Hello Tulare County Historians and Genealogists, > I was searching Ebay the other night for Visalia historical stuff and > found the following. Thought this might be of value to someone in the > area and thought I'd pass on. > Does anyone recognize this old photograph of a couple to be his/her > relative from Visalia? The seller claims that the top middle photo is > from Visalia. The auction ends Feb. 27. Go to: > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6256331880&sspagename= ADME:B:AAQ:US:1 > (This is not a phishing link {been getting lots of those lately} but if > you feel more comfortable, go to Ebay.com directly and do search.) > Sincerely, > Denise Standing > (P.S. - I am researching the Benjamin Willis family. > Here is a little history on him. Willis Street in Visalia is named > after Benajmin. Also, Benjamin Willis homesteaded/owned the property > prior to the Mooney Family that is now named Mooney Grove Park in > Visalia.)

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/HY.2ADE/1705 Message Board Post: Looking for John W Ramsey b abt 1842 IL and wife Ann b OH and children John T (b abt 1865), George D (b abt 1867), and Effie F Ramsey (b abt 1870). John T Ramsey married Josephine M Smith 1881 in Tulare Co.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Elmore - Strader Reunion Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/1704 Message Board Post: Subject: Elmore-Strader Reunion Who: Descendants of William & Ester Strader Elmore. Some of their children and grandchildren removed from Kentucky to Illinois in the 1800s. A few continued westward and settled in Tulare Co, CA. When: Saturday, July 22, 2006, 10:00 AM - ? Where: Mason City, Illinois Civic Center, 145 S. Main Street, Mason City, IL - 30 miles north of Springfield, IL & easily accessible from the east & west on IL Route 10 or from the north and south on IL Route 29. Lunch is potluck. Please bring your own table service and one of your favorite food dishes...maybe from an Elmore or Strader recipe. Bring pictures, information, and a family artifact you’d like to show off. 10:00 AM - Noon: Sign in, visit and share information Noon: Lunch, Show & Tell (family artifacts), Awards and Announcements After awards and announcements: More visiting and sharing To RSVP and get more information, please e-mail Donna Mayer at btgurst@insightbb.com or call Pat Elmore at 217-482-5631.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sisk, Sears Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/487.717.726 Message Board Post: Hi Bette. It's Brenda, Richard's cousin. Sorry it's been so long. Anyhow, I just found out what my Uncle Boot's birth name is. Boot's was born: Rufus Sisk. Don't know what his middle name was or where he was born. But I do know that some of the Sisk in Tulare County, Porterville, Ca. migrated to Poterville from Ireland. If you haven't found Uncle Boot's name yet so I thought I would let you know. Also, Have you and Richard gotten back together yet? Or do you know where he is? My cousin David Sears (one of Uncle Shelby's boy) was asking about him. Let me know what's going on. Okay? I'll talk to you again later. Your cousin, Brenda Sears

Joseph N. Thomas was in Tulare Co, CA, by 1859 when he married and possibly by 1849 by family tradition. He came from Patrick Co, VA. His parents were Washington & Mary (Frans) Thomas. I descend from Joseph's sister, Nancy Thomas (wife of Reuben Martin Wells). I would like to contact anyone that is researching Joseph or that knows anything about him. He was apparently divorced and in Kern Co, CA, in 1880. Thanks. Sylvia Nash

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GREEN/GREENE, GANN, DUDNEY, LEWIS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HY.2ADE/1700.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you very much! I will contact you privately by e-mail. Jill

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/HY.2ADE/1700.2 Message Board Post: I have copies of the funeral records of Clark Greene and Cascinda Greene but nothing on Wingamond Greene. I am not related to the Greene family but was able to find the records for you. Cascinda is buried in the Reedley Cemetery. Wing is probably buried there also. If you will contact me, I will be happy to send you copies of the funeral records. efern@pacbell.net

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/HY.2ADE/1703 Message Board Post: Dart Hamilton Balch, born 26 Feb 1899 in Lone Star, CA., died 25 Jun 1919, killed in WWI. Father: Edwin Eugene Balch Mother: Wilhelmina E. Hill I have found references to the death of Dart H. Balch in the Fort Wayne News & Sentinel, Fort Wayne Indiana and the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA dated July 1919. According to the articles, Dart was from Turlock, CA. If you will contact me, I will be happy to mail you copies of these notices. efern@pacbell.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Balch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/1702 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Dart Balch, who was killed in action in Siberia on June 25, 1919. He was listed as being from Tulare. Can anyone help me find out where he lived? (Maybe Dinuba) and where he is buried? Was there an article in the newspaper? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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/HY.2ADE/301.3 Message Board Post: Please contact as I am looking for information on relatives of Jack Goad Givens, apparently orphaned son of Otto and Anna Goad Givens of Tulare County, California. He was raised by a Grandmother. May of had an Aunt Lottie. I am his son and have very little information of my father or his family. Thanks. Duane Givens

Farnell, I'm afraid you need to add more info when asking for a census lookup. For instance, at least Larkin's approx. birthdate or age in 1930 & where born if known (& any known nicknames). Any known siblings and ages? Basically, any details you know about the person. These things can help us with a search. I did do a search for Larkin Vaughn (exact spelling) in Tulare Co. & in all of CA & did not find him by that name. A search for all last name only Vaughn's (exact spelling) in Tulare Co. alone turned up a list of 36 and in all of CA a list of 1,253 names. This is why we need more info if you have, in order to possibly to help you. Luana Farnell Vaughn wrote: >i would like someone to check 1930 census for larkin h vaughn. i want to >know who his parents were and where they came from. >thanks for any help > > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > >--- >avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. >Virus Database (VPS): 0606-4, 02/10/2006 >Tested on: 2/12/2006 8:35:01 AM >avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. >http://www.avast.com > > > > > > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0607-1, 02/14/2006 Tested on: 2/14/2006 8:07:10 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.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/HY.2ADE/301.2 Message Board Post: Jack Goad Givens Sr. was my father. He was born in 1910 in Visalia. He is now deceased and I have no knowlege of my families history or living relatives. Please contact as I would like to know anything about my family history.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fowler, Russell, Blodgett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/1645.2 Message Board Post: I am interested in information on the Fowler and Russell Family that lived in Fresno, Selma, Coalinga and Tulare. Hannah and James Fowler were my gg grandparents. Howard Fowler and Carrie Payne (Russell) Fowler were my grandparents. Any help would be greatly 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/HY.2ADE/1700.1 Message Board Post: Wing Greene and wife Cassinda are listed in the 1910 CA Federal census for Tulare County, Kaweah Twsp, Dinuba Town. Wing Greene age 64 married twice, presently for 26 yrs b. IL/parents IL Cassinda T. Greene age 65 married twice, presently 26 yrs had 5 children/ 4 living b. KY/parents KY Contact the Alta Cemetery District 42800 Rd 100 Dinuba, CA 93618-9321 Phone # (559) 591-3348 The USGenWeb - Tulare County Website has page listing Tulare County Probates to 1920 and directions how to get copies. Their index lists a Robert L. Green case # 181 ct-S ty-E date filed 12 Aug 1884.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GREENE, GREEN, SENTER, BALE, DUDNEY, LEWIS, GANN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HY.2ADE/1700 Message Board Post: I am searching for a possible obit and the cemetery location where Wingamond "Wing" GREEN/GREENE is buried. He was b. 9 July 1847 in Menard Co., IL and d. 2 Oct 1911 in Tulare Co., CA. He was m. to Cassinda. Wing was the son of Robert Lynn GREENE who d. in 1884 in Dinuba, Tulare Co., CA. Wing was the step-brother of Ellen Greene Dudney LEWIS, Samuel Kelley GREENE, and Clark C. GREENE. Any assistance would be appreciated! Jill in WI

i would like someone to check 1930 census for larkin h vaughn. i want to know who his parents were and where they came from. thanks for any help

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sunderland, Brown Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/186.1 Message Board Post: Are you still looking for descendants of Mattie Sunderland ? Please let me know. I'm working on this line, but notice this is a post from back in 1998.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Preston, Carpenter, Hunt, Teague, Hickman, Bequette, Watkinson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/1699 Message Board Post: Tulare Advance Register September 29, 1958 Annie May Carpenter Mrs. Annie May Carpenter, 76, 511 Park Ave., Tulare, died yesterday in a Modesto hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Carpenter, who came to Tulare about 1937, was a pioneer resident in the county. She went with her parents to Visalia in 1882, when she was a year old. A graduate of the Visalia school system, she married John Carpenter, Dinuba and Woodlake rancher in 1900. He died nine years ago. She is survived by two sons, John Carpenter, Fort Klamath, Ore. and George Carpenter, Mira Monte; four daughters, Mrs. Lucille Hunt, Manteca; Mrs. Ellen Teague Hanford; Mrs. Rose Hickman Fairbanks, Alaska, and Mrs. Elsie Bequette, Visalia; a sister Mrs. Harriet Watkinson, Torrance; 16 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hadley's chapel, Visalia.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wallis, Carpenter, Vasquez, Hunt, Bequette, Boyer, Teague, Moore Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HY.2ADE/1698 Message Board Post: Tulare, Oct. 23, 1948 John Wallis Carpenter, 82, early day Tulare County cattleman, died here last night after a long illness. Carpenter, who formerly operated a cattle ranch in Eshom Valley, near Badger in eastern Tulare County, was born in the mining community of Coulterville in Mariposa County. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Carpenter, who came to California during the Gold Rush. His mother was the first white woman in the mining camp of Sonora, where his father operated a blacksmith shop. Carpenter spent most of his boyhood on a cattle ranch in Stanislaus County, and saw the transition of the great central valley plains from unfenced cattle range to the highly developed agricultural empire it is today. In his youth he attended college in San Jose and at one time was heavyweight boxing champion of California. When he was a small boy he met the notorious bandit Tiburcio Vasquez and a heavily armed band camped overnight in an isolated section of the Carpenter ranch. (Near Modesto) Carpenter moved to Tulare from Woodlake about six years. He is survived by his widow, Anna and the following children: John W. Carpenter, Earlimart; Mrs. Lucille Hunt, Manteca; Mrs. Elsie Bequette, Tulare; George Carpenter, Miramonte; Mrs. Rose Boyer, Tulare; Mrs. Ellen Teague, Tipton. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Carrie Moore of San Jose. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Monday in the Goble Chapel. Burial will be in the Reedley Cemetery.

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/HY.2ADE/1697 Message Board Post: Our genealogy society is reprinting the Tulare Co. Thompson Atlas. This is NOT a reprint of the 1973 reprint but a reprint of the original publication. The 1973 reprint left out a few pages found in the original atlas including maps of the cities of Tulare and Visalia. An index for the atlas will be available later this year. I have tried to get in touch with everyone on our interest list but many of the email addresses are no longer active. If you have not received an email from me in the last few days please contact me. It is important to contact me ASAP because we are offering this reprint at a special rate if ordered before April 1, 2006. Information, photos of some of the pages and an order form is located at http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/tulare/tularebooks.htm#1 If you are interested or have any questions you may contact me.