> I would also like to say welcome to the new and rejoined list members! > I am looking forward to your posts and hearing about your family ,your > geographical areas of interest, your research questions and your > research experiences and advice! 11 of my 16 GG-GPs arrived in northern California between 1850 and 1860. Most of them were in San Francisco, and the rest were in Shasta. While not all of them were miners (at least not for long!) it is safe to say they all came to California because of the Gold Rush. Since I live near Seattle now, and since most of the SF records are gone anyway, I depend on the Internet for research except for my yearly trips to the Bay Area. I'm interested in Horsetown in Shasta, if anyone has any information. I have most of the names and dates, and am looking for biographical and historical info now. My Shasta surnames are Bidwell (not Gen. John of Chico but probably related), Hayburn and Greene. San Francisco surnames are Stanford (not Leland but his first cousin Charles), Lange and Lang, McLean, Brown, Seymour and Bermingham. San Benito Co. and Tehama Co. surname is Stice. Jeni == Jennifer Stice Rowe, MD http://www.accessone.com/~jsrowe Family Medicine, Virgina Mason Medical Center Genealogy research: Stice, Brown, Miller, McCreary, Bermingham, McLean, Greene, Bidwell, Stanford, Custis and others _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com