Dear Mr. Mayor;

Someone on the Belmont Historical Society suggested I have violated their copyright, by posting an image of William Janke, who may be in a family photograph this is posted on their facebook page. About twelve of my posts have been removed, which alarms me, because I offer NEW family information – that could be used without my permission! Being related this famous family does not rate with this clic who are described as “we”. To be invited by an origination connected with the City of Belmont, to contribute your family history, then be treated like you are a outsider and parasite – is outrageous! This goes against the tradition of other Historical Societies – who encourage descendant of famous people to contribute – because there is no telling what they have, or, if they are going to put that Society in their will. I demand a full investigation. I would like to see your bi-laws.

Someone on the Belmont Historical Society suggested I have violated their copyright, by posting an image of William Janke, who may be in a family photograph this is posted on their facebook page. About twelve of my posts have been removed, which alarms me, because I offer NEW family information – that could be used without my permission! Being related this famous does not rate with this clic who are described as “we”. To be invited by an origination connected with the City of Belmont, to contribute your family history, then be treated like you are a outsider and parasite – is outrageous! This goes against the tradition of other Historical societies – who encourage descendant of famous people to contribute – because there is not telling what they have, or if they are going to put that Society in their will. I demand a full investigation. I would like to see your bi-laws.

John Presco

President: Royal Rosamond Press

braskewitz@yahoo.com

“The Belmont Historical Society Facebook page features posts and information pertaining to Belmont, San Mateo County, California and its history. Everyone is encouraged to send us messages. We will review the content for its interest to our followers.”

Here is Cynthia guarding her small town from an outsider whose family made most of Belmont’s history. It boggles the mind! Surely progressive investors are grateful for the warning. I live in Sprigfield Oregon that has been called Springtucky. How about Belabama?

“We are related to historic people somewhere.

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:39 AM

There’s no competition, for Pete’s sake.

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:39 AM

Maybe your friend the editor can explain copyright to you.

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:39 AM

Everyone is related to “historic people.”

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My name is Cynthia McCarthy and you can blame me and me alone, not the Belmont Historical Society. You can email me at cgkmccarthy@gmail.com.

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 11:02 AM

You were advised that any further threats, accusation or name-calling would result in your being blocked from this page. I have not read your newspaper nore do I intend to. Your posts have been subject to the same review as anyone else’s. Again, this is Cynthia Karpa McCarthy, not the president or any other officer of BHS. Please blame me entirely.

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 8:03 AM

Cipriani describes himself as Florentine in his diaries even though he was from Corsica. He recounts meeting another Italian speaker in Nevada and tells him he’s “Florentine, thank God!” Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 8:03 AM One of the photos and captions is from the book I wrote. I am not certain if you think much of this information is mew to us.

Where are my posts? I just read this on your page. I am compelled to write an article on my blog-newspaper – for the arts – about your harassment and oppression of my CONNECTION to MY family history – that irks you – because you think you own MY family information. WE are not related. To hint I am violating your copyright, is harassment. I want your name. Here is your chance to make clear to the People of Belmont, why you are censoring information THEY may find interesting and revelent. That you allow a post of a Hollywood actress, who just went to school in Belmont, goes against the criteria you apply to me that is TOO SPECIAL. I suspect you don’t like other things I wrote about on my newspaper and are electing yourself to be a police force.

I am compelled to write an article on my blog-newspaper – for the arts – about your harassment and oppression of my CONNECTION to MY family history – that irks you – because you think you own MY family information. WE are not related. To hint I am violating your copyright, is harassment. I want your name. Here is your chance to make clear to the People of Belmont, why you are censoring information THEY may find interesting and revelent. That you allow a post of a Hollywood actress, who just went to school in Belmont, goes against the criteria you apply to me that is TOO SPECIAL. I suspect you don’t like other things I wrote about on my newspaper and are electing yourself to be a police force.

We have an automatic reply set that says we will respond as soon as we can.

You sent February 25 at 9:21 AM

Thanks. Sorry

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Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 8:03 AM

Cipriani describes himself as Florentine in his diaries even though he was from Corsica. He recounts meeting another Italian speaker in Nevada and tells him he’s “Florentine, thank God!”Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 8:03 AMOne of the photos snd captions is from the book I wrote. I am not certain if you think much of this information is mew to us.

You sent Today at 8:44 AM

What are you suggesting? Who is us? The Janke family is MY family not your family. Millions of families brag on their family history no matter how mundane. This is all I am doing. I did not come to battle with volenteers who I thought would be glad to hear from descendants of the Founder of Belmont. I thought MY history was being rejected as it was twenty years ago by kin of your famous cop who controlled the city history. I never encountered the way you set up your facebook group and assumed the worst and appologised. I even removed post to show I am not at war with a group of volunteers who may be working on books and have written books. I know being related to historic people gives me an advantage. The Benton’s are kin to the Bonaparte family that Cipriani had extensive relationship with.

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 8:44 AM

Greeting! Thanks Greg for your message. We are not here right now, but we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. We are a small organization with a handful of volunteers. Thank you for your patience.

You sent Today at 8:53 AM

New to us? I don’t get this statement. I can get the opinion of a professional writer as to what he makes of this. You may be treating me as a outsider a author who thinks he is in competition with you

You sent Today at 9:00 AM

Here is my good friend, Mark Gall. For 25 years we have discussed out family history. He grew up in Hunter’s Point and will be in my book. Our mutual friend also went to Harvard and wrote a Eisenhower bio. He was an editor for Double Day. How long has each member of the Belmont Society been volunteering to gather my family history? Thank you for the good job you have done. https://pages.uoregon.edu/mgall/vita.htm

We are related to historic people somewhere.Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:39 AMThere’s no competition, for Pete’s sake.Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:39 AMMaybe your friend the editor can explain copyright to you.Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:39 AMEveryone is related to “historic people.”

You sent Today at 9:50 AM

Are you suggesting I am violating YOUR copyright, or, a group’s copyright? I just want to make sure. There is strong evidence that MY family has been collecting OUR history for hundreds of years. Here is the proof the Benton family is kin to the Bonaparte family who were close friends of Cipriani. My famous artist sister married the artist, Garth Benton, the cousin of the artist Thomas Hart Benton. My niece Drew Benton is an artist, and so am I. This constitutes a artistic dynasty – when you include my mother’s cousin, the actress Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Benton-1403Zebulon Howell Benton (1811-1893) | WikiTree FREE Family Treewikitree.com

Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA sent Today at 9:51 AM

Sir, our organization is interested solely in Belmont. Best of luck with your endeavors.

You sent Today at 10:00 AM

Are you suggesting that if Harry Truman was born in Belmont, you would exclude the fact he was President? The Bonapartes were world famous and were preparing to invade California and had extensive dealings with Cipriani who they may have been trying to employ in their designs on U.S. Territory. Did Cipriani live in Belmont? You brought his name up in our chit-chat. It appears you are preparing to get me banned from your facebook. You appear to be setting me up. Are you saying I can not post on the Palace Hotel that Ralston built – outside Belmont city LIMITS? You are trying to LIMIT me. I wonder if other city history originations do this.

You sent Today at 10:04 AM

I would like to see a copy of your bi-laws, that should suggest YOU encourage people to contribute THEIR history. It looks like you are DISCOURAGING me.

As of 10:20 P.M. on 2/25/21 these posts are up.

I subscribe to the ideas of Richard Florida who says creative people and investors want to be a part of a progressive, tolerant, and open Bohemian lifestyle. They do not want to move to a place that is closed and claimed by the locals who don’t trust outsiders. https://www.theguardian.com/…/gentrification-richard…

• Cynthia Karpa McCarthyPlease be advised that further threats, accusations or name-calling will result in your being blocked from the page. Thank you.
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• Greg PrescoI apologize.
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• Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CAThanks.
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• Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CAGreg Presco Hi Greg , I have been enjoyed some of your posts and photos that are directly related to the Belmont area and you have provided some new photos and information that will be put in a file, but please try not to post anything that is off topic or is not Belmont Area related. Thank you ,Denny Lawhern Belmont Historian
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• Greg PrescoFor several days I have been looking for a backer to buy this house in Belmont in order to open a gallery and have a home for my newspaper blog, Royal Rosamond Press. Here is Lawrence Chazen who was a partner of Christine in her first gallery. He was my father’s private lender in his real estate loan business. He is a advisor for the Getty family and a partner in PlumbJack along with the Newsom and Pelosi family. William Ralston is titled ‘The Man Who Built San Francisco’. The Getty family picked up the gauntlet – and run San Francisco and the State of California. They are interested in banks. They like to invest in historic places that honor the arts and artists. https://rosamondpress.com/…/07/19/what-is-lawrence-chazen/

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• Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CAWe are a group of volunteers who promote Belmont history and maintain the Belmont Historical Society’s collection in the History Room in Twin Pines Park.
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• Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CAThe mayor of Belmont is Charles Stone. You may reach him through this website: https://www.belmont.gov/…/council…/city-councilBELMONT.GOVCity Council | City of BelmontCity Council | City of Belmont
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  • Greg PrescoWhy don’t you say there is a delay in posts appearing? I tried to give you this information twenty years ago and someone got threatened and – did nothing! Someone was claiming they were kin to Janke. Is there some kind of unclaimed property? My grandf… See MoreROSAMONDPRESS.COMAm I In Contact With Aliens?Am I In Contact With Aliens?
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  • Greg PrescoPeople get jealous. I am in a battle with outsiders who have written books and movie scripts about my family. Here is my grandmother Mary Magdalene Rosamond sitting next to Norbert. Her daughter, Rosemary, married Victor William Presco the only child … See More
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  • Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CAOrganization Facebook pages have administrators who post to their pages, which is standard practice. Our automatic reply says that we respond as soon as we can. Your Notifications have been posted within twenty-four hours of receipt, not bad for an org… See More
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  • Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CASir, your Notifications have been posted.
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  • Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CAIn answer to your initial question, my name is Cynthia McCarthy.
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  • Greg PrescoMuch of our history – has no home – because historians and famous families run into roadblocks all the time, and give up. I am working with a black man to get a grant for recording the black history of Oakland. What an ordeal. People ASSUME famous fam… See More
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  • Greg PrescoBelmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA They did not show up all last evening. Thank you very much.
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  • Greg PrescoBelmont Historical Society, Belmont, CA I thought they were being deleted. I could see them, then they were gone.
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  • Belmont Historical Society, Belmont, CANo, sir. Facebook page administrators post notifications. Otherwise you would have spam posted on your page for your followers every day. It might take me a few days before posts I share from this page to the You Know You’re from Belmont page to show up, but I understand that the administrator will get to it when she can.
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  • Greg PrescoCan you post a message saying this?
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  • Greg PrescoThe Stackpole history is an orphan. My good friends was very close with them. Ralph camped at Lake Temescal in Oakland with famous artists and writers. https://rosamondpress.com/…/04/am-i-stackpoles-historian/ROSAMONDPRESS.COMAm I Stackpole’s Historian?Am I Stackpole’s Historian?
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  • Greg PrescoI feel so relieved!!!!! The tension historians feel is epic. These people become your children. You want them to do well – long after they are dead! I look at the painting of Freida, and she is alive! Thank you!
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  • Greg PrescoI took my newfound daughter to visit the Janke-Stuttmeister crypt that was damaged in the earthquake The A in JANKE had fallen off. I wondered if I would be believed because of this. That was twenty years ago. I welcome all challenges to my information… See More
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  • Greg PrescoThis crypt was lost – now found! When I saw it – I gasped. Minnie comes from Wilhelmina.
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  • Greg PrescoMy newborn grandson, Tyler Hunt. I did not know I had a daughter.
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  • Greg PrescoWilliam O. Stuttmeister moved his kin to Colma after the Oddfellow graveyard was dug up. This is a Tiffany window. This is his gift to the City of Belmont and all its citizens. You are all welcome to visit this shine of respecting our family history, a… See More
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  • Greg PrescoHere is the Stuttmeister monument in Berlin. This very wealthy family gave it all up to come to dwell in our Democracy…that they believed in! They wanted to know how it felt. They wanted to contribute to freedom.
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  • Greg Prescohttps://rosamondpress.com/…/knight-stuttmeister…/ROSAMONDPRESS.COMKnight Stuttmeister (Stallmeister)Knight Stuttmeister (Stallmeister)
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  • Cynthia Karpa McCarthyIf you would like your notifications to show up as posts on the page, post them as comments to your previous posts. Thank you.
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  • Greg PrescoThanks! I could not seed my first post. There is more that I will post tomorrow.
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  • Greg Prescohttp://www.historicunioncemetery.com/Person.php…HISTORICUNIONCEMETERY.COMHistoric Union CemeteryHistoric Union Cemetery
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  • Greg PrescoBelmont is sitting on a gold mine of history. I suspect these cottages belonged to Carl Janke who brought six portable houses to Belmont in 1849. Count Cipriani screwed his house together, that Ralston added on to. Carl tried looking for gold, and may … See MoreROSAMONDPRESS.COMTanforan CottagesTanforan Cottages
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  • Greg PrescoBelmont is The Hub of History. https://rosamondpress.com/…/10/royal-wedding-at-belmont/ROSAMONDPRESS.COMRoyal Wedding at BelmontRoyal Wedding at Belmont
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  • Greg PrescoBelmont has the real Gone With The Wind. https://rosamondpress.com/…/statue-of-john…/ROSAMONDPRESS.COMStatue of John Breckenridge CastlemanStatue of John Breckenridge Castleman
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