You might check to see if this book is on microfilm or something, and look up the reference. :) Brad had three Buel's in his database, I believe. deb - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - deb Christensen ([email protected]) Graphics Connection Forum http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] Buel ATWOOD, Oregon Trail > This one sounds interesting. The name Buel Atwood can't be too common. > My gggfather had a brother by that name, but he died in CT in June of > 1863, aged 70, so it doesn't sound like the same one. He did not have a > son named Buel. In fact, I have a list of 13 children for him, only 3 of > whom were male, and two of them died unmarried. The other, Henry, has no > further information given in the list I have, so I suppose he could have > had a son named Buel. Has anyone else seen Buel as a given name? > Diane in OK > > deb Christensen wrote: > > > > Hello Folks. > > > > In scouring the countryside for my ATWOOD ancestor, I ran across one Buel > > Atwood and wife, in an 1863 Oregon Trail mention from the Autobiography of > > Mrs. Oscar F. Thompson, "Reminiscences of Oregon Pioneers" Edited by Mary E. > > Johnson; Published Pendleton, OR: East Oregonia Pub. Comp, 1937 > > > > It's just a citation, but I thought I'd pass that along to anyone who may need > > it. > > > > Nope, I have no idea what it says, or who Buel Atwood was. But he wasn't Frank > > Atwood, who didn't go to Oregon, so I didn't pursue it any further. :) > > > > deb > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > deb Christensen ([email protected]) > > Graphics Connection Forum > > http://www.computingcentral.com/topics/graphics/ > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >