saw this on ebay and thought it might help some genealogist - lots of surnames listed Annual Report of the Superintendent of Soldiers' Orphans of Pennsylvania for the year 1889 Printed in Harrisburg by Edwin K. Meyers, state printer, 1889. Features illustrations of these PA Soldier Orphan Schools: Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., PA Chester Springs, Chester Co., PA Harford School, Susquehanna Co., PA Mansfield School, Tioga Co., PA McAllisterville School, Juniata Co., PA Soldier's Orphans Institute, Philadelphia, PA St. Paul's Orphans Home, Butler, PA Tressler Oprhan Home, Loysville, Perry Co., PA Uniontown School, Jumonville, Fayette Co., PA White Hall School, Camp Hill, Cumberland Co., PA and Annual Reports for each of the school listed above and for the Mercer Soldiers Orphans School, Mercer Co., PA. Lists of "Sixteeners" - students who became 16 during the school year and graduated from the schools in 1889. Some of the surnames include: Alsover, Bainbridge, Cole, Conlin, Corcoran, Craven Creamer, Crist, Deal, Dimm, Duboyce, Faechter, Gear, Griffiths, Harlan, Knauss, Keeler, Killpatrick, Mahony, Moffet, Orner, Robson, Rockel, Ryan, Sassaman, Shaner, Schick, Shortz, Thorp, Winenow, Wingate, Bonner, Brink, Burke, Fritz, Herdman, Puterbaugh, Stevers, Stokes, Blaksley, Coddington, Demorest, DeWitt, Ely, Gusitne, Grom, Hickok, Kulp, Matson, Matterson, Newcomb, Rissell, Priset, Towner, Wetmore, Wilber, Bavars, Brett, Burge, Carney, Dempsey, Dresher, Ebert, Galbreath, Givler, Kephart, Hime, Heim, Kinkead, Kough, Limes, Lucas, McGiffin, McGannor, McMeen, Segrist, Shirk, Tippery, Toland, Troutman, Woodring, Weber, Aeppli, Bortner, Burch, Cartwright, Comstock, Covell, Espy, Flannick, Gerard, Harlan, Hilbert, Kilfoil, Labar, Lytle, McCammon, Malone, Morford, Moses, Range, Rivers, Say, Schriner, Shelar, Styers, Zuber, Whittaker, Bartholow, Betz, Boothe, Byle, Doane, Garretson, Haas, Keefer, Keener, Livezey, McElrath, Mellot, Nist, Rheinhart, Seibert, Shand, Yoder, Bateman, Dinan, Drinkhouse, Ellis, Gangaware, Joline, Lutz, McMullen, Muehling, Rinker, Stehfest, Stem, Barnett, Cooly, Dershimer, Kinter, Roxberry, Shaffer, Bird, Branyan, Burd, Farley, Hostetter, Kauffman, McClintock, Mumper, Ressler, Schnure, Stump, Ulrich, Benner, Colvin, DeHaven, Frick, Hixenbaum, McClain, McCready, McVay, Penrod, Rimmel, Soles, Stutzman, Wilhelm, Ashenfelter, Bothwell, Cain, Clouser, Dorwart, Faries, Fickes, Fike, Kendig, Koons, Lowry, Loy, McGinnis, Meck, Meinster, Neiss, Noland, Reighter, Widel, Zeigler, and many others. Some of the other folks mentioned in the book: Charles A. Widel, Miss Libbie E. Wood, Lizzie B. Moody, Minnie L. Cogswell, Alice Farrar, Mr. Tunis Thomas, C. L. Atwater, Jennie Martin, and L. W. Smith. Excellent look at what orphanage life was like in the late 1800s. (The boys were in the field howing....) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12573&item=1981224025 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com