This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BEAVER, BENEKER, TIPTON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/962.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Alma, for the DCT's; great job! Ed

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Winters, Eaton, Beckham, Fulstone Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/401.420.425.1 Message Board Post: Hi, My gr gr gr grandmother, Anna Eliza Beckham Eaton was married to your grandfather, William Henry Winters. I would love to corresponde with you if you should get this message. I am looking for more information about Anna Eliza and your grandfather. I have information to share with you. I would also like to know if the newspaper still exist? Debera

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NERI, ARANDA, GARCIA Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/965 Message Board Post: Frank P. Neri Frank P. Neri died following a lengthy illness Sunday, April 7, 2002, at age 63. Born March 12, 1939, in Merced, Mr. Neri was raised in Tuolumne where he attended Summerville Union High School. He had been a Stockton resident for 23 years and two years of Lodi. He was also a resident of Woodland for five years. He was employed with Westside Lumber Company and later with Pickering Lumber Company. He then worked for Sonora Lime Quarry as a heavy equipment operator for a few years. He was a member of Stockton Wheelers, a wheelchair basketball team. According to his family members, "he was a gourmet cook, enjoyed music and playing wheel chair basketball." Mr. Neri is survived by his daughters, Cindy Aranda of Stockton and Wendy Neri of Lodi; sons, Frank Neri Jr. of Los Angeles and Jeff Neri of Lodi; sister, Catalina Garcia of Modesto; and brothers, Elias Neri of Woodland, Pasqual Neri of Stockton and John Neri of Clovis. He is also survived by his 16 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mr. Neri was preceded in death by his son, Brian Neri, in 1992; and brothers, Emilio Neri, in 1961 and Fernando Neri, in 1944. Visitation is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, April 12, in Frisbie Warren and Carroll Chapel, 809 North California St., Stockton. A funeral service is scheduled at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 13, also at Frisbie Warren & Carroll Chapel, with Pastor Freddy Diaz of Apostolic Church of Lodi, officiating. Inurnment will be conducted privately. The family requests memorials be directed to American Cancer Society, 207 E. Alpine Ave., Stockton, 95204. Frisbie-Warren & Carroll Mortuary of Stockton is assisting the family with arrangements. (Obituary from the "The Daily Democrat," Thursday, April 11, 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. Surnames: Beaver, Tinnin, Tipton, Claypool, Green,Hardwick,Freeman,Bollinger,Moore Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/962.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Here's the dct's..I'm having a liitle problem finding obits...I checked the Gustine Standard with neg results...will try the Los Banos & Merced papers today...I ran out of time yesterday......Alma Death Certificate, Merced County. Book 19, page 285 Leona Maragret Beaver Death date: Jan 6, 1955 Time: 3 a.m. Age: 47 yrs Sex: Female Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Occupation: Housewife, Home Citizen of what Country: USA SS# 549-34-5354 Birthdate: April 28, 1907 Birthplace: Penn. Name and birthplace of Mother: Maud Claypool, Penn. Name and birthplace of Father: Perry Green, Penn Name of spouse: Carl E. Beaver Residence: 23741 Robertson Blvd., Chowchilla, Madera Co. Place of death: Mercy Hospital 2740 M. St., Merced Burial date: Jan 8, 1955 Place of burial: Plainsburg Cemetery Funeral director: Ivers and Alcorn, Merced Informant: Carl E. Beaver Cause of death: none listed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate, Merced County. Book 21, page 192 Roy Alvis Tipton Death date: Jan 28, 1957 Time: 9 a.m. Age: 40 yrs Sex: Male Marital status: Married Occupation: Milker, Dairy SS# 429-30-3535 Armed Forces: Yes, WW #2 1942-1943 Birthdate: Nov 14, 1916 Birthplace: OK Name and birthplace of Mother: Matilda Hardwick, AR Name and birthplace of Father: Joe F. Tipton, AR Name of spouse: Eugenia Louise Tipton Residence: Pioneer Rd., Merced Place of death: Pioneer Rd. off # 99, Pioneer Rd. at Lingard, Merced Length of stay in City or Town of death: 3 yrs Burial date: Jan 30, 1957 Place of burial: Chowchilla District Cemetery, Funeral director: Worden Funeral Chapel Informant: Mrs. F.B. Tipton Cause of death: None listed for these years ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate, Merced County. Book 27, page 421 Henry Freeman Beaver Death date: May 21, 1966 Time: 10:05 a.m. Age: 84 yrs Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Occupation: Retired Minister x 50 yrs, Methodist Church SS# 568-38-3599 Birthdate: June 1, 1881 Birthplace: CA Name and birthplace of Mother: Sarah Evelyn Freeman, CA Name and birthplace of Father: Francis Marion Beaver, MO Name of spouse and occupation: Effie Beaver, Ministers wife Residence: 350 West K. St., Los Banos Place of death: Home, 350 West K. St., LB Length of stay in county of death: 84 yrs Burial date: May 24, 1966 Place of burial: Chowchilla Cemetery Funeral director: Worden Funeral Chapel Informant: Effie Beaver, same address Cause of death: Hepatic failure x 1 mon, Cholestatic hepstitis x 2 mon, Carcinoma bile ducts x 1 yrs. other: Hypoplasticanemia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate Merced County. Book 15, page 311 William H. Tinnin Death date: May 8, 1947 Time: 2:10 p.m. Age: 76 yrs, 3 mon, 13 days Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Occupation: Farmer, retired. Birthdate: Jan 25, 1871 Birthplace: CA Name and birthplace of Mother: Sarah Bollinger, MO Name and birthplace of Father: A.C. Tipton, MO Name of spouse and age: Mary, 78 yrs Residence: none listed Place of death: Gustine - Rural Westside Hospital x 7 days Burial date: May 11, 1947 Place of burial: Hills Ferry Cemetery, Newman, CA Funeral director: Davis Funeral Chapel, Newman Informant: Mrs. Susan Mills, Newman Cause of death: Pulmonary embolus due to: Perineal Prostatectomy due to: Hypertrophy of Prostate, operations: Perineal Prostalectomy 5-6-1947 A.M. Roscoe M.D., Newman, CA 5-9-1947. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Death Certificate Merced County. Book 6, page 7 George I. Tipton Death date: May 19, 1922 Time: 4:30 a.m. Age: 60 yrs, 11 mons, 7 days Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Married Occupation: Miner Birthdate: June 12, 1860 Birthplace: CA Name and birthplace of Mother: ---- Bollinger, MO Name and birthplace of Father: A.C. Tipton, MO Name of spouse: Reberta Tinnin Place of death: 3 miles N. W. of Gustine Length of residence at place of death: 1 month, 14 days, in CA: 60 yrs Residence: none listed Place of removal: Newman, May 22, 1922 Undertaker: W.N. Davis, Newman Informant: W.H. Tinnin, Newman Cause of death: Phthisis Pulmonalis x 3 yrs H.V. Armistead M.D., Newman..May 19, 1922 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Death Certificate Merced County. Book 4, page 17 William Jefferson Tinnin Death date: March 20, 1916 Time: 5 p.m. Age: 80 yrs, 8 mon, 11 days Sex: Male Color/Race: White Marital status: Widower Occupation: Farmer Birthdate: July 9, 1835 Birthplace: MO Name and birthplace of Mother: Cynthey Moore, MO Name and birthplace of Father: Andrew Tinnin, MO Place of death: 25 miles North of Merced Length of residence: 4 mons, in CA: 61 yrs Place of removal: San Jose via Stockton, March 21, 1916 Undertaker: B.C. Wallace, Stockton Informant: J.L. Tinnin, Manteca, CA Cause of death: Senile arterio sclerosis x 9 yrs H. Hylberg M.D., Merced. March 20, 1916

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/VW.2ADE/944.3.1 Message Board Post: dale harris 831 verde st bakersfield,ca 93301 661-325-0792

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/VW.2ADE/944.3 Message Board Post: Hi Dale, Sorry I misplaced your address...could you resend it to me @ Sto4us@aol.com The search for a will or probate records on Annie or Manuel were negative...I do have copies of Naturalization Records & some obits that I would like to send you.......Alma

>Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 16:13:05 -0700 >To: Lists >From: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: pre-1905 project > >San Bernardino Book Two is now online. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >Enjoy. >Donna >

>Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 15:37:32 -0700 >To: Lists >From: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: pre-1905 project > >Amador County M-Z is now online. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >Enjoy!!!! >Donna >

>Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 13:14:35 -0700 >To: Lists >From: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: Pre-1905 project > >Hi all; > >Just a quick note to let you know that the following has been added to the site: > >Kern County >Placer County >Sutter County >More San Francisco County. > >Enjoy!!!!! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >Donna >

>Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 17:45:05 -0800 >To: Lists >From: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: pre-1905 weekly update > >Hi all; >Time for the weekly update. No, you will not notice any changes on the website yet, but they are coming and major ones when they do. As soon as Steve and Aaron get all the work done and it all uploaded which could be anyday now, you will see the following additions: > >Sources for all the counties which have been completed. >The following new areas for lookup: > Parts of Amador County > Parts of Del Norte County > Parts of Humboldt County > Kern County > Lake County > More in Los Angeles County > Modoc County > Parts of Nevada County > Placer County > The Rest of San Bernardino County > More San Francisco County > San Luis Obispo County > Parts of Santa Barbara County > Sutter County > Parts of Tehama County > >And possibly even more. We are getting a lot done, but with all the problems that we have been having on the website, we are on a holding pattern for your lookups so that we can get everything solved and online. > >Other Counties currently in the transcription phase are: > Alameda County > Parts of Fresno County > Klamath County > Monterey County > Orange County > Parts of Plumas County > Santa Cruz County > Shasta County > Parts of Sierra County > Tulare County > >And more of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Butte, etc. > >We now have over 130 transcribers on this project and will soon be breaking into the marriage and birth records for transcription. We are in the process of designing the templates for those now. Please be patient and soon I will be announcing that all the changes are complete and the site has all the updates. > >In the meantime, we are continuing with the transcription of several counties and are rapidly acquiring more records to be transcribed, thanks to all those that have contributed to the project to help acquire the copies of these records. Donations for the project can be made out to me and sent to me at the address below. > >One more time, I am going to ask that you NOT request lookups during the transcription phase of this project. We keep getting requests and there is no way that we can comply. It will not be that long till all these are online and available for you to search. PLEASE BE PATIENT. Thank you for your understanding. > >Not much more to say right now. I ran away for a couple days to recollect my sanity and for some R + R so I can get back into this with more enthusiasm. (Sorry guys, but if you had my job, you would definitely understand the necessity for that). If you have any questions regarding the project, or suggestions or ideas, feel free to contact me and I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can. > >Till next week..... >Donna Bradley >Pre-1905 Project Coordinator >P. O. Box 391368 >Anza, CA 92539-1368 >mbs@inland.net >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TINNIN, BEAVER, TIPTON, BENEKER, ... . Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/962.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks Alma! I'll look forward to seeing them. I'm particularly excited by the discovery of my own family line, the Tinnin's and the Bollinger's, with Merced County connections. Discovered whilst researching my partner's lines. By the way, I did receive the latest DCT and obituaries. Regards, Ed Miller

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/VW.2ADE/962.1 Message Board Post: I have them on next week's list.........Alma TINNIN, William J. Found in Book 4, page 17, 01/1916-01/1918. TINNIN, George I. Found in Book 6, page 7, 05/1922-12/1925. TINNIN, William H. Found in Book 15, page 311, 01/1946-03/1948. TIPTON, Roy Alvis. Found in Book 21, page 192, 10/1956-03/1957. BEAVER, Leona Margaret. Found in Book 19, page 285, 01/1954-08/1955. BEAVER, Henry Freeman. Found in Book 27, page 421, 05/1965-12/1966.

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/VW.2ADE/964 Message Board Post: Merced County Genealogical Society has a new website with places to list the Surnames you are researching and a general lookup request for Library researching. Here are the links: Happy Hunting to all. http://www.rootsweb.com/~camcgs/MC_Surnames.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~camcgs/lookup.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~camcgs/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARCIA THOME, BEAVER, TIPTON, BENEKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/963 Message Board Post: I would appreciate a Death Certificate Transcription and Obituary for the following individuals: TIPTON, Roy Alvis. Found in Book 21, page 192, 10/1956-03/1957. BEAVER, Leona Margaret. Found in Book 19, page 285, 01/1954-08/1955. BEAVER, Henry Freeman. Found in Book 27, page 421, 05/1965-12/1966. Many thanks, Ed Miller

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MILLER, YOUNT, TINNIN of Southeast Missouri Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/962 Message Board Post: I would appreciate a Death Certificate Transcription and Obituaries for the following individuals: TINNIN, William J. Found in Book 4, page 17, 01/1916-01/1918. TINNIN, George I. Found in Book 6, page 7, 05/1922-12/1925. TINNIN, William H. Found in Book 15, page 311, 01/1946-03/1948. Many thanks, Ed Miller

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phillips, Lean, Harris, Sterne, Marshall Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/959.1 Message Board Post: Eliza Phillips was the former Eliza Trewarthe who married John Phillips in Iowa County, Wisconsin in 1832. John Phillips came to California in 1849 and settled near Merced Falls. He returned to Wisconsin and brought back Eliza and his small children in 1852. John Phillips died at Hornitos in 1862. Eliza died around 1896. There is considerable background material on the Phillips clan if you are interested. Unfortunately, I do not have any info on Mr. Hail. WBC

>Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:14:32 -0800 >To: Lists >From: "Donna@MBS" <mbs@inland.net> >Subject: Pre-1905 Weekly update > >Hi all; >This has been a hectic week. As many of you have noticed, there is a note on the website regarding some problems we were having with our tables. We have found a solution and Aaron, Steve and Laura are working on it as fast as they can, but these files are large and all have to be reformated and then uploaded again to the site. This is taking a little bit of time. Please be patient and it will be worth it. The new updated information will be not only Internet Explorer friendly, but Netscape friendly as well. I don't know about the WebTV situation yet. We will have to wait and see. > >In the meantime, the transcriptionists are working like little beavers on the continuation of the batches. Based on the information that I have, when the site is back to full capacity again the following will be added to the site as completed: > >Kern County >San Bernardino County Book Two >Humboldt County Book Two >San Luis Obispo County A-N >Possibly Santa Barbara County >Modoc County >Placer County >And about 30 batches of San Francisco County > >There could even be more by then as well. > >As you can tell, we are progressing, even though the website is being revamped for past problems. > >We have also distributed the following counties for work to begin on Transcription: > >Part of Fresno County >Shasta County >Del Norte County >Lake County >Part of Sierra County >Part of Mono County >Part of Santa Cruz County >And lots more of San Francisco County > >ALSO, although it will be awhile before we get to them, we are in the process of starting to collect marriage and birth records for some of the counties so that we will have them when the deaths are completed. > >PLEASE, do not ask for lookups. We are going as fast as we can to get these online and cannot do lookups and maintain our current speed of work. We will NOT do lookups regardless of your reasoning. Please be patient. We are working as fast as our fingers will go. > >Some BAD NEWS.... It appears as if there are no records available for El Dorado County. Rumor has it that one of the employees ran off with the records and sold them, but we have no access to them. Also, these records were NOT filmed by the LDS church either so getting that won't work either. We had heard they were at the Huntington Library, but have learned that is not the case either. We may be able to get some records, but they will be minimal at this point in time. > >Some GOOD NEWS.... We have somebody checking into the availability of the Ventura County records and should know in the not too distant future what is going on here and if we can get access. Say lotsa prayers and keep your fingers crossed. These records are also NOT filmed by the LDS church either. > >Sooooo, as you can tell, with all these changes going on, life has definitely been hectic on the pre-1905 project. Keep an eye on the site to see the changes come about. When all is said and done with the upgrades, we will also have sources listed on the site for your reference. Just be patient. We are listening to you all and your comments...the fix-its just don't happen overnight. > >Donations to the project are still needed and can be sent to me at the address below. Volunteers to transcribe are also appreciated. Just contact me. > >Thank you all for your support on this project. It definitely has been there for us and I hope we can continue to comply with your needs by getting these records to you as fast as possible. > >Donna Bradley >Pre-1905 Project Coordinator >P. O. Box 391368 >Anza, CA 92539-1368 >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Acosta Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/961 Message Board Post: The Merced Sun Star Friday May 30, 1997; page B2 Rose Acosta, 67 Farmer and rancher Rose Linda Acosta, a 50-year Merced resident, died Wednesday in an Atwater hospital. She was 67. Mrs. Acosta was born in Kansas City, Mo. on May 1, 1930. She worked in the resturant business and was a farmer and rancher. The family truck farmed their produce for 35 years to the Farmer's Market in South San Francisco. According to her family she enjoyed reading, fishing, music, watching old movies and sports. She also liked crocheting, doing crossword puzzles, cooking and spending time with her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her oldest son, Mel Acosta, Jr. Survived by her husband, Melicio Acosta of Merced; six sons, Vic Acosta of Sacramento, Joe Acosta of Spring Valley, David Acosta of Portville, Marcellino Acosta of Woodland, Richardo Acosta of Sulsun and Ben Acosta of Merced; 17 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Visitation will be Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Stratford Evans Merced Chapel. A rosery and chapel blessing will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BENEKER, BEAVER, TIPTON, GARCIA THOME, FETTER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/957.2.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Alma; you're the bestest! Ed

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/957.2 Message Board Post: Hi Ed, Her's the dc, found all the obits plus the article on the murder...Could you please send your mailing address again..I promise to put it on file this time......Alma Death Certificate Merced County. Book 36, page 105 Roy Walter Beneker Death date: Oct 15, 1974 Time: 11:15 a.m. Sex: Male Age: 73 yrs. Color/Race: Caucasian Marital status: Married Birthdate: July 28, 1901 Birthplace: CA Occupation: Heavy equip. op. x 37 yrs, Co. of Merced. Road Constr. & Maint. SS# 572-30-1350 Length of stay in Co. of death: Life, in CA: Life Name and birthplace of Mother: Bertha Fetter, Germany Name and birthplace of Father: Fred Beneker, Germany Maiden name of spouse: Laura Mae Murphy Residence: 22024 West Sunset Ave., Los Banos, CA 93635 Place of death: Los Banos Community Hospital, Los Banos Place of burial: Los Banos Cemetery Burial date: Oct 17, 1974 Funeral director: Whitehurst Funeral Chapel, Los Banos Informant: Mrs. Laura Mae Beneker, same address Cause of death: A. Ventricular fibrillation x 15-20 min B. Coronary arteriosclerrosis, moderately severe x yrs. C. R. & L. Kidneys; myocardial hypertrophy, marked L. vent {history of hypertension] Part ll; Nodular hyperplasia, prostate - transurethal resection prostate; multiple foci of fibocaseous, T.B. R & L Lungs. Autopsy: Yes