>Hi all; >Time for our weekly update on the project. I think we are still sane. We want to thank all those that have made donations to the project. They are GREATLY appreciated and much needed. > >We now have over 80 transcriptionists. They are typing as fast as the records are coming in the door. It definitely has kept Laura, Steve and I busy staying on top of everything. This project is moving so much faster than we ever dreamed. We could not do it without all of those transcriptionists, volunteers and my wonderful #2s, Steve and Laura. > >For those of you who are reading this update for the first time, this is the online pre-1905 death records for all counties in California. Later, we hope to do the marriages and births, but right now, our goal is to complete the deaths. > >We have had several people that have emailed me with the wonderful stories of finding relatives on the lists...some having searched for several years for death dates of ancestors. It is really fantastic to get these stories and makes it worth all the work that is entailed in this project. We have shared some of them with all the volunteers so that they can appreciate them as well. Thank you to those of you that have shared your stories. > >We currently have the following counties distributed and in transcription: > >San Bernardino County Book Two >Los Angeles County, Books One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six >Marin County Book Two >Colusa County Book Two >Humboldt County Book One and Two >Butte County Book Two >Mendocino County >San Luis Obispo >Placer County >El Dorado County >Amador County >Nevada County >Klamath County >Mariposa County >City of Oakland >San Benito County >Siskiyou County >Kern County > > >The website address is: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >We have the following already online: > >Butte County Book One >Colusa County Book One >Madera County >Marin County Book One >Riverside County >San Bernardino County Book One >San Diego County > >The following counties are on the verge of being placed online and should be online really soon: > >San Bernardino County Book Two >Colusa County Book Two >Marin County Book Two >Mendocino County > >We have received funding for the following counties which have been ordered and should be in transcription phase soon: > >Modoc County >Shasta County > >Undesignated donations are currently being collected for San Francisco County which is a very large number of files. As soon as we get enough to get these records, they will be distributed for transcription. Other counties that are in various pending stages are: > >Del Norte County >Fresno County >Lake County >Monterey County >Orange County >San Francisco County >Tehama County > >DONATIONS: Desperately needed. We pay about .35 - .50 per page of about 40 names for the death registers. When you calculate how many records are in a given county, you can easily see the costs factors involved. We need all the help we can get. We have some people who are sponsoring whole counties and we have others sending small checks to help. Every little bit helps and all is greatly appreciated. ALSO, postage to get the files to the transcribers is wonderful. Each packet that we send out to be transcribed averages about $1.25 in postage. This adds up to alot of postage. We have sent out over 100 packets. Please send donations to me. I am keeping accountings of all the funds for those that have any questions. These records are updated daily. We are still in the red, although, thanks to the donations received to date, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. > >Based on the information that we have received from those that have responded to previous updates, we will be making CDs of the information that we have. Although we do not know yet, the cost for these CDs, the sale of these will be helping to fund future counties and records. We, as yet, have not determined how many counties or whether by region or alphabetically they will be placed on the CDs. This is still in the determination phase. > >I have received hundreds of emails from those that want information or just to say thank you for the project. These are all great to receive as they help us determine what you, the users, want on this website. Thank you all for your input. This project is for your FREE use. That's all for now. Till next week.... > >Donna Bradley >Pre-1905 Project Coordinator >P. O. Box 391368 >Anza, CA 92539-1368 >[email protected] >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >

Hi everyone, I was wondering how much death certificates from Fresno cost & where to send for the? What info did they contain in the 1980's? Would surviving children be listed? Thanks ~Dolly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOYLE, PERKINS, HARRELL, HOWARD, GEWERTZ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1010 Message Board Post: I am researching the Doyle-Perkins-Harrell families of Fresno, Fresno Co. and Visalia, Tulare Co. The local families seem to have many ties in common which go back to Dyersberg, TN and the Civil War. I'd like to compare notes with others researching the same areas and names. My father, James Howard, was a member of the Fresno Police Department; 1937 to 1953. I'd like to add to my knowledge of the FPD, his duties there and the men with whom he worked. Dr. Louis Gewertz and his wife Phyllis were a husband and wife doctor-nurse team in Firebaugh in western Fresno Co. I am researching their lives and will appreciate any recollections someone may have of the couple; both have died; there were no immediate relatives in Fresno. Please note my email address on the Surnames section of the Fresno County page is not current. The one on this post is active. Thank you, Nancy Howard in Studio City CA.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lovejoy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1009 Message Board Post: I was looking at a probate record for Fred Lovejoy and saw one of his son's with a Fresno address... I don't know if anyone can help but if you know of any descendents of Chester C Lovejoy, I'd love to hear from you! I am researching the Lovejoy family and Chester was originally from El Dorado and Placer counties!

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/GW.2ADE/1008 Message Board Post: I am seeking relatives of Ramona Sesma, who married (unknown first name) Lugo. They had four children, Frank, Cody, Olivia and Lucy. Olivia married Jaghet (Jagot) "Jay" Singh Mann and they had one son, Gordon Joseph Mann. Gordon married a Hawaiian, Mary or Malia, of Ma'ili, O'ahu. Lucy had two daughters, Juanita and Olivia Rose. If anyone has information on these families of California, please let me know. I am Gordon's daughter. Thank you.

Just to let you know that Marin County Book One 1873-1891 deaths is now online. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STOUT, REDMAN, LLOYD, PEARSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1007 Message Board Post: Vera (Redman) Stout Vera (Redman) Stout died in Sutter Davis Hospital, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at age 89. Born Sept. 13, 1912, in Fresno, Mrs. Stout had been a Yolo County resident for 20 years. She was also a resident at Mesa, Ariz. for 18 years. According to her family members, "she was a homemaker, and enjoyed the role of a mother." Mrs. Stout is survived by her husband of 67 years, Earl Stout of Davis; children, Steve Stout, also of Davis, Priscilla Lloyd of Arkansas, and Brian Stout of Virginia. She is also survived by her sister, Fern Pearson of Fresno; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. A private service was held Sunday, Feb. 3. (Obituary from the "The Daily Democrat," Wednesday, February 06, 2002, (Woodland, Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Daily Democrat," 711 Main St., Woodland, CA 95695. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5519/GW.2ADE/157.1 Message Board Post: try atlanta, georgia. at our family reunion i remember her name being on the t-shirt.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KIRBY, HENTON, McNAIR Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1006 Message Board Post: "Fresno Bee" 17 April 1944 Mrs. Rebecca Jane KIRBY, 84, died yesterday in her ranch home near Fruit and Central Avenues. She was a native of Iowa and came to California 50 years ago. She is survived by five great grandchildren, 13 grandchildren, a daughter, Mrs. Lula HENTON of Fresno, and a sister Mrs. James McNAIR of San Francisco. Funeral services will be conducted in the Yost and Webb Chapel at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. James C. Matthews officiating. Burial will be in the Mountain View Cemetery. (editor's note, Rebecca's tombstone reads, Rebecca J. Kirby 1859-1944 and her husband's tombstone reads, David Kirby 1848-1924, buried side by side in the Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, California.)

San Diego County pre-1905 death records are now online. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 Enjoy Donna Bradley Project coordinator

YES! I have ALL of them for you. Your address please. Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Wilma [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: JONES OBITS Hello Sandra Would you be so kind to do lookups for my Joneses who died in Fresno County? These obits would be a great help. They are: Leona Mattie (Smith) Jones D. Feb. 9, 1972 Mary Alice Jones D. Dec. 31, 1998 Jodie Bob Jones D. Nov. 20, 1999 Luther Louie Jones D. May 5, 2000 Your help greatly appreciated. Thank you Wilma Harrison, Arkansas E-mail: [email protected]

Hi all; I have gotten several emails from people telling me that they could not access the website. That is because I goofed. The pre-1905 death records for Madera, Riverside, Butte County Book One, San Bernardino Book One can be seen at the following CORRECT website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 Sorry for the confusion. Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rudolph, Deegan, Getchell, Rankin, Hansen, Norman, Coker, Harvin, Brandt, Brant Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GW.2ADE/1005 Message Board Post: "Fresno Bee" 28 October 1968 Obituary Funeral services for Mrs. Florence May RUDOLPH, 68, of 4680 E. Weldon Ave. will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel of the Light. Mrs. Rudolph died Saturday in a local rest home after a long illness. She was a native Fresan and had lived here all of her life. Her husband, Henry RUDOLPH, a farmer, died in 1966. Mrs. RUDOLPH's survivors are six daughters, Mrs. Gloria DEEGAN of Fresno, Mrs. Betty GETCHELL of Ceres, Mrs. Lillian RANKIN of Sanger, Mrs. Thelma HANSAN and Mrs. Eleanor NORMAN of Stockton, and Mrs. Audrey COKER of Santa Cruz; four sons, Earl HARVIN of Utah, Keith RUDOLPH of Fresno, Harold RUDOLPH of San Francisco and Ralph RUDOLPH of Concord; a brother, Bud BRANDT of Fresno; 32 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Thge Yost & Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (editor note, according to Florence's mothers (Ella Brant) death notice, ( 26 Dec 1946, Fresno Bee) her brother's name is James BRANT. Florence's father, Homer BRANT.)

Is there a chance of birth records being recorded in the local paper from about 1932, & is there an index or anything? I need proof of my father in laws parents. ~Dolly

Tiffany; It is standard procedure. They call it a search fee. Donna At 05:45 PM 2/11/02 -0800, Tiffany wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I have a question. I recently sent off to Fresno County for 2 birth >certificates, 3 death and 2 marriage licenses, all prepaid of course. > >I received all but one birth certificate and they kept my money for it!! > >My question is, is this standard, should I write them again? Or should I >just write it off ? $16 to me is not chump change and it was money I saved >quite awhile to be able to buy these so you can understand my >disappointment. :( > >Tiffany > > >

Hi everyone, I have a question. I recently sent off to Fresno County for 2 birth certificates, 3 death and 2 marriage licenses, all prepaid of course. I received all but one birth certificate and they kept my money for it!! My question is, is this standard, should I write them again? Or should I just write it off ? $16 to me is not chump change and it was money I saved quite awhile to be able to buy these so you can understand my disappointment. :( Tiffany

I'm looking for information on George Chester GRAHAM born, 7 August 1876, in Avoca, Luzerne Co, PA. He left for California, about 1900, married wife unknown and had 2 sons. He possibley divorced his wife and returned to Pennsylvania about 1912. He then married Regina DOMMERMUTH on 13 December 1913. He died 23 December 1926, in Avoca, Luzerne Co, PA. I am most interested in his first wife and 2 sons. Howard Howard E. Lane 300 7th St, Apt 306 Moosic, PA 18507-1830 e-mail: [email protected] (570)-457-1178 To go to my Web Pages for BRADBURY, DALZIELL, DOMMERMUTH, GRAHAM, LAIRD, LANE, WATSON, WEIR, WIDDALL, WILLIAMS and Von BERGEN. Go to http://www.ultimatefamilytree.com Under Family Web Page, click on View Pages. Click on the first letter of the family name that you want to view.

Sorry all, but the update has a typo in the address it is. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 I apologize. Donna

>Hi all; >Things have been really going rapidly with the project. It is hard to believe that we have only been working on the majority of the project since the first of the year. I am so impressed with all the volunteers and donors for this project. They have been wonderful. > >We currently have Riverside and Madera counties online. We will momentarily have Book one of Butte County, Book one of San Bernardino County and all of San Diego County online. That will all occur this week. Steve has put contrasting colors on the county names that are online so they are easier to find. Just click on the county name and it will come up. The information is listed in the same order as in the death registers that we transcribe from. > >Several people have asked about what some of the status notes in the center column of the first page mean. Thought I would explain. > >Transcription Phase means we are currently transcribing those counties. We currently have more than 60 transcribers working on the project, so there are several counties in the process. I still have to admit that there are more working in Los Angeles County than any other because there are so many records for that county. We are anxious to get this online since so few online projects are available for the Los Angeles area. > >Records Available - Pending Funding means just that. We have received notification that we can get the records, but we need to acquire the funds to copy them. This is our largest expense for the project. > >Pending Funding alone means that we have ordered the files on a promise of funding from a person or organization and some we are hoping for funding before the records get here. These are ordered and in the process of being copied for us but we desperately need monies to cover these expenses. This is especially true of the San Francisco records as it is even larger than the Los Angeles County records. We need donations to help us get these copied. > >Pending Info on Availability means that we have not yet received word if we can get the records. You will notice there are fewer and fewer of these as you go to the website. Now we just need the funding to get copies once they are available. > >What we do when we are ready for a county, we order the files, then make a copy of what is sent. This way we have two copies. One set to distribute and the master copy. This saves us from having to re-order files when the post office loses a batch. We can just copy from our masters. They have managed to lose two batches so far out of the 80+ batches that we have sent out to transcriptionists. When we get the batches back from the transcriptionists, they are then set aside until a full Book or county is complete. They are then processed to go online. We currently have the following counties distributed and in transcription. If there are only one or two trancribers, we have listed their name here as well: > > San Bernardino Book Two > Los Angeles Book One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six > Marin Book One and Two Betty Vickroy > Colusa Book One and Two Sue Wood and Justina Cook > Humboldt Book One and Two > Butte Book Two Chuck and Carol Stewart > >Other counties in the transcription phase are: > > Mendocino Phil Carnahan > San Luis Obispo Barbara Erden > Placer Jacqui Marcela > Klamath Laura Melton > Mariposa Steven Miller > City of Oakland George Rushton > San Benito Dee Sardoch > Siskiyou Laura Melton > >We also have other counties where digital photos of the records are being taken to transcribe from. This saves us in the expense category and is greatly appreciated of the people doing this huge project. > >Several people have asked to transcribe designated counties only. Although this can be arranged, this is difficult on us. We do the best we can. Some of our transcibers are actually going to the recorder's offices and transcribing from the original records on their laptops. These people need extra praise for not only transcribing, but for taking the time to drive there and to be limited by the hours of the government offices. > >DONATIONS: Desperately needed. We pay about .35 per page of about 40 names for the indexes. Some records cost a little more. When we are dealing with a county like Los Angeles with over 40,000 names, you can see the cost factor go up. Now we would like to get San Francisco started and that is even more. How much more, we do not know yet, but that was a heavily populated area during the mid 1800s to 1905. For this reason, we need all the help we can get. We have some people that are sponsoring whole counties and we have others sending small checks to help. All is appreciated. ALSO, postage to get the files to the transcribers is greatly appreciated. Each packet that we send out to be transcribed averages about $1.25 in postage. We have sent out over 80 at this point. That is a lot of postage. We need your help, no matter how much. Please send donations to me. It will be greatly appreciated. > >One other item that we are going to throw out for discussion. We have thought about taking the completed records and placing the information on CD and selling those CDs to help finance the project. We have not determined price or availability at this point, but would like to know if something like this would be of interest to those of you out there doing research. The same info would be online, but some people would like these to donate to genealogical societies, libraries etc. Funds would cover costs and add to the project income to finance future counties. Don't forget that when we are finished with the deaths, we are hoping to go to marriage and birth records. Your opinion on this is greatly appreciated. > >I would like to take a couple lines to thank Steve Melton for his undying help in getting this project online. He had his hard drive go down and need replaced as well as some other minor computer problems in the middle of setting up and uploading the webpage. We could not do it without him and you are GREATLY appreciated. Laura, who has been serving his meals in front of the computer deserves a vote of thanks on this as well. She is also my assistant coordinator with Steve and keeps us technically on our toes and running. > >A special thanks to Ken Doig who donated the previously transcribed Madera County death records to the site. Ken is the moderator for the Madera County USGenWeb Project. > >For those of you who have missed previous updates, this is the pre-1905 records of deaths that are currently being put on line at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~bf1905 > >Thanks for all your help and support. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions regarding the site, info, or helping. Till next week..... > >Donna Bradley >Pre-1905 Project Coordinator >P. O. Box 391368 >Anza, CA 92539-1368 > >

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/GW.2ADE/1004 Message Board Post: All siblings of Ed Kellogg, please contact me.