WELCOME BACK Jennie Arata/Bianchetti/Sanquinetti/Brignoli/Guisto Ratto/Soracco/Quirollo/many more ----- Original Message ----- From: <LolaGF@aol.com> To: <CAAMADOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 7:09 PM Subject: [CAAMADOR] Am Back!! > Hello Everyone! > We had a wonderful time on our vacation! > We went to Placerville, Sutter Creek, Jackson and Calaveras. Mostly we just > drove around Placerville and walked main street. Sutter Creek is beautiful. > We found the Catholic Cemetery and took pictures of the Vicini grave sites. > One of the things that I discovered was that the name on John B. Vicini's > tomb was G.B. Vicini. In past things that I have sent to you all, its a mix > of John B. and Giovanni depending on the writer of the document. I went to > the Amador County Archives which is located under the Court room. Remember > when I sent the latest on Charles Peter Vicini and it discribed the hotel > that John bought? Well, in the book Logans Alley Vol.II, By Larry Cenotto he > describes the transaction between E.B.Moore and Giovanni B. Vicini. And, > Giovanni bought it in 1875 and in 1893 Vicini opened a hotel in his building, > named Vicini's rather than Sutter Creek Hotel. He sold it to Moore of > Calaveras County in 1896. > > I got an 8x10 glossy repro picture of the County Officials standing on the > Court House steps. Dated 1902-1906. Those on the steps were: A. Caminetti > Sr., Ed Key, Geo. Garden, Fisher, C.P. Vicini, Leota Huberty, Geo. Gritton, > Sheriff Norman and Judge Rust. > > We stayed over night in Jackson. Very pleasant, I could have stayed longer. > Beautiful place. BUT, the heat got to me. So the next trip will be in April > or May. > > We drove down to Calaveras, and arrived on Wed. closed on Wed, but did go to > the Historical Society and they had forms for research to fill out for and to > be given to Mrs. Kennedy at the Archives. > > We arrived home in time for snow. It snowed all night, but it is gone now. > It cooled down the night after we left CA. Now that it has cooled down, wish > I was there!! > > Jean Hehn > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >