Upcoming Events and New Items

Upcoming Events:

Thursday May 12, 7:00 pm.: The North Collin County genealogical Society will be hosting Ted Wright. Mr. Wright will be speaking about Uncle Gus Wilson. Mr. Wilson was considered a Santa Clause. Giving away of farms was a habit with “Uncle Gus.” He gave away much property such as land, securities, cash, autos, etc. Many worthy persons have been “remembered” by “Uncle Gus”. He was a pioneer settler of the Roland community.

Saturday, June 18, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.: The John Abston DAR Chapter in McKinney will assist anyone interested in DAR who thinks they have a Revolutionary War Patriot, or would like to KNOW if they have a Patriot. We would offer guidance in finding a lineage and assistance/advice on how to gather proof for submission with a DAR application.


New Items for April 2011:

• First Settlers of the Mississippi Territory


• Cherokee Citizenship Commission Dockets Vol. II, III and IV: 1880 – 1884 and 1887 – 1889


• Revolutionary War Pensions Awarded by State Governments 1775 – 1874, the General and Federal Governments Prior to 1814, and by Private Acts of Congress to 1905


• Tyrell County North Carolina Minutes Court of Please and Quarter Sessions, Book 1: 1735 – 1754, Book 2: 1755 – 1761, Book 3: 1762 – 1767


• Jack County Cemeteries Thru December 31, 2005 Final Issue


• Jack County, Texas Marriage Records 1900+ From Miscellaneous Sources


• Sabine County, Texas Marriages: 1880 – 1930 Vol. 1


• Confederate Soldiers Buried in Arkansas: a Compilation Representative of all Confederate States


• Index of Documents Department of Nacogdoches 1826 – 1836


• Jackson County Ky. Obituaries 2002 – 2003


• The North Carolina Gazetteer: a Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History second edition


• Colony of North Carolina 1735 – 1764 Abstracts of Land Patents Vol. 1


• Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains to San Francisco and the West, Vol. 1: 1870 – 1871, Vol. 2: 1871 – 1873


• Scott County, Arkansas: a Gateway to the West


• Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777 – 1814, 1784 Tax List, Guardians’ Accounts 1794 – 1819 and Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1814 – 1843, Guardians’ Accounts 1819 – 1847, 1850 & 1860 Census Mortality Schedules, Powers of Attorney from Deed Books 1777 – 1880


• The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish Mathews County, Virginia 1679 – 1796


• Early Western Augusta Pioneers [Virginia]


• McKinney Courier-Gazette January 3,2010 – March 31, 2010 (microfilm)


• The Ultimate Search Book: 2011 Edition Worldwide Adoption, Genealogy & Other Search Secrets


• Tennessee Records of Marion County: County Court Minutes 1842 – 1847, Historical Records Project Official Project No. 65-44-1475


• A Guide to Texas Research – revised edition 2008


• Fannin County, Texas in the Civil War


• Red River County, Texas in the Civil War


• Morris County, Texas in the Civil War


• Hampshire County (Virginia – now West Virginia) Minute Book Abstracts: Vol. 1 1788 – 1802 and Vol. 2 1817 – 1823


• McKinney (Images of America series) – we have two copies of this book in the Roy and Helen Hall library. One can be checked out, the other is Reference and will remain in the library. We also have a copy that can be checked out at the John and Judy Gay Library.


• Gateway to Texas: History of Red River County (this one can be checked out)