If any one is interested up on E-Bay, there are some post cards of Emporium, Pa. listed for bid. One is of Cameron Court House & Sheriff Office. Another is a old post card of St. Marks Church and Rectory. Search under Advance Search, type in Emporium. There is about 5 post cards listed. Under Cameron County, a post card viewing Tunnel Hill area.

The lots listed on the internet are from the "old Section" and would be on the left side and lower center of the cemetery. They have a map of the cemetery at the building there if you can catch someone when they are working. If you are coming to town again, Jim Miller would have the answers for you as he has the record books. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Bemiller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:31 PM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Questions on Newton Cemetary > This summer I made a trip back home and went through Newton Cemetary & Rich Valley Cemetary looking for family and taking pictures. We spent a lot of time going through the cemetary and try to figure it all out. > > According to all the records Reuben and Aner Barker are buried there but I have not found their graves. Does anyone know what lot numbers or would they be on the old section at the entrance ? > > Then I was looking at the web site again - on the listing it has the Knickerbockers all listed; "In Lot # 55 Purchased by L. & L. Knickerbocker. " > > Can anyone explain where Lot #55 is ? > > Thanks > > Sue (Barker) Bemiller > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >

Bob Spellenberg sent in a photo of Louis & Stella Haines. If anyone is interested in it let me know and I will send it to you. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

This summer I made a trip back home and went through Newton Cemetary & Rich Valley Cemetary looking for family and taking pictures. We spent a lot of time going through the cemetary and try to figure it all out. According to all the records Reuben and Aner Barker are buried there but I have not found their graves. Does anyone know what lot numbers or would they be on the old section at the entrance ? Then I was looking at the web site again - on the listing it has the Knickerbockers all listed; "In Lot # 55 Purchased by L. & L. Knickerbocker. " Can anyone explain where Lot #55 is ? Thanks Sue (Barker) Bemiller

HI All .here's an obit I came across. Talk to ya later Bob Spellenberg JAMES L. BARCLAY died at Emporium, PA, January 10, 1890 from the effects of injuries received by the cars at that place. In 65th year of his age. Mr. Barclay left his home on Monday to settle with the auditors of Cameron County as he was one of the Commissioners of the Cameron and Wharton State Road. Arriving at Emporium on the rail, he went to the machine shop, which is near the freight depot, to have some work done. While there he attempted to cross over a train of cars standing on a side track. Seeing the engine on either end of the train, he took hold of the cars to assist raising himself up on the bumpers, they being a short distance apart. When his right leg was directly between the bumpers, the switch engine sent a car against the train with such force as to catch his leg and crush it in a frightful manner. He was immediately carried to the St. Charles Hotel where everything was done to alleviate his suffering. Monday evening a consultation of doctors was held and they decided that amputation would have to be performed, and on Tuesday Dr. Smith, assisted by Dr. Bardwell, amputated the limb. But his age was against him. He never seemed to rally from the shock and gradually sank until Friday morning when he passed away. He was a brother of Hon. A. G. Barclay of Sinnemahoning. He was born in the state of New York in 1826. Settled in Wharton, Potter County, about 1850 where he has resided ever since, being one of its prominent citizens of that part of the county. Leaves a wife and two sons. Buried on Sunday by side of his daughter. Rev. Weeks of Austin officiated at the funeral.

Thanks to Sue Bemiller I added the Barker Family Report to our Family Report Section. It is a large file with photos and may take a while to open. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

I know that some of you have some brick walls in Cameron County. I will offer to do look-ups in the court records for those of you who have not been able to find anything on your ancestor. There are tons of records in the Court of Pleas for all kinds of things. I have found out a ton of information on my Gore line from these records including a detailed description of their property in Driftwood. These records go back to 1861 and include debts, land disputes, and more. So give me a name and a date range and I will see what I can find. No promises though! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

The rest of Book C and all of Book D are now online. I have added the cause of death in Book D and when I get a chance will add the them to B & C. I wish I had thought of it before...oh well! Trains were the main cause of death in Book D. I wonder if some of them were actually suicides. Many of the guys were intoxicated that were killed by the trains, others were working and not being careful. You will note that 3 guys were killed in a Nitroglycerine explosion in the Climax Powder Plant. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

This email is not directed at anyone on the list...I just meant for it to be a heads-up in case you get a similar email. Don't open it! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:09 PM Subject: New Virus ploy > I got an email this morning with an attachment referring to a query on > GenForum. The attachment contains a virus. The query was not one of mine. > Be Aware! > > > I saw your query on GenForum dated Nov. 18, 1999. I wondered if you'd made > > any progress? > > > > Here's what I have on your Bright line: > > > > Descendants of George Adam Bright > > > > 1 George Adam Bright > > 2 Henry Harrison Bright b: September 11, 1816 in Marion Co., KY d: > > October 19, 1876 in Bradsfordsville, Marion Co., KY > > ... +Margaret Mahala Raley b: September 24, 1821 in > Bradsfordsville, > > Marion Co., KY d: November 2 > > > Mike Wennin > Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >

I got an email this morning with an attachment referring to a query on GenForum. The attachment contains a virus. The query was not one of mine. Be Aware! > I saw your query on GenForum dated Nov. 18, 1999. I wondered if you'd made > any progress? > > Here's what I have on your Bright line: > > Descendants of George Adam Bright > > 1 George Adam Bright > 2 Henry Harrison Bright b: September 11, 1816 in Marion Co., KY d: > October 19, 1876 in Bradsfordsville, Marion Co., KY > ... +Margaret Mahala Raley b: September 24, 1821 in Bradsfordsville, > Marion Co., KY d: November 2 Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

On The Trail of Yesterday by Dick Dornisch Reprinted with the permission of the author. I have sometimes remarked to people involved in historical preservation that the reality of their voluntary efforts in this area is that they are, at the bottom line, the custodians of a community or county's junk. This might seem a bit harsh, but as with most things of subjective value, one man's trash is very frequently another man's treasure and this is certainly true in regard to museums, historical institutions and even archival depositories. Nevertheless, the pursuit of the past is an intriguing pastime, broadening, enlightening, frequently elevating, occasionally shocking and nearly always interesting. It has the quality of sometimes becoming obsessive, particularly with people who become innocently involved on the fringes of genealogy, and soon find themselves being pulled into an ever broadening morass of cousins, grand nieces and great, great uncles ten times removed. Among the academics, history is frequently disparaged as a study with little real value, but that can hardly be said by anyone who has ever paid much attention to it. Wiser men have said that unless we study history, we are bound to repeat the mistakes of the past. That seems a bit too philosophical for most of our purposes. I prefer to think of history as being chiefly valuable because it helps us understanding who we are. It assists us in the knowledge of how we got our own ancestry and the ancestry of those dear to us. It is also true when we attempt to understand the political, religious, commercial and industrial history of the places we live. In the "Endeavor" circulation area there are a minimum of ten county or municipal historical societies and genealogical associations. All of them are dependent on volunteer help, endowments, grants, and donations and even more importantly they are dependent on the communities' recognition that the only things such organizations have available for research, study, viewing and enjoying are the things they have collected. The files that contain those indenture documents, Baptismal certificates, discharge papers, land exchanges, and all such other archival literature exist only because people have given such things to the societies rather than throwing them in the dumpster. All the fading and yellowed old photos that are so prominently displayed in the rooms, the display cases of rusted and well worn tools, treasured old toys, tarnished old kitchen utensils can only have gotten there by one route. Someone had to realize their possible value and gave them to the organizations. I would like to suggest today that everyone who reads this, acquaint themselves with their historical or genealogical society. It is fun and the people contributing their time in these places delight in nothing so much as assisting newcomers in their searches and interests and involving them in the unending search for a better understanding of our past. As we delve ever deeper into our own past, the everyday and mundane suddenly becomes a part of a great and grand adventure story, of immigrants and weeks in steerage, of conscriptions and smoky battlefields, of epidemics and labor violence, famine, tragedy, triumph, hardship, of endurance, of pirates and prostitutes. But that is the personal subjective approach. May I also suggest another, a more objective connection. Resolve to place some of your own family photos and documents in your municipal or county society archives and when family members die, don't throw those old packets of curling brittle photos and faded documents away. Give them to the folks that work and clip and file in the society rooms near you and let them decide if what you might have considered to be trash just might, in reality, be a treasure, another of the aides that take us along the trail of yesterday. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

Bernie, I'll see what Nikki Baumgardner might have. I've been helping her identify a ton of old family pix she inherited when her grandfather passed away. I know I don't have one of Brown's Boot Shop in my collection. Jack Cox ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Oswald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] RE: once again > That would be wonderful. I haven't found a picture and followed many leads. > Someone suggested the Centennial pictures (parades). Where do you find > them? No one knew. I do have a newspaper from the Centennial, but there > aren't many pictures. I do have one picture of a parade, but there is a > float in the way and I can only see the tops of the buildings!! > I would appreciate anything you can find. > > Bernie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mona Anderson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:52 PM > Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] RE: once again > > > > Bernie: > > > > Did you ever find a photo of Brown's Boot Shop? My uncle Bob Baumgardner > > from Emporium worked there for 40-odd years! My cousin Jack Cox and I > > may be able to find something in our photo collections. Jack has been > > corresponding with U. Bob's granddaughter and she may be able to help us > > out. > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > > Invite your family and friends to join us! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to leave PACAMERO-L, send mail to [email protected] with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PACAMERO-D, do the same thing with [email protected] > >

The index to book C is online up to "Mc". You might want to check it out as some common names to this list are there. Plan on having the rest of Book C tomorrow. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

There is a Centennial book. The library has a copy. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Oswald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] RE: once again > That would be wonderful. I haven't found a picture and followed many leads. > Someone suggested the Centennial pictures (parades). Where do you find > them? No one knew. I do have a newspaper from the Centennial, but there > aren't many pictures. I do have one picture of a parade, but there is a > float in the way and I can only see the tops of the buildings!! > I would appreciate anything you can find. > > Bernie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mona Anderson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:52 PM > Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] RE: once again > > > > Bernie: > > > > Did you ever find a photo of Brown's Boot Shop? My uncle Bob Baumgardner > > from Emporium worked there for 40-odd years! My cousin Jack Cox and I > > may be able to find something in our photo collections. Jack has been > > corresponding with U. Bob's granddaughter and she may be able to help us > > out. > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > > Invite your family and friends to join us! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to leave PACAMERO-L, send mail to [email protected] with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. To leave PACAMERO-D, do the same thing with [email protected] >

That would be wonderful. I haven't found a picture and followed many leads. Someone suggested the Centennial pictures (parades). Where do you find them? No one knew. I do have a newspaper from the Centennial, but there aren't many pictures. I do have one picture of a parade, but there is a float in the way and I can only see the tops of the buildings!! I would appreciate anything you can find. Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mona Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] RE: once again > Bernie: > > Did you ever find a photo of Brown's Boot Shop? My uncle Bob Baumgardner > from Emporium worked there for 40-odd years! My cousin Jack Cox and I > may be able to find something in our photo collections. Jack has been > corresponding with U. Bob's granddaughter and she may be able to help us > out. > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Invite your family and friends to join us! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > >

These records are fascinating to read! I keep getting sidetracked looking through them. The records start in 1861, but there are not many of them through 1868 or so. I did not get there in time today to look at much. Hope to have the index for Book C tomorrow. One inquisition I looked at had signatures of 8 witnesses who signed off on "We don't know how he died. We just found him dead." Cause of death? He died! LOL Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

They are the files of the Quarterly court sessions. Mostly criminal trials, but also the coroner's records and tavern and hotel licenses. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:21 AM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Quarter Session Files > What exactly are the "Quarter Session files?" > > Thank you to Pete and the others who gave me their takes on Runs and Hollows. > > > Helen > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >

What exactly are the "Quarter Session files?" Thank you to Pete and the others who gave me their takes on Runs and Hollows. Helen

The index for Book B is now online. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero

After Dave's great talk the other day, I spent a couple of hours at the court house looking through the Quarter Session books. They are full of interesting data. In addition to scrapes with the law, there are Coroner's Inquests. I am not sure what required a Coroner's Inquest in the early days, but I did not find any of my family members up through the 1920's. But the ones that are there are quite interesting and detailed...gore and all. One guy shot his wife because he was under the influence of the Devil and another guy died from a visit by God! The stories are great. There are also alcohol, tavern and Hotel License applications. I found proof that my 3rd Great Grand Father did have a connection to the Lafayette Hotel in Driftwood. It is mentioned in Beer's History that a Gore built the Hotel during the Civil War. In the Tavern License for 1885 my 3rd Great grand mother is listed as one of the owners. I have never been able to find any deed or other records where it was bought or sold or owned by them. I am going to index the Coroner's records, post them on the site and offer to do look ups. Book B is the first book and starts in 1872.There is a book 1, but it only contains some murders that occured in the county. I forgot to look and see when the actual Quarter Session files started. If you want me to do a quick search for a family member, send me the name and date range for that person and I will see if there is anything on them. The books contain an overview of what is in the files. The files have all of the court papers involved. Of course the early files are 20' in the air on the top of all the other files! LOL They are also hand written and hard to read. Happy Hunting! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero