Ris, Does any of your material give a relationship between the Dawson and a McKinnon family? If so would be VERY interested in what you have, Jean

Researching KNOX Found an entry on Gen Forum, someone researching Knox from Beaver PA, one of them might have been ny gfather. Harry Knox Jacquie

Can document 1600 century families of Dawson, Mackall from Beaver County..back to Jamestown..glad to share. Ris

Hello Everyone We have added 22 new 1600's ancestors and included their children on the Ancestor Roll of Honor on America's First Families web site at; http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ When you enter the site, scroll down to near the bottom of the page where the Ancestor Roll of Honor is located. On the same page you will also find a link to the 1600's Ancestor Data Base that contains over 14,000 names of proven ancestors from that era. Enjoy Harold Oliver Director

Greetings, I am looking for information on the WHITMORE/DEVER/REED families from Beaver Co. PA. My G Grandfather, G. E. Whitmore Sr. (B. 1869 London), married a woman believed to be a Laura Emma DEVER from Homewood, PA. She was reportedly born in 1872, Married in 1892, died 1937. Their children were: Walter Dever Whitmore, b. 1894, Steubenville, OH Charles Franklin Whitmore, b. 1896, Steubenville, OH George Edward Whitmore, Jr., b. 1898, Dennison, OH Richard Roy Whitmore, b. 1907, Steubenville, OH Ralph Emerson Whitmore, b. 1910, Liverpool, TX I need Laura's correct name and her parents names. Her mother's maiden name may have been REED. There is an obscure reference to that name on a photograph I have. The photo is of a family re-union which took place in 1910 in Rock Ridge Park, Chester, WV. And is titled "DEVER/REED REUNION. Another possibility: Laura's maiden name may have been REED and her father's given name may have been DEVER. If any of this makes any sense to anyone, please contact me, Thank you.

Rooters, I just found out that the traffic director at the corner of Lenkner Street and Cyberspace Avenue has been into the cooking sherry and has not been delivering the mail correctly and promptly even from PAALLEGH unless Clare fired me. Honest Clare, I didn't make any kid jokes. If anyone sent me mail that I requested or that required an answer, please resend. I just checked with Stargate Tech and the problem is not in my mailbox. Watch out for that cooking sherry. Mac

I am researching the STIFFLER famifly and would like to exchange info with anyone who is also researching, or has a link to this surname.

On my last trip to the Citizens Library, I found a book of Frankfort Springs Presbyterian Church tombstone inscriptions compiled by a Mrs. Emma Bryte Pollock in 1964. My gg-grandfather Samuel CAMPBELL (1831 - 1887) is listed as well as other members of his family. One of the sources for the information on Samuel was W. Sutherland Campbell. On that same trip, as I was walking through Mill Creek Hill Cemetery in Green Township looking for my Campbells, I came across a stone for a W. Sutherland Campbell 1900 - 1971. I've never run across his name before and can't connect it to my Campbell family at the present time, but I get the feeling he's trying to tell me something. Does anyone know anything about W. Sutherland Campbell? Any info will be appreciated. Diane

Hi List, Does anyone out there know anything at all about the history of the G.W. Ward Hardware store from the mid to late 1800's on? My gg grandfather had purchased it around 1878 or so and sold it around 1900. I would like to know a little more about it!! Charlotte

I am looking for any information on members of the Vanatta/VanNatter family that settled in this county around 1830. Does anyone know where they came from or who their immigrant relative was. Any help greatly appreciated, Matthew Shaw mshaw@teleplex.bsu.edu

If one of my ancestors came to the US prior to the Revolutionary War, would he have gone right to Pennsylvania area -- specifically Western PA? Seems to me that it wasn't settled yet except by Indians and the English/French armies. Am I correct in thinking along these lines? Or, did we really have Scottish or Irish people settling the area before 1776? Deanna dlarson@swift-net.com

There definitely were Scot-Irish in western PA way before the Rev. War. I have Scots ancestors in Wash Co and Fayette Co. There were many Scots frontiersmen in and around Washington [the town] These people were clannish and liked being on the frontier as far away from government as possible Regards Gene

For any comments or questions on this message please email Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS at ESPowell@juno.com Please feel free to come to all Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society regular meetings since they are free and open to the public! They are held at the Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213 unless otherwise noted. The last meeting of the fiscal year is April 10. Look for more beginning in September! For more information call 412-687-6811 or visit our website: www.clpgh.org/clp/Pennsylvania/wpgs.html SPRING HAS SPRUNG, THE FLOWERS "RIZ," DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT CEMETERY IS? Saturday, April 10, 1999, 10 a.m., Carnegie Lecture Hall. This informative day of how to best utilize the information from cemeteries, gravestones and other records resulting from death will be the last regular meeting of the fiscal year of the Western PA Genealogical Society. 10 a.m. Welcome and announcements 10:15 a.m. Documenting Cemeteries. Jeff and Diane Nesmeyer are members of the Prince William County Genealogical Society (Virginia) Cemetery Committee. Documenting cemeteries is a two-year old project for PWCGS. Many of the hundreds of cemeteries in Prince William County are small, family cemeteries that have all but disappeared in the encroaching forests when the land was abandoned, or were bulldozed to make way for the on-going development of this Washington Suburb. The Nesmeyers have assisted the co-chairs in locating many of these 'lost' cemeteries and documenting what has been found. The committee used the recommended forms for documentation from the Association of Gravestone Studies, a non-profit organization headquartered in Massachusetts. As the local project has progressed additional documentation techniques and forms have been developed for the types of cemeteries found in Prince William County. Diane and Jeff would like to share the forms, techniques, trial and errors, and experience in documenting cemeteries. The processes that they use can be adapted to many types of cemeteries found in rural and urban settings. They will also incorporate the use of videotaping, photography and digital imaging into their talk. 11:15 a.m. The Cemetery and Its Archives: A Genealogical Treasure. Marilyn Evert has worked at Homewood Cemetery for 10 years and is the assistant treasurer there. She began studies as a graduate student in Anthropology with examinations of material culture. From these studies she wrote the book "Discovering Pittsburgh Sculpture." She is a member of the Association of Gravestone Studies and a contributor to "The Homewood Chronicle," the biannual publication of the education arm of The Homewood Cemetery Historical Fund, a Charitable Trust. noon - Lunch break; brown bag lunch room with vending machines available 1 p.m. So You Belong to the Dead People's Society?: Genealogical Sources that Arise From an Ancestor's Demise. Many genealogists, beginner and experienced alike, do not take that extra step and go beyond the basic death record, tombstone, and will. This lecture concentrates on everything from a simple death certificate to mortality schedules, funeral home records, coroners inquests, land partitions, quit claim deeds, the exact contents of an estate packet, obituary sources, hair (not heir) books, inventory and vendue list analyzation, social security records, insurance forms, and more. Samples of each document type is shown and explained. Tom Neel is the office manager of the Ohio Genealogical Society in Mansfield, OH, where he has been a member since 1976. He has authored several books including the "Ohio County Courthouse Guide," and "The Ancestors and Descendants of Daniel White and Sarah Ford." 2 p.m. Messages From the Grave. Tombstones are the last monuments to our lives on this earth. They can speak of the lifestyle of the deceased or the attitude of death of the loved ones left behind. There are signs that show where abandoned cemeteries lie and ways to read "illegible" stones that may be the last time a person may hear the tombstone "speak." This slide lecture illustrates these techniques. Learn how the dead can still speak to us & how we can all preserve their memories. Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS, past president of WPGS, is the Cemetery Chairperson for the Allegheny County Cemetery Location project. OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE "Searching the Sands of TIme" will be held April 22-25, 1999 at the Toledo Hildton and Dana Center, Toledo, Ohio. Dr. George K. Schweitzer, Ph.D. will be the main speaker on Friday, April 23 and Dr. John P. Colletta, Ph.D. will be the main speaker on Saturday, April 24. Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS is also a speaker. For more information contact OGS at OGS@OGS.ORG or for 1999 OGS Conference email: OGS1999CONF@Yahoo.com NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY CONFERENCE May 12 to 15, 1999, National Genealogical Society Conference in Richmond, VA. Come and meet other WPGS members in Virginia and see the Western PA Genealogical Society Booth! Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS, past president of Western PA Genealogical Society and Lifetime member of Ohio Genealogical Society is one of the speakers. WESTERN PA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 25th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, 1999. Sheraton, Station Square, Pittsburgh, PA. WPGS 25th anniversary conference with Henry Z Jones, Jr. as the keynote speaker. Cyndi Howells of (www.CyndisList.com) and John Humphrey and 17 others will also be speaking. Riverboat banquet honoring our charter members of the First Families of Western Pennsylvania lineage program. WPGS members have a conference brochure in their February JOTS newsletter. Non-members can send a SASE for more information to WPGS, 25th Anniversary Conference, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. A downloadable registration form and more detailed information on the speakers and lectures is available at www.clpgh.org/clp/Pennsylvania/wpgs25th.html FEDERATION OF GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES and St. LOUIS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY "Meet Me in St. Louis" will be held August 11 - 14, 1999 at the Regal Riverfront Hotel. For more information vist the FGS website at www.fgs.org/~fgs/ or the St. Louis Genealogical Society website at www.rootsweb.com/`mostlogs/STINDEX.HTM email at <fgs-office@fgs.org> or <stlgsmail@primary.net> See you in St. Louis!!

I received a letter today from Register of Wills at BeaverPA. I was trying to locate a will for my ancestor and the letter states that while they couldn't find a will, they found a Register's Docket. Can anyone tell me what a Register's Docket is? Grateful for any help Gene in Calif

Hello, I am looking for any one that is researching the surname Mason. My grandfather's mother and father are buried in Beaver cemetery Samuel Mason b. 1827 d. 1902 , married Mary Jane Reed b. 1836 d. 1895. I would like to exchange information. Thanks , Dolores--- North West Pa.

Andersons buried in Hanover Cemetery: Anderson, Alexander M., son J & R, d 11-11-1862 ae 25-8-17 Anderson, Angeline, dau. B & S, d 3-17-1837 ae Anderson, Benjamin, d 5-1-1863 ae 64-3-13 Anderson, James, d 3-31-1845 ae 75-3-29 Anderson, James, d 8-26-1850 ae 40-6- Anderson, Letitia, d 2-5-1857 in 52nd yr. Anderson, Mary, dau B & S, d 4-16-1837 ae 2 Anderson, Mary , wife of James d 4-4-1845 ae 74-10-16 Anderson, Rachel, wife of James d 3-17-1837 ae 19-11-4 Anderson Sarah, wife of Benjamin, d 8-18-1876 ae 71-5-14

Donna, There is a Whitestown in Butler County. From the image map, click on Connoquenessing Twp. http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabutler/edmcclel/ GNIS didn't find the others in PA. - Ed.McClelland@erols.com Alexandria, Virginia

In a message dated 3/22/99 4:06:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, jdynbttn@sgi.net writes: Hi jdynbttn@sgi.net By chance does your list for this cemetery have any OWENS in it? I am looking for Henry OWENS, b. ca 1797 and his wife, Katrina VON HUBLER OWENS, b. ca 1803 (or any other OWENS for that matter, since I can't find their predecessors). Thanks much for looking! Julia

There has been an addition to the Obituary Links Page http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm ). It is an extension called the Family Surname Obituary archive page that links to online surname obituaries. If anyone has a website with archives of their family obits, please feel free to submit by email. The page is: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/famobit.htm Thanks, Bill Cribbs

>I can't find the following locations: > >Cookes / Cooks Ferry, PA >Whites Town, PA >Rogers Ferry, PA >North Bridgewater, PA these answers are from the _Pennsylvania Line_, anyone who lives near any of these places might be able to pinpoint them closer for you. -Cook Ferry Station is listed as being in Industry Twp, Beaver Co. -There is a 'Whitestown' listed in Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co. -Couldn't find a Rogers Ferry. there is a Rogerstown in Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, and a Rogersville in Centre Twp, Greene Co. -no listing for a 'North Bridgewater' but there are 3 listings for Bridgewater, one is in Brighton Twp, Beaver Co. and the other 2 are in Bucks Co. and Delaware Co. hth, JoAnn.