This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wood, Fix, Arnett, Dauber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/426.1.1 Message Board Post: Steve's father's name is William (Bill) Wood. I'm not sure that he ever resided in the Phoenix or Maricopa county area. I know that at one time, they all lived in Bryan, Ohio (Williams County) and they relocated to the west in the 40s.

I recall a story that ran in the Arizona Republic, maybe 1-1/2 years or so ago, about the restoration of a cemetery at the Arizona State Hospital. The story emphasized a Congressional Medal of Honor winner who was buried there. Maybe somebody in facilities management at the hospital can provide you with the names of people buried there. Eloise Nicolos wrote: >John S. GIBSON was committed to the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix by >Judge Albert M. Sames on February 18, 1926. He died there on July 30, 1926. > >I have a copy of his death certificate but it is woefully lacking in >personal information. He was an 89 year old married white male rancher whose >residence was Benson, Cochise County, AZ. It has nothing regarding the >disposition of his body, and I have not been able to find out where he is >buried. I learned that there is a burial ground at the hospital, but only >numbers, not names, mark the graves. > >I contacted a volunteer researcher at the ASH last March or April and she is >trying to locate his records for me, but she must be inundated with requests >because I have not learned anything about him so far. > >Does anyone reading this note know of a way to successfully retrieve >information from the Arizona State Hospital, or know of a place where the >hospital may have buried people back in 1926? > >Thank you for your help. > >Eloise >Shingle Springs, CA > > > > > > >==== AZMARICO Mailing List ==== >~~ The List's GOLDEN RULE ~~ >Keep to genealogy, history, anything ancestors! Keep it clean & cool. >Treat others as you want them to treat you...Positively *NO* selling! > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WOOD, MORELAND Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/426.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sonja - What is the name of Steven's father? Was his father ever known to have resided in Phoenix or Maricopa county? Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STEVENS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/427.1 Message Board Post: Hi Marie - I am not 100% certain, but I believe Issac is in Yavapai County, just west of Prescott and about 1 mile northeast of Iron Springs and Iron Springs Road. It is also about 1 1/2 miles due south of Mint Wash. Because of the terrain, many areas that surround Prescott have their heritage steeped in ore mining. You might consider a posting at the Yavapai boards and I would think a volunteer can help you there. Good luck. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KOUBA, MCKENNA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/432.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Susan - I'm happy to learn your search is finished and that you have found the information you were seeking so you can have closure and a respite. May your brother rest in peace. Take care. Glen F. Pritchett

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WAGGENER, YOUNG, MCARTHUR, WAGGONER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/434.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Margaret - No, I'm sorry I don't have any records such as death, birth or marriage. My collection is entirely devoted to city and telephone directories from 1931 through 2002. I noticed that you spelled Grady's last name "WAGGONER". I presume that is in error and was intended to be "WAGGENER"? I continued my search of my collection and found no WAGGENER listings for Phoenix 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1960. I also found no WAGGENER listing for 1966 Glendale metro which includes most suburbs west and northwest of Phoenix. I found no WAGGENER listings in my Tempe/Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert directories for 1960, 1961 and 1964. I did find one WAGGENER listing in my 1968 Scottsdale directory; a "John D and Marjorie M WAGGENER" and their 3 children residing at 6616 Cardinal Drive, Paradise Valley. He is listed as a Pathologist at St. Joseph's Hospital. In my 1975 Phoenix metro phone book, there are three WAGGENER listings, one a Gerald R. of Scottsdale, two listings for Dr. John D. (person noted in previous paragraph, address for both business and home - home address unchanged) and a W. C. WAGGENER of Mesa. This concludes the breadth of my resources and I'm sorry I wasn't able to find more for you. You might consult the National Archives for the Selective Service Records of the World War I era. It may be possible to ascertain where Grady WAGGENER registered for the draft and that will tell you where he was pre-1920. Have a great Labor Day. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

John S. GIBSON was committed to the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix by Judge Albert M. Sames on February 18, 1926. He died there on July 30, 1926. I have a copy of his death certificate but it is woefully lacking in personal information. He was an 89 year old married white male rancher whose residence was Benson, Cochise County, AZ. It has nothing regarding the disposition of his body, and I have not been able to find out where he is buried. I learned that there is a burial ground at the hospital, but only numbers, not names, mark the graves. I contacted a volunteer researcher at the ASH last March or April and she is trying to locate his records for me, but she must be inundated with requests because I have not learned anything about him so far. Does anyone reading this note know of a way to successfully retrieve information from the Arizona State Hospital, or know of a place where the hospital may have buried people back in 1926? Thank you for your help. Eloise Shingle Springs, CA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/432.2.1 Message Board Post: to those who tried to help me. as of today my search has ended. my brother died in florida where he was stationed, he was at some marina there and he died in water. thank you to all of you have help all of us in someway or another, without having a way, you people , to ask for help, this informantion might never have got me where i am tonight, telling my wonderful baby brother, it's ok now, i can morn and i will be ok and i will be able to have closure. than you ancestors.com. hey, i do have a missing sister out there, in time, in time. thank you susan mckenna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Outland, Russell, Tomson, Sands, Golden, and on and on and on... Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xU.2ADE/433.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I will do that Glen, I have taped up the request to do so, so that I don't forget. ha ha ha Sincerely, Tricia in Georgia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OUTLAND, RUSSELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/433.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Tricia - You're very welcome. Please let us all know at the board how this effort works out for you. If you have a problem, we may still be able to enlist the aid of another acquaintenance of mine who works in the Arizona Archives. Take care. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Outland, Tomson, Sands Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xU.2ADE/433.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you again, Glen! This really is handy news... I hope the fact that he is an Uncle counts. A lot of people want direct line only. But I am trying to track this branch, and find out what happened to my Aunt Florence Irene Tomson Outland, Keith's first wifem and mother of his children. So, again I sincerely thank you for this bit of hope. Sincerely, Tricia in Georgia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WAGGENER, YOUNGER, DOWDY, MCARTHUR, WAGGONER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/434.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ruth - My next city directories are 1955 forward, so I'll do some more looking in those. That will leave a pretty big gap between the 1947 directory and 1955, but we might get lucky and find them in Phoenix in the mid 50's era. I'll get back to you with another posting following my research. Thanks for confirming the surname spelling. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OUTLAND, RUSSELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/433.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Tricia - You're very welcome. Voter registration records are public record. That's one of the reasons they are often at the center of election controversies; i.e. deceased people "voting" and election opponents publicly proving something was "fishy" with a vote count because a registration record can be checked to death records. I would start with either the Maricopa County Recorder (Clerk) or the Office of Registrar of Voter's. Each government entity refers to it's registrar differently. The Recorders office is located at 111 South 3rd, Phoenix, phone 602-506-3535. The Registrar of Voter's is also located at the same address, phone 602-506-1511. Each state's policy on archival information on deceased persons is different and in a constant state of change; generally becoming more restrictive and difficult to obtain as the public's appetite for privacy increases. When contacting any government agency I would let them know you are a descendant and that you can prove it should they so require. Better to discuss this issue up front before you've jumped through all kinds of hoops only to discover some regulation is a barrier to you. Good luck. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/434.1.1 Message Board Post: At this point I am looking for leads as to what may have happened to my great-grandmother and great uncle. I have no information other than the knowledge that Eleanor Elena Waggener survived her husband, Walter P. Waggener, who died in 1938 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM. I also have information that her son, Walter Grady Waggener, married Vera Younger 04 Jun 1910 in Texas and that the family lived in the Phoenix area some years later, though they divorced. There is the possibility that Lena moved to the area where her son was living. The name is Waggener, not Waggoner.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KOUBA, MCKENNA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/432.2 Message Board Post: Hi Susan - I checked the California Death Index for 1940 through 2000 and there is no KOUBA surname that died in California. I searched several different ways and found nothing. Therefore, I would suspect your brother died elsewhere. According to the SSDI on-line records your brothers date of death was confirmed to SSI with the presentation of a death certificate by some party. Perhaps SSI kept a copy of the death certificate. They also show his last known residence was a code "(72)", whatever that means. I would suggest you invest $27 and write SSI for a copy of his SS file and contents. It's a little pricey, but the file may include all the information you need to pursue your research more quickly. You can generate a letter (form SS-5) at most of the genalogical sites when you are at the SSDI (Social Security Death Index). Good luck. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Outland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xU.2ADE/433.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for the information Glen... You have the right person, he did go by the name Keith, not Irell. And Bertha was his second wife. I have obit's on 2 of his children. 1 question though.... How do I find voter registration cards? You aren't the first one to bring that source up, but no one has ever explained it to me... I'm curious, are the hard to get? Where would I look? Sincerely, Tricia in Georgia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KOUBA, MCKENNA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/432.1 Message Board Post: Hi Susan - In my 1975 Phoenix metro phone book there are two listings for a KOUBA surname, one a Ben F. and the other a Frank H. Are either of these KOUBA's your relation? In my 2002 Phoenix metro phone book there are three listings for a KOUBA surname, one a Elmer A., another a Ernie and the last a William J. Are any of these your relation? Perhaps one of these KOUBA's was in Phoenix in 1997 and knows of the death circumstance of your brother? Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OUTLAND, RUSSELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/433.1 Message Board Post: Hi Patricia - In my 1975 Phoenix metro phone book, page 741, center right column is the following listing: "Outland Keith 4701 S 36th Dr 276-5750". There is no listing for a "Bertha OUTLAND". As there are only 3 OUTLAND surname listings in the directory and this one is the only "Keith", it seems reasonable this may be your research subject. Using the residental address you could check with the County Clerk to see if he owned the property and then trace the property forward to his date of death to see who the property transferred to. Additionally, most property owners are registered voters, and if so for "Keith", then possible genealogical information may be found in his voter registration record. Hopefully another volunteer will help you with your obituary request. Good luck. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WAGGENER, YOUNGER, DOWDY, MCARTHUR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/429.1 Message Board Post: Hi Ruth - Please see my posting of 8-29-2002 regarding another WAGGENER query at this board. Also there is only one WAGGENER surname in the 1920 census index and that's for a "Charles WAGGENER" of Tucson (Pima), Arizona. Hopefully when the 1930 Arizona census index is on-line you'll be able to find those subjects you are researching. Good luck. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WAGGENER, YOUNGER, DOWDY, MCARTHUR, WAGGONER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xU.2ADE/434.2 Message Board Post: Hi Margaret - Please excuse my posting wherein I refer to you as Ruth instead of Margaret. My apologies. Also see a posting for the surname WAGGENER dated 8-27-2002 at this board. Glen F. Pritchett, USGENWEB volunteer