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Volume, Issue & Publication Date	Table of Contents
Vol. 1, No. 1, Winter 1982	Register of Pace’s Chapel Church Co. G Bussy's 20^th Texas Cavalry Letter from W. J. Watts to Miss Kate Hunter First Census of Palestine Index to 1850 census [A-K L-Z] 1855 Taxpayer List 1870 Mortality Schedule 1871 Voter List Palestine High School Catalog, 1873-74 Ancestor Chart of Karen Eva Redmond Ancestor Chart of Gladys Stovall Ancestor Chart of Will R. Crosby Ancestor Chart of Hiskle Marion Perkins Ancestor Chart of Travis Lavoy Williams Ancestor Chart of James Howard Lewis Ancestor Chart of William Bassett Rodgers Ancestor Chart of Irene (Trenie) Cooper Hauser 1860 Mortality Schedule 1863-76 Birth Records
Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1982	Walston Springs Baptist Church History Fort Houston Settlement Papers 1850 Mortality Schedule 1871 Voters List (continued) Palestine High School Catalog 1873-1874 (continued) Voters List 1873-1875 Finding Guide to Anderson County Records Index to Kate Hunter Papers Vol. I Index to Kate Hunter Papers Vol. II Palestine High School Program, June 1875 Ancestor Chart of Wanda L. Grisham Ancestor Chart of Elizabeth I. Murphy Ancestor Chart of Lillian Belle Harston Neuman Ancestor Chart of Mary Ellen Rogers Tunstall Ancestor Chart of J. T. Peevy
Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1983	History Sacred Heart Catholic Church Early Records of Sacred Heart Parish 1873-75 Voters Register (continued) Index to Kate Hunter Papers Vol. 3 Index to Kate Hunter Papers Vol. 4 1871 Voters List (continued) 1850 census (first half) [A-K L-Z] St. Mary’s Academy (Catholic) St. Joseph’s Cemetery (Catholic) A. G. Burton Tell of Early History (Reprint from Palestine Press 10 Aug 1935) John G. Owen Bible Stephen D. Parker and Amanda M. Parker Bible Ancestor Chart of Ruby M. Reeves Johnson Ancestor Chart of Gordon Lankster Johnson Ancestor Chart of Hunter McKay III Ancestor Chart of Ruth Edwin Morris Canterbury Ancestor Chart of James Calvin Colwell Ancestor Chart of Edieth Alton Thomas Cook Ancestor Chart of Madaline Russell Dickey
Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 1983	History of Judson Baptist Church Sacred Heart Records (continued) Carolyn Ericson Workshop Notes: Where to Go When Sources Fail 1871 Voters List (continued) 1850 Census (last half) [A-K L-Z] The Old City Cemetery, The Shrine of Palestin by Mary Kate Hunter 1880 Mortality Schedule Excerpts from Mary Kate Hunter Papers (San Jacinto Heroes)
Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1984	The Cedar Creek Church Early Records of Sacred Heart Catholic Church (concluded) 1873-1875 Voters Register (concluded) Houston County, TX, Tax List, 1838 March of Justice Reflected In Anderson County Records Which Date Back To The Fall of 1846 Members of the Third Volunteer Engineers, 1898, Palestine, TX Petition to Hon. O. M. Roberts Additions and Corrections to Anderson County Census of 1850 Applications for Texas Confederate Pensions from Anderson County Scrapbook of Mrs. Hunter McKay, Sr. (Index) Mound Prairie Institute Anderson County Post Offices & Postmasters The Citizens of the Republic of Texas Town of Houston - Plat Map Early Time in Texas and History of Parker Family Carpenter-Colwell Family Records
Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 1984	First Presbyterian Church of Palestine A History of Tennessee Colony, TX Old Brushy Creek Arbor Wildcat Ferry (near Cayuga) William J. Cleveland Bible Record Fitzgerald Family Record Anderson County Probate Index (1846-1979) Bonner Family Records Palestine’s First Bank List of Manuscript Papers Found at Howard House Museum Anderson County Markers History of Fort Houston Cemetery Inventory of Fort Houston Cemetery [white section] [black section] Marriage Additions to 1850 Census of Anderson County
Vol. 4, No. 1, Winter 1985	"And That's The Way It Was" at Broyles Chapel by Troy Harper Reynolds Parish Register of St. Philips Episcopal Church Palestine, Texas - History & Families - Baptisms - Burials C. A. Fitzgerald Tombstone Inscription Index of Ledger Book of Dr. R. H. Link Oldest Native Born Texas Recalls Days of Republic Anderson County Election Judges (1897-1898) County Court Records (Pensions for Indigent Soldier and Widows)
Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1985	Parish Register of St. Philips Episcopal Church Palestine, TX - Marriages - Confirmed - Communicants (continued) Muster Roll, Bethel Beat #8, 11th Brigade, Texas Militia Muster Roll, Tennessee Colony Beat #5, 11th Brigade, Texas Militia Muster Roll of Capt. C. C. Blundell, Co. F, 15th Regiment-CSA Anderson Co. Texas Terrell's Texas Calvary, Co. E Masonic Lodges, Anderson County-1887 Marriage Records, Anderson County-1846-1850 Marriage Records, Anderson County-1851-1855 Corrections to articles in Pioneer Families of Anderson County Prior to 1900 Book History of Fort Houston Cemetery
Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 1986	The Nickel Church (First Baptist) Silas C. Jones Funeral Notice Anderson County in the Civil War Hood’s Texas Brigade - Company G Hood’s Texas Brigade - Company H Hood’s Texas Brigade – Company I Record from Ioni Baptist Church (partial) Record of an Act to Build a Bridge Across the Neches River Death Record of Mrs. Jon Angling Peter Teal’s Appeal for Land Grant
Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1986	Grace Methodist Church History Regional Historical Resource Dept Finding Guide for RHRD Microfilm Key to Counties served by RHRD 89^th Birthday of Aunt Laura Jones Members of Palestine Hose Co. #1 Members Ancestry Charts 1857 Post Office Dead Letters Brief History of Neches Neches Normal Institute Catalog Original Landowners of Anderson County Obituary of Carolyn Trotter
Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1986	Past Anderson County Newspapers History of Muse Cemetery Patent issued to James Hall Small Town Texas Newspapers Land Patents in county 1873-1876 Birth Records
Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 1987	Old Families of Palestine Probate Records (cases) Index of 1982-1983 Obituaries Muster Roll Co. K, 22^nd Texas Infantry Muse Cemetery Inventory Pilgrim Church Membership List
Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1987	History of First Christian Church Walker Family Bible School District Boundaries Petition Freeman-Dabbs Cemetery Anderson County Court Records Day Book-Grayson General Merchandise Store (names) Unclaimed Marriage Licenses 1908 Publishing a Quarterly
Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 1987	First Congregational Church, Palestine, 1882 Palestine Directory, 1898-1899 (partial) Index to Kate Hunter Papers Vol. V-VIII Anderson County Patent Lands-Index to Deeds (continued) (1846-1872, Books F-P) 1914 Dedication of Courthouse Rural Telephone subscribers 1917/1921
Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1987	Palestine City Directory 1898-1899 (continued) July 4 1889 at Nechesville January 1865 Grand Jurors O’Neals Chapel School, 1910 Confederate Veterans Camp Roster, 1903 Early History of Palestine’s Main Street P. L. Bradford Obituary Brothers Meet for First Time 1908 Home Canners’ Association History of Slocum Community 1881 Criminal Court Cases 1924 County School Teachers Old Montalba Fort Duty (East of Palestine) 1914 Palestine Church Pastors 1914 Palestine School Board 1866 County Road Crews 1911 Palestine High School Graduation Magnolia 1914 Truck Association Members
Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 1988	Palestine City Directory (continued) More 1908 Unclaimed Marriage Licenses History of Bethel Cemetery Palestine in the 1860’s 1893-1896 Brushy Creek School & Community 1908 Denson Springs School Roster 1911 Elkhart Community 1906 County Baptist Association 1900 County Democratic Convention
Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring (June) 1988	Introduction to Anderson County Inventory Subject Index to Anderson County Inventory Inventory of Anderson County Material Surname Index to Anderson County Inventory
Vol. 7, No. 2, Fall 1988	Palestine City Directory 1898-1899 (conclusion) Original Palestine Street Names & Origins History of Methodist Church in Palestine Montabla, Blackfoot, Liberty and Price Protest History of Local Knights Templar, 1853 Palestine Masonic Lodge, 1913 Missionary Baptist Association, 1928 Tennessee Colony School Tax Payers, 1925 Anderson County Communities, 1901-1904
Vol. 8, No. 1, June 1989	History of Mound Prairie & Plenitude County Court Records, 1846 Palestine City Directory, 1877 Origin of County Community Names Citizens Who Contributed to UCV, 1920 Candidates in 1908 Primary Phillips Springs School, 1915-1916
Vol. 8, No. 2, Winter (Jan.) 1990	Sale of Salt Factory History of Denson Springs Cemetery Mount Vernon United Methodist Church First Presbyterian Church; Farmers Alliance Deaths from The Fort Worth Gazette Commissioners Court Minutes (Physicians) 1864 Fields Chapel School Palestine High School, 1899-1917 Denson Springs Poll List, 1918 Blackfoot, Ward and Springfield Communities Palestine Lodge 31, AF & AM Worshipful Masters, 1846-1900
Vol. 9, No. 1, Spring 1990	(No such issue)
Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1990	Marriage Records, 1856-1858 Palestine Street Railroad Co. Community Newsletters Palestine Female College Marriages to add to 1850 Census Palestine Mayors, 1871-1901 Neches History Settling of Field’s Chapel
Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 1990	Marriage Record, 1859-1860 Summer Hill Select School Students 1848 Census of Palestine Palestine Carnegie Library Building Newspaper Abstracts
Vol. 10, No. 1, January 1991	Marriages to add to 1850 Census Palestine Public School Marriage Records 1861-62 Speegle Sanitarium Masonic Tribute to Col. W. H. Lawrence Cherokee Baptist Association, 1876 Hope Hook & Ladder Benefit Pre-Civil War Log Cabin Anderson Co. Teachers, 1857-60 Ex-Confederate Reunion Frankston Depot Museum Creation of Houston County Anderson Co. Chief Justices & Judges 1846-1903
Vol. 10, No. 2, June 1991	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 1 Union Association Church Minutes Marriage Records, 1863-64 History of Montalba School
Vol. 10, No. 3, October 1991	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 2 Dallas Morning News Article, 1887 History of Montalba Baptist Church Palestine High School Cadets, 1919
Vol. 11, No. 1, February 1992	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 3 Probate Records, 1847-1848 Resolution to Parks Addington Indian Cave Near Carney Lake Obituaries of Osborn Goad and Mrs. Calvin Rucker Fort Houston School Pupils 1858 County Court Jurors, 1884-89 Early Map of East Texas Private Palestine School, 1868-70 First Methodist Church Women, 1880 Books donated by Helen Mason Lu
Vol. 11, No. 2, June 1992	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 4 Indigent Confederate Families 1865 Marriage Records Automobile Registration
Vol. 11, No. 3, October 1992	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 5 Early Times in Palestine Weaver Runaway Notice Poor Farm History Automobile Registrations Confederate Veterans Association Elkhart Graduation Class, 1915 1913 Masonic Lodges (Tyre, Neches, W. M. Foster & Elkhart) Steamboat Days on the Trinity River First Congregational Church Mrs. Annie Richardson’s Obituary
Vol. 12, No. 1, February 1993	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 6 Automobile Registrations A Motorist’s Adversities Martin L. Huddleston Biographical Sketch Palestine Masonic Lodge Anderson Co. Schools & Trustees, 1876 School Picture Long Lake Plantation 1922-23 Texas Revolution Soldiers in Anderson County, 1874-1875 E. M. Ware’s Old Hatchett Pace’s Chapel School Excerpts from The Haskell Free Press John Small Recalls Palestine Facts American Funeral Service Museum
Vol. 12, No. 2, June 1993	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 7 Grigsby Landowners Texas Veterans in Mexican War Miscellaneous Articles from Palestine Papers Broyles Bible Record Trail Blazers of 1834 (The Little Family) Fields Chapel Church “Aunt” Charlotte Sadler Tennessee Colony School Class Picture (1930’s) Miller Community Obituaries from The Grapeland Messenger B. F. Campbell, John M. Johnston and Mrs. Julia A. Wright Robinson Bank Z. L. Robinson Obituary Roger Q. Mills Palestine Lamar School Class Picture, 1899-1900 Palestine Postmasters, 1848-1948
Vol. 12, No. 3, October 1993	Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers Vol. 8 Anderson County Notaries, 1909 Moore Family Reunion Slocum 1928 Graduating Class Charles C. Stibbens Profile Donathan Gibbon Will Marriages to add to 1850 Census John Ford Taylor Obituary Denson Springs School Taxpayers 1925 & 1926 J. E. Angly (Centennial History Book) John H. Reagan Monument Information on Anderson County Historical Commission Archives Second Ward School Honor Roll, 1908 History of Elmwood Community Central School Picture, 1901 In The Long Ago - Early Palestine History Death Records 1903-1940 George Washington Sutton Obituary
Vol. 13, No. 1, March 1994	Major Dan Egbert Obituary Milze J. Derden (Centennial History Book) Old Landmark (Akin Bldg) Torn Down Election Judges 1912 Fosterville, Still Creek, Tucker & Neches Community Newsletters, 1901 Profile of Jesse J. & Elisha Poe Allen Anderson County Map, 1927 Index of County Cemeteries Delaney, Rocky Point, Burgamy & Bobbitt Cemetery Listings (complete) Death Records 1903-1940 (continued) Every name index to Kate Hunter Papers, Vol. 9
Vol. 13, No. 2, July 1994	Dr. W. G. Jameson (Centennial History Book) Death Records 1903-40 (continued) Kate Hunter Index (Vol. 10) Community Newsletters (1901) Kickapoo, Elmwood, Neches, Fosterville & Stills Creek Chris Rogers Picture & Picture of Street Scene Palestine 1880’s Cemetery Listings (Complete) Butler Family, Self Family, Strack & Maudie Franklin Place James Madison Cook Profile Montalba School Census 1928-1929
Vol. 13, No. 3, Nov. 1994	Anderson Co. Notary Publics (1911) Civil War Reminiscence by Eliza “Puss” Day Bailey Jolly R. E. L. Parks (Centennial History Book) Cemetery Listings – Perry Starr, Crist/Calloway, Old Ioni & Bluff Spring (part) Grigsby Land Estates Wm. M. Gibson Family Death Records (1903-1940) (continued) Growing Up at Tennessee Colony by Willie McKinzie Gage World War I Community Auxiliaries Forty Years Ago by R. M. Jackson, John Van Cleve Family & Robert Watson Family Community Newsletters (1901) Montalba, Stills Creek, Fosterville, Neches & Fitzgerald
Vol. 14, No. 1, March 1995	Early Anderson County Retold Dr. H. H. Link Community Newsletters WWI Community Auxiliaries Death Records (continued) Some Cemetery Listings
Vol. 14, No. 2, July 1995	Tennessee Colony Hanging Death Records (1903-40) (continued) Mrs. Laura Bennett (Kate Hunter Papers & Centennial History Book) Thomas Jefferson Roach Tombstone Anderson Co. School Districts 1918 & 1919 Marble Works & Undertakers (1882-1883) Community Newsletters (1901) Fort Houston, Stills Creek (2), Pert, Fosterville & Montalba Cemetery Listings – Wofford (part), Antioch, Arter, Allen, Unknown Graves & Jolly Denson Springs School Records (1916-1938) Obituaries – Robert Heath, J. T. Ferguson, & Mrs. Sarah Jane Box Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church (Henderson Co. TX) Laymance Family Record Sixty-Six Yr Old Twins (Nellie & Paulina Gray), George White Looking for Uncle (1917) & Billie Gore’s Birthday Celebration
Vol. 14, No. 3, Nov. 1995	Killion Family Profile Frankston Citizen (Newspaper) History O. B. Rogers A. G. Burton Letter Death Records Cemetery Listings Membership and Surname List
Vol. 15, No. 1, March 1996	Wardlaw Family Bible & Funeral Notice Misc. Articles from Palestine Herald (Newspaper) Darius Edens Historical Marker Listing of 50 Anderson County Bible Records Killion Family Centennial Notebook Table of Contents Hopewell Cemetery Slocum History Death Records (1903-1940) (continued) Moore Family Profile
Vol. 15, No. 2, July 1996	Liberty School (Picture) Mallard-Alexander House I&GN Office Bldg. Burns Obituaries – Mrs. P. A. Kolstad & Lucretia Chambers Silliman Hardware Company Ledger J. H. Silliman (Centennial History Book) 1850 Letter from Palestine with Information on Names Mentioned Community Newsletters (1901) Elmwood, Fosterville, Neches, Montalba, Fitzgerald & Blackfoot Swanson Hill School ca 1911 (Picture) Pioneer Citizen Dies – Joe Lawler 1915 Poem by Mary Lou Hill about her friends
Vol. 15, No. 3, Nov. 1996	A.C.G.S. Members & Surnames Listings Ballard Emory Duval Ancestry Anderson County Sheriffs (1846-1996) Silliman Hardware Company Ledger (continued) Magnolia Masonic Lodge Magnolia Cemetery
Vol. 16, No. 1, March 1997	Hanks Family Mound Prairie Masonic Lodge Mound Prairie Cemetery Joseph L. Meyer (Dr Pepper Bottler) Houston Mound Historical Marker Biographies in “Lone Star State” Book Silliman Hardware Ledger (continued) Dr. John Milton Colley (Anderson Co. Centennial Book) Physicians in Palestine Before Civil War (Kate Hunter Notebook) H. A. Padon & W. W. Love Obituaries Death Records (1903-1940) (continued)
Vol. 16, No. 2, July 1997	1997 Membership List Early Citizens’ Obits Jas. C. Carroll Profile Kickapoo Lodge #105 Two Cemetery Listings Rusk School Class Photo, 1929 Silliman Hardware Ledger (continued) Anderson County Bible Records Vol. 2 Index
Vol. 16, No. 3, Nov. 1997	Roster, MO PAC Railroad Shop Employees Blackfoot Community & School Picture Confederate Soldiers with Indigent Dependents Friendship Baptist Church 1866 Anderson County Marriages Salmon Pioneers Slocum Graduation Class Rusk School Picture The Joost Family M. L. Austin Store Account Montalba School Picture Anderson County Teachers 1886 Slocum Tornado Account
Vol. 17, No. 1, May 1999	Statements Concerning Early Ferries Early Newspaper Clippings McReynolds Family 1928 Roster of First Christian Church
Vol. 17, No. 2, November 1999	Redwine Military Records Crist Family in America Early Newspaper Stories Additions to 1850 Census
Vol. 18, No. 1, May 2000	Ancestors of Bobbie Lou Gibson Austin / Watkins Ancestors Descendents of Peter Galloway Jewish History in Palestine Texas Sheriff Herrington Genealogist; Index: A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas (Through R. H. Byers)
Vol. 18, No. 2, November 2000	From Old Newspapers Charts from Elizabeth Bright Charts from Janie Barthel Knox Factory History Partial Index to Mary Kate Hunter Papers (Abilene through Jacob Eberly) Partial Index to A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas (Byrd, Daniel through Davis Family) Partial Index to The Tracings (Fall and Winter, 1982 and 1983) Exerpts from The Thomas Watts Family (by Alton J. (Bo) Watts
>Vol. 19, No. 1, May (Spring) 2001	History of Palestine – Jimmy Odom History of Palestine – Bertha Lucado The Clinton William Crass family 1945-1955 Knox Glass, Midnight Shift Letters from 1861-1864 War Records of B. F. Graves Old Medical Terms and Their Meanings Date of Major Epidemics
Vol. 19, No. 2, November 2001	Obituary, Shirley Bonham Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Inc. Pictures from Old Photo Album submitted by Phyllis Moody Ancestor Sheet – Parson Main Named Palestine Genealogy, Moore family, by Nell Davis Index to Mary Kate Hunter Papers (cont.) Index to Centennial History of Anderson Co., TX Past Indexes to The Tracings
Vol. 20, No. 1, May 2002	Tidbits, from the “Athens Weekly Review” Parker and Steadman Family Stories submitted by Jeannene Honeycutt Rufus Watts Family Records Index to Centennial History of Anderson County Index to Mary Kate Hunter Papers Past Indexes to “The Tracings”
Vol. 20, No. 2, November 2002	Obituary – Jennie Mae Auld Birth Records, as recorded by M. L. Austin, MD Confinement Cases . . . M. L. Austin, MD Roster of CSA Veterans in Anderson County Possible CSA Veterans in Anderson County Cemeteries Ancestor Charts of Frank Terrell Fulgham Selections from the Thomas Watts Family History The Lost Cherokees enrollment information Segment of Index to a Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas Segment of Indexes of past issues of The Tracings

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