Has anyone had any luck finding anything with the info I sent? Please let me know if I can do anything to help. I would love to get copies of obituaries. Is there a good place to look up birth certificates. In IL they have IRAD ( http://www.niulib.niu.edu/reghist/irad.htm ). Is there something similar in Wa? Trudy - When you say Ronald is Mountain Presient is that another county? I looked on the rootsweb page that I used to sign up for this message board and didn't see it. Thanks! Again, the info that I have: Here is a link to some photos: http://www.paranormals.com/temp3/WASHINGTON/ There is a photo of the HALE family. The photo of the graves, I believe, is Mitchell HALE and Wynard STEELE in WA. There are also two scrap book pages listing men that I think are the ones that died in the coal mining disaster including Mitchell and Wynard. Unfortunately, there was not a date on the news clipping. I have other newspaper clippings and photos that I am in the process of scanning that may be interesting to people on this list. I will send them later. I am trying to figure out when they arrived in Washington. I was under the impression that they moved to Streator, IL and only a few members moved West but it seems like it might be the opposite. So anyway... HALE Thomas HALE - b. June, 11 1835, England Sarah Jane MITCHELL (DRAPER) b. September 1830 - d. June 1880, England Children: *Emily Louise - b. Feb. 22 1862 d. Dec. 3 1937 - Married George Blakemore b. Apr. 28, 1858 d. Sept. 18 1924 Sarah Jane - Married Enoch BROCKHOUSE Agnes - Married Wynard STEELE - Died in Coal Mining Accident Lillian (Lilly) - Married Joseph SHELDON Mitchell - Died in Coal Mining Accident Walter BLAKEMORE Eliza BLAKEMORE, England *George BLAKEMORE and Emily HALE Children: Jesse - b. Jan. 3 1883 Married Finnette MORGAN - Fannie MYER Thomas Mitchell - b. May 25, 1885 - Married Sophie Hitter *Myrtle - b. Dec. 11, 1888 - Married Edward KOLLAR Frank - Married Edith EVANS Lillian Victoria - George Edward - b. 1907? d. Mar. 11 1912 Emily - b. Feb. 29, 1884 d. Mar. 21, 1884 KOLLAR John KOLLAR and Judith FIREMAN? Children: *Andrew - b. Nov. 25, 1853 d. May 1, 1909 - Married Amalia Lesak John - b. June 24, 1838 d. Aug. 7, 1910 Charles Joseph Elizabeth Mary 1885? Lew 1886 d. 1903 Bement, WA Andrew KOLLAR and Amalia LESAK Children: Molly - Married Andrew GUTEK *Edward - b. May or Mar. 15 1888 - Married Myrtle Blakemore Irvin or Ervin John Albert - b. Oct. 4, 1894 d. Aug 1984 August - b. Sept. 19 1899 d. Jan. 20 1990 Andrew Female? There was a fire in 1928 that destroyed Andy KOLLAR's house in Ronald, WA. I also have a news clipping about two small children losing their pennies in the fire, Johnny and Verna. Verna might be the Unknown female from Andrew KOLLAR and Amalia LESAK or a child of Lew KOLLAR. I just recently found out about Lew from a news clipping that talked about him being killed in Bement, WA, and referring to his brothers in Streator, IL.