Monica - If you are using the 1900 census from Ancestry, St. Joseph's Academy is on Page 14 of 29. Or SD12, ED7, Sheet 8A. Hope this helps. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of m.mullikin@att.net Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:37 AM To: paadams@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy Yeas. I've seen it both ways too. I was wondering if maybe I "browsed" the ward the convent was in if I could find it that way. Does anyone know two things--1) the ward St. joseph's Academy in McSherrystown is in, and 2) the ward the convent in Chestnut hill in Philadelphia is is? -- Monica Mullikin Goose Creek, South Carolina -------------- Original message from "Pat and Gary kelly" <pgkelly10@comcast.net>: -------------- > In my experience some censuses listed the woman by the name she took as a > nun; in a couple of other > instances I have found her surname listed prior to her religious name. I > did not search the censuses > by the name of the convent or religious institution, but rather by the > individuals name. It can be tricky > so you need to pull out all the stops. Good luck! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:44 PM > Subject: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy > > > >I have just learned that an ancestor of mine was a nun belonging to the > >order of Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut hill in Philadelphia, > >Pennsylvania. She taught at St. Joseph Academy in McSherrystown, PA, and on > >March 28, 1904 died there. Does anyone know how I can go about finding the > >convent there in the census files? How do you go about finding nuns in the > >census? Her name was Julia Farrell, but as a nun she was known as Sister > >Mary Peter. Any help will be appreciated. > > -- > > Monica Mullikin > > Goose Creek, South Carolina > > > > > > ********* > > 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 > > > > > > ********* > 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 ********* 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
Thank you so much Kathy. I will check it out as soon as I am finished the rest of my messages. I appreciate your help. -- Monica Mullikin Goose Creek, South Carolina -------------- Original message from "Kathy" <kathy_lf@verizon.net>: -------------- > Monica - > > If you are using the 1900 census from Ancestry, St. Joseph's > Academy is on Page 14 of 29. Or SD12, ED7, Sheet 8A. > > Hope this helps. > > Kathy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > m.mullikin@att.net > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:37 AM > To: paadams@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy > > Yeas. I've seen it both ways too. I was wondering if maybe I > "browsed" the ward the convent was in if I could find it > that way. Does anyone know two things--1) the ward St. > joseph's Academy in McSherrystown is in, and 2) the ward the > convent in Chestnut hill in Philadelphia is is? > -- > Monica Mullikin > Goose Creek, South Carolina > > -------------- Original message from "Pat and Gary kelly" > : -------------- > > > > In my experience some censuses listed the woman by the > name she took as a > > nun; in a couple of other > > instances I have found her surname listed prior to her > religious name. I > > did not search the censuses > > by the name of the convent or religious institution, but > rather by the > > individuals name. It can be tricky > > so you need to pull out all the stops. Good luck! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:44 PM > > Subject: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy > > > > > > >I have just learned that an ancestor of mine was a nun > belonging to the > > >order of Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut hill in > Philadelphia, > > >Pennsylvania. She taught at St. Joseph Academy in > McSherrystown, PA, and on > > >March 28, 1904 died there. Does anyone know how I can go > about finding the > > >convent there in the census files? How do you go about > finding nuns in the > > >census? Her name was Julia Farrell, but as a nun she was > known as Sister > > >Mary Peter. Any help will be appreciated. > > > -- > > > Monica Mullikin > > > Goose Creek, South Carolina > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > 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. 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Kathy, Thank you so much for this information. I was able to go right to the page and find Sr. Mary Peter without any problem. I do appreciate your help. -- Monica Mullikin Goose Creek, South Carolina -------------- Original message from "Kathy" <kathy_lf@verizon.net>: -------------- > Monica - > > If you are using the 1900 census from Ancestry, St. Joseph's > Academy is on Page 14 of 29. Or SD12, ED7, Sheet 8A. > > Hope this helps. > > Kathy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:paadams-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > m.mullikin@att.net > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:37 AM > To: paadams@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy > > Yeas. I've seen it both ways too. I was wondering if maybe I > "browsed" the ward the convent was in if I could find it > that way. Does anyone know two things--1) the ward St. > joseph's Academy in McSherrystown is in, and 2) the ward the > convent in Chestnut hill in Philadelphia is is? > -- > Monica Mullikin > Goose Creek, South Carolina > > -------------- Original message from "Pat and Gary kelly" > : -------------- > > > > In my experience some censuses listed the woman by the > name she took as a > > nun; in a couple of other > > instances I have found her surname listed prior to her > religious name. I > > did not search the censuses > > by the name of the convent or religious institution, but > rather by the > > individuals name. It can be tricky > > so you need to pull out all the stops. Good luck! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:44 PM > > Subject: [PAADAMS] St. Joseph Academy > > > > > > >I have just learned that an ancestor of mine was a nun > belonging to the > > >order of Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut hill in > Philadelphia, > > >Pennsylvania. She taught at St. Joseph Academy in > McSherrystown, PA, and on > > >March 28, 1904 died there. Does anyone know how I can go > about finding the > > >convent there in the census files? How do you go about > finding nuns in the > > >census? Her name was Julia Farrell, but as a nun she was > known as Sister > > >Mary Peter. Any help will be appreciated. > > > -- > > > Monica Mullikin > > > Goose Creek, South Carolina > > > > > > > > > ********* > > > 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. 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