Rod, What about the Post gazette? There used to be one years ago, when I lived there in the mid-1970's80's. Carnegie Library of Oakland has newspapers. Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Al Lenkner <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/23/2004 2:06:18 AM > Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Surgeon's Hall, Baldwin Township = what today? > > --=======4181942======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1ECD3FB9; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Rod, > > The fact that I never heard of Surgeon's Hall intrigued me. Baldwin Twp > was, at one time, an enormous twp but has been whittled over the years to > nothing, saving two of my sisters-in-law and a few of their > neighbors. Pitt's Historic Site revealed a few clues: > > 1. It was on Brownsville Rd. > 2. It was 8 miles from Pgh but it didn't say how that was measured and by > what route. > 3. The North Zion Lutheran Church was the oldest..............blah, blah, > blah. > 4. Numerous references to postmasters of Surgeon's Hall. > > Putting them all together, I think that Surgeon's Hall was roughly the > intersection of Brownsville Rd and Route 51. I read an article years ago > about the Zion Lutheran Church on the corner. It's a natural spot for > travel and commerce, presently being the intersection of two of the most > important roads in that area. If I had to put money on it, that's my > choice. But I recommend that you try to see if Brentwood or Whitehall has > a Historical Society. > > Unless you're pretty young, I doubt that your great grandmother's > recollection was of Frederick Conrad Bode. I didn't look at the URL you > furnished but I'm going by the dates. My grandfather was ready to start a > family, being 17 going on 18 in 1911. That's my grandfather, not my great > grandfather. Your grandmother's recollection of her grandfather probably > go back much further in time. Without knowing her birthdate, it's > impossible to me or others to make an intelligent guess. > > Al > > > At 01:15 AM 9/23/2004, you wrote: > > >Hey folks, > > > >I am working on my Frederick Conrad Bode line > >http://www.gencircles.com/users/rodfleck/2/data/547 > > > >Now, one thought I have is to focus on where he was living and see if I can > >get an idea of what newspaper may have carried an obituary for his passage > >in Jan 1911. Where would Surgeon's Hall have been in Baldwin Township in > >relationship to Pittsburgh today? Boy I hope that made sense. I have no > >address for his actual home, so that is making it difficult to do a mapquest > >search for that street location. > > > >Would that area have been covered by a particular newspaper?? There was no > >entry for the Pittsburgh Press for that period of January (13-16 Jan 1911). > > > >One interesting odd recollection � my great grandmother before she died once > >went on and on about a story about her "grandfather being stored in the ice > >house" because the ground was so cold when he died they couldn't get the > >body buried�so he was stored in a closet like structure in the ice house. > >Looking over my materials � I notice that cemetery permit was issued a few > >days after his death. I wonder if this is the person she was remember > >hearing about as a small girl? > > > >Ok � any help would be appreciated. > > > >Rod Fleck > > --=======4181942======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-1ECD3FB9 > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.766 / Virus Database: 513 - Release Date: 9/17/2004 > > --=======4181942=======-- > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > If you need to contact the listowner, send an email to Sue* at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237