Hi Irene, I am curious as to how you pronounce your name. Growing up we had neighbors whose name was Tomsik. They pronounced it Tom sick. I think their ancestors were from eastern Europe, but not sure where. Hope you don't mind my asking. Wondered if you were part of the same family. Susan E in northern Indiana, USA

Please don't forget that gatewayed posts coming to the list from the Adams County message board were probably posted by NON-list subscribers who won't see your reply if it is only posted to the list. To reply to gateway posts click the link in the message and reply ON the BOARD. Thanks! Joan, co-admin _PAADAMS@rootsweb.com_ (mailto:PAADAMS@rootsweb.com) In a message dated 9/29/2008 4:03:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pgkelly10@comcast.net writes: Hi! I live in Frederick Co. Md and have my own copies of these records. Please email me privately with some of your names and I will do look-ups. **************Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators. (http://www.walletpop.com/?NCID=emlcntuswall00000001)

Hi! I live in Frederick Co. Md and have my own copies of these records. Please email me privately with some of your names and I will do look-ups. -----Original Message----- From: paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 6:20 PM To: PAADAMS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] Conewago Chapel (Catholic) death records This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rexroad33 Surnames: Wagaman, Eck Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counti es.adams/3036.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for Wagamans. There should be a ton of them buried at the Chapel. The first ones are Frederick and his wife Regina Eck Wagaman. She was born in 1782. 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. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAADAMS ********* Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAADAMS Message Board are gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking on the link and replying on the board. ************ Visit the ADAMS County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paadams/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAADAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The fifth Espenshade/Esbenshade Reunion will be held on Saturday October 25, 2008 in Royalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The day begins with a bus tour of the family lines covering Dauphin, Lebanon & Lancaster Counties followed by presentations on the various descendant lines. Several family historians will offer genealogical assistance to help you establish family ties. For additional information please contact me at bbirene@earthlink.net.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rexroad33 Surnames: Wagaman, Eck Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/3036.3.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am looking for Wagamans. There should be a ton of them buried at the Chapel. The first ones are Frederick and his wife Regina Eck Wagaman. She was born in 1782. 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.

Hello All, I have added the next 20 pages to the book "Pennsylvania Historical Society Memoirs Vol. 1 Part 2". It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: halflight Surnames: Black Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/3166/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for information about the Adam Black family that lived in Cumberland Township, York (now Adams County) until they moved to Western Pennsylvania in 1803. Adam Black was born January 31, 1763, married Polly Allegan(?)in 1787 and had children Elizabeth, Henry, Joseph, Adam, Alexander, Robert and Maria. Adam Black's father is said to be Henry Black. The census sheets for 1800 and 1810 show that an Adam Black lived in Cumberland Township in 1800, but was gone in 1810, as was an older Henry Black, probably his father. 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 All, I have added the next 10 pages to the book "Pennsylvania Historical Society Memoirs Vol. 1 Part 2". It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ktcarmo Surnames: Noel Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/1713.14.4.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Joyce! Thank you for contacting me. Yes, I would love any information that you may have on this branch of the Adams County Noels. This line of my family is somewhat a mystery, so any light that you shed on them is truly appreciated. Thank you, thank you! I look forward with corresponding with you. 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: CharlesStrong200 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/1713.14.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This message is for "ktcarmo". I have information to give you regarding this family. Please respond if interested. Joyce Strong 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.

My ancester Lewis Snowden left Adams County and migrated to Bedford circa 1825. His oldest son Thomas and several daughters remained in Adams County. When researching at ACHS some years ago, I came across a file with information about son Thomas Snowden, who was put on trial for the murder of his father-in-law Solomon Chambers. Interesting reading. Thomas was acquitted because eyewitnesses placed him in a different location at the time of the murders--but other details (and the relation of the witnesses to Snowden) made me wonder what might have happened if modern forensic science had been available. But I digress. Below, I have compiled what information I have on Thomas. The baptismal record is the only evidence I currently have of my probable ancestor Cheden Snowden (first wife of Lewis). What is Cheden the equivalent of? I have not seen this name elsewhere. Also, I can't find Thomas on the 1840 Federal Census. Lastly, I am looking for a record that (1.) documents the births of the children given below and (2.) links together all of Thomas's children, including John A. whose children migrated to Texas and California. Thomas Snowden (son of Lewis Snowden) Conewago Chapel Roman Catholic Records: Thomas Snoden, of Louis & Cheden Snoden, born 1779 [sic], bp. 22 Nov 1821 Thomas Snowden, late of Straban tp. 1. Administration bond dated 1 Apr 1848, given by John Bercaw, William Graham, and Henry Noel, all of Adams County. 2. Administrator: John Bercaw 3. Inventory dated 22 Apr 1848. 4. Account filed 3 Feb 1849. 5. From account: $40 collected from the estate of Lewis Snowden, residing in Bedford County. Undocumented Internet information: 21.Mary Chambers (Mary Elizabeth Eckenrode4, Anna Barbara Kuhn3, Henry Kuhn2, John Kuhn1). She married Thomas Snowden. Children of Mary Chambers and Thomas Snowden are: 92 i. Mary Ann Snowden was born 5 MAY 1822 in Pennsylvania. 93 ii. William Snowden was born 12 SEP 1823 in Pennsylvania. 94 iii. Louis Snowden was born 26 FEB 1826 in Pennsylvania. Mt. Pleasant tp. (1793-1832) Lewis Snowden, shoemaker, 1793-1822, 2A (tax collector ’04) Jacob Snowden, 1801, freeman Thomas Snowden, 1811-1832, 2A (freeman ’11-15; 18A transferred from T. Snowden to John Shultz ’32) Jonathan Snowden, 1819-1822, freeman David Snowden, 1820-1822, freeman Thomas Snowden, 1817-1821, freeman (missing ’18; likely the same as the other T. Snowden) Poor Children: Mt. Pleasant tp. 1831: William Snowden, age 6; Mary Snowden, age 8 1832: William Snowden, age 7; Mary Snowden, age 5 1833: Mary Snowden, age 11; William Snowden, age 8; Lewis Snowden, age 6 (of Thomas Snowden) 1834: William Snowden, age 9; Lewis Snowden, age 6 (of Thomas Snowden) 1836: William Snowden, age 11; Lewis Snowden, age 9; Catharine Snowden, age 6 NOTE: There is a William Snowden of Carryall tp., Paulding County, Ohio, who matches well with Thomas Snowden’s son. There is a Louis Snowden & wife Matilda in Western PA on the 1850 and 1860 censuses that match the age for Thomas’s son. Further research is necessary. 1830 Federal Census: Mount Pleasant, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: 143; Page: 48. Thomas Snden, 0200001---/110001---- (male 40-50; female 30-40) --Projected family: 1. Father Thomas Snowden, age 40-50 2. Wife Maria Snowden, age 30-40 3. Daughter Maria Snowden, age 5-10 4. Son William Snowden, age 5-10 5. Son Lewis Snowden, age 5-10 6. Daughter Catharine Snowden, under 5 1840 Federal Census: Not yet found. 1850 Federal Census: Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_743; Page: 22; Image: 45. Mary Snowden, age 25, born PA, residing with James Witherow, age 20, printer, born PA, and others. 1850 Federal Census: Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_743; Page: 35; Image: 71. Catharine Snowden, age 24, born PA, residing with William Graham, coachmaker, age 33, and presumed wife Jane Graham, age 30. 1850 Federal Census: Huntington, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_743; Page: 77; Image: 155. Jacob F. Bowers, age 34, shoemaker, owns real estate, all born PA Nancy Bowers, age 32 Mary Bowers, age 1 John E. Snowden [sic], age 18, shoemaker 1860 Federal Census: Hamiltonban, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1057; Page: 283; Image: 286. Mary Snowden, age 50, owns real estate, born PA Andrew Martin, age 60, laborer, born PA 1870 Federal Census: Hamiltonban, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1289; Page: 187; Image: 375. Andrew Martin, age 62, chairmaker, born PA Polly Snowden, age 67, keeping house, owns real estate, born PA 1880 Federal Census: Cumberland, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: T9_1085; Family History Film: 1255085; Page: 154.2000; Enumeration District: 50; Image: 0311. Mary Snowden, age 80, pauper at almshouse, PA-PA-PA

Hello All, I have added the next 10 pages to the book "Pennsylvania Historical Society Memoirs Vol. 1 Part 2". It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dtassey1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/3165/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi..I have several COPIES of a really neat 1770 map of Pennsylvania. It is titled: A Map Of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only the IMPROVED PARTS of that PROVINCE, but also its extensive frontiers: Laid down from actual surveys and chiefly from the late MAP of W. Scull Published in 1770 This map is HUGE!!!!!! 50 by 28 inches! Go to this link to take a look at the original: http://www.mapsofpa.com/18thcentury/1777fadenatlaspa.jpg GREAT FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH! Email me at dtassey@comcast.net if interested .....Dan 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: BettyKnoche Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/1734.2.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Debra, do you by any chance have any info on the Caskey family? Diana Anna Caskey married George Washington Sandoe. She was the daughter of Isaiah Caskey. Would love to know more about her family. Know she was the aunt of Samuel Ridinger...and his mother was Louisa Catherine Caskey, daughter of Isaac Caskey. But what is the relationship between Isaac and Isaiah??? Email me direct if you wish: bgknoche@aol.com Betty 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 don't have anything on this family but if you send your question to RummelRooters you might find someone who does. Nanette **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)

We have placed the Dierdorf Notebooks online that were complied by the late Ira Brown (1893-1963) at: http://midatlantic.rootsweb.ancestry.com/familyhart/documents/Dierdorff/ Thanks! Don & Jeanine Hartman FamilyHart http://familyhart.info Rootsweb List Admins for: Pennsylvania, PADutchGenONLY, Penna-Dutch, PAAdams, PAYork, PA-York-Gen, MD-Fred-Gen, MDWashin, Burket, Dierdorff, Gotshall, Glattfelder, Hartman, Kohr, Kaufman, Shirk, Sturm USGENWEB CCs for: Adams Co., PA; Franklin Co., PA; Lancaster Co., PA; York Co., PA; Frederick Co., MD; Washington Co., MD Any family information sent to FamilyHart implies permission to use that information online without limitation for genealogical purposes.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dmccauslin1 Surnames: Sandoe Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/1734.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HI: I'm Debra Sandoe McCauslin and I also descend from John Jacob and Peter Sandoe. I live in Gettysburg and do presentations on Geo Washington Sandoe. Get back to me and I'll give you phone info and we can chat. I have pictures of John that you may want to see and sister Elizabeth. 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.

For you who have been asking about information on John Smith, Dillisberg area, I have been trying to contact you through rootsweb, but it keeps telling me my email address is wrong. Judy Smith/Colorado

Hi, I'm new to the Adams Co. list. I've been hunting for the marriage of Jacob Rumel to an Elizabeth ? in mid 1700's. Anyone out there have any info on this. Info that I have says their son, Jacob was born in Adams Co. Rosie in In.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: patscga Surnames: Hoff, Diehl Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.adams/3164/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Researching Tobias Hoff. His g-grandson told me he was born in Adams County Pennsylvania in 1831 and moved to Frederick County. Hie wife's name was Magdalena Diehl. 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.