I belong to a Lincoln County List where a woman like Earline is regularly transcribing obituaries. I look at them all, searching for names I recognize. I hope this woman, Mary Day, isn't intimidated into quitting her fine work. "The William C. Jones Family" wrote: > >From newspaperabstracts.com: > > "Over the years many records regarding our ancestors were lost or destroyed > in fires, floods, and other natural disasters. Newspapers contain much > information that may not be found elsewhere such as births, marriages, > deaths, court notices, land sales, tax notices, businesses, etc. They also > hold many glimpses of information in their community news and provide us > with fascinating details about the lives of our ancestors. We may find their > name in a list of letters at the post office, as a member of a local > organization, or even performing in a musical at a local church. We can > learn a great deal from reading about our past and in turn we shall have a > greater understanding and appreciation for the hardships and triumphs our > ancestors endured while building a life in a new land. " > > I don't know "Thundax" at all. I've don't recall the name as a contributor > to the list. But I do know that Earline devoted many hours to helping us > know our ancestors in their historical context. It seems she has a most > generous and useful life, much more so than many others. Just an > observation. Draw your own conclusion. > > Stories found in the abstracts site mentioned at the beginning of my email > have certainly enriched the recording of my family's history! I miss > Earline's submissions. > > Judy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 6:06 PM > Subject: Re: [OREGON] Jay Hughes Sacramento Evening Bee February 1905 > > > Lady get a life!!!~! > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > To see the website for Oregon > http://www.rootsweb.com/~orgenweb/ > -=* To see what this list is doing *=- > http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Oregon.html > For ALL list business Admin, leave, or the archives. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I hope I'm not causing a problem but I would like to share my newspaper article story. Maybe someone hearing it will stop and reconsider just how important it is for the articles to get out there. In 1999 I sent a request to CALOSANG-List trying to find my father's family. I knew they had been in an accident in Los Angeles or vicinity sometime early in WWII. A kind gentleman on the group went to the trouble of doing some hands-on searching and found the article from the LA Times as well as the graves and death certificates of Lester, Donald and Mary Rose WORTHINGTON and their mother Tommie Jo. He still decorates their graves every year. The hardest part for me is knowing that without this accident I probably wouldn't be here today. Tommie was Dad's first wife and those babies were three of his four children from their marriage. The entire story gave me a lot of insight as to why my Dad was the way he was and why my oldest (half) sister felt the way she did about him. (She never quit blaming him for not being with them when the accident happened.) Wanda Worthington VanderVeen