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Norman, Oklahoma
C leveland County Genealogical Society
Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2010
Orphan Photo Returns Home
BY: MARY SUE SCHNELL
Ruth J. Snead
Swain, and
backside of the
photo.
INSIDE
Orphan Photo ......... 17
President’s Msg ..... 20
In the Library .......... 21
Pioneer Library Sys. 22
E-Newsletters ......... 23
Want Ads ................ 23
CCGS News ........... 24
Calendar ................ 25
100 Years Ago ........ 26
Sound Research .... 28
Workshops ............. 29
8th Grade Grads .... 30
Around and About .. 31
CCGS Coobook ..... 32
One day last fall Carolyn Deatherage came into the Cleveland County
Genealogy Library to submit a recipe for our ancestor cookbook. With
her she also had an old photograph of a lovely young woman which she
had found when she first moved into her house on Avondale Street in
Norman 30 years ago. The photograph had lain forgotten on a shelf after
the previous owner’s death. She thought that perhaps someone at CCGS
Library might be able to find a home for that orphan photograph.
Remembering a presentation given to the local retired teachers’
organization by Jo Mustoe, former CCGS president, Carolyn decided
that the CCGS Library might be the right place for her orphan photograph.
How right she was! The photograph has now found
its way home to the family of the young woman
pictured—Ruth J. Snead Swain, whose name was,
fortunately, written on the back of the photograph. Is
this a lesson to be learned about identifying our
photographs?
When I first saw the photograph at the CCGS
Library I was heartbroken that Ruth Swain’s family
had lost track of her photograph. Perhaps there were
grandchildren who would treasure a picture of their
grandmother. So I took on the project of returning Ruth
to her family. If I were lucky, it would be as simple as
searching the local phone book for the names Snead
and Swain. No such luck! —there were no Sneads or
Swains to be found in the Oklahoma City area. I would
need to find out who she and her family were and
why the photo was left on a shelf in a home in Norman.
Guided by the dress worn by Ruth Swain in the
photo, I chose to look for her in the 1910 U.S. Census.
I found a Ruth J. Snead, age 17, on the 1910 U.S.
Census in Hazelwood, Webster County, Missouri residing with her mother, Mary J. Snead
(a 57 year old widow), a brother John (27), and sisters Jessie (19) and Josephine (14). I
was reasonably sure that this was the correct Ruth Snead because the photo also had the
name Josephine Snead written on the back. A search of the 1900 U.S. Census found the
family of J.B. Snead (age 68) in Neligh Township, Antelope County, Nebraska.
Members of the family listed were his wife, Mary P. (47) and children John S. (16), Nellie
(15), Bell (12), Jessie (8), Jane (6) and Josie (4). Could this be Ruth J. Snead’s family?
Her middle initial was “J” which could stand for Jane. In addition, the other children’s
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Norman Transcript
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Feature Stor
y
Story
names and ages coincided—John,
Nellie, Jessie and Josie [sic
Josephine].
I needed to have added
evidence that this was the right
family. So I decided to do a name
search on the Ancestry World Tree
Project. Good fortune was shining
on me. Ancestry World Tree
showed a Ruth Snead who
married Rufus Swain. It indicated
that her parents were John B.
Snead and Mary Latta. There was
also a note that Ruth died
suddenly in about 1927 while
visiting her sister, Zella Belle, and
that Zella Belle subsequently
raised Ruth’s children. Now I was
quite sure I was on the right track.
The next step in finding
Ruth’s descendants was to search
the 1920 U.S. Census for Rufus
and Ruth Swain. I found Rufus S.
Swain and his wife, Ruth (age 26)
living in Prairie Township, Boone
County, Arkansas, with two
young children, Rolland (age 4)
and Delores (age 1½). Rufus
worked as a station agent for a
railroad company.
Since I now knew the name
of Ruth’s children, I decided to try
to search for her son, Rolland. The
obvious next step was to search
the 1930 U.S. Census, where I
located Rolland Swain (age 15)
and his sister, Delores (age 11)
enumerated in the household of a
Ray S. Swain in Kansas City,
Jackson County, Missouri. The
census taker listed their names but
indicated that they were “absent.”
Ray [sic Rufus] had apparently
remarried by 1930 and had started
a new family. Where were
Rolland and Delores? If they lived
with Ruth’s sister, Zella Belle, as
the Ancestry World Tree entry
indicated, I needed to know Zella
Belle’s married name.
Ancestry World Tree again
gave me the answer—Zella Belle
had married Sidney Albert
Watters. I found their marriage
license digitized on Ancestry.com.
They had married on 1 June 1908
in Jackson County, Missouri.
When I searched the 1930 U.S.
Census for Sidney and Zella Belle
Watters I found them in Guthrie,
Logan County, Oklahoma.
Residing with the Watters family
were a nephew, Roland Watters
[sic Swain], and a niece, Delores
Watters [sic Swain].
This was going to be easy! My
next step was to locate Rolland
Swain, or one of his children. A
search of the Social Security
Death Index showed that a
Rolland Swain had died in June
1985 in Marietta, Cobb County,
Georgia.
The Index of Deaths for
Georgia, 1919-1998, on Ancestry.
com verified that a Rolland S.
Swain died at age 70 in Cobb
County, Georgia on 20 June 1985.
Ancestry World Tree reported that
Rolland Swain had two children
but their names were not given. I
had no names for his children and
had come to a temporary “dead
end” in the search for Ruth’s
direct descendants. Perhaps the
telephone directory of Marietta,
Georgia would help. Unfortunately, there were too many Swain
entries to even consider making
phone calls.
Backing up I reconsidered
what I knew: 1) Ruth Snead
Swain had one brother (John) and
four sisters (Nell, Zella Belle,
Jessie and Josephine); 2) Ruth’s
sister, Josephine Snead, lived in
the same house on Avondale Street
in Norman where the photograph
of Ruth was found; 3) Ruth was
married to Rufus Swain and had
two children, Rolland and Delores
Swain; 4) Rolland Swain had died
in 1985; 5) Josephine Snead had
died in 1974 in the house on
Avondale Street in Norman. She
had never married; 6) Zella Belle
Snead Watters lived in Guthrie,
Oklahoma in 1930 with her
husband, Sydney Albert Watters,
five children (John A., Harold J.,
Mary Ann, Josephine [Jo Nell]
and Sydney Jr.) and her sister
Ruth’s children (Rolland and
Delores).
Returning to the Social
Security Death Index, I found that
Zella Belle Snead Watters died
in Norman, Oklahoma in 1972. If
I couldn’t return the photograph
of Ruth Snead Swain to a direct
descendant, perhaps I could find
a descendant from collateral line
— that of her sister Zella Belle.
The CCGS Library has
indexes of local funeral homes, as
well as copies of many years of
funeral home records. It also has
indexed obituaries from the
Norman Transcript from the late
1980s to the present and has
Cleveland County cemetery
indexes and a surname file.
Since Zella Belle Snead
Watters died in Norman,
these records were my next
stop.
The Sneads. Standing is Zella Belle Snead Watters at far right, with Nell Snead behind
her. The smaller girls are: Josephine Snead (bottom left); Ruth Snead Swain (middle) and
Jesse Snead Akers (back)
I searched for all references to
the Watters surname and found
that at least one of Zella Belle’s
children was still living in
Norman. However, because of her
advanced age I hesitated to call
her directly.
Then, as luck would have it,
one day as I was doing some
clerical work in the CCGS Library
I discovered that Zella Belle’s
granddaughter, Susan Luttrell
Burns, had made a contribution to
a CCGS fundraiser, and that she
was an out of town member of the
Cleveland County Genealogical
Society!
I contacted Susan by e-mail,
and the rest is history. The
photograph of Ruth Snead Swain
has now been returned to the
family to which she belonged.
***
Additional note: Susan has had the
photograph of Ruth Snead Swain
restored and copies made. She has
recently renewed contact with her
cousin, the granddaughter of Ruth
Swain, and has given the photo to
her. That granddaughter lives in
Tulsa and is delighted to have the
picture of the grandmother she
never knew.
Note of Sympathy: Since I
wrote this article I learned of
the death of Josephine Nell
(Watters) Luttrell on February
22, 2010 in Norman, Oklahoma. We wish to express our
sympathy to her family,
especially her daughter, CCGS
member, Susan Burns.
Cleveland County Genealogical Society 19
President’s Message
Our speaker at the May meeting, Paul Follett, genealogy
librarian at the Lawton Public Library, spoke of the
challenge to genealogical societies to be relevant in the
increasingly technological world in which we live.
In fact, just a week earlier, at its May meeting, the
CCGS Board of Directors had taken a hard look at a
technology question: how we deliver our newsletter.
Some genealogical societies are now moving to
electronic delivery. After consideration of costs and
benefits, the Board made the decision to deliver the
CCGS newsletter electronically to the majority of our
mailing list via e-mail. The Board set no specific date
for the changeover.
Members or exchanges who do not have e-mail will
not be abandoned. We will continue a printed version
of the newsletter—albeit copied, rather than printed. The
copied newsletter will be mailed to these members and
exchanges, although at increased cost per piece.
We will continue to deliver four newsletters per year.
The electronic version will include color, especially color
photographs. Sorry, the print version will be the usual
black and white.
To prepare for the change to e-newsletter, we need
input from each and every member and exchange. A
survey is enclosed with this newsletter asking for your
current e-mail address. If you do not have e-mail, be
sure to send in the form so we’ll know who you are.
Please help us by filling out the form and mail it to
CCGS in the return envelope, also enclosed with this
newsletter.
It is very important that we maximize the number
of newsletters distributed electronically if we are to
achieve significant savings.
F
inance, as well as technology, was a factor in the
Board’s decision, just one more effort toward
achieving a balanced CCGS budget, which has
shown deficits for five of the last six years. In recent
years, the Board has increased income through changes
to the membership dues structure and by conducting an
annual funds drive, the Bakeless Bake Sale. We
appreciate the financial support our members and friends
have given these initiatives.
As for expenses, funds received from the ink
cartridge recycling project are now used to purchase
needed office supplies for the CCGS Library.
Rent represents the major expense in our budget.
For most of the past year, we have been moving forward
with plans to consolidate our Archives space into a single
area, which when completed, will reduce our rent over
$1000 per year.
We thank you for your cooperation and continued
support of the CCGS Board of Directors’ efforts to
achieve a balanced budget.
This is the last time I will address the CCGS
membership as your president. You will still see me
around, however, volunteering in the library, cataloging
books, and editing this newsletter.
It has been an honor to serve you as President these
past two years.
Bits and Pieces
Explore this Civil War web site for a wealth of information about
this war, including an extensive collection of photographs—
battlefields, buildings, generals and much more.
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index1024.htm
How popular is your surname? This web site won’t find your
ancestors, but with less popular surnames, it may give clues as to the
emigration patterns of extended family members.
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames
Oklahoma Moments on the internet—short blips put together by
Cox Cable, Distinctly Oklahoma Magazine, and the Oklahoma
History Center. Each day a new link is sent to you via e-mail featuring
some tidbit about Oklahoma and/or its people.
http://www.okmoments.com
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In the Librar
Libraryy
New Books
The American Journey: A History of
the United States
A Bookman’s Guide to the Indians of
the Americas
Breckenridge Cemetery, Stephens
County, Texas
Civil War Veteran Burials Index
Commemorative Biographical Record
of Washington County,
Pennsylvania, volumes 1 & 2
Compiled Index to Elected and
Appointed Officials of the
Republic of Texas, 1825-1846
DAR Handbook and National
Bylaws, 2008
Death Notices, Obituaries, and
Marriages Taken from the Gallia
County, Ohio, Newspapers from
1825 to 1875
Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles, 18401900
FGS Bylaws Workbook: A Handbook
for New & Established Societies
First Families of the Twin Territories
The First Randolphs of Virginia
The Genealogist’s Address Book
Guardian/Mayes Funeral Home
Records, 1993-2007
A Guide for the Organization and
Management of Genealogical
Societies
History of Washington County,
Pennsylvania, volumes 1 & 2
Index to Burials in Frederick County,
Virginia
Journals of Amanda Virginia Edmonds:
Lass of the Mosby Confederacy,
1857-1867
Keeper of Arrows: Poems
for the Cheyenne
A Manual for Writing
Alabama and Local
History
Mississippi Masonic Death
Records, 1819-1846,
volumes 1, 2, & 3
The Norman Transcript
Obituaries: July 1 to
December 31, 2009
Obituaries From Early
Tennessee Newspapers,
1794-1851
Organizing Archival Records: A
Practical Method of Arrangement
and Description for Small
Archives
Paper Trees: Genealogical Clip-Art
Rivermont’s Star Resident of the
Month: and Other Golden Agers,
1998-2006
Strategies for Officers and
Committees
Strategies for Societies
Volunteers: How to Get Them; How
to Keep Them
Webster County, Mississippi
Cemeteries, volumes 3 & 4
Year by Year: The Writings of P. T.
Wall, 1889-1909, volume 1
Your Guide to Cemetery Research
New Journals
Rocenka: Journal of the
Czechoslovak Genealogical
Society International
Stirpes (Texas State Genealogical
Society)
Echoes (Scott County Arkansas)
Gallia County (Ohio) Crossroads and
Cornerstones
In Recent Journals
A land no white man wants was Big
Jim’s choice after his band of Absentee
Shawnees were kicked off yet another
home. That land was Little Axe,
Oklahoma. The Round Tower.
Cleveland County Historical Society,
Volume 6, No. 1, Spring 2010.
Assumptions, boundaries, culture,
descendants, estrangements—and on
through the alphabet. Michael John
Neill lists the many reasons we may
never be able to break down all our
brick walls. Rogers County Reflections.
Rogers County Genealogical Society,
Volume 11, No. 4, Winter 2009.
If you are uncertain about how to
enter information about your sources
in your genealogy records, use this
Source Documentation Cheat Sheet. It
gives examples for several different
types of records. The Western
Plainsman.
Western
Plains
Genealogical Society, Volume 25, No.
2, January 2010.
Shadow the daily routine of those
who settled in Indian Territory by
reading excerpts from Mary
Henderson’s diary in the winter months
of 1901-1902. Kiowa County
Genealogical Society Newsletter.
Volume 17, No. 1, February 2010.
Need special genealogy charts for
American Indians? These family
group sheets and pedigree charts
include space for information about the
tribe and the degree of Indian blood.
Kiowa County Genealogical Society
Newsletter. Volume 17, No. 1, February
2010.
Here is a tip on how to save a
document file that you want to share
with someone who does not use
your version of the software.
The Tree Tracers. Southwest
Oklahoma
Genealogical
Society, volume 34, No. 2,
December 2009-February 2010.
CCGS 30th Anniversary
Nova Hornback and
Nina Zapffe
Cleveland County Genealogical Society 21
Pioneer Librar
Libraryy System
BY
KATHRYN RAMSAY, LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY RESOURCES LIBRARIAN, PLS
HeritageQuest Online Data Base
The Pioneer Library System
offers its customers two online
databases for genealogical research.
Ancestry Library Edition may be
accessed through computers in any
of the system’s nine home town
libraries. HeritageQuest is available
to Pioneer customers from their
home computers,free of charge.
HeritageQuest limits its
coverage to six database sets of
American records dating from the
1700’s: U.S. Federal Census, family
and local histories, an index to
genealogy
information
in
periodicals, Revolutionary War
Pension and Bounty Land-Warrant
applications, Freedman’s Bank
records, and memorials, and
petitions and private relief actions
of the U.S. Congress found in the
Lexus-Nexus U.S. Serial Set.
A search on HeritageQuest is
very straightforward and the results
lists are easy to read and relevant.
The images are generally of very
good quality. HeritageQuest does
what it was designed to do very well
and it is extremely accessible. A
Pioneer
Library
System library card is
all you need. It should
be noted that Heritage
Quest Online does not
sell subscriptions to
individuals. The databases are only available
through
public
libraries.
The U.S. Federal
Census on Heritage
Quest features the
original images of
every extant U.S. federal census
from 1790 through 1930. The
improved indexes include every
name, although there is no indexing
at all for 1820, 1830, and 1840
although it is possible to browse
specific states, counties and
townships. This is better than an old
fashioned microfilm search, but it
is also a major drawback when
Ancestry indexes every name in all
census records. Age, sex, race, and
birthplace searches are available,
but only for 1850 forward.
The Books database is Heritage
Quest’s strongest feature. There are
more than seven million digitized
page images from over 26,000
family histories, local histories, and
other books. Many of the titles are
from the American Antiquarian
Society, an independent research
library in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Searches on this database are simple
and effective.
Searches by place, person, title,
and keywords are available. The
books are fully searchable and the
images are excellent. Besides
family and local histories, other
books with genealogy value are
available.
The Periodical Source Index
(PERSI) is published by the Allen
County Public Library. It is
recognized as the most comprehensive index for genealogy and
local history periodicals, containing more than two million records
covering titles published around the
world since 1800.
PERSI is widely recognized as
essential for high-quality genealogy
research, and it gives family
historians access to materials they
would otherwise not have available.
Search results for PERSI searches
on HeritageQuest are not images but
detailed references to periodical
articles.
The Revolutionary War records
on HeritageQuest contain original
images from pension and bounty
land warrant application files. These
records contain the names and
service information for more than
80,000 veterans from the
Revolutionary War era.
The Freedman’s Bank Records
contain more than 480,000 names
of bank applicants, their
dependents, and heirs from 1865–
1874. This is a resource that can
provide important clues
to tracing African
American ancestors prior
to and immediately after
the Civil War.
The U.S. Serial Set
on HeritageQuest gives
access to the memorials,
petitions, and private
relief actions made to the
CCGS 30th Anniversary
Betty Flora and
Jean McCracken
22 Cleveland County Genealogical Society
U.S. Congress back to 1789, with a
total of more than 480,000 pages of
information.
HeritageQuest, available to
library customers at the Pioneer
Library System Web site, is a group
of databases for use in genealogy
research which is unique in its focus
on limited and specific data sets.
The collection of local history
and family history books is
especially good, with an emphasis
on families and localities. The
greatest drawback is the U.S. Census
database which fails completely to
index three of the early censuses.
All in all, however, Heritage
Quest is an important online source
for genealogy researchers and it is
available to cardholders of the
Pioneer Library System on their
home computers free of charge.
E-Newsletters: The Digital Age
CCGS Newsletter to be sent via E-mail
BY MAE D. COX
It’s an electronic age and I’m excited
about going to e-newsletters. Many
genealogy societies around the
country have already gone to this
innovative format, so we’ll be right
in tune with the times. Less paper,
less expense.
While those who don’t have
email will still get a copied version
in the mail, others will enjoy some
neat features that comes with the
changeover.
One such benefit is that we’ll
now have colorful publications with
enhanced and highlighted areas and
articles. Photos will now be full color
instead of the black/white ones like
you see in this issue.
Another bonus is that we aren’t
limited to sixteen pages. If we have
more items of interest, we can
produce as many pages as we need.
There have been times that we had
to pick and choose which stories to
publish as there wasn’t enough room
for all that we had.
You’ll be able to read the
newsletter online and print out any
pages you wish to keep. Less paper
to file or toss. Plus, newsletters will
be archived on our CCGS Web site
for easy retrieval anytime you want
to browse through them.
It’s an exciting age we live in and
it’s nice to see us progress with an
eye to the future.
Be sure to mail back the enclosed questionnaire!
Want Ads
Wanted: Office Assistant
Volunteer to work two (2) hours twice a month during
CCGS library hours. Work includes making copies,
collating and folding, and performing other routine office
duties. For scheduling, contact Jean McCracken
([email protected]).
Wanted: Greeter/Hostess
Volunteer to work one or two days a month during CCGS
library hours. This person will answer phone and record
data about caller, greet visitors to the library, have them
sign register, and identify their needs. For scheduling,
contact Nova Hornback ([email protected]).
Wanted: Webmaster for CCGS Web site
Experienced or no experience needed, will train. Volunteer
to take over updating and revising items on our CCGS
Web site. Current site utilizes FrontPage. Updates average
about once a month. Contact Mae Cox ([email protected])
for more information.
Wanted: Shelver, Shelf Reader
Volunteer needed as library shelver and/or shelf reader
for a couple hours once or twice a month during CCGS
library hours. Party will help with shelving books in our
library, and assuring books are in correct order. Contact
Mary Lewis ([email protected]).
Wanted: Newsletter Contributors
Stories about Cleveland County events, people, or history
are needed for feature stories. If you can write the story,
that’s great. If you have info but prefer we write the story,
that’s great too. Contact Mae Cox ([email protected]) or
Mary Lewis ([email protected]) with your ideas.
Wanted: Rural Teacher Project Assistant
Volunteer to handwrite names of teachers from the old
school records that begin with 1926. Work entails about
two (2) hours any day during CCGS library hours. To
sign up, contact Nova Hornback (CCGS@ csbi.org).
Wanted: Data Entry Help
Volunteers needed for typing/keying records into data
bases. Work at your home or the CCGS library. Easy work,
pick your own time. For more info, contact Mary Lewis
([email protected]) for materials and guidelines.
Cleveland County Genealogical Society 23
CCGS News
CCGS 30th Anniversary
March marked the thirtieth anniversary of Cleveland County
Genealogical Society, which began
in Moore in March, 1980, as the
Pioneer Genealogical Society, led by
Katherine Matthews, Louana
Bowker, and Tressie Weathers.
The CCGS board of directors
held an open house on Sunday
afternoon, March 7, to celebrate
our organization’s history. Fiftyfive persons attended, including at
least six of our early-day members.
Several photo exhibits and
scrapbooks, as well as an exhibit
including several of the seventysome publications of the Society
were on display to remember the
early days. A tour of the CCGS
library reminded visitors how far
the Society has come in providing
genealogical research resources to
the public in Cleveland County.
The Society meeting on March
16 further developed the theme of
the Society’s progress over thirty
years. Early-day members Jan Tate
and Wynema Caswell recalled the
efforts to index and publish the
early marriage records of
Cleveland County. It took four
years to complete the indexing,
tabulate the data, proofread the
work, and finally publish the first
book of marriage records. The
second book of marriage records
was produced about two years later.
Mary Lewis told of the recent
project to produce the seventy-first
publication, Guardian/Mayes
Funeral Home Records
1993-2007, which was
introduced at the Open
House. This latest publication was completed
in an elapsed time of
about 15 months,
thanks to computer
technology. Copies of
the indexed records are
now available to
researchers.
April Meeting
In a short business
meeting, Betty Hall, Ann Jacobs,
and Nova Hornback were elected
to the nominating committee.
Dr. John Mulvihill, geneticist,
was speaker for the evening. His
subject was Medicalizing Your
Genealogy. Following his
presentation, Dr. Mulvihill fielded
many questions from our members
about genetic studies
May Meeting
A short business meeting
featured the report of the
nominating committee. Those
nominated to offices for the 2010/
2011 program year are: Frank
Apple, president; Mary Sue
Schnell, first vice-president; Jean
McCracken, secretary; Mike
McCurtain, treasurer; Mae Cox,
Marilyn Henry, and Sherry
Leafgreen, members-at-large.
Paul Follett, genealogy
librarian for the Lawton Public
Mission of the Cleveland County Genealogical Society
To collect local, historical, and genealogical materials
To preserve selected local public records
To share our library and archival holdings with the public
To promote the development of research skills
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CCGS 30th Anniversary
Oleta Tolen and Genevia Jury
Library, presented information
about the Oklahoma Tract Books.
Two sets of indexes exist for
the Tract Book records. Southwest
Oklahoma Genealogical Society
has created a surname index. The
Oklahoma Historical Society has
created an every-name index.
Each society indexed the film
in their possession; these films are
not identical. Therefore, users must
refer to the film indexed by
SWOGS when using the SWOGS
index, and to the film indexed by
OHS when using the OHS index.
Follett also spoke of insights
he gained while attending the
recent NGS meeting in Salt Lake
City. Libraries and societies have
a challenge in keeping up with
technology. We need to rethink how
we look at the services we provide
to members and the public. The
Facebook generation does not want
a paper experience. They are
interested in their roots, but they
want to do it their way. We need to
attract this generation to our
libraries and societies today, for
they will be our leaders tomorrow.
2010 Summer Seminar: Courting Your Ancestor
The Cleveland County Genealogi-cal Society will host its 24th Annual
Summer Seminar, Courting Your Ancestor, Saturday, July 24, 2010.
The event will be held at the Norman Community Church of the Nazarene,
1801 N. Porter, Norman, Oklahoma. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m., with
seminar sessions running from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The guest speaker, Michael John Neill, has lectured across the country
on a variety of family history research topics. He focuses on a down-to-earth
approach to genealogy that exhibits good research practices. An active
courthouse, library, and archive researcher, Michael writes the weekly howto genealogy newsletter Casefile Clues, which is read weekly by subscribers
in five countries, but focuses on American research.
Michael has a master’s degree in mathematics and is on the faculty at
Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, Illinois.
.The focus of the seminar is on locating, using, and interpreting court
records. Using Probate Manuals and State Statute provides insight into the
probate process.
Barbara, Nancy, and Antje looks at court records generated by women.
This lecture by example discusses a variety of specific terms and practices
involving women and court records, land ownership, and inheritance.
Pig Blood in the Snow discusses 1820s era court cases involving property
ownership, bad debts, and hog theft. Analysis of these records provides
significant clues as to the structure of two families.
Organizing Your Research is not about filing paper in a filing cabinet or
organizing digital files on some type of drive. Instead, it looks at ways to
organize facts in an attempt to see patterns, notice new things, and put things
together in a way that makes sense.
Registration fee for the Summer Seminar is $40 until July 10, 2010.
Registration after that date will be $50.
The registration fee covers the seminar syllabus, lunch, and snacks and
drinks throughout the day. Door prizes will be awarded during breaks.
This project was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Norman Arts Council
Hotel Tax Grant Program.
W
e need volunteers to make our Summer Seminar successful. Here’s
how you can help:
• Help with overall planning (ongoing)
• Solicit or donate items for goody bags (a month or more prior to Seminar)
• Solicit or donate items for door prizes (a month or more prior to Seminar)
• Assemble goody bags (week before Seminar)
• Copy and collate syllabus for Seminar (week before Seminar)
• Plan lunch menu and snacks (food and workers)
• Organize CCGS genealogy books and other materials for sale at CCGS
booth (now)
• Staff CCGS booth at Seminar (Friday, July 24)
• Pack everything that needs to be taken to Seminar location (week prior to
Seminar)
• Set up for seminar (mid-afternoon, Friday, July 23)
• Clean up after seminar (late afternoon, Saturday, July 24)
For more information or to volunteer, contact the CCGS library at
[email protected] or 701-2100, or Sarah Pool at [email protected], or
329-4767.
Calendar
Board Meetings
Second Monday 1:00 p.m. at
CCGS Library
June 7, 2010
July 12, 2010
August 9, 2010
September 13, 2010
Society Meetings
Third Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. in CSBI
Classroom near CCGS Library
June 15, 2010
No meetings July and August
September 21, 2010
Family History Writers Group
Second Wednesday each month
10:00 a.m. in CCGS Library
June 9, 2010
July 14, 2010
August 11, 2010
September 8, 2010
Computer Users Group
Norman Public Library Computer
Room; 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Call
701-2100 to verify date)
June 23, 2010
July 28, 2010
August 25, 2010
September 22, 2010
CCGS Summer Seminar
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Michael John Neill
Courting Your Ancestor
Norman Community Church of
the Nazarene, 1801 N. Porter,
Norman
Deaths
Marjorie Elizabeth Earley, a
former member and active
CCGS volunteer in the late
1990s, died in Norman March
30, 2010 at the age of 90.
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100 Y
ears Ago
Years
Newspaper Abstracts
Norman Democrat-Topic • Friday, June 3, 1910
(Editor’s Note: All newspaper abstracts are typed as originally printed.)
Unclaimed Letters and Cards
June 1, 2010
Letters: Baker, Mrs. Ida; Beard,
John T.; Duncan, Miss Mabel; Louis,
W. H.; Paums, Frank J.; Rose, C. R.;
Rogers, Mrs. S. M.; Smith, Miss
Sherman; Suit, Anna; Walker, Earl;
Womble, C. G.
Cards: Benton, Jim; Bishop, Jim;
Bell, Miss Gertrude; Bell, Miss
Lillian; Bell, Lenard; Downey, Lewis;
McLoy, Miss Minnie; Taylor, A. A.;
Woods, John; Young, Richard; Young,
Mrs. Nellie M.
Mrs. Frank Ahrens of Oklahoma
City arrived Saturday to visit her
mother, Mrs. G. L. Abbott.
The six months old grand daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jones died last
Tuesday and was laid to rest in the Odd
Fellows cemetery Wednesday.
The Howard-Packard Motor Company has placed a gasoline tank in
front of their garage which will be of
great convenience to fill motor car
tanks.
Friday, June 10, 2010
Elm Grove
Mr. A. Butler had the misfortune
to lose five head of horses through a
treacherous disease lately.
The annual school meeting took
place last Tuesday with quite a large
number of patrons present. It has been
decided that a lady teacher will be
engaged for the coming term. The
school board has been given full
power to engage the teacher and fix
the salary. The school doors are to be
opened the first Monday in September
and to be kept open for a period of
seven months.
Mr. John Whitten succeeds Mr. G.
B. Clark as district clerk and remains
as such until the year 1913.
Residences Completed
Prof. M. A. Floyd and Prof J. H.
Voss have moved into their new $3000
and $5000 residences on College and
Jenkins Avenues. They have recently
completed the laying of 800 feet of
cement side walk.
Mr. G. B. Clark shot and killed a
mad dog last Sunday on his farm after
having been notified by telephone to
watch for the beast.
Local News
Stella
Mr. E. A. Smith purchased one of
the Morgan residences on Asp Avenue.
Consideration $4000.
Cotton chopping is the order of the
day now.
Oscar B. Holland, 21, Norman,
and Nadine Lowther, 19, Norman.
When calling for any of the above,
please say that they were advertised.
One cent due on each letter or card
advertised.
John J. Burke, P.M.
R. M. Jones and family departed
Tuesday for Gage, Oklahoma, where
they will make their home.
Mrs. Inez Stoops vs. Joseph Stoops
is the title of a divorce suit filed last
Friday by the plaintiff’s attorney C. M.
Keiger. The petition alleges
abandonment.
A marriage license was issued last
Friday to Edwin L. McGeorge aged 44
years and Mrs. Tennessee B. Camp
aged 4 [sic] years.
Fifteen of our young people are
attending the normal.
Miss Susie Jennings attended
Sunday School and church at New
Hope Sunday.
The young people met at Mr. C. A.
Lessly’s on Wednesday night and
played social games after which
refreshments were served. At a late
hour they went home declaring it the
best ever.
J. A. Wilson and family attended
decoration at Pilgrim Rest Monday
—
Edwin A. McGeorge, 44,
Mrs. Tennessee B. Camp, 34,
both of Norman, joined in
marriage May 29, 1910, at the
groom’s home in Norman, by J.
W. Linton, elder.
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Marriage Licenses Issued
W. H. Appleby, 50, Noble, and
Mrs. E. J. Williams, 45, Purcell.
Franklin
Mr. Walter Martin and wife spent
Sunday here visiting at Mr. Sam
Spires.
Rev. M. F. Sullivan is in Oklahoma
City this week attending a summer
theological course at Epworth
University.
A movement is on foot for the
moving of this district school to our
village and building a new two room
building.
Moore
Mrs. Mary Hunter, died at her
daughter’s, Mrs. Bill Gilmore, last
Thursday at the ripe old age of 93
years and was buried at Norman
Friday.
Friday July 22, 1910
Misses Minnie Odell, Elsie and
Sadie Kemp, and Messrs. Hosea
Tuggle, Clarence Northcutt and Fred
Kemp spent Sunday with Sam Ashton
and family, west of Purcell
Martin Hill School opened last
Monday with Lynn Bartain as
principal.
The Owensboro wagon is for sale
by E. J. Keller.
Born to Chas. Williams and wife,
Wednesday of last week, a fine girl.
All parties are getting along well. We
wondered last week what was the
trouble with Chas. but he would say,
“nothing.”
Mrs. F. P. Mosely and family who
have been living at Purcell for the past
two years have moved back to
Lexington. Like many others, they
“can’t stay away,” and we are glad to
have them back with us.
Lost— On the Corbett picnic
grounds, July 13th, a locket with
White Rhinestones set in Fleur-de-lis
design, with photo inside. Finder will
receive liberal reward by returning
same to Security State Bank.
If you want Ice on Sunday, see my
man on the street or call at office
before 9 o’clock. —L. Ille
Strayed— Saturday night, a black
Huffman dog, white front feet, about
2 months old. Finder please return to
Eckford Bowling and receive liberal
reward.
Cleveland County Turnip
Dr. W. E. Walker of Helsel,
brought a turnip into town last
Saturday, which was about as large as
we ever saw. His little daughter, Miss
Aline, raised it in the garden, and it
weighed seven and one-half pounds.
It was planted about the middle of
April. It is on exhibition at Geno &
Hackler’s.
Obituary
Little Eunice, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claud Nisbett, was born
December 5th, 1909 and closed her
brief life July 15th, 1910.
God only loaned this lovely flower,
now transplanted to bloom in the
gardens of Paradise. Too pure and
beautiful for earth, He called her
home ere she was tainted by sin or
saddened by sorrow.
May God comfort the crushed and
broken hearts bleeding at every pore.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 20 –
“The supreme court will sustain
Guthrie in its fight for the capital,”
was the statement made by J. J.
O’Rourke of Guthrie, who with wife
and family is a guest at the Alamo
hotel in Colorado Springs. Mr.
O’Rourke, who is chairman of the
committee which is fighting to get the
Oklahoma state capital for his city,
emphatically declared that in all
justice Guthrie was entitled to the
choice and would undoubtedly be
given the decision.
Will Organize Corn Club
The Farmers Institute will meet in
Lexington, Saturday, July 23rd at
Kellers’ hall to organize a Boys Corn
Club for the southern art of Cleveland
County. Everyone is cordially invited
to attend.
J. J. Brown, Pres.
Farms for Sale or Trade
80 acres, 6 miles east of Noble all
in cultivation; good improvements.
Price $1,500, $500 mortgage.
Will trade for mules, horses or
cattle.
160 acres 9 miles east and
3 miles south of Norman. Price
$1,500, $800 mortgage.
L. M. Jennings
Norman, Okla. R. No 5
Box Supper
The ladies of the Rebecca lodge
will give a box supper at the Odd
Fellow hall next Thursday evening,
July 28th. An invitation is extended
to all the men to bring their wives;
the boys their sweethearts, and
everybody bring a box. A cake will
be given to the most popular girl
present and also to the laziest man
present.
Emma Massey, Noble Grand
Trousdale Items
Clyde Rose made J. B. Boeck a
pleasant visit Tuesday.
Large crowds attended the
protracted meeting at Rose Hill,
which closed Sunday night.
Quite a good number from this
vicinity are attending the protracted
meeting at Council Creek.
Born to Webb Goodnight and wife,
a fine 10 pound boy Tuesday. Mother
and son are doing nicely.
Lige Perkins, carrier on route 2, is
taking his vacation with an extended
visit with relatives in McClain county.
J. H. Stites is substituting.
Another fine rain.
W. M. Owens and family are
visiting at Stonewall.
B. H. Harmon and wife spent
Monday at Shawnee.
The recent rains spoiled all the
nubbins in their vicinity, making nice
fine ears of corn.
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Standards for Sound Genealogical Research
Recommended by the National Genealogical Society
Remembering always that they are engaged in a quest for
truth, family history researchers consistently—
• record the source for each item of information they
collect.
• test every hypothesis or theory against credible
evidence, and reject those that are not supported by
the evidence.
• seek original records, or reproduced images of them
when there is reasonable assurance they have not
been altered, as the basis for their research
conclusions.
• use compilations, communications and published
works, whether paper or electronic, primarily for their
value as guides to locating the original records, or as
contributions to the critical analysis of the evidence
discussed in them.
• state something as a fact only when it is supported
by convincing evidence, and identify the evidence
when communicating the fact to others.
• limit with words like “probable” or “possible” any
statement that is based on less than convincing
evidence, and state the reasons for concluding that it
is probable or possible.
• avoid misleading other researchers by either
intentionally or carelessly distributing or publishing
inaccurate information.
• state carefully and honestly the results of their own
research, and acknowledge all use of other
researchers’ work.
• recognize the collegial nature of genealogical
research by making their work available to others
through publication, or by placing copies in
appropriate libraries or repositories, and by
welcoming critical comment.
• consider with open minds new evidence or the
comments of others on their work and the conclusions
they have reached.
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granted to copy or publish this material provided it is
reproduced in its entirety, including this notice.
See also:
• Guidelines for Using Records Repositories and Libraries
• Standards for Use of Technology In Genealogical
Research
• Standards for Sharing Information with Others
• Guidelines for Publishing Web Pages on the Internet
• Guidelines for Genealogical Self-Improvement and
Growth
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CCGS 30th Anniversary At left, Naola Masters. At right is Jan Tate and Wynema Caswell
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Research in Rhyme
I started out calmly tracing my tree
To find, if I could, the makings of me
And all that I had was great grandfather’s name
Not knowing his wife or from which way he came
I chased him across a long line of states
And came up with pages and pages of dates
When all put together it made me forlorn
I’d proved poor Great Grandpa had never been born
One day I was sure the truth I had found
Determined to turn this whole thing upside down
I looked up the records of one Uncle John
But found the old man to be younger than son
Then when my hopes were fast growing dim
I came across records that must have been him
The facts I collected then made me quite sad
Dear old Great Grandpa was never a dad
I think maybe someone is pulling my leg
I’m not at all sure I wasn’t hatched from an egg
After hundreds of dollars I’ve spent on my tree
I can’t help but wonder if I’m really me.
– Unknown
Previously published in Kiowa County Genealogical Society
Newsletter, May 2003
Workshops
Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies
35th Annual Conference
Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective • June 19, 2010
Wellington High School, 1700 E. 16th Street
Wellington Kansas
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kcgs/KCGS_4.pdf
Cleveland County Genealogical Society
Michael John Neill • July 24, 2010
Norman Community Church of the Nazarene
www.rootsweb.com/~okccogs
Federation of Genealogical Societies
Rediscovering America’s First Frontier
August 18-21, 2010
Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, Tennessee
www.fgs.org
Arkansas Genealogical Society
Annual Fall Seminar & Book Fair
Paula Stuart Warren • November 5-6, 2010
Holiday Inn Airport, Little Rock, Arkansas
http://www.arkansas.com/calendar/details.aspx?ID=56341
It Happened in June . . .
June 1, 1929 The University of Oklahoma
Press published its first book
CCGS 30th Anniversary Jim Mohon and Alan Montgomery
June 3, 1902 Norman passed an ordinance
prohibiting the town marshal from
loafing in saloons while on duty
June 5, 1913 The Norman Transcript begins
publication of the Daily Transcript
this week
June 8, 1912 First city mail delivery in
Norman this month
June 13, 1887 First passenger train passes
through the future townsite of
Norman
June 27, 1889 First baby was born in
Norman
Facts gathered by John Womack
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Report of Examination of Successful Candidates for Common School Diploma
Eighth Grade Exams • 1923 • Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Cleveland County students who successfully passed the Eighth-Grade Exams and received a diploma.
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Alexander, Vera
Anderson, Marie
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Blair, Myrtle
Brasher, Louis
Brittain, Irene
Brittain, Lorene
Brown, Earl
Bugg, Willie
Burkett, Nadine
Burnett, Jewell
Burrows, Delia
Campbell, Mattie Lee
Carter, Flossie
Clark, Elbert
Clark, Ruby
Clopton, Clarence
Coleman, Cecil
Coles, Clarice L.
Cossey, Glenn
Collier, Ruby
Craig, Alice
Croft, Waltza
Curren, Lillie
Davis, Chloris
Davis, Ina
Dickinson, Carroll
Dickinson, Eldred
Fitzsimmons, Frank
Frazier, William
Fox, Reba Mae
Elder, Ernest
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Haynes, Lucille
Henry, L. D.
Hensley, Minnie
Hill, Pearl
Houston, Winnie
Hughes, Percy
Johnson, Vella
Kasbaum, Laura
Keller, John Stewart
Kennedy, Robert
Kerr, T. L.
Kime, Lila
King, Grace
Kuhlman, Harold E.
Kuhlman, Mary E.
Leoffelholz, Clara
Leoffelholz, Tony
Loveless, Earl
Mantooth, Adah
Lusk, Neva
Marsee, Vera
Martin, Ernest
McCracken, Mildred
McDonald, Maud
Mefford, Alvin
Moody, Lewis
Morris, John
Muzny, August F.
Nance, Delta
Nance, Walter
Nickell, Willie
Odom, Ollie
Owens, Gladys
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Around and About
Oklahoma Encyclopedia Online
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture has
recently been released in both print and online editions.
The print edition is published by the Oklahoma Historical
Society. The online edition is presented by the Oklahoma State
University Library Electronic Publishing Center.
Articles, written by leading scholars in the field, include
biographies, geographical features, town and county histories,
major events and historical movements with Oklahoma and
its people. The online edition can be accessed at http://
digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/
Magazine Ends Publication
Moorshead Magazines Ltd. recently announced they are
ending publication of Discovering Family History. The last
issue was March/April 2010. The company plans to
incorporate the “beginner-type” content from Discovering
Family History into Family Chronicle and Internet Genealogy.
Current subscribers of Discovering Family History will
begin to receive Family Chronicle, or if already a Family
Chronicle subscriber, the opportunity to extend their Family
Chronicle subscription on a pro-rated basis.
Online Versions of The Source and Red Book
Ancestry.com now offers, in wiki format, online versions of
The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy and Red
Book: American State, County and Town Sources .
The new online genealogy reference books are searchable
by every word and are available online free of charge. They
can be accessed at www.ancestry.com/wiki.
2010 Census Forms to be
Preserved as Digital Images
In 2082, your descendants will be able to check your
handwriting. For the first time ever, original census forms
filled out by residents will be preserved and scanned. Digital
images will be kept and will be released to the public in 72
years.
The original pieces of paper will be scanned, then
shredded. The digital images will be preserved. 130 million
household forms will be converted into permanent electronic
records. The images will even include notes scribbled in the
margins. You DID write some extra information that will
benefit your descendants, didn’t you?
Another 50 million forms will come from places like group
homes, prisons, temporary housing facilities and, starting in
May, from 700,000 census workers in the field.
Posted by Dick Eastman on April 14, 2010.
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316 pages • Over 220 Recipes
Each recipe includes name of the contributor along with a bio
of the person from whom the recipe descended... plus a photo
in most cases.
Wonderful Historical accounts of those who lived in the 1800s and early 1900s and on into the mid-1900s —
such delightful and heartwarmning stories of our ancestors and relatives. Plus recipes for dishes that are just
as delicious and loved today as they were back then.
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