Hi Sheila; I could not find an obit for either of these two, but I did get the DC transcriptions. Here they are. Hope this helps. San Diego 286-1465 Florence M. Halliday 301 Via Nancita, Encinitas, San Diego County, California 92024 Died: 2/27/1991 @ 2147 female, white, SS#569-70-5926, married, age 82, housewife Spouse: John Halliday Birth: May 24, 1908, NY FA: Raymond Burch MO: Emily Oles Cause: Cardiac arrest post infarction, ventricular septal defect, coronary artery disease, renal failure. DR: Donald L. Buehler Creamtion: 3/4/1991, Telophase Society Informant: Spouse Education: 12 years San Diego 267-1176 Florence Mills Sperbeck 3196 Isabella Drive, San Diego, California Died: 8/20/1989, 1 am, Kaiser Hospital, El Cajon, California female, caucasian, SS#562-14-0581, widow, private investigator in law enforcement x 50 years. Birth: 5/18/1910, NJ FA: Thomas Wilson, Scotland MO: Annie Grieg, Scotland Cause: Cardio respiratory arrest, metastatic adenocarcinoma. DR: Richard Bender Mortuary: Neptune Society Cremation: 8/31/1989, remains scattered 3 miles SE off Point Loma at sea. Informant: Gordon Drummond (son) 12824 Papago Dr., Poway, CA 92064 Military: 1948-1949 Education: 14 years In County: 16 years Hope this helps you. Donna

Kathie; I got your DC transcription for Nathalia, but for some reason, I totally missed Mr. Black. Will get him on the next run and I apologize for the goof. Here is the info on Nathalia: San Diego 390-1221 Nathalia Crane O'Reilly 3460 Glen Drive, Spring Valley, CA 91977 Died: 10/22/1998, 1:50 am, Alvarado Conv. Hospital, San Diego, CA female, white, SS#053-14-5249, married, age 85, Spanish, professor of education at San Diego State University x 25 years Spouse: Peter O'Reilly Birth: 8/11/1913, NY FA: Unknown Crane MO: Unknown Cause: Cardiopulmonary arrest, ASHD, dementia, seizures, CAD DR: David Quon Mortuary: Telophase Cremation Society - San Diego Creamtion: 10/28/1998, remains buried at sea off San Diego. Informant: Spouse Education: 18 years In County: 55 years. Hope this helps and I will get that other one on the next run. Donna At 09:54 AM 3/22/01 EST, KathiePitman@aol.com wrote: >Hi Donna, Could you be so kind as to look up a death certificate for >NATHALIA O'REILLY, born Aug 11, 1913, Died Oct 22, 1998 , Last residence: >Spring Valley, San Diego, SSN 053-14-5249 ? There is no obit written for her, >I already checked on that, but a death certificate would be very helpful as >to certain details on her cause of death. I hope I am doing this right! The >person is a relative of mine and the subject of a biography I am working on. >Also if possible a death certificate for VETE GEORGE BLACK : died July 14, >1968 in San Diego, CA. He was first husband of Nathalia (Black) , later >O'Reilly. I have his obit, but it is short and I need more details on him. > His SSDI lists him as GEORGE BLACK , with no mention of his other first name >VETE. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me. This is my first >attempt at using this method of research, hope I did it okay. Thanks again, >Kathie Pitman@aol.com > > >==== CA-DEATH-INDEX Mailing List ==== >Online vital records from various CA counties >www.criis.com >Contra Costa, Placer, Stanislaus, Yolo currently available > > >

Here is the DC transcription: San Diego 8-433 Infant Son of Allen Humphrey Died: Lincoln + Louisiana St., San Diego, CA, 4/9/1912 male, white, single, age 2 months + 20 days Birth: 1/19/1912, California FA: Allen Humphrey, Montana MO: Grace Stanford, Kansas Cause: Acute ___________(unreadable), convulsions. DR: J. W. Shannon Mortuary: Bradley + Woolman Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, 4/10/1912 Informant: Father Hope this helps. Donna At 11:44 PM 3/21/01 EST, Yoyo4488@aol.com wrote: >In a message precambrian51@yahoo.com writes: > > >> HUMPHREY, [unnamed] b. 19 Jan 1912 San Diego Co. >> >ZZ Humphrey >age...2 months >county...San Diego >DOD...4-9-1912 >state file...12-1224 > > > >==== CA-DEATH-INDEX Mailing List ==== >CA Births 1905-1995 on line and searcheable >http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi > > >

Emile; Got your DC transcription, but could not find an obit. Here is the DC transcription: San Diego 318-1292 Richard Thomas Trapp 6323 Lake Apopka Place, San Diego, CA Died: 8/15/1993, 2:51 pm, VA Medical Center, San Diego, California male, caucasian, SS#456-60-9456, divorced, age 56, photographer x 10 years. Birth: 1/22/1937, California FA: Charlie Trapp, Wisconsin MO: Sylvia Bannan, Canada Cause: Acute Renal failure, end stage metastatic esophageal cancer DR: J. Mundorf Mortuary: California Cremation and Burial Crem/Burial: 8/19/1993, Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Informant: Sylvia Trapp (mother) at same address Military: 1962-1965 Education: 16 years In County: 15 years Hope this helps. Donna

Donna Mae; Got both DC transcriptions and found obits for each. Need an address to send them to. Here are the DC transcriptions. San Diego 64-1020 John Louis Koeppler P. O. Box 666 Ramona, San Diego Co., California Died: 3/7/1949, 9:15 am, San Diego County Hospital, San Diego, CA male, white, age 66 divorced, retired attorney. Spouse: Elsie Koeppler Birth: 4/4/1882, Wisconsin FA: William Koeppler MO: Christina Roethel Cause: Coronary artery disease DR: Chester D. Gunn, coroner Mortuary: Bonham Bros. Mortuary Cremation: Bonham Bros. Crematory, 3/17/1949 Informant: Self San Diego 238-908 Eugene William Wood 431 Windyridge Glen, Escondido, California Died: 6/17/1987, 5:20 am, Redwood Terrace Lutheran Home, Escondido, California male, white, SS#368-07-9888, age 72, married, technician x 22 years for Tele Dyne Ryan. Spouse: Martha Mayer Birth: 2/15/1915, Michigan FA: John Wood, Michigan MO: Albyjano Minor, Wisconsin Cause: Pulmonary failure, cancer of lung, generalized debility DR: Stephen D. Shith Mortuary: Alhaiser-Wilson Mortuary Burial: 6/19/1987, Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Informant: Spouse Military: 1938-1958 Hope this helps, let me know your address. Donna

Hi, The Jamboree has come and gone and I found it very useful. Last year I bought a film/fiche viewer and I was hoping that film would be available for sale, but it still has to be ordered. I bought several books including one on obtaining info about the draft registration in WWI. Also SoCal Cemeteries and California Libraries and Sources for Genealogy. I got 2 CD-ROMs. One is the back issues of the magazine, and the other is 1883 pensioners. I wanted to look everything over before some of the books got snatched up, and I missed the first speaker. I caught the 10:45 lecture - Ohio: Beginning of the Best and Mother of the Rest. I don't have anybody in Ohio yet, but I had seen the other speaker last year. It was pretty interesting to hear the whacky way they partitioned the land. In the beginning everybody claimed the place, but eventually nobody wanted responsibility for it. There was quite a bit that will apply elsewhere. At 12:30 I had planned to go to Search Techniques in the Electronic Age, but it was SRO so I went to, - Getting Beyond the City Directory: Biographical, Professional, Occupational and College Directories as a Genealogist's Research Tool. It was interesting in that it seems that the purpose of directories seems to be to sell them to anybody who will buy them, and if your name is in it you are likely to buy it. There is wealth of info in some of them and there is a Directory of Directories in most libraries (to find the directories) according to the speaker. Trying to grab a bite to eat between 1:30 and 2:15 was near impossible with a long line. It seems the food was a bit better than last year, but the line wasn't. The 2:15 lecture was - North of the Border: Research in English-Speaking Canada. I am only looking for one person in Canada and it wasn't the part of Canada I was looking for, but it was interesting anyway. At 3:15 the line had almost disappeared and I got a hot dog and a lemonade for $4.50. The last session for the day was - Where Haven't You Looked? Using Little Known Sources. I found it the best session of the day with a lot of info I didn't know anything about. It gave me some ideas where I had been facing dead ends. I bought the two day ticket for $15. One day was $10. Parking was $7 each day, but if you are willing to walk a bit there are alternatives. They stamp your hand black the first day and red the second. I caught the first session on Sunday at 9:00. It was - Transcribing and Abstracting: The Technique and Legalese. It was an eye opener. I had no idea there were rules governing how you write down your research. The speaker gave many examples one of which is from a will... * "to John Smith (son)... * "to John Smith [son]... The former would indicate that he was the son in the original document and the latter would indicate speculation. Ah, to have a scanner for microfilm. She next showed some examples of writing way back when, and I can see that I am going to have to bone up on that as I was clueless. Suspect I wasn't alone. For the 10:30 to 11:30 slot I went to - Ten Strategies for Successful Family History Research on the Internet. I consider myself fairly good in that area, but I do most of my research on the Web using just a few search engines. Think I could do more with specialized search engines and maybe another mailing list or 2. The speaker was late starting but otherwise pretty well organized. At noon I went to - Using Tax Records to Establish Relationships. The speaker explained that tax records are often the best way to fill in between census. And though they are often collected at the county level, the records usually end up with the state, which is great if the county seat you are researching burned down. A show of hands indicated that maybe a third of those in attendance had such a county seat. At 1:30 I would have had to have gone to a repeat of a session I had already seen or something similar so I went to the Beginner class. I reasoned that I had never been to a basic class and there was a good chance I was missing something quite easy to do. I think the speaker just brought out the many places to search, how to rate the reliability, and stressed never to give up. I got several new ideas. I was well satisfied with this year's Jamboree, and I hope everyone on the list will be able to make it next year. I am sorry, that I got busy and didn't pursue meeting with others on the list. I hope some of you were there and that you had experiences as positive as I did. bill.widrig@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Folks, We thought you would want to know that Ruth Skewis' husband passed away last weekend. Ruth is currently not subscribed to the lists however she may welcome words of sympathy and condolences from her friends on the lists. If you wish to email her address is <ruth4527@mindspring.com> Our hearts are with her in this difficult time. -- Yvonne Oliver Bowers Listmom, GenConnect Administratior, Proud Rootsweb Sponsor California: NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-GOLDRUSH, CA-EARTHQUAKE-L ,CA-CORNISH-L My Rootsweb Resource Page: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/

Hi Gail: I found that the official title is: Independent Order of Good Templers (IOGT) and International Lodge of Good Templars. They appear to still be active in Europe and Africa, working with drug and alcohol addictions. All I could find in the United States appear to be very old, and nothing current. You might check the Masonic Temple in Sonoma. The address is: 669 Broadway, Sonoma, Calif., 95476. Phone number: 707-996-2450. They might know if the group is still in existence, and where the orig meeting place was. It might even be at the location of the Masonic Temple. Also, in Sonoma, there is a place called: "The Lodge at Sonoma." No other description of the place, other then it is a fraternal group. Best regards, Terry Gail Darling wrote: > > Hi All: > The bad penny is back. The neat thing about belonging to NORCAL & SOCAL is > that you can ask dumb questions and get intelligent answers. > So here we go again. > I have tried to find an existing LODGE OF GOOD TEMPLARS, and am having some > difficulties. I am led to understand that they are not apart of the Masonic > Lodge but are a separate entity unto themselves. I am trying specifically > to locate them in Sonoma County, CA..... > Can anyone assist??? > Gail Darling > Bakersfield

Hi All: The bad penny is back. The neat thing about belonging to NORCAL & SOCAL is that you can ask dumb questions and get intelligent answers. So here we go again. I have tried to find an existing LODGE OF GOOD TEMPLARS, and am having some difficulties. I am led to understand that they are not apart of the Masonic Lodge but are a separate entity unto themselves. I am trying specifically to locate them in Sonoma County, CA..... Can anyone assist??? Gail Darling Bakersfield

Thank you very much, it came today. Carole Beth nautilus@ev1.net

I haven't even read it yet, but based on Starr's other California books, this should be great. Carol >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 21:18:40 -0800 >Reply-To: H-NET List on California Studies <H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Sender: H-NET List on California Studies <H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >From: Bill Issel <bi@sfsu.edu> >Subject: Meeker on Starr and Orsi, _Rooted in Barbarous Soil: People, > Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California_ >To: H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU > >H-NET BOOK REVIEW >Published by H-California@h-net.msu.edu (March, 2001) > >Kevin Starr and Richard J. Orsi, eds. _Rooted in Barbarous >Soil: People, Culture, and Community in Gold Rush California_. >California History Sesquicentennial Series, vol. III. Berkeley, >Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 2000. x >+ 364 pp. Tables, figures, notes, and index; $60.00 (cloth), >ISBN 0-050-22497-3; $24.95 (paper), ISBN 0-520-22496-5. > >Reviewed for H-California by Martin D. Meeker ><martin_meeker@yahoo.com>, Visiting Lecturer, Department of >History, University of California, Berkeley > >Published by H-California > >"An ecumenical challenge of unprecedented magnitude" > >Striking at the very heart of the California myth, _Rooted in >Barbarous Soil: People, Culture and Community in Gold Rush >California_, a collection of essays edited by Kevin Starr and >Richard Orsi, seeks to offer a sweeping new picture of society >and culture in Gold Rush era California. Published by the >University of California Press in association with the >California Historical Society, _Rooted in Barbarous Soil_ is the >third of four books in Richard Orsi's California History >Sesquicentennial Series; other collections in the series have >examined California before the Gold Rush, mining and economic >development in California, and politics and law in California. >Like these other important collections, Starr's and Orsi's >_Rooted in Barbarous Soil_ brings the questions, problems, and >methodologies of the New Western History to bear on what many >think to be the decisive event in California history: the Gold >Rush. > >Unlike the other volumes in this series, which take on more >narrowly defined topics, Rooted in Barbarous Soil attempts a >particularly ambitious task. In covering both society and >culture in Gold Rush California, the collection addresses a >wide-range of topics including ethnicity, racism, migration, >patterns of settlement, urbanism, women, gender, sexuality, art, >literature, education, religion, and popular culture. In >bringing these diverse and perhaps all-encompassing areas of >concentration together, the editors at least implicitly attempt >to create an overall synthesis of social and cultural historical >methodologies and themes. > >What binds these authors and their diverse essays together? >Fortunately, the reader is treated to two useful attempts to >address this question: first in the brief preface, co-authored >by Micheal Duty and Richard Orsi, and then in the introductory >chapter, written by Kevin Starr. Duty and Orsi introduce the >central problematic as a paradox. "Perhaps never in the >time-honored American tradition of frontiering did >'civilization' appear to sink so low as in gold-rush >California," Duty and Orsi assert; but, they also add that >during the same period, "social and cultural forms emerged, >solidified, spread, and took hold" (vii). Is Gold Rush >California best characterized as a period of social >disorganization or social reorganization? Duty and Orsi-and >several of the essayists that follow-make the paradoxical >statement: "both." > >In his fine introductory essay, Kevin Starr elaborates on this >theme and makes a significant contribution by considering its >moral implications. Starr begins with the telling of a parable. >The men of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company made >their overseas voyage to California in 1849 to make a fortune in >the gold fields. However, as Starr reveals, the well-organized >company of 122 men quickly disbanded after arriving in >California and within a year many were dead, many more had >returned to the eastern seaboard, and still more had yet to find >the gold they had come for. This story of social disorganization >serves a parable for Gold Rush California overall. However, as >Starr notes, not only did Americans suffer disarray while in >California, but both longtime Mexican residents of California >(the Californios) and immigrants from countries around the world >became caught up in the prejudice and violence that chaos >breeds. > >It is this history of unequal relations, of racism, of the >cultural conquest of California by the United States that has >captured the attention of many scholars now reexamining the Gold >Rush and the history of the West overall. Starr writes that this >new history, which appears prominently is this volume, "is not a >pretty story; but it is a true story, and it must be faced" (6). >Yet, rather than strike down the old narrative of the Gold Rush, >of the glorious rise of American California, Starr requests that >readers of the volume strive for a complex moral perspective >which does not replace "good" simply with "bad." He writes, "We >can find no point outside of history to judge the frequently >depressing behavior of the Forty-niners as far as racial and >ethnic matters are concerned. Bearing witness through these >essays to a terrible burden of past oppression, we cannot exempt >ourselves from continuities and responsibilities of prejudice >and racial animosities down to our own time" (7). Moreover, he >adds, "Not until all racism and ethnic prejudice is purged from >American society altogether should we feel morally superior to >the California miners chronicled in this volume" (7). Thus, in >challenging the moralizing perspective of several of the >volume's contributors, Starr sets the moral tone for the >collection. He asks that readers hold the paradox of social >chaos and order, of cultural conquest and commonwealth at the >forefront of their thoughts when considering the issues raised >and the new perspectives offered. > >Following Starr's introduction comes a series of essays that >examine, with varying degrees of sophistication, the social and >cultural change that came with the Gold Rush. Malcolm >Rohrbough's "No Boy's Play: Migration and Settlement in Early >Gold Rush California" repeats the well known story of how the >discovery of gold came to be a reality on the eastern seaboard, >how groups organized and made the journey to California, and how >migrants attempted to maintain a degree of social organization >in a chaotic world. The next essay, Sucheng Chan's "A People of >Exceptional Character: Ethnic Diversity, Nativism, and Racism in >the California Gold Rush," is a masterful synthesis of material >about race and ethnic relations. Moreover, it provides a useful >analytical structure that most studies of racism in California >do not; in particular, Chan explains the transition from ethnic >consciousness to nativism to racism by paying close attention to >the geography, the order of arrival of migrants, the locational >settlement patterns, and the differences among white ethnics as >well as people of color. > >James Sandos's essay, "'Because he is a liar and a thief': >Conquering the Residents of 'Old' California, 1850-1880," builds >on Chan's article by providing a more in-depth account of the >treatment of native Californian Indians and of Californios by >white migrants. This essays contributes to our base of knowledge >through its many comparisons: between victimization and >resistance, Indians and Californios, Indians in the east and in >the west, and Indians in northern and southern California. >Sandos ends his essay on an upbeat-and perhaps too facile-note >by appreciating the good that casinos have brought to >contemporary Indian reservations. > >Robert Phelps's "'All hands have gone downtown': Urban Places in >Gold Rush California" marks a shift in perspective from the >previous essays, which were concerned mostly with racism and its >consequences. Inspired by works like Richard Wade's The Urban >Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities, 1790-1830 (1959) and Lewis >Mumford's The City in History (1961), Phelps argues that cities >in the California were of greater relative importance to their >surrounding hinterlands than cities in the east. He proves his >thesis by examining not only San Francisco, but also the key >roles played by cities like Sacramento, Nevada City, and >Marysville as they became regional social, cultural, and >economic centers. > >In "Weaving a Different World: Women and the California Gold >Rush," Nancy Taniguchi provides a synthesis of recent research >in California women's history and finds that "as California >transformed, so did the lives of its women" (142). This episodic >essay reveals these changes by discussing women in the mines, >Chinese women, women and work, women and violence, female >performers, and "respectable" women. Though Taniguchi claims >that weaving women into California history changes our >understanding of the latter, her evidence seems to support the >opposite -- that by examining women in the west, our notions of >gender in history will be challenged. > >Although the collection is not organized into sections -- by my >estimation, a mistake-the remaining six essays more closely >adhere to various elements of cultural history. "'As jolly as a >clam at high water': The Rise of Art in Gold Rush California," >by Anthony Kirk (who also served well as the volume's >illustrations editor), is a lively essay that celebrates the >youthful adventurers who came to California and the equally >adventurous artists who struggled to depict their historic >wanderings. The contribution of Kirk's essay lies in linking >mining with art-and hinting that in both endeavors luck more >than talent seems to determine who succeeds. Michael >Kowalewski's essay, "Romancing the Gold Rush: The Literature of >the California Frontier," attempts to explain how Gold Rush era >writing, both fiction and nonfiction, was influenced by its >unique historical context. While Kowalewski asserts that "The >most engaging gold-rush writing allowed California's new >landscapes and the new behavior and idiomatic speech of its >inhabitants to challenge the aesthetic and social criteria >eastern readers might bring to a work" (209), he unfortunately >offers little evidence to demonstrate how this might work. > >The transmission of culture from one generation to the next is a >theme considered in the following two essays, Irving Hendrick's >"From Indifference to Imperative Duty: Educating Children in >Early California" and Steven Avella's "Phelan's Cemetary: >Religion in the Urbanizing West, 1850-1869, in Los Angeles, San >Francisco, and Sacramento." Hendrick provides a workmanlike >history of education from the late 1840s through the 1860s. The >most interesting element of the essay concerns the career of >state superintendent of public education Andrew Moulder and how >he introduced racial politics into the educational system. >Avella's essay uses the history of religion in California as >window to peer onto the multicultural composition of the state's >cities; among the interesting points Avella makes is that >"California's dynamic diversity and distinctiveness . might very >well stimulate a major reinterpretation of the controlling >narratives of American religious history" (253). > >In the book's two final essays, Gary Kurutz's "Popular Culture >on the Golden Shore" and Susan Lee Johnson's "'My own private >life': Toward a History of Desire in Gold Rush California," >questions of culture and society intertwine and result in some >of the volume's most attention-grabbing essays. Kurutz's essay >is a survey of California's colorful, Gold Rush era popular >culture and amusements. While few new insights are offered (with >the exception of his discussion of ethnicity and sports), the >essay provides a good jumping-off point for scholars interested >in researching the subject in the future. > >The essay by Johnson is one of the volume's most original and >ambitious contributions. Johnson begins the project of remedying >the woeful lack of attention given to sexuality in Gold Rush >California by historians of the American West. Historians' >apparent blindness to this topic is particularly striking >considering that at some places in some periods the gender ratio >was as unbalanced as 97 percent men to three percent women-a >factor that would not only influence sexuality but social >relations overall. Through innovative use of source material, >Johnson introduces a series of themes related to race, class, >age, and gender that provide the first step in the writing of >the history of Gold Rush sexuality. > >The contributions of this volume are many. However, perhaps the >most interesting contribution -- the beginning of a synthesis of >social and cultural history -- also hints at an unfulfilled >promise of the volume. Succinctly, I think that this collection >of vastly different essays does not add up to the sum of its >parts. If there were more exchange among the essayists, if they >were grappling with more of the same issues, sources, and >methodologies, perhaps then the volume could be considered a >unified whole. Then, readers would put down the volume with a >solid impression of the current state of knowledge and thinking >about society and culture in Gold Rush California. Although >clearly not their charge, I think that collaborations between >the authors might have been interesting. > >For instance, I think that if Rohrbaugh and Kirk had combined >their research, new and interesting insights about the >consequential relationship between images of California and >mass-distributed knowledge about California might have been >made. Similarly, what if Chan and Kurutz had pooled their >material? I suspect we would have been treated to a >groundbreaking analysis of how popular culture helped reinforce >or maybe even challenge the emerging social hierarchies in the >state. > >Some of the sheer diversity of the collection -- both in regard >to subject matter as well as effectiveness -- is evident when >considering the sources used. Many of the essays rely primarily >on secondary studies to build synoptic accounts. However, some >authors dig a little deeper and use their sources more wisely >than others. For instance, Chan cites a wide-range of secondary >material, including books and articles that date back to the >early twentieth century; while she mines a great deal of >information from these sources, she also uses them carefully, >viewing them as primary as well as secondary documents. On the >other hand, I found Taniguchi's sources familiar and her reading >of at least one book (Asbury's Barbary Coast) not as >sophisticated as it might have been. > >Finally, I think that the need for a better synthesis of social >and cultural history, of primary and secondary sources, rings >true as well for the question of the volume's moral perspective. >Speaking about the moral problem faced by American gold rush >migrants-as well as current scholars of the era-Starr writes, >"the Gold Rush posed an ecumenical challenge of unprecedented >magnitude" (6). Were the contributors up to this challenge of >accounting for the diversity of people found in California's >history and the moral paradoxes that come with it? > >While reading _Rooted in Barbarous Soil_, particularly the >excellent essays by Starr, Chan, Sandos, Avella, and Johnson, I >was reminded time and again of Michael Rogin's provocative 1985 >essay, "Moby-Dick and the American 1848" in which he likens >Ahab's self-destructive pursuit of the white whale to the >impending crisis of national unity following the >Mexican-American War. At the heart of Rogin's essay and several >essays in the collection under consideration here is a moral >quandary. This quandary forces us, as historians, to consider >the relative costs of what is lost and what is gained when one >social order is replaced by another -- especially when that >transition is marked by violence, by megalomania, and by a >disregard for the innocent and for history. These are big >questions. And in making us again realize that these big >questions are at the heart of the real story of the California >Gold Rush, the editors of and contributors to Rooted in >Barbarous Soil perform a great service. And they let historians >and anyone interested in California history know that even after >150 years of being one of the most celebrated, criticized, and >talked about events in American history, timeless questions >about the Gold Rush will continue to influence our understanding >of its implications and shape our moral judgments of its legacy. > > Copyright (c) 2001 by H-Net, all rights reserved. This work > may be copied for non-profit educational use if proper credit > is given to the author and the list. For other permission, > please contact H-Net@h-net.msu.edu. > > Carol De Priest <http://www.goodnet.com/~dpriest/>

ANDREW W. PEARSON born Sweden 1846 and died Long Beach (last known residence) in the 1930's. Spouse Agusta. Appreciate any help. John Laingor

Joseph Oliver Byrne d 31 Aug 1990 in Los Angeles. Diane Bryson Riley d 24 Dec 1991, Riverside. Would very much appreciate either obituary. Ellen Byrne

For those who might be interested: >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 16:03:20 -0800 >Reply-To: H-NET List on California Studies <H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Sender: H-NET List on California Studies <H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >From: "Robert W. Cherny" <cherny@sfsu.edu> >Subject: California Jews: A Symposium >To: H-CALIFORNIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU > > This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, > while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. > Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. > >--=_91CA670D.E180EFBD >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII >Content-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010327160149.24115E@orion.sfsu.edu> > > >From: XAVIER SIBAJA <XSIBAJA@autry-museum.org> > >California Jews: Generation to Generation > >A Symposium at the Autry Museum > >- Sunday, April 22, 2001 from 10:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - > >LOS ANGELES - On April 22, 2001 in the Wells Fargo Theatre, the Autry >Museum of Western Heritage presents a one-day symposium exploring 150 >years of California Jewish history. The symposium, featuring noted >scholars from the fields of Jewish studies, women's history, and American >history, will provide the groundwork for a new understanding of the role >of Jews and the Jewish community in the evolution of California's ethnic >identity. > >This symposium is part of the museum's larger effort to explore the >heritage and diversity of the American West. Papers presented at this >symposium will form the basis of a book, California Jews, to be published >in the fall of 2002 by the University of New England/Brandeis University >Press. California Jews will be co-edited by Ava F. Kahn and Marc >Dollinger. > >In addition, The Autry will present a major exhibition, Jewish Life in the >American West: Generation to Generation, opening in February 2002, that >will explore the unique experiences of Western Jews and demonstrate the >common threads among all cultural groups who planted roots west of the >Mississippi. > >This symposium has been made possible through the generous support of Jay >H. Grodin. > >Admission to the symposium is free to students with a valid ID; $15 for >museum members, and $20 for general admission. Deadline for >preregistration is April 18. To register, call (323) 667-2000, ext. 243. >Registration fee includes admission to the museum and a continental >breakfast. > >PROGRAM > >9:45 a.m. Registration - Wells Fargo Theatre > >10:15 a.m. Opening Remarks - John Gray, Executive Director and CEO, >Autry Museum >James Nottage, Chief Curator, Autry Museum > >10:30 a.m. Keynote Address - California Jews: The Pacific West >Reconsidered, co-editors of California Jews - Ava F. Kahn, Visiting >Scholar, California Studies Center, University of California, Berkeley, >and Mark Dollinger, Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Religion, >Princeton University > >11:00 a.m. SESSION ONE - Birth of Jewish Life in California >Jews in the West: A Demographic Perspective, Bruce Phillips, Professor of >Sociology and Jewish Communal Service, Hebrew Union College - Jewish >Institute of Religion > >They Joined the Rush: Jewish Life in Gold Rush California, Ava F. Kahn > >California Synagogues: Material Culture of California Jewry, David >Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies, Hebrew Union >College - Jewish Institute of Religion > >12:30 p.m. Lunch > >1:30 p.m. SESSION TWO - Jews and California Culture >The Most Famous Jews in the World: Jews in the Film Industry and the Jews >of California, Felicia Herman, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern >and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University > >Israel at the Shore of the Sea: Jewish Space and Place in Venice, >California, Amy Hill Shevitz, Lecturer, California State University, >Northridge > >From Berkeley to the Bet Midrash: Jews and the California Counterculture, >Marc Dollinger > >120 Years of Activism: Jewish Women in California Politics, Glenna >Matthews, Independent Scholar, and Ava F. Kahn > >3:15 p.m. Break > >3:30 p.m. SESSION THREE - Inter-Ethnic and Religious Relations >California Jewish Responses to Internment, Ellen Eisenberg, History Chair, >Willamette University > >Jews and Catholics in the San Francisco Civil Rights Campaign, William >Issel, Professor of History, San Francisco State University > >4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion - Moderated by Moses Rischin, >Professor of History, San Francisco State University > >About the Autry Museum >The Autry Museum of Western Heritage provides rich learning opportunities >for all people by exploring the myths and realities of the American West >and its diverse populations. The museum enhances our understanding of the >present by collecting, preserving, and interpreting objects and art, >making connections between people today and those who have shaped the >past. > >Museum admission: General adult, $7.50; seniors and students with valid >ID, $5; children ages 12 and under, $3. All programs are wheelchair >accessible. Located in Los Angeles's Griffith Park where the Golden >State (5) and Ventura (134) freeways meet, the Autry Museum is across from >the Los Angeles Zoo. On surface streets, it can be reached from Forest >Lawn Dr., Victory Blvd., or Los Feliz Blvd. The museum is 15 minutes >from the Los Angeles Civic Center and is accessible using MTA Bus Route >96. Parking is free. > >3/19/2001 > Carol De Priest <http://www.goodnet.com/~dpriest/>

Hi List , been awhile since I posted to the list but I 've been trying snail mail for more info.I have had a little progress over the last year but not a lot.Can SKS with access to Soundex please do a look up for me? V452 -Surname Valenzuela -1880 - Santa Barbara county( I'm looking for a 13,14,15, year old girl,.I have found 2 other families in the county for 1870 but these were the wrong families for this girl.) also please lookup M635-surname Martinez-1880 ,and 1910- Santa Barbara , Ventura counties( I am trying to find Lucas and Ben - but the right ones for my family,I have Ben in SB in 1920 and in Ventura in 1900, Lucas's obit said lived whole life in SB) Thank you for whatever help you can give. Rebecca Kaye Forbes Martinez Rebelkaye@aol.com

Hi List, Would sks please look for a d/c,obit for EARL HARVEY BRYDEN : dob 3/19/1916 dod 3/23/1985. Place of death San Bernardino Thanks, Diane in Colorado

Hi all; There have been some complaints that I have "avoided" some requests for information. This is true and I need to explain. Generalized requests for information (ie descendants of..., last name of ......, etc) I do avoid as I have no time to look for them. Specifics such as DCTs, obits, marriages, wills or probate for a specific person died or married on a specific date, I can do. I do about 50 +/- lookups a week on my one day that I designate for this (I also work full time) and am more than willing to help as much as possible, if you and I both know what it is that you want. Hope you all understand and don't think that I am being rude by "being specific" and "avoiding" the generalized info requests. Thanks for taking the time to understand. Donna Bradley San Diego County Lookups

Barbara; On my agenda for next week. Donna At 12:08 AM 3/27/01 -0600, Barbara Pike wrote: >Willie Conine Bivens was born 2/10/1881, and died 10/3/1975 in Chula Vista, San Diego CA. > >Would love to find her DC transcription, or her obit...to find any children, etc. She was first married >to Henry Newsome, b. 8/23/1878 who died 10/3/1934 in San Francisco, then m.Alvah O. Bivens (who died >11/8/1947 in San Bernardino). > >Thanks > >Barbara Craddock Pike > > >

Willie Conine Bivens was born 2/10/1881, and died 10/3/1975 in Chula Vista, San Diego CA. Would love to find her DC transcription, or her obit...to find any children, etc. She was first married to Henry Newsome, b. 8/23/1878 who died 10/3/1934 in San Francisco, then m.Alvah O. Bivens (who died 11/8/1947 in San Bernardino). Thanks Barbara Craddock Pike

You requested an obit for: MUNDY   HOMER         F          born: 12/21/1882    M      ILLINOIS          died: KERN    04/25/1974     SS# 707-05-0260    age: 91 yrs <A HREF="mailto:jaran@pctcnet.net">jaran@pctcnet.net</A>  (Jackie & Randy) Bakersfield Californian, Friday, April 26, 1974 Mundy, Homer Frank, M.D. - funeral services will be held Sunday at Sturm Funeral Home, Grayville, Illinois for Dr. Homer Frank Mundy, 91, 7114 St. Andrews Dr. who died April 25th in a Bakersfield hospital. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Grayville. Dr. Mundy was a native of Illinois and had resided in Bakersfield 6 months. He practiced medicine in St. Joseph, MO for 55 years. He was a member of the American Medical Association, St. Joseph, Missouri Medical Society and Missouri State Medical Society. He is survived by his son Dr. Carroll Mundy of Bakersfield; 5 grandchildren. The Hopson Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer