THE CLF NEWSLETTERA Publication of Clayton Library Friends

Volume XX February 2006 Number 1

http://www.houstonlibrary.org/clayton/clf.html

Enriching the resources and facilities of

Clayton Library Center

for Genealogical Research

Clayton Library Center

for Genealogical Research

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

I trust that youcelebrated the NewYear properly.

2006 holds thepromise of an excitingyear for the Clayton

Library, a premier genealogy facility. It isone of the three best public GenealogyCollections in the United States. We atCLF are proud of our work in supportingClayton.

The feasibility phase of the ClaytonHouse and complex renovation wascompleted last year and fund raising hasstarted. Now, real renovation of theClayton House complex will get underwaywith the GMSA Architect Design Phasecompletion early this year. These will bethe specifications and drawings that willbe used in the bidding process and selec-tion of the contractor. We have hired aprofessional to act as our project managerto guide our way through the detailedcoordination with the architect and Cityof Houston. How soon we are able to bringthis Historic Complex to completion willdepend on the work to be done, its relatedcost, and how soon we can get started.

Our Capital Campaign Fund Raisingstarted mid-year 2005. To date we haveraised or committed about $2.7 milliontoward the restoration, about one quarterof the way to our goal. Fund raising willcontinue aggressively to reach $10million. Out of that fund, CLF will estab-lish a $2.5 million maintenance endow-ment so that we are able to maintain the

property in pristine condition as a genea-logical research facility.

The CLF is expanding the Acquisitionsproject to include the collection of:

Additional Texas State Archives andTexas General Land Office;

Additional Texas County Records suchas deeds, probate records, mar-riages, etc. for Harris and sur-rounding counties and for thosecounties east of the Trinity River,by purchasing the RHRD collec-tion from the Genealogical Societyof Utah or the Texas State Libraryand Archives;

Seek to obtain directly from theindividual counties any recordsthat are not part of the RHRDcollection;

Texas Death Certificates (1935-1978);

Texas Birth Certificates (1928-1935);

Texas Marriage Records, 1966- ;

Additional colonial Gulf Coast andMississippi Valley records fromforeign archives;

American Indian Records;

African-American Records;

Passenger & Crew Lists of VesselsArriving at New York, 1897-1957(NARA Publication T717, reels 1-4892);

Remaining 1930 Soundex microfilm;

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OFFICERS

DIRECTORS

Dickie "Dick" Warren

Iris Eaton

Don Teter

Alice Braud-Jones

Ruby V. Dusek

Gloria Wright Russell

Wallace "Wally"Davenport

Nick Sorenson

Claudia M. Grafton

Samuel Lusk

Frances Trimble

President

1st Vice President

2nd Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

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Clayton Library FriendsFinancial Report

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow Report

At 12/31/05

Cash and Bank Accounts

Postal Service Bulk Mail Acc...................................543.54

Wells Fargo Checking Acc. ................................99,149.88

Wells Fargo Market Rate Acc. ..........................

TOTAL Cash and Bank Accounts ...........................653,866.04

TD Waterhouse Investment Acc.

Portfolio value at 12/31/05 ..............................835,310.93

Accrued interest at 12/31/05 ...............................6,299.74

..........................................................

LIABILITIES ......................................................................- 0 -

EQUITY ..............................................................1,495,476.71

...................................

411 - Unrestricted Gifts...........................................10,605.00

412 - Rest'd Gifts - non Endowment ......................657,514.39

424 - 2005 Dues.......................................................3,750.00

425 - 2006 Dues.....................................................10,230.00

426 - 2007 Dues............................................................20.00

430 - Fund Raising Income .......................................3,594.33

440 - Interest - non Endowment .......................................5.45

450 - Interest - Endowment.....................................29,917.51

..........................................................

510 - Library Purchases........................................616,626.26

520 - Direct Payments to Library....................................90.00

530 - Program Printing & Mailing ..............................2,995.18

540 - Meeting & Seminar Expns ...................................463.48

550 - Misc Prog Expns..............................................3,956.74

560 - Library Renovation Project .............................25,923.49

610 - Audit ...............................................................5,500.00

620 - Tax Services ....................................................1,104.00

650 - M&G Printing & Mailing....................................1,381.21

660 - Office Supplies ...................................................989.35

670 - P.O. Box Rental....................................................126.00

680 - Misc M&G Expenses........................................1,543.13

710 - Fund Raising Printg & Mailg ................................117.39

720 - Misc Fund Raising Expns ....................................800.07

730 - Fund Raising (Renovation) .............................40,000.00

To TDWaterhouse Investment Acc. ........................100,000.00

.......................................................

Acct Balance

Category Description Amounts

ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS 1,495,476.71

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 1,495,476.71

INFLOWS

TOTAL INFLOWS 715,636.68

OUTFLOWS

TOTAL OUTFLOWS 246,616.30

OVERALL TOTAL ..........................................................469,020.38

554,172.62

01/01/05 Through 12/31/05

Ruby DusekTreasurer

Printed Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (need a re-print copy to replace the one currently in the library);

20th and 21st Century Vital Records Indexes;

Acquire Out-of-Print books related to French and Spanishcolonial records;

Index to Spanish Marriages for the Military Officers inAmerica;

Index to Spanish Hojas de Servicio;

Corvisier's finding aid on French military records, vol. 3;

Nancy Miller Surry's two-volume set

(reprint)

Also on our 'wish list' are the Government Land OfficeRecords, 1930 Census Soundex Records, New York PassengerLists, completion of the Cuban Papers, Texas Ranger Records,Military Records, and more. Our radar is on scan for thoseTexas records we don't yet know about that will need preserva-tion. Last year we found a number of significant documentsand preserved them. CLF intends to continue looking. Wealways welcome donations of funds ear-marked for any ofthese collections or other items for the library.

High on our list of achievements is our joint participationwith the Houston Genealogical Forum in the development ofeducational seminars to help the genealogy community intheir research and in solving brick wall problems. Theseseminars were successful in 2005 with attendance averaging65 participants. More significant was the genealogicaleducation provided to experienced as well as beginner geneal-ogists.

Bringing the official Website online is a major project thatresisted completion in 2005. We are renewing our goal of anupgraded presence on the Internet that will provide the surferwith information about the “Friends”, the Clayton Libraryand the rewards of being a member and volunteer.

We have not been very efficient with the postal andelectronic delivery of the . A new director isleading the charge to improve our commitment to the mem-bership. We will continue to refine electronic delivery of the

to quickly bring information to CLF mem-bers.

If you would like to participate in these exciting projectsas a volunteer, contact Sam Lusk at or anyCLF Director.

Lescontrôles de troupes de l'Ancien Régime

Calendar ofManuscripts in Paris Archives and Libraries Relatingto the History of the Mississippi Valley to 1803

CLF Newsletter

CLF Newsletter

navret@hal-pc.org

Dick Warren

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEcontinued from page 1

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One of the main and important ongoing functions of CLF is providing support to Clayton Library by thescheduling of our volunteers to assist the library staff during working hours. This CLF volunteer programsuccessfully completed over 5,500 hours of scheduled work time in 2005. We are proud to present the

following 2005 Clayton Library Volunteers responsible for this selfless contribution:

Acker, Karen

Aubin, Tom

Austill, Mary

Barkley, James

Barkley, Leslie

Barnett, Jerry

Barnett, Judy

Benton, Lyn

Boudreaux, Jean

Boykin, Sharline

Brandhorst, Mary

Braud-Jones, Alice

Brown, Garey

Brown, Jane H.

Bultema, Stephen

Burns, Tommy

Butterfield, Ivan

Clark, Edwina A.

Carroll, Dorothy Howell

Carroll, Mildred

Collett, Louisa

Cook, JoAnne

Cooper, Grace

Cowen, Joy

Coy, Gerri

Coyle, John

Cress, Glen

Cress, Sharon

Cunningham, Eva

Davenport, Wallace

de Berardinis, Robert

Dorsey, Diana

Dunquez, Betty

Dusek, Ruby

Eaton, Iris

Epps, Laura

Eriksen, Norma

Evans, Joan

Findley, Martha

Freeland, Bernard

Friedman, Susanna

Fritz, Rose Mary

Furby, John

Gann, Phyliss

Gillean, Julia

Gillette, Vernon

Gorden, Jane

Hart, David

Hartzog, Katie

Hazen, Nancy

Hicks, Liz

Hudson, Ann

Jarvis, Harry

Johns, Alice

Kaufman, Sue

Keeline, Don

Knight, Paris

Koons, Charles Bruce

Krewinghaus, Bruce

Kroeger, Connee

Lewis, Ruth

Lowe, Marjorie J.

Lusk, Sam

Lyon, Tom

Mancini, Maureen

Marks, William

Martin, Mary

Mathews, Alyce

McGarry, Tina

McGowan, John Evans

McGowan, Nora McLin

McLaren, Olga C.

McLaughlin, Nelle

McNabb, Winifred

Metcalfe, Pat

Middlebrooke, Audrey

Minor, Rose

Miseremdino, Neil

Morton, Kim

Moss, Alpheus

Odena, Verna

Orr, Ruth

Parks, Florence

Patterson, Ann

Pearson, Mary E.

Peipelman, Chocolate

Pennington, Frances

Phillips, Patricia

Phillips, Renee

Pryor, Gwen

Pusch, Don

Pusey, Betsy

Rayne, Stephen

Rayne, Vickie

Reed, Bob

Reed, Katie

Roberts, Jane

Robison, G. Alan

Robison, Jill J.

Russell, Judy Jensen

Ryman, Betty

Sanders, Marjorie

Scott, Alexander

Seltzer, Annabel

Serrano, Lucile

Shenberger, Lloyd

Shimek, Carolyn

Singleton, David B.

Steves, Myron

Taylor, Margaret

Teas, Oletia

Teas, William

Teter, Don

Thompson, Bob

Toney, Virginia

Turner, Suigetsu

Tye, Ernest J.

Versluys, Don

Vincent, Tressia

Waghalter, Milton

Warren, Dick

Weaver, Marilyn

Weimer, Wm R

Wells, Kerry

White, Bettye

White, Don

Wilkinson, Winona

Williams, Sandra

Wilson, Charlene

Wilson, Douglas

Wilson, Pauline M.

Woods, Laura Sanders

Workman, Gayle

Worm, John

Wyche, Barbara

Wynne, Cicely

Yarbrough, Ginger

Yarbrough, Jim

In addition to this list, we must mention the Clayton staff members, specifically David Hardin and Irene Walters.These two librarians coordinate and schedule our precious time to Clayton's calendar. Sandy Scott, our CLFVolunteer Coordinator for 2005, worked devotedly to maintain the high standards that CLF expects from theirvolunteer program.

Thank you all for the exceptional efforts and energy you shared with Clayton this year.

We are the better because of it.

CLAYTON LIBRARY FRIENDS VOLUNTEERS FOR 2005

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The Clayton Library Friends Volunteers do anoutstanding service for the Clayton Library,volunteering over 8,000 hours last year,

equivalent to four full-time librarians. So many do somuch that it is almost impossible to identify any onecontribution.

There is an exception...

The Board of Directors is deeply, deeply indebted toCharles David Lodge for his voluntary service in main-taining Clayton Library Friends membership records,tracking directed contributions, developing membermailing lists and various other membership reports. Heprovides tireless and accurate data entry of the member-ship database.

The data David keeps directly supports the Board ofDirectors in the development budgets, membershipstatus, membership campaigns, individual memberrenewal reports, library resource acquisitions, mailinglists for both the posted and electronic newsletters, andmore.

David's contributions are generally not visible to themembership. But the Officers and Directors need anduse the information he provides. His weekly reports areessential to support the fficers anddirectors. It requires his constant attention.

assigned tasks of o

Charles David Lodge is our Silent Hero.

Frances Guerra Trimble was born inLaredo, Texas and moved to Houston in1965. She worked as a secretary in the

Artificial Heart Program and in various otherpositions until starting a family in 1971. From1975-1978, she conceived, produced, anddirected a statewide media research project,funded by the Hogg Foundation for MentalHealth at The University of Texas at Austin. Theproject included radio, TV, and print materialson depression and anger. It was aired statewideand in Mexico and Canada. Frances also wrote abrochure on disaster preparedness and theemotional response to disaster that wasdistributed by the Houston Chapter of the

American Red Cross. She has served on the Board of the Mental HealthAssociation of Houston & Harris County and for a brief period on theMental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County board.

In 1999 she wrote “Who Was Marcus Sewell? An InvestigativeSummary Using Tennessee, Alabama and Texas Land/GenealogicalRecords” for , a publication of the East TennesseeHistorical Society. This essay began as research done on her own ances-tors, who migrated to Texas during the Republic period. She has alsowritten a book about her family, titled

.

was published in 1999. She is currently finishing work onand

.

Frances is a member of the East Tennessee Historical Society,Daughters of the Republic of Texas, First Families of Tennessee, FirstFamilies of Bexar County, and has recently begun serving as PR Chairmanfor the Lady Washington Chapter of Daughters of the AmericanRevolution.

Tennessee Ancestors

Make Some Lone Star Your RestingPlace ...a true story of land, politics and murder in early Texas

One Hundred Years of Champions and Change -The History of AustinCountry ClubThe One Hundred Year History of Houston Country Club The HoustonPilots: Silent Servants of Progress

Sa m u e lStowellL u s k ,

DDS, MS, wasborn in RapidCity SouthDakota andgrew up inP a w n e e ,Ok lahoma .His collegeexper iencei n c l u d e dK e m p e r ,University of Oklahoma, Baylor,Tennessee University, and GeorgeWashington University. He is a retiredCapt, US Navy 1981, and a retiredAssociate Professor (Emeritus), TheUniversity of Texas Dental Branch2000. Sam served on vestry at HolySpirit, Houston and Trinity, Houston,and is a board member of theE p i s c o p a l M e d i c a l M i s s i o n sFo u n d a t i o n a n d t h e Tr i n i t yEndowment Fund.

Sam is a CLF Volunteer at theClayton House and a former VolunteerCoordinator for the house. He isabout to publish the first of a three-four volume work of "Lusks inAmerica'.

A Silent Hero

NEW CLF BOARD MEMBERS

Frances Trimble

Sam Lusk

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In recognition of his long service to Clayton LibraryFriends, Don Pusch was presented with a plaque bythe CLF board on January 17, 2006, at its January

meeting.

Don has been active with the Clayton Library Friendsfor 15 years. In 1992 he took on the job as editor of

and continued in that position for thenext ten years, helping it to grow into the professionalpublication that it is today. Under Don's leadership thenewsletter won first place in the 1997 NGS Newsletter

Competition in the category of Major GenealogicalSocieties. The presentation was made at the nationalconvention in Denver, and Don was able to be at theconvention with several CLF board members to receivethe award. Part of Don's success with the newsletter washis attention to high editorial standards and his con-stant urging of members to submit a variety of articleshighlighting the Clayton Library collection or providinginformation on how to get the most out of it.

As the Computer Learning Center coordinator atthe CLF-hosted NGS Conference in 1994, Don was anessential cog in making the conference a success. Hewas the original designer of the CLF web site in 1995 andserved as curator of the site up until 2006. He alsoserved two years as a CLF director and was volunteerschairman in 1992 and 1993.

In 2000 Don was elected President of CLF and wasreelected in 2001 for a second term. During that timeperiod, large contributions and grants continued to flowinto the CLF treasury, and he enlisted the help of inter-ested members to develop a more capable record-keeping system. In 2002 he was elected Treasurer, aposition he retained for four years, a tenure that waslonger than any previous CLF treasurer.

Don's interest and expertise in colonial Frenchhistory and the French sailing navy of the eighteenthcentury have found their outlets in his many speaking,writing, and editing activities. Some of his more notableworks include the following:

. VillePlatte, Louisiana: Provincial Press, 2000(editor)

, vol. 4. VillePlatte, Louisiana: Provincial Press, 2000(coeditor with Winston de Ville)

“Employees of the Marine in the Colony ofLouisiana, 1759.”

47: 69-87 (September 2000)

“The Capture of the ,”18: 79-84 (November 2002).

This article received the 2002 Editor'sAward from the Acadian Cultural Society.

.Seabrook, Texas: Petite Presse duLac, 2003.

In work:

(a complete English translationof these two log books).

In work:

(an analysis ofthe encryp-tion tech-niques usedin thegovernor'scorrespon-dence).

Although Don hasofficially retired fromthe CLF executiveboard, we expect tocontinue seeing himaround the library andinvolved in CLF projectswhere he can lend hisexpertise.

TheCLF Newsletter Selected Papers by Winston De Ville

Mississippi Valley Mélange

Louisiana GenealogicalRegister

Chariot Royal LeRéveil Acadien

The Naval Service Dossier of Jean-FrançoisLe Large

Convoy to Louisiana: The Logs ofthe flûte Fortune and the frigate Opale,1758–1759

Kerlérec's Cipher: The EncodedDispatches of the Last French Governor ofthe Province of Louisiana

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OUTSTANDING SERVICE...CLF RECOGNIZES DON PUSCH FOR HIS LEADERSHIP

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Where would you go if youw a n t e d t o u s eg o v e r n m e n t

documents? An archive? Perhapsa university or large publiclibrary? These would be correctchoices, but you might bes u r p r i s e d t o l e a r n t h a tgovernment documents can beavailable in almost any library.Not too long ago, Loretto Szucswrote an introductory article

a b o u t u s i n g g o v e r n m e n tdocuments for genealogy entitled“Government Documents: NoGenealogy Here?” The questionjust as easily could be turnedaround when thinking about agenealogy library such as Clayton:“No government documentshere?”

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Taking a bibliography pre-pared by Carole Callard of theLibrary of Michigan as a startingpoint, I searched the HoustonPublic Library catalog, limitingthe results to Clayton Library, totest this theory. Of Callard's 195suggested titles, Clayton has orhas access to 80 of them, a good41 per cent. And this isn't evencounting such things as all of theNational Archives microfilmcollections.

Government publicationscover any imaginable subject, soyou'll find a variety of resources

and topics. What kinds of publi-cations are useful for genealogicalresearch?

When you are ready to take atrip, you turn to travel guides forhelp and suggestions. Guides toresources give the same kind ofaid for “touring” a collection ofresearch materials. Examples ofthis type of publication are

(3rd ed., 2000;0 1 6 . 9 2 9 1L697 USA),

( 0 1 6 . 3 2 8G946 USA),

(016.9737 B415 USA)and its counterpart

(973.7 M965USA). Taking the time to readabout a collection before going touse it can save researchers muchvaluable time while on site.

Actually, many of the travelguides produced by the NationalPark Service can be useful togenealogists, too. Those relatingto historical sites often give briefbut substantive informationabout the history or culture of thesite and its time period. If yourinterest is in the Civil War, youmight take a look at

(975.5 W746 VA; also availableonline at

) or

(975.7 B261 SC; alsoa v a i l a b l e o n l i n e a t

). Isthe American Revolution moreyour cup of tea? Try

() or(

). How abouttracking down those migratingancestors? Take a look at the

() or the

( ).Whether or not you plan to visitthe parks, you will learn signifi-cant background detail that willhelp you understand the lives andexperiences of your ancestors.

It's a good research habit tocheck for bibliographies on yourresearch topic, whether they arepublished separately or as part ofa book or journal article. As mightbe expected, the Library ofCongress publishes many genea-logically helpful bibliographies.

(016.929L425 USA),

(016.943 K92USA),

(973.3 G353 USA), and

(016.912 L697 USA) are just afew. Check out many other titles

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Guideto Genealogical Research in theNational Archives

G u i d e t oR e s e a r c hCollections ofF o r m e rUnited StatesS e n a t o r s ,1789–1982

The Confederacy: A Guide toFederal Archives Relating to theCivil War

The Union: AGuide to Federal Archives Relatingto the Civil War

ManassasNational Battlefield Park, Virginia

Fort Sumter:

National Monument, SouthCarolina

Fort Stanwix,Rome, New York

Yorktown Battlefield,Virginia

Mormon Pioneer Nat ionalHistoric Trail

Trail ofTears National Historic Trail

Generations Past: A Selected Listof Sources for Afro-AmericanGenealogical Research

Hidden ResearchResources in the GermanCollections of the Library ofCongress: A Select Bibliography ofReference Works

Revolutionary America,1763–1789: A Bibliography

RailroadMaps of the United States: ASelective Annotated Bibliographyof the Original 19 -Century Mapsin the Geography and MapDivision of the Library of Congresshttp://www.nps.

gov/mana/

http://www.nps.gov/fosu/

http://www.nps.gov/fost/

http://www.nps.gov/yonb/index.htm

http://www.nps.gov/mopi/

http://www.nps.gov/trte/

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IS THERE A DOCUMENT IN THE HOUSE?Government Documents in Genealogical Research By Gay E. Carter

Of Callard's 195 suggested titles,Clayton has or has access to 80 ofthem, a good 41 per cent. And this

isn't even counting such things as allof the National Archives

microfilm collections

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on the Library of CongressGenealogy Reading Room website (

).

Biographical directories andpersonnel lists are always poten-tially useful for family historians.Somebody's ancestors will befound in the

(923.2873W872 USA; also available onlineas

at

,

( 9 2 3 . 2 8 7 3W872 USA),t h e S t a t eDepartment's

(

), or

().

Official publications such as

(973.74 U58USA) are well-known resources.Look also for the

(973.312 U58 USA Microfilm),the(333.10973 U53 USA; alsoavailable online at

), the

(973 .U58 USA) , and the

(353.6H473 USA)

You will have noticed by nowthat many government publica-tions are available electronicallyas well as in print. You can accessthese titles either throughClayton's Internet connections orfrom home. Other electronicpublications you might want tosample are the Library ofCongress's(

),(

), or

(). Speaking of manuscripts,

don't overlook the

()!

While this article concen-trates on federal publications,remember that state govern-ments publish, too. One of thebest descriptions of federal landand the rectangular survey systemis the (K68 OHIO), published by theAuditor of the State of Ohio in2002. It is illustrated with mapsand has clear explanations of thehistory of public land surveys. Youalready may be familiar with

(976.4T355), published by the TexasState Library.

If this glimpse into govern-ment documents hasn't whettedyour appetite, or even if it has, be

sure to read Curt B. Witcher'sexcellent overview of how and whyto use government documents forgenealogical research. See alsomy handout and bibliography formore tips and articles aboutexploring and using governmentpublications. As you cite yoursources (you doing that, aren'tyou?) on your next visit toClayton, keep an eye out forgovernment documents.

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Loretto Dennis Szucs, “UnlikelyS o u r c e s : G o v e r n m e n tDocuments: No Genealogy Here?”

12 (January/February1994): 24-25. Also available at

.

Carole Callard, “Pursuing thePast: Genealogy and GovernmentDocuments,”

, published online onGPO Access, FDLP Desktop, at

.

Curt B. Witcher, “Delving intoF e d e r a l G o v e r n m e n tPublications,” 16(September/October 1998): 53-5 7 . A l s o a v a i l a b l e a t

.

Gay E. Carter, “Pursuing thePast: Annotated Bibliography ofGovernment Resources forG e n e a l o g i c a l R e s e a r c h , ”

,published online on GPO Access,F D L P D e s k t o p , a t

.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guide/bibguide.html

http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/dpl/

h t t p : / / f o i a . s t a t e .gov/MMS/KOH/keyoffcity.asp

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gpv/frd/cs/cshome.html

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/UnitHistories.html

http://www.loc.gpv/rr/mss/guide/

ht tp : //www. loc .gov/co l l /nucmc/

ht tp : //www.ances t r y. com/library/view/ancmag/2604.asp

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/proceedings/02pro_callard.html

http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/ancmag/742.asp

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/pubs/proceedings/02pro_carter.html

BiographicalDirectory of the AmericanCongress, 1774–1989

Biographical Directory of theUnited States Congress

Women inC o n g r e s s ,1 9 1 7 – 1 9 9 0

Diplomatic List

Key Officers ofFo r e i g n S e r v i c e P o s t s

Wa r o f t h e Re b e l l i o n : ACompilation of the OfficialRecords of the Union andConfederate Armies

Papers of theContinental Congress, 1774–1789

American State Papers

TerritorialPapers of the United States

Historical Register and Dictionaryof the United States Army from ItsOrganization, September 29,1789, to March 2, 1903

Country Studies

United States ArmyUnit Histories

Library of CongressManuscripts: An Illustrated Guide

National UnionCatalog of Manuscript Collections

Official Ohio Lands Book

Guide to Genealogical Resourcesin the Texas State Archives

are

Ancestry

Proceedings of the11th Annual Federal DepositoryLibrary Conference, October 21-23, 2002

Ancestry

Proceedings of the 11th AnnualFederal Depository LibraryConference, October 21-23, 2002

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You will have noticed by now thatmany government publications areavailable electronically as well as in

print. You can access these titleseither through Clayton's Internet

connections or from home

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by Liz Hicks

We wish to thank the following Clayton Library Friends who have earned their wings by donating fundsin support of the Angels program:

, (Cherokee-Oklahoma), renewal for 2006 in honor of theGoingsnake Heritage Association.

, , renewal for 2006 in honor of her Dardens who migratedfrom Lee and Russell Counties, AL; and donation to Angel program.

, , in memory of Thomas GilbertAndrews; (Ontario Gen. Soc.) and the , in honor ofJanet Tyler Fox; and donation to Angel program.

, and renewals for 2006.

, renewal for (LA), in loving memory of Eunice Domingue Toussel.

, renewal for .

, renewal for (AL).

, 2006 renewal for in memoryof Henry Jeremiah Murphy, Sr.

, subscription to Clark County (AR) Historical Association and Museum'sin memory of his father, Logan Davis.

Angels are still needed for the following periodical subscriptions:

(British Isles) $78.00 (comes with CD)

(Sandusky, Ohio) $10.00

(Polish Gen. Soc. Of America) $20.00

(Newberry Library) $20.00

If you are interested in donating funds for any of these subscriptions, please contact:

, 746 Edgebrook Dr., Houston, TX 77034-2030, phone: (713) 944-1118 or

email: . Donations for binding are also appreciated.

In addition to those listed in the November , the following societieshave agreed to a periodical exchange with us for 2006: Minnesota Genealogical Society,Yakima Valley Genealogical Society (Washington), and the Genealogical Society ofWashtenaw County, Michigan.

Marjorie J. Lowe

Jackie Darden Rundstein

Patsy and Mike Andrews

Wally E. Davenport

Laurie E. Rasbery

David Pitts

Jack Calkins

Maureen Singleton

John L. Davis

Liz Hicks

Goingsnake Messenger

Tap Roots

Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine

Families Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly

Mississippi River Routes Arkansas Family Historian

Le Raconteur

Northeast Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society

Clarke County Historical Society

Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter

Clark

County Historical Journal

The Family Tree Magazine

Kith 'n Kin

Rodziny

Chicago Genealogist

CLF Newsletter

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is Past Commander of the Albert Sidney JohnstonCamp No. 67, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Past Commander of theAlbert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 5 of the Military Order of Starsand Bars, and immediate Past President of the Sam Houston Chapterof The Sons of the Republic of Texas. He is a member of the Sons ofthe American Revolution and the General Society of 1812. Heserved as Chairman of the 1999 Confederate Ball and last yearserved as Chairman of the Albert Sidney Johnston ScholarshipCommittee. An accomplished watercolor artist, he also is a memberof the Houston Civic Arts Association.

A sixth generation Texan with ancestors who fought at theAlamo, Don was born in Seguin, graduated from The University of

Texas, and served as a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict After acareer of over 36 years, Don retired from Exxon in 1990. He has served and is serving onnumerous civic, community, and educational boards, including Houston's Theater Underthe Stars, the Foundation Board of Texas Tech University, and the Museum of SouthernHistory.

Don's four great grandfathers served in the Confederate Army. They were LieutenantElias M. C. Lee in the Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Private William Blanton Westbrook in theSecond Texas Infantry, Private Abner Valentine Gates in the 33rd Texas Calvary, and PrivateAsa Huffman was also in the Texas Infantry.

Don and his wife Janice are members of the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church and theRiverbend Country Club.

Donald E. Lee

Gloria Wright Russell, DirectorClayton Library Friends, Program Chair

CLAYTON LIBRARY FRIENDSMEETING

Date: Saturday, February 11, 2006

Time: 10:00 — 12:00 noon

Place: Bayland Community Center6400 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX

Speaker:Topic:

Donald E. LeeLee After Appomattox

Brief Description: This is a part of Lee's life thatmost people, including historians, tend to over-look. However, it is the part where he made hisgreatest and most lasting contributions to thiscountry as a "healer" and as an educator.

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Those of you from Clayton Library who helpedthe cause by signing and sending petitionslast year, to the Canadian government are to

be thanked for your effort in this importantundertaking.

The Library and Archives of Canada has placedtheir 1911 census online. There is no fee for access-ing this database. You can get to it by going to:

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The 1911 census began on June 1. Recorded foreach individual was the place they lived, marital status,age, place of birth, religion, occupation, and educa-tion. The census covered those areas of BritishColumbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario,Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince EdwardIsland, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories thatwere part of the Canadian Confederation in 1911.

The online database of the 1911 census is onlysearchable by geographic location — it is not search-able by family name. But it is now online!

www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html

The new CLF Acquisitions Committee hopes to continue the fine work done in the past to obtain itemsused by genealogical and historical researchers who use Clayton Library. All acquisitions will be carefullychoreographed to meet the overall goals and plans that the Clayton Library Manager and staff foresee.

But we also want to have as much input as possible from the CLF membership.

CLF members who have given an e-mail address will soon receive a very short survey form. We hope you willtake the time to read it, fill it out, and return it. In addition, we plan to implement an idea submitted by GinnyToney (a past president) some time ago to “Adopt a County!” It seems we have many counties within variousstates where we have not one single item on the shelf and we hope that those particularly interested will bewilling to ‘adopt’ it and provide one or two items for it. A list will soon be posted on the lunch room bulletinboard at Clayton, but in the meantime if you have a particular state of interest e-mail us an we'll provide a list ofcounties that needs adopting.

As many of you know, through a gift, Clayton was able to obtain the Texas Death Certificates --- yes! theactual certificate! --- for the years available up to 1935. A top priority ‘by popular demand’ is to take it to thenext stage for those certificates from 1935-1978. For this and other projects we encourage not only gifts-in-kind but your monetary gift as well. Given through the CLF Acquisitions Committee you can be assured thatyour gift will be handled quickly and appropriately.

This Committee serves at the pleasure of the Board on your behalf. Let us hear your ideas and what yourneeds are for materials for Clayton.

(a past president), Chairman

(past Director)

, Committee Secretary

Committee Contact:

John Dorroh

Gay Carter

Trevia Wooster Beverly

treviawbeverly@houston.rr.com

WHAT’s New?NEW COMMITTEE WANTS YOUR INPUT

by Fran Bumann

and Wally Davenport

1911 CANADIAN CENSUS RECORDS ARE NOW ONLINE !!

by Trevia Wooster Beverly

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The nearest corollary in Alaska to the county form of government found inmost other U.S. states is the . Alaska has 16 boroughs, whichtogether cover less than 30 percent of the state. The remainder of the state's

territory is divided into 11 census areas, which do not have organized boroughgovernments due to sparse population. By convention, these census areas are usedas borough-substitutes by both the state and federal governments for census,economic measures, and other purposes. We also use them in genealogy.

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Ihave completed the mailing of acknowledgments of gifts to CLF forthe year 2005. Total acknowledgments for the year were 652 ofwhich letters were 540 and cards 112. All gifts to the Capital

Campaign are acknowledged by letter. Cards were used for gifts of lessthan $25.00.

MANY THANKS! by Wally Davenport

AN INTERESTING ALASKA FACT by Gin Toney

To become/continue as a member of the Clayton LibraryFriends, individuals must pay an annual fee of $15.00.Couples may take advantage of the reduced

membership fee of $20.00, but will receive only one copy of ourCLF mailings. You may obtain our membership form availablethrough Clayton Library, at

or at . Mailyour completed form, along with your check or money orderto:

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Meeting begins at 10 a.m. at Bayland Community Center,6400 Bissonnet, Houston

Speaker: Donald E. LeeTopic: Lee After Appomattox

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Brief Description:This is a part of Lee'slife that most people,including historians,tend to overlook.However, it is the partwhere he made hisgreatest and mostlasting contributionsto this country as a"healer" and as aneducator.