Congratulations Paula From: Ch2mglider@aol.com <Ch2mglider@aol.com> To: OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com <OKROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, May 21, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [OKROOTS] Good News!!! >List, > >I just have to share my exciting "good news." > >In March some kind ladies in Missouri, Howell County, found that my >grandfather had died and was buried in Amy, Missouri. He was the first person >to be buried in Union Amy Cemetery. Cindy even sent me a photo of his >headstone. A big brick wall knocked down. I would have never expected him to >have been in Amy, but had a hunch he could have been somewhere in Missouri. > >Last night a couple that have a Alamosa County, Colorado web page had been >doing a census look up on a great uncle. They had also sent me some names and >dates of my family name buried in Alamosa and Costilla County Cemetery. > >Lo and Behold the 2 names in the Blanca, Colorado cemetery are my great >grandparents! A huge brick wall is now broken down. I finally have the >information on my grandparents, great grandparents, etc., up to 1707. For me >that is a huge treat!!!! Now I can concentrate on aunts, uncles, etc., as >well as try and find information about their lives. > >Miracles do happen through the kindness of others. I never anticipated >finding my paternal grandfather nor his parents place of death. > >Wishing everyone good fortune in their search........... > >Paula/Oregon > > >==== OKROOTS Mailing List ==== >If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the Oklahoma Roots Mailing List, use >OKROOTS-l-request@rootsweb.com or OKROOTS-d-request@rootsweb.com if >you are on the Digest list. >To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett >Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm