stanwyck@ihuxr.UUCP (01/30/84)
Well,I haven't seen any activity here for a long time, so I thought I would throw my two cents worth in. As many of you may remember, I had requested that phone books be checked for others of my surname. I collected several answers, 8 to be exact, that fit the bill. I posted (via US SNAIL) letters to each of the eight in early January. Each letter requested a response. Today is 1/30/84. No responses yet. I wonder how the people who received the letters felt about them. I had passed the letters by a few others before sending them in an effort to make sure that were reasonably inoffensive. I still have hope that someday I will receive some response to the letters. How about the rest of you. How are your searches going? Ah, I just thought of a good question to ask: My mother-in-law called me last night. She had been going through her mother's old scrap books and found two photos taken at 1st and madison in Portland, OR about 1850. It appears that they are of her great-grandfather and his brother. Now, it is known that the family settled in Kansas finally, that my m-i-l's grandfather was born in Illnois, and that the family originally came from England. The question would then be: what are the chances that the family went from England to IL to KA via Portland OR?? Or better yet, what were two guys who ended up living in IL by 1865 doing in Portland in ~1850. Any ideas? Is it possible that they went west for gold, and came home instead of finding any? If so, why OR instead of CA? I realise that OR had a small gold rush, but I thought it was a little later. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome. thanx............. -- ________ ( ) Don Stanwyck @( o o )@ 312-979-3062 ( || ) Cornet-367-3062 ( \__/ ) ihnp4!ihuxr!stanwyck (______) Bell Labs @ Naperville, IL