I am volunteering to do lookups on any US census (any year or state) for anyone who would conduct a search for a Los Angeles marriage at Norwalk. If interested, please contact me off list. Thanks. Jackie

Please take a moment to look at this picture. Ask your older relatives if they know him. http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/o/g/Mary-L-Rognessstickney/PHOTO/0106photo.html My name is Mary Lee Rogness; I was born in Iowa City Iowa. I am looking for information on my father who died when I was 2. His name is Robert Roy Rogness, born 02/15/1927, died 11/22/1963. He married my Mother in 1957 in Iowa City Iowa. I am getting conflicting information as to what his parents names are. He would not talk about his side of the family to my mother. He would get mad and change the subject, every time she brought it up. He would only say he was born in Gold Stone Montana. I ordered a birth certificate from Montana, and there was not one on file. I also ordered a birth certificate from Michigan and there was not one there either. He applied for the Social Security Card in Rugby North Dakota on May 25,1954. On his Social Security Card application it says: He was born Big Rapids Michigan Father: Robert John Rogness Mother: Alice McKinzie DOB 02/15/1927 On his and my Mothers marriage certificate it says: He was born Gold Stone Montana Father: Gulleck Sven Rogness Mother: Rose Swenson DOB 02/15/1927 My mother met my father in 1956 , got pregnant and married him in 1957. they went to the First Church of the Nazrene. My mother was 2 months pregnant when they got married (I did the math). They were married up until he died in 1963. He left my mother with 3 kids , 2,4, and 6 years old, and 8 months pregnant with a fourth. My youngest brother was born 2 weeks after our dad died. He is dead because he refused to go to the hospital. My mother called an ambulance after he fell off the top of his Semi truck and was knocked out. He also refused to buy any insurance of any kind. We drew death benefits from that SS# , so I know it is the correct one. We lived at 1205 S. Riverside Drive, Iowa City Iowa, up until he got to sick to work. Then we moved to 603 1st avenue, Iowa City iowa. He was there 2 months then had to be put in a nursing home, until he died. He died the same day as Kennedy was assassinated. I have been told (by my uncle of course), that he bought and sold guns. My Uncle has told me that my mom did not want to get married. he also told me this story: My Dad and my grandfather were in a bar. After my dad left , a guy came up to my grandfather and told him "I knew Bob, when he lived in California and had 4 kids." my uncle also used to ride with my dad in the moving van (American Red Ball), my dad was always looking for a place that had Western Union services. Also , when my father was in the hospital with the brain tumor that killed him, some lady called our house looking for him, several times. Of course , my Mother claims, she knows nothing. I asked her what she did with his things when he died she said "he did not have anything" I do not know any of his family. If he has brothers or sisters. Where he went to school. Who his parent are , or even what he looks like. one mom story: I kept all the pictures in a brown paper grocery bag, and let you kids play with them, they got ruined and I tossed them. another story: "I do not know what happened to all those pictures" My father used to write to the Government allot. My uncle was at our house one day when he got a reply from the White house. To a letter he had written, saying "So and So" was worse than Hoffa" My uncle could not remember the So and so's name. My dad also told my uncle that "My parents were killed in a covered wagon accident in 1897" I know nothing except that he was in or around Rugby ND in 1954. There is a Rogness Farm in Wells county , near Rugby. They did not claim him either. Rugby ND is walking distance from Canada and the border is not guarded there?????? He showed up in Iowa City in 1957, drove a truck for a lumber company. Married my mother. Then drove a truck for Red Ball Moving and Storage. > My mother just called me and said that she remembers , her and my Dad > driving to Caldwell Idaho. > When my oldest brother was 11 months old (July 1958). He cried in > the truck , when they were getting close to Idaho. And never said why. > He had her stay at a hotel , and he went out everyday. At the end of > one week , he said "I cant find any work , lets go." > > However , my mother does not think he went there for work. I think > he may have went for a funeral. I need to find out who died in July > 1957 in Caldwell Idaho, or the surrounding area.

Obits in LA are very difficult for a variety of reasons, no the least of which is that most of the papers from back then are out of business. They either were bought or merged with a competitor, or just failed in business. The succeeding papers rarely kept the competitors files. The major paper remaining is the LA Times, & they don't seem to have published many obits unless the person had some measure of fame. There are a few suburban papers. Generally the most productive path is to get the death certificate information and contact the mortuary. If they can find their old files, they may have a copy of the obit, or be able to advise what paper(s) it was submitted to. If some staff employee is motivated to help, I highly recommend a small box of chocolates. Phil Van Camp pvc@vancamp.org . ----- Original Message ----- From: Sam & Eileen <leensa@pacbell.net> To: <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 12:18 PM Subject: Hight > Could someone please tell me how I could get an obituary for CLARENCE > EUGENE HIGHT who died in Los Angeles County on March 15, 1940? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Eileen > >

I would appreciate a lookup for this family MUHLEMAN, M455 Looking for Parents and Children: MUHLEMAN, Ruth L. , age 5, 6 bd Sept 1914 MUHLEMAN, Frank Louis , age 1, bd Nov 1918 Might be in LA county. Is the county of birth for them. Sorry, I don't know the either parents name. This lady, now deceased, is my paternal aunt. Thank you in advance, Carole Beth Arnette San Antonio, TX nautilus@ev1.net

You requested an obituary for the following person: CAMPBELL             MARY             ANN     11/23/1890                    F             ILLINOIS BURKE             THORMAN       KERN               08/26/1982       572-56-5844      91 yrs   <A HREF="mailto:janecallihan@home.com">janecallihan@home.com</A>  (Jane Callihan) Bakersfield Californian, Saturday, August 28, 1982 Campbell, Mary T. - Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Hopson Mortuary Chapel and Mass f the Resurrection will be said at 10 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Perpetual Help church for Mary T. Campbell, 91, 229 Irene St., who died Aug. 26. The Rev. Joseph Johnson will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mrs. Campbell, born in Bushnell, Illinois, came to California from Colorado when she was 16 years old. She worked four years as a teacher in Butte Co. and married John P. Campbell, a Butte Co. cattleman, who preceded her in death in 1948. She came to Kern County in 1940 as warder at the California Institution for women at Tehachapi. She was employed as an assistant Probation Officer for the County of Kern for 15 years. She was a member of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters of America, The Legion of Mary and the Kern County Retired Employees Association. She is preceded in death by her son Walter Campbell in 1981. Survivors include her daughters, Beulah Ware of Bakersfield, Dorothy Wisel of Morro Bay and Nadine McHenry of Millbrae; her grandchildren DeLora Doolittle, Wendine Wisel, Wendel Wisel, William Ware, Lucinda Ware, Austin, Stacy Achen and Michael McHenry and four great grandchildren. The Hopson Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Could someone please tell me how I could get an obituary for CLARENCE EUGENE HIGHT who died in Los Angeles County on March 15, 1940? Any help would be appreciated. Eileen

I think in the last week someone was looking for a source on war dead from Calif. I found this at NARA for Vietnam dead, If you are interested, maybe they have similar lists for other wars. Note the "ca" near the end of the URL. Other states can be substituted. http://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic/caalviet.html Phil Van Camp pvc@vancamp.org .

Pat, Here is the obit you requested........ NICHOLS   ALFRED    ERNEST       04/19/1925 M             MISSOURI LOUGHRIDGE                                 KERN             08/15/1991      489-20-0969    66 yrs pat sulzer <A HREF="mailto:Patsulzer33@cs.com">Patsulzer33@cs.com</A> Bakersfield Californian, August 17, 1991 NICHOLS, Alfred E. "Al" - Graveside services will be held on Monday at 11:00 a.m. in the West Side District Cemetery, Taft for Alfred E. "Al" Nichols, 66. Mr. Phillip Gonzales will officiate at the services. Mr. Nichols was born in Rolla, MO., April 19, 1925, and passed away Thursday. He had lived in Taft for the last 43 years and retired from Arco in 1985 after 34 1/2 years of service. He enjoyed traveling and camping. Mr. Nichols was a member of the Raft Church of Christ. His survivors include his wife, Verma Nichols; his children and their spouses, Colleen and Robert Peters, Jewell and Gary Simmons, Sondra Nichols, Allen and Sherry Nicols and Gordon Nichols, all of Taft; his grandchildren, Cassie, Elizabeth, Samuel, Kaddie, Joey, CeeCee, Haley, Chiloe, Jesse, Alex and Macie and by many other children that called him grandpa. Memorial donations may be sent to Sansum Research Center, Santa Barbara. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Luze, Here is the obit for Miguel Varela....... VARELA             MIGUEL       Y          04/04/1911             M             MAINE BRONN                                    KERN             06/13/1969      526-09-7523    58 yrs <A HREF="mailto:Luzel@aol.com">Luzel@aol.com</A> Bakersfield Californian, Tuesday, June 17, 1969 Varela, Miguel Y, Sr. - Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tonight at Hopson Mortuary Chapel and requiem Mass will be said at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Guadeloupe Chapel for Miguel Y. Varela, Sr, 58, 1817 Crawford Street, who died Friday in a Bakersfield hospital. Rev. Daniel De Dominics will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Varela was a native of Mexico and had resided in California for 26 years. He was employed by Haberfelde Ford for 26 years as an auto painter and was foreman of the paint department. Mr. Varela was a member of the Mexican-American Golf Association and the Bakersfield Public Golf Course. Survivors include his widow Isabel; two sons Mike Varela, Jr. of California City and Guillermo Varela of Bakersfield; a daughter Virginia Gonzales of San Jose; three grandsons and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jack Pertif, John Oroslas, Frank Canas, Luke Higgins, Joe Kennedy, and Lawrence Ortega. Honorary pallbearers George Marantos and Augustine Martinez. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obituary that you asked for. BELL             HOWARD             WARREN       05/04/1885                  M             CALIFORNIA SCHULER       BELL KERN             02/10/1941                 55 yrs <A HREF="mailto:lucasmed@wildak.net">lucasmed@wildak.net</A>  (Alaska lucas) Bakersfield Californian, Tuesday, February 11, 1944 BELL RITES Masonic Service Slated for H. W. Bell, 54 Masonic rites for Howard Warren Bell, 54, will known local retail grocer of 800 L Street, who died late Monday in his home, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Chapel with Orville Coburn, master and officers of Bakersfield Lodge No. 224 F&AM officiating. Entombment will be in Bakersfield Community Mausoleum. A native of Windsor, Sonoma Co., Mr. Bell lived in Bakersfield and Kern County 25 years during which time he was known by a host of friends. For 17 years he operated the Bell Grocery at 8th and L streets. He was a member of Bakersfield Lodge No. 224 F&AM. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ruby Bell, Bakersfield; his son Harold Bell at home; his daughters Evelyn Bell at home and Mrs. Laura Yancey, Hanford; his sister, Mrs. Viola Bruner, Oakland. Pallbearers at graveside rites will include J.A. Sherman, Jack McNaughton, G. D. Friesen, L.E. Moon, S.R. Fitch and Lee Richardson. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Christine, Here is the obit that you requested. Francis Joseph Leahy, died on 5 Jan 1926 in Taft, Kern Co, CA. <A HREF="mailto:ladyrhyan@aol.com">ladyrhyan@aol.com</A>  (Christine) Bakersfield Californian, Wednesday, January 6, 1926 Former Taft Man Is Called By Reaper F. J. Leahy, 68, a former resident of Taft for several years and well-known throughout the West Side before making his residence at San Jose a year ago, died yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Taft. Mr. Leahy had come to Taft about 10 days ago to attend the funeral of his son-in-law Charles del Bondio. The day after the service he suddenly became ill. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie Leahy of San Jose; two sons Joe Leahy of Paso Robles and Leo Leahy of Los Angeles and a daughter Mrs. Charles del Bondio of Taft. Funeral services will be held at the Taft Catholic Church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Burial services in charge of the Bakersfield Elks Lodge will be in Bakersfield Union Cemetery. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

At 7:01 AM -0700 3/21/01, SOCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >X-Message: #6 >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 21:43:33 EST >From: Bdybychlet@aol.com >To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <c0.116ea667.27e96f55@aol.com> >Subject: old photo's and documents >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >hi list, > >I want to get one thing cleared up right now. It seems a (few bad people) on >this list, think I am doing the unspeakable. Let me assure you that is not >my intentions. I am sure none of you on this list have money to throw away, >if you do then please by all means throw some my way. I am merely trying to >get old photographs, and documents that I find back in the hands of the >families they come from. I make no profit off this venture at all. I am >just merely asking to get paid back for what I spent out to begin with. and >I am sure in my mind that all of you would to do same thing. if this idea >offends those of you who are (the bad people) on this list, then so be it. I >am truly sorry for you. it offends me, that those (bad people) on this list >have to persecute me or the list owner for something as petty as this....... >excuse e' maw' ........and I'd just love to drop a few of the names that I >have gotten nasty emails from.....can I? Listers, DISREGARD this message and discontinue this thread please. This same message was posted on NORCAL. The subject is closed on both lists. Commercial advertising is NOT allowed on rootsweb lists. Thanks. -- 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/

I agree with your, but the name dropping is not cool. Donna At 09:43 PM 3/20/01 EST, Bdybychlet@aol.com wrote: >hi list, > >I want to get one thing cleared up right now. It seems a (few bad people) on >this list, think I am doing the unspeakable. Let me assure you that is not >my intentions. I am sure none of you on this list have money to throw away, >if you do then please by all means throw some my way. I am merely trying to >get old photographs, and documents that I find back in the hands of the >families they come from. I make no profit off this venture at all. I am >just merely asking to get paid back for what I spent out to begin with. and >I am sure in my mind that all of you would to do same thing. if this idea >offends those of you who are (the bad people) on this list, then so be it. I >am truly sorry for you. it offends me, that those (bad people) on this list >have to persecute me or the list owner for something as petty as this....... >excuse e' maw' ........and I'd just love to drop a few of the names that I >have gotten nasty emails from.....can I? > > > > >

hi list, I am searching for genealogy information on the Villard family of Delano calif. any thing will do. obits, births, marriages. what ever? thank you for all your kind efforts Debra of bakersfield.

Need help in finding an obituary on my Aunt Josephine DuPriest who died March 06, 2001, in Whittier, CA. Does anyone know which newspaper covers Whittier ? Thanks, Belva

I didn't find anything offensive about your post. I didn't feel you were trying to sell anything. I will admit that I was a bit confused by it, because you didn't indicate where the people in the photograph's were from. What you discovered was the "anti-compensation" people on these list who go ballistic if they see someone possibly making money on anything geneology related. I used to run into them when I did L.A. obits for a fee. I finally gave up on the idea not because of their critical comments, but because 95% of the obits I looked for didn't exist. The one's that I did find, and people did pay for, were extremely valuable in tying up many family mysteries. Joe W. --- Bdybychlet@aol.com wrote: > hi list, > > I want to get one thing cleared up right now. It > seems a (few bad people) on > this list, think I am doing the unspeakable. Let > me assure you that is not > my intentions. I am sure none of you on this list > have money to throw away, > if you do then please by all means throw some my > way. I am merely trying to > get old photographs, and documents that I find back > in the hands of the > families they come from. I make no profit off this > venture at all. I am > just merely asking to get paid back for what I spent > out to begin with. and > I am sure in my mind that all of you would to do > same thing. if this idea > offends those of you who are (the bad people) on > this list, then so be it. I > am truly sorry for you. it offends me, that those > (bad people) on this list > have to persecute me or the list owner for something > as petty as this....... > excuse e' maw' ........and I'd just love to drop a > few of the names that I > have gotten nasty emails from.....can I? > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

hi list, I want to get one thing cleared up right now. It seems a (few bad people) on this list, think I am doing the unspeakable. Let me assure you that is not my intentions. I am sure none of you on this list have money to throw away, if you do then please by all means throw some my way. I am merely trying to get old photographs, and documents that I find back in the hands of the families they come from. I make no profit off this venture at all. I am just merely asking to get paid back for what I spent out to begin with. and I am sure in my mind that all of you would to do same thing. if this idea offends those of you who are (the bad people) on this list, then so be it. I am truly sorry for you. it offends me, that those (bad people) on this list have to persecute me or the list owner for something as petty as this....... excuse e' maw' ........and I'd just love to drop a few of the names that I have gotten nasty emails from.....can I?

To All: I asked what I thought was a difficult question and probably a little basic. However, was lost and needed help. I can't tell you how many offers of help and or suggestions as to what to do, came in. I personally can't thank both NORCAL & SOCAL for the excellent assistance, enough. Gail Darling Bakersfield, CA

hi list, I have salvaged some old photos, possibly 1800's to 1900's all are in very good condition. all photo's and documents are for sale. the photos some are unknown people, some are of the following families: J.W.H. Summers, and Dan Kleever families, these are originals not copies. I also have if anyone is interested in the Ambroise, josie, jule, anna Villard family? documents which contain such information as: a coat of arms, graduation papers from 1919, baptismuals from 1977 or later, other documents there are 11 documents all total. if interested, please contact me at : bydybchlet@aol.com Debra of Bakersfield

hi list If any one knows this donna and how I can get in touch with her, I'd appericate it. I know she lives in Taft. I have been trying for several weeks now to contact Donna, but dameon mailer keeps returning her emails, because of a fatal error in her email address. debra of bakersfield.