Hi all, I'm new to the list. My mother's grandparents were immigrants who homesteaded in Snohomish County: George H. Rasmussen became Robinson at entry to USA (1865 Denmark -1947 Maltby, WA) His wife: Anna Sorenson (1860 Denmark-1938 Cathcart, WA) Their farm was above Cathcart School, at the top of Union Street Hill. Thomas Phillip Evans (1860 Wales-1836 Snohomish) His wife: Hannah maries Thomas (1863 Wales-1926 Everett, WA). Their farm was at Lake Beecher, on the road that goes down from Cathcart School. Both farms are still active, but neither is owned by family. Any relatives out there? I'd love to trade information. Lynne Rush Hundley (born in Washington, raised in California, transplanted late to Virginia)

Hello all, We all know how important our old cemeteries are. They often bring us closer to our ancestors and give us vital information which is usually considered "primary" evidence in support of a genealogy. All around the country, these old cemeteries, their headstones, and their records are disappearing at an alarming rate. I received word today from Representative Patricia Lantz that our legislation to protect abandoned cemeteries has been introduced and sent to the chairs of the House Judiciary Committee and assigned the number HB 1951. I have been asked by Representative Lantz lantz_pa@leg.wa.gov to be prepared to appear on short notice for a hearing and to have as many concerned citizens as possible attend the hearing (and possibly testify while there). Only two small sentences have been added to current laws in this bill -- this is only the beginning (wait til next year!). I have typed below my signature block the legislation as it would read should it be passed by the House and Senate and signed by the Governor; the additions are in all caps. The reason I chose to only put forward these two small sentences is that time was short and in order to do a "thorough" job, I feel we should introduce a whole new chapter just on abandoned cemeteries and how they are to be protected and preserved. The two sentences added this year are small but should give pause to any judge ruling on disinterrment and removing dedications on older cemeteries. It is my hope that by seeing the word abandoned, it might bring to a judge's mind that a cemetery he may be ruling on might just be an abandoned cemetery and he might want to see ownership proven. Towards that effort, I plan to begin writing articles on the problems of abandoned cemeteries in Washington and around the U.S. We need to broaden lawyers', judges', and the public's knowledge in this area. Other Representatives who have joined Representative Lantz in sponsoring our bill are Representative DeBolt debolt_ri@leg.wa.gov Representative Miloscia miloscia_ma@leg.wa.gov Representative McDonald mcdonald_jo@leg.wa.gov Representative Stensen stensen_mi@leg.wa.gov The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the hearing is Representative Mike Carrell carrell_mi@leg.wa.gov The other Chair of the House Judiciary Committee overseeing the hearing is Representative Dow Constantine constant_do@leg.wa.gov I have placed their email addresses here so that you might immediately send them a note telling them your name, address, and that you support the legislation. The more email we can generate, the better. Send one to each and then locate your Representative and Senator at http://dfind.leg.wa.gov/ and send them an email also. Tomorrow there will appear a page at our web site which can be printed, duplicated and handed out to any concerned citizen who does not have email. They should sign the paper and mail it to their State Rep or Senator. If they cannot figure out who that is, be a friend and collect their papers and mail them all in together, or send them to P. O. Box 103, Port Orchard, WA 98366 and we will see to it that they are turned over to one of the sponsors of the bill. As I learn more about the hearing, I will keep you all posted. As usual, please notify anyone you feel might support this issue, and feel free to forward this email to any list which might be interested in preserving our old or abandoned cemeteries in Washington state. If you have questions, please contact me directly. ------------- Andrea D. MacDonald "Andi" andimac@oz.net Washington State Cemetery Association http://www.rootsweb.com/~wapsgs/ Visit ftp://ftp.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/1999-00/house/1950-1974/1951_02111999 to see the new legislation. Here it is also: _______________________________________________ HOUSE BILL 1951 _______________________________________________ State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session By Representatives Lantz, DeBolt, Miloscia, McDonald, Stensen andSantos AN ACT Relating to abandoned cemeteries; and amending RCW 68.24.090 and 68.50.200.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 68.24.090 and 1987 c 331 s 34 are each amended to read as follows: Property dedicated to cemetery purposes shall be held and used exclusively for cemetery purposes, unless and until the dedication is removed from all or any part of it by an order and decree of the superior court of the county in which the property is situated, in a proceeding brought by the cemetery authority for that purpose and upon notice of hearing and proof satisfactory to the court: (1) That no interments were made in or that all interments have been removed from that portion of the property from which dedication is sought to be removed. (2) That the portion of the property from which dedication is sought to be removed is not being used for interment of human remains. (3) That notice of the proposed removal of dedication has been given the cemetery board in writing at least sixty days before filing the proceedings in superior court. {+ (4) THAT THE CEMETERY IS NOT CONSIDERED AN ABANDONED CEMETERY AS DEFINED IN RCW 68.60.010. +} Sec. 2. RCW 68.50.200 and 1943 c 247 s 33 are each amended to read as follows: The remains of a deceased person may be removed from a plot in a cemetery with the consent of the cemetery authority and the written consent of one of the following in the order named: (1) The surviving spouse. (2) The surviving children of the decedent. (3) The surviving parents of the decedent. (4) The surviving brothers or sisters of the decedent. If the required consent cannot be obtained, permission by the superior court of the county where the cemetery is situated is sufficient: PROVIDED, That the permission shall not violate the terms of a written contract (({- or -})){+ , +} the rules and regulations of the cemetery authority {+ , OR THAT THE CEMETERY IS NOT AN ABANDONED CEMETERY AS DEFINED IN RCW 68.60.010 +}. --- END ---

Please allow me to Fwd. this one to PSR. It is exceptional in Meaning for many: RED ROSES WERE HER FAVORITES: Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door. The card said, "Be my Valentine," like all the years before. Each year he sent her roses, and the note would always say. "I love you even more this year, than last year on this day." "My love for you will always grow, with every passing year." She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear. She thought, he ordered roses in advance before this day. Her loving husband did not know, that he would pass away. He always liked to do things early, way before the time. Then, if he got too busy, everything would work out fine. She trimmed the stems, and placed them in a very special vase. Then, sat the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face. She would sit for hours, in her husband's favorite chair. While staring at his picture, and the roses sitting there. A year went by, and it was hard to live without her mate. With loneliness and solitude, that had become her fate. Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before, The doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door. She brought the roses in, and then just looked at them in shock. Then, went to get the telephone, to call the florist shop. The owner answered, and she asked him, if he would explain, Why should someone do this to her, causing her such pain? "I know your husband passed away, more than a year ago," The owner said, "I knew you'd call, and you would want to know." "The flowers you received today, were paid for in advance." "Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance." "There is a standing order, that I have on file down here, And he has paid, well in advance, you'll get them every year. There also is another thing, that I think you should know, He wrote a special little card...he did this years ago." "Then, should ever, I find out that he's no longer here, That's the card...that should be sent, to you the following year." She thanked him and hung up the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers shaking, as she slowly reached to get the card. Inside the card, she saw that he had written her a note. Then, as she stared on total silence, this is what he wrote... "Hello my love, I know it's been a year since I've been gone, I hope it hasn't been too hard for you to overcome." "I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very real. For if it was the other way, I know how I would feel. The love we shared made everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say, you were the perfect wife." "You were my friend and lover, you fulfilled my every need. I know it's only been a year, but please try not to grieve. I want you to be happy, even when you shed your tears. That is why the roses will be sent to you for years." "When you get these roses, think of all the happiness, That we had together, and how both of us were blessed. I have always loved you and I know I always will. But, my love, you must go on, you have some living still." "Please ... try to find happiness, while living out your days. I know it is not easy, but I hope you find some ways. The roses will come every year, and they will only stop, When your door's not answered, when the florist stops to knock." "He will come five times that day, in case you have gone out. But after his last visit, he will know without a doubt, To take the roses to the place, where I've instructed him, And place the roses where we are, together once again." *** Poet unknown to me. Traces to Alaska, possibly, but handed to me by an age 85 yr friend who was 17-18 yrs old when she married - he the President of the Women Haters Club, Everett, WA.-of course, he lost that seat, pronto! He d. a few yrs ago after 5 kids -now 40s & 50s- and an excellent marriage. This poem epitomized their marriage of love and devotion that the poem expresses. The poem expresses the devotion and love of not just marriage, but of other phases of love such as a parent, or parents; of someone Special in your Life, perhaps. I'm thinking of some of you right now, that are among PSR, whom I know, and who can relate to this kind of thinking; the kind of love this poem expresses in your own life experiences. Devotion. Enjoy ! Carroll, Snohomish X ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Carroll: What a lovely poem, THANK YOU. With tears in my eyes I remain very emotional. After fifty-three years of marriage I appreciate the sentiment expressed in the poem. Maxine

Puyallup! There is a Meeker Mansion there. Ezra Meekers. Donna, who is a newborn babe, desiring the sincere milk of the word, that I may grow thereby..... <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> < Richard and Donna Potts Walling < rwalling@greatnorthern.net < New Hope Mennonite Church-Everett WA < http://www.anabaptists.org/churches/everett.html <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: ShelbyW534@aol.com <ShelbyW534@aol.com> To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 2:54 AM Subject: Meeker Museum >Can anyone tell me if there is a Meeker Museum in Kent? I've been told that >they have an item that belonged to my family, but I can't locate them in >Switchboard. Any help would be appreciated! >Shelby >

In a message dated 2/12/99 7:53:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, rwalling@greatnorthern.net writes: << Puyallup! There is a Meeker Mansion there. Ezra Meekers. >> Many thanks! Shelby

FORWARDED TO THE LIST BY CYNDI - PLEASE REPLY TO THE PERSON IN THE FROM: LINE ABOVE. ~~~~~~~~~ The Computer Interest Group will focus on scanning at the Saturday, Feb 13th, meeting. John Wise will bring a scanner, and Dave Ault the computer projector. John will demonstrate modifying photos. Tim Dooley will show examples of photos and charts he has scanned; I asked him to bring the quilts again (another way to publish genealogical material). Bob Theissen has material he has scanned. Others are welcome to bring examples of scanning for genealogical purposes. The Seattle Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group usually meets the second Saturday of the month 10:30-12:30 at SGS, 15th NE and NE 85th in the CampFire Building (former Waldo Hospital), Seattle. The March meeting will feature Dave Ault and Celia Tomlin with their impressions of the recent GENTECH99 meetings in Salt Lake City. For the April meeting the CIG will focus on the use of computer generated reports. We solicit samples and comments from the entire group for a sharing session. Do you use only the pedigree chart and family group sheet, or have you explored the capability of your software further? Bring your questions about various software packages. Visitors are welcome. --Ida Skarson McCormick, idamc@seanet.com Chair of the Computer Interest Group of the Seattle Genealogical Society

Can anyone tell me if there is a Meeker Museum in Kent? I've been told that they have an item that belonged to my family, but I can't locate them in Switchboard. Any help would be appreciated! Shelby

FORWARDED TO THE LIST BY CYNDI - PLEASE REPLY TO THE PERSON IN THE FROM: LINE ABOVE. ~~~~~~~~~ FEBRUARY MEETING DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1999 TIME: 9:30 A.M. TO 10: 30 A.M. ­ SOCIAL HOUR 10:30 A.M. TO NOON ­ MEETING & PROGRAM PLACE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF KENT 11430 S.E. 248TH STREET KENT, WASHINGTON SPEAKER: LORRAINE McCONAGHY, PHD Public Historian, Museum of History and Industry TOPIC: “YO For the Klondike” Explore the Effect of the Klondike Gold Rush On the City of Seattle INFORMATION: wooden1@sttl.uswest.net CATHY WOODEN PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN SOUTH KING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

FORWARDED TO THE LIST BY CYNDI - PLEASE REPLY TO THE PERSON IN THE FROM: LINE ABOVE. ~~~~~~~~~ The South King County Genealogical Society takes pride in presenting Gene-A- Rama '99 on Saturday, March 6, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The seminar will take place at the First Baptist Church of Kent, 11420 S.E. 248th Street, Kent, Washington. The Annual all day event will include 5 classes. The schedule includes the following options: "Probates--Clues for Further Research" presented by Janet Baccus; "Paleography--A Look at Early Handwriting" by Steven W. Passey; "Ships Passenger Lists, Immigration and Naturalization" by Laura Pemberton Sparr; and "Preserving Your Old Photographs and Documents" presented by Betty Dresser Leonard. As a special added feature, Janet Ketchum Arbrust will present a four-hour "Introductory Workshop for Beginners." The Society will offer a broad selection of new and used books and other genealogical material for sale. There will be a Silent Auction and raffle as well. Cost of the classes are as follows: �Introductory Workshop for Beginners� $7.00 and you must pre-registerand and pay in advance for this class to assure adequate forms and program materials; the other 4 classes are $4.00 each or you can choose to attend any combination of classes that will equal a full day at the cost of $15.00 if you pre-register by the deadline, Friday, February 26, 1999. Day Of The Event Registration: The cost is $5.00 for each class or $18.00 for a full day. You can also pre-order a lunch @ $7.00 or there are plenty of restaurant or fast food options within a short driving distance of the church. For further information on classes and fees for Gene-A-Rama '99, telephone Sylva Coppock at 425-235-8076, or e-mail SylvaCop@aol.com.

Sid Briggs STOLP, Orting, Pierce Co, WA Searching for any and all information on the STOLP family STOLP, Sid Briggs b. Nov 20, 1854 Illinois, m. Marietta “Etta” CARLEY Oct 3, 1875 Wisconsin. Both are buried in the Orting Cemetery children: Lea Mable STOLP b. Sept 23, 1874, d. Jan 16, 1936, Tacoma, Pierce Co. WA Arthur Myron STOLP b. Oct 7, 1876, d. July 8, 1944, buried in Orting Cemetery Frank L. STOLP b. Sept 21, 1881, d. Sept 24, 1924, Pierce Co. WA Laura Jane “Jennie” STOLP b. May 4, 1883, married Ray ROUNDS, d. Apr. 23, 1959, buried in Orting Cemetery Anton B. STOLP b. Dec 25, 1889, d. 1929, buried in Orting Cemetery Alfred Edward STOLP b. Sept 5, 1897, m. Edith Regina CARLSON Dec 1, 1923; d Feb 25, 1962, buried in Trinity Lutheran Cem, Pierce Co. My grandfather, Alfred (“Fred”) Stolp and his brother, Frank, played baseball on the Orting baseball team during 1921. Fred pitched for the team. I’ve gone through the Library’s microfiche copies of the Orting Oracle and found copies of articles covering some of the games. We’d love to find someone with a team picture! or any further information about the team. Frank Stolp was a member of the Modern Woodmen, and also served in an elected position, according to an article in the Jan 6, 1923 Orting Oracle. Does anyone know anything about the organization “Modern Woodmen.” Again, looking for any records and pictures that may be available. Both Frank and Anton died in logging accidents. The family also picked hops in the Orting valley. Loralei Tacoma, WA jiveskeeler@juno.com

March 10 and 17, 1999, 6:30pm to 8:00pm, Free A two-part course - Genealogy Introduction (10th) and Continuation (17th) >From the Metro Parks/Tacoma Community Schools and Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society member Maxine Carpenter. The class will be held at the Jason Lee Middle School, 605 North Sprague Avenue, Tacoma, Washington 98403. Call (253) 305-1000 between 9am and 4pm to register. Good luck, Cyndi ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Cyndi Howells Puyallup, Washington PSRoots List Poohbah cyndihow@oz.net PSRoots-L Mailing List http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/psroots.htm To subscribe or unsubscribe from the list, send a NEW e-mail message to: PSRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com or PSRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode) with only one word in the body: subscribe or: unsubscribe

Jetsam-Please DELETE/SCROLL if not interested: >President' Day Feb 15th, 1999 FYI: >The Herald Sun. Feb 7, 1999, NW Life, Sec. D, p 1D QUOTED AS FOLLOWS: >Citizen Washington ( in the script that George Washington would use >in his writing, accompanied with a 7" X 6" Oval copy of a color >picture of General Washington, with no caption, nor a source for the >beautiful full color oval pix of our 1st Pres.;( Herald graphics have >been superb in my book.-CC). >Father of our country also put an 'unsettling' stamp on state's >identity > Editor's note: Though George Washington's birthday is Feb 22, >President's Day, on Feb. 15 this year, is the day we celebrate his >birthday as well as Abraham Lincoln's as a national holiday. > This year marks the 200th anniversary of Washington's death in 1799. > And as we look at how our chief executive comes to symbolize America, >everyone from historians to novelists is reappraising one of the >founders of our country. (End of Ed's note-CC) > By DIANE WRIGHT Herald Writer > He is everywhere: His image is in libraries, government buildings, >even on the dollar bills we handle every day. (Not to mention our >earliest postage stamps down through the history of our various >postage stamps, as philatelists well know. - CC.). > George Washington is the symbol of a nation, but also a human being. > We're the only state in the union named after a president, and for >us, Washington's image is even more pervasive. He's a daily presence >on our highway signs, our state seal, our state flag. > Has it somehow shaped our identity? > One novelist says yes. > One historian says no. > William Martin, the Harvard-educated author of "Citizen >Washington," believes that people in Washington state have a >proprietary interest in the man who gave the 42nd state its name. > "A nation that has no mythology has to create one," he said. "A >nation that has not gods must create one." > David Micandri, director of the Washington State Historical >Society, believes that for Washingtonians, it has created an identity >crisis. > "It's had a subtle effect of creating an unsettling effect on >Washingtonians' perception of themselves," he said. > Unlike other Western states, we sit here with a decidedly Eastern >name. > "Not only do we not have an extra appreciation, our lack of an >indigenous name like an Indian name or Columbia has had the >psychological effect of distancing the state of Washington from the >sage of Western grandeur," Nicandri said. > In the early national period, when the United States was developing >as its own country rather than English colonies, the tradition grew to >adapt state names from Indian place names and dialects, such as >Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Dakota, Nicandri >said. > In the Northwest, the area known as the Oregon country was growing >fast, and residents of Puget Sound didn't want to travel south to a >capital two or three days away in Salem. > "A movement grew up in Olympia that northern Oregon needed to be its >own territory, north of the Columbia River," Nicandri said. "The >citizens petitioned to Congress to name this new territory Columbia. >The imagery of Columbia was the early national mythological figure >assopciated with the United States." > The petition went back to Congress and was debated on the floor. A >congressman from North Carolina objected. > "He said, 'We can't name this territory in the West Columbia, >because there will be enormous confusion regarding that and the >District of Columbia. Let's name it Washington instead,' " Nicandri >said. "Which in the evolution of time compounded the confusion." > Why Washington? > A half century after his death, he still was the pre-eminent >presidential figure. > "In my opinion, there was no other person in the nation's popular >and patriotic imagination that would even be considered to have a >territory or a state named after him," Nicandri said. "By the 1860s, >before Lincoln's apotheosis, before Jefferson's elevation there was no >one imaginably approaching Washington." > Even in his lifetime, George Washington knew he was a symbol, said >historical novelist William Martin, author of "Citizen Washington." > " He knew he was a figurehead, and an image of the solidity of >America," Martin said. "It was the same image he created as general. >All throughout the Revolution, congressmen came and went, and the men >of 1776 all went off to servie in other ways. (sans" sic.-CC.) > "But the only true image of continuity was George Washington. he >made himself a symbol of endurance, not only of personal endurance, >but of the endurance of a nation." > Washington was an extraordinarily modest man, a leader who also >believed he was the servant of the people. He could have had any >title, including king, but refused it, believeing that no citizen >should be elevated above another. > A born farmer, he spent eight years in grinding battle without pay >commanding Revolutionary forces. After the war, he returned home to >Mount Vernon, onlyh to be drafted as president of the Constitutional >convention, the body that created the one of the great documents in >history. (sic-CC.) > His stewardship earned him the name "The Father of Our Country." His >own father had died when he was 11, ending most of his plans for >formal education. The man who had no biological children of his own >took care of his family and his farm like a father. > And his family became the population of the colonies,m and his farm >the emerging states. Just as a good father glories in the >independence of his children, Washington did everything in his power >to ensure independence from tyranny for a new nation. > He served as president of the United States for two terms, refusing >a third, had to be urged to accept a yearly salary of $25,000. > Throughout his life, despite hardships of incredibile magnitude, >Washingotn was the epitome of the motto "Never give up." > In the military campaigns of 1776, "his armies are falling away, >there's nothing left," Martin said. > "They're marching in bare feet, and 6,000 well-fed, well-armed >British under Cornwallis are on their tails, and Washington writes to >Martha he expects if they can't hold Philadelphia, they'll fall back >to Virginia, to the mountains, at which time he'll expect her to be >with him. > "He wrote, 'Though our cause may remain under a cloud for a time, I >cannot see it fail. ' " > And as president of a country still evolving its own statecraft, >watching political factions form, enduring press criticism even then >(though he maintained that a free press was essential to society, >giving the people "the best data for its judgment.") he was a billiant >leader of peacetime America. > It's because of his personal reluctance to wield exclusinve power >that the executive branch of the government is just that - a branch. >And he established the presidential precedent of decision-making by >comparing the opinions "of those in whom I confide with one another, >and those again (without being bound by them) with my own, that I may >extract all the good I can." > Washington, who left voluminous writings, was remarkably visionary >about the future. > "In a country that only contained 2.5 million people, with a meager >economy of enormous potential, he really did anticipate the greatness >of America," Martin said. "Of that number, 500,000 were slaves; they >had no voice. > Another million were women; their voices were relatively still. > "And of that last million, we produced Washington, Jefferson, John >Adams, Samuel Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, James >Monroe, James Madison, Patrick Henry, on and on." > Washington's greatness never needed the sentimentalized stories of >his first biographer, Parson Weems of the "cherry tree" and "I cannot >tell a lie" myths. > "It's a good image," Martin said. > "It's a man whose presentation to the world was one of diginity and >honor and endurance, and whose human foibles served to enhance the man >as a human being." > Included in the article is a pix of William Martin, author of the >book. > END OF QUOTED ARTICLE by Herald Writer Diane Wright. Valentine's Day Feb. 14 will, no doubt, get greater publicity (& hype), and President's Day Feb. 15 will be in the shadow of it. Washington, the man, was our 1st link in the long chain of presidents of our country. Had it not been for each and every one of them we wouldn't be able to enjoy our chain of Valentine's Day. "Love knows no bounds . . . . " it has been said, yet Love is NOT greed. There are those who love greed. For them, there seems to be no bounds. Happy Valentine's Day ! Happy President' Day ! And I love the name of our state, just as it is -WASHINGTON ! (Even if some of us do add an "r" to it - we like it that way! And George "Warshington" was our 1st president. <GBG> Carroll, Snohomish. (perusing, p e r u s i n g; I spelled it p u r u s i n g -again !) X >Carroll, in Snohomish. > > X > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Carolyn WHEELER, nicknamed "Karrie" b. abt 1847, place unknown. (Minnisota, possibly). m. Frank ROUND, worked for a railroad, line unknown at this time. Kelso area, WA. : Carolyn Wheeler Round d. Apr 19, 1915 at the age of 68 She was Grt grt GM of the late "Katie" BRITTON Betzig of Snohomish, WA. who d. 1998. Inquirer: Denice Cornwell. Please contact if anyone happens to find any info re this Family. Thank you, Carroll in Snohomish, w7iml@juno.com X ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

I saw this on eBay during my lunch break today. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! ======= GENEALOLGICAL HUMOR ON-LINE >From eBay auction site: "Sons of Amer. Revolution" http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=63199799 (Auction ends about 8:00pm today 2/9/99) ====================================================== Top 10 Indicators that you've become a gene-aholic: 10. You introduce your daughter as your descendent. 9. You've never met any of the people you send e-mail to, even though you're related. 8. You can recite your lineage back eight generations, but can't remember your nephew's name. 7. You have more photographs of dead people than living ones. 6. You've taken a tape recorder and/or notebook to a family reunion. 5. You've not only read the latest GEDCOM standard, but you also understand it. 4. The local genealogy society borrows books from you. 3. The only film you've seen in the last year was the 1880 census index. 2. More than 1/2 of your book collection is made up of marriage records or pedigrees. 1. Your elusive ancestor has been spotted in more different places than Elvis! HOLTON-L List Owner The Rootbound Researcher * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kitty (CURTIS) Martin Kent, Washington k9504m@aol.com Researching: CURTIS, GATES, HENSLEY, HOL(E)TON, JAMES; ZIEGLER, SWIFT, POLK, GREGORY, GRACE (etc.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/8946/index.htm

This came from the Wallace and Tucker newsgroups..... DOCTORS FIND NEW DISEASE! WARNING! Doctors have discovered a new disease that is very contagious to adults. They have named it Genealogy Pox. SYMPTOMS: Patient continually complains of a need for names, dates, and places. Patient has a blank expression on his face, and often seems deaf to mate and children. Has no taste for work of any kind, except for feverishly looking through records, libraries, and courthouse. Has compulsion to write letters and spends hours sitting at a computer. Swears at mailman when he doesn't leave mail or threatens to kick computer if there is no e- mail. Frequents strange places such as cemeteries, ruins and remote desolate country areas. Makes secret night calls and hides the phone bills from mate.Patient mumbles to self and has a strange faraway look in his eyes. Has a strange compulsion to gather and scatter old papers all over the house, leaving piles of paper everywhere with strange numbers and names all over them. TREATMENT: No known cure. Medication is useless. Disease is not fatal, but gets progressively worse. Disease is spreading throughout the country very fast, quickly becoming an epidemic. Patient should attend genealogy meetings, workshops, subscribe to genealogical magazines, and be given lots more forms and a computer situated in a quiet corner of the house where he or she can be alone. If family supports patient through this, patient will occasionally come out of strange trance and will act normal again unless you drive by a cemetery or courthouse. REMARKS:The unusual nature of this disease is such that the more sick the patient becomes, the more he or she seems to enjoy it sometimes dancing with glee and yelling, "I found it!"

Kris, You didn't include your e=mail address in your message and I was unable to reply to you privately. Spent about an hour tonight going through various resources. Thought for sure that in one of Roland Carey's four books there would be a mention of your grandfather, Eric Frederick Carlson. Carey did an excellent job of covering most of the Puget Sound runs. Also the usual Newell books were checked. I have all the Sea Chests, official publication of the PS Maritime Historical Association, but the indexes are impossible to use ... It covers the first 20 volumes by subject, author, and ship index ... and then from there on it varies according to who was indexing. That would be a great project for a volunteer to re-index but it would be a massive project. One book that I couldn't find tonight was Lucile McDonald's little booklet on the Mosquito Fleet out of Gig Harbor. Perhaps someone else on the list is more organized than I and can locate it. Maybe tomorrow I'll find it or remember who I loaned it to. Good luck. Fredi Perry fperry@oz.net

Hi Fredi, I would appreciate any help you can give me. My grandfather, Eric Frederick Carlson was a Ferry Captain on the Puget Sound for many years. I have been trying to locate any information on which ferries, when, etc. I know he received his Captain's Papers in 1931. He was suppose to be the youngest Captain at that time. (He did lie about his age on the papers, said he was born in 1909 instead of 1911) He was born and raised on Fox Island, he started helping out on the ferries when he was 9 or 10. I have been told he Captained quite a few different routes. Out of Steilacoom, Gig Harbor, Point Defiance to Vashon. Also the ferry landing at the bottom of 19th, I can't remember the name. I also believe he had the Fox Island Route, but the curator of the Fox Island Museum says NO, he has found no records. I hope I haven't rambled too much, but any help would be wonderful. Thank you Kristine Hurd Spanaway, WA -----Original Message----- From: Fredi Perry <fperry@oz.net> To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 9:30 AM Subject: Re: Turn of the Century Ferries >Their names? I have an extensive Puget Sound ship/ferry >library and will check indexes. >

Part II of II. Ref. The Herald, Sun. Feb. 7, 1999. NW Life, Sec. D, p. 1D, By JERRY WARD, Special to The Herald QUOTED IN PART AS FOLLOWS: Edmonds man looks at a novel about his famous relative Editor's Note: Scores of descendants from the Washington family exist today. Gerald Lee "Jerry" Ward, a descendant, has a roomful of Washington memorabilia in his Edmonds home. Though George Washington had no biological children, he had several siblings, one of which was his younger brother John Augustine Washington. John had a son named Corbin, who had a son named Bushrod, who fathered Thomas, who named his son Bushrod. Bushrod Washington, a lieutenant in the Civil War, had a daughter named Katherine. Katherine married and had a son named Charles Ward, who was Jerry Ward's father. Ward, the fifth greatgrandnephew of George Washington, graciously accepted the task of reviewing "Citizen Washington," William Martin's historical saga of the founder of our country. (End of Editor's Note - CC.). (CC.- Then the article continues to tell about the book "Citizen Washington" by author William Martin, avail. via Warner Books, at $27. copy for those who might care for that info. The book is of the man, and his Legacy to us all.) I will not review further the book & its contents, but I did care to capture the Editor's Note for the genealogy revealed by it that relates to Writer/Desc. Ward, but for other Readers who might relate to this Family among our 250+ PSRoots family, or perhaps their friends or acquaintances down the pike. There is a good Ref. book on the Presidents of the U.S.[ at Snoh. Libr. et al] and their descendants & kin. I cannot name the exact title; other data at the moment. Ask your librarian or access data. After purusing it myself several yrs ago, I had just read about Ike Eisenhower, when I met a lady Teacher; we got to talking about gen. & of course I asked her what some of her surnames was and she mentioned one & immediately I recognized it as one of the Eisenhower Fam. surnames, and she acknowledged knowing that about her gen. but she didn't have the data. So, during our Noon break, I skooted over to our Library in Snoh. got the surname info about her tie to the Eisenhower Fam. and she was most elated to get the details that had been known but obscure. What timing !! More, later, prior to President's Day Feb 15th Monday TWAS INTERESTING SEEING, VIA TV, THE 4 PRESIDENTS, PRESENT, HONORING LATE KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN whose ham radio call letters were JY1 who had ham friends in Puget Sound - in particular, Norm Ray of S Bothell/Woodinville whose call letter, W7LFA, exchanged many hours of chatting on a first name basis over the years. NOT genealogy, but certainly a part of history within the Sound area's activities relative to People. Norman Ray hails from Anacortes, WA. in 1947& prior. Carroll, Snohomish. X ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

PART I of 2 parts: The Herald (Everett, WA.) Sun Feb 7, 1999 NW Life, Sec. by Diane Wright, Herald Writer, QUOTED AS FOLLOWS: For Edmonds resident Jerry Ward, the image is of George Washington is intensely personal. "When I was a kid growing up in the state of Washington, if I said I was a Washington, everybody called you a liar, point blank," recalled Ward, a descendant of George Washington's brother., "Children couldn't understand there could be a descendant. I knew my grandmother was Katherine Washington, but how do you prove you're something? I got to the point I never even told people. (sans " sic.-CC.) "Then in midlife I joined the Masonic order, and I found that one of the men the Masons revered was George Washington. Washington was a Mason, and as a Mason, he laid the cornerstone of the nation's Capitol." That changed his perception. "That's when I began as an adult to realize that I should explore or honor my heritage, believe in my heritage." He began to read and learn about the greatness of the man considered "first among men." The pride he came to express is something that doesn't always surface in these anti-heroic times. It's the pride that comes with being, not just a Washington, not just a Washingtonian, but an American. "To me, it has three phases," Ward said, "my early childhood, where I discarded it; my middle life, to realize the man is a symbol of the country; and my later life, where I have allowed myself to be a Washington. -Diane Wright END OF QUOTED ARTICLE. Part II, Next Time. Carroll, Snohomish X ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]