Hi everyone: I spoke with a gentleman today who is connected with the county hospital in French Camp. He says there is a list of names, but hesitates to release them in whole. He will check for names (from about 1920-40 ), if you can provide a name and date. Need not be exact date.. but close, so he can check. Most were paupers, and families could not bury them.. why they ended up at county hospital & not rural cemetery, etc.. is not clear. He did agree that some could have been state hospital deaths, but is not certain, but the dates are right (after the State hospital abandoned the old cemeteries of their own). The 40 graves on the property were moved to Lodi Memorial Cemetery here in Lodi. ALL of these urns were left in the building at the county hospital. Someone intervened and it was decided to just leave them there. The county Hospital may have a list of names also, if you can prove your person died during that timeframe. I have a few death certificate copies that show County Hospital deaths, I am going to submit these names to Steve, to see if this is where they are (the few without burial information). If you have an ancestor who may have been sent to county hospital from another area due to lack of funds during the 1920-40 period, and you can't find a burial place... may want to see if they could be one of these urns. I don't have the hospital number in front of me, but you can get it online... they have a webpage. Marge http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/Calif/ History of Stockton State Hospital (Stockton, CA) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ICGS/ Iron county, MO Genealogy Society Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa State Hospital Oversight Hearing & Links to organizations who need our help to save old cemeteries. Stockton State Hospital Cemetery page Host of: Iron county Missouri (MOIRON) mail list Hermes family name list Wenstrom family name list

but you don't know where they are buried or if there is or was a record.? Linda

Stockton Daily Record dated 2 Dec 1917- page 8 WOULD CLAIM TITLE TO HERMAN JOHNSON ESTATE F. H. Johnson filed a petition today for letters of administration, whith the will annexed, upon the estat4e of Herman Johnson, who died on August 4, 1875, leaving an estate in San Joaquin county consisting of forty acres of land and valued at about $2,000. The deceased left a will bearing date of July 2, 1875. This will was filed for probate on August 10, 1875, but no further proceedings were had thereon. The present proceedings are instituted for the purpose of clearing thitle to the above mentioned forty acres of land. The heirs at law and next of kin named in the will are Magdalena Johnson, the widow, now deceased, and the following children: Herman Johnson, Mary Angeline Harris, Mary Anna Kincaid, Joseph Johnson, Sarah Lilly Bodeson, Helen murphy, F. H. Johnson, and Ellen Barbara Sexton. All these heirs are residents of San Joaquin county with the exception of Mary Angeline Harris, who redises in Redding. W.B. Nutter is attorney for the petitioner. ******* This is all the info I have.. Marge http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/Calif/ History of Stockton State Hospital (Stockton, CA) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ICGS/ Iron county, MO Genealogy Society Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa State Hospital Oversight Hearing & Links to organizations who need our help to save old cemeteries. Stockton State Hospital Cemetery page Host of: Iron county Missouri (MOIRON) mail list Hermes family name list Wenstrom family name list

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>We now have Colusa County Book Two online and Mendocino County. >Enjoy!!!!! > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >Donna >

Hi everyone Some of you may get this more than once, as it's going to many lists, sorry. Stockton Record 23 January 1988 Front Page X-RAY URNS ITS SPOT Coroner can use space by Edie Lau The Stockton Record Four thousand eight hundred (4,800) urns containing the ashes of people long dead should be removed from the county morgue and buried. That's the recomendation of the San Joaquin County Grand Jury, in a report released Friday. The remains were left from the days when the building was used as a county crematorium. The jurors said the copper urns, on shelves in a locked room, are taking up valuable building space. "The Sheriff's Office is not in the cemetery business and the urns should be removed." the jury wrote. They said relocating the urns would cost about $8,400. Sheriff Coroner John Zunino and County Administrator David D. Rowlands, Jr. agreed that acting on the grand jury's suggestion won't be hard. "What they idenified makes goosd sense" Rolands said "Money is not the issue" he added "It's just a matter of treating the remains with dignity." Aside from the urn problem, the jurors had good things to say about the coroner's operation, calling it "very efficient and well managed." They said the staff was "well informed" and "compassionate." and the records "well maintained and readily available." The county morgue has been housed in a bu9lding behind San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp since 1980. For 50 years before, the building was a crematorium operated by the hospital. According to the jurors report, some of the urns have been stored there more than 50 years. In the last decade only two urns have been claimed by relatives. It's unclear why so many remains went unclaimed. The urns are under the control of the county hospital (San Joaquin General Hospital [mc]). The space taken up by the urns, about a quarter of the building, could better be used by the coroner, ther jurors said. For example, the x-ray machine is in a refrigerated room sometimes used to store bodies awaiting autopsy. The corpses have a foul odor that can make the x-ray technician's enviroment most unpleasant. The x-ray machine could be moved to where the urns are now, jurors said. The morgue also lacks space for drying bloody or contaminated clothing that must be kept as evidence. Baxter Dunn, captain of the coroner's division, said investigating officers are forced to take the wet clothing to other buildings. The practice is potentially dangerous, given the types of diseases -- such as hepatitis and AIDS, that are spread through blood. The county already faces the task of exhuming about 40 bodies from an unmarked pauper's cemetery near the county hospital. The cemetery is in the middle of the site for a new jail. "Maybe we can make this one project." Rowlands said. ****** There is a large photo showing Gordon King of SJCounty Hospital inspecting copper boxes containing cremated remains, some 50 years old. This is dated 1988, two years before we moved back here from Washington State, so I don't have any rememberance of what happened. Does anyone remember these urns being moved? Were they just disposed of? Could this be what became of State hospital inmates after the State Hospital quit burying/cremating people themselves? If you have an ancestor who died after 1920 or so... and you can't find them... this may be something to check. Marge http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/Calif/ History of Stockton State Hospital (Stockton, CA) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ICGS/ Iron county, MO Genealogy Society Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa State Hospital Oversight Hearing & Links to organizations who need our help to save old cemeteries. Stockton State Hospital Cemetery page Host of: Iron county Missouri (MOIRON) mail list Hermes family name list Wenstrom family name list

>Hi all; >Time for our weekly update on the project. I think we are still sane. We want to thank all those that have made donations to the project. They are GREATLY appreciated and much needed. > >We now have over 80 transcriptionists. They are typing as fast as the records are coming in the door. It definitely has kept Laura, Steve and I busy staying on top of everything. This project is moving so much faster than we ever dreamed. We could not do it without all of those transcriptionists, volunteers and my wonderful #2s, Steve and Laura. > >For those of you who are reading this update for the first time, this is the online pre-1905 death records for all counties in California. Later, we hope to do the marriages and births, but right now, our goal is to complete the deaths. > >We have had several people that have emailed me with the wonderful stories of finding relatives on the lists...some having searched for several years for death dates of ancestors. It is really fantastic to get these stories and makes it worth all the work that is entailed in this project. We have shared some of them with all the volunteers so that they can appreciate them as well. Thank you to those of you that have shared your stories. > >We currently have the following counties distributed and in transcription: > >San Bernardino County Book Two >Los Angeles County, Books One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six >Marin County Book Two >Colusa County Book Two >Humboldt County Book One and Two >Butte County Book Two >Mendocino County >San Luis Obispo >Placer County >El Dorado County >Amador County >Nevada County >Klamath County >Mariposa County >City of Oakland >San Benito County >Siskiyou County >Kern County > > >The website address is: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >We have the following already online: > >Butte County Book One >Colusa County Book One >Madera County >Marin County Book One >Riverside County >San Bernardino County Book One >San Diego County > >The following counties are on the verge of being placed online and should be online really soon: > >San Bernardino County Book Two >Colusa County Book Two >Marin County Book Two >Mendocino County > >We have received funding for the following counties which have been ordered and should be in transcription phase soon: > >Modoc County >Shasta County > >Undesignated donations are currently being collected for San Francisco County which is a very large number of files. As soon as we get enough to get these records, they will be distributed for transcription. Other counties that are in various pending stages are: > >Del Norte County >Fresno County >Lake County >Monterey County >Orange County >San Francisco County >Tehama County > >DONATIONS: Desperately needed. We pay about .35 - .50 per page of about 40 names for the death registers. When you calculate how many records are in a given county, you can easily see the costs factors involved. We need all the help we can get. We have some people who are sponsoring whole counties and we have others sending small checks to help. Every little bit helps and all is greatly appreciated. ALSO, postage to get the files to the transcribers is wonderful. Each packet that we send out to be transcribed averages about $1.25 in postage. This adds up to alot of postage. We have sent out over 100 packets. Please send donations to me. I am keeping accountings of all the funds for those that have any questions. These records are updated daily. We are still in the red, although, thanks to the donations received to date, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel. > >Based on the information that we have received from those that have responded to previous updates, we will be making CDs of the information that we have. Although we do not know yet, the cost for these CDs, the sale of these will be helping to fund future counties and records. We, as yet, have not determined how many counties or whether by region or alphabetically they will be placed on the CDs. This is still in the determination phase. > >I have received hundreds of emails from those that want information or just to say thank you for the project. These are all great to receive as they help us determine what you, the users, want on this website. Thank you all for your input. This project is for your FREE use. That's all for now. 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. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/623.630 Message Board Post: Also, the one I'm looking for has a middle name of Eugene.

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/623.629 Message Board Post: I, too, am looking for my father, Robert E. Hill. However, the one I am looking for was born in 1930 in Illinois, and was deceased in Patterson, CA on 02/15/93. Do you have any more information? I am 38 years old, born in 1963 in Illinois. Do you have a social security number? If you think this may be him or have any further information, please email me.

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/2052 Message Board Post: I am looking for an obituary or death notice for Robert E. Hill who was deceased on 02/15/93 in Patterson, CA. He was born 08/14/30 in Illinois. There is a death listing in the SSDI but have been unsuccessful in finding an obituary or death notice. Any information would be most appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZW.2ADI/1987.2.1 Message Board Post: Pretty much everything I can find. I know the geneology from about 1970 back, but don't know much of the current branches. Has your family lived there a long time? Any information you could find out would be very helpful. Thank you. Tracy

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/323.346.347.2 Message Board Post: SOME HOW THE ROSA'S ARE CONNECTED TO MY NEVES IN PICO/AZORES

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>Just to let you know that Marin County Book One 1873-1891 deaths is now online. > >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >Donna >

>San Diego County pre-1905 death records are now online. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cabf1905 > >Enjoy >Donna Bradley >Project coordinator

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/2051 Message Board Post: Looking for Peggy Boyd. Was a resident of Modesto in 1982 when her father, Albert O Gilliland, died. Peggy was married to James Robert Couch in the 1940's. Any info would be appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILDS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/2050 Message Board Post: Searching for info on George (Botto) Wilds b: 1/08/1891 d: 3/18/1966 in Oakdale? Stanislaus Any help will be most appreciated. Thank you, Kat

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/492.718.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Erin, I will get in touch with you. I have a obit on John from the United Brethern Church Hdqr in Ohio, some nice person gave me info on the Oakdale church where he was active and there is a bio in a book about Stan. Co. of his son by Mary Hubbard, Samuel N. McBride which may be of interest to you. I also have 2 short obits on Abigail Medley McBride, his mother. Will be talk to you later. Edith

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/492.718.1.1 Message Board Post: Edith, I would love to get in touch with and share information. I don't that I have any that you haven't already found, but I'm willing to share whatever I can. Please email me directly: erinbasudev@hotmail.com. Thanks, Erin

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/492.718.1 Message Board Post: John McBride was the son of Samuel McBride and Abigail Medley. He was married 1 to Mary Hubbard in Putnam Co.Ohio. She died in Yolo Co. CA and is buried in Mary's Cemetery along with one of their girls, Clara. His younger sister, Nancy, m William Hubbard and are my gr grandparents. Samuel McBride died in 1875 and is buried in the same cemetery in Yolo Co. along with John's sister Mary. Samuel and Abigail were married in Richland Co. Ohio and they are in the 1850 and 1860 census in Ohio - I believe Hancock Co. Abigail and John are buried at Burwell(?)Cem. in Escolan, CA. Abigail died in 1900. She was Samuel's 3rd wife. I have her linage back to the 1400's (mother's a LaRue) and Samuel's back at least to the middle 1700's.