This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADI/188.1 Message Board Post: Kathy Found him in the on-line C.A.D.I. WISLOUCH, ALEXANDER born 11/04/1891 where ? , died in CONTRA COSTA, on 04/18/1980 s.s. # 362-32-1924, age 88 years George

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/2V.2ADI/183.1 Message Board Post: Found this this site on Google, but he is not listed. <http://www.geniecorner.50megs.com/HTML/Alhambra.html> George

Found this this site on Google, but he is not listed. <http://www.geniecorner.50megs.com/HTML/Alhambra.html> George --- anitast@texas.net wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > Surnames: Stevenson > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/183 > > Message Board Post: > > Does anyone have access to a list of names (and > other information) or tombstone inscriptions for the > old Alhambra Cemetery in Martinez? I'm looking for > a Homer Merle Stevenson d. 1940. Thanks! > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/

Dear Senator Fitzgerald: As you know, Senate Bill 2039 for approval to expand O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, will also approve the destruction of two historic cemeteries known as St. John' Church Cemetery and the Methodist cemetery known as Rest Haven. I applaud your efforts to help save these places of eternal rest from the horrendous task of relocation that will disrupt that rest. I am a resident of California. My family came here in 1850 with the Gold Rush. They came here from Illinois. California also seems to believe that eternal rest is not truly eternal for, in the past several years, many cemeteries have been destroyed or adversely impacted by projects of modern devise. Much of the nation, as a whole, seems to be experiencing the same dilemma, as is apparent by emails and postings to the internet. In 1961, the California Appellate Court ruled against the Superior Court, the California Dept. of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration in their efforts to approve the eminent domain taking of a portion of Eden Memorial Park Cemetery for the construction of the Santa Monica freeway in Los Angeles County. The Court ruled that a highway served no better public purpose than a cemetery. I would opine the same should apply to the expansion of the airport. On September 11th, 2001, the families of over 2,800 people lost loved ones in the worst attack the nation has ever known. Those families, Senator Fitzgerald, will never have a grave to visit to help them through their loss. In years to come, those families cannot take the next generation of their family to visit grandparents those children will never know. September 11th stole more than just their lives. It stole the tangible evidence of their very existence. That, Senator Fitzgerald, is what cemeteries are all about. Cemeteries are not just for the dead. They are for the living; so that we may always have a place to visit, to "talk" with our deceased loved ones, to share our happiness and our sorrows, and to continue the memories of those who have been lost to us. Senate Bill 2039, will not only cause the destruction of St. John's and Rest Haven, but will cause untold emotional anguish for the many living descendants of those persons now buried there. I would encourage you to continue your discourse regarding the adversity this expansion plan will thrust upon the dead and the living. This nation cannot continue to thrust aside the last homes of our nation's pioneering citizenry as if their value is less in death than it was in life. Respectfully, Sue Silver, President El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission a California 501(3)(c) Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation 2551 Deer Trail Lane Cameron Park, CA 95682 (530) 676-2889 Email: ssilver1951@jps.net Member, California Historic Cemetery Alliance Sexton, El Dorado Cemetery (est. 1849), El Dorado Co., California

>Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:31:49 -0700 >To: Lists >From: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: Pre-1905 Update > >Hi all; >It has been a while since we had an update and I want all of you to know what is going on with the site. > >First of all, we have a new webmaster, Aaron Everett, who has been working on fixing all the tables on the site for Netscape users not to have the overlapping lines and columns. This is taking some time due to the size of the files and the amount of information. Aaron has also been talking about giving the site a whole new look, but we have to give him some time. So you can figure out where Aaron fits into the picture, he is the Son-in-law of Steve and Laura Melton and is a computer specialist in Redmond, Washington. He comes with really good recommendations so we will have to see what he does on the site. > >When he has all the files fixed, the following will be what is currently scheduled to be online (after all the files are reformatted). There will be all or part of the following counties: > >Amador >Butte >Colusa >Del Norte >Fresno >Humboldt >Kern >Lake >Los Angeles >Madera >Marin >Mariposa >Modoc >Monterey >Nevada >Placer >Riverside >San Benito >San Bernardino >San Diego >San Francisco >San Luis Obispo >Santa Barbara >Shasta >Sutter >Tehama > >When you visit the website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 you will note that there are other counties currently in trancription. More records for the above counties are also still in transcription. > >Furthermore, we have discovered that there just might be some El Dorado records out there that did not get burned in the fire. We are currently working toward accessing those and will keep you posted. > >Donations for the project and funding for the outstanding counties is still deperately needed. Whatever you can do to help cam be sent to me and will be greatly appreciated. > >PLEASE, be patient with the improvements on the files online. We are working as fast as we can and will keep you posted on how we care coming. > >Thanks for your patience, understanding and support. >Donna Bradley >Project Coordinator >Pre-1905 Project >P. O. Box 391368 >Anza, CA 92539-1368 >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > > >Mendocino

I learned last week that the interviews that H.H. Bancroft, that he had done of the Californion's, and that are in the Bancroft Library collection, will be on the web. The Bancroft Library, is starting, I repeat THEY ARE JUST STARTING TO WORK ON THIS. They are planning to digitalize the copies of the interviews that they have so that they then can put them on their web site. I believe this will included the 5 volumes of the History of California, that General Vallejo, wrote and then gave to H.H. Bancroft, with the understanding that they would be published, and they were not. For most if not all, none of these have been published in full. They were used in bit and pieces in the different books that Bancroft published. So when this happens, it will great to read their side of the story, for I heard what General Vallejo, sister felt about the way the man who were in the "Bear Flag Revolt" behaved, to her and other people. She did not think very highly of them, actually she felt they were not much better than savages. So I it keep you up to date on this project. George __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/

I would appreciate lookups for relatives who have died in the Antioch, CA. area, or are buried in the area. I am now working on the Family Tree, and would like the Obits to be in it. My father. Bruce Ford GARNER b. 6-22-1917 Midland, AR. d. 1-4-1980 Antioch, CA. Buried Oak View Cemetery-Antioch. My sister. Debra Lynnette [Debbie] GARNER b. 3-26-1959 Antioch, CA. d. 9-4-1979 Antioch, CA. Buried Oak View Cememtery-Antioch. My aunt. Della Bernice "JOHNSON" RAYNER b. 4-10-1917 Oklahoma City, OK. d. 10-25-2001 Antioch, Ca. Buried Oak View Cemetery-Antioch. My uncle. Benjamin Elium RAYNER b. 10-24-1909 Custer City, OK. [Custer County] d. 11-8-1987 Antioch, CA. Buried Oak View Cemetery-Antioch. My aunt. Arma Jean [Jean] "DAVIS" JOHNSON b. 10-13-1929 d. between 1998-2001 Antioch, Ca. Buried ? My uncle. Pless Otis [Danny] JOHNSON b. 1-11-1926 Custer City, OK. [Custer County] d. 1995 Lived in Antioch, believe he died in San Francisco. Buried either in Oak View Cemetery-Antioch or in Brentwood. My uncle. Charley Lee JOHNSON b. 3-5-1919 Oklahoma City, OK. d. 3-21-1946 SanFrancisco, CA. Buried Oak View Cemertery-Antioch. My grandfather. Oscar Marion JOHNSON b. 4-7-1890 Lexington, OK. [Lincoln County] d. 5-30-1960 Salinas, CA. [San Luis Obispo County] Buried Oak View Cemetery-Antioch. Thank You, Sharon Lee "GARNER" LEE http://community.webtv.net/JustLM/THEGARNERARNOLD http://community.webtv.net/JustLM/ABBYHENDERSONGARNER http://community.webtv.net/JustLM/MYRESUME

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Jones, Seeley Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/200 Message Board Post: Coastside Drama; Girl, 13, Drowns, 10 Others Saved A 13 year-old East Bay girl downed yesterday when a big wave struck San Gregorio Beach but thanks to the heroic efforts of a number of people, 10 others in her group were saved. About 15 youngsters from the Concord area were in the surf about 1 p.m. yesterday when the wave hit with sudden fury, sending the boys and girls sprawling. Then they were caught in the outbound current and were swept swiftly out to sea, some as far as 200 feet from shore. Some of the children managed to make it back on their own. Others were helped to shore by rescuers. One of those pulled from the water was the drowning victim, Kathleen Jones. Witnesses said Kathleen, who did not know how to swim, was standing in waist-deep water in the midst of the group when the big breaker hit. Kathleen and the others were pulled out of the water within minutes. A bystander Edward Warner of San Francisco, and a physician, Dr. Keith Brownsberger of Palo Alto, worked over the girl for 45 minutes to no avail. They tried various methods of resuscitation, including mouth to mouth and external heart massage. After determining that the girl was dead, Dr. Brownsberger remained on the beach, making sure that all of the other victims were all rights. "We're luck four or five of them didn't drown," one deputy sheriff said. Kathleen, daughter of Mr and Mrs. E.G. Jones of Pleasant Hill, was with a group of youngsters from Creighton High school in Concord who were spending the day at the beach. "They were in the water about waist deep," said one of their chaperones, Mrs. Leonard Bussey of Concord, "and suddenly they were struggling. The water looked very rough, too. We couldn't hear their cries for help because of the noise of the surf." Her husband plunged into the water and rescued their daughter, Paula, 16, and another girl. Others ran from the beach into the water to help in the rescue effort, which was led by State Park Ranger James Hibbard, Reserve Sheriff's Deputies, Ted Ward and Paul Terry, and life-guard Herman Fruchtenicht. Ropes were used in getting the victims back to shore. Kathleen was taken out of the water by three teen-age boys. San Mateo Times, Front Page, Monday, July 1, 1963 ~~~~~~~ Nita Jones Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Pleasant Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pleasant Hill, for Nita Kathleen (Kathy) Jones, 12, who died Sunday. Burial was in Oakmont Memorial Park. Directing services was the San Ramon Valley Chapel, Danville. A native of Missouri, Kathy lived at 115 Linda Lane, Pleasant Hill, and was a student at Walmar Junior Academy, Pleasant Hill. She is survived by her parents, Mr and Mrs. Elwyn Jones; a brother, Willard Jones, Pleasant Hill; grandmothers, Mrs. Edna Seeley, Paradise, and Mrs. Alfa Jones, Pleasant Hill; six aunts and uncles. Contra Costa Times, July 5, 1963, Friday, page 12 >From CADI: JONES KATHLEEN 08/22/1950 SEELEY F MISSOURI SAN MATEO 06/30/1963 12 yrs

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Henry, Newberry, Bowles, Reed, Fisher Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/199 Message Board Post: Myrtle Henry Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Lough-Ouimet Chapel, Concord, for Mrs. Myrtle M. Henry, 55, who died Sunday in a Vallejo hospital. Rev. Earl Bigelow and the Ysidro Council 171 will officiate and burial will be in Memory Gardens. Mrs. Henry was a native of Texas and lived at 2012 Highland Dr., Concord. She was a resident of the area for 16 years. She was a member and past Pocohontas of Ysidro Council 171, Pittsburg, and a member of Pittsburg Circle 1314, Companions of the Forest in America. She is survived by her husband, Stockton Henry; brothers, Eldridge Newberry, Washington and Noel Newberry, Texas, and sisters, Mrs. Elsie Bowles, Mrs. Margie Reed, and Mrs. Evelyn Fisher, Texas. Contra Costa Times, July 5, 1963, Friday, page 12 >From CADI: HENRY MYRTLE M 04/13/1908 F SOLANO 06/30/1963 553-32-7237 55 yrs

Eileen, Glad to help!! I grew up in Antioch and Oakley, Brentwood, Byron were all part of my stomping grounds. My family has been there for many, many generations. I live in San Luis Obispo now, but my family is still in Antioch. So if you need some additional info (ie names, addresses, phone numbers) let me know. I can e-mail them for info. I also travel up there to visit a couple times a year. As for the helping, I think that's the greatest part of geneaolgy on-line. If it were not for the wonderful volunteers passing along even the slightest bit of information, I wouldn't have half the information I do today. Sometimes the proverbial "shot in the dark" is all we have to go on. It truely has been my pleasure to help! Christine Elkins Eileen Gillette wrote: > > Chris, > Thank you so much, this may help a lot. I have hit such brick walls with > this project. Everyone wants to to look for their relatives instead of > knowinfg they are there and lending information. Thanks again. > Eileen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Elkins" <celkins@charter.net> > To: <CACONTRA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:05 AM > Subject: Re: [CAContraCosta] Where would I find information on death in > Byron,CA 1890 ? > > > Eileen, > > > > Not sure how much help it will be, but I believe in shots in the dark. > > <grin> > > There is an East County Historical Museum in Brentwood, CA (neighboring > > Byron). Their web site lists a local historian with her e-mail. > > > > http://www.theschoolbell.com/history/ > > > > Hope it helps! > > Christine Elkins > > > > > > > > Eileen Gillette wrote: > > > > > > Hi List, > > > Where would I find a police report (probably long gone) or a death > certificate or obit from the local paper of 1890. It would be for Alexander > Greer who is buried in Alhambra Cemetery in Martinez. He died Sept 12 1890 > at the age of 57 from an accident in Byron. He was born in VA. Any help will > be appreciated. > > > Eileen Gillette > > > RAOGK Volunteer El Dorado County, CA > > > www.raogk.org > >

Eileen, Not sure how much help it will be, but I believe in shots in the dark. <grin> There is an East County Historical Museum in Brentwood, CA (neighboring Byron). Their web site lists a local historian with her e-mail. http://www.theschoolbell.com/history/ Hope it helps! Christine Elkins Eileen Gillette wrote: > > Hi List, > Where would I find a police report (probably long gone) or a death certificate or obit from the local paper of 1890. It would be for Alexander Greer who is buried in Alhambra Cemetery in Martinez. He died Sept 12 1890 at the age of 57 from an accident in Byron. He was born in VA. Any help will be appreciated. > Eileen Gillette > RAOGK Volunteer El Dorado County, CA > www.raogk.org

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KINGSBURY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2V.2ADI/198 Message Board Post: Seeking information on William Kingsbury, found in the 1870 California census, Contra Costa County, San Pablo Twp. William was a doctor who was born abt 1833 in New York and so was his wife Helen born abt. 1838.

I the Higgins Funeral Home still opened? I know it is on A St. Could some one list the address -please. I have had several family members buried through there, and would like to contact about getting some information. Thanks Sharon Lee http://community.webtv.net/JustLM/THEGARNERARNOLD http://community.webtv.net/JustLM/ABBYHENDERSONGARNER

Everyone You are going to have to cut and paste this e-mail address, sorry the (%) sign breaks the line, but use it. George --- George Rushton <g_r_rushton@yahoo.com> wrote: > Ruth > > Try e-mailing this person at the Contra Costa > Library > and see what they say > <Mar_Jennings/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us> > They got back to me very quick on a question that I > had. > > George > --- Ruthie627@aol.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Could some kind person do an obit look-up for me? > > > > Charles H.M. Bambach > > died Apr 17, 1977, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, CA > > (per the CA Death Records) > > born Oct 10, 1877, CA (maybe in Castroville) > > > > Or maybe someone could recommend a library in the > > area that could do the obit > > look-up? > > > > Thanks, > > Ruth > > Fresno > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Ruth Try e-mailing this person at the Contra Costa Library and see what they say <Mar_Jennings/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us> They got back to me very quick on a question that I had. George --- Ruthie627@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > Could some kind person do an obit look-up for me? > > Charles H.M. Bambach > died Apr 17, 1977, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, CA > (per the CA Death Records) > born Oct 10, 1877, CA (maybe in Castroville) > > Or maybe someone could recommend a library in the > area that could do the obit > look-up? > > Thanks, > Ruth > Fresno > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

Hi, Could some kind person do an obit look-up for me? Charles H.M. Bambach died Apr 17, 1977, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, CA (per the CA Death Records) born Oct 10, 1877, CA (maybe in Castroville) Or maybe someone could recommend a library in the area that could do the obit look-up? Thanks, Ruth Fresno

Hi List, Where would I find a police report (probably long gone) or a death certificate or obit from the local paper of 1890. It would be for Alexander Greer who is buried in Alhambra Cemetery in Martinez. He died Sept 12 1890 at the age of 57 from an accident in Byron. He was born in VA. Any help will be appreciated. Eileen Gillette RAOGK Volunteer El Dorado County, CA www.raogk.org

West Contra Costa County Obits If you are looking for a Obit, for a person who died in West Contra Costa County, i.e. (Kensington, El Cerrito, Richmond, Pinole, and San Pablo) you might want to check the Berkeley and Oakland Papers for the them, instead of the papers in Eastern Contra Costa. For the papers in Berkeley and Oakland covered that area more, than the papers on the other side of hills. George __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

If you remember the Ellis-Olson Funeral Home, in Albany you might like to know that the building has been sold. This from a article in the Contra Costa Times of Monday April 15, 2002. <http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/3061664.htm> George __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Armond, McNamara Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADI/197 Message Board Post: Has anyone heard of the Armond Ranch in the El Sobrante/San Pablo Creek area in the early to mid 1900's. Has anyone any information about the family of Charles McNamara and his wife Helen. There were five or six children that lived with them on that ranch which was either purchased, leased or rented. Believe they moved before March, 1939. Four of the McNamara children would have gone to school in that district: Anne; Charlie; Joseph; Clement "Clem". They might have attended the closest Catholic Parish Church. Anyone have any information or source ideas that would be helpful? Thanks, Helen