Hi! I got the following message from Sandie, and couldn't give her the help she needed, so am posting to this list in the hopes that someone else can lend a hand. Please reply to Sandie directly at: <paivaa@connectcorp.net>. Thank you! Best wishes, Jenny Tenlen Lewis Co., WA GenWeb coord. jennyrt@halcyon.com >From: "Sandie MaKi" <paivaa@connectcorp.net> >To: <jennyrt@halcyon.com> >Subject: Lewis Co GenWeb >Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 10:39:45 -0700 > > I am very interested in Lewis county history since my great >grandfather's homestead, granted in 1879, was on Bunker Creek and he >built a school on his property. Those of my great grandmother's family >who immigrated seem to be spread between Independence and LIncoln Creek. > Although they are not early settlers, my father's family lived in Tono >and Winlock. All my mother can remember are the last names of her >cousins. If you have family names in these areas I would be very >interest in them. Tracking a family tree when the roots are in Finland is >enough of a strain. Adding these families I had never heard of makes it >even more interesting. Do you have family names of settlers and >residents in early Lewis county in the Bunker Creek, LIncoln Creek and >Independence areas? Sandie Maki >