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Stirpes Volume 42 Number 2 June 2002
Memories
of Life in the Texas Hill Country (1912-1924)
By Maye
Hunt Stevens
Looking
for Laura Luder
By Doris Fischer Obesta
Who
Dynamited the Whiskey Still?
Obituaries
from the
Submitted by Karen Crisman
School
Days, Polio and Communicable Diseases in the 1930s
By Mary Livingston
Out
of the Past:
Tom
Rife – an Early
By Frances R. Pryor
Welcome
to Lubbock, President Horn
By Judy Womack
Haunted
by the Ghost Counties of
By Shirley Stephens Martin
Ahnentafel for Lois Pearl Cade
By Lois George-Smith
Elisha Roberts Daughtrey
(1835-1935)
By Jack L. Austin
Clayton: A World Class Library Deep in the Heart of
By David B. Singleton
The
Book
News and Views
By Richard L. Hooverson
and Judy Womack
My
By Ruby Jones
Saving
By Richard L. Hooverson
Frances
Pryor’s Genealogical Gems
Around
the State with our Partner Societies
TSGS
Writing Awards – 2002
TSGS
Film and Microfiche Available for Purchase
Sulphur
Springs ca. 1900
Index
Stirpes Volume 42, Number 4 December 2002
Saving
By Richard L. Hooverson
By Willie Dee Harper Criss
By Martha Everman
Jones
Lamberth Hidden Treasures
By Wanda Lamberth
Donaldson
Proving
A Relationship by the Preponderance of Evidence
By Sue Tinsley Wilkinson
2002
Daivs-Henry-Roberts
By Vickie Everhart
Truth
vs. Facts in Songwriting
By Harriet Schock
Biographical
Sketch of Richard Brown Wilburn
By Fred Martinez
Around
the State with our Partner Societies
By Frances Pryor
Book
News and Views
By Richard L. Hooverson
Genealogical
Gems
By Frances Pryor
The
Cemetery at Incarnate Word
By Gaylynne
Carter Robinson
By Irene Harris
Life
in the Texas Hill Country at Bandera – (1936 – 1953)
By Maye
Hunt Stevens
Stirpes Volume 43, Number 1 March 2003
The
President’s Page
The
Society Page
News
and Events
The
Oral History Program at the Admiral Nimitz Historical
Site
War
Story Fabrications on the Rise
By Christy Lottie
Missing
Links, Can You Help?
Getting
to Know the Wrong Great Grandfather
By Nancy Cooper
Saving
By Richard L. Hooverson
TSGS
2003 Awards Competition
Historical
Designation of
By Bill Duncan
Mystery
Solved! The Origin of Christopher Chaney
By
William
F. Wood (1828-1901) A Question of Character
By Lois George-Smith
Life
in the Texas Hill Country at Bandera 1953-1994
By Maye
Hunt Stevens
The
Marketplace – buy – sell – trade
Book
Reviews
By Richard L. Hooverson
Index
Stirpes Volume 43, Number 2 June 2003
TSGS 43rd Annual Conference
Announcement
The President’s Page
Our Volunteers
Ellen W. Chaney, Frontier Rancher
By
Michael A. Ports
National Writing Award
Sara Ashworth
By
Dolly Farrow Nicol
An Introduction to African American Genealogy
By Frank S. Fulkner, Jr.
Doris Cozart Has Some
Things To Share
Remembering The
By
Richard L. Hooverson
Quilting, An Old Wartime Tradition, Goes High Tech.
Saving
By
Richard L. Hooverson
Convict Record Ledgers (1849-1954)
By
Marilyn Maniscalco Henley
It’s June And
Time For Flag Stories
By
Nancy Owens
Book News and Views
By
Richard L. Hooverson
Emma,
By
Yvonne Spence Perkins
Our District Representatives Report
News and Events
TSGS Writing Awards
TSGS Membership Application
Index
Stirpes Volume 43, Number 3 September 2003
The President’s Page
A Note From Your Editor
Presenting
Vital Records Index Available on CD-ROM
By
Anna Houston Price
Announcement Concerning Military Records
By
John Rogers
Update on the New Handbook of
By
Beth M. Bow
Saving
By
Richard L. Hooverson
Volunteers are Special People
Seadrift: Charm on the Bay
By
C. J. Garriott
Jane
By
Michael A. Ports
Correction – Acknowledgments
Mama’s Uncle Eli and Aunt Lou
By
Phillip Eli Frank
A Message from Maria Bemier
Westward Ho!
From
the
Papa Reg
Edited
by Marguerite Newcomb
The J. A. Baker Store: Lockney,
By
Yvonne Spence Perkins
Adoption Mystery
By
June Cantrell
Correction
By
Floyd Hunter
Announcement
Micajah Byrd: An “Old Three Hundred”
Pioneer
By
Alice Sorsby McGuffie
Book News and Views
By
Judy Womack
District Representatives Reports
News and Events
Writing Awards
Website Award
Volunteer of the Year Award
Archival Grant
Matching Grants
Gone to
TSGS Membership Application
TSGS Film and Microfiche
Index
Stirpes Volume 43, Number 4 December 2003
The
President’s Page
Saving
By Richard L. Hooverson
43rd
Annual Conference - Award Winners
43rd
Annual Conference – Exhibitors/Partner Societies
43rd
Annual Conference – Door Prizes and Resource Material
Surname
Researchers
World
War 1 – Statement of Service Cards
By Lynna
Kay Shuffield
The
Tankersleys of
By Melodey
Moxeley Hauch
Brown
By Lorene Bishop
A
Letter from the Son of a German Pioneer
By Eva Pohler
Contact Melissa Burns-Blair
Papa
Reg Joins the Ministry
Edited by Marguerite Newcomb
There
is a Place in Southern Texas
By Kimberly DuBose
A
Letter from Aunt Belle
Contributed by Elizabeth Lee Gill
By Michael A. Ports
Correction
By George E. Byars,
Chairman
Society/Library
Roster
Books
New and Views
By Judy Womack
District
Representatives Report
News
and Events
Index
Stirpes Volume 44, Number 1 March
2004
The
President’s Letter
2004
FGS Conference
The
Year in Review
From Eastman’s Online Genealogy
Newsletter
Important
News
Saving
By Richard L. Hooverson
O.
T. Bassett and Charles R. Morehead Left Mark on City
By
On
the Road to
By
TSGS
Speakers Bureau
By Yvonne Spence Perkins
The
Contributed by Yvonne Spence Perkins
Adelsverein in
By Randall Smith
Guidelines
on Login Information and TexShare Databases
Provided by Michael Avila
Revolutionary
Soldier Honored During Ceremony
By Marleta
Childs
My
Diary
By Charles Reginald Hardy
Provided by Judy Womack
Reading
the Old Newspapers
By Lorene Bishop
Exploring
a Hidden Treasure: The
By Heather G. Campbell
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
Our
District Representatives Report
By
News
and Events
TSGS
44th Annual Conference
The
Magic of a Homemade Wooden Spool Tractor
By Harry Marlin
Writing
Awards 2004
TSGS
Membership Application
Index
Stirpes Volume 44 Number 2 June
2004
The
President’s Letter
2004
FGS Conference NEWS
Saving
By Richard Hooverson
The
Weekly Guide
By Yvonne Spence Perkins
By Yvonne Spence Perkins
Software
Review
Family
History Professionals Meet to Develop Successful
Business
Skills
By Richard F. Robinson
My
Diary – Installment #2
By Rev. Charles Reginald Hardy
The
Road to Everywhere
By Michael Cary
Butchers
Register –
By Yvonne Spence Perkins
Early
By Yvonne Spence Perkins
Press
Release – Uncovering Your Family History
Daughters of the
Martha
Ann Chaney, Frontier Stalwart
By Michael A. Ports
In-Depth
History of German Immigration –
By Randall Smith
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
Our
District Representatives Report
News
and Events
Dig
for Gold – Discover
Friday and Saturday, November 5-6,
Writing
Awards 2004
Index
Stirpes Volume 44 Number 3 September 2004
The
President’s Letter
Saving
By Richard Hooverson
By Melissa Blair
Memoirs
of F. D. Green
Contributed by Bobbie Hubbard
Indianola
Immigrant Database Marks 10th Anniversary
By Patsy Hand
Martha
Ann Chaney, Frontier Stalwart
By Michael A. Ports
The
Texana/Genealogy Department
By Frank S.
Faulkner, Jr.
Obituaries
Contributed by Scott Fitzgerald
Mahala Chaney, Steadfast Widow
By Michael A. Ports
John
J. Hand, Massacred at LaBahia,
By Patsy Dearman
Hand
General
James Shannon Mayfield – a Follow-Up
By Albert Hunter Mayfield
George
Kirkland Grimes Family
By Anna I. Howdeshell
Cochran
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
Our
District Representatives Report
News
and Events
Dig
for Gold – Discover
Friday
and Saturday, November 5-6,
Writing
Awards 2004
Web
Site Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 44 Number 4 December 2004
Welcome
New Members
The
President’s Letter
Savings
By Richard Hooverson
Johnnie
Jo Dickenson Honored by the City of
News
from Around the State from the Wills Point Chronicle
By Scott Fitzgerald
Using
Early
By Richard Hooverson
Hervey Whiting of Goosecreek,
By Ronald O. Crandall and Candy M. Sawberger
Elizabeth
White
By Michael A. Ports
Calhoun
By Martha Jones
Rememberences, Happinesses, and Contentments (Pt.2)
By Anna I. Howdeshell
Cochran
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
Our
District Representatives Report
News
and Events
Writing
Award Winners for 2004
Writing
Awards 2005
Web
Site Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 45 Number 1 March 2005
The
President’s Letter
Board
Meeting Minutes – November 4, 2004
Annual
Meeting Minutes – November 5, 2004
Summary
Income and Expense Report
Van
Zandt County Genealogical Society Celebrates Twenty-Five years
By Cheryl D. Vaughan
Alien
Border Crossings from
By Roberta Ridley
Finding
Expatriates in
By Ernest Mae Seaholm
Hiram
G. Runnels – Gone to
By Capt. Henry A. Hudson and Mary
Kay Hudson
Horace
Leffingwell (1854-1931):
By Lois George-Smith and V. Chris
Stewart
Hiram
Cowden Chaney, Farmer and Businessman
By Michael A. Ports
Gone
to
By Doris Cozart
Daniel
Bird,
By Betty Pribyl
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
Our
District Representatives Report
News
and Events
Writing
Awards 2005
Web
Site Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 45 Number 2 June 2005
The
President’s Letter
New
Members
TSGS
Proposed Revised Bylaws
2005
TSGS Conference –
By Melodey
M. Hauch
Francis
S. Chaney, Pioneer Rancher
By Michael A. Ports
By Yvonne Spence Perkins
“West
By Doris Cozart
The
Family of Ralph Brainerd Strong of Collin and
By Tom A. Strong
Leffingwell Corrections
By Lois George-Smith and V. Chris
Stewart
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
Our
District Representatives Report
News
and Events
Writing
Awards 2005
Web
Site Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 45 Number 3 September 2005
President’s
Message
TSGS
Proposed Revised Bylaws
2005
TSGS Conference –
Some
Early Settlers of
Contributed by Jane Rogers Matthews
Captain
William Rotan of
By Michael A. Ports
Hiram
G. Runnels – Gone to
Contributed by Captain Henry A.
Hudson, Jr., USNR-Ret, and Mary Kay Hudson
Trinity
Advocate (1872-1883) Genealogical Abstracts
Contributed by Michael J. Vaughn
The
Peter Robert Byrne Family of
By Helen Klipple
Kunz
Excerpts
from the History of the United States Marshals in the district of Texas
Complied and Written by Edward F.
Gallagher, Retired
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
News
and Events
Writing
Awards 2005
Web
Site Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 45 Number 4 December 2005
President’s
Message
Welcome
New Members
Editor’s
Recommendations
Letters
of the Pribyl Brothers
Contributed by Bettye
Pryble
Our
Members’ Websites
Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald
Daniel
Bird, a
By Charles R. Byrd
Captain
Richard M. Rotan of
By Michael A. Ports
Three
Paths to
By
Acts
of Congress of the
Submitted by Michael J. Vaughn
Rascals
and Rogues
Contributed by Judy Womack
Jacob
DeLay – Obituary –
Contributed by Bettye
Pribyl
Relatively
Speaking
From Martha Jones
News
from around the State – Wills Point Chronicle
Submitted by Scott Fritzgerald, District 7 Representative
Book
New and Views
By Judy Womack
District
Reports
Writing
Awards – 2005 TSGS Conference
News
and Events
Writing
Awards 2006
Web
Site Award
Index
Notes
Stirpes Volume 46 Number 1 March 2006
President’s
Message
TSGS
Board Meeting Minutes
Welcome
New Members!
TSGS
by Districts
TSGS
Special Committees – 2006
TSGS
Standing Committees – 2006
Saturday,
April 22, 2006
Sharon
DeBartolo Carmack
Contributed by Martha Jones
Martha
W. Rotan, Woman of Fortitude
Michael A. Ports
The
Life of Gideon Gibson
By Lois K. Nix
Rangers
Murdered
Submitted by Patsy Dearman Hand
Mormon
Pioneers in
By
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
News
and Events
TSGS
Matching Grants
TSGS
Archival Grant
Guidelines
for Student Writing
Writing
Awards
Website
Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 46 Number 2 June 2006
President’s
Message
Note
from the Editor
Welcome
New Members!
News
from Around the State found in the Wills Point Chronicle
Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald
Press
Release – Genealogy Society of
By Edna Felps
1900
Storm at
Submitted by Betty Hendricks Dunquez
The
Lost Lead Mine of
By Mike Cox
Captain
John Farrar (1750-1830) of VA, NC, and TN and his
Connection wit Daniel Boone
By Virginia Knobel
Tschantz
Seeing
Double on all Sides
By Karen Hammel
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
News
and Events
TSGS
Matching Grants
TSGS
Archival Grant
Guidelines
for Student Writing
Writing
Awards
Web
Site Award
TSGS
Microfilm
TSGS
Membership Application
Index
Stirpes Volume 46 Number 3 September 2006
President’s
Message
Welcome
New Members!
Document
Access & Preservation at the
By Barbara Lancaster Tsirigotis
Announcement
from Dorothy Polley – Lott,
1900
Storm at
Submitted by Betty Hendricks Dunquez
Susan
Jane Rotan, Country Doctor’s Wife
By Michael A. Ports
Behind
the hype of
By Henry Wolff,
Jr.
News
from around the State found in the Wills Point Chronicle
Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald
District
Reports
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
News
and Events
TSGS
Matching Grants
TSGS
Archival Grant
Guidelines
for Student Writing
Writing
Awards
Website
Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 46 Number 4 December 2006
Welcome
New Members!
2006
Writing Award Winners
Restoration
of
By June Hamrick Schaub
John
Minor Rotan of
By Michael A. Ports
Distinguished
Service; a Tribute to Bud Pollock – B17 “Flying Fortress” Pilot
By Bettye Weigand Pribyl
Request
for Help with Family Search
From Helen Fisher
News
from around the State found in the Wills Point Chronicle
Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald
Students’
Family Histories
By
By Rachel Horning
By Frank Huerta
District
Reports
Book
News and Views
By Judy Womack
New
and Events
TSGS
Matching Grants
TSGS
Archival Grant
Writing
Awards
Website
Award
Index
Stirpes Volume 47 Number 1 March 2007
Welcome
New Members!
30th
Anniversary of
By Scott Fitzgerald
TSGS
Financial Report – 2006
Who
Am I?
By Carlee
Culver
The
Sulphur Springs Gazette
By Marynell
Bryant
The
Stidham Family in
By Sharron
Hayles Torrence
German
Free School 150th Anniversary Celebration
James
Bird
By Charles Byrd
Obituaries
for Lubbock County, 1908-1913
By Judy Womack and Yvonne Spence
Perkins
1852
New Year’s Resolutions Solve Genealogical Mysteries
By Bettye Pribyl
News
from around the State found in the Wills Point Chronicle
By Scott Fitzgerald
District
Reports
Book
News and Views
TSGS
Matching Grants
TSGS
Archival Grant
Writing
Awards
Website
Awards
TSGS
Microfilm
Index
Stirpes Volume 47 Number 2 June 2007
President’s
Message
Welcome
New Members!
History
of the Magnolia Springs Homecoming and
Submitted by Terry Smith Bowers
Greer
News
from around the State found in the Wills Point Chronicle
Submitted by Scott Fitzgerald
Application
for
Abstracted by Yvonne Spence Perkins
Natchez
Trace Small Manuscripts Collection: Genealogy’s Dirty Little Secret
By Peggy Carter Price
Relatively
Speaking
By Martha Jones
News
and Events
TSGS
Matching Grants
TSGS
Archival Grant
Guidelines
for Student Writing Awards
Writing
Awards
Volunteer
of the Year Award
Adopt
a Book – “The Portal to
Index
Stirpes Volume 47 Number 3 September 2007
TSGS
Board Members
Table
Contents
Policies
of the
The
Road to the future, A Map to Your Family History
President’s
Message
Welcome
New Members!
Rebecca
McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty, The
Richest Woman in
By Charles A. Steger of
Lone
Star History Links, Primary Source Documents
Brush
Battalion Confederates from
By Patricia Adkins-Rochette
Sarah
Rotan Garnett, Frontier Mother
By Michael A. Ports
Petitioners
from Gillespie, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, and San
By Patricia Adkins-Rochette
By Erica McKewen
By Terri Donaldson
and Robert Kay Pearce, Jr.
Upcoming
Conferences
By Doris Galyean
Franklin Cozart
Abstract
of South Western Reporter (Second Series) Volumes 1 (2d) and 2 (2d)
By Scott Fitzgerald
Forted
up in 1865 at Fort Davis, Stephens County, Texas
By Patricia Adkins-Rochette
Queries
Proposed
News
and Events
Links:
Spotlight
on TSGS Partner Societies
TSGS
Scholarship Information
Web
Site Awards Information
Index
Districts
of the