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To subscribers of the OK- mail lists. I am the administrator for the lists and need to give up some of my activities as administrator. If any one is interested in adopting please write me and I will see about your adopting the list. Priority will be given to persons who have been active in posting in the past. These are the lists I'm putting up for adoption. All have been very quiet for the past year or two. OK-CHURCHES / OK-CITY-DIRECTORIES / OK-DISASTERS / OK-LANDRUNS / OK-MIGRATION / OK-MURDERS / OK-MYSTERIES / OK-NEWSPAPERS / OK-OILMEN / OK-ORPHANAGES / OK-POLITICAL-HISTORY / OK-RAILROADS / OK-RECORDS / OKBECKHA Thank you for being such a great group of subscribers over the years. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 Member -Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net List Administrator for 56 mail lists. 5 State-Ghost Towns / 21 Oklahoma- / 13 Family Surnames / 3 Miscellaneous / 1 Canadian & 12 Province & Territories Ghost Towns lists.

I would be interested in the ones listed below.   OK-CITY-DIRECTORIES   OK-MURDERS  OK-NEWSPAPERS  OK-ORPHANAGES  OK-RECORDS Do your part, spay and neuter your pets >________________________________ > From: "Dittmar, Frederick M." <dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> >To: "ok-orphanages@rootsweb.com" <ok-orphanages@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 10:46 PM >Subject: [OK-ORPHANAGES] Mail list adoption > >To subscribers of the OK- mail lists.  I am the administrator for the lists and need to give up some of my activities as administrator. If any one is interested in adopting please write me and I will see about your adopting the list.  Priority will be given to persons who have been active in posting in the past. > >These are the lists I'm putting up for adoption.  All have been very quiet for the past year or two. > >OK-CHURCHES  /  OK-CITY-DIRECTORIES  /  OK-DISASTERS  /  OK-LANDRUNS / OK-MIGRATION / OK-MURDERS / OK-MYSTERIES / OK-NEWSPAPERS / OK-OILMEN / OK-ORPHANAGES / OK-POLITICAL-HISTORY / OK-RAILROADS / OK-RECORDS / OKBECKHA > >Thank you for being such a great group of subscribers over the years.  Fred > > >Frederick M. Dittmar >Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service >PO Box 2601  Norman, Oklahoma 73070 > >Member -Oklahoma Genealogical Society  -  http://www.okgensoc.org/ >Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net > >List Administrator for 56 mail lists. >5 State-Ghost Towns / 21 Oklahoma- / 13 Family Surnames / 3 Miscellaneous / >1 Canadian & 12 Province & Territories Ghost Towns lists. > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OK-ORPHANAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Your chat time is too late at night for those of us living on the West Coast time. -----Original Message----- From: ok-orphanages-request <ok-orphanages-request@rootsweb.com> To: ok-orphanages <ok-orphanages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 28, 2010 12:14 am Subject: OK-ORPHANAGES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 Today's Topics: 1. Oklahoma Chat Room (Dittmar, Frederick M.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 ate: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:27:55 +0000 rom: "Dittmar, Frederick M." <dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> ubject: [OK-ORPHANAGES] Oklahoma Chat Room o: "'ok-logan-history@rootsweb.com'" <ok-logan-history@ROOTSWEB.COM>, "'OK-MIGRATION@ROOTSWEB.COM'" <OK-MIGRATION@ROOTSWEB.COM>, "'OK-ORPHANAGES@rootsweb.com'" <OK-ORPHANAGES@ROOTSWEB.COM>, "'OK-POLITICAL-HISTORY@ROOTSWEB.COM'" <OK-POLITICAL-HISTORY@ROOTSWEB.COM>, "'OK-RAILROADS@ROOTSWEB.COM'" <OK-RAILROADS@ROOTSWEB.COM> essage-ID: <DC04713AE046E3488F6073E84AE11ADD299BE521@IT-ATHENA.sooner.net.ou.edu> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" OKLAHOMA GENEALOGY AND RESEARCHERS CHAT ROOM We are an Oklahoma genealogy question and helpful answer chat room, open to the general public with Oklahoma genealogical brick walls. Have one? Maybe someone can see the question with different eyes and guide you in the correct direction or even find an answer for you. Or you can help someone else with answers from your experience in researching the different Oklahoma county your family lived in. Maybe you know of a link, an address, a repository or county genealogy society etc., which helped you that you can pass on. Nothing to sign up for, no cost, no overloads of e-mails, come and go as you please for an hour or so on Saturday night. Normal chat times are 9:00 P.M. - 10 P.M. Central time every Saturday night. I think it was about 10:30 when it wound down. Come join us next Saturday night. All are welcomed. There's a java applet at : http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/ <http://www.okgenweb.org/%7Eokchocta/chat/<http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/>> rops you right into the room without any fuss or bother. You might need to go to http://java.com/en/ and right below the big red button that says "Free Java Download" there's a tag that reads "Do I Have Java?". If you click on that tag it will test your computer to make sure you have the latest and greatest version. It's perfectly safe so no worries. [ If you don't have a good office suite of programs you might want to look into Open Office while your hanging out around there. - standard disclaimers apply ] Or if you have an IRC client you can go to irc.rootsweb.com and enter the OKgenWeb chat room. You may have to do a "/list" command to find the room in your IRC client. ----------------------------- To contact the OK-ORPHANAGES list administrator, send an email to K-ORPHANAGES-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the OK-ORPHANAGES mailing list, send an email to K-ORPHANAGES@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OK-ORPHANAGES-request@rootsweb.com ith the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of he mail with no additional text. nd of OK-ORPHANAGES Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 ******************************************

OKLAHOMA GENEALOGY AND RESEARCHERS CHAT ROOM > We are an Oklahoma genealogy question and helpful answer chat room, open to the general public with Oklahoma genealogical brick walls. Have one? Maybe someone can see the question with different eyes and guide you in the correct direction or even find an answer for you. Or you can help someone else with answers from your experience in researching the different Oklahoma county your family lived in. Maybe you know of a link, an address, a repository or county genealogy society etc., which helped you that you can pass on. Nothing to sign up for, no cost, no overloads of e-mails, come and go as you please for an hour or so on Saturday night. Normal chat times are 9:00 P.M. - 10 P.M. Central time every Saturday night. I think it was about 10:30 when it wound down. Come join us next Saturday night. All are welcomed. There's a java applet at : http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/ <http://www.okgenweb.org/%7Eokchocta/chat/<http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/>> Drops you right into the room without any fuss or bother. You might need to go to http://java.com/en/ and right below the big red button that says "Free Java Download" there's a tag that reads "Do I Have Java?". If you click on that tag it will test your computer to make sure you have the latest and greatest version. It's perfectly safe so no worries. [ If you don't have a good office suite of programs you might want to look into Open Office while your hanging out around there. - standard disclaimers apply ] Or if you have an IRC client you can go to irc.rootsweb.com and enter the OKgenWeb chat room. You may have to do a "/list" command to find the room in your IRC client.

OKLAHOMA GENEALOGY AND RESEARCHERS CHAT ROOM > We are an Oklahoma genealogy question and helpful answer chat room, open to the general public with Oklahoma genealogical brick walls. Have one? Maybe someone can see the question with different eyes and guide you in the correct direction or even find an answer for you. Or you can help someone else with answers from your experience in researching the different Oklahoma county your family lived in. Maybe you know of a link, an address, a repository or county genealogy society etc., which helped you that you can pass on. Nothing to sign up for, no cost, no overloads of e-mails, come and go as you please for an hour or so on Saturday night. Normal chat times are 9:00 P.M. - 10 P.M. Central time every Saturday night. I think it was about 10:30 when it wound down. Come join us next Saturday night. All are welcomed. There's a java applet at : http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/ <http://www.okgenweb.org/%7Eokchocta/chat/<http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/>> Drops you right into the room without any fuss or bother. You might need to go to http://java.com/en/ and right below the big red button that says "Free Java Download" there's a tag that reads "Do I Have Java?". If you click on that tag it will test your computer to make sure you have the latest and greatest version. It's perfectly safe so no worries. [ If you don't have a good office suite of programs you might want to look into Open Office while your hanging out around there. - standard disclaimers apply ] Or if you have an IRC client you can go to irc.rootsweb.com and enter the OKgenWeb chat room. You may have to do a "/list" command to find the room in your IRC client

COME AS YOU ARE - GROUP THERAPY OKLAHOMA GENEALOGY AND RESEARCHERS CHAT ROOM Saturday Night 9:00 P.M. We are an Oklahoma genealogy question and helpful answer chat room, open to the general public with Oklahoma genealogical brick walls. Have one? Maybe someone can see the question with different eyes and guide you in the correct direction or even find an answer for you. Or you can help someone else with answers from your experience in researching the different Oklahoma county your family lived in. Maybe you know of a link, an address, a repository or county genealogy society etc., which helped you that you can pass on. Nothing to sign up for, no cost, no overloads of e-mails, come and go as you please for an hour or so on Saturday night. Normal chat times are 9:00 P.M. - 10 P.M. Central time every Saturday night. I think it was about 10:30 when it wound down. Come join us Saturday night. All are welcomed. There's a java applet at: http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/ <http://www.okgenweb.org/%7Eokchocta/chat/<http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/><http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/%3chttp:/www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/%3e>> Drops you right into the room without any fuss or bother. Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org<http://www.frederick.dittmar.org/> List Administrator for 82 mail lists. 33 State-Ghost Towns / 21 Oklahoma- / 13 Family Surnames / 15 Miscellaneous

COME AS YOU ARE - GROUP THERAPY OKLAHOMA GENEALOGY AND RESEARCHERS CHAT ROOM Saturday Night 9:00 P.M. We are an Oklahoma genealogy question and helpful answer chat room, open to the general public with Oklahoma genealogical brick walls. Have one? Maybe someone can see the question with different eyes and guide you in the correct direction or even find an answer for you. Or you can help someone else with answers from your experience in researching the different Oklahoma county your family lived in. Maybe you know of a link, an address, a repository or county genealogy society etc., which helped you that you can pass on. Nothing to sign up for, no cost, no overloads of e-mails, come and go as you please for an hour or so on Saturday night. Normal chat times are 9:00 P.M. - 10 P.M. Central time every Saturday night. I think it was about 10:30 when it wound down. Come join us next Saturday night. All are welcomed. There's a java applet at: http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/ <http://www.okgenweb.org/%7Eokchocta/chat/<http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/>> Drops you right into the room without any fuss or bother. Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org List Administrator for 82 mail lists. 33 State-Ghost Towns / 21 Oklahoma- / 13 Family Surnames / 15 Miscellaneous

OKLAHOMA GENEALOGY AND RESEARCHERS CHAT ROOM > We are an Oklahoma genealogy question and helpful answer chat room, open to the general public with Oklahoma genealogical brick walls. Have one? Maybe someone can see the question with different eyes and guide you in the correct direction or even find an answer for you. Or you can help someone else with answers from your experience in researching the different Oklahoma county your family lived in. Maybe you know of a link, an address, a repository or county genealogy society etc., which helped you that you can pass on. Nothing to sign up for, no cost, no overloads of e-mails, come and go as you please for an hour or so on Saturday night. Normal chat times are 9:00 P.M. - 10 P.M. Central time every Saturday night. I think it was about 10:30 when it wound down. Come join us next Saturday night. All are welcomed. There's a java applet at : http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/ <http://www.okgenweb.org/%7Eokchocta/chat/<http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/chat/>> Drops you right into the room without any fuss or bother. You might need to go to http://java.com/en/ and right below the big red button that says "Free Java Download" there's a tag that reads "Do I Have Java?". If you click on that tag it will test your computer to make sure you have the latest and greatest version. It's perfectly safe so no worries. [ If you don't have a good office suite of programs you might want to look into Open Office while your hanging out around there. - standard disclaimers apply ] Or if you have an IRC client you can go to irc.rootsweb.com and enter the OKgenWeb chat room. You may have to do a "/list" command to find the room in your IRC client

I'm looking for any information on George Shelton (who taught at Whittaker) and any Shelton relation from the Pryor Area. Your Friend, Charles P.S. Hope to hear from you soon! ~It matters not if the world has heard or approves or understands... The only applause we're meant to seek is that of nail-scarred hands.~ ~B.J. Hoff~ ---------------------------------------- > From: JTift@aol.com > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:13:26 -0500 > To: ok-orphanages@rootsweb.com; OK-ORPHANAGES@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OK-ORPHANAGES] Pryor Oklahoma Orphanage > > I am looking for Linda McClemore (not sure of the last name). She married a > Leon Twomey (not sure of the last name). We were together at St. John > Vienney Training School and the last time I saw her was in the early 70's in > Abilene, Texas. > > Jane Lindsey Tyler Tift > > > “We believe that giving the name 'investors' to institutions that trade > actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a > 'romantic'." -- Warren Buffett > > > > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OK-ORPHANAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_012008

In a message dated 1/8/2008 12:30:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, jj123yes@cox.net writes: My sisters name was Peggy Connors, Now Davidson. but for some unknown to me reason they seemed to give all the girls a different name. Peggy became known as Nina and she went there about 1945-46 and stayed until she graduated I think about 1956 She was not a wayward child , she just didn't have any place to go. Jack I can vaguely remember Nina. We were in the same grade. My name was Shirley Jane and they changed it to "Janie". I was an adopted child and my new mother had a mental aberration and my dad put me there because he thought I would be safe. Mother threw such a fit and hired a lawyer to get me out. As it turned out we moved from Oklahoma City to Abilene, Texas, so I could attend a Church of Christ college. My mother completely lost her mental connection and I was her only care giver for 18 years. She lived to be 98. Did Nina play the piano? What is she doing now? I often wonder what happened to those girls. Over the years I was in so many different homes. Later....... Jane “We believe that giving the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic'." -- Warren Buffett **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

My sisters name was Peggy Connors, Now Davidson. but for some unknown to me reason they seemed to give all the girls a different name. Peggy became known as Nina and she went there about 1945-46 and stayed until she graduated I think about 1956 She was not a wayward child , she just didn't have any place to go. Jack -----Original Message----- From: ok-orphanages-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ok-orphanages-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of JTift@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:42 AM To: ok-orphanages@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OK-ORPHANAGES] St. John Vianney Training School In a message dated 1/7/2008 6:07:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, jj123yes@cox.net writes: My sister was raised in St. John Vianney regards, Jack Jack, I think we have corresponded before. What was your sister's name? Do you have contact with her? I was there during my junior of high school...1953 and 1954. Jane Lindsey Tift I believe that investing is not only the present and the future, but it's the best way to get rich with the least amount of work. All you need is a good system for making sound investment decisions, and you have the most powerful home business you could ever start. All you need is knowledge. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OK-ORPHANAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 1/7/2008 6:07:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, jj123yes@cox.net writes: My sister was raised in St. John Vianney regards, Jack Jack, I think we have corresponded before. What was your sister's name? Do you have contact with her? I was there during my junior of high school...1953 and 1954. Jane Lindsey Tift I believe that investing is not only the present and the future, but it's the best way to get rich with the least amount of work. All you need is a good system for making sound investment decisions, and you have the most powerful home business you could ever start. All you need is knowledge. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

My sister was raised in St. John Vianney regards, Jack -----Original Message----- From: ok-orphanages-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ok-orphanages-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of JTift@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 10:12 AM To: ok-orphanages@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OK-ORPHANAGES] St. John Vianney Training School In a message dated 1/7/2008 6:39:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dittmar_ksa@ou.edu writes: Jane, Try to Google the school and contact them to see if they have an alumni list. Also try the local library or Genealogy Society to see if they may have something. Check the USGENWEB.com site then Texas and the county of interest. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Thanks, Fred, I didn't think of that. “We believe that giving the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic'." -- Warren Buffett **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OK-ORPHANAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 1/7/2008 6:39:43 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dittmar_ksa@ou.edu writes: Jane, Try to Google the school and contact them to see if they have an alumni list. Also try the local library or Genealogy Society to see if they may have something. Check the USGENWEB.com site then Texas and the county of interest. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Thanks, Fred, I didn't think of that. “We believe that giving the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic'." -- Warren Buffett **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Jane, Try to Google the school and contact them to see if they have an alumni list. Also try the local library or Genealogy Society to see if they may have something. Check the USGENWEB.com site then Texas and the county of interest. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

I am looking for Linda McClemore (not sure of the last name). She married a Leon Twomey (not sure of the last name). We were together at St. John Vienney Training School and the last time I saw her was in the early 70's in Abilene, Texas. Jane Lindsey Tyler Tift “We believe that giving the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic'." -- Warren Buffett **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Hi, I am looking for information on Mary Jean Branson born April 10,1942. I am not sure where she was born but she had a brother named Charles Ray Branson that was born Aug 14,1944 in Riverside,California. Charles was given up for adoption on April 1,1946 in Claremore Oklahoma. Claremore is where her parents were from. From info that I have received...Mary Jean was placed in the orphanage in Pryor at about the same time. Mary Jean was picked up from the orphanage at a later time (no idea when) and lived for a time with her dad,leaving home when she was 16. Mary Jean died March 12,2007 in Houston Tx. I am hoping that I may get a lead from her orphanage papers (if such a thing exist) to find Charles. Charles was adopted by Harvey C. and Ruby Strauwn. Harvey and Ruby had been Charles's foster parents. Charles's name was changed to Harvey Strauwn after his adoptive father. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, Linda

How do I go about My cousins that were adopted 1950's Fthers name was Douglas Walton? ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

Having problems? Up against a brick wall? Don't know which direction to go now? Need a suggestion or some assistance? Come join us on Saturday night and let's see if we can help. This is where some County Coordinators meet and chat. Some times the weather, our aches and pains and we have even been known to talk genealogy and do lookups for others. We had a good meeting last week with 6-8 Guests visiting and asking questions. >>>>>>>> OKGenWeb Chat <<<<<<<< ......... Mark your calendars........ WHEN: Every Saturday at 9pm-10pm Oklahoma time www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/chat/ Or IRC at irc.rootsweb.com /join #okgenweb Fred - List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net