Query: Hyde

I am searching for John William Hyde and Rosanna Morgan Hyde. They are listed on the 1880 US Federal Census in Wood County, TX. Their children were all born there. My Grandfather, Jefferson Davis Hyde and son of John William Hyde and Rosanna Morgan was the youngest child. I have been told that John William [...]

You might be from Quitman, Texas if you remember when

Another reason to be surfing on Facebook is the page: You might be from Quitman, Texas if you remember when (https://www.facebook.com/groups/244596198905170/). It is rich with information about people and events which have happened in Quitman. I wish that someone would start separate pages like this for all the towns and communities in the county. Thanks [...]

Query: Stout

Benjamin Franklin Stout b: TX 1829 and Amanda P. Stout b: 1833 Alabama I am looking for my ggg grandfather Benjamin P. Stout or known to my family as B.P. Stout. He was the son of Texas Ranger Captain and Sheriff John Henry Stout first State Representative and first Sheriff of Wood and Van Zandt [...]

Query: Quitman Cemetery

I’m trying to find the name of the cemetery that Gary Allen Brown is buried. All his family knows is that his DOB was 7/24/1958 and his DOD was 3/25/2003. They know he was buried at Quitman, TX, but do not know the name of the cemetery. I have checked all possible names through “Findagrave”, [...]

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Howdy, Someone just subscribed to your blog, Wood County, Texas Genealogical Society Bulletin. This means they will be notified every time you publish a post. Congratulations. You now have 52 subscribers. Their email address is (address not shown here), and they appear to be from Quitman, Texas, United States Notice from WordPress.com

Free Search of Historic American Newspapers

What can you learn at the Library of Congress’ FREE Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers site? (link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/) As an example I searched on Quitman in Texas newspapers and came up with these two of many hits. You might find your own ancestors’ names there either in Texas or other states. From the Palestine Texas [...]

Ancestries in Quitman, Texas

Ancestries in Quitman City, Texas United States Or American: 23.4% Other Groups: 20.8% Irish: 15.0% English: 13.7% German: 8.7% French (except Basque): 3.4% Scottish: 2.5% Scotch-irish: 2.3% Italian: 2.1% Dutch: 2.0% Source: http://www.citymelt.com/city/Texas/Quitman+City-TX.html Submitted by: Delene H. Allen, Director, Quitman Public Library

Workshop Features Basics, Strategies, A Look Ahead

Over 50 attendees were challenged, informed, and delighted at the genealogy workshop presented by George Morgan of Aha Seminars today at the Quitman, Texas Public Library. George presented basic research strategies for beginners and as a refresher for experienced researchers in such areas as evidence, documentation, use of maps in research, preparing research pictures of [...]

Historic Burning of Court House

The loss of many records of the early years of Wood County, Texas resulted from the burning twice of the County Courthouse in Quitman. The following act of the Wood County Commissioner’s Court is an official reference to the first of these fires in 1878. “Whereas in the burning of the Court House on the [...]

Database of Wood County Names

Member Mark Reid shared with us his response to an email from another member, Vi Shirey, asking if her John T. Potter was on the CD of 17,000 Wood County, Texas surnames. No. John T. Potter does not exist on this database. I see a John L Potter b. 1843 from GA. The CD has [...]

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