Can you purchase NG on the newstand? I thought one had to have a subscription to receive it? Diana Diana and Tom Morse Rayco Award Ribbons http://www.prizeribbon.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert & Rose Matthews <rmatthews6196@Penn.com> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 12:28 PM Subject: [TriCounty] Nat Geo mag/9/2000/maps to the west > > > > Hi everyone: > > > > For those of you who are interested in the early migrations to the west, > we > > just purchased a copy of the September, 2000 issue of the National > > Geographic. It contains text and photos of "The Way West", pages 14 thru > 63. > > We can't speak for the quality of the text, as we haven't read it yet. > > However, this issue contains an excellent fold out two sided map, which > > measures 35" wide x 22 1/2". One side contains the trails of "The > > Pathfinders 1803-1848", and the other side the trails of "Western > Migration > > 1841-1869". > > > > Hope this helps some of you in tracing the migration of your ancestors! > > > > ______________________________

Hi All, I have added the abstracts of the 1849 Tioga Banner to the site. You can reach them from the TC Newspaper Abstract page which you will find in Box 7B of the site's Online Research Library. The page also includes another of the wonderful Ernest Inscho turn of the Century photos we are so fortunate to have. Also, since site count has been down just a tad the last couple of days, I added a picture of me in my underwear to the site. You can reach this from the miscellaneous features section on the Front Page of <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A> Hopefully this will get the site count up a little for the day. Joyce M. Tice

Hi All Friends and Guests of <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A> I have just added two pages to the 1900 Museum of the site. They are a 1903 Christmas and a Turn of the Century Parlor, both from the collection of the Inscho family. They are absolutely exquisite photos and you will enjoy them as much as I am. One of our guests is sending me daily doses of wonderful photos taken by Ernest Inscho. These are top quality turn of the century photos of Tioga and area and we are SO LUCKY to have access to them. You will be seeing more of them in various sections of the site as time goes on. They are a window to the past and they take my breath away with their clarity and composition. This is the first addition to the 1900 museum since May. Submissions have fallen off for that section of the site although I know that the supply of material "out there" is abundant. Once again, the success of the site depends on YOU submitting your family memorabilia to the "common cause." Photos and letters and diaries that have laid in attics for years can now be out here for all of us to see and enjoy and learn from. Chip in !! Let your ancestors see some light. When I first started the 1900 page a year and a half ago or so, I had a particular plan in mind and I typified it in my own essay on who and where my ancestors were in 1900. Only two or three people did anything at all like the example I had in mind. Instead people sent in all manner of other things relating to that time. It turned into an Online Museum very different from what I had intended, but certainly far superior. It just shows what cooperative thinking and group effort can accomplish. I think we can all be very proud of our Online 1900 Museum. Joyce M. Tice <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Coun ties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A>

> > Hi everyone: > > For those of you who are interested in the early migrations to the west, we > just purchased a copy of the September, 2000 issue of the National > Geographic. It contains text and photos of "The Way West", pages 14 thru 63. > We can't speak for the quality of the text, as we haven't read it yet. > However, this issue contains an excellent fold out two sided map, which > measures 35" wide x 22 1/2". One side contains the trails of "The > Pathfinders 1803-1848", and the other side the trails of "Western Migration > 1841-1869". > > Hope this helps some of you in tracing the migration of your ancestors! >

Hi All, Some of you have caught on to my project orientation of late and have been sending in ideas for my next obsession, as if I could not find enough obsessions on my own. I've been plagued with them all my life. Anyway, among those I intend to work on after I have done a lot more on the schools project are Bridges of the Tri-Counties, Railroad Stations of the Tri-Counties and Tombstone Art. I have been collecting for these for some time and have some postcards and photos of both bridges and rail stations in our area. Some are already onsite decorating various pages here and there. I have also been photographing for the tombstone art project for about a month and have enough hands and willows to fill another book. I am telling you about these ahead of time so that if any of you have any bridges or railroad stations lying around, you can scan them and get them to me for the next feature sub-sites at <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">T ri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A> I have not abandoned either the flagholders or the schools or anything else I have started. I am still WAITING for a Confederate flag holder from one of you Southerners. And maybe even a Pioneer flagholder from some of you Westerners. Get out your cameras and GO HUNTING. For all of you who have participated in helping on any of these, thanks a lot. At this point on the schools project, new materials are being gathered faster than I can get them online. There is a lot more to cover in that area. I do try to at least keep the Table of Contents page updated as much to keep me from losing track of what's still undone as for any other reason. There sure were a lot of schools in our eighty townships. Joyce M. Tice

Hi All Friends and Guests of <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A> Today I spent two or three hours at Tioga County Historical Society. Scott Gitchell entertained me with a thorough rundown of the Austin Dam disaster and the making of their documentary film while he copied everything in their school folder for me. So, I have a few more photocopies of school souvenir booklets and photos, and etc. which I will be adding to that part of the site. I am really excited about what that little sub-section of the site is turning into. It is now over 180 pages and growing daily (maybe not today) I also bought a copy of the Austin Dam film on video tape but have not had time to view it yet. I am sure it is excellent. His story was terrific. I also bought a few more books - I am SO GOOD at spending money, especially when it comes to my greatest weakness - books. Look forward to the new school booklets. I may at least get the names added to the page so you will know what is coming. Joyce M. Tice

Does anyone know if there were yearbooks for the Westfield High School in about 1907-1910? If so, where could I find a copy? Does anyone have one that would do a lookup for me? Thanks so much. Alexis mmamsmpm@penn.com

Hi All, Does anyone know the date of the annual Barclay Tour this year? I added a couple more school booklets this morning. New subscribers to the Tri-County mail list please note: Please enter the site at the "Front Door" at <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A> Please also read the How to Use the Site page which explains the structure of the site and the resources it contains. The mail list will be most effective to you if you are familiar with the resources on the site. If you are a beginner to genealogy there are links to sites that will help you in the Other Sites of Interest section of my site's Online Research Library. Joyce M. Tice

The Bradford Reporter newpaper articles pulbished at Towanda on the various townships in the 1880's are a valuable resource for those with Bradford County ancestry. Reporters went to the various townships and interviewed residents in the 1880's and those articles appeared as a weekly column. I have found information in these columns that I have found no where else in my research. There is an indexed book which is a collection of these articles at the Bradford County Historical Society. The book contains photocopies of clippings from a scrapbook collection. This collection is not complete and I have found a few more articles on microfilm that are not in the collection when I was researching Wells Township and South Creek Township for completeness. The book of clippings is very useful even though it is not complete since some of the original newspapers have not survived to be microfilmed and thus the articles only appear in this collection. Both this book in the library room a! t the historical society and the newspaper on microfilm at the historical society should be consulted if you are doing research into the Bradford Reporter newspaper articles. Don't overlook this valuable resource. Below are the townships and the issue in which the column/article appeared that I am aware of. These are up on Joyce's website unless otherwise noted. Canton Township: Nov 8, 1883 (first issue) Nov 15, 1883 Nov 22, 1883 Not sure if complete Troy Township: Dec 13, 1883 (first issue) Dec 20, 1883 Dec 27, 1883 (typo - noted as Dec 17 on website) Jan 3, 1884 Jan 10, 1884 Gap in the book collection and I have not checked the microfilm collection to see if Jan 17 and Jan 24 exist. Some of the 1884 issues are missing from the microfilm collection. Jan 31, 1884 Feb 7, 1884 (last issue) Columbia Township: Feb 14, 1884 (first issue) Feb 21, 1884 Feb 28, 1884 Mar 6, 1884 Mar 13, 1884 Mar 20, 1884 (last issue) Complete Springfield Township: Apr 3, 1884 (first issue) Apr 10, 1884 Apr 17, 1884 Apr 24, 1884 May 1, 1884 May 8, 1884 May 15, 1884 (last issue) Complete Smithfield Township: May 22, 1884 (first issue) May 29, 1884 June 5, 1884 June 12, 1884 June 19, 1884 June 26, 1884 July 3, 1884 July 10, 1884 July 17, 1884 July 24, 1884 July 31, 1884 Aug 7, 1884 Aug 14, 1884 Aug 21, 1884 Aug 28, 1884 Sept 4, 1884 Sept 11, 1884 Sept 18, 1884 Sept 25, 1884 (last issue) Complete Burlington Township: July 10, 1884 July 17, 1884 July 31, 1884 Aug 7, 1884 Aug 14, 1884 Aug 21, 1884 Aug 28, 1884 Not sure if complete and if the dates are correct this column ran at the same time that the Smithfield articles ran. These are the dates posted on the website and I have not checked this against the book or microfilm. Ulster Township: Oct 18, 1883 (1st issue) skips to Oct 9, 1884 (2nd issue) Oct 16, 1884 Oct 23, 1884 Oct 30, 1884 Nov 6, 1884 Nov 13, 1884 Nov 20, 1884 Nov 27, 1884 (not sure if this is the last issue) West Burlington Township: Dec 11, 1884 Dec 18, 1884 Jan 19, 1885 Feb 19, 1885 Mar 5, 1885 Mar 12, 1885 Mar 19, 1885 There are gaps and these are from the book collection and I have not checked the microfilm to verify completeness Wells Township: Dec 18, 1884 (first issue) skips to May 14, 1885 (2nd issue and not yet up on Joyce's site yet) May 21, 1885 May 28, 1885 June 4, 1885 June 11, 1885 June 18, 1885 (not up on Joyce's site yet) June 25, 1885 July 2, 1885 July 9, 1885 July 16, 1885 July 23, 1885 Complete South Creek Township: Dec 18, 1884 (first issue) skips to Oct 29, 1885 (not up on Joyce's site yet) Nov 5, 1885 (typo - this is labeled as Oct 29, 1885 on Joyce's site) Nov 13, 1885 Nov 19, 1885 Not sure if complete yet Perhaps these were the only townships that columns appeared as the series seems to have started in the southwest corner of Bradford County with Canton Township and covered the western portion of the county. I have wondered if this was perhaps a marketing tool to gain readership of this Towanda published newspaper since many in western Bradford read the Canton, Troy, Mansfield, Millerton, and Elmira newspapers depending on where in the county they resided. J. Kelsey Jones

This is the Library of Congress site and it is a GOLD MINE! Keep digging through the assorted pages of the index. I found a bunch of stereopticon pictures of Elmira. Also found that the Continental Congress authorized paying a distant ancestor for services as a copperplate engraver. Here is the home page address for the entire collection. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html Thanks, Mike for letting us know about it. Lee Kinnan Fazzari

You may have seen these, but....there is quite a collection of Birds Eye maps of various towns in the 1890's online here....you can zoom in and see the houses! http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/citymapSubjects21.html Mike Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero Check out the Erie County Genealogy page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie

Hi All, Site traffic and mail has been way down today. You've all been out doing holiday things. Anyway, I have added some more school souvenir booklets to that part of the site and have chipped away at the renovation of a few more township pages. Joyce M. Tice <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Coun ties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A>

Subject: Remember When.... > > Subject: Remember When.... > > > > > << Enjoy the memory... > > > > > > > > Close your eyes.....And go back.... > > > > Before the Internet or the MAC, > > > > Before semi automatics and crack > > > > Before chronic and indo > > > > Before SEGA or Super Nintendo > > > > > > > > Way back........ > > > > > > > > I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk. > > > > > > > > Sittin' on the porch > > > > Hot bread and butter > > > > > > > > The Good Humor man > > > > Red light, Green light > > > > > > > > Chocolate milk > > > > Lunch tickets > > > > Penny candy in a brown paper bag > > > > > > > > Playin' Pinball in the corner store > > > > > > > > Hopscotch, butterscotch, doubledutch > > > > Jacks, kickball, dodgeball, y'all! > > > > > > > > Mother May I? > > > > Red Rover and Roly Poly > > > > > > > > Hula Hoops and Sunflower Seeds > > > > Jolly Ranchers, Banana Splits > > > > Wax Lips and Mustaches > > > > > > > > Running through the sprinkler > > > > The smell of the sun and lickin' salty lips > > > > > > > > > > > > Wait...... > > > > > > > > Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons, Fat Albert, Road Runner, > > > > He-Man, The Three Stooges, and Bugs > > > > > > > > Or back further, listening to Superman on the radio > > > > > > > > Catchin' lightening bugs in a jar > > > > Playin' sling shot > > > > > > > > When around the corner seemed far away, > > > > And going downtown seemed like going somewhere > > > > > > > > Bedtime, Climbing trees > > > > An ice cream cone on a warm summer night > > > > Chocolate or vanilla or strawberry or maybe butter pecan > > > > A lemon coke from the fountain at the corner drug store > > > > > > > > A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers > > > > > > > > Cops and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians > > > > Sittin on the curb > > > > > > > > Jumpin down the steps > > > > Jumpin on the bed > > > > Pillow fights > > > > > > > > Runnin till you were out of breath > > > > > > > > Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt > > > > Being tired from playin'.... Remember that? > > > > > > > > I ain't finished just yet... > > > > > > > > Eating Kool-aid powder with sugar > > > > > > > > Remember when... > > > > > > > > ... there were two types of sneakers for girls and boys (Keds & PF > > > > Flyers) > > > > and the only time you wore them at school, was for "gym." > > > > > > > > ... it took five minutes for the TV to warm up, if you even had > one. > > > > > > > > ... nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there. > > > > > > > > ... nobody owned a purebred dog. > > > > > > > > ... a quarter was a decent allowance, and another quarter a > miracle. > > > > > > > > ... milk went up one cent and everyone talked about it for weeks? > > > > > > > > ... you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny. > > > > > > > > ... girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then. > > > > > > > > ... your Mom wore nylons that came in two pieces. > > > > > > > > ... all of your male teachers wore neckties and female teachers had > > > > their hair done, everyday. > > > > > > > > ... you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, > > > > without asking, "for free", every time. And, you didn't pay > for > > > > air. > > > > And, you got trading stamps to boot! AND all for 26 cents > per > > > > GALLON!!! > > > > > > > > ... laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden > > inside > > > > the > > > > box. > > > > > > > > ... any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to > > carry > > > > groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it. > > > > > > > > ... it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner > at > > a > > > > real restaurant with your parents. > > > > > > > > ... they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed ... > and > > > > did! > > > > > > > > ... being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to > the > > > > fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home. > > > > > > > > Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of > > drive > > > > by > > > > shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a > > much > > > > bigger threat!, and some of us are still afraid of em!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember > > that!" > > > > > > > > There's nothing like the good old days! They were good then, and > > > > they're good now when we think about them. > > > > > > > > Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate, then > > > > share it with someone that missed out on them. > > > > > >

Hi All, I have added several more School pages to the School Souvenir section of the site. Among these are some more of the 1920s negatives Bill sent in. These are so complete a coverage of the schools that they include photos of the privies. _ See Pierce School. There are about 160 pages in that School section now. Collectively we have put together another book. Joyce M. Tice <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Coun ties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A>

I have uploaded some images of headstones with the surname Shaff to the following URL. http://www.photoloft.com/view/Album.asp?s=xpag&u=704637&a=582769 There are a few French headstones as well. As with the images from Middlebury Union Cemetery, you can copy to your hard drive by right clicking and selecting save image as... Sharon Elliott Sharon Elliott ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________

LOOKING FOR FAMILY INFO ON MY FATHERS SIDE OF FAMILY.MY DADS NAME WAS CARL RAYMOND ROOT,AND HIS FATHERS NAME WAS QUINTILUS ROOT.(FIRST NAME SPELLING COULD BE OFF A LITTLE.) I BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE LIVED AROUND MORRIS,NAUVOO,LIBERTY, OR THAT GENERAL AREA OF TIOGA COUNTY.ANY INFO AVAILABLE WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.I WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE WHERE THEY ARE BURIED,AND OTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION. THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR THE HELP. BOB ROOT RR#4 BOX 38 TOWANDA,PA 18848

I am researching the surname BOWNE in Bradford co and Elmira NY and Morris NY 1800s thanks Audrey Bowne Seattle gbowne@email.msn.com BOWNE-L@rootsweb.com

I would appreciate any info On Howe or Vansickle families from Bradford or Towanda Pa, My searches Have come to a dead end. If anyone has any info on these families from the mid to late 1800's please send me an email. naida@henry-net.com I would appreciate it very much. Thomas Naida

Hi All, I have just added the 1834 Tax List to the Wells Township page of <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ">Tri-Counties Genealogy & History Sites of Joyce M. Tice</A> Joyce M. Tice

Goodmorning to you all - I found a picture of some children at school sent in by Esther MAYS Harer and if I am correct her Cora Bliss Claus is the granddaughter of my Martha Close. I would like to make contact with Esther to learn more about that branch of the family. Anyone knowing her email address please contact me. Thank you. Sally Close Meabon