COTTON BELT INDEXES By Scott Fitzgerald This is a joint project that was undertaken with the cooperation of three non-profit organizations. East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) provided Jeanne Sellers who did all of the indexes. I proofed and formatted all of the indexes for ETGS and the Smith County Historical Society (SCHS). SCHS also provided about 1/2 of magazines and the website space. The ...[Read More]
Cotton Belt Indexes
Cotton Belt News 1949 Issue #4 Index
Cotton Belt News 1949 Issue #4 Index This is a joint project that was undertaken with the cooperation of three non-profit organizations. East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) provided Jeanne Sellers who did all of the indexes. I proofed and formatted all of the indexes for ETGS and the Smith County Historical Society (SCHS). SCHS also provided about 1/2 of magazines and the website space. ...[Read More]
Cotton Belt News 1946 Issue #3 Index
Cotton Belt News 1946 Issue #1 Index This is a joint project that was undertaken with the cooperation of three non-profit organizations. East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) provided Jeanne Sellers who did all of the indexes. I proofed and formatted all of the indexes for ETGS and the Smith County Historical Society (SCHS). SCHS also provided about 1/2 of magazines and the website space. ...[Read More]
Cotton Belt News 1946 Issue #1 Index
Cotton Belt News 1946 Issue #1 Index This is a joint project that was undertaken with the cooperation of three non-profit organizations. East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) provided Jeanne Sellers who did all of the indexes. I proofed and formatted all of the indexes for ETGS and the Smith County Historical Society (SCHS). SCHS also provided about 1/2 of magazines and the website space. ...[Read More]
Cotton Belt News – Cumulative Index
Cumulative Index to Cotton Belt News This a master index to the Cotton Belt News. The indexes are compiled by Jeanne Sellers and formatted and proofread by Scott FItzgerald. Right now it covers the following issues: 1946 Issue 3; 1949 Issue 4; 1949 Issue 5; 1949 Issue 6; 1949 Issue 8; 1949 Issue 9; 1955 Issue 11; 1974 Spring Issue; and 1975 Spring Issue. Every effort was made to inde ...[Read More]
Aerie Yearbook, Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas, 1973
Index to Aerie Yearbook 1973 Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas Note: Every effort was made to index all names, places, and subjects. Corrections may be sent to East Texas Genealogical Society’s e-mail address – quarterly@etgs.org. Jeanne Sellers created this index. Scott Fitzgerald proofread and formatted the information that was printed i ...[Read More]
Oscar A. Winkfield
Laon, France – Airman Second Class Oscar A. Winkfield, son of Mrs. Opal J. Winkfield of 812 W, 28th St., Tyler, has been presented the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award at Laon AB, France. Airman Winkfield, a five protection specialist, received the award as a permanent decoration for helping the 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing achieve an exceptionally meritorious rating in support of ...[Read More]
The Tyler Star Annual Safety Book 1958-59 Tyler, Texas
Index to The Tyler Star 14th Annual Safety Book 1958-59 Tyler, Texas Index compiled by Jeanne Sellers and proofread and formatted by Scott Fitzgerald for the East Texas Genealogical Society. Blog by Carla Lacy – Tyler Star Safety Books, posted July 21, 2018. Abel, Bain – 17 Acker, Carolyn – 55 Adair, Timmy – 44 Adam, Margaret – 32 Adams, Stephen – 3 Adamson, Den ...[Read More]
The Rose Queens of Tyler, Texas
As with many of my research projects, it started with a question of “Who was the first Rose Queen?” I assumed it would be one of established families of Tyler but I would have been wrong. It turns that the first Rose Queen was from Palestine, Texas, the daughter of a jeweler. So I started with the book by Frank Bronaugh entitled 50 years, Texas Rose Festival Association, 1933-19 ...[Read More]
Louise Marsh, Frances Prestwood, Lovie Roberts and Ruth Hambrick Portraits 1915
In my previous blog, Alma Woldert Spence Letter dated June 4 1915, I mentioned the portraits found in the 1915 Alcalde school annual. We have identified four out of the five as follows: Louise Marsh – Her senior picture is on page 35 with a different pose from what is printed in the 1915 Alcalde school annual. She is mentioned in the yearbook on pages 77 and 144. [Object Id: BSF060] F ...[Read More]