Nice job Karen! Thank you for your hard work to make this information available! Louise

Hi everybody, We have another new page up: Huerfano County Divorces http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/huerfdiv.html These run from 1874 to 1939. If you lost track of a family, maybe this is where you will find them. ENJOY! Karen

GRANDMA'S APRON The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears or wiping a runny nose. From the chicken-coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled it carried out the hulls. In the fall the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.

Hi listers, I just revamped our Huerfano County marriages and added another 2300 listings. Hope you find the one you need. http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/marriages.html Karen

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No Karen, WE are coming to have hot chocolate with Baileys, you will still have to do your daily work! Toni

Oh come on!! ROFL ----- Original Message ----- From: CHASESTONE@aol.com To: km1109@aculink.net ; COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] offline No Karen, WE are coming to have hot chocolate with Baileys, you will still have to do your daily work! Toni

Can't I just snuggle up with a good book and maybe hot chocolate laced with Bailey's? LOL Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: <ZNagler@levi.com> To: <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: RE: [COHUERFA] offline Karen Snuggle up with a good obituary list and some chocolate and enjoy yourself <grin> Zale

Only if you show up with shovels and snowblowers!!! We ended up with 37" with more coming in tomorrow. YIKES!! Rye got 54" and the kids will still be out of school tomorrow because they can't get the buses out. I am still getting power outages, but today has been a little more consistent. Unfortunately this means I am way behind. Everyone please be patient with me till I get caught up again. Thanks to all of you for the warm wishes. Hugs to all, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Silva" <fourofus@htc.net> To: "'Karen Mitchell'" <km1109@aculink.net>; <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: RE: [COHUERFA] offline Hot chocolate and cookies at Karen's! Whoopee

I remember those snow days from my childhood. As a kid you love it, but as an adult, it's such a nuisance. We moved here to Eugene from Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead, California in 1969, and to be honest with you, I don't miss the snow. Not one bit. We used to get some snow here, but haven't for several years. Non to speak of anyway. It is gorgeous, but a mess if you have to go anywhere. Karen Snuggle up with a good obituary list and some chocolate and enjoy yourself <grin> Zale -----Original Message----- From: COHUERFA-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:COHUERFA-L-request@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 2:41 PM To: COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] offline Only if you show up with shovels and snowblowers!!! We ended up with 37" with more coming in tomorrow. YIKES!! Rye got 54" and the kids will still be out of school tomorrow because they can't get the buses out. I am still getting power outages, but today has been a little more consistent. Unfortunately this means I am way behind. Everyone please be patient with me till I get caught up again. Thanks to all of you for the warm wishes. Hugs to all, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Silva" <fourofus@htc.net> To: "'Karen Mitchell'" <km1109@aculink.net>; <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: RE: [COHUERFA] offline Hot chocolate and cookies at Karen's! Whoopee

I hate all that "junk" too. Reply button can be used IF you delete all the "junk". I like I just did. I hit reply and deleted what I didn't want. Thanks Shalane >______________________________X-Message: #7 >Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:21:36 -0500 >From: "Bob.Allison" <Bob.A@usa.net> >To: COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <5B4407AA-7183-11D9-8DBD-000D93AEB298@usa.net> >Subject: Let's be careful about quoting. >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Hi all, > >I would like to gently request that we all be careful about using >our 'reply' button instead of creating a new message, especially >if our email client automatically quotes the entire message. >It really effects bandwidth, especially for those using a modem >on a phone line. > >Thanks, and may we all find all our relatives. >Bob

Yeah, sure IF we can get THERE! Toni Can I put some cinnamon schnapps in the hot choc?

Hot chocolate and cookies at Karen's! Whoopee -----Original Message----- From: Karen Mitchell [mailto:km1109@aculink.net] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:17 AM To: COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [COHUERFA] offline Will be off and on intermittently. 22" of snow, power outages, can't get the front door open, lost at least 4 trees so far, still snowing hard. IT'S BEAUTIFUL! Karen

Will be off and on intermittently. 22" of snow, power outages, can't get the front door open, lost at least 4 trees so far, still snowing hard. IT'S BEAUTIFUL! Karen

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Lois Marks. Researching Clark, Gribble and McClure

"All Present and accounted for , Sir!" jes kidding :) ...I am researching Lopez's from Walsen Mining camp and Sopris Mining camp, originally from New Mexico, Atencio's from Walsenburg, originally from Santa Clara/Guachupcangue and (Francisco Atencio, Plaza de Leones originally from El Rito New Mexico), Maes family Walsenburg/Trinidad originally from New Mexico, Mestas, Gonzales, Cordova, Espinosa, and also the decendents of John A.J. Wilson, pioneer family from Virginia and Missouri.

Silly me. I forgot to include my name. Betty Anderson from San Diego, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: <birish644@cox.net> To: <COHUERFA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:19 AM Subject: Re: [COHUERFA] January Roll Call HILL and SNEDDON of Scotland to Pennsylvania to Walsenburg ARNOLD, BOYD, SMITH My brickwall: Lela McFarland Powell. Haven't been able to find her on the census: 1910, 1920 or 1930. I have info on birth, marriage, death and children. I guess the census taker didn't like her so he didn't record her name. :-)

HILL and SNEDDON of Scotland to Pennsylvania to Walsenburg ARNOLD, BOYD, SMITH My brickwall: Lela McFarland Powell. Haven't been able to find her on the census: 1910, 1920 or 1930. I have info on birth, marriage, death and children. I guess the census taker didn't like her so he didn't record her name. :-)

Researching Manzanares, Gauna, Ocana in Huerano County and Santistevan in Bent and La Plata Counties. All originally from Taos area. Elsie Fernandez