perhaps if you post some of the names that were researched, there are those on the list that might want to just take the information off her/your hands. they would probably even be willing to pay for the shipping or if they coincidently live in the area, come by and pick it up! Love and take care, Cindy Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but, we are responsible for who we become..... ----- Original Message ----- From: <casanfra-request@rootsweb.com> To: <casanfra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:03 AM Subject: CASANFRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 46 > > > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What do you do when a genealogist dies? (Firebird) > 2. SF High School 1917-1920 (Monte LeBlanc) > 3. Fwd: 8th Grade Exam from 1895 (Judie Cook) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:23:08 +0100 > From: Firebird <sparrer@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] What do you do when a genealogist dies? > To: casanfra@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <47F9D9EC.2020406@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > AlyceTrave@aol.com wrote: > >> Thanks to all who chimed and offered ideas. You have given me thought >> for >> my own research, but I need something practical for my friend. >> Obviously >> since she is not interested in genealogy asking her to input the >> information on >> rootsweb, or donating it to a library is not an option for her. > > I agree that for a non genealogically inclined person to put the > information on Rootsweb is not an option but I don't see why donating > it to a library isn't an option. > >> What she is >> looking for is either "permission" to get rid of a bunch of the stuff or >> some >> help on deciding what to keep. What she needs is a professional >> organizer >> who specializes in genealogy that could help her sort through the stuff >> and >> tell her what to do with it all. > > Just contact the LDS at Salt Lake City and ask if they would like a > donation of x years reseach into y and z families? If they say yes, > which they probably will, send everything off to them. That way it > isn't lost and it can be sorted out either by another member of the > family who is interested or a member of staff. > > Your friend doesn't need permission to destroy any or all of the > research. She can just do it. I would imagine that her late mother > had it organised even if your friend doesn't realise it. > > If there are books on genealogy, offer them to the local library. > > I could sort it out, but if your friend's mother was researching > longer than I have been (40+ years) then there is going to be a *lot* > of material if the amount I have is anything to go by. It would be > far too expensive to parcel it all up and send it to the UK. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:26:06 -0700 > From: Monte LeBlanc <monteleblanc@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: [CASANFRA] SF High School 1917-1920 > To: CASANFRA <CASANFRA@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <47F93FEE.2000602@sbcglobal.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > In 1943 and again 1950 Federal work applications, my Grandfather, Walter > C Phillips, lists his High School as J Mission in San Francisco > (1917-1920) Would anyone know know if there was such a high school and > if so what does the "J" stand for? > Thank You in advance > Monte LeBlanc > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 18:59:40 -0400 > From: Judie Cook <granny@liquidgravity.org> > Subject: [CASANFRA] Fwd: 8th Grade Exam from 1895 > To: norcal@rootsweb.com, casanfra@rootsweb.com, > stlouis-mo@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <C3FB7016-5DB3-406A-BABA-EDC7A3C772E6@liquidgravity.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > >> This from a friend whose father was in this class of 95. Whew...! > > Judie > >> >> April 02, 2008 ..8th Grade Exam from 1895 >> >> This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, >> USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey >> Valley Geneal ogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by >> the Salina Journal.< /FONT> >> >> 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895 >> >> Grammar (Time, one hour) >> 1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters. >> 2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no >> modifications. >> 3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph >> 4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of >> "lie,""play," and "run." >> 5. Define case; illustrate each case. >> 6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation. >> 7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that >> you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. >> >> Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes) >> 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. >> 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many >> bushels of wheat will it hold? >> 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/ >> bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? >> 4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary >> levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have >> $104 for incidentals? >> 5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. >> 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. >> 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at >> $20 per metre? >> 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. >> 9. What is th e co st of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance >> of which is 640 rods? >> 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. >> U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) >> 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided >> 2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. >> 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War. >> 4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. >> 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. >> 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. >> 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, >> Penn, and Howe? >> 8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, >> 1849, 1865. >> Orthography (Time, one hour) >> [Do we even know what this is??] >> >> 1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, >> etymology, syllabication >> 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? >> 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, >> subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals >> 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' (HUH?) >> 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e.' Name two >> exceptions under each rule. >> 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each. >> 7. Define the following prefixes and use in con nection with a wo >> rd: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup. >> 8. Mark diacriticall y and divide into syllables the following, and >> name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, >> cell, rise, blood, fare, last. >> 9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, >> fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays. >> 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate >> pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication. >> >> Geography (Time, one hour) >> >> 1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend? >> 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ? >> 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean? >> 4. Describe the mountains of North America. >> 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, >> Manitoba, >> Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinw all and Orinoco. >> 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. >> 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each. >> 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same >> latitude? >> 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to >> the sources of rivers. >> 10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the >> earth. >> >> Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete. >> >> Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new >> meaning, doesn't it? >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CASANFRA list administrator, send an email to > CASANFRA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the CASANFRA mailing list, send an email to > CASANFRA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of CASANFRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 46 > *************************************** >