Those who would like an online video preview of the “Who Do You Think You Are” television series which starts March 5 at 7 p.m. on NBC, should click on the link below to go to a page with the three-minute video. A brief, G-rated commercial is played at the first. If you have a [...]
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A query posted at the Wood County, Texas Message Board at Rootsweb.com concerned the Richard M. Black family in the 1910 census of Wood County. They included Richard, Zoa Black (wife) and children Mollie, Martie, Barbara, William, and Lillian. Other names were Richard’s parents David M. and Mary Whitworth. His mother and his sister Francis [...]
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Member Nita Munoz presented an interesting look at how her families came to the United States from Spain and Mexico and a look at famous cities of Spain with tourist and locals views for the program at the February meeting of the Wood County Genealogical Society. Minutes of the last meeting and the monthly treasurer’s [...]
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“Who Do You Think You Are?” premieres Friday, March 5 (7-8 p.m. Central Time Zone) and gives viewers an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today’s most beloved and iconic celebrities. Among the celebrities featured are Matthew Broderick, Lisa Kudrow, Spike Lee, Sarah Jessica Parker, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields and [...]
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Member Nita Munoz will present a program on her travels and connections to the country of Spain at the regular monthly meeting of the Wood County Genealogical Society Monday, February 15 at 7 p.m. at the Shamburger Room at the Quitman Public Library at 202 E. Goode in Quitman. Members, guests, and the general public [...]
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Member Mark Reid has shared the following request: I have been working with Joe Francis of Mineola . Joe is researching his Francis family and preparing a book based on this research. Joe has done years of research and has a mountain of material, but has run into a couple of problems. I plan to [...]
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Member Mark Reid responded to a recent query for Eli and Susan Manor/Maynor/Mainer and has shared his findings with us. The original query included this: This couple moved from Panola County (lived there in 1860 and 1870) to Wood county sometime before the 1880 census. In the same household is daughter Susan Hodges and grandson [...]
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Member Gwen Sears is trying to contact Violet Shirey who had a recent query posted here wanting to connect to families with the surname Shirey. She is having some difficulty connecting. Gwen said, “I have a ggrandmother who is a Shirey so I am interested in talking to her about a possible connection.” If violet [...]
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Wiley Alston Jarrell has shared a list of 62 people in his database with a Wood county Texas event (birth, marriage, death). “If you can add, subtract, delete, change any of the above data please advise. If you have any questions about the data feel free to ask! I want every date and place I [...]
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