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Show Volume XIX Issue V The Ogden Valley news Page 9 June 1, 2011 Historical Photo—1938 Valley Yearbook Staff Thanks goes to our readers Doug and Erma Willson of Huntsville and Florence SmithMumford of Huntsville who called in with the names for our historical photo that was in the March 15, 2011 issue of the paper. Back Row: Eloise McKay, Wanda Winter, Naomi Harrison, Ernest McKay, Shirley Fuller, Lorna Berlin, and Mary Shaw. F ro n t Row: Douglas Bronson, Florence Smith, Jean Montgomery, Shirley Clark, and Ross Shupe. Road to Eden Now In an Impassable Condition have ordered such a mess. To see empty buggies and wagons to which are attached from one to four horses, “stuck” in the bottomless mire, to hear double trees, single trees, irons and harnesses cracking and breaking; to hear the compliments paid the “wise ones” who engineered the work, would make an ordinary roadmaster sit up and take notice, but for nearly a month the good people have had to tolerate this condition and the end is not yet. Vehicles and horses have been delayed and damaged on the road, known as the Eden big hill, until the patience of the people is exhausted. A portion of the poll tax paid, if properly applied, would have put the road in first class shape, and would have saved time and money, horses and men, and a deal of profanity. We earnestly hope that one or more of the Honorable Commissioners will take a drive over the road (?) and order such work done at once as will save us from this inexcusably, unjustifiable and dangerous condition. Written and submitted to “The Ogden Standard” by Adam L. Peterson. It ran on the front page of the paper on Saturday, November 27, 1909. The people of the valley celebrated Thanksgiving Day by feasting and merrymaking and incidentally discussing the injustice done them by the present road commissioner in destroying the road, (poor as it was) leading from Eden to the Ogden Canyon road. This is the time of the year when the farmers are compelled to market hay, grain, and other products, and fill their coal and flour bins, and procure necessary supplies for winter. From the Ogden Valley Creamery, leading north the road has been made impassable by scraping from 5 to 6 feet of sticky state death record far away from the battlefront clay on to the road bed. Any child over ten years of age in this may contain death information on a soldier that valley would have known better than to was submitted by a family member back home. FamilySearch’s chief genealogical officer David Rencher said that many people can benefit from the records. “With the wealth of records created by the Civil War, I am inspired by the plan laid out by FamilySearch to make a substantial amount of this material available on their website over the next four to five years. This growing collection will be one that will serve the needs of the numerous descendants of the participants on both sides of the conflict,” Rencher said. About 10 million of FamilySearch’s Civil War records are already indexed, so they can be easily searched by a specific name. However, there are many more records that need to be indexed, and that’s where FamilySearch indexing volunteers come in. These volunteers view a digital image online of the record and enter in important information such as names, dates, and places. FamilySearch project manager Jim Ericson said this data will be used to create free searchable indexes that enable people to more easily find records about their Civil War ancestors. “Once these records are indexed and published online, anyone can search for the name of an ancestor and link to a digital image of the original record, if the image is also available online,” Ericson said. “Indexing helps people save time when finding records and enables a more powerful, engaging search experience.” Valley Bulldogs from the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades in, about, 1962. Pictured Ericson said that more than 130,000 people above are, left to right, back row: Paul Southwick, Doug Wilson, Tom Buchanan, Ed helped with other FamilySearch indexing projects in the last year, but more volunteers are Archuleta, and Jay Mickelson. Middle row: ?, ?, Renee Shupe, Linda Wangsgard, needed for the multi-year Civil War era project. LuDale Southwick, Diane Langford, and Becky Wood. Front row: Susan McKay, “We expect to maintain some focus on Craig Stoker, Roger Buhrley, and Russel Drummond. Can anyone identify the first indexing records from the U.S. Civil War for two girls in the middle row? If you can identify any of theses missing names, please the next three or four years to make the colleccall Shanna at 801-745-2688 or Jeannie at 801-745-2879. tion of Civil War era records extremely robust,” Ericson said. For those who want to learn more about their Civil War ancestors, there is also additional help on the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Dave’s BigFoot Show I will be revisited not a guy in a suit! I have heard this statement This includes information about each regiment with new additions at the Weber County Fair many, many times. Now everybody knows that fought in the conflict and records created on August 11, and Show II will be held at Wolf that there are a lot of frauds and fake video and by each state that participated in the war. 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Also, Dave’s BigFoot Show II will be tusa.blogspot.com or http://davesbigfootshow. access FamilySearch services and resources held at Wolf Mountain in Ogden Valley, Utah blogspot.com free online at FamilySearch.org or through over on September 3rd. Also, search FaceBook for Dave’s BigFoot 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, Dave Carver states, BigFoot, “For sure, is Friends and Dave’s BigFoot Show 2011. including the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Civil War Buffs & Volunteers Enlist in Campaign to Publish Millions of Historic Records Online As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, people who had ancestors involved in the conflict can access millions of historical records recently published on the familysearch.org website. And millions more records are coming, as Civil War volunteers enlist in an epoch online campaign over the next five years to provide access to the highly desirable historic documents. FamilySearch announced the release today of hundreds of millions of online records at the National Genealogical Society conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The collections include service records for both the Confederate and Union armies, pension records, and more. Some of these records have been available for some time but are now being added to familysearch.org/ civilwar as part of this project. Here is just a sampling of what is available: l Arizona, Service Records of Confederate Soldiers of the Civil War, 1861-1863 l Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929 Civil War Pension Index l Louisiana Confederate Pensions 1898-1950 l Missouri Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers’ Home Admission Applications l South Carolina Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (NARA M267) l South Carolina Probate 1671-1977 l South Carolina Probate Records, Files, and Loose Papers, 1732-1964 l United States, 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows l United States, Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 l United States, Union Provost Marshall Files of Papers Relating to Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866 l United States, Union Provost Marshall’s File of Papers Relating to Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 l U.S. Civil War Soldiers Index 1855-1865 l U.S. Navy Widows’ Certificates, 1861-1910 (NARA M1279) l U.S., Registers of Enlistments in the l U.S. Army, 1798-1914U.S., Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 l Vermont Enrolled Militia, 1861-1867 “These records are significant because nearly every family in the United States at that time was impacted either directly or indirectly by the war,” FamilySearch project manager Ken Nelson said. “Each soldier has a story to tell based on what his unique experience was during the war. Each family has their own story to tell. This is the paper trail that tells the stories about that period in our nation’s history,” Nelson said. Many of the records are specific to the war itself, such as enlistment or pension records. These documents can provide key family data, including age, place of birth, or the name of a spouse. Other collections, such as census records, tell the story of ordinary civilians who lived during that turbulent time. Even a local or Historical Photo Dave’s BigFoot Show Coming to Wolf Mountain no Classes During July ~ starting Back Up in august Jeffrey D. Shepherd DMD, MSD Fitness Classes in the Valley Specialist in Orthodontics Monday & Friday 8:00 AM Cardio, Strength & Core Join us for fat burning cardio, muscle building and toning, floor work and an awesome abdominal workout. Wednesday 8:30 AM Pilates Want better posture, balance and a firmer core? Pilates is the class for you. 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