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Announcement

• Andrew D. Austin of NYC Affirms Partnership with Justice Michael R. Sonberg
• Douglas Shipley Becomes American Genealogy Society 2000 Scholar
• Hatteras Elders Gathered. Article with photo from the Coastland Times, July 6, 2008 re family re-union of Austins on Hatteras Bank, 1 page.
• Tommy & Gloria Jones Austin of West Lafayette, IN Celebrate 50th Anniversary
• Tree Planting Honors Stephen Fuller Austin

Austin Stories

• Austin Machinery
• Austin Printing of Akron, Ohio
• Austen Pitches USF past Jacksonville. Newspaper article, 16 Feb 2003, Tampa. David Austin pitched winning game for the University of South Florida against a Jacksonville team, 1 page.
• Bill Austin Named as NY Jets Offensive-Line Coach
• A Bizarre Austin Genealogy
• Claudius Cecil Austin Saves His Lightship in the Hurricane of 1933
• Excerpt From an 1857 Letter From Mary Austin to Jackson Wood
• Father Michael Austin Retires from St. David's Marist Inanda Prep School, South Africa
• Noted Tragedies - Killing of Peter Evans by Dr. Keene, and Killing of Dr. Keene by Dr. Austin
• Our Town - Incredible Austin
• Retired Man Calls Lawn Metal Pile a Gold Mine. Newspaper article 9 Feb 1975, Jacksonville. Portion of the gallows of the old Citrus County Jail installed by John N. Austin in his front yard and which he calls his gold mine, 2 pages.
• A Story of a 200-Year-Old Violin Handcrafted by a Slave
• Tracy Man Suspected of Killing his Wife. Tracy, California, 2004, Michael Austin held on homicide charges, accused of stabbing his wife Janorah Robin Austin.

Biographies

• Some Austins of the Maryland Eastern Shore
• Austin Biographies from White County, Illinois
• Austin Family of Maine
• Augustus Blackmar Biography
• Bill Austin, Famous Coyote Hunter
• Biographies of Some New York Austins
• Brashear's John Austin Grant
• Charles C. Austin of Austinville, NC and Scotts Hill, TN
• Corner in Ancestors: The Austin Family
• David Austin: Another Texas Pioneer
• Biography of Eugene A. Austin of Boulder, Colorado
• Daring Exploits of Capt. Charles W. Austin
• Elliot Austin and Marguerite Doughty
• Family of Rev. Bishop James F. Austin and Corrina Thomas of Ohio County, Kentucky
• Sir Francis William Austen, Admiral of the Fleet
• Frank and Fanny Austin: Oral and Documentary Research of a Formerly Enslaved Family
• Captain George Austin: Union Army Officer, 2nd Kentucky Infantry Volunteers and Prisoner of War
• Glenn Greer Austin Family of Dunwoody, Georgia
• Harriet Austin Murphy of Early Chicago, Illinois
• History of Austins Arcadians
• Irish Emigrants Margaret and Betty Austin of Tandragee, Ireland
• James Austin of Tandragee, County Armagh, Ireland
• Jane Austen of Hampshire
• Jonas Austin of Tenterden, Kent and Taunton, Massachusetts
• Working My Smith Line at the 2008 AFAOA Convention
• Austin Family Ancestors: Lafayette Carver Austin and Josephine Hathaway
• Mary Austin Crull of Wayne County, Indiana
• Moses Austin (1761-1821) of Connecticut and Missouri
• Rebecca Austin Gray
• Robert W. Austin
• Samuel Austin of Virginia in 1672
• The Search for "Devil John" Wright
• Smith, Cornwall, Percival and Austin Families
• The Solomon Austin Story - Part 1
• The Solomon Austin Story - Part 2
• The Solomon Austin Story - Part 3
• Some Notable English Austens
• Southside Virginia Austins
• Stuart N. Austin of Ohio
• The Unfortunate Captain Austin
• Dr. William G. Austin of Chicago, Illinois
• William H. Austin of Pennsylvania and Nebraska
• William Young Austin and Danzie Ham Austin of Texas

Genealogical Records

• Austin Records from the Evergreen Cemetery. Records of Austins buried in cemetery located in Salem, Washington Co., NY, 2 pages.
• Austins in Vermont Vital Records. Austin surname extractions from Family History Library Films #0027462 & 0027463 Vermont: General Index to Vital records, Early to 1870 [from about 1780 to 1870], 65 pages.
• Index to Austin Deaths in Massachusetts (1841-1971) by Michael E. Austin and Patricia Biebuyck Austin. Sorted by date, list of Austins' death names and places with Vol. and Page to (MA Vital records?), 26 pages.
• John and Elizabeth Austin of Plainfield, NH Lost Account Book Located
• John and Susannah Austin Family Bible
• Journal of Thaddeus Moron Nichols and George Whitfield Nichols
• Members, Baptisms and Marriages for the Presbyterian Church in Catskill, Greene Co., NY (1802-1875). 23 pages.
• Registers of Wadham College, Oxford from 1613 to 1719
• Richard Austin Will
• Some Austin Family Gleanings from Medway, MA Annual Reports
• Some Austins from the History of Brome County, Quebec
• Stephen Austin Goodwin, Buffalo Business Directory
• Trial of Ezekiel M. Austin, for Murder, 1907
• Wedding Announcement of Daniel H. Austen and Minnie A. Chesbro of Oswego County, New York
• West Rupert, Vermont Town Clerk Letter

Genealogies - Descendancy

• Descendants of Addie Marie Austin
• Descendants of George A. Campbell Austin
• Descendants of John Bailey Austin
• Descendants of Nathan W. Austin
• Descendants of Owen Austin
• Douglas Shipley's Genealogy (Part of the Henry Austin of Maryland Line)
• Genealogy of William Austin (ca 1650-1706) of Kent Co., MD (pp. 1-2)
• Genealogy of William Austin (ca 1650-1706) of Kent Co., MD (pp. 1-8)
• Genealogy of William Austin of Ireland (born ca. 1705)
• The Philip Austin Family of North Carolina, Tennessee & Arkansas
• Register Report for Lawrence Greenberry Austin, born in 1794 in NC, died after 1870 in Hardin Co., TN. Five generations, 13 pages.
• Some Descendants of Lincoln A. Austin of Lyndon, Illinois
• Some Descendants of Stephen Austin and Hannah Tucker of Copiague, New York
• Some Descendants of Wealthy Austin of Taunton, Massachusetts
• Some Descendants of William Austin of Kent County, Maryland
• William Austin and Elizabeth Skinner Austin of Maryland
• William Austin of Philadelphia: ca. 1735 to Now
• William Wallace Austin of VT

General Information

• Actions of the 31st Iowa Infantry in Which Jeremiah Austin Served
• Austen and Austin Family Crests
• A DNA Primer
• Family History Library. Dated (1998) introduction to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, 3 pages.
• Great Lakes Sea Captains Sail From Western Reserve Lake Ports
• Transcribing the Research of Janet Austin Curtis - the Southside Virginia Austins
• Use of Digital Imaging Techniques in Genealogy. Working with digital images, a PowerPoint talk by Gay Martin given at an AFAOA Convention, 14 pages, 2 slides per page.
• U.S. Naval Ships Named Austin

Immigration

• Austin Emigrants from Great Britain 1607-1776. Austin and other spellings, excerpted by Helen C. Austin November 10, 2013. Listing of the names of persons who immigrated to America before the American Revolution, 5 pages.
• NEHGS Ireland Diaspora Project. Project is based on a simple idea; instead of waiting for Irish-Americans and their global counterparts to come to Ireland to trace their roots, we go the other way, 1 page, doc.

Military

• Alternate Sources for Information about Austin Soldiers
• Anthony Austin and the Part He Played in the Found of the United States
• Biography of Patriot Jeremiah Austin of Rhode Island
• Solomon Austin and the American Revolution

Obituaries, Cemetery Records

• Dr. Michael Edward Austin Obituary (2011)
• Elvir Kathleen Austin Obituary -  born 20 Dec 1920, died 10 Jan 2004, age 84.
• Gravestones of Lorenzo D. Austin & Catherine Austin. Three photos of stones: grave lot, and stones for Lorenzo D. (dates unreadable) and Catherine 1815-1885, 2 pages.
• Harold Earle Austin Obituary (1917-2004) of Stockton. Submitted by Marilyn Nickless of Stockton who has no further information on this family, 1 page.
• Helen E. Austin Obituary; Helen E. Keener was born 3 Dec 1906 and died 26 Nov 2003 in Boise. She married Howard Austin 3 June 1927, 1 page.
• Ivan Wilson Austin and Pauline Nichols Austin obituaries; Ivan W. Austin (1916-1985) of Peru and his wife Pauline Nichols (1918-1996) of Winterset, 2 separate obituaries on 1 page.
• Janorah Robin Austin Obituary (1962-2004) of Tracy, with accompanying article about her husband Michael Austin suspected of killing her, 1 page.
• Jillean Burrill Austin (1948-2002); Wife of William L. Austin, died of ALS, Center Brunswick, NY, 1 page.
• Louis E. Austin Obituary of Albany, NY (1923-2003) – died at age 80, 29 Dec 2003. He was the husband of the late Julia Forezzi Austin, 1 page.
• Marjorie J. Austin Hottenstein Obituary of Dushore, PA (1934-2003) – died age 82, 22 June 2003, born 2 Aug 1920 at Lounsberry, NY, 1 page.
• Robert Dixon Austin Gravestone in Clinton, Massachusetts