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My gggrandparents were in the Walsenberg area in the 1880s. My gggrandfather worked for the Walsen Mine as, I think, did his brother. Wondered if anyone might have any information on either. . . My gggrandfather. . . Charles LAMB (born Scotland, 1847) married Marion RICHARDSON (born Scotland, 1852) in 1871, in Scotland children: Alice (my ggrandmother), Jessie, George, David, Agnes, Charles, Isabelle, James, William, Euphemia, & Mae His brother. . . James LAMB (born Scotland, 1862) married - I think! - Rachel SNEDDON (born Scotland, 1866) in 1884, in Walsenberg

Hi Everyone: With all the rain we've had here in California, I've been having extreme difficulty with my telephone service since March 11 and haven't been online very much since that date. I hope I haven't neglected anyone. My email is backed up, and if there's an email that requires answering, please give me a few days to get caught up. Hopefully the situation has been resolved and we can get back to business! I'm planning an obituary update the first week in April, with a cut off date of March 31. If you would like your family obituaries included, please type them into an email, including newspaper and publication date and send them to me before that date. Please help our database to grow! Look forward to hearing from you, Louise Adams Tri-County Obituary Coordinator

Hi Karen, I am still here in NV plugging away. I am trying to finish a book on my line of the Montes Vigils on Domingo's ancestors. I sure hope your weather gets better by June. I am on my way to Denver and Espanola for a Genealogy conference. Information is still being done. As soon as I know I will post it to the site. All I know at this time is that it is scheduled for June 24, 25 and 26. I am also still looking for a marriage record for Miguel Antonio Martinez and Maria Encarnacion Atencio, about 1865. They were in San Pedro Costilla County CO by 1870 but Miguel Antonio was born in El Rito, NM. I have information on Miguel, just need to get a break on Maria Encarnacion Atencio. They lived in Walsenburg, CO until their deaths. I am also looking for a death record for Encarnacion. She died between 1900 and 1910 in Walsenburg. Toni

Well folks I was just getting ready to announce that I had added over 400 more photos to the Imperial Cemetery. I was patting myself on the back because I finally had them all caught up and I was so pleased with myself. Then I opened my email and found 18 more files from Dennis, full of more photos. I just sit here laughing at myself. I should know better. There is just no catching up with him! He's off and running. (very big grin) Thank you Dennis for all of your hard work and dedication to our pages. We appreciate you more than you know, believe me. It's been so quiet on the lists the past couple of weeks. Is everyone out in the gardens already? I was able to get out one day last week, and cleaned out a couple of flower beds. It felt good to be out again. But now we're back under a blanket of snow. It's very cold today and the snow keeps falling. But I did plant some things in pots already so maybe Spring will be here soon. I did notice some of the trees and shrubs had some small buds on them. I am really hoping to finish the obituary extraction project before summer gets here. I don't plan to be in the house much this summer. So I would like to tie up any loose ends we have. As for future projects, we still have the Huerfano County Oral Histories to finish getting online. I have more cemetery readings for Pueblo County to post and some marriages. Those are the small projects that I will be working on during the hot afternoons. As usual, I have more material than time so I'll just keep plugging away at it. (grin) Why don't you give me some ideas as to what you would like to see? Help me prioritize this mass of data. Hope you are well and snuggled in for this storm. If you have any ideas, let me know, or just write to say HI! and let me know you're still out there. Karen

Okay Taylor, you go getter you. Are you trying to show us all up? It takes me forever to do one, and you want how many? Ü Zale -----Original Message----- From: Karen Mitchell [mailto:km1109@aculink.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:19 PM To: COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [COHUERFA] please check in Would the following people that are still working on the obituary extraction project please check in and let me know how far along you are: Michelle Taylor Brandi Zale Betty Dick Cathy THANK YOU so very much! Karen

----- Original Message ----- From: BenSRod@aol.com To: km1109@aculink.net Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] please check in HI, LOOKING FOR A OBIT ON A PEDRO ARCHULETA THAT LIVED IN WALSENBURG COLORADO IN 1941 ANY TIME AFTER THAT YEAR HE PASSED A WAY IF ANY ON CAN HELP ME OUT HIS BROTHER LIVED IN GARDNER COLORADO AND HE PASSED A WAY IN 1941 GARDNER, COLORADO JUAN M ,ARCHULETA LIVED IN PUEBLO SALT CREEK, 1884-1900,? THIS IS JUAN M, ARCHULETA HIS FATHER WAS JUAN ANDRES ARCHULETA LIVED IN COLORADO HE WAS BORN IN NEW MEXICO , I HOPE SOME ONE CAN HELP ME OUT , THANK YOU , BEN S RODRIGUEZ 2004 LANCEY DR, MODESTO,CA, 95355 BENSROD@AOL.COM

Thanks Taylor, I'm hoping to wrap this up before summer hits us so we don't have any lingering projects through the summer, well except for me doing the cemetery photos and a few other things that I'm working on. But as a group I would really like to see this done before summer. THANK YOU to everyone that is or has worked on this project. We just have a few straggling ends we need to finish up so I hope you all have time to finish your part pretty soon. Hugs to all, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor Hayes" <quatrogatos4@hotmail.com> To: <km1109@aculink.net>; <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: RE: [COHUERFA] please check in taylor ck'n in: m's: done & sent n's: done & sent f's: 1/4 done looking to finish this wk karen i'll take t, u, v & w as well & get them to you in the next couple of wks, unless you need to send to others.... thanks everyone for working on this! taylor >From: "Karen Mitchell" <km1109@aculink.net> >To: COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [COHUERFA] please check in >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:18:57 -0700 > >Would the following people that are still working on the obituary >extraction >project please check in and let me know how far along you are: >Michelle >Taylor >Brandi >Zale >Betty >Dick >Cathy >THANK YOU so very much! >Karen >

taylor ck'n in: m's: done & sent n's: done & sent f's: 1/4 done looking to finish this wk karen i'll take t, u, v & w as well & get them to you in the next couple of wks, unless you need to send to others.... thanks everyone for working on this! taylor >From: "Karen Mitchell" <km1109@aculink.net> >To: COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [COHUERFA] please check in >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:18:57 -0700 > >Would the following people that are still working on the obituary >extraction >project please check in and let me know how far along you are: >Michelle >Taylor >Brandi >Zale >Betty >Dick >Cathy >THANK YOU so very much! >Karen >

Would the following people that are still working on the obituary extraction project please check in and let me know how far along you are: Michelle Taylor Brandi Zale Betty Dick Cathy THANK YOU so very much! Karen

You can send off for her death certificate to vital records of Colorado. They will search a ten year span if not sure of the date. This will cost a little more but it is worth it, I did this for my wife's great grandfather and I now have his death certificate. You will be able to down load the form and send it off, just go to USGenWeb.com and Colorado, the go to vital records.

I am looking for information about a woman with the surname MARTINEZ. I believe that she was called Paula De La Luz Martinez, though this may not have been her full or proper name. She was born 29 May 1889 and married on 20 Dec. 1920 to Jean Hans von FUMETTI (v.Fumetti or Von Fumetti). Hans is shown in the 1920 census in Tioga, Huerfano Co., CO still single, and again in 1930 in Walsenburg after Paula died, so I believe it is likely they married in Huerfano County and that Paula died there. Paula died between 22 Oct. 1923 when her only (known) son was born and February 1930 when Hans remarried. Her birth and marriage dates come from a handwritten family lineage done by my g.grandfather which also notes that she died young due to heart problems. I would like to know for sure when Paula died and where she is buried, and who her parents were. I have information to share on her son's descendants. Thank-you for any help you are able to offer! Karla inthepastlane@bellsouth.net

Hello: I would like to find a family researcher for the Ivey family. M. H. Ivey was married to my great grandmother on 13 Feb 1920 and shortly after M. H. was killed. He was quite possibly a sheriff but that is only a family story. My greatgrandmother was married to a Scharringhausen and divorced him. None of the names show up in my searches of the web sites suggested to me by a Tri-County Obit coordinator and I checked all of the wonderful work done by Karen Mitchell on the names in cemeteries and Ivey's name doesn't show up. I am a serious family researcher and would appreciate any help I can get from those on this list. Cheers, Bev Greener

Very nicely done Jean! The biography is interesting to read and a wonderful tribute to your ancestor. He would be exceedingly proud to have been remembered in such a way by one of his descendants. Karen, thank you for sharing this excellent model of a biography. Louise

If anyone would like to write a biography of one of your ancestors, please take a look at this one of Columbus Gillette, done by our own Jean Griesan: http://www.lawrencecountyohio.com/biographies/stories/GillettColumbus.htm Jean has laid this out very well and it could be a model of one you may want to do. And remember, if you do any, Please contribute it to our website. Thanks, Karen

Hello, Come learn how you can and should organize and preserve letters, photographs, and other items that you and members of your family have created, collected, and lovingly saved. On March 19 and April 16, 2005, the Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy will host two free presentations on how to preserve your family treasures for future generations. On Saturday, March 19, Joan Harms and Ann Brown from the Western History and Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library will present, "What's Going to Happen to Your Treasures When It's Your Time to Go?" On Saturday, April 16, 2005 a subsequent presentation will be given by Keith Schrum, Curator of Books and Manuscripts for the Colorado Historical Society. Both presentations begin at 2 p.m. and are held at the Hispanic Heritage Center, 924 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, in the Hispanic Chamber boardroom. The regular membership meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Also see the CSHG website at www.hispanicgen.org Thanks, Virginia Sanchez

Cleared with Karen before posting.... this is HUMOR with history. Thought this might bring a grin..... Author: Rich Tosches Section: LIFESTYLE Publication title:The Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Jun 1, 1997. pg. LIF.1 Copyright Freedom Newspapers, Inc. Jun 1, 1997 With the advent of such dynamic new energy sources as nuclear fission, solar reactors, geothermal collectors - and here at the Gazelle, two trained chipmunks with very muscular thighs - the power source that carried America to industrial greatness doesn't get much publicity anymore. I'm talking, of course, about coal - the other white meat. (Oops. That's incorrect. Oddly, that same confusion led my great-uncle Sacco to spend 40 terribly frustrating years trying to patent the pork engine.) But next weekend, as they have for more than 60 years, our neighbors in Huerfano County will kick off their Black Diamond Jubilee. It's a two-day celebration of coal and coal mining that includes games, speeches and the centerpiece of the jubilee - the Huerfano County Children's Choir singing the heart-wrenching ballad, "Where Have Our Canaries Gone?" Some background: The county of Huerfano (Spanish, meaning "Hubert has a big fanny!") is about 40 miles from the New Mexico border, along the scenic Cucharas River. To the north is the town of Rye. (Not to mention Pumpernickel and the village of Bran Muffin, which consists of a post office and 147 restrooms.) The Huerfano County seat is Walsenburg. It is not a padded seat, however, and residents say their buttocks often fall asleep. Other towns include Farisita ("How far can you throw my sister?") and La Veta ("Larry is wearing my vest.") Anyway, it was coal that gave the people so much: jobs, houses, schools and, of course, deep, hacking coughs. From the Huerfano County Chamber of Commerce press release announcing the 1997 Black Diamond Jubilee: "The City Built on Coal" was the nickname applied to Walsenburg in the early part of the 20th century, when coal was king. That fact led to the name change that gave us the legendary singer, Nat King Cole. Historians say despite his marvelous voice, he'd performed only in small nightclubs for two decades as Nat King Steam. More from the news release, with the spelling of all nations - I am not kidding - printed exactly as they appeared in the release: The area became home to immi grants from more than 30 foreign countries. . . people from Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, China, Poland, Russia, Germany and Whales. As you might guess, a popular game among the immigrants at that time was telling a funny joke as a guy from Whales was taking a drink, making him laugh so hard that beer would come out of the blow-hole on the top of his head. During the 1930s, Huerfano County developed the first Black Diamond Jubilee to celebrate the prosperity brought by the coal mines. There were events such as an auto and bicycle circus billed as "Wild Bill Cathorn and His Death Riders." The show basically consisted of Wild Bill Cathorn shouting "Go!" and the people driving the cars would swerve at the people on the bikes, knocking them several thousand feet down into a coal mine. This, as you might imagine, made the guy from Whales laugh so hard he'd blow his hat hundreds of feet into the air then cough up some plankton. But the Black Diamond Jubilee - I gave my wife a dazzling black diamond engagement ring many years ago; sadly, that winter was a harsh one and we had to burn the ring for heat - nearly self-destructed in the late 1930s. The beard contest became the object of a heated legal battle between the Junior Chamber of Commerce and local barbers, who were angered at losing daily business. According to the local newspaper, the barbers alleged the JayCees "had influenced a large and substantial part of the male citizenry from patronizing the tonsorial parlors by a nefarious scheme which was nothing more than pure boycott." (I once wrote an entire column in that exact same sort of journalistic prose. My editor filled my shorts with coal and chased me around the newsroom with a match.) The beard contest dispute was settled, however, and today the Black Diamond Jubilee is thriving. This year there's a softball tournament, street dance, ice cream social and even a beer garden. Although people from one particular nation are banned from the beer garden. I don't want to say who they are, but last year 12 of them had way too much to drink and beached themselves along the Cucharas River. - Rich Tosches' column appears Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday.

I want to send out a great big THANK YOU to Joan Alyea, Sam Musso and Kathy Lemaster, all from the Pueblo List, for their monetary contributions to the web sites. Joan put out a request for folks to try to send a contribution for the upkeep of the sites and these folks came through for us. My utmost thanks to you three. Hugs for you too!! Karen

These are on our web site. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Janet Wasson" <jjwasson@gilanet.com> To: <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:12 AM Subject: [COHUERFA] divorce search If one doesn't know; the online marriage/divorce records site for CO now allows searches of divorces from 1851 to 1939. http://www.sctc.state.co.us/marriages/divorces.aspx Might interest someone- Janet

If one doesn't know; the online marriage/divorce records site for CO now allows searches of divorces from 1851 to 1939. http://www.sctc.state.co.us/marriages/divorces.aspx Might interest someone- Janet