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From: Bill & Chris Strickland <>
Subject: [KSCOWLEY] Births and Deaths in Cowley County ...
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 11:03:51 -0800


Hi all!

LDS film #2055496

Bob & Connie Lawrence's (with help from others -- see the preface)
"Births and Deaths in Cowley County ..." is now available on microfilm
at your local Family History Center.

The new catalogue CD should be out pretty soon, but until it is,
although the book is listed, the film is not listed, but it *can* be
ordered. I did it, and received the film in an amazingly short 10 days.
I have not looked the number up on the web site catalogue yet, so it
might be there.

The Salt Lake City FHL has copy 16 of the book (out of 24). With so few
copies in print, it is nice to have this wonderful work now available.
If your ancestor had an obituary in the Winfield Daily Courier, this is
simply an invaluable source. Unfortunately, it would seem, if there was
no Courier obituary, there is no listing. In my family tree, that means
certain individuals are missing, but if they are listed, it is a wealth
of information, and if it is a larger family, with several listings,
they are all in one place, complete with any additional sources and the
date of the Courier obit.

It also has an extensive listing of cemeteries of Cowley County,
complete with exact location.

Concerning the Eaton Cemetery, my father, who attended Eaton School as a
young boy, ~ 1925 - 1933, has no recollection of a cemetary near the
school, and if a little boy didn't know about a graveyard near the
school, it might really be the nearby Prairie Ridge Cemetery. The roof
of the Eaton schoolhouse fell in during the winter storms of 1997, and
although there are some folks interested in preserving the schoolhouse,
the monies do not seem to be available (last I knew).

We should all take this opportunity to thank Bob & Connie for their
permission for the LDS to microfilm this book. The effort it took to
compile, especially the data entry, is sincerely appreciated.

Thank you,

Bill Strickland

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