How funny!!! Thanks for the welcome but I really haven't been gone. Okay so sometimes I'm REALLY gone, but you're supposed to be too polite to comment on that <giggles>. I don't know that I will have a whole lot of action to report, it's going to be mostly office work this fall I think. Well maybe not ..... Book?? I thought it would be more like a movie, a comedy movie that's for sure <grin>. I'm sorry I don't have Donna's address anymore, maybe one of our members has it. Anyone?? If you can't find her, post the info to our list or to the message board and she will most likely see it. You all take care and let me hear from you! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Silva" <[email protected]>

It's Been a couple of years since Donna was on our list, but if anyone still corresponds with her please pass on my email address to her. I may have some info on Ma Polonia Doss (nee Silva, nee Gallegos Garcia). In the meanwhile, welcome back Karen, looking forward to hearing of your adventures, calamities (Hmm, Calamity Karen, Heroine of Southern Colorado, may rate a book), now that you are mobile again.

Hi List members, Just wanted to touch base with all of you so you wouldn't think I'd fallen off the end of the earth. <grin> Here in Colorado we are still fighting the drought and it's pretty scary. Our water restrictions have been upgraded twice since we started and we expect all outdoor watering to cease within the next couple of weeks. I guess there was a Special on T.V. about the drought, but of course I didn't get to see it beings I don't have T.V. They said this winter will be warmer and drier than last winter so it looks like we're in big trouble here. Half of the nation is in drought right now. I taught Therapeutic Aquasize this summer but last Wednesday they shut our pool down. That was a good thing, a pool uses alot of water. I want to THANK all of you that wrote and were concerned about me when we had all those fires here. None of the ones you heard about were terribly close although we did get alot of smoke at that time. Yesterday the grandson and I were out in the yard and heard the fire truck sirens so we looked all around and finally spotted smoke to the east of my house. It appeared to be quite a large fire. I pulled on my levi's and boots, grabbed the shovel, dropped the little guy off at the neighbors and headed on down. The fire was about 2 miles below my place and had consumed quite a bit of area by the time I got there. I helped on the fire line for awhile then got pulled off to direct traffic. We had to get it stopped at a certain road or it would have went straight up the hill where there are alot of houses. There were actually two separate fires going on. We were lucky to get it stopped there. You just wouldn't believe the people that turned out to help, the whole community showed up. We had our own 3 fire trucks there and called in the Pueblo West fire trucks and Command Center and extra ambulances. We also had all of our District's heavy equipment come in to clear fire breaks, and all of the local contractors showed up with their heavy equipment also. I spoke with one of our local firemen and he told me this was no accident. Hope they catch the stupid jerks that pulled this crap. Alot of mad people right now. We were lucky that so many people showed up, so it didn't get too far. I really felt the community effort here. It was pretty awesome. It could have been really devastating because it was headed right for the populated area and we had some pretty high wind gusts when it started. Our firemen stayed all night out there to make sure we didn't get a flare up. WHEW! what a day! And back to business...I have taken quite a bit of time off this summer (sorry) but plan to jump right back into it this fall. My project list in taller than I am <grin>. I have been working on the obits and trying to get them all reformatted and into a master database. It's coming along nicely and a few people have offered to help. Believe me I appreciate everyone's efforts!!! I finally figured out that I can send alot of the paper obits out to volunteers in an image file. I kept trying to put them in a text file and it just wasn't working. So if any of you want to volunteer to type up some of these obits this fall PLEASE let me know. All you need is the capability on your computer to open an image file. Please keep this project in mind, I need all the help I can get. I plan to start scanning them as soon as I get the ones we already have into the database. I will let you all know when that phase of the project will start. I have not been able to film one cemetery this summer. I broke my foot in May and it just wouldn't heal. I went to a podiatrist last week and he said it has finally healed but I still have to take it easy for awhile. So I guess you all know that's set me back in the filming. I don't think I could have worked as hard as I did last summer anyway because we've had some pretty hot days here. One day last week it registered 110 degrees in Pueblo. I'm not real fond of heat stroke so I'm glad I wasn't out in it. I hope some of you have been able to go to Family Reunions this summer and if you did we'd like to hear about them. I missed two but hope to make the next one in a couple weeks. I got a real nice message from Carolyn Espinosa with a great tip in it. Carolyn said she came to Colorado in July and tried to find an obit on her grandmother. She had no luck at the Trinidad Library. I had tried to find one for her in Pueblo but didn't have any luck either. We knew Grandma had died in Pueblo but was buried in Las Animas County. Carolyn said: "I was explaining my frustration to my friend who is an administrator at Trinidad State College. She told me that the college librarian was compiling all the obits for Las Animas county back to late 1800. When we inquired, she found the grandmother for me. Her birth date was definitely wrong and she died a month later than anyone could remember. So I went home a happy person due to a chance conversation. To make a long story even longer, I just thought I would tell you of this source of information for this county AND she was very willing to help me." So if you have a need for obits out of Las Animas County keep this in mind. And THANK YOU Carolyn for sharing this information with us. As always, if any of you have any comments or suggestions or ideas for projects, for the Huerfano pages just let me know. You all take care and stay cool. Let me hear from you too!!! Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html Pueblo County List Owner [email protected]

----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: 1880 Census Congratulations, Karen! Just took a peek at the new addition to your wonderful body of work and it's a beauty. A round of applause to you and all the hard working volunteers who made it possible. Best wishes, Janet Kent

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/pY.2ADE/936 Message Board Post: Looking for information related to a relative by the name of Herman Setter. He died in Alamosa in 1933 and reportedly was buried in Walsenberg. I have checked the existing on line listings for cemeteries in Heurfano County, but he was not listed. The undertaker listed on Herman's death certificate was an individual by the name of Miracle. Does anyone know if this company still exists or if the business exists under another name. Any help 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/pY.2ADE/935 Message Board Post: Any information on the CASTELLANI would be appreciated, and can share information.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Census Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/934 Message Board Post: The USGenWeb Census Project is pleased to announce the completion of the following census transcription. 1880 Huerfano County ED 60 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/co/huerfano/1880/ed60/ Abstracted by Taylor Hayes; Second Transcriber Huerfano County List Volunteers; [For more information on Huerfano County, Colorado, Please visit the Huerfano County, COGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/] 1880 Huerfano County ED 61 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/co/huerfano/1880/ed60/ Abstracted by Taylor Hayes; Second Transcriber Huerfano County List Volunteers; [For more information on Huerfano County, Colorado, Please visit the Huerfano County, COGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/] 1880 Huerfano County Index for EDs 60 & 61 http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/co/huerfano/1880/ed60/ Abstracted by Taylor Hayes; Second Transcriber Huerfano County List Volunteers; [For more information on Huerfano County, Colorado, Please visit the Huerfano County, COGenWeb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/] This transcription was made available due to the dedication and effort of the transcriber(s) and will now benefit researchers everywhere. Other New Additions to the project are online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/nu/index.htm Please visit the USGenWeb Census Project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/ if you are interested in transcribing any county of any federal census records. A copy of all transcriptions done for this project are submitted to the appropriate state File Manager for inclusion in the USGenWeb Archives. Sincerely, Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman Coordinator, USGenWeb Census Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ottati, Mattorano Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/5.3.3 Message Board Post: Hello, I noticed you had an Augustin Ottati in your message. My great-grandmother was an Ottati (not sure of her first name), and she married Vincenzo Mattorano from Sicily, Italy. Supposedly she was born in Trinidad, Las Animas Co., CO though. Can you give me more information on your Ottati? This isn't a common name, especially when it's found in the same county and state as mine. I bet we're related. Please help me. Thank you in advance.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PATTERSON, OWNBEY, CHASTAIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/933 Message Board Post: I have a photo taken in 1917 of the Palace Meat Market. I originally thought the photo was taken in La Veta; however, my research has determined that there was never a Palace Meat Market located there. Does anyone know if it was located in Walsenburg or any other town in the area? Other locations I am researching for this business are Trinidad and Pueblo.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Montez-Montano-Candelaria Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/pY.2ADE/17.52.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Helen my Family Comes from huerfano also but I don't have the name Beaubien in my family line but I do have the Name Montez who are the Montez you are related to?????? Thanks Pauline

Karen, Let me know if you still need help. Linda

Please change my e-mail address from [email protected] to [email protected] Thanks. John Montoya San Antonio, TX

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/pY.2ADE/931 Message Board Post: RESEARCHING :ANTONIO DOMINGUEZ SON WAS PEDRO DOMINGUEZ ~M~MARIA VICENTA ESPINOSA ALSO ADOLFO DOMINGUEZ SON OF PEDRO WAS MARRIED TO SIRILIA GALVEZ. THEY HAD SEVERAL SIBLINGS PEDRO HAD 13 KIDS AND ADOLFO HAD ABOUT 6 OR 7 ANY INFO WOULD BE GREAT. THANK-YOU! A DOMINGUEZ DESPERATELY RESEARCHING FAMILY HISTORY......MUCH RESPECT JOSIE DOMONGUEZ

HUMOROUS LINKS: Peter W Bond writes: "I bought an old book dated 1888 by Artemus Ward. It was about his great adventurist journey across the United States with his travelling show. One chapter is regarding the Census. Read on." The Sences taker in our town bein taken sick he deppertised me to go out for him one day, and as he was too ill to giv me informashun how to perceed, I was consekently compelled to go it blind. Sittin down by the road side I drawd up the follerin list of questions which I proposed to ax the peple I visited: Wat's your age? Whar was you born? Air you marrid, and if so how do you like it? How many children hav you, and do they sufficiently resemble you as to proclood the possibility of their belongin to any of your nabers? Did you ever hav the measels, and if so how many? Hav you a twin brother several years older than yourself? How many parents have you? Do you read Watt's Hims regler? Do you use boughten tobacker? Wat's your fitin wate? Air you trubeld with biles? How does your meresham culler? State whether you air blind, deaf, idiotic or got the heaves. Do you know any Opry singers, and if so how much do they owe you? What's the average of virtoo on the Ery Canawl? If 4 barrils of Emptins pored onto a barn floor will kiver it how many plase can Dion Boureicault write in a year? Is Beans a regler article of diet in your family? How many chickins hav you, on foot and in shell? Air you aware that Injianny whisky is used in New York shootin galrys instid of pistils, and that it shoots furthest? Was you ever at Niagry Falls? Was you ever in the Penitentiary? State how much pork, impendin crysis, Dutch cheeze, popler suvrinty, standard poetry, childrens' strainers, slave code, catnip, red flannel, ancient histry, pickled tomaters, old junk, perfoomery, coal ile, liberty, hoop skirt, &c., you av on hand. But it didn't work. I got into a row at the fust house I stopt to with some old maids. Disbeliven the answers they giv in regard to their ages I endevered to open their mouths and look at their teeth, same as they do with hosses, but they floo into a vilent rage and tackled me with brooms and sich. Takin the senses requires experiunse, like any other bizniss. Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html Pueblo County List Owner [email protected]

Hi everybody, Thought I should update you on the obits database that I have been working on. Right now I am up to 3,543 entries and a long way to go. As I was going through them, taking them from Word to Excel, I found that the September through December 1997 listings corrupted when they came through to me. So now I am having to go back and get all of those all over again. I have December done and am now starting on November. Is there any kind soul out there that would volunteer to help me out with this project? PLEASE??? Karen Mitchell 2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. [email protected] US GenWeb Project County Coordinator Huerfano County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm Huerfano County List Owner [email protected] Taos County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm Taos County List Owner [email protected] Pueblo County Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html Pueblo County List Owner [email protected]

count me in! my huge conversion is over & i'm baaaackkkkk....ha ha. send me the how to's (remember, i'm slowwwww & not the best on the excel).... tay At 12:40 PM 8/9/02 -0600, Karen Mitchell wrote: >Hi everybody, >Thought I should update you on the obits database that I have been working >on. > >Right now I am up to 3,543 entries and a long way to go. As I was going >through them, taking them from Word to Excel, I found that the September >through December 1997 listings corrupted when they came through to me. So >now I am having to go back and get all of those all over again. I have >December done and am now starting on November. > >Is there any kind soul out there that would volunteer to help me out with >this project? PLEASE??? > >Karen Mitchell >2002 has been declared "The Year of "Unity". Pass it on. >[email protected] >US GenWeb Project County Coordinator >Huerfano County Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohuerfa/index.htm >Huerfano County List Owner >[email protected] >Taos County Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmtaos/index.htm >Taos County List Owner >[email protected] >Pueblo County Coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~copueblo/index.html >Pueblo County List Owner >[email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Norton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pY.2ADE/930 Message Board Post: Margaret Jane Norton, my great grandmother, ran a boarding house in or near Cucharas from c.1895-1900. I would like information about the location of such a boarding house, its history, etc. Thanks!

Hi! I've been "listening in" on this list for a while. My name is Gayle Gresham. My great-great-grandfather, Enos Frankenbery, lived in LaVeta in the 1890's. I recently learned that he owned a mine in the area. A couple of weeks ago we visited the Mining Museum in Walsenburg and I was thrilled to find Enos mentioned in a book. Of course I had to buy it. I now have "La Veta: The First 40 Years" and "Coal Was King: Huerfano County's Mining History" both by Nancy Christofferson. Carolyn Newman was a wonderful guide at the museum and very informative. Then we drove to La Veta and visited the museum there. From the books, we figured out that the mine Enos owned, was in the vicinity of the Oakdale mine and were able to visit that area. It was a very interesting day and fun to learn more about the area. Gayle Gresham

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/4300/pY.2ADE/827.1 Message Board Post: To anyone related, I am the son of Gary Ramsey, and grandson of Alta Ramsey. I am sorry to read about Claud's death. I didn't see him much, but I do remember him. I was sad to read he died on my birthday and wedding anniversary, but now I will always remember and think of him. Anyone related to anyone else in the letter may e-mail me at any time.Please, please do. Thank You, Gordon Z Ramsey

I believe "Pawye" and "Mawye" are variations of Padre and Madre. Hispanic children learning to speak may refer to their father or mother by those terms. My mother tells a story of a child who calls her father "Pawye" and mother as "Mawye". Also, I sometimes affectionately call my mother "Mawye" and she refers to me as "Pawye" too. John Montoya San Antonio, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 1:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [COHUERFA] The meaning of PIE (Pawye)? 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/pY.2ADE/927 Message Board Post: I've been doing some research on my maternal side of my family and I've began to wonder about a nickname. My greatgrandfather, Juan Pineda, used to be referred to as "Pie" (pawye) by me, my siblings and just about everyone else that I can recall. It sounds like an indian word but I really have no idea. I wonder if anyone out there can tell me what the meaning or origin of this word is. Thanks Onesimo (Enos) Cordova