I would like to post these two Items on the bulletins, as I have had excellent results from such exposure. I would like to increase this possibility with the following FYI which was "pay dirt" in that it has resulted in increased information and contact with the THEY WANT TO BE FOUND relatives. Thank you. Carroll in Snohomish, WA [email protected] * * * 30 * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anna Kytonen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 9:56 PM Subject: Re: Clark-Saar genealogy > Hello again! > I was not sure whether or not my email would even go through but, let me > tell you, when I came home from work and found your message it more than > made my day! I got interested in genealogy only about a year ago but, as I'm > extremely dedicated (some would say obsessed..!) I've gotten a lot done. I > came across one of your messages from the rootsweb forum when I did a > general search on GOOGLE for Jason Squire Clark. I found someone else on > there also, she looked to be a Saar ancestor, but her email didn't work so I > was very, very glad to find yours did! > As to my relatives in Northern Idaho, don't take offense that they won't > contact you, I think it's just their way of life. I didn't grow up there > myself, I grew up in Spokane, Washington, but my family has never even had > that much contact, save for a yearly fourth of July reunion. My grandpa > however, Milton, has always lived near my family so that is my one solid > link to any contact with them at all! They're just really country and keep > to themselves. Do you happen to remember the names of the Clarks you met at > the reunion? > Anyways, back to the exciting stuff. I recently recieved a message from a > relative up there who has done extensive research into the Clark line and > there's about 30 typed pages of it that I'll send to you. She has the > Clark's traced back to Abraham Clark in 1699 Connecticut but I've found > other Clark researchers online that have the Clarks going all the way back > to a James Clerke in 1485 England. Whether or not this connection is > absolutely correct, I cannot say with absolute certainty, but so far > everything seems to add up. > About me, I am actually only seventeen so doing genealogy research > unfortunately still comes second behind my schooling but, at every spare > moment I can gather, I'm working away! > I'll attach the Clark research from my relative but, as attachments don't > always work, just tell me whether it does or not and I'll find another way > to get it to you. Although it's far from complete, you can access my family > tree on rootsweb under the database name "anya509". I've added a lot more > since I posted that particular tree actually but I'll try to update as soon > as I have the chance. > Oh, and in response to your question about posting my email address, that > sounds great to me! It's so exciting to find someone with a common ancestry > that you didn't even know about but to find more and more would be even > better! It really disappointed me at one point when I tried to make contact > with a cousin that's only a generation removed actually (on my dad's > side-not the Clark line) because he was adopted and I was trying to verify > information about his biological parents. The person I contacted however, > more or less, gave me the cold shoulder. She confirmed or denyed my > questions with a bare minimum of words and didn't offer any further > information at all. I was not a happy camper. But that's why I'm so glad to > have found a fellow researcher! > Hope to hear from you soon-- > > Anna Kytonen > > > > >From: "Carroll Clark" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: "Carroll Clark" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Clark-Saar genealogy > >Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 14:20:19 -0800 > > > >1. You don't know how pleased I am to hear from you. > >2. Tell me where you found me on rootsweb, as I am curious to know. > > I subscribe to [email protected] (Digest Version); > >[email protected] (D Version) > >3. I have been trying for years to make contact with the relatives of > >Archibald Joel Clark whose family I traced to > > northern Idaho, but I have never had any luck trying to contact them > >- no response from any of them. > >4. Do you have the Clark Genealogy of our/your Clark line back to 1637 > >London England, James Clark, whose church > > in London, was St. Stephens, Coleman Street, London, not very far from > >the famed Guildhall within the original > > walls of London. This church, St. Stephens, was at one time a Jewish > >synagogue around 1210, but existed as a church > > until 1940 when it was bombed out of existence. Today, there is just > >a brass plaque that attests to the site of the church. > >5. I have a copy of the Archibald Joel Clark - Laura Ann Saar wedding > >license among my collection somewhere. > >6. You will know come to know your Clark Branch grandparents from James > >Clark of 1637 Eng > America down to as > >far as you can take it beyond Archibald Joel Clark, and Roberta Louise > >Clark m. Milton Bolkcom. > >7. Please do send me copies of what you have so that I can insert you > >branching into what I have gathered since 1983. > >8. May I have your permission to copy your e-mail to me to both PSRoots > >and WASNOHOM bulletins where we might > > stir other relatives who might see our FORTUNE in communicating to > >each other. I call it my "They Want to Be Found" > > articles that I have submitted to rootsweb periodically. It has paid > >a lot of dividends and has encouraged others to > > play the clues as I have done over the many years. > >9. At a marriage of one of my students I had when I was teaching grade > >school, grade 4, I met among the guests > > some folks who were related to an Archibald Clark of northern Idaho. > > I tried writing to those people several times > > but never got a reply from any of them. So, I gave up, but now I > >wonder if those people I met were relatives > > to your Archibald Joel Clark/Saar - now maybe I will be able to find > >out through you. My student was 40 when he got married for the 1st time, > >and they have been married for quite awhile now. > >10. I was kind of in a lull with genealogy, but now that you have written > >to me, I am off and running again with new info > > to add. This should be exciting for both of us, I would think. > >11. I've been doing gen. since 1983 when I was bitten by the "bug" in 1983 > >when a Clark relative moved from CA to > > Lynnwoo, WA to be close to her dau. - I got wind of her coming, so > >I found her, and acquired at least 20 pp. > >of typewritten gen. with our Clarks back to 1637 Eng (London) then to > >America in 1637 aboard the Hector, to > >MA but by 1638 the group of about 250 Puritans became the Founders of the > >New Haven Colony, CT > >12. I have a 1641 map of New Haven - town layout, complete with names, > >including the plantation of James Clark > > spelled out on this map. You will get a copy of it if you don't > >already have it. > >13. Did you know that Jason Squire Clark & Anna Michael Clark hwf traveled > >with the Michael Family from Indiana > > to Brownsville, OR over the Oregon Trail in 1847 by ox team > >arriving in OR that same year. > > They were in OR from 1847 to 1865, when they migrated to WA > >Territory. (prior to both OR and WA becoming > > states). Their next migration was from OR to White River Valley, > >WAS Territory where they settled (now, Kent WA.). > > Jason S. lived in this area and also with his son at High Prairie > >(Hartland, WA) near Lyle, WA across the Columbia > >River from LaDalles, OR. and he is buried in the cemtery at High Prairie > >called The Lone Pine Cemetery - I've visited it > >several tims - a tall oblisque is at his grave site ( up in rattlesnake > >country !!!). > >14. Where do you live? My age is 80 now, but I keep interested highly in > >genealogy and ham radio -my radio call letters > > are W7IML - W means United States, the 7 means the 7th district > >comprising of several states in the West, and the > > IML is like license plates made up of alpha letters. In fact my > >license plates are W7IML. > >15. Sorry for the overkill but your note inspired me, as you can see !!! > > > >An ancestral Cousin sending Good Health, Longevity, > > Carroll in Snohomish > >[email protected] > > > > > > > > > 30 < < < > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/129 - Release Date: 10/11/05