-----Original Message----- From: wells-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wells-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Liz Engle Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:20 AM To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com; wells@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WELLS] Looking for a June Wells or Welles Hello Patty: I agree with Bonita, that it will be hard to find someone on line in this time period. However, since I am familiar with both the little towns named -- Chelan and Waterville, I believe I would start by contacting the schools in both those towns to see if they have any records for "Potter" or "Barnett" children in the 1950-1965 time frame. Waterville in 1950 had a population of just a little over 1,000, with children in grades 1-12 numbering about 300. If your kids were there they should be easy to find, assuming that the school kept records. Waterville is a pleasant little town up in Douglas County -- the "wheat country" -- in the vast golden plateau land of central and eastern Washington. Since "dust bowl days," central Washington attracted (in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s) migrant farm workers largely from Oklahoma and Arkansas. Chelan (in Chelan County) is also a small town, although situated as it is on Lake Chelan is today more of a "resort town" than the sleepy little place it was back in the 1950s. Waterville is the capital of Douglas County, and at the beautiful old court house there (if it is still standing!!!) is where you should find the Barnett-Wells marriage license. Please let me know if this has been helpful -- that is to say, I sincerely hope you find your Wells-Barnett (and Potter?) connection. Another thought -- you might try queries in Wenatchee for your people. Wenatchee, on the Columbia River, down from Waterville, is the largest town in the area and the capital of Chelan county. Wenatchee was also a magnet in the 1950s for agricultural workers from Arkansas and Oklahoma, the attraction being the fruit crops, apples, cherries, apricots, peaches, etc. -- not the wheat of the Inland Empire. The attraction in Wenatchee, of course, was more and better schools for children, and wider opportunities for employment. Try to track down the Polk Business Directories for Wenatchee in those years of interest. You may find Ruell Dee Barnett there. Let us know how you fare. I, for one, am hopeful for your success. Elizabeth Goodfellow Engle -----Original Message----- From: wells-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wells-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 7:36 AM To: WELLS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WELLS] Looking for a June Wells or Welles This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bhillmer Surnames: Barnett Wells Welles Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wells/5618.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Patty: It is very difficult to track someone after the 1930 census online, so I would suggest you need to do a writing campaign for actual records. 1) get a copy of the marriage application/registration (not the certificate). You want to know her actual birthdate and where she was born. In 1955, it may also have her parents names. If it was her first marriage and she married when women normally married ... by age of 20, it means she would 'probably' have been born about 1935 which is after the 1930 census. If she was born in Oklahoma, check with the Oklahoma vital records to see if they have an index you can check. However, with today's identify thief everywhere, I would be surprised if they will give you the exact date without proving you are related. 2) when you know the data of her birth and location, write for a genealogy copy of the birth record (not certificate) you want the actual registration as it will give more details about the parents. 3) the Potter children will be more difficult since you do not know where the Jim and June lived during say 1955-1965 when the children are likely to be born. Just a little heads up, it is very important when writing a query on genealogy to give as much information as possible so that those inclinded to help will have as much as possible to go on. If you don't know exact dates .. give approximate or a year range as well as possible locations. Where you know they were during approximate times also help. However, with June the information will probably not be online. Check newspapers for events that you know, they will give you a clue as to where they were living. An obituary if she is deceased should help provide locations of living children. Again, the newspaper indicating the attendees of the wedding is a good place to follow up while you are waiting for the marriage record. Contacting local libraries is good as they 'may' have newspapers on microfilm and usually will do a search of a timeperiod at a minimum cost. I did a search in Ancestry.com for Ruell Dee Barnett and found nothing ... using the assumed date of birth of about 1930. Of course, there are too many June Wel*s to know which is the correct one. Good luck on your search Bonita Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. 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