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