Hi Lisa, I also have an Imperial Valley connection from Fresno County ... have you tried the Imperial County mailing list? When I was researching my grandfather who was mayor of El Centro in the 60's, they were very very nice. Lori ----- Original Message ----- Family stories have it that my great-grandfather, Melvin A. Anderson, sometime between 1929 and 1963 had a farm/ranch in the Imperial Valley. I have never been able to confirm this. Not much information has been found on him, usually on his wife, Gertrude Wilson Anderson. The Imperial Valley is pretty far to travel when the rest of your family lives in Fresno (or at least I think so). Maybe I am not looking in the right place.?.