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

Is there anyone in Southern California that might be able to help me get through this wall? I am looking for an aunt who the last time I could of saw her I was six years old and I do not remember her at all. I have found out recently that after 1960 she became the black sheep of my family. This is what I know about her. She is a twin who married a twin. Her father died between 1920 and 1930. Her only brother died in Palm Beach, Florida during January 1985. And she is the youngest of five including her twin sister. NAME: MARGARET HEGYI (aka: MARJORIE) DOB: 25 JULY 1916 CALIFORNIA BIRTH CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 16-010411 ADDRESS AT BIRTH: Saint Thomas Hospital, El Centro, Imperial County, California OREGON MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: # 5054 18 JUNE 1950 AT CHARLESTON, OREGON HUSBAND: DOUGLAS WARREN MELVIN DOB: 21 MAY 1918, DENZER, OREGON DOD: 23 JUN 1955, PORTLAND, OREGON Her last know address on 29 April 1960 is Mrs. Marjorie Melvin PO Box 381 San Lorenzo, California 94580-0381 Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank-you in advance

This is from another list...Looks very interesting. Thanks to Joy for bringing it to our attention. http://archivegrid.org/web/jsp/index.jsp The Research Libraries Group has launched ArchiveGrid. "ArchiveGrid contains nearly a million archival collection descriptions held by hundreds of libraries, archives and museums." "A search result page includes a list of archive collections, a summary of the archives and archive locations that are represented in the collections, as well as a search box that enables the user to limit a search to a particular date range, an archive and/or the location of the archives. The description of each collection includes a title, the name of the archive, and some brief information from its description. Each entry also shows the users' search terms in context. The user can discover what archives have material on the topic by reviewing the summary of archives and archive location. Researchers who want more information about the archive or who want to contact it can click on the name of the archive in the collection description. The archive's name is linked to the ArchiveGrid database of archive information." Access is free until May 31st. http://archivegrid.org/web/jsp/ index.jsp Joy Rich Brooklyn, NY Member, Godfrey Memorial Library, http://www.godfrey.org

Database Los Angeles Times Obituary Index Years: 1988-1993, 1995 URL: www.scgsgenealogy.com The Southern California Genealogical Society has just added an valuable database to its website, www.scgsgenealogy.com. The database is a fully-searchable index of decedent names listed in obituaries and death notices published in the Los Angeles Times. The database currently covers the years 1988 through 1993 plus 1995, and eventually will be expanded to include a 20-year index. In addition to the standard obituaries and death notices, the index includes entries for In Memoriam, Cards of Thanks, Funeral Notices, etc. The online obituary index provides the name and year the notice was printed. The online index is available for use by all researchers at no charge. Individuals interested in obtaining a copy of the actual obituary or death notice can contact the Research Department of the Southern California Genealogical Society and request a copy for a nominal fee.

With another informative Lunch and Learn presentation and our very first session of the Kids' Genealogy Camp, March is an especially exciting month at the Southern California Genealogical Society. The 37th Annual Genealogy Jamboree is only two months away, so now is a great time to join in the activities at SCGS. Speaking of Jamboree, be sure to register before April 1 to take advantage of the early-bird registration discount. You'll find the speaker schedule, vendors, hotel arrangements, topics and speaker bios at www.scgsgenealogy.com. Don't miss the special event on Friday night - our banquet dinner and Cemetery Crawlin' with long-time favorite Bill Dollarhide. 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 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. ------------------------------------------------ German Interest Group Saturday, March 18 1:00 p.m. - "Message Boards" Free and open to the public ----------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------ March 4 - 1:00 - 3:30 p.m. TMG - The Master Genealogist User Group March 5 - 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. PAF - Personal Ancestral File User Group March 11 - 9:30 a.m. Jamboree Committee Meeting March 11 - 12:00 noon lunch, 1:00 learn Lunch & Learn Courthouse Records Library open for research for Lunch & Learn participants March 12 - 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Writers Group Meeting March 13 - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. LUG - Legacy Users Group March 16 - 6:00 p.m. Board of Directors Meeting March 18 - 1:00 p.m. German Interest Group March 19 - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. French Canadian Heritage Society of California French Heritage DNA Project March 25 - 9:30 a.m. Jamboree Committee Meeting March 25 - 1:30 p.m. 1890 Project Committee Meeting March 26 - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Kids' Genealogy Camp March 26 - 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. FTM - Family Tree Maker Users Group March 28 - 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Writers Group Meeting March 31 Last day for Early-Bird Discount for Jamboree Register online at www.scgsgenealogy.com --------------------------------------------------- French-Canadian Research Group meets on Wednesdays German Research Group meets on Thursdays 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 All 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

To all SOCALers - Thought you might be interested in this. Please don't contact me - write to <hosang@usc.edu> for more info. Carol >From: hosang@usc.edu [mailto:hosang@usc.edu] >Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:05 PM > >The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW) >Brown Bag Series in US Western/Borderlands History presents > >'Forging Regional Identities: Image and Myth in the >19th Century West' > >Tuesday, March 7, 2006 >12-1:30 PM >Munger Research Center, Classroom 3 >The Huntington Library > > >KATHERINE UNTERMAN >Doctoral Student, Yale Department of History > >"Re-imagining Labor Relations: The Mission Myth in Southern >California's Citrus Communities, 1880-1910" > >Description: This paper examines the construction of a local mythology >about the Spanish missions in late nineteenth-century Anglo Los Angeles, >as promoted by Charles Fletcher Lummis, the Landmarks Club, and booster >periodicals like Land of Sunshine. It argues that citrus growers used >the mission myth to justify a new mode of production that deviated >substantially from the traditional Jeffersonian agrarian ideal. In >particular, the mission myth helped rationalize and defend a new >reliance on Mexican and Asian labor and an emphasis on profits over >self-sufficiency. > >MICHAEL BLOCK >Doctoral Student, USC Department of History > >"'Free Mountain Eagle': Westernness in John C. Fremont's 1856 >Presidential Campaign" > >Description: This paper investigates uses of Western imagery and ideas >in the campaign literature of 1856. The Republican Party ran Fremont as >more than simply "The Pathfinder." His opponents attacked both his >behavior in the West and his claims to even being a Westerner. Was the >West a place of dramatic heroism, or of creeping Catholicism? Was it a >continuation of Eastern sectional differences, or a new section all its >own? > > >Comment: David Igler, Associate Professor of History, UC Irvine > > >Lunch served. To reserve your lunch and receive copies of the papers in >advance, please RSVP to Barbara Soliz (soliz@usc.edu) by Friday, March >3rd. 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

List members as of today: NORCAL 454 (lost 19 since last month) SOCAL 181 (lost 3 since last month) NORCALCHAT 29 (lost 1 since last month) Visit the NORCAL Volunteer Lookup Library at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html and the NORCAL Genealogy Index at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ -- 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/

http://www.lavote.net/recorder/birth_death.htm http://lacounty.info/faq.htm On 2/24/06, Marti Roe <martiroe@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Are there anyone line divorce indexes for Los Angeles Co. for the mid > 1930's? If not, where would I write and how much are records? > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT open attachments. > >

Are there anyone line divorce indexes for Los Angeles Co. for the mid 1930's? If not, where would I write and how much are records?

I would appreciate a death extraction (or obituary) look up for Ivan Charles "Charley" PACKER b. 1921 in Arizona and died March 20, 1928 in Long Beach. He was the son of Jonathan (John) T. Packer and Amy Jewell Packer. I have no idea where he was buried. His brother, Eli Carl Packer, died March 2, 1932 and I've been trying to locate his burial place. I was told Signal Hill which I've learned is Long Beach Municipal Cemetery but I find no online listing. At the time of Carl's death, the family was living at 1142 1/2 East Anaheim St. (Long Beach?) - Any help appreciated. Marti martiroe@pacbell.net

From Saturday's San Francisco Chronicle (Feb 18, 2006) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/18/BUGFTHAPAF1.DTL&hw=coldwell&sn=001&sc=1000 George --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses!

BK A PG 336 San Luis Obispo County Book of Marriages State of California, County of San Luis Obispo, These Presents are to Authorize and License any Judge of the Supreme Court, District or County Judge, Justice of the Peace, Mayor, Priest or Minister of the Gospel, within the County of San Luis Obispo to join in Marriage Peter GILLIS, a resident of Paso Robles, County of San Luis Obispol, State of California and Sarah ROBINSON, a resident of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California. They being of sufficient age to be capable of contracting Marriage, the said Peter GILLIS being of the age of twenty-five(?) and the said Sarah ROBINSON being of the the age of 25 years. In witness whereof I have this 15th day of February, 1879 set my hand and the seal of the County of San Luis Obispo. Nathan KING County Clerk I hereby certify that I believe the facts stated in the above license to be true and that upon due inquiry there appears to be no legal impediment to the marriage of said Peter GILLIS and Sarah ROBINSON, that said parties were joined in marriage by me on the 18th day of February A.D. 1879 in Josephine Precinct of said County and State, that Mrs. J. C. DUNN, a resident of Josephine Precinct, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, was present as a witness of said ceremony. In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of February A.D. 1879 Frank J. DUNN Justice of the Peace Filed at the request of Frank J. DUNN this 21st day of February A.D. 1879 ay 10 min [ast 1 o'clock PM. Nathan KING County Clerk

BK A PG 378 San Luis Obispo County Book of Marriages Polk GILLIS, a native of Iowa, aged 35 years, resident of Piedras Blanca, County of San Luis Obispo and Lucy McKENZ(E)Y, a native of Missour, aged 18 years, resident of Piedras Blanca, County of San Luis Obispo. License issued this 18th day of May A.D. 1880 Nathan KING County Recorder Polk GILLIS and Lucy McKENZ(E)Y were joined in marriage this 27th day of May A.D. 1880 Thomas J. EVANS and William M. PULLENS, both residents of San Luis Obispo County were present as Witnesses. Both parents of the Bride and the Bridegroom were natives of Missouri. Polk GILLIS was before married, and the former wife is still living. Tiecia PIERSON is the former wife. In witness whereof I have set my hand and the seal of the County of San Luis Obispo this 27th day of May A.D. 1880. C. BOWLES Justice of the Peace Filed for record at the request of C. BOWLES the 1st day of June A. D. 1880 at 20 min past 11 o'clock am Nathan King County Clerk

BK A PG 413 San Luis Obispo County Book of Marriages John DOWDLE, a native of California, aged 22 years, resident of Tucson, County of Pino, State of Arizona and Lizzie F. GILLIS, a native of California, aged 19 years, resident of Paso Robles. License issued the 15th day of February A.D. 1881 Nathan KING County Recorder John DOWDLE and Lizzie F. GILLIS were joined in marriage on the 24th of February A. D. 1881 in Paso Robles, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California Thos. William SMITH, a resident of Paso de Robles and William S. SMITH, a resident of Paso de Robles were present as witnesses. F. J. DUNN Justice of the Peace Filed at the request of F. J. DUNN February 28th, A.D. 1881 at 15 min past 9 o'clock AM Nathan KING County Recorder

BK A PG 132 San Luis Obispo County Book of Marriages Edward A. EVERETT and Ann Eliza BUFFINGTON State of California County of San Luis Obispo These Presents are to Authorize and License any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Clergyman or Preacher of the Gospel within the County of San Luis Obispo to join in Marriage, Edward A. EVERETT and Ann Eliza BUFFINGTON and to certify the same according to law. The said Ann Eliza BUFFINGTON being a minor, the written consent was first obtained thereto. Witness my hand and the seal of this County Court of the County of San Luis Obispo this 30th day of August A. D. 1871 Charles W. DANA County Clerk by R. POLLARD Deputy I do hereby certify that Edward A. EVERETT and Ann Eliza BUFFINGTON were joined in marriage by me in the County of San Luis Obispo, on the 4th day of September A. D. 1871 A. R. HENDON a Minister of the Gospel Recorded at the request of A. P. HENDON September 9, A.D. 1871 Charles W, DANA County Recorder by R. POLLARD Deputy

BK A PG 122 San Luis Obispo County Book Of Marriages John HILL and Marietta BUFFINGTON State of California, County of San Luis Obispo, These Presents are to Authorize and License any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Clergyman or Preacher of the Gospel within the County of San Luis Obispo to join in Marriage John HILL and Marietta BUFFINGTON according to law. Witness my hand and the seal of the County of San Luis Obispo this 25th day of November A.D. 1870. Charles W. DANA County Clerk by R. POLLARD Deputy Clerk San Luis Obispo County, Cambria, November 30th, 1870 A. D. I do herby certify that John HILL and Marietta BUFFINGTON were joined in Marriage in the County of San Luis Obiso on the 30th day of November A. D. 1870. A. P. HENDON A Minister of the Gospel Recorded at the Request of A. P. HENDON December 31, 1870. Charles W. DANA County Clerk by R. POLLARD Deputy Clerk

BK A PG 119 Book of Marriages San Luis Obispo County James Q. BUFFINGTON to Mary COOK State of California, County of San Luis Obispo These Presents are to Authorize and license any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Clergyman, or Preacher of the Gospel in this, the County of San Luis Obispo to join in Marriage James Q. BUFFINGTON and Mary COOK and to certify the same according to law. Both the Parties being underage, the consent of their respective parents was first obtained. Witness my hand and seal of the County of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County this 24th day of October A.D. 1870. Charles W. DANA County Clerk by R. POLLARD Deputy Clerk October 26th, 1870, I do hereby certify the foregoing, that James Q. BUFFINGTON and Mary COOK were joined in Marriage by me in the County of San Luis Obispo on the 26th day of October A.D. 1870. A. P. HENDON A minister of the Gospel Recorded at the request of A. P. HENDON November 19th, A.D. 1870. Charles W. DANA County Recorder by R. POLLARD Deputy

BK A PG 89 San Luis Obispo County Book of Marriages State of California, County of San Luis Obispo. I, Charles W. DANA, County Clerk of San Luis Obispo, County of San Luis Obispo, do hereby license and authorize any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Clergyman, or Preacher of the Gospel, residing within said County, to celebrate and certify the Marriage of, Nathan FLETCHER, To, Martha BUFFINGTON, both of full age and residents of the county. In witness Whereof I have here-unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County Court, this 5th day of March A.D., 1868. Charles W. DANA County Clerk of San Luis Obispo County, State of California, County of San Luis Obispo I hereby certify that in pursuance of Law and the Foregoing License, I have this 22 nd day of March A.D., 1868, duly Joined in Marriage the said Nathan FLETCHER to the said Martha BUFFINGTON. Given under my hand this day and year in the certificate above written. Rev. B. F. MUSIC Filed April 1st A.D., 1868 Charles W. DANA County Clerk

BK 2 PG 52 California State Board of Health Death Records San Luis Obispo County James Lou EDDIE; white/male/married; dob: 4/25/1841; pob: Nova Scotia; dod: 3/22/1906 at 4:45 am; pod: residence 1168 Mill St. San Luis Obispo; age at time of death: 65 yrs 10 mos 22 days; length of stay at place of death: 7 yrs 2 mos; California: 30 yrs; usual occupation: Justice of the Peace informant: R. E. GINLY San Luis Obispo father: David EDDIE pob: Scotland maiden name of mother: Margaret LAW pob: Scotland seen by physician from 1-8-1906 to 3-21-1906 C. J. McGOVERN MD cause of death: Hepatic Cirrhosis duration: 9 days Burial 3/23/1906 IOOF Cemetery San Luis OBispo F. J. BOWEN Undertaker

San Luis Obispo County Book of Marriages VOL E PG 261 Marriage License San Luis Obispo County, State of California I Authorize any Judge, Justice of the Peace, Priest, Minister of the Gospel of any denomination to join in Marriage Leigh GILLIS Resident of Shandon, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California and Mattie T. SMITH Resident of Shandon, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 31st day of December, 1897. signed: John WHICHER County Clerk Marriage Certificate State of California, County of San Luis Obispo I hereby certify that the Parties named in the within written License were joined in Marriage by me, on the 1st day of January A. D. 1898 in Paso Robles, said county and state; that Mrs. LEAVITT a resident of Paso Robles County of San Luis Obispo, State of California and Mr. LEAVITT resident of Paso Robles, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California were present as witnesses of said Ceremony. Upon examination of the Parties, I have ascertained their nativity to be as follows: Bride's mother native of N. Y. Brides father native of Vermont. Bridegroom's parents mother native of Missouri Father native of Iowa. The said Bride was not before married. The said Bridegroom was not before married. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of January A. D. 1898 Rev. A. D. WEAGE Paso Robles, Cal Filed for record at request of Rev. A. D. WEAGE this 5 th day of January A. D. 1898 at 48 min past 10 o'clock A.M. J. F. FIEDLER County Recorder