If you look at the online BCGS site place names page, you'll see Root is the vicinity of a school in Antis township. If you look up Roots in the USGS GNIS geonames database, you find that it's a populated place in Blair county, and is on the Bellwood map. Shy Beaver Access area and Shy Beaver creek show un on the Entriken map when you search for Shy in the USGS GNIS database. Here's the url for the BCGS place names page - http://www.bcgslibrary.org/places.html Here's the url for the USGS GNIS search page - http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=115:1:1966848367299582 Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack O'Connor" <seanroconnor@hotmail.com> To: "Pablair" <pablair@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:47 PM Subject: [PABLAIR] City slicker needs help I admit that I'm basically a city slicker and now more than ever, I need some local help. I have two places that I need help locating. I've tried googling them but you can guess how good the results were. Roots Crossing - I think it's "near Tyrone but I can't locate it. Shy Beaver - I think its in Tyrone but once source has it in Huntingdon. Thanks, Jack To subscribe, unsubscribe or visit the PABLAIR mailing list archives, go to http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/blair.html To sign up for the Daily Uploads mailing list of PA USGenWeb Archives, go to http://www.usgwarchives.net/mailman/listinfo/padailyuploads ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABLAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3152 - Release Date: 09/22/10 02:34:00
Judy, Judy, Judy You are amazing, just like always, Thanks Jack > From: jbanja@comcast.net > To: seanroconnor@hotmail.com; pablair@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PABLAIR] City slicker needs help > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:26:18 -0400 > > If you look at the online BCGS site place names page, you'll see Root is the > vicinity of a school in Antis township. If you look up Roots in the USGS > GNIS geonames database, you find that it's a populated place in Blair > county, and is on the Bellwood map. > > Shy Beaver Access area and Shy Beaver creek show un on the Entriken map when > you search for Shy in the USGS GNIS database. > > Here's the url for the BCGS place names page - > http://www.bcgslibrary.org/places.html > > Here's the url for the USGS GNIS search page - > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=115:1:1966848367299582 > > Judy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack O'Connor" <seanroconnor@hotmail.com> > To: "Pablair" <pablair@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:47 PM > Subject: [PABLAIR] City slicker needs help > > > > > I admit that I'm basically a city slicker and now more than ever, I need > some local help. > > I have two places that I need help locating. I've tried googling them but > you can guess how good the results were. > > Roots Crossing - I think it's "near Tyrone but I can't locate it. > > Shy Beaver - I think its in Tyrone but once source has it in Huntingdon. > > Thanks, > > Jack > > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or visit the PABLAIR mailing list archives, go to > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/blair.html > To sign up for the Daily Uploads mailing list of PA USGenWeb Archives, go to > http://www.usgwarchives.net/mailman/listinfo/padailyuploads > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PABLAIR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3152 - Release Date: 09/22/10 > 02:34:00 >