Hi Betty, Thanks so much for your reply! I just love the internet, it's wonderful having access to such a wealth of information online... I've been online for years, and when I first checked there wasn't so much, haven't checked back until last week and am overwhelmed... We have actually visited one of the LDS places, I think my father has several times, but we haven't had any luck with this particular person. We've never found him in any of the census' we've checked, but perhaps we have been checking the wrong ones...Someone on this list has just told me that there is no Blacklick in Beaver County, which is where my grandfather was born, and so perhaps we've been looking for the wrong county all this time... How frustrating! <G> I did try the Mormon online site but had no luck there with this name either. I am now wondering if I will need to join all the PA county mailing lists and hope that someone somewhere can point the way... Warmest Regards! Cathy > -----Original Message----- > From: Betty Bumpus [mailto:iline@neobright.net] > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 7:01 PM > To: PABEAVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PABEAVER-L] Newbie and name search: Davidson > > > Hi there newbie, > > I have been doing this on the web for 2 years and I still feel like a > newbie. I was wondering if you had been to the LDS. The Mormon genealogy > site at http://www.familysearch.org > Hope this helps. I have downloaded at least 2 hundred > individuals for each > of my 6 surnames. > > BEVINGTON--BUMPUS--ENGEL\ENGLE--GRUBAUGH--HISSONG--VAN WAGNER. > > Betty Bumpus > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Cathy Modarelli <elmhouse@bright.net> > To: <PABEAVER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 1999 6:27 PM > Subject: [PABEAVER-L] Newbie and name search: Davidson > > > > Hi! > > > > I'm new to the list, and only a little experienced at genealogy - my > father > > so far has been doing most of the work, and has found lots of > information > on > > his mother's side of our family. However, we have come to a > dead end with > > my grandfather's father... he seems to be a real mystery - we can't seem > to > > find anything about his family before him, and after he left my > > grandfather's mother, we don't know what happened to him... > > > > I live in a small village in Ohio, and don't have the opportunity to > travel > > to do any research, I was certainly happy to find this list! If anyone > has > > any information on the people I've listed at the end of this > list, or have > > any ideas how I can further try to trace them myself, please > contact me... > > I am interested in any information, such as birth records, > death records, > > land holdings, wills, marriage records, or any mentions at all... any > > information will be greatly appreciated...thanks! (In the case of any > > records that need copied, I will pay for the cost plus mailing...) (I > live > > in Wayne County Ohio, and am close to Holmes County as well, > within reach > of > > Summit, if anyone needs anything researched in those areas, > please let me > > know, I would be happy to see what I could find...) > > > > Person(s) I'm searching for: > > > > DAVIDSON or DAVISON, JAMES Born in PA February 1863 > > married to Mary Eliza (Lyde) Shomo in Johnstown PA in 1889 > > > > James' parents we think are: > > DAVIDSON or DAVISON, GEORGE born in PA and Nancy (no maiden name for > Nancy) > > > > James' son, my grandfather: > > DAVIDSON, JOSEPH SANFORD Born in Blacklick, Beaver County, PA > Dec 18, 1891 > > > > (Although my grandfather spelled his name DAVIDSON, we have found > references > > where it was written DAVISON, and are not sure if perhaps when > his father > > James left the family his mother Mary may have changed the > spelling... we > > have copies of the divorce papers for James and Mary, and know Mary and > her > > son and daughter moved to Salineville OH after they were separated. > Before > > the move however, when they all lived in PA, we have no records or ideas > of > > where they lived, what they did, etc. We don't know if James > stayed in PA > > or moved somewhere else. My father seems to remember hearing that James > > owned or managed a confectioner's shop at some time in his life...) > > > > Warmest Regards! > > > > Cathy Modarelli > > elmhouse@bright.net > > > > > > ==== PABEAVER Mailing List ==== > > You can unsubscribe by clicking below for the regular list: > > mailto:PABEAVER-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Click below for the digest list: > > mailto:PABEAVER-D-request@rootsweb.com > > In the BODY include only one word: unsubscribe > > (Please turn OFF your signature file when sending the message) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PABEAVER Mailing List ==== > To contact Patti Caldwell, Listmistress, click below: > mailto:impattic@mediaone.net > remember, "Please practice random acts of kindness"........ > > > > > > > > >