On 11/27/05 10:20 AM, "Jack Sanders" <deejudge@fox-net.net> wrote: > On 11/26/05 12:49 AM, "wsjlwick@comcast.net" <wsjlwick@comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> My name is William W. WIckham II and I am the GGG-Granson of Benjamin Pierce >> Wickham who lived in Clay County Kansas up until his death in 1872. My >> GG-Grandfather Miles Wickham also lived there until his death in 1882. >> >> I would like to find out if Benjamin's tombstone is in Clay Center and if it >> shows who his father and mother where. > > > Hi, William. I located your family in the 1880 census and will be glad to > send it to you off list if you don't already have it. Oops! Sorry about that. I meant to say the 1870 census record. Jack Sanders

On 11/26/05 12:49 AM, "wsjlwick@comcast.net" <wsjlwick@comcast.net> wrote: > > My name is William W. WIckham II and I am the GGG-Granson of Benjamin Pierce > Wickham who lived in Clay County Kansas up until his death in 1872. My > GG-Grandfather Miles Wickham also lived there until his death in 1882. > > I would like to find out if Benjamin's tombstone is in Clay Center and if it > shows who his father and mother where. Hi, William. I located your family in the 1880 census and will be glad to send it to you off list if you don't already have it. Looks like B.P. Pierce and his family including son Miles were all living together except for one son and wife who had a farm next to them. Their census records indicate they were living in Gatesville Twp. just a little southeast of Clay Center. I would suggest looking at the cemetery records for Gatesville Cemetery and also Greenwood Cemetery in Clay Center itself. Your contact would be Cathy Haney at the Clay County Historical Society. She is a wonderful person and has helped our family greatly with our searches. I do not know if she is on the internet, but I'm sure you could look the Hist. Society up in the Clay Center white pages on one of the on-line white pages. Just pick up the phone and call her. She's that kind of person, always glad to help. I believe she has the burial records for the Clay County cemeteries including plot maps for many Greenwood burials and lots of obits and newspaper clippings, census and tax records, etc. Regards, Jack Sanders, Eureka, KS ------------------------------------------- Researching all the SANDERS "boys" of Clay Center, KS - 1860+; and in England: SA(U)NDERS and CHART, E.Grinstead, Worth, Ssx; and Felbridge/Lingfield, Sry, pre 1500 - 1850 Also related families of BYSHE/BISH pre 1500 - 1850, Worth, Ssx and Horne, Godstone, Sry and TAYLOR, BUTCHER, FENNER, PAYN(E), same time period, in and around E.Grinstead. Also CAREW SANDERS, St. Louis and Mississippi, 1875+: USA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wickham Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/123 Message Board Post: To anyone from Clay Center, KS. My name is William W. WIckham II and I am the GGG-Granson of Benjamin Pierce Wickham who lived in Clay County Kansas up until his death in 1872. My GG-Grandfather Miles Wickham also lived there until his death in 1882. I would like to find out if Benjamin's tombstone is in Clay Center and if it shows who his father and mother where. If anyone can help I would appreciate it, since I live in Allen, Texas and do not get back to Kansas very often.

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The following is an article about online books that I just received. Thought you all might be interested! Karen <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< The message is incredibly cool! You can go to the Brigham Young University website http://www.lib.byu.edu/ and do searches of over 5000 books which the Family History Library has put online.* ... the LDS Family History> Library has announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet all of the Family History books in their collection. These are primarily books in the "929.273 Series" that are currently housed on the first floor of the Family History Library (previously housed on the fourth floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building). At the present time (September 2005), about 5000 books have been digitized and are available, and they have announced that they are adding about 100 titles a week to the on-line collection. Copyright issues are playing a role in determining the order in which they progress through this task; books out of copyright are being done first. As these Family History books are digitized and placed on-line, an entry is being placed in the Family History Library on-line catalog with a hyperlink to the digitized image. By going to the FHL On-Line Catalog, you can search for a specific name, find a book that has been indexed using the name, and view it on-line, flipping through the pages as separate "pdf" images, much the same as if you were on the first floor of the Family History Library. = Of course, the indexing that is available through the FHL Catalog is only as good as the human indexers made it; typically they only include the "top" 4 to 6 names that appear in each book in their indexing efforts. But there is even better news! The digitized images of these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. By going directly to the BYU web site to view the images, there are several additional possibilities that provide genealogists functionality that they have never had before. You are now able to do full-text searches on each book, and on every digitized book in the collection. Now you can locate the small two-paragraph entry on Grandpa Ebenezer McGarrah that is buried in one of the Family History books that you would have otherwise never thought to look at before. This can open up a huge new possibility for extending lines, getting past brick walls, and uncovering new relatives!= How to Find The Digitized Images? Go to the web site of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU at http://www.lib.byu.edu/ on their home page, follow the links "Find Other Materials/Electronic/On Line Collections at BYU". Click on the "Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of collections that are displayed. (Direct link: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/) You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the "Search Full Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits. As you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here to View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being viewed. One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the Family History Archive (the page that lets you begin a search), click on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History book that has been digitized and is available in the collection. You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up and down the stacks at the library. At the top of the first page of the search results, it displays the number of hits, which (in this case) is the number of books in the collection. If you keep track of this number, you can get a pretty good idea of how fast they are adding titles to the collection as you revisit the web site from time to time. I think you will want to visit this site often as the collection grows!" Researching my Cain, Brandt, Boettcher, Queary, Schild, Brazzel and other families! http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brandt/index.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/122 Message Board Post: These three "T" families intermarried and lived in Clay Co. in the 1870's. I would like to exchange information with anyone researching them. They came to Clay Co. from Jo Daviess Co., IL.

Dear List: Is there anyone on the List who lives near Greenwood Cemetery in or near Clay Center, Kansas? If so, please let me know. Thanks. Janis Mundy Reno, NV

If Ida's maiden name was Hillstrom, as her son's death record indicates, she was living in Riley Co. Kansas with her parents and brother in 1880: _John E. HILLSTROM_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8906015_0&frompage=99) Self M Male W 56 SWE Farmer SWE SWE _Christine HILLSTROM_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8906015_1&frompage=99) Wife M Female W 53 SWE Keeps House SWE SWE _Ida C. HILLSTROM_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=188 0US_8906015_2&frompage=99) Dau S Female W 14 IL At Home SWE SWE _John P. HILLSTROM_ (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/Census/individual_record.asp?INDI_CODE=1880US_8906015_3&frompage=99) Son S Male W 9 KS SWE SWE Sheryl

Below are Emmor with his parents and siblings: 1910 Kansas, Clay Co., Blaine Twp. Forlund, Peter age 42 married 21 years born Sweden Forslund, Ida C. age 43 married 21 years 5 children living of 7 born; born Illinois (parents born Sweden) Forslund, Emmor age 19 born Kansas Forslund, Lillian age 16 born Kansas Forlsund, Vandle age 14 born Kansas Forslund, Erwin E. age 11 born Kansas Forslund, Irene M. age 9 mo. born Kansas going back ten years, here they are in Clay Center in 1900: Forlund, Peter R.. born June 1867 married 11 years born Sweden emigrated 1869 Forslund, Ida C. born May 1866 married 11 years 4 children living of 5 born; born Illinois (parents born Sweden) Forslund, Emmor L. born May 1890 born Kansas Forslund, Lillian M. born Nov. 1893 born Kansas Forlsund, Orrie V. born Nov. 1895 born Kansas Forslund, Erwin E. born June 1898 born Kansas In 1930 Emmor's brother Erwin "Shorty" Erie Forslund was living in Denver, Colorado with his wife Hazel (Yensen)--he died 3/4/1981 in Oregon; brother Vandal was in Mower Co., MN with wife Alta--he died 12/23/1966 and is buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota; according to his death record his mother's (Ida) name was Hillstrom; his second (?) wife Mary Atkinson Forslund Cambern is buried next to him--they had at least one child, Mary Jane born 1946. Father Peter was a widower in 1930, living in Clay Center and working as a custodian at a hospital, and unmarried daughter Lillian was with him. She was a saleslady at a variety store. I don't know what happened to Irene. Sheryl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/121 Message Board Post: My father, Emery Frank Forslund was born in Clay Center on March 24, 1916. His parents were Emmor L Forslund and Florence A Peterson. Both his parents were about 25 years old when he was born according to his birth certificate. My grandmother, Florence, was an only child as was my father. Perhaps there is someone on his father's side? I was always told that my paternal grandfather, Emmor Forslund, died when my father was about 5 years old. My father died in 1975 and there is nobody that I can look to for information. All information will be gratefully appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gillespie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/120 Message Board Post: I have posted 2 pictures on deadfred.com that were taken in Clay Center Kansas around 1900. One is identified as "Rose Ann Gillespie". The other is of an unidentified young man. If you know who the man is, or have any more info on the woman, please share the info. Thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/119 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information on a Emanuel Martin and his family. He was a doctor in Clay Center. Had three children Lucille, William and Marjorie. His wife was Nellie Stafford. Thank You.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/106.1 Message Board Post: Bill, I tried to email you directly but it came back as undeliverable. I am not sure how familiar you are with the area but "The Daily Union" is out of Junction City, Kansas. I can give you there direct contact info if needed. The paper out of Clay Center, is The Dispatch. I don't have there info at my finger tips at the moment. However, if you are still looking for this obi please let me know. I live in Clay Center and am only about 8 blocks from the Dispatch office, I would be more then happy to call or go over there to see what I can get for you. Email me anytime autmnsunset@cebridge.net Hope to hear from you soon. Christine

Since he was living at the county farm in 1920, and was not there in 1930, he did probably die during that 10-year period. You might write the Clay County Museum and see if he has an obit on file (they keep them on index cards) and also ask that they look on the computer listings for Greenwood Cemetery. It is also possible he was buried in his sister's family plot, in Vining. Susan Cantonwine Baldwin died in 1930. Sheryl

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CANTONWINE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/118 Message Board Post: Looking for Alexander Cantonwine, b. Nov 1850 in IA, son of Michael & Catherine (Myers/Myres) Cantonwine. Last found in 1920 U.S. Census • Kansas • Clay • Clay Center • ED# 6, Image 5 Alexander Cantonwine, 72, widow. Alexander appears to have been married twice--first to Mary (Unknown), b. abt 1859 in Iowa, with whom he had one daughter, Estella, b. abt 1879 in Kansas (per 1880 Census > Kansas > Washington > Sherman > District 325). Per 1900 Census > Oklahoma > Grant > Coldwater > District 67, Image 10, his wife was Ellen (b. Oct 1851 in NY). Alexander wrote two books, "Cimarron Race-Oklahoma" and "Star Forty-Six, Oklahoma. I haven't been able to find where he died or is buried.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Harrison Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/117 Message Board Post: My daughter-in-law needs 2 obit.'s James Harrison died 5-8-1927 Clay Center Alice Harrison died 4-6-1935 Clay Center If anyone could look these up it would be great!!!!!! lallen844@kc.rr.com Thanks !!!!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/115.2 Message Board Post: If you still have the book could you check it for Poots and Bloom names. Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Newton, Priest Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/115.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Could you tell me if there are any Priest or Newton names in the Clay Co. yearbook? Those are my family lines from Clay Center, KS. How kind of you! One branch of the Priests moved to California and much of our family's mementos were lost there. I've done the same thing you've done with some North Carolina mementos I've found at yard sales. Thanks so much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wl.2ADE/115 Message Board Post: I am in possession of a 1926 Clay County Community High School Yearbook, called "Orange and Black". My husband and I have no ancestral linkage to anyone in the yearbook and would like to pass it on to someone who does. We live in California. My husband had purchased a small house years ago before we were married and the previous owners left this yearbook and two others from Quincy, IL behind. I do not want to sell the yearbook, only send it to someone who has a direct linkage to someone in the yearbook.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wl.2ADE/114 Message Board Post: As reported in "The Capital-Journal", Topeka, KS, on 31 July 2005: Marysville radio station KNDY 1570-AM has begun a 5-minute Low German newscast at 12:25 pm Sundays as part of a community language preservation project that has evolved with the help of a University of Kansas doctoral student, Scott Seeger. Seeger has worked with residents of Marshall and Washington counties and a few Nebraska residents to preserve the language of German settlers in the area.