Hi Folks- the season is gearing up for research visits to Mariposa=- Preparation is a key to a successful visit- First do your preliminary research at the LDS- Remember these key items- Vital Records Indexes - copies of same are found at the Hall of Records- no weekend access The fiche./film of naturalizations etc is located now in the new library open weekends The History Center has family files, audio interviews, maps,tax records, etc. Appointment necessary- Weekends *may* be available So, plan ahead so we can gather what you need (at the History Center) in advance of your visit and get your name on the calendar. The research room is SMALL- and the old ledgers (tax records especially) are LARGE~ Hope to meet you on your visit- Right now I am preparing for Williams visit~! Best, Carolyn http://cagenweb.com/mariposa/

Hi Carolyn. Dee, Chriss and all list members--check this out. Another big weekend in Mariposa and the weather should be beautiful. All the information on places to stay, dinner arrangements etc. are posted on the site. Sorry, I posted this with out checking the address. I have corrected it. We are very fortunate in having them come to our area. Many of us have Cornish Connections. Harriet CORNISH COUSINS ANNUAL MEETING. The annual California Cornish Cousins gathering will be May 18-20 in Mariposa. We welcome anybody of Cornish descent or who is interested in the California Cornish. The keynote speaker will be Sharon Schwartz, Director of the Cornish MIgration Programme at Redruth. For information about the weekend event, go to www.califcornishcousins.org or contact Russ Pearce at rhp3@dellnet.com to be on the mailing list for a registration packet to be sent out this month. Hope to see you there!!! Wear your list pins!!! Jan Davis ==== CORNISH Mailing List ==== Visit the Cornish Volunteer Lookup Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/cornishlib/cornishlib.html

Hi Folks, I heard something at the Mariposa History center that interested and surprised me. I was told that there are three different TRABUCCO families that lived in Mariposa County- and that they were NOT related. to each other..... Since I am not a TRABUCCO researcher, I was pretty amazed to hear this. Can any of you folks confirm or disprove this? Best, Carolyn

Hi Pam, fun to meet you yesterday at the Mariposa History Center- You will hear from Jim McMillan (listmember here on CAMARIPO) on the SNELLING family- he has written a book on the family. My question is how do I reach the "Old Snelling Courthouse Historical Society"? Email address, or a name to contact? My last visit to SNELLING I only found a **very** small library, and it did not contain anything of historical value- ( at least that I could find- ) The library was just reopening after "down time" so perhaps there is more there now?? Thanks, Carolyn http://cagenweb.com/mariposa/ -----Original Message----- From: Pam Jeans <jeans@sierratel.com> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:46 AM Subject: [CAMARIPO] Someone needs help and thought Maiposa >From: Kuserk@aol.com [mailto:Kuserk@aol.com] > >Subject: Snelling family > > >Hello. I received your e-mail address from a lady at the Old Snelling Courthouse Historical Society. My father is 84; and is a descendant of the Snelling family of Merced County. His name is Charles Snelling White. He wants to come to Snelling for a visit. I'm wondering if you can provide me with any information, or recommend any books, which contain information about the Snelling family in Merced County. > >Thank you for your help. > >Kay White Kuser >Kuserk@aol.com > > > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >List of All of California Genealogy Discussion Lists: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ca.html > >

From: Kuserk@aol.com [mailto:Kuserk@aol.com] Subject: Snelling family Hello. I received your e-mail address from a lady at the Old Snelling Courthouse Historical Society. My father is 84; and is a descendant of the Snelling family of Merced County. His name is Charles Snelling White. He wants to come to Snelling for a visit. I'm wondering if you can provide me with any information, or recommend any books, which contain information about the Snelling family in Merced County. Thank you for your help. Kay White Kuser Kuserk@aol.com

opps ---- Post from Bob to Mary Ashworth Phelan Hi Mary - Good to meet you. Hope you, and your cuzins, don't mind; but I just have to post for our new list a great story about your greatgrandfather, D. C. ASHWORTH, from Benjamin B. Harris' book "The Texas Argonauts and the California Gold Rush"(ed. Sutro Librarian Richard Dillon,Norman: U of OK Press 1960). I think there's little doubt that your D.C. and my ggf J.R. NORRIS were Mariposa acquaintances. Anyway, lawyer Harris, reminiscencing about early Mariposa residents, includes this super 1850[?] story - of which I am sure you are aware:-); towit: "D.C. ASHWORTH possessed much shrewdness and horse sense, was a dead rifle shot, never borrowed but always formed his own opinions, and, withall, was utterly without book knowledge and barely able to write his name. In reply to a query, he averred that the origin of gold in California was due to its being 'thrown up by volcanic corruptions and clandestinely hid all over the country.' Hearing the County Clerk [probably Samuel A. Merrrit[t] - my ggf's good friend] and myself avow that the sun was stationary and that the world revolved, pronouncing us fools first, he then screwed his rifle in a vise aimed at the sun, which,some hours later, showed to be out of gun line "He nasally reported the fact that the sun had MOVED, that the rifle never lied, savagely daring anybody to challenge its veracity. He argumentatively added that if the world turned over when it got upside down it would spill all the water from the wells and there would be the 'da__est scatterment of people you ever seed in all your born days.' 'Besides,' he added, 'I drove an ox-team all the way from Missoury and never saw it rounded off,'"[:-))))] CAMARIPO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > CAMARIPO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 43 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CAMARIPO] OLE JR= SEBASTOPOL SCHO ["Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sier] > #2 [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY ["Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sier] > #3 Re: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETE ["Don Rose" <darose@yosemite.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CAMARIPO-D, send a message to > > CAMARIPO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CAMARIPO] OLE JR= SEBASTOPOL SCHOOL > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:50:04 -0800 > From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > Have been looking for years on any connection to Bob Norris's Great > Grandfather to* any* school here in Mariposa County= the family story was > that Ole Jr may have "built" the first school. > > When we finally learned that the old NORRIS homestead was in the Sebastopol > vicinity- I had to wonder if he had something to do with that school- > > Well, what I have found is that Ole JR was a trustee for the Sebastopol > School in Sept 1862-1863 based on an old record I found at the History > Center. Also note that D C ASHWORTH was a trustee along with Ole JR!!! Hey > , fun to think about them knowing each other as we now know each other-! > > Wonder if there is more? Will be on the lookout! > > Best, Carolyn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:51:02 -0800 > From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > This site is done by our local kids- > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > The main site has more interesting articles: > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > Carolyn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:09:10 -0800 > From: "Don Rose" <darose@yosemite.net> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > Correction: The surname mentioned was KERRINS. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolyn Feroben <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 5:51 PM > Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > > > This site is done by our local kids- > > > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > > > > > The main site has more interesting articles: > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > > Carolyn > > > > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > > Mariposa County, California GenWeb Project Page: > > http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/ > > > >

Carolyn & List There is no doubt that "ol JR" and my g grandfather, DC Ashworth were friends/neighbors as this is what Bob posted to the listed for me "a few years ago". Mary Ashworth Phelan CAMARIPO-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > CAMARIPO-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 43 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [CAMARIPO] OLE JR= SEBASTOPOL SCHO ["Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sier] > #2 [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY ["Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sier] > #3 Re: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETE ["Don Rose" <darose@yosemite.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from CAMARIPO-D, send a message to > > CAMARIPO-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CAMARIPO] OLE JR= SEBASTOPOL SCHOOL > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:50:04 -0800 > From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > Have been looking for years on any connection to Bob Norris's Great > Grandfather to* any* school here in Mariposa County= the family story was > that Ole Jr may have "built" the first school. > > When we finally learned that the old NORRIS homestead was in the Sebastopol > vicinity- I had to wonder if he had something to do with that school- > > Well, what I have found is that Ole JR was a trustee for the Sebastopol > School in Sept 1862-1863 based on an old record I found at the History > Center. Also note that D C ASHWORTH was a trustee along with Ole JR!!! Hey > , fun to think about them knowing each other as we now know each other-! > > Wonder if there is more? Will be on the lookout! > > Best, Carolyn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:51:02 -0800 > From: "Carolyn Feroben" <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > This site is done by our local kids- > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > The main site has more interesting articles: > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > Carolyn > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:09:10 -0800 > From: "Don Rose" <darose@yosemite.net> > To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com > > Correction: The surname mentioned was KERRINS. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolyn Feroben <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> > To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 5:51 PM > Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > > > This site is done by our local kids- > > > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > > > > > The main site has more interesting articles: > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > > Carolyn > > > > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > > Mariposa County, California GenWeb Project Page: > > http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/ > > > >

Here is an interesting post for those with gold miner ancestors. Harriet The annual California Cornish Cousins gethering will be May 18-20 in Mariposa. We welcome anybody of Cornish descent or who is interested in the California Cornish. The keynote speaker will be Sharon Schwartz, Director of the Cornish MIgration Programme at Redruth. For information about the weekend event, go to www.califcornishcousins,org or contact Russ Pearce at rhp3@dellnet.com to be on the mailing list for a registration packet to be sent out this month. Hope to see you there!!! Wear your list pins!!! Jan Davis ==== CORNISH Mailing List ==== Visit the Cornish Volunteer Lookup Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/cornishlib/cornishlib.html

Correction: The surname mentioned was KERRINS. ----- Original Message ----- From: Carolyn Feroben <Sweetwater@Sierratel.com> To: <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 5:51 PM Subject: [CAMARIPO] SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY > This site is done by our local kids- > > Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS > > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html > > > The main site has more interesting articles: > http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html > Carolyn > > > ==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== > Mariposa County, California GenWeb Project Page: > http://www.cagenweb.com/mariposa/ > >

This site is done by our local kids- Surnames mentioned buried at the church- McCANN and KERNINS http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page9.html The main site has more interesting articles: http://www.mariposa.k12.ca.us/maries/page2.html Carolyn

Have been looking for years on any connection to Bob Norris's Great Grandfather to* any* school here in Mariposa County= the family story was that Ole Jr may have "built" the first school. When we finally learned that the old NORRIS homestead was in the Sebastopol vicinity- I had to wonder if he had something to do with that school- Well, what I have found is that Ole JR was a trustee for the Sebastopol School in Sept 1862-1863 based on an old record I found at the History Center. Also note that D C ASHWORTH was a trustee along with Ole JR!!! Hey , fun to think about them knowing each other as we now know each other-! Wonder if there is more? Will be on the lookout! Best, Carolyn

> >Pete HILLIARD 1870-1934 Pete HILLIARD part Yosemite- John Baptista >BACIGALUPI said his father was Chinese. Pete lived most of his life in the >he valley and worked for the government- When his sister , Louisa WESTFALL >HILLIARD, died she was near 100. Pete Hilliard was the son of Miner Hilliard, a French-Canadian and Mary Brown. His l/2 sister was Josie Branson. I do not know how Louisa got attached to the name Hilliard...but her brother was Pete Westfall, a chief. I have a long newspaper article about her death.

Sue and all.. I cannot find anything on a "Lebrado Mountain" to identify the location of this Indian cemetery. Perhaps a local knows what mountain they are talking about? In the book, he says that it is near Midpines.

Sharon, This service from NARA is really excellant, however, ask for PENSION records as well as military records. Military records seldom have much. Pension records, however are chock-full of really great info. My great-grandfather had to list all of his children "living or dead" and their dates of birth, his wife's name and their date of marriage, if she was living or dead and the date of her death if no longer living. Among all the papers were medical documents, affidavits from character witnesses and letters from his children to the gov't. His military record, on the other hand, had one little piece of paper that told which company and regiment he had served in and when. Whenever I go back to DC, I always am willing to do lookups in the Nat'l Archives. If you are on-site, this information is free and the copier is 10c per page. Best Regards, Sharon CAMARIPO List step-mom

Here is a summary of some information found in the Tuolumne Gen Society bulletin- sorry no date!! The information in this article is stated as being bits of information gathered from many sources- below are the Indian folks from the article- THE PIONEER CEMETERY IN YOSEMITE VALLEY- Cremation was practiced by the Ahwahneechees living in re-discovery Yosemite. The last cremation ceremony was held on the death of a nephew of Chief One-Eye DICK, killed in 1873 in a hunting accident. Earliest recorded Indian burial was Kosano or Torch Bearer, father of Ta-bu-ce. Sally Ann CASTAGNETO- died April 12, 9134- Sally Ann DICK CASTAGNETO full blooded Yosemite. Father Indian DICK mother Mary DICK. One of the most beautiful of Yosemite Indians. First husband STEGMAN. Second marriage to Johnny BROWN. Johnny CASTAGNETTO operated the Hennessey ranch near mariposa and sold vegetables in the valley. He became sick and moved to Coulterville- Sally Ann went to nurse him. Mother of Lucy- Part Yosemite- little know about the mother of Indian Lucy BROWN- early photos indicate she must have been very old when she died. May TOM- aged 14- Piute. May TOM was the niece of TA-Bu-ce (Maggie HOWARD) She was killed by a falling tree while camping with her aunt. Ta-bu-ce's leg was broken in the accident and she remained lame. May TOM died about 1905. Ta-bu-ce made acorn cakes for visitors and was a fine basket weaver. She was buried at Bishop California- late in January 1947. May DICK- Yosemite May Dick, mother of Sally Ann CASTAGNETTO, was full blooded Yosemite. Her husband Indian DICK, but wood for early valley settlers. Grandmother of Lucy TELLES- Susie SAM, Lucy TELLES grandmother, was a Yosemite born in the valley. Her husband was Captain SAM- he supplied fish for Camp Curry and the Sentinel Hoot., Susie SAM died August about 1904. Lucy- died 1920= Part Yosemite Lucy BROWN or Indian Lucy, said to be close to 120 years old at death. One of the last Indians who was in the valley at it's discovery in 1851. She was the oldest of six generations. Her husband was Bill BROWN. She was cousin to Maria LEBRADO. Lucy's death is recorded as 1924. Bill BROWN- died 1899- Yosemite- Bill BROWN or Mono Tom BROWN was the husband of Lucy BROWN- father of Johnny, grandfather of Chris BROWN. He was one of the first Indians buried in the Yosemite Cemetery. Lancisco WILSON died 1885- Piute. He was father of Johnny WILSON. His Indian name was Tu-tok-a-nu-la, the inch worm that legend says climbed El Capital. Lancisco WILSON was one the old Yosemite chiefs and was approximately 115 when he died. Johnny BROWN- died 1934- Yosemite- Johnny BROWN was born about 1860-. First married Sally Ann DICK= second wife Lena BROWN- they had four children, Chris, Virgil, Alves and Hazel. Chris BROWN (Chief Lee-mee) was named for artist Chris JORGENSEN. Chris BROWN and Lizzie, last surveying Nutchu, performed Indian rites at Johnny BROWN's burial. (Note from Carolyn= see Obit for Chris BROWN on the Mariposa Obits site) Pete HILLIARD 1870-1934 Pete HILLIARD part Yosemite- John Baptista BACIGALUPI said his father was Chinese. Pete lived most of his life in the he valley and worked for the government- When his sister , Louisa WESTFALL HILLIARD, died she was near 100. Louisa TOM- 1856- Louisa TOM asked to be buried at the Yosemite Valley Cemetery with her family- Hers will probably be the last burin in this cemetery- Her passing (note no date given) was marked by an old time Indian 'cry'. ====================

Hi Sue- Which twelve do you have??- sometimes the names of the cemeteries are interchangeable- Thanks, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Sue Silver <ssilver1951@jps.net> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 6:16 AM Subject: [CAMARIPO] Mariposa County Cemeteries >Good morning, > >Is there someone on the List who has access to a complete listing of >cemeteries in Mariposa county? The old State Cemetery Board used to survey >the counties regarding what cemeteries existed and who owned/operated them, >and that list only contains about 12 cemeteries total. I know there has to >be more. > >Would someone please help me as I am trying to compile accurate listings in >preparation for the new California Historic Cemetery Commission. I've been >working on many counties since last summer. > >Thanks so much, > >Sue Silver >El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission >ssilver1951@jps.net >Member, California Historic Cemetery Alliance >Dr. Bob LaPerriere (chca@inreach.com) > >P.S. Many of your historic cemeteries may be thought to be privately owned >when they might, in fact, be public by operation of law. Anyone interested >in more information, should contact me direct. > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >Bob Norris, forever in our hearts. > >

I'll venture a quess- On Colorado road in Midpines there is a cemetery- BTW- what was Sue's original question? Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: Sharon <syvonne@earthlink.net> To: CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com <CAMARIPO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: [CAMARIPO] Lebrado Mountain Cemetery >Sue and all.. > >I cannot find anything on a "Lebrado Mountain" to identify the location of >this Indian cemetery. Perhaps a local knows what mountain they are talking >about? In the book, he says that it is near Midpines. > > >==== CAMARIPO Mailing List ==== >Thanks for sharing and helping each other!! > >

Sue, I just found this in The Ahwahneechee's Book. Tom Lupton born 1834, one of the original Yosemite Indians in the Valley in 1851 when it was discovered by the white man, was buried in an Indian cemetery which is at the foot of Lebrado Mountain. He was buried about 1928.

Maybe I'm the last genealogy hunter to find this out...but I'm going to share it anyway, because I just found out about this and I'm pretty excited. You can request your dead ancestors COMPLETE military file. From what I understand this file could be small...or could contain correspondence written by the ancestor, interviews with his neighbors..background checks...possibly even a picture! Most probably it will contain information about his family...parents, siblings. Here is a link to the Form 180: http://www.nara.gov/regional/mprsf180.html I have faxed my request in for my husband's difficult Slovenian grandfather. I believe they told me the turn around time is about 4 months but since I have tried to find information on this branch for over a year with no luck...that sounded pretty darn good to me! Plus, if I recall correctly, the cost of all this was about $10. Sharon

This site is now back up for all Rootsweb list archives- http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Threaded archives are not back yet- Carolyn http://cagenweb.com/mariposa/