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This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
Over the next decade, Thornton’s business boomed: he served as clerk to the mayor and board of aldermen and was county representative to the state temperance society. [5] He also served as secretary of the board of trustees of the Guadalupe Male and Female College. [6] Thornton's letters home attracted other family members and friends to the ...
The "James F." in the title refers to James Franklin Perry, second husband to Emily Austin Perry and the father of Stephen Samuel Perry. Named in part for Stephen Samuel Perry, whose grandson by exactly the same name [11] donated them, one of the key sets of historical accounts of early Texas history is kept at the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Last family of the Old 300; replaced a family who withdrew their application. Historical marker for Elemelech Swearingen: David Tally: John D. Taylor: Married Mary King Singleton, daughter of Philip Singleton, November 19, 1838; they had two children Jeanette Susan 1841–1915 and Isabell 1842–1925: George Teel: Ezekiel Thomas: Jacob Thomas ...
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in January 1976 [1] and headquartered in Austin, Texas. FGS linked hundreds of U.S.-based genealogy societies and their members. FGS merged with the National Genealogical Society on 1 October 2020. [2]
The Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America (1925–1942), by Frederick Adams Virkus, is a seven volume collection of American lineage records intended as a standard genealogical history of the United States. The records span eight or nine generations from the early 17th century to the mid-20th.
Lukes, Edward A. (1976), De Witt Colony of Texas: The Beginnings of the Counties of Caldwell, De Witt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadelupe, Jackson, Lavaca, Victoria, Jenkins Pub. Co. Moehring, Sharon Ann Dobyns (2004), The Gonzales Connection: The History and Genealogy of the Dewitt and Jones Families, Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1-4120-1788-2
Czech Texans are residents of the state of Texas who are of Czech ancestry. Large scale Czech immigration to Texas began after the Revolutions of 1848 changed the political climate in Central Europe, and after a brief interruption during the U.S. Civil War, continued until the First World War. [1]