This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ElaineOswald75 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.butler/2313.2.1.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Funny access tonight--to the Message Boards. Got an insecure site warning...Hmmm. Sorry, I never know how far "out" my contacts are...The (present) Butler Eagle [Butler, Butler County] underwent a number of name changes throughout the years: Daily Butler Eagle; the Sentinel; the Centinel. They are all Butler newspapers which have come and gone--and the WINNER IS!!-the Butler Eagle. The Historical Society and Geneaological Society were donated collections of old newspapers a few years back. As a fund raiser, they filmed all of those newspapers and then converted to CD's....Some of the newspapers are also on traditional micro film at the library. [I wish they would also do the same for the newspapers on file.] It would be especially helpful for people who are out of state. Even those not in county would find them helpful. Just my opinion. The townships of Butler shifted radically throughout the years. The actual boundaries of Butler COUNTY were finalized in 1800. The townships morphed from four to about 33 by 1894. Most of the references are "John Doe, of Middlesex" or "John Smith of Penn." This to differentiate between the names common. Within the references, you might have "Old Barney Stepps' wife" (which means there was a younger Barney Stepp living in the township. There is an awful lot of Butler material on-line. I would like to see more. But. The History of Butler County can be linked through Rootsweb. The Farm directory of 1918 is also available -DistantCousin-[no S] (really a phone book, not just farmers.) The BAPL--public library has indexes of obituaries available. And also accessible are the wills/abstracts available to order from the library. Nearby, Lawrence County indexes deaths and marriages through the NCPL (New Castle Public Library.) I did notice a number of BARTLEY and BARKLEY families today as I was browsing Middlesex and Clinton Twps. 1860 and 1870 Censuses. That's the nutshell! Good luck. Elaine Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.