What URL are these records located at? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <sweeze@zoominternet.net> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:02 PM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] New Item on website! > As most of you know, we've been working on the birth records, 1893-1905 , > to put online. Well those are still in the works and it's been a very time > consuming project. But we had a little extra money left from the donations > for that project and we managed to sneak in a surprise for all of you! > > Tonight, an Index of the DELAYED BIRTH RECORDS of Butler County was put > online. There still are a few more letters of the alphabet that I don't > have quite ready to post, but will do my best to get them on there by the > end of the weekend. Although I have never spent a lot of time with these > records, I think most of you will find they are people born in the late > 1800's and early 1900's whose birth was not recorded anywhere and there was > not a baptism record available as these people applied for Social Security > and Military Duty. > > Thanks to Helen Beveridge for getting these online and working! > > Enjoy! > Pat > "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at > http://www.raogk.org/" > > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > To contact Ed Book, List Maintainer, e-mail to: > edbook@alpha.clarion-net.com > >

As most of you know, we've been working on the birth records, 1893-1905 , to put online. Well those are still in the works and it's been a very time consuming project. But we had a little extra money left from the donations for that project and we managed to sneak in a surprise for all of you! Tonight, an Index of the DELAYED BIRTH RECORDS of Butler County was put online. There still are a few more letters of the alphabet that I don't have quite ready to post, but will do my best to get them on there by the end of the weekend. Although I have never spent a lot of time with these records, I think most of you will find they are people born in the late 1800's and early 1900's whose birth was not recorded anywhere and there was not a baptism record available as these people applied for Social Security and Military Duty. Thanks to Helen Beveridge for getting these online and working! Enjoy! Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

The Butler Area Public Library will remain closed until 9 a.m. Saturday, October 26, 2002. They are still in the process of moving everything from the second floor down to the first floor and basement.

Pat, Thank you so much for your suggestions!! I really do appreciate your help!! Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat" <sweeze@zoominternet.net> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:53 AM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] RE: DEATH STUEBGEN > Beth, > > If he died in Allegheny County, you should be searching for his estate > papers down there. That would explain why there weren't any in the > courthouse here. You could try the Carnegie Library for an obit for him too. > > Pat > "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at > http://www.raogk.org/" > > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > You can unsubscribe by clicking below for the regular list: > mailto:PABUTLER-L-request@rootsweb.com > Click below for the digest list: > mailto:PABUTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com > In the BODY include only one word: unsubscribe > (Please turn OFF your signature file when sending the message) > > > > > > > > > > >

There is a listing of known graves that was done at the time of the removal. Those are listed in the Butler Co. Cemetery Books under "Old Butler Borough Cemetery". These people were removed to South Cemetery. The unidentified were committed to a mass grave. It may be that the identified were also those whose families paid for the removal. The article was not clear. I know that my Cochran family were removed and family paid for the markers. Sara

We have recently added two new things to the Butler webiste. First a page of MAP links was added that has some great map sites. Today the 1852-54 Births and Deaths for Mercer County were added. There are some familiar Butler county names in those lists, so you may want to check there for missing relatives. I have copies of all the birth records and also the death records that have an X in themidst of the index entry. You may email me for copies of those items. Enjoy! Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

Gayle, Do you Have Mary's date of death or just the year? The absolute best way to find the cemetery is to send for her death certificate. The cemetery where she is interred is on the death certificate. Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

Beth, If he died in Allegheny County, you should be searching for his estate papers down there. That would explain why there weren't any in the courthouse here. You could try the Carnegie Library for an obit for him too. Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

In a message dated 10/22/2002 7:13:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, PABUTLER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > One has to wonder if there could have > been that many people who died and were buried in the city of Butler in the > > early 1800's? > Thank you for your quick reply. I do know one person who died in the city of Butler 1889-1890 who has eluded me for a very long time. He was my ggrandfather, Jacob COVERT b.10-02-1850-51, d.1889-90. Married Mary E. EATES KEPPLE b.1852, d.1915. Any information appreciated. "Teamwork divides the effort and multiplies the effect" Gayle

I would check the Town Records .. or maybe the newspaper to see if it appeared with the records or in the paper in 1894. They probably did not have an historical society back then ... I wonder if they charged anyone for burial ... or upkeep back then. I am assuming you have contacted the current caretaker to see if he has the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Grad5573@aol.com> To: <PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: [PABUTLER-L] Mckean St Cemetery > Butler Eagle - "Simeon Rice, a resident of Butler in 1894 who provided a list > to city leaders of the 759 people buried in the McKean Street Cemetery" > > Is this list available anywhere? > > "Teamwork divides the effort and multiplies the effect" > Gayle > > > ==== PABUTLER Mailing List ==== > To contact Ed Book, List Maintainer, e-mail to: > edbook@alpha.clarion-net.com > > > > >

Would someone please see if you can find the date of death for: Johann Christoph (CHRISTIAN) STUEBGEN/STEUBGEN/STIPGIN He was still alive on the 1880 Census. He lived in Jeannette Township, Allegheny County, PA Thank you, Beth

Gayle, Anyone who reads the article in the Butler Eagle tonight, will have to do so with a grain of salt. I am always amazed at the errors these articles contain. Simeon Nixon wrote that piece that is on the marker and although in old documents we have found reference to the man who moved the graves being paid for 759 marble markers, which were never put there, we have only a list of 82 names. That list is in the process of being typed up and along with pictures of this new marker will be on our website by the end of the week. As to what happened to the other 677 people that those 759 marble headstones were for, we have no idea who they were. There seems to be no other list in existence. This has been the subject of research in Butler since the 1960's. One has to wonder if there could have been that many people who died and were buried in the city of Butler in the early 1800's? Thanks, Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

Butler Eagle - "Simeon Rice, a resident of Butler in 1894 who provided a list to city leaders of the 759 people buried in the McKean Street Cemetery" Is this list available anywhere? "Teamwork divides the effort and multiplies the effect" Gayle

At 10 a.m., Saturday, October 19, 2002, there will be a dedication of the new monument that was purchased to honor our ancestors whose graves were removed from the McKean Street Cemetery to the North Side Cemetery. The dedication will take place at the North Side Cemetery and we would appreciate the presence of all who are able to attend. This event was not advertised in the Butler Eagle this week! The renovation fund for the Butler Public Library has reached the 2.5 million point out of the 3 million needed to complete the renovations. The Fiction section, periodicals, reading area, circulation department and administrative offices will be located in their new area when the library reopens on Thursday. Anyone who has a few hours to volunteer on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, is welcome to come to the side door of the library on West Locust Street and offer your services. Thanks for your support! Pat www.rootsweb.com/~pabutle2 "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

Please note that the Butler Public Library is going to be closed, Saturday, October 19, 2002 through Wednesday, October 23, 2002 and will reopen on Thursday, October 24, 2002 for business as usual. They will be moving everything from the second floor of the library down to the first floor so that the renovations may be completed to the upstairs areas of the library. Any local people interested in helping with this endeavor are encouraged to contact the library today at 724-287-1715. I would suggest you ask for Luanne Eisler when you call. Thank you for your patience, Pat "Volunteer of Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness at http://www.raogk.org/"

I found in 1850 PA Butler Co., Butler Twp: Mohler, Samuel age 28, born PA (b: 1832-33) Jane, age 26, born PA (b: 1834-35) Summery, Jane age 50 orr 54, possibly mother-in-law -- is she a widow? No children, so probably just married. I wonder if this is my Samuel and Jane who had 7 children between 1850-1868 ... 2 died prior to 1900. I know Samuel served in the Civil War -- Company I, 1st Regiment Ohio Cavalry .. I am getting his pension and service documents .. hopefully next week. Does anyone know this family?? Any help would be appreciated. Bonita ******************************************************* Lady Bonita -- Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas, USA *******************************************************

Listers: I received the following email, regarding the "happy ending" post I sent to the list this past Monday, Oct 14. Julie was kind enough to email me about my omission of the correct URL for Petunia Press. I am sending the following as a courtesy to her correction. No offense taken on my part, and I apologize for any inconvenience I might have caused. Just remember to include any URLs and the proper citations that are listed with such articles or posts. Regards, Marybeth Corrigall << Hi Marybeth, Thanks for spreading the word about the success story related to Butler County. I have one quibble, however, and that is that your reference to MISSING LINKS omitted the critical element, the URL for Petunia Press. It is critical because without the URL it is impossible for an interested person to find the archive of back issues (they are not at RootsWeb, not even those that were published when MISSING LINKS was a RootsWeb publication) or the fully searchable database of all back issues of both MISSING LINKS and SOMEBODY'S LINKS, or the link to SUBSCRIBE to the mailing list used to distribute the two free e-zines. FYI, here is the permission paragraph and the citation that should have been used. As I said, yours was fine except that it lacked the URL. PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in MISSING LINKS, Vol. 7, No. 41, 13 October 2002 http://www.petuniapress.com Cheers, Julie Julia M. Case juliecase@prodigy.net Editor, Missing Links and Somebody's Links http://www.petuniapress.com/ http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <ACMBJC@aol.com> To: <juliecase@prodigy.net> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:58 PM Subject: PML Search Result matching "Missing Links" ================================================================= ==== A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ ================================================================= ==== Source: PABUTLER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PABUTLER-L] A Happy Ending! Read the following on the "Missing Links, Vol. 7, No. 41, 13 October 2002". What a Happy Ending to a very interesting story. Thanks Mickey! Regards, Marybeth Corrigall ========================== << SUCCESSFUL LINKS: FERGUSON Bible Goes to College By Mickey Cendrowski 74bug@nauticom.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3027 On September 22, 2002 I rescued an old Bible from a flea market table in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The seller wanted $25 for it and while I knew that I was soon to be laid off from my job of 28 years, I found that I could not let this Bible remain on that flea market table. The printed date in the Bible was 1859, with the earliest marriage record being for R. G. FERGUSON and Emma M. HUBER, who were married January 28, 1868 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Once I got home with the Bible it took me less than 10 minutes to find this family living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the 1870 census. Two days after I purchased the Bible my notice about it appeared in Missing Links, Vol. 7, No. 38, 24 September 2002. I received about four inquiries, but found no family matches; however, one of the responses prompted me to do some additional searching for this family on the Internet. Would you believe, just four days after I purchased the Bible, I found a new home for it that was much more appropriate than a flea market table. As it turned out, R. G. FERGUSON was Robert Gracey FERGUSON, who was the president of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1906. The FERGUSON bible was full of dates of family births, marriages, and deaths, with some of the events recorded having happened long before the Bible was published. The Bible also contained a paper giving the ancestry of the family. It was a gold mine and would have been wonderful for any connecting family member. It just so happens that Robert Gracey FERGUSON was famous, but I would have been happy just the same if he weren't and I still had gotten this Bible back into the hands of family. I have since been in contact with the college archivist and in a few weeks the Bible that I rescued will be in their hands. * * * * * >>

Read the following on the "Missing Links, Vol. 7, No. 41, 13 October 2002". What a Happy Ending to a very interesting story. Thanks Mickey! Regards, Marybeth Corrigall ========================== << SUCCESSFUL LINKS: FERGUSON Bible Goes to College By Mickey Cendrowski 74bug@nauticom.net http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3027 On September 22, 2002 I rescued an old Bible from a flea market table in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The seller wanted $25 for it and while I knew that I was soon to be laid off from my job of 28 years, I found that I could not let this Bible remain on that flea market table. The printed date in the Bible was 1859, with the earliest marriage record being for R. G. FERGUSON and Emma M. HUBER, who were married January 28, 1868 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Once I got home with the Bible it took me less than 10 minutes to find this family living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the 1870 census. Two days after I purchased the Bible my notice about it appeared in Missing Links, Vol. 7, No. 38, 24 September 2002. I received about four inquiries, but found no family matches; however, one of the responses prompted me to do some additional searching for this family on the Internet. Would you believe, just four days after I purchased the Bible, I found a new home for it that was much more appropriate than a flea market table. As it turned out, R. G. FERGUSON was Robert Gracey FERGUSON, who was the president of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania from 1884 to 1906. The FERGUSON bible was full of dates of family births, marriages, and deaths, with some of the events recorded having happened long before the Bible was published. The Bible also contained a paper giving the ancestry of the family. It was a gold mine and would have been wonderful for any connecting family member. It just so happens that Robert Gracey FERGUSON was famous, but I would have been happy just the same if he weren't and I still had gotten this Bible back into the hands of family. I have since been in contact with the college archivist and in a few weeks the Bible that I rescued will be in their hands. * * * * * >>

Pat: E-mail me please. Diane

I need help with the following that I think are buried in North Side Cemetery, Butler, PA: Joseph Minehart born about 1890 died before 1925-married Marie Kerns Jones 1890-1966 who had been married to Mr. Jones & later married Mr. Brenen John J. Minehart born about 1919-wife Fern is still living Viola who married Andrew Minehart 1923-1974-had 2 sons who died at an early age Anna Marie Minehart Pifer born about 1917 married Clair Pifer-had children Norma Jean & Jim Pifer Robert A. Jones married Blanche, Cecelia & Cleo Nathers Frederick W. Jones married Catherine Gombash Edward Brenen 12/9/1925 died before 10/2002 married Norma Brown Paul Brenen 12/9/1925 died before 10/2002 married Eileen If anyone might know of these people & have more information I would appreciate it. Joseph Minehart was a brother to my grandfather, Charles Edward Minehart & all of the above people were born in Butler County, possibly Evans City, PA. Thanks for any help, Gloria Weiss