Contents of this issue include: Apprentice Bonds of Buncombe County, North Carolina (1795-1868). Abstracted by James Pylant. "County courts were required by law to bind out poor orphans or minors to court-appointed individuals who were responsible for the child's education and training in a useful trade, as well as providing 'sufficient diet, washing, lodging, and apparel.' Each entry in this abstract lists the date of the indenture, name of the orphan, age (if given), and the individual to whom the orphan was bound." They Came From Canada: Royal Gazettes and Local Luminaries. By Althea Douglas. "Most city or small town newspapers served the surrounding farming regions as well. . . By the turn of the century most local papers had regular 'stringers' who sent in social notes from villages or cross-roads communities. Knowing who came to town for a funeral can be very helpful to family historians." English and American Oaths of Fidelity at Spanish Natchez, 1787. Submitted by Winston De Ville. "In spite of a relatively minor counter-revolt against Spain following the fall of English rule at the end of the American Revolution, English and American residents of the Natchez, Mississippi, area continued living there in peace with their Spanish captors." Odle-Poston Cemetery, Bosque County, Texas. By Shirley Brittain Cawyer. "Located on the southern line of Bosque County near the McLennan County line, on Big Creek, this old cemetery is fenced, fairly well maintained, and has many unmarked graves." Family Record Groups. Charles Culepper BLAIR and Meca REEVES of Carroll County, Georgia, and Erath County, Texas, submitted by Chris Partain; William Henry CHRISTMAN and Mary SAULS of Jackson County, Georgia, and Macon County, Alabama, submitted by Edith Bolin; William M. MEARS and Margaret COMPTON of Colleton County, South Carolina; and Otis MILLEDGE and Matilda RUNYON of Champaign County, Ohio, and Mahaska County, Iowa. Price includes first class postage. TX residents add 8.25% sales tax. |
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