----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Veltri To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: Searching for ancestors Dear Karen, I have seen your name on several of the messages left on the Huerfano County Board and I hope you will be able to help me. I am searching for anthing having to do with my granfather, Virgil Alex Kerby (or Alexander Kerby). He was the son of Jasper Kerby, bother of Luther and Edward Kerby, but I cannot find a mention of him anywhere. I know that his brother Luther married Nellie Vasquez August 14, 1905 and they had at least one son named Jack C. Kerby. Jack was born and was buried in LaVeta as were his mother and dad, Luther and Nellie Kerby. At this point there is no verification that my grandfather existed and would love to find something concrete. There was a lot of research done by Jan Horn but no one has heard from her for some time. Do you know if she is still living? Any help or advise you can give me will be freatly appreciated. My email is [email protected] Thank you, Helen Veltri

Good morning List members! Calling all volunteers...everyone please grab a shovel and come on over to my house! A couple weeks ago my son and I got together and decided to order trees, you know both of us have new homes with undeveloped landscape. Oh this was so much fun...we ended up ordering in over 50 trees. We were both so excited. Well it seems last Saturday this son and his horse parted ways very abruptly and Dan became airborne for a few minutes. Everyone knows you can't get hurt when you're airborne....it's those sudden stops that will get you. Please send Dan some warm healing thoughts. We are all so proud of his daughter, my granddaughter. At only 7 years old she got on Daddy's cell phone and called for help. She's quite a girl. Now I have a son with a shattered collar bone that is out of commission for the next 8 weeks. So guess who needs to arrange to get those holes for the trees dug? I teased him and told him he did this on purpose just so he wouldn't have to dig holes <grin>. Poor guy, we can laugh about it now but believe me, I'm the typical Mother and it scared the heck out of me, and he's in a lot of pain. I don't care how big they get, they're still my babies. So if any of you want to play in the mud, just come on over because I have no idea how I'm going to get all those holes dug. SHEESH, now what do I do. Okay, back to business.....Taylor should be giving us an update on the census anytime now. This little lady is so excited about this, as we all are. But she has worked for so long doing this transcription and wants so badly to see the whole thing online. She tells me she has some GREAT people that stepped up and volunteered and they are all doing a very good job. THANK YOU Taylor!!! Ilene has sent in three more years of marriages that I need to proof and get online and I hope to do that real soon. Ilene has been a jewel, in more ways than one, and I know all of you appreciate the time she is putting into getting these marriages into a database for all of you. THANK YOU Ilene!!! Hey, I have a great idea...let's have a big slumber party at my house and all of you can bring your lap tops and we can get all this stuff typed up and get it online and...and...and... okay, I'm only joking, no really, it was just a joke <very big grin>. Boy, I better watch what I say on this List. Last time, all I did was mention a barbecue and we ended up with a full fledged conference <very big grin>. Don't anyone tell Kevin but I thought about going out to Vegas and kidnapping Nancy and bringing her here for a week to overhaul my whole system and upgrade everything for me. Can you visualize that? Here's Nancy standing in front of my house hollering "Okay fellas, just back those semis on in here" <LOL>!!! Then she'd just throw up her hands and call the contractors to build on to the house. Oh yes, I can see it now....<what a visual!> After I got done with the Naturalizations I started in on the obits again. Remember all the ones we got from the Pueblo Chieftain? I'm still working to get them in a database so they can be put in alpha order. I have sent out over 200 of them to the other Counties that were mentioned in the obits so it's taking alot of time and work to get those going. I finally had to quit doing that until I get them in the database and they will be easier to manage. But the obits are an ongoing project. I am sorry to say I have NOT gotten back to trying to scan the paper ones. Please don't give up on me. So much to do and so little time to do it in. Now for the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT...I am now the County Coordinator for Pueblo County. I'm pretty excited about getting some data online for the County, beings I live here. But to be honest it came at a bad time, with Dan getting hurt and all the trees coming in. But you know me, I'll give it all I've got. It will be so nice to see another one of our Counties develop the way Huerfano has. Although it will take a very long time for Pueblo to catch up to Huerfano. So please wish me luck with it. I really do think it will work in quite well with our Huerfano County work, so many of the families from Walsenburg and the area moved into Pueblo. And another BIG ANNOUNCEMENT....I am working with one of our very own and twisting her arm to become my Co-Coordinator for Pueblo County. I can't announce who it is until she gives me an absolute thumbs up, but hopefully that will come in the next couple of days. (oh please, please, please) And if any of you had ancestors in the Pueblo area, you know I definitely want to hear from you! Now as Spring starts rolling in I need to get prepared to get back out and do some field work again, so I stress to all of you again...if you're going to be in the area this year PLEASE volunteer a couple hours of your time to the Huerfano web page and come out and help with the field work. I need all the help I can get. As a matter of necessity I will be cutting down on the hours I spend in office work, so I do hope once again that you all will pick up the slack here on the List. Everyone was so great last year when I spent so much time out in the field and I still say THANK YOU to all that jumped in when I couldn't be available. Please keep the List going for all of us. Once again you will be getting the late breaking news from the field <grin>. And last, but certainly not least, I say WELCOME to all of our new List members, we've had quite a few lately. All of you just feel free to say hello to the List and let us know what names you are researching, you'd be surprised to find you may have a hidden cousin on this List. If there is anything we can help you with, just let us know. You've joined a very friendly bunch of people here. The List has been pretty quiet lately and I was wondering about that, but I know quite a few of you are working with Taylor, and I always have to remind myself that Spring comes a lot earlier to most of you so I imagine you're all out doing yard work and gardening. Check in with us once in awhile and let us know what's going on in your world. That's it for today's report, all of you take care and please let me hear from you. Hugs, 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]

CONGRATS to you karen for the pueblo coordinator position! one more terrific thing associated w/huerfano county. congrats!

hello everybody! yes it's your pal taylor emailing again about the 1880 census. true i'm not above begging for more volunteers, that's me down on my knees w/the doggy bone between my teeth & wagging my tail. isn't that pathetic image enough to sign on for a few pages???? tee hee! so far tammy g (who altogether as 28 pages) & louise have returned pages, thank you thank you & we also have these wonderful folks signed up....lori, dave, judi, toni, bobbi, janice & linda.... there are....25 pages left to be assigned....only 25....as soon as all the pages are returned up the census will go!!!! i think it's pretty simple to do, i'll send you an email w/both the census addy where you'll see what i've done & the online census (you may have seen it already it's on the resource page) which you'll compare & a little how to....that's it, it's really just about the time it would take you to compare & jot on email your corrections & send to me.... here i sit, wagging my beggin' tail....the only treat i'm waiting to snatch off the top of my nose is 25 more census pages....please please please please please....oh lord i'm making myself sick!!!! ha ha ha. thanks to all you wonderful volunteers for all the projects! we wouldn't have the unbelievable resource pages we have if it weren't for all of you! so if you're interested send me an email & i'll set you up! you don't even need to take me out for a walk, but you do have to clean up after me, that's what proofreading is all about, ha ha. taylor "snoopy" hayes

Oh no, mine has to be Italian, you know, all that wine! <grin>

got me there, but i'll share my sake w/you if i can have some champagne!!!! At 03:27 PM 3/18/02 -0700, Karen Mitchell wrote: >Oh no, mine has to be Italian, you know, all that wine! ><grin>

HUMOR. Thanks to Doc Schneider for today's lesson in logic. (a) The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (b) On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (c) The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (d) The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. (e) Conclusion: Eat and drink what you like. It's speaking English that kills you. 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]

i would like to announce that my new first language will be japanese.... burger w/fries please.... At 01:59 PM 3/18/02 -0700, Karen Mitchell wrote: >HUMOR. Thanks to Doc Schneider for today's lesson in logic. > > (a) The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart >attacks than the British or Americans. > (b) On the other hand, the French eat a lot of fat and also >suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. > (c) The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer >heart attacks than the British or Americans. > (d) The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also >suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans. > (e) Conclusion: Eat and drink what you like. It's speaking >English that kills you. > > >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]

----- Original Message ----- From: Susan Bellomo To: nmgen-l Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 7:32 AM Subject: NMGEN-L: Fwd: [USGenWeb-SW] USGenWeb Virtual Tour - Site of the Week Permission granted to forward this e-mail to USGenWeb state lists -- The USGenWeb Virtual Tour Site of the Week for March 17-23 is Upshur County, TXGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~txupshur/), coordinated by Sharon Pierce ([email protected]) and Elaine Martin ([email protected]) Please visit sometime this week and then send an e-mail to both Sharon and Elaine with your comments, suggestions, questions, praise, etc. PLEASE NOTE: After March 30, The USGenWeb Virtual Tour Calendar is wide open. So if you would like to show off your USGenWeb county/state/special project site, now is the time to volunteer! Just send an e-mail to [email protected] (For more information about the Virtual Tour, see http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/sedgwick/virtualtour.html) Thanks, John ----- USGenWeb Virtual Tour Sites of the Week, 2002 (still not too late to visit any of them!) -- March 10-16, 2002: Lincoln County, KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/), Coordinators: Tracee Hamilton ([email protected]) and Bill & Diana Sowers ([email protected]) March 3-9, 2002: Clark County, NVGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvclark/), Coordinator: Patricia A. Scott ([email protected]) February 24-March 2, 2002: Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society, KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/mhgs/index.html), Webmaster: Helen E. Bortz ([email protected]) February 17-23, 2002: Graham County, KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/), Coordinators: Gayle Garrett ([email protected]) and Ann Bush ([email protected]) February 10-16, 2002: Coffey County, KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/coffey/), Coordinator: Kelly Hull ([email protected]) February 3-9, 2002: Lincoln County, NVGenWeb (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvlincol), Coordinator: Patricia A. Scott ([email protected]) January 27-February 2, 2002: Leavenworth County, KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/leavenwo/index.html), Coordinator: Jude Richardson ([email protected]) January 20-26, 2002: Texas Surnames, TXGenWeb (http://www.ladytexian.com/txsurnames/txsurnames.html), Coordinator: Gloria B. Mayfield ([email protected]) January 13-19, 2002: Mitchell County, KSGenWeb (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/mitchell/), Coordinator: Anne Fialcowitz ([email protected]) ==== USGENWEB-SW Mailing List ==== The CC representative for the SW-SC region are currently Jana Black and Phyllis Rippee. The SC representative is Betsy Mills.

Hi Judi, No, that's been up for a long time, but as I said, this little exercise reminds everyone what all is on our site. Janet guessed the Naturalizations, and she was right. Thanks for playing with us though. This was fun. Have a GREAT day! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:29 PM Subject: [COHUERFA] Find It Hi Karen, Is it News of the Day? I don't remember seeing that. Judi

Good morning Janet! Here's your big teddy bear hug {{{you}}}}! Now here may be a clue for you...alot of the men that came into the county to work the coal mines, worked in the Pennsylvania coal fields before coming here. So you may want to check that area too. Grandpa Brgoch may have been one of them and his naturalization papers may be filed there. I'm sorry I can't give you a more exact location in PA., but if you look in the areas where the coal mines were, you can narrow it down some. Have you got a time frame that he was here? He may have come before or after this listing. Good luck! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Janet Wasson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: [COHUERFA] naturalization's Yep, there they are--great grandfather Steve, and his brother Mike! Now, further guessing if we are, who we think we are; we had a land patent that said "Stip Dusnak"--we've thought all these years that the person taking the information didn't understand the "accent" and misrecorded "Steve Duzenack"; however--our fearless leader (Karen!) tells me that in Austrian-German "Stip" would be pronounced "Steef", therefore, probably Americanized to "Steve". And when the surname appeared spelled in newspapers etc. as "Dusnak", the whole family would wonder why it was spelled wrong! So.... given that we now have 2 land patents and the naturalization spelled in the first fashion-that is probably correct, don't you think? But my mom says "Why in the world did they LENGTHEN the spelling!". I was so in hopes that great grandfather Brgoch (Brgoc) was there--oh well--keep on digging! Thanks Karen! Janet

TA-DAAAA Janet gets the BIG teddy bear hug! Yes, It is the Naturalization records! They are finally done and online. If you haven't already seen them, go take a look. If your ancestors came into the County from a foreign country you may be surprised at what you find. As I typed these up I recognized so many of the names that you all have been researching and names that we have listed in the cemeteries. And some of them, at least a couple I can recall, I am sure are the original spellings from the old Country. So be sure to check different spellings of the surnames. Hope you enjoy them! If you find your own ancestors you can write to the Huerfano County Courthouse and get the copies of the records. PLEASE let the rest of us know what you find! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Janet Wasson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: [COHUERFA] Re: find it! Karen, you darling dear of a woman!!! It's the Naturalization Records!!! Must dash back now, and STARE at them!!! Bless you! Bless you!! Janet

Hi Karen, Is it News of the Day? I don't remember seeing that. Judi

Yep, there they are--great grandfather Steve, and his brother Mike! Now, further guessing if we are, who we think we are; we had a land patent that said "Stip Dusnak"--we've thought all these years that the person taking the information didn't understand the "accent" and misrecorded "Steve Duzenack"; however--our fearless leader (Karen!) tells me that in Austrian-German "Stip" would be pronounced "Steef", therefore, probably Americanized to "Steve". And when the surname appeared spelled in newspapers etc. as "Dusnak", the whole family would wonder why it was spelled wrong! So.... given that we now have 2 land patents and the naturalization spelled in the first fashion-that is probably correct, don't you think? But my mom says "Why in the world did they LENGTHEN the spelling!". I was so in hopes that great grandfather Brgoch (Brgoc) was there--oh well--keep on digging! Thanks Karen! Janet

Karen, you darling dear of a woman!!! It's the Naturalization Records!!! Must dash back now, and STARE at them!!! Bless you! Bless you!! Janet

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, for Karen!!!!!

THANKS Toni! Hasn't anyone found the new item on the Resource Page yet? Come on team, you KNOW what is it. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] Find it! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, for Karen!!!!!

It is either county history on the home page or the Find button. I know you had talked about the search engine before but not sure if it was installed. I did use the find option and it was worked great. Karen, you are an amazing person, the amount of time, work and dedication to the site really shows. It certainly raises the bar for all other county sites (except Taos, of course, your twin sister seems to work as a hard you)! Folks, in case you don't know it Karen not only takes care of us but she has Taos also! Let's give her a big round of applause and a group hug. Thank you Karen, for all you do. -----Original Message----- From: Karen Mitchell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [COHUERFA] Find it! There is something new on the Huerfano County Resource Page. The first one to find it and announce it to the List gets a big teddy bear hug <grin> 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]

Ah geez <blush> that hug sure felt good!!! And to be honest, I sure needed that right now <grin> When don't we need hugs??? No, the History has been up for awhile and the search engine has been up for a long time. But actually, this is exactly why I challenged everyone to find the new thing, it makes you aware of what's there that you may have missed before. But there really is something new, you all just have to find it! Hugs right back to you! Karen

THANK YOU Kathy for a very generous offer to our researchers! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 8:54 AM Subject: [COHUERFA] St. Vincent de Paul church records I just got word that the St Vincent de Paul film I ordered is in, so if anyone would like baptism look-ups from Grant County 1874-1911 for this church, please let me know and I'll do my best :) Kathy