I received this on another list, and thought it might be interesting to this one; the draft registration cards are a wonderful source of information and just something neat to see/have if you find one that's "yours". Janet ********************************************************************************************** > Ancestry has opened up it's World War 1 Draft Registration records for > visitors of Access Genealogy for free. This will cover a 14 day period > between July 4 - July 17 2005. The only thing required to view the > records is an email address and your name. No credit card required! This > is not a 14 day trial of all of their material. It is strictly limited > to their World War 1 Draft Registration images. > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ > > In 1917 and 1918, approximately 24 million men living in the United > States completed a World War I draft registration card. These > registration cards represent approximately 98% of the men under the age > of 46. The total U.S. population in 1917-1918 was about 100 million > individuals. In other words, close to 25% of the total population is > represented in these records. > > The WWI draft registration cards database can be an extremely useful > resource because it covers a significant portion of the U.S. male > population in the early twentieth-century. If you had family in the > United States during WWI, you are likely to find at least one relative's > information within this large collection. In addition, these cards > contain more than just names and dates; they contain significant > genealogical information such as birthplace, citizenship status, and > information on the individual's nearest relative. > > In general, the registration cards included the following information > > Full name > Home address > Date and place of birth > Age, race, and country of citizenship > Occupation and employer > Physical description (hair and eye color, height, disabilities) > Additional information such as address of nearest relative, dependent > relatives, marital status, father's birthplace, or previous exemption > from service > Signature. > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ > > Direct url: > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/ww1/draft.htm > > Please feel free to pass this information on to others!!

Hi Shelly: This is all we have on Martin Peyton in our Tri-County Obituary Database: Peyton, Martin Martin Peyton - Huerfano World - November 11, 1993 - This Week in Walsenburg History - 1904: Martin Peyton, 59, was killed in the old Sweet mine south of town. Since you have the obituary, could you send it to me and I can replace this small notation with the actual obituary. You can just type it into an email, including the newspaper and date of publication. With his full obituary we can document your great-great-grandfather with the recognition he so richly deserves, and add to the history of Southern Colorado. Thank you, Louise Adams Tri-County Obituary Coordinator

Sorry Shelly, I was looking for Payton. Don't shoot.........LOL Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "TIM MICHELLE LEONARD" <stecn_16@msn.com> To: <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] Cemetery Help Thank you all for your great help and advice. I feel pretty silly. He is at Roselawn Cemetery. I know I checked here before. I obviously made a mistake in doing so. I do have his obit, and I was given a copy of his accident report that was in a book. Thank you all so very much. You are all so quick with your responses. Shelly Leonard ----- Original Message ----- From: Ameth28@aol.com<mailto:Ameth28@aol.com> To: stecn_16@msn.com<mailto:stecn_16@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] Cemetery Help This site is the Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo. There's a Martin Peyton buried there. He may be your ancestor. Good Luck. http://roselawnpueblo.com/genealogy/index.php<http://roselawnpueblo.com/genealogy/index.php>

Thank you all for your great help and advice. I feel pretty silly. He is at Roselawn Cemetery. I know I checked here before. I obviously made a mistake in doing so. I do have his obit, and I was given a copy of his accident report that was in a book. Thank you all so very much. You are all so quick with your responses. Shelly Leonard ----- Original Message ----- From: Ameth28@aol.com<mailto:Ameth28@aol.com> To: stecn_16@msn.com<mailto:stecn_16@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] Cemetery Help This site is the Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo. There's a Martin Peyton buried there. He may be your ancestor. Good Luck. http://roselawnpueblo.com/genealogy/index.php<http://roselawnpueblo.com/genealogy/index.php>

Looking for my gr. gr. grandfather Martin Peyton who died in a mining accident in 1904. I have searched through all the cemetery listings on-line and still can't find him. I was told he was buried in Pueblo, but his death cert. says Walsenburg. Any advice on where to search? Thanks for much for your assistance. Shelly Leonard

Hi everyone, As you know, many of our ancestors that came to Colorado from New Mexico came through Conejos, Colorado. Many of them lived there for a generation or two or just had family that was baptized or buried there. The other day I posted the Conejos baptisms that I transcribed from the microfilm. There were 110 pages on the microfilm. I finally got them scanned into the computer. As you may know, even though you scan text, you still have to proof it, which I've done. But after reading these for several days you kind of get cross-eyed! LOL. So if anyone finds any little squigglys that I missed please let me know so I can fix them. They are at: http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/conejosbaps.html I am now working on the Conejos death records and hope to have those done soon. There are 280 pages so it's a bigger project and will take a little more time. After that I hope to tackle the marriages. I do hope some of you find this data useful. In case you're wondering, I got a new scanner and it seems to work so much better than the old one. So with any luck I will be scanning alot of my records to post on our site. There's so much here that I don't know which ones to do first! LOL I think this fall we will start back on the Oral Histories and I'll be asking for volunteers at that time. It sure would be nice if we could get all of those done. I hope to scan them and send them out as image files. Then the volunteer can print them out and transcribe them. It's pretty simple but it will take time to assign them and get them back in. But with you folks, I know we can do it. I also have more census records to get posted. SHEESH, so much to do and not enough time to do it. LOL. I would really like to see some more Family Group Sheets come in or some bios. If your ancestors were in Huerfano County, and they must have been or you wouldn't be reading this, it would be great if you could write a bio about a member or two and we could post those. Just pick out an ancestor and write up the facts and stories of their life. If you need any suggestions I would be happy to help you. In fact, if anyone has questions let's share info here on the list so we can all learn from it. Sound like fun? Maybe we can get Gloria to give some pointers also. And please remember ANY data contributions or photos are welcome! Another subject I would like to explore is the animals that our ancestors had. You know, back then everyone knew every horse by name. And the dogs too. Did your ancestors have an animal that you've heard about? So many of the old pictures show the dogs or horses with our ancestors. I know my Grandma had a fat old dog, and he was ancient when I was little. His name was Spooks, but I don't know why. Guess I'll have to investigate that. (grin). The dog outlived Grandma but died shortly after. When I was a toddler my Daddy brought home a little tiny black and white mutt puppy. His name was Spotty. I loved that little dog. He never got real big. I had him until I was 13 when Daddy had to put him to sleep because he was old and ill and suffered so much. Did any of you have childhood pets? No, I didn't have any pet snakes (laughing). I hope all of you have a safe and happy 4th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!! Hugs to all, Karen

http://roselawnpueblo.com/genealogy/

Found on a website: "If you're dead and you are related to me, chances are good that you will find a picture of your stone here. If you're dead and you don't find your stone, please e-mail me for further instructions."

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Biles" <jtbiles@earthlink.net> To: <COHUERFA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Cc: "Patsy Biles" <patricia.biles@usmc.mil> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:48 PM Subject: Family Information My name is Jim Biles and I am researching my family history. My Mother, Ruth Ellen Mustain Biles was born March 7, 1921 in Walsenburg Colorado. Her father was Dr. Hedgeman Duffield Mustain, a dentist, who was either sheriff or mayor around the time of her birth up to about 1925. My mother was very young when she lived there, and her memories are clouded by the turbulence that surrounded her father's role in Walsenburg. The family left Walsenburg in about 1925, after their home was burned, apparently as a result of my Grandfather's role in Union or labor disputes. I would like to find out as much as I can of the history of Walsenberg and my family in the early 1920s. My Mother remembers that Jack Rose, who was either the sheriff or a deputy, was killed as a result of the unrest at that time and the incident permanently affected our family. If you can tell me how to research this information, I would truly appreciate it. My Mother lives in Houston, Texas now, and I am writing as much of our family history as I can develop from her memories. Thanks for your help. James T. Biles Barstow, CA jim.biles@us.army.mil jtbiles@earthlink.net 760 253-4242

hi , kerin, my be you can help me with the cencus on the archuleta family in the 1900- 1910, these are the only cencus i can find the archuleta family , may be you or roots web.com can help me to look up the 1920-1930, cencus on juan fransico archuleta ,, he could have used the name juan fernandez archuleta or fernando archuleta or they could have spelled the last name with two t,s archuletta, his frist wife was virginia, chavez, archuleta, and second wife was josepha,lopez ,archuleta , thank you , bensrod@aol.com ben s rodriguez 2004 lancey dr, modesto ca ,95355

OOPS! Forgot to mention this......... If you have a Family Group Sheet on our website would you please check it to make sure that it's up to date. As we do research we always turn up new data and you may have forgotten to update your FGS here. So everyone please check those and send any corrections to me. Thanks! Karen

HI everyone, Hope all of you are enjoying the summer and taking advantage of any vacations you may have. It's that time of year when all the Lists slow down with yard work, outside activities, and vacations. I had the opportunity to look at our pages on a small screen monitor last week. I have a big screen. Boy was I ever surprised to see all the code errors!!! No one told me that things weren't lining up right. The decorative line was leading into the text, the headers were all goofed up, and the footers were not centered. So I have spent the past 3 days re-coding everything to fix it. When any of you see that a page doesn't look quite right PLEASE let me know. It all looked great on this big screen but boy was it a mess on a small screen! So now I've gone cross-eyed trying to fix it all and can only hope the pages look better now. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE if you see something wrong take a minute to let me know. I would appreciate it so very much. And if you have a few spare minutes right now, would you please flip through some of our pages to see if they look okay? So how is YOUR summer going? as for me, I have my little ones all day so I'm pretty well grounded. I have been doing a lot of yard work and keeping busy working on computer stuff when it gets to hot outside. Today it was sweltering at 97 degrees. HOT! It seems strange to still see snow on our peaks in the middle of June. It's almost gone but last year it was gone real early. My trip to Kansas next month has been canceled so at best I will be lucky to get to Denver this summer. LOL That's okay I wasn't much looking forward to Kansas in July, I know how hot it can get there. Let me know what you're up to! Hugs, Karen

hi in search of nicanor rodriguez mothers maiden name ,navarro , the 1930 cencus has him and wife , nicanor rodriguez and wife vinita rodriguez, and two children josephine, and daniel, i was told that mr, nicanor rodriguez had 18 children and they all live in california, i went to the vewing when he passed a way , jan,9,1986 at san luis obispo. he lived in oceano california, his birth date was jan ,9,1892 in mexico looking for other family members of this line, if any one knows of this family , if you could get back with me , thank you , ben s rodriguez 2004 lancey dr, modesto ca, 95355 bensrod@aol.com

hi, insearch of mr, reyes trujillo born in new mexico 1852 his head stone sayes born, 1852--1928 clayton new mexico,?? he is at a cementery in greely colorado, on his death cert , it has his father name as joseph trujillo, and for his mother name none,??? looking for some one that knows of this family trujillo, and why doz, his head stone sayes clayton new mexico i did some reasearch on this town and they told me that clayton was not a town utill 1888 when the rail ways came to that town ,???i was told that in clayton new mexico there is ann old cementery in that town and is full of trujillos that passed a way in that cementery.??.if some one can do a cencus look up on reyes trujillo and his father joseph trujillo, this is all the information i have , father and son ,?? would like to find a cencus of this family ,in new mexico,??? bensrod@aol.com ben s rodriguez 2004 lancey dr, modesto ca 95355

gardner --- huerfano cementery chavez, the family. j, gabreial chavez and his wife manuela martin , that are at that cementery, there daughter was virginia ( chavez ) archuleta she was my great grand mother , she married to a juan fransico archuleta 1887 huerfano los chavez plaza in colorado ,,,,, they had five children vivginia ( chavez ) archuleta passed a way in the year 1900 , leaving her husband and five children .... she is at rose lawn cementery in old catholic, no head stone,??? in search of other chavez of this line i was told that virginia ( chavez ) archuleta had ten brothers and sisters, in colorado ,, i hope some one knows of these family .... name ... chavez,?? of colorado, bensrod@aol.com ben s rodriguez 2004 lancey dr, modesto ca 95355

Hello all, I have questions regarding Plaza de los Chavez in Huerfano County and am looking for list serve participant Mark Martinez who did some work on the Chavez cemetery. Mark, please contact me. Virginia Sanchez

Most of you know Gloria Cordova, one of our wonderful researchers that just really exerts herself to help others. I received the following email from Gloria and wanted to share it with all of you. Congratulations to Gloria and Dan! Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Gloria Cordova Gloria Louise Cordova and Dan Winske are pleased to announce their marriage May 21, 2005 Los Alamos, New Mexico Please excuse my lack of etiquette in sending this announcement as an E-mail message. I want to share my joy with all my friends and yet I could not have had enough printed, formal announcements to send to my wonderfully broad network of dear friends. This is a first marriage for us both (I at age 66 years wonderful and he at age 59). New Mexico Channel 7 TV did a story on us for the 10 PM news a few days before our wedding. We had met one of the TV news anchors at a banquet in Albuquerque at the end of April. She heard me telling our story and jumped in to ask if she could do a story on us. Dan refused for several weeks and then (reluctantly) agreed to let them do the story. We received lovely feedback on it from people who happened to see it.

Great story and the best of luck to you both. janice

GRAVE CLUES Sharon Rhodes Graves can often provide information beyond the names and dates on the tombstone. 1. Check the stone for markers that might give clues to church or group membership. 2. If you can't find the grave of a relative, check the local history for epidemics. Check cemeteries in the area for mass burials. 3. Sometimes the position of the grave holds clues. "Christians believe [believed] that the Angel Gabriel would appear in the east on Resurrection Day, bodies in the cemetery were often buried with the person's feet pointing to the east. The thought being when they arose from the dead, then they would be facing the east to see the Angel Gabriel."1 Blacks were often buried facing east. "One freed slave explained that the dead should not have to turn around when Gabriel blows his trumpet in the eastern sunrise. Others have suggested they were buried facing Africa." 2 Early Quaker cemeteries often contain unmarked graves in cemeteries where individuals were buried in rows as they died. 3 Gravestone Markers Veterans Administration images of church crosses for headstones. http://www.cem.va.gov/hmemb.htm Gravestone Marker symbols from the International Black Sheep Society Of Genealogists http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/acronym.html Epidemics An informative article from the University of Hartford. http://uhavax.hartford.edu/bugl/histepi.htm Some class notes from Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/~h333/notes.html List of known epidemics with a source for the list. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclinto/resources/epidemics.htm Mass Graves http://www.wilmingtontoday.com/History/CivilWar2.html http://www.stmaryonline.com/history.html http://oldcitycemetery.com/cholera.htm Burial Customs Davison Community Schools list of links, Davison, MI http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/dhs/english/burial.htm 1. Old Wives' Tales. "Funeral and Burial Traditions". Accessed Apr 2 2005. http://www.oldwivestales.net/articles/1017.html 2. Chicora Foundation, Inc. Grave Matters: the Preservation of African-American Cemeteries. "What is the History of African-American Cemeteries?". 1996. South Carolina Information Highway. http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/gravematters-1.html 3. Margaret Sherman Lutzvick. "Old Quaker Cemetery, Macedon Center, Macedon, Wayne County, New York". Accessed Apr 2 2005. Wayne County NYGenWeb Site. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywayne/cemeteries/quaker.html

Cathy, This site had this definition--http://www.webref.org/geology/r/rope_rider.htm An employee whose duty it is to see that cars are coupled properly, and to inspect ropes, chains, links, and all coupling equipment. A trip rider. See also: brakeman Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms Marla Clarke -------------- Original message -------------- > Hi, > I have been transcribing obituaries for the Tri-counties (Pueblo, > Huerfano & Las Animas) and came across an obituary for a Lawrence Ward > Shaw who died in 1935 in the Cameron Mine. > The obituary describes him as a "rope rider." > > What is a rope rider? > > It seems that he was a "rope rider" during his rescue of other > miners. > But, was this an occupation used during normal mining hours or just > for emergencies such as this one? > > > Thanks, > Cathy > >