User talk:Trowely

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--Kopuru 17:34, 12 June 2007 (MDT)

Koch Family Tree.ged Imported Successfully [26 October 2007]

The pages from your GEDCOM have been generated successfully. You may view them by launching the Family Tree Explorer and opening the family tree into which this GEDCOM was imported.

For questions or problems, leave a message for Dallan or send an email to dallan@WeRelate.org.

--WeRelate agent 15:54, 26 October 2007 (EDT)

Fletcher [18 December 2007]

Hello Amy,

I am the Fletcher researcher you have been helping. I would have thanked you before now but I am still getting the hang of all this Wiki stuff and the part about communicating with others has been slower coming!

I am working on the Fletcher's for my cousin Janet who descends through John Morgan Fletcher > Charles Fletcher > Jeff Fletcher. I was absolutely delighted to get the news clipping about T.J. and the gunfight as I really was not sure what I was looking at (and have not got a lot of primary documents from Clark Co. to help me out in that direction). I could tell he MUST have divorced and remarried despite the county history from Clark but was so happy to get some confirmation and at least a little insight.

I just wanted to touch base and thank you (if belatedly). Since I am certain you have worked on the Fletchers for some time I am also wondering if you know if much parish searching has been done for Charlotte or Joel in England? I thought I might send for some film for the village where T.J. is supposed to have been born but if it is something that many researchers before me have attempted and come up short I would love to know.

Anne

Anne Livingston Wenatchee, WA--MizLiv 11:06, 17 December 2007 (EST)

Hi Anne,

I'm still getting the hang of all the Wiki stuff myself. I love entering new information, but the formatting and such gets me down.

My line of descent is through Sarah Anne Fletcher and her daughter Viola Belle Gibbons. I'm always surprised at the number of Fletcher researchers I run into. In addition to a couple of my mom's cousins, I've corresponded with a David Fletcher on the east coast and a David Robinson in Utah.

While I love the Clark County Pioneers books, I've discovered they're only good as a starting point. They were put together by volunteers, and information is frequently wrong, or omitted. And unlike a Wiki, there's no going back and changing it when new evidence comes to light!

I have a few bad copies of various vital records, and I'll try to get around to scanning them shortly. I have the parish records for Joel and Charlotte's marriage, Thomas and John's baptisms, Joel's burial, and George and Charlotte's marriage. I also have a copy of Thomas and Susannah's marriage record from Ohio, and Thomas' naturalization papers from Washington. Beyond that, I don't know if anyone else has done any deeper digging.

Amy Senn

--Trowely 21:53, 17 December 2007 (EST)

a thank you! [27 June 2008]

Thank you Amy for leaving the picture and marriage and birth of T. J. Fletcher. I have been tied up with other projects and had not seen it till this week but have emailed my cousing Janet (Fletcher) and know she will be pleased!

I am glad I caught it when I did. Ordering Repton Parish registers was on my to do list for her but now I won't need to.

Anne--MizLiv 18:48, 27 June 2008 (EDT)