Dear Harris Researchers: I thought some of you might be interested in knowing more about Paul Tobler as found on his web pages, since he was an avid Harris researcher who helped many of us out. He is now deceased: Here are some links and other information. I will be posting his obituary from the Kerrville, TX newspaper on the Harris Surname board on Rootsweb as well. Dorothy Tobler: E-mail: tobler@omniglobal.net Paul & Dorothy Tobler web page: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/3778/ Ancestry of Paul Robert Tobler: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/3778/ancestor.html Paul served in the Navy on two submarines, the THRESHER (SSN593) and the ETHAN ALLEN (SSN608): http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/3778/sub.htm For a young picture of Paul: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/3778/paul.jpg Tobler + James: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/b/Dorothy-A-Tobler/index.html ?Welcome=1059234448 Ancestors of Paul Robert Tobler: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/o/b/Dorothy-A-Tobler/GENE1-0001 .html Paul Robert Tobler, born May 07, 1930 in Austin, Minnesota. Paul Robert Tobler grew up in Grand Meadow, MN and at age 18 went into the Navy as enlisted. Served at the following shore duty stations: Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill in Basic Training in 1948 Naval Station at Nofolk, VA for Yeoman School NAS, Olathe, Kansas Naval Schools at Treasure Island for conversion to Electronics Tech. from Yeoman to ET1 Naval Schools at Bainbridge, MD (near Port Deposit, MD) As Instructor at SubBase, Groton, (New London) Connecticut Served on board the following ships: USS Caloosahatchee (AO98) USS Thresher (SSN 593) USS Ethan Allen (SSNB 608) Also served during the Korean War on the staff of Evaluation Pacific Fleet, Headquarters at Commander in Chief Headquarters in Hawaii with forward outposts in Japan and Korea. The primary project was to write a Statistical History of the Korean War. Note: this had never been done before. Retired from USN in 1968 as Chief Elect. Tech. qualified in Submarines as a Reactor Operator and Machinery Watch Supervisor in the Engineering Division of Subs both fast attack and Polaris type of the era. Notable achievements were: Navy Commendation Medal from the Thresher for doing the right thing during an emergency on board in San Juan, P.R. Navy Good Conduct medals (3 awards) And a few minor awards. Worked as a Field Service Engineer for Motorola. Worked as Chief of Production Testing for North American Phillips. Worked as Service Manager for New England Distributor of Electronics and also "White goods" ie: Freezers, Microwaves, Ref. products and others. Served as a Life Ins. Agent with New York Life Ins. Co. and retired from that after approximately 11 years in the Vermont area. An avid Hudson car enthusiast for over 20 yrs. --Glenn Gohr archives_guy@hotmail.com