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The following databases were newly posted or updated starting with February 13, running through June 3, 2018 (My last listing ended with Feb. 12, with the one previous to it covering Oct. 21, 2017 to Feb. 08, 2018): Although it’s Continue reading New & Updated FamilySearch Databases Posted From February 13 to June 3, 2018
I haven’t blogged a lot since last fall, as we’ve been totally distracted with getting our “new” old building into shape for the next decade or more of living, working and yes… even gardening. You may remember that on the Continue reading What’s Up With Leland & Patty… And a Bit of Orting History
As I’ve written a number of times on this blog, our family had friends of Japanese ancestry who lived here in the Tacoma/Puyallup/Orting area of Western Washington. They were interned in “camps” during the Second World War. The presidential order Continue reading The Japanese WWII Internment – 75 years ago today
UPDATED NOV 20 2014 Having just moved back to the Orting, Washington area after an absence of over 20 years, I’ve gotten involved with the local Orting Historical Society. One of their current projects is the restoration of the War Continue reading Looking for Orting, Washington WWII Veterans
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch adds more than 3.7 million indexed records and images to Australia, Canada, Isle of Man, South Africa, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 1,395,009 images from the Canada, Nova Scotia Probate Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 3.7 Million Indexed Records & Images to Australia, Canada, Isle of Man, South Africa, & the USA
Last spring we (the Meitzlers) made the decision to move home to Orting, Washington. As of July, we had been gone for 20 years, as it was in July of 1994 that we left Washington State and went on the Continue reading Family Roots Publishing & Meitzler Family Move Update
From 1975 until 1991, with very brief absences, Patty and I lived on the old Fred Keating farm on South Prairie-Carbon River Rd, about 5 miles outside of Orting, in Pierce County, Washington. We raised our kids there. We live Continue reading Fred Keating Farm Buildings in 1924
The following was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: New Free Records Online for Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain Keep updating your wish list as FamilySearch continues to expand its online historical records. New collection additions Continue reading New Free Records Online for Czech Republic, France, Germany, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain & USA at FamilySearch.org
The following Images are from the original completed census form for Pierce County School District No. 117, Arline Mills, taken 1 May 1913. This form, along with a number of other Arline School documents was found in a satchel on Continue reading Arline Mills School Census: Dist 117 – Pierce Co, WA – 1 May 1913
The following Images are from the original completed census form for Pierce County School District No. 117, Arline Mills, taken 1 May 1912. This form, along with a number of other Arline School documents was found in a satchel on Continue reading Arline Mills School Census: Dist 117 – Pierce Co, WA – 1 May 1912
The following Images are from the original completed census form for Pierce County School District No. 117, Arline Mills, taken 1 May 1911. This form, along with a number of other Arline School documents was found in a satchel on Continue reading Arline Mills School Census: Dist 117 – Pierce Co, WA – 1 May 1911
I was raised from my birth on a “farm” of sorts in a small community on the South Prairie-Carbon River Road between the Pierce County towns of South Prairie and Orting, Washington. I spent the first 18 years of my Continue reading My Home “Town” For 40 Years – Arline Mills, Pierce Co., Wash.