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/ZW.2ADI/2144 Message Board Post: Could someone please look up a death certificate and obituary for Sylvester LONGMIRE. Born 21 Nov 1855 in CA, died 19 Sep 1936 in Stanislaus Co. I'm not sure where he is buried. Many thanks!! Erika

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARCIA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2104.1.1.2 Message Board Post: Will get it. :) M T GARCIA 30 May 1912 29 Jun 2000 (P) 95354 (Modesto, Stanislaus, CA) (none specified) 552-38-0681 California

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BISPO, BORDONA, GIAMMONA, VIEIRA, FRAGA Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2104.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, February 14, 1991, pB2 ANGELINA A. BISPO, CERES CENTENARIAN >From Bee staff reports Angelina Augusta Bispo of Ceres died Monday at the age of 101. Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. today at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Ceres. Private burial will be at St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Whitehurst Norton Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. A native of the Azores, Mrs. Bispo lived 84 years in Ceres. She was an active member of St. Jude's Catholic Church and the Hughson SPRSI. Mrs. Bispo is survived by three daughters, Marie Bordona of Riverbank, Helenna Giammona of Ceres and Mabel Vieira of Ontario; one sister, Julia Fraga of Pico, Azores; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. The family prefers remembrances be sent to the American Cancer Society, P.O Box 1002, Turlock, 95380 and the American Heart Association, P. O. Box 4993, Modesto, CA 95352. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENSLEY, INMAN, MEADOWS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2120.3 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Wednesday, May 4, 1984, p E10 ESTHER M. HENSLEY Aug 3, 1906 - May 2, 1994 Esther Mary Hensley, 87, of Waterford died Monday at Memorial Medical Center, Modesto. Mrs. Hensley was a native of Carter County, Okla. She had lived in Hickman and Waterford since 1945. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Pentecostal Church of God, Modesto. She is survived by her children, Earl Hensley and Lyle Hensley, both of Hickman, Danny Hensley of Turlock, Mary Inman of Hickman and Diane Meadows of Bakersfield; and 19 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great-grandchildren. A service will be conducted at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the chapel. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

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/ZW.2ADI/2120.2 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Feb. 1, 1982, p B2 HATTIE E. BELL - A service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Thompson Memorial Chapel for Hattie Ethel Bell, 85, who died Sunday at a Lodi hospital after a long illness. Burial will be in Lakewood Memorial Park. Mrs. Bell, a native of Oklahoma, had lived in Modesto since 1950 and had been employed as a cannery worker. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church of God. She is survived by two sons, Roy of Hughson and George of Modesto; a daughter, Betty Harris of Stockton; three sisters, Esther Hensley of Hickman and Monima Taylor and Bell Bryant, both of Modesto; 17 grandchildren, 21 great grand-children and one great-great grandchild. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: VON RENNER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2143 Message Board Post: Looking for info about the Rev. B. J. VON RENNER of the Oakdale Lutheran Church. Circa 1930's Thank you, Dee

Forwarding on behalf of NGS and FGS: Please be aware that the National Genealogical Society and the Federation of Genealogical Societies believe strongly that California State Senate Bill 1614 on Vital Records Indexes poses a significant threat to records access in the state of California. These two national organizations have approved and sent the following joint resolution and petition to the Senate Appropriations Committee in California. We encourage you to contact your California Senator to defeat this bill. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Resolution and Petition from The Federation of Genealogical Societies And The National Genealogical Society The Federation of Genealogical Societies with headquarters in Austin, Texas, a national and international organization of societies, representing fifty-five genealogical societies in California and over 50,000 genealogists and family historians in that state, and further representing 550 societies nationwide with approximately one-half million genealogists and family historians being members of those societies, and The National Genealogical Society with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, recognized as the leading genealogical society in the United States and North America, having approximately ten percent of its membership in California, do make the following joint resolution and petition to the legislature of the State of California; Whereas, California State Senate Bill 1614 on Vital Records Indexes threatens to reduce the information available in the birth and death record indexes rendering them significantly less useful and/or limit the use and access by genealogical researchers and family historians, and Whereas, both organizations consider these records to be primary to the pursuit of discovering an individual's heritage and history; in fact, central to the human need that answers the yearning deep inside each of us to know who we are and from where we came; and Essential for the youth of our nation to help develop a sense of their cultural heritage and to provide a strong foundation in a world of shifting values; and For the youth to research their families and learn, for example, how their families overcame hardships in the past which can give them answers to some of the challenges they face today; and that This curiosity and need crosses cultural and international boundaries, in a way, uniting us as a human family; and Whereas, both organizations are equally concerned about the issue of identity theft and are fully supportive of state and local leaders acting responsibly to protect the rights and property of the people they are called to serve, Do petition the California State legislature to find a balanced solution to the matter of protecting the rights of the citizens of the great State of California from identity theft while still providing sufficient access to the records for the continued use by genealogists and family historians for the legitimate pursuit of tracing ones' heritage and ancestry. Further, we believe these two objectives are not mutually exclusive and offer the following for your consideration; According to the First Amendment Coalition, recent studies confirm that most identity thefts occur through the literal theft by friends, relatives, fellow workers or strangers, of wallets, purses or mail, or fraudulent address changes; and That many of the county recorders do not have the manpower or funding to facilitate the requirements of SB1614 and that the lack of uniformly implementing the proposed bill would render it ineffective for its intended purpose; and That we understand the powerful tool that mother's maiden name is in uniquely identifying an individual in a given population; that the intersection of two surnames dramatically improves the statistical probability above chance that two individuals are the same person, thus being an extremely useful tool to genealogists and family historians to identify individuals with common surnames within a given population; and That this information (particularly mother's maiden name) is readily available in open sources, namely newspapers, especially obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, cemetery tombstones, Who's Who publications, professional directories and published biographies, and That corporations such as American Express, use individual identifiers other than the mother's maiden name which are not found on the vital records indexes, namely the last four digits of the social security number and that due to the open availability of the identity of the maiden name of a person's mother making it readily available for identity theft, that banks and other financial institutions be encouraged to discontinue the use of the mother's maiden name as a unique identifier, and That the State of California consider adopting legislation which provides both a level of adequate security and access by genealogists and family historians; and that the legislation from the states of Arizona and/or Kentucky may be used as an appropriate model. This resolution and petition was adopted by the executives and board of directors of both the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society at the annual meeting of the National Genealogical Society held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dated 18 May 2002. Submitted on behalf of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society by: Dean J. Hunter Curt B. Witcher President, President, Federation of Genealogical Societies National Genealogical Society

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/ZW.2ADI/2107.1.1 Message Board Post: Judy, Thanks very much for the obits that you posted. I really appreciate the information. Jo

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Merrill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2111.1.1 Message Board Post: Judy, THANK YOU so much. I only had a death for Floyd, and not the others. This is VERY exciting. Thank you so very much. This is Thrilling information and you can email me at rsharvest@attbi.com.. I'm actually headed out to Kansas tomorrow to view the birth places of these folks born in Kansas and gather more information-- You are an angel! Kindly, Richard Swymeler Seattle WA

THORN  GRACE  GLADYS  08/20/1895      F  OKLAHOMA  <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/ContraCosta">CONTRA COSTA</A>    03/03/1979  <A HREF="http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?ssn=557-38-6310">557-38-6310</A>  83 yrs  GRACE THORN 20 Aug 1895 Mar 1979 (not specified) 94553 (Martinez, <A HREF="http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/CA/ContraCosta"> Contra Costa, CA</A>) 557-38-6310 California re; Subj: [CAStanislaus] DCT Lookup - Grace Gladys Hollopeter Thorn Date: 5/15/02 6:09:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time From:    npeltz@attbi.com Sender:    gc-gateway@rootsweb.com To:    CASTANIS-L@rootsweb.com 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/ZW.2ADI/2139 Message Board Post: Can someone look up this death certificate?  She died in 1979, Daughter of Edward C. and Sarah.  (Born 1895) Thank you!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GARNER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2109.1.1 Message Board Post: Additional information regarding Burl Garner. I omitted the source of the obituary previously posted. It is from the Modesto Bee - Funeral Notice Sept. 13, 1984. Burl is buried in the Ceres Cemetery Resthaven TR 7 Lt 95 b Dover, AR This information is from the Stanislaus Genealogical Society Cemetery Index for the Ceres Cemetery. Judy Ewbank

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HENSLEY, GREER, CARROLL Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2142 Message Board Post: requested by; lwings4@aol.com Esther Mary HENSLEY Age: 87 years SSN: 458-10-9920 Born: 03 Aug 1906- Oklahoma Died: 02 May 1994, 20:18 o'clock Father: Samuel CARROLL-TX Mother: Mary GREER-MO Years in Stanislaus 49 years Cause of Death: Cardio respiratory arrest Acute Myocardial Infarction Coronary Artery Disease, Cardiac Arrythmia and Organic Brain Syndrome Disposition: Burial- Lakewood Memorial Park Funeral Director: Salas Brothers Chapel Informant: Earl Hensley -son Transcribed by Cathleen Gudino Stanislaus DCT Volunteer *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WORKS, DALE, HOAG Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2141 Message Board Post: requested by; MotherEarthGifts@aol.com Document# 3-1997-50-0001745-00 Nona A. WORKS Age: 93 years, female, SSN: 443-14-0192 Born: 25 Feb 1904, Arkansas Died: 19 Jun 1997, 12:10 o'clock Father: Ora Boone DALE- Arkansas Mother: Laura Louise HOAG-Kansas Years in Stanislaus 6 yrs Cause of Death: Acute Renal failure1 month Arteroscleratic Vascular 10 years Disposition: TR/BU Rest Haven Cemetery, *Sperry, Ok or Or, not legible Funeral Director: Lakewood Funeral Home Informant: Pat Kinda - daughter Transcribed by Cathleen Gudino Stanislaus DCT Volunteer *There is a Sperry in both of Oregon and Oklahoma in the following counties Sperry OK Tulsa Sperry OR Malheur *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MERRILL, EAST Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2111.1 Message Board Post: I'm not a relative but found the following information on the CA Death Index. None of the persons you listed for the Merrill family died in Stanislaus County. MERRILL ANNA M b 4/20/1887 KS d San Diego 3/15/1971 MERRILL WILLIAM D 11/02/1901 KS d Santa Barbara 3/01/1977 MERRILL FLOYD ROBERT 3/09/1907 CA d Sonoma 1/02/1978 KS d San Fran 1/02/1978 Cannot explain why there are 2 listings for Floyd EAST IVA ADELIA B 3/21/1910 mmn REID MERRILL CA d Alameda 12/15/1955 Perhaps you already knew this, but if not, it gives you other options to search. Judy Ewbank

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ADERHOLT, LIVINGSTON, O'DONNELL, CLOUD, HARMS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2107.2.1 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, pF-11 ELETHA B. ADERHOLT Feb. 3, 1923 - Sept. 29, 1994 Eletha Berniece Aderholt, 71 of Ceres died Thursday at Doctors Medical Center, Modesto. Mrs. Aderholt was a native of Denoyia, Okla. She lived in Ceres and then Modesto since 1938. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Calvary Temple Church, Modesto. She is survived by her husband, Ernest C. Aderholt of Ceres; children, Ronald Lee Aderholt, Pat Livingston and DeeDee O'Donnell, all of Modesto; her mother, Pearl Cloud of Modesto; a sister, Olive Vaughn Harms of Modesto; and seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Calvary Temple Church, Modesto. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ADERHOLT, STINNETT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2107.2 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Tuesday, Apr 3, 1979, p B 17 CLARENCE C. ADERHOLT Funeral services for Clarence Chester Aderholt, 82, who died Sunday in a local convalescent hospital after an extended illness, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today in the Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. A native of Texas, he had lived in Modesto for 50 years. He was a rancher and a member of the Assembly of God church. He is survived by three sons, Ernest and Herbert Aderholt, both of Modesto, and Rayford Aderholt of San Hose; brothers and sisters, including Shirley Stinnett of Ceres, 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Private burial will be in Santa Clara. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STINNETT, STEWART, CLIMER, JONES, WILLIAMS, BROWN, SELLERS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2107.1 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Saturday, April 27, 1985, B3 SHIRLEY LEE STINNETT (Ceres) A service is planned at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Central Assembly of God at 1960 E. Hatch Road for Shirley Lee Stinnett, 84, who died Thursday in Visalia. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday in Franklin & Downs Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Ceres Cemetery. Mrs. Stinnett was born in Texas and had lived in the Modesto Ceres area since 1935. She was a homemaker and a member of the Central Assembly of God Church. Survivors include two sons, the Rev. Phillip Stewart of Hayward and Kenneth Stewart of Modesto; four daughters, Claudia Climer of Ceres, Jean Jones of Bakersfield, Leona Williams of Keyes and Clovis Brown of Visalia; a stepdaughter, Christine Sellers of Arizona, a brother; 46 grandchildren and many great- and great-great grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOLSMAN, DOUGLAS, HORTON, SHORT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2137.1 Message Board Post: Obituary from the Modesto Bee, Wed. Feb. 5, 1969, p D7 CARL A. DOLSMAN A brakeman for the Southern Pacific Co., Carl Arnold Dolsman, 58, of Modesto died yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Sisseton, S.D., and moved to California 16 years ago. He had lived in Modesto seven years. Survivors are his widow, Helen Rose Dolsman; eight sons, Clinton Dolsman and Curtis Dolsman, both of Butte, Mont., Melvin Dolsman of Great Falls, Mont., Kenny Dolsman, Wayne Dolsman, Gary Dolsman and Daryl Dolsman, all of Ceres, and Harold Dolsman of Modesto; three daughters, Sharon Douglas of Olympia, Wash., Kay Horton of Ceres and Pamela Dolsman of Modesto; two brothers, Walter Dolsman of Lewiston, Mont., and Percy Dolsman of Spokane, Wash.; a sister, Florence Short of Hood River, Ore.; and nine grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Salas Brothers Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Ceres Cemetery. Transcribed by Judy Ewbank

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCOTT, PELHAM, MUDGETT Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2140 Message Board Post: requested by; nshsviking@sierratel.com George Maurice SCOTT Jr. Age: 88 yrs, white, male, married SSN: 549-05-5245 Born: 28 Sep 1912-KS Died: 08 Mar 2001, 01:55 o'clock Father: George Maurice SCOTT Sr. -KS Mother: Harriet MUDGETT-MO Spouse: Jennie Jean PELHAM Years in Stanislaus 81 Cause of Death: Dementia Due to: Alheimers Type, 3 years Other: Waldenstroms Macro Globolinemia Disposition: Burial-Lakewood Memorial Park Funeral Director: Salas Brothers Chapel, Modesto Informant: Jennie SCOTT Transcribed by Cathleen Gudino Stanislaus DCT Volunteer *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* *~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

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/ZW.2ADI/2138.1 Message Board Post: I should have added she died in October of 1998. Born in 1922. Thanks again!