The CA-GOLDRUSH Most Wanted web page counter broke (hmmm) and has been reset to start with the day the pages were revamped (today). I guess it's as good as any. :-) Not sure how valuable counters are anyway but it's fixed. Happy New Year! Yvonne Oliver Bowers, Listmom, GenConnect Administratior, Proud Rootsweb Sponsor NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-GOLDRUSH, CA-EARTHQUAKE-L NORCAL Library http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ CA-GOLDRUSH Most Wanted: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/CAGOLDRUSH/goldrushdigest.html

To my knowledge there is no CADI for 1871-1880 = only CADI is 1905-1995 but if you can find some county index I would be interested to learn about it. The most help I've ever found is to discover an entry in the NDGW which has a death date listed that is pre-1905. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: <Luzel@aol.com> To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 6:57 PM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Martha CADI > Hello and Happy New Millinnium to all special volunteers in CA. > I am seeking help from anyone who has access to the CADI for the years from > 1871-1880 for a lookup of a Louis Martha. He was still alive in 1871 but his > wife, Marie C., was a widow in the S.F. Calif 1880 Census. Although his > child was baptized in San Francisco in 1871, I could not find him in the 1870 > S.F. census, but noted others with the Martha surname in the 1870 (other > than S.F. Co. index record book). These listings were in Mendocino Co&San > Juaquin Co.. I do not know if the other County information will be of any > assistance. > Your help would be most appreciated. Again my thanks and wishes for a very > Happy New Year! > LuzE > Luzel@aol.com > > ______________________________

The CA-GOLDRUSH Most Wanted web page has (finally) been updated. My apologies for those who waited for their entries to get posted. The list had grown to 5 web pages and was getting a little tough to schlep through (searching) so I rearranged it alphabetically by surname. For the existing entries, the first surname listed in your subject line is how your entry to sorted. Please review your entries and email me with any corrections. Also, remember to let me know if your email address changes. At each update, the index page will display "new" icons on the homepage as well as the surname pages. I hope you like it and find it easier to manage. Please visit at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/CAGOLDRUSH/goldrushdigest.html and see if your elusive Forty Niner is there! Comments most welcome. Yvonne Oliver Bowers, Listmom, GenConnect Administratior, Proud Rootsweb Sponsor NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-GOLDRUSH, CA-EARTHQUAKE-L NORCAL Library http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ CA-GOLDRUSH Most Wanted: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/CAGOLDRUSH/goldrushdigest.html

LuzE, Maybe you could find out something about your family at this site... The San Francisco Call Database Index to Available Years:1869, 1875-1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889 http://www.feefhs.org/fdb2/sfcalli.html Or check the on-line index to the San Francisco CALL. The web site is as follows: URL = http://feefhs.org/ Go to the web portal index and type in the surname you are interested in and ask for a search. This is a private data base put together by Jim F. in Sacramento. Good stuff!!!!! RUTH ___________________ Ruth(Grady) & Don Skewis ruth4527@pacbell.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Luzel@aol.com [mailto:Luzel@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 1999 6:58 PM > To: CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Martha CADI > > > Hello and Happy New Millinnium to all special volunteers in CA. > I am seeking help from anyone who has access to the CADI for the > years from > 1871-1880 for a lookup of a Louis Martha. He was still alive in > 1871 but his > wife, Marie C., was a widow in the S.F. Calif 1880 Census. Although his > child was baptized in San Francisco in 1871, I could not find him > in the 1870 > S.F. census, but noted others with the Martha surname in the 1870 (other > than S.F. Co. index record book). These listings were in > Mendocino Co&San > Juaquin Co.. I do not know if the other County information will be of any > assistance. > Your help would be most appreciated. Again my thanks and wishes > for a very > Happy New Year! > LuzE > Luzel@aol.com

CANEVADA is actually a list for Nevada County in California, right next to Nevada... I am like you though, my mining ancestors seemed to travel back and forth...finding it hard to stay in one place very long... From Nevada County CA to Virginia City Nevada to Butte MT to Lead South Dakota. Those miners got around! Any ever run across any TREWEEKS? or Treweeke or Treweeks or Treweege or Trewick. It was spelled all those ways! Judy Hazen in Colorado

Dear Sandra: Thanks for your response. The only mention of Adelaide is from the Ione Cemetery list of Coombs buried there, and it gives her dates as 1838-1907. Also spotted a Cora Coombs 1866-1929 with no mention of any family relationship(s). I have not been able to get to the FHC for many months to look at the 1900 census since learning of these possible Coombs relatives. Think our FHC (Nevada City) is closed until 2nd week of Jan 2000, but I'll try calling tomorrow (30 Dec) to see if the 1900 Amador County census is still on file up there. Thanks for your help! Patricia <pjrowell@jps.net> Sandra Harris wrote: > > I can try to find death date on Edward if he died in 1930 - CADI goes from > 1905-1995. Would Adelaide's death fall into those years? > Also have you searched the census? Sandra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Zephyr <pjrowell@jps.net> > To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 3:01 PM > Subject: [GOLDRUSH] William Shelby COOMBS - Amador County > > > Hello! Hope you are all having a great holiday period right > > now and had lots of genealogical gifts under your tree. > > > > Now seeking information on more of my Coombs family. > > William Shelby Coombs, (hereafter W.S.), b 1828 Fayette > > Co PA; md Adelaide (unk last name/m-date/m-place). > > W.S. died 1900 in Amador County CA, probably at Ione. > > W.S. and Adelaide had at least one daughter, Estella Coombs, > > who died young, buried Ione Cemetery. W.S. & Adelaide Coombs > > probably had other children including a son Edward Allen Coombs > > (1877-1930), also buried in Ione Cemetery. > > > > Would like to get obituaries on W.S., Adelaide and Edward, > > or CADI references with full death dates. Is any of this > > possible (based on dates the indexes are published)? > > > > Thanks for your interest and kind help. > > Patricia > > > > ______________________________ > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Please remember to stay on topic - this list covers the Gold > Rush period in California's early history (1840s-1880s).

Luz, the CADI did not start until 1905, long after the dates you are seeking. Ron Morgan At 09:57 PM 12/29/1999 EST, Luzel@aol.com wrote: >Hello and Happy New Millinnium to all special volunteers in CA. >I am seeking help from anyone who has access to the CADI for the years from >1871-1880 for a lookup of a Louis Martha. He was still alive in 1871 but his >wife, Marie C., was a widow in the S.F. Calif 1880 Census. Although his >child was baptized in San Francisco in 1871, I could not find him in the 1870 >S.F. census, but noted others with the Martha surname in the 1870 (other >than S.F. Co. index record book). These listings were in Mendocino Co&San >Juaquin Co.. I do not know if the other County information will be of any >assistance. >Your help would be most appreciated. Again my thanks and wishes for a very >Happy New Year! >LuzE >Luzel@aol.com > > >==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== >Automatic Administrative Reminder: >Please DO NOT post to multiple lists with one email; this can cause >bounced-mail problems for Rootsweb and for us; and those looking for >answers but are not subscribed to this list will not get replies. This >also occurs when non-lister's messages are forwarded to the list. > >

LuzE.... I'll see if I can find something on him tomorrow in the DAR books. Ralph Clouse, Sacramento

Hello and Happy New Millinnium to all special volunteers in CA. I am seeking help from anyone who has access to the CADI for the years from 1871-1880 for a lookup of a Louis Martha. He was still alive in 1871 but his wife, Marie C., was a widow in the S.F. Calif 1880 Census. Although his child was baptized in San Francisco in 1871, I could not find him in the 1870 S.F. census, but noted others with the Martha surname in the 1870 (other than S.F. Co. index record book). These listings were in Mendocino Co&San Juaquin Co.. I do not know if the other County information will be of any assistance. Your help would be most appreciated. Again my thanks and wishes for a very Happy New Year! LuzE Luzel@aol.com

I can try to find death date on Edward if he died in 1930 - CADI goes from 1905-1995. Would Adelaide's death fall into those years? Also have you searched the census? Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: Zephyr <pjrowell@jps.net> To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 3:01 PM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] William Shelby COOMBS - Amador County > Hello! Hope you are all having a great holiday period right > now and had lots of genealogical gifts under your tree. > > Now seeking information on more of my Coombs family. > William Shelby Coombs, (hereafter W.S.), b 1828 Fayette > Co PA; md Adelaide (unk last name/m-date/m-place). > W.S. died 1900 in Amador County CA, probably at Ione. > W.S. and Adelaide had at least one daughter, Estella Coombs, > who died young, buried Ione Cemetery. W.S. & Adelaide Coombs > probably had other children including a son Edward Allen Coombs > (1877-1930), also buried in Ione Cemetery. > > Would like to get obituaries on W.S., Adelaide and Edward, > or CADI references with full death dates. Is any of this > possible (based on dates the indexes are published)? > > Thanks for your interest and kind help. > Patricia > > ______________________________

Hello! Hope you are all having a great holiday period right now and had lots of genealogical gifts under your tree. Now seeking information on more of my Coombs family. William Shelby Coombs, (hereafter W.S.), b 1828 Fayette Co PA; md Adelaide (unk last name/m-date/m-place). W.S. died 1900 in Amador County CA, probably at Ione. W.S. and Adelaide had at least one daughter, Estella Coombs, who died young, buried Ione Cemetery. W.S. & Adelaide Coombs probably had other children including a son Edward Allen Coombs (1877-1930), also buried in Ione Cemetery. Would like to get obituaries on W.S., Adelaide and Edward, or CADI references with full death dates. Is any of this possible (based on dates the indexes are published)? Thanks for your interest and kind help. Patricia

Hello: Union Hill School is on the ridge just south of Grass Valley, Nevada City, on state highway 174. You might check with the Historical Society for a cemetery in the area. See Nevada Co CAGenWeb page: <http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/nevadcty.htm> for contact address. Good luck. Patricia Sanford R. Wilbur wrote: > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------F43EDA2C6F228ED6263F9314 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > --------------F43EDA2C6F228ED6263F9314 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Message-ID: <38681447.E1A79193@ix.netcom.com> > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:37:14 -0800 > From: "Sanford R. Wilbur" <symbios@ix.netcom.com> > Reply-To: symbios@ix.netcom.com > Organization: SYMBIOS > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 (Macintosh; U; PPC) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: cagoldrush-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: Wolf, CA, and Union School House > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > My grandmother Helena (MAY) WILBUR died in 1911 at Nevada City, CA. She lived > at Wolf, CA, and is allegedly buried at "Union School House". I know > approximately where Wolf is/was, but have never been able to locate Union > School House cemetery anywhere around Nevada City. > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > Sandy Wilbur > > --------------F43EDA2C6F228ED6263F9314-- > > ==== CANEVADA Mailing List ==== > Nevada County, California CAGenWeb > http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/nevadcty.htm

Never mind my question about what CANEVADA is. It dawned on me while I was driving. I keep hoping for a list for people with both CA and NV as locales for the same ancestors. Many of mine kept going back and forth. Stephanie

Hello. What is the CANEVADA list? Is it new? Thank you. Stephanie in Denver

I am searching for the possibility that my gr-gr-gr grandfather Thomas Turpen Thomas aka T.T. Thomas, aka Turpen T. Thomas might have been a freighter to the goldmines in California. He would have been in the area between 1870 and 1885. He probably died 1885 Maricopa Co., AZ. Also, I am looking for another researcher, Blanche Spence. Thanks for any help Dani Lee McGowan

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------17350FA63937E1D346C6315D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------17350FA63937E1D346C6315D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <38681245.5F35BF2@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:28:39 -0800 From: "Sanford R. Wilbur" <symbios@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: symbios@ix.netcom.com Organization: SYMBIOS X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 (Macintosh; U; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cagoldrush-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Forty-niners from Iowa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On my website, I have information about one party of Forty-niners who came to California from Henry and Des Moines counties, Iowa. Names of participants so far identified are included. Although many probably went "home" again, at least several stayed around the Mother Lode for awhile [Samuel and William MILLER, John WATERS, Samuel STARKEY]. If any of the names are of interest to you, I can provide more info. I'd appreciate hearing information on any of the folks listed, or on anyone else that you know or suspect was included with this party. Sandy Wilbur http://www.netcom.com/~symbios/eiken.html --------------17350FA63937E1D346C6315D--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F43EDA2C6F228ED6263F9314 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------F43EDA2C6F228ED6263F9314 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <38681447.E1A79193@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 17:37:14 -0800 From: "Sanford R. Wilbur" <symbios@ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: symbios@ix.netcom.com Organization: SYMBIOS X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 (Macintosh; U; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cagoldrush-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Wolf, CA, and Union School House Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My grandmother Helena (MAY) WILBUR died in 1911 at Nevada City, CA. She lived at Wolf, CA, and is allegedly buried at "Union School House". I know approximately where Wolf is/was, but have never been able to locate Union School House cemetery anywhere around Nevada City. Does anyone have any ideas? Sandy Wilbur --------------F43EDA2C6F228ED6263F9314--

Folks, I am breaking my (and Rootsweb's) rule about posting virus notices. The reason is because a new strain of virus makes it look like the message was sent from a rootsweb list (or other address). I want to be sure all of you know rootsweb is a safe place to post. Viruses come in attachments and attachments CANNOT be posted to rootsweb lists. Here's how the virus works (courtesy of fellow listowner, W. David Samuelsen): Once infected, the worm is set to reply to EVERY MESSAGE that's in INBOX of the subscriber, meaning if the message you posted as long ago as even a year to a list and still in that INBOX, you get the infected attached message as if it came from the list. (it showed up in one message that was posted over a month earlier to a list). It also morphs to make it look like you were the sender or somebody else instead of the infected subscriber (such as the mailing list name). To date names of attachments that had been reported are: party.exe, b*boy.exe, casper.exe, faster.exe, pirate.exe There is an URL embedded in the message http://stuart.messagemates.com/index.html in large letters. Then there is the attachment (the one I got was pirate.exe). I received this virus from someone on SOCAL-L (although I use a Mac and couldn't open an .exe file anyway) but it's been reported on all lists and I've had notices from several of you. Many of you are infected and are unwittingly perpetuating the virus by opening the attachment. The message here is simple: DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS. Run your virus software. Check our antivirus software mfrs. website for updates. Please do NOT discuss this on the list(s). Email me if you have questions or visit the Symantec web site at http://www.symantec.com. Happy holidays. Yvonne Oliver Bowers Listowner, Proud RootsWeb Sponsor, GenConnect Admin. * CORNISH * CORNISH-GEN * NORCAL * SOCAL * CA-GOLDRUSH* * BRANSON * ELLIOT(T)* GARRISON/GARRETSON * LORENTZ/LORANCE* * MOFFITT(AT/ATT/ETT)* OLIVER * SANDERS *

I've recently updated my website which details my DILLON ancestors. The website is at: http://members.aol.com/wbdillon/wa3scw.htm If you have DILLON ancestors that spent time in Amador, Lassen, Modoc or San Joaquin counties in California, please visit the site. Other major names include Benesh (Czechoslovakia/Wisconsin/Washington), Blood (New England/Ohio), Boyle (Michigan). Some other names include Anderson, Dubois, Gibbons, and Rhoades. Happy holidays Bill Dillon

Dear Abbie, Thank you very much for your emails on this elusive John MURRAY. I have check through all the census that are on line but have not had any success and would greatly appreciate your look-ups for him in California. On re-reading my original email I may not have made myself 100% clear. I am researching this man for a modemless friend and I am from, Melbourne, Australia and this is where John MURRAY eventually married. I have no evidence he married/had children in USA. From the evidence I have it would appear that he left England and probably arrived in New York, and from there eventually made his way to San Francisco and then Australia. To have an American Seaman's Certificate stating he was born in New York he would either have had to falsify his documentation, but may have also become an American Citizen. I have searched all the available sites (that I know of) for any evidence of a vessel "B....St. Mary" leaving San Francisco for Port Phillip in 1855. The Agent's name was J.J. Southgate and I have found that they were Commercial Merchants in Pacific Street, San Francisco in 1852, were at Pacific & Davis in the 1853 City Directory, and shown on the 1857 Assessors List as Southgate & Mitchell. Thank you for your offer of assistance it is greatly appreciated. If you need any info. from Australia please let me know, and in the meantime have a very happy Christmas and New Year. >From a warm and sunny Melbourne, Australia Regards, Mary of Melbourne Researching, FOSTER, Coventry >Aust - PRITCHARD,Coventry>Aust GEOFFREY,Bloomsbury, Middlesex>Aust - ORCHARD, Warminster, Wiltshire>Aust STUART,Aberdeen, >Aust - EDWARDS,England>Aust GREATZ,NSW>Aust - PFITZNER, Prussia>Aust WILLIAMS,CUNNINGHAM, HUMPHREYS,MULVAHILL >Aust ,