Gail, Glad you see you're back. Can you send me a virtual form for the Gift Registry? Since I dont live in the general area so don't get into HQRL often, but most of my family does (live in the area) - it would be a great chance for them to see what I want! Then I can just tell them to stop in and look at my list. Great, great idea! Maudeen@bainbridge.net Book Reviewer -www.Amazon.com Under the Covers http://www.silcom.com/~manatee/utc.html Genealogy surnames: WEATHERLY, INMAN, NEELING, CAMERON, SWIFT, CHASE, HAUSER, ARNEY, ROARK, BLAIR, CRAWFORD, PURCELL, HAZLETT, HAISCH, WIPF, MILLIGAN, CRESWELL, STAHL, SCHULZ, HENDERSHOT, OLMSTEAD, SPEAR, COLE, LEE, STUCKEY, FAY, THOMAS, CROSS Locations: Guilford Co, NC, Owen Co., IN, Marshall Co., IA, Medina Co., OH, Kossuth Co., IA, Cecil Co., MD, Chester CO., PA Washington Co., PA, Clayton Co., IA, Warren Co., NJ, Luzerne Co., PA -----Original Message----- From: Gail Edwards-Petersen <WindEPete@worldnet.att.net> To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 10:11 AM Subject: HQRL's Gift Registry >Hi everyone, >I'm glad to be back among the world the computerized generation. Having a >computer in the repair shop for a week and a half was awful, it felt like I >lost my left hand. > >Let's get to the great stuff: >Now you can sign up for our HQRL Gift Registry: >Fill out the card (which can be used for Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentines, >Mothers or Fathers Day, etc, etc, etc) >Your family and friends will appreciate this when then are trying to figure >what to buy you. All they have to do is come in, check the list you filled >out. And, buy you just what you want. No refunds, no exchanges -- because >you will get the genealogy gift you asked for. >Heritage Quest Research Library >909 Main Street, #5, >Sumner, WA 98390 > > Gail >

Do you have an Orrie and Ruby Knowles in your research? They lived in King County, Seattle, WA. They used to be my next door neighbors. Evelyn at JOHuffER@aol.com.

ok. Will give her your regards. Evelyn

Hi everyone, I'm glad to be back among the world the computerized generation. Having a computer in the repair shop for a week and a half was awful, it felt like I lost my left hand. Let's get to the great stuff: Now you can sign up for our HQRL Gift Registry: Fill out the card (which can be used for Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentines, Mothers or Fathers Day, etc, etc, etc) Your family and friends will appreciate this when then are trying to figure what to buy you. All they have to do is come in, check the list you filled out. And, buy you just what you want. No refunds, no exchanges -- because you will get the genealogy gift you asked for. Heritage Quest Research Library 909 Main Street, #5, Sumner, WA 98390 Gail

Would like to contact any KNOWLES descendants in Pierce Co. that are researching the William J. KNOWLES and William A. KNOWLES of New York. I know someone posted a query in the Genealogical Journal of Jefferson Co. N.Y. in March 1996. Their name was KNOWLES and I would like them to contact me as I am also a descendant. Phyllis in Fl. PJohn27974@aol.com

I read with interest in The Herald (Everett, WA.- I used to pedal it in my Snohomish paper route when it was 50 cent/mo 1938 etc.) for Tues Dec 8, 1998, Time Out section , p. 6D. Dear Abby column, one Letter QUOTED IN FULL AS FOLLOWS: DEAR ABBY Abigail Van Buren Archive lets diagy be part of history DEAR ABBY: Please tell "Tempted in Tennessee" not to destroy her diary of 50 years. She should leave it to a women's history archive, such as the Newcomb College Center for Research on Women in New Orleans. Women's lives are reported far too often through the eyes of the men around them. Their writings and papers are either considered inconsequential or, if they're saved, they are archived with those of their spouse. Diaries give historians and other scholars insights into the daily lives of ordinary women ( and men) and are a valuable resource. Public television recently had a program about the diary of a midwife in early 18th-century Maine. This diary is the focal point of a marvelous book by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "A Midwife's Tale." Reading the diary excerpts in this book gives one a picture of the daily experiences of women in that time and place. Ulrich went beyond just the daily activities and wove them into a historical background. The place for longtime diaries is, ultimately, a research library. According to the archivist at Newcomb, if you do not want to give up the papers themselves, they can be copied onto acid-free paper and the papers preserved for historians. The archivist will also tell you how to maintain any privacy you feel is needed. (I am currently doing this with a collection of letters my uncle wrote during World War II.) Please done't destroy records of lives - let them become part of our history. (Name & loc. given at the bottom of the letter, but unnecessary for this information - CC., then Abby's Reply:) DEAR _____: (Name not included, same reason above - CC.) Thank you for pointing this out. "Tempted in Tennessee" did not include her name and address with her letter, so I'm printing yours in the hope that she ( and others who keep diaries and journals) wil see it. I was unaware that research libraries might find them valuable. Since that letter appeared, I have been inundated with letters telling me that such memorabilia could also be of intrest to libraries and historical socities. If the contents are very personal, they can be donated under the condition that the contents not be revealed before a specific period of time has elapsed - say 25 to 50 years. END OF QUOTE ARTICLE IN THE HERALD dear abby syndicated article. COMMENT: Of course there are various KINDS of diaries; female's diaries, men's diaries, explorer's, scientist's of various kinds but they are accounts of human life experiences that can tell a story. Some may be quite private and intimate at the time they were written, but in time they may take on a whole different meaning to generation to come morally, and otherwise. The main things is that they tell a story of life as it was during that period of Time. Recently, when I told of video-taping a whole "gold mine" of items that were kept in drawers and boxes we all are familiar with was but one example of the "documents" we run across from the Past. At this point I wish to point out that using a 35 mm camera for very close-ups of documents, pix etc. does not mean that if you have a 35 mm. camera you can do this. You must have a 35 mm. camera that has macro capability in some way. They need to have adjustable lens that can be removed so as to ADD, or EXTEND the lens in such a way that you could be able to copy large to very small items such as a postage stamp. The macro feature on some less expensive cameras may give a limited amount of focus for this kind of photography. In my own case, my old Pentax had a removable lens (unscrews, not the bayonet type, even) so I got a set of extender rings and I can use my regular lens along with the extender rings to copy anything from a large photo or doc. or I can copy a postage stamp full view. Also, if the viewfinder is not SLR or through the lens capability then it is much more difficult to get items CENTERED properly. Using the video cameras, you view what it is you want included in the final copy so it is usually a "breeze" to copy properly. Also the use of a TV as a monitor, you can see in color exactly how it will look in the finished view. As to the values of the diary, we have only to think of "The Diary of Ann Frank" which in the Netherlands, they pronounce On Fronk, not our western accent which can be puzzling to people when we say Ann Frank, we found when we inquired of the loc. of the museum in her honor at the loc. of that bit of history. When I was seeking information about my Clark Fam history from the Southington (CT.) Historical Society, they not only wrote to me about a 1720 Clark built house in Southington CT, but they also had the dairy which kept by my Clark Family who had built that house, the Congregational Church in downtown Southington, along with many other documents they had available to me. At 15 cents a page, I was able to get a "representative sample" of a Clark farm diary. The ladys at the hist. soc. were gracious enough in my endeavor to choose the most interesting parts of that diary, that told of the daily life, an account of expenses, expenses for hired labor by name, etc. then a page from the diary that listed the various members, all ages, that lived on that farm - names, dates of births, deaths, etc. I only bought $1.50 worth of pages of it but I got a $100 worth of information from an old diary from the late 1700s and sampled life as it was in those times, clear across the U.S. of my own family as farmers. Accounts of animal raising, crops, accounts of weather information - temps. planting information. What a mine of information for a few pennies, and there is still more of the diary kept back in Southington, the town I eventually got to visit, even only briefly because those I was with were NOT genealogists, but they allowed me a few hours to video tape and savor with my eyes what I was seeing in those cemeteries!!! I have 2 of my Dad's diaries - oh, yes, men have kept diaries also. He died when I was just 3 yrs old, he was about 27, young. His diaries were kept when he and my grandfather worked as civil engineers on the logging railway system for Selleck, E of Kent, WA where there was a big logging camp with their own hospital facilities, chow house, bunk houses, etc. Pix helped to view these items, but his diaries have been most interesting for me to read and cherish as keepsakes of my Dad and GF. The fishing, hunting, his six shooter pistol - all accounted for in the diary - then the pix to really bring it all to life. Lots of time to write in the evenings. And his girl friends - he had them all coded in the back of the diary with initials, and some times phone numbers when phone numbers were simple. He was just fresh out of the University of WA with a degree in Forestry but hadn't married yet. I found my Mother's initials in it when she was a telephone opr. in Portland, OR. among the varous other initials of friends, relatives, girlfriends. The diary goes right up to when he marries my mother. That along with all the camp life of the early 1920s, the purchase of automobiles, riding on the Speeder on the RR tracks, or the logging locomotive to get in & out of the deep woods camp, as there were no roads then to access the place. All made for very interesting reading - nothing mushy or anything, but lots of humor, and description of camp life, roughing it, all the fish and wildlife just for the hunting for food in additon to the usual menu. Diarys can be the source of some great history of people, places, and things, and especially over a period of time can reflect and allow a look into the lives of others in a very positive way to become valuable history for later generations to appreciate. I was very pleased to see a syndicated column discuss and promote the retention of accounts from diarys, which can be tastefully done, and yet protect the privacy of those that may not have intended that their diary be shared at the time of writing. Just the means a transportation alone during various seasons of the year and at locs where a means of transportation was a dire necessity. Owning one of those bone crusher bikes with the large wheel in front and the tiny one in the rear - ownership of one to get to and from their work was serious business, let along the ability to afford one. This is one of the items I found in a diary when I did the video documentary of the items loaned to me. The diarys written by working men and their accounts of daily life are priceless today for the information they contained ! And expecially when they were related even distantly from the reader. 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Pam: Check Cyndi's list for Family Line Research at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/famline.htm Maxine

Janis, Could not find Chandleys or Wehrhans for the senior year of junior. Donna, who is a newborn babe, desiring the sincere milk of the word, that I may grow thereby.....

Evelyn, I could copy those two pages, and snail mail it to you, could you privately send me your address. I looked more closely to the photograph of the school entrance. The school is called Broadway High School. The annual Sealth Broadway. Does your mother remember the last name Walling? He went on to the U. for a year or two. 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 < <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Bookstorelady wrote: > > Hi > I checked the 1925, 26, 27, 29 and 31 Sealth, the annual for Broadway > High School. Did find senior pictures for Edwin and Virginia Ford but did > not see Gladys, Doris or Bessie. The sophomore and freshman classes were > not listed...only the Juniors and Seniors. I know I have a 1928 which would > be more likely for a person born in 1910 to graduate from. > > Darilee Both my mother ELLEN M. NYQUIST, B-18 Feb 1914, and my father ROBERT E. WIARD, B-26 June 1914, attended Broadway High, (later Edison Tech) in the early 30s. Would love to know if they are in the year books. Patty -- pwiard&northcoast.com

Did I read somewhere that the White Pig Tavern on Callow was a historical landmark? Or am I being confused by the memory of Mr. Ruud, my English teacher at Olympic CC, pointing out that the White Pig was a good, medieval name for a tavern? Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net BParker wrote: > > Keep on the with the history of Callow and Bremerton. I really enjoy > this. And I added Kitsap county. yes there is lots of hsitory here > even if my family didn't settle here. Bonnie

I meant to say:If you can NOT locate by simple means, I will do a look up. Earl Armbrust Armbrust2fidalgo.net At 03:41 PM 12/7/98 -0800, you wrote: >RE: Illinois place names look up > >I have "Illinois Place Names" compiled by James N. Adams, Edited by William >E. Keller, and with a new addendum by Lowell M. Volkel published 1989 by >the Illinois Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. > >If you can locate by simple means, I will do a look up. > >Earl Armbrust > >armbrust@fidalgo.net > > > >Earl N. Armbrust, Jr. >1743 Blodgett Rd. >Mount Vernon, WA 98274-5043 >(360)428-0319 >armbrust@fidalgo.net > Earl N. Armbrust, Jr. 1743 Blodgett Rd. Mount Vernon, WA 98274-5043 (360)428-0319 armbrust@fidalgo.net

! I meant to say: If you can NOT locate by simple means, I will do a look up. Earl Armbrust At 03:41 PM 12/7/98 -0800, you wrote: >RE: Illinois place names look up > >I have "Illinois Place Names" compiled by James N. Adams, Edited by William >E. Keller, and with a new addendum by Lowell M. Volkel published 1989 by >the Illinois Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. > >If you can locate by simple means, I will do a look up. > >Earl Armbrust > >armbrust@fidalgo.net > > > >Earl N. Armbrust, Jr. >1743 Blodgett Rd. >Mount Vernon, WA 98274-5043 >(360)428-0319 >armbrust@fidalgo.net > Earl N. Armbrust, Jr. 1743 Blodgett Rd. Mount Vernon, WA 98274-5043 (360)428-0319 armbrust@fidalgo.net

RE: Idaho place names. I also have the book, "Idaho Place Names A Geographic Dictionary" by Lalia Boone published 1988 by The University of Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho. Will do look ups but will probably need your snail mail address since some of the descriptions are lengthy and I am a hunt and peck typist. It is sometimes easier to copy a page and use snail mail. You may request to my personal email address to supply your snail mail address. Earl Armbrust Mount Vernon, WA armbrust@fidalgo.net Earl N. Armbrust, Jr. 1743 Blodgett Rd. Mount Vernon, WA 98274-5043 (360)428-0319 armbrust@fidalgo.net

Hi folks - Jumping late into the conversation with little time to read each message, but wanted to be sure everyone knew about the following database online: Washington Place Names Database http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/nwr/wanames.htm This is on the Tacoma Public Library web site and pertains to Washington state. Also be sure to visit this site when you have time: 1895 U.S. Atlas http://www.LivGenMI.com/1895.htm "I entered data from the 1895 World Atlas into table format so those cities which someone cannot find in the 1880 census or the 1900 census, may be found here. I have already helped a number of people who post queries to the various lists with where were certain cities were at the time? Some cities changed names about this time and this data will show the new names. This table shows the city, state, population, area the county lies in the state, whether or not they have a Post Office, R.R. station or an Express Office and if they are a county seat. If a city is a county seat it will be in CAPS." And one more gem: Geographic Nameserver http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo Have fun, Cyndi

At 06:18 PM 12/7/98 -0800, you wrote: >Lynnette A Prue > >Curious here --- Worms, South Dakota --- located about 10-12 miles >SE of >Scotland, Bon Homme County, South Dakota - (Scotland is in the NE >corner >of Bon Homme County.). Bon Homme County is in the south central part >of South Dakota - where it pushes into Nebraska. I am curious as to >where the post office was located? Someone's home? Whose? and >anything else you might have on Worms. > >Thank you. >Fred Pflugrath >Peshastin, WA Fred - I just used this site: Geographic Nameserver http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo It returned these results on a search for "Worms" Placename State County Lat/Long Nation Worms Nebraska Merrick 41:05:50 N US County 098:16:07 W The Elevation, Population, Remark and Postal code fields were all blank. Hope you find this useful, Cyndi

Jill, thanks so much for your help, it is certainly appreciated. This will give me a place to start in my search!! Pam ><< I am trying to determine the names of Catherine's parents in particular. >Any > advice would be appreciated. (1860 in Indiana)>> > >Pam, >I did find the following information on the 1860 Federal Census Index for >Indiana. Maybe this will help. >Catherine McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Salem Twp >Page #: 536 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Agnes McKinley >State: IN >County: Lagrange Co. >Location: Lima Village >Page #: 663 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Alexander McKinley >State: IN >County: Allen Co. >Location: Washington Twp >Page #: 257 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Alexander McKinley >State: IN >County: Clark Co. >Location: Wood Twp >Page #: 002 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Alexander McKinley >State: IN >County: Marion Co. >Location: Indianapolis 2nd Ward >Page #: 148 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Andrew S. McKinley >State: IN >County: Monroe Co. >Location: Bloomington Twp >Page #: 728 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Angeline McKinley >State: IN >County: Warren Co. >Location: Warren Twp >Page #: 530 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Arrabella McKinley >State: IN >County: Clark Co. >Location: Wood Twp >Page #: 003 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Calvin McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Richland Twp >Page #: 468 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Daniel McKinley >State: IN >County: Lagrange Co. >Location: Lima Village >Page #: 666 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >David McKinley >State: IN >County: Sullivan Co. >Location: Hamilton Twp >Page #: 900 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Elena McKinley >State: IN >County: Marion Co. >Location: Indianapolis 2nd Ward >Page #: 148 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Elizabeth McKinley >State: IN >County: Montgomery Co. >Location: Franklin Twp >Page #: 143 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Henriatta McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Steuben Twp >Page #: 505 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Jefferson McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Steuben Twp >Page #: 505 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >John McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Salem Twp >Page #: 536 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Manerva McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Steuben Twp >Page #: 505 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 >and >Peter McKinley >State: IN >County: Steuben Co. >Location: Salem Twp >Page #: 536 >Census/Enumeration year: 1860 > >I would pay special attention to the McKinleys in Steuben County. That is >your best bet. > >Good Luck, >Jill M. Cordone >

Hi Evelyn, It's been awhile since we have been in touch and I have been busy with other things and other family names but I was wondering if you would ask them at the Historical Society in Shelton (that is what you are talking about I hope?) if the notebooks on the different schools have been indexed? You sent me the article last spring I believe and I keep thinking that it is something I want to do in the near future. I am still trying to find out about my father in law , Blaine Edward McKanna, his brother, John M McKanna. Do you know if there is somekind of directories for Shelton for the late 1890's? Also if there are Shelton school records available for the 1890's. If you would just ask the questions and see what kind of answers there are and get back to me when you have time I would really appreciate it. How long have you lived in Shelton? Thought you lived in Olympia. Gail and I are taking a tour of the gov. mansion/lunch at Falls Terrace on Wed. She signed us up and this is my birthday present. Talk you later and if you are not able or have the time to check on what they have at the historical society that's ok. Ellen JOHuffER@aol.com wrote: > Fredi, I think you provided her with quite a bit, and that will help me. I'm > going down to the Historical Society tomorrow. Evelyn

Donna: Currently there is a Sealth High School in West Seattle. It's been around awhile. It's my recollection there was a high school on Broadway that was once called City High School, and then Broadway High School, but I don't recall it was ever called Broadway Sealth. The one I think you are referring to still exists (not as a high school, however) right across the street from Seattle Central Community College. I believe it's a historical building status; not sure it's part of the SCCC group of buildings. Michele in Seattle On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Rick & Donna Walling wrote: > Greetings, > > My husband and I were having fun at a antique store in Conway, and Found my > husbands grandfather who died before he was born in a high school annual of > Sealth High school...Is this the School of Arts on Capital Hill? If any one > wants me to check this annual let me know. Its fun to find such things, and > can also confuse since it says he `entered from Stadium HighSchool, Tacoma' > from what we know they never lived out of Seattle. Interesting. > > > 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 > <http://www.anabaptists.org/churches/everett.html > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > >

Hello, I saw your post and wondered if you would mind looking to see if you could find any Chandleys or Wehrhans in your book? Thanks! Janis