On 2/18/2011 12:25 PM, John Canning wrote: > If you go to the Historic Pittsburgh website and look under maps at the > Hopkins map of Allegheny City 1890 Vol. 2 plate 8 you will find Perry > Street. It is 2 blocks north of East Ohio. Its present name is Peralta > Street. In 1890 it was Perry and you might find the exact property of your > ancestor. Given the proximity to the Voeghtly German Evag. Prot. Church, > just 2 blocks away at the intersection of East Ohio and Troy Hill Road it > is very possible that they went there. However, the St. Paul's church was a > break away congregation and located about as close so they might have gone > there. > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:17 PM, JR Jamieson<jr@jjamieson.com> wrote: > >> There is no Perry St left on the North Shore but Perry St may have become >> Perry Hwy. There is a Perry St in the Hill District off of Webster Av. >> >> >> JR Jamieson Oh, thank you. I have been trying to find where I filed this particular information. You have been a big help. The Heinz History Center is quite expensive I think in their hourly research about $29.50 plus. It would pay me to drive there and do it my self. I have not made contact with the church yet as there was no answer. I was hoping there would be information at the cemetery but only have where she is located and information from funeral home. Amazing that they had it since 1890. Mary

Wow, interesting stuff -----Original Message----- From: paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:paallegh-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dess Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:26 PM To: paallegh@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ALL] Church in Agh City 1890 On 2/18/2011 12:25 PM, John Canning wrote: > If you go to the Historic Pittsburgh website and look under maps at the > Hopkins map of Allegheny City 1890 Vol. 2 plate 8 you will find Perry > Street. It is 2 blocks north of East Ohio. Its present name is Peralta > Street. In 1890 it was Perry and you might find the exact property of your > ancestor. Given the proximity to the Voeghtly German Evag. Prot. Church, > just 2 blocks away at the intersection of East Ohio and Troy Hill Road it > is very possible that they went there. However, the St. Paul's church was a > break away congregation and located about as close so they might have gone > there. > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:17 PM, JR Jamieson<jr@jjamieson.com> wrote: > >> There is no Perry St left on the North Shore but Perry St may have become >> Perry Hwy. There is a Perry St in the Hill District off of Webster Av. >> >> >> JR Jamieson Oh, thank you. I have been trying to find where I filed this particular information. You have been a big help. The Heinz History Center is quite expensive I think in their hourly research about $29.50 plus. It would pay me to drive there and do it my self. I have not made contact with the church yet as there was no answer. I was hoping there would be information at the cemetery but only have where she is located and information from funeral home. Amazing that they had it since 1890. Mary ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit our Allegheny County, PA Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paallegh/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAALLEGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message