Forks of Brandywine Pres Church - baptisms and marriages 1761-1773 http://books.google.com/books?id=DLQkoNZGa1IC&pg=PA274&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0 Brandywine Baptist Church, Baptisms http://books.google.com/books?id=DLQkoNZGa1IC&pg=PA283&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0 Middletown graveyard, sexton's register http://books.google.com/books?id=DLQkoNZGa1IC&pg=PA297&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0

I'm sure all of you have used the genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/ to search for 'cousins' researching in the same areas or of the same surnames, but here's one of their forums I was unfamiliar with, and that looks promising....it the Record Lookup forum....and you post your 'wants' from extant records and, hopefully, someone will read it, have that document, and answer your question....worth a try, anyway. (I asked a 1820 Belmont/Monroe Co, Ohio 1820 census question yesterday, and got an answer today) Sandra http://genforum.genealogy.com/recordlookups/index.html#47876

(from a lookup) HOUSE, FRANCIS. Philadelphia. Brewer.March 10, 1697/8. January 18, 1702/3. B. 268.Children John, George, Ruth and Elizabeth.Executrix: Wife Susannah.Witnesses: Nicholas Rideout, Able Noble, Francis Cooke. (probate in Philly, not Chester) I checked and John House left no will or administrative papers in any of the area counties... HOUSE, JAMES. Kennett.February 18, 1756. August 14, 1756. D. 50.To son Amos the plantation in Kennett purchased of William Andrew containing about 150 acres when 21. Plantation whereon I live containing 5 acres and that purchased of Daniel McPherson to be sold. Provides for wife Mary. Remainder equally divided among children when 21, none named. Executors: Wife Mary and brother in law John Chads.Letters to widow Mary, Chads renouncing.Wit: Joel Baily, Jr., Thomas Harlan. HOUSE, AMOS. Pennsbury.July 27, 1810. April 28, 1821.Provides for wife Mary.To son Benjamin $1, having deeded him a part of my plantation.To son William rem. of plantation in Pennsbury, he paying to my son Jehu £200. To my 4 daus., Phebe, widow of Enos Broomhall, Susanna, wife of Joshua Harvey, Martha, wife of Emanuel Darlington, and Mary, wife of Mordecai Hayes, rem. of personal estate.Executor: Son Jehu House.Wits: Joshua Peirce, Samuel Peirce, Sidny Peirce. from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PA, by Futhey and Cope; John House was a resident of Birmingham in 1715, and by trade a carpenter. He was probably the father of the following; James, b 4-17-1717 d 7th Mo 1756, married Mary, widow of Jacob Wright and dau of Isaac Richardson, of Whiteland. Their children were Amos; b 4-19-1742, d 4-6-1821; hannah b. 7-5-1744; Catharine b 2-26-174 7; Elizabeth b 1-11-1749; Sophia b 7-13-1751; Martha b 4-14-1754

from a lookup in the 1765 Chester Archives; (unfortunately, this is a not uncommon name in the area, so there are 5 John Moores); one owned 100 acres in West Nantmeal one was an inmate in New Town one owned 50 acres in Upper Darby one owned 100 acres in West Nantmeal (this is a different one than the above John.... they own different #s of sheep, cattle, etc) One owned 200 acres in Sadsbury

http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/cemeteries/glenmoorem.txt

ship list: The "Welcome" Rob. Greenway, mast, for London, arrived at Upland about end of the 8th MO, 1682 Richard Townsend, carpenter, servant to Ye society (of Traders) for 5 years - to have 50 lb annually salary; Ann Townsend, his wife, and Hanna their daughter; Wm.. Smith and Nathan Harrison, Berthol Green, his servants for 7 years. All of this and more can be found by going to USGenWeb, searching the PA archives by typing in Townsend and selecting Chester County... http://usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm -----Original Message----- From: Kim Spangrude [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 PM To: PaOldChester Subject: [PaOldC] Jonathan Townsend born 1816 Chester, PA Jonathan TOWNSEND, b. abt 1781 in PA, m. Susannah EACHUS. Their daughter Hannah, b. 1816 in Chester Co., PA, m. James Dilworth Baker. Looking for the rest of this TOWNSEND family. Jonathan Townsend/Martha goldrick Looking for information on Jonathan Townsend, born 1816 in Chester County, PA. Married Martha Goldrick on May 25, 1841 in Muskingham county, Ohio. She died in Nebraska, Ainsworth Brown County on April 4, 13 1884. they had 8 children, Hope someone has info that can identify who the parents of Jonathan Townsend born 1816 were. Thanks, Kim Townsend Spangrude ------------------------------- 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

The 1790 census for Chester Co. shows 7 Townsend heads of household Name Home in 1790 (City,County,State) Year View Record Saml Townsend Conentry, Chester, PA 1790 View Record Ann Townsend East Bradford, Chester, PA 1790 View Record Caleb Townsend East Bradford, Chester, PA 1790 View Record William Townsend East Bradford, Chester, PA 1790 View Record William Townsend East Fallowfield, Chester, PA 1790 View Record John Townsend Thornbury, Chester, PA 1790 View Record Abram Townsend Uwchland, Chester, PA 1790 The 1790 only delineates males and under or over 16, so cannot see ages of children. here's something to tuck away until you can hopefully connect to it: John Townsend Family History from The History of Chester County by Futhey and Cope (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sandra Ferguson <[email protected]>. *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** A John Townsend, son of William and Mary, of Buckleberry, Berkshire, England, was born in 1684, married Martha Wooderson in 1710, and came to the Concord MM in 1715, and he was a member of the Chester MM by 1720. He was a weaver by trade and bought a tract of 800 acres in East Bradford, where he settled. He died in 1766 and his wife in 1767, both buried at Birmingham. Their children were Wm 1711-1792 unmarried; Mary 1713-1792 m. Henry Woodward; Joseph 1715-1759 m. Lydia Reynolds; John 1716-1803 m. Joanna England; Hanna m. Nathan Sharples and Charles Ryant; Martha 1721-1748; Richard 1727-1738; Esther 1727-1728-9. John Jr received portion of his father's land...left 5 children Francis, Benjamin, Esther, Joseph, and Elizabeth. Francis married Rachel Talbot, 1762 and had children; Joseph,Samuel. Lydia, John, Benjamin, Hannah, Jacob, Isaac, Talbot, Rachel. In 1786, Francis and his brother Benjamin and their families moved to the Redstone settlement, in the western part of PA. The meeting was called the Westlake MM, in Washington Co, PA, originated in 1785....John and Benjamin were early members...this area adjoined portions of (W)Va, in the northern panhandle area (Wheeling).. in 1786 Benjamin and his wife Jamima, with children Benj. Mary and Martha rocf from the Concord MM (PA). Francis and children Benj, Jacob, Isaac, ? did the same. ( There are many notations of the Townsends in the Westlake MM records.) TOWNSEND, JOHN. East Bradford. March 20, 1798: September 15, 1803. To son William articles named, he having been advanced by deed in my lifetime. To my other son, Joseph, plantation where I now dwell, containing by survey 156 acres, he paying £200 as follows: To his sister Margaret, wife of Samuel Jefferis £15: To my 3 grandchildren, Phebe, Susanna and Martha, daughters of Amos House, £30. To 6 grandchildren, Martha, Joanna, Pamelia, Ann, Sarah and Phebe, children of Reuben John and wife Lydia, deceased, £30: To his sister Martha, wife of Robert Lamborn £40: To his sister Mary, wife of Jesse Jones £30: To his sister Hannah, wife of Edward Darlington, £50: and to my granddaughter Joanna Lamborn £5. To daughter Joanna, wife of Jesse Sharpless £60. To my 3 grandchildren Townsend, son of Robert and Martha Lamborn, and Townsend and Israel, sons of Reuben and Lydia John, £5 each when 21. To granddaughter Joanna Griffith, daughter of Reuben and Lydia John, bed and bedding. To 2 sons my 20 volumes of the Universal History. Remainder of books to 5 daughters. Executors: Sons William and Joseph Townsend. Wits.: Cheyney Jefferis, Titus Bennett, Ph... Jr. there are many more wills at USGenWeb that reference the children in the above will Your Townsend married an Eachus. This Eachus bio mentions an Eachus son who married a Townsend daughter. EACHUS, Robert, was a resident in Goshen as early as 1715. He became the owner of 400 acres of land in or near what is now the northeast quarter of West Chester, which by his will passed to his sons John and William. He died in 1727, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Brinton) Harry, who married again, 1,13,1728/9, at Goshen meeting, John Gleave, of Springfield and died in Marlborough, 3,8,1758; buried at Kennet. The children of Robert and Elizabeth were,--1. John, m. 9,22,1734, to Hannah, daughter of Isaac Haines, of Goshen. He died Jan. 19, 1779. 2. William, m. 3,25,1749 to Sarah Peirce of Goshen, widow. Probably left no children. 3. Robert, m. Mary ___, and had children,--Mary, William, and Robert. 4. Enoch, m. Esther Evans, and had children,--Sarah, William, Elizabeth, and others. William, m. Rebecca Townsend, and was the father of Townsend Eachus, senior. 5. Daniel visited North Carolina in 1762, returning the next year. 6. Elizabeth, perhaps died unmarried. 7. Ann, m. 2,22,1736, to James Wickersham, of Marlborough. 8. Alice, m. 9,20,1746, to David Ogden, of Springfield. John and Hannah Eachus were the parents of Phinehas Eachus, the first landlord of the Turk's Head Tavern. Phinehas was married, 11,23,1757, at Goshen Meeting, to Sarah Trego, daughter of William and Margaret Trego, of Goshen. The family tradition is that a Masonic lodge held meetings at his house, and that he became responsible for the debts of some of them, which brought about his financial ruin. The sheriff seized his property, and the most of the land passed into the possession of Isaiah Matlack, the tavern being purchased by John Hoopes. He must have had a taste for the classics, as he named two of his sons Virgil and Paris. Virgil Eachus married Bathsheba Webb, and resided for several years in Middletown, Delaware Co. In 1808 he married his second wife, Mary Starr, and after a few years removed to Maryland, but returned about 1825. His children by the first wife were Homer (born 7,15,1792), Joseph, Obed, Hiram, Edna, Betsy, Mahala, Abner, Preston; by the second, Vanleer, Bathsheba, Minshall, Sarah, and Virgil Trego Eachus. -----Original Message----- From: Kim Spangrude [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:27 PM To: PaOldChester Subject: [PaOldC] Jonathan Townsend born 1816 Chester, PA Jonathan TOWNSEND, b. abt 1781 in PA, m. Susannah EACHUS. Their daughter Hannah, b. 1816 in Chester Co., PA, m. James Dilworth Baker. Looking for the rest of this TOWNSEND family. Jonathan Townsend/Martha goldrick Looking for information on Jonathan Townsend, born 1816 in Chester County, PA. Married Martha Goldrick on May 25, 1841 in Muskingham county, Ohio. She died in Nebraska, Ainsworth Brown County on April 4, 13 1884. they had 8 children, Hope someone has info that can identify who the parents of Jonathan Townsend born 1816 were. Thanks, Kim Townsend Spangrude ------------------------------- 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 had absolutely no luck....while there are lots of Townsends, and Eachus (various spellings), I could find nothing on any of these specific folks. No mention in Futhey and Cope, none in any area wills, & nothing in the book on the Baker family., S. " Jonathan TOWNSEND, b. abt 1781 in PA, m. Susannah EACHUS. Their daughter Hannah, b. 1816 in Chester Co., PA, m. James Dilworth Baker. Looking for the rest of this TOWNSEND family. Jonathan Townsend/Martha goldrick Looking for information on Jonathan Townsend, born 1816 in Chester County, PA. Married Martha Goldrick on May 25, 1841 in Muskingham county, Ohio. She died in Nebraska, Ainsworth Brown County on April 4, 13 1884. they had 8 children,"

Jonathan TOWNSEND, b. abt 1781 in PA, m. Susannah EACHUS. Their daughter Hannah, b. 1816 in Chester Co., PA, m. James Dilworth Baker. Looking for the rest of this TOWNSEND family. Jonathan Townsend/Martha goldrick Looking for information on Jonathan Townsend, born 1816 in Chester County, PA. Married Martha Goldrick on May 25, 1841 in Muskingham county, Ohio. She died in Nebraska, Ainsworth Brown County on April 4, 13 1884. they had 8 children, Hope someone has info that can identify who the parents of Jonathan Townsend born 1816 were. Thanks, Kim Townsend Spangrude

Here is a Neill family that made their way to Texas #5587 Elizabeth Mildred Hollingsworth,b.7-26-1840;m.1st William Jackson Cole; 2nd,at Columbus,Tex.,George C Neill,b.7-12-1821;d.Luling,Texas, 7-10-1886.He went to Texas about 1847;left 200 acres of land on which his widow and some of their children reside.Her address,Luling,Tex. They are eight miles from Lockhart.Issue: 5587A Mattie V P Cole,d.1-13-1880;m.Lewis Wirtz,Columbus, Texas. 5587B Robert Barclay (Neill),b.11-22-1863;m.M E Teas and lives on the homestead. 5587C Mintie D,b.11-18-1866;m.J D Hill and William Lane.P.O., Lockhart,Tex. 5587D Richard,b.10-5-1868;d.5-6-1885. 5587E Bessie B,b.10-8-1870;see below. 5587F John C,b.7-15-1874;m.Margaret S Stagner;is a farmer at Luling,Tex. 5587G Sallie Wiliie,b.10-2-1876;m.Dempsey D Hill,Luling,Tex. These last have three children,born at Luling,Caldwell Co., Tex.,viz.:Viola,7-10-1893:Willie May,11-23-1896:Neill Peyton, 2-25-1899. Bessie B,m.Panola Co.,Miss.,1-12-1887,m.H Lane,b.there,8-31-1862; son of George W Lane and Elizabeth Ann Nickles,of near Lockhart, Texas.They are owners of 150 acres in Caldwell Co.,Tex.,and members of the M.E.Church.P.O.,Dale,Texas. Issue: George Willie,b.12-21-1887. Carl Harper,b.11-18-1889. Floyd Neill,b.10-28-1891;d.2-11-1891. Claude,b.11-22-1893;d.1-21-1894. Visit The George Smedley Homepage http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greenpark Pharmacy Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 2:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PaOldC] Neill, William b. 1711 Ireland,m.1730 Lancaster Co. PA to Sarah Callender d. 1769 children born inChester Co.PA Hoping to find parents of William Neill b 1711 and documentation of his family living in Chester Co.PA ca. 1730 thru 1760 I have heard there is a Neill home in Bell Buckle Bedford Co. PA. Anyone know about this home? Thank you for your time and efforts! Nancy Neill Hughes ------------------------------- 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

It's helpful to know HOW you know these fellas to have been born in Chester Co....that is often a clue as to where one should be looking. So, that would be a help to know. Also, as Lancaster just came into being in 1729, anything before that date would be considered to have been in Chester, and included in Chester Records. I have transcribed a ton of land records of one kind or another, and they are all on the Chester site, mentioned in your Welcome Email, and on the pagenweb archives....check those to see what you can find, not forgetting to look for all the spellings of Neill you can think of, including O'Neill and Neal. I've looked in THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PA, by Futhey and Cope, and found a few Neills, but nothing specifically... ditto for Callender, any spelling. I looked on the CD of area wills, with no real luck. I'm including one, simply because some of your names of interest are included; (I found nothing for Callender, any spelling....in Lanc Co. Chester, etc) NEILL, WILLIAM. Tredyffrin.March 23, 1819. April 7, 1820.To wife Margaret half of clear estate, real & personal.To my bro. Adam's 3 sons, William, Samuel & Alexander, $200 each, and to his 5 daus. $100 each; and to their mother Esther the amount of a legacy left by Thomas Neill for which I have Lewis Neill's note for $216. To the Great Valley Meeting £50. To Isabella, dau. of James Gamble $100. Rem. of estate to my 2 sisters familys in Ireland.Executors: Wife, Margaret Neill, Wm. Walley of Easttown & Alex. Kennedy. Wits: Jas. Gamble, Edward Davis, Samuel Brown. I found this will from Cumberland Co....I include it because of the names....and that Wm Neil is listed as the son in law of someone named Calender,,,,plus ties to Lancaster Co....I'm sending it along, in case you think it 'might' be whom you seek. CALENDER, ROBERT, Middlesex, Middleton. July 26, 1776/4 November 1776.Wife Frances.Only son Robert, minor.Lands on the Juniata River.Messrs. West and John Nixon of City of Philadelphia, merchants.Alexander Lowry of Donegal, Lancaster Co.William Chestnut.Lands "now called Indiana."Lands in Florida, near the Natchez, to be divided equally between all children, some under age.Directs to be buried "in burying ground at Carlisle, ... near place where I buried my former wife."Exs.: wife Frances Calendar, sons-in-law, William Niel of Baltimore, merchant and Dr. William Irvine of Carlisle and bro.-in-law Mathew Slough, Esq. of the borough of Lancaster.Wit: John Holmes, John Semple, Ephm. Blaine, Jas. Irwin.Codicil names mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha Gibson; sisters-in-lawJane and Ann Gibson and mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Jervis. I looked in the 1765 Chester Archives, and there are no Neils, but did find the following Neals; Henry, owned 140 acres in East Marlborough twp Henry, an inmate in Sadsbury twp Jno owned 300 acres in Thornbury twp Wm owned 44 acres in Londonderry twp and the following O'Neils; Arthur inmate at Uwchlan Francis inmate at Pikeland Henry inmate at East Bradford Jno lived in Tredyffrin I'm afraid I've batted zero this afternoon. S. " Capt William Neill is oldest of 5 brothers (that I know of) born in Chester Co. PA around 1725 - 1740. The brothers names are Alexandar Neill b 1732, Andrew Neill b 1734, James Neill b 1733 or 1730, John Neill b Abt1738 , and Samuel Neill b Abt 1740. Their father is also named William Neill b 4/12/1711 in Clare, County Downs, Ireland, married Sarah Callender (Callendar) in Lancaster Co.PA in 1730. William Neill (father) died in 1769 in Rowan Co. NC. I am looking for information on this line specifically the father of the elder William Neill born in Ireland. I don't know how to go back any farther to Ireland records nor how to find where and when the elder William Neill cane to America."

Hoping to find parents of William Neill b 1711 and documentation of his family living in Chester Co.PA ca. 1730 thru 1760 I have heard there is a Neill home in Bell Buckle Bedford Co. PA. Anyone know about this home? Thank you for your time and efforts! Nancy Neill Hughes

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Sandra, I have Mary Pusey, b 1725.8.10 marring Joseph Dixon, b.1719.10.2. not Joshua Dixon. This is from Kennett Monthly Meeting, Early Church Records of Chester County Vol.3 page 15. Barclay In a message dated 4/15/2009 9:11:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: from a lookup in Kennett MM...abstracts by Cope; Pusey, Mary b 1725.8.10 d Wm & Elizabeth of Londongrove, m Joshua Dixson Pusey, Joshua of Londongrove, m 1734.8.29 Mary Lewis, at Kennett Pusey, David, s Caleb (dec'd) of East Marlborough, m 1756.7.7 Sarah Dixon, at Hockessing ------------------------------- 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 **************Great deals on Dell’s most popular laptops – Starting at $479 (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220631252x1201390195/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B213968550%3B35701427%3Bh)

from a lookup in Kennett MM...abstracts by Cope; Pusey, Mary b 1725.8.10 d Wm & Elizabeth of Londongrove, m Joshua Dixson Pusey, Joshua of Londongrove, m 1734.8.29 Mary Lewis, at Kennett Pusey, David, s Caleb (dec'd) of East Marlborough, m 1756.7.7 Sarah Dixon, at Hockessing

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This is exactly WHY one uses " "....I tried your subject, John Rockwell, without quotes, and got 336,000 hits, which is pretty useless unless you want to spend from now till Christmas checking them all out! Personally, I don't stop at one google, I do many....moving the words around in the subject slot, for different placement brings different results...I might use "John Rockwell" +Pennsylvania "John T. Rockwell" +Chester county Pennsylvania "john Rockwell" +the wife's name +Presbyterian Any different combinations I think of. S. "When searching at Google (or any other Boolean type search), putting quotesaround words tells the search engine to search for that EXACT string, not just in proximity, but exactly. That can be a difficulty when searching a name - for example, if you search for "John H. Rockwell" it will show youonly those results - and not include those that show John Rockwell or J. H.Rockwell - so when you use quotes around a string of letters (or phrase),the results will only show exact matches. Any info supplied after the + helps to narrow, or delineate, the search. Just an FYI."

Ancestry is probably the best place to look (all in one lump sum) for people entering by ship the US. They have the Castle Garden entries and Ellis Island and some other odd places. Philadelphia lists and Boston lists Census to 1930 and the 40 will be out in a few years. SSDI current to within 3 months but not before 1967. Eliz On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Suunsu <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > > >                I have a few questions : > > > > 1.       What and where is a good source for people entering the US, but not > through Elis Island? > > 2.       What and where is a good source for people from Canada, Poland, > Germany, and Russia? > > 3.       Up through what year are US census, and SSID death info available? > > 4.       What is the best way to look for living relatives? > > > > My biggest problem is that all that is known are names, and sometimes just > the first name.  Is there a good place for searching people in Europe? > > > > > > > > > > Thank you all for the help you have given me. > > > > > Rich > > > ------------------------------- > 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 think it sounds like a trip to the library is in your future, pal....there are a good many books out there written just for folks like you, who need very general genealogical info, and direction. When you need to keep in mind is that that there is not a giant book that has all passenger info, and that only a fraction of the original passenger lists are extant, and you'll see that finding a record of an ancestor, actually on a boat, is something that most of us never do....there are many ship records on the Chester site and URLs for others,..... look through those, and you'll also need to just do a lot of google searching, using things like "ships passenger lists" +Pennsylvania, as your subject..this is only an example, but you get the idea. This is the site for the SSI Death index, http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and it also contains a tutorial...should be helpful to you. I'm afraid I have no idea how to answer your last question..."What is the best way to look for living relatives".....if you mean, how do you find others who are researching the same family, then the answer is simply to get your name 'out there' on the internet, along with your family name, in the hopes that others will find you. Join the lists for the surnames and post on the genforum If you mean, how to find your more immediate family, then remember....the first thing to do is talk with every living relative you have...ask them what they know about the family, and write it down. Don't accept it as fact, but use as clues only.... I would suggest you visit the web site of Cyndie's list...there are many articles and tutorials included on the site that would be a help. There are also no answers for " What and where is a good source for people from Canada, Poland, Germany, and Russia"....if someone said to you "where is a good source for people from the US?", what would you answer? There IS no real answer....other than get on the web and read, read, read..... I do think, though, that you need a very basic genealogical research book....I'm sure your library will have several.... Sandra 1. What and where is a good source for people entering the US, but not through Elis Island? 2. What and where is a good source for people from Canada, Poland, Germany, and Russia? 3. Up through what year are US census, and SSID death info available? 4. What is the best way to look for living relatives? My biggest problem is that all that is known are names, and sometimes just the first name. Is there a good place for searching people in Europe?

When searching at Google (or any other Boolean type search), putting quotes around words tells the search engine to search for that EXACT string, not just in proximity, but exactly. That can be a difficulty when searching a name - for example, if you search for "John H. Rockwell" it will show you only those results - and not include those that show John Rockwell or J. H. Rockwell - so when you use quotes around a string of letters (or phrase), the results will only show exact matches. Any info supplied after the + helps to narrow, or delineate, the search. Just an FYI. -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 8:40 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Linden Farm? Mark, If you had done a simple google with "linden farm" +chester county pennsylvania as your subject, the first 'hit' in the list would have been the site which contained the info on the area , including the Linden farm info sent you by a helpful fellow list member... http://www.livingplaces.com/PA/Chester_County/Birmingham_Township.html Never underestimate what you can find using google as your search engine.....however, it is a help to put " " around the main subject, thereby ensuring that you will find the words within that subject in proximity....then, after your 'subject', you may modify that subject by, as in this case, using +chester county pa....this will then only give you sites that contain the words "linden farm" in proximity, PLUS contain the words Chester co pa....this will definitely cut down on the sites you wouldn't be interested in and give you only sites that would be helpful in your hunt! I don't own google 'stock', but sure wish I did....it's a valuable tool for finding anything and everything, from a 'lost' ancestor to a recipe for oxtail soup ..(.the latter, I did that yesterday!) Sandra " This may be a long shot. A cousin recalls hearing about a farm owned or run by a member of the BARTON family which was called the Linden Farm. He recalled it being located somewhere in Chester County, right next to a Quaker meeting house, but he doesn't know the town.Does any of this sound familiar to anyone??" ------------------------------- 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