• [S50] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : unknown access2 date), unknown subject, unknown date, unknown location; based on "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S61] Jane Johnson Smith, Certificate for Entry of Death Jarrow England (30 Aug 1900), GRO Ref Info (BMD), unknown repository address.
  • [S196] Jane Johnson, Certificate for Entry of Birth; (unknown file date), Home Office; Identity & Passport Service; General Register Office, United Kingdom.
  • [S211] Marriage Certificate for William Smith and Jane Johnson (15 April1893), Home Office; Identity & Passport Service; General Register Office, United Kingdom. Hereinafter cited as Smith/Johnson Marriage (15 Apr 1893).
  • [S437] 1920 United States Census, New Jersey, South River (ED 73), Middlesex County, p 36B (Image 253), Household 724, Harry Rothenberg (Ancestry.com transcriber has surname as Rottenberg); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed by Carl Fields 3 April 2006) , based on NARA Microfilm Publication T625.
  • [S514] 1900 United States Census, New Jersey, Perth Amboy (ED 50), Middlesex County, 1A, Household 7, Peter Pavlovsky; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed by Carl Fields 7 Jan 2006) , based on NARA Microfilm Publication T623.
  • [S548] "California Death Records (1940-1997)," database, RootsWeb.com (http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death : 11 March 2010), Modean A Gregory, 23 Nov 1993, Fresno County, CA; Source: The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, Sacramento.
  • [S579] "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 22 March 2010), Brenda Sue Gregory, 17 May 1950, Fresno County, California; based on "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S758] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2012), Iris Aveling Friedman, 3 Apr 1988, San Diego County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S763] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 4 Feb 2012), Sammie Fields, 23 Apr 1950, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S791] "Oct. 5 rites for Mrs. A. E. Fields," Sanger (California) Herald,11 Oct 1973; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S796] "Obituary: Zona Fields," Sanger (California) Herald,24 Sep 1987; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S803] "California Death Records (1940-1997)," database, RootsWeb.com (http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death : 17 Sep 2012), Noland Eli Fields, 5 Oct 1989, Fresno County; Source: The California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, Sacramento.
  • [S804] Sanger Cemetery (Sanger, Fresno County, California), database (with some images), Jim Tipton (and others), Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 Sep 2012), Nolan Eli Fields, Memorial No. 62830918.
  • [S807] "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 17 Sep 2012), entry for Noland E Fields, 2 Oct 1942, Little Rock, Arkansas; based on " Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 ," United States, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64, College Park, MD.
  • [S810] "U. S. Public Records Index, Volume 2," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 17 Sep 2012), Nolan Fields, Born: 17 Oct 1913; based on (citing) Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listiings (but not complete, said to span all 50 states from 1950 to 1993).
  • [S818] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 Sep 2012), Modean A Gregory, 23 Nov 1993, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S819] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 Sep 2012), Linus Henry Fields, 6 Dec 1990, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S820] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 Sep 2012), Marvin Jewel Fields, 4 Jul 1983, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S821] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 Sep 2012), Marvin Jewel Fields, 22 Jul 1990, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S822] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 Sep 2012), Charles Ivy Field, 19 Jan 1985, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S823] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 19 Sep 2012), Sherman Rufus Fields, 29 Jul 1982, Fresno County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S841] Lester Letson, Sanger Cemetery (Sanger, Fresno County, California), database (with some images), Jim Tipton (and others), Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 Sep 2012), Sammie S Fields, Memorial No. 27090892.
  • [S853] 1940 U. S. Census, Clinton Township, Douglas County, Missouri, population schedule, Enumeration District 34-12, page 3B, Line 49, 23 April 1940) Household 70 (visited 22, Lee Scott -- informant was Ruth Scott, his wife; digital image, National Archives 1940 Census, Official 1940 Census Website (http://1940census.archives.gov : accessed by Carl Fields December 2012), citing National Archives microfilm publication T627, roll 2103, image 575.
  • [S874] "Deaths: Slobodien--Adele," New York Times, 17 Sep 1954, 27; read as digital image from ProQuest Historical Newspapers, "The New York Times (1851-2009)," (http://proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/ : accessed 22 April 2013), 113012402, accessed via University of South Carolina Library computer system at Aiken Campus library. The actual events reported in a newspaper article may have taken place one or more days prior to date the article was published.
  • [S1025] "Two Drunk Drivers Get Jail Sentences," Fresno (California) Bee Republican, 9 Dec 1953, page 3-B; read as digital page images from Ancestry.com, "Historical Newspaper Collection," (http://www.ancestry.com : circa 2009). Summary paraphrase: Pled guilty to Municipal Court Judge Leonard R. Meyers. Linus Henry Fields, 26, of Sanger, must serve 45 days in cutody following arrest last Wednesday on the Kings Canyon Road. Highway patrolmen said he was speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road between Temperance and Clovis Avenues. Fields was convicted of drunk driving in Moneterey in 1949. (This newspaper serves Fresno County (and possibly a larger region). Most articles of interest are related to communiites in area surrounding Fresno, such as Sanger and Reedley.).


  • [S1051] Bessie (Flushman) Pavlovsky grave marker, Congregation Shari Tephalo/Congregation Beth Mordecai/Hebrew Progressive Cemeteries, Florida Grove Road, Perth Amboy, New Jersey; read by Carl Fields, approx 2006.

    There are three adjacent Jewish cemeteries at this location, some of which have had more than one name during their history (so the current name may not correspond to the name on, say, an older death certificate and burial record). The three cemeteries have separate gates and exterior wall designs (for the walls facing Florida Grove Road), but once inside a gate, there are (as of 2013) no internal barriers separating one cemetery from the others. Thus, in some cases, it is unclear which of the three cemeteries a specific grave "belongs" to. The three cemeteries appear to be inside the current (2013) city limits of Perth Amboy. However, they are probably close to a city limit and may be in an adjacent municipality. It is likely they were outside the Perth Amboy city limits (possibly in Woodbridge Township) at the time of the earliest burials. Also, the street name (Florida Grove Road in 2013) may have been different in a earlier era (e.g., circa1920s). The southwest corner of the cluster of three adjacent cemeteries is at the northwest corner of the intersection of Florida Grove Road and Bingle Street.

    At least one of these three cemeteries (Congregation Shari Tephalo Cemetery) is maintained by Friends for Preservation of Middlesex County Jewish Cemeteries, Inc.; P. O. Box 306; Moorestown, NJ 08057; phone: 856-222-1418; (http://www.friendsofjewishcemeteries.org : accessed 25 July 2013). This organization was formed around 2005 and focuses on maintaining landscaping, etc. They probably have access to few, if any, burial records.
  • [S1101] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 8 Aug 2013), Ruth May King (Ruth May Fields), 21 Jul 1983, Fresno County (mother's maiden name listed as Davis); based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S1102] "U. S. Public Records Index, Volume 2," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 8 Aug 2013), Ruth M King, Born: 26 Aug 1917; based on (citing) Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listiings (but not complete, said to span all 50 states from 1950 to 1993).
  • [S1171] "California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959," database with images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com. The Ancestry.com database cites Califiornia Department of Health and Welfare, California Vital Records, apparently via The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California. The images are scans of pages of computer printout, usually one marriage per section of printed line on a page. These probably represent transcriptions derived from true original records (possibly "second or third generation" transcriptions). The format of this information suggests these printouts are from data that may have once resided on 80-character punched cards. The scan may have been from microfilm, rather than directly from a paper printout.
  • [S1174] "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 9 Sept 2013), Willard L King and Ruth M King, 6 November 1980, Fresno County, California; based on "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," microfiche, State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S1226] "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985" database with images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com. The Ancestry.com database cites microfiche, Califiornia Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento, California. The images are scans of pages of computer printout, usually one marriage per section of printed line on a page. These probably represent transcriptions derived from true original records (possibly "second or third generation" transcriptions). The format of this information suggests these printouts are from data that may have once resided on 80-character punched cards.
  • [S1230] "U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 9 Dec 2013), entry for Linus H Fields, 27 Feb 1945, San Francisco, California; based on " Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 ," United States, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64, College Park, MD.
  • [S1235] Charles Ivy Fields, Certificate of Death Local Registration District 1008, Local Certificate Number 00312, State File Number 85-003904, Fresno, Fresno County, California (19 Jan 1985), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  • [S1239] Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, database (with some images), Jim Tipton (and others), Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 7 April 2014), Blanche Slobodien, Memorial No. 996615195.
  • [S1390] "Fields Killed As House Burns Down," Sanger (California) Herald,4 May 1950page number not recorded; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S1394] "Flat Tire on Bike Kills 2," Sanger (California) Herald,24 June 1965pages 1A and 2A; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest). A Card of Thanks related to this story appeared on page 8A of the 1 July 1965 issue.
  • [S1397] "Obit: Sherman Fields," Sanger (California) Herald,5 Aug 1982page 2A; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S1398] "Obit: Marvin J Fields," Sanger (California) Herald,7 July 1983page number not recorded; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S1399] "Obit: Ruth K Scott," Sanger (California) Herald,28 July 1983page number not recorded; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest). This article seems to contain at least two errors. Her correct full name would seem to have been Ruth Fields Scott King (based on other information indicating the order of her two known marriages). Zona Fields, listed as a sister, was really her mother. She had only one known sister, Evelyn.
  • [S1400] "Obit: Charles I. Fields," Sanger (California) Herald,24 Jan 1985page 6A; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S1403] "Obit: Edgar G. Fields," Sanger (California) Herald,26 Jly 1990page 9A; microfilm, Fresno County Public Library, Sanger Branch Library, a secondary image was created by photographing the article from the display screen of a microfilm viewer using a digital camera (this image was later edited to improve contrast and to remove nearby articles not of primary interest).
  • [S1409] Brenda Sue Gregory, Certificate of Death Place of Death District No. 1008, Local Registration Number 1537, State File Number 65-065349, Sanger, Fresno County, California (20 June 1965), unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  • [S1501] Probably "Happenings of Local Interest, Mostly About People," or a similar section on local news items, Newark (Arkansas) Journal, 4 Jan 1923, (Volume 22, Number 38); microfilm, Independence County Library.

    Microfilm images from issues published between approximately mid-1922 to mid-1923 were examined by Carl Fields at the Independence County library around June 13, 2015. Items relating to individuals and families covered in this database were photographed. The reason Carl was examining these particular issues was that they included issues from 1923. Carl was interested in finding an obituary for Alma Childress (whose married surname was Craig). He knew (from a grave marker) that she died in 1923, but probably did not previously know her actual date of death. Digital images (from photographs) are retained in Carl Fields electronic/digital files (TMG Version 9.05 Exhibits Folder). As this is written (24 Aug 2015), Carl hopes to return to the Independence County Library some future time to examine microfilm images of additional issues of this newspaper.
  • [S1596] Bonnie Heenan (Gassville AR) to Carl Fields (Aiken SC), letter, 12 Feb 2009; ; privately held by Carl C Fields. Envelope (approx 8.5 x 11 inches) containing approx 35 pages of photos (many with multiple photos per page and many with annotations) plus about 25 pages of misc family history information (some of in on people who are speculative, but -- as of Aug 2016 -- not yet fully-confirmed family members).

    Information among the annotations has been used to generate TMG "tags" about various family members, or else as "clues" that eventually led to information in tags. For example, the birth and death dates annotated to a photograph of "Gearldine" Blankenship led (via a search on Ancestry.com) to a name used at the time of her death on the California Death Index: Jurldyne Barnard. The documentation for The Master Genealogist (TMG) computer program (software) uses the term "tag" for what other programs sometimes call "facts" (apparently the lead author of the program may have felt the word "facts" was too strong for things that are often actually more like "assertions" or "hypotheses" -- in family history many such "facts" are subject to change as more information is acquired).
  • [S1597] "California Death Index, 1940-1997 ," database Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : 30 Aug 2016), Daniel Blankenship, 13 Sept 1977, Santa Cruz County; based on "California Death Index, 1940-1997," State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
  • [S1646] Jurldyne Barnard, Certificate of Death Local Registration District and Cetificate Number 4400-1216 State File Number 77-133447, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz County, California (13 Sept 1977), unknown repository, unknown repository address. This certificate was originally issued on 15 Sept 1977, with a second (now attached) page issued on 12-19-77 to clarify cause of death. The second page was "accepted" on 10 Feb 1978.
  • [S1724] Linda, Find A Grave Web Site, database (with some images), Jim Tipton (and others), Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 4 March 2017), Modean Gregory, Memorial No. 17645911.
  • [S1772] "Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), Noland E Fields, Serial Number 38 908 03 (US Army, Active Service Began 16 Oct 1942)"; National Personnel Records Center (National Archives); 1 Archives Drive, St Louis, Missouri. About 75% if the records for veterans of the US Army (and Army Air Corps) during World War I and World War II (and the period between these wars) were lost due to a large fire in this facilty in 1973. However, this loss did not affect US Navy and US Marine Corps records.

    The file was received in March 2017 from the National Archives branch in St Louis, Missouri under Request Number 2-20180573026. It contains 4 pages with the archival pages limited to his final statement of pay and benefits. This document lists the date of his entry into the military as 16 Oct 1942, which differs by about two weeks from a different souce document. The difference might be due to something like a difference between induction and the date of reporting for active duty.
  • [S1773] "Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), Marvin J Fields, Serial Number 37 382 154 (US Army, Active Service Began 29 Aug 1942)"; National Personnel Records Center (National Archives); 1 Archives Drive, St Louis, Missouri. About 75% if the records for veterans of the US Army (and Army Air Corps) during World War I and World War II (and the period between these wars) were lost due to a large fire in this facilty in 1973. However, this loss did not affect US Navy and US Marine Corps records.

    The file was received in April 2017 from the National Archives branch in St Louis, Missouri under Request Number 2-20241195875. It contains 5 pages with the archival pages limited to his final statement of pay and benefits together with two pages that appear to be associated with a pension (?) claim 1n 1983 . The 1983 document contains an annotation listing the date of his entry into the military as 29 Aug 1942.