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Obituaries, Wills, Deeds, Etc....

• Obits (posted on this website)

• Special Note:   The Texana Museum in Edna has  obituaries on mircofilm (1945+)  from the Jackson County Herald-Tribune.  Due to storm damage years ago, many old newspapers were destroyed.  The Jackson Count Herald-Tribune said they have "newspapers dating pretty far back in our office and on microfilm."  I believe the mircofilm reader is broken, though, and you will have to leave a deposit to take the microfilm for viewing elsewhere (who told me that??)

To be sure you are using the Rootsweb Message Board to its fullest potential,  I have added this new page.  After the merger and the loss of the GenConnect Boards (those puzzle piece icons), people were sort of lost on where and how to contribute their stuff, as well as how to retrieve stuff for which they were searching.

When you go to the Jackson County Message Board, you will see this:

Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Texas > Counties > Jackson  Jackson (212)     Messages posted to this board also appear in the "TXJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com" mailing list. List Messages | Post New Message | Add Board To Favorites | Add Board To Notifications | Become An Admin  View Message Type:  All Query Bible Biography Birth Cemetery Census Death Deed Immigration Lookup Marriage Military Obituary Pension Will  Listed By:  Thread (collapsed) Thread (expanded) Date (collapsed) Date (expanded)

Directly above, notice the "View Message Type:" box.  From the drop down menu, you can select from the following classifications:

ALL	DEED
QUERY	IMMIGRATION
BIBLE	LOOKUP
BIOGRAPHY	MARRIAGE
BIRTH	MILITARY
CEMETERY	OBITUARY
CENSUS	PENSION
DEATH	WILL

QUERY is the most popular type of post.  OBITUARY is another popular type of post; researchers will type up their family newspaper clippings and submit them here.  Most of the classifications are not used, yet.  If you come across BIBLE RECORDS, DEEDS, WILLS, etc, just type them up and submit them under the specific classification.  If you come across BIRTH, DEATH, or MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES, type them up and submit those as well.   A QUERY or anything else that you type up and submit will be posted on the Jackson County Message board, and will also appear on our mailing list.

WHERE AND HOW TO CONTRIBUTE:

1. Click on "POST NEW MESSAGE."  Enter your name, email, subject and message.  Below the Message Box is the classification box.  Select the correct classification for the type of post you are making.  Finally, enter any surnames that correspond to the post and hit the PREVIEW MESSAGE or the POST MESSAGE button.  Voila!  You've contributed, and we greatly appreciate it.
2. Remember, you may want to post things to our county list as well as to a specific surname list.  Often times it makes it easier/quicker for other researchers to find your information.  How many times in your own research have you had NO IDEA where on God's Green Earth an ancestor went!! 

HOW TO RETRIEVE:  This should be simple enough, but there have been times when I have not found things that I should have been able to find, so MAYBE this information will help you.

1. I recommend always using the ADVANCED SEARCH engine because it has much greater filtering capabilities.  At any point on the message board, you can click on the Advanced Search Link, as seen below.

Search:   All Boards Jackson Board    Advanced Search

              2.   Be sure to try the surname you are searching in each of the four different fields numbered below, ONE AT A TIME, and with each different classification/message type so that you aren't overwhelmed with the search results.

             3.  Regarding the actual Obituaries Board that you can access on the main page of the Rootsweb Message Board under Topics (as well as Adoptions and Cemeteries), it is a read-only board.  I can't quite figure out what it is or why it is a separate board, nor have i  had any luck looking names up on it, so don't get frustrated if you try to use it.  Can anybody help me out with an explanation?

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