Resources

The purpose of this page is to list commonly referenced resources.

Gore Christmas 2017 Collection

I went to the Gore Christmas 2017 party and spent a few hours taking pictures of pictures with my cell phone. You may request zip file copy of this. It is 1.6 GB and includes the raw pictures I took, front and back of each photo, newspapers, the edited photos included in the website as well as several unknown individuals from the collection. Over 300 photos!

Important Dates and Wars

The following is a list of wars to check for male ancestors.

• 1607 First settlements in US
• 1775-1783 Revolutionary War
• 1835-1836 Texas War of Independence
• 1845 Texas Joins US
• 1861-1865 Civil War
• 1917-1918 World War I
• 1941-1945 World War II

The six flags over Texas

• Spain 1519-1685
• France 1685-1690
• ??? 1690-1719
• Spain 1719-1821
• Mexico 1821-1836
• The Republic of Texas 1836-1845
• United States 1845-1861
• Confederacy 1861-1865
• United States 1865-present

DNA Matches

My mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is t2a1a.

Individuals per Generation

Generation	Number in Generation	Name
1	1	Me
2	2	Parents
3	4	Grandparents
4	8	Great Grandparents
5	16	2xGreat Grandparents
6	32	3xGreat Grandparents
7	64	4xGreat Grandparents
8	128	5xGreat Grandparents
9	256	6xGreat Grandparents
10	512	7xGreat Grandparents
11	1024	8xGreat Grandparents
12	2048	9xGreat Grandparents
13	4096	10xGreat Grandparents
14	8192	11xGreat Grandparents
15	16384	12xGreat Grandparents
16	32768	13xGreat Grandparents
17	65536	14xGreat Grandparents
18	131072	15xGreat Grandparents
19	262144	16xGreat Grandparents
20	524288	17xGreat Grandparents

Things to Check

• Vital Records
  • Birth
    • Birth Certificate
    • Delayed Birth Certificate
    • Baptism/Christened/Adopted
    • Family Bible Records
  • Marriage
    • Marriage Certificate
    • Marriage Record/License/Index (Court House Books)
    • Newspaper Engagement Announcement
    • Newspaper Wedding Announcement
    • Divorce Decree/Petition
  • Death
    • Death Certificate
    • Burial Site
    • Obituary
    • Probate Records
      • Will
      • Property Inventory
      • Estate Sales
    • S. S. Death Index
• Census and Directories
  • Federal Census
  • Local Census and Schedules
  • City Directories
  • Voting Records
  • Tax Lists
  • Court Records
  • Church Membership
• Military Records
  • Potential Wars Listed
  • Wars Fought
  • Draft Cards
  • Enlistment Cards
  • Branch of Service
  • Pension Application
  • Widow's Application
• Land Records
  • Deeds
  • Abstracts
  • Plat Map/County Map
  • Land Patents/Grants
• Traveling Records
  • County/State/Country Histories for appropriate times
  • Passenger List
  • Immigration
  • Naturalization
  • Name Changes

Descendants Page

This is just for me.