Eileen Here is the e-mail address, that I said I would get for you.. It is for a woman who writes in the Contra Costa Times, in Sundays, and her column is called Nilda Rego's Days Gone By, <nildarego@attbi.com> Maybe she can help you. George --- Eileen Gillette <bgeg@directcon.net> wrote: > Hi List, > I was at the Historical museum in Martinez some time > back. I found and copied two pictures, one of the > 1880 Walnut Creek Volunteer fire department and one > of the Concord # 1 Volunteer fire department. It was > organized in 1879 and was at Mt Diablo Street > originally then moved to Willow Pass Road. In both > of these cases there is a person in the photo that > is a Sherman which is one of my families in the > area. I would like to positively identify the photos > and get some more information about the company. Is > there anywhere that has Historical information of > the old fire departments? > Thanks for any direction on this, I feel a bit like > I am looking for a needle in a haystack. > Eileen Gillette > El Dorado County, CA Volunteer > www.raogk.org > > Friends of Pacheco Cemetery > Pacheco, Contra Costa County, CA > > Researching, Martello, Gillett/Gillette, Rood, > Greer, Dunn, Sherman, > Wentworth, Daniels, Pegler, Beebe, Brown, Lamon and > DaLee > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com