Welcome to the GenConnect - Rootsweb message board for the surname
HELMS. This board is for posting queries relating to the surname
HELMS and variants such as
HELM and
HELLUMS. ThatÂ’s anyone, anywhere, anytime!
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DATE in your query. That’s the basic “who, where, when?” of any query. If you don’t have a specific date, give us a guesstimate. Place the surnames in ALL
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Other boards that make up this SUITE for the surname HELMS:
HELMS Bibles:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Helms...For posting
HELMS bible record transcripts or abstracts. Cite the source wherever and whenever possible.
HELMS Biographical Sketches:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Helms...For sharing
HELMS family or
HELMS individual biographies and sketches. COPYRIGHTED materials: Do NOT post copyrighted materials without having the written permission of the copyright holder. Cite your source(s)!
HELMS Deeds:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Helms...For posting abstracted or transcribed
HELMS deeds (and other land- or property-related records). Again, cite that source!
HELMS Obituaries:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Helms...For posting
HELMS obituaries. Some obituaries may be copyrighted. When in doubt -- ask the publisher for permission to post. Cite and recite.
HELMS Pensions:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Helms...For posting
HELMS military, railroad, government, and other pension papers.
HELMS Wills:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Helms...For posting abstracted or transcribed
HELMS wills and other probate-related documents.
About me and my
HELMS connection: My last male
HELMS ancestor is my great-grandfather, Andrew
Jackson HELMS, born 1 Aug 1871 or 1 Aug 1872 in
Barbour Co., Alabama. died 27 Jun 1933 in
Houston Co., Alabama. He was the sixth child of John
Jackson HELMS and Frances Ann
DEES. He married (1) Ella
HICKS, 28 Dec 1893. They had five children. He was widowed in 1912 and married (2) ca. 1913, Bisha “Ossie” DOUGLAS. They had four children. My grandmother and her youngest sister are the only surviving children, both of whom were of the second marriage.
My genealogical studies began officially in late January 1976 and much of that time was pursuing my southern U.S. lines, including my
HELMS line. After Jimmy
CARTER was elected
President of the United States I would tease my mother that her mother looked like Jimmy
CARTER. Within a year of my saying that I learned that he and my maternal grandmother are in fact, cousins through the
HELMS family Much of my
HELMS research was done before 1982 and consisted of searching the U.S. Census schedules of
Alabama and
North Carolina. This was followed by my visiting the two courthouses in
Barbour County,
Alabama and recording date from the probate and marriage records. I also have met some of my grandmotherÂ’s second cousins who still live in
Barbour Co., near Clio. And my most memorable moment during that visit was being chased by a wile boar after climbing over a chicken wire fence which surrounded the old
HELMS Cemetery near Clio. I still laugh about that experience. Also, during that visit, they shared information on the older family members as well as information relating to their more immediate families. Much of my work was shared with Gerald C. Helms,
Matthews,
North Carolina. Gerald graciously included it in his last publication, “Helms Descendants, 1720-1991,” by Gregath Publishing,
Cullman,
Alabama, 1992 which he collaberated with Sara
Myers and William E. “Bill”
HELMS.
I hope to share my
HELMS research using both GenConnect and my own Web site -
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/karon_bosze (stop by and take a peek!). And I hope that you will share your research efforts as well!
If you have any questions or comments, donÂ’t hesitate to contact me:
boszek@doubled.comLook forward to hearing from yÂ’all and I wish each of you tremendous luck in all your genealogical searches!
-- Karon
