Excellent Idea!! I would go further and say visit the elderly neighbor BEFORE they go to the nursing home. Indian-Territory-Roots-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > Indian-Territory-Roots-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 167 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Indian Pioneer Papers Index-Vol.22 [Gay & Tim Wall <t31892@nidlink.com] > #2 Living Ancestors--What do you thin [Leona Kollman Garcia <lgarcia@ncia] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from Indian-Territory-Roots-D, send a message to > > Indian-Territory-Roots-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Indian Pioneer Papers Index-Vol.22 > Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 20:59:47 -0700 > From: Gay & Tim Wall <t31892@nidlink.com> > To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com > > Here is the continuing...index of the Indian Pioneer Papers--Western > History Collection---University of Oklahoma. The Indian Pioneer History > Papers is a collection of interviews done in 1937 & 1938, which includes > biographical data on both living and deceased persons of Indian and pioneer > heritage whose lives have been important in the history of Oklahoma. There > is also a collection of information on family customs, tribal histories, > social organizations, folklore, legends, cemeteries, old trails, ferries, > forts, trading centers and other unrecorded facts known only to oral > tradition. > > VOLUME 22--------MICROFICHE #6016887----9 FICHE------ > NAME ADDRESS > CROCKET, Susie Altus, OK > CROCKETT, J.H.(Dr.) Durant, OK > CROCKRAN, Van Wynnewood, OK > CROMWELL, William Oliver Enid, OK > CRO?M, W.E. McAlester, OK > CROSS, Eliza Hugo, OK > CROSS, J.B. Dustin, OK > CROSS, Lou Belle Geary, OK > CROSS, Molly Sentinel, OK > CROSSLIN, E.B. Tonkawa, OK > CROTZER, Emma Fairview, OK > CROTZER, John L. Wyandotte, OK > CROU???, Stella Evelyn Carselowey Vinita, OK > CROW, George W. Okay, OK > CROW, Mary Hicks Blackwell, OK > CROW, Melissa Red Fork, OK > CROW, Nelson T. Watonga, OK > CROWELL, George Alva, OK > CROWELL, J.H. Orlando, OK > CROWLY, Ray Calumet, OK > CR?DUP, R.L. Durant, OK > CUBIT, ???? Eagletown, OK > CULBERSON, Elijah W. McAlester, OK > CULBERSON, James Durant, OK > CULBERTSON, C.E., Sr. Kiowa, OK > CULBERTSON, William T. Kiowa, OK > CULLAR, William W. Woodward, OK > CULLINS, D.H. Mangum, OK > CULLINS, Dan (Mrs) " " > CULLISON, James B.(Mrs) Enid, OK > CULWELL, Johnathan Gano Jester, OK > CUMMINGS, Alice E. Tulsa, OK > CUMMINS, George Vincent Alva, OK > CUMMINS, Julia Medford, OK > CUMMINS, Mary E. Sulphur, OK > CUMMINS, William Anthony Tulsa, OK > CUMSEY, Lonie Salpulpa, OK > CUMSEY, Louis " " > CUNARD, Anna Belle Okmulgee, OK > CUNES, Elizabeth Thomas Oklahoma City, OK > CUN???UBBY, Ida Davis, OK > CUNNINGHAM, Alpha Edmond, OK > CUNNINGHAM, Ellen Bartlesville, OK > CUNNINGHAM, G.C. Mill Creek, OK > CUNNINGHAM, Ivan Oklahoma City, OK > CUNNINGHAM, Roy (Mrs) Bartlesville, OK > CUNNINGHAM, T.F. no place given > CURL, W.S. Clinton, OK > CURLEON, Samuel Cardin, OK > CURRIE, Dona Anaconda, Montana > CURRY, Alice Pauls Valley, OK > CURRY, Barney P. Blanchard, OK > CURTIS, Joe Frederick, OK > CUSSINS, Frank (Mrs) Anadarko, OK > CUSTER, W.H.(Mrs) Pawnee, OK > CUTLER, Bud Red Oak, OK > CUTLER, Nellie Hoover Tulsa, OK > CYPERT, W.R. Ardmore, OK > CYRUS, Carrie Wewoka, OK > > TO BE CONTINUED....... > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Living Ancestors--What do you think? > Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 09:34:47 -0700 > From: Leona Kollman Garcia <lgarcia@ncia.com> > To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com > > This post may come to you more than once, as I am posting it on the > listserves that I belong to. If it does, I apologize in advance. > > I work in a profession in Washington State that led me to an idea. I > would love opinions, but criticism,etc is out. I only want opinions and > feedback to make or break the idea once and for all. > > In my profession, the information I have is confidential. I will not > disclose it and DO NOT ask me to. Last night alone I had over 100 people > (this is an everday occurance) that were in the age ranges of 95 to 100 > that had all of their vital information including ancestors, place of > birth, mother, father, social security, other information, and next of > kin in their records. > > The thought that has been ocurring to me over and over as I see > obituaries posted with, hopefully providing, information on next of > kin. Why not interview these people while they are still living. Most > are in nursing homes, but many are not. Of the ones that are in nursing > homes, only a small portion seem to be there (less than 1%) for memory > problems. What I am suggesting is this: > > 1] If everyone who is interested would go to their local nursing homes, > retirement communities, rehabilitation centers (persons recovering from > surgeries,etc..) and meet the people, there is a goldmine of information > available. > > 2] Many of these people are lonely and would love to share their > ancestors and family with you. Be up front and tell them you would like > to talk to people who want to discuss their families, both current and > past. > > 3] Come armed with pencil and paper as well as a tape recorder to back > you up. Ask permission to record it and tell them why. Just don't do it > secretly. > > 4] If someone does not want to talk to you about it, you have not lost > anything but a little time and you hopefull will have made life a little > better for someone that day. > > 5] I always leave my phone number with them in case they change their > mind. Many have, and I run right up there. > > 6] I have tried this for awhile now and I have come across many of the > names you are all researching. They may not be your relatives, but they > are someones. Many are Germans and Volga Germans, but there are many > other nationalities as well. I am going to continue this project for > myself no matter what. > > 7] If everyone who is interested would do the same and post the > information (with the person's permission and excluding their living > relatives) we would all get somewhere a heck of a lot faster. > > 8] Because the person who is providing the information is LIVING, they > could be contacted for information regarding other living relatives. > Anyone who is worried about invading their private information could do > like I did and contact the nearest living relative or emergency contact > to verify there is not a problem pursuing their ancestry and posting > the results on the internet and in email. > > 9] Because the homes,etc are local there is not an expense involved in > calling, faxing, visiting or contacting relatives. > > 10] The surname boards could carry a new heading of Living Ancestors or > something like that and every one could post their info to it by > State,County, Surname or whatever. Follow up names could be checked > with these people for verification and possible trigger even more new > information. > > 11] Perhaps if we listed ourselves (those who are willing) as volunteers > in the community in which we live to go back and follow up for people, > we would be doing a service to someone. Someone else in turn in their > community may do this service for you. > > 12] Many of these senior citizens I have found out are trying to find > living descendants because they have lost contact. > > 13] The advantage here is that you can finally break that 100 year > privacy barrier and do it with the ancestors permission. If you are > worried about it , make a form, have them sign that you have permission > to post it. If you are still worried, have their living descendant > emergency contact sign it too. That way you are not preying on these > people. They really want to help I have found. > > 14] If you really care about these people, take a grandchild, child, or > pet with you. They can spend the entire day just reliving their past. > Children, grandchildren, and animals trigger many more memories for > them. > > What does everyone think? > > Lee > -- > Mailto:lgarcia@ncia.com > > http://www.angelfire.com/wa/Lineage/index.html > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Leona--GarciaWA/ > http://www.gensource.com/common/ Common Threads Database Search Engine > > DENMARK: Bach > GERMANY Kollman, Kollmansberger, Kollmansperger, > Leipsig: Thaßler, Thassler > Hessen: Herman, Herrman, Hermann, Herrmann > HOLLAND: Warnaar, Warner > NORWAY: Kvalsund, Qualsund > RUSSIA: > Frank: Batt, Flath, Floth, Frick, Fuchs, Gettig, Gettman, Greif, Groth, > Heimbigner, Herman, Hermann, Herrman, Herrmann, Knopf, Leonhardt, > Schmidt, Stroh,Wagner > Grimm: Rasch > Hussenbach: Fuchs, Gettig, Herman, Hermann, Herrman, Herrmann > Kautz: Weber > Kolb: Frickel, Koch, Muntz > UNKNOWN: Adkins, Atkins, Amen, Amend, Betz, Boardman, Boedigheimer, > Erwin, Graetz, Henson, Holder, Ils, Kollman, Kollmansberger, > Kollmansperger, Gettman, Ore, Orr, McCae, McCay, McKay, McCoy, Muntz, > Rayburn, Stroh, Talley, Waller, Warner