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VOL XVI 1999
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TITLE March No. 1 PAGE NO.
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Letter From the Editor........................................... 1
Comal County Courthouse Brochure
(from 100th Birthday Celebration)........................ 2
"Texas' Old Courthouses among nation's 'Most Endangered'
places" from "Country World" Agricultural newspaper...... 5
CCGS Meeting Minutes - Oct., and Nov. 1998....................... 6
Comal Cemetery Book - For Sale.................................. 10
Mildred Vordenbaum, Speaker - February, 1998.................... 11
Queries......................................................... 15
New Genweb Host................................................. 17
Reunion Notices.............................................. 17-21
The US Cavalry Assoc. needs your help........................... 18
My Tree......................................................... 19
German-Texas Heritage Society 1999 Calendar of Events........... 22
The Genealogical Society of Kendall County...................... 24
The Boerne Cemetery............................................. 25
"Family Footsteps" Volume Index for 1984 - 1988................. 27
Marriage Certificate of Petrus Adamus Giesen &
Maria Elisabeth Lennartz, 1837.......................... 30
Treasures from the Comal County Courthouse
Physician's, Dentist's, Embalmer's, and Veterinarian's
Register; Chiropractor's and Polygraph Examiners........ 33
Spring Branch & Western Comal County, TX Book - For Sale........ 43
Ancestors of Wanda Rose Smith................................... 45
Descendants of Johann Martin Jung............................... 46
The Puzzled Census Taker........................................ 60
German Translator Available..................................... 61
Genealogical Helps.............................................. 62
The Becker Cemetery (submitted by Ronald Becker)................ 63
Adelsverein Contracts
Wilhelm Klinger......................................... 65
Christian Salinger...................................... 67
Heinrich Fischer........................................ 69
Johann Startz........................................... 73
Comal County Burial Permits..................................... 75
Continuing Series:
Licenses to operate businesses in New Braunfels
July, 1899 to July, 1914................................ 77
40th Annual Schwab Reunion Invitation........................... 87
Johann Jacob Zipp settles with "Die Kolonie".................... 89
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors: Ronald Becker, Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion,
Everett Fey, Frank & Betty Giesen,
Helen & Leroy Klinger, Brenda Lindemann,
Edgar Nolte, Sarah Pierson, Wanda Qualls
& Connie Krause
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TITLE June No. 2 PAGE NO.
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Letter From the Editor.......................................... 92
CCGS Field Trips:
June 12, 1999 to Castroville............................... 93
July 13, 1999 to King William Historic District............ 94
Comal Cemetery Historical Marker Dedication & Workshop...........95
Indianola Book Signing, October 12, 1999........................ 96
Indianola Sampler............................................... 97
CCGS Meeting Minutes - February and March 1999.................. 99
Specht Family Cemetery - Official Historic Texas Cemetery...... 104
E. J. Hierholzer, Speaker - April, 1998........................ 115
Queries........................................................ 118
Reunion Notices................................................ 120
Texas State Genealogy Society.................................. 127
Texas Civil War Units
E-mail addresses to contact for information.............. 129
Williamson Co. Genealogy Society
One of our Fellow TSGS Partners.......................... 131
Courtin' History............................................... 132
Lee County Courthouse Centennial Celebration................... 133
Comal County Elected Officials 1846-1998....................... 135
"Hortontown"
Translation by Carl & Ethel Saur........................ 142
The Periodical Source Index.................................... 145
Ancestors of Johann Heinrich Uhr & Ida Juliane Schuetz......... 146
Golden Wedding of Mr. & Mrs. Heinrich Meckel................... 152
Marriages Prohibited Due to Consanguinity & Affinity
by Victoria Daywood..................................... 154
Texas Department of Agriculture's Family Land Heritage Program. 155
Genealogical Helps............................................. 163
Excerpts from a CCGS Publication:
Index to Probate Minutes 1885-1924...................... 164
(Please note that this section only contains a small
selection of pages from the book
- this is not the whole publication!)
German Translator Available.................................... 171
Continuing Series:
Licenses to operate businesses in New Braunfels
July, 1899 to July, 1914................................. 172
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey,
Chris Knuepper, Edgar Nolte,
Carl & Ethel Saur & Connie Krause
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Letter From the Editor......................................... 182
Order Form for "History of Sattler and
Mountain Valley School in Comal County".............. 183
Comal Cemetery Workshop Publicity Newspaper Articles........... 184
Cemetery Inventory Form and Guide.............................. 188
Family Tree Maker CDs at Archives.............................. 194
Apprill Family Newsletter wins NGS Newsletter Competition...... 195
Genealogy Society of Kendall County First Family Project....... 199
CCGS Meeting Minutes - April, May and September 1999........... 200
Of Grave Concern............................................... 205
Breathing life into an old Pipe Organ.......................... 206
Queries........................................................ 207
Grandma's Disease.............................................. 208
Lobbying: A Taxpayer's Primer.................................. 209
Palatines to America - one of our Exchanges
Missing Baltimore Arrivals in "Germans to America"............. 210
New Books in the Research Library.............................. 216
The New Courthouse............................................. 217
Texas History at Your Desktop.................................. 218
Texas Historical Commission - our newest Exchange
$50 Million Available Restore Texas Treasures.................. 219
Comal County Elected Officials 1898 - 1998..................... 222
Time Capsule of the Comal Co. Courthouse Annex................. 228
Texas Independence Trail chose as next Travel Trail............ 229
Order Form for "Indianola and Matagorda Island"................ 232
Census indexes available at the Texas State Library............ 233
Research on the Wiederstein Ancestry in Germany................ 234
Coreth spreads Eden cheer...................................... 240
18th Century PA German Naming Customs.......................... 241
A Survey of the Salado cemetery on Perrin Beitel............... 245
Obituary of Elsie Meyer Kneupper, CCGS Member.................. 248
Obituary of Raymond A. Metzke, CCGS Member..................... 249
Obituary of Edward R. Dedeke, CCGS Member...................... 249
1849 - A Year of Joy 150 Years Ago
The History of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church............. 250
The History of Gruene, Texas................................... 252
Forgotten Churches of our Ancestors
History of the Trinity Churches of Blanco County............... 254
For Sale....................................................... 264
Interesting Items from "The Ellen Payne Odom
Genealogy Library"
German Phone book on Internet.................................. 265
Searching for Civil War Ancestors on Internet.................. 265
Resources for Research in Poland............................... 266
Save Texas Cemeteries announces Texas Cemetery
visitation days............................................ 266
More on Researching in Poland.................................. 267
Excerpts from a CCGS Publication:
1860 Census.................................................... 268
(Please note that this section only contains a small
selection of pages from the book
- this is not the whole publication!)
Leading National Origin Group by County, 1980.................. 278
Continuing Series:
Licenses to operate businesses in New Braunfels
July, 1899 to July, 1914............................... 279
It's B-A-C-K!!! Amazing what a flood can uncover............... 289
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors:
Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey,
Chris Knuepper, Edgar Nolte, Doris Gorman,
Alton Rahe, Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Klinger,
Dorene Rust, Marcella Chapple, John Rightmire,
& Connie Krause
ATTENTION!
If you have an interesting poem, story, translation from a newspaper
article about your ancestors or your research has turned up something
that you think is interesting, please consider sending it to us to publish
in the "Footsteps". Persons submitting materials, which are published,
will be listed as a contributing editor. The Editor reserves the right
to edit submissions as necessary.
Please make sure all submissions are camera ready.