We had a woman named Frances Newell Carr. She was a daughter of migrant workers in that era. She went on to university and became a lawyer when women were rare in the field. She practiced law for years and became a Justice of the 3rd Appellate District of California. I expect you could learn more about her if she was the sort of person you were looking for.... ron At 09:32 AM 09/28/2000 -0700, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "jasson" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 9:28 AM >Subject: [OKROOTS] dust bowl migrants to california > > >> My name is Jason Holtermann I am 23 years old and attending college. I am >working on my senior theses research paper. My grandfather was born in >Oklahoma in 1920 and in 1935 his family moved to California. They like most >other dust bowl migrants found work in the fields in the central valley >picking fruit and so forth. During the war my grandfather joined the navy. >What I am looking for is other dust bowl migrants or their descendants who >came to California from the dust bowl region of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, >Missouri, and Kansas. I am interested in the work they did when they >arrived in California, the work they did during the depression, and the work >they did during the war. Those who respond to this message please email me >directly. There is no need to bother the rest of the list with my request. >If you know of anybody or you subscribe to other lists that might help me >please respond, I need as much input as I can get for this survey. Thank >You, Jason. >> >> >> ==== OKROOTS Mailing List ==== >> > > >============================== >Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >