jesse Arwine
Nicholas J. Arwine
Thomas L. Barcroft
Thomas Jefferson Barton
John Henry Basden |
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Queries
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| Volume 51 No. 4 - November
2008 |
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In Memoriam - Leonard Leroy Ingalls
In Memorium - Roy Lamonte Leach
In Memorium - Louise Armstrong Moxley
The Magnificent Pedigree of Cyrus King Fairfax
Mrs. Sallie Reynolds Matthews
R. D. Routh - My Texas Ranger Grandfather
Hamilton Bennett
The Partnership of Winfield Scott & Andrew Briggs Robertson
Treasures from the Archives
Life in Colonial Days
Civil War Veterans of Northeast Tarrant County |
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Frederick A. Beall
Milton Alexander Beall
Otho Daniel Beall
Walter Dent Beall
William Malcolm Beall
Frank Beaver
Henry Barrington Bennett
James W. Berry
James Elijah Blanton |
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What's New on the Shelves of the Genealogy & Local History
Department
Queries
Political Spin |
