Kat, You're right, it can often be difficult. Where there is an index, the census searches aren't too bad, but I have the 1900 Census for much of Colorado and no index so doing lookups is very difficult. Especially if a town is broken up into several precincts. The two following URLs are good for locating counties. http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Again, if someone can mail me some maps, I'd be glad to put something on the webpages! Teri > Yes I do have a comment to Teri's statement. I have spent numerous hours > trying to find the County of several towns, which by the way I finally > did. Now I need to know the township that County is in. Now how does one > go about finding out that sort of information?? How can one look up the > census if one first of all needs the town, county AND township?? Thank you > for your time. - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Good Morning, Yes I do have a comment to Teri's statement. I have spent numerous hours trying to find the County of several towns, which by the way I finally did. Now I need to know the township that County is in. Now how does one go about finding out that sort of information?? How can one look up the census if one first of all needs the town, county AND township?? Thank you for your time. Kat JstPlnKAT@aol.com

If someone could send me the precinct maps for Mesa, Montrose, Dolores and San Miguel counties, I will put them on the web pages for each county. I think that it would be advantageous to have them there. I'm not sure how much change there is over the years, But I know in other states that knowing the township has really helped. Comments anyone? Teri - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

I have begun a long process of putting together an index. I can't promise how quickly I'll get to each section, but I have completed the precinct of Orchard Mesa, Mesa County, Co for the 1900 census. The page numbers may vary from the micro film versions, but probably not by much. I am taking the census from the Heritage Quest Census CD T623-127. To find this index, please go to the Mesa county site and then the look-up page. There is a link from there to the census page. You will have to back out from the page once there. http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/ Good Hunting Teri - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Maybe someone can help Lorna? Thanks Teri Date sent: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 15:59:52 -0600 From: lmarvin <lmarvin@uswest.net> To: pastor751@greenapple.com Subject: Catholic Cemetery records > Teri, > > Do you know where I can access the Catholic Records for Mesa > Colorado. > My G-Uncle and G-aunt are buried in the cemetery there. I > also just found their death records and do you have anyone > who does obituary look up. I don't mind paying a fee. > > Lorna Marvin > Hollingsworth, McKnight, Hurley, Jackson > - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/ - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Another resource has been added to the resource/lookup for Mesa counties' page. One of our list members has offered to do lookups in her collection of 400 personal letters from 1904 - 1940. >I am in possession of about 400 family letters which mention people from 1904 >-1940 that lived in various counties of Colorado, one of which is Mesa >County. Some of these references provide merely a name, some include >further i>nformation however to a researcher looking for a family member this may be >of great value. >I do not have a tremendous amount of surnames for Mesa county but would be >willing to share what I do have. Good Hunting! Teri -------------------------- Sources I have available: Will lookup 1870 Census info-Fairfield Co., OH Ritchie County, WV Marriage Book 1843-1915 History of Grand County, UT Lewis & Clark County, MT Marriages S-Z 1866-1985 Pioneer Period and Pioneer people of Fairfield County, OH The Tyler's Long Long Trek (Texas family)NO INDEX Yesteryears and Pioneers (Wheatland County, MT) Carder, an American Family NO INDEX Gilmer County Marriages(West Virginia) 1845-1933 Cemeteries of Amanda Township (Fairfield County, OH) Cemeteries of Hocking Township (Fairfield County, OH) Cemeteries of Madison Township (Fairfield County, OH) 3 Vol. set Cleveland & Cleaveland Families Dalsland family genealogies by Jan Vegelius (Sweden) THAYER section of the Genealogies of the Families of Braintree MA West Seattle High School annual, "Kimtah" for 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939 West Anchorage High School annual 1967, 1968 and 1969 1900 PA Soundex S-524 S. A. through S-530 Carey (2 rolls) 1870 PA census index 1870 Census PA Allegheny County roll M593-1294, M593-1299

I just had a thought.... Wow, the roar of groans is deafening! What do you think about all of us getting to gether and listing as many high school year book as we can for each of the MESA, MONTROSE, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES counties as we can. Those are the ones that I CC, so those are the only ones that I can include. Anyway. if everyone that owns a year book would be willing to do lookups in the years they have, I'll bet that we could cover a terrific range. Also, in bookstores, those things are often on sale for almost nothing. I would put each school and the year that was covered and the person doing lookups on the websites. You might get quite a few requests at first, but I think it would slow down and not be an uncomfortable burden. How about it? Willing anyone? Teri -------------------------- Sources I have available: Will lookup 1870 Census info-Fairfield Co., OH Ritchie County, WV Marriage Book 1843-1915 History of Grand County, UT Lewis & Clark County, MT Marriages S-Z 1866-1985 Pioneer Period and Pioneer people of Fairfield County, OH The Tyler's Long Long Trek (Texas family)NO INDEX Yesteryears and Pioneers (Wheatland County, MT) Carder, an American Family NO INDEX Gilmer County Marriages(West Virginia) 1845-1933 Cemeteries of Amanda Township (Fairfield County, OH) Cemeteries of Hocking Township (Fairfield County, OH) Cemeteries of Madison Township (Fairfield County, OH) 3 Vol. set Cleveland & Cleaveland Families Dalsland family genealogies by Jan Vegelius (Sweden) THAYER section of the Genealogies of the Families of Braintree MA West Seattle High School annual, "Kimtah" for 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939 West Anchorage High School annual 1967, 1968 and 1969 1900 PA Soundex S-524 S. A. through S-530 Carey (2 rolls) 1870 PA census index 1870 Census PA Allegheny County roll M593-1294, M593-1299

Calling all Montrose county researchers! I have put a list of the Fore-Kin Trails Genealogical Society publications up on the Montrose County website. I think there are resources there that can help many of us. I am hoping to purchase some myself when I can fix that elusive hole in my purse!! <grin> Good Hunting! Teri - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Is there someone in Grand Junction, Mesa Co with access to marriage records around 1918? There are strong suggestions that my grandfather Arthur Ray BRISBIN married my grandmother Edna Hazel WIMER (or BLAIR - her first marriage) in that town. Edna had a small son by Blair at that time, perhaps five years of age. I'm desperately trying to find out anything about Edna's family as it is a blank prior to her name on my database. I would be immensely appreciative. don in laos

Boy, This is sure true with me! Teri ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date forwarded: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:34:12 -0700 (PDT) Date sent: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:34:48 -0400 From: "Ricki L. Zunk" <rickiz@mindspring.com> Subject: [ALL] Before We Criticise Our Ancestors... To: PAALLEGH-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: PAALLEGH-L@rootsweb.com Send reply to: PAALLEGH-L@rootsweb.com I received this post from another list. It struck me that this might be the case: Will we make the same mistakes our ancestors did? Have you written down important and trivial info for your grandchildren such as: 1. Favorite: color, book, music, movie, etc. 2. Schools you went to. 3. Your parents info: maiden names, birth/death days, sibling/parents. 4. Military, clubs, groups, occupation. 5. Hobbies, games, sports, travels 6. Favorite food, recipes 7. Where you met your spouse 8. Childhood memories 9. Faith 10. Hair color, the color of your eyes, height 11. Where you lived as a child. 12. Anything else you may think of, that you wish you knew about the ancestors you are searching. ==== PAALLEGH Mailing List ==== To HELP SUPPORT OUR LIST and our USGenWeb Project site, you might want to subscribe to or donate to ROOTSWEB at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html A year's subscription is only $12, less than 4 cents a day. ============================== Support free genealogy on the Internet! Join RootsWeb.com today! http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Good evening, Well, what can I say other than we have really been busy. We have added 38 new photo's to the Colorado USGenWeb Photo's Project. 3 counties have new pages added to the index of photo's. This is nothing at all short of wonderful! I want to thank the following for sharing these with us. Mary Ann, Kathleen R. Minion, Bobbalee and Ed Hughes & Mary Thompson Saban. We can not thank you enough for sharing all of these with us. The photo's can be viewed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/ look for the gold star for the counties with new photo's. Make sure you look at all the pages of photo's. Some counties have more than one page of these treasures. :>) Jim, Pauli & Joyce if you could please add a link to the Colorado Photo's page, it would be appreciated. I know the people who have submitted photo's for your counties would also appreciate it. Again a special thanks to all of you! The new photo's are as follows: Boulder 1 New Photo Denver 2 New Photo's and a new Index Eagle 9 New Photo's and a new index El Paso 3 New Photo's Erie 1 New Photo Hinsdale 1 New Photo Lake 10 New Photo's and a new index Otero 1 New Photo Summit 3 New Photo's Teller 7 New Photo's and a new index Weld 1 New Photo Thank you, Jack & Addie Morrissey Remember "The Truth Is Out There" Proper Citation is essential to a credible genealogy =============== cuznsrus@mindspring.com Our Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/ PROUD MEMBER OF: G. J. W. Chapter of the DAR http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/3361 County Coordinator for USGenWeb Project Colorado Counties: Hinsdale Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cohinsda/index.htm Kit Carson Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cokitcar/index.htm La Plata Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~colaplat/colaplat.htm San Juan Cty. http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanjua/index.htm Colorado USGenWeb Photo Archive Coordinator / Webmaster: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cophotos/index.htm List owner for the following Rootsweb County Mail Lists: Hinsdale, Kit Carson, La Plata & San Juan Counties Colorado Webmaster for Morris Family Association: http://genweb.net/~morris/ Member of NEHGS Member of Brown Family Genealogical Society Member of Disabled Veterans Association

I see no readon why we can't share this. I'm sure that there are many people that have at least one person from ILL?? Thanks Teri ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Jehawks@aol.com Date sent: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 12:09:38 EDT Subject: Re: [COMESA] Re: 1900 CO Census Lookup To: pastor751@greenapple.com Hello Teri, <snip> I found this link to Illinois Marriages this morning and I thought I should send it to you I was not sure I should send it to the list as this is a Colorado list and I didn't want to offend anyone by sending Illinois info. So here you go have fun I found my gggrandparents here with their marraige date what a thrill. "http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/marriage.html" Illinois Statewide Marriage Index Happy Hunting Janet - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Jan, I don't think that I an the one that helped you on this, because I don't have the obituaries for the area. Wish I did!! I am forwarding your message on to the email list for the area however and I will hope that someone on the list might be able to assist you. We are planning to live near Grand Junction someday, and THEN I will be better equipped to lend assistance! Good Hunting Teri ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: JRobi13349@aol.com Date sent: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 04:29:03 EDT Subject: Joseph F. Mason obituary To: pastor751@greenapple.com This is to think you for the obituary of my grandfather. I have since learned that my ggrandfather is also buried in the same cemetary but in a different plot. His name was Marcus Mason I am at a lost of birth and death dates. If I could get his Obituary this may help also. Thank you again Jan - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Researching the Martin and Miller families from the Cow Creek area in Montrose. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Shelly

I made a mistake in earlier post trying to find Harrison G-grandparents church birth dates should be 1872 and 1875. Jennifer Ann Bessire Harvey

So you know ahead of time, the email lists will be down for awhile on Monday the 11th. Teri ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- In a message dated 10/8/99 10:52:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, listbot_list_owners@listbot.com writes: << --------------------------------- ListBot Maintenance --------------------------------- ListBot will be down from 10 PM to 11 PM PST on Monday, October 11 to perform scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience. Sincerely, The ListBot Team http://www.listbot.com >> - ------------------------------------- Terry (Phil 4:13) Teri (Ps 37:5) To God be the glory! Lancaster, OH http://www.greenapple.com/~pastor751 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtwheatl/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnisanti/Isanti/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~cosanmig/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~comontro/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~codolore/index.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~comesa2/

Hi! How would I go about trying to find out what church my G Grandfather was a Reverend and I don't know his religion. His name was ROBERT YEOMAN HARRISON b:23 April 1972 and his wife's name was GRACE b:19 July 1975. They lived in Clifton and Rifle, Colorado and moved to US abt.1905 from England. Jennifer Ann Bessire Harvey

Teri, I would be *thrilled* if you could look in the 1900 Census for San Miguel County, Village of Ophir, for two families of FREDLUND. One head of household will be Axel FREDLUND, and I believe his brother Victor FREDLUND had a place adjoining Axel's. I do know they were living in Ophir in 1900. Anything you find will be *very greatly* appreciated! Best regards, Julie Preston anpreston@msn.com -----Original Message----- From: Terry & Teri Cleaveland <pastor751@greenapple.com> To: COMESA-L@rootsweb.com <COMESA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 07, 1999 12:02 AM Subject: [COMESA] 1900 census Once again, I want to let you know that I do have the 1900 census for many of CO's counties. I don't have an index, so I can only look for specific families and only if you know about where they were within the county. Someday, I'd like to index them, but that's not possible right now. I will look up your family if you have specific info. I do have Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel and Dolores, besides others. If what you ask me to look up is too general, I will let you know that I can't do the research. And as always, my family and schoolwork must come first. Teri -------------------------- Sources I have available: Will lookup 1870 Census info-Fairfield Co., OH Ritchie County, WV Marriage Book 1843-1915 History of Grand County, UT Lewis & Clark County, MT Marriages S-Z 1866-1985 Pioneer Period and Pioneer people of Fairfield County, OH The Tyler's Long Long Trek (Texas family)NO INDEX Yesteryears and Pioneers (Wheatland County, MT) Carder, an American Family NO INDEX Gilmer County Marriages(West Virginia) 1845-1933 Cemeteries of Amanda Township (Fairfield County, OH) Cemeteries of Hocking Township (Fairfield County, OH) Cemeteries of Madison Township (Fairfield County, OH) 3 Vol. set Cleveland & Cleaveland Families Dalsland family genealogies by Jan Vegelius (Sweden) THAYER section of the Genealogies of the Families of Braintree MA West Seattle High School annual, "Kimtah" for 1936, 1937, 1938, and 1939 West Anchorage High School annual 1967, 1968 and 1969 1900 PA Soundex S-524 S. A. through S-530 Carey (2 rolls) 1870 PA census index 1870 Census PA Allegheny County roll M593-1294, M593-1299 ______________________________

Hello Teri, If you could please could you lookup Andrew J. (Judson) HAWKS in Montrose, Montrose County CO Also B. (Bartholomew) O'Driscoll He should be in Montrose, Montrose County CO., but he might be listed in Silverton, San Jaun County CO. You are so kind to offer these lookups. Thank you so very much. Happy Hunting Janet E. Hawks (Jehawks@aol.com)

Because the SanMiguel county list is too small to do anyone any good, I am forwarding this on the the Western Slope mailing list. Rootsweb put together mailing lists for every county in every state. Many of counties were already covered by group lists such as the Western Slope list of Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel and Dolores counties. To "keep things in the family" so to say, I also manage those lists, but I would encourage you to stick with the larger list until such time as we are overflowing with email traffic! Teri ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date forwarded: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 20:47:14 -0700 Date sent: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 21:46:38 +0100 From: Lana Breazeale <lbreaz@micron.net> Send reply to: lbreaz@micron.net Subject: [COSANMIG] Re:MERRIFIELD/LEGG/DOUGHTY To: COSANMIG-L@rootsweb.com Forwarded by: COSANMIG-L@rootsweb.com > Researching MERRIFIELD/LEGG/DOUGHTY William F. MERRIFIELD and Helen > Imogene BLACKMAR MERRIFIELD moved to North Fork, Hotchkiss, Delta Co., > CO. in 1893. Soundex census lists family still lving in North Fork. > William d 21 April 1902 in the Smuggler Union Mine at Telluride from > smoke from a burning building at the entrance to the mine. Helen > Imogene BLACKMAR MERRIFIELD d 21 Feb 1917 at Hotchkiss. She resided at > Hotchkiss for 24 years prior to her death. Children include Vernie > Harold MERRIFIELD, b 19 May 1882, Durango, La Plato Co., CO . m > STANFORD. Mary Almira, b. NY, m 1st LOPER and 2nd BOARDMAN; Rosabell > Ivonne b IA, m CARRINGTON; Rolllins Edward b IA; Bertha Daphane b IA, m > DUKE; Clifford Acef b IA, m TIDWELL; Kenneth Otto b Telluride, San > Miguel Co., CO; m 1st BURDICK, 2nd LEGG, 3rd COLEMAN, 4th ?; Trevanion b > Ourary, Ourary Co., CO. > > Elizabeth Leora SEIGFRED m William Danford LEGG. William and Elizabeth > divorced about 1905 and Elizabeth remarried Burt DOUGHTY. Family > resided at Doughty Springs. Where is Doughty Springs? Seeking any > information. I have information to share on these and other related > famillies. ==== COSANMIG Mailing List ==== ==== COSANMIG Mailing List ==== San Miguel County is also covered by the CoMesa mailing list. Please consider joining that list until there is enough traffic for this one. ==============================