I'm looking for some feedback on an ancestry website I created for beginners. It's a collection of free ancestry resources and how to use them. My wife convinced me to put this website together. I kept getting questions from people who knew I was doing ancestry research. They wanted to know where to go to get information about their ancestry. So I put this website together: http://sites.google.com/site/FunSimpleFreeAncestry It contains a lot of links to websites that are already in many of the GenWeb County websites. I just put them all together with examples of how to use them. I've been tracking the hits on each page and have removed a couple and added some. I think I have the right balance now. At least people seem to be looking at all of the pages on the website. Please feel free to pass this email onto anyone or any group that may find it useful. Thanks, Dan Smith

I have just posted a (true story) article that I wrote about an 1885 murder in the village of Knik. If you would like to read it, go to my web page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~coleen/south_central_alaska.html and look for the link that says 1885 George Holt murder at Knik. Coleen Mielke Wasilla

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gwilanne Surnames: Burns Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alaska.matanuskasusitna/237/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello: I am looking for a baptism record for Adam Burns that is located on film # Births of Girvin, Ayr Scotland 1753-1854, Church Records, 0102833 page 604 This film is apparently located in the Wasilla library. I have not been able to find this film anywhere else. Looking for Birth/Christening of Adam Burns May 1851 Girvan Scotland Father James Burns and Jane Burns Jul 1852 Girvan Scotland Father James Burns I will pay for copying and postage for these two items. Any help would greatly be appreciated Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Aggieboy Surnames: Dennison Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alaska.matanuskasusitna/236/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for an obituary for my cousin Fay Ellsworth Dennison who died on 27 Dec 2006 and was reported to be living at Wasilla at the time. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marlenesteinerann_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alaska.matanuskasusitna/235.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: i found a thomas tuttle in the anchorage newspaper.. if it is ok i can forward the link.. my email is [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: northwestpioneer Surnames: Tuttle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alaska.matanuskasusitna/235/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If you can find an obit for Thomas Tuttle, died April 5, 2008, or if you could tell me what papers it might be in. I am not sure if he was living in Matanuska Susitna when he died, but the SSDI said his last residence was Palmer. He is buried in a cemetery in Tacoma, WA. Thanks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I am looking for someone for her family. Her mother has passed and they are not able to find her. Please email me off the list. Thank you in advance. I appreciate it. [email protected]

Some of you have written to me saying you couldn't get the link to my webpage to work...I just tried it and it seems to work for me (?) If you still can't get to my web page by clicking on the link below, let me know. Thanks, Coleen Mielke Wasilla http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coleen/south_central_alaska.html _________________________________________________________________ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec

I just posted some new census info for Tatitlek, Nutchek and Chenega on my web page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coleen/south_central_alaska.html Coleen _________________________________________________________________ The best games are on Xbox 360. Click here for a special offer on an Xbox 360 Console. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/wheretobuy/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sweetbabe1966 Surnames: Minnick Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alaska.matanuskasusitna/234/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am a distant cousin of Wilbert Jack Minnick through his father, Robert Oliver Minnick. I would be interested in finding any info on Wilbert and any family still living. I would like to know more about Wilbert's work on the Alyeska Pipeline in Wasilla, AK. Thank you! I look forward to sharing my family tree with any living relatives of Wilbert Jack Minnick. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Rev. Paul David Curtis, age 71, of Stone Mountain, DeKalb Co., GA, died at his home Saturday, February 24, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Thelmarie Curtis; daughter and son-in-law, Shahna and Darren Duerksen of India; sons and daughter-in-law, Paul David Jr. and Thomsa Curtis, of Livonia, MI, Gregory Curtis of Kansas City, MO; grandchildren, Ciera, Rebecca, Mariah, Isabella, Elizabeth, Michael, Ethan; nieces and nephews. Rev. Curtis was the son of Alonzo Harvey Curtis and Mildred Jeanette Higdon of Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas. He was the Grandson of George William Curtis and Mary Hixie DeVilbiss and Jasper Emmet Higdon and Ruby Verna McGraw all of Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas . Rev. Curtis was a native of Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas and grew up in Anchorage and later Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Co., Alaska where he attended the Palmer Elementary School. He moved back to Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas in his teenage years where he grew up on a ranch outside of Pearsall. He was All State in Football and attended the University of Houston [Texas] on a Basketball Scholarship. He transferred to Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas and received his BA in ministry. He married Thelmarie "Thel" Alexander in Houston, Harris Co., Texas on November 12, 1960 and they traveled extensively through out the world as a ministry and missionary team. He was Director of Teen Challenge in Los Angeles and Chicago and Director of the CBN-700 Club in Atlanta, GA. He was a journalist, photographer, worked for several newspapers and taught high school and college journalism. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 3 [2007]at 6pm at Wages Snellville Chapel [Snellville, Gwinnett Co., Georgia] with Rev. Roger Brumbalow, Rev. Dennis Lacy and Rev. Dave Hunt officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4 until service time at the funeral home. Graveside services and burial will be held Saturday, March 10 [2007] at 11am at Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris Co., Texas. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 10 from 10am until service time. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Urban Ministries International, 465 Sherwood Circle, Stone Mountain, GA 30087, in memory of Rev. Paul David Curtis. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200. www.wagesfuneralhome.com Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 3/1/2007. ===== For further information, please contact me, Thelmarie "Thel" Curtis at [email protected] or [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pdcurtis Surnames: CURTIS, ALEXANDER, HIGDON, MCGRAW, DEVILBISS Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alaska.matanuskasusitna/233/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Rev. Paul David Curtis, age 71, of Stone Mountain, DeKalb Co., GA, died at his home Saturday, February 24, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 46 years, Thelmarie Curtis; daughter and son-in-law, Shahna and Darren Duerksen of India; sons and daughter-in-law, Paul David Jr. and Thomsa Curtis, of Livonia, MI, Gregory Curtis of Kansas City, MO; grandchildren, Ciera, Rebecca, Mariah, Isabella, Elizabeth, Michael, Ethan; nieces and nephews. Rev. Curtis was the son of Alonzo Harvey Curtis and Mildred Jeanette Higdon of Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas. He was the Grandson of George William Curtis and Mary Hixie DeVilbiss and Jasper Emmet Higdon and Ruby Verna McGraw all of Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas . Rev. Curtis was a native of Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas and grew up in Anchorage and later Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Co., Alaska where he attended the Palmer Elementary School. He moved back to Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas in his teenage years where he grew up on a ranch outside of Pearsall. He was All State in Football and attended the University of Houston [Texas] on a Basketball Scholarship. He transferred to Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Ellis Co., Texas and received his BA in ministry. He married Thelmarie "Thel" Alexander in Houston, Harris Co., Texas on November 12,1960 and they traveled extensively through out the world as a ministry and missionary team. He was Director of Teen Challenge in Los Angeles and Chicago and Director of the CBN-700 Club in Atlanta, GA. He was a journalist, photographer, worked for several newspapers and taught high school and college journalism. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 3 [2007]at 6pm at Wages Snellville Chapel [Snellville, Gwinnett Co., Georgia] with Rev. Roger Brumbalow, Rev. Dennis Lacy and Rev. Dave Hunt officiating. The family will receive friends Saturday from 4 until service time at the funeral home. Graveside services and burial will be held Saturday, March 10 [2007] at 11am at Brookside Memorial Park, Houston,Harris Co., Texas. The family will receive friends Saturday, March 10 from 10am until service time. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Urban Ministries International, 465 Sherwood Circle, Stone Mountain, GA 30087, in memory of Rev. Paul David Curtis. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Inc., Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200. www.wagesfuneralhome.com Published in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on 3/1/2007. ===== For further information, please contact me, Thelmarie "Thel" Curtis at [email protected] or [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have recently added several new things to my south central Alaska web page at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coleen/south_central_alaska.html Coleen _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Green Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VU.2ADE/221 Message Board Post: Looking for information on Raymond Haven Green, b. 30 APR 1898 in Oklahoma; d. 15 oct 1961 in Palmer, Alaska; I believe buried in Anchorage. Any information on his death or family would be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: betts Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VU.2ADE/199.1 Message Board Post: Hello, there is a BETTS family that lives near us. (also a street in Wasilla) Did you ever get your info? My email is incorrect it is [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VU.2ADE/14.1.2 Message Board Post: It will be nice to have someone to host a better AKMATANU rootsweb site. You can see my own Mat-Su research at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~coleen/south_central_alaska.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VU.2ADE/14.1.1 Message Board Post: I have not done the Catholic cemetery. I have the one that is on Wasilla Fishhook Road already online, it's called Aurora, I just updated it last week.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VU.2ADE/14.1 Message Board Post: Hi Coleen! Your name keeps popping up when I'm looking at the Alaska Gen pages. I'm also in Wasilla, and working toward my Certified Genealogist. I've written Ray Ensing and will be volunteering for this valley. I notice you'd done work on three Palmer cemeteries. Are you or have you done any work on the Wasilla ones? I notice there is Sacred Heart, as well as the main Wasilla one up Fishhook Road. So that I don't double your work, can we coordinate on these projects? I look forward to hearing from you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CLESTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VU.2ADE/217 Message Board Post: Does anyone remember the CLESTERS: Hal and Ethel, who lived in the Big Lake and Wasilla areas 1949-59,(maybe longer) Ethel died n 1959 and is buried in Palmer Cemetery.. I don't know about Hal after that. Interested in corresponding with anyone who might have info..or know if there is a 'pioneer' biography around somewhere. thanks