Holy Cow.... having a baby at 12! That poor little girl!! Thanks for sharing! Lanita Sconce Smith I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it

This is a repeat message that I sent on the list which I have had a request to repeat again. It is sent to serve as a good reminder to all, even me. I want to tell you a couple of quick things about the [ex] mother-in-law's funeral and the plans thereof that happened this past weekend.. As some of you might know, I wrote a book on my [ex] inlaws and their special love story. [at the time married 70 years, and still looked at each other and talked to each other like they were kids... a true inspiring love story of real sweethearts!!] It was published over 3 years ago, and was a surprise Christmas gift to them.. Along with the usual, who begat whom, with data info, I had asked my mother-in-law to write their story... how they met, the first date, where they lived, what they did, etc. She had no idea it was going into the book.. She did a whale of a job, and was the perfect story teller... we learned so much, and she had even added some humorous tidbits in the story.. Not only did the book come in handy, it was a lifesaver to the family!! When questions came up...'didn't she have a baby sister that died? What was her name?".. I pulled out the book and said, 'that info is right here!'... When they asked, 'when did Raymond's dau. die?" [niece]... I pulled out the book again and said, 'it's right here!".. The look on the family's faces took a whole new turn when they realized that all the info they needed was already written down for them, and they didn't have to 'think' back.... I was looked at in a whole new way of appreciation, and my fufillment was completed when they used something I had asked the mother to write down for the book [unbeknownst to her], for the funeral itself..They used that story, word for word, read by the pastor, and it just made the service alot more personal! So, my advice to any reseacher is..... get that older person to WRITE IT DOWN... YOU TAPE IT... DO SOMETHING!! Do not stop with names, dates, and marriages... get the actual stories and memories... and put them into a book for the family... That Christmas, my husband's siblings looked at me like 'oh, isn't this nice...yawn yawn' when I gave them a copy and copies to their parents.... BUT, this weekend, it was a whole new appreciation! They got out the book a number of times, and deep inside, I kept saying 'I TOLD you so!!! I TOLD you so!!" I know many don't feel like they are writers!! But, people, if we don't write it down, how will family members know?? Our history is more than names and faces, along with dates, they were people.. It's OUR job/love to make these ancestors come alive and maybe, along the way, excite the living family members with their own history!! The burden of thinking back was taken away by everything already being in the book..I cannot encourage you strongly enough!! Write it down.. Put it into a book! Put it into several pages... but, for pete's sake.. do you families a favor by writing down in story form, what you know or have been told!! AND, you know more than you think!! While we have dreaded this weekend for so long, for me personally, I was finally perceived as an actual family member, I think, because I had already taken care of gathering some info that they would need.. That was not only fulfilling, but it validated once again, this passion that I have, called family history!! What a welcomed relief to know that some burdens were not present because the information was already provided, and was actually used fora sad day! Please, people, do yourselves and your families a favor....WRITE IT DOWN and GIVE to family members!!! Lanita ______________________________ ------------------------------

Giggling......well pushing it yes. However, I don't put it past a family who may have had to many mouths to feed or just wanted that poor girl out of the house. Kara Kara S.- Enjoying the genealogy puzzle!

Lanita, I echo your thoughts and prayers as well. If there is anything at all I may do to help please let me know. Kara in So. California. Kara S.- Enjoying the genealogy puzzle!

Lanita, Girls matured and looked older than boys (just like today) and they got married. Have you noticed the difference even today between the maturity rate of the boys and girls. Some girls at age 12 look 18...it's amazing to spend time at a middle school. Being married at age eleven, maybe closer to 12 was possible. Pat Lanita Sconce Smith wrote: > Okay, > > Has anybody come across anybody in their lines who has a dau who > married at 11? I am trying to find Margaretha AMANN, we know she mar. > in 1866, but in 1860 census the only girl I can find to match is 5 > years old.... Isn't 11 pushing it? > > Give me some feedback! > Lanita > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > >

I found one recently who married at 12. She had a child 7 months later. Catherine Lanita Sconce Smith wrote: > Okay, > > Has anybody come across anybody in their lines who has a dau who > married at 11? I am trying to find Margaretha AMANN, we know she mar. > in 1866, but in 1860 census the only girl I can find to match is 5 > years old.... Isn't 11 pushing it? > > Give me some feedback! > Lanita > >

Okay, Has anybody come across anybody in their lines who has a dau who married at 11? I am trying to find Margaretha AMANN, we know she mar. in 1866, but in 1860 census the only girl I can find to match is 5 years old.... Isn't 11 pushing it? Give me some feedback! Lanita

Thank you Nancy. I may have found my great grandfather John M. Dickey in the Civil War at last. Louise > Subject: > > MO-OREGON-HISTORY-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 218 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] RAYMOND SP [Lanita Sconce Smith <[email protected]] > #2 Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] sharing [Lanita Sconce Smith <[email protected]] > #3 Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - W [topdog <[email protected]] > #4 Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] RAYMOND SP ["bae2tx" <[email protected]>] > #5 Re: unsubscribing [Lanita Sconce Smith <[email protected]] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I > Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 06:34:32 -0500 > From: topdog <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Good Morning, > > Robin Carnahan, Missouri Secretary of State has provided an online > database of military records for Missouri soldiers and sailors. While > not every record is online as yet this is a wonderful resource - and > it's free! > > Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I > http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/ > > Nancy > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >

I know this is not genealogy related, and yet it is... We have some of our mailing list family members in the path of Hurricane Katrina, and I know that they would appreciate any and all prayers for their safety and the safety of their neighbors. We are family here on this list, and are mindful of the traumatic rains and winds which are affecting many of our own. Josiah, and others... we are thinking and praying for you! Lanita

Martin, Frances, Walter, Cadella (female), Herbert in the 1920. Pat, Lanita Sconce Smith wrote: > Thanks, Charlene... do you find Walter/Fred in Martin's household in > 1920? > Thanks! > > Lanita Sconce Smith > > I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > >

Ok, finally found the right one.. they are in Wheatfield Township, in 1910. Thanks! Lanita Sconce Smith I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it

Strike that!! WALTER is found in his parents' home in 1930... "My" Fred W. is in his own home, and already married with 1 child in 1930... RATS!! LANITA

Thanks, Charlene... do you find Walter/Fred in Martin's household in 1920? Thanks! Lanita Sconce Smith I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it

Fred W is not in Peters household or the household of Mrs Wm living next door in 1910 nor is he in peters household nor living next door with Elizabeth 74 wd 1920 according to Heritage Quest ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] census help needed > > I need some help.. ancestry.com has Clinton Co., IL all messed up in > the transcriptions.. > > I need 1910 and 1920 census for a Fred W. LAUX... may be in the > household of Peter, but not sure. > > Ancestry doesn't show up any LAUX when I hit the link for the page.. > I've searched pages previous and after, but am perplexed.. > > Any help is appreciated! > Lanita > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/2005 > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] census help needed > Okay, > > I think I found him.. his name was Fred W. and there is a WALTER the > right age in 1910 census...[it was transcribed online] He is the son of > Martin... 1910 lists Martin's 2nd wife, but I'm trying to find the 1st > wife... > > So far, LAUX is what they have been consistent with the spelling.... > there wasn't any "L" surnames in the pages that ancestry had listed for > them.. I learned over the weekend, that the transcribers on ancestry > get paid per page they do, so obviously some people are in a hurry to > get the page done, mistakes and all. > > Will definitely take your hint about the long "O"... I know squat about > French and German names.... if it ain't Scotch Irish, I'm dumb as a > stump! > > > Thanks! > > Lanita Sconce Smith > > I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it > THIS IS WAY TOO FUNNY! I MUST REMEMBER THIS NEXT TIME MYSELF! > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > >

Okay, I think I found him.. his name was Fred W. and there is a WALTER the right age in 1910 census...[it was transcribed online] He is the son of Martin... 1910 lists Martin's 2nd wife, but I'm trying to find the 1st wife... So far, LAUX is what they have been consistent with the spelling.... there wasn't any "L" surnames in the pages that ancestry had listed for them.. I learned over the weekend, that the transcribers on ancestry get paid per page they do, so obviously some people are in a hurry to get the page done, mistakes and all. Will definitely take your hint about the long "O"... I know squat about French and German names.... if it ain't Scotch Irish, I'm dumb as a stump! Thanks! Lanita Sconce Smith I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it

Oh yea... I've tried every which way... when I click on the census image, the surname is no where to be found. Thanks! Lanita Sconce Smith I looked at my family tree...there were two dogs using it

Lanita, I can get to the 1910-1920 census, but could your people be spelled Low or Loaw? That looks like a French name that would be pronounced as L with a long O. Pat Miller Lanita Sconce Smith wrote: > > I need some help.. ancestry.com has Clinton Co., IL all messed up in > the transcriptions.. > > I need 1910 and 1920 census for a Fred W. LAUX... may be in the > household of Peter, but not sure. > > Ancestry doesn't show up any LAUX when I hit the link for the page.. > I've searched pages previous and after, but am perplexed.. > > Any help is appreciated! > Lanita > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > >

Have you tried just entering Fred, Fred W. or F. W. and not using a surname at all? This has helped me several times in the past.................. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lanita Sconce Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] census help needed > > I need some help.. ancestry.com has Clinton Co., IL all messed up in > the transcriptions.. > > I need 1910 and 1920 census for a Fred W. LAUX... may be in the > household of Peter, but not sure. > > Ancestry doesn't show up any LAUX when I hit the link for the page.. > I've searched pages previous and after, but am perplexed.. > > Any help is appreciated! > Lanita > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > >

I need some help.. ancestry.com has Clinton Co., IL all messed up in the transcriptions.. I need 1910 and 1920 census for a Fred W. LAUX... may be in the household of Peter, but not sure. Ancestry doesn't show up any LAUX when I hit the link for the page.. I've searched pages previous and after, but am perplexed.. Any help is appreciated! Lanita