Don't forget everyone you can post your deaths or others to Find a Grave and it dont cost but a few mins of your time.It could be someones brick wall or like me my ggreat grand mom!!! Linda --- On Thu, 10/27/11, Mary Finley <marmfin@verizon.net> wrote: > From: Mary Finley <marmfin@verizon.net> > Subject: [GN] free resources > To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, October 27, 2011, 6:53 AM > A wonderful, free resource is > findagrave.  saw the posts about the dwindling free > resources. It spurred me on to search Free Resources (THE > BOOK isn't progressing as quickly as I'd like.)I've found > gems there and two come to mind. > > One of Jack's greats was John Powers b. Ire. abt. > 1820.  I searched for his death for years.  His > wife Ellen O'Brien Powers died in 1917.  Finda grave > had a picture of his stone in Parkesburg, Chester, PA with > dod clearly etched 2 Sept 1871.  I never did find an > obit for him and his death cert is not found in Phila., so > he must have died in Chester County.  I am VERY happy > to have the cemetery record.  It didn't cost a > penney.  I did donate a memorial to the website. > > Another was just last evening.  Only two of > eight  McCANNEY siblings married, Gr-grf Thomas and his > sister Lizzie McCANNEY WALKER.  I have everything on > James, my direct line (family burial plots are grand > indeed!!).  I knew  about David WALKER because he > was a hunting drowning accident who died Dec 1908 and there > was lots of news coverage since he wasn't found until Feb. > 1909.   Aunt Lizzie lived on.  There she > was!  Aunt Lizzie McCANNEY WALKER in a plot very near > my family, buried with her daughter A. Marie WALKER  > McCOY in 1932.  As a bonus I now have my cousin's > married name. > Free Resources are still out there! > > And, I love Heritage Quest as a compliment to > Ancestry.  It allows a different approach to finding a > census record.  You can enter a forename and choose an > age group and place of birth.  Scanning the results is > quick and often yields a name botched by census taker or > transcriber.  Ex. 1860 PA Phila b. Ire age 27-35 James > (or Jas-you have to try both).  HQ is still free > through many libraries. > > Many of us live on fixed retirement incomes.  Perhaps > we could have a thread listing all the free resources you > can remember. > > Happy Hunting and Happy Halloween! > Mary McCanney Finley > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >