Dear Pearl, Thank you so much for the reply. I just got back from Butler County. Sent a week looking for Parker's and relatives. Guess I should have stayed on the computer! Anyway, any information is very much appreciated. My mailing address is: James Wick Parker, PO Box 5555, Middleburg, VA 20118. Thank you. From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [PAARMSTR-L] Betty Irwin Parker > Jim: Good to hear from you of your interest in the > Reep Family Association. Betty Irwin Parker was the > secretary of the Reep Family Association and the > letter was from her to Gladys Walley. I will be glad > to mail you a copy if you send me privately your post > office mailing address. She lived in Petrolia, Butler > County, and her children still live in the same area. > It would be wonderful if they would donate her > wonderful research to a Historical Society so it would > not be lost. In 2000, an obit of her brother," John R. > Irwin"12/6/1925 9 11/2000 listed her as living in > Florida and remarried. Her husband was Edward Joseph > Parker 4 8 1917/6 15 1980...and her parents were David > Conrad Irwin and Iola Ruth Reep. > --- Jim Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, I am replying to Pearl via this email. I am > >> interested in the letter > >> that Betty Irwin Parker has from the Reep Family > >> Association. In fact, I > >> would like more information on contacting the Reep > >> Family Association. I am > >> related to the Reep family. I am almost sure that > >> Betty Irwin Parker is in > >> the Parker line also. Please email me with any > >> nugget of information you > >> have on these items I have listed. Thank you. James > >> Wick Parker. > >> [email protected] > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:42 PM > >> Subject: Re: [PAARMSTR-L] Census > >> > >> > >> > Eileen: Have been reading your replies with much > >> > interest and now have a question for you about my > >> > family....are you related to the Irwin family of > >> > Petrolia area, Butler County, Pa. We have a > >> letter > >> > written in 1970's for the Reep Family Association > >> by > >> > Betty Irwin Parker, about the Walley Family and > >> how > >> > they were related. She was an excellent > >> researcher, > >> > back long before computors. I research the Walley > >> > Family. Pearl > >> > --- Eileen Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Yes, Ann, I am subscribed to several rootsweb > >> mail > >> > >> lists. I have been doing > >> > >> genealogy for almost 30 years and have given > >> much, > >> > >> much more information through > >> > >> the lists than I have received. I have text > >> files > >> > >> explaining the census (years > >> > >> and contents), the formation of the counties of > >> > >> Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West > >> > >> Virginia (years formed and parent counties), > >> early > >> > >> westward migration and > >> > >> expansion, etc. I have "shared" my data > >> including > >> > >> source information and > >> > >> documentation. I hope I have helped many with > >> my > >> > >> posts. > >> > >> > >> > >> Some of those who have not done genealogy prior > >> to > >> > >> the internet have no clue how > >> > >> to do research off the net, including using a > >> map to > >> > >> locate places (cities or > >> > >> towns) or a dictionary (for various terms and > >> > >> definitions) or even an > >> > >> encyclopedia (for historical perspective). > >> > >> > >> > >> You are absolutely correct. It is far easier > >> to > >> > >> post a query on a mail list > >> > >> than to actually do any research for yourself > >> or to > >> > >> latch on to one of the > >> > >> compiled trees and have your "family" go back > >> to 360 > >> > >> A.D. > >> > >> > >> > >> Eileen Irwin > >> > >> Mesa, AZ > >> > >> > >> > >> Ann Avery Hunter wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Eileen wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > I blame much of the ignorance on > >> things/places > >> > >> like Family Tree Maker; World > >> > >> > > Family Tree; ancestry.com and even > >> rootsweb. > >> > >> Their priorities are selling > >> > >> > > products and information and leading the > >> novices > >> > >> to believe that genealogy is > >> > >> > > quick and easy. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > I have been doing genealogical research for > >> over > >> > >> 45 years and am definitely > >> > >> > no novice, and I give thanks every day of my > >> life > >> > >> for > >> > >> > Ancestry.com and Rootsweb. 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