Well.. as long as everyone else is doing this... 8-) I was born in Baltimore City, raised in Catonsville in Baltimore County a mile and a half West of the Baltimore Beltway. Then lived in the St. Thomas Lane / Garrison Forest agea of Western Baltimore Co..(near Owings Mills & Painters Mill Music Theotre). then lived in Howard Co., MD (Ellicott City and Columbia). Moved to Arlington, VA in 1978/79. Work in Washington, DC.... Joe jsla@loc.gov >>> "Toni Lake" <t.j.lake@starpower.net> 03/01/07 8:48 AM >>> I was born in the District; raised in Montgomery County; worked in the District my entire working career. I go into DC fairly frequently now to visit the MLK Library, Glenwood Cemetery, old neighborhoods, Archives, museums, etc. I have a great time every trip and enjoy every minute of being in town---even when I don't find what I had set as my day's genealogical goal! Toni Lake ----- Original Message ----- From: <washingtondc-request@rootsweb.com> To: <washingtondc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:43 PM Subject: WASHINGTONDC Digest, Vol 2, Issue 31 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: DC Research (Kathi Jones-Hudson) > 2. Re: DC Research (Faye) > 3. Re: DC Research (SumDMJ@aol.com) > 4. Re: DC Research (Ann Chandler) > 5. Re: DC Research (Elizabeth Whitaker) > 6. Re: Propect hill /Glendale cemeteries (Elizabeth Whitaker) > 7. Re: DC Research (Kathi Jones-Hudson) > 8. DC Research (Louis Swentek) > 9. D.C. Research (anthlong1@comcast.net) > 10. Re: DC Research (BMcCaf@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:24:39 -0800 (PST) > From: Kathi Jones-Hudson <mdcat.geo@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <481854.10248.qm@web33110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Carol: > > Not really keeping county, just mentally seeing how > many folks on the list actually live in or near DC and > how many go into DC for research. I know when I still > lived in Montgomery Co. I never went into DC for > research because going into town during the week > either wasn't an option (working in suburbs all week) > or else the thought of dealing with traffic, parking, > metro, etc. wasn't very encouraging. > > I've been to a couple of cemeteries in DC: Oak Hill, > Rock Creek, Mt. Olivet (my ex-mil is buried there) but > never done real research in town except one time at > Library of Congress for something else entirely. > > > > Kathi Jones-Hudson, National Coordinator > Tombstone Transcription Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/index.html > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:46:31 -0500 > From: "Faye" <fatig@mebtel.net> > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: <washingtondc@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001301c75ba3$6fc16290$e50c020a@pc> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm researching my husband's family and he was born and lived in DC until > we married. Even thought we live in NC I do go to DC when possible to do > research. Have visited Glenwood, Oak Hill, Cedar Hill and Congressional > Cemeteries. Also been to Library of Congress, Vital Records Office, > Archives, MLK Library and Courthouse. Thank goodness I always have > someone with me who knows their way around the District. > > Faye Caynor > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:01:15 EST > From: SumDMJ@aol.com > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <bca.9f781f1.33178deb@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In response to your query about people from DC..... I'm a fourth > generation > Washingtonian, born 1937. My family names are Nau, Acton and Coates. > Would > love to hear from someone familiar with these names. I live outside of > Washington but don't get there for research much.... sort of new on the > block. I > enjoy all these informative E-mails, and plan on going to the to MLK > Library > some day. -June > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:16:55 -0800 > From: "Ann Chandler" <grannieann2@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: <washingtondc@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <001b01c75ba7$b5de9dc0$0b00a8c0@Ann> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I currently live in Oregon but when I go to DC to visit my son who lives > in > the area, I always take the metro downtown to either the DC Public Records > (DC Public Archives), the City Museum , the MLK library, cemeteries and > churches... Having grown up there I am familiar with the layout, > transportation, etc. I graduated from B-CC. I do not go to the DC Public > Records on Naylor Court alone though; I would not recommend any woman > going > there alone as it is not in a good part of town... But there are a lot of > original documents there and Bob Nelson has been very helpful. Ann in > Oregon > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:21:39 -0500 > From: "Elizabeth Whitaker" <whitakere@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <3350d6230702281821t36765373jb531db6a9d846cff@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I've recently moved back to the DC area after having left in '87. I'm > presently living in eastern Loudoun county, but will be moving to > Arlington at the beginning of April. I'm going back to school > in a few months, so need to be closer to the District. (I like > Loudoun county, but just can't stay there at this point.) > > I lived in the District itself in 1979 and 1980, then returned > to the area between 1985 and 1987, during which time I lived > in Alexandria -- not Old Town, but the part with the scenic > view of I-395. > > I'm looking for a job, preferably with the Federal government. > (I worked in the Federal civil service between '85 and '87, > then took an opportunity to leave and get a better job than > what I had.) I'm here now with an M.A. in History, which > I received in December, following my turning in my finished > thesis. > > I've gotten my researcher card at the Library of Congress and have > so far managed one research trip. (That's another reason for > my moving closer in: getting into the District from here is a > big production. (I never take a car into the District.)) I haven't > made it to NARA yet, but I've walked by the building. So far, > I've been to the Smithsonian twice, once to the Freer/Sackler > (Asian art) and once to the National Gallery of Art. It's really > expensive getting travelling to and from the District from > here (Loudoun county). > > I haven't been to the Balch Library to do research yet. (It's > in Leesburg.) The one time I've been there, the research room > was locked, but the building door was open. (This was during > posted open hours.) > > When I was here in '79-'80, I really had no information at all > about my family history and what work I had been able to do > was basically shooting in the dark. In '84, I attended a terrific > gen. workshop that got me started in the right direction: I had > some info when I was here in the mid-'80s, but not enough > for me to do anything substantive. Then, a few months after > I left, a relative sent me a copy of another relative's research > and, in '91, about a month after I went on line (to Prodigy) I > got info that finally got me linked with what have turned out to > be my group of Whitakers. (I'm part of a branch that was essentially > undocumented.) I had lots of time after I returned to South Carolina > in '93 to get a _lot_ of genealogical experience with documents > and newspapers, including lots of trips to courthouse record > rooms. > > Elizabeth Whitaker > whitakere@gmail.com > > > > On 2/28/07, D Michael Johnson <breadman4@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> Evening all, >> >> Born in Cheverly, lived in Riverdale til' age 8,then family moved to >> Annapolis where I lived til' I got married (the day the tall ships came >> to >> Baltimore - 76). >> >> Had family living all around the DC Metro area, and now live on Kent >> Island. >> >> Worked at a bakery in DC near Catholic U. for 10 years, but now working >> in >> Bowie. >> >> Have made many a trip to the National Archives, and got the parking >> tickets >> to prove it. Also been to the Lloyd House and Barretts Library in >> Alexandria, and was just there this past Thursday - forgot about that >> darned >> Wilson Bridge project - never try leaving Alexandria at 6:00pm. >> >> Cheers, Michael >> Kent Island, Maryland >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kathi Jones-Hudson" <mdcat.geo@yahoo.com> >> To: <washingtondc@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1:57 PM >> Subject: [WashDC] DC Research >> >> >> > Hella: >> > >> > I think you have to keep an eye on this list and see >> > if anyone mentions they will be making a trip to DC >> > and are going to the Library of Congress, Martin >> > Luther King Library, NARA, DAR, etc. and then jump in >> > and ask if someone will do a lookup for you. I've seen >> > people volunteer on this and other lists when they are >> > doing research to do some lookups for others. >> > >> > We used to have quite a few people who at least lived >> > in the Metro DC area on the list and I don't know how >> > many there are now who either live in the area or in >> > DC itself. >> > >> > RAOGK has no one listed in DC, MD or VA who routinely >> > will go to Library of Congress but I know people do go >> > there occasionally and you just have to keep looking >> > for a mention. Maybe your information could be found >> > somewhere else too. What specifically are you looking >> > for? >> > >> > Curious to know how many people on the list: >> > Live in DC >> > Live in Metro DC >> > Have ever lived in DC or Metro DC >> > Go into DC to do research >> > >> > >> > Kathi Jones-Hudson, National Coordinator >> > Tombstone Transcription Project >> > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/index.html >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> > Get your own web address. >> > Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! 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I'll look into that. > > Elizabeth Whitaker > gggdaughter of Henry and Anna Eliza Payne Colerider > > > On 2/27/07, JOHN MILLER <john19333@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> >> Prospect hill adjoins Glendale cemetery and I believe that >> Glendale now has the records of Prospect hill. Hope this helps >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:16:58 -0800 (PST) > From: Kathi Jones-Hudson <mdcat.geo@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20070228211658.98524.qmail@web33103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I'll answer my own question: > > Like Sue I grew up in Silver Spring and then > Kensington. My mother moved to DC when she was 13 and > lived there off and on. We lived in NW near the Zoo > when I was a baby for a couple of years. Mostly I've > lived in Montgomery Co. my whole life with a couple of > years in Baltimore Co. and several years in > California, which is where I've been for the past 7 > yrs and so don't get to DC/MD for research anymore. > > > Kathi Jones-Hudson, National Coordinator > Tombstone Transcription Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/index.html > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:32:04 -0500 > From: "Louis Swentek" <louis.swentek@worldnet.att.net> > Subject: [WashDC] DC Research > To: <washingtondc@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <014801c75bb2$2f590d20$834a4c0c@your4dacd0ea75> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I'm a fifth-generation Washingtonian. I was born in D.C. and lived there > until I was 13 when we moved to Cheverly, Md. Graduated from St. > Patrick's Academy. I live in Pa. now and very rarely go into D.C. > > Mary Swentek > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:40:33 +0000 > From: anthlong1@comcast.net > Subject: [WashDC] D.C. Research > To: WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <030120070340.5436.45E64B31000B0D7F0000153C2216549976CE09020104089B020E@comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > My name is Anthony Long and I was born in Washington D.C 1950 at Sibley > Hospital North Capital and Pierce Street N.W. I lived in Anacostia from > 1950 till 1967. I now live in Davidsonville MD and I work in Washington > D.C. and have since 1966 as a Electrician. I am in town every day all over > D.C. and have loved working were I grew up. I have researched in every > place I know of and hoping to find the places yet to be found. This hobby > is never ending just when you think you have found all you can another > stone is uncovered. Many years ago my first trip to the D.C.Archives > Dorothy Provine told me when I said I have no one hear you will be back > you are just not ready yet. Well my folder from there with Death, Birth, > and Wills is Quite thick and I am sure there is much more to uncover. This > list has been a great help to me and if he still reads this list I would > like to thank Wesley Pippenger for all his hard work on D.C.research he > has done threw the years. Like my first trip to ! > the D.C > .Archives my first Pippenger book that I thought had none of my people in > it now has quite a few. In researching my past relatives > I feel I know them better then the live ones. I wish to thank the List > owner and all on this list for all they contribute. > > Anthony Long > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:42:31 EST > From: BMcCaf@aol.com > Subject: Re: [WashDC] DC Research > To: washingtondc@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <d39.35f6a56.3317a5a7@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > When are you going? > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. 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