Hi Dave, I was involved with a mailing to Rudds, but I'm not from Canada and I don't believe I received any information from you. However, I belong to a Rudd email discussion group and am cc'ing them on this. Perhaps one of them may be able to help. All the best, Celia At 12:45 PM -0400 9/30/98, [email protected] wrote: >At approximately 6:45 PM 9/28/1998, Winifred L. Smith died at age 82 in >Plainwell, Mich. Winfred was the daughter of Alonzo and Mae Bisnett of >Big Rapids, MI. Mae's maiden name was Rudd. Mae had a brother George >Rudd, as I recall. > >Winifred's first marriage was to Francis Burnell Long, the second was to >Lawrence Smith, both in Kalamazoo, MI., and then married a third time to >someone whose name I've forgotten, but she retained the Smith name. > >Several years ago, I was contacted by someone from Ontario, Canada >regarding the Rudd Family Tree. Are you a part of the same group, or >are there several groups doing the same thing (what a waste of resources >if the latter is true)? > >Myself, David Lawrence Long, and my sister, Ann Louise Steele, are >Winifreds only children. We were at the funeral home yesterday, and >were asked for mom's birthplace. I think it was Three Rivers, MI, and >Ann thinks it's Big Rapids, MI. Ann broke her arm a month ago, the day >she moved into a new home, and being essentially one-armed, is having >great difficulty unpacking since she lives alone, and all the >documentation she has on mom is packed away. Since I passed mom's birth >information on to the Ontario organization, I was hoping that you were >tied to them. If you're not, but know of their existence, I would very >much appreciate knowing how to get in touch with them, preferably a home >page or an e-mail address. > >My home e-mail address is [email protected] > >I'd appreciate hearing from you. > >Dave Long ------------------------------------------------------------------- Celia G. Snyder, Graduate Programs Coordinator (mailto:[email protected]) Dept. of Mech. and Indus. Engr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 140 Mechanical Engineering Building (MC-244), 1206 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 UIUC WEB SITES RELATED TO GRADUATE SCHOOL: UIUC: http://www.uiuc.edu Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: http://www.mie.uiuc.edu Graduate College: http://www.grad.uiuc.edu M&IE Graduate Program Information: http://www.mie.uiuc.edu/academic-programs/graduate/grad.html Financial Aid: http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/financial_aid Off-Campus Housing: http://www.news-gazette.com/