HOMEPAGE

‘When I saw Nicholas come from the womb with a face

grimaced with the shock, he grabbed my heart so quick

and hard that I never had a chance. '

Surprised by Joy, Alan Nelson

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ULTIMATE FAMILY TREE PAGES

These pages are published in the format that Ultimate Family Tree has designed. A GEDCOM file with all of my lines can be downloaded from the pages.

Susan's Family:

INMAN/INNMON FAMILY: Descendants of Hezekiah INMAN (b. @ 1730), Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas

SMITH FAMILY: Descendants of Jesse SMITH (b. @1775 NC) North Carolina,  Mississippi, Texas

McDOWELL FAMILY: Descendants of Lewis McDOWELL (b.1822 LA) Louisiana, Texas

FRANKLIN FAMILY: Descendants of William FRANKLIN (b. 1773) Virginia, Alabama, Texas  

 COPELAND FAMILY: Descendants of Lawrence COPELAND (b.@1590 Cumberland, England) England, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas.

 CAGLE/KEGELL FAMILY: Descendants of Leonhart KEGELL (b. 1684 Obermehlingen, Germany) imigrated to Pennsylvania 1732, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Indian Territory, Texas.

Alan's Family:

KAYSER/KIZER FAMILY: Descendants of Johann KAYSER (b. 1575), including Valentine KAYSER (b. 1620 Rumpenheim, Hesse, Germany, d. 1700) -- a member of the Court of Rumpenheim!!!  Germany, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Indian Territory.

McDOWELL FAMILY PAPERS

Letter to Elizabeth Jane McDOWELL, dated May 15, 1868, describing the death of her father. The writer was her father's second wife, Nancy Ann WASHINGTON BARTON McDOWELL.

WILLIAMSON COUNTY GRAYS

(7th Texas Cavalary, Company C)

Roster and Company record of Francis Marion INNMON's Confederate unit made up of men from Williamson County, Texas, and captained by a Methodist preacher with medical training.

 ON HOBBITS AND GENEALOGY

"These hobbits will sit on the edge of ruin and discuss the ... small doings of their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers, and remoter cousins to the ninth degree, if you encourage them with undue patience."  (This could be said of many genealogist I know).J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Book 3, Chapter 8).

J.R.R. Tolkien Reader

 NO CHANCE MEETINGS GENEALOGY BOOKS PAGE

Order Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain, a novel of the Civil War with a protagonist named "Inman." One of the best books I read last year. Also available in hardcover.

SURNAME RELATED LINKS:

The Inman Compendium (a great resource) includes data and resources I have contributed.

Ken Smith's Rankin County MS Records - includes information about Jesse SMITH and Thomas H. SMITH.

Copeland Family Forum -- very active exchange of COPELAND family information.

Mark Arslan's KIZER Family Page -- great family source data. 

GENERAL GENEALOGY LINKS:

[Image]Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet 

A great resource for lookups and surnames.

LOCALE GENEALOGY LINKS:

Williamson County [Texas] Genealogy & History

Bastrop County [Texas]

SEARCHES:

USGENWEB Archives Search -- a great way to search the archived land and census records from around the US. 

Surname Helper Search USGenWeb: USA - a great way to search queries and other records.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 1999

Christmas Letter and Photo Card

MEET THE NEW ADDITIONS TO OUR FAMILY

Julia Rachel Nelson - my husband and I are adopting a 7 year old girl from Russia

Jeffrey Adam Innmon, II - see an updated photo of Jeffrey Jeff a/k/a "Son of Leather Lungs"

SURPRISED BY JOY

Written by my husband, Alan Nelson, for his first Father's Day (1989). It was first published in The Waco Tribune Herald and was later published in The Baylor Line.

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