November 24, 2025 - Shannon Ramsey may have shared his family's history with the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society last Wednesday, but when the Ramseys arrived here, there was no Timpson. Shannon's family came to the area in the mid 1850s, when Texas had been a state for only about a decade. “About 1995 or '96 I began a spreadsheet with genealogical information on my computer,” Ramsey began. “It covered only five families and after I had worked on it for a few years, the spreadsheet had grown to about 150 lines.
September 22, 2025 - “I became interested in researching my ancestors through my involvement with Wreaths Across America,” began Gina Bradshaw, speaking to the September 17 monthly meeting of the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society.
April 19, 2025 - The Republic of Texas was still in its infancy in 1838 when cousins Jeremiah and James Bowlin were awarded adjacent land grants of 4,605 acres each in northwest Shelby County.