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rfish2@cfl.rr.com - Apr 19, 2008 Hello Eric, A very interesting book found it's way into my possession. It is titled-The Door To The Old Blackwell House in Ravenswood. The book includes typewritten pages, pencil sketches of tombstones and maps, photos and letters dated 1915-1917. l am not sure of the author-maybe Francis Blackwell? Is this something someone would be interested or? l also sent a note to the Astoria Historical society. Let me know if this could be interesting to snyone. Than
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peskys.gulfcoast@verizon.net - Jan 23, 2008 so who hijacked the usual website? interested in forwarding class of '59 photos taken at the last all class reunion. T.F.Pescatore,'59
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HFHReunion@aol.com - Jan 20, 2008 Hi Eric: Is the HFReunion.org site down? Thank you. Ann Finkel Paras '48
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billybal9999@yahoo.com - Jul 5, 2007 Hi Eric, In the Chicago greater area there are several Bal family members still alive and well.It was very inresting to read about the Gent from the U.K. Our family is from Poland.My Dad was Stanley my God-Father Joseph, Jean, Stella Helen and Louis have all now gone on before us. We do have many cousins and second cousins in CHI_Town.THanx for your site. B BAL
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Justbaileyy@yahoo.com - Jan 28, 2007 Hi, not really sure what this web page is all about.. but I just came across a really old trunk, similar to what others have been describing. My trunk has what I believe is a name of a soldier on it, along with a really old "Corbin Cabinet Lock." Are these trunks worth anything? Are people looking for there families chests? Let me know something please..
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Cgreaker@xtend.com - Oct 10, 2006 Just browsing the web and saw this. How are you guys. Just in case you dont remember me, I am Bob Greaker's youngest son. Ha, Ha I work in Manhatten and Live in Mineola Great to see we are on the web as a family.
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beaumo7@aol.com - Apr 10, 2006 I also found a trunk in my mom's basement made by William Bal Co., Newark, NJ. If anyone knows anything about this manufacturer, I would love to hear about it..of if you can tell me where the date stamp might be on the trunk...can't find it. Thanks
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beabanks@cavtel.net - Apr 8, 2006 I too have a trunk made by William Bal Co., Newark NJ my trunk had the name of Col. T. M. Wortham 111th F.A It also has spec 098 contract 4-25-17 Phila. Depot. If anyone can tell me the age of the trunk or whom it belong too, I would appreciate it. I purchased it at a yard sale.
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eyesofgreen48@aol.com - Mar 6, 2006 Like #59, I too have a trunk made by William Bal Trunk Co, Newark, NJ. If anyone has info on it, age, worth, etc, would love to hear back from you.
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Waialani@aol.com - Oct 10, 2005 Like # 56, I could be a cousin....there were Bals in my family - and I am from the Hawaiian islands.
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chashorner@hotmail.com - Sep 14, 2005 Found an old trunk today labelrd william bal newark n.j. spfc 1198 contract 5-9-17 phila. depot Just wondering if you might have any info on this trunk. If you wouldn't mind writing back i would appreciate it. chas
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starlifter702@aol.com - Aug 26, 2005 Hello, I'm your second cousin a million times removed. (Allison's brother.) Enjoyed you're site. I live in Queens, NY, close to my ancestors haunts,ie. Newtown. Jim Davis
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wyvernsfly@comcast.net - Aug 17, 2005 Hi, Eric. My name is Karen Moore and Lionel Bal, married to Irene Fullmer, is part of my family line. I see a message from Ron Bal below, but his email address no longer works. Is Ron still around? I'd like to get in touch with him. Thanks!
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anela@ureach.com - Aug 8, 2005 Hi Eric! I got your website address from the geneology website. My name is Emily Lopez and I am a 5th or 6th generation Bal. My 5th or 6th great grandmother is Zelie Bal Pa. My grandmother carries the name Zelie. I was told by family that only this family carries that name here in the Hawaiian Islands. Well I hope we could chat more. Have a nice day.
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revbobb@earthlink.net - Jun 13, 2005 We met at a Blackwell family reunion on Blackwell's Island. Our research goes on. Robert L. Blackwell (Rev)
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raydonpat@cox.net - May 12, 2005 I have a trunk made by William Bal Co.Oct 17,1930. Contract #w669 0m,40zr Spec 23ed-794 Philadelphia OM DePot. Is this trunk worth anything? Ray Don Johnson
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wsiemon@poklib.org - Mar 31, 2005 I am trying to locate a William Bal of Elizabeth, New Jersey that manufactures fiberboard containers. Can you help? Thanx
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imhigy@aol.com - Mar 20, 2005 Eric, Had a great time last night, thank's. Looking foward to doing it again. Ken & Marie
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C.Feasenmyer36@att.net - Mar 15, 2005 Hi Eric, Just keeping in touch. Received some pictures of the reunion and it looked like everyone really had a good time. Unfortunately I had unexpected surgery and could not make it but I hope to be at the next one. Thanks for this great reunion site. Cathy
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C.Feasenmyer36@att.net - Dec 28, 2004 Eric, You did a great job with this reunion site. The pictures of HFH and all the information was great - I really enjoyed it! Thanks for doing so much for us. Hope to be healthy enough to go to the next reunion. Hope some of the classmates enjoyed the poster's with the snaps I sent. Did you hear any comments? Cathy
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b_hitchko@hotmail.com - Oct 13, 2004 Hello Eric. Would you have any information about the William Bal Trunk Co. I have a trunk and I can not find any information. Thank you
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monsignoir@hotmail.com - Apr 21, 2004 Hi Eric...nice web site. I used to live on the old soccer field grounds of Scheutzen Park for 15 years until 5 years ago. I put "today" pictures on the HFHS classmates.com site if you want to lift them and put on your site. See you in Oct!
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HFHReunion@aol.com - Mar 17, 2004 Eric: You did a great job on the web site for the HFH reunion. I am sure this will be a boost to the sale of tickets. Ann Finkel Paras '48
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Baysidesmiths@cox.net - Jan 2, 2004 Hi, Thanks for the opportunity to view your site. I am a cousin of your friend Martin Scharloo lll. Its been fun checking out and comparing the family trees...they seem to agree! Thanks again, Best wishes from the Redwood forest of N.Calif,near Redwood Nat'l Park. Happy New Year.Bruce M. Smith, Bayside, CA.
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GBOgden@aol.com - Sep 17, 2003 Hi Eric, I am Elizabeth Ogden, nee Davis, you cousin in Texas. Edwin Graves Davis grandfather, Abram Ballard Davis great-grandfather. Your website was sent to me by Aunt Allison Greaker nee Davis. I am enjoying your website, and appreciate all your effort and hard work. Thanks for a great job. Elizabeth
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ddbal1@yahoo.com - Sep 4, 2003 Hi everyone. I can't believe I never signed the guestbook before. Anyway, I am interested in Bal family genealogy too. This site is a wonderful resource. Great job Eric!
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ebbsoft@optonline.net - Aug 31, 2003 Hi everybody! This guestbook has not worked for essentially about two years, but it now fully operational again. Leave a message. Let me know you've been here!
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ebal@hudsonet.com - Aug 11, 2002 Hi everyobdy! This guestbook has not been working for about a year, but now its up and running again, is easier to use, and is actually being delivered to you on a web server running right off my own computer! Leave a message and let me know you were here. Eric
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grocholskinancy@hotmail.com - Jul 12, 2001 Eric, Hi I am Nancy Bolacker and really enjoyed the walk down memory lane your site provided. It was actually my brother-in-law who sent it my way. He was doing some research related to the "Bolacker" name and landed at your site and there I was in all my High School "glory!?!" Time sure does fly, I can hardly believe it's 30 odd years ago. I hope all is well with you and thanks again. Nancy
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allisongreaker@hotmail.com - Jun 27, 2001 Hi- I was sorry to hear about Dottie. Sorry that I could not get to the funeral. I tried to get into the database for Abram, but I could not get in. I'll try later. Regards, Allison
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jp@jpbal.com - Jun 22, 2001 Nice site! Am pleased to read that the --Bal-- who moved to the USA long time ago, are prospering! From: Jean-Pierre Bal, Belgium (Europe)
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HFHReunion@aol.com - Mar 14, 2001 Eric: I viewed the photos from the Reunion 2000. They are great! A wonderful rememberance! Ann Finkel Paras '48
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fishersan93@hotmail.com - Feb 16, 2001 Hi, Eric. Nice of you to offer your place for us cousins. Some of us are thinking of meeting in central PA in the spring to chase down some ancestors (who do seem to to a lively group! It will probably be in April or May. Dan, Casey, Kenlyn, and I are contemplating our navels. It's not too hard for them to get to PA- but I'm in Tucson, AZ and have to plan pretty far ahead to go east. Let me know if this appeals to you. Thanks. Cousin Sandy Oh- my other e
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aliamusm@cogswell.edu - Jan 30, 2001 Greetings, and thanks so much for the site. Michael Aliamus
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HFHReunion@aol.com - Jan 15, 2001 Hi Erick: Enjoyed the photos from the Reunion Oct 7 2000. Will come back to see more of them! Ann Finkel Paras class of '48 Co-Chair Reunion Committee 2000
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marekbal@aol.com - Dec 11, 2000 geneaology is interesting. I'm trying to trace my ancestry. My father (died 1992) was from Poland...Franek Julian Bal.. My name is Marek Gerard Bal.....Merseyside, United Kingdom.
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Eulaliaw@aol.com - Dec 3, 2000 Im Nancy Eulalia Wyche. the daughter of J.R.& Aurelia Davis>>.J.R. is the son of John Rusell & Stella May Davis. Stella Is the daughter of Hugh L.& Cynthia E. Smith. Aurelia Is the daughter of John Walter & Zulla May Stubblefield. at on time they all lived in small country towns. The Smiths & Davis's at Holder TX. Brown county.
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me21352@aol.com - Nov 2, 2000 Eric, e-mail me, it's Mary Ellen
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dorjeff - Oct 22, 2000 Hi, Eric! I'm related to you by our fathers...Edwin Graves Davis, Jr. (mine) & Edwin George Bal (yours) who were first cousins. I'm Mickey Davis Kranz's younger sister...she and I have recently emailed you when she discovered that we are second cousins. I sent you an email and look forward to answering any questions you may have for me re: marriages, births, deaths of the family to make your website and geneology info more complete. Looking forward to it! D
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talkman@cybernex.net - Oct 8, 2000 Eric, I checked out your HF site. I didn't hear any music. What do I need to do??? Let me know if you put the new photos up. It was nice seeing you. Corine
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Kranzesq@aol.com - Sep 16, 2000 Thanks, Eric for doing all of the work to put this together. The music adds to the karma. Mickey Kranz
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anglmkr54@home.com - Jun 28, 200k Hi Erick, I was fascinated with the amount of information you have on the Blackwell family. I'm trying to connect to one of the "three brothers from Oxford." We think we are descended through Joseph Blackwell that settled in Virginia. Thank you for all the information. Sincerely, Fran from California
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leonsmit@frs.fo - Jun 22, 2000 Inherited alot of measurement systems, one including the hp85! Found the neccesary information to start solving troubles... Thanks alot
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allisongreaker@hotmail.com - Jun 21, 2000 Hi Eric, Great web site, but my children are missing from it. Allison Hope Greaker B.x/xx/xx-Brooklyn NY Richard Nixon Greaker B.x/xx/xx-Brooklyn NY
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twosides@mindspring.com - Apr 8, 2000 Eric, Ran on your site today, I have an old trunk (military) I believe. I got possesion of it in Hayward Wis. aprox. 30 years ago. Here's my plight. on a small gold embossed stamp on the truck it has "William Bal, Newark, NJ Contract H 4-25-17 Phila Depot". Any chance this may be part of you lineage? Not really into this geneology stuff but would like to find the family it belongs to.
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finbow%40vicc.freeserve.co.uk - Apr 6, 2000 I am trying to get in touch with my counsin Angela Low by e-mail she lives in Tuakau but the e-mail name she gave me was incorrect. Can you help me find the correct e-mail name she has a chicken farm with her husband Alan. Many Thanks Hazel Finbow
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Rocmann@aol.com - Mar 27, 2000 My name is Ronald Irving Bal, father = Eugene, Grandfather= Lionel. I was born in Riverside NJ in 1947. With such an unusual family name, we must be distantly related. However, in tracing your family tree, I can't find the connection.
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hrdrck1@aol.com - Mar 17, 2000 Eric I started using an hp87xm after retiring as a civil engineer about 20 years ago and wrote a number of programs for it related to prospecting for gold. Just recently I reactivated my old system which included a separate twin floppy drive, separate printer and plotter and was able to get everything operating as it had except it no longer recognizes channel 7 of the HP IL interface so I have to power up the other units before the HP 87XM and then it works o
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joeliotta@netscape.net - Mar 17, 2000 Eric, enjoyed the web site. Didn't know that there was a 25th reunion. Guess you miss a lot moving around. Hope to see you in October..
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knepler-sr@worldnet.att.net - Feb 26, 2000 Eric, I enjoyed the site. My name is Lourdes Taracido Knepler, 1967 graduate of Holy Family. The yearbook is great. Tell me about the class reunion this year. Have not heard anything about it.
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scott@musser.com - Feb 16, 2000 Looking at the HP85 information. Thank you for having it available!
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cboopers@cs.com - Feb 14, 2000 Hi cousin Eric. I sent you an email, but wanted to tell you your website is fascinating. Love Your cousin Betty (Bal) Cruz
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ebal@hudsonet.com - Feb 12, 2000 Greetings to all HP-Series-80ers, Blackwellians, Holy-Familyites, Genealogy-Hounds, and all other cyberspace Souls who have ventured to this outpost in cybersapce! Eric
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HFHReunion@aol.com - , Eric: This is a fantastic site! I enjoyed seeing my sister Joanne Finkel and some of the classmates she has spoken of. Can't wait for the whole school reunion October 7th, 2000. Co-chair of the Reunion Committee. Ann Finkel Paras '48
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HFHigh48@aol.com - , Dear Eric I love your website and wish we were able to do this with all the alumni that are attending, but it is a huge job. I have copied photos of those I know are attending however.Thanks for your hard work. Lee Moorshead co-chair reunion 2000
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jsfac@email.msn.com - , I became interested in Blackwell's Island history a few months ago and was directed to your site by a search engine. Thanks for the great photo of the Almshouse and the map.
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richard_filon@hotmail.com - , Born in North Hudson Hospital and St. Augustine. St. Michaels left for Ca 1956 to finish high school there. My family long time Hudson co. folks....Dad frank was quite well known in the area... enjoy looking at your site and listening to music
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- , Eric, looking at the web site a lot of memories flash through my mind and its great to have memories. Gary
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martinroy4@hotmail.com - , Great site! Visit mine and see how you can find out anything about anyone! http://www.hotyellow98.com/cbqyo/
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altamira@lycosmail.com - , Thanks for the important information found on your site ! Without this, I'm sure that my HP85 would have been for the garbage can ! Now I can have fun with it !
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thebookstore@earthlink.net - , hi ERIC: Thanks for the web site, I like it although lavender is not my style. Something something soft and neutral would suit me fine. dI didn't get the picture howver. And, when I put any word in tosearch , all I get is a window that says HTTP/1.0501 not supported. It did the same the other day. Thanks for all your trouble. Rita
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thebookstore@earthlink.net - , Hi Eric: Just went to your website. Quite impressive! Now I'll explore it. (Haven't tried the floppy yet. Rita
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eric@ebbsoft.com - , Hi. This guestbook is new. If you have wandered to my website out here in cyberspace, then kindly enter a message in this guestbook, to let me know you were here. Don't forget to also enter your email address. Eric
