KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
kinsearching@gmail.com
"Kinsearching" is a weekly genealogical column now in its 31st year of publication. It has appeared in several Texas newspapers and one periodical. Queries are free, may pertain to ancestors from anywhere, and may be submitted by snail mail or e-mail. If queries are submitted by e-mail, please include your snail mail address. Notices concerning family reunions and genealogical workshops and other types of genealogical data are also welcomed. If accepted, all submitted material may be edited to fit the column's format and guidelines.
July 20, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of SCOTS-IRISH LINKS, 1575 - 1725, PART SIX
-Query on FERGUSON and GRAGG families in KY, TN, VA, MO, IL, and Harrison
and Erath counties, TX
July 13, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of CONFEDERATE CASUALTIES OF THE WAR FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE,
VOLUME I
-Query on BRIGHT, REEL, BROUGHTON and HAMMONDS families in NC, VA, and KY
-SPEECE death notice in VA, 1836
-East Texas Genealogical Society seminar, Tyler, TX, September 13, 2008
July 6, 2008 Kinsearching
-Selected death notices from VA and NY newspapers, 1836
-STRAIN family reunion, Sugar Valley, GA, July 20, 2008
June 29, 2008 Kinsearching
-Query on BOREN, ALLRED, and PERDUE families in Ellis Co., TX
-More selected items from The Baptist Standard, 1910
June 22, 2008 Kinsearching
-Selected items from The Baptist Standard, 1910
June 15, 2008 Kinsearching
-STAUDT/STOUDT/STOUT family reunion, Bernville, PA, August 10, 2008
-Selected items from Staunton, VA, newspaper, 1836
-More selected items from REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1853.
AGRICULTURE
June 8, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of BASIC GUIDE TO IRISH RECORDS FOR FAMILY HISTORY
-Notice of marriage in Hawaii in a New York newspaper, 1836
-Genealogical workshop, Charlotte, NC, July 26, 2008
June 1, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT MIGRATION, 1725 -
1775: THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHERN ISLES
May 25, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of INDEX AND DIGEST TO HATHAWAY'S NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER: THE LOST TRIBES OF NORTH CAROLINA, PART 1
-Query on SMOOT, JENNINGS, and MARTLEN(?) families in NM, OK, and TN
May 18, 2008 Kinsearching
-Death notices from THE ABERDEEN CHRONICLE, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1816
-Query on FURGASON family in TN, AR, and TX
May 11, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of THE FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH TOOLKIT
-Query on GALVAN and MALDONADO families in TX
-Selected items from the Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm News, 1908
May 4, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECKLIST OF AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
-Selected TX and NY death notices from the Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm News, 1908
April 27, 2008 Kinsearching
-Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan and the Polish Eaglet
-Interesting article in the Overland Journal
-Article on Spanish heraldry and coats of arms in Gilcrease
-Query on FERGUSON and SOLOMAN families in Cooke Co., TX
April 20, 2008 Kinsearching
-Vital statistics for 2007 in Perryton, TX, newspaper, 2008
-Death notice in Staunton, VA, newspaper, 1836
-More selected items from REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1853.
AGRICULTURE
April 13, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of YOU CAN WRITE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
-Ansley family reunion, Thomson, GA, May 2-4, 2008
-Pennsylvania Chapter of Palatines to America spring conference, New Holland,
PA, May 3, 2008
-Query on MCCRACKEN family in Texas
April 6, 2008 Kinsearching
-Selected items from REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1853.
AGRICULTURE
March 30, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of FLEMISH DNA & ANCESTRY: HISTORY OF THREE FAMILIES OVER FIVE
CENTURIES USING CONVENTIONAL AND GENETIC GENEALOGY
-Article about DNA testing and internet social networking in U. S. News &
World Report
-The Bates Booster and Bates family DNA project
March 23, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of OHIO PLACE-NAMES
- Family periodical The Knight Letter
-Virginia Genealogical Society Spring Conference, Richmond, VA, April 26,
2008
-Palatines to America National Conference, Columbus, OH, June 19-21, 2008
March 16, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of MISSING RELATIVES AND LOST FRIENDS
-Texas Methodist "transfer" appointments, 1895
March 9, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of IN SEARCH OF YOUR GERMAN ROOTS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRACING YOUR
ANCESTORS IN THE GERMANIC AREAS OF EUROPE
-Virginia newspaper item regarding some 19th century German immigrants to
Jamaica, 1836
-National Genealogical Society Conference in the States, Kansas City, MO, May
14-17, 2008
March 2, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of TRANSATLANTIC VOYAGES, 1600 - 1699, SECOND EDITION
-Item regarding Congregational ministers in Salem, MA, newspaper, 1835
February 24, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of COMPANIONS OF CHAMPLAIN: FOUNDING FAMILIES OF QUEBEC, 1608 - 1635
-Family data in historical periodicals
-Third Annual Speakers Forum, Raleigh, NC, April 12, 2008
February 17, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of MAP GUIDE TO GERMAN PARISH REGISTERS: PROVINCE OF RHINELAND II,
KINGDOM OF PRUSSIA - REGIERUNGSBEZIRK KOLN, REGIERUNGSBEZIRK KOBLENZ
-TOLLIVER/TOLIVER family reunion, Morehead, KY, June 27-28, 2008
-Texas Czech Genealogical Society seeks data on servicemen of Czech descent in
U. S. and Europe
February 10, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND, 1600-1699: PART ONE
-Interesting sailor item in a Boston newspaper, 1835
February 3, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of CENSUS SUBSTITUTES & STATE CENSUS RECORDS, VOLUME 1 - EASTERN
STATES and CENSUS SUBSTITUTES & STATE CENSUS RECORDS, VOLUME 2 - WESTERN
STATES
-Interesting articles in a military journal
-Query on WATERS, O'NEAL, and SHAW families in Indiana
January 27, 2008 Kinsearching
-Tribute to Weynette Parks Haun
-Review of SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT MIGRATION, 1725 -
1775: THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS
January 20, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of GUIDE TO NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY HISTORICAL MARKERS
-Query on PERRY and ELLIOTT families in TN and Shelby Co., AL
January 13, 2008 Kinsearching
-Review of WHO'S YOUR HOOSIER ANCESTOR? GENEALOGY FOR BEGINNERS
-Query on BIRDWELL and LIPSEY families, Tarrant Co., TX
January 6, 2008 Kinsearching
-Texas Czech Genealogical Society annual meeting, Caldwell, TX, January 26, 2008
-Cancer gene mutations in U. S. traced to specific immigrants
-Baptists in San Antonio newspaper article, 1922
December 30, 2007 Kinsearching
-Selected items from REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1853:
AGRICULTURE
December 23, 2007 Kinsearching
-Selected items from The Baptist Standard, 1910
December 16, 2007 Kinsearching
- Review of IRISH EMIGRANTS TO NORTH AMERICA {1670 - 1830}, PART SIX
-Marriage announcement in Staunton, VA, newspaper, 1836
December 9, 2007 Kinsearching
-31st annual ANSLEY family reunion, Thomson, GA, May 2-4, 2008
-Review of THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA {SECOND SERIES}, VOLUME XI,
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN NORTH CAROLINA: DOCUMENTS, 1742-1763
December 2, 2007 Kinsearching
-Confederate records in New Mexico historical journal, 1931
-Article on Chinese-Mexican marriages
-Query on MILLS and FURGUSON families in TX
November 25, 2007 Kinsearching
-Selected items from REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS FOR THE YEAR 1853:
AGRICULTURE
November 18, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of MORE SCOTTISH SETTLERS, 1667 - 1827
-Query on JOHNSON and FURGUSON families in Madison or Robertson County, TX
-Symposium on the Crypto-Jews and the Inquisition in New Spain, College Station,
TX, April 17-18, 2008
November 11, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of ABSTRACTS FROM ALABAMA NEWSPAPERS, VOLUME II: LIMESTONE COUNTY,
MADISON COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY, JACKSON COUNTY
-Birth and marriage notices in newspaper from Aberdeen, Scotland, 1816
November 4, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of SURRY COUNTY [VIRGINIA] TITHABLES, 1668 - 1703
-Query on HUDSON family of Seminole Co., OK
October 28, 2007 Kinsearching
-MISSISSIPPI MARRIAGE RECORDS
THRU 1900, CO - CY (MALES)
-Items from San Antonio, TX, newspaper, 1922
October 21, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of SCOTTISH TRANSATLANTIC MERCHANTS, 1611-1785
-Query on ROBERTS families in KY
-Query on BYRD and FERGUSON/FURGUSON/FURGERSON families in Red River Co., TX
October 14, 2007 Kinsearching
-Free genealogical workshop, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, October 27, 2007
-Review of ABSTRACTS OF THE TESTAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT
OF MARYLAND, VOLUME X: 1704 - 1707, Libers: 19B, 19C
-North Carolina Genealogical Society annual meeting and workshop, November
2-3, 2007, Raleigh, NC
-Query on WEEKS and SMITH families of McCurtain Co., OK, and TX
October7, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of CHILDREN OF PERDITION: MELUNGEONS AND THE STRUGGLE OF MIXED
AMERICA
September 30, 2007 Kinsearching
-The Bates Family of Old Virginia and The Bates Booster
-Conclusion of list of letters at the post office, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY,
1847
September 23, 2007 Kinsearching
-Leon County Genealogical Society and The Leon Hunters Dispatch
-Joint conference sponsored by the Virginia Genealogical Society and the
Virginia Room of the Roanoke Public Libraries, Roanoke, VA, November 2-3, 2007
-Texas State Genealogical Society annual conference, Tyler, TX, November 9-10,
2007
-Query on FURGUESON family in Red River Co., TX
September 16, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of ALABAMA-GEORGIA QUERIES
-"Genetic Genealogy" seminar sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter of
Palatines to America, New Holland, PA, October 13, 2007
-Query on CANTERBURY, HOLLEY, and HOUCK families of VA and Gallia Co., OH, and
FITCH and ARMOUR families
September 9, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of EVIDENCE EXPLAINED: CITING HISTORY SOURCES FROM ARTIFACTS TO
CYBERSPACE
-Death notice of Davy Crockett, 1836
-Query on MILLER and WHALEN families in AR and TX
September 2, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of BOUNTY AND DONATION LAND GRANTS IN BRITISH COLONIAL AMERICA
-British reporting of an American conflict, 1829
-British opinion of American fighters, 1829
August 26, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of INDIANS IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY VIRGINIA
-Miscellaneous items pertaining to the Jamestown Tri-Centennial Exposition
from THE TEXAS STOCKMAN JOURNAL, 1907
August 19, 2007 Kinsearching
-Important changes for researchers at the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission
-South Plains Genealogical Society seminar, Lubbock, TX, September 22, 2007
-New website address for "Kissin' Kuzzins"
-Query on BOGARD and TIPPETT/TIPPIT families of Jasper Co., IL, and HERBERT and
ROBERTS families
-Continuation of list of letters at the post office, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY,
1847
August 12, 2007 Kinsearching
-Amarillo Genealogical Society's fall seminar, Amarillo, TX, October 13, 2007
-Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan's research seminar, Troy, MI, October
20, 2007
-Review of THE VESTRY BOOK OF PETSWORTH PARISH, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
1677 - 1739
August 5, 2007 Kinsearching
-Query on MARTIN family with allied lines of LUNDY and DAY in Shelby Co., TX
-Review of SEARCHING FOR FLEMISH (BELGIAN) ANCESTORS
-Flemish surnames in the British Isles
July 29, 2007 Kinsearching
-Commemorative ceremony for the 194th anniversary of the Battle of Medina, near
Pleasanton, TX, August 18, 2007
-Review of MARYLAND CONNECTIONS QUERIES
July 22, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH IN NEW AMSTERDAM AND NEW
YORK: MARRIAGES FROM 11 DECEMBER, 1639, TO 26 AUGUST, 1801
-Query on the SHELTON family of Louisa Co., VA, and Rockingham, Stokes, and
Guilford counties, NC, with allied lines of BARNETT, YOUNG, DAVIS, THOMPSON,
GILLESPIE, CROSS, CHAPMAN, CAMPBELL, RUTHERFORD, BERNARD, LONG, and HARDING
July 15, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of ROOTS FOR KIDS: A GENEALOGY GUIDE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
-Query on CADE and PERRY families, 1850s - 1860s
-Continuation of list of letters at the post office, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY,
1847
July 8, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT MIGRATION, 1725 -
1775: THE PEOPLE OF INVERNESS-SHIRE
-Theft of sheep in England, 1829
-Website for French soldiers in the French and Indian War, 1754 - 1763
July 1, 2007 Kinsearching
-Death notice of Revolutionary War veteran in CT, 1836
-Continuation of list of letters at the post office, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY,
1847
June 24, 2007 Kinsearching
-STRAIN family reunion, Sugar Valley, GA, July 15, 2007
-Query on BIRDWELL, STEPHENS, WHITE, and TOWNSLEY families in TX
-List of letters remaining at the post office, Norwich, Chenango, Co., NY, 1847
June 17, 2007 Kinsearching
-Peacock Family Association of the South reunion, Marianna, FL, July 13-15, 2007
-Angelina College Genealogy Conference, Lufkin, TX, July 19-21, 2007
-Review of VIRGINIA UNDER CHARLES I AND CROMWELL, 1625 - 1660
June 10, 2007 Kinsearching
-STAUDT/STOUDT/STOUT family reunion, Bernville, PA, August 12, 2007
-Reunions Magazine
-MCCRACKEN graves in Gainesville, TX
June 3, 2007 Kinsearching
-Use of technology in planning reunions
-Ads in The Baptist Standard, 1910
May 27, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Sources (revised edition)
-Query on PERRY, WILSON, and PICKETT families of MS and LA
-Query on TIBBITS, ADAMS, FERGUSON/FURGUSON, PATTERSON, and DURBIN families of
MO, TX, OK, CA and AR
May 20, 2007 Kinsearching
-Annual national TOLLIVER/TOLIVER family reunion, Morehead, KY, June 22-23, 2007
-Review of A HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
-First United Methodist Church of Roaring Springs, TX, seeks KING family
descendants
-Query on MCCRACKEN family of Cooke Co., TX
-Query on ROBERTS of Sweetwater, TX, and HOUCK family of Gallia Co., OH
May 13, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS AND ADVENTURERS, 1607 - 1635: A BIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY
May 6, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of INDEX TO THE 1820 CENSUS OF TENNESSEE
-Query on LINDSEY, CASEY, HALE, and ELLIOTT families in TN and Shelby Co.,
AL
-Reunions survey and free copy of Reunions Magazine
-Connection between cemeteries and local history
April 29, 2007 Kinsearching
-Employees at Chilocco Training School (continued), Otoe and Ponca boarding
schools, OK, 1894
-Query on PRICE and FERGUSON families, MS, TX, and OK
April 22, 2007 Kinsearching
-Employees at Seger Colony Training School and Chilocco Training School, OK,
1894
April 15, 2007 Kinsearching
-Employees at the Arapaho and Cheyenne boarding schools, OK, 1894
April 8, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of SLOINNTE GAEDHEAL IS GALL: IRISH NAMES AND SURNAMES
-32nd national Palatines to America conference, Morgantown, WV, June 22-24,
2007
-8th national STIDHAM family reunion, Pigeon Forge, TN, June 22-24, 2007
April 1, 2007 Kinsearching
-"Czech Match" genealogy conference, Caldwell, TX, April 27-28, 2007
-Review of NORTH AMERICAN WILLS REGISTERED IN LONDON, 1611 - 1857
March 25, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of ADVENTURERS OF PURSE AND PERSON VIRGINIA, 1607 - 1624/5, VOLUME
THREE, FAMILIES R-Z
-Midland Genealogical Society Spring Seminar, Midland, TX, April 21, 2007
March 18, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of FEDERAL LAND SERIES: A CALENDAR OF ARCHIVAL MATERIALS ON THE LAND
PATENTS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WITH SUBJECT, TRACT, AND NAME
INDEXES
March 11, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of ABSTRACTS OF THE TESTAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT
OF MARYLAND, VOLUME VIII: 1697 - 1700, LIBERS: 17, 18A
-Query about FURGUSON/FERGUSON family Bible
-Items from San Antonio, TX, newspaper, 1922
March 4, 2007 Kinsearching
-ANSLEY family reunion, Stone Mountain, GA, April 27-29, 2007
-Review of SEARCHING FOR SCOTCH-IRISH ROOTS IN SCOTTISH RECORDS, 1600 - 1750
-Query on JENNINGS and HATCHETT families of TX, OK, and CA and PERRY and
ELLIOTT families of AL, LA, TN, PA, and TX
February 25, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of ORAL HISTORY FOR THE FAMILY HISTORIAN: A BASIC GUIDE
-Genealogy workshop at Scottish Irish Faire, Midland, TX, March 10, 2007
-Martin PALMER/PARMER family reunion, San Augustine, TX, March 23-25, 2007
February 18, 2007 Kinsearching
-Selected items from The Baptist Standard, 1910
-Annual national TOLLIVER/TOLIVER family reunion, Morehead, KY, June 22-23, 2007
February 11, 2007 Kinsearching
-Items from the "personals" column, The Hillsboro Daily Record,
Hillsboro, TX, 1900
February 4, 2007 Kinsearching
-Recipients of Texas high school diplomas, 1924
-Call for data on Civil War veterans in Gregg, Houston, and Upshur counties,
Texas
-National Genealogical Society Conference, Richmond, Virginia, May 16-19, 2007
January 28, 2007 Kinsearching
-Article about negative consequences of online genealogical research
-Query on HADDOX, SEXTON, and MURPHY families and CHOAT(E) family in Texas
counties of Shelby, Panola, Nacogdoches, Limestone,
McLennan, and Parker
-Review of SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIES CD
January 21, 2007 Kinsearching
-Obituaries in OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
THE TEXAS PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION HELD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, JUNE 15, 16, 17,
1915
-Query on WEBB and KIDD families in 18th century Virginia
January 14, 2007 Kinsearching
-Crypto-Jews
-Texas Czech Genealogical Society annual meeting, Caldwell, TX, January 27, 2007
-Joint meeting of the North Carolina Genealogical Society and the Family
Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina,
Elizabeth City, NC, March 24, 2007
-Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina Website
-WATTS' ON-LINE NEWSLETTERS
January 7, 2007 Kinsearching
-Review of RECORDS OF THE MORAVIANS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VOLUME XIII,
1867 - 1876
-Proper forms to denote nicknames and maiden names
December 31, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of HISPANIC CONFEDERATES
-Query on GREEN/GREENE, FERGUSON, and PATTERSON families in Madison Co., TX,
and Many, LA
December 24, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of TREETS: A FEAST OF FAMILY TREES
-Query on NICHOLAS, HARMON, JENNINGS in Indiana
-Query on HARMON, RINKER, PRATT, O'NEAL, FARRIS, WARR, CARMEN, and PEARSON in
Tennessee and Gibson Co., IN
December 17, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of IMMIGRANTS TO THE NEW WORLD, 1600s - 1800s
-Review of MARYLAND GENEALOGIES AND MARRIAGES, 1634 - 1820
December 10, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of WHITE COUNTY, TENNESSEE OLDEST MARRIAGE BOOK, 1809 - 1859
-Query on DAVENPORT, LOCKE, and TATE families of Wise Co., TX
-Website for genealogical abstracts from THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE,
1900 - 1901
December 3, 2006 Kinsearching
-CD sale until December 31, 2006
-Review of CD GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES FROM THE WILLIAM AND MARY
COLLEGE QUARTERLY
-Review of CD PENNSYLVANIA COLONIAL RECORDS, 1600s - 1800s
November 26, 2006 Kinsearching
-List of employees of the Indian School Service in New Mexico, California,
Michigan, and Minnesota, 1894
-Death notice of Civil War veteran and miscellaneous data in THE TEXAS
DRUGGIST, 1929
November 19, 2006 Kinsearching
-List of employees of the Indian School Service, Albuquerque, NM, 1894
November 12, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGES, 1688 - 1799
-Review of SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGES, 1800 - 1820
-Review of SUPPLEMENT TO SOUTH CAROLINA MARRIAGES, 1688 - 1820
-Marriage of 74-year-old man to 26-year-old woman in London, 1936
November 5, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of WEST TENNESSEE'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN: APPRENTICES FROM 1821 TO 1889
-Meaning of "G. T. T." and "GTT"
-Query on PERRY and JENNINGS families of Alabama and Hopkins Co., TX
October 29, 2006 Kinsearching
-Where to find obituary notices of itinerant Methodist ministers
-Seventeen Generation Ancestor Chart
October 22, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of ABSTRACTS OF THE TESTAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT
OF MARYLAND, VOLUME VI: 1686 - 1689, 1692 - 1693, LIBERS: 13 (FOLIOS 433 - 519),
14, 14A, AND 15A
-Website for common German spelling variations and pronunciation
-Query on LOCKE and DAVENPORT families in Wise Co., TX
October 15, 2006 Kinsearching
-Leon County (Texas) Genealogical Society and THE LEON HUNTERS DISPATCH
-National Orphan Train Complex fundraiser for memorial to orphans
-Digital collections and other genealogical resources in the Southwest
Collection, Lubbock, TX
-101-year old Kentuckian John OSBORNE celebrates birthday in 1956
-Query on PARTON and LAMBERT in Limestone Co, AL
October 8, 2006 Kinsearching
-Request for photographs of Czech families, businesses, and institutions in
Ellis Co., TX
-Texas State Genealogical Society Conference, Fort Worth, October 27-27, 2006
-Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan
-Writing about reunions
-Website for free listing of reunions
-Query on Sara Nell KAY of Shelby Co., TX
October 1, 2006 Kinsearching
-Dedication ceremony for International Boundary Marker between Republic of Texas
and U. S., October 7, 2006
-Review of THE RICKER COMPILATION OF VITAL RECORDS OF EARLY CONNECTICUT
-Bates Family of Old Virginia lending library and newsletter
-Website for calculating birth date when only death date and age are known
-Query on MCCRACKEN and HARRIS families in TX
September 24, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of THE FAMILY OF RONALD W. REAGAN
-Website for translation of old German professions, occupations, and
illnesses into English
September 17, 2006 Kinsearching
-Given names as clues to religious affiliation
-Methodist ministers Lorenzo Dow, Hope Hull, and Richard Ivy
September 10, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of SPANISH ACTIVITIES ON THE LOWER TRINITY RIVER: 1746 - 1771
-Item from the Cochran County Headlight, Morton, TX, 1943
-Query on the BOWEN family in South Carolina and Hopkins Co., TX
September 3, 2006 Kinsearching
-Resources for tracing Highland Scots ancestry
-Review of SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT MIGRATION, 1725 -
1775:
THE PEOPLE OF ARGYLL and
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS ON THE EVE OF THE GREAT MIGRATION, 1725 -
1775:
THE PEOPLE OF HIGHLAND PERTHSHIRE
-Query on ADAMS and MOONEY families in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Madison
Co., TX
August 27, 2006 Kinsearching
-Various meanings of "Junior" and "Senior"
-Query on GARLAND and HENSLEY families in early VA
-Highland Scots immigration to colonial America
August 20, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of ABSTRACTS FROM THE EDENTON GAZETTE AND FARMER'S PALLADIUM,
EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 1830 - 1831
-Query on COOPER family of Mobile, Alabama, and Louisiana
August 13, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of OLD MAN HOOPER: HIS 3 WIVES, AND THEIR 13 CHILDREN
-Query on WARE, FERGUSON, and DAVENPORT families in TX and LA
August 6, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of ANCESTRAL TRAILS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BRITISH GENEALOGY AND
FAMILY HISTORY
and special sale offer until August 15, 2006
-Query on LAMBERT and HARGROVE families, Limestone Co., AL
July 30, 2006 Kinsearching
-Free online access to World e-Book Fair until August 4, 2006
-Query on WILSON family of Sumner and Williamson counties, TN, and related lines
HOUDERSHELL, HODGES, GORLEY, and QUARLES
-Genealogical extracts from FRONTIER TIMES, 1926
July 23, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of GETTING STARTED IN GENEALOGY ONLINE
-Texas State Genealogical Society Conference, Fort Worth, October 27-28, 2006
-Query on LOCKE and DAVENPORT families in TX and CA
July 16, 2006 Kinsearching
-Czech research opportunity offered by the Texas Czech Genealogical Society,
Rowena, TX, August 5, 2006
-New Spanish Archive Center in San Antonio, TX
-Donations made to rebuild damaged libraries in LA and MS
-THE KNIGHT LETTER
-Query on TATE and LOCKE families in Wise and Floyd counties, TX
July 9, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of MISSISSIPPI MARRIAGE RECORDS THRU 1900, BA - BO (MALES) and
BR - BY (MALES)
-Query on Ware family, Jack Co., TX
-Data on Civil War veterans in IN and TX in THE DALLAS SEMI-WEEKLY FARM NEWS,
1908
July 2, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION RECORDS (CD)
-STRAIN family reunion, Sugar Valley, GA, July 16, 2006
-PEACOCK family reunion, Winston-Salem, NC, August 11-12, 2006
-Query on FLEMING, PERRY, CORNWELL, and McCLELLAND families, KY and LA
June 25, 2006 Kinsearching
-GRANT family reunion, Magnolia, AR, August 12, 2006
-Annual conference of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, Boston, MA,
August 30 - September 2, 2006|
-Query on BYRD and FERGUSON/FURGUSON families
-Data on modes of transportation and accidents in THE DALLAS SEMI-WEEKLY FARM
NEWS, 1908
June 18, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of ABSTRACTS OF THE TESTAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREROGATIVE COURT
OF MARYLAND, VOLUME IV and VOLUME V
-STAUDT/STOUDT/STOUT family reunion, Bernville, PA, August 13, 2006
-New River Notes (NC and VA) website
June 11, 2006 Kinsearching
-More summer reunions
-Kentucky Genealogical Society annual seminar, Frankfort, KY, August 5, 2006
June 4, 2006 Kinsearching
-"School's Out" items from 1918 TX newspaper
-Summer reunions
May 28, 2006 Kinsearching
-U. S. Navy crew lists, 1941 - 1970
- Review of SCOTS-IRISH LINKS, 1575 - 1725, PART FIVE
-National STIDHAM family reunion, Nashville, TN, August 18-20, 2006
May 21, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of THE ROYAL DESCENTS OF 600 IMMIGRANTS TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES OR
THE UNITED STATES
-AYERS death notice, 1918
-Texas Czech Genealogical Society day trip to Austin, TX, June 10, 2006
May 14, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of ABSTRACTS FROM THE EDENTON GAZETTE AND NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL
ADVERTISER, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, EXTANT ISSUES OF 1822, 1827-1828 AND 1829
-The Christine Knox Wood Collection
May 7, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS
-World War II glider pilots
-Query on FERGUSON family in Anderson Co., TX
-Western Regional Summer Workshop, Winston-Salem, NC, July 29, 2006
April 30, 2006 Kinsearching
-List of deceased Methodists, 1883 - 1900
April 23, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of WARWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA: COLONIAL COURT RECORDS IN TRANSCRIPTION,
REVISED EDITION
-Annual Orphan Train Heritage Society of America reunion, Concordia, KS,
June 9-11, 2006
-Unidentified BENSON photograph
April 16, 2006 Kinsearching
-Free use of ArchiveGrid website until May 31, 2006
-Articles sought for new book on Czech families
-List of deceased Methodists, 1867 - 1882
April 9, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of JAMESTOWNE ANCESTORS
-Palatines to America German-speaking Ancestor Research Conference,
Richmond, VA, June 23-25, 2006
April 2, 2006 Kinsearching
-Fifth annual Cherokee Ancestry Conference, Tulsa, OK, June 9-10, 2006
-Review of TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
-Query on GRACE family, Hopkins Co., TX, 1850
March 26, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY: A STUDY IN COLONIAL AND MEDIEVAL FAMILIES
-Czech genealogy "research opportunity," Robstown, TX, April 22, 2006
March 19, 2006 Kinsearching
-Temporary closing of the Oklahoma Historical Society Archives and Research
Division, March through mid-April, 2006
-Review of DEATH AND MARRIAGE NOTICES FROM THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER (1881)
and ABSTRACTS FROM ALABAMA NEWSPAPERS, VOLUME I: CHOCTAW COUNTY, CLARKE
COUNTY, CONECUH COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY, ESCAMBIA COUNTY, LOWNDES COUNTY, MARENGO
COUNTY, PERRY COUNTY, SUMTER COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY
March 12, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM DEEDS & MORTGAGES, AUTAUGA COUNTY, ALABAMA
(1820 - 1833)
-Queries on GRACE, TRIBBLE/TRIBLE, and PERRY families
March 5, 2006 Kinsearching
-Texas Czech Genealogical Society research and tour of churches, March 18, 2006
-Jewish influence in New Mexico's Hispanic population
-Death notice of a Spanish-American War participant, 1899
February 26, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of THE RUNAWAY
-ANSLEY family reunion, March 24-26, 2006, Thomson, GA
-BATES family reunion, June 3, 2006, Joaquin, TX
February 19, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of GENEALOGICAL RECORDS IN TEXAS
-Query on KILBURN/KILBORN, POWELL, and SHIPP families
February 12, 2006 Kinsearching
-Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society Spring Seminar, Timpson, TX,
April 22, 2006
-Virginia Genealogical Society Spring Conference, Richmond, VA, April 22, 2006
-National TOLLIVER/TOLIVER family reunion, Morehead, KY, June 23-24, 2006
-The Bates Family of Old Virginia organization
February 5, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of TRACING ANCESTORS IN BARBADOS, A PRACTICAL GUIDE.
-Query on McGEE family, Hopkins Co., TX
January 29, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of MISSISSIPPI MARRIAGE RECORDS THRU 1900, A'S (MALES)
-Cherokee County Genealogical Society, Jacksonville, TX
-Timen Stiddem Society
-Names found in CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAW OF SOLOMON'S REFORMED CHURCH,
MACUNGIE, PENN'A
January 22, 2006 Kinsearching
-Review of REUNIONS WORKBOOK
-Item about RI debtors' prison in NC newspaper, 1830
-Query on CRISMAN. STEVESON, and SATTERWHITE families
January 15, 2006 Kinsearching
-ANSLEY family reunion, March 24-26, 2006, Thomson, GA
-Review of QuickSheet, Citing Online Historical Resources
-Query on GRACE family in Hopkins County, TX
January 8, 2006 Kinsearching
-Annual meeting of the Texas Czech Genealogical Society January 21, 2006
-Review of LOUISIANA CENSUS RECORDS, VOLUME I, AVOYELLES AND ST. LANDRY
PARISHES, 1810 & 1820 and LOUISIANA CENSUS RECORDS, VOLUME II, IBERVILLE,
NATCHITOCHES, POINTE COUPEE, AND RAPIDES PARISHES, 1810 & 1820
January 1, 2006 Kinsearching
-Selected items from THE ARIZONA GRAPHIC, AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF LIFE IN
ARIZONA, 1899
December 25, 2005 Kinsearching
-More selected items from TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS ANNUAL, 1916 -
1917
December 18, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of AFRICAN AMERICANS IN EARLY NORTH CAROLINA, A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
-Query on FURGUSON/FERGUSON family Bible
December 11, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of REPRINT OF OFFICIAL REGISTER OF LAND LOTTERY OF GEORGIA 1827
-Nicknames
-How to locate some genealogical publications
December 4, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS OF NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO ABOUT 1820
-References and resources for reunions
November 27, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of THE ARK AND THE DOVE ADVENTURERS
-Beaufort County, NC, item in Edenton, NC, newspaper, 1830
November 20, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of BATH, THE FIRST TOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA
-Query on Civil War veterans, Houston County, Texas
-Query on ALLEN and WOMACK families in England and VA
November 13, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of ADVENTURERS OF PURSE AND PERSON VIRGINIA, 1607 - 1624/5, VOLUME
TWO, FAMILIES G-P
-Query on SEULER and HIRT families of Switzerland
-Query on FERGUSON and CAMPBELL families of KY and TX
November 6, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of MARYLAND MARRIAGE EVIDENCES, 1634 - 1718 by Robert W. Barnes
-Query on LOWERY and DOGGETT, Shelby County, TX
-New York item in North Carolina newspaper, 1821
October 30, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of SCOTTISH SOLDIERS IN COLONIAL AMERICA, PART THREE
-Query on SMITH family, Red River County, TX
-Definition of "cousin"
October 23, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of ALBEMARLE PARISH VESTRY BOOK, 1742 - 1786, SURRY AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES, VIRGINIA
-Review of KINGSTON PARISH REGISTER, GLOUCESTER AND MATHEWS COUNTIES,
VIRGINIA, 1749 - 1827
-Query on SCHMIDT and NEERACHER in Switzerland
-Genealogical workshop, Oklahoma City, November 17, 2005
October 16, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of FAR FROM HOME, THE DIARY OF LT. WILLIAM H. PEEL, 1863 - 1865
-Website for Civil War records
October 9, 2005 Kinsearching
-Obituary of Christine Knox Wood of Lubbock, TX
-Review of EASTERN CHEROKEE CENSUS, CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA, 1915 - 1922,
TAKEN BY AGENT JAMES E. HENDERSON, VOLUME III, 1919 - 1920
-Various meanings of "brother" and "sister"
-Special sale of Hebert Publications CD on October 13 and 14
October 2, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of PROBATE RECORDS OF CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS, MINUTE BOOK 1, 1870 -
1881, AND DOCKET A AND DOCKET B, 1867 - 1887
-Review of SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF MATHEW GASTON (1748 - 1799)
-Postponement of Ocean Springs Genealogical Society workshop, Ocean Springs, MS, October 22,
2005
-Website for Maryland's special enumerations in 1776 and 1778
-Definition of "natural" child
-Query on REEDER and BORDEN families in England
September 25, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of INDEX TO OBITUARY NOTICES IN THE RELIGIOUS HERALD, RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA, 1828 - 1938
-New England Historic Genealogical Society research tour to Salt Lake City,
UT, October 30 - November 6, 2005
-Query on buffalo hunters in West Texas
-Website for marriage records in western U.S. states
-Death notice of civil war veteran in DE in Chicago newspaper
September 18, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of FOLLOWING THE LAND: A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF SOME OF THE PARKERS
OF NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND CHOWAN/HERTFORD/GATES COUNTIES, NORTH
CAROLINA, 1604 - 2004
-Texas State Genealogical Society Meeting, Lubbock, TX, October 21-22, 2005
-Websites to check conditions of archives and libraries affected by Hurricane
Katrina
-Queries on BROGHTON/BROUGHTON, SMITH, and GRACE families
September 11, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of CARMACK'S GUIDE TO COPYRIGHT & CONTRACTS: A PRIMER FOR GENEALOGISTS, WRITERS &
RESEARCHERS
-TEX-ARK Orphan Train Riders Homecoming, October 7-8, 2005
-Kissin' Kuzzins genealogical column in Texas
-Sale of North Carolina publications
-Comanche chief Quanah Parker
-Various meanings of "in-law"
September 4, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of DIRECTORY OF SCOTS IN THE CAROLINAS, 1680 - 1830, VOLUME 2
-Query on RUTHERFORD family
-North Carolina Genealogical Society annual workshop, Raleigh, NC, November
11-12, 2005
August 28, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of CONRAD PITSCHMANN AND HIS DESCENDANTS CA. 1796 - 2004 FROM GERMANY
TO TEXAS
-Death notice of last Pony Express rider
August 21, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of INDEX TO THE 1810 CENSUS OF NORTH CAROLINA
-Texas Czech Genealogical Society
-Ocean Springs Genealogical Society workshop, Ocean Springs, MS, October 22,
2005
-Selected birth and death notices from The Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm News,
1908
August 14, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of EARLY FAMILIES OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND THEIR
DESCENDANTS
-Review of PIONEER FAMILIES OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
-Queries on COLBURN/COBURN, McCLENNY, DAVIS, BRIGHT, HOBBES, UNDERWOOD, and
FLOWERS
August 7, 2005 Kinsearching
-STRAIN Family Association reunion
-Review of PENSIONERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR STRUCK OFF THE ROLL
-Queries on FERGUSON, HARRIS, WHITSON. LANE, McCLENNY, SHELTON, and HOLT
families
-Suggestion for nursing home residents
July 31, 2005 Kinsearching
-Importance of family reunions
-Typical reunion costs
July 24, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1683 -
1809
-More Texas Federation of Women's Clubs 1916-1917 extracts
July 17, 2005 Kinsearching
-Review of Index to Alabama Wills
-Texas Federation of Women's Clubs 1916-1917 extracts
-Reunion stories and ideas
July 10, 2005 Kinsearching
-Tombstone inscriptions from Hawaii
-Review of FEATHERSTON'S/POSEY'S/HARRIS' MISSISSIPPI BRIGADE, ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA, A MUSTER LISTING
-Queries on FERGUSON, ASH, BOX, and DURHAM families
July 3, 2005 Kinsearching
-Texas State Genealogical Society Meeting October 21-22, 2005
-Review of BAPTISMAL AND MARRIAGE REGISTERS OF THE OLD DUTCH CHURCH OF
KINGSTON, ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK, 1660 - 1809
-Query on DAVIDSON family
