Looking for the folks who wrote me about 1 year ago about DNA testing for genealogy research. I think the name was Ed Yonan. I can't seem to locate his email address. Linda Harden-Lantz [email protected]

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Information regarding Highland Hall can be found at the following web sites: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdallegh/nationa3.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdallegh/Photos-old/NationalRoad.htm http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdallegh/Photos-old/CumberlandRoad.htm

Lisa, According to Stegmaier, et al, "Allegany County, A History," page 161, "In 1853, the Catholic Church purchased Highland Hall and remodeled it, and the structure became St. Michael's Church." Donnie > Hello Everyone, > > A friend of mine is trying to pinpoint where poet Walt Whitman stopped > when > he came through Frostburg. The place he stopped is called Highlands > Hall. > >

It would be nice if we could find historic pictures of these places. Then someone could post a link so we could all see our history of yester year.. I love to look at the old buildings and areas.

Hello Everyone, A friend of mine is trying to pinpoint where poet Walt Whitman stopped when he came through Frostburg. The place he stopped is called Highlands Hall. Here's some info. on it: As trade began to flow over the new road, the town began to grow and prosper. Meshach Frost built a house in 1812 which he rented a few years later to the Stockton Stagecoach Company. They named it Highland Hall, and it soon became a famous stopping place for east-west travelers and catered to both celebrities and laborers using the National Pike. Over the years, Highland Hall was joined by the Franklin Hotel, and other hostelries, and Frostburg became a regular stopping point for travelers until the coming of the railroad in the 1840's and 50's. The growth of the town took place in a slow but steady fashion. Since there was already one Mount Pleasant in Maryland, the name of the town was changed to "Frostburg" by the government when a post office was established there in 1820. Does anyone have any info. on this? Thanks, Lisa.

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Years ago I went to the Enoch Free Library in Baltimore where they have many of the early journals In big bound volumes. The brought them to you at a table. The problem with doing research is it was so interesting just reading every story on every page. Like for interest the doctor who stuck his head out the window of a train and hit a telephone pole. We followed his medical condition through several days until he finally died. An no I do not remember the doctors name. I was just wish I had had more days to spend there than I did. I had on copy of a 1915 Journal that contained the obituary for Arthur Baker. I t was becoming very fragile so I donated it to the library at Frostburg State. They do have copies of the Journal on microfilm but they were not nearly as interesting to read as the actual paper. Pat ____________________________________________________________ Study criminal justice and earn your degree. Click here to request free program info! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTEe1WoNGaYfmbGYS9Reb7CSLveQR1Kz99Ybp06OFrgvaIumvuVwWU/

Robert, The microfilm I have of newspapers from Allegany County I purchased several years ago from the Maryland State Archives. I believe at the time they were $15 per roll. Try this web address to access newspaper info they have. http://query.mdarchives.state.md.us/search?q=newspapers&site=default_collection&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=mdarchives_FE&proxystylesheet=mdarchives_FE&filter=0&btnG.x=12&btnG.y=2 Dick Crow "The Ole Crow" Retired and enjoying it! "Fair Winds and Following Seas." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: [MDALLEGA] Frostburg Mining Journal > Dick, > > I have been trying to find the Frostburg Mining Journal for years! No > mention of it online anywhere that I've been able to find. > > I have been trying for many years to find information on my 2nd-great > grandparents, Dr. Thomas Johnson Grahame (1831-1890 or 1891) and Anna E. > Marian Duke Grahame (1842 - 1889). > > Would you mind sharing where you purchased the microfilms? I'd really like > to have my own copies if they are still available. > > Thanks! > > Robert Clay > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Dick Crow <[email protected]> > wrote: > I just checked, I have on microfilm that I bought several years ago the > "Frostburg Mining Journal" from 1890 to 1892. I will take the film to one > of our local libraries this week that has a reader and see if there are > any > new articles related to the tornado and print them out and share them. > > Dick Crow > "The Ole Crow" > Retired and enjoying it! > > "Fair Winds and Following Seas." > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

I don't research this family, but Taylor Co. WV jumped out at me. I research that county and Prunytown and Fetterman are right outside the Grafton town limits. The court house is in Grafton and they have a really nice genealogy section in the towns library. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Lubore" <[email protected]> To: "'Norman'" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Edward S. Bragg > Norman, > > I am not sure if any of what follows is new to you, but I looked up > Edward > S. Bragg on Ancestry.com and found the following information: > > A record shows an Edward S. Bragg in the 9 Batt'n Virginia Infantry. > (Hansbrough's Battalion.) > > Another record with Source: Index to Compiled Confederate Military > Service > Records > shows Edward S. Bragg enlisted as a Private. > Enlisted in Company A, 9th Battalion Reserves Infantry Regiment > Virginia. > Date of Organization: 9 Aug 1864 > Muster Date: 27 Feb 1865 > > The 1860 Federal Census lists an Edward S. Bragg (35) and wife > Elizabeth > (26) and three children ages 3, 6 and 9 living in Pruntytown , > Taylor > County, Virginia (now WV). > > A record from The Virginia Regimental Histories Series shows an > Edward S. > Bragg with the following history: > Enlisted in Company A, Virginia 9th Infantry Battalion on 13 May > 1861 in > Fetterman (Taylor Co.), WV. > Mustered out on 01 May 1862. > Transferred to Company A, Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment on 01 May > 1862. He > is listed as surviving the war. > > The June 1890 Census, Veterans Schedule lists an Edward S. Bragg, as > a > surviving Confederate soldier from Kanawha District, Braxton Co., > WV as a > Private having served in Co. A, 25th Virginia Infantry from 1861 to > 1865. It > showed him residing in Carlisle, WV and did not report any wounds > incurred. > > The June 1880 Federal Census lists an Edward S, Bragg (57) , Farmer > and wife > Pennelia S. (61) living in Kanawha Magisterial District, Braxton > Co., WV. > Also living with Edward S. were his Mother-in-law Rachel Alkine (85) > and > Niece Lyda B. Clark (11). All are listed as born in Virginia. > > Regards, > Stephen Lubore, Ph.D. > Ashburn, Virginia > Researching Twigg Family from Allegany Co., Maryland > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Norman > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator > > Richard, > > Can you forward this question Kathi Jones-Hudson please. > > Kathi my Gr-Gr-Gr grandfather, Edward S. Bragg, Co, C. 9th Battalion > Va > Inf., was captured in Grafton, VA (now WV) a few months before the > battle a > Gettysburg, Pa. According to the records I got from the National > Achieves he > > was imprisoned at Fort Mc Henry and sent to FT. Monroe Adm Gen., > Hosp. No. 8 > > 10/18/63. I contacted Fort Mc Henry but they say they have not > record. He > survived and was later divorced and re-married. I also have pictures > of his > grave. > > Any idea how I can get a lead > > Thanks in advance. > Norman Collier > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Day" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator > > >> What happened in my family with Harmon C. M. Perrin was a >> bureaucratic >> mistake: the army signed him up as Perron and that is how he shows >> up >> in the Alexandria National Cemetery database. It is all rather >> surprising, since his brother, Thomas L. Perrin, was spelled >> correctly. >> >> Richard Perrin Day >> >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kathi Jones-Hudson wrote: >> >>> >>> Sharon: >>> >>> There are omissions in the VA database. You can inform the >>> cemetery >>> or VA of your gr-gr-uncle's burial and they will add him to the >>> database. Try searching with just the surname, or with the surname >>> and dob or dod to see if they have him listed slightly >>> differently. >>> >>> Kathi Jones-Hudson >>> MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager >>> http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Norman, I am not sure if any of what follows is new to you, but I looked up Edward S. Bragg on Ancestry.com and found the following information: A record shows an Edward S. Bragg in the 9 Batt'n Virginia Infantry. (Hansbrough's Battalion.) Another record with Source: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records shows Edward S. Bragg enlisted as a Private. Enlisted in Company A, 9th Battalion Reserves Infantry Regiment Virginia. Date of Organization: 9 Aug 1864 Muster Date: 27 Feb 1865 The 1860 Federal Census lists an Edward S. Bragg (35) and wife Elizabeth (26) and three children ages 3, 6 and 9 living in Pruntytown , Taylor County, Virginia (now WV). A record from The Virginia Regimental Histories Series shows an Edward S. Bragg with the following history: Enlisted in Company A, Virginia 9th Infantry Battalion on 13 May 1861 in Fetterman (Taylor Co.), WV. Mustered out on 01 May 1862. Transferred to Company A, Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment on 01 May 1862. He is listed as surviving the war. The June 1890 Census, Veterans Schedule lists an Edward S. Bragg, as a surviving Confederate soldier from Kanawha District, Braxton Co., WV as a Private having served in Co. A, 25th Virginia Infantry from 1861 to 1865. It showed him residing in Carlisle, WV and did not report any wounds incurred. The June 1880 Federal Census lists an Edward S, Bragg (57) , Farmer and wife Pennelia S. (61) living in Kanawha Magisterial District, Braxton Co., WV. Also living with Edward S. were his Mother-in-law Rachel Alkine (85) and Niece Lyda B. Clark (11). All are listed as born in Virginia. Regards, Stephen Lubore, Ph.D. Ashburn, Virginia Researching Twigg Family from Allegany Co., Maryland -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Norman Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator Richard, Can you forward this question Kathi Jones-Hudson please. Kathi my Gr-Gr-Gr grandfather, Edward S. Bragg, Co, C. 9th Battalion Va Inf., was captured in Grafton, VA (now WV) a few months before the battle a Gettysburg, Pa. According to the records I got from the National Achieves he was imprisoned at Fort Mc Henry and sent to FT. Monroe Adm Gen., Hosp. No. 8 10/18/63. I contacted Fort Mc Henry but they say they have not record. He survived and was later divorced and re-married. I also have pictures of his grave. Any idea how I can get a lead Thanks in advance. Norman Collier ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Day" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator > What happened in my family with Harmon C. M. Perrin was a bureaucratic > mistake: the army signed him up as Perron and that is how he shows up > in the Alexandria National Cemetery database. It is all rather > surprising, since his brother, Thomas L. Perrin, was spelled correctly. > > Richard Perrin Day > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kathi Jones-Hudson wrote: > >> >> Sharon: >> >> There are omissions in the VA database. You can inform the cemetery >> or VA of your gr-gr-uncle's burial and they will add him to the >> database. Try searching with just the surname, or with the surname >> and dob or dod to see if they have him listed slightly differently. >> >> Kathi Jones-Hudson >> MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager >> http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Dick, I have been trying to find the Frostburg Mining Journal for years! No mention of it online anywhere that I've been able to find. I have been trying for many years to find information on my 2nd-great grandparents, Dr. Thomas Johnson Grahame (1831-1890 or 1891) and Anna E. Marian Duke Grahame (1842 - 1889). Would you mind sharing where you purchased the microfilms? I'd really like to have my own copies if they are still available. Thanks! Robert Clay On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Dick Crow <[email protected]> wrote: I just checked, I have on microfilm that I bought several years ago the "Frostburg Mining Journal" from 1890 to 1892. I will take the film to one of our local libraries this week that has a reader and see if there are any new articles related to the tornado and print them out and share them. Dick Crow "The Ole Crow" Retired and enjoying it! "Fair Winds and Following Seas."

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?path=MDALLEGA The link above will take you to the Allegany County, Maryland search site -Allegany Co. MD mailing list -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marge Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] re archives I go to rootsweb and on the left it says search archives and browse archives. Of course you have to find which state and county but I think that's the best way.

Hi, I'd like to search the archives but don't know where they are ... Can someone help. also I'd like to hear from Pat hook. I lost her email.. Thanks Karen [email protected] Life may not be the party we expected but while we are here we might as well dance!

I go to rootsweb and on the left it says search archives and browse archives. Of course you have to find which state and county but I think that's the best way.

I think the silence is due to the holiday. I too have not received any emails from the list, but did receive yours. Just a quiet weekend on most lists. Ruth

Sorry, I need to test my connection to the site. Either everyone's taking a holiday break or I got dumped. Thanks.

Richard, Can you forward this question Kathi Jones-Hudson please. Kathi my Gr-Gr-Gr grandfather, Edward S. Bragg, Co, C. 9th Battalion Va Inf., was captured in Grafton, VA (now WV) a few months before the battle a Gettysburg, Pa. According to the records I got from the National Achieves he was imprisoned at Fort Mc Henry and sent to FT. Monroe Adm Gen., Hosp. No. 8 10/18/63. I contacted Fort Mc Henry but they say they have not record. He survived and was later divorced and re-married. I also have pictures of his grave. Any idea how I can get a lead Thanks in advance. Norman Collier ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Day" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Nationwide Gravesite Locator > What happened in my family with Harmon C. M. Perrin was a bureaucratic > mistake: the army signed him up as Perron and that is how he shows up > in the Alexandria National Cemetery database. It is all rather > surprising, since his brother, Thomas L. Perrin, was spelled correctly. > > Richard Perrin Day > > On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kathi Jones-Hudson wrote: > >> >> Sharon: >> >> There are omissions in the VA database. You can inform the cemetery >> or VA of your gr-gr-uncle's burial and they will add him to the >> database. Try searching with just the surname, or with the surname >> and dob or dod to see if they have him listed slightly differently. >> >> Kathi Jones-Hudson >> MD Tombstone Transcription Project Manager >> http://www.usgwtombstones.org/maryland/maryland.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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

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