Does anyone know why a young man would be in Hong Kong China in 1920? I have a document from my court house with legal papers, with Ernest Hansen Scott signing it and along side of the signature was a note Hong Kong China. I am assuming that a secretary might have put it there noting that it was mailed from Hong Kong. I have also found out that he went to school in England. Where might I find a list of students who went there? Don't know the year. He had been in WWI according to his death certificate, any connection to this? This is a dead end for me. Thanks, Ann in SD

Is there someone who could check to see if there is an application and license on file in Los Angeles? For Dr.Thomas/Tomas de Ybarrondo/Ibarrondo lic. no. 1946 issued Aug. 4, 1886. Hoping to find more info on an application being he was from Spain. All help appreciated.

I would like a DCT Look up for Reta Johanna Hessler Jones Born: August 01, 1902 in Buffalo, Erie Co, New York Died: January 07, 1997 in Hawthorne, Los Angeles Co, California Burial: Conejo Mountain Memorial Park, Camarillo, Ventura Co, California Sex: Female Thank you very much Shawnnee

Kathleen, I would try the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for starters. Then some of the Television Stations would most likely have something in their archives on the sign. Dolore Krajniak ************************************* X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 22:32:55 -0700 From: "Kathleen Myers" <itsthemyers@mindspring.com> To: CALOSANG-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000c01c20609$1f8b7260$159dfa43@oemcomputer> Subject: [CALosAngeles] Hollywoodland Sign Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi I am new to your list, and I'm hoping someone might be able to help me. >From information in my grandmother's journal, and from information received from my father's cousin, I believe that my great grandfather might have been working for the M.H Sherman Company that built and installed the Hollywoodland sign in 1923. My grandmother's comment in her journal was: "Father was building houses for a company building in Hollywoodland." Would anyone know how I might be able to find out if the company that my great grandfather was working for in 1923, was in fact M.H. Sherman? Thank you for your kind assistance. Kathleen

Hi Marc, The El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission (EDCPCC) website is now online. It may be accessed at this URL: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/county/eldorado1/. There is already a separate cemetery page for Cold Springs Cemetery if you would like to list it separately from the GenWeb site. That URL is: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/county/eldorado1/Cold_Springs.htm. I'm kind of new at this, so I hope these will work. If not, please let me know. I will keep you updated as other cemetery pages are uploaded to the site. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks! Sue

May I have a DCT for Domenico Fragomeli,age 23, died 11/08/1981. Thank you for any help. Phyllis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

May I have a DCT for Maria Giuditta Petrolo,born 1877 died 1/24/1955. Thank you for any help. Phyllis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

My deceased brother, Edward Henry Junk, was married in Los Angeles, CA after 1950 and before 1975. Would it be possible for a look-up. There may be two marriages, one to a girl named Dianne and one to a lady by the name of Gina. Thanks so much. Pearla

I would like to have a DCT on my uncle, Jess Leroy Anderson, born 02-06-1918 in Iowa and died 12-14-1982 in Los Angeles (19). Thanks so much. Pearla

I am personally grateful to all the family researchers on all the lists to which I subscribe who alerted me and other subscribers about this bill. Not only did I send strongly (but politely!) worded messages to the senators sponsoring the bill, to the Governor, and to my own State Senator (usually in alignment with my own perspective on issues!), but I also sent FYI messages to everyone whom I thought would share our concern. However, "dumb," me! I completely forgot about the budget side of the issue! Most county recorders charge $11 per certified DC (BTW: I always send certified checks and SASEs with my applications. Therefore, I get almost turn-around response from the recorders.). I shudder to calculate just how much money I've poured into the county coffers during the two years that I've been doing serious family research. If this bill does resurrect itself, I'll remember to hit the money angle, too. Thanks again to those who alerted the rest of us. Sue Mullins Susiesearcher@worldnet.att.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Silver" <ssilver1951@jps.net> To: <CALOSANG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:20 AM Subject: [CALosAngeles] California Senate Bill 1614 - Public Records > Greetings, > > SB 1614 which would have severely restricted access to birth and death records in California, appears to have to have been amended by Senator Jackie Speier. A brief review leads me to believe that Senator Speier may have received a large number of comments in opposition.

Judie Cook has asked for more information on this Bill. According to the previously amended language for SB 1614: "This bill would require the comprehensive index described above, and birth and death record indices prepared or maintained by local registrars and county recorders, to be kept confidential, except that these indices may be disclosed to government agencies as prescribed by law. This bill would exempt these indices from disclosure under the California Public Records Act. This bill would prohibit a government agency from selling or releasing these indices except as authorized by law. This bill would also prohibit specified entities and individuals from releasing any of the information contained in a comprehensive index purchased from the State Registrar prior to December 31, 2001, to a 3rd party. This bill would authorize the department to assess an unspecified civil penalty to enforce this provision against individuals and other specified entities. "This bill would require, on or before an unspecified date, the State Registrar to establish separate noncomprehensive electronic indices of all California birth and death records and make the indices continuously, electronically available to county recorders' offices statewide. "This bill would require the noncomprehensive indices to be available at the State Registrar's office and in county recorders' offices for public inspection and viewing only at computer terminals designated for this purpose , by individuals who have signed a standard form certifying, under penalty of perjury, that the information they view will not be used for criminal purposes. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, and by increasing the duties of local officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. "The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed $1,000,000. "This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. "With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. "Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes." As amended on May 30, 2002, SB 1614 has been reduced to the following: "SB 1614, as amended, Speier. Public records: vital statistics. "Existing law requires the Director of Health Services, as the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, to administer the registration of births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages. Existing law requires the State Registrar to arrange and permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and to prepare and maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all certificates registered. "This bill would declare the intent of Legislature to enact legislation to protect the confidentiality of birth and death record indices. "Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to protect the confidentiality of birth and death record indices." Margie Campbell of San Joaquin County commented that it was probably a combination of Senator Speier and others receiving opposition correspondence and the present state of California's budget deficit and further impending financial woes. While this might be true, the fact that the Bill was not pulled entirely by Senator Speier tends to make me believe, as Phil VanCamp noted to me, that we need continue to be vigilant. If not, they could slip this through packaged with something else that would pass before we know it. As I said, for the work that we do we use the vital statistics information to identify any family members who may be buried in unmarked graves in our over 200 historic cemeteries. The information often gives us another clue as to how to contact family descendants to advise them of the condition of the cemetery where their loved ones are at rest. In many respects, we have acted as ex-officio family genealogists for hundreds of our county's pioneer residents. PLEASE don't contact me with genealogy requests, the other half of our battle is to protect the unmarked graves in the cemeteries from being desecrated by current interments AND convincing our county of the vested (prescriptive) PUBLIC title to the vast majority of the cemeteries. We have recently received a free website hosted by US GenNet and will be producing pages about what is happening in our county. It is not a pretty tale... IF you have a genealogy inquiry, please us the US GenWeb site for El Dorado County. We frequently check those postings and respond with whatever information we may have. Let's stay vigilant on this access to public vital statistics. The internet is a valuable and powerful tool to use in order for our voices to be heard. Sue Silver El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission

Greetings, SB 1614 which would have severely restricted access to birth and death records in California, appears to have to have been amended by Senator Jackie Speier. A brief review leads me to believe that Senator Speier may have received a large number of comments in opposition. To review the new text, go to: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_1614&sess=CUR&house=B&search_type=email It is important for genealogists everywhere to keep your eyes and ears open for potential future changes to this bill or the introduction of additional proposed legislation that may act to restrict access to public records. While I personally can understand the desire to stop identity theft, and I acknowledge that our new War on Terrorism may be dependent on stopping people who will steal the identities of others to commit egregious acts against our country and citizens, we cannot allow the acts of a few criminals to cause us the loss of freedom to these important documents of the past. If there are any professional genealogists out there who may have a reasonable solution the state could use to help prevent identity theft, I would hope you might contact Senator Speier's office and offer your recommendations or suggestions. Those who work at this craft by profession are going to be the ones who, by far, have the most vast and varied experiences that would lend itself to understanding the obstacles created by lack of record availability. Thanks to anyone who sent responses as a result of my last email. I have to believe we all made a difference. Sue Silver El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission

Help! I'm helping a friend, who needs an obit lookup for Marguerite B. SMITH, who died in Glendale on 15 September 1974 at age 83. We'll gladly pay copying/postage costs (or trade a lookup here in Milwaukee, WI). Can anyone help? Thanks! -Kerry Sandberg Scott

To Listers, I cannot find my website for Los Angeles City directories. Can you send me one? I remember I got it from someone through this rootsweb e mail. With help is greatly appreciatted. Adrienne Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Are there any cemetery listings online or books available for cemeteries in the Malibu, Los Angeles area? I am looking for the death of Bertha Hague who was living in Malibu on the 1920 census. Thanks for any and all information. Wilma

There is a Bertha Hague listed in the CADI for 1930-39 with Spouse initial of F Age = 82 d. 3/1/1936 in Los Angeles County. Hope this helps Deborah Story Rootsweb Los Angeles Mailing List Volunteer ----- Original Message ----- From: <WFEAS@aol.com> To: <CALOSANG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: [CALosAngeles] Cemetery Listings > Are there any cemetery listings online or books available for cemeteries in > the Malibu, Los Angeles area? I am looking for the death of Bertha Hague who > was living in Malibu on the 1920 census. Thanks for any and all information. > Wilma > > >

I am looking page by page of the Califoria, Los Angeles Co., Belvedere Ed #815 for my family and came across a familiar name. I found a Max Rapaport with wife Helen and son Jerome. Just in case someone is looking for this family. They are on page 7 Deborah Story Rootsweb Los Angeles Mailing List Volunteer

I am looking thru the 1930's page by page for my Monett family in Belvedere, Los Angeles County, California I am in Ed #814 and found a Frank Candiloa with wife Carmel. It sounds familiar from a name I transcribed once. There is another possible family member, Libois and wife Carmelia just a few houses away. Thought if someone was looking for this family Page 7 of Ed 814 Other Townships. Deborah Story Rootsweb Los Angeles Mailing List Volunteer

Joseph John Quarry lived on 743 South Beacon St., Los Angeles, CA. I do appreciate if anyone looks up for directory of Los Angeles. Thanks so much in Advance, Adrienne FYI:I did look up for San Pedro Directory. He is not listed. San Pedro Historical Society do not have earliest 1959 Los Angeles directory. Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

Carolyn: I find no Boyle Street in Los Angeles, but there is a Boyle Avenue in the Boyle Heights District. Yesterday, I was in Seattle at the NARA branch, and while I didn't do any good for myself, I did find the answer to your question. While the finding aid for enumeration districts (ED) for the 1930 census is pretty much street oriented, the one for the 1900 census is set up more by precincts or wards. If you are near a NARA branch you can see the 1900 EDs in T1224 roll 18 which contains California among a few other states. Precinct 67 is bounded on the north by 1st Street; on the east by Soto Street; on the south by 9th Street; and on the west by the Los Angeles River. 123 Boyle Avenue is located within that area and the ED is 1234. You didn't give a name of a head of household so I didn't check the 1900 census roll. I hope this info is a help to you. Good luck, George Arbuckle Eastsound, WA