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Ancestors

WESTSANTA BARBARA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

ISSN 0734-4988

Volume 22, Number 3, Spring 1996

In This Issue

Early California Engineers 55

Santa Barbara High School Magazine 56

Tricks With Taxes 59

The Great Mail Robbery of 1855 61

Ahnentafel #77-Charles McNeill, Jr-Pt. 2 63

S.B. Co. Casualty Lists-Part II 65

Sorting Signatures on Land Deeds 66

Scotch-Irish 66

Epidemics 68

Your Obituary 68

Family Heirlooms 69

Maps 69

Sanborn Family Reunion 69

New in the Library 70

Census Problems 77

New PAF 2.3.1 77

Duplicate Veterans Records Rumor 77

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Established in 1972, the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Societybecame incorporated as a non-profitorganization in 1986. Its aim is topromote genealogyby providing assistance and educationalopportunities for those who arc interested in pursuing their family history.

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Past Presidents

Carol Roth 1972-73

Harry R. Glen 1974-75

Selma Banktiead West 1975-76

Carlton M. Smith 1977

MaryEllen Galbraith 1978

Harry Titus1979

Bette Gorrell Kot 1980

Emily Perry Thies 1981

Harry Titus 1982

Norman E.Scofield 1983

Doreen Cook Dullea 1984

]anice Gibson Cloud 1985-86

Ken Mathewson 1987-88

Beatrice Mohr McGrath 1989-92

Carol Fuller Kosai 1993

"Spring has sprung" and I am hit with arenewed verve for life and weeding. Killingsnails once again is an obsession even whilechurning out another issue of Ancestors West.

I warmly thank those of you who havetaken the time to write, call or introduceyourself to me and to say you value my effortswith the quarterly.

You are most kind, and I greatly appreciatethat you care enough to commend me.Though, like a first-time successful novelist,the pressure is on to keep up the quality ofwork. Argh.

I have been able to make a bit of headwayon my research on the Chinese line of myfamily. I have found my grandmother's realname on my grandfather's death certificate. (Iknow—a basic step, but I never got around to ituntil now.)

Ramblings FromYour Editor

I had always thought her name was MahShee Horn, but I learned that "Shee" is adenotation that a woman is married. The"Mah"—thought to be her first name by Anglopractice is actually her maiden surname.

I am learning about different dialects aswell. A nightmare to say the least. "Horn" isthe Tai Shan pronunciation of the surname,but the Cantonese pronunciation is 'Tan."(And to think I thought twenty differentspellings of "Newhart" was a dilemma.)

Looking through ship manifests trying tokeep in mind the mispronunciations anddifferent pronunciations by list-makers hasbeen nearly overwhelming.

I will trudge onward and hopefullytoward enlightenment.

Lesley Newhart Fagan

EARLY CALIFORNIA ENGINEERSBy Diane Bailey, Fedco Reporter, July 1992.

Bea McGrath, ourecstatically happy ex-editor, found this neatly typed article under her typewriter. She has norecollection ofhow long it has been there. I can't judge her though, for I once cleaned offa pile on mydesk thatstrata-dated at about one yearanddiscovered twoRevolutionary War ancestors.

It may be the oldest kitchen sink inCalifornia. On San Nicolas Island (one of theChannel Islands off the coast of SouthernCalifornia), there is an efficient, albeit tiny,aqueduct made of two inch wide grooves -one 38 feet long, the other five - that begin atopposite ends of a sandstone bluff andconverge into a waterway before spillingover the edge of the shelf. Eight shortercracks feed the system, and a shallow, oneand one-half foot wide circular basin acts asa sink.

Archeologists believe the series of crackswas carved by an ancient Indian tribe tocapture the island's scant seven inches ofannual rainfall and provide a constantsource of water. In addition, the aqueductwas constructed over an undergroundaquifer, so water percolated up into the

waterways and any unused water circulated back to the foot of the bluff and wasreabsorbed.

The Nicolinos - so named after Spanishexplorer Sebastian Vizcaino discovered theisland in 1602 and named it San Nicolas -are believed to have inhabited the island foras long as 9,000 years. But their ingeniouspiece of engineering probably took only amatter of days to carve into the island's softsandstone, even though they used simpleprehistoric tools. Archaeologists agree it isan important find: no other island tribe isknown to have used this system, and itsuggests a fairly sophisticated culture.

Although nearly dry today, when discovered 30 years ago, the waterway's collection rate was a quart every 90 seconds.

—Continued on page63

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THE OLIVE AND GOLD

SANTA BARBARA HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE

1909

Punctuation inconsistencies exist. Majorerrors thatoccurred in scanning havebeen fixed, but I havenot

bothered to nitpick therest.It is latein theday, I 'm tiredandyouaresmartenough tofigure it out.

Submitted and partially transcribed by Bea McGrath

Editorial Staff:Editor in ChiefBusiness ManagerAssistant ManagerSenior EditorJunior EditorSophomore EditorFreshman EditorSchool NotesDebating EditorBoys Athletic

DirectorGirls Athletic

DirectorExchange EditorJosh EditorAssistant ExchangeAlumni EditorArtistCritic

Marion HartwellElmer Shirrell

Ruth HitchcockBertram Dunshee

Maud HusePauline Taylor

Elsie WilsonFaith Merriman

Alan Hails

Walter Coffey

Ruth JenningMary Leete

Herbert OrresEditor Gladys Fitch

Clara JonesGrace DickoverMrs. J. C. Byrd

Alumni Class of 1878Mary Hails, Mrs. John Torrence, Santa Ynez,

CACora Lacy, Mrs. Alex Mills, Pasadena, CA

No Class in 1879Class of 1880

Clara Newcomb, Mrs. James Heath,Carpinteria, CA

George Rust, DeceasedClass of 1881

Lora Bates, Mrs. Henry Muzzell, Santa Barbara

Alex Eels, Attorney-at-Law, San Francisco,CA

Friend Lacy, Attorney-at-Law, Pasadena, CAWill Shepard, Evangelist, Los Angeles, CA

Class of 1882Leta Boeseke, Mrs. H. S. Deimel, DeceasedOscarBoeseke, Manager, Enterprise

Laundry, Santa BarbaraAnna Faulding, Mrs. Charles Sherman,

Santa Barbara

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Lena Haese, Mrs. John Diehl, DeceasedMary Squier, Mrs. L. W. Lowes, Ventura, CA

Class of 1883Emma Childs, Mrs. W. A. G. McKensie,

Oakland, CAHobart Eels, Attorney-at-Law, San Francisco,

CAG. E. Franklin, Rancher,Carpinteria, CAHenry Lincoln, Cashier, First National Bank,

Santa BarbaraNo Class 1884Class of 1885

Elmer Boeseke, Physician, Mayor, 1907-9,Santa Barbara

Emile Goux, Ex-Auditor, Santa BarbaraCounty, San Francisco, CA

Class of 1886Edna Leland, Mrs. George White, Santa

BarbaraDozier Lewis, Rancher, near Los Angeles,CAAnna Stanwood, Mrs. Henry Lincoln, Santa

Barbara

Harry Sweetser, County Tax Collector, SantaBarbara

Class of 1887Laura Breslauer, Mrs. Louis Hertz, San

Francisco, CADaisy Campbell, Mrs. Charles Junkerman,

Milwaukee, WIEdgar Campbell, President, Medical

Missionary, St. Lawrence Island off Coastof Alaska

Mary Diehl, Mrs. Frank Williams, SantaBarbara

Kate Higgins, Mrs. W. A. Rowell, Teacher inWashington School, Santa Barbara

EdHildreth,-Helen Knight, Mrs. Henry Stambach, Santa

BarbaraChris Marie Noble, Santa Barbara

The following is scanned from the original, so itreads last name first:Squier, Eugene W., Attorney-at-Law, Santa

Barbara, Cal.Triplett, Joseph, Rancher, Goleta, Cal.Watson, Emma, Mrs. Frank Brow, Tacoma,

Wash.

Class of 1888.Brownsill, Mark, DeceasedBrownsill, Minnie, Teacher in Public Schools

2614 Channing Way, Berkeley, Cal.Daly, Nora, MrsEmmett Ord, deceasedEels, Mary, Mrs. R.B. Lamb,Santa Barbara,

Cal.Hosmer, Anna, Mrs. Writson, Montecito,

Cal.Hunt, Lorer E., Civil Engineer,

Formerly Professor In Civil Engineeringat University Of California, San Francisco, Cal.

Knight,Edwina, Mrs. Charles H. Thompson,Los Angeles, Cal.

Lehner, Mamie V., County Superintendentof Schools, Santa Barbara, Cal.

Leland, Gertrude, Graduate Los AngelesState Normal, Kindergarten Teacher,Los Angeles, Cal.

Lemmon, ByronNixon, Evangeline, Mrs. Oscar Hinsdale,

Gardiner, OregonPrye, Belle, Mrs. Robert Owen,

Montecito, Cal.Pyle, Belle, Mrs. J. W. Ellsworth, Attending

Los Angeles State Normal, Los Angeles,Cal.

Saunders, Carl, Lompoc, Cal.Shepard, Blanche, Mrs.ByronSmith,Santa

Barbara, Cal.Smith, Alice, Mrs. Whitford, Corona, Cal.

Class of 1889Bond, Willam H., Inspector of Customs,

Boston, Mass.Buckingham, Nellie,Mrs. Frank F. Flournoy,

Santa Barbara, Cal.Cronise, Charles, Optician, Santa Barbara,

Cal.Crowell, Emma, Mrs. Fred A. Stevens, San

Francisco, Cal.Laughlin, Clara, Mrs. Lucien Higgins,

deceasedOrd, Allie, Mrs. R. N. Watson, Monterey,

Mexico.Owen, Gertrude, Mrs. Pate, St. Louis, Mo.Rice Archie, Editor, Graduate Stanford, Uni

versity. San Francisco, Cal.Selover, Dora, Mrs. Thomas George,

Santa Barbara, Cal.Class of 1890

Boeseke, Bertram, Dentist, Santa Barbara,Cal.

Booth, Henley C, Attorney, Santa Barbara,Cal.

Bradley,Effie, Mrs. Arthur G. Balaam,Lompoc, Cal.

Campbell, Maud, Formerly Student atStanford University, Hull-House settle

ment work in Chicago, Goleta, Cal.Packard, Harmon, In Bottling Business,Los Angeles, Cal.Trenwith, Walter, DeceasedVan Valkenburg, Alpheus

Class of 1891Brownsill, Edith, Physician,

Graduate University of California. Berkeley,Cal.

Colt, Samuel, Manager of Mines, NevadaCity, Cal.

James, Annie, Mrs. W. R. Kearney, SantaBarbara, Cal.

Emerson, Fred W., Mergenthaler LinotypeOperator, Los Angeles, Cal.

Johnson, Abbie, Mrs. William J. Rutherford,Goleta, Cal.

Meroux, Emma, Mrs. Frederick N. Gehl,Santa Barbara, Cal.

Reeves, Bessie, Teacher, Los Angeles, Cal.Sanders, George, Attorney at-Law

Graduate University Michigan LawSchool, Los Angeles, Cal.

Smith, J. Will, Attorney-at-LawGraduate Hastings College of Law,Santa Barbara, Cal.

Squire, W. Charles,Editor, Graduate Collegeof Law. Dawson City, N. J.

Stevens, Susie, In charge of WholesaleDepartment, Curio Store, El Paso, Texas

Class of 1892Hosmer, Martha, Teacher, Montecito, Cal.Kittredge, Maude, Mrs.Austin P. Nichols,

Haverhill, Mass.Kittredge, Maurice, Optician with California

Optical Co., 317Kearny St.,San Francisco, Cal.

Levy, Rachel, Mrs. Jules Kauffman,San Jacinto, Cal.

Lillard, Jeremiah B.,Graduate Stanford University, Instructor In University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

Metcalf, Frances, Mrs. A. P. Miner,San Francisco, Cal.

Thompson, Ida, Graduate Lloyd TrainingSchool, Boston, Mass., Teacher of Sloyd.West Roxbury, Mass.

Truslow Carrie, Assistant Supervisor of Music in City Schools. Los Angeles, Cal.

Trussell,Mayme, Santa Barbara, Cal.Class of 1893

Agullar, Teresa,DeceasedAndreus, LeonoraColt, Alice, Librarian, Graduate Stanford

University. Stanford, Conn.Cook, Ada, Mrs. L. J. Whited, Graduate Los

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Angeles State Normal School, SantaBarbara, Cal.

Freeman, J. J., Druggist, Los Angeles, Cal.Hutchinson, Mabel, Mrs. Ed. Porleus, Los

Angeles, Cal.Levy, Hortence, Santa Barbara, Cal.Rainey,J. Edward, Reporter for Examiner

Graduate University of California.San Francisco, Cal.

Thompson, Charles, Attorney at-LawGraduate Stanford University.San Francisco, Cal.

Van Valkenburg, Henry, BookkeeperWith O'Brien & Sons, Carriage Manufachirers. San Francisco, Cal.

Class of 1894Bond, George, Principal of High School-

Graduate University of California.Santa Cruz, Cal.

Brocklesby, May, Mrs. Grant Lesile, deceasedCrookall, Arthur. Physician and Surgeon

Graduate Cooper Medical College, SanFrancisco, Cal. Seattle, Wash.

Cronise. A. J., Optician With C. Cronise.Santa Barbara, Cal.

Crooks, Nelson P., Graduate HahnemannMedical College, San Francisco; Surgeonon Nippon Main of the Toyo KisenKaisha Steamship Line, plying betweenSan Francisco and the Orient. San FranCisco, Cal.

Diehl, Gertrude, Mrs Richard Lazier.Lompoc, Cal.

Findlay, Paul, San Francisco, Cal.Hubbard, EllenLeete, Harley M., Journalist, Graduate Uni

versity of California. San Francisco, Cal.Levy, Camille, Graduate University of Cali

fornia, Latin Teacher In High School.Santa Barbara, Cal.

Owen, Edna T., Mrs. J. S. HentonGraduate University of California.Ingraham Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal.

Powers, DeliaPyle, Anna, Mrs. James Fimon,

Los Angeles, Cal.Squier, John J., Attorney-at-Law

Graduate Hastings College of Law.Santa Barbara, Cal.

Thurmond, Gwin, Rancher, Saticoy, Cal.Van Winkle. Harris, With Mission Book

Store, Santa Barbara, Cal.Wright, Fred, With Union Iron Works, SanFrancisco, Cal.

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Class of 1895Boyer, Josephine, Mrs. John H. Krelther,

Pasadena, Cal.Caldwell, Geneva, Mrs. George Bond

Santa Cruz, Cal.Clark, Carrie B., Mrs. Barrett,

Graduate Los Angeles State NormalSchool, Los Angeles, Cal.

Cook, Mattie A., Mrs. A. T. WhitingPittsburg, Kansas

Curran, Nina, Stenographer, New York City.Crooks, Edna, Superintendent Hospital

Riverside, Cal.Ealand, Ida, Santa Barbara, Cal.Gates, Ida, Los Angeles, Cal.Gaylord, Mamie A., Mrs. Horace Rogers,

Santa Barbara, Cal.Johnson, Minnie L., Mrs. E. V. Lawten

Tonopah, Nevada.Lehman, George Robert, Mining Engineer

Graduate University of California.Blackwarrior, Ariz.

Lillard, Ella, Mrs. Ella Coles, Los Angeles,Cal.

Loomis, Ina, Mrs. Innis JoinerCoalinga, Cal.

Lopez, Gaspar G.McDuffie, Duncan, Real Estate Business

Graduate University Of Calfornia.Berkeley, Cal.

Minassian. HickeMyers, Edith M., Santa Barbara, Cal.Park, James Russell, Journalist

Denver, Col.Patterson, Cora B., Mrs. Harding.

Berkeley, Cal.Reed, Fannie S., Teacher In Schools

Graduate Los Angeles State Normal,and University or California, SantaBarbara, Cal.

Richardson, Ethel M., DeceasedStringfleld, Bertha C, DeceasedThurmond, Mary, Mrs. Benjamin Bailard

Carpinteria, Cal.Van Den Burgh, John D., Graduate Univer

sity of Southern California. Santa Barbara, Cal.

Williams, Georgia, Graduate University ofCalifornia. Santa Barbara, Cal.

Due to space constraints the survey ofthe Classes of 1896-1901 will appear inthe Summer issue.

TRICKS WITH TAX LISTS

By Carmen J. FinleyOriginally appeared in the Sonoma County

Genealogical Society's, The Sonoma Searcher, Vol.23, No. 1 September 1995

Partone ofa three-part series on theuseoftaxlists.

Many readers may be unfamiliar with taxlists, but during the past five years, I havefound them an invaluable source of information. It is hoped that this series of articleswill encourage readers to investigate themfor material difficult to find elsewhere.

Never underestimate the power of a taxlist!When we get into that time periodbefore there were any census records (1790),tax lists may provide another means oflooking at and analyzing the households ina given area. Even after the collection ofcensus data began, tax records may providevaluable data. In some cases, tax lists havebeen used as substitute census recordswhere original census records have beendestroyed, as in Kentucky in 1790.

In my research, I have found tax listshelpful in (1) finding sons as they come ofage, (2) differentiating between two individuals on the basis of age and tax exemption status, and (3) separating the households of three individuals of the same namebased on their location on the list withrespect to their neighbors.

Finding Sons As They Come of Age

In researching my McFARLING line, Ihad worked my way back to RalphMcFARLAND who was found in 1830 inSomerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio.I had biographical information that saidRalph had been born in ShenandoahCounty, Virginia. Question: Who wasRalph's father?

Shenandoah's personal property taxrecords for the period 1804 to 1809 follows.During this time period in Virginia, theamount of taxes a person paid was based onthe number of tithes, slaves, horses, andcattle associated with the household. Any

male age sixteen or over was considered"tithable" and was counted for tax purposes. So, in 1804,Joseph, Saml, and John onlist "A" each have one tithe, no slaves orhorses, and a differing number of cattle.When lists are differentiated, as is list "A"and list "B" shown here, the usual meaningis that the lists were compiled by differentindividuals and hence were separated, tosome extent, geographically.

1804

1804

1805

1805

1806

1806

1807

1807

1808

1809

List A - Joseph McFARLING 1-0-0-2Saml McFARLAND 1-0-0-1

John McFARLAND 1-0-0-4List B - James McFARLEN 1-0-0-1

Obadeah McFARLEN 3-2-0-5

List A - Obediah McFARLIN 2-0-0-1Saml McFARLAND 1-0-0-2

List B - Obediah MFARLAN 2-2-0-4

List A - Obed McFARLAN 1-0-0-1Saml McFARLAND 1-1-0-1

List B - Obediah McFARLING 3-0-0-6

List A - Saml McFARLAN 2-0-0-0

List B - Obediah McFARLAN 1-0-0-4Ralph McFARLEN 1-0-0-0Obediah M FARLEN, Jr. 1-0-0-1

not available

List B - Ralph McFARLEN 1-0-0-2Obediah McFARLEN, Jr. 1-0-0-2Obediah McFARLEN, Sr. 1-0-0-6

Looking at the first column of numbers,we notice that in 1804, Obadeah McFARLEN

"had three white males tithables in his household. The next year,Obediah MFARLEN, onlist B. had only two white male tithables buta second Obediah McFARLIN appeared onlist A for the first time. It is easy to distinguish between the two Obediahs by lookingat their number of slaves, horses, and cattle.The older Obediah still has two slaves, whilethe younger Obediah has no slaves. Theolder Obediah's number of cattle hasdropped from five to four and the youngerObediah has just one. Perhaps father gave acow to his son when he set up his ownhousehold. Why the younger Obediah hastwo tithable persons is not immediatelyapparent. Could a younger brother havegone with him, or did a friend or otherrelative combine forces to set up an independent household?

In 1806, the younger Obed McFARLANwas the only member of his household oversixteen, while the older Obediah once again

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had three white males over sixteen. We canthink of at least two possible explanationsfor this. Perhaps a brother who had gonewith Obediah the year before had movedback home. Perhaps the senior Obediah hadanother son reach sixteen years of age.

In 1807, the older Obediah was the onlyone over sixteen in his household, but a newname emerged on the list—that of RalphMcFARLEN. If he is the son of Obediah andjust came of age his birth year would beabout 1791.The Ralph found in BelmontCounty in 1830was in the age range forty tofifty. Bingo! Not proof, but good circumstantial evidence.

The tax information for these years alsoraises some questions. Between 1805and1806 the senior Obediah lost two slaves andSaml McFARLAND gained one slave. IsSamuel also a part of this family and did heget one of Obediah's slaves? What happened to the other slave? In 1807, Obediah,Sr. was the only white male, as were Ralphand Obediah, Jr. in their respective households. We are missing one of the familymembers. Answers to these questions arenot apparent for tax list information, but wewill want to keep them in mind as weaccumulate other information about theMcFARLINGs.

In 1809, we again find Obediah, Sr.,Obediah, Jr., and Ralph McFARLEN. Allthree were found in the 1810 census ofShenandoah County on pages 163,165 and 171 respectively. By 1820,Ralph wasmissing from the Shenandoah list, but thatwas the year he was first found in BelmontCounty. By 1830, there were no Obediahs onthe list, but there was an Obediah found inPerryTownship, Muskingum County, Ohio,not far from Belmont County where Ralphwas living.

This does not really prove that Obediah,Jr. and Ralph are sons of Obediah, Sr., but itcertainly gives us a strong working hypothesis. It is important to look at tax lists over aperiod of years, both before and after thetime period where the person(s) of interestappears. Sometimes, for no apparent reason,a person is missed, or moves away and thenmoves back. It is equally important to relatethis information to other data, such as the

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disappearance of Ralph from ShenandoahCounty in 1820 and his appearance inBelmont County, Ohio that year. ObediahJr.'s disappearance from ShenandoahCounty in 1830and his appearance thatsame year in Muskingum County, Ohio,near Ralph, serves to add confidence that wehave correctly identified the relationshipshypothesized.

Coming in the Summer 1996issue, Part 2 —Differentiating between two individuals by ageusing tax lists.

YOU'RE AN ADDICTED GENEALOGISTSubmitted by Patricia PanicciaVentura Co. Genealogical Society, March 1996

*When you brake for libraries.*Youget locked overnight in the library andnever even notice.

*When you hyperventilate at the sight of acemetery.*When you'd rather browse through acemetery than in a shopping mall.*When you think every home should have amicrofilm reader.

*When you'd rather read census schedulesthan a good book.*When you know every town clerk in thestate by their first name.*If town clerks lock the doors when they seeyou coming.*When you're more interested in whathappened in 1696 than in 1996.*When you store your clothes under the bedbecause your closet is stacked with notebooks & journals.*When Savage, Torrey, & Pope are household names but you can't remember thedog's name.*When you can pinpoint villages on anEnglish map but can't find Topeka, Kansason a U.S. map.*When all your letters begin, "DearCousin."

*When you've traced everyone of yourancestral lines back to Adam & Eve, have itfully documented, and still don't want to

<luiL You Are Hooked!

THE GREAT MAILROBBERY OF 1855

By TheodoreDenniston

While browsing through the New YorkTimes Index* for the Denniston name, I foundthe following handwritten entry:

"Denniston, Theodore F. arrested as a mailrobber at Chicago 1186 etc."

Overcome with curiosity, since my nameis also Theodore Denniston, I decided tolook at the " 1186 etc." reference. It led totwo microfilmed editions of the New YorkDaily Times in the University of California,Santa Barbara library newspaper collection.The first was dated July 2,1855. TheDenniston news item appears on the frontpage:

Arrest of a Post-Office Clerk.Chicago, Saturday, June 30.

The special Mail Agent, Mr.PINKERTON, this morning arrestedTHEODORE P. [sic] DENNISTON, a Clerkin the Post-Office here, for robbing themails. Four thousand dollars in bank noteswere found in his room. It is the generalbelief that $10,000 to $15,000 have beenlost from the mails in this manner. Thebrother of DENNISTON was arrested inApril last for the same offence.DENNISTON is now in jail.

In the July 7,1855 edition, prominentlydisplayed on the front page alongside aspeech by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes(father of the jurist), is the story of therobbery taken verbatim from the ChicagoPress of July 2:

Astounding Post-Office Robbery—The Thief Secured—Four Thousand Dollars Recovered.

The most important arrest in theannals of Post-Office depredations everbrought to light in this country was madein this city on Saturday morning last byALLAN PINKERTON, Special Mail Agent,

*The New York Times INDEX,September 1851-December 1862. Printed for the New YorkTimes Company byR.R. Bowker Company. New York & London.

assisted by Deputy Sheriff BULKLEY. Thethief was a clerk in the Post-Office in thiscity, and was arrested in the street as hewas going to his breakfast. He was throwninto consternation, he turned as pale asashes, and made an effort to throw awaythemoney onhisperson, which wasprevented, and he was conveyed to the jailand searched.

The name of the wretched youngman is THEODORE F. DENNISTON. Heis between 25 and 30 years of age andunmarried. His brother, PERRYDENNISTON, was arrested for the samecrime in March last, and is now at libertyon bail for $3,500. The DENNISTONS areunderstood to be nephews of PostmasterCOOK, and if this is the case their opportunity to commit these depredations uponthe public is due to the relationship. Theirfather lives in New Jersey, and the sonsupon a salary of five or six hundreddollars a year, have the credit of havingpurchased and paid for a farm for himwithin the last year or two.

On arresting DENNISTON, theofficers went to his boarding house andsearched his room. The search was nearlyconcluded without finding any trace of hiscrimes, when officer Pinkerton decided tosearch minutely and took the picturesdown from the walls. On removing thebacks of several, bank bills to the amountof $3,798 were found concealed, most ofwhich were of large denomination. Themoney was distributed as follows: Behinda picture of the Virgin Mary and Immaculate Conception, $1,503; The HighlandLovers, $900; The Indian Warrior, $1,000; aframed Daguerreotype of his mother,$300. In his desk was $135, which withthat found on his person makes nearlyfour thousand dollars recovered.

W.J. BROWN, General Agent of thePost-Office Department, was in the cityand visited DENNISTON in the Jail. Uponbeing told of the recovery of the money hevoluntarily confessed his crimes. He sayshe had no accomplice, and that he neverimparted his secret to any one that he didnot commence stealing letters until afterthe arrest of his brother, whose duties inthe office were the same as his own, and ofcourse each had the same opportunities.They were "pilers," that is, they arrangedall the letters for distribution, and had agood opportunity to judge of the nature oftheir contents. He states that he hasburned all the letters, that he never lookedto see who they were for, or from, andcannot furnish any aid in restoring the

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money to its right owners. The greaterpartof it was taken in small sums, although one lettergave him threehundreddollars. He has been in the habit ofexchanging the money at the banks,principally for Eastern funds, and bills oflarge denomination. After taking the firstpackage, all fear and compunctionofconsciencewas gone, and in a little whileit became impossible for him to pass amoney package through his hands without purloining it. He says he never knewwhat the love of money was before and hehas given full freedom to his desires sincethe means of gratifying them was so easilyobtained.

The United States Courts meets today, and as the case will go immediatelybefore the Grand Jury, no public investigation will take place until the trial. It is notlikely that any bail can be obtained thistime to cheat the ends of justice.

The public will feel a certain degreeof commiseration for DENNISTON andthose to whom he is intimately related,but that will not repress a sensation ofrelief and gratification that the villainy isat an end, for the complaints against thisoffice have been of long standing. ToALLAN PINKERTON is due all the creditof the detection. We cannot attempt toenter into the detail of the surveillanceupon this man DENNISTON. Maildepredations are the most difficult toferret out, and the means of detection usedfor the other DENNISTON would notanswer for this one.

For three weeks Mr. PINKERTONhas scarcely seen repose, in the devotionwith which he has followed up thecriminal. Complaint after complaintpoured into the Department, and callaftercall came from the Department toPINKERTON to redouble his vigilance,until body and brain were nearly exhausted. As a detective police officer, Mr.PINKERTON has no superior, and wedoubt if he has any equals in this country.There is danger ofexpecting too much ofhis peculiar talent and force, for wesuppose there is [sic] some impossibilitiesin detection of villainy, even for him. —Chicago Press, July 2

Theodore and Perry eventually got out ofjailand became law-abiding members ofsociety. They settled in New York State—anappropriate distance from Chicago—andwere living in Yates county in 1900 eachwith his own family.

62 Ancestors West Vol 22, No. 3, Spring 1996

In February 1861, justbefore the outbreak ofthe Civil War, Alan Pinkerton found evidenceof a plot to assassinate President-electAbraham Lincoln and rescheduled his trainto pass throughBaltimore earlyin themorning without stopping to avoid a possible assassination attempt. Also in that yearPinkerton organized a system of obtainingmilitary information from the Southernstates which eventually evolved into theFederal secret service. The Denniston brothers outlived the famous detective, who diedin 1884.

Although the crime of my distant-cousinmail thieves brought disgrace to theDenniston name, it was a stepping stone tosuccess for Alan Pinkerton. My search forrespectable ancestors (and cousins)continues.

Early California Engineers-corn.//wn page55.

Archaeologists can only speculate on howmany people the aqueduct supplied - anywhere from a family to a small settlement -but it was fairly immune to drought, andprobably provided a valuable source ofwater, rather than simply a convenience incollection.

Drought and a reliable water supplywere constant problems for Nicolinos.Although they hadn't developed pottery,they did weave bottles out of grasses, andcoated the insides with asphalt to makeThem watertight. More than 500 archaeological sites on the tiny island have turnedup thousands of artifacts - suggesting anadvanced, although fairly isolated,fishingbased culture.

Still, a clear picture of the Nicolinos islacking. Scientists don't know, for instance,whether the Nicolinos were related to theother island cultures. Because the U.S. Navyhas controlled the island since 1946, therehas been little research on the culture. Plansare underway however, to build an interpretive center on the islands as well as to studyexisting finds, excavate new sites and solvethe mysteries of the Nicolinos.

B9 MARGUERITE BLANCHARD M.cl761

90 JOSEPH COMEAU Clairel775,B.Riv.auxCanards cl748 NS

91 MARGUERITE JEANSQN Riviere aux Canards cl748

92 AMAND MELANSON bpt. 1741Por t Royal 1738 NS93 ANNE LeBLANC M.revalidatedl768 Windsor NS 1746 NS

94 PIERRE DOUCET Port Royal 1750 NS95 MARGUERITE LeBLANC

12 JOHN DUNBAR-HinghamMA.BridgwaterLeicesterMA 1709/0 MA13 ABIGAIL TUCKER M1738-?

14 JAMES SMITH of Spencer MA16 Sgt THOMAS BLISS II Revolutionary War 174217 SARAH KING of Palmer MA M176S 1747

20 CALVIN OAKES Rev.War und.Gates MAtoOH1817

21 MARY CAREY

24 THOMAS GOODWIN Rev.WarMaj.Buffington'sRgt

MA

MA

8TH GENERATION

134 JEREMIAH SABEAN, Jr .Argl 1762StMaryBayl765#6B 1717 CTL35 SUSANNA LA VALLE of Quebec #69

136 JEREMIAH SABEAN Sr. 1816Weymouth same 4)268144 JOHN (JAMES) TREFRY Ml702

145 1)SARAH RUSSELL

146 JOSEPH PITMAN

152 JONATHAN BAKER II same as #160

153 ELIZABETH TRASK same as #161

.56 Capt.JOHN CLEMENTS (CLEMMONS) same #164157 HANNAH EATON M.befl750 same as #165

158 JOHN PERRY same as #166

160 JOHNATHAN BAKER II same-as #152 1705

161 ELIZABETH TRASK same as #153 1710/1

164 Capt.JOHN CLEMENTS (CLEMMONS) same as #156 cl715L65 HANNAH EATON M.befl750 same as #157 1730

.66 JOHN PERRY same as #158

168 JOHN PARRY prob. 1709169 MEHITABLE MOULTON M.1732 1712

L72 WILLIAM PORTER Res.Salem.Beverly.WoburnMA 1689

173 MARY (KETTLE, etc.) BATCHELDER 1701

174 JONATHAN BRADSTREET Rowley,Lunen. bptl690 cl683

.75 SARAH WHEELER bpt1692

176 JACQUES MAILLET PtR.fled to MemramcockNB1752c1700

i77 MADELEINE HEBERT M.1720 Port Royal cl699

180 FRANCOIS COMEAU in Claire 1775 cl700

L81 ANNE LORD prob.(MADELEINE LORD poss.) 1705L82 GUILLAUME JEANSON (dit BILLY) 1722

.83 MARIE AUCOIN 1720

184 AMBROSE (AMBROISE) MELANSON D.Quebec cl700

85 MARGUERITE COMEAU M.1719 Port Royal

186 ETIENNE LeBLANC GrandPre.Donalsonvi1leLA17691722

.87 ELIZABETH(ISABELLE)BOUDREAU(X>M.1742revl768 1722

188 FRANCOIS DOUCET poss. 1715189 MARGUERITE PETITOT dit SINCENNES poss.224 PETER DUNBAR Hingham to W.Bridgewaterby1706 1668 MA225 SARAH THAXTER M.1691 1668 MA

232 ICHABOD BLISS Springfield 1705 MA233 MEHITABLE STEBBINS of " M1733/4 MA

234 AARON KING

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MA

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MA

MA

MA

MA

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NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

1840 NS

1802 MA

1806

1839

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OH

OH

NS

bef1773MA

1745

1805 NS

1809 NS

bef1773MA

1745

1805 NS

1809 NS

1754 MA

1757 MA

MA

1756 CND

bef1770LA?

1766

240 "Patriof'OAKES crippledtWorcesterMAsent son toRevWar MA

9TH GENERATION

268 JEREMIAH SABEAN, Sr. same as #136

272 BENJAMIN SABIN Rehobath same #536

288 THOMAS TREFRY in Marblehead MA 1661

290 HENRY RUSSELL

291 ELIZABETH PITMAN

304 JONATHAN BAKER I.weaver,Bevrly1696same#320305 MARY TRASK same as #321

306 SAMUEL TRASK of Salem MA same as #322

307 SUSANNA (TRASK) same as #323312 JOHN CLEMENTS (CLEMENS) same as #328

313 MARY HENDERSON (HINDERS0N)M.publ712Salem#329

314 BARNABAS EATON same as #330

315 MEHHITABLE ALDEN same as #331

320 JONATHAN BAKER I same as #304

321 MARY TRASK Mel697 same as #305

322 SAMUEL TRASK same as #306

323 SUZANNA (TRASK) same as #307328 JOHN CLEMENTS(CLEMENS) same as #312

329 MARY HENDERSON(HINDERSON) same as #313

330 BARNABAS EATON same as #314

331 MEHITABLE ALDEN same as #315

336 JOHN PARRY Res. Ashford CT

337 SARAH INGOLDSBY Ml707

338 ROBERT MOULTON WindhmCT1709BrmfieldMA1725

339 HANNAH GROVE(S) M.BeverlyMA1698 bpt344 ISRAEL PORTER of Hingham MA bpt345 ELIZABETH HATHORNE(HAWTHORNE) Ml672

346 JOSIAH BATCHELDER at N.BeverlyMAl706347 MARY RAYMOND (REYMOND etc>M1700BeverlyMA

348 Capt. MOSES BRADSTREET349 SARAH PLATTS (PRINCE,PRIME etc) M.aftl683

350 JONATHAN WHEELER

351 MARY (WHEELER) M1683/4352 ANTOINE MAILLET Res.Par is FRN

353 FRANCOISE CHOPPART

354 ANTOINE HEBERT Res. Port Royal355 2)JEANNE CORPORON M.bet.1691/1694 PortRoyal

360 PIERRE COMEAU Port Royal

361 JEANNE BOURG Mel677

362 ALEXANDRE LORD dit MONTAGNE Port Royal363 FRANCOISE BALLIOT(BARIAULTetc) M1702

364 GUILLAUME JEANSON Res.SCOTLAND, to NS1710 i

365 ELIZABETH CORPORIN (CORPORON) Mcl715

366 RENE AUCOIN Res.Riviere-aux-Canards NS

367 MADELEINE BOURG (BOUY) M1712/17

368 CHARLES MELANSON prob. poss.same as #736369 ANNE BOURG Ml699 or 1701

370 JEAN COMEAU Res. Port Royal NS371 FRANCOISE HEBERT Mel677

372 RENE LeBLANC Res. GrandPre, MiramichiNB

373 ANNE TERRIOT (TERIOT) M.c1721,D.MiramichiNB

374 CLAUDE BOUDREAU(X)Parish StCharles des Mines

375 CATHERINE HEBERT

1646 MA

ENG?

bptl669MA

1683?

1671 MA

MA

bf1706/7MA

1757

1703 MA 1790

1707 MA 1739 MA

bptl669MA bf1706/7MA

1683? 1757

1671 MA

1703 MA 1790 MA

1707 MA 1739 NA

1682 CT CT

1675 MA 1756 MA

1676 MA

1643 MA 1706 MA

1649

1679/80MA 1749 MA

C1682/84MA aft 1749

1643 MA 1690 MA

1654 MA bef1697MA

1657/8 MA 1720 MA

FRN by 1720FRN by1720

1660/70NS bf1753 NS

1665/74 1735 NS

1653 NS 1730 NS

1653

1676 1740 NS

1683 NS

C1690 bef1742NS

1695 aftl754NS

NS

1675 1737 NS

1678

1657 NS

1713 NS

1701 1759 NB

1705 NS 1759 NB

1663 1740 NS

Ahnentafel #77: CharlesAlfred McNeill, Jr.

376 RENE DOUCET dit LAVERDURE

377 ANNE LORD Ml712 Port Royal NS378 DENIS PETI TOT dit SINCENNES

379 MARGUERITE LANDRY M.1711 PrtRoyal448 ROBERT DUNBAR Hingham MA by 1650449 ROSE (DUNBAR)450 SAMUEL THAXTER

451 ABIGAIL CHURCH

464 THOMAS BLISS I

465 MARGARET (BLISS)

10TH GENERATION

536 BENJAMIN SABIN same as #272 1646 MA544 WILLIAM SABIN,HugunotFRN,Wa-les-MA1643,#1072 FRN582 THOMAS PITMAN of MARBLEHEAD MA

608 CORNELIUS BAKER Salem1658 Beverly1668 #640 bptl636MA609 HANNAH WOODBURY Ml658 same-#64-1 bpt Salem 1636 MA610 WILLIAM TRASK same as #642 posl671MA611 SARAH (poss. ANN) MARSTON Ml696 same #643 1680612 JOHN TRASK in BeverleyMA 1695, #644 bpt 1642 MA613 ABIGAIL PARKMAN Ml662 #645

628 SAMUEL EATON same #660 cl663 MA629 ELIZABETH FULLER M1694 #661 C1663/6MA

630 DEACON JOSEPH ALDEN same #662 C1667/8MA631 HANNAH DUNHAM Mel690 same as #663 cl670 MA

640 CORNELIUS BAKER Saleml658Beverlyl668#608 bpt1636 MA641 HANNAH WOODBURY Ml658 same as #609 1636 MA

642 WILLIAM TRASK same #610 1671? MA

643 SARAH (poss ANN) MARSTON-Ml696 same- #611 1680644 JOHN TRASK same as #612 bpt Salem MA bptl642MA645 ABIGAIL PARKMAN M.1662/3 same#613

660 SAMUEL EATON same-#628

661 ELIZABETH FULLER same #629

662 DEACON JOSEPH ALDEN same #630

663 HANNAH DUNHAM Mel690 same as #631

672 OBADIAH PARRY Dnstblel678 Killed by673 HESTER(ESTHER)HASSELL(HASULL) Ml667

676 ROBERT MOULTON

677 MARY COOK(E) Ml672 Salem MA

678 NICHOLAS LA GROVE(S)Isle/Jersey-MA byl668679 HANNAH SALLOWS(SALLOWES> 1662

688 JOHN PORTER M.163S prob ENG 1596689 MARY (prob ENDICOTT) 1598690 Maj. WILLIAM HATHORN(E) camein"Arabella"1630 1607691 ANNA (poss BANKS)

692 JOHN BATCHELDER (-DOR)

693 MARY HERRICK Ml673

694 WILLIAM RAYMOND to N.E.1648/51

695 RUTH HULL Me 1672

696 HUMPHREY BRADSTREET 1634 in "Elizabeth" 1594

697 BRIDGET(T) (BRADSTREET) M. ENG 1604

698 SAMUEL PLATTS

699 SARAH (PLATTS)700 DAVID WHEELER Salisbury~camel63B"Confidence"1625/7701 SARAH WISE Ml630

708

1685

1691

NS

1630 SCT

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C1663

C1663/6MA

C1667/8MA

C1670 MA

Indians MA

1646/48

bptl644MA

1650

ENG

ENG

ENG

ENG

Salem bptl650MAbpt 1654

bptl637ENG

ENG

1693 MA

1700 MA

MA

1714 MA

MA

1723/4 MA

byl723/4MA1747 MA

1747 MA

1714 MA

709

710

711

720

721

722

723

724

725

726

727

732

733

736

737

738

739

740

741

742

743

744

745

746

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748

749

752

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754

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756

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758

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1216

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1222

1223

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1259

1260

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1)MARIE(Anne)

JEAN CORPORON Res Acadia froml668

FRANCOISE SAVOIE (SAVOYE) Mel668 or *88

PIERRE COMEAU to Port Royal 1636 same #740ROSE (Barbe) BAYOU (BAYOL) Me 1641 same #74-1

ANTOINE BOURG (BOURC) same as #1476

ANTOINETTE LANDRY Mc1634/6

JULI EN LORD dit LAMONTAGNE to Aca cl669 #754

ANNE GIROUARD M1675 PtRoyal same #755NICOLAS BALLIOT (BARILLOT) to NS by 1671MARTINE HEBERT Assomption de PiziquidNS Mcl682MARTIN AUCOIN to StChas. des Mines bef1686 1647

MARIE GAUDET M1672 PtRoyal D.Riv-aux-Canard 1657CHAS. MELANSON (MELENSON) Res SCOTLAND D.PtR

M1663/4 D.PtRoyal

GAUDET Mcl650 same #743,#1455 C1630/3FRN?

C1642/7

C1654

1597 FRN

1710 NS

1712 NS

1711 NS

NS

NS

NS

1724 NS

1742 NS

NS

1711 NS

NS

1737 NS

1737 NS

1725 NS

MARIE DUGAS

BERNARD BOURG

FRANCOISE BRUN

PIERRE COMEAU

Mel670 at Acadia D.PtR

to Pt Royal 1636 same #720 1597 FRNROSE (Barbe) BAYOU (BAYOL) Mel641 same #721

ETIENNE HEBERT to Acadia 1640 #708,#1454 cl630 FRN

MARIE (ANNE) GAUDET Mcl650PtRoy #709,#1455 C1630/3FRNANTOINE LeBLANC B Pt Royal, Res Grand Pre 1662 NSMARIE BOURGEOIS M1680 Pt Royal 1664 NSGERMAIN TERRIOT(TERIOT) Riviere-aux-Canards 1662 NS

ANNE RICHARD M1685/6 Pt Royal 1671JUDGE & LtGen MICHEL BQUDREAU to PtRoy 1642 1601 FRNMICHELE AUCOIN Mel640 FRN 1618 FRN

PIERRE DOUCET dit LAVERDURE 1621

HENRIETTE PELLETRET (PELTRET) Mel662

JULI EN LORDditLAMONTAGNE to Aca cl669 #724 1654

ANNE GIROUARD M1675 PtR same as #725 1659

DENIS PETITPAS dit SAINT-SCENE 1662

MARIE ROBICHAUX Mel690

CLAUDE LANDRY

MARGUERITE TERRIOT

SAMUEL BLISS of Springfield MA

GENERATION

WILLIAM SABIN.Huegunot.WLS to MA1643 #544ROBERT BAKER to N.E.1629 same as #1280

JOHN WOODBURY N.E.1624/5,Salem1630 #1282

AGNES(DERBY)NAPPER B.Harding M1627/8 #1283 _,OSMOND (OSMUND) TRASK N.E.by 1645 same #3128cl625/6ENGELIZABETH GALLY (GALLEY) Ml663 same #1285

ISAAC MARSTON of Hampton MA same #1286ELIZABETH BROWN Ml669 same #1287

Capt WILLIAM TRASK(E)to SalemMA1628, #1288SARAH (TRASK) same as #1289

ELIAS PARKMAN MA1633,CT,Bostonl648 #1290BR IDG IT (PARKMAN) same as #1291SAMUEL EATON baby~on~"Mayflower"same #1320MARTHA BILLINGTON M1660/l,same as #1321

SAMUEL FULLER of Plymouth same as #1322ELIZABETH (BOWEN) NICHOLS M1665 same #1323 cl634

JOSEPH ALDEN Plymouth-Duxbury MA same #1324 cl627MARY SIMMONS Mbyl668 Bridgewater MA S1325

1609

C1618

1654

1659

1642

FRN

FRN

FRN

FRN

1648

1649

1652

1597

FRN

ENG

1575/9 ENG

bptlS98ENG

1679 NS

1710 NS

NS

bef1737NS

NS

1706 NS

NS

1724 NS

1742 NS

1640 MA

1641/2 MA

1672 MA

1676 MA

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1723/4 MA

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1747 MA

1691killed

1730 MA

MA

1676 MA

1684 MA

1681 MA

1684

1684

1709 MA

aftl709MA

1655 MA

1665

MA _

ETIENNE HEBERT

ENG

ENG

Mel650 NS same #742. #1454 cl630 FRN

aftl699MA

1670 NS

Ahnentafel #77: Charles Alfred McNeill, Jr.—to be continued in later issues

C1588/9ENG

1620

ENG

HLD?

MA

1623/4 MA

MA

MA

1666 MA

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1694/5 MA

1713

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Santa Barbara County Wartime Military DeathsFor the Civil War, Spanish-American War,World War I, Korea,Vietnam and Beirut

Contributed by William Stewart

Civil War (1861-1865)Dionisio FonesPablo Olivas

Spanish-American War(1898)Stanley Hollister

Casualty List, World War I(1917-1918)Thomas M. AadlandMatteo AdamoliJohn M. AmblerTheodore ArnoldElbridge L. BadgerDavid M. BarryJ.L. BeckingsoleSorren BedasciBert BowserMarshall N. BradenM.H. BrownFrank BurrelJoseph E. CarrNicholas CastesMarco CavalliDennison L. ChristensenRoy E. ClaryJesse CliftonWilliam D. ComptonBert CraggLeon DarlingLouis DellWalter M. DuffeyWilliam Fasoli

Charles FloresAndre GuevarraPaul GuleyJohn T.HallStacyL.HardingClifford C HarterMichael HobanErnest R. HodginsCharles A. HonWilliam C. HosmerWesley M. HouxGuy JamisonHenry J. KremerSamuel LandisAurdell J. LewisLester F. LibbeyErnest Luttrell

Domingo C. MesaFrank C. MillerJoseph MillerGeorge S. OliphantMichael OntiverosWilliam OrdazE. PadorisDolores ParadaGeorge S. PeddieManuel J. PicoJohn PimintelSimeon A. PolitesAlbert R. PrattHans QuistDennis RandallLongino M. RiosJack RisdonRowland S. RussellLaurie G. RutherfordGeorge E. SangsterHoward ShopfGerard O. SeymourJohn W. SpudAlbert F. StaffordBenjamin F. StewartClay W. VaughnDaniel L. VenzorHarold J. Webster

Casualty List, Korea (1950-1953)Richard C. AguirreMelvin C ArthurMalcolm J. BrownGeorge A. CecchelHerbert W. ChipmanVictor G. CoronaWallace J. DawsonWilliam G. EppsAlbert A. FerrarisGregorio GarnicaScott G. GierPeter M.HerardoEdward L. HerreraEdgar A. HollisterDonald J. HovatterRobert G. KelleyEfrem G. MartinezRichard T. McCoyRamon R.MorenoRudolph Moreno

David L. MurphyRoy R. NelsonAlbert R. OlivasWyatt H. PomeroyAugustin QuinteroJohn S. RivasAdam RomeroMartin Z. RomeroJose TorresJoe D. UribeRobert L. VilesWilliam WarnerRobert G. WensleyWilburS. Wing

Vietnam

1962

Billie L. Beard

1965

William E. CorderoEdward L. Lowe

1966

Richard D. SwayzeDennis P. CookDavid B. Brandon, Jr.Donald B. GoreThomas J. OntiverosODennis L. WilliamsRobert W. GilliamGreg E. HartMichael N. CoryellJames-H. McDonaldRobert B. CowellTerry W. ShalhoobBruce E. Holderman

1967

Ira J. Spittler, IIIDonald C. GraneyTommy MezzlesFred W. PackMichael C. DominguezStephen B. NealJerry H. GeorgesAntonio VelasquezThomas W. MallonDonald M. PetersonThorne M. Clark, IIIRichard A. Giovanacci

Vol. 22,No. 3, Spring 1996 Ancestors West 65

John Carey, Jr.Eldon W. WillinghamDavid A. SchultzJerry B. MenaneRichard D. HenreyKenneth S. AdamsRichard L. SandersCharles F. Sorrow, Jr.

1968Raymond D. BretchesLawrence K. SepulvedaJohn J. ContrerasJohn P. HylandAlbert R. Fogg, IIIRichard C. O'BrienThomas H. C. BriggsRaymond J. PalacioLouis H. McFarlandWalter J. PanamaroffAlfred R. SapinosaRoy L.JohnsonPatrick M. DerigThomas L. TwyfordRichard R. LandersGary A.BreckMitchell A.-WentzJim R. GonzalesDavid A. Fielding

Jacob F.Siratt, IERobert L. BouchetGregory V. CarrJohn Imbach, inRobert J. UyesakaJoseph F. BiberRichard R. CoomerLarry C. LaraTimothy A. CrandallRobert L. PachecoEddie D. Foster

1969Michael PagalingCharles WalkerPhilip HernandezJames A. Mardis, Jr.James D. WalkerArturo CarrascoThomas CastilloMilford M. TognazziniJames G. HilliardDavid R. TibbettsMark H. WardCharles E. HancockAlexander VigilRobert L. AdayCleatus P. Kimble

1970Toby R. GritzLarry M. BeaudetteDaniel J. VaughanMarc B. BelonRoger A. HickokDale P. MeehanWilliam J. CariveauMurvyn E. HargravesAnton J. SchoepkeNicholas C. PetanovichWilliam S.DavisClarence R. Pritchard, Jr.

1971William J. JohnsonMasashi NakashimoThomas C. Michehl

1972

Manuel A. Fernandez

1973Anthony Dal Pozzo, Jr.

Beirut, Lebanon (1983)James F. Surch, Jr.

Sorting Signatures on Land Deeds

In the lower left corner of most olddeeds, you will find signatures of 2 to4 witnesses. The first one is alwaysfrom the husband's side of the family.The next one is always from the wife'sside - protect her one-third dower rightunder the law. Nothing you will everuse will give greater clues to maidennames than witnesses to old deeds.

In addition, in the 1880's andbefore, it was tradition when thedaughter married, as part of herdowry, for the father to either cover theloan or carry the note for his son-in-law. If you know the husband's namebut not the wife's maiden name, findout to whom they made their mortgage payment. About 70% of the timeit will be her father.

CSGA Newsletter, Vol 14, No 2 (Feb 96)

Scotch-Irish?

"Scotch-Irish" is an American term forthe descendants of 18th century UlsterProtestants in America. They were usuallysimply called "Irish" when they first came toAmericaalthough they were descendantsfrom Scottish settlers"planted" in Ulster byJames I and VI in the early 17th century.

Theysettled most in Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Appalachian Mountains.When large numbers of Irish-Catholicsbegan arriving in the United States after thepotato famine the term"Scotch-Irish" wascoined to distinguish these earlier, Protestant Irish from the new Catholic arrivals.

Thistle Press, Scottish Society ofSouthwest Michigan, via Family Tree Topper, Jan-Feb 1996

66 Ancestors West Vol. 22, No. 3, Spring 1996

Book Reviews

Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in theRevolution 1775-1783.1901 reprint, Connecticut Historical Society, paper, 375 pp.,index, $26. Order from Heritage Books, Inc.,1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Suite 300,Bowie, MD 20716. Phone: 301-390-7709

It is difficult to determine who served in

the Revolutionary War. In 1889 the State ofConnecticut published a book titled Recordofthe Service ofConnecticut Men in the War ofthe Revolution which was only partiallysuccessful in being the complete record. TheConnecticut Historical Society had collectedadditional lists of soldiers and sailors and in

1901 they published Rolls andLists ofConnecticut Men in the Revolution 1775-1783 that

supplemented the earlier publication.Heritage Books has reprinted this valuablegenealogical research source. These listswere collected from private collections,estates, book sellers, the State Library, andpension records. There are lists of companyand regimental rosters as well as lists of menwho lost their gun (e.g., on York Island inretreat) and men who lost their blanket (e.g.,he was buried in it).

Remember the poem "Twas the 19th ofApril in seventy-five ...and the midnightride of Paul Revere"? On the LexingtonAlarm List we learn that there were groupsof men who "Marched from home on Sat.

Apr. 22,1775" to the alarm at Lexington andConcord. Naval and pension records arealso included. The Index has over 10,000names.

Reviewed by Paul Barrett

A Martin Genealogy Tied to the Ancestryof Germanna, Virginia By William A.Martin.1995.Paper, 382 pp. $28.50. Orderfrom Heritage Books, Inc., 1540-EPointerRidge Place, Suite 300,Bowie, Md. 20716.Phone: 301-390-7709

If you are lucky enough to have Germanminers that came from the Nassau-SiegenDistrict of Germany to this small Virginiatown, than you have it made. But other folkswith Virginia "kin" may be delighted to findtheir families too, as there are various alliedVirginia families connected with this group.

Mr. Martin has followed his ancestor,John Joseph Martin, born 1691, from hisGerman homeland (and covering that familyback to the 1500's) to the first Germannacolony of 1714. There is a brief history ofGermantown, Virginia and the miningcolony there. The Martin lineage is coveredin full, as well as allied families such asEhresmann, Fishbach/ Fishback, Heimbach,Knieling/Kneiling, Moore, Otterbach/Utterback, Richter/Rector, Stuel/Still,Turner, Wendling, and Zachmann.

Two indexes, one by surname, anotherby locality, make this an easy source to use.Everyone with any Virginia folks is encouraged to take a look.

Reviewed by Chris Klukkert

Also in Our Library:•Unlocking the Secrets of Old

Photographs.by Karen Frisch-Ripley, 770 FRl

•Dating Old Photographs.by Robert Pols, 770/D3 POL

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Epidemics

Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced todyingduring an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some ofthemajor epidemics in the United States are listed below.

1794 Philadelphia:Yellow Fever1796-97 Philadelphia:Yellow Fever1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever1803 New York: Yellow Fever1820-23 Nationwide: Fever (starts on SchuykillRiver, PA&spreads)1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants)1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera1837 Philadelphia: Typhus1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South)1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics)1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox1865-73 Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore,

Memphis &Washington, D.C.: series of Smallpox, Cholera,Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever andYellow Fever epidemics.

1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease)1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid1886 Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year). More people

hospitalized inWWI from influenza than wounds.US Armytraining camps became death camps with 80% deathrate insome.

Links and Bridges, Fernando Co., FL, Jul 1995 via The Genealolgist, Conejo Valley Gen. Soc,Vol. XVII, No. 3. ____

Your Obituary-something to do in your spare time.Have you ever considered what is going

to appear in YOUR obituary? A recentreading of obituaries in a weekly newspaperthat has been published in Oklahoma since atime previous to statehood (1907) showedsome of the usual problems. Many of thoseobituaries will be of scant use to a futuregenealogical researcher.

Here are some of the facts frequentlyomitted:

1. The woman's maiden name if she ismarried.2. Age is frequently given in years only.3. Date and place of birth is seldommentioned.4. No summary of where the deceasedlived.5. Parents names are not mentioned.

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6. Deceased siblings arenot mentioned.7. Interests are sometimes mentioned i fthey sound good to the person insertingthe obituary. Otherwise they areleft out.

There is something that can be done toensure a genealogist's obituary will be moreuseful. WRITE YOUR OWN AND KEEP ITUP TO DATE. Set aside the funds necessaryto print the whole thing. Make doubly sureyou instruct the family as to your wishes.

SJCGS,VoL17,No.l.

While we are on the subject of death...(taxes are covered on page 59)a message from the SBCGS Board:

Even the man who converted hisworldly good to travelers checks finallylearned he couldn't take it with him.

If he had planned ahead he would haveremembered he wanted to leave part of hisestate to the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society. He could have been wellthought of insteadofbeingeccentric.

He would have benefitted from hisgenerosity in manyways throughcharitablegiving. He could have increased his incomeand reduced his taxes. His specific wishescould have been honored. He could havegiven an outright gift or deferred his estatein a trust. Poor man. He missed his chance.

Don't miss your chance! Talk to a boardmember today!

Family HeirloomsWas that grandfather Smith or grandfa

ther Wilson's pocket watch my mother gaveme? Do you forget things the way I do, evenimportant things? Then it seems like a goodidea to find a way to make sure our veryspecial possessions retain their "familyhistory" as they are passed down to ourchildren.

I have read several suggestions aboutmarking items, but the easiest method I'maware of it to simply photograph the itemand write on the photo everything youknow about the item. Or you could make avideo and tell about the item as you film (Beaware the archival quality of this method isnot as lasting as the photo.-Ed.) Who did itbelong to? Was it a gift to them? How didyou get it? Many times, the item may be oflittle intrinsic value, but the story youpreserve about it becomes an invaluable linkto an earlier generation.

By Bobbie Purdue, OrangeCo., CA Gen. Soc. Jan.1996.

MapsInformation provided by the VandenbergGenealogical Society, Search Notes,March1996.

•To obtain free map indexes and catalogs,and to order topographic maps availablefrom the United States Geographical Surveycontact:

USGS Information ServicesBox 257.86Denver CO 80225

Be sure to indicate each state you areinterested in.

•Name of the town changed? Village toosmall to appear on maps? Only the name ofthe Iowa hill (no county) mentioned inUncle Bill's journal? Geographic NamesInformation System (GNIS) may be theplace to write:

G.N.I.S.U.S. Geographical Survey523 National CenterReston,VA 22092

Besure to give as much identifyinginformation as possible. The service is free.In 1992 (do not know if still available)microfiche copies of this data base wereavailable for sale, with separate fiche sets foreach state.

Maps for sale•Map Link, 25 East Mason,Santa Barbara 965-4402•Pacific Travelers' Supply529 State St, Santa Barbara963-4438

Sanborn Family Reunion

The 13th Annual Sanborn FamilyAssociation Reunion will be heldSaturday and Sunday, August 24 & 25,1996 at Steele Hill Resort, Laconia, NH.An interesting weekend is beingplanned. Don't miss it!

For more information please contactMeg Barnard, Secretary, SanbornFamily Association, (603) 622-8202.

If you are a Sanborn descendant andwould like more information about theAssociation, please contact Ruth AnneNorcross, 281 Park Ave. Arlington, MA02174.

Vol. 22, No. 3. Spring 1996 Ancestors West 69

New In The LibraryBy Frank Lore

GENERAL

Upper Midwest German Biographical Index. 1993By Don Heinrich Tolzman

Transcript of Three Registers ofPassengers from GreatYarmouthto Holland and NewEngland1637-1639.1954 (reprinted 1990)

By Charles Boardman JewsonGift of Marion Denniston

Catalogue of the Porcellian Clubof Harvard University1791-1961.1961Published by the Porcellian Club.

Gift of Joan Jacobs

The New World Atlas and Gazetteer. 1924 Edition.Published by the P. F. Collier and Son Company.

Gift

The Real Photo Locator for Picture Postcard Collectors.1987,1994.

By George C. Gibbs

"95 Roster." Board for Certification of Genealogists. 1995.Edited by Ruth Land Hatten

Gift of Dean C.Smith

German Research Association Surname Book. Volume 1.1990.Published by the German Research Association.

Gift of Edwin Storr

MonthlyMeetings in North America.A QuakerIndex.Third Edition. 1994.

Compiled by Thomas C. Hill.

The Phone Book-Yorkshire (York and District). 1987Published by British Telecom.

Gift of Edwin Storr

The Family Historians Enquire Within. 5th Edition. 1995.By Pauline Saul

Gift of Janice Cloud

Road Atlas of Great Britain. 1996 Edition. 1995Published by the Automobile Association.

Gift of Payne Caldwell

The Book of Irish Families Great and Small 1992.By Michael C. O'Laughlin

Eighteenth Century Emigrants, Volume 1- The NorthernKraichgau. 1983.

By Annette Runsclman BurgcrtGift of Edwin Storr

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929.72YorkshireE8

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943W2BUR

Vol.. 1

Official Postal Guide, Canada, January 1895.Gift of Edwin Storr

Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Volume 2 from Non-NovaScotia Periodicals and from Published Diaries andJournals. 1994

Compiledby Col.LeonardH. J.Smithand Norma H.Smith

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections1968.Index 1967-1968.

Compiled by the Library of CongressGift of Lura Dolas

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections 1969.Index 1967-1969.

Compiled by the Library of Congress.Gift of Lura Dolas

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections 1971.Index 1970-1971.

Compiled by the Library of Congress.Gift of Lura Dolas

Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United StatesMilitary Academy 1802-1975.1975.

By USMA Association of Graduates.Gift.

Cemeteries of the U. S. A Guide of Where to ContactInformation for U. S. Cemeteries and their Records. 1994.

Edited by Deborah M. Burek.

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Directory 1993.Compiled by the Sons of the American Revolution.

Gift of Joan Jacobs.

Libby Life. Experience of a Prisoner of War in Richmond, VA.1863-64.1994.

By Lt. Colonel F. F.Cavada.

Forgotten Soldiers. Murphysboro's African-American CivilWar Veterans. 1994

By P. Michael JonesGift of Barbara Burr Hubbs

The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England,1620-1633. Volume 1A-F. 1995.

By Robert Charles AndersonGift of Dean and Roberta Smith

The Great Migration Begins. Immigrants to New England,1620-1633. Volume 2 G-0.1995

By Robert Charles AndersonGift of Dean and Roberta Smith

Deaths at Sea. The Port of Gloucester. 1873. (Edited andIndexed 1983).

Edited by Walter H. McintoshGift of Janice Cloud

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E81895

971.6W2

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973A3USAIndex

973

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Index

973A3USA

Index

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Early NewEnglanders and Kin. AGenealogical Tree ofmorethan 12,000 inter-related individuals with roots in earlyNew England. 1992.

By Roy BurgessGift of Marion Denniston

ALABAMA

Pioneers and Residents of West Central Alabama Prior tothe Civil War. 1988.By Madge PettiL

CALIFORNIA

Ventura CityDirectory Including Ojai,Casitas Springs, MeinersOaks, Montalvo, Oak Veiw and Saticoy. 1976.

Published by R. L. Polk and CompanyGift of Edwin Storr

Historyof BrooksCounty,Georgia 1858-1948.By Folks Huxford.

Gift of Edwin Storr

GEORGIA

ILLINOIS

Tax and Land Records - Vermilion County - State of IllinoisCompiled by Charlotte Volkel, Lowel Volkel and James V. Gill.

Gift of Fauniel Cowing.

Illiana Research Reports 1,3,4,5.1966Edited by James F. Gill.

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

Early Days in Greenbush. 1905.By William L. Snapp

G ift of Edwin S ton-

Atlas of the Slate of Illinois. 1876Warner and Beers, Publishers

Illinois Public Domain Land Sales. 1985Published by the Illinois Slate Archives.

INDIANA

Hoosicr Journal of Ancestry,Clark County, Indiana SpecialNo. 2.1992.

Edited by Naomi Keilh Sexton.Gift of Fauniel Cowing

Clark County Cemetery and Church Records. 1982.Published by ihe Southern Indiana Genealogical Society

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

First Marriage Records of Floyd County, Indiana.1819-1837. 1964.

By Mrs. M. Arthur Payne.Gift of Fauniel Cowing

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974D2BUR

976.1D3PET

979.4VENTURAERPOL

1948 975.8BROORSH2HUX

977.3VERMILIONR4

977.3VERMILIONV3GIL

977.3WARRENH2SNA

977.3E7WAR

977.3R2ILLMicrofiche

977.2ClarkV2SEX

977.2CLARKV3SOU

977.2FLOYDV2PAY

Marriage Records of Floyd County, Indiana, 1837-1845.1972.By Mrs. M. Arthur Payne

Gift of Fauniel Cowing.

FloydCounty Cemeteries. Volume 2.1985.Published by theSouthern Indiana Genealogical Society.

Gift of Fauniel Cowing.

Harrison County, Indiana. TheGerman Evangelical ReformedPeace Church. 1982.

ByMrs. Lorraine Warmoth andMrs. Joanne SchneiderGift of Fauniel Cowing

Harrison County Cemeteries. 1982.Published by the Southern IndianaGenealogical Society

Gift of Fauniel Cowing.

Yearbookof the Society of Indiana Pioneers 1993.By The Society of Indiana Pioneers.

Gift of Phyllis Rcinheimer.

IOWA

CommunityHistory,Zearing, Iowa.1956.By Donald H. Grimm

Gift of Edwin Storr

Quivira, Rice County, Kansas. 1928.By Horace Jones

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

KANSAS

Rice County 1876. Reprinted 1976.By John M. Muscott

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

The QuiviraVillage, The Expeditionof Coronado.1928.By Edith Connclley Ross

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

Death Notices from Kansas Territorial Newspapers 1854-1861.Compiled by Alberta Pantle

Marriage Notices from Kansas Territorial Newpapcrs 1854-1861.Compiled by Alberta Pantle

KENTUCKY

Fleming County, Kentucky, Wills andEstates 1798-1822.1986.Compiled by Charles M. Franklin

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

FlemingCounty, Kentucky, Willsand Estates 1822-1832.1986.Compiled by Charles M. Franklin

Gift of Fauniel Cowing

MAINE

Early Families of Gouldsboro, Maine. 1990.By Muriel Sampson Johnson

977.2FLOYDV2PAY

977.2FLOYDV3SOU

977.2HARRISONK2WAR

977.2HARRISONV3SOU

977.2B5IND 1993

977.7STORYH2GRI

978.1RICEH2JON

978.1RICEH2MIS

978.1RICEH2ROS

978.1V2PAN

978.1V2PAN

976.9FLEMINGP2FRA

976.9FLEMINGP2FRA

974.1HANCOCKD2JOH

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TheHistory of Wells and Kennebunk from theEarliest Settlementto theyear 1820, at which time Kennebunk was setoffandincorporated. Reprintof an 1875 edition.

By Edward E. Bourne

MARYLAND

Western Maryland Newspaper Abstracts 1786-1798.1985.By F. EdwardWright

Maryland Marriages 1634-1777.Compiled by Robert Barnes

1975.

MASSACHUSETTS

Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts to the end ofthe year 1849.Volume 1 - Births. 1903.

Published by the Essex InstituteGift of Joan Jacobs

Genealogical History of theTown of Reading, Massachusetts,Parts 1 and 2.1874. (Reprinted 1994.)

By. Hon. Lilley Eaton

Memorials of the Dead in Boston Containing Exact Transcriptsof Inscriptions on the Sepulchral Monuments in theRing'sChapel Burial Ground in theCityof Boston. 1853.

By Thomas BridgmanGift of Edwin Storr

Gcncalogical andPersonal Memoirs Relating to theFamilies ofthe State of Massachusetts. Volumes 1-4.1910.

Edited byWilliam Richard CutterandWilliam Frederick AdamsGift of Edwin Storr

HistoricalSketch of the Townof Hopkintonfrom 1757to 1876comprising a Periodof 119years. 1877 (Reproduced).

By Rev. S. S. GriswoldGift of Ronald and Marjory Friestad

MISSOURI

Early Missouri Ancestors from Newspapers. Volume 1-1808-1822.Volume 2-1823-1832.1990

ByLois Stanley, George F.Wilson and Maryhclcn Wilson

MONTANA

Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana.Volume III 1900.

Published by the Historical Society of MontanaGift of Edwin Storr

NEW JERSEY

Guide to FamilyHistorySources in the NewJerseyStateArchives, 1990.By Belle Marie Barker,Daniel P.Jones and Karl J. Niedcrer

Gift of the Glcdhill Library

Blackman Revisited (A Supplement to Leah Blackman's History ofLittle Egg HarborTownship originallypublishedin 1880). 1994.

By June MclhotGift of June Mcthot

74 Ancestors West Vol. 22, No. 3, Spring1996

974.1YORRH2BOU

975.2B3WRI

975.2V2BAR

974.4ESSEXV2ESSVol.1

974.4MIDDLESEXH2EATPart 1,2

974.4SUFFOLKV3BRI

974.4D2CUTVol. 1 - 4

974.5WASHINGTONH2

977.8B3STAVol 1,2.

978.6H2HIS

974.9J5BAR

974.9BURLINGTONH2MET

NEW YORK

The Settlers of the Beekman Patent. Historical RecordsVolume 1.1990

By Frank J. Doherty

For Better or Worse. Westchester County Marriage Noticesin the Eastern State Journal May 1845 - April 1875.1994.

Compiledby ElizabethGreen Fuller.

Early New York Naturalizations. Abstracts from Federal,State and Local Court Records 1792-1840.1981.

Compiled by Kenneth ScottGift

NORTH CAROLINA

Tryonand LincolnCounties,North Carolina.(Copyof pageslisting marriage bonds).

(No editor listed)Gift

OHIO

VanWert and Surrounding Counties, Ohio. 1988-1992By Lois Bassett

Gift of Elizabeth Tilton

The Biographical Cyclopcacdia and PortraitGallerywithanHistorical Sketch of the State of Ohio. Volume 1.1883

Published by the WesternBiographicalPublishingCo.

Ohio. The Cross Road of Our Nation. Records and PioneerFamilies. Volume XXXVI Nos. 1,2,3,4.1995.

By The Ohio GenealogicalSocietyGift of Phyllis Reinheimcr

TENNESSEE

Wills and Inventories of Lincoln County, Tennessee1820-1921.1989.

By Helen C. Marsh and Timothy R. Marsh

Memorialand Biographical Record of the CumbcriandRegion.1898 (Reprinted 1995).

Published by Geo. A. Ogle and Co.TEXAS

ShipsPassengerLists, Port of Galveston, Texas 1846-1871.1984.Compiled by the GalvestonCounty Genealogical Society

PENNSYLVANIA

CumbcriandCounty,PA Church Records of the 18thCentury. 1994.By F. Edward Wright

Gift of Elizabeth Hastings

Abstracts of Cumbcriand County Wills 1750-1785.1992.By F. Edward Wright.

Gift of Elizabeth Hastings

United States Direct Tax for 1798.1994.By Wilbur J. McElwain

Gift of Elizabeth Hastings

Marriages and Deaths from the Newspapers of Lancaster County,Pennsylvania 1821 -1830.1988,1994.

Compiled by F. Edward Wright

974.7DUTCHESSH2DOHVol. 1

974.7WESTCHESTERV2FUL

974.7P4

SCO

975.6TRYONV2

977.1VAN WERTH2BASVol. 1-5

977.1D2WES Vol. 1

977.1D25OHI

976.8LINCOLNP2MAR

976.8D3OGL

976.4W3GAL

974.8CUMBERLANDR2WRI

974.8CUMBERLANDP2WRI

974.8CUMBERLANDR4MCE

974.8LANCASTERV2WRI

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Marriages and Deaths from theNewspapers of Lancaster County,Pennsylvania 1831 -1840.1988,1994.

Edited by F. Edward Wright

York County, Pennsylvania, Church Records of the 18th Century.Volume 1.1991.

Compiled by Marlene S. BatesandF. Edward Wright.Gift of Peggy Singer

Abstracts of SouthCentral Pennsylvania Newspapers 1785-1790.1988.Compiled by F. EdwardWright.

Abstractsof South CentralPennsylvania Newspapers 1791-1795.1988.Compiled by F. Edward Wright.

Abstractsof South CentralPennsylvaniaNewspapers 1796-1800.1988.Compiled by F. Edward Wright.

VIRGINIA

Fairfax,Virginia, Gravestones. Volumes 1,2.1994,1995.

Published by the FairfaxGenealogicalSociety.Gift of Peggy Singer

Historical Records of Old Frederick and Hampshire Counties,Virginia (Revised). 1992.

By Wilmcr L. Kerns.

Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannockand EssexCounties,Virginia 1655-1900.1953.

By Eva Eubank WilkersonGift of Elizabeth Hastings

Revolutionary War Records - Virginia.1936.(Reprinted 1995).

By Gaius Marcus Brumbagh

Some Emigrants to Virginia.Second Edition.1911 (Reprinted 1992).

Compiled by W. G. StanardGift

Virginia in the 1700s.An Index to WhoWasThere! andWhere!Parts 1-4.1993.

Compiled hy Harold Oliver.Gift of Janice Cloud

Early Washington Atlas. 1981.By Ralph N. Preston

WASHINGTON

WISCONSIN

A Few Good Men of Wisconsin (including biographical sketchesand early county histories). 1878. (Reprinted 1995).

Reprinted by Origins.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River ValleyCounties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago. 1895.(Reprinted 1995).

Published by J. H. Beers and Co.

76 Ancestors West Vol. 22, No. 3, Spring 1996

974.8LANCASTERV2WRI

974.8YORKR2BATVol.1

974.8B3WRI1785-1790

974.8B3WRI 1791-1795

974.8B3WRI 1796-1800

975.5FAIRFAXV3FAIVol. 1,2.

975.5FREDERICKH2RER

975.5RAPPAHANNOCKV2WIL

975.5M2BRU

975.5W3STA

975.5X3OLIPts. 1 - 4

979.7E7PRE

977.5H2

ORI

977.5BROWND3BEEPart 1,2.

FAMILIES

A Genealogy and Historyof Some StebbinLines. 1953.By John Alfred Stebbins.

Gift of Virginia Paddock.

James Nourse and His Descendants. 1897.Compiled by Maria Catharine Nourse Lyle

Gift of Edwin Storr

The Coffin Family. 1962.Edited by Louis Coffin.

Gift of David Myrick.

Daniel Boone in Pennsylvania. 1987.By Paul A. W.Wallace

Gift of Doris Crawford.

Founders of the Bell Family. A Record of Pioneer SettlersIn Mifflin County, PA. 1929.

By Raymond M. Bell.Gift of Doris Crawford.

929.2STEBBINSSTE

929.2NOURSELYL

929.2COFFINCOF

929.2BOONEWAL

929.2BELLBEL

Census Problems

If you have had trouble locatingcertain ancestors, it could be because of the following census facts:

1790 Washington D.C. is in Montgomery and Prince George Cos. in Maryland.

1820-30 Wisconsin is with Michigan census.

1830 Minnesota is with Iowa census.

Montana is with Clayton County, Iowa.1840

1860 Colorado is with Kansas census.Montana is found in Nebraska census under "unorganized Territory/'Nevada is included with Utah census.Oklahoma is included with Arkansas which was then Indian Land.Wyoming is with Nebraska. NOTE: Prior to 1880-1A meant Indiana, notIowa.

Southwest Nebraska Genealogical Society, Vol. 20 No. 1, Spring 1996

The New Mac PAF 2.3.1 is Here!

I was happy to get my update order formlast month for LDS' PAF 2.3.1. For those

updating the cost is $30.00, for first-timepurchasers it's $35.00.Such a deal!

The new version has streamlined calling upindividuals, giving one the capability to printAhnentafels, a "Match/Merge" option (one Icould have used six months ago), and theability to count ancestors & descendants, tomention a few of the improvements.

To order, either call 1-800-537-5950 or sendmail orders to Salt Lake Distribution Center,1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104-4233. Tax and phone order charge extra.

Discovery of Duplicate VeteransRecords is Only a Rumor.

A small notice in the last issue of AW reported the discovery of duplicates of 10 million20thcentury military records, the originals lostin a fire. Though originally reported in the NGSNewsletter (March/April 1996) it is simply nottrue. Don't bother to write to the NationalPersonnel Records—you will only be disappointed. For a more in-depth explanation seeArkansas Historical andGenealogical Magazine,More misinformation: modern military records'"duplicates," by Marie Varrelman Melchiori.PS. Elvis is really dead.

Vol. 22,No. 3, Spring 1996 Ancestors West 77

The Inevitable Corrections Column

• Veterans Administration Records Discovered-Seepage 77 in this issue.

•Civil WarQuestionnaire~]an Cloud gentlypointed out that the SBCGS library has the fivevolumes (976.8/M2/DYE).

•How to DateOld Photographs-The dates for thefederal stamps should be 1866-1868. Sometimeswhen scanning an article my machine spits-upon the information and I don't catch it.

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be scanned and converted into raw text fortypesetting. Therefore, all submissions mustbe typed and printed clearly. Dot matrix printouts in very small print do not convert well,so please try to set your type size at 11 pt. orlarger.Queries: Please have them be succinct, andeasy tounderstand. Give full names, dates andlocations when possible. Queries should betyped, and accompanied by a cover letter withyour name, address and phone number.

Submission topics:Local records: Church records (birth, baptisms, death, marriage records); Cemeteryrecords; School records; Business records; Civiland Court records; Clubs and Lodge records;Deeds; Wills and Estate records.Family research: Ahnentafels, narratives orlineages of a family (sources would be appreciated).General information pertaining to genealogy: "How To" articles; historical essays; anything that may make one laugh, etc.Warning: The editorial staff (of one at thismoment) reserves the right to copy-edit anysubmission. So, don't fall in love with everyword that you write! This quarterly is to bean enjoyable means to share genealogical information or helpful hints for one's research,not a forum for the expression of one's ego.Grrrr.

Off to Your Summer Home in France? Retreated Into Your Own World?

Or Simply Changed Your Address? We Need To Know!

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Return to: Membership Chairman, SBCGS, P.O. Box 1303,Goleta, CA 93116-1303

78 Ancestors West Vol. 22,No. 3, Spring 1996

Surname IndexThisindexdoes not includeS.B. HighSchool Magazine, New in the SBCGS Library,

nor the War Casualty Lists.

Alden 63,64Aucoin 63,64Baker 63,64Balliot/Barillot 64

Barnard 69

Barrett 67

Batchelder63,64Bayou/Bayol 64Billington 64Blanchard 63

Bliss 63,64Boudreau 63

Bourg 63,64Bourgeois 64Bowen 64

Bradstreet 63,64Brown 61, 64

Brun 64

Bulkley 61Carey 63Choppart 63Church 64

Clements/Clemmons

63

Comcau 63, 64Cook 61,64Corporon 63, 64Denniston 61

Doucet 63,64

Dugas 64

Dunbar 63, 64Dunham 64

Eaton 63, 64Ehresmann 67

Farlen 59

Finley 59Fishbach/Fishback 67

Frish-Ripley 67Fuller 64

Gaily 64Gaudet 64

Girouard 64

Goodwin 63

Grove 63

Hassell/Hasull 64Hathorne/Hawthome

63,64Hebert 63, 64Heimbach 67

Henderson/Hinderson 63

Hcrrick 64

Horn 55

Hull 64

Ingoldsby 63Jcanson 63King 63Klukkert 67

Knieling/Knciling 67LaGrove 64

Landry 64LaValle63

LeBlanc 63,64Lord 63,64Maillet 63

Martin 67

Marston 64

McFarland 59

McFarlen 59

McFarlin 59

McFarling 59Melanson 63, 64Melchiori 77

Moore 67

Moulton 63, 64Nappcr 64Newhart 55

Nichols 64

Norcross 69

Oakes 63

Ottcrbach 67

Parkman 64

Parry/Perry 63, 64Pelletret 64

Petitpas64Pctitot 63, 64Pinkerton 61

Pitman 63, 64Platts 63, 64

Pols 67

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The Seed Bed - A Column of Local SourcesBy Marilyn Owen, 46 pp.

The Great Register 1890 - Santa Barbara County, Calif.Male Surnames in the Santa Barbara CountyElection District, 68 pp.

The Great Register 1890 - Mono County, CaliforniaMale Surnames in the Mono Co. Election District, 18pp.

The 1895 Santa Barbara City Directory, 90 pp.

Santa Barbara - Tierra Adorado - A brief history ofSanta Barbara from old Spanish days to 1930,112 pp.

Porter 63, 64Purdue 69

Raymond 63, 64Richard 64

Richtor 67

Rector 67

Robichaux 64

Russell 63

Sabean/Sabin 63,64

Sallows 64

Sanborn 69

Savoie/Savoye 64Simmons 64

Smith 63

Stebbins 63

Stuel 67

Still 67

Tan 55

Terriot 63,64Thaxter 63,64Trask 63, 64

Trcfry 63Tucker 63

Turner 67

Vizcaino 55

Wendling 67Wheeler 63, 64

Wise 64

Woodbury 63, 64Zachmann 67

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Santa Barbara County

One ofCalifornia's 27 original counties. While the county was actually created in 1850, the written history of the areadates back to 1542. In that year Juan Cabrillo discovered the Santa Barbara Channel and later, according to legend, crossed toSan Miguel Island where he died and was buried. Asecond Spanish explorer, Sebastian Vizcaino, entered the channel on theFeast Day ofSaint Barbara in 1602, and named the area accordingly. Fr. Fermin Francisco de Lasuen founded the SantaBarbara mission in 1786. Santa Barbara Royal Presidio, established April 21, 1782, by Fr. Junipero Serra, was the last offourroyal presidios in Alta California: Santa Barbara, San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco. Santa Barbara had all three >Spanish forms ofadministration - Presidio representing the military, Pueblo the civil, and Mission the religious. In 1873,Ventura County was established from the southern portion ofthe original Santa Barbara area.

Santa Barbara County Genealogical SocietyP.O. Box 1303

Goleta, California 93116-1303

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Non-Profit OrganizationU.S. Postage PaidSanta Barbara, CA

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