From Member Vi Shirey through an email to member Mark Reid: John T. Potter had four children: Della Potter Tolbert; Alice Donie Ragsdale; Eliza Jane Jarred; and William Albert Potter; all of whom lived in Wood County.
Filed under: Research, Surnames | Tagged: Jarred, Potter, Ragsdale, Reid, Shirey, Tolbert | Leave a Comment »
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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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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Member Mark Reid received the following email request for help. Hello, my name is Norman Davis and my mom’s side of the family is Price, and doing our genealogy I have found that there is actually a “Price family Cemetery” located either in or near Quitman, do you have any information that you could email [...]
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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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Member Mark Reid shared the following query he received and his response: The query: I am trying to find the exact location of the grave of Matthew MCCREIGHT, listed with one other grave between Alba and Yantis, on Hwy. 154. I believe this to be the grave of my G-G-Grandfather, I don’t know who the [...]
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Crwatson1@tds.net in an email to member Mark Reid dated December 6, 2010 wrote: Can you tell me if it is possible to find a marriage record in wood co. either in 1892 or 1894?? George Benjamin Jones Born 1871 MO. Minnie White Born 1876 Probably Smith Co. Texas? I am desperately trying to find the [...]
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Member Mark Reid received the following query from Connie Davis (N8ivtexan@msn.com) in September. His response is below. At 11:16 AM 9/30/2010, you (refers to Connie Davis) wrote: I am looking for a birth record for James Madison McBride, 4-30-1910 and John William McBride, 5-27-1912 or 1913. The death record I am trying to find is [...]
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We have begun the serial publication of Life In The Piney Woods by Ona WOOD. It is available to members on the members-only page which you can access at the top right column of this page. It will also appear in the second quarter (June, 2010) newsletter. The foreword (by Mrs. Ona Wood) was previously [...]
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Member Mark REID shared the following information in a recent email. This sounds like a good opportunity for members and those who you know who might be ready to get started in genealogy. “A Family History Workshop will begin Thursday 17 June, 10am to 12am at the Mineola Memorial Library. Free as far as I [...]
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