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/1976 Message Board Post: My Great grandmother was Annie or Anne E. ? ( she was adopted so we dont know her true last name and we were told she was adopted by The Herndons of Social circle ,Ga..) She was slaved or farmed out before the adoption took place...She was born around or in the year of 1860,She passed away in 1952,She was married to Early O . Epps ....I am vigurously looking for Annie's REAL parents.....The were believed to have been of Native American Indian blood .....Possibly The Powhatans and Cherokee ...PLEASE if anyone has info please email me at MdNghtSheWolf@aol.com PLEASE

I would like to share an email that I received from the Modesto Bee when questioning how to access obits that had been online since November of 1999 .... Colleen -----Original Message----- From: Chris Harvey [mailto:CHarvey@ModBee.com] Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 11:21 AM To: 'norbyc@mail.yosemite.cc.ca.us' Subject: RE: Archived Obits Colleen: At this time, we no longer have access to Obituaries older than August of 2001. We are working on a solution to the problem. We are sorry for the inconvenience! -Chris Harvey, Online Assistant -----Original Message----- From: norbyc@mail.yosemite.cc.ca.us [mailto:norbyc@mail.yosemite.cc.ca.us] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 8:12 AM To: charvey@modbee.com Subject: Archived Obits Any chance you can tell me how to find the obits that have been archived since November of 1999....the link I had no longer works. Colleen Norby

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rydberg, Stevenson, Lewis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/860.1 Message Board Post: I have a photograph of Mose Lewis who was a friend of my Faux/Fox Stevenson family I think. Or... he may have been a friend of the Rydbergs of Oakdale and Cooperstown. IF I can find where I filed it I can either scan it and send by email or I can copy it and send it via USPS. Good luck on your search. I am Sue Rydberg Canavan in Santa Rosa CA

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/41.48.49.50.578.1 Message Board Post: Nancy I was looking back on some old querries of mine and was surprized to find your post. I don't believe I was ever notified of your post by the message board. The Threlfall's are in my wife's family and they did come from the St Clair and Monroe County Illinois area. Your Edward's parents were Peter Threlfall born July 4, 1812 in Lancashire, England Died: April 14, 1861 in Illinois. His wife was Jane M. Jones Born: March 10, 1817 in Baltimore, Maryland Died: February 26, 1890 in Illinois. Edward was their third child. I have one of his brothers as James Peter Threlfall Born: April 23, 1858 in Monroe County, Illinois Died: July 13, 1941 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. James Peter Threlfall has descendants in Texas, that have given me a lot of informations on his line.Peter Threlfall's older brother William is my wife's line. If you would like the information, that I have on the Threlfalls feel free to E-Mail me directly at Normandjo@aol.com. Norman Rufing

Hi Liz, I am forwarding a copy of your letter to the Stanislaus County list with my reply as they may be able to help get an obituary and a death certificate transcription. First I looked for Maude Hickman and found none in the California Death Index which is located at rootsweb ( http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi ). So then I tried the mothers maiden name of Hughes and fathers name as Williams and selected Female. The closest I could come up with is: HICKEY MAUD HUGHES Birth: 02/23/1885 Mother: HUGHES Father: WILLIAMS Female Birth: PENNSYLVANIA Death: STANISLAUS Death Date: 08/27/1958 73 years old Here is Ethel's info: SCHMITZ ETHEL D 07/14/1890 HUGHES WILLIAMS F PENNSYLVANIA KERN 02/15/1982 549-10-8749 91yrs William Lloyd Williams death info was there as well. However, I couldn't find anything for William Percy Williams. Perhaps someone here can check the pre 1940 death index for you. Good luck! Wendy "William W. Allen" wrote: > We are looking for Maude (Williams) Hickman. Maude was the daughter > of Wm. Lloyd and Mary (Hughes) WILLIAMS. She was born in PA in Feb., > 1886. and grew up in Madera. When her father died in 1941 (Madera, CA) > his obituary said that she lived in Modesto, CA. Mauda had a sister > Ethel (Williams) Schmitz who may have died in Kern county, Feb,1982. > William Percy Williams (brother/my grandfather) was born in April, > 1884 in PA. We need to locate Wm.Percy so any information on Maude > Hickman living family would be very helpful. Thank you, Elizabeth > (Liz) Allen, Portland, OR

I didn't have much time to look, but here is Mary's birth info, perhaps the birth parents might help you decide if she is related. Hopefully someone else can find more for you...... However, a quick check of the marriage's listed at the Stanislaus County Recorders website didn't show a marriage for her..... Good luck! Wendy Info found at - http://www.criis.com/stanislaus/official.shtml AYERS, MARY JOYCE 03/16/1957 GWENDOLYN FAITH BONAR RALPH EDGAR AYERS Female Single

Could someone please do a look up for me. I need an obit for a Viola Jane (DAVIS) THARP, died Oct 7 1991 in Ceres. I would really appreciate it. Thank you Judy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHIREY, ALSBACH, ALLSPAEH (Misspelling) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/1975 Message Board Post: Seeking any information on the family of Sarah Ellen (SHIREY) SCHMIDT. She was born 16 or 17 August 1861 in Michigan, and died 16 April 1941, in Stanislaus Co. CA. Who did she marry and did she have children? Sarah was the d/o Solomon M. SHIREY, and Mary (ALSBACH). Just today, I found her death information on CA. Deaths, however, her mother's surname is badly misspelled as ALLSPAEH. For listing of her siblings see the SHIREY board under her father's name.

The discussion can be taken off the mail list by going to >>>>> >>>>>News forum set up at Modesto Bee regarding the NYC attack http://www.webforums.com/forums/f-read/msa40.290.html The Drudge Report http://www.drudgereport.com American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/ The American Red Cross will be needing donations, and a blood drive.

Hi list..... I think all of us should write and complain about their archives. I can't find anything in the obits except their new funky list of dates. I hate the new look to the site too..... but call me one of those who hate changes! LOL Wendy

Hello, I would like some help in locating an obit or death record for James Bradford WING. He passed away in Stanislaus county on 29 Aug 1950. Any help will be greatly appreciate. I located him on the CADI. He did not have a SSN. Thank you, Carol Pirtle Camino, CA

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/1973 Message Board Post: I'm working on descending lines for a Clarence Edgar Garrison B:1881 Sebastine Co. Ar. M: Audie Dulcenia Claborn M: 1911. They were living in CA. by Clarence's death date of 1947. I have one son for sure by the name of Robert Keith Garrison B: 1919 D: 1965 in El Dorado, CA and buried in San Mateo, Ca. I found two females that would connect with this line on the CA. Death Index, father a Garrison mother a Claborn. TABOR, Wilma Deen, 9/4/1926 D: 7/15/1985 in Stanislaus Co. MEGAW, Iris Juanita 12/2/1913 D: 3/19/1992 in Sonoma Co. I can't locate any spelling for the last name of Megaw, so this might be spelled wrong. Tks. Brenda

Thomas K. Wallis was mentioned in the Spring 2001 issue of the "Stanislaus Stepping Stones", a publication of the McHenry Museum & Historical Society of Stanislaus County. The subject was 'The Crows and the founding of Crows Landing'. Thomas K. Wallis was an early member of that community.

There will be a family picnic for all descendants of John H. and Elizabeth Wallis Carpenter on October 6, 2001. Anyone interested in attending please contact me off list for further details. Jo-Ellen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bishop, Wallis, U'ren Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZW.2ADI/1972 Message Board Post: This is an autobigraphy writen by my 2nd great grandfather; Thomas Kendall Wallis b. 1 Nov 1837 d.26 Jan 1904 Crows Landing, Stanislaus Co., CA. I was born Noveber 1, 1837, in Meneral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin. I was the fourth son of John and Elizabeth Wallis, pioneer settlers of Mineral Point, coming there immedately afer the Black Howk War. My childhood and yourth were passed on a grain and staock farm, with I worked during the farming season, working in the lead mines, for which the place is noted, during the winter. I was married to Miss Jane U'Ren, September 13, 1862. She was a native of England, but came to Mineral Point whe she was about two and a half years of age. I resided at Mineral Point until March 17, 1863, when I left for Califronia, leaving my wife at home. I came via New York, and Panama, across the Isthmus of Darien (now the Isthmus of Panama). I arrived in New York, March 20, and the next day took sail on the steamship OCEAN QUEEN for Aspinwall. We went by the way of Key West, seven hundred miles out of the rgular line of travel, to escape the ALABAMA which was lying in wait for mail steamers. We arrived in Aspinwall after one of the most pleasant voyages, the captain said, he had made in twenty years. Crossing the Isthmus by rail to Panama we were to have sailed on the steamer UNCLE SAM for San Francisco; but the vessal being under repair, we were compelled to sail on the old condemned steamer, SONORA. This vessel was too small for the fifteen hundred passengers who came on the OCEAN QUEEN and we came near bing lost, as the steamer sparng a leak when several days from San Francisco. We were saved brom being swamped when crossing the Japan current by the Captain's ordering the sterrage passengers below, and barring down the hatchway to prevent return. An officer of the vessel told me that if the passengers had known the conditions of the vessle, it would have been almost impossible to have saved her. When we anchored in the BAy of Sn Francisco, there were nine feet of water in the hold in the bottom of the vessel. We arrived in San Francisco, April 19 1863, having been twenty-nice days coming from New York. I left San Francisco April 21st for the San Jaquin River by the way of Stockton, arriving at my brother's ranch on the San Joaquin River, in Stanislaus County, April 23, 1863. WILD CATTLE OF THE VALLEY When I arrived in Stocton I found that no steamer would leave for the San Joaquin river for two weeks, and as there was no stage line or team coming this way, I concluded to come across the country afoot. There were no houses on the plains at that time, and wild cattle roamed over them at freedom in vast numbers. When traveling between the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers, I saw a band of wild cattle coming toward me, shaking their heads. I immediately fell to the ground and crawled on my hands and knees for a long distance until they had lost sight of me. I afterwards learned that they were infuriated by being caught and branded, and would have killed me had they caught me. I remained with my brother William K. Wallis, assisting in branding and working among wild cattle, until the 4th of the following August, when I started on horseback across the mountains to Virginia City, Nevada, going by way of Sonora, Big Trees, Big Meadows, and Faith, Hope and Charity valleys, arriving in Virginia City, August 9th after five days toilsome journey. A few days later I went to Gold Hill (one mile from Virginia City) when I remained working by contract in the Caledonia mine until February 16, 1864. At this time I went to American Flat three miles from Gold Hill, where I wroked in the Central Park mine for a short time. At the rate of four dollars per day. February 16th, I was employed to sink a shaft in the "Gongosoco" claim, at which I worked until March 5th, having in this time sunk a shaft eighty five feet in depth. A short time after this, I went to Daneyville, in Spring Valley, where I was employed to take charge of the property and look after the interest of Charles Caney Mining Company. This mine having ceased to operate, my duty was to report to Donald Davidson, the superintendent the conditions of the adjoining Caney nad other mines which the company were interested. February 1, 1865, I was called by the company to San Francisco, leaving the property in charge of another man. Previous to this, in October 1864, my wife came out from Wisconsin, and lived with me in Daneyville. We now went to San Francisco, by the way of Grass Valley, Nevada County, California, where we spent a few pleasant days, and arrived in San Francisco, February 9th. Soon after this we came to the San Joaquin river where we have remained ever since engaged in stock farming and dairying. My stock farm contains seven hundred and sixty acres of land, situated on the San Joaquin river, twelve miles south of Modesto, the county seat, and one mile below Crow's Ferry. Turlock, the nearest railroad station is ten miles east of my ranch which is situated on the east bank of the San Joaquin river. This stream is navigable for steamboats most of the year. My ranch is well timbered with oak, willow and ash and isgood for grazing purposes. I also have a farm of onhundred and twenty acres for grain land, situated six miles south of Modesto, on the road to Crow's Ferry. We live four and a Half miles from school and eight miles from church. I own on an average, one hundred cattle, one hundred fifty sheep, twenty hogs, and fifteen horses. I raised and sell annually about thirty-five cattle. At this point Thomas listed his brothers and sisters. His son Delmar Wallis latter added many of his cousins and their families. If any one would like this listing pleas write me at jfrancis1@austin.rr.com Laura

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bledsoe \ Bedsaul \ Bledsaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/1971 Message Board Post: Looking for any of the family of Frank Bledsaw.He was the son of Issac and Susan Unknown ( Bedsaul) Bledsaw. Frank was married to Lou Earls. Frank died in Bokoshe (Leflore County) Oklahoma.He had three sons.Alvin Earl= b.1906 in Oklahoma. d. 1974 California. Arbie b. 1912 in Oklahoma. d. 1968 in California. Claud b.1914 in Oklahoma. d.1983 in Arkansas. Any help on this family would be great. Sue ( Bledsoe) Hearon

Don't waste your time......from another list Forwarded with permission from Teresa Lindquist, a KS CC who tried out the "Angie's Genealogy Research Site" link which has been making the rounds in the USGenWeb Project and Rootsweb mailing lists lately. -- Teresa stresses that the information she got was certainly NOT correct, by any stretch of the imagination. Alice USGenWeb CC forClark Co. WA http://www.rootsweb.com/~waclark/clark.htm Listmom for WACLARK-L ----- Original Message ----- From: merope < merope@Radix.Net > To: <USGENWEB-ALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 7:43 AM Subject: [ALL-L] Angie's Genealogy Page > This may interest some of you that have received the spam messages from > mailto:'sussex@sussex.com, "clark@clark.com" etc., that take you to > http://65.10.15.149/FreeGen/ This is "Angie's genealogy Page". I took > the plunge and registered [big mistake, my email address is probably on > its way to spam central as we speak], and here's what happened. > > After about a day I got a confirmation email. I tried to click on the > link to confirm my membership and it timed out for a couple of days. > Finally got in. Once you are a confirmed member, it takes you to a > search screen. You start out with "50 credits". Each surname search > costs you two credits. To get more credits, you need to send $10 to > "Angie Giles, P.O.Box 873, Rowlett,TX 75030-0873". Each credit costs one > cent. I searched on "Smith" and got the results "Name not yet in database > or surname/givenname missing. Use back button and try again." And I'm > now down to 48 credits. :) Tried "Jones". Same result. Down to 46 > credits. Tried "John Smith" [perhaps a given name is required]. > Ahhh..this time the search took an incredibly long time [several minutes] > and pulled up a large number of "John Smith" entries, with the following > information: "Surname, Given Name | Sex | Birth Date | Spouse 1 | Spouse 2 > | Spouse 3 | Spouse 4 | Spouse 5". A sample entry looks like this: > "SMITH, JOHN |Bet. 1827-1847 SCROGGINS, VONNIE LIQUITA| > | |". Then you are asked to select one name for further searching. Each > search of this list costs 6 credits. The next screen gives you their > parents and offers you the opportunity to "expand the information" at a > cost of 6 credits [I'm now down to 38]. >In this particular example, JOHN > SMITH has no info for his parents, but additional marriage information is > available and there is info on his spouse VONNIE LIQUITA SCROGGINS, > including her parents and children [interestingly enough, her children > with John all have the last name of Jordan.] I chose to expand her > father's information, HENRY AARON SCROGGINS. The information for Henry > lists his date and place of birth and death [1902-1948]. >Now I think this > odd, since his daughter's husband was supposedly born between 1827 and > 1847 and he died between 1872 and 1933, but no birth and death info is > given for Vonnie or her mother [and I am now down to 20 credits]. Trying > to access information on her children resulted in repeated server errors, > but did not cost me any additional credits. When I finally did access her > kids, there was no birth or death date information, although some of them > did have spouses and kids listed [2 credits remaining] > > Just for the heck of it, I did a search for which I did not have enough > credits. The search was completed and shows a credit of -4. When I > tried to go past that point, I got this message "You are out of credits. > To order more credits: One credit equals 1 cent, send a minimum of $10 > to: Angie Giles, P.O.Box 873, Rowlett,TX 75030-0873 Be sure to include > your email address." > > So, what did I get for my 50 free credits? Well, obviously incorrect > information, for one thing. Very little of any use, even if I were > researching "John Smith". And in order to explore this further, I need to > send $10 to a complete stranger who has a P.O. Box in Texas. > > Oh, and for those of you who care about that sort of thing, NO source > information was provided for any of this. > > -Teresa > merope@radix.net Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Stanislaus@Stanislaus.com> To: <CASTANIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 10:55 AM Subject: [CASTANIS] Stanislaus Research Site > > 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/1968 > > Message Board Post: > > I found a great Stanislaus County Genealogy Site: > > http://65.10.15.149/FreeGen/Home.html > > They will be adding over 1 billion names to their online database over the next few months. > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hammontree, Russell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/1969.1 Message Board Post: HAMMONTREE RUSSELL I 06/28/1908 RUSSELL M TEXAS STANISLAUS 02/05/1990 449-12-1320 81 yrs Add IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT that you visit the online CADI database http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi (or in the case of births http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi) and use the "ADD" link at the far right to leave any other information you might have - when you get further details by way of a generous volunteer remember to edit your postem to share as much as you can. This keeps genealogy free and available to all. (The password is something you create so no one can edit your entry). Also, use the Social Security Number which is linked to the SSDI at rootsweb if it appears and leave a message there the same way using the POSTEM link. RUSSEL HAMMONTREE 28 Jun 1908 05 Feb 1990 95326 (Hughson, Stanislaus, CA) (none specified) 449-12-1320 Texas SS-5 Letter Add Post-em If you need clarification on any point, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor

Sue, Per the California Death Index : http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi It looks like Alvin and Arbie died in Tulare county. BLEDSAW ALVIN E 07/19/1906 M OKLAHOMA TULARE 04/05/1974 432-01-7646 67 yrs Add BLEDSAW ARBIE L 11/30/1912 EARLS M OKLAHOMA TULARE 02/16/1968 527-03-2359 55 yrs Add Good Luck! Wendy Subject: [CASTANIS] Bledsaw\ Bledsoe In Oklahoma Date: 6 Sep 2001 04:24:57 -0600 From: earl@intcon.net To: CASTANIS-L@rootsweb.com This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bledsoe \ Bedsaul \ Bledsaw Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/1971 Message Board Post: Looking for any of the family of Frank Bledsaw.He was the son of Issac and Susan Unknown ( Bedsaul) Bledsaw. Frank was married to Lou Earls. Frank died in Bokoshe (Leflore County) Oklahoma.He had three sons.Alvin Earl= b.1906 in Oklahoma. d. 1974 California. Arbie b. 1912 in Oklahoma. d. 1968 in California. Claud b.1914 in Oklahoma. d.1983 in Arkansas. Any help on this family would be great. Sue ( Bledsoe) Hearon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DUNLAP, SPENCER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZW.2ADI/1970 Message Board Post: Hi, I just posted an old advertisement offering a reward for some mules strayed from James DUNLAP's ranch near Knight's Ferry in Stanislaus County, CA. Dated in 1880, this was scanned from an original issue of the Stanislaus County Weekly News.J. M. SPENCER was named as the contact person if you wanted to claim the $20 reward. You can see it online here: http://theoldentimes.com/straysdun80ca.html I hope it's of interest! Barbara http://theoldentimes.com http://theoldentimes.com/old_news_ca.html