Each month the Archived Document Contest provides us new
information and the July 2015 contest had its own set of curiosities and
twists. Genealogists everywhere seemed busy with road trips, conferences, and
family reunions. They loaded their Facebook pages and updated their blogs with
information about their summer activities.
Summer officially ends on September 22 and the TriCity
Genealogical Society has their Traveling Through Time conference scheduled for
September 12. This provides traveling genealogists an opportunity to add one
last conference to their summer itinerary. It also provides local genealogists
an opportunity to attend a conference without traveling.
The speaker for this upcoming conference will be William
Dollarhide. Mr. Dollarhide is a very well-known author and speaker. The
TriCities should feel honored to have a genealogist of his caliber come to the
community.
Another individual that you will probably see at the
conference is Larry Bafus. Larry won the July 2015 contest. He submitted a copy
of his 3rd great grandfather’s acceptance as a Sub-Agent of Indian
Affairs of Washington Territory which was written in 1854. Larry’s 3rd
great grandfather was Andrew J. Bolon. Bolon’s district covered “between the
Bitterroot and Cascade Mountains.” Sadly, Bolon died a year and a half later at
the hands of the Yakamas near present day Goldendale. An interesting point to
Bolon’s acceptance letter is that it was written to Isaac Stevens who at the
time the letter was written was Governor of Washington Territory and
Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
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| Larry Bafus |
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| Acceptance Letter of AJ Bolon |
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