VOL XVIIII March 2002 Number 1
INDEX
| Letter from the President | 1 |
| Letter from the Editor | 2 |
| CCGS Meeting Minutes – October, November and December 2001 | 3 |
| Butter Cookies and Pecan Macaroon Recipes | 9 |
| Obituary of Dorene Rust, CCGS Member | 10 |
| Obituary of Billy Hightower, Former CCGS Member | 10 |
| May 2002 Field Trip to Austin – UT Press Book Sale | 11 |
| Menu Choices for CCGS 20th Anniversary Party | 12 |
| San Antonio Liederkranz Spring Concert | 12 |
| CCGS Gift Membership Form | 13 |
| Nomination Form for Volunteer of the Year | 14 |
| Reunion Notices | 15 |
| Selma Historical Foundation Events Calendar | 18 |
| News from one of our Exchange Societies: | |
| Genealogical Historical Society of Caldwell Co. | 19 |
| News from one of our Exchange Societies: | |
| Pommerscher Verein Freistadt | 21 |
| Cemetery Hex Signs | 23 |
| Texas State Law on Unknown Cemeteries | 24 |
| Texas Attorney General’s Opinion on a matter concerning Cemeteries in Texas | 25 |
| Evangelisches Church Records in Berlin, Germany | 36 |
| Geue Books available for sale at the Sophienburg Archives | 37 |
| Recent Additions to the CCGS Collection | 38 |
| Historic Texas Cemetery Designation for Schlather Cemetery | 40 |
| "The Girdle Animal" | 60 |
| Excerpts from “The Marquardt-Muller-Perner History” | 61 |
| VolksMarsch Events for 2002 | 71 |
| “Common Abbreviations used in Genealogy Research” | 73 |
| Farms & Ranches of Comal & Guadalupe County Honored by The Texas Dept. of Agriculture’s Family Land Heritage Program | 78 |
| “Gillespie to give old schools brighter future as new owner” | 79 |
| “Clayton Library acquires British Vital Records Indexes” | 80 |
| Basis Research in the Archives of the Texas General Land Office< | 81 |
| You can have your own copy of Texas history | 84 |
| NGS Genealogy Collection moves | 86 |
| Excerpts from the “The Family Tree” | 87 |
| An invitation to visit the Sophienburg Archives | 93 |
| Continuing Series: | |
| Licenses to operate businesses in New Braunfels July, 1899 to July, 1914 | 79 |
Contributing Editors:
Virginia Baker, Ethel Canion, Everett Fey, Delray Fischer,
Jean Heide, Gerron Hite, Frances McQueeney, Edgar Nolte,
Alton Rahe, Clarence Scheel, Wilfred & Marlena Schlather
& 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.
FAMILY FOOTSTEPS MAGAZINE
VOL XVIIII
June 2002 Number 2
CONTENTS
| TITLE | PAGE NO. |
| Letter from the Editor | 106 |
| CCGS 20th Anniversary Party | 107 |
| CCGS Meeting Minutes – February and March 200 | 108 |
| Book Review: Comal Cemetery Records, 1873-1998 | 110 |
| Nomination Form for Volunteer of the Yea | 113 |
| Reunion Notices | 114 |
| June 2002 Field Trip to San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures Library | 116 |
| San Antonio Library – Texana/Genealogy Section | 127 |
| July 2002 Field Trip to Austin Bob Bullock TX State History Museum Membership Options | 143 |
| CCGS Gift Membership Form | 144 |
| “New Braunfels Coffee Company” | 145 |
| Queries | 155 |
| The Heritage Museum of Seguin, Texas | 156 |
| “Die Gebirgen” | 158 |
| “Cleaning (Tomb)stone” | 159 |
| “The Care of old Cemeteries and Gravestones” | 160 |
| “Our Cemeteries” | 170 |
| Historic Texas Cemetery Designation for Jauer Cemetery | 171 |
| “Today I Visited Yesterday” | 187 |
| “The School of Sister Felicitas” | 188 |
| “History and Words to Taps” | 190 |
| “Henry K. Judd, Frontier Census Enumerator” | 191 |
| “Census Mistakes” | 193 |
| New Braunfels Public Schools – Principal’s Monthly Report | 195 |
| Excerpts from “The Marquardt-Muller-Perner History” | 61 |
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Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors:
Mamie Bondy, Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Ned Coleman
Virginia D. Daywood, Everett Fey, Delray Fischer,
M. C. Forister, Gerron Hite, Frances McQueeney, Edgar Nolte,
Alton Rahe, Marvin Westmeyer, Karl Zipp & 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.
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P. O. Box 310160
New Braunfels, Texas 78131-0160
FAMILY FOOTSTEPS MAGAZINE
VOL XVIIII
November 2002 Number
3
CONTENTS
| TITLE |
PAGE NO.
|
| Letter from the Editor |
209 |
| CCGS Meeting Minutes - April and May 2002 |
210 |
| Obiturary of Raymond Haas, CCGS Member |
212 |
| Obiturary of Virginia Haas, CCGS Member |
215 |
| Smithson Valley Cemetery Meeting |
215 |
| Genealogy Online |
215 |
| CCGS Gift Membership Form |
216 |
| "We need your help...Quick!" |
217 |
| How long has it been? |
220 |
| German Genealogical Society of America, Exchange
Member |
221 |
| "Warning! Genealogy Pox" |
223 |
| Geier and Schmid Farm Historical Marker Dedication |
224 |
| "Obituary of Prince Solms Braunfels" |
226 |
| Looking for an Obiturary |
227 |
| "Obituary of Quanah Parker" |
228 |
| "Col. Goodnight takes a Bride" |
228 |
| "Fort Bliss Post Cemetery" |
229 |
| Texas Historical Cemetery Designation: Vogel/Voges
Cemetery |
230 |
| Selma Heritage Days |
241 |
| Atlas of the German Empire, 1883 "Saints Peter & Paul Parish and June Ceremony at Historic Grotto |
242 |
| "DNA" |
243 |
| "My Dear Ancestor" |
244 |
| Indianola Immigrant Database |
245 |
| Adelsverein Contracts: Heinrich Shumann,
Anton Friesenhahn and George Wenzel |
246 |
| "A Message from 1594 AD" |
253 |
| "Reverend Gottlob Mornhinweg" |
254 |
| Listing of 1929 Confirmation Class of First Protestant
Church |
255 |
| Translations |
256 |
| "Die Pfeifer Orgel" (The Pfeifer Organ" |
257 |
| "History of the Star- Spangled Banner" |
263 |
| "Treasures from the Comal County Courthouse": Brand
Book "C" |
264 |
| "Historical Background of the Langston House" |
271 |
| "Dolle Family History" |
272 |
| Proof of Heirship |
281 |
| Excerpts from "The Marquardt-Muller-Perner History "The Youngsters From the Kindom of Saxony Aboard the SHip "Galliot Flora" |
282 |
Published March 1, June 1, and November 1
By : Comal County Genealogy Society
P. O. Box 310160
New Braunfels, Texas 78131-0160
Editor: Connie Krause
Technical Assistant: Michael Krause
Indexing Editor: Marcella Chapple
Contributing Editors:
Charlotte Boyd, Ethel Canion, Ned Coleman, Stanley Dolle,
Everett Fey, Delray Fischer, Bernice and Wilburn Friesenhahn,
Jean Heide, Gerron Hite, Becky Lombardo, Frances McQueeney,
Edgar Nolte, Michelle Oatman, Frances Pryor, Alton Rahe, &
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.
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