Judy Checked some records for Mt. View, and found the following: Samuel H. STROBRIDGE, born in California, died on Nov. 2, 1888, at the age of 25 years, 4 months, and 23 days, in Haywards, of dropsy, also in the same rave are Gerald STROBRIDGE, died Oct 18, 1889, in Nevada, of pneumonia, Kenneth STROBRIDGE, died Oct 11, 1888 of pneumonia(?), in Nevada and Earl STROBRIDGE, died Dec 19, 1883, not sure if pneumonia or not, also in Nevada, all were buried the same day Nov 9, 1889. They are in section 30 grave 79. Checked for Laura, up till 1915, and she is not there, maybe she remarried. George [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1757 Message Board Post: Would like a marriage lookup for Samuel H. Strobridge and Laura Idah Meacham in 1884. Also, this couple and their three children are reportedly buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, which I would like verified if possible. Any help appreciated. ==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== Alameda Co, California CAGenWeb http://www.cagenweb.com/alameda/ Transcribed census for Alameda County: 1860: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1860/ 1870: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1870/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1758 Message Board Post: She died 09-15-1995 in Alameda County CA. She married George W HAZEN

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1757.1 Message Board Post: Judy Do you know when and where the children and the couple died? Would help to check at Mt. View. George

Judy Do you know when and where the children and the couple died? Would help to check at Mt. View. George [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1757 Message Board Post: Would like a marriage lookup for Samuel H. Strobridge and Laura Idah Meacham in 1884. Also, this couple and their three children are reportedly buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, which I would like verified if possible. Any help appreciated. ==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== Alameda Co, California CAGenWeb http://www.cagenweb.com/alameda/ Transcribed census for Alameda County: 1860: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1860/ 1870: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1870/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1757 Message Board Post: Would like a marriage lookup for Samuel H. Strobridge and Laura Idah Meacham in 1884. Also, this couple and their three children are reportedly buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, which I would like verified if possible. Any help appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ENGELSTAD, ANANIEFF, ANANIEV Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1756 Message Board Post: Looking for Alexandria, b.1890 Alaska, lived SF 1900. Left family in Portland 1906 for CA. May be part Native American. May have used last name of ENGELSTAD or ANANIEFF. Could have married a doctor and had a daughter. Worked as a domestic in Portland

Jean Here is the web site for Mills College, maybe you can get some help there. http://www.mills.edu/ Good Luck George [email protected] wrote: Hi, My Grandmother Graduated from Mills College. Does Mills keep records of students back in the early 1900's? Jean ==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== Alameda Co, California CAGenWeb http://www.cagenweb.com/alameda/ Transcribed census for Alameda County: 1860: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1860/ 1870: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1870/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides!

Berkeley Police Department celebrates 100 years From the Berkeley Voice of April 15, 2005 By Martin Snapp STAFF WRITER � Its first chief, August Vollmer, pioneered many firsts, such as alarm call boxes, the academy With former police chiefs Charles Plummer, Odell Sylvester, Tom Johnson, and Roy Meisner looking on, Berkeley Police Chief Doug Hambleton pinned special centennial badges on his assistant chiefs in a ceremony that capped an April 7 celebration of the department's 100th anniversary at Berkeley Rep. The assistant chiefs, in turn, pinned badges on their captains, who pinned them on their lieutenants, and so on down the line to the beat cops. As a bagpiper wailed "Amazing Grace," Hambleton presented bouquets to the families of the two Berkeley officers who were killed in the line of duty: Jim Rutledge, son of Sgt. Jimmie Rutledge, who was murdered in 1973 by a gunman who also killed a 4-year-old girl, and Gary and Sandra Tsukamoto, brother and sister of Officer Ron Tsukamoto, who was murdered in 1970 in a case that is still unsolved. "Even after all these years, they still include us in every ceremony," said Gary Tsukamoto. "It's nice to know we're not forgotten." Fifteen men have served as chiefs of police since the department was founded April 10, 1905. And the greatest of them all was the first chief, August Vollmer, who served until 1932. This is no knock on his successors, including Plummer, the current sheriff of Alameda County. But as a 1952 article in Collier's magazine said, "He has been known for years as the policeman's policeman, the crime expert's criminologist." It was Vollmer who pioneered the first alarm call boxes (1905), first modus operandi files (1907), first police academy (1908), first fingerprint system (1912), first patrol cars (1912, driving state-of-the art Model T Fords), first lie detector (1921), first patrol car radios (1921), and, yes, the first bicycle patrol, way back in 1910. Along the way, he befriended a series of colorful characters, including Etta Place, the Sundance Kid's girlfriend, who credited Vollmer with turning her life around and putting her on the straight and narrow. He also hired the department's first black officer, Walter Gordon, the country's first female officer, Elizabeth Lossing, and transformed law enforcement from a job for which the sole qualifications were physical strength and courage into a profession that required cops to outthink the criminals as well as outfight them. "He told me that the tin badge he pinned on my chest didn't give me a license to push other people around," said Gordon. "He said he would judge me by how clean I could keep my beat with the least number of arrests." Birth of the polygraph Vollmer got the idea for the lie detector when he read a scientific article describing experiments which showed that changing emotions -- including the emotions resulting from lying -- affected blood pressure. It occurred to him that if lying produced definite physiological changes, it might be recorded on a machine. He passed his theory on to one of his "college cops" (derisively called by critics of Vollmer's policy of hiring educated officers), John Larson, who had an engineering degree from Cal. After a few months of tinkering, the polygraph machine was born. The first case they used it on was a series of thefts at a nearby girls' boarding school, climaxed by the loss of a diamond ring belonging to one of the young women. Obviously, one of her schoolmates was the culprit. But which one? The students called Vollmer for help, and he responded by sending Larson and his new lie detector machine. Larson tested them one by one until about halfway down the list, the machine indicated one of them was lying. She quickly confessed. The victim got her ring back, Vollmer had another triumph, and the polygraph became an established investigation tool. And Larson? He wound up marrying the young woman whose ring had been stolen. Vollmer's successors varied in style. Some, like John Greening (1932-1944), were pure spit-and-polish. Others, like Meisner (2002-2004) and Addison "Hap" Fording (1960-1966) were known for their affability. And some, like John Holstrom (1944-1960), had a command presence that rivaled Vollmer himself. "When he walked into the room, everything stopped," recalled Plummer. Holstrom's management style was a tad aloof. Plummer said he served for 10 years before Holstrom ever spoke to him. "He called me into his office, and I was trembling, thinking I'd done something wrong. But it turned out all he wanted to say was that I'd been promoted to sergeant. Then it was another 10 years before he spoke to me again." Celebrated cases More recent chiefs, including Plummer, who was acting chief from 1973 to 1974, have been more hands on. Over the years, the department has more than its share of celebrated cases. Among them: � The Stephanie Bryant case, a kidnapping-murder of a 14-year-old girl that created a nationwide sensation in 1954. Among those covering the trial of her killer, Burton Abbot: Erle Stanley Garner, creator of Perry Mason, and Joe Rosenthal, the photographer who took the famous picture of the Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. � The Patty Hearst kidnapping (1974). The kidnappers were a violent revolutionary group called the Symbionese Liberation Army, who had previously murdered Oakland Schools superintendent Marcus Foster -- using cyanide-tipped bullets -- and later killed a young mother during a bank robbery in Sacramento. � The Zambrano murder case (1988), when Waterfront Commissioner Enrique Zambrano killed one of his fellow commissioners to keep the man from testifying against him in another case. � The Henry's Bar standoff (1990), when a misogynist gunman named Murad Dashti seized Henry's Publick House at the Hotel Durant. He killed one young man and held the other patrons hostage all night and into the morning, sadistically terrorizing them, especially the women. The ordeal ended the following day, when police killed Dashti during a rescue attempt that was complicated by a local TV helicopter flying overhead and broadcasting the operation live for all to watch -- including the gunman. � The Baby Kerri case (1992) when a woman posing as a social worker stole a newborn baby out of her mother's arms at Alta Bates Hospital. The baby was safely rescued after thousands of hours of investigation, pursuing thousands of different leads. But perhaps the greatest challenge came during what Berkeley cops call "the riot years" -- the 1960s and '70s, when student protests at UC Berkeley spilled out into the streets, sometimes leading to violent confrontations. Even though they often found themselves on opposite sides, the police still had to protect the demonstrators' rights -- and often the demonstrators themselves. Plummer recalled one incident in 1965 when a protest march was attacked by a group of Hells' Angels, who were shocked when the police arrested them. "I personally arrested Sonny Barger, the head of the Oakland chapter, and he couldn't understand it," said Plummer. "He kept saying, 'Why are you arresting us instead of them?'" New exhibit The Berkeley Historical Society is celebrating the police department's centennial with a new exhibit of historical artifacts and photos titled "Innovators for Century." The exhibit -- including some of Vollmer's original lie detectors, mug books, fingerprint files, and call boxes -- will open this Sunday, April 10, on the first floor of the Veterans' Building, and will run through Oct. 29. "We are blessed to have a police department that has been so good so consistently, over so many years," said Mayor Tom Bates. Hope you enjoy George --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides!

Hi, My Grandmother Graduated from Mills College. Does Mills keep records of students back in the early 1900's? Jean

"James R. Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:05:53 -0700 From: "James R. Smith" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [NORCAL] Neptune Beach screening Neptune Beach - Jeannette Copperwaite has completed her graduate thesis, a short documentary video on the history of Alameda's Neptune Beach. If you wish to attend, it starts at 8:00 p.m. this Saturday, 4/23/05. It's being held in the Music Building Concert Hall at Mills College in Oakland. There should be plenty of parking - the people at the gatehouse can direct you. The concert hall is on the right on the "main street" at Mills, just inside the gate - Mills' address is 5000 MacArthur Blvd. in Oakland, between Seminary and High Street just off Highway 580, and the best exit is High Street - take the first left from the exit, crossing under the 580(and be careful; it's a tricky intersection!) - and you'll almost immediately see the gate on your left, across from the gas station. As far as I know, it's open to the public and free (hope I haven't made a mistake on the "free" part, as all Mills events are free to the "Mills Community"). The college's website is www.mills.edu I look forward to seeing some of you there! Cheers, Jim -- James R. Smith San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from digest version, send a message to [email protected] with nothing but the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1755 Message Board Post: Hi, My name is Márcio Borba and I live in São Jorge island, Azores. I´m looking for the obituary of Manuel Santos, died July 1 1968 in Alameda County. Last residence Union City according to California Death Records. Really apreciate help. My email adress is [email protected] Márcio Borba

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1754 Message Board Post: I am searching for the mother of Ian Reese BATES born 04-10-1972 in Alameda County CA Chariese Ann BATES born 12-18-1974 in Alameda County CA Their father is Herbert Reese BATES I do not know her first name This is my grandson's grandmother

Dear list Can anyone tell me if there is a WW2 site for USA that I could check to see if William Cooper had enlisted in WW2. He possibly was born in England and died on the 15 April 1942 Alameda (1) California, USA. thanks Jenny

I am looking for information for Thomas H Cooper, I have an army photo of him, on the back of the photo it says Passed by Examiner BABE 2447. Can anyone tell me what these codes stand for. Thomas may have been born in England and he died on the 2 July 1942 at Santa Clara, California, USA. thanks Jenny

Dear List Could SKS to an obituary lookup for me, I am looking for Matthew Henry Cooper, born 23 Nov 1867 in Farnley, England. He married Annie nee Whitaker. Matthew died in USA on the 23 April 1943 - Alameda (1), California, USA, he had 2 daughters Bertha Cooper Cooper & Edith Cooper. thanks Jenny

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1750.1 Message Board Post: You may want to order a obiturary for Gyna, it may have her childrens names and other family members in it. Her date of death was 4/6/1993. You can write to the Oakland library for a obit, follows is the information. The Main Library in Oakland will do obit look-ups for $2.00 and it takes about two weeks. The Address is: Oakland Public Main Library 125 14th Street Newspaper Room Oakland, Ca 94612 510-238-3176 http://www.oaklandlibrary.org Make sure you give them complete name and date of death, and send a SASE Hope this is helpfull. Cindy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gaither Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/zV.2ADI/1753 Message Board Post: Carl B. Gaither died 7 Apr 1985 in Alameda. I am looking for family information and/or any descendants of Carl.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FISK, LIVENGOOD, BONNEAU, HUBBLE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1752 Message Board Post: If you would like to read the obituary for Gregory James FISK, you will find it on the Yolo County CA RootsWeb Message Board at this web address: <http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.yolo>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matthews,Nahnsen,Namanny,Diersen, Andersen,Meyer,Heinz Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zV.2ADI/1663.1.2 Message Board Post: Under Carsten Namanny, it showed the initial P for his spouse. The next entry you had showed M. H. Namanny. This was probably his wife her name was Mary Hansen and they were married in 1879 in Clinton Iowa. But it sounds like he got married again. I am finding so many things about the Namanny's that took me over twenty years to find out. Thanks again. Verl.