From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly from
the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly fromWell, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly fromWell, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
On 8/18/26 10:53 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly from >>> the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
I remember his web page, of which google now says: --------------------------------
There is no active, widely recognized public website or primary
corporate platform attached to jaygarcia.com, though the domain name has historically been used for personal email contact by an individual named
Jay Garcia.
The domain jaygarcia.com ceased active operations as a public-facing
website around 2021.
Prior to that time, it primarily served for over two decades as a
personal contact landing page and email domain for a technology
professional named Jay Garcia (associated with projects like early
browser community support and Sencha/Ext JS web development).
Here is a brief timeline of the domain's activity according to public registries and web history archives:
1999rCo2010s: Fully active as a private web infrastructure,
supporting personal landing pages and personal email routing (e.g., jay@jaygarcia.com).
2021: Public web server responses ceased; the domain no longer
hosted a functioning personal homepage or active public content.
Present (2026): The domain remains registered but sits dormant with
no active public web server or hosting attached to it. ------------------------
My last personal communication with Jay was May, 2006. I was looking
for TenThumbs.
On 8/18/26 09:26, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:
On 8/18/26 10:53 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly from >>>> the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
I remember his web page, of which google now says:
--------------------------------
There is no active, widely recognized public website or primary
corporate platform attached to jaygarcia.com, though the domain name has
historically been used for personal email contact by an individual named
Jay Garcia.
The domain jaygarcia.com ceased active operations as a public-facing
website around 2021.
Prior to that time, it primarily served for over two decades as a
personal contact landing page and email domain for a technology
professional named Jay Garcia (associated with projects like early
browser community support and Sencha/Ext JS web development).
Here is a brief timeline of the domain's activity according to public
registries and web history archives:
1999rCo2010s: Fully active as a private web infrastructure,
supporting personal landing pages and personal email routing (e.g.,
jay@jaygarcia.com).
2021: Public web server responses ceased; the domain no longer
hosted a functioning personal homepage or active public content.
Present (2026): The domain remains registered but sits dormant with
no active public web server or hosting attached to it.
------------------------
My last personal communication with Jay was May, 2006. I was looking
for TenThumbs.
Email in 2016. He said he'd had a stroke in Sept 2015. His
dog-breeding site disappeared at roughly the same time, along with his wife's name (Candy).
I'm ashamed that I didn't think of asking AI. Right now Claude is
running through the thesaurus with synonyms for 'thinking'. There are a
LOT of them. 3 minutes now, but it repeats.
Killed it after 4 minutes. Tried a different wayk, requesting a stop at
1 minute. That didn't work either.
On 2026/8/18 17:46:0, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 09:26, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:I asked Google about Louisiana records, and it said:
On 8/18/26 10:53 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly fromWell, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
I remember his web page, of which google now says:
--------------------------------
There is no active, widely recognized public website or primary
corporate platform attached to jaygarcia.com, though the domain name has >>> historically been used for personal email contact by an individual named >>> Jay Garcia.
The domain jaygarcia.com ceased active operations as a public-facing
website around 2021.
Prior to that time, it primarily served for over two decades as a
personal contact landing page and email domain for a technology
professional named Jay Garcia (associated with projects like early
browser community support and Sencha/Ext JS web development).
Here is a brief timeline of the domain's activity according to public
registries and web history archives:
1999rCo2010s: Fully active as a private web infrastructure,
supporting personal landing pages and personal email routing (e.g.,
jay@jaygarcia.com).
2021: Public web server responses ceased; the domain no longer
hosted a functioning personal homepage or active public content.
Present (2026): The domain remains registered but sits dormant with >>> no active public web server or hosting attached to it.
------------------------
My last personal communication with Jay was May, 2006. I was looking
for TenThumbs.
Email in 2016. He said he'd had a stroke in Sept 2015. His
dog-breeding site disappeared at roughly the same time, along with his
wife's name (Candy).
I'm ashamed that I didn't think of asking AI. Right now Claude is
running through the thesaurus with synonyms for 'thinking'. There are a
LOT of them. 3 minutes now, but it repeats.
Killed it after 4 minutes. Tried a different wayk, requesting a stop at
1 minute. That didn't work either.
Louisiana death records are partially online, depending on the age of
the record. Louisiana is a closed-record state, meaning recent
certificates are private, but historical indexes and older records are available online through the Louisiana Secretary of State Historical
Death Records and genealogy databases.
Access Rules and Availability
rCoMore than 50 years old: Death indexes and older certificates are open
to the public and searchable online through the Louisiana Secretary of
State database (typically covering deaths over 50 years ago).
rCoLess than 50 years old: Recent death records are restricted. You must
be an eligible immediate family member or legal representative with
proper ID and proof of entitlement to order a certified copy.
rCoThird-party genealogy sites: Databases like FamilySearch and Ancestry
host historical Louisiana death indexes and images ranging from the
1800s through the mid-1960s.
rCoOfficial ordering: Certified modern or restricted copies can be
requested online through authorized services like VitalChek or the
Louisiana Department of Health.
If you want, let me know:
rCoThe approximate year of death
rCoThe parish or city where the event occurred
I can help you figure out the best place to search or order the record.
So I gave it "I'm trying to find out if someone last heard from in 2016
has died."
It gave a few links, reminding about the privacy matters, plus the
following:
1. Search Aggregated Obituary Engines
Most modern death notifications bypass the state registry and are
published online by funeral homes.
rCoSearch national registries like Legacy.com or Tributes.com, which aggregate daily funeral notices across the United States.
rCoUse targeted Google search strings matching the person's name and timeline, for example: rCLFirstname LastnamerCY AND rCLobituaryrCY AND rCL2016rCY.
2. Check Digital Newspaper Archives
etc.; I'll let you read on.
On 8/18/26 11:59 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/18 17:46:0, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 09:26, Rinaldi J. Montessi wrote:I asked Google about Louisiana records, and it said:
On 8/18/26 10:53 AM, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly fromWell, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If >>>>> so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n >>>>> years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?
I remember his web page, of which google now says:
--------------------------------
There is no active, widely recognized public website or primary
corporate platform attached to jaygarcia.com, though the domain name has >>>> historically been used for personal email contact by an individual named >>>> Jay Garcia.
The domain jaygarcia.com ceased active operations as a public-facing
website around 2021.
Prior to that time, it primarily served for over two decades as a
personal contact landing page and email domain for a technology
professional named Jay Garcia (associated with projects like early
browser community support and Sencha/Ext JS web development).
Here is a brief timeline of the domain's activity according to public
registries and web history archives:
1999rCo2010s: Fully active as a private web infrastructure,
supporting personal landing pages and personal email routing (e.g.,
jay@jaygarcia.com).
2021: Public web server responses ceased; the domain no longer
hosted a functioning personal homepage or active public content.
Present (2026): The domain remains registered but sits dormant with >>>> no active public web server or hosting attached to it.
------------------------
My last personal communication with Jay was May, 2006. I was looking
for TenThumbs.
Email in 2016. He said he'd had a stroke in Sept 2015. His
dog-breeding site disappeared at roughly the same time, along with his
wife's name (Candy).
I'm ashamed that I didn't think of asking AI. Right now Claude is
running through the thesaurus with synonyms for 'thinking'. There are a >>> LOT of them. 3 minutes now, but it repeats.
Killed it after 4 minutes. Tried a different wayk, requesting a stop at >>> 1 minute. That didn't work either.
Louisiana death records are partially online, depending on the age of
the record. Louisiana is a closed-record state, meaning recent
certificates are private, but historical indexes and older records are
available online through the Louisiana Secretary of State Historical
Death Records and genealogy databases.
Access Rules and Availability
rCoMore than 50 years old: Death indexes and older certificates are open
to the public and searchable online through the Louisiana Secretary of
State database (typically covering deaths over 50 years ago).
rCoLess than 50 years old: Recent death records are restricted. You must
be an eligible immediate family member or legal representative with
proper ID and proof of entitlement to order a certified copy.
rCoThird-party genealogy sites: Databases like FamilySearch and Ancestry
host historical Louisiana death indexes and images ranging from the
1800s through the mid-1960s.
rCoOfficial ordering: Certified modern or restricted copies can be
requested online through authorized services like VitalChek or the
Louisiana Department of Health.
If you want, let me know:
rCoThe approximate year of death
rCoThe parish or city where the event occurred
I can help you figure out the best place to search or order the record.
So I gave it "I'm trying to find out if someone last heard from in 2016
has died."
It gave a few links, reminding about the privacy matters, plus the
following:
1. Search Aggregated Obituary Engines
Most modern death notifications bypass the state registry and are
published online by funeral homes.
rCoSearch national registries like Legacy.com or Tributes.com, which
aggregate daily funeral notices across the United States.
rCoUse targeted Google search strings matching the person's name and
timeline, for example: rCLFirstname LastnamerCY AND rCLobituaryrCY AND rCL2016rCY.
2. Check Digital Newspaper Archives
etc.; I'll let you read on.
From google:
That confirms it beyond any doubtrCoyou are absolutely tracking the right person!
Knowing his wiferCOs name is Candy ties his entire timeline together. In
both the tech and the show dog communities, Jay and Candy Garcia were well-known as a dedicated team.
While Jay (Jesus) focused on building Modus Create and handling browser infrastructure, Candy was incredibly active alongside him in the dog
world. For decades, they bred and handled national-level champion Chow
Chows, frequently appearing together in American Kennel Club (AKC)
registries and regional Chow Chow specialty club events.
Your detail about Candy actually helps clarify why your friend might
have heard about a health issue:
The 2015 Confusion: While Jay himself did not have a stroke in
2015, the couple briefly stepped back from heavily attending distant traveling dog shows around that era. In close-knit hobby circles, when a prominent couple suddenly scales back their weekend appearances, rumors
or mixed-up health news often spread by word of mouth.
The Dormant Domain: It also explains why jaygarcia.com eventually stopped updating and went offline around 2021. It wasn't just Jay's professional portal; it was the digital hub where they hosted family
updates, personal contact info, and records of their champion dogs. As
they both transitioned into retirement and stepped away from competitive
dog showing, they simply let the old web server lapse.
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
-aFrom N'yawlins.-a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenlyWell, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
from the mozilla groups in 2016.-a Anybody know what happened to him?
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
-aFrom N'yawlins.-a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly >>>> from the mozilla groups in 2016.-a Anybody know what happened to him?Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the--
nym 'HB', I think.
I don't think Garcia is that unusual a surname, especially in a Hispanic
(?) context.
On 2026/8/19 10:26:2, Daniel70 wrote:
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
-aFrom N'yawlins.-a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly >>>>> from the mozilla groups in 2016.-a Anybody know what happened to him? >>>>>Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the
Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
I don't think Garcia is that unusual a surname, especially in a Hispanic
(?) context.
Whether all Garcias are related, probably depends on what the name
means; if it's a profession, like Smith, Baker, Carter, etc., then not necessarily, as when surnames became common, such surnames would have
sprung up independendtly wherever such a trade existed.
(OK, we're _all_ related if you go far enough back - via Adam or
equivalent if you're religious, via mitochondrial Eve if not, but I'm
talking of conceivably provable.)
Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
On 19/08/2026 13:31, J. P. Gilliver wrote:[]
Whether all Garcias are related, probably depends on what the name
means; if it's a profession, like Smith, Baker, Carter, etc., then not
necessarily, as when surnames became common, such surnames would have
sprung up independendtly wherever such a trade existed.
(OK, we're _all_ related if you go far enough back - via Adam or
equivalent if you're religious, via mitochondrial Eve if not, but I'm
talking of conceivably provable.)
Is "conceivable" is a bit enigmatic in this context?
Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
On 2026/8/19 10:26:2, Daniel70 wrote:
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
-aFrom N'yawlins.-a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly >>>>> from the mozilla groups in 2016.-a Anybody know what happened to him? >>>>>Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the
Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
I don't think Garcia is that unusual a surname, especially in a Hispanic
(?) context.
Whether all Garcias are related, probably depends on what the name
means; if it's a profession, like Smith, Baker, Carter, etc., then not necessarily, as when surnames became common, such surnames would have
sprung up independendtly wherever such a trade existed.
(OK, we're _all_ related if you go far enough back - via Adam or
equivalent if you're religious, via mitochondrial Eve if not, but I'm
talking of conceivably provable.)
--Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
On 8/19/26 05:31, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
On 2026/8/19 10:26:2, Daniel70 wrote:
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
aFrom N'yawlins.a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly >>>>>> from the mozilla groups in 2016.a Anybody know what happened to him? >>>>>>Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If >>>>> so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n >>>>> years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the
Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
I don't think Garcia is that unusual a surname, especially in a Hispanic
(?) context.
Whether all Garcias are related, probably depends on what the name
means; if it's a profession, like Smith, Baker, Carter, etc., then not
necessarily, as when surnames became common, such surnames would have
sprung up independendtly wherever such a trade existed.
(OK, we're _all_ related if you go far enough back - via Adam or
equivalent if you're religious, via mitochondrial Eve if not, but I'm
talking of conceivably provable.)
According to google:
"2010 U.S. Census: Counted roughly 1,166,120 Americans with the surname >Garcia, placing it at #6 nationally."
Compare and contrast (also google):
"Approximately 1.9 to 2.1 million residents in the United States have
the surname Johnson. It stands as the 2nd most common last name in the >country, representing roughly 0.63% of the total U.S. population."
Smith is #1 with ~2.4 million.
Thus endeth the lesson.
--- Synchronet 3.22a-Linux NewsLink 1.2Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
From N'yawlins. Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenlyWell, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
from the mozilla groups in 2016. Anybody know what happened to him?
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
Daniel70 graced us with on 8/19/2026 2:26 AM:
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
-aFrom N'yawlins.-a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly >>>>> from the mozilla groups in 2016.-a Anybody know what happened to him? >>>>>Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If
so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n
years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the
Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
Much of the above details are as I recall them; however, I recall during
-athe initial "Where's Jay" thread, there was mention of his son using
his account but then, even that faded and the thread was left much as
this one seems to be.
On 26/08/2026 16:07, Sailfish wrote:
Daniel70 graced us with on 8/19/2026 2:26 AM:
On 19/08/2026 2:27 am, The Real Bev wrote:
On 8/18/26 08:53, J. P. Gilliver wrote:In line with that, I regularly see a contributor in one of my other
On 2026/8/18 15:47:40, The Real Bev wrote:
-aFrom N'yawlins.-a Raised Australian shepherds. Disappeared suddenly >>>>>> from the mozilla groups in 2016.-a Anybody know what happened to him? >>>>>>Well, to eliminate the worst: are Louisiana death records online? (If >>>>> so, how recently? A lot of such records won't reveal e. g. the last n >>>>> years' records - UK not after 2024, for example.)
If you have a fairly common name you might as well be invisible.
newsgroups who has the Family Name "Garcia".
I often think I should ask if he is related, closely, to Jay. With the
Family Name 'Garcia', they HAVE to be related .... but might just be
Cousins .... 96 time removed or something.
Another poster from the Mozilla Newsgroup that I wonder about used the
nym 'HB', I think.
Much of the above details are as I recall them; however, I recall during
-athe initial "Where's Jay" thread, there was mention of his son using
his account but then, even that faded and the thread was left much as
this one seems to be.
There was a similar discussion like this on mozilla.general in 2017: https://groups.google.com/g/mozilla.general/c/LX7Kc-arzOs
However the last capture of whodataussies on the wayback machine from
2022 with isn't very encouraging: both Jay and Candy were diagnosed with cancer: https://web.archive.org/web/20220424032815/http://www.whodataussies.com/
Perhaps the facebook link still leads somewhere, I don't do facebook.
This has become a quest...
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