Tom McDonald had been among the early people to contact me through the website and to give me very helpful research leads. He has now finished a two-volume report on his own ancestor, James Hughes Callahan, who was a member of Winn’s Company in the Georgia...
My partner Jerry urged me to set up a trip to Austin so that I could actually meet Judith Austin Mills and Cari Taplin. We arrived midday, and Judith met us at the hotel early afternoon. What an amazing and gracious person she is! She took us immediately to the...
I wanted to find a researcher in Austin who would be qualified to do research on the military career of James Peter Trezevant during the Texas Revolution, with the hope that a direct link could be found to the Battle of San Jacinto. I wrote to the Texas State Library...
In the summer edition of Carologue, which is the member magazine for the South Carolina Historical Society, there was mention of activities related to the involvement of South Carolina in the American Revolution. I wrote its editor, Lauren Nivens, to give her the...
With great pleasure I opened the email notice to the most recent Texas History Newsletter from the Copano Bay Press. Its editor, Mark Pusateri, has been so kind as to post a notice and link to this website. His own website is <http://www.copanobaypress.com/>. ...
I compiled and posted a summary about Samual G. Hardaway in the Biographical Sketches tab. It gives the basic facts about his life and includes a photograph of him. Most importantly, I also posted in the Hardaway Addendum eight pieces of correspondence, plus two...