I t's been over a year since the last Donner Party Bulletin appeared, and no doubt people are wondering what the heck is going on. The Bulletin , as I originally saw it, would be a regular publication, but such are the vagaries of research there hasn't been enough material to warrant a new issue every couple of months. Although I got out of the habit of writing it, I've still continued to research, and after my vacation from the Bulletin , I'm ready to start anew. It now consists of 13 main pages and 23 subpages. The greatest number of hits occur during the school year, when students are researching papers and working on projects.
Summers are pretty slow.
Unfortunately, people sometimes ask a question in the Guest Book without leaving an address where they can be reached with the answer. There has been only one rather hostile message, fortunately, but there have been several cranks, mostly tiresome comments about cannibalism. My policy is to leave all messages in the Guest Book, regardless of what I think of them personally, unless they're obscene or commercial. The e-mail from the website consists mostly of genealogical queries and requests for information from students working on papers and projects. I've heard from many descendants or relations of Donner Party members, including several less well known ones.