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From: "George Patrick" <>
Subject: Re: [TXBELL] New member
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:46:45 -0500
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Thanks for the Welcome. I have researched some through the Bell County
digital Library and I have seen your name so often that I feel I know you.
Your hard work is appreciated by everyone, I'm sure.

I think I neglected to say that I am a blinded veteran and my reading is
restricted to Tx State Library recorded books which have far too few family
history and genealogy transcriptions. I am so pleased to find the number of
digital libraries availabble on the computer growing so rapidly. I suppose
I should explain for those who are unfamiliar with computers equipped with
programs that enable blind folks to keep up with technology Rather than the
mouse, I use keyboard commands to manipulate the computer. A program called
JAWS seperates the text from the rest of the stuff on the screen and
converts it into text only format. An optical scanner converts text into
speech and thus the computer "Reads" to me. If I receive a letter--other
than hand written- I can place the letter or document or journal in the
scanner, scan it to the hard drive and the same conversion enable me to hear
the scanned document as speech. I can search the web the same as sighted
folks do and if I find information I want, I can save on the Favorites Menu
or convert to Word documents and save that way. I know all this has nothing
to do with genealogy but thought it might be necessary to mention once.

Back to you, Joe. I have been able to search the cemeteries and files, and
so forth by using the search engines on the various Bell County websites.
And I joined the Texas Czech E-mail group a few years ago and found many
helpful cousins. So, I would ask you if it would be appropriate for me to
do a brief outline of what I know so far about my family? I do have some
things which I haven't been able to find out about and I am hoping that some
of the members here might be able to help me fill in the gaps. Please
advise me.

Thank You,

George.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe D. Deaver" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: [TXBELL] New member


>
>
> George, welcome to the TXBELL discussion list. Thanks for the
> introduction.
> Have you read the book "Czech-Americans in Transition" by Clint Machann?
> It
> has a good focus on the Bell County area. I noticed there are quite a few
> such burials in Seaton and Ocker Bretheren cemeteries as well.
>
> Good hunting...
>
> Joe D. Deaver
> TXBELL Coordinator
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Patrick [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:44 AM
> To:
> Subject: [TXBELL] New member
>
>
> I am new to the group so please allow me to introduce myself. My name is
> George Patrick and I was born in Rogers, Bell County, in 1936. My family
> moved to Calhoun county in c. 1940. My family name was originally
> "Petrek"
> but my family changed it to "Patrick" when they moved to Calhoun County.
> Both sides of my family have resided in Bell County for several
> generations.
> Since my retirement I have been involved in tracking my family history
> which
> has led to many contacts with long-lost cousins and discovering many new
> genealogical resources in Bell County. I do, however, still have some
> unanswered questions which I hope to answer with the assistance of members
> of this E-group.
>
> My father's side of the family are mostly Czech and Moravian, including
> the
> surnames of Petrek, Stepan, Zabcik, Hruska to name a few. My mother is
> English/Irish and German and include the surnames of: Eager, Underwood,
> Mabry, Graham, Roberts, Patton, Thomas, Terrell, and Hieronymus(Ronemus),
> to
> name a few.
>
> I have been involved in several E-groups and realize that each group has
> its' own style of doing things so I would appreciate any suggestions
> anyone
> would like to offer. Thank you for reading my message and I look forward
> to
> a pleasant and rewarding relationship with the group.
>
> George of Austin
>
>
>
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> Our cemetery resources are growing every month. There's a great
> collection of cemetery inventories and photos at Cemetery Central:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell/cemcentral.htm
>
>
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