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Footsteps Vol. XV (1998)
| Title | Family Footsteps Vol. XV |
| Part of | Family Footsteps [1984 - present] |
| Author(s) | Comal County Genealogy Society |
| Published | Comal County Genealogy Society, New Braunfels, Texas, 1998 |
| Summary | "Family Footsteps" magazine is the official membership publication for the Comal County Genealogy Society. The issues for this year are available individually. |
| Index Entries | 2599 |
| Table of Contents | =================================================================== VOL XV 1998 =================================================================== TITLE March No. 1 PAGE NO. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter from the Publications Secretary........................... 1 "Grave concerns" - Comal Cemetery Project........................ 2 Discover the Secrets of Austin - June Tour....................... 3 CCGS Board Meeting Minutes - August 1997......................... 4 CCGS Meeting Minuetes - October, November, 1997.................. 6 John O. Leal, Speaker - April 1997.............................. 11 "Thoughts which kept me awake at night"......................... 15 CCGS Query/Research Contract.................................... 16 CCGS/Query/Research Form ....................................... 17 Queries................. ....................................... 19 From one of our Exchanges - Germanic Genealogy Soc.............. 22 Genealogy of Sarah Barton Pierson............................... 25 Treasures from the Comal Co. Courthouse......................... 26 Register of Treasury Warrants for new Jail, 1872................ 33 Will and Estate Inventory of Hermann F. Seele................... 34 "Emigration to TX from Mistek District" New Book by the "Czech Heritage Soc. of Texas"............ 38 Historical Overview - County Government......................... 39 Donations to the Society ....................................... 39 "Bettina" by Helga Von Schweinitz............................... 40 "Texanisches and the Conclusion to the Terrible Railrod Catastrope" translated by Carl and Ethel Saur................ 46 "The Fisher Land Grant and the First Immigrants" by Gus Clemens............... ............................... 49 Excerpts from a CCGS Publication: Death Records - 1903 to 1931, A through Lopez................ 52 Comal County Juror's Time Book (continued)...................... 61 Editor: Publications Secretary: Connie Krause Technical Assistant: Michael Krause Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, Carl & Ethel Saur, Edgar Nolte, and Connie Krause ------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE June No. 2 PAGE NO. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Discover the Secrets of Austin - June Tour..................... 69 A Day Trip to Fredericksburg - July Tour........................ 77 Historical Dates of the CCGS.................................... 78 CCGS Past Officers.............................................. 80 CCGS Meeting Minutes - February, March 1998..................... 82 New Books in the CCGS Research Library.......................... 87 Queries and Reunions............................................ 88 CCGS Query/Research Contract and Form........................... 90 The Austin History Center....................................... 93 Treasures from the Comal Co. Courthouse ........................ 95 Prince Solm's Map of Distances in Texas ........................ 97 Hortontown at New Braunfels, Translated by Carl and Ethel Saur.. 98 Eulogy from Johanna Tietze Liebscher's Funeral................. 102 "Zion United Methodist Churcj History" - Index................. 104 History of Davenport (Now Bracken)............................. 105 Concrete Cemetery earns Historical Designation................. 106 San Antonio German Newspapers.................................. 107 Jacob and Anna Rose Family Tree ............................... 108 A History of the Jacob and Anna Rose House..................... 109 Excerpts from a CCGS Publication: Census Index "1880".......... 117 Comal County Juror's Time Book (con't)......................... 125 Editor: Publications Secretary: Connie Krause Techmical Assistant: Michael Krause Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, Carl & Ethel Saur, Edgar Nolte and Connie Krause ------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE November No. 3 PAGE NO. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Do You Belong?................................................. 133 "Ruhe Sanft Fuer die Toten" (Peaceful Rest for our Ancestors......................... 134 (Please use this form whenever turning in any new information as small slips of paper are easily lost)......... 135 "Settling Texas"- Land Ownership in the Early Days of the Republic......................................... 136 Thank you for Donation from THC................................ 138 CCGS is on the Internet........................................ 139 Volunteers & Family Ties....................................... 141 CCGS Meetin Minutes - April, May & September 1998.............. 142 Arlene Poerner, Speaker - November 1997........................ 148 Genealogy Books located at Seguin/ Guadalupe Co Public Library - Genealogy Section............................... 150 New Publications in the CCGS Collection at the Sophienburg Archives...................................... 151 National Archives iInformation Forms now available Via the Internet.......................................... 152 Request for Adelsverein Contracts.............................. 152 Something from our Past - CCGS Newsletters from 1884 & 1885......................... 153 Queries........................................................ 163 Family Trees as Gifts.......................................... 163 Benjamin & Marian Ludwig Memorial & Reunion.................... 164 Genealogical Column Editor, Erin Wallace Mangiapane has Ancestors from Comal Co.............................. 165 The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society.............................. 166 "Now What Do I Do With All This Stuff? (Have you ever thought what will happen to your research after you have gone to be with your Ancestors?)................................. 168 "How well does your Family know you?".......................... 171 Treasures from the Comal Co Courthouse Road Minutes, Commissioner's Court....................... 172 Obiturary of Ernst Pape........................................ 181 Cemetery Additions / Corrections............................... 182 Texas State Library & Archives Commission Internet Addresses................................................ 182 Citizenship Paper of J. O. Meusebach........................... 183 QUARANTINED! - Genealogy Fever................................. 184 "Remembering the Alamo"........................................ 185 140 th Anniversary of the NB Schuetzen Verein.................. 186 Central Texas Collections of the Neu Braunfelser Seitung 1852 - 1954....................................... 187 "Gravestones: Telling Texas' Past in Stone".................... 195 "Lost Blancoites in the Majic Valley".......................... 197 Basic Research in the Archives of the Texas General Land Office............................................... 199 Excerpts from a CCGS Publications: Death Records 1903-1931..... 204 (Please note that this section only contains a small selection of pages from the book - this is not the whole publication!) German Translator Available.................................... 213 "First Issues of Comal County Bonds & Warrants for Courthouse and Jail 1857"............................. 214 Editor: Publications Secretary: Connie Krause Technical Assistant: Michael Krause Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, Helen & Leroy Klinger, Edgar Nolte & Connie Krause |
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