Looking for information about or descendants of Demas SPEER, b. 1873-75, Murray, Calloway Co., KY, d. unk. (m. ? COLLINS) and A. Roe SPEER, b. 1878-1880, Murray, Calloway Co., KY, d. unk. They were the daughter and son of John Thomas SPEER and Emily Roe MORRIS. Both were residents of Southern California (Covina?) 1900-1930's. Any helps greatly appreciated. Julia Conkey Ridgefield, WA
Could I get an obituary lookup for: Kenneth John CHERMAK died 18 Feb 1990 in Riverside Co, CA Thanks in advance for your assistance Lon Mason
I agree, I have not seen the old addresses with a street. I our old address the first number was the route and the second number was the box number. (Rt X Box yyy) Recently I read that RFD was Rural Federal Delivery, I had always heard Free also. George -----Original Message----- From: Lester M Powers [mailto:lesterps@juno.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 12:10 AM To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RFD address decoding Hello, all I need some help to decode whatever this address was supposed to mean: 811 RFD 7705 Los Feliz Road where the 0 in 7705 is sorta kinda like a superscript 0 with a little line drawn under it. The time for the above address was 1911, and the place was probably the Los Feliz district just south of Griffith Park, or Atwater Village, or south Glendale (north of downtown Los Angeles, of course). Why are there TWO numbers in the above address??? I know that RFD means Rural Free Delivery, but nothing else. Actually, I would expect a rural (farm) address to have no street number at all. So, what are the numbers, and why two of them? They appear in a birth certificate. Thank you. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com
I am looking for some marriage records on ROTHAFEL. Here is what I have on them. Sydnee BLIZZARD (daughter of Adrian Thomas Blizzard and Caroline Norton Blizzard) born 1/12/1913 Stanislaus CO. CA. Syndee married a Mr. Rothafel, don't know where or when. I found Sydnee Rothafel in the SSDI. She died 6/29/2000 at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CO. CA. I did not know if Santa Cruz was the NORCAL or SOCAL board. They had the following children: Charles Robert Rothafel - b. 3/31/1944 in LA CO. Roxane Louise Rothafel - b. 3/18/1946 in LA CO. Carolyn Robin Rothafel - b. 5/12/1949 in LA CO. I need any information that I can possibly get. I haven't been able to find out who the children married or what happened to them, or grandchildren either. When Sydnee Blizzard Rothafel's father (Adrian Thomas Blizzard) died in 1951, his obituary mentioned that she was living in Orinda, CA at that time. Any information would be appreciated greatly. E-mail Wayne at: JUBLIZARD@AOL.COM Thanks, Wayne And Judie Blizard
Does any one recognize the surname D'Avis. I have looked high and low for it and cannot find the name. William D'Avis married Frances Blizzard. I found Frances D'Avis listed as a daughter of Adrian Thomas Blizzard. The obituary listed address as San Jose. Anyone can help, it sure would be appreciated. You can e-mail Wayne at JUBLIZARD@AOL.COM Thanks, Wayne & Judie Blizard Winston-Salem, NC
For years the Postal Service has been trying to do away with all the RFD addresses and change them into real addresses(Road and number) that visitors and new postal employees CAN FIND. Perhaps this was an inbetween "fix" until folks got used to the new system? Is 7705 Los Feliz an actual address? Is 811 RFD the old rural route number? Dunno. How about checking with the post office in the area---or, perhaps, a very retired rural carrier or other employee from that area? Erin in Imperial County, CA............(retired postmaster) Grown from the paternal roots of: Jones, Ramer(Reamer), Craig, May, Fisher, Harger, Hysell, Green. Maternal(foreign) roots: Adams, Gralton, Eldridge, Lippiatt, Claringbold, Dixon, Gillett, Wilcox, Dobbyn, Ralph(Rolph), Wilkins, White, Kelly, Hulke, Kite, Moxham, Norris, Clement, Horne, Pilley, Bush, Flower, Hazzard, Williams. -----Original Message----- From: Lester M Powers [mailto:lesterps@juno.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 12:10 AM To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RFD address decoding Hello, all I need some help to decode whatever this address was supposed to mean: 811 RFD 7705 Los Feliz Road where the 0 in 7705 is sorta kinda like a superscript 0 with a little line drawn under it. The time for the above address was 1911, and the place was probably the Los Feliz district just south of Griffith Park, or Atwater Village, or south Glendale (north of downtown Los Angeles, of course). Why are there TWO numbers in the above address??? I know that RFD means Rural Free Delivery, but nothing else. Actually, I would expect a rural (farm) address to have no street number at all. So, what are the numbers, and why two of them? They appear in a birth certificate. Thank you. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Hello, all I need some help to decode whatever this address was supposed to mean: 811 RFD 7705 Los Feliz Road where the 0 in 7705 is sorta kinda like a superscript 0 with a little line drawn under it. The time for the above address was 1911, and the place was probably the Los Feliz district just south of Griffith Park, or Atwater Village, or south Glendale (north of downtown Los Angeles, of course). Why are there TWO numbers in the above address??? I know that RFD means Rural Free Delivery, but nothing else. Actually, I would expect a rural (farm) address to have no street number at all. So, what are the numbers, and why two of them? They appear in a birth certificate. Thank you. Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Hello, Does anyone know of a program for photos which will do the following? I want to take a photo make a copy that is just an outline. On the same page I want a scan of the photo and the outline. And on the outline scan number the "people." I have 2 photos that I need to identify all the people. If you know of such, please let me know privately. I have a VISIONEER scanner which can scan a photo, but not do an outline. Thank you, Carole Beth nautilus@ev1.net
This letter to "Dear Abby" and her reply is so timely now that I just had to post it. "Dear Abby, "I have always wanted to have my family history traced, "but I can't afford to spend a lot of money to do it. "Any suggestions? "Sam "Dear Sam, "Yes. Run for public office."
I am searching for a gr aunt --PEARL MITCHELL who last known to be alive around 1935 in Los Angeles. I am wondering if the voter registers are available to researchers for that time period? Thanks. Jackie
Hi; I can help with some of the typing. Donna Bradley Anza, CA At 03:02 PM 10/23/00 -0600, Sam-Quito Padilla G. wrote: >Hello everyone on the Southern California Mailing List, > >I am making a personal plea for any assistance in the New Mexico Death >Index Project. This Project will be hosted by Rootsweb, the same >organization which is hosting this and many other mailing lists. > >There are two ways, volunteering in typing in the database or a donation to >the photocopying fund. A donation of any amount (one dollar, 10 or 25 >dollars) are most welcomed, as we do need funds to continue this project. >with out everyone help, this project might not be completed. > >Also, can you forward this e-mail to any people to make this project known, >and the crucial need for peoples' help in this project. Below is a copy of >the website set up for the project or click on: >http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html > >Thank you for taking your important time in reading this e-mail. > >With Regards, Sam-Quito > >- > >New Mexico Death Index Project > >Many thanks for your interest about the New Mexico Death Index Project. >The project is being sponsored by Rootsweb and headed by myself. > >Let me tell you more about the project. > >This project consist of the death index complied by the Health Department in >State of New Mexico, counties whom issued death certificates between the >years of 1899 to 1940. There are two books of death indices are available >via the FHC (Family History Center) in Salt Lake City. This project will be >typing up an assigned letter or letters in one or both books (via >photocopies). >When all the letters are completed, Rootsweb will be hosting the >NM Death Index on-line for any New Mexican Researcher. >Take a look at Californias Death Index on-line, hosted by Rootsweb at to >see how the New Mexico Death index will look at: >http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi > >We are looking for people whom have MS Excel or MS Works programmes to >volunteer and be assigned a letter in the alphabet and type the database. >The books are in alphabet order by surname, not by county or date of death. > >The FHC only has two films of each film for rental. Because there are to >many volunteers would be requiring doing this project and spread out over >the country, there are not enough films to go around. Therefore, I will be >making photocopies for the volunteers to type up. > >This brings us to another problem. We need donations for the photocopying >fund. If anyone would like to donate to this fund, any amounts are most >welcome. This project will benefit all researchers doing some kind of >work in New Mexico. Send any donation to: > > Sam Padilla G. > 1520 Univ. BL.NE#314 > Albqu., NM 87102-1720 > (and make the cheque or money order to: Sam Padilla G.) > > >About the format of the death index database as follow: >Surname/Givename/Middle/DateofDeath/CountyCode >(That is all, simple). > >Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to help in typing the database for >the New Mexico Death Index and for donations for the photocopying fund. > >For volunteering for the database typing, e-mail me with your mailing >address. > My e-mail address is: samquito@nmia.com > >I want to give a BIG THANK YOU the following people on the mailing list whom >made a donation (*) or volunteering (#) on the New Mexico Death Index >Project: >Harold Kilmer (*), Robert England (*#), Charles Barnum (*), Tana Collis >(*#), Patricia Black-Esterly (*), Annette W. Wasno (*#), Ray Mireles (*), >Gloria Torres de Armijo (*), Laura Hauser-Melton (#), Lynn Alexander Welker >(#), Kit Betteridge (#), Aveli Padilla (#), Patricia Childs (#), Gloria >Salazar-Richhart (#), >Melissa Keeling (#), Toni Gómez-Giovanetti (#), Pam Gonzáles (#), Patti >Pennington (#), Belva Whitfield (*), Elsa Altshool (*), Cindy Koegal (#), >Patryka Tachick (*#), Lucy A. Torres (*#) and Roger Torres (*#). > >Here is a budget breakdown for everyone to look at: > >Photocopies (film two only) $202,50 >Postage ($3.20 x 16) $ 51,20 >Total $253,70 > >Total (from above) $253,70 >Donation received (as of 20/0ct) - $170,00 >In debt $ 83,70 > >Estimate cost for >Photocopying (film one) $250,00 >Est. cost - postage (3.20 x 15) $ 48.00 >Existing debt from above $ 83,70 >Total debt estimate $381.70 > >Thank you for your interest in the NMDI Project, Sam-Quito! > >************************************************************************* >A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com >We need donations & volunteers for the NM Death Index Project. >For more information, click on: >http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html >I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & Valencia Counties. >Visit the Socorro County website at: >http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ >Visit the Valencia County website at: >http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ >I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, including duplicates. Send >any amount to myself at: >1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1720 > > > >
Hello everyone on the Southern California Mailing List, I am making a personal plea for any assistance in the New Mexico Death Index Project. This Project will be hosted by Rootsweb, the same organization which is hosting this and many other mailing lists. There are two ways, volunteering in typing in the database or a donation to the photocopying fund. A donation of any amount (one dollar, 10 or 25 dollars) are most welcomed, as we do need funds to continue this project. with out everyone help, this project might not be completed. Also, can you forward this e-mail to any people to make this project known, and the crucial need for peoples' help in this project. Below is a copy of the website set up for the project or click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html Thank you for taking your important time in reading this e-mail. With Regards, Sam-Quito - New Mexico Death Index Project Many thanks for your interest about the New Mexico Death Index Project. The project is being sponsored by Rootsweb and headed by myself. Let me tell you more about the project. This project consist of the death index complied by the Health Department in State of New Mexico, counties whom issued death certificates between the years of 1899 to 1940. There are two books of death indices are available via the FHC (Family History Center) in Salt Lake City. This project will be typing up an assigned letter or letters in one or both books (via photocopies). When all the letters are completed, Rootsweb will be hosting the NM Death Index on-line for any New Mexican Researcher. Take a look at Californias Death Index on-line, hosted by Rootsweb at to see how the New Mexico Death index will look at: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi We are looking for people whom have MS Excel or MS Works programmes to volunteer and be assigned a letter in the alphabet and type the database. The books are in alphabet order by surname, not by county or date of death. The FHC only has two films of each film for rental. Because there are to many volunteers would be requiring doing this project and spread out over the country, there are not enough films to go around. Therefore, I will be making photocopies for the volunteers to type up. This brings us to another problem. We need donations for the photocopying fund. If anyone would like to donate to this fund, any amounts are most welcome. This project will benefit all researchers doing some kind of work in New Mexico. Send any donation to: Sam Padilla G. 1520 Univ. BL.NE#314 Albqu., NM 87102-1720 (and make the cheque or money order to: Sam Padilla G.) About the format of the death index database as follow: Surname/Givename/Middle/DateofDeath/CountyCode (That is all, simple). Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to help in typing the database for the New Mexico Death Index and for donations for the photocopying fund. For volunteering for the database typing, e-mail me with your mailing address. My e-mail address is: samquito@nmia.com I want to give a BIG THANK YOU the following people on the mailing list whom made a donation (*) or volunteering (#) on the New Mexico Death Index Project: Harold Kilmer (*), Robert England (*#), Charles Barnum (*), Tana Collis (*#), Patricia Black-Esterly (*), Annette W. Wasno (*#), Ray Mireles (*), Gloria Torres de Armijo (*), Laura Hauser-Melton (#), Lynn Alexander Welker (#), Kit Betteridge (#), Aveli Padilla (#), Patricia Childs (#), Gloria Salazar-Richhart (#), Melissa Keeling (#), Toni Gómez-Giovanetti (#), Pam Gonzáles (#), Patti Pennington (#), Belva Whitfield (*), Elsa Altshool (*), Cindy Koegal (#), Patryka Tachick (*#), Lucy A. Torres (*#) and Roger Torres (*#). Here is a budget breakdown for everyone to look at: Photocopies (film two only) $202,50 Postage ($3.20 x 16) $ 51,20 Total $253,70 Total (from above) $253,70 Donation received (as of 20/0ct) - $170,00 In debt $ 83,70 Estimate cost for Photocopying (film one) $250,00 Est. cost - postage (3.20 x 15) $ 48.00 Existing debt from above $ 83,70 Total debt estimate $381.70 Thank you for your interest in the NMDI Project, Sam-Quito! ************************************************************************* A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com We need donations & volunteers for the NM Death Index Project. For more information, click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & Valencia Counties. Visit the Socorro County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ Visit the Valencia County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, including duplicates. Send any amount to myself at: 1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1720
hello there, about death cert transcriptions for los angeles county, i believe there is only one person whom does these transcriptions for this county. a wonderful woman named deborah story. i had the pleasure to met her on a trip last month, which she had shown me around the register's office in norwalk. i will tell you of what i remember what deborah had taught me. the earlier records (up to 1960's) are held in individual books (by years) and they are not alphabetized, but entered by date (not of death but when received at the health department). and there were some books for the county and different books for the city of los angeles. ss# does not help in locating the person, but where they died. the ss record states where they resided, but they might not of died in that county, as i came across (a couple of relatives lived in los angeles county, but died in hospitals in orange county). but the date from ss# tell you when he died. good luck in your research. bye for now, sam-quito ************************************************************************* A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com We need donations & volunteers for the NM Death Index Project. For more information, click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & Valencia Counties. Visit the Socorro County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ Visit the Valencia County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, including duplicates. Send any amount to myself at: 1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1720 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Walker <joe_walker_2000@yahoo.com> To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 22, 2000 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Lookup information question - Los Angeles County >Nancy,, > >The sad truth is that there is really no good way to >get L.A. obits. I flirted with the idea last year of >charging for obits, but what I found was that only >about 10% of the people that I looked for even had >obits. I eventually stopped looking for ANY elderly >deaths at all, (rest homes don't pay for obits), and >then I stopped doing any look-ups after 1980. > >The L.A Times charges $45 per 1/4 hour for look-up's, >and they don't guarantee they will find them. I >charged way less, but never made more than $75 in six >months! Now I only do look-up's if it is a death that >would have "DEFINITELY" made the papers, like a >murder, death of a prominent person, accidental death, >etc. > >Joe > >--- Nancy Posey <heisable@mindspring.com> wrote: >> Hi List, I do need some clarifiaction. >> >> Obituaries >> Is there a public library that will do lookups in >> Los Angeles County. It is a big area and there are >> many newspapers for the different areas. What is >> the best way to tackle obtaining an obit, if one is >> available? Are there any that do free lookups such >> as the SF Public library? >> >> Death Cert Transcriptions >> Do any of the volunteers do death certificate >> transcription? Would I need to know the area where >> they died, such as last residence as noted in the >> SSDI? What is the best way to tackle this ? >> >> Thank you very much for your input. >> >> Nancy Posey >> Graham, WA
Nancy,, The sad truth is that there is really no good way to get L.A. obits. I flirted with the idea last year of charging for obits, but what I found was that only about 10% of the people that I looked for even had obits. I eventually stopped looking for ANY elderly deaths at all, (rest homes don't pay for obits), and then I stopped doing any look-ups after 1980. The L.A Times charges $45 per 1/4 hour for look-up's, and they don't guarantee they will find them. I charged way less, but never made more than $75 in six months! Now I only do look-up's if it is a death that would have "DEFINITELY" made the papers, like a murder, death of a prominent person, accidental death, etc. Joe --- Nancy Posey <heisable@mindspring.com> wrote: > Hi List, I do need some clarifiaction. > > Obituaries > Is there a public library that will do lookups in > Los Angeles County. It is a big area and there are > many newspapers for the different areas. What is > the best way to tackle obtaining an obit, if one is > available? Are there any that do free lookups such > as the SF Public library? > > Death Cert Transcriptions > Do any of the volunteers do death certificate > transcription? Would I need to know the area where > they died, such as last residence as noted in the > SSDI? What is the best way to tackle this ? > > Thank you very much for your input. > > Nancy Posey > Graham, WA > > Researching the following Russian Molokan families: > POPPIN, POPIN, PAPIN, PAPPIN; POPOFF; SEMINOFF, > SEMENOFF and all others pertaining to my family > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/
Sometime around 1902 Kate had married a Mr. Smith and they lived in Los Angeles. Does anyone have access to directories that might list this couple? I would love to determine Mr. Smith's first name and if he had a job there. Terri
Hi List, I do need some clarifiaction. Obituaries Is there a public library that will do lookups in Los Angeles County. It is a big area and there are many newspapers for the different areas. What is the best way to tackle obtaining an obit, if one is available? Are there any that do free lookups such as the SF Public library? Death Cert Transcriptions Do any of the volunteers do death certificate transcription? Would I need to know the area where they died, such as last residence as noted in the SSDI? What is the best way to tackle this ? Thank you very much for your input. Nancy Posey Graham, WA Researching the following Russian Molokan families: POPPIN, POPIN, PAPIN, PAPPIN; POPOFF; SEMINOFF, SEMENOFF and all others pertaining to my family
Lester wrote: Speaking of maps, well, remember how last time I > said > that the settlement of Spadra was in SAN JOSE > TOWNSHIP? > The "City-Makers" map shows Spadra located east of > the San Jose hills (which are north of the Puente > hills) > and west of Pomona, where Pomona has the same > location > it does today, at least approximately. =========================== Seems to be on the nose! Spadra was named after Uncle Billy Joe Rubottom's home town in Arkansas. He ran the Butterfield Stage stop in Spadra for many years. He is buried in the Spadra Cemetery with wife and daughter. It's a tiny cemetery and I wouldn't know how to get to it today without calling the sheriff's office. It's below Elephant Hill and completely surrounded by civilization now. Very sad. Gary Radcliffe glradcliffe@aol.com
This is the last township requested by Edward Black on this SOCAL list, regarding his 1870 census work, except to explain why Anaheim/Santa Ana was all messed up LOS ANGELES TOWNSHIP: Source: Reproduction of "History of Los Angeles County California..." [long title], Thompson & West, publishers, Oakland, CA, 1880. "The following is a list of the ranches in Los Angeles township, with their respective acreage, and the name of the person to whom each was confirmed by the United States Courts, after the American occupation: --" [Table showing Ranchos Tujunga, San Rafael, Providencia, La Canada, and Los Felis, plus the "Pueblo, City of Los Angeles"] The old ranchos appear to correspond to these modern places: Tujunga - Hansen Dam area and south La Canada - Sunland, La Crescenta, La Canada Flintridge San Rafael - Verdugo hills, Sun Valley, Burbank, Glendale Providencia - North Hollywood Los Felis - Griffith Park, part of Glendale The ranchos are shown on a map in "Los Angeles In Civil War Days, 1860-65," by John W. Robinson, Dawson's Book Shop (publisher), 1977. The city/pueblo of Los Angeles appears to be nearly a square, not exactly six miles on a side, corresponding to the survey block of township 1 south, range 13 west, but shifted south a mile or two. (See map in "City Makers: The Story of Southern Californias First Boom, 1868-76," by Remi Nadeau, Trans-Anglo Books, Los Angeles, 1965 -- an 1873 ad for Stearns Ranchos.) Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Am looking for an obituary for: Curtis Auspaugh who died 19 April 1996 in or around Upland, CA. Thank you for any help or information you can give me. Bobbie
I am searching for my cousin Barbara May POWELL who was born in LA on 23 June 1926. Her parents were Ruth Pound Powell and Guy J. Powell. I do not have her married name and can only estimate she married in the 1940's, probably in LA county. Her mother died in 1961 and was living on Colorado Blvd. in Alhambra at the time. The cemetery - Forest Lawn at Glendale - denies having "survivor" information. Could anyone suggest how I could proceed to locate her? Thanks Jackie in Texas