Re: GILES J & BERNADETTE (MECHE) HIGGINBOTHAM
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Re: GILES J & BERNADETTE (MECHE) HIGGINBOTHAM
3/12/02
This is something I typed and saved in WORD so I wouldn't forget bits and pieces.Any questions, let me know.
Hyperlink below for TXGenWeb site.Scroll down to “TX County Index” option, find your county and click and look at everything.Sites are manned by volunteers, so they vary in material and information offered.Some will have a list of volunteers who offer to do lookups.Post your query; plus, ask if anyone has a copy of a county history, and will they check their copy for any possible information on your family.If cemeteries not online, ask if a collection of material, or book has been published on local cemeteries, and can someone check the index for you.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/
TX is a state with lots of good “stuff”, click and look, try “Texas Research Help”, it will lead you to such as:Handbook of TX Online (good for those TX towns not on maps, early settlers, history etc); Confederate Museum (all Rebs); TX Ranger Museum (both museums have records); TX Confederate Pension Idx Online (different then Museum); TX State Library & Archives etc etc.
When you finish with “ALL” of TX, look for the very first option on that site – USGenWeb Project – click and you are at the U.S. level, from there you can choose any state, and county/counties within those states – you are off and running, again.
And, you may want to click and look at the TXGenWeb Project Archives.Some county cemeteries and records are "stored" there, by county name, instead of on the actual county website.The bottom line is -- click and look at everything, you may find information you don't need at this time, but you'll know where to find it later.Happy Hunting.