I must have missed something in this list. A quick glance at the previous messages didn't tell me where the Home Undertaking records are now -- although I think I read it originally. Can someone refresh my memory? Thanks. Virginia Latta Curulla Seattle On 6/6/03 5:30 PM, "Mike and Cynthia Baxter" <Baxter_2@msn.com> wrote: > This is starting to sound like a broken record but...Collins FH was taken > over by Home Undertaking and well, we know where those records are now! > Cynthia > > >

The genealogy or evolution of local funeral homes and records might be a worthwhile resource guide for posting on the USGenWeb site for each county or on the Washington State Gen Soc website. Bob Witherspoon

Purdy & Walters is part of the same outfit as Bleitz. I'll have to double check on those records, it would be great if we are talking about the same ol' place. Or the Ol' Same Place! One of the funeral directors at Bleitz gave me the information that I posted about Collins going to Home Undertaking. All of these acquisitions, (sigh) isn't this fun? So Monday, I'll put on my Deerstalker and find out what's what! Cynthia

This is starting to sound like a broken record but...Collins FH was taken over by Home Undertaking and well, we know where those records are now! Cynthia

This is what I was told about Collins Funeral Home: Was on Harvard Ave., in Seattle, went out of business late 1940s. George Geriad? in Everett got the records, then they went to Cassidy and then Purdy: Purdy & Walters with Cassidy Funeral Home 1702 Pacific Avenue Everett, WA 98201 (425) 252-2191 As to the fee Evergreen-Washelli charges for looking up records, it is the only funeral home I have run into so far who has asked for any money. It was explained to me that the reason might be that they keep the old records in a separate building and, apparently, it's more of a problem to look them up as opposed to having the records in the same building. I have gotten quite a few records from various funeral homes for my own research and even asked for some for a man in Sweden and every funeral home I asked sent what they had. I always enclose an SASE for their response. Gloria Lester >>^. .^<< ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

The June 4th issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (p. B1) has an interesting article: "Nameless faces from out of the past: Mysterious cache of decades-old portraits found in Seattle church." The online version of the article is "Mysterious photos show nameless faces from out of the past" at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/124992_photos04.html Bethel Christian Ministries (206-441-0444) has been at 2nd and Lenora for nearly 60 years and recently moved out of the 2033 Second Ave building, which is due for the wrecking ball. (I hope they save the beautiful facade). The building dates from the early 1900s and housed Seattle's first swimming pool. When the church was moving out, 6 crates of about 200 unidentified photos and many negatives were found in a crawl space. These are hand-tinted enlargements in good condition that date from about 1919-1926. The company that did the enlarging and colorizing was apparently the Universal Art Association or the Continental Art Company. It's going to take a lot of detective work (and luck) to identify the people in all those photos. --Ida Skarson McCormick, idamc@seanet.com, Seattle

Does anyone know where the old Collins Funeral Home records might be? They were in the central Seattle area in the early 1900s? Virginia Curulla On 6/5/03 5:08 PM, "gclester@juno.com" <gclester@juno.com> wrote: > I can add some items to Cynthia's list. The Home Undertaking records are > at Evergreen-Washelli as Audrey wrote. And I was told several weeks ago > that Evergreen charges $10.00 for lookups. It was $5.00 about a year > before that. > > Groth Funeral Home (formerly White, 3909 Calif. Ave. S.W.) > records now at: > Bonney-Watson Burien Chapel > 900 S. W. 146th > Burien, WA 98146 > (206) 244-2320 > > Butterworth, Manning & Ashmore Funeral home > merged with Arthur A. Wright Funeral Home on Queen Anne in 2001 > 520 W. Raye > Seattle, WA 98119 > (206) 622-0949 > > Booth-Ashmore Mortuary > Contact: Ellen Ashmore > Butterworth-Arthur Wright Chapel > 520 W. Raye > Seattle, WA 98119 > (206) 622-0949 > > Wiggen & Sons has the records for: > Graham & Sons > Graham & Engmann > Johnson & Hamilton > Mittelstadt Funeral Parlors > > Georgetown Undertaking Co. > records at > Howden-Kennedy of West Seattle > > > Gloria Lester >>> ^. .^<< > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! >

Regarding Fees, which I knew nothing about a year ago when I called Evergreen- Washelli. They asked me if it was for genealogy, and I replied no, I wanted to know what the records said about where my grandfather was buried. It took a couple of days before they called me back with the information ... evidently only one person does research in the old records. Audrey Cox Vogelpohl Seattle, Washington -- My heritage research includes: Agnesa, Allen, Badger, Bartlett, Becker, Bell, Billings, Bland, Bliven, Boardman, Booth, Bower, Brinkhurst, Brisley, Bromall, Bucholtz, Burdick, Bywater, Chidester, Christian, Christoffer, Church, Clarke, Clinton, Cook, Cooper, Corneille, Cottrell, Cox, Daub, Davis, Dinham, Ellsworth, Felkner, Fowler, French, Gaylord, Goodwin, Graves, Harms, Harndel, Heenemank, Holcomb, Hubbard, Hughes, Hull, Irwin, Kerrich/Keridge, Kettelhut, Klapperd, Lewis, Lovejoy, Macoone, Maxson, Merriam/Miriam, Mills, Moon, Mosher, Neale, Nutter, Offer, Osgood, Palmer, Peckham, Prichard, Sambourne, Samways, Satterlee, Saunders, Schmiginsky, Sherry, Short, Small, Standley/Stanley, Steele, Sterry, Stoltz, Strong, Sutton, Temple, Tharp, Trembly, Updike, Vogelpohl, Wagner, Webb

Gloria Lester! Thank you for those updates - I printed them up and will be distributing them to all of our Red Books!!!! Cynthia

In a message dated 6/5/03 9:56:46 AM, Baxter_2@msn.com writes: << NORTH King County butts up to SOUTH Snohomish County. Similarly, SOUTH King County butts up to NORTH Pierce County, etc. etc. Hope I got an "Aha!" out of that! <grin> >> :D Thank you, kindly. Figured that out about 3:00 this afternoon. ;-)

I can add some items to Cynthia's list. The Home Undertaking records are at Evergreen-Washelli as Audrey wrote. And I was told several weeks ago that Evergreen charges $10.00 for lookups. It was $5.00 about a year before that. Groth Funeral Home (formerly White, 3909 Calif. Ave. S.W.) records now at: Bonney-Watson Burien Chapel 900 S. W. 146th Burien, WA 98146 (206) 244-2320 Butterworth, Manning & Ashmore Funeral home merged with Arthur A. Wright Funeral Home on Queen Anne in 2001 520 W. Raye Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 622-0949 Booth-Ashmore Mortuary Contact: Ellen Ashmore Butterworth-Arthur Wright Chapel 520 W. Raye Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 622-0949 Wiggen & Sons has the records for: Graham & Sons Graham & Engmann Johnson & Hamilton Mittelstadt Funeral Parlors Georgetown Undertaking Co. records at Howden-Kennedy of West Seattle Gloria Lester >>^. .^<< ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

Picture the counties .... South Snohomish County borders North King County. Therefore, the Bothell addresses with South are in South Snohomish County, and the addresses with North are in North King County. Audrey Seattle > > In a message dated 6/4/03 6:32:00 PM, Baxter_2@msn.com writes: > > << BOTHELL: NOTE! Bothell is split between King and Snohomish Counties! If > your person has "North" in their address, then it will be King County. Likewise, > "South" places them in Snohomish. >> > > Forgive the question, but if the address says "North", it's in King County? > South places them in Snohomish? Seems backwards. > > L >

In a message dated 6/4/03 9:29:12 PM, baxter22@msn.com writes: << Is there someone in Seattle area that can put into English, letters from Norway? >> Ginny, Try searching for Norwegian to English translation on Google. I was able to find one the other day that would translate French to English. Worth a try - L

In a message dated 6/4/03 6:32:00 PM, Baxter_2@msn.com writes: << BOTHELL: NOTE! Bothell is split between King and Snohomish Counties! If your person has "North" in their address, then it will be King County. Likewise, "South" places them in Snohomish. >> Forgive the question, but if the address says "North", it's in King County? South places them in Snohomish? Seems backwards. L

In a message dated 6/4/03 6:32:00 PM, Baxter_2@msn.com writes: << BOTHELL: NOTE! Bothell is split between King and Snohomish Counties! If your person has "North" in their address, then it will be King County. Likewise, "South" places them in Snohomish. >> Forgive the question, but if the address says "North", it's in King County? South places them in Snohomish? Seems backwards. NORTH King County butts up to SOUTH Snohomish County. Similarly, SOUTH King County butts up to NORTH Pierce County, etc. etc. Hope I got an "Aha!" out of that! <grin>

Home Undertaking Funeral Home in Seattle When I researched this funeral home last year I believe I found the records at Evergreen-Washelli. At any rate, the receptionist at Yarington Funeral Home put the note in her "red book" for future reference. Audrey Cox Vogelpohl Seattle, Washington > During a round of correspondence with another "lister", I see a need that I can > address.with some addresses! Ha! > Often overlooked, Cemeteries and Funeral Homes should be considered a valuable > source of information. Some privacy rules may prohibit them from disclosing ALL, > but most certainly do not pass them up as a source for obituaries! Most > operations do not charge, but there are exceptions. Most prefer to receive the > request in writing (Fax works as well!) so that folks like me who volunteer > their time to go up into those hot, dusty attics can take the sheet of paper > with them when thumbing through 75 year old record books! > Here's a list of King County funeral homes. > In case you are wondering where I hang out - it's Bleitz Funeral Home in Seattle > and we do not charge for record searches! Keep in mind, we need specific dates. > Our records are not computerized and receiving a request for a 10-year span is > um, well, depressing. > So here you go, the reference I'm using: National Directory "The Red Book", the > National Directory of Morticians - 63rd edition - 1998 Chagrin Falls, OH. I have > tried to update any information if I'm aware of it, however, there may be some > businesses that have undergone some changes and the current phone numbers, names > or addresses may differ than what's in the book. I apologize if this is an > inconvenience. > AUBURN: > Price-Helton (253) 833-1165 > Yahn & Son (253) 833-8877 - P.O. Box 7, Auburn, WA 98071 > > BELLEVUE: > Bleitz of Bellevue - contact Bleitz Funeral Home (206) 282-5220 > Greens Chapel of Flowers (425) 747-6240 - 1215 145th St. SE, Bellevue, WA > 98007 > > BOTHELL: NOTE! Bothell is split between King and Snohomish Counties! If your > person has "North" in their address, then it will be King County. Likewise, > "South" places them in Snohomish. > Bothell FH (425) 486-1281 - 18824 103rd N.E., Bothell, WA 98011 > > ENUMCLAW: > Weeks-Enumclaw FH (360) 825-3548 - 1810 Wells, Enumclaw, WA 98022 > > FEDERAL WAY: > Bonney-Watson FH (253) 839-7317 - 1535 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA > 98023 > > ISSAQUAH: > Flintoft's Issaquah FH (425) 392-6444 - 540 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA > 98027 > > KENT: > Edline-Yahn FC (253) 852-1707 - 424 W. Meeker, Kent, WA 98032 > Marlatt Mortuary (253) 852-2620 - 713 N. Central, Kent, WA 98032 > > KIRKLAND: > Green's Colonial Chapel (425) 822-4151 - 400 State, Kirkland, WA 98033 > > NORTH BEND/SNOQUALMIE: > Snoqualmie Valley FC (360) 888-2700 - P.O. Box 861, North Bend, 98045 > > REDMOND: > Green's Chapel of the Valley (425) 255-8281 - 16551 N.E. 79th, Redmond, WA > 98052 > > RENTON: > Faull-Stokes FH (425) 255-8281 - 300 South Third St., Renton, WA 98055 > Greenwood FH & Cemetery (425) 255-1511 - 350 Monroe Ave. N.E., Renton, WA > 98056 > > SEATTLE: > Acacia FH (inside Acacia Memorial Park) (206) 364-7100 - P.O. Box 25802, > Seattle, WA 98125 > Arthur Wright FH (206) 282-5500 - 520 W. Raye St., Seattle, WA 98119 > Bleitz FH (206) 282-5220 - 316 Florentia Street, Seattle, WA 98109 > Bonney-Watson (206) 322-0013 - 1732 Broadway Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 > Booth-Ashmore (Butterworth's)(206) 622-0949 - 300 E. Pine., Seattle, WA > 98122 > Columbia FH (206) 722-1100 - 4567 Rainier South, Seattle, WA 98118 > DaySpring & Fitch 5503 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98118 > Evergreen-Washelli FH & Cemetery (206) 362-5200 - 11111 Aurora Ave. N., > Seattle, WA 98133 > Forest Lawn FH & Cemetery (206) 932-0050 - 6701 30th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA > 98126 > GreenLake FH (206) 522-1898 - 7217 Woodlawn NE, Seattle, WA 98115 > Groth FH (206) 932-7067 - 3909 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116 > Hoffner-Fisher & Harvey (206) 632-0100 - 508 N. 36th, Seattle, WA 98103 > Howden-Kennedy (206) 932-0356 - 3909 W. Alaska, Seattle, WA 98116 > Parker's Burien FC (206) 244-2320 - 900 SW 146th, Burien, WA 98166 > Washington Memorial Cemetery (Bonney Watson) (206) 242-1787 - 16445 Pacific > Hwy So. (next to SeaTac airport), Seattle, WA 98188 > West Home FC - contact Yarington's FH (206) 242-2771 > Wiggin & Sons - (206) 782-4700 - 2003 NW 57th, Seattle, WA 98107 > Yaringtons FH (206) 242-2771 - 10708 16th SW, Seattle, WA 98146 > > VASHON: > Island FH (206) 463-9300 - 18005 99th SW, Vashon Island, 98070 > > Well there you have it. I hope that I didn't leave anybody out. Some of the > older death certificates will have smaller undertaking companies that have been > absorbed by the larger funeral homes. Do some historical detecting! But here's a > "Gimme": There was a large company called Home Undertaking, which I believe > became part of Acacia FH. Home Undertaking was a massive operation during the > 1940s-1950s that went under when the freeway was built. Good luck in your > search! > Cynthia Baxter > > > >

This would make sense now that I think about it. Evergreen-Washelli bought Acacia FH a couple years back. Cynthia Baxter

Is there someone in Seattle area that can put into English, letters from Norway? thank you ginny baxter baxter22@msn.com

During a round of correspondence with another "lister", I see a need that I can address.with some addresses! Ha! Often overlooked, Cemeteries and Funeral Homes should be considered a valuable source of information. Some privacy rules may prohibit them from disclosing ALL, but most certainly do not pass them up as a source for obituaries! Most operations do not charge, but there are exceptions. Most prefer to receive the request in writing (Fax works as well!) so that folks like me who volunteer their time to go up into those hot, dusty attics can take the sheet of paper with them when thumbing through 75 year old record books! Here's a list of King County funeral homes. In case you are wondering where I hang out - it's Bleitz Funeral Home in Seattle and we do not charge for record searches! Keep in mind, we need specific dates. Our records are not computerized and receiving a request for a 10-year span is um, well, depressing. So here you go, the reference I'm using: National Directory "The Red Book", the National Directory of Morticians - 63rd edition - 1998 Chagrin Falls, OH. I have tried to update any information if I'm aware of it, however, there may be some businesses that have undergone some changes and the current phone numbers, names or addresses may differ than what's in the book. I apologize if this is an inconvenience. AUBURN: Price-Helton (253) 833-1165 Yahn & Son (253) 833-8877 - P.O. Box 7, Auburn, WA 98071 BELLEVUE: Bleitz of Bellevue - contact Bleitz Funeral Home (206) 282-5220 Greens Chapel of Flowers (425) 747-6240 - 1215 145th St. SE, Bellevue, WA 98007 BOTHELL: NOTE! Bothell is split between King and Snohomish Counties! If your person has "North" in their address, then it will be King County. Likewise, "South" places them in Snohomish. Bothell FH (425) 486-1281 - 18824 103rd N.E., Bothell, WA 98011 ENUMCLAW: Weeks-Enumclaw FH (360) 825-3548 - 1810 Wells, Enumclaw, WA 98022 FEDERAL WAY: Bonney-Watson FH (253) 839-7317 - 1535 SW Dash Point Rd, Federal Way, WA 98023 ISSAQUAH: Flintoft's Issaquah FH (425) 392-6444 - 540 E. Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027 KENT: Edline-Yahn FC (253) 852-1707 - 424 W. Meeker, Kent, WA 98032 Marlatt Mortuary (253) 852-2620 - 713 N. Central, Kent, WA 98032 KIRKLAND: Green's Colonial Chapel (425) 822-4151 - 400 State, Kirkland, WA 98033 NORTH BEND/SNOQUALMIE: Snoqualmie Valley FC (360) 888-2700 - P.O. Box 861, North Bend, 98045 REDMOND: Green's Chapel of the Valley (425) 255-8281 - 16551 N.E. 79th, Redmond, WA 98052 RENTON: Faull-Stokes FH (425) 255-8281 - 300 South Third St., Renton, WA 98055 Greenwood FH & Cemetery (425) 255-1511 - 350 Monroe Ave. N.E., Renton, WA 98056 SEATTLE: Acacia FH (inside Acacia Memorial Park) (206) 364-7100 - P.O. Box 25802, Seattle, WA 98125 Arthur Wright FH (206) 282-5500 - 520 W. Raye St., Seattle, WA 98119 Bleitz FH (206) 282-5220 - 316 Florentia Street, Seattle, WA 98109 Bonney-Watson (206) 322-0013 - 1732 Broadway Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 Booth-Ashmore (Butterworth's)(206) 622-0949 - 300 E. Pine., Seattle, WA 98122 Columbia FH (206) 722-1100 - 4567 Rainier South, Seattle, WA 98118 DaySpring & Fitch 5503 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle, WA 98118 Evergreen-Washelli FH & Cemetery (206) 362-5200 - 11111 Aurora Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98133 Forest Lawn FH & Cemetery (206) 932-0050 - 6701 30th Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98126 GreenLake FH (206) 522-1898 - 7217 Woodlawn NE, Seattle, WA 98115 Groth FH (206) 932-7067 - 3909 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116 Hoffner-Fisher & Harvey (206) 632-0100 - 508 N. 36th, Seattle, WA 98103 Howden-Kennedy (206) 932-0356 - 3909 W. Alaska, Seattle, WA 98116 Parker's Burien FC (206) 244-2320 - 900 SW 146th, Burien, WA 98166 Washington Memorial Cemetery (Bonney Watson) (206) 242-1787 - 16445 Pacific Hwy So. (next to SeaTac airport), Seattle, WA 98188 West Home FC - contact Yarington's FH (206) 242-2771 Wiggin & Sons - (206) 782-4700 - 2003 NW 57th, Seattle, WA 98107 Yaringtons FH (206) 242-2771 - 10708 16th SW, Seattle, WA 98146 VASHON: Island FH (206) 463-9300 - 18005 99th SW, Vashon Island, 98070 Well there you have it. I hope that I didn't leave anybody out. Some of the older death certificates will have smaller undertaking companies that have been absorbed by the larger funeral homes. Do some historical detecting! But here's a "Gimme": There was a large company called Home Undertaking, which I believe became part of Acacia FH. Home Undertaking was a massive operation during the 1940s-1950s that went under when the freeway was built. Good luck in your search! Cynthia Baxter

SGS Computer IG abt "Genealogical Database Add-Ons" on Saturday, June 14th The June 14th 2003 meeting of the Computer Interest Group of the Seattle Genealogical Society features Sherry Holthe from Legacy Customer Support, Millennia Corporation. Sherry will demonstrate two useful programs: GENViewer and GeneLines. She will have handouts detailing features, system requirements and pricing. Recall that each month we place one copy of all meeting handouts in the (black) Computer Interest Group three ring binder. Feel free to ask for this binder at the SGS desk and make copies for yourself. GENViewer 1.12 is a powerful viewing program that works directly with Legacy, The Master Genealogist, Family Tree Maker and PAF files and also with GEDCOM files from other database software. It has many search and report capabilities, including a multi-file search. For further information, including a free, down-loadable version of GENViewer Lite, visit Mud Creek software at http://www.mudcreek.ca/mainpage.htm . GeneLines for Legacy (and GEDCOM files) creates timelines and charts, putting your ancestors in "time" by importing historical events and relationships on colorful timeline charts. This may be the timeline program we have been seeking! For further information, visit Progeny Software at http://www.progenysoftware.com/ . We will meet on Saturday, June 14th, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the SGS Library at 6200 Sand Point Way NE, across the street from the US National Archives Pacific Branch. Parking is available on the nearby streets. On the Metro Transit #74 & #75 bus lines. Accessible to the Handicapped. David Ault, Chair, Seattle Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group Computer Interest Group E-mail: SGSComputerIG@Juno.com SGS Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/ & Phone: 206-522-8658 SGS Office & Library: 6200 Sand Point Way NE, #101, Seattle, WA 98115 * ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!