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Date Posted: 11:49:16 08/27/03 Wed
Author: Terri Garvin
Subject: Re: S.S. Smith (Stepehn Sparks) Kaufman area TEXAS 1869-1891
In reply to: SANDY 's message, "Re: S.S. Smith (Stepehn Sparks) Kaufman area TEXAS 1869-1891" on 18:45:13 08/26/03 Tue

>>SS Smith born abt 1845 in ?MS? marries (Annie)
>>Ellendor Ann Meador 1869 Navarro Co. TX He was a
>>confederate in Youngs Regmt. I am looking to establish
>>his birth place, and parents. One person with an
>>invalid email address named Becky Mann, had once
>>showed him to be born 1848 in MS died in 1889 in TX,
>>parents were John A Smith and Nancy Crain. If that is
>>accurate, I can't prove it or find it. SS Smith was my
>>great great grandfather, I can prove he was in Youngs
>>regmt. and have some affidavits and bible records that
>>his wife Annie filled out herself saying he was born
>>in Dec 1845, no state given, and died 30 Jan 1891 in
>>Kaufman Co. TX no place of burial listed.
>>SMITH is one of the hardest names to research, can any
>>Smiths out there help, surely this man has to be part
>>of one of your families somewhere? This has been a
>>brick wall of the Smiths since 1938 when the
>>Meador/Melton/Scott/Smith line was researched by a
>>Mrs. Walter H Fendley from Dalllas, TX.
>>Terri Garvin
>
>TERRI: I'm not a Smith but perhaps I can help!
>http://www.familysearch.org
>Here you will find S.S. Smith born in Tx. married to
>E.A Smith, born in MS.
>I do hope this is your missing Smith
>When you go to familysearch:
>Click on SEARCH ON TOP OF SCREEN,
>Click on CENSUS on left
>In cesus box 1880 U.S. Censes
>FIRST NAME BOX: S.S.
>LAST NAME BOX: Smith
>BIRTHPLACE COUNTRY: U.S.
>STATE: All
>BIRTH YEAR: 1845
>BIRTH YEAR RANGE: leave blank
>RACE: All
>CENSUS STATE: All
>CLICK SEARCH.
>This will bring up a screen with 39 S. Smiths born in
>1845
>Scroll down to # 25 and this should be the right one.
>Although it does not give his parents names, you can
>see they were both born in TN.
>Please give this a try and let me know if this is your
>Smith.
>Then we can carry on with the next lesson on the Smiths
>Sandy

Sandy,
believe this or not, I have used it for everything but census, lol, thank you so much, this is my missing Smith. I could just hug you!
Thanks!
Terri

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