Genetic History Page
The Professor bred by
Patterson Llamas
Photo courtesy of Mark Brant
For the last five+ years, I have been madly working on gathering and organizing information, pictures and old publications (catalogs, magazines and more) with information about llamas (especially older llamas). What I realized was that a lot of the old information is being lost and/or thrown out. In response to this, I have been writing letters, calling and contacting some of the older breeders to get this information. I have a lot of pictures and publications already, but still need more! (see below) Many people have given/sold me old magazines and I have paid money for some off Ebay and from private individuals! What I really need now are the Al Oming Game Farm Catalog, Pre-93 Fort Worth Catalogs, 1998 Oklahoma Select Sale Catalog and a few of the ALSA Showrings. I am missing a few Llama Links and Llama Marketplaces too! If you have these, would you please contact me? In order to help defray the costs I have had I am selling off the magazines and catalogs I don't need. I have many of the OLD catalogs (Hartman's, Celebrity, Firecracker). See my Llama Life 2 Article on this work.
I also have a HUGE database where I have all the information on where to find pictures and certain articles in the publications, fliers, sale catalogs and more! This database has over 80,000 animals referenced. Eventually I hope to write a book and share it with the llama world. People that have helped me so far are:
Art Kennel, Pam
Clark (Llama Woods), Terry Dwyer, Dannie Sayers, Carolyn Willis,
Jerry and JoAnn VanderYacht, Fred and Susan Hamlin, Jim and Karen
Mumford,
Oakhill Farms, Llamas and More, Harlan Harris, DVM Ron and Maggie
Schuler,
Liz Martin, Betsy Ruble, Sharon Herriges, Mark Brant, Ken and Celia
Austin, Kate Otey,
Kathie Sprout, Kathy Kramer, Kay Sharpnack, Karen Wilson, Judie
Moser, Art Kennel, Kathy McKinney,
Don Linkem, Triple J Farms, Virginia Christiansen, Andy Tillman,
Velta Mack, Gwen Ingram, Nancy Fox,
Marilyn Milton, Dan and Sharon Clark, Debbie Ulrich, Cathy Spalding,
Janie Lawler, Toni Landis, Shawn Norman,
Karen Conyngham, Irene Stewart, Susan Martinez, Sherry Halligan,
Tulli Kerstetter, Ken Rose, Sally Tayler, Tracy Ames,
Cathy Sheeter, Janet Boyhan, Brad Sprouse, Marilynn Larson, Lorraine
Guyn, Jamie Sharp, Bill Venetta, Barb McRoberts,
Sally Tayler, Sally Rucker, Mary Boardman, Jack Brooks, Terry Frick,
Bob Douglas, Edith DeLano, Joanne Forest,
Janie Deemer, Dick Patterson, Diane Cavis, Betty Burton, Dorane
Strouse, Susan Torrey, Chuck Hume,
Judy Eberly, Sandy Woodruff, Steve Rolfing, Jack Brooks, Chuck
Bielskis and more!
I am very thankful
to these people (and others I may have forgotten) for all their
help!
It is a long process, but such a neat project!
How you can help me?
1. Contact me and send or scan pictures of animals that you have that have had a lot of offspring or that you know are a famous llama. I am looking for shots of Babe, Zapata, Consuela, Old Hilda, Ole Papoufnik, King, Fredericka, Mt-M Winifred, Oprah Winfrey, Eva Gabor, Polachinka, Auntie Mame and a few others.
2. If you have some of the older catalogs, 3L Llama Issue number 4, Fort Worth Catalogs, Llama Banner Calendar 1995, various Llama Links and Llama Marketplaces and a few other publications, let me know as I would LOVE to get them! I will pay shipping, trade or buy them.
3. Encourage friends you have that are getting out or that have some of this information, to contact me or 360-592-2603. Heck forward this page onto friends!
4. Mark all your pictures or label them. You may know the animals, but if something happens, will someone else? A lot of pictures I have received are not labeled and I am spending hours asking for I.D.'s from people!
5. Go to my pictures that need identifcation page to see if you know who any of these llamas are and pass it on to friends!
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