Wood County, TX Genealogy Research Community on FacebookJust starting out in your family history search or wanting to to refresh your memory on researching how to and techniques is often available from classes or one-on-one tutoring. There are some online sources, however, which you can access at home (or library) on your own computer and at any time convenient to you. Among [...]
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My mother’s maiden name is Rash. As I was researching her family name, I discovered a Fannie Rash which I thought was quite humorous. As I kept researching I discovered there were more Fannie Rashes than I wanted to believe! Some were by birth — others by marriage. Maybe this was just a common thing [...]
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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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Surnames beginning with the letters C and D are now listed on the page: Surnames In Vertical Files.
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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The following query was posted by Nancy Carter on the Wood County Genealogy Coffee Klatch on Genealogywise: I have a mystery concerning Sally Womack that married Louis Young about 1870. They resided in Wood County until Sally died about 1900. Who were Josh and Nora Womack? If you have a response, you can go to [...]
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Do you know how many ancestors you have? Of course not. Let’s simplify the question: How many ancestors do you have in the past four hundred years? Many people do not know the answer to that question. Care to guess? (The answer is given below but please don’t peek just yet.) The number of ancestors [...]
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There is a strictly unofficial place I have set up for anyone interested to talk about Wood County genealogy over at GenealogyWise. It’s open to society members or anyone who wishes to pitch in or read. If you are interested, you can go there if you click here. The address is http://www.genealogywise.com/group/woodcotxgencoffeeklatch.
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