MillsAncestry Historical News Articles

5/13/2007 -  May 12th named John Mills Day in Bloomfield, CT!!!!
Johnnie Mills Jr, Founder of MillsAncestry.com, continues to receive recognition for being himself.

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5/10/2007 -  WE FOUND FANNIE!!!!!!!
After all these years of research we have finally found the family of Fannie Mills!!!

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5/10/2007 -  The Search For Fannie Mills!!!!!
Due to the lack of access to the 1920 census online and the lack of knowledge as to where Fannie Smith's family was during any given census period it has been hard to locate her family.

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5/10/2007 -  We are up and running again!!!!!
As many of you know, MillsAncestry.com has been down for some time now. This was due to workings of a hacker who disabled our main page and any access to any other MillsAncestry pages.

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2/21/2005 -  Does the Klu Klux Klan have something to do with family deaths?
Several lynchings occurred in the county between 1905 and 1919, and the increased intolerance of blacks, as well as Catholics and Jews, permitted the emergence of a strong Ku Klux Klan in the early 1920s.

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2/17/2005 -  The Search For Fannie Mills Continues..........
For a few years now I have been searching for information that would lead us to living descendants of Fannie Mills. Fannie is the youngest daughter of Ned Mills

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9/28/2004 -  Elsie Lee March Goes Home
Elsie Lee March, daughter of Johnnie Mills and Eugenia Weldon and grand daughter of Robert and Eliza Mills was called home on August 26, 2004.

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5/27/2004 -  Tamisha Anthony is 1st African American Valedictorian.
Temecha Anthony is 1st African American Valedictorian at Henderson High School!

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1/8/2004 -  I Am Back To Researching Again!!!!!
I know you all have been wondering where I have been and what I have been doing. Well, I was taking a much needed hiatus to focus on some family issues.

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7/10/2003 -  Tombstone at Hickory Grove (B) reads NEDERBER. Could this be Ned?
While in Henderson for the family reunion, John and I decided to visit Hickory Grove Cemetery (B). We knew there were family members buried there. While walking through the cemetery we noticed a brick marker with the name NEDERBER written on it in black.

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7/9/2003 -  2003 Reunion
The 2003 Robert & Eliza Mills family reunion was a tremendous success.

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7/2/2003 -  Photo Albums
We are in the process of moving our photo album service from Ofoto.com to Shutterfly.com.

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6/26/2003 -  Family Reunion
On July 3rd, Rosalyn and I will be departing on our trip to Henderson Texas to attend the Robert Mills Sr. Family Reunion.

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2/2/2003 -  Descendents of the Last Owner
As a result of a posting by Rosalyn Echols Mills at Afrigeneas.com, a descendent of the last slave owner of Ned Mills contacted us.

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1/5/2003 -  Fannie Who?
For months now we have listed Fannie Mills on our tree married to Smith Eubanks. Now we know that our Fannie was never married to Smith Eubanks.

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12/11/2002 -  It has been confirmed.
During many conversation with Halo Mills Young and Ruby Mills Gray I have been told that Daniel Punch, the brother of Eliza Punch, was mentally unstable.

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12/6/2002 -  What Brought Ned Mills to Texas?
What brought Ned Mills to Texas? For the past 6 months, we have been searching for clues that may lead us towards the answer. According to Rusk County census documents in 1870 and 1880, Ned was originally from Georgia.

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11/28/2002 -  The Search Continues
Althought we haven't communicated directly with many of you, we are still working diligently towards our goal to find our ancestors.

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10/14/2002 -  Family Reunion Information
We are again planning another grand time in reuniting the families and ask that you plan to attend with your whole family. The planned site is Henderson, TX.

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6/19/2002 -  Enil Mills
Enil Mills, son of Maurice Mills and Marie Reese is breaking into the modeling industry.

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6/8/2002 -  Slave Owner of Ned Mills
The long and grueling task of finding the last slave owner of Ned and Eliza Winfield/Mills has finally come to an end. After searching all the counties in Texas in the 1870 census looking for Ned Mills with no luck, I decided to go over the 1870 Rusk county census one more time

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6/5/2002 -  Death Certificates of Roberta & Earnest Mills
During my trip to Henderson Texas I came across the death certificates of Roberta Mills and Earnest Mills. There were others I was able to acquire, but there are some discrepancies I must address on Roberta and Earnest’s death certificates.

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5/31/2002 -  Rosalyn's Return from Texas
My long awaited trip to Texas has come and passed and I must admit, I truly enjoyed myself. My visit consisted of visits to the Department of Vital Statistics in Dallas and in Henderson.

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5/14/2002 -  Jamison Darnell Crosby
We would like to welcome Jamison Darnell Crosby into the world and into our family.

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5/9/2002 -  Death Certificate of Nancy Punch Roberson
In a previous article I mentioned the importance of acquiring the death certificate of Nancy Punch Roberson. We hoped it would provide the maiden name of her mother Elizabeth Punch.

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5/8/2002 -  Rosalyn's trip to Texas
On May 23, 2002 I will be departing from Newport News, Virginia on a flight to Dallas, Texas. The purpose of this trip is to meet family and to gather supportive documentation such as birth and death certificates and newspaper articles.

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4/27/2002 -  Laura Punch
In the 1880 census Laura Punch is listed as living with a white family as their cook. She has a 3 month old daughter named Annie.

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4/20/2002 -  Searching For The Wife of Ned Mills
In an earlier article concerning the non-existence of a death certificate for Robert Mills we discussed attempting to find other forms of documentation that could possibly give us the name of his mother.

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4/17/2002 -  Locating Living Punch Relatives
In efforts to locate living relatives I began calling people listed in the online white pages telephone book who lived in Henderson, Texas and had last names that are listed on our family tree. My 4th phone call was to James Allen, the great great grandson of Emmeline Punch and Levi Pound.

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4/14/2002 -  Marriage Certificate of Robert & Eliza
In our efforts to find the mother of Robert Mills we have acquired the marriage certificate which marks the union of Robert Mills and Eliza Punch Mills.

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4/13/2002 -  Transcription of Hickory Grove Cemetery (B)
Gloria Mayfield, the administrator of the Rootsweb Rusk county web site has completed transcribing the Hickory Grove Cemetery (B) for us and it provided a wealth of information.

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4/8/2002 -  Fannie Mills Eubank
In our efforts to find the mother of Robert Mills, we've attempted to acquire the death certificates of Robert and Ned Mills.

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4/1/2002 -  Hickory Grove Cemetery
As you may already know, we received our requested certified copy of the death certificate for Eliza Punch Mills in late March of 2002. One of the most important items listed on this death certificate was the location in which Eliza was buried.

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3/31/2002 -  Annie Mills
In researching census documents, we've come across Annie Mills (daughter of Ned Mills), married to Thomas Sibley December 21st, 1882.

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3/28/2002 -  Death Certificate for Eliza
We have received our requested certified copy of the death certificate for Eliza Punch Mills!!!!

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3/27/2002 -  Eula Mae Mills Wilson
We mourn the passing of Eula Mae Mills Wilson , daughter of Robert Mills and Eliza Punch.

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3/27/2002 -  Free E-mail to Mills Relatives
Would you like a Millsancestry or Millslife e-mail address (ex. yourname@millslife.com)? We are setting up e-mail addresses free of charge for Mills ancestors.

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3/25/2002 -  Robert Mills & Eliza Punch
In researching Robert Mills and Eliza Punch, we have discovered some interesting information regarding their death certificates.

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3/21/2002 -  Ruby Mae Gray
Prayers are requested for Ruby Mae Gray who will be having surgery April 2nd of 2002.

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3/9/2002 -  Mills Family Reunion
The annual Mills family reunion has been rescheduled.

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