Possibly, man, ya never know. I will see what else I can find out... Also, on that heinz history center photo site that was listed here a few days ago, there's a pic of one class at Minersville school, with a little cardboard ID thing in front of them, I think it said 1898? Not sure. It's in the Miscellaneous group. Will try to find a bit more info on these schools, but not sure what I'll be able to find. Bryan. -----Original Message----- From: Al Lenkner [mailto:alenkner@stargate.net] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:19 PM To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [PITTSBURGH] Minersville, Rose, and Riverside Schools Bryan, Thanks for the info. It proves that my sources weren't tipping the bottle! I find it truly amazing that Riverside High School seemed to last less than 30 years. It must have been a very small building as there isn't a helluva lot of property there. It would have to have been south of the railroad tracks and north of West Carson and, I presume, Riverside St. I guess that Tom Murphy had a relative who was mayor back in the thirties and the high school got in the way of some of his ideas............. Al At 09:32 AM 11/8/2001, you wrote: >OK, a not to all, I work at the Board of Education, and when I saw the posts >regarding Minersville and Riverside Schools, I did a little checking. > >Minersville School was located at Center Ave. and Morgan St. and was closed >in September, 1942. I do not have a date as to when it opened. The >information I found showed that it was combined with Rose Elementary School. > >Rose Elementary School was located on Rose and Charles Sts. and was closed >in June of 1942. Again, I do not have a date as to when it opened. It was >combined with Minersville School. I do not know if all the students were >transferred to Minersville School, or to a different/new school. Will look >for that information, but it may not be available. > >Riverside High School was located at 1740 W. Carson St., as Al has said. It >openend in 1910, but I do not have any information as to when it closed or >where the students went. > >Bryan. > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, >Palm-Gen, and Westie > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Bryan, Thanks for the info. It proves that my sources weren't tipping the bottle! I find it truly amazing that Riverside High School seemed to last less than 30 years. It must have been a very small building as there isn't a helluva lot of property there. It would have to have been south of the railroad tracks and north of West Carson and, I presume, Riverside St. I guess that Tom Murphy had a relative who was mayor back in the thirties and the high school got in the way of some of his ideas............. Al At 09:32 AM 11/8/2001, you wrote: >OK, a not to all, I work at the Board of Education, and when I saw the posts >regarding Minersville and Riverside Schools, I did a little checking. > >Minersville School was located at Center Ave. and Morgan St. and was closed >in September, 1942. I do not have a date as to when it opened. The >information I found showed that it was combined with Rose Elementary School. > >Rose Elementary School was located on Rose and Charles Sts. and was closed >in June of 1942. Again, I do not have a date as to when it opened. It was >combined with Minersville School. I do not know if all the students were >transferred to Minersville School, or to a different/new school. Will look >for that information, but it may not be available. > >Riverside High School was located at 1740 W. Carson St., as Al has said. It >openend in 1910, but I do not have any information as to when it closed or >where the students went. > >Bryan. > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, >Palm-Gen, and Westie > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Search me....just trying to provide a bit of locational info.... B. -----Original Message----- From: Roebuck513@aol.com [mailto:Roebuck513@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 1:21 PM To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Minersville, Rose, and Riverside Schools Was there a mine near Minersville? I remember a mine on the top of Garfield hill, but the opening is now closed. Rosanne ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom ============================== Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online--FREE for 14 Days http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1238

Was there a mine near Minersville? I remember a mine on the top of Garfield hill, but the opening is now closed. Rosanne

Yep Marilyn, that is the way I do it also....I think it is about the only way you can find a census page number at the images of census on Ancestry.com that I know of. ----- Original Message ----- From: <SusanE1104@aol.com> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:01 AM Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Ancestry Census Records - Am I Doing Something Wrong? > Marilyn, > No, I don't think there's any magic formula. I just start with image one and > see what that number is, and then try to make a good guess as to how far > along the number would be in the images. It sometimes takes quite a few > tries before I find the page I'm looking for. > > Susan > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

OK, a not to all, I work at the Board of Education, and when I saw the posts regarding Minersville and Riverside Schools, I did a little checking. Minersville School was located at Center Ave. and Morgan St. and was closed in September, 1942. I do not have a date as to when it opened. The information I found showed that it was combined with Rose Elementary School. Rose Elementary School was located on Rose and Charles Sts. and was closed in June of 1942. Again, I do not have a date as to when it opened. It was combined with Minersville School. I do not know if all the students were transferred to Minersville School, or to a different/new school. Will look for that information, but it may not be available. Riverside High School was located at 1740 W. Carson St., as Al has said. It openend in 1910, but I do not have any information as to when it closed or where the students went. Bryan.

Dear Listers, Hi Listers, That's what it is here in Central FL. Many schools, but some are duly needed to be refurbished, is in the beginning stages of getting new schools for our immediate local areas, but slowly. The problem is the older population doesn't want to spend money there! It's unfortunate that most people here feel that "it's not my problem"! I volunteer at one that, in my opinion needs to go by the wrecking ball, either rebuilt, or used for other things, the kids absorbed by the many other schools in the area. You do find some that don't' feel that way, but everyone is entitled to their opinion, that's what this country is all about, I guess. Sorry about venting, but just felt strongly, because we just voted about the sales tax here in Lake county! Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Lenkner To: PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: 11/7/01 11:36:55 PM Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Minersville School Ed, Like most crowded neighborhoods, there were schools all over the Hill District, every 6-8 blocks in any direction. But there would have only been one school named Minersville. That school was torn down and probably replace with the A. Leo Weil School on Soho and Reed. Al At 05:29 PM 11/7/2001, you wrote: The Hopkins 1904 Plat Map of Pittsburgh shows Minersville Sub-District Public School on Charles Street, about 1/2 block from Reed Street, in ward 13. It is in the same block as my great-grandparent's house. It was not there on the 1872 map. Are there two Minersville schools? Edward Smith Sslif@aol.com"> Sslif@aol.com wrote: I, too, have an aunt that was a school teacher and may have very well worked at the Minersville School. I believe it would've been a bit north of what is known today as Schenley Heights and near Herron Hill- close to Shadyside. These areas are slightly north of the University of Pittsburgh on a map. ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom ============================== Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702 sourceid=1237 ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. ============================== Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 Source for Family History Online. Go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702 sourceid=1237 --- Cathy Raber --- pigeonrock@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.

Marilyn, No, I don't think there's any magic formula. I just start with image one and see what that number is, and then try to make a good guess as to how far along the number would be in the images. It sometimes takes quite a few tries before I find the page I'm looking for. Susan

Mac, Across the Ft Pitt Bridge, take the exit for W. Carson St. The modern and long building is the Buncher Building, formerly a Heinz warehouse. Next visible landmark is the Pacific Pride gas station, just pumps. Right after Pacific Pride and about 100 feet before the ramp leading to the West End and Bridge is a tiny cut in the curb. That's Musk Way and you can't miss the wrecks parked there. The Wrecking Yard is probably 600 ft or more in length. If you went up the ramp or to the right to continue on W. Carson, you've travelled too far. Al At 07:59 PM 11/7/2001, you wrote: >Al Lenkner, > Where on W Carson is the wrecking yard ?? DeLorme takes you between >West End and Ft Pitt bridges but shows no location ?? Mac > > >Al Lenkner wrote: > > > > Listers, > > > > I discovered 2 new streets today and something else, something that I never > > heard of. I had 26 cars on fire today in Battaglia's Wrecking Yard on W. > > Carson St today. The street leading to the office is Musk Way and Musk Way > > is one end of Riverside St, a street that doesn't appear on any map that I > > have. While talking to the owner of Hunt's Stained Glass Studio, he > > informed me that the street was named Riverside because there was a high > > school on that location named, you guessed it, "Riverside High"! I had > > never heard of it. His information was re-iterated by Butch Battaglia > > whose father owns the wrecking yard. According to both gentlemen, > > Riverside High School existed up to some time in the 1930s! Has anyone > > ever heard of this school or have any info? > > > > Al > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >How to unsubscribe. Send a message to:PITTSBURGH-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > >============================== >Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate >your heritage! >http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

Thanks to everyone who answered my query. I thought that you could be closer than a third cousin and marry and that seems to be the consensus. The reason I asked is because I am doing some research for someone and his parents were first cousins. As it turns out, so were his grandparents and finally his brother married a first cousin. Curious and curious. And we think we've got problem sorting out our families. Here everyone has the same last name. Rosanne

Ed, Like most crowded neighborhoods, there were schools all over the Hill District, every 6-8 blocks in any direction. But there would have only been one school named Minersville. That school was torn down and probably replace with the A. Leo Weil School on Soho and Reed. Al At 05:29 PM 11/7/2001, you wrote: >The Hopkins 1904 Plat Map of Pittsburgh shows Minersville Sub-District Public >School on Charles Street, about 1/2 block from Reed Street, in ward 13. It >is in >the same block as my great-grandparent's house. It was not there on the 1872 >map. >Are there two Minersville schools? >Edward Smith > >Sslif@aol.com wrote: > > > I, too, have an aunt that was a school teacher and may have very well > worked > > at the Minersville School. I believe it would've been a bit north of what > > is known today as Schenley Heights and near Herron Hill- close to > Shadyside. > > These areas are slightly north of the University of Pittsburgh on a map. > > > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237

Could it be that your relative lived at Rural and Euclid and worked at Minersville School? I can't think of any mines in that vicinity. That particular area is pretty flat. The closest mines would have been in Garfield, I think. Rosanne

To add a penny or two, there is also the Minersville Cemetery which is located behind Milliones Middle School on Sugar Top. Al At 05:10 PM 11/7/2001, you wrote: >I, too, have an aunt that was a school teacher and may have very well worked >at the Minersville School. I believe it would've been a bit north of what >is known today as Schenley Heights and near Herron Hill- close to Shadyside. >These areas are slightly north of the University of Pittsburgh on a map. > > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > >============================== >Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

Lori, You have to look at the page number on the actual census record.....not the image number. It is confusing. The number you are looking for is usually a printed number on the census page. I think different years are different and some pages don't have a number that you can see at all. Sometimes it takes a long time to find the page. I can't wait until they get them all indexed! susan

Nope, can't remember anything before Three Rivers was there. J* ----- Original Message ----- > J*, > > I know you are young but haven't you heard of Exposition Park, located > where 3 Rivers Stadium was? > > J* --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.295 / Virus Database: 159 - Release Date: 11/1/2001

Hi My mother told me a long time ago that this couple that we both new were first cousins and married. My mother told me that the child :had something wrong with him. Apparently you were aloud to marry first cousins in Pgh. I don't know if the law was changed Barb

I broke down and took a quarterly subscription. Using information from previous lookups I know what page an ancestor should be on. But when I look on that page on Ancestry they are not there. I tried running a plain ancestry search on one of these people and nothing comes up. Is it me? Thanks for any help. Lori

Al Lenkner, Where on W Carson is the wrecking yard ?? DeLorme takes you between West End and Ft Pitt bridges but shows no location ?? Mac Al Lenkner wrote: > > Listers, > > I discovered 2 new streets today and something else, something that I never > heard of. I had 26 cars on fire today in Battaglia's Wrecking Yard on W. > Carson St today. The street leading to the office is Musk Way and Musk Way > is one end of Riverside St, a street that doesn't appear on any map that I > have. While talking to the owner of Hunt's Stained Glass Studio, he > informed me that the street was named Riverside because there was a high > school on that location named, you guessed it, "Riverside High"! I had > never heard of it. His information was re-iterated by Butch Battaglia > whose father owns the wrecking yard. According to both gentlemen, > Riverside High School existed up to some time in the 1930s! Has anyone > ever heard of this school or have any info? > > Al > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

Thanks for giving me the general area of Pittsburgh. I found a relative, Charles A. Riddle, on a city directory for 1890 as Principal of this school at the Rural and Euclid Address. Marcia

The Hopkins 1904 Plat Map of Pittsburgh shows Minersville Sub-District Public School on Charles Street, about 1/2 block from Reed Street, in ward 13. It is in the same block as my great-grandparent's house. It was not there on the 1872 map. Are there two Minersville schools? Edward Smith Sslif@aol.com wrote: > I, too, have an aunt that was a school teacher and may have very well worked > at the Minersville School. I believe it would've been a bit north of what > is known today as Schenley Heights and near Herron Hill- close to Shadyside. > These areas are slightly north of the University of Pittsburgh on a map. > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2