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1 February 2008 Comments Off

So, I’ve been doing quite a bit of family research lately. I started off working on a few lineages on my dad’s side, and now I’m playing a waiting game records so I decided to go off on a tangent and work on a lineage that hasn’t been touched on my mother’s side.

The Holladays.

Yes… Holladay. I’ve been dying to get my hands on this lineage research for ages. My grandmother was dead-set against having anyone do any research because she was afraid that it would turn up that she was related to the infamous John Henry Holliday — better known as “Doc” Holliday. Perhaps you’ve heard of him? Dentist, turned gambler, turned gun-slinger who participated in the famous shoot out at the O-K Corral? Well, my grandmother thought that it would just be the most damning thing in the world if she turned out related to him. So no one’s touched the Holladays. Pretty sad too, considering sometimes the best sources are your older relatives who can tell you stories. They’re all long gone now and I’m just having a time trying to get any research done! Anyway, I figured that while my grandmother is still alive, she doesn’t have the short-term memory that she once did so it was quite safe to do some good ole Holladay genealogy. She won’t remember that I started it anyway! (See, there are some benefits to becoming senile!)

This research has taken me on quite a journey through Alabama and Mississippi and to Texas. And of course you all are aware that Texans have their own way of doing things. I have had cause to look up the Taylor County Texas Court system website. And would you believe that there is a whole page dedicated to Missing Livestock! Oh yes! I did say missing livestock.

And here’s what they say about missing livestock:

Taylor County residents are urged to check this website periodically, if they are missing any livestock. Livestock (as used on this site) includes cows, goats, horses, pigs, sheep and exotics such as ostriches, emus and pot-bellied pigs. Unclaimed livestock can be sold by the Sheriff, after the 18th day of public “Notice of Estray.” If the animal’s value is such that its sale would cover all costs, the notice will be published in the Merkel Mail newspaper, on the notice board in the southeast foyer of the courthouse, and on this website. If the animal is of a low value, public notice is made by posting at the courthouse and on this site. All Sheriff’s sales will be conducted at 10 am SHARP. Unsold livestock is donated to charitable organizations.

Oh, isn’t that just fabulous? My favorite part is that they include “exotics” and that unsold livestock is donated to charitable organizations!! At least they’ve created a way of helping those in need with misplaced cows!!!I’m always entertained by what I find on the internet.

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