Jane, I was born and raised in Picher also. I have lung problems {emphasema}, some of my cousins have problems also. My Dad moved us out od there as soon as he could but the damage was all ready done. He had to make a living and mining was all any of his family knew so that's what he did. Velma On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 03:42:13 -0600 Jane Richards <[email protected]> writes: > I was born in Picher, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. My father, Stewart Ed > LAFFERTY, was born in Indian Territory. For some unknown reason he > and > his father,Charles, went all over the states but always ended back > in > Picher. If anyone has anything on the Lafferty families in Ottawa > County > please send me a copy. > > I wonder how many of our ancestors and we as descendants have come > down > with some kind of lung problem because of the lead and zink mining > in > Ottawa County? Mother is from a large family, and she went on to > have 11 > children, four of which was born in Picher. Out of the 11 children 9 > have > some kind of lung problems 2 of us on oxygen, all of us born during > and > after her years in Picher. I've had three children and 2 of mine > have > lung trouble, my daughter had 3 children the oldest child died at 6 > months, her youngest has lung trouble. > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.