If I have not already checked in... I am here. Kelly Benewah/Shoshone On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Matthew D. Friend < [email protected]> wrote: > Sharing Time, Folks! > > I found this on my twitter and thought what the heck is "ephemera" so I > click on the link and found this article on Genealogy Bank ( > > http://blog.genealogybank.com/ephemera-a-surprisingly-fertile-genealogical-resource.html > ). > > Do you have anything to share with me? I love reading these kind of things. > > Happy Genealogy Hunting!!! > Matt Friend > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Matthew,   I've been doing that for years with boxes of "junk" no one else thought was interesting to keep of our past family members.  I've found a wealth of information in letters, address books, calendars, pocket reminders, news clippings and much, much more.  Even old drivers licenses, work badges, club membership cards; the list goes on and on.  Now I have a name for these priceless items. Thanks for this little bit of information.   Michal Beck, Clearwater County   --- On Mon, 11/19/12, Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> wrote: From: Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> Subject: [IDGENWEB] Sharing Time!!! To: "IDGenWeb Project" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 19, 2012, 9:06 AM Sharing Time, Folks! I found this on my twitter and thought what the heck is "ephemera" so I click on the link and found this article on Genealogy Bank ( http://blog.genealogybank.com/ephemera-a-surprisingly-fertile-genealogical-resource.html ). Do you have anything to share with me? I love reading these kind of things. Happy Genealogy Hunting!!! Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Interesting abt. the burial outside of the cemetery. In the Sweet cemetery in Gem Co. there are two outside of the cemetery. One was killed in a gun fight. Sweet historians have yet to determine why the 2nd fellow was buried where he was.   re: ephemera - Both of my grandmothers' old postcard collections have given me insights into family history, especially with my miner-grandfather, who moved frequently.  I recently joined Flickr because of the extensive vintage postcard postings & I was thinking this afternoon that it might be a good idea to post one  labeled "ferry to Canada" in the hopes that someone might recognize the place.   Sharon  ________________________________ From: "Michael "Mags" Shaw" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [IDGENWEB] Sharing Time!!! Thanks for sharing Matt. The cover photo on Gena Philibert-Ortega's book 'Cemeteries of the Eastern Sierra' caught my eye.  It's of Bodie, California.  My wife and I had the good fortune to visit Bodie over thirty years ago.  The town is maintained in a state of preservation, that is to say the state works to keep it just as it was when abandoned.  Their cemetery was actually three different ones: the Miner's Cemetery, the Masonic Cemetery and Ward's Cemetery. William S. Bodey, original discoverer of gold in the bluff to the East of town is buried in Ward's cemetery. However, the most famous or at least most well known is that of Rosa May Olalque.  The present headstone was erected in the mid-sixties, and is believed to be located a little distance from where Rosa May was buried "outside" the boundaries of the other cemeteries.  Rosa was a prostitute and it was felt she shouldn't be buried inside the cemetery with the other good folk.  So, her headstone was erected just outside the boundaries of the Ward's plots.  I was fortunate my dad's "girlfriend" made a scrapbook of events they attended over a period of several years.  Ephemera is fascinating!  It's great browsing, but the menu's with thirty-five cent steaks, or eighty-five cent meals is a little depressing!!!!!  Thanks for sharing. VR. Mags -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew D. Friend Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:06 AM To: IDGenWeb Project Subject: [IDGENWEB] Sharing Time!!! Sharing Time, Folks! I found this on my twitter and thought what the heck is "ephemera" so I click on the link and found this article on Genealogy Bank ( http://blog.genealogybank.com/ephemera-a-surprisingly-fertile-genealogical-r esource.html ). Do you have anything to share with me? I love reading these kind of things. Happy Genealogy Hunting!!! Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sharing Time, Folks! I found this on my twitter and thought what the heck is "ephemera" so I click on the link and found this article on Genealogy Bank ( http://blog.genealogybank.com/ephemera-a-surprisingly-fertile-genealogical-resource.html ). Do you have anything to share with me? I love reading these kind of things. Happy Genealogy Hunting!!! Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend

Thanks for sharing Matt. The cover photo on Gena Philibert-Ortega's book 'Cemeteries of the Eastern Sierra' caught my eye. It's of Bodie, California. My wife and I had the good fortune to visit Bodie over thirty years ago. The town is maintained in a state of preservation, that is to say the state works to keep it just as it was when abandoned. Their cemetery was actually three different ones: the Miner's Cemetery, the Masonic Cemetery and Ward's Cemetery. William S. Bodey, original discoverer of gold in the bluff to the East of town is buried in Ward's cemetery. However, the most famous or at least most well known is that of Rosa May Olalque. The present headstone was erected in the mid-sixties, and is believed to be located a little distance from where Rosa May was buried "outside" the boundaries of the other cemeteries. Rosa was a prostitute and it was felt she shouldn't be buried inside the cemetery with the other good folk. So, her headstone was erected just outside the boundaries of the Ward's plots. I was fortunate my dad's "girlfriend" made a scrapbook of events they attended over a period of several years. Ephemera is fascinating! It's great browsing, but the menu's with thirty-five cent steaks, or eighty-five cent meals is a little depressing!!!!! Thanks for sharing. VR. Mags -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew D. Friend Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 10:06 AM To: IDGenWeb Project Subject: [IDGENWEB] Sharing Time!!! Sharing Time, Folks! I found this on my twitter and thought what the heck is "ephemera" so I click on the link and found this article on Genealogy Bank ( http://blog.genealogybank.com/ephemera-a-surprisingly-fertile-genealogical-r esource.html ). Do you have anything to share with me? I love reading these kind of things. Happy Genealogy Hunting!!! Matt Friend -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Idahoans, Happy "Early" Thanksgiving Day!!! I wanted to put my bid in early for this upcoming holiday as I tend to be really busy about this time of year. Yet, busy with a number of things, school and cooking the turkey and its trimming. <smile> I hope all you are ready to enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday and its spend with family and/or friends. I'm grateful for each and every one of you and I hope your remainder of the year be in good health and happiness. My prayers are always with you guys in mind. May God Bless you for the holidays. If you're traveling, then be safe and drive carefully. Love ya'll and Happy Thanksgiving!!! Matt Friend State Coordinator, IDGenWeb Project -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @blinddude62

With Turkey day almost here I thought I would share my favorite turkey story. http://itsjudy.com/branches/bessie.htm Thanks Judy On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Matthew D. Friend < [email protected]> wrote: > Sharing Time, Folks! > > I found this on my twitter and thought what the heck is "ephemera" so I > click on the link and found this article on Genealogy Bank ( > > http://blog.genealogybank.com/ephemera-a-surprisingly-fertile-genealogical-resource.html > ). > > Do you have anything to share with me? I love reading these kind of things. > > Happy Genealogy Hunting!!! > Matt Friend > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- Native American Genealogy http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/ AccessGenealogy http://www.accessgenealogy.com/

Canyon County is checking in.  Matt,  Sounds like you are enjoying your Sleep Number mattress.  I love mine!   Virginia Vaught Canyon County Coordinator http://canyon.idgenweb.org/index.html ________________________________ From: Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> To: IDGenWeb Project <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 9:06 AM Subject: [IDGENWEB] Monthly Roll Call - November 1, 2012 Good Morning Idahoans, This month and forward, I'm going to be doing only one roll call announcement a month. So it's your job to make yourself known to me, personally, or to this list. It's up to you. I'm glad to have all of your guys on my team. You're a great bunch. I hope ya'll will continue to serve your county well and make your patrons proud of your hard work. Anyway, I'll start by saying that IDGenWeb doing well and I'm checking in for Ada and Blaine counties. Sherri Bradley, our National Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project was contacted last fall by a reporter from the "Farmer's Almanac" for an interview about online genealogical research. The article got published recently for the "Farmer's Almanac 2013" edition, called "Digging Up Roots" (URL: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/10/29/digging-up-roots/). It's uncertain how long this link will be up but it's a great source to share with your patrons on your county's website(s) and other places too. The link will also be placed on th USGenWeb Project website to be shared with our volunteers and researchers alike. Thanks to Farmer's Almanac (URL: http:farmersalmanac.com/) for recognizing USGenWeb and its volunteers for being the continributing cause for fre access to genealogical research. Sherri Bradley extended her wishes to ya'll ... "Thanks to EVERYONE that works to make the USGenWeb Project what it is!" "Hear-Hear!!! Idahoans!" Thanks for making IDGenWeb Project a part of who you are VOLUNTEERS! That's what makes our GenWeb projects so great. I hope everyone had a great past month. I would like to hear what you had done for our "Family History Month" that made a different in our genealogical society. As for me, I would like to say that I've added some stuff on some of my county's projects. Well, fall is surely here in Arkansas, though the cold is setting in nicely. We've had some freezing temperatures but nothing like bundling up in the early morning run. That was such a fun morning for me. It felt great. All is well, in my neck of the woods. My family are doing good considering. My wife is still trying to recover from her earlier unexpected illness but she has her good days and down days. Of course, it helped to get a new bed to sleep in to help the recovery. Our last bed was a bit lumpy-bumpy and spring-pinching uncomfortable. Had anyone felt that way with your bed before? LOL We finally decided on a "Select Comfort" bed. AAaaahh!!! Sweet dreams. Alright, enough of me! I'm sure you are giggling at my nonsense here. I have gotten one patron's request to help her find a birth mother that connected to her husband's adoption. The woman went to Fort Worth, Texas to have a baby born on January 1, 1973. Recently, she got a hold of the original birth certificate that basically states the birth mother's name is Patricia Gayle Johnson, birthplace in Idaho and aged at the time of her child birth, 19. Given only this much information. It showed that she lived at a certain address in Texas but it's unknown whom she was living with until the birth of her baby boy. So the patron is hoping to find out more about this birth mother. Sorry all she has is the general birth place of Idaho. No county or city or town. Do you think we can help her out. She would have been born sometime in 1953-54. I've connected the ISHS to see if they have any of those birth records from that time periods, since I heard they inherited some of them from the state government. From my own looking around, the woman has already placed ads on some of the national adoption registry. Can you guys check around for this patrons, perhaps for some high school yearbook about 1970-72. Maybe if there's some college yearbook for 1972? Well, I would love to hear from everyone this month. I hope ya'll are ready for the upcoming holiday---Thanksgiving Day. What your plans this year? Oh! Please extend some good thoughts and prayers to those effected by the "Superstorm Sandy" in NYC and NJ and don't forget to extend personal prayers for some of our own team members. We've heard about some of them already but it's nice to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. Well, have a great month, Idahoans. Love ya'll, Matt Friend IDGenWeb Project State Coordinator http://idgenweb.org/ -- *Matthew D. 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Idaho and Lewis counties still here! Penny Casey > Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 09:07:39 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IDGENWEB] November Check-in > > Teton County alive and well. > > Mike St. Clair > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

One thing also is that according to law all addoption records are sealed by law!The only way they can be opened is if it is agreed upon by and both parties want it opened! My son-in-law was in the same position and wanted to know information on his birth mother and luckily she agreed! The lawyers involved can not make it public nor can the court! The actually record will be stored in the files at the court house where adoption took place! As I earlier said there is a marriage record for a patricia gayle johnson in nevada for the fall of same year of birth of baby and it states she is from idaho! Good luck everyone on this! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew D. Friend" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 2, 2012 5:48:18 AM Subject: Re: [IDGENWEB] Need Your Help, Idahoans She never had the baby in Idaho, but in Fort Worth Texas. The lady is assuming that she went back to Idaho after the birth of her baby boy. Yes, she probably was embarass at 19. She probably was afraid of what her family thought. All we can do is figure out what we can get from Idaho as her birthplace was Idaho. Matt On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Kelly E <[email protected]>wrote: > I believe that Patricia's family may have actually been from Texas and that > is a more likely reason of why she left after she had the baby. > > Just think... Unless you were sent away by your family to a remote state > that had a girls home for teens who were pregnant. Then I can see her going > to Idaho. But I think she was from Texas and she had embarrassed her family > with her pregnancy and she left to Idaho afterwards to get away from the > shame of it all. Both plausible situations... Since the baby was in Foster > Care ... there would be state records for the child and who the mother is. > > Lawyer records would have his last communications with Patricia concerning > the adoption letting her know that it had taken place... and since she was > in Idaho at the time... he would have had to have the address of her place > in Idaho. > > Too many variables. > > They need to find the records of the lawyer... > > ~Kelly... Can you look up the obit for the attorney that took care of their > case? It should say in his obit what happened to his practice... most times > they sell it to another lawyer and transfer all the files to the new > attorney. We need to find that out. > > P.S. Are you saying that the family was or was not Black? > > > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Matthew D. Friend < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Kelly, no problem. Just relax here. The woman didn't have much to go > on > > either. Not sure why she haven't gone through the adoption agency but > from > > what I notices in my own research, she let an attorney take care of the > > baby's adoption and it seems that the baby was place in foster care for > > about a year before he was adopted out. She placed on this registry in > > 2008: > > > > Adoption Registry Profile Listing #184418 > > > > Date Posted: 14-Sep-2008 > > > > Surname(s): BABY BOY JOHNSON : FISCHER : JOHNSON : PATRICIA GAYLE > JOHNSON : > > REX MCINTIRE > > Query Text: > > > > Baby boy Johnson Born 1/1/73 in fort worth texas @ North west hospital to > > my Birth mother PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON AGE 19 @ TIME OF MY BIRTH. Her > home > > state was Idaho Private adoption the lawyer was REX MCINTIRE OF THE FT > > WORTH TX AREA. Also seeking other adoptees who were Rex Mcintire babys > and > > B moms as well to compare notes on him and north west hospital . Baby boy > > Johnson ISO bmom PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON OR ANY BIRTH RELITIVE. > > > > Associated Regions: United States > > URL: http://www.adopteeconnect.com/d/a/184418 > > > > Though I found (surfing the internet) that a "Patricia Gayle Johnson" > > obituary but it was he wrong one since this Patricia was born in 1940. > The > > Patricia we are supposed to be looking for was born in 1953 or 1954. I > also > > found there were several Patricia's in the Fort Worth area high school > > yearbooks from Ancestry.com. At first the race was known to me until I > > found another adoption registry that the mother was white as some of the > > high school picture had some black girls in them. So those where out of > the > > question. > > > > Then I found this on CousinConnection.com: > > > > Surname(s): BABY BOY JOHNSON : FISCHER : JOHNSON : PATRICIA GAYLE > JOHNSON : > > REX MCINTIRE > > Query Text: > > > > Baby boy Johnson Born 1/1/73 in fort worth texas @ North west hospital to > > my Birth mother PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON AGE 19 @ TIME OF MY BIRTH. Her > home > > state was Idaho Private adoption the lawyer was REX MCINTIRE OF THE FT > > WORTH TX AREA. Also seeking other adoptees who were Rex Mcintire babys > and > > B moms as well to compare notes on him and north west hospital . Baby boy > > Johnson ISO bmom PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON OR ANY BIRTH RELITIVE. > > > > Associated Regions: United States > > > > I also found this Patricia in a more recent year: > > > > PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON > > Trimble Technical High School > > Ft. Worth, TX > > Class of 1972 > > Member Since: Jun 8, 2010 > > > > I checked this against the yearbooks on Ancestry.com: > > > > U.S. School Yearbooks about Patricia Johnson > > Name: Patricia Johnson > > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1949 > > Age: 20 > > School: Technical High School > > School Location: Fort Worth, Texas > > Year: 1969 > > Yearbook Title: Green B 1969 > > > > What I found interesting about this HS Patricia in Texas is that she's > > blond hair. I found this adoption registry with more detail given: > > > > Adoptee Information > > > > Baby Boy Johnson > > Gender:Male > > Adoptee Name:Jacques Alexander Fischer > > Birth Date:Jan 1, 1973 > > Birth Place:Texas > > Birth Mother:Patricia Gayle Johnson > > Birth Father:Unknown > > Adoption Date:1973-01-03 > > Hospital:North West Hospital > > Agency/Attorney:Rex Mcintire Lawyer > > Send PM > > Add Note > > Block User > > Add Contact > > Contact Info > > Submitted By: Jacques Fischer (User Jackgabe), An Adoptee, on Sep 14, > 2008 > > advertisement > > > > Adoptee Details > > Nick Name BABY BOY JOHNSON > > Height Average > > Hair Color Blonde > > Eye Color Blue > > Race White > > Occupation Mechanical > > Education Some college > > Married Yes > > Spouse Name MARIA FISCHER > > URL: http://registry.adoption.com/records/518454.html > > > > Is it possible she lived in Texas longer than the patrons thinks? She > might > > have gone to HS in Texas? > > > > More questions to add to all of this. > > Matt Friend > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. 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Gem & Valley Cos. alive & well. Sharon ________________________________ From: Matthew D. Friend <[email protected]> To: IDGenWeb Project <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2012 8:06 AM Subject: [IDGENWEB] Monthly Roll Call - November 1, 2012 Good Morning Idahoans, This month and forward, I'm going to be doing only one roll call announcement a month. So it's your job to make yourself known to me, personally, or to this list. It's up to you. I'm glad to have all of your guys on my team. You're a great bunch. I hope ya'll will continue to serve your county well and make your patrons proud of your hard work. Anyway, I'll start by saying that IDGenWeb doing well and I'm checking in for Ada and Blaine counties. Love ya'll, Matt Friend IDGenWeb Project State Coordinator http://idgenweb.org/ -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

She never had the baby in Idaho, but in Fort Worth Texas. The lady is assuming that she went back to Idaho after the birth of her baby boy. Yes, she probably was embarass at 19. She probably was afraid of what her family thought. All we can do is figure out what we can get from Idaho as her birthplace was Idaho. Matt On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Kelly E <[email protected]>wrote: > I believe that Patricia's family may have actually been from Texas and that > is a more likely reason of why she left after she had the baby. > > Just think... Unless you were sent away by your family to a remote state > that had a girls home for teens who were pregnant. Then I can see her going > to Idaho. But I think she was from Texas and she had embarrassed her family > with her pregnancy and she left to Idaho afterwards to get away from the > shame of it all. Both plausible situations... Since the baby was in Foster > Care ... there would be state records for the child and who the mother is. > > Lawyer records would have his last communications with Patricia concerning > the adoption letting her know that it had taken place... and since she was > in Idaho at the time... he would have had to have the address of her place > in Idaho. > > Too many variables. > > They need to find the records of the lawyer... > > ~Kelly... Can you look up the obit for the attorney that took care of their > case? It should say in his obit what happened to his practice... most times > they sell it to another lawyer and transfer all the files to the new > attorney. We need to find that out. > > P.S. Are you saying that the family was or was not Black? > > > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Matthew D. Friend < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey Kelly, no problem. Just relax here. The woman didn't have much to go > on > > either. Not sure why she haven't gone through the adoption agency but > from > > what I notices in my own research, she let an attorney take care of the > > baby's adoption and it seems that the baby was place in foster care for > > about a year before he was adopted out. She placed on this registry in > > 2008: > > > > Adoption Registry Profile Listing #184418 > > > > Date Posted: 14-Sep-2008 > > > > Surname(s): BABY BOY JOHNSON : FISCHER : JOHNSON : PATRICIA GAYLE > JOHNSON : > > REX MCINTIRE > > Query Text: > > > > Baby boy Johnson Born 1/1/73 in fort worth texas @ North west hospital to > > my Birth mother PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON AGE 19 @ TIME OF MY BIRTH. Her > home > > state was Idaho Private adoption the lawyer was REX MCINTIRE OF THE FT > > WORTH TX AREA. Also seeking other adoptees who were Rex Mcintire babys > and > > B moms as well to compare notes on him and north west hospital . Baby boy > > Johnson ISO bmom PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON OR ANY BIRTH RELITIVE. > > > > Associated Regions: United States > > URL: http://www.adopteeconnect.com/d/a/184418 > > > > Though I found (surfing the internet) that a "Patricia Gayle Johnson" > > obituary but it was he wrong one since this Patricia was born in 1940. > The > > Patricia we are supposed to be looking for was born in 1953 or 1954. I > also > > found there were several Patricia's in the Fort Worth area high school > > yearbooks from Ancestry.com. At first the race was known to me until I > > found another adoption registry that the mother was white as some of the > > high school picture had some black girls in them. So those where out of > the > > question. > > > > Then I found this on CousinConnection.com: > > > > Surname(s): BABY BOY JOHNSON : FISCHER : JOHNSON : PATRICIA GAYLE > JOHNSON : > > REX MCINTIRE > > Query Text: > > > > Baby boy Johnson Born 1/1/73 in fort worth texas @ North west hospital to > > my Birth mother PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON AGE 19 @ TIME OF MY BIRTH. Her > home > > state was Idaho Private adoption the lawyer was REX MCINTIRE OF THE FT > > WORTH TX AREA. Also seeking other adoptees who were Rex Mcintire babys > and > > B moms as well to compare notes on him and north west hospital . Baby boy > > Johnson ISO bmom PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON OR ANY BIRTH RELITIVE. > > > > Associated Regions: United States > > > > I also found this Patricia in a more recent year: > > > > PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON > > Trimble Technical High School > > Ft. Worth, TX > > Class of 1972 > > Member Since: Jun 8, 2010 > > > > I checked this against the yearbooks on Ancestry.com: > > > > U.S. School Yearbooks about Patricia Johnson > > Name: Patricia Johnson > > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1949 > > Age: 20 > > School: Technical High School > > School Location: Fort Worth, Texas > > Year: 1969 > > Yearbook Title: Green B 1969 > > > > What I found interesting about this HS Patricia in Texas is that she's > > blond hair. I found this adoption registry with more detail given: > > > > Adoptee Information > > > > Baby Boy Johnson > > Gender:Male > > Adoptee Name:Jacques Alexander Fischer > > Birth Date:Jan 1, 1973 > > Birth Place:Texas > > Birth Mother:Patricia Gayle Johnson > > Birth Father:Unknown > > Adoption Date:1973-01-03 > > Hospital:North West Hospital > > Agency/Attorney:Rex Mcintire Lawyer > > Send PM > > Add Note > > Block User > > Add Contact > > Contact Info > > Submitted By: Jacques Fischer (User Jackgabe), An Adoptee, on Sep 14, > 2008 > > advertisement > > > > Adoptee Details > > Nick Name BABY BOY JOHNSON > > Height Average > > Hair Color Blonde > > Eye Color Blue > > Race White > > Occupation Mechanical > > Education Some college > > Married Yes > > Spouse Name MARIA FISCHER > > URL: http://registry.adoption.com/records/518454.html > > > > Is it possible she lived in Texas longer than the patrons thinks? She > might > > have gone to HS in Texas? > > > > More questions to add to all of this. > > Matt Friend > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend

Benewah/Shoshone... Kelly Erickson On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Jill Nock <[email protected]> wrote: > Nez Perce and Latah Counties alive and kicking... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Matthew D. Friend > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:07 AM > To: IDGenWeb Project > Subject: [IDGENWEB] Monthly Roll Call - November 1, 2012 > > Good Morning Idahoans, > > This month and forward, I'm going to be doing only one roll call > announcement a month. So it's your job to make yourself known to me, > personally, or to this list. It's up to you. I'm glad to have all of your > guys on my team. You're a great bunch. I hope ya'll will continue to serve > your county well and make your patrons proud of your hard work. Anyway, > I'll > start by saying that IDGenWeb doing well and I'm checking in for Ada and > Blaine counties. > > Sherri Bradley, our National Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project was > contacted last fall by a reporter from the "Farmer's Almanac" for an > interview about online genealogical research. The article got published > recently for the "Farmer's Almanac 2013" edition, called "Digging Up Roots" > (URL: > http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/10/29/digging-up-roots/). > It's uncertain how long this link will be up but it's a great source to > share with your patrons on your county's website(s) and other places too. > The link will also be placed on th USGenWeb Project website to be shared > with our volunteers and researchers alike. Thanks to Farmer's Almanac (URL: > http:farmersalmanac.com/) for recognizing USGenWeb and its volunteers for > being the continributing cause for fre access to genealogical research. > Sherri Bradley extended her wishes to ya'll ... "Thanks to EVERYONE that > works to make the USGenWeb Project what it is!" > > "Hear-Hear!!! Idahoans!" Thanks for making IDGenWeb Project a part of who > you are VOLUNTEERS! That's what makes our GenWeb projects so great. > > I hope everyone had a great past month. I would like to hear what you had > done for our "Family History Month" that made a different in our > genealogical society. As for me, I would like to say that I've added some > stuff on some of my county's projects. > > Well, fall is surely here in Arkansas, though the cold is setting in > nicely. > We've had some freezing temperatures but nothing like bundling up in the > early morning run. That was such a fun morning for me. It felt great. All > is > well, in my neck of the woods. My family are doing good considering. My > wife > is still trying to recover from her earlier unexpected illness but she has > her good days and down days. Of course, it helped to get a new bed to sleep > in to help the recovery. Our last bed was a bit lumpy-bumpy and > spring-pinching uncomfortable. Had anyone felt that way with your bed > before? LOL We finally decided on a "Select Comfort" bed. > AAaaahh!!! Sweet dreams. > > Alright, enough of me! I'm sure you are giggling at my nonsense here. I > have > gotten one patron's request to help her find a birth mother that connected > to her husband's adoption. The woman went to Fort Worth, Texas to have a > baby born on January 1, 1973. Recently, she got a hold of the original > birth > certificate that basically states the birth mother's name is Patricia Gayle > Johnson, birthplace in Idaho and aged at the time of her child birth, 19. > Given only this much information. It showed that she lived at a certain > address in Texas but it's unknown whom she was living with until the birth > of her baby boy. So the patron is hoping to find out more about this birth > mother. Sorry all she has is the general birth place of Idaho. No county or > city or town. Do you think we can help her out. She would have been born > sometime in 1953-54. I've connected the ISHS to see if they have any of > those birth records from that time periods, since I heard they inherited > some of them from the state government. From my own looking around, the > woman has already placed ads on some of the national adoption registry. Can > you guys check around for this patrons, perhaps for some high school > yearbook about 1970-72. Maybe if there's some college yearbook for 1972? > > Well, I would love to hear from everyone this month. I hope ya'll are ready > for the upcoming holiday---Thanksgiving Day. What your plans this year? Oh! > Please extend some good thoughts and prayers to those effected by the > "Superstorm Sandy" in NYC and NJ and don't forget to extend personal > prayers > for some of our own team members. We've heard about some of them already > but > it's nice to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. > > Well, have a great month, Idahoans. > > Love ya'll, > Matt Friend > IDGenWeb Project State Coordinator > http://idgenweb.org/ > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ > http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I believe that Patricia's family may have actually been from Texas and that is a more likely reason of why she left after she had the baby. Just think... Unless you were sent away by your family to a remote state that had a girls home for teens who were pregnant. Then I can see her going to Idaho. But I think she was from Texas and she had embarrassed her family with her pregnancy and she left to Idaho afterwards to get away from the shame of it all. Both plausible situations... Since the baby was in Foster Care ... there would be state records for the child and who the mother is. Lawyer records would have his last communications with Patricia concerning the adoption letting her know that it had taken place... and since she was in Idaho at the time... he would have had to have the address of her place in Idaho. Too many variables. They need to find the records of the lawyer... ~Kelly... Can you look up the obit for the attorney that took care of their case? It should say in his obit what happened to his practice... most times they sell it to another lawyer and transfer all the files to the new attorney. We need to find that out. P.S. Are you saying that the family was or was not Black? On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Matthew D. Friend < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Kelly, no problem. Just relax here. The woman didn't have much to go on > either. Not sure why she haven't gone through the adoption agency but from > what I notices in my own research, she let an attorney take care of the > baby's adoption and it seems that the baby was place in foster care for > about a year before he was adopted out. She placed on this registry in > 2008: > > Adoption Registry Profile Listing #184418 > > Date Posted: 14-Sep-2008 > > Surname(s): BABY BOY JOHNSON : FISCHER : JOHNSON : PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON : > REX MCINTIRE > Query Text: > > Baby boy Johnson Born 1/1/73 in fort worth texas @ North west hospital to > my Birth mother PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON AGE 19 @ TIME OF MY BIRTH. Her home > state was Idaho Private adoption the lawyer was REX MCINTIRE OF THE FT > WORTH TX AREA. Also seeking other adoptees who were Rex Mcintire babys and > B moms as well to compare notes on him and north west hospital . Baby boy > Johnson ISO bmom PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON OR ANY BIRTH RELITIVE. > > Associated Regions: United States > URL: http://www.adopteeconnect.com/d/a/184418 > > Though I found (surfing the internet) that a "Patricia Gayle Johnson" > obituary but it was he wrong one since this Patricia was born in 1940. The > Patricia we are supposed to be looking for was born in 1953 or 1954. I also > found there were several Patricia's in the Fort Worth area high school > yearbooks from Ancestry.com. At first the race was known to me until I > found another adoption registry that the mother was white as some of the > high school picture had some black girls in them. So those where out of the > question. > > Then I found this on CousinConnection.com: > > Surname(s): BABY BOY JOHNSON : FISCHER : JOHNSON : PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON : > REX MCINTIRE > Query Text: > > Baby boy Johnson Born 1/1/73 in fort worth texas @ North west hospital to > my Birth mother PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON AGE 19 @ TIME OF MY BIRTH. Her home > state was Idaho Private adoption the lawyer was REX MCINTIRE OF THE FT > WORTH TX AREA. Also seeking other adoptees who were Rex Mcintire babys and > B moms as well to compare notes on him and north west hospital . Baby boy > Johnson ISO bmom PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON OR ANY BIRTH RELITIVE. > > Associated Regions: United States > > I also found this Patricia in a more recent year: > > PATRICIA GAYLE JOHNSON > Trimble Technical High School > Ft. Worth, TX > Class of 1972 > Member Since: Jun 8, 2010 > > I checked this against the yearbooks on Ancestry.com: > > U.S. School Yearbooks about Patricia Johnson > Name: Patricia Johnson > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1949 > Age: 20 > School: Technical High School > School Location: Fort Worth, Texas > Year: 1969 > Yearbook Title: Green B 1969 > > What I found interesting about this HS Patricia in Texas is that she's > blond hair. I found this adoption registry with more detail given: > > Adoptee Information > > Baby Boy Johnson > Gender:Male > Adoptee Name:Jacques Alexander Fischer > Birth Date:Jan 1, 1973 > Birth Place:Texas > Birth Mother:Patricia Gayle Johnson > Birth Father:Unknown > Adoption Date:1973-01-03 > Hospital:North West Hospital > Agency/Attorney:Rex Mcintire Lawyer > Send PM > Add Note > Block User > Add Contact > Contact Info > Submitted By: Jacques Fischer (User Jackgabe), An Adoptee, on Sep 14, 2008 > advertisement > > Adoptee Details > Nick Name BABY BOY JOHNSON > Height Average > Hair Color Blonde > Eye Color Blue > Race White > Occupation Mechanical > Education Some college > Married Yes > Spouse Name MARIA FISCHER > URL: http://registry.adoption.com/records/518454.html > > Is it possible she lived in Texas longer than the patrons thinks? She might > have gone to HS in Texas? > > More questions to add to all of this. > Matt Friend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. 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washington county. -----Original Message----- From: chrissy_7 <[email protected]> To: idgen <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 9:52 am Subject: [IDGENWEB] checking in Twin Falls, Cassia, Jerome, Camas, Lincoln and Minidoka all up and being updated! Chris IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Boise County checking in and counting the days to retirement. Reba McMillan http://marydexter.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew D. Friend Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 8:07 AM To: IDGenWeb Project Subject: [IDGENWEB] Monthly Roll Call - November 1, 2012 Good Morning Idahoans, This month and forward, I'm going to be doing only one roll call announcement a month. So it's your job to make yourself known to me, personally, or to this list. It's up to you. I'm glad to have all of your guys on my team. You're a great bunch. I hope ya'll will continue to serve your county well and make your patrons proud of your hard work. Anyway, I'll start by saying that IDGenWeb doing well and I'm checking in for Ada and Blaine counties. Sherri Bradley, our National Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project was contacted last fall by a reporter from the "Farmer's Almanac" for an interview about online genealogical research. The article got published recently for the "Farmer's Almanac 2013" edition, called "Digging Up Roots" (URL: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/10/29/digging-up-roots/). It's uncertain how long this link will be up but it's a great source to share with your patrons on your county's website(s) and other places too. The link will also be placed on th USGenWeb Project website to be shared with our volunteers and researchers alike. Thanks to Farmer's Almanac (URL: http:farmersalmanac.com/) for recognizing USGenWeb and its volunteers for being the continributing cause for fre access to genealogical research. Sherri Bradley extended her wishes to ya'll ... "Thanks to EVERYONE that works to make the USGenWeb Project what it is!" "Hear-Hear!!! Idahoans!" Thanks for making IDGenWeb Project a part of who you are VOLUNTEERS! That's what makes our GenWeb projects so great. I hope everyone had a great past month. I would like to hear what you had done for our "Family History Month" that made a different in our genealogical society. As for me, I would like to say that I've added some stuff on some of my county's projects. Well, fall is surely here in Arkansas, though the cold is setting in nicely. We've had some freezing temperatures but nothing like bundling up in the early morning run. That was such a fun morning for me. It felt great. All is well, in my neck of the woods. My family are doing good considering. My wife is still trying to recover from her earlier unexpected illness but she has her good days and down days. Of course, it helped to get a new bed to sleep in to help the recovery. Our last bed was a bit lumpy-bumpy and spring-pinching uncomfortable. Had anyone felt that way with your bed before? LOL We finally decided on a "Select Comfort" bed. AAaaahh!!! Sweet dreams. Alright, enough of me! I'm sure you are giggling at my nonsense here. I have gotten one patron's request to help her find a birth mother that connected to her husband's adoption. The woman went to Fort Worth, Texas to have a baby born on January 1, 1973. Recently, she got a hold of the original birth certificate that basically states the birth mother's name is Patricia Gayle Johnson, birthplace in Idaho and aged at the time of her child birth, 19. Given only this much information. It showed that she lived at a certain address in Texas but it's unknown whom she was living with until the birth of her baby boy. So the patron is hoping to find out more about this birth mother. Sorry all she has is the general birth place of Idaho. No county or city or town. Do you think we can help her out. She would have been born sometime in 1953-54. I've connected the ISHS to see if they have any of those birth records from that time periods, since I heard they inherited some of them from the state government. From my own looking around, the woman has already placed ads on some of the national adoption registry. Can you guys check around for this patrons, perhaps for some high school yearbook about 1970-72. Maybe if there's some college yearbook for 1972? Well, I would love to hear from everyone this month. I hope ya'll are ready for the upcoming holiday---Thanksgiving Day. What your plans this year? Oh! Please extend some good thoughts and prayers to those effected by the "Superstorm Sandy" in NYC and NJ and don't forget to extend personal prayers for some of our own team members. We've heard about some of them already but it's nice to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. Well, have a great month, Idahoans. Love ya'll, Matt Friend IDGenWeb Project State Coordinator http://idgenweb.org/ -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Nez Perce and Latah Counties alive and kicking... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew D. Friend Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:07 AM To: IDGenWeb Project Subject: [IDGENWEB] Monthly Roll Call - November 1, 2012 Good Morning Idahoans, This month and forward, I'm going to be doing only one roll call announcement a month. So it's your job to make yourself known to me, personally, or to this list. It's up to you. I'm glad to have all of your guys on my team. You're a great bunch. I hope ya'll will continue to serve your county well and make your patrons proud of your hard work. Anyway, I'll start by saying that IDGenWeb doing well and I'm checking in for Ada and Blaine counties. Sherri Bradley, our National Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project was contacted last fall by a reporter from the "Farmer's Almanac" for an interview about online genealogical research. The article got published recently for the "Farmer's Almanac 2013" edition, called "Digging Up Roots" (URL: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/10/29/digging-up-roots/). It's uncertain how long this link will be up but it's a great source to share with your patrons on your county's website(s) and other places too. The link will also be placed on th USGenWeb Project website to be shared with our volunteers and researchers alike. Thanks to Farmer's Almanac (URL: http:farmersalmanac.com/) for recognizing USGenWeb and its volunteers for being the continributing cause for fre access to genealogical research. Sherri Bradley extended her wishes to ya'll ... "Thanks to EVERYONE that works to make the USGenWeb Project what it is!" "Hear-Hear!!! Idahoans!" Thanks for making IDGenWeb Project a part of who you are VOLUNTEERS! That's what makes our GenWeb projects so great. I hope everyone had a great past month. I would like to hear what you had done for our "Family History Month" that made a different in our genealogical society. As for me, I would like to say that I've added some stuff on some of my county's projects. Well, fall is surely here in Arkansas, though the cold is setting in nicely. We've had some freezing temperatures but nothing like bundling up in the early morning run. That was such a fun morning for me. It felt great. All is well, in my neck of the woods. My family are doing good considering. My wife is still trying to recover from her earlier unexpected illness but she has her good days and down days. Of course, it helped to get a new bed to sleep in to help the recovery. Our last bed was a bit lumpy-bumpy and spring-pinching uncomfortable. Had anyone felt that way with your bed before? LOL We finally decided on a "Select Comfort" bed. AAaaahh!!! Sweet dreams. Alright, enough of me! I'm sure you are giggling at my nonsense here. I have gotten one patron's request to help her find a birth mother that connected to her husband's adoption. The woman went to Fort Worth, Texas to have a baby born on January 1, 1973. Recently, she got a hold of the original birth certificate that basically states the birth mother's name is Patricia Gayle Johnson, birthplace in Idaho and aged at the time of her child birth, 19. Given only this much information. It showed that she lived at a certain address in Texas but it's unknown whom she was living with until the birth of her baby boy. So the patron is hoping to find out more about this birth mother. Sorry all she has is the general birth place of Idaho. No county or city or town. Do you think we can help her out. She would have been born sometime in 1953-54. I've connected the ISHS to see if they have any of those birth records from that time periods, since I heard they inherited some of them from the state government. From my own looking around, the woman has already placed ads on some of the national adoption registry. Can you guys check around for this patrons, perhaps for some high school yearbook about 1970-72. Maybe if there's some college yearbook for 1972? Well, I would love to hear from everyone this month. I hope ya'll are ready for the upcoming holiday---Thanksgiving Day. What your plans this year? Oh! Please extend some good thoughts and prayers to those effected by the "Superstorm Sandy" in NYC and NJ and don't forget to extend personal prayers for some of our own team members. We've heard about some of them already but it's nice to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. Well, have a great month, Idahoans. Love ya'll, Matt Friend IDGenWeb Project State Coordinator http://idgenweb.org/ -- *Matthew D. Friend* Conway, Arkansas Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend Twitter: @matthewdfriend IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Payette County Up & Running.     Still working on our yearbook project. The 1952-1954 yearbooks (Harmon Killebrew's years) had all been stolen from the library, high school and museum. We tracked down some copies from our patrons and I'm working with the high school to have them scanned, indexed and put on our website. A real team effort. We appreciate all the help!  Kerrie

Twin Falls, Cassia, Jerome, Camas, Lincoln and Minidoka all up and being updated! Chris

Clark is on the road in Texas so nothing going on back home. Visited a ranch near Austin my GGGrandfather bought in 1863 after immigrating into Houston. Orig cabin he built still there. Exceptional opportunity. Life is GREAT!!!!! On Nov 1, 2012, at 9:06, "Matthew D. Friend" <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Morning Idahoans, > > This month and forward, I'm going to be doing only one roll call > announcement a month. So it's your job to make yourself known to me, > personally, or to this list. It's up to you. I'm glad to have all of your > guys on my team. You're a great bunch. I hope ya'll will continue to serve > your county well and make your patrons proud of your hard work. Anyway, > I'll start by saying that IDGenWeb doing well and I'm checking in for Ada > and Blaine counties. > > Sherri Bradley, our National Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project was > contacted last fall by a reporter from the "Farmer's Almanac" for an > interview about online genealogical research. The article got published > recently for the "Farmer's Almanac 2013" edition, called "Digging Up Roots" > (URL: http://www.farmersalmanac.com/home-garden/2012/10/29/digging-up-roots/). > It's uncertain how long this link will be up but it's a great source to > share with your patrons on your county's website(s) and other places too. > The link will also be placed on th USGenWeb Project website to be shared > with our volunteers and researchers alike. Thanks to Farmer's Almanac (URL: > http:farmersalmanac.com/) for recognizing USGenWeb and its volunteers for > being the continributing cause for fre access to genealogical research. > Sherri Bradley extended her wishes to ya'll ... "Thanks to EVERYONE that > works to make the USGenWeb Project what it is!" > > "Hear-Hear!!! Idahoans!" Thanks for making IDGenWeb Project a part of who > you are VOLUNTEERS! That's what makes our GenWeb projects so great. > > I hope everyone had a great past month. I would like to hear what you had > done for our "Family History Month" that made a different in our > genealogical society. As for me, I would like to say that I've added some > stuff on some of my county's projects. > > Well, fall is surely here in Arkansas, though the cold is setting in > nicely. We've had some freezing temperatures but nothing like bundling up > in the early morning run. That was such a fun morning for me. It felt > great. All is well, in my neck of the woods. My family are doing good > considering. My wife is still trying to recover from her earlier unexpected > illness but she has her good days and down days. Of course, it helped to > get a new bed to sleep in to help the recovery. Our last bed was a bit > lumpy-bumpy and spring-pinching uncomfortable. Had anyone felt that way > with your bed before? LOL We finally decided on a "Select Comfort" bed. > AAaaahh!!! Sweet dreams. > > Alright, enough of me! I'm sure you are giggling at my nonsense here. I > have gotten one patron's request to help her find a birth mother that > connected to her husband's adoption. The woman went to Fort Worth, Texas to > have a baby born on January 1, 1973. Recently, she got a hold of the > original birth certificate that basically states the birth mother's name is > Patricia Gayle Johnson, birthplace in Idaho and aged at the time of her > child birth, 19. Given only this much information. It showed that she lived > at a certain address in Texas but it's unknown whom she was living with > until the birth of her baby boy. So the patron is hoping to find out more > about this birth mother. Sorry all she has is the general birth place of > Idaho. No county or city or town. Do you think we can help her out. She > would have been born sometime in 1953-54. I've connected the ISHS to see if > they have any of those birth records from that time periods, since I heard > they inherited some of them from the state government. From my own looking > around, the woman has already placed ads on some of the national adoption > registry. Can you guys check around for this patrons, perhaps for some high > school yearbook about 1970-72. Maybe if there's some college yearbook for > 1972? > > Well, I would love to hear from everyone this month. I hope ya'll are ready > for the upcoming holiday---Thanksgiving Day. What your plans this year? Oh! > Please extend some good thoughts and prayers to those effected by the > "Superstorm Sandy" in NYC and NJ and don't forget to extend personal > prayers for some of our own team members. We've heard about some of them > already but it's nice to keep them in our thoughts and prayers. > > Well, have a great month, Idahoans. > > Love ya'll, > Matt Friend > IDGenWeb Project State Coordinator > http://idgenweb.org/ > > -- > *Matthew D. Friend* > Conway, Arkansas > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MatthewDFriend > Twitter: @matthewdfriend > IDGenWeb Project is on Facebook. Come and Join us @ http://www.facebook.com/groups/idgenweb/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message