Wood County, TX Genealogy Research Community on FacebookRequisitions and Acquisitions Co-chair Dorothy Harbin shared the following email and gave us permission to post it here as a query. You can contact Dorothy for Sharon’s email address or post a response as a comment below to this. Sharon, I just received this today. Will try to help ASAP. We have mutual ancestors – [...]
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The following is from an email from Acquisitions Co-chair Dorothy Harbin: Person inquiring: Patrick Cave = Minnesota Needs WILL AND/ OR Death Records to join the Sons of Confederate, also, sister to join DAR. WILL of John (Jack) H. Cave, dod (@( 1908-1910-) Married to Mary Callie ? Death Record for JH- JackCave Death Certificate [...]
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Introductions of officers, program plans for Fall 2011, an activity for Old Settler’s Reunion week, and a possible fundraiser project were among the activities at the Pot Luck dinner kicking off the 2011-2012 Wood County, Texas Genealogical Society year September 19 at the Shamburger room at the Quitman Public Library. A luncheon honoring those who [...]
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Two important notices about the 2011-2012 Wood County (TX) Genelogical Society year beginning in September and the September 19 (at 6 p.m.) kick-off meeting and potluck dinner at the library: 1. Dues ($15 for individual members and $20 for family membership) are payable in September. You can bring them to the meeting or mail them [...]
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I AM SO VERY HAPPY TODAY!!! I had received a copy of my gr.grandfather and gr.grandmother’s cemetery markers but had never been able to find them in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, in Wood Co, TX. Well, today, I FOUND THEM. W. B. Davis, was a CSA veteran, therefore, since I have found it, it won’t [...]
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New FREE research links were brought to the group at the April meeting by Vice-president Dorothy Harbin. At the GLO link, land records and homesteading grants are displayed with information about location and individual for those in land grant states. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Dorothy also shared a link in which she was able to download a copy [...]
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Thanks to all of you who volunteer time and money (memberships and donations and books, and supplies, etc.) to keep our society going. Right now we have officers and committees doing things we can’t see to help us accomplish our group goals. Every bit helps whether its a short-time or long-range thing that you do. [...]
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An on-going discussion for several months is computer skills classes. At the March meeting, a request for class topics included these: 1) basics, 2) saving files, 3) basic email including forwards and sending pictures, 4) basic word processing (especially MS Word), and 5) scanning. If you have other suggestions or would like to let us [...]
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The following reply was sent from Vice-president Dorothy Harbin to a McCreight query first posted here as a response to an inquiry by member Mark Reid. Reference post from January 2011: Query: McCreight (and response) … Since you stated that the Matthew ( wife – Winney Allen) is not the one, but the Charity was [...]
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The committee appointed to study and prepare revisions to the Wood County Texas Genealogical Society Constitution and Bylaws reported proposed revisions at the regular February meeting of the society in a presentation given by committee member Ronnie Vance. Notice was given at that time by presiding officer, Vice-president Dorothy Harbin, of intention to vote on [...]
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