What's New?

Heard the news that Rob Yoder died at his home in Fort Worth on Monday evening, the 30th. [State Coordinator, Gina Heffernan]	5 Nov 2023
Housekeeping	27 Oct. 2023
Who are you researching?  This is a new idea for this website that I talk about near the top of the Home Page.  I will create a webpage when I start getting responses.  Whose ancestor will appear at the top of the page? New link on the County History Page: History of the Deaf Smith County Courthouse (2 minute video) New link on the County History Page: The life of Erastus "Deaf" Smith - The Deaf Rebel of the Texas Revolution (6 minute video) New link on the County History Page: Plug into History: "Deaf" Smith (12 minute video)	15 Apr. 2023
Updated The TXGenWeb Project staff information on the Home Page. Updated the copyright dates on the Copyright Page. Corrected information on the Mailing List page. Updated the link to Parmer County TXGenWeb.	20 Nov. 2022
Replaced the long outdated search engine on the Home Page.	14 July 2021
Updated the link to Quay County, NM on the Home Page. Updated the link to Curry County, NM on the Home Page. Updated the link to Bureau of Land Management on the Home Page. Updated the link to Hereford Military Reservation and Reception Center on the Home Page. Replaced the broken auto-update "Last Updated" date stamp with manually edited text on the bottom of the Home Page. Replaced the broken auto-update "Last Updated" date stamp with manually edited text on the bottom of this page. Updated the link to the 1940 US Census on the Census Page. Replaced the broken auto-update "Last Updated" date stamp with manually edited text on the bottom of the Census Page. Updated the copyright dates on the Copyright Page. Replaced the broken auto-update "Last Updated" date stamp with manually edited text on the bottom of the Copyright Page. Updated the link to US Copyright on the Copyright Page. Updated the link to The Land and Its People, 1876-1981 on the History Page. Updated the link to Biography of "Deaf" Smith on the History Page. Updated the link to Deaf Smith Biography (Wikipedia) on the History Page. Updated the link to Deaf Smith Biography (Free Republic) on the History Page. Replaced the broken link to the video, Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears, on the History Page.  Deleted the link to the Spanish video as no update was found. Replaced the broken auto-update "Last Updated" date stamp with manually edited text on the bottom of the History Page. Deleted the lost link to Alexander's Regiment by S. H. Fox, on the Military Page. Updated the link to Women in the Military, on the Military Page. Updated the link to Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, on the Military Page. Replaced the broken auto-update "Last Updated" date stamp with manually edited text on the bottom of the Military Page.	08 July 2021
Updated the link to the official City of Hereford website Updated the link to the official Deaf Smith County Courthouse website. Updated the name and information about the County Clerk. Updated the link to the Deaf Smith County Library. Updated the link to the Deaf Smith County Historical Museum. Corrected the phone number of Hereford Brand newspaper.	01 July 2021
Updated the name and email link to the TXGenWeb State Coordinator on the bottom of the Home Page. Updated the copyright date on the Home Page. Removed the broken link to Pioneer Cooking. :-( Updated the link to Texas Fast Facts. Updated the link to Randall County TXGenWeb website. Updated the link to Texas Cooking Online. Updated the link to TXGenWeb's County Selection List. Updated the link to TXGenWeb's Clickable County Map. Updated the link to Potter County TXGenWeb. Updated the links to FreeFind, our search engine. Updated the link to the Social Security Death Index. Updated the link to Hereford Military Reservation and Reception Center. Updated the link to Hereford Brand, online newspaper. Added a link to Ancestry's Message Board for Deaf Smith County. I have delinked the RootsWeb Mailing List since Ancestry killed them all, and left an explanation in its place. Updated the link to the Castro County TXGenWeb website. Added a link to the Postmasters and Post Offices of Deaf Smith County. Added a link to the Texas State Library. Added a link to Deaf Smith County on the Handbook of Texas website.	30 June 2021
Updated the name and email link to the new TXGenWeb State Coordinator and Assistant State Coordinators on the bottom of the Home Page.	19 Oct. 2019
Placed a small memorial to Shirley Cullum of the Home Page and removed her contact information.	22 Sept 2019
I have removed access to the Spanish version of this website as I am unable to read nor write in any language other than English.  Numerous errors were corrected on the English side in 2014 that were not repaired on the Spanish side. Yesterday, I found a number of new errors on the English side which will be too difficult for me to bring the Spanish side into compliance.  I feel that there are far too many errors to retain Spanish on this website.  Since 2014, I have advertised for help with this website, especially with the Spanish side, with no response. If and when someone volunteers to update and maintain those pages, I will be more than happy to take on a partner and reopen the site to the Spanish speaking population. ------------------------- He eliminado el acceso a la versión en español de este sitio web porque no puedo leer ni escribir en otro idioma que no sea el inglés. Se corrigieron numerosos errores en el lado inglés en 2014 que no se repararon en el lado español. Ayer, encontré una serie de nuevos errores en el lado inglés que me resultarán muy difíciles para hacer que el lado español cumpla. Siento que hay demasiados errores para retener el español en este sitio web. Desde 2014, he anunciado ayuda con este sitio web, especialmente con el lado español, sin respuesta. Si y cuando alguien se ofrece como voluntario para actualizar y mantener esas páginas, estaré más que feliz de contratar a un compañero y volver a abrir el sitio para la población de habla hispana.  [Traductor de google (Google Translate)]	04 June 2019
Removed some old code in this file that contained a dead link back to RootsWeb. Repaired a broken link to Defenders of the Alamo on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to Deaf Smith County Facts on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to Interactive County Map on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to African American Griots on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to TX - Census Images on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to TX - Marriage Records on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to TX - Digital Map Collection on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to TX - Census Transcriptions on our Links Page. Repaired a broken link to TX - Obits on our Links Page.	03 June 2019
Repaired several bad internal links on one of the Spanish pages. I have ignored the Spanish Language pages since I became the County Coordinator due to the fact that I cannot read Spanish.	07 Jan 2019
Added a link to History of Deaf Smith County, Texas on Genealogy Trails	12 Dec 2018
Added a link to a audio biography of Deaf Smith from Wikipedia.	12 Dec 2018
Repaired some missing background images on most every file that wasn't in the main folder. It may have just been a Firefox issue.	09 Apr 2018
Cleaned out all the unused and/or duplicate files.	09 Apr 2018
I added several Fun links to the Home Page: Texas Fast Facts, Texas Cooking Online, Pioneer Cooking and Garry's Texas Cooking	09 Apr 2018
Corrected a link on the Military page.	09 Apr 2018
Cleaned up the text on the Interview with John Riding and added the original document that this text came from..	08 Apr 2018
Updated links to two neighboring TXGenWeb counties, Castro and Oldham.	08 Apr 2018
Found a new home for the Deaf Smith County website, courtesy of Fort Worth Genealogical Society.	08 Apr 2018
Repaired code on How to Clean Headstones to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Cemetery Tool Kit to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Cemetery and Gravestone... to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Texas Cemetery Laws to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Cemeteries of Deaf Smith Co. to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Notable People From... to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Interview with John Riding to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Erastus "Deaf" Smith biography to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Repaired code on Biograpy of Jim Cook to repair the background.	13 Jul 2017
Removed a broken link from the Spanish Home Page	13 Jul 2017
Removed a broken link from the Copyright Page	13 Jul 2017
Removed broken links from the Census Page	13 Jul 2017
Took down the 20th anniversary banners for USGenWeb and updated the copyright.	04 Jan 2017
Updated my email address	15 Jun 2016
Changed the background image	09 Feb 2016
Replaced the USGenWeb logo with a 20th Anniversary logo	09 Feb 2016
Added link to the movie Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears in English	29 June 2015
Added link to the movie Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears in Spanish	29 June 2015
Added link to The story of Deaf Smith, a YouTube video	29 June 2015
Added link to Erastus "Deaf" Smith - Little History, a YouTube video	29 June 2015
Added link to The ASL Biography of Erastus "Deaf" Smith, a YouTube video	29 June 2015
Added link to History of Deaf Smith, a YouTube video	29 June 2015
Added link to Deaf Heroes: Erastus "Deaf" Smith, a YouTube video	29 June 2015
The Homepage was cleaned up a bit.	17 Dec 2014
Added link to The Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Military page.	16 May 2014
Added links to the County Selection List and the Clickable County Map on the TXGenWeb State website.	16 May 2014
Updated my objectives on the Home Page	16 May 2014
Reworked the Maps page to match the design of the homepage.	16 May 2014
Reworked the Photo Memories page to match the design of the homepage and renamed it to American Memories.	16 May 2014
Reworked the Photographs page to match the design of the homepage.	16 May 2014
I found another unlinked file on the website titled Texas Union Regiments, Second Texas Cavalry, USA and I have added it to the Military page.	14 May 2014
I found an unlinked file on the website titled Texas Union Regiments, First Texas Cavalry, USA and I have added it to the Military page.	14 May 2014
Restored the broken link to Women of Deaf Smith County in the Military (on the Military page) and reworked the page to match the design of the homepage	14 May 2014
Reworked the Vietnam War Casualties page (on the Military page) to match the design of the homepage	14 May 2014
Reworked the Korean War Casualties page (on the Military page) to match the design of the homepage	14 May 2014
Reworked the World War II Missing and Dead List (on the Military page) to match the design of the homepage	14 May 2014
Reworked the The Men and Their Regiments page (on the Military page) to match the design of the homepage	14 May 2014
Added the death certificate of Leonard Foster in the Obituaries section of the Homepage.	13 May 2014
Added a link to Hereford POW Camp on the Military page.	13 May 2014
Deleted the link to More Newspaper Abstracts page from our Homepage as it was an exact copy of the original Newspaper Anstracts page.	13 May 2014
Reworked the Newspaper Gleanings page to match the design of the homepage	13 May 2014
Reworked the Newspaper Abstracts page to match the design of the homepage and I imported the public domain abstracts from the original source, and added 5 more.	13 May 2014
Added a link to Hereford Fire Dept. 1913 on the Photos page	13 May 2014
Reworked the three Birth pages; A-C, D-L, and M-Y to match the design of the homepage.	11 May 2014
Reworked the Births in the Archives page to match the design of the homepage.	11 May 2014
Reworked the Deaths 1904-1958 page to match the design of the homepage.	11 May 2014
Reworked the Marriages page to match the design of the homepage.	11 May 2014
Reworked the Vital Records Notice page to match the design of the homepage.	11 May 2014
Added links on this page to the pages I have been working on.	11 May 2014
Reworked the Ghost Towns page to match the design of the homepage.	10 May 2014
Reworked the Cities and Towns page to match the design of the homepage.	10 May 2014
Reworked the Landmarks page, filled in the longitude and latitudes, repaired all the broken links, added more landmarks, and made it match the design of the homepage.	10 May 2014
Reworked the Geographic Features page to match the design of the homepage.	10 May 2014
Reworked and updated the Links page to match the design of the homepage.	05 May 2014
Reworked the Mailing List page to match the design of the homepage.	05 May 2014
Reworked and updated the Look-Ups page to match the design of the homepage.	05 May 2014
Reworked and updated the Addresses page to match the design of the homepage.	05 May 2014
Reworked and updated the Bibliography page to match the design of the homepage.	05 May 2014
Updated the link to the Social Security Death Index.	05 May 2014
Completely overhauled the Cemetery Inscriptions page	04 May 2014
Added a link to Texas Historical Commission's Cemetery Laws.	04 May 2014
Reworked the Cemetery Laws, Cemetery Tools, Cemetery Information, Headstone Cleaning, and Cemetery Inscriptions pages to match the design of the homepage.	04 May 2014
Reworked the Obituaries page and the Thomas Obituary page to match the design of the homepage.	03 May 2014
Reworked the Biographies of Jim Cook, Deaf Smith, John Riding and Notable People to match the design of the homepage.	03 May 2014
Reworked the History page to match the design of the homepage.	03 May 2014
Reworked the Census page, plus 3 local pages that it links to, to match the design of the homepage.	03 May 2014
Reworked the Copyright page to match the design of the homepage.	02 May 2014
Reworked the Military page to match the design of the homepage.	02 May 2014
Corrected link to Addresses in Resources section of the homepage	02 May 2014
Reworked the What's New? page to match the design of the homepage.	30 Apr 2014
Worked on the Homepage: cleaning up stray html code; changing fonts; added a small map showing the neighboring counties; added Potter County as a neighbor; rearranged some text and images.	30 Apr 2014
Updated information on the Mailing List page.	15 Apr 2014
Repaired formatting problems with: Deaths 1904-1958; Births A-C; Births D-L; Births M-Y; Births in USGenWeb Archives; Marriages	15 Apr 2014
Repaired multiple broken links on the Homepage to: Oldham County TXGenWeb; Ira Aten; Jim Cook; Deaf Smith; John Riding; Births A-C; Births D-L; Births M-Y; Births in USGenWeb Archives; Deaths	15 Apr 2014
Homepage updated with the introduction of the new County Coordinator.	07 Apr 2014
The Deaf Smith County website was adopted by Rob Yoder, a 15 year member of TXGenWeb.	05 Apr 2014
It's been a pleasure and an honor to be the CC for Deaf Smith County. I hope that Deaf Smith Co. researchers have gained from the information added. But, as of today, I've resigned from the TXGenWeb and Deaf Smith County to free up time and return to my own genealogy research. ....Happy Hunting, Jo.	27 May 2013
Completed updating vital records.	23 May 2013
The notable people pages have new information added and have been merged into one page.	20 May 2013
Biographies have been combined into one web page and updated.	18 May 2013
Cities updated.	18 May 2013
Birth vitals updated.	18 May 2013
Link added to the Hereford Military Reservation and Reception Center	18 Aug 2012
I've been updating and adding new material to the Deaf Smith County site. I hope you like the new look. Please consider the transcription of some material (wills, marriages, census, etc., or transcriptions of material from your own research) to contribute to this site. Thank you!	18 Aug 2012
Link added to Women in the Military (general information)	18 Aug 2012
Births 1916 - 1937	13 Aug 2012
Link added in Resources to "Genealogy, Inc", Deaf Smith Co.	07 Aug 2012
Site was reworked and checked for broken links.	06-09 Aug 2012
Link added in Military to "Wings of Freedom"	06 Aug 2012
Deaf Smith Co. was moved to RootsWeb	09 Feb 2012
Link added in Military to Ken Jones "Texas Regiments of the Civil War"	21 Aug 2011
Korean War Fatal Casualties	20 Jan 2011
Newspaper Abstracts for Deaf Smith Co., Texas	03 Jan 2011
Vital Records Notice from the Dept. of Health Vital Records Division	09 Oct 2010
Vietnam Fatal Casualties	26 Sep 2010
Bio of Ira Alen	8 Jul 2010
Bio of Jim Cook	8 Jul 2010
Bio of Deaf Smith	8 Jul 2010
The famous born in Deaf Smith Co.	8 Jul 2010
City/Town Information	8 Jul 2010
How Many?	8 Jul 2010
The Census Taker	8 Jul 2010
Bibliography	8 Jul 2010
Index to Confederate Pension Applications	15 Jun 2010
Early 1900s Deaths	15 Jun 2010
Cemetery Listings at Find-A-Grave (external link)	10 Sep 2009
Hereford, Deaf Smith Co. (external link)	8 Aug 2009
The famous born in Deaf Smith Co.	8 Aug 2009
WWII - Dead and Missing Honor Roll	7 Aug 2009