Hi, I was in Lake County for two weeks and the word from the husband was "no genealogy" but he relented a little. I filled my camera with pictures, the 80 of the GAR section of Evergreen Cemetery. It is a small section so one more trip should take care of that section. I purchased the two volumes of Jean and Don Griswald's works that was published by the Colorado Historical Society after Don's death titled, History of Leadvillle and Lake County Colorado. Has tons of information and I enjoyed reading the Frodsham ordeal. The books contain 2374 pages including index and a lot of clippings from the local newspapers. I also purchased Evelyn Livingston Furmans's book on Augusta Tabor and then compared her writings with the booklet that was published by Carolyn Bancroft on Baby Doe Tabor and I must say a lot of missing links and information sets your mind to thinking.;-) Made some interesting reading riding home. I went to the Annunciation Church and talked with Father and then had to come back to talk with Kathy who took a late lunch. They do not have the time nor the personal so sit and do genealogy research especially from the Internet. They look up information for people as they have time. If they were to go on the Internet they would have to hire another person, which they cannot afford, and they would also have to charge for searching the information. I did not have time to sit and search records at the church. Mike and I are trying to gather as much information and resources as we can on helping you locate your families in Lake County. The cemetery records that we have only run thru 1980 so sometime in the future those records should be updated to current times. It is just rather hard when I am in AZ and Mike is in Colorado Springs, hopefully things will change when retirement time rolls around but for now we have to be ok with my short jaunts to Colorado. My daughter asked me to get some information for her and I never got to that either....she was not smiling over that. In all, the trip was glorious, fishing was great to fantastic, the reunion was the highlight of the trip and words cannot express the feelings after not seeing former classmates for 41 years, reminiscing, and playing the guessing game of, "who is that" and we had lots of rain and even hail and snow, typical weather for Lake County, never a dull moment when you describe the weather just be prepared for everything and you will be ok. If you have any questions, I will be happy to try and answer them. Gail Meÿer Kilgore Casa Grande, AZ

Gail, I feel bad about imposing upon you when you are so busy, but if those books ["Jean and Don Griswald's works that was published by the Colorado Historical Society after Don's death titled, History of Leadvillle and Lake County Colorado"] are indexed would you mind, some time, looking for James Griffiths, engineer, his wife Margaret, and - at the time of the 1880 census - two small kids, Elizabeth Ann, and William. James was then 29, his wife 27, and both were born in Wales of Welsh-born parents. Their census district was Preece Hill, Lake County. I have no idea how long they continued to live in Colorado. Any trace of them would be wonderful! Lois