I have a few things I can suggest, but the first thing I'm going to do is put your message on the NORCAL and GOLDRUSH groups. Someone on one of those may be able to give some more directions for your research... Sandra You wrote: > >Hello Sandra: > >I know that my grandmother was a long time member of the Native Daughters of >the Golden West as she use to take me to her meetings in Long Beach, CA. I am >interested in joining that group some day as I was born in Long Beach, CA. > >My main purpose in reaching you is for geneology research. Would Native >Daughters have any history on my grandmother, such as early family history. I >know her parents were early pioneers and miner's. I would like to gain any >family history I can but don't know who to contact or how to go about it. Can >you direct me? > >I am trying to also get a copy of my grandmothers record of birth in Angels >Camp, CA in 1895. My grandmother was Myrtle Hawke, born Jan. 13, 1895 in >Angels Camp, CA, Calaveras County. Her parents were Thomas Henry Hawke and >Minny Williams Hawke. They lived in Angels Camp from approx. time period of >1894 to perhaps 1905. I know that the grandfather mined with the father >(Thomas) for a while and that they lived in a canvas tent with a wooden floor >as I have a picture of my grandmother standing in front of it all dressed up >maybe 8 or 10 yr old. > >Please direct me to how to get a copy of record of birth? How to find out >news or history of family while they lived in Angels Camp then? How to find >out what was Angels Camp like during those years? >Thank you for any information you have at all. It is sincerely appreciated. >Mrs. Betty Haslett >EMAIL: [email protected] >or snail mail: 13132 Blue Spruce Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92840 >