115 page images for the Caffey family, Kristin’s side: 11 portraits, 6 photos, 98 documents. Filter by kind, decade, person or a word in the caption; nothing leaves the browser.
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family's ancestors; Earl, Kristin and their three children stay on either way.
Most family trees flatten everything into the same confident typeface. This one does not.
The three research tags below are the whole point of the exercise: they say what a document
proves, what the weight of evidence suggests, and what nobody has found yet. A fourth marks
what the family stated directly, where no document has been retrieved at all — it is kept
separate on purpose and is never quietly promoted to confirmed. A fifth marks biological evidence: a DNA result is not a document, and it is not
testimony either. Two further labels mark where this page withholds information
rather than lacking it.
Confirmed
Attested by a document that was actually retrieved and read — a census sheet, a
government index, a grave marker, a family-written obituary.
Probable
Strongly supported but not nailed down: a user-contributed tree, a masked index field,
or a chain of consistent circumstances. Believable, not proven.
Not found
Searched for and not located. This is a statement about the search, not about the
person — the record may well exist somewhere unsearched.
Family testimony
Supplied by the family and recorded on their word — no document has been retrieved for
it. Note the diamond rather than the dot: this is provenance, not proof, and it stands
apart from the three record tags above S24.
DNA evidence
Biological evidence consistent with a claim. It corroborates origins; it does
not by itself establish a person or a link. Note the bar rather than a dot or a diamond:
no DNA result on this page is ever counted as confirmed, because no document
was read for it S46.
Living — withheld
The person is living. On the charts and in the chains of names a living person appears
by name and relationship. A living adult’s full record is on their own card,
published with the family’s consent and kept out of search engines. A minor
appears by name only. The privacy note at the head of the page gives the rule in full.
Research in progress
A branch that is actively being worked on. The node exists in the structure so the
shape of the family is honest; the detail is simply not in yet.
115 page images — 11 portraits, 6 photos, 98 documents. Every thumbnail opens the full scan and every scan can be downloaded. Each image carries the tag its own text earned; no tag has been upgraded to put a document on this page.All 1187 page images, by surname.
Central Texas newspapers, 1821–2024, Travis County deed records, the University of Texas Cactus yearbooks for 1966 and 1969, and headstone and will-book images shared from Erin Caffey's family tree — Caffeys at Salado, then at Austin.
Portraits (11)
Open photoThomas Alan Caffey, portrait in later lifeProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpen photoGravestone — Thomas Walton Caffey Jr. (1924–2002)14 Mar 2002ConfirmedDownload ·
→ cardOpen photoCactus Yearbook, University of Texas at Austin, 1966 - portrait crop from page 292 — page 2921966 · p. 292ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpen photoCactus Yearbook, University of Texas at Austin, 1966 - portrait crop from page 635 — page 6351966 · p. 635ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpen photoCaffey family portrait, 2015 — Bradley Neal Caffey and Erin Helm Caffey with their two children25 April 2015ProbableDownload ·
→ cardOpen photoFind a Grave — page 27411093030 Dec 2016 · p. 274110930ConfirmedDownload ·
→ cardOpen photoHooper Van Caffey — Confederate veterans' camp at Elgin, May 1901, Elgin, Bastrop County, TexasMay 1901ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenWorld War I draft registration card, serial 480, order A480, Local Board Hays County, San Marcos, Texas (Ancestry record 19976067) · S181012 Sep 1918ConfirmedS1810Download ·
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→ cardOpenWilliamson County, Texas, Record of Marriage Licenses, page 493, no. 9923 (Ancestry, "Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837–1965", record 924752564) · S178217 Jan 1941 · p. 493ConfirmedDownload ·
→ cardOpenWill-book abstract page 110, probated 22 Aug 1826, via Helm/Caffey Family Tree (Ancestry 119936132), shared by Erin Caffey, Alabama2 August 1821 · p. 110ProbableS848Download ·
Source ↗OpenMontgomery Alabama Journal, August 1826, via Helm/Caffey Family Tree (Ancestry 119936132), shared by Erin Caffey1826-08ProbableDownload ·
Source ↗Open1850 United States Federal Census — 2nd District, Montgomery Co., Alabama, p. 152 (Ancestry record 15675750) · S4841850 · p. p. 152ProbableS484S826S844S969S987Download ·
→ cardOpenAlabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records — Montgomery Co. estate case file, Caffey, Charles (Ancestry record 3383818, image 007652336_02679) · S66311 March 1868 · p. 02679ConfirmedS663Download ·
→ cardOpenThe Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.)1 August 1910 · p. 2ProbableS976Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)27 June 1912 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)11 July 1912 · p. 5ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)18 July 1912 · p. 5ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenTemple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.)19 July 1916 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)16 November 1916 · p. 6ProbableS470S471Download ·
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→ cardOpenTemple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.)19 June 1917 · p. 2ConfirmedS680Download ·
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→ cardOpenTexas delayed birth certificate No. 37973, filed 3 Feb 1944 (Ancestry record 121590938) · S23328 September 1917ConfirmedS233Download ·
→ cardOpenSan Antonio Express. (San Antonio, Tex.)2 November 1918 · p. 7ProbableS628S800S997Download ·
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→ cardOpen1920 United States Federal Census — Pct 2, Bell Co., TX, ED 5, sh. 4B (Ancestry record 80271873) · S2321920 · p. sh. 4BConfirmedS232DownloadOpenTemple Daily Telegram (Temple, Tex.)28 March 1920 · p. 3ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)10 June 1920 · p. 2ProbableS665S950S979Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Austin American (Austin, Tex.)11 September 1923 · p. 3ProbableS485S849Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)13 September 1923 · p. 1ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenU.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry record 20540546) · S2791924ConfirmedS279DownloadOpenThe Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.)10 December 1925 · p. 3ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)3 May 1928 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)26 December 1929 · p. 12ProbableS590Download ·
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→ cardOpen1930 United States Federal Census — Salado, Bell Co., TX, ED 14-7, sh. 1B (Ancestry record 65751299) · S2212 April 1930 · p. sh. 1BConfirmedS221Download ·
→ cardOpen1940 United States Federal Census — Austin, Travis Co., TX, ED 227-60, sh. 9A (Ancestry record 159981746) · S2191940 · p. sh. 9AConfirmedS219S571S720S856DownloadOpenWWII draft registration card, serial 4672 (Ancestry record 140719001) · S2341940ConfirmedS234Download ·
→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)6 June 1944 · p. 10ProbableS550Download ·
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→ cardOpenU.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947 (Ancestry record 20718960), front of the card · S17881945ConfirmedS1788Download ·
→ cardOpenTexas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 (Ancestry record 130648971) · S26529 May 1945ConfirmedS265DownloadOpenThe Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.)5 December 1945 · p. 6ProbableS850Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.)2 June 1946 · p. 1ProbableS681Download ·
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→ cardOpenMen and Women in the Armed Forces from Jones County, Texas1946~ · p. 17ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenTravis County Deed Records: Deed Record 8511947-05/1947-07 · p. 234ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenTravis County Deed Records: Deed Record 8521947-05/1947-09 · p. 63ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenPrickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 19501950 · p. 67ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenPrickly Pear, Yearbook of Abilene Christian College, 19501950 · p. 283ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpen1950 United States Federal Census — Austin, Travis Co., TX, sh. 18 (Ancestry record 189288649) · S2201950 · p. sh. 18ConfirmedS220Download ·
→ cardOpen1950 United States Federal Census — Austin, Travis Co., TX, ED 256-143, sh. 10 (Ancestry record 195231986) · S2311950 · p. sh. 10ConfirmedS231DownloadOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)10 March 1951 · p. 3ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)10 March 1951 · p. 12ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenTexas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 (Ancestry record 155476065) · S2781953ConfirmedS278DownloadOpenTexas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (Ancestry collection 2272), state file no. 36634, Travis County28 July 1954ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)8 March 1957 · p. 19ProbableS704S945Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)8 May 1957 · p. 14ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.)28 March 1958 · p. 5ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)20 October 1958 · p. 7ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)22 October 1958 · p. 16ProbableS781Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)19 November 1961 · p. 28ProbableS670Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)19 May 1964 · p. 25ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)20 May 1964 · p. 4ProbableS535Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)30 December 1964 · p. 5ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenCactus Yearbook, University of Texas at Austin, 19661966 · p. 292ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenCactus Yearbook, University of Texas at Austin, 19661966 · p. 635ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)19 September 1968 · p. 1ProbableS931Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)20 September 1968 · p. 44ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)21 September 1968 · p. 29ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)23 September 1968 · p. 1ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)24 September 1968 · p. 19ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenCactus Yearbook, University of Texas at Austin, 19691969 · p. 412ConfirmedS696Download ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)24 March 1971 · p. 8ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.)24 March 1971 · p. 13ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Lamar County Echo (Paris, Tex.)1 January 1976 · p. 12ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Lamar County Echo (Paris, Tex.)8 January 1976 · p. 3ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.)17 December 1976 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenDenton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.)1 September 1978 · p. 2ProbableS772Download ·
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→ cardOpenDenton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.)25 January 1979 · p. 2ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Optimist (Abilene, Tex.)8 February 1983 · p. 4ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenStamford American (Stamford, Tex.)14 April 1983 · p. 3ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenAnderson High School yearbook, Austin, Texas, 19901990 · p. 91ConfirmedS132Download ·
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→ cardOpenAnderson High School yearbook, Austin, Texas, 19901990 · p. 193ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenAnderson High School yearbook, Austin, Texas, 19931993 · p. 106ConfirmedDownload ·
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→ cardOpenWhite Deer News (White Deer, Tex.)18 May 1995 · p. 8ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenWhite Deer News (White Deer, Tex.)18 May 1995 · p. 9ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.)1 August 1995 · p. 2ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe ECHO1 October 1997 · p. 9ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenCalhoun County, Alabama, marriage book, p. 123 (Ancestry 61365/901501955, image TH-1951-34750-13492-87) · S9082 April 1890 · p. 123ProbableS908Download ·
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→ cardOpenLevelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.)7 June 2000 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.)9 December 2002 · p. 8ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.)24 March 2003 · p. 4ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenStamford American (Stamford, Tex.)19 February 2004 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenComanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.)14 February 2008 · p. 6ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Optimist (Abilene, Tex.)28 March 2008 · p. 10ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenRains County Leader (Emory, Tex.)24 May 2016 · p. 11ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenThe Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.)8 February 2018 · p. 16ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenSweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.)16 June 2019 · p. 2ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenSweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.)17 June 2019 · p. 2ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenSweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.)18 June 2019 · p. 2ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenSweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.)19 June 2019 · p. 2ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenSweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.)22 August 2024 · p. 3ProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpenTexas certificate of death, registered no. 42500, Travis County (Ancestry, "Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982", record 21583733) · S179824 Aug 1929ConfirmedS1798Download ·
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