Here is the obit you requested for the following person: SANDIN JOHN GUST born: 02/17/1869 M REST (OTHER) father: JOHNSON died: KERN 02/01/1949 age: 79 yrs requested by: sandin2@peoplepc.com The Bakersfield Californian Thursday, February 3, 1949 Pg. 35 SANDIN, John - Funeral services for John Sandin, 79, Route 2, Box 609, who died in a local hospital Tuesday, February 1, 1949, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Home with the Reverend R. J. Jagels officiating. Burial will be in Bakersfield Memorial Park. The deceased was a native of Sweden and lived in this city for the last 30 years. He was a cook by trade. Mr. Sandin is survived by two bothers, Andrew of Encinitas and Edward of Connecticut. [My note: Bakersfield Memorial Park is now part of Union Cemetery.] Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: SPROUSE JOHN ROBERT born: 07/19/1891 M OKLAHOMA mother: HALE died: KERN 03/21/1984 age: 92 yrs requested by: awilhelm@ev1.net The Bakersfield Californian Thursday, March 22, 1984 Pg. E16 SPROUSE, John Robert Jr. - Services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Chapel, 3700 River Blvd., Friday at 3:00 p.m. for John Robert Sprouse, 92, who passed away March 21 in Bakersfield. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Greenlawn Mortuary in charge of arrangements Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: BROWN WILLIAM O born: 05/25/1884 N mother: BENFIELD died: KERN 01/03/1969 age: 84 yrs Requested by: CINDYNORD@SBCGLOBAL.NET The Bakersfield Californian Saturday, January 4, 1969 Pg. 27 BROWN, William Oscar - Services will be conducted in the Greenlawn memorial Chapel Monday at 10 a.m. for William Oscar Brown, 84, 1221 Feliz Drive, who died Jan. 3 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Dexter McMahon will officiate, and interment will follow in the Lakeside Section of Greenlawn Memorial park. Mr. Brown, a native of Texas, had resided in Kern County 25 years. He had been a self-employed farmer 30 years. Survivors include three daughters, Emma Montoya and Margaret Goatcher, both of Bakersfield, and Clella Nail of Oklahoma; five sons, Joe Brown of Los Angeles, John Brown of Oregon, and William Brown Jr., James and Carl Brown, all of Bakersfield; 26 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ronald Montoya, Roger Montoya, Donald Brown, Jerry Brown, James Brown, and William Rogers. Honorary pallbearers will be Earnest Montoya, Walter Goatcher, Raymond Montoya and Thomas Leslie. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Just a quick reminder about the great upcoming educational opportunities at the Southern California Genealogical Society. March 11 Lunch and Learn "A Look at Courthouse Records" March 18 German Research Group "Message Boards and other Computer Generated Oddities" March 19 French Canadian Heritage Society of CA "French Heritage DNA Project" March 26 Kid's Genealogy Camp May 5-6 37th Annual Genealogy Jamboree Lunch and Learn Saturday, March 11 12:00 noon - lunch 1:00 p.m. - learn "A Look at Courthouse Records" with Lois Burlo Free and open to the public Lois will give an excellent overview of the types of records found in one of the most important types of brick-and-mortar record repositories. If you have yet to start looking for the hard-copy records of your ancestors, or if you would like to polish your courthouse research skills, this session is for you. The Courthouse handled all land transactions, the buying and selling of the property and the mortgage, if there was one. Because of the system used in Europe to divide an estate, land ownership was of prime importance from the very first settlement on the continent. Land grants were the big incentive to risk life and limb to cross the ocean. Because these records were more apt to survive, along with the tax records, land records are sometime the only way we can trace our ancestors. The courthouse is also keeper of birth, marriage and death records. When a person died, it provided for the recording of the person's will, which in turn contained the names of the heirs; the property the deceased owned - both land and household possessions, where the land was located and who was to receive it. Witnesses to the will may have been relatives or neighbors. Those are the most obvious of the courthouse records, but that's not all. It is rich in genealogy, if you know where to find it. Lois Burlo is an active member of SCGS and an avid researcher. Originally from Wisconsin, Lois has been interested in family history since she was a child. She loves learning new things about family members and visiting newly discovered cousins. The highlight came last fall when Lois and her brother made a trip to Europe to visit the archives, the churches and villages of their families. ---------------------------------------------- German Interest Group Saturday, March 18 1:00 p.m. - "Message Boards and Other Computer-Generated Oddities" Free and open to the public As a follow-up to the February session on formulating effective queries, this session will review the benefits of posting those queries on online Message Boards. The interest generated by using our computers is beyond the wildest dream of those of us who started years ago. We were lucky if we had family, film and books. Message boards, etc. bring us closer to those who are searching the same places and people. It makes for some exciting discoveries. ----------------------------------------------- French Canadian Heritage Society of California Sunday, March 19 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Doug Miller will give a presentation on the French Heritage DNA Project and demonstrate the project website: home.earthlink.net/~djmill/fcdna.html ----------------------------------------------- Kids' Genealogy Camp Sunday, March 26 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Free and open to the public with preregistration What a great way to introduce your children and grandchildren to genealogy. Join us for our first Kids' Genealogy Camp and help infect the kids with the genealogy bug. The program is aimed at students in grades 4 to 6 and will help the junior genealogists start working on their family trees. The session is free, but advance registration is required so that we can get materials to you before the class. Download the flyer and registration from www.scgsgenealogy.com. Space is limited, so register early. ----------------------------------------------- 37th Annual Genealogy Jamboree & Resource Expo Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6 More than 45 educational presentations by over 30 genealogy and family history specialists. Open to the public; preregistration requested Early Bird registration before April 1, 2006 Everything you need to know about Jamboree can be found here: http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/2006jam-FAQ.htm ----------------------------------------------- The Library is open to the public for research on: 10:00am - 4:00pm Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays 10:00am - 9:00pm Tuesdays 10:00am - 4:00pm on third and fourth Saturdays 10:00am - 4:00pm on first and second Sundays Closed Mondays Activities held at the Southern California Genealogical Society 417 Irving Drive Burbank, California 91504-2408 phone: 818-843-7247 email: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com web: www.scgsgenealogy.com

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: NEATE PERCY T born: 02/28/1882 M mother: LONG died: KERN 09/23/1969 age: 87 yrs requested by: salong999@aol.com The Bakersfield Californian Wednesday, September 24, 1969 Pg. 38 NEATE, Percy Thomas - Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in St. Paul's Episcopal Church for Percy Thomas Neate, 87, of 105 H Street, who died Tuesday in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Harry Leigh-Pink will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. A native of Surrey, England, Mr. Neate had resided in Kern County 61 years. He had been manager of the Central California Ice Co. for 30 years and was a former member of the Rotary and Elks clubs and had been choir master of St. Paul's Episcopal Church choir for many years. Survivors include his widow, Elizabeth; a son, Ralph of Coalinga; two daughters, Audrey Reineking and Reba Neate of Bakersfield; a sister, Ella Archer of England; six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: COX HOWARD born: 11/24/1883 M TEXAS father: COX died: KERN 04/11/1958 age: 74 yrs requested by: 1moxnix@antelecom.net The Bakersfield Californian Monday, April 14, 1958 Pg. 36 COX, Howard - Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in Payne and Son Funeral Home for Howard Cox, 7, Rt. 5, Box 466B, who died April 11 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. C. Russell Prewitt of First Methodist Church officiated and interment followed in Garden of Roses section in Union Cemetery. The deceased was a native of Texas and had lived in Kern County for the last four years. Survivors include his sons, Calvin, Bakersfield; Richard, Cuyama; LeRoy, Oregon; Eugene, Santa Clara; and Denver, Monterey; daughters, Eline Cox, Los Angeles; Frances Lovett, Bakersfield; brothers, Monroe and Ben Cox, both of Fresno; R. R. Cox, Ventura; and Wess Cox, Texas; sisters, Franzina of New Mexico and Cinda Atkins, Exeter; 21 grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WRIGHT CASSUIS born: 09/18/1860 mother: RATLIFF father: WRIGHT M INDIANA died: KERN 02/10/1952 age: 91 yrs requested by: artmoore@email.com The Bakersfield Californian Wednesday, February 13, 1952 Pg. 39 WRIGHT, Cassius - Funeral services for Cassius Wright, 91, Bakersfield resident for eight years, who died at a local hospital on Sunday, will be held at the Hopson Mortuary at 2:30 p.m. Thursday with the Reverend Hollister Miller officiating. Interment will be at Bakersfield memorial Park. Mr. Wright is survived by his son, Clarence of Covina; three daughters, Mrs. Bessie Sharp of Mississippi, Mrs. Cora Buts and Minnie Davis, both of Oklahoma, and a niece, Mrs. Lena Parks of Bakersfield. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: SPROUSE NANNIE M born: 09/23/1899 F OKLAHOMA died: KERN 02/05/1972 age: 72 yrs Extra for: _awilhelm@ev1.net_ (mailto:awilhelm@ev1.net) The Bakersfield Californian Wednesday, February 9, 1972 Pg. 47 SPROUSE, Nannie Mae - Services will be held in the Highland Assembly of God Church, 2660 Oswell Street, Thursday at 10 a.m. for Nannie Mae Sprouse, 72, 400 Richards, who died Saturday in a Bakersfield hospital. Rev. Vernon Ragsdale will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn memorial Park. Mrs. Sprouse was a native of Oklahoma and resided in Kern County 26 years. She was a member of the Highland Assembly of God Church. Survivors include four daughters, Louvenia Seely of Bakersfield, Alice Whiteley, Virginia Salmon and Jimmie Sanders, all of Oklahoma; two sons, Henry Sprouse of Bakersfield and Hershell Sprouse of Utah; five sisters, Ruby Magrim, Frances Duke, Sally Franks, and Pansie Wilson of Oklahoma, Jessie Isham of Arkansas; 21 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mark Sprouse, Danny Seely, Mike Sprouse, Teddy Sprouse, Carl Whiteley, John Salmon, Bob Smith, Sammy Stanford and Roy Johnson. Green Mortuary Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WATTENBARGER MAMIE ROSE born: 04/01/1892 F TENNESSEE mother: ARNWINE father: KNOX died: KERN 09/06/1982 age: 90 yrs requested by: jcmuckenfuss@yahoo.com The Bakersfield Californian Wednesday, September 18, 1982 Pg. F6 WATTENBARGER, Mamie Rose - Memorial services will be held in St. Marks United Methodist Church, 1510 McCray, Friday at 11:30 a.m. and graveside services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial Park, 3700 River Blvd., Friday at 1:00 p.m. for Mamie Rose Wattenbarger, 90, of 106 Linda Vista Drive who passed away Sept. 6 in Bakersfield. The Rev. Ray Alderman will officiate. Mrs. Wattenbarger, a native of Tennessee, came to California in 1926. She had been the co-owner of J. C. Wattenbarger and Son for 56 years and had been in the lumber business in Tenn. and Calif. for 70 years. She was a member of St. Marks United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. C. Wattenbarger in 1975. Survivors include her sons, Lloyd N., James T. and Ernest D. Wattenbarger, all of Bakersfield; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren. Casketbearers will be Jason Scott and Justen Wattenbarger, Kent and Kurt Crenshaw and Frank T Secrist. Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Donations may be made to the St. Marks United Methodist Church Memorial fund. Greenlawn Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: BROWN FRANCES S born: 05/11/1891 F OKLAHOMA died: KERN 03/20/1967 age: 75 yrs Requested by: CINDYNORD@SBCGLOBAL.NET The Bakersfield Californian Tuesday, March 21, 1967 Pg. 39 BROWN, Frances Sarah - Services will be conducted in Greenlawn Memorial Chapel Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. for Frances Sarah Brown, 75, of 1221 Felix Drive, who died march 20 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Dexter McMahon will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Brown was a native of Oklahoma and had resided in Kern County 23 years. Survivors include her widower, William Oscar; three daughters, Margaret Goatcher and Emma Montoya of Bakersfield and Clella Neil of Oklahoma; five sons, Joe of California, John of Oregon, William Jr., James and Carl, all of Bakersfield, and a brother, Charles Williams of Pasadena; a sister, Ada Sloane of Oklahoma; 26 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Ernest Montoya, John Williams, Clarence Rhodes, William Rogers, Tom Lessley and Don Blankenship. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: KOOP RUBY ELIZABETH born: 08/02/1914 FEMALE AR mother: KELLEY father: PRINCE died: KERN 08/10/1993 age: 79 requested by: morgaine48@yahoo.com The Bakersfield Californian Friday, August 13, 1993 Ruby Elizabeth Koop Services: Fri., August 13, 2:30 p.m. Graveside services will be held in Greenlawn Memorial park, 3700 River Blvd., Friday, August 13, at 2:30 p.m. for Ruby Elizabeth Koop, 79, who passed away August 10, 1993 in Batesville, Arkansas. Rev. Kenneth Lee Price will officiate. Mrs. Koop was born August 2, 1914 in Batesville, Arkansas and had resided in Kern County for 51 years. She was last employed as a grocery clerk with Green Frog Market for three years. She was preceded in death by two children. She is survived by her daughter, Renzie; son, Milton, both of Bakersfield; grandchildren, Michael, Lonie, Lorie, Chad and Christopher; brothers, Theordore Prince of Texas and William Prince of Bakersfield and several loving nieces and nephews. Greenlawn Mortuary Funeral Directors Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Surname: BARNES Given name: Caryle June Publication date: 6/27/2004 Type of Entry: obituary Death Date: 6/17/2004 Funeral Home: Hillcrest Mortuary, Bakersfield Requested by: davies_43@sbcglobal.net The Bakersfield Californian Sunday, June 27, 2004 In Loving Memory Caryle June Barnes August 11, 1922 - June 17, 2004 Services: Mon., June 28, 10 a.m. Caryle J. Barnes of Bakersfield, passed on June 17, 2004 as a result of pancreatic cancer. Caryle was born in Buffalo County, Nebraska in 1922 in a sod house, her family were farmers. Caryle owned her own catering business in the San Fernando Valley after World War II until the late 1970's, and retired in Van Nuys, California before moving back to Bakersfield in 1984. She will be missed. She was survived by her grandson, Ronald Bundy and wife, Myndi Bundy; and her great grandchildren, Skyler Bundy, and Keyana Bundy. Other survivors include: sisters, Louise Barg, married to Arthur Barg; Peggy Wade; Adah Ginevera, married to Michael Ginevera; and numerous nieces and nephews. Her parents, Edmond and Julia; ex-husband and friend, Virgil Barnes of Canton Mississippi; daughter, Jacqueline R. Williams, preceded her in death. We all love you, and will miss you, and know that you are now in a better place. Services will be held at Hillcrest memorial Park & Mortuary on Monday, June 28, 2004 at 10 a.m. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: MONTOYA CAROLINA S born; 12/10/1883 F NEW MEXICO died: KERN 07/27/1967 age: 83 yrs Requested by: _CINDYNORD@SBCGLOBAL.NET_ (mailto:CINDYNORD@SBCGLOBAL.NET) The Bakersfield Californian Friday, July 28, 1967 Pg. 34 MONTOYA, Carolina S. - Recitation of the Rosary will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in St. Francis Catholic Church and Requiem High Mass will be said at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Francis Catholic Church for Carolina S. Montoya, 83, 1600 El Ralfo Drive, who died July 27 in a Bakersfield hospital. The Rev. Dino Riccomini will officiate and interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Montoya was a native of New Mexico and had resided in Kern County 51 years. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church. Survivors include five sons, Louie E. of Taft, Frank R. of New Mexico, Raymond N. and Ernest E., both of Bakersfield, and George R. of San Bruno; two daughters, Mrs. Lillie Clark of Hayward and Mrs. Lucina Schwocho of Fresno; two sisters, Mrs. Elisa Martinez of Oxnard and Mrs. Lillian Chavez of Los Angeles; 30 grandchildren, and 24 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Lee Montoya, Franklin Montoya, Ronald Montoya, Ernest J. Montoya, Robert Garner and Daniel Avilez. Honorary bearers will be Frank Montoya, Billy Montoya, Roger Montoya, and James Montoya, Ricky Montoya, David Garner, George Montoya. Greenlawn Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

The following was the only notice of death or obit for the following person in The Bakersfield Californian: RICHMOND CLARA ALICE (spouse: James) (sons: Stewart 1901, Don 1903, Rex 1911) born: 03/04/1877 F UTAH father: WATTS died: KERN 12/23/1943 age: 66 yrs Requested by: _jfpfam@btopenworld.com_ (mailto:jfpfam@btopenworld.com) The Bakersfield Californian Friday, December 24, 1943 Pg. 11 Clara Alice Richmond The remains of Clara Alice Richmond, 66, who died Dec. 23 at a local hospital have been sent to Lemoore for services and burial. Payne & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. There was no obit in the Tulare county papers that I could see. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I'm sorry to report that no obit was located in the Bakersfield Californian between the 23rd and the 31st of October, 1979, for the following person: DENNEY VERLIN LITTRELL born: 02/02/1920 M ARKANSAS died: KERN 10/23/1979 age: 59 yrs requested by: aroller@opusnet.com Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I'm sorry to report that no obit was located in the Bakersfield Californian between the 3rd and the 10th of June, 1975, for the following person: URGO HAZEL F born: 10/05/1896 F CALIFORNIA died: KERN 06/03/1975 age: 78 yrs requested by: glwhite0@adelphia.net Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I'm sorry to report that no obit was located in the Bakersfield Californian for the following people: HELSTER HELEN HULL born: 01/06/1901 F CALIFORNIA mother: SKINNER father: HULL died: KERN 01/05/1982 553-52-0550 age: 81 yrs requested by: _crc3@cableaz.com_ (mailto:crc3@cableaz.com) HELSTER SVEN A born: 10/14/1899 M REST (OTHER) mother: LARSON died: KERN 08/21/1984 558-10-8583 age: 84 yrs I will check the Wasco News and the Wasco Tribune for these two on my next trip. I ran out of time this trip and after 6 hours of staring at microfilm, I had eye-strain. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer

I thought some of you might be interested in this book review of tourism in Southern California and how it was influenced by the novel _Ramona_ and books like it. Carol >H-NET BOOK REVIEW >Published by H-California@h-net.msu.edu (March 2006) > >Dydia DeLyser. _Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern >California_. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005. x + >256 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $18.95 (paper), ISBN 0-8166-4572-8. > >Reviewed for H-California by Casey Wendt, Department of History, >California State University, Sacramento > >Ramona for the Masses > >Intended to serve as an indictment of the oppressive and degrading >treatment of Native Americans in California, Helen Hunt Jackson's >1884 novel, _Ramona,_ reached profound fame and importance, just not >for its intended purpose. The novel failed to ignite concern or >discussion for the Native American cause; however it did create the >fictional character of Ramona. A character Dydia DeLyser credits in >her book, _Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern >California_, as "the most important woman in the history of southern >California," a woman who has "never lived. Nor has she yet died" (p. >ix). It was Jackson's novel, the tragic love story of Ramona and >Alessandro, that DeLyser argues was responsible for fundamentally >altering how Californians understood their past. The fictional novel >of _Ramona_ served as a type of catalyst in the creation of a new >social memory for southern California (p. 168). > >_Ramona Memories_ seeks to demonstrate not only the importance of >Jackson's novel in the creation of southern California's social >memory, but also the significance of landscape to the social memory >of a region. DeLyser defines landscape in the obvious sense, the >geographic landscape of a region, but also as the smaller elements >of the landscape, the man-made elements. It is the intersection of >fiction, landscape, and social memory on which DeLyser bases her >argument. She contends, "thus, elements from a work of fiction >became factual through the landscape and came to influence the way >residents and visitors in southern California thought about their >past--which is to say, they became part of southern California >social memory" (p. xvi). Challenging scholars who focus on the >importance of the booster to the creation of southern California's >past, _Ramona Memories_ focuses on the primary importance of the >tourists.[1] It was largely the tourists who sought out in the >landscape of southern California real places they could associate >with those portrayed in the novel. DeLyser acknowledges the >important role of boosters and the large profits made from their >overtures, her argument, however, relies on the fundamental >importance she places on the practices of tourists in solidifying >the Ramona myth in the social memory and landscape of southern >California's past. > >Comprising nine chapters, an introduction and conclusion, the bulk >of the book takes what DeLyser has identified as the most >significant Ramona locales, and gives them each a chapter in which >to discuss their factual history, their Ramona assigned history, and >the evolution of these places into tourist attractions. Chapter 3, >"Rancho Camulos: Symbolic Heart of the Ramona Myth," is first in the >series of chapters recounting the Ramona locales. Rancho Camulos, >perhaps the most important and well known of the Ramona-associated >tourist attractions, provides the strongest case study in tracking >the Ramona myth. The home's actual history as the residence of a >prominent California family, the del Valles, is circumvented by its >tourist-assigned designation as the "real home of Ramona." Soon, >DeLyser explains, Rancho Moreno, the fictional name of Ramona's home >in the novel, was replaced in stage and film adaptations of Ramona >by the name Rancho Camulos. The del Valles' home and their lives >became overrun with Ramona-seeking tourists. The structure became >permanently solidified in the landscape and memory not only of >southern California, but also the nation, when the home achieved >designation as a National Historic Landmark. In the six chapters >that follow, DeLyser attempts to recount the significance of other >Ramona-associated attractions, including Ramona's marriage place, >birthplace, women posing as the "Real Ramona," stage adaptations, as >well as several housing tracts, streets, schools, and even a city >named for Ramona. Each chapter provides an interesting story of >seeming critical importance to the purpose of the book; ultimately >however, DeLyser's most important analysis comes through in her >Introduction and her first two chapters, "A Determined Author and >Her Novel" and "Ramona's Pilgrims: Tourism and Southern California." >The middle chapters are entertaining, but at times the author seems >herself swept up in the romanticism of the Ramona myth. > >In the first chapter, DeLyser provides an important discussion of >the life of Helen Hunt Jackson, her motivations for writing >_Ramona_, as well as the personal experiences from which she drew to >create the novel. DeLyser places the life of Helen Hunt Jackson >within the context of her times providing an important discussion of >her role as a female author and her struggle for acceptance in >academic writing that led her to the "acceptable" genre for female >authors, the regional novel. It was within this context of the >regional novel that Jackson's novel gained acceptance and acclaim. >DeLyser argues that it was also the novel's place within this genre >that was ultimately to the detriment of the author's intended social >purpose. _Ramona_ emerged as a romanticized vision; a creation of >southern California's past colored with exotic characters and tragic >love stories. The novel's conclusion, one DeLyser views as happy, >but in reality is more bitter-sweet, was one of the major factors >DeLyser claims that made Jackson's Indian argument a "nonissue" (p. >27). Along with Alessandro's death, so too dies the struggle of the Indian. > >Chapter 2, perhaps the author's strongest chapter, examines the >emerging role of tourism as an industry within a national context. >DeLyser discusses the rise of transportation, including the railroad >and the automobile, and its role in the growth of tourism. _Ramona >Memories_ connects the rise of _Ramona_-based tourism with that of a >national phenomenon. "All across America as tourists visited >historic sites, whether real or fictional, tourism, and the images >and the souvenirs tourists produced and collected, became integral >to the creation of social memory" (p. 63). The first two chapters >provide a good foundation and context for DeLyser's analysis of the >rise of _Ramona_-based tourism and the creation of southern >California's social memory. In part, the middle chapters do not do >her introduction and argument justice. The author is essentially >arguing that Jackson's novel was one of, if not the most important >factor in shaping southern California's social memory. Given little >attention by DeLyser however, is the issue of power in the creation >of social memory, as well as the numerous and diverse factors that >contributed to the prevalence of southern California's nostalgic >past. Although, arguably of utmost importance, Jackson's novel >_Ramona_ did not single-handedly shape the way in which southern >Californians understood their past. > >In general, _Ramona Memories_ is a light and easy read for anyone >interested in Helen Hunt Jackson's _Ramona,_ or the creation of a >unique and interesting tourist niche in southern California. DeLyser >provides important analysis in her introduction and first two >chapters regarding social memory and tourism; however, she loses >that insight in the bulk of her discussion. _Ramona Memories_ would >serve well as a supplement to Helen Hunt Jackson's _Ramona,_ in a >classroom setting as it provides a detailed account of the >unintended results of Jackson's indictment of Native American >mistreatment, and the divergent path it took. It is also useful in a >discussion of southern California and the phenomenon of the tourism >industry, but not as useful as one would have hoped as an academic >analysis of social memory and tourism. > >Note > >[1]. See, for example, Kevin Starr, _Inventing the Dream: California >Through the Progressive Era_ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985). > > > > Copyright (c) 2006 by H-Net, all rights reserved. H-Net permits > the redistribution and reprinting of this work for nonprofit, > educational purposes, with full and accurate attribution to the > author, web location, date of publication, originating list, and > H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. For other uses > contact the Reviews editorial staff: hbooks@mail.h-net.msu.edu. Carol De Priest Honest Intellectual Inquiry <http://www.dakotacom.net/~depriest/index.htm> ***moving to <http://www.cox.net/depriest3/index.htm>*** I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when looked at in the right way did not become still more complicated. <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/poulanders137583.html>Poul Anderson

The NORthern CALifornia Volunteer Lookup Library has been updated. Thanks to John Ireland for volunteering to do lookups in Rasmussen Ships Passenger Lists Vol. 1. Margie Hinton has added a Lake Co. history resource and yours truly (me) added a Mining category with lookups in Quicksilver, The Complete History of Santa Clara County's New Almaden Mine by Jimmie Schneider. Remember there is a wonderful Library section linked to the main page with excellent suggested reading. Visit: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html As usual, please advise any questions, deletions, additions, corrections or broken links to mailto:ybowers@comcast.net This is a very valuable resource. Enjoy! -- Yvonne Bowers, Sonoma, CA. Listmom, WebMom NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-CORNISH NORCAL LIBRARY http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html NORCAL Genealogy Index http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/

not yet but i thought we were looking at end of month...i guess that changed Tessi On 3/5/06, EverettKA@bak.rr.com <EverettKA@bak.rr.com> wrote: > > Now that the Godfrey Library is no longer able to offer the Historical Los > Angeles Times (Proquest) online, has anyone found another source offering > access? I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms. > > Karla in Bakersfield > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Please use relevant subject lines. > >