Michael Smith
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Michael Smith

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Michael K. Smith
Born 1940s.
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Biography

Retired big-city public librarian & certified archivist with a specialty in history & genealogy. Active family researcher since c.1960, intermittent teacher of adult-ed genealogy courses, past editor for ten years of the Louisiana Genealogical Register, official journal of the Louisiana Genealogical Society. I was also part of the team that created The Master Genealogist in the early 1990s (behind the scenes at CompuServe, where I was an Asst. Sysop). And I've been one of the volunteer managers at WeRelate.org since its establishment.

I was an Army brat, so I grew up all over the U.S. and Europe. Born in Toledo (not my fault), spent all my working life in north Texas. Now retired and lived for 20 years in south Louisiana, but in 2022 I moved back to Texas, to the Houston area, where I have family. I'm pushing 80, which is too old to live alone any longer.[1]

Among other projects, I've spent 50+ years researching in detail the history and settlers of Old Red River County, Texas, which was also the subject of my M.A. thesis. A great deal of information on a couple thousand early settlers on the Red River may be found at WeRelate.org, but I've also begun adding family groups at WikiTree. And I'm now managing the Red River County page, and also the new Early Red River, Texas One Place Study project.

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Joe Holloway
Michael, thanks for building out so much of the Barnwell family. I am connected to them by marriage to a great-grandaunt and know little about them except what can be gleaned from vital records. If you would like to manage any of the handful of Barnwell profiles that I'm currently managing, please let me know and I'll transfer them to you.
posted by Joe Holloway
Robinson-27225 Azure Robinson
It's time for the One Place Studies Project Check-In!

We've put together a survey for you to fill out to check in with you, it will only take a moment as there are only a few questions. Filling out the survey lets us know you are still interested in coordinating your study and provides an opportunity for you to share any suggestions you may have for the project.

If you have decided to step away from your study, please reply to this comment to that effect.

posted by Azure Robinson
Richardson-7161 Mary Richardson
Hello Michael,

We now have a Google group for the Texas Project. https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/wttexas

If you are interested in joining the Texas Google group, please send me your email address by private WikiTree email.

I will then add your email address and you will be set to receive the postings.

Thanks,

Mary Richardson, Project Coordinator, Texas

posted by Mary Richardson
Mae Newton
Michael, thanks for the updates to Richard Lancaster's profile. I added him as part of my project to document all of the burials in the Copps Chapel Cemetery in Moniteau County, MO. That said, if you would like to take ownership of his profile, I am willing to pass it to you. I just ask that you keep the Copps Chapel category on his profile.

Just let me know and I will give you his profile. Mae Newton Bruce

posted by Mae Newton
Smith-103692 Michael Smith
Sure, I can take it -- if he's not part of your family and if you have no reason to hang onto it. I have a number of overlapping projects going on early Texas and Louisiana, and I'm managing quite a few profiles already, so no problem.

Mike

posted by Michael Smith
Rodgers-2825 Jody Rodgers
Re: May I ask why you created the page for Thelma Kissel a couple months ago, and then abandoned it? That usually only happens when a person drops their WikiTree membership and leaves the site. Just curious.

Actually, it’s quite common to create a profile and then orphan it. WikiTree apparently works best when you are only the manager for 5,000 or less profiles. I do not manage any profiles that I’m not directly related to, that includes people who’ve married into my family or those I’ve added as part of my projects.

I added Thelma Kinney (and her parents & siblings) to her sister’s profile as part of the Connect-a-thon this summer. I added her sister Jo previously because I had her obituary to upload.

posted by Jody Rodgers
Moose-417 Virginia (Moose) Brown
My g-grandfather was John Malcolm Leathers, born 1870s, died 1962 in Madison County TN. He married Della Louise Taylor, b. 1873, died 1956. I have NO info about Leathers before this time. If you think it possible there's a link, I would appreciate any info you might have.
posted by Virginia (Moose) Brown

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