I, Carroll Clark, just subscribed to a new gen. website, CARMAN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com & found that I was the 1st subscriber. This new site was begun by Patricia Tidmarsh across the nation in N.Y.C. My wife of 48 yrs. in Aug. had the surname CARMAN, but she has no interest in gen., but I do as our offspring are part of the CARMAN gen., so I have maintained the info. Just another oddity among Gen. Ties read the following, then read the reply from Patricia following my description of a piece of FURNITURE I used as a kid, and I am now 73, and no kid! : On Fri, 4 Sep 1998 14:39:47 -0700 clarkw7iml writes: >I had a dresser that was my Mothers, but she gave it to me when I was >young to keep my clothes in over the many years - it was manufactured >by the Carman Manufacturing Company of Tacoma, WA but its major plant >was at Portland Oregon. (This as the result of some of my early Research in Seattle Library - CC.) >They made excellent quality furnature in the 1920, 30s, and perhaps >into the 40s I am not sure of the latter years. >What is interesting about my dresser, it has 3 regular drawers, but at >the top it has 2 doors that swing open and two drawers that pull out. >It has some interesting decoration on either side made of wood. >The Boeing Company early in its Seattle history went into a slump making >airplanes in the 1920s and began making furniture - one of the >dressers they made was almost exactly the same as the one I had which >was definitely made my Carman Mfg. Co. Tacoma as the label is still on >it. I gave that dresser to my son and his wf when they were first >married. They still have that dresser . . . I had wondered many times over the years if The Carman Manufacturing Company of Portland and Tacoma was of the same Carman Family as my wife's. NOW, read the reply that I got back from Patricia of Carman-Roots-D@rootsweb.com under the Subject CARMAN FURNITURE TIES: Carroll of Snohomish >>>Clues Yield Pay Dirt!<<< _____________________________________________________________________ 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 Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]