I have e-mailed twice and am sending this next one to Steve Smith per Donna's e-mail. Thanks for the info. Frances

I got it and welcome to Comcast. You will love being online all the time. Thanks Lola, for the box of presidents goodies. I want you all to know that Lola also serves the society, it seems, by being the storage person for the society. <G> Bette LOLA MCCREARY wrote: > I just want to let you know that I have a new e-mail address it is: lamccreary@comcast.net let me know if you get this. Lola > > ==== WA-EWGS Mailing List ==== > February 7, 2004 BRICK WALL PANEL Submit your Brick Wall Problem early > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 -- The new email address is now: toppline@comcast.net************ *****Hope you will visit my homepage: http://home.comcast.net/~toppline/homepage.htm You can find my ahnentafel chart at http://home.comcast.net/~toppline/antafl.htm

Lola It came through fine, want me to delete the old address?? Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "LOLA MCCREARY" <bridarl@msn.com> To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:53 PM Subject: [EWGS] new e-mail address > I just want to let you know that I have a new e-mail address it is: lamccreary@comcast.net let me know if you get this. Lola > > > ==== WA-EWGS Mailing List ==== > February 7, 2004 BRICK WALL PANEL Submit your Brick Wall Problem early > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Yep, I gots it A-ok. Donna

I just want to let you know that I have a new e-mail address it is: lamccreary@comcast.net let me know if you get this. Lola

I agree that everyone that can should write and let the paper know that we are very unhappy that Beverly's column has been cut back to every other week. I did send in my views on the subject and hope that this will be resolved. I do hope that this works. Nancy Edwards

Donna I just got around to reading the last issue of Dick Eastmans newsletter, and your article was very good. While I am not an expert on Dutch research I have been indexing the Vanderpool newsletters for a while, and they contain a LOT of Dutch names as the Vanderpools were some of the earliest to settle in New Amsterdam. Marytje or Marytie are both very common names in the index. For those of you that do not get Dick Eastman's newsletter, here is the plug: This newsletter relies solely upon "word of mouse" advertising. If you enjoy reading these articles, please tell others to go to http://www.eogn.com. Donna's article was in the paid version of the newsletter, but since we are not suppose to advertise I won't put the cost here. I know Donna does not benefit from the article (other than the prestige of having written for Dick Eastmans newsletter), sometimes the appearance of a conflict of interest is as bad as a true conflict of interest. Charles

Dear fellow EWGS member, we do want to receive the messages via e-mail. The problem is we can't open any attachment because of our Norton Anti Virus program. Like most of us I imagine, we have had so much virus trouble that we don't want to disable the program. Is there anyway we can receive messages without them being in the form of an attachment?? Thanks much for your help & for you work in doing this. Mary & Ted Shepard ----- Original Message ----- From: <WA-EWGS-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <WA-EWGS-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 7:00 AM Subject: WA-EWGS-D Digest V04 #4

I sent an E-Mail to the Features Editor that Beverly had mentioned in her column. My E-Mail was sent December 15th, and yesterday I got a reply. And they are hoping it will draw enough interest to be continued. To: features@spokesman.com Subject: Heritage Hunting Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: Donna Phillips <donnapp@earthlink.net> To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 12:39 PM Subject: [EWGS] Heritage Hunting column > To those of us who care about Bev Vorpahl's Heritage Hunting column in the Spokesman....the time is NOW and it is CRUCIAL RIGHT NOW to let the Spokesman know that you want the column back into its every-Sunday position. This column is the ONLY vehicle the genealogy community has to get news and information about genealogy into the paper. Just drop editor Steve Smith (editor@spokesman.com) an email or write a letter to 999 W. Riverside, Spokane 99210. Or call! But DO IT NOW. Donna Phillips > >

To those of us who care about Bev Vorpahl's Heritage Hunting column in the Spokesman....the time is NOW and it is CRUCIAL RIGHT NOW to let the Spokesman know that you want the column back into its every-Sunday position. This column is the ONLY vehicle the genealogy community has to get news and information about genealogy into the paper. Just drop editor Steve Smith (editor@spokesman.com) an email or write a letter to 999 W. Riverside, Spokane 99210. Or call! But DO IT NOW. Donna Phillips

Marshall I agree all of those are great, but I kind of took it as which is the one "Must See Archive". I pretty much agree there are a lot of places that someone from out of state should look at if they are here in Washington and to pick one or even the top two or three would be very hard. Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Shore" <mbs@arias.net> To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [EWGS] "Must See Archive" > Charles - In Seattle it would be the main library downtown in Seattle. In > Pullman it would be the Holland Library at WSU, Archive and Special > Collections plus their great county newspaper microform room; and their > complete US census records. Accessing WSU Libraries' Online Databases. > http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ choose the "Article Indexes/E-Journals" tab from > the top border; Article Indexes and Other Databases A-Z; Article Indexes and > Other Databases by Subject; Electronic Journals; Electronic Journal > Collections (You would need a library card for identification) > The joint library of the Whitman County Historical Society and Whitman > County Genealogical Society in the Gladder Bldg. > Contact: Edwin P. Garretson, epgjr@wsu.edu for the library and Mary > Guenther <guenther@gocougs.wsu.edu. (for the "Bunchgrass Historian" of the > WCHS. (Ed would also tell you about their publications). > Marshall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "charles_hansen" <charles_hansen@prodigy.net> > To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:33 AM > Subject: [EWGS] "Must See Archive" > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Shore" <mbs@arias.net> To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [EWGS] "Must See Archive" > Charles - In Seattle it would be the main library downtown in Seattle. In > Pullman it would be the Holland Library at WSU, Archive and Special > Collections plus their great county newspaper microform room; and their > complete US census records. Accessing WSU Libraries' Online Databases. > http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ choose the "Article Indexes/E-Journals" tab from > the top border; Article Indexes and Other Databases A-Z; Article Indexes and > Other Databases by Subject; Electronic Journals; Electronic Journal > Collections (You would need a library card for identification) > The joint library of the Whitman County Historical Society and Whitman > County Genealogical Society in the Gladder Bldg. > Contact: Edwin P. Garretson, epgjr@wsu.edu for the library and Mary > Guenther <guenther@gocougs.wsu.edu. (for the "Bunchgrass Historian" of the > WCHS. (Ed would also tell you about their publications). > Marshall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "charles_hansen" <charles_hansen@prodigy.net> > To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:33 AM > Subject: [EWGS] "Must See Archive" > > > > I got an interesing query this morning from a David Fryxell, the > > founder of Family Tree Magazine. He is writing a book on Washington > > Genealogy Tips. There are 6 questions, but 5 are very easy for me to > > answer, the last one I can use some help on. > > > > 4. What's the most important, "must-see" archive, library or other > > repository for genealogists who come to research in person? > > > > Now I spend a lot of time at the library so I think that is the "Must > > See Archive" for our area, but he is talking the whole state. > > > > Charles > > > > > > ==== WA-EWGS Mailing List ==== > > September 11, 2004 10 Minute Lessons on 10 different subjects by 10 > different speakers. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== WA-EWGS Mailing List ==== > February 10, 2004 First of 4 Monthly Educational Classes > Held at 10:30 and 6:30 in the Spokane library > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Charles - In Seattle it would be the main library downtown in Seattle. In Pullman it would be the Holland Library at WSU, Archive and Special Collections plus their great county newspaper microform room; and their complete US census records. Accessing WSU Libraries' Online Databases. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ choose the "Article Indexes/E-Journals" tab from the top border; Article Indexes and Other Databases A-Z; Article Indexes and Other Databases by Subject; Electronic Journals; Electronic Journal Collections (You would need a library card for identification) The joint library of the Whitman County Historical Society and Whitman County Genealogical Society in the Gladder Bldg. Contact: Edwin P. Garretson, epgjr@wsu.edu for the library and Mary Guenther <guenther@gocougs.wsu.edu. (for the "Bunchgrass Historian" of the WCHS. (Ed would also tell you about their publications). Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "charles_hansen" <charles_hansen@prodigy.net> To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:33 AM Subject: [EWGS] "Must See Archive" > I got an interesing query this morning from a David Fryxell, the > founder of Family Tree Magazine. He is writing a book on Washington > Genealogy Tips. There are 6 questions, but 5 are very easy for me to > answer, the last one I can use some help on. > > 4. What's the most important, "must-see" archive, library or other > repository for genealogists who come to research in person? > > Now I spend a lot of time at the library so I think that is the "Must > See Archive" for our area, but he is talking the whole state. > > Charles > > > ==== WA-EWGS Mailing List ==== > September 11, 2004 10 Minute Lessons on 10 different subjects by 10 different speakers. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I got an interesing query this morning from a David Fryxell, the founder of Family Tree Magazine. He is writing a book on Washington Genealogy Tips. There are 6 questions, but 5 are very easy for me to answer, the last one I can use some help on. 4. What's the most important, "must-see" archive, library or other repository for genealogists who come to research in person? Now I spend a lot of time at the library so I think that is the "Must See Archive" for our area, but he is talking the whole state. Charles

Received my Family Chronicle today and there is an article titled:"Lovina Hadlock and her Poor Relations" by Beverly Smith Vorpahl who says she is a believer in Synchronicity. Interesting article. Charles

I thought she was a great speaker, and the subject was very interesting. Charles > Our speaker, Dr. Linda Lawrence Hunt, did a superb job of reviewing > her publication "Bold Spirit - Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk". She was > educational, entertaining and certainly held our interest so that I, for > one, did not want her to stop. A fascinating, courageous women, Helga > might have explained that some of our own genealogical brick walls could > be stories that were perhaps silenced in our own families. Linda, the > wife of Dr. Jim Hunt, is also a history professor at Whitworth College > and we have been honored to have both of them speak to us now.

Sorry but I gave the next meeting date as the 10th of February. That is actually the date of the 1st educational classes in the library. The next meeting is the 7th of February. I am sure you could all figure that out, but wanted it down in black & white...... Bette -- -- The new email address is now: toppline@comcast.net************ *****Hope you will visit my homepage: http://home.comcast.net/~toppline/homepage.htm You can find my ahnentafel chart at http://home.comcast.net/~toppline/antafl.htm

I thought today would be a good day for you to receive a message from your new president of EWGS. Welcome to all who have subscribed to the EWGS mail list and I hope that all the members of the Society who are on computers will join us. It is going to be an awesome way to communicate. For all you who were brave enough to attend the EWGS January Luncheon at Mukagawa, I salute you and name you "Brave Persons". Even though, the outside scenery was beautiful, it can be very hazardous so I was delighted that over 120 of you "Brave Persons" arrived safely and to those, who decided not to chance it, you missed a super day! You were missed. Our speaker, Dr. Linda Lawrence Hunt, did a superb job of reviewing her publication "Bold Spirit - Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk". She was educational, entertaining and certainly held our interest so that I, for one, did not want her to stop. A fascinating, courageous women, Helga might have explained that some of our own genealogical brick walls could be stories that were perhaps silenced in our own families. Linda, the wife of Dr. Jim Hunt, is also a history professor at Whitworth College and we have been honored to have both of them speak to us now. For those of you who did not attend, you should know EWGS now has two more Distinguished Service Award members. Dottie Braithwait, EWGS genealogy library assistants chairman, who has a long resume with EWGS, was one of them. Many of you may not know that Dottie is the designer of the EWGS logo that you see on the BULLETIN, stationary, publications and anything that EWGS puts out. We might forget how often a logo is shown - maybe around the world. Dottie drew one that has lasted down through the years. Of course, that was not her only accomplishment but a very important one. Another announced Distinguished Service Award member was Charles Hansen. You read today on the EWGS mail list just some of the different jobs that Charles does for thousands of other genealogist by being web-master of many other lists. We are so fortunate to have him in our society. Plus I can claim him as a cousin on our SWOPE line (along with claiming Linda Wilke as another cousin on that line also) Charles just goes along doing his research job for the society without any fanfare as well as changing his hat when he writes the many articles and then again as he masters the various mail lists and web sites. Toss all that in and then know that during tax season, he is up to his eyeballs in clients and their taxes. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH DOTTIE AND CHARLES! (yes, I mean to shout it from rooftops!) When I told Charles a couple years ago to keep on searching for a German line, I mean that for every member of EWGS. As Donna Potter Phillips told us, the census says that almost all citizens have some Germanic anestry. That of course, means, not just in Germany, but also in any country that has a germanic language. There are way too many for me to list - and I might forget one. SO - this all just means that we need to take advantage of the German lecturer/researcher, Sabine Schleichert, who will be coming from her home in Muenchen, Germany via Salt Lake City to be with us for our June meeting. This will be June 5th 2004, in the library auditorium and this will be our June meeting. We will all brown bag it as it will be an all-day seminar. I can tell you that you will get very tired of hearing me repeat this but my job is to impress upon you how important this event will be. The goal of EWGS is to E-D-U-C-A-T-E the membership. It truly does not matter whether you actually know at this time, IF you have a German in your ancestry. By attending this meeting/seminar, you will be able to find ways to discover the German, or most importantly, what to do when you find one. So just bear with me. I know this is a long email today but also want to tell you that Doris Woodward announced the winners of the Essay Contest at the luncheon. The 3rd prize of $25.00 went to Fran Wicht (who also proofreads the Bulleting for Doris, an invaluable job), 2nd prize of $50.00 went to Nancy Wright, a new member from Colville and the 1st prize of $100.00 went to Marshall Shore. These prizes are for them to purchase material from Genealogical Publishing Company. Congratulations to all, along with all the Honorable Mentions that were also announced. It was wonderful so many to participate in this year's contest. As our speaker, Dr. Hunt, said - you are all contributing to history by writing about your families for all to see. Don't forget to write a letter to the editors about Bev Vorpahl's column, "Heritage Hunting". We must help make the powers-to-be learn how important this genealogical column is to all of us. Send them to <editor@spokane.net>. Have a great week and happy hunting to each of you. Bette Butcher Topp President, EWGS -- The new email address is now: toppline@comcast.net************ *****Hope you will visit my homepage: http://home.comcast.net/~toppline/homepage.htm You can find my ahnentafel chart at http://home.comcast.net/~toppline/antafl.htm

Ruby - Thanks for the note. I want to downsize my book cases and have many books I never use any more. I will do as you suggested after I finish with my book on 'Farmington Remembered', which should be within a month. I read half way through the book covered yesterday and was not so impressed as to its usefulness as a teaching aid. Maybe by the time I finish this view will change. I have lots more stories of pioneers in the early days in more detail and with better illustrations of conditions they lived through. Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruby Simonson McNeill" <RubyMc@comcast.net> To: <WA-EWGS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 11:53 AM Subject: [EWGS] Come on, Charles - let's pat your back > I can't begin to say all the things Charles has done for our Society in > addition to genealogy as a whole. > > What Charles didn't mention (that I could see) is that he, as well as > Dottie, were chosen as Distinguished Service Members at the luncheon > yesterday. It was such a fun luncheon - right down to Donna's raffle of > the Bon Marche bag (which brought in the auction books donated by the > Lentzen's of Portland) for 10 cents for a total of $33.10. > > Remember that there will be another "Auction in Action" at the beginning > of the February meeting (February 7th). We already have several books > that will be auctioned off so be sure and get in on the fun and be a > winner. All monies from this auction go into the general fund. > > If you have books that you would like to donate, please let me know the > title, condition, author, etc. for each book (you can do that by > emailing me directly at RubyMc@comcast.net) and I will get back with you > to let you know which meeting can auction them off. You will then just > bring them at that time and hand them to me. We'll take care of the > rest. A great way to "downsize" for yourselves by donating and help > create fun for all. > > Isn't this list a great way to communicate?????? > > Thanks for this, too, Charles!!! > > -- > > My "home book" of many pages: > http://home.comcast.net/~rubymc/homepage.htm > > Visit our 1955 Ephrata Tigers at: > http://home.comcast.net/~55tigers/1955ehs.htm > > > ==== WA-EWGS Mailing List ==== > February 10, 2004 First of 4 Monthly Classes > Held at 10:30 and 6:30 in the Spokane Auditorium > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I can't begin to say all the things Charles has done for our Society in addition to genealogy as a whole. What Charles didn't mention (that I could see) is that he, as well as Dottie, were chosen as Distinguished Service Members at the luncheon yesterday. It was such a fun luncheon - right down to Donna's raffle of the Bon Marche bag (which brought in the auction books donated by the Lentzen's of Portland) for 10 cents for a total of $33.10. Remember that there will be another "Auction in Action" at the beginning of the February meeting (February 7th). We already have several books that will be auctioned off so be sure and get in on the fun and be a winner. All monies from this auction go into the general fund. If you have books that you would like to donate, please let me know the title, condition, author, etc. for each book (you can do that by emailing me directly at RubyMc@comcast.net) and I will get back with you to let you know which meeting can auction them off. You will then just bring them at that time and hand them to me. We'll take care of the rest. A great way to "downsize" for yourselves by donating and help create fun for all. Isn't this list a great way to communicate?????? Thanks for this, too, Charles!!! -- My "home book" of many pages: http://home.comcast.net/~rubymc/homepage.htm Visit our 1955 Ephrata Tigers at: http://home.comcast.net/~55tigers/1955ehs.htm