CCC stands for Civilian Conservation Corps. In Missouri we had numerous groups who did a great deal of community improvement building. In our community a state park was created by their work. As to dates of operation, method of selection and time of service, I do not know. Mary Anne Kemper [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > PABRADFO-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 133 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [Tri-Counties] What was a "fal ["Helen Graves" <[email protected]>] > #2 [Tri-Counties] [[email protected]] > #3 Re: [Tri-Counties] What does Artif ["Ann Y. Sullivan" <[email protected]] > #4 [Tri-Counties] Meaning of Fallow [[email protected]] > #5 [Tri-Counties] artificer ["Al Covell" <[email protected]>] > #6 [Tri-Counties] All C.C.C. newspape ["Bill Benson" <[email protected]>] > #7 [Tri-Counties] BURLINGAME-Smithfie [[email protected]] > #8 [Tri-Counties] CCC [[email protected]] > #9 Re: [Tri-Counties] CCC [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PABRADFO-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] What was a "fallow" > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:52:06 -0700 > From: "Helen Graves" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hi Pat, > I was just reading about "fallow". I had gone to the url for Cornell > University recently posted to read pages of "The History of the Original > Town of Concord" (Erie Co., NY). > > On page 109 of the book begins a section entitled, "Clearing Land, Chopping > Timber, Burning Brush" etc. On page 110 it says: > > "After the timber on a piece of land had been cut down for the purpose of > clearing the land, and left to lay a considerable time, it was called a > "fallow". and when the brush was burned, it was called "burning a fallow". > The section then goes on to explain the tradition of when to burn the > fallow, i.e. on a dry day. > > -- Helen Graves > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 6:34 PM > Subject: [Tri-Counties] Meaning of Word > > > Hi Everyone, > > I am typing up some old diaries for the website, and have come across > a > > word that is unfamiliar to me. The word is "fallow", and it is used as, > "I > > chopped in the fallow today", or "I helped Mr. ??? in his fallow". I > found > > this term in a diary that I typed before. Both of these diaries were > written > > during the time of the Civil War if that is any clue. > > I am familiar with the meaning for the word when used as deer antlers > in > > fallow, or earth being left fallow (not being planted that year). Just > can't > > figure out the meaning when used in this context. > > I tried to look it up on the computer search, but can't find a > meaning > > that seems to apply. > > Pat Raymond > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > Please post all surname listings and surname or family queries on the > Query section of Tri-Counties site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:08:07 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > The definition of artifice is in Funk & Wagnalls College Dictionary. It's a old dictionary but it says" > Artifice....An ingenious expedient, stratagem maneuver. Subtle craft. Skill, ingenuity. > > Artificer...One who constructs with skill, a craftsman. A skilled mechanic. A skillful designer, an inventor. > > Pauline Wilcox > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] What does Artificer mean? > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:13:01 -0700 > From: "Ann Y. Sullivan" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > An artificer is a skilled craftsperson, especially applicable to a > craftsperson in a craft that requires a high level of precision. Your > artificer could be a machinist or a watchmaker or a locksmith, or an > artist, or perhaps a mason (but not a hod carrier). Artificer is also used > with respect to inventors, designers, architects, etc. crafters of > ideas. Leonardo da Vinci was an artificer of both stripes. > > Annie Sullivan > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] Meaning of Fallow > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:29:41 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hi Everyone, > Thank you to everyone who responded to my question. I had heard of the > defination of fallow as "fallow land", land which had not been used or had > been left without crops for the year, and it really didn't seem to work in > the context that it was being used in this diary. The more I thought about > it, and the more of you that gave me that defination, it seemed more apt to > be the correct defination. I think that in this instance it was more likely > land that had not been cleared yet, which someone suggested in their e-mail, > but it is still a guess on my part. > Again, thanks to everyone that answered. > Pat Raymond > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] artificer > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:40:54 -0400 > From: "Al Covell" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Back when I was in the army 50 years ago the artificer took care of, stored > and repaired all of our weapons. > > Al--check my website: www.thecovellgatestree.com/covell.html > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] All C.C.C. newspapers (Civilian Conservation Corps) now available > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:57:04 -0400 > From: "Bill Benson" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > The newspapers and newsletters published by members of the Civilian > Conservation Corps at their camps from about 1934 to 1942 - over 5,000 > titles - have all been filmed and are now available for purchase from the > Center for Research Libraries (CRL). > > You can search for a title here http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/DBSearch/Ccc.asp > > For example, my father was in the 380th C.C.C., Camp Delmont, near > Coudersport, Potter Co., Pennsylvania around 1933. A search on "380" and > "Pennsylvania" produced this list: > > 1. Daily news. Coudersport, Pennsylvania > 2. Moore's Run bugler. Coudersport, Pennsylvania > 3. Moore's Run commander. Coudersport, Pennsylvania > > I can then click on a title to see the full record, which gives the years, > frequency, number of microfiche, condition, etc. > > None of these 3 particular titles yet appears in the holdings on WorldCat > (also called OCLC) as being owned by any of the 40,000 member libraries. > The huge CRL libraries have their own catalog database, but many are OCLC > members as well. This could mean that the films are just very new. > > Perhaps you are lucky enough to live near CRL, which is located on the > southeast corner of the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park (Chicago > suburb). I think you get access them there, but am not sure. See > http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/info/aboutcrl/directions.htm for more info. > > Hopefully some of the Tri-County, or nearby Mormon genealogy libraries will > be buying those of local interest... If you had a relative in the CCC, why > not ask them to look into it! > > Regards, > > Bill Benson > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] BURLINGAME-Smithfield, PA > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:52:29 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > I am looking for information on the following family, particularly the wives. > It appears that they were rom the Smithfield area. > > Caleb BURLINGAME, 1822-1864, wife- Amy ? b. abt 1824--Looking for her last > name and parents, as well as wives and children of their sons Louis, b. abt > 1853, and George, b. abt 1850 > > also, Gardner Burlingame, b. 1796, Voluntown, CT-d. Jan 1860 Smithfield, PA. > m. to Eliza Lucretia ? b. abt 1796 d. Mar 22 1864, looking for her last > name and parentage. > > Any cluse appreciated. > Thank you- > Audri > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] CCC > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:34:16 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Does anyone know how to go about locating the unit and/or group and where it > was assigned? My brother-in-law served in the CCC, but I have no idea of his > unit or where he was assigned. He is deceased as are all his family, so I > cannot ask them. Any assistance greatly appreciated. > > Judy Neu > Henrietta, NY > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] CCC > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 08:00:51 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > I would like the answer to this querie as well. My stepfather was in the CCC > but he also is dead and I don't recall him saying the group he was with. I > believe he was in Washington or Oregon. > > Jan in Zephyrhills, FL > > P.S. I just had my son set up a web site for me for genealogy related > information. The link will is <A HREF="http://myfamilytree.hypermart.net"> > http://myfamilytree.hypermart.net</A>.