This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: robnfk Surnames: Skinner Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8024/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking for information on William Skinner b.1823 Baltimore . would like find more information on the William Skinner and Sons shipbuilding and Drydock company of Baltimore that was located at the foot of cross street from around 1827-1915. Son Harry George Skinner later operated the shipyard .Would like to find more family and share information and photo's Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: agategs Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8023.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Looking up in "The Very Quiet Baltimoreans" from 1991, there were a few potter's field cemeteries: Eastern Potter's Field - "It adjoined Maryland Hospital, a smallpox hospital. On the Poppleton map of 1851, it was shown as bounded by Jefferson Street (N), Ann Street (E), Orleans Street (S) and west to Broadway." East Potter's Field - "The Lucas map of 1852 put and East Potter's Field on East Preston Street (N), Chesapeake Street (E), Chase Street (S), and Rose Street (once Mine Bank Lane) (W). This cemetery once adjoined St. Alphonsus III Roman Catholic Cemetery." Western Potter's Field - "was created in 1872 on the site of what is now Cherry Hill Junior High School." "The Lucas map of 1836 shows a potter's field on Sterrett Street (W), Cross Street (N), West Street (S) and Burgundy Street (E). This cemetery existed from at least 1822, but was gone by 1896." "In 1948, the city's last potter's field was established, but that name was discarded and the new name was Baltimore Public Cemetery. It is located on Quarantine Road on the farthest reach of Curtis Bay." Hope this helps! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CathyPhillips68 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8023.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the information. I will check it out. Cathy Shifflett Phillips Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CathyPhillips68 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8023.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you Barry. I will let you know if I am able to find out anything. Cathy Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ajbask Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8023.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Potter's Field is currently located on the grounds of Springfield State Hospital in Westminster, Maryland. Address: 6655 Sykesville Road - Sykesville, MD 21784 Phone: (410) 970-7000 or (800) 333-7564. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BarrySiegle15 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8023.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cathy, I remember my older relatives mentioning a Potter's Cemetery (for people who could not afford burial) in the Mount Winan's area of Baltimore City. I just checked mapquest(my grandparents once lived nearby) and the location I remember was at the corner of Waterview Avenue and Annapolis Road. The Cemetery is marked as Mt Auburn Cemetery. It was once so overgrown with weeds etc that you could not find anything as far as headstones or marked graves go! I am quite sure there are more cemeteries similar to this in the Baltimore area, but I am no expert. I would check some of the larger cemeteries in Baltimore IE Loudon Park perhaps they can tell you the history of the "Potter's". Let me know if you find anything of interest.Email me at [email protected] Regards, Barry Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I typed in my search box "Potter's Field Cemeterys - are there any in Baltimore City" and a few websites appeared on screen. I found them to be of interest. Try it. Err

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CathyPhillips68 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/8023/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert Lee Shifflett was born May 29 1897 in Rockingham Co., Virginia. He went by Lee most of his life. I do not know when he died but his granddaughter said that her mother told her that he was buried in a Potter's cemetery in Baltimore because the family had no money. Does anyone know where such a Potter's Cemetery would be located and if there is any way to search for the grave through the internet or by contacting the cemetery personnel. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I did a search on Potter's Field Cemetery's in Baltimore and found at least ten websites in reference to your question. Give it a try. It was of interest, ERR

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BMANZKE Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/7692.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I just discovered a group of additional postcards sent to WFBR-AM that were never mounted in my late mom's scrapbook. These are in two groups responding to two different radio programs. I will be happy to make scans. MUSIC AT MIDNIGHT Frank J. MacHovec Nov 21, 1948 Ivan E. Tuhy Nov 29, 1948 Joseph E. Strohmer Nov 29, 1948 Richard H. Crompton Dec 1, 1948 L. M. Beyard Dec 1, 1948 A. A. Richardson Dec 1, 1948 Wilton Williams Dec 1, 1948 Mrs Breian (sp) Dec 2, 1948 Nancy Wolfe Dec 1, 1948 Morris S. Chester Dec 1, 1948 S. E. Fischer Dec 2, 1948 Mrs. G. W. Steckel Dec 2, 1948 Dr. David Lewis Dec 2, 1948 Mrs. Paul Burns Dec 7, 1948 Howard S. Purnell Dec 4, 1948 HOME MAKER'S MELODY TIME (a.k.a. HOMEMAKER'S HARMONIES) Mrs. Linda Paeurar (sp?) Aug 7, 1951 Miss Winnie Sarti Aug 7, 1951 Miss Sylvia Costello Aug 15, 1951 Mrs Charles Ford Sep 20, 1951 Mrs. Edward Diffendall Sep 20, 1951 Mrs. Kathryn McKelvey Sep 20, 1951 I hope someone finds this helpful! Bill Manzke [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hello, I am searching for anyone who may have a copy of the book, Nicola Walter and Descendants, by Helen B. Walter and published in 1973 by Gateway Press in Baltimore. I realize that the Family History Library has the book on microfilm, but I am unable to go to a Family History library at this time. The closest public library to me that has the book is 366 miles away. I am most interested in source information for John Wilhelm "William" WALTER and his two wives and children. William Walter was born in 1786 in Pennsylvania and died in 1848 in Baltimore. His second wife's name was Mary Ann McGinnis. I do not know his first wife's name. If anyone has any source information from that book, I would very much appreciate the information. I will be happy to share the information I have collected on descendants of William Walter. Thank you, Dawn

Nancy: A lot of the old newspapers, including the Sun beginning 1837 are available on-line from the Balto.Co. Public Library, but you need a library card to log on. The web site is [1]www.bcpl.info then click on Research Databases on the left side. I have been using it and it works very good. When I put in search criteria, I only use the last name and no dates. For some reason if you put in dates, the search shows now results. I called a local Branch 410-887-0295 in Essex, Md. to get my information. I live in Harford Co., so I had to get signed in at a local branch with my Harford Co. card. I would call the library and I am sure they can give you some direction on how to proceed. Dottie Oct 16, 2010 10:19:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: Hi I live in Delaware. I was wondering where online I can access the old Baltimore Sun through ProQuest? What experience has anyone had with the user friendliness of whatever site it is on? Thanks for any direction. regards Nancy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. http://www.bcpl.info/

Hi I live in Delaware. I was wondering where online I can access the old Baltimore Sun through ProQuest? What experience has anyone had with the user friendliness of whatever site it is on? Thanks for any direction. regards Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jbuchanan158 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/668.2441.2444.2452.2774.2.4.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thanks- the story I got from my gggma that Peter Gosnell built the 1st home there in Baltimore City. So, it quenched my curiousity? anyway, thanks-- maybe I'll read up on it. Love to go to Baltimore before I die.. ha>. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jsiemon Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/668.2441.2444.2452.2774.2.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know anything about Gosnell, but here is the history of Soldiers Delight. There are links to several parts of the history and also many historical photographs. http://home.comcast.net/~soldiersdelight/sdci_history.html John Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jbuchanan158 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/668.2441.2444.2452.2774.2.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: does anyone have info about the Soldier's Delight? How it was named, by whom, was it something to do with debenture, fighting for something, -- I think I am a relation of Peter Gosnell-- it would be neat to know where to read about it? thanks-- Janie Buchanan-- the Gosnell's ended up in IN> thru MD, VA, KY, and then IN> thanks-- Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Gregory_R_Burton Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/3540.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Did a quick search of the Baltimore Sun and found this Death notice, Baltimore Sun, October 17, 1926, page CA1 Sorden - Suddenly, on October 15, 1926, Ada L., widow of Everett Y. Sorden. Funeral services will be held at her residence 5012 Wilson avenue, Arlington, on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment in Druid Ridge Cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have a will from John Armstrong, 1858, where he leaves the above named slaves to his sisters (Ann and Rebecca) until the death of sisters when he wants the slaves to be freed. He also accommodates the slaves with $150 each. In the will, he includes some additional information about the slaves. John Armstrong owned a 240 acre farm in Baltimore County off of Reisterstown Turnpike. If anyone is researching these people: Charles, John, Maria, or Jona, I can provide you the information contained in John Armstrong's will. Please forward this to any other mailing list where there could be researchers interested in the above name people. Nancy [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: mabel702 Surnames: Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/3540.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: if you are looking for Adda May Crowford I can help. She was my great grandmother. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jah818 Surnames: McNear Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.baltimorecity/1248.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have a James McNear living in Bourbon Co, Ky 1830, next to Alexander McNear. If I have the correct James McNear, he was born about 1791 Washington Dc, Maryland, northern Va area. He was married 1814 in Washington Dc and moved to Kentucky about 1814. Any connection to your Alexander McNear? Joyce Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.