Developing a Research Plan for the New Year

A Genealogy Tip By Joan Young
Genealogists have been commenting as long as I’ve been online that activity always drops off dramatically near the end of the year as the holiday season approaches. Each new year brings with it renewed interest in posting on mailing lists and message boards and updating family trees. Families traditionally gather [...]

Caution About Census Records

Kathy Gunter Sullivan of the Rootsweb North Carolina Lincoln County Mailing List in describing errors she found in listing in an online census database provided a caution we all should think about in our census research.
Unfortunately, the original Lincoln County 1810 census returns were
recopied into an “official” version. So what we have today is a
third-hand [...]

Some Genealogical Education Opportunities

Here are some opportunities for study and workshops that have come in this week — one in March and one in the fall of this year.
***** The 10th Annual Family History Fair sponsored by the East Texas Genealogical Society and the Tyler Family History Center is Saturday, March 13 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at [...]

New Daily Feature Added To WCGS Bulletin

A feature, Thought For The Day, has been added to the Bulletin at http://woodtxgene.com/. Look for it each day in the upper left column of the page. To get you started, the first TFTD is this: It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. . . [...]

February Meeting To Be About Spain

Member Nita Munoz will present the program for the February 15 meeting at the Shamburger Room at the Quitman Public Library at 7 p.m. Be sure to mark your calendars for what should be a very interesting program.

Family Histories In Genealogy Research Room

The listing of Family Histories available in the Genealogy Research Center at the Quitman Public Library has been uploaded. They are found on the Quitman – Family Histories page. Follow the link there from this post or in the pages listing in the left hand column of this Bulletin page.
Thanks to many who have donated [...]

C & D Surnames In Vertical Files Added

Surnames beginning with the letters C and D are now listed on the page: Surnames In Vertical Files.

Queries: Cave, Wilder, Ramey, Willingham, Potter, Bellomy, Shirey, Minshew

These researchers are seeking information on the following surnames:
Violet Shirey is researching Potter, Bellomy, Shirey, and Minshew in Wood County, Texas. Violet can be contacted at 361-729-5283 or at vshirey@sbcglobal.net.
Shirley Navarro is researching Cave, Wilder, Ramey, and Willingham. Shirley can be contacted at navarro6@swbell.net.

Mae Etta Johnson

During her presentation to the society’s January meeting, Leatrice Mason paid tribute to her sister Mae Etta Johnson. A part of it is printed here to share with all members and the public in general.
“… Instead, I chose to tell you about – My Hero – a Quitman Hometown Hero that not many people [...]

January Meeting Summary

Leatrice Mason of Quitman brought the January meeting program with a remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, a preview of African American History Month (February), and a special tribute to her sister, Mattie Mae Etta Johnson of the Muddy Creek Community of Quitman, who played a memorable role in the 20th Century’s Civil Rights movement. [...]