Wood County, TX Genealogy Research Community on FacebookOne of the places you can do free research online is the Library of Congress Chronicling America site at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/. The Search Pages option at that location will search all of the papers now available. For a state-specific search, click on the View Newspaper Pages link. You can search by a person’s name or a [...]
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Kathy Lynn Copeland and husband Joe brought and explained artifacts which gave us insight into the lifestyles of members of the Cherokee nations in the 18th and 19th Century at the November society meeting. Mixed in was history of the Cherokees from arrival in the Americas to their southeastern United States lives and then their [...]
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In case anyone missed the comment on the Monday schedule posting, we have moved the time for the informal gathering at Peralta’s on Monday, November 16 up to 5 p.m. for this date only. This is so our speakers for the program can join us at the restaurant and still have time to get ready [...]
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Just a reminder about events for our regular meeting day on Monday, November 16 at the meeting room of the Quitman Public Library: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at the library — A jewelry party at the meeting room serving as a society fund raiser and provided by Kathy Lynn and Joe Copeland who are presenting [...]
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Back issues of Ancestry Magazine from 2004 to 2009 are now free to read online. Google Books is providing this and a number of other magazines’ back issues online for free. An example of what you can find (in theMar-Apr 2004 issue on Page 25) is “Your Guide to Rootsweb” by Myra Vanderpool Gormley (also [...]
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Rand McNally and Company, Chicago, 1900, Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. LC Railroad maps, 304, DIGITAL ID (recto) g4031p rr003040 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4031p.rr003040 The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and is not aware of any U.S. copyright protection (see Title 17 of the United States Code) [...]
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At this time, 17 members and interested individuals have signed up for email notice of new posts and comments on the Bulletin Newsletter. If you are a member and have not done so, please consider doing so. If we get most computer-using members to subscribe (It’s free), we have a way of quick communication within [...]
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For those planning a research trip to the Dallas Public Library Genealogy Section, you should note that the library has new hours. Monday the library is closed. Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday & Thursday hours are noon to 6 p.m. Sunday hours are 1 to 5 p.m. The [...]
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A recent posting at genqueries.com was for Don Raney’s book on his ancestor and the first settler in Wood County, Martin Varner. Don is a friend of the society and has presented programs here for us. He is a genealogist who teaches genealogy classes at a local college where he lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth [...]
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A recent TXWOOD Mailing list post inquired about the family of Wylie Jackson Browning, 1891-1964, died Wood County, Texas. Names mentioned included children Lula Reeves Browning, Arless Browning, E. Aubrey “Dick” Browning, T. C. Browning, Wylie Jackson Browning, Jr. Contact email: ellenATairmail.net (Note: substitute the “@” symbol for the “AT” in the email address.)
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