Bay Area Genealogical Society

QUARTERLY TABLE of CONTENTS

Article Title Page

Volume 1, Number 1, December 2001

Charter Members (of Bay Area Genealogical Society) 4

First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas by Gifford White 9

The Indians of Seabrook by Debbie Pomeroy 16

Who Were the Clear Lake Pirates? by Jean L. Epperson 17

The Bay Area in the War Between the States 21

Sara Emma Edmonds by Carolyn Traweek Hellen 23

Volume 1, Number 2, March 2002 Page

The Settling of Morris Cove and The Ritson Morris Family by Mrs. Jennie Larrabee 32

The U.S. Naval Air Station at Hitchcock, Texas by Katie Merritt 39

Genealogical Rules of Thumb submitted by Dottie Crabb 42

In Memory...Anna May Heser 44

Grace Lingle Shropshire by Resa Nichols Hennings 43

First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 2 by Gifford White 48

Volume 1, Number 3, June 2002 Page

In Search of Seabrook Sydnor by Sue Harral 64

Estate of E.A. Peden, Supposed Rendezvous of Lafitte by Ed KilmanEighth 67

Eighth Grade Final Exam in 1895 74

First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 3 by Gifford White 76

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Billy Carrol Mayo 85

Some U.S. Epidemics 86

Volume 1, Number 4, Septmember 2002 Page

First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 4 by Gifford White 96

From New York to Texas--Descendents of Alexander Thompson by Joanne Clinton Truman 102

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Don R. Versluys 105

Exploring a Hidden Treasure: The Magnolia Creek Cemetery by Heather G. Campbell 106

Seabrook Remembered by Carolyn M. Hecker 113

The Searches of a Novice Genealogist by Jackie Kubaneck Wittschen 114

Grand Plan of Three Brothers Led to Naming Texas City by Lori Gannaway 117

Volume 2, Number 1, December 2002 Page

First Settlers of Galveston County, Texas, Part 4 by Gifford White 4

From New York to Texas--Descendents of Alexander Thompson by Joanne Clinton Truman 7

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Don R. Versluys 8

Exploring a Hidden Treasure: The Magnolia Creek Cemetery by Heather G. Campbell 9

Seabrook Remembered by Carolyn M. Hecker 11

The Searches of a Novice Genealogist by Jackie Kubaneck Wittschen 12

Grand Plan of Three Brothers Led to Naming Texas City by Lori Gannaway 13

Volume 2, Number 2, March 2003 Page

A Tribute to Space Shuttle "Columbia" by Jeff Tave 36

Coroner's Inquests Miscellaneous Records of Harrisburg Harris County, Texas 1884-1898 Imogene Vick & Macias Mary Springer

37

In Memory...Grace Lingle Shropshire 64

In Memory...Gladys Rutledge Edwards 64

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz 65

Volume 2, Number 3, June 2003 Page

Old Tishomingo County Civil War Veterans Who Were My Ancestors by Wanda Brackeen Yelverton 71

Medical Terms--Death Records by Stephen D. McDonald, M.D. 73

El Lago--Past, Present and Future Prospects by Glendora M. Hill 79

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Joan Marie Simpson 84

Origin of Texas Land Titles 85

Reminiscences by Charles Lincoln Cooley, compiled by Leona Barber Cook 86

Remember the Sultana by Fred Brown 88

Connecting with Germany by Jackie Kubaneck Wittschen 91

Volume 2, Number 4, September 2003 Page

A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Introduction, by Kathryn Black Morrow

109

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Barbara Stanley 114

The 1752 Calendar Change by Kip Sperry 115

An Aviation First? by T. J. Zalar 118

BAGS Attendance Statistics (first 2 years) by Jeanine Lawrence 119

Volume 3, Number 1, December 2003 Page

Letters to a Union Soldier 1

Discovering Our History and Making Ours by Susie Ganch 5

BAGS Holiday Party Address by Eric Sandifer 10

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Willard Wilson Varnado II 19

Grant Teaff Anecdote submitted by L. Jean Nichols 20

A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 2, World War II, 1941-1947, Ellington Field Reopens by Kathryn Black Morrow

21

Volume 3, Number 2, March 2004 Page

Diary of Henry Elmer Underwood submitted by Leona Barber Cook 34

A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 3, The Women Who Served at Ellington Field by Kathryn Black Morrow

42

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Valerie Hiss Horn 54

William Rochel--A Real Survivor by Alice Wynn Braud-Jones 55

Morgan's Point Cemetery by Bruce Compton, submitted by Ginger Compton 58

Volume 3, Number 3, June 2004 Page

Musings and Gleanings from the World of History and Genealogy by Richard L. Hooverson 66

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of John Arthur McCall 70

The Life and Family of Hannah Hite Tucker 71

A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 4, Ellington Air Force Base 1947-1976 by Kathryn Black Morrow

76

Grandma's Apron submitted by William T. Nichols 84

Alphonso Steele, His Biography <i>by Robert M. Dawson, submitted by Dick Warren 85

Troop Movements of the Texan and Mexican Armies March 28-April, 1836 by W.T.Kendall, submitted by Dick Warren

92

Volume 3, Number 4, September 2004 Page

Editor's Message 98

List of Fugitives from Justice 1891 Part VII 99

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Larry Mark Barner 113

Reflections of a Patriot <i>by Carla Medlenka 114

A History of Ellington Field, 1918-2003: Eighty-five Years of Defense in Houston, Texas, Chapter 5, Ellington Field Today and Tomorrow by Kathryn Black Morrow

120

Volume 4, Number 1, December 2004 Page

HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS 4

Texas Connection by Kathryn Black Morrow 6

How My Family Came to Texas by Jeanine Dillenback Lawrence 11

How Neil Miserendino Came to Texas by Neil Miserendino 14

Mike Morrow's Texas Connection 15 15

How My Family Got to Texas by Leona Barber Cook 17

RESEARCHING CHURCH RECORDS

Using Church Records for Research by Jackie Wittschen 20

My Search for Family Through Church Records by Marilyn (Susie) Ganch 22

The United Daughters of the Confederacy by Ann Little 24

Gathering Family History -- Family Questionnaire by Tina Medlin-Chatam 25

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Nettie Frances Lamb-Dworsky 28

Volume 4, Number 2, March 2005 Page

Bay Area Genealogical Society Heritage Map 36

HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS

How I Got to Texas by Annette Bowen 39

Galveston, The Good Ol' Days or How My Family Came to Texas by Alice Braud-Jones 41

How My Family Came to Texas by Marilyn Sue (Susie) Ganch 43

How I Came to Texas by Alan Nicholas Ganch 47

FAMILY HISTORIES

Courtship of Thomas Edward Bergin and Cora Cordelia Cleveland submitted by Judy Henderson 52

Stepp/Stapp Family by Mary Springer Pearson 56

CEMETERY RECORDS

Compton-Beazley Family Cemetery compiled by Bruce Compton 58

McComb Cemetery compiled by Mary Springer Pearson & Kimberly Pearson Seaman 60

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Annette Anderson Bowen 61

Volume 4, Number 3, June 2005 Page

From the Historian: The History of BAGS, Part 1 66

BAGS Society News 68

HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS

How Did My Family Come to Texas by William E. Teas 72

How We Got to Texas by Loren & Mary Leonard Martin 75

How I Came to Texas by Carole Rhinehart Varnado 78

Captain Benjamin Merrill & The Regulators of North Carolina submitted by Lee Jared 81

If I Could Spend a Day with an Ancestor by Annette Bowen 82

Mother's Story, Part I by Mildred Wright Morgan, submitted by her daughter, Mary Jane Morgan Roth 85

1904 submitted by Shirley Lindquist 93

What is "once removed", "twice removed" and so on? 94

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of William E. Teas 96

Bible Records of Amanda Womack Watson 97

Volume 4, Number 4, September 2005 Page

From the Historian The History of BAGS, Part 2 102

BAGS Society News 104

HOW WE GOT TO TEXAS

How I Came to Texas, Once and Again by Willard W. Varnado II 108

A Brief History of the Roddy Family in America by Jean Cole Rainoshek, submitted by Gloria Smith Dupuy 112

The 1900 Galveston Hurricane Newspaper article 115

"Lost Honor" or a 19th Century Scam by Susie Ganch 116

Finding Helen by Shirley Lindquist 117

Mother's Story, Part II by Mildred Wright Morgan, submitted by her daughter, Mary Jane Morgan Roth 120

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Mary Jane Morgan Roth 120

Bible Records submitted by Lynda Clay Clegg Cox 128

Volume 5, Number 1, December 2005 Page

BAGS Society News 2

Veteran's Day and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Allan Ganch 4

The Dawson Men of Fayette County, September 18, 1842 compiled by Hattie McKinley 6

Macune Cemetery History by Ron Cox 10

Poem: I went Searching for an Ancestor 13

Researching Patronyms by Annette Bowen 14

Bible Records from the Tucker and Leonard Families Submitted by Mary Leonard Martin 16

A Little Accounting of My Life <i>written by Per Johnson in the late 1800's, Submitted by Annette Anderson Bowen

18

Genealogy POX 21

Slave narratives from the Library of Congress Submitted by Alice Braud-Jones 22

Queries and Genealogy of Interest 26

5-Generation Chart for Kathleen McConathy 28

FGS Membership Benefits 29

Volume 5, Number 2, March 2006 Page

President's Message by Loren Martin 34

BAGS Society News 35

From the Historian by Carole Rhinehart Varnado 36

Last Will and Testament of Memucan Hunt, transcribed by Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz 38

Researching Texas History by Susie Ganch 42

Archivists Work to Save Parish Sacramental Records from Mold, Mildew submitted by Alice Braud-Jones 44

Cemetery Records for Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Dickinson, Tx by Helene Stein 46

Map of Texas showing Indian Territories 48

Maps in Map File which contain Family Names Found in Clayton Library presented by Bruce Krewinghause

49

Saving Your Family Treasures: There Goes the Bride submitted by Dick Warren 55

Recipe for Washing Clothes 56

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic 58

Query (Identity of Peden Iron and Steel Co. Ball Team Members in photo) 59

Bible Page from the Watson Family Bible submitted by Marilyn (Susie) Ganch 60

Five-Generation Pedigree Chart of Glen H. Cress, III 61

Volume 5, Number 3, June 2006

Historian Report by Carole Varnado

BAGS Society News

John Mahony Estate -- Transcription of Final Statement transcribed and submitted by Alice Braud-Jones

Document of Indenture transcribed and submitted by Alice Braud-Jones

1866 Letter transcribed and submitted by Alice Braud-Jones

"Somebody's Darling" (Lyrics by Marie Revenel De La Coste)

Clayton Library Collections: The Cuban Papers by David Allan Hardin

Applications for Special Pardon <i>submitted by Annette Bowen

James Campbell, Galveston County Pioneer by Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz

Callaway, Kemp and Martin Bible Pages transcribed and submitted by Mary Martin

Five-Generation Pedigree Chart of Bill Ervin Frazier

Volume 5, Number 4, September 2006

Historian Report by Carole Varnado

BAGS Society News

August 2006 Show and Tell Event

Love Country by James Hodges, submitted by Dick Warren<

Annie Gibson Power, My Grandmother - as I remember her by William Edward Teas

What I Know about my Granny - Mrs. Serena Jane Mayfield Booker by Oletia Booker Teas

Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg (Harris) Marriage Records, Book A (A thru L), compiled by Rose Mary Fritz

A Personal Journey to the Newly Discovered Cemetery of Ste-Famile Parish, Pisiquit, Acadia (Falmouth, Nova Scotia) by Claire Mire Bettag

Bertha Anne Rhinehart by Carole Rhinehart Varnado

September 11, 2001 by Susie Ganch

Kemp and Martin Bible Pages transcribed by Mary Martin

Five-Generation Pedigree Chart of Douglas Wilson

1939 Galveston County Marriage License& submitted by Susie Ganch

A Cup of Christmas Tea by Tom Hegg

Volume 6, Number 1, December 2006 Page

In Honor of Veterans' Day 3

BAGS Society News 4

Record of Samuel Tucker and his Descendants -- 1760 to 1906 submitted by Mary Louise (leonard) Martin

6

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Sue Winkelmann McCoy 13

Genealogical Treasure in an Account Book: - The Identification of Francisco Xavier de Lomba by Claire Mire Bettag

15

Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg (Harris) Marriage Records, Book A (L-Z) <i>compiled and submitted by Rose Mary Fritz

26

Proclamation for the First Thanksgiving submitted by Dick Warren 29

Volume 6, Number 2, March 2007 Page

BAGS Society News 35

From the Historian by Carole Rhinehart Varnado 36

Finding Roger Lahay by Alice Braud-Jones 37

Finding My Family by Rebecca Sloan, submitted by Shirley Lindquist 42

My Great Uncle John Phillip Thurmond and the Largest Gold Nugget Ever Found East of the Mississippi by Ann Little

46

Fairview Cemetery of League City, Texas, Part I, by Melodey M. Hauch 48

How to Preserve Cherished Photos and Papers, by Michele Harris, submitted by Dick Warren 54

Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Myrtle Smith, submitted by Gloria Smith Dupuy 56

Funeral Notice of Mrs. Myrtle Smith, submitted by Gloria Smith Dupuy 57

Ideal Man for the Job -- Dr. James Hodges, by Dorothy Waldman 58

Accepted Genealogical Abbreviations, submitted by Alice Braud-Jones 60

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Betty Ann Cook Little 61

Volume 6, Number 3, June 2007 Page

BAGS Society News 67

From the Historian by Carole Rhinehart Varnado 68

Document Preservation by Carole Rhinehart Varnado 69

Fairview Cemetery of League City, Texas, Part 2, Japanese Immigrants by Heather Green Wooten, Ph.D. 70

America's Melting Pot - Who Came When Submitted by Shirley Lindquist 77

The Neutral Ground Agreement, from The Historical Atlas of Texas, Submitted by Bill Teas 78

A Homesteader Named Cody by Jean Kary, Submitted by Paula Sinning 80

The Face in the Faded Photo: In Search of a Cousin by Annette Bowen 88

Top Ten Signs a Genealogist has Burglarized your Home Submitted by Shirley Lindquist 92

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Jeanine Lawrence 93

Volume 6, Number 4, September 2007 Page

BAGS Society News 100

The Search for Carolina Toole of Edgecombe County, NC by Deborah Coggins Gammon 102

Earth Calling John Allen... Come in John Allen Wherever you Are by Robert Manson, Submitted by Bonnie Morris Conrad

104

Jonathan Israel Watson, Wakulla County, Florida Pioneer by Susie Atkinson Ganch 107

Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849 by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermaye

110

Five Generation Pedigree Chart of Alice Braud-Jones 129

Volume 7, Number 1, December 2007 Page

BAGS Society News 3

Christine Rose Seminar Information 4

Fairview Cemetery of League City Part 3 - Italian Immigrants, by Heather Wooten, Ph.D. and Melodey Hauch

5

Poem: "ONE TIME MY DAD" by Richard E. McMullen 3

If Your Mother says She Loves You, Prove Itc by Deborah Coggins Gammon 15

Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Continued, by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer

17

Pedigree Chart of Marilyn (Susie) Atkinson Ganch 27

The Allen Family Legacy - A Vision of Houston, by Etder Peralta, Houston Chronicle 28

Volume 7, Number 2, March 2008 Page

BAGS Society News 35

Favorite Pioneer Recording Artists -- George N. and Audley F. Dudley by Jim Walsh, submitted by Renee Ball

36

Fairview Cemetery of League City Part 4 - Identifing Unmarked Graves, by Melodey Mozeley Hauch 43

Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Continued by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer

50

Christine Rose Seminar Information 60

Pedigree Chart of Renee Amberman Ball 61

Volume 7, Number 3, June 2008 Page

BAGS Society News 69

A Serendipity Package 70

A Serendipity Package - Part Two - Letters 72

A Serendipity Package - Part Three - Love Letters by John C. Miller, submitted by Julie Jane Agee 73

Battle of Malvern Hill, submitted by Anette Bowen 75

Jeb Stuart's Sister: A Venerable Lady Now a Resident of Atlanta from The Atlanta Constitution, circa 1900, submitted by Annette Bowen

76

James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart from Who was Who in the Civil War 77

Poem from Harper's Weekly by Private Miles O'Reilly 79

Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Continued, by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer

80

Pedigree Chart of Massye Jane Shelton 93

Surname Index 94

Declaration of Independence Timeline 95

Volume 7, Number 4, September 2008 Page

President's Message by Resa Nichols Hennings 98

BAGS Society News 99

John Habersham, Patriot, American Revolutionary Way by Susie Ganch 100

Mamma Mia! Uncovering my Italian Roots by Shirley Lindquist 103

Pedigree Chart of Shirley Anne Hoppe Lindquist 107

Diary of a Journey to Texas, 1848-1849, Conclusion by Heinrich Ostermayer, translated by Carol Buchanan, submitted by Paul Ostermayer<

108

Surname Index 134

Volume 8, Number 1, December 2008 Page

From the Editor by Melodey M. Hauch 2

Galveston County, Texas Cemeteries and Their Locations by Melodey M. Hauch and Floyd L. Martin 3

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project by Alice Braud-Jones 6

Mount Olivet Mausoleum, Main Building 8

Bags Quarterly Obituary - John Dick 21

Stories Beneath the Stones: World War II Veterans in Fairview Cemetery, League City by Deborah Coggins Gammon

23

Five Generation Pedigree Chart Ancestors of Melodey Jan Mozeley (Hauch) 28

Website Spotlight: Findagrave.com 29

Membership Application 36

Volume 8, Number 2, March 2009 Page

Ricketson/Williams Family Bible by Robert V. Phillips 39

The Warren D.C. Hall Family of Texas by Rose Mary Fritz, Ph.D. 45

BAGS Quarterly Obit - James Powell Sherwood 52

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 55

Use Multiple Sources to Verify Facts by Donna Murray 64

Website Spotlight ; FamilySearch Labs 65

Five Generation Chart of Deborah Fern Coggins 66

Volume 8, Number 3, June 2009 Page

Bay Area Genealogical Society Annual Research Award 75

Kate Malone Medlin: From Texas to California by Wagon Train in 1868 76

Locating Your Ancestral Home by Donna Murray 82

BAGS Quarterly Obit Henry Otto Wachsen 83

Following Leonidas: The Tankersley Search by Melodey M. Hauch 86

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 93

Five Generation Chart of Eleanor Vivian Finley Caldwell 101

Website Spotlight: Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 102

BAGS Membership Application 108

Volume 8, Number 4, September 2009 Page

Bay Area Genealogical Society Annual Research Award 111

The First White Boy in Milwaukee by Eugene H. Cleveland 112

BAGS Quarterly Obit Henry Martyn Trueheart 117

James Nelson McCoy (1829-1911) Autobiographical Sketch and Genealogical Notes 121

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 128

A Translation of One Foreign Tombstone by Neil Miserendino 144

Website Spotlight - About.com: Genealogy 146

Libraries Will Check Out Obituaries, Too by Donna Murray 147

Five Generation Chart of Judyth Anne Hix (Henderson) 148

Articles Published in the First 6 Issues of the BAGS Quarterly 149

Volume 9, Number 1, December 2009 Page

In Memoriam, William E. "Bill" Teas 3

The Restoration of Brewer Cemetery by Billy C. Mayo 4

Burials at the Bolivar Lighthouse by Melodey Mozeley Hauch 9

Real Daughters at Fairview Cemetery by Deborah Coggins Gammon 13

Bags Quarterly Obits - James and Mary Campbell 18

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 21

Website Spotlight - HeritageQuest ® Online 33

5 Generation Chart of Paula Ann Hoskins Sinning 34

Volume 9, Number 2, March 2010 Page

Crowder Chapel and Cemetery by Barbara McClellan Moore 43

Crowder CemeterySurvey by Barbara McClellan Moore 45

Alice Kipp's 1874 - 1877 Diary, Part 1 submitted by Karen Thompson Webb 52

BAGS Quarterly Obit - Walter Gresham 60

BAGS Old Family Photo 64

Website Spotlight - Family Bibles Online 65

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 66

Five Generation Chart of Mary Marie Pentecost Krnavek 81

BAGS Calendar 91

BAGS's Emily Croom Seminar Information 92

Volume 9, Number 3, June 2010 Page

The Armstrong-Baugh Cemetery of Chance's Prairie, Texas by Beverly E. Stimson 95

A Horse Thief in the Family? by Christina Ronshausen-Terrell 105

Alice Kipp's 1874 - 1877 Diary, Part 2 submitted by Karen Thompson Webb 106

BAGS Quarterly Obit - Toulmin Cleveland 116

Website Spotlight - Death Indexes.com 118

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 120

Five Generation Chart of Mary I. Drummond (Brandhorst) 133

BAGS Summer Calendar 140

Volume 9, Number 4, September 2010 Page

The Story of My Life by Texas Ranger Rush Gilliam Kimbell 143

Gems in Deeds by Annette Anderson Bowen 155

A 1915 Interview with George William Durant, the Founder of Alvin, Texas 160

Mount Olivet Transcription Project 162

Website Spotlight - USGenWeb 173

BAGS Quarterly Obit - Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondson Seelye 174

Five Generation Chart of Virginia Carolyn Jones Mason 176

Volume 10, Number 1, December 2010 Page

BAGS Quarterly Obit - Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz 3

In Search Of Bowbank Farlam by Rose Mary McDaniel Fritz, Ph. D. 4

Richard Harwell, Revolutionary War Soldier and Patriot by Annette Anderson Bowen 6

Campbell's Bayou Cemetery of Texas City, Texas, Part 1, by Melodey Mozeley Hauch 10

Pension, Census Records Hold Big Payoffs by Donna Murray 22

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project, Section 4, Part 1 23

Website Spotlight - NewspaperARCHIVE.com 35

Ancestors of Constance Myers Ogden 36

Volume 10, Number 2, March 2011 Page

The Census Taker, Author unknown 43

Randolph Mitchell Holder, USN by Annette Anderson Bowen 44

Five Generation Ancestral Chart of David Julian Cate 47

Two Centuries of Our Family Roots by David Julian Cate 48

Campbell's Bayou Cemetery of Texas City, Texas, Part 2, by Melodey Mozeley Hauch 56

BAGS Quarterly Obit, Bernard Moore Temple 70

Volume 10, Number 3, June 2011 Page

The Mystery of Pasco, Barbara McClellan Moore 87

The Life and Times of Elizabeth Scobey Justice Kipp, Part 1, Elizabeth Johnson Inma 92

BAGS Quarterly Obit, Jean Marie Wisneski Van Vlierden 103

My Texas Family Roots , Anita Jean Cooper 104

Five Generation Ancestral Chart of Anita Jean Cooper 105

BAGS Website Spotlight http://www.mocavo.com 106

Citizenship Records are Tough to Track, Donna Murray 107

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 110

Volume 10, Number 4, September 2011 Page

TSGS 2011 Annual Conference 135

Who Were the Huguenots? 136

The Life and Times of Elizabeth Scobey Justice Kipp, Part 2, Elizabeth Johnson Inma 141

Historic Sandy Point Cemetery of Brazoria County, Texas, Melodey Mozeley Hauch 150

Learning How to Navigate Census Records, Donna Murray 155

BAGS Quarterly Obit - William Leonard Macatee 158

Five Generation Ancestral Chart of Charles Edward Sterling 159

Honoring My Favorite Ancestors, Charles Edward Sterling 160

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 162

Volume 11, Number 1, December 2011 Page

Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1798 - 1880), <i> Helen D. Mooty 3

Annette Aldridge Limerick: Her School Experiences, Annette Anderson 17

Vanishing family? Check boundary changes, Donna Murray 20

Website Spotlight: http://www.maps.n2genealogy.com 22

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 23

Five Generation Chart of Pauline (Polly)• Ruth Marye Swerdlin 38

Volume 11, Number 2, March 2012 Page

The History of the First Republic of Texas Flag, Thomas Bruce Green III 47

BAGS Quarterly Obit – Pauline Ann Hartsfield Ohsie 54

Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy, Mike Goad 55

ohn Grant Tod, Sr., Uli Haller 60

The 1843 Tod Family Bible 62

Digging Up Ghosts, Uncovering Family Secrets, Sherry Thomas 65

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 67

Five Generation Chart of Ruth Jo Lewton Czigan 80

Volume 11, Number 3, June 2012 Page

The Military Career of William Dunbar Holder, Annette Anderson Bowe 87

A Reminiscence of the Battle of Peach Creek, July 22, 1863, Emma Nash Love 93

The A.C. Roycroft Civil War Diary: A Case of Mistaken Identity, Melodey M. Hauch 96

The Civil War Letters of William and Charles Schadt of Galveston, Part I 109

BAGS Quarterly Obits - William Schadt and Caroline Schadt Ansell 116

Capt. William George, 1 st Louisiana Infantry, U.S.A., Melodey M. and Robert G. Hauch 117

Five Generation Chart of Robert George Hauch 123

Volume 11, Number 4, September 2012 Page

The Civil War Letters of William and Charles Schadt of Galveston, Part II 131

The Lone Star Rifles, 1st Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Melodey M. Hauch 138

BAGS Participation in the 1940 U.S. Census Community Project, Kim Zrubek 148

Website Spotlight - familysearch.org/1940census 149

The Tragic Death of Matilda LeClair Mayhew Bonguhr, Shirley Hoppe Lindquist 152

BAGS Quarterly Biography: Joseph Alvey Clayton (1817-1873) 154

The Joseph Alvey Clayton 1857 Family Bible 155

Five Generation Chart of Billy Carroll Mayo 161

Volume 12, Number 1, December 2012 Page

An Italian Wedding in Sioux City, Iowa? by Nick Cimino 3

Richard Sebastiano Cimino's Four Generation Chart 5

Time and Postage in 1868, Annette Anderson Bowen 7

Mary Janes and a Red Taffeta Dress, Alice Wynn Braud-Jones 9

Arcadia Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Fe, Texas, Melodey Mozeley Hauch 12

Volume 12, Number 2, March 2013 Page

The 1947 Texas City Disaster: Honoring the Victims - Compiled by Floyd L. Martin, Jr. and Melodey Mozeley Hauch

47

The Texas City Memorial Cemetery, Melodey Mozeley Hauch 71

Battle of San Jacinto, submitted by Bill Mayo 75

BAGS Quarterly Obituary: General Sam Houston 76

Jennie Baker, Annette Anderson Bowen 77

A Mother's Tree 80

Volume 12, Number 3, June 2013 Page

The Life of Lucy Pratt Estabrook, Mary Leonard Martin 87

The Partial Diary of Sydney T. Marye, Pauline Marye Swerdlin 91

Spotlighting One Ancestor in a Booklet, Melodey Mozeley Hauch 111

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 115

Volume 12, Number 4, September 2013 Page

BAGS 2013 Seminar 131

Launching the USS Holder, Annette Anderson Bowen 132

What is a PEST House? by Shirley Hoppe Lindquist 136

Historic Texas Cemetery Designation, Billy C. Mayo 137

Five Generation Chart of Carol Jean (Connie) Bowers 145

Hitchcock's Beguin-Opitz Cemetery, Melodey Mozeley Hauch 146

BAGS Quarterly Obit - Dr. Thomas C. Thompson 159

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 160

Volume 12, Number 5, December 2013 (last Quarterly) Page

State Library and Archives 175

World War II Soldier, Annette Anderson Bowen 176

13 Reasons to Research Passport Applications, Kenneth R. Marks 180

The Importance of Cluster Genealogy and How to Use It in Your Research, Melodey Hauch 185

Five Generation Chart of Kimberly Ann Karrick 193

Mount Olivet Cemetery Transcription Project 194