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Footsteps Vol. XX (2003)
| Title | Family Footsteps Vol. XX |
| Part of | Family Footsteps [1984 - present] |
| Author(s) | Comal County Genealogy Society |
| Published | Comal County Genealogy Society, New Braunfels, Texas, 2003 |
| 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 | 1293 |
| Table of Contents | =================================================================== VOL XX March 2003 Number 1 =================================================================== TITLE PAGE NO. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter from the President...................................... 1 CCGS Meeting Minutes - September, October, November & December 2002.............................................. 2 20th Anniversary Program, October 8th, 2002 ................... 8 2003 CCGS Board of Directors .................................. 14 "Dreams of being published reality for local authors".......... 15 Texas Historical Cemetery Designation Heinrich Voges Cemetery.....................................16 "The History of the Heinrich Voges Cemetery and The History of Bulverde"................................... 26 "German Texas Heritage Society - an Exchange Society".......... 33 "The Oak Tree - A New Braunfels Treasure"...................... 35 "The Cold Water Shooting Club"................................. 37 "The Joseph Nowotny Murder - 1893"............................. 38 "Where are you going? Buxtehunde ............................. 41 "My Thirteen Republic of Texas Ancestors!"..................... 42 CCGS Gift Membership Form...................................... 47 "Treasures from the Comal County Courthouse" Commissioners Court Minutes - Book "E"..................... 48 Nomination Form for Volunteer of the Year...................... 54 "Dr. Ferdinand Roemer's Account of the Llano-San Saba Country".................................... 55 "You know you're an addicted genealogist... .................. 58 Translations................................................... 59 The History Shop of San Antonio................................ 60 "A Brief History of Maps"...................................... 62 "Yesteryears" form "German Life"............................... 64 "Merchant Seamen Records Indexed by Volunteers"................ 66 "Researching Military History"................................. 68 "Requesting Pertaining to Military Records".................... 72 "Presidential Memorial Certificates Important Notice".......... 74 Editor: Connie Krause Technical Assistant: Michael Krause Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, John Coers, Everett Fey, Jean Heide, Gerron Hite, Ruby Jones, Mary Ann Lehmann, Frances McQueeney, Edgar Nolte, Alton Rahe, John Rightmire, Clara Skinner & Connie Krause =================================================================== VOL XX June 2003 Number 2 =================================================================== TITLE PAGE NO. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter from the Editor......................................... 75 Comal Cemetery Books are now Available!. ...................... 76 Summer Field Trips............................................. 77 Obituary of Arlene Poerner, CCGS Member........................ 78 Nomination Form for Volunteer of the Year...................... 79 Additional Memberships for 2003................................ 80 CCGS Meeting Minutes - January, February, March, & April 2003.. 81 CCGS Exchange Societies San Antonio Gen. & Historical Soc.......................... 86 Pommerscher Verein Freistadt................................... 87 Favorite Websites for Genealogy on the Internet................ 89 Genealogy Resource Guide from the New Braunfels Library........ 93 "Father Menzel: An Amazing Man"................................ 97 Suggestions for Writing Queries................................ 99 England in the 1500's.......................................... 99 "The 1900 Galveston Storm".................................... 100 Pandemic Death................................................ 102 The Search.................................................... 102 Texas Trivia.................................................. 102 "Gammel's Laws"............................................... 103 "Who was H. P. N. Gammel?".................................... 105 German Language Camp for Youth................................ 107 "History below the Mountaintop ought to be preserved, too".... 108 Obituary of Mrs. Wilhelmine Louise Blieder F?rster............ 109 "Deciding what you want on your Tombstone".................... 114 Genealogy online with AARP.................................... 114 Johann Carl Ludwig Jauer Family History available............. 115 Ancestor Appreciation Day..................................... 116 Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits........................... 117 "Organize your Vacation Shots"................................ 117 "The Journey"................................................. 118 "Preserve Papers for Posterity"............................... 120 List of Microfilming done by LDS in 1976-77 at Comal County Clerk's Office................. 121 "MISTAKES - We Never Make Any"................................ 123 "The German-English School of San Antonio".................... 124 "The Best is Under Ground".................................... 125 "Freie Presse Fur Texas"...................................... 126 "The Man who Invented Ice Cream Soda"......................... 128 "I Want"...................................................... 132 Items from "The Family Tree" Magnetic Photo Albums......................................... 133 "Jewish Records Indexing"..................................... 134 "Cemetery Tours".............................................. 135 Translations.................................................. 136 Texas Historical Cemetery Designation Altwein Family Cemetery................................... 137 "Altwein Family History"...................................... 144 "Hamburg - Link to your Roots"................................ 165 Editor: Connie Krause Technical Assistant: Michael Krause Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, Bernice Friesenhahn, Jean Heide, Mary Ann Lehmann, Laverne Pearce, Sarah Pierson, Wilfred Schlather, Susie & Henry Seekatz, Lynn Thompson, & Connie Krause =================================================================== VOL XX November 2003 Number 3 =================================================================== TITLE PAGE NO. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Letter from the Editor........................................ 169 CCGS Meeting Minutes - May and September 2002................. 170 Obituary of Walter Theis, CCGS Member......................... 172 Obituary of Betty J. Giesen, CCGS Member...................... 172 Obituary of Betty Shoemake, CCGS Member ...................... 173 Obituary of Morris Chapple, CCGS Member ...................... 173 New Braunfels Public Library ................................. 174 Genealogy Resource Guide from NBPL............................ 177 Lone Oak Cemetery, Guadalupe Co. Burials and Certificates issued................................... 180 "A Spanish Mission... in New Braunfels...?"................... 181 The New Braunfels Garden Club 70th Anniversary Celebration.... 183 "We have lift-off"............................................ 184 Treasures of New Braunfels - June 2003 Fieldtrip.............. 184 The Search for a Lost Church Record........................... 197 "Cencus Taker for Bufflow".................................... 198 Catholic Chapels of Comal County - July 2003 Fieldtrip........ 198 "How many relative do you have?".............................. 204 "Have Pride in Humble Ancestry"............................... 204 "Letter form Galveston about 1900 Hurricane Devastation" by Dr. Herbert Sterzing, descendent of Theodore Sterzing.... 205 "Photos Really Do Tell a Family Story"........................ 211 Texas Historical Cemetery Designation Moegelin Cemetery......................................... 212 "The Night Before Christmas".................................. 228 "The Grave of Nancy Hanks".................................... 229 Texas Vital Statistics Records at the Texas State Library- Genealogy Section......................................... 230 "What is a First Cousin, Twice Removed?"...................... 232 1977 Marion Centennial Celebration............................ 233 "Digging at family tree reveals some interesting roots"....... 235 "Ancestor Farms & Plain Flour on Tombstones".................. 236 "Painted Churches of Texas"................................... 237 "You are Your Own Cousin"..................................... 238 "Documentation & Genealogy"................................... 239 "The 12 Days of Christmas".................................... 240 Letter from Kathy Schultz..................................... 240 "The Heise Family"............................................ 241 "Last Will and Testament of Flat Broke"....................... 246 Obituary of Mrs. Katherine Mueller Blieder & Translation...... 247 "Isn't Genealogy Fun? & It's 2003"............................ 249 Excerpts from "The Family Tree" "A lesson for US Citizens from our one dollar bill"........... 250 "Looking for a Library or Genealogy Society".................. 252 "Rules of Chocolate"...........................................252 Editor: Connie Krause Technical Assistant: Michael Krause Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple Contributing Editors: Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, La Verne Pearce, Alton Rahe, Kathy Schulz, Ross Sterzing and Lynn Thompson 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. |
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