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/VNB.2ACE/624.1 Message Board Post: I can't help you with whether or not Helen was with George Parlin in Butte, but I did find George & Helen in the 1920 U.S. Federal Census, and George & Wilfred in the 1930 census. I also found George's obituary. If you are interested in any of this information, I will send it to your e-mail address

I was wondering if anyone has information on the Northern Italian mining communities that lived in Butte and Walkerville in the early 1900's? I'm looking for written books or article or websites, and also the general regions or towns in Italy from whence the immigrants came. I would also be interested in contacting anyone else with ancestral ties to Northern Italy via Butte/Walkerville. I have noticed in early census records that there were many Italian families that lived nearby each other. Thank you, Bev Laird (related to Stagnoli family of Butte) . ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RYAN, PARLIN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/624 Message Board Post: Looking for help on GEORGE PARLIN and HELEN RYAN PARLIN; [ Helen may have been the widow of WILLIAM RYAN OR DIVORCED]. He, [George] or they, may have been there in the late 1890's. GEORGE PARLIN worked for the Sheriff's dept according to some city directories and may have left due to some problem. George [& Helen possibly] left for Lewis & Clark county about 1918 or so. I AM TRYING TO DETERMINE IF HELEN WAS WITH GEORGE PARLIN IN BUTTE. pdunn47149@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VNB.2ACE/613.2 Message Board Post: Name Father Mother Death Date Age Death County Residence Marital Status File Number MORTON , FLORA M MORTON , , 23 03 1966 56 YELLOWSTONE MONTANA , YELLOWSTONE WIDOWED 1627 STEARNS , PHYLLISANN M NIESKENS , GEORGE MARTIN , FLORA 12 11 1998 65 YELLOWSTONE MONTANA , GALLATIN MARRIED OR SEPARATED 7176

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ANNALA, BAFFER, BOUST Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/623 Message Board Post: 1920 census shows John Annala, 42; wife Hulda (widow of Albert Baffer), 37; stepson Morris Baffer, 15; stepdau Irene Baffer, 11. Irene married an Ellsworth John Boust in Butte. Moved to CA ca1928. Irene (Baffer) Boust moved back to Butte, Silver Bow Co. MT ca 1940. I wish to locate her dau's Jarene and Jeanette, both born in CA and moved back to MT ca 1940.

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/VNB.2ACE/620.1.2 Message Board Post: Thank you so much!!! I have searched for this information so long--they are cousins from a side of the family we lost touch with when my great-grandmother died in 1916! Mary Kahtava Sastry

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/VNB.2ACE/620.1.1 Message Board Post: I slipped up and sent two links to Ravalli County and none for Silver Bow County! Here goes again: http://www.mtech.edu/silverbow/

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/VNB.2ACE/620.1 Message Board Post: Currently there are no Kittila's in the Butte phone directory. From a combination of the Montana Death Index (MDI 1954-1999) and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), I found the following: KITTILA, Felix Born: 15 Apr 1911 Died: 02 Mar 1999 at 87 years of age County of Death: Missoula County County of Residence: Ravalli County, city of Corvallis Marital Status: Married KITTILA, John A. Born: 13 Jul 1913 Died: 05 Apr 1992 at 78 years of age County(s) of Death & Residence: Silver Bow County Marital Status: Never Married KITTILA, Lillian (probably widow of Felix) Born: 13 Sep 1905 Died: 19 Nov 2002 Last Residence: City of Florence, Ravalli County, MT Here is a copy of Lillian's obit from the November 23, 2002 online edition of "Missoulian.com" LILLIAN KITTILA MISSOULA - Lillian Kittila, 93, of Missoula, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2002, at Village Health Care in Missoula. She was born in Westerly, R.I., on Sept. 13, 1909. She traveled with her family to Finland at an early age. Her father had been employed in America for several years but took the family back to Finland because his wife was seriously ill. Lillian returned to America with her sisters when she was in her late teens. She lived in Gilbert, Minn., where she later married and moved to Butte. There a son was born to Lillian and her husband Jalmar Mattson. Lillian remarried in 1939 after a divorce from her first husband. She was married for 60 years to Felix Kittila, they had a son, Lee Arnold Kittila. Lillian and her husband Felix lived in Butte and Seattle during World War II. They returned to Butte and in later years lived at Georgetown Lake, Philipsburg, Stevensville, Hamilton and San Leandro, Calif. They returned to Montana and settled in Hamilton and Corvallis in their retirement years. She helped her husband build or remodel homes in all these cities. She worked very hard helping on these homes and she loved them all. She loved gardens and flowers and left each home with a beautiful yard. She enjoyed cooking for her family and friends and the coffee pot was always on. She crocheted afghans for all her family, knitted stockings and wool mitts for all, and her embroidery can be found in each home. She baked bread and sweet rolls and fresh apple pie at the blink of an eye. She canned huckleberries, trout and applesauce, made pickles and spiced red beets from her gardens. Her houseplants seemed to thrive with her care. She loved all animals large and small and always kept a cat. Lillian was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Felix; a son, Lee; her sisters, Mary and Jenny; and dear friend, Impe Raisanen. She is survived by her son Leo and daughter-in-law Catherine Mattson of Florence; her grandchildren, Debra Mattson Phillips, her husband John and two great-grandchildren, Jack and Mason, all of Sammamish, Wash., Mark Mattson of Puyallup, Wash., and Lisa Jackson and her husband Nick of Antioch, Calif.; and brothers and cousins in Finland. She is also survived by many friends in Corvallis, Hamilton and Butte. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton, with the Rev. Stephen VanGilder officiating. A graveside urn placement will take place at Mountainview Cemetery in Butte in the spring. ________________________________ From the March 10, 1999 online edition of the "Missoulian.com" FELIX KITTILA CORVALLIS - Felix Kittila, 87, of Corvallis died Tuesday, March 2, at Community Medical Center in Missoula. Survivors include his wife, Lillian of Corvallis; son, Leo and Catherine Mattson of Florence; granddaughters, Debra and John Phillips of Seattle; Lisa and Nick Jackson of San Leandro, Calif.; and grandson, Mark Mattson of Seattle. Felix was preceded in death by a son Lee Kittila. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at the Daly-Leach Chapel in Hamilton, with the Rev. Mike DeLancy officiating. Urn placement will be at a later date at the Mountainview Cemetery in Butte. The following are good search sites for Ravalli County & Silver Bow Counties: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtravall/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtravall/ Hope this helps!

Dear List Members, I am responding to the comment about the Butte Archives being "very expensive." I don't necessarily agree. I think that it depends on what you ask of the Archives. I believe the Archives research fee is still $15.00--which is much more reasonable than if you were to hire a local genealogist or researcher to research for you--and a lot less expensive than if you were to travel to Butte to do your own research. The Archives charges an additional fee for making copies. The copy fees differ because of the large binders that they have to copy from. These binders are old and fragile, and each time they take them off the shelf, open them, and then put them on a copy machine, it causes a little more "wear & tear". It is expensive to have these binders repaired, so I don't feel that their charges for copies are unreasonable. I think preservation of these old records and newspapers is a valuable service that they provide. Regarding their research fee, if you ask them to look in the cemetery index for a name and they charge $15 just to do that, then yes, I would say that was expensive; however, I don't believe that is the way they charge. Ellen Crain has assured me on several occasions that they are reasonable in charging for their services. If they don't find anything--they don't charge. But if you ask them to search their records, go to the courthouse and get copies of birth, death, or marriage certificates, and mail the information to you, then I think the $15.00 fee is very reasonable. I would not hesitate to recommend the Archives for research--I do it all the time. I have had many people tell me that they were so pleased with the information that they received. If you have concerns about their fees, then I would recommend that you ask up front what the charges will be for what you want done--then you have a choice of whether or not to have them do your research. I'm sure you would check the price before you buy an item, correct? It's the same with research--ask what it will cost. By copy of this e-mail, I am inviting Ellen at the Archives to respond to this if she has any additional information, or if I have unknowingly made any false statements, she should correct them. It would be great if someone on this list who is in Butte would have the time to do lookups. I haven't been able to find anyone that has the time or is willing to do this voluntarily. There have been a couple of people in the past who have done this, but it is time consuming and eventually they either got tired of it or had more important things to take care of. Hey, if there is anyone out there that would be interested in volunteering to do lookups in Butte, I would be happy to hear from you. I don't have time to do very many, and my work hours coincide with the work hours of the Archives so I don't make it over there very often. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Suzanne Andrews MTGen Web County Coordinator for Butte-Silver Bow, Anaconda-DeerLodge, & Powell Counties http://www.mtech.edu/silverbow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: wimzi@in-tch.com [mailto:wimzi@in-tch.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:34 PM To: MTSILVER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Rachel or Leah Witofsky This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board Post: The following is a listing from the 1952 Polk City Directory for Butte, Montana: WITOFSKY, Mendal A. (Henrietta K; National Trunk Factory), home in rear 2610 Harrison. The following is a link to researching Butte: http://www.mtech.edu/silverbow/ There is a link at the above site to the Butte-Silver Bow County Archives, including an e-mail address. Let me caution, however, that requesting any records or information from this agency is very expensive. Good luck! ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

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/VNB.2ACE/619.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy Thank you! mem

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/VNB.2ACE/619.1 Message Board Post: Lots of records from silver bow county which was formerly part of deer lodge county go back that far. the records are inexpensive i think a dollar or two. The address is 55 w. Ganite Butte Montana 59701. At the Butte-silver bow archives (right down the street from the court house) there are birth books from that time I believe. For ten dollars they will research and tell you what is there. Good luck. Nancy

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/VNB.2ACE/621.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for the heads up.

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/VNB.2ACE/621.1 Message Board Post: The following is a listing from the 1952 Polk City Directory for Butte, Montana: WITOFSKY, Mendal A. (Henrietta K; National Trunk Factory), home in rear 2610 Harrison. The following is a link to researching Butte: http://www.mtech.edu/silverbow/ There is a link at the above site to the Butte-Silver Bow County Archives, including an e-mail address. Let me caution, however, that requesting any records or information from this agency is very expensive. Good luck!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Martin Bonner Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/515.1 Message Board Post: update by 1930 census Margaret Harrington Martin was living on N. Alabama st. as a widow with son Emmett. Son Henry was married to a woman Margarete in Butte. Daughter Josephine was married to John Bonner an attorney in Helena. Still looking for descendants of this family.

Anyone come across any reference to a Finton (or Fintan) Dunne (or Dunn) in Butte circa 1890? Thanks, John ----- Original Message ----- From: <hmageski@greatlakes.net> To: <MTSILVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 26 January, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: businesses in Butte > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Finch > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/622 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for a list of the businesses in Butte after 1880 to about 1900. Family information has it that there was a General store run by or owned by Charles Eddy Finch and that he also had something to do with a saw mill in the area. I think that the saw mill might be true because his father and uncle had a sawmill in Michigan during the 1860's-1880's. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

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/VNB.2ACE/593.2 Message Board Post: I don't know if this will be helpful to you . My Great Aunt, Charlotte Rogan (Lotttie) married a Raymond Brown in Seattle in approximately 1967 or 1968. Both were in their 70's at the time and resided in Butte. They came to Seattle to marry because Lotties niece lived in Seattle. Sadly, both Lottie and ray were killed in a car accident in Montana about 1971. They are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Butte.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Finch Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/622 Message Board Post: I am looking for a list of the businesses in Butte after 1880 to about 1900. Family information has it that there was a General store run by or owned by Charles Eddy Finch and that he also had something to do with a saw mill in the area. I think that the saw mill might be true because his father and uncle had a sawmill in Michigan during the 1860's-1880's.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rogan Driscoll, Fleming Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VNB.2ACE/551.2 Message Board Post: Pat- I hope you will contact me. I am the grandaughter of John Rogan and Anna Driscoll. I do have info on Anna and Charles. Also Catherine Fleming Driscoll, James wife. I am happy to know that James did come from New Diggings- I have been gathering information on that Driscoll family for a while believing them to be my line. I would love to learn more about my Driscoll lines! Thanks, Ginny Humling

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rogan Driscoll, Fleming Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VNB.2ACE/551.1 Message Board Post: Pat- I hope you will contact me. I am the grandaughter of John Rogan and Anna Driscoll. I do have info on Anna and Charles. Also Catherine Fleming Driscoll, James wife. I am happy to know that James did come from New Diggings- I have been gathering information on that Driscoll family for a while believing them to be my line. I would love to learn more about my Driscoll lines! Thanks, Ginny Humling

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Witofsky, Kadish, Gass Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/621 Message Board Post: I have successflly researched that my great-aunt whose maiden name was Rachel or Leah Kadish (alternatively spelled Kades or Cads) married Simon Witofsky in Denver, CO. At least one son was born in Denver. Simon had a trunk factory in Denver that he moved, together with his family, to Butte-Silver Bow, MT. The Witofskys lived in Butte area for the rest of their lives. I should like to find copies of all school records, address records, birth, wedding and death records pertaining to the children and Rachel/Leah. I have found from the county some obituaries of Simon and Mendal, who was called Abe. I would appreciate receiving coies of any other papers or data on that family. Thanks.