Does anyone have any info on a "Lost Batallion" in World War I. A Wickersham supposedly crawled through enemy lines and returned the same way. This may have been a Lancaster or Chester Co. unit. Thanks in advance. Helen Sheldon gnhshel@abelink.com

Does anyone have access to the book "Joel Baily and Ann Short" by Donna Beers. I need the page number where the info is found about Joel and his marriages to Hannah wickersham and 2 to Martha McMinn. This also lists the children of both. Also is there a publisher,place and date? I have the info just need page and complete citation. Thanks in advance. Helen sheldon gnhshel@abelink.com

Jean, Thanks for the "heads-up". I normally check which databases are free everyday, but missed this one. I found out my grandmother was adopted!!! Major impact on the research, you might say! Kevin Fountain Phoenix, Arizona ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jeanries@aol.com> To: <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 6:25 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] PA 1910 Miracode Index > FREE UNTIL 10/14/2000 on Ancestry.com > > The only thing I noticed in this database is that they transcribe "H" to mean > husband and looks like to me it should be Head of Household. > Good Luck! > Jeanne Polries > > > PENNSYLVANIA 1910 CENSUS MIRACODE INDEX > To search this database, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5103.htm > > This database is an index to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for the state > of Pennsylvania. It is searchable by head of household. The 1910 > Miracode indexes records with the following information for each person: > name, relationship to head of household, color or race, age at last > birthday, marital status, visitation number or family number, place of > birth, county, township, and enumeration district number. The > information found here will lead researchers to the location of their > families in the actual 1910 U.S. Federal Census schedules. The > corresponding census images for this database will be posted within the > next few months, and the Miracode indexes for other states will follow > in upcoming weeks. > > Miracode is a slightly modified version of the Soundex indexing format. > Miracode and Soundex are indexes based on the pronunciation of a name, > rather than the name's spelling. Surnames are coded and then arranged > numerically by their codes. Miracode was employed in 1910 only for the > following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, > Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, > North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, > Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. For more information, see Michael > John Neill’s two-part series of articles entitled "Soundex" in the > Ancestry Library at: > http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2253.asp > > The omission rate in the 1910 Miracode/Soundex appears to be greater > than in most other indexes. Not everyone enumerated on the 1910 census > schedules is on the Miracode indexes, as some names were missed or > misread by the indexer. It is especially advisable for researchers to > continue a search in the actual schedules even though a name fails to > appear in an index. > > Source Information: Ancestry.com, "Pennsylvania 1910 Census Miracode > Index." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. > > Original Data: "Pennsylvania Miracode." Washington, DC: National > Archives and Records Administration. > > ______________________________

FREE UNTIL 10/14/2000 on Ancestry.com The only thing I noticed in this database is that they transcribe "H" to mean husband and looks like to me it should be Head of Household. Good Luck! Jeanne Polries PENNSYLVANIA 1910 CENSUS MIRACODE INDEX To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5103.htm This database is an index to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census for the state of Pennsylvania. It is searchable by head of household. The 1910 Miracode indexes records with the following information for each person: name, relationship to head of household, color or race, age at last birthday, marital status, visitation number or family number, place of birth, county, township, and enumeration district number. The information found here will lead researchers to the location of their families in the actual 1910 U.S. Federal Census schedules. The corresponding census images for this database will be posted within the next few months, and the Miracode indexes for other states will follow in upcoming weeks. Miracode is a slightly modified version of the Soundex indexing format. Miracode and Soundex are indexes based on the pronunciation of a name, rather than the name's spelling. Surnames are coded and then arranged numerically by their codes. Miracode was employed in 1910 only for the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. For more information, see Michael John Neill’s two-part series of articles entitled "Soundex" in the Ancestry Library at: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/2253.asp The omission rate in the 1910 Miracode/Soundex appears to be greater than in most other indexes. Not everyone enumerated on the 1910 census schedules is on the Miracode indexes, as some names were missed or misread by the indexer. It is especially advisable for researchers to continue a search in the actual schedules even though a name fails to appear in an index. Source Information: Ancestry.com, "Pennsylvania 1910 Census Miracode Index." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original Data: "Pennsylvania Miracode." Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration.

George Moore, who may have married "Jane Jordan Unknown", born in Norther Ireland, died 1787 in Philadelphia, PA, having had atleast one son, Charles Moore, who was b 1/30/1771 in Philadelphia, married Margaret Carroll, and ended up in West Vincent, PA, as a Baptist minister, where he died in 1847. I don't know if Charles was George's only son. Charles had a number of sons. One of them settled in Upper Uwchlan, where he had a number of sons who had many of the exact same names, including "Thomas M" and Francis, and Charles, that my Thomas M Moore who was Thomas M's age and lived in Lower Oxford at the same time that Thomas M the son of Charles lived in Upper Uwchlan, variously had and gave to his sons. My Thomas M Moore turned up in Lower Oxford township in the 1850 census and then in Lancaster County in the 1860 census. A further coincidence is that my Thomas M. Moore appears to have married Emaline/ Emeline Riker, as Elizabeth Riker aged 60 was in their household in 1850 and Emaline was born in Maryland, a John Riker family with family members the right ages lived in Cecil County in 1830 around when she was born. But a John Reichard/Richer or one of those lived in West Vincent for a very long time, with either his father, or his son. Charles had a number of sons, but my source, who has no e-mail address on his family tree on one of those Web databases, traced only the one who settled in Upper Uwchlan. The other sons may have lived in or near West Vincent, since clearly that is where they grew up. The other sons' names were William C. Moore, Gideon F. Moore, and Charles Moore. I want to know what happened to the other sons, and who were their children, and what became of them. Does anyone have any more of this family? Yours, Dora Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/

Dear Anne, thank you for your explanation. It is very well put. Suzanne

Correction regarding the tax records. The dates should have read 1742 thru 1782. I would of course make a mistake on my first request to the list............ Thom Harleman

>>> Anne Wiegle <awiegle@fast.net> 09/30/00 08:38AM >>> I don't think this is off topic at all- In Pennsylvania, women could not own land until 1848. However, they had a dower right to 1/3 interest in any land acquired during the marriage. That is why the wife must sign when the land is sold, but she couldn't own it herself. A guardian was necessary to see to the children's affairs. Women were not supposed to be able to take care of finances, etc. When a man died, he left property, especially real estate, to his wife which she could use only during her lifetime, after which it would revert to a male heir. If he left it directly to the male heir, he would specify that the wife had use of a certain room in the house, and that the son would give her certain things every year, like a percentage of the profit from the farm, cash, firewood, keep for her livestock, so many bushels of wheat, apples, cider, etc. It is all spelled out very specifically. They couldn't just leave the property to the wife and let her manage it. In the case of your ancestor, "left in the care of" doesn't mean that the child left the house where his mother lived- it means that the guardian saw that the child was properly provided for, and would act in the mother's behalf on things like education, apprenticeships, and financial affairs. However, since it says "John Allen and wife" then perhaps the mother was ailing and could not care properly for the child. Anne Broomall Wiegle -----Original Message----- From: Wilma [SMTP:gencon@harborside.com] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:37 AM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] why guardian's Forgive me, I know this is [kinda] off subject.. but I have a question that has long bothered me... When a father / husband died the children were given guardian's why? The mother doesn't seem to have control over her children... For example... my 10th gr grandfahter, Lawrence LITCHFIELD "Lawrence died 1649-50 at Scituate..on his death bed he left his youngest son, Josiah to the care of John Allen and wife.." That is just one case I have found... the poor wife seem'd not to have much to say regarding her own children... I could understand this if the mother was deceased, it seems so sad to me that the children would be moved out of her home into someone elses.. She looses her husband and then her children?? Thanks for helping me out with this Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com ______________________________ ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== Visit the PA GenWeb Archives at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm

Does anyone know what went on with York County and the 1870 census? York County, according to the genealogical reference, was created in teh 1740's or something. Certainly before 1870. Further, I find people in York County in the 1820 census index. But for 1870, York County does not exist on FTM's CDs for both Eastern and WEstern Pennsylvania, though all other counties appear to be tehre, and when I went to the 1870 census index for Pennsylvania on microfiche, I didn't find a single Moore name listed as living in York County. I don't think no Moore's lived in York County, or any other county, in 1870! But I prepared lists of page numbers by roll number and town, to look up Moores and Riker's (and thousand alternate spellings) in Lancaster, Chester and certain other counties for 1870. And when I looked at a map of York and Lancaster Counties, I noticed that most of the eastern towns in York County were ones I had found people in in Lancaster County in the 1870 census index on FTM's CD. Anyone know what is going on? Did York County not exist, did it exist and do the census but the records didn't survive, has it not been indexed, or is it that for some reason in 1870, York County was enumerated as part of adjacent counties including Lancaster County? Yours, Dora __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/

I am researching Thomas Adams from Tredyffrin Township in Chester Co.. He is shown on the 1730 tax list.Can anyone give me more information on either him or the township? I know it was settled by Welsh Quakers....but who were some of them? I appreciate your help. Willie Krug

Try <www.usgenweb.org> Go to the state pages, click on PA. Then go to the county list and click on Lancaster. Every County has a GenWeb page- try that first whenever you are seeking information. Anne -----Original Message----- From: Laura Nixon [SMTP:nixon10@flash.net] . I received an email from a descendant of Andrew and Hannah who said he posted their wills on the Lancaster County will site. I don't know what Lancaster County site he is speaking of.

I don't think this is off topic at all- In Pennsylvania, women could not own land until 1848. However, they had a dower right to 1/3 interest in any land acquired during the marriage. That is why the wife must sign when the land is sold, but she couldn't own it herself. A guardian was necessary to see to the children's affairs. Women were not supposed to be able to take care of finances, etc. When a man died, he left property, especially real estate, to his wife which she could use only during her lifetime, after which it would revert to a male heir. If he left it directly to the male heir, he would specify that the wife had use of a certain room in the house, and that the son would give her certain things every year, like a percentage of the profit from the farm, cash, firewood, keep for her livestock, so many bushels of wheat, apples, cider, etc. It is all spelled out very specifically. They couldn't just leave the property to the wife and let her manage it. In the case of your ancestor, "left in the care of" doesn't mean that the child left the house where his mother lived- it means that the guardian saw that the child was properly provided for, and would act in the mother's behalf on things like education, apprenticeships, and financial affairs. However, since it says "John Allen and wife" then perhaps the mother was ailing and could not care properly for the child. Anne Broomall Wiegle -----Original Message----- From: Wilma [SMTP:gencon@harborside.com] Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:37 AM To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] why guardian's Forgive me, I know this is [kinda] off subject.. but I have a question that has long bothered me... When a father / husband died the children were given guardian's why? The mother doesn't seem to have control over her children... For example... my 10th gr grandfahter, Lawrence LITCHFIELD "Lawrence died 1649-50 at Scituate..on his death bed he left his youngest son, Josiah to the care of John Allen and wife.." That is just one case I have found... the poor wife seem'd not to have much to say regarding her own children... I could understand this if the mother was deceased, it seems so sad to me that the children would be moved out of her home into someone elses.. She looses her husband and then her children?? Thanks for helping me out with this Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com ______________________________

Laura, Go to: http://www.usgenweb.com scroll down to states and click on one of the choices for states (text only, clickable map, etc.) scroll down to Pennsylvania and click on Pennsylvania. Scroll down to the list of counties and click on Lancaster county Scroll thru the Lancaster county site until you find the link to the wills Or you can also go to http://www.rootsweb.com and scroll down that page and follow the links to the states and then the counties within the state of your choice.

Ray I have a Hannah Downing b 1754 d 1848. Hannah married into my DANIEL(S) family. Her spouse is Andrew Daniel b 1753 d 1802. The DANIEL(S) moved around frequently in the 1700's. I haven't been able to find Andrew's father on any tax roles. One of the places they lived was London Grove Township. Andrews's father John and John's brother James were members of Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church. Andrew and Hannah had five children; Hannah, Margaret, William, Jane and Robert. I received an email from a descendant of Andrew and Hannah who said he posted their wills on the Lancaster County will site. I don't know what Lancaster County site he is speaking of. Laura Daniels Nixon

Quite often a guardian was appointedto care for the finances of the child, not his physical being. I've seen cases where the mother dies and the money which she had inherited would then be passed to the children, and a guardian was appointed, even though the father was alive. Also, in some cases in the early court records one finds an action by a "next friend" of the child. This could be the mother. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: Wilma <gencon@harborside.com> To: <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] why guardian's > Forgive me, I know this is [kinda] off subject.. but I have a question > that has long bothered me... > > When a father / husband died the children were given guardian's why? > The mother doesn't seem to have control over her children... > > For example... my 10th gr grandfahter, Lawrence LITCHFIELD > > "Lawrence died 1649-50 at Scituate..on his death bed he left his > youngest son, Josiah to the care of John Allen and wife.." > > That is just one case I have found... the poor wife seem'd not to have > much to say regarding her own children... > > I could understand this if the mother was deceased, it seems so sad > to me that the children would be moved out of her home into > someone elses.. She looses her husband and then her children?? > > Thanks for helping me out with this > > Wilma Fleming Haynes > gencon@harborside.com > > > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Check out other counties in PA! > http://libertynet.org/~gencap/pacounties.html > > > > >

I am seeking information about the ancestors and descendants of JOSEPH EDDY who settled in Chester Co., PA in the early-to-middle 1700s. His birth date is not known, but was probably c. 1700, give or take 20 years. Neither is his birth place known, but may have been England, Scotland or Ireland. He is probably the Joseph Eddy who d. 18 Apr 1770 and is buried at Yellow Springs. It has been suggested that he may be related to the EDIE families who lived in the York-Gettysburg area of PA. He might be the Joseph Eddy who m. MARY PHILLIPS on 2 Apr 1737 in the 1st Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Nothing is presently known about Mary and her parents. Joseph Eddy had at least 2 children: William Eddy and Anna Eddy If you have any information about any of those folks, please contact me. Joe Dewald Email: dewald@quiknet.com Email: dewald@prenticenet.com Prentice Book: http://www.prenticenet.com/news/binney97.htm Prentice Newsletter: http://www.prenticenet.com/news/ Home Page: http://www.prenticenet.com/home/dewald/

Please refresh my mind on the ages needed in the 1700 era to: to be to be on the PP tax List --- Tithables List --- Land Tax list ETC When a child was given a guardian, when is he/she of age to get a settlement from that guardian. to be in the military -- to sign an oath of allegience -- etc Thanks much, Carol

Forgive me, I know this is [kinda] off subject.. but I have a question that has long bothered me... When a father / husband died the children were given guardian's why? The mother doesn't seem to have control over her children... For example... my 10th gr grandfahter, Lawrence LITCHFIELD "Lawrence died 1649-50 at Scituate..on his death bed he left his youngest son, Josiah to the care of John Allen and wife.." That is just one case I have found... the poor wife seem'd not to have much to say regarding her own children... I could understand this if the mother was deceased, it seems so sad to me that the children would be moved out of her home into someone elses.. She looses her husband and then her children?? Thanks for helping me out with this Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Lewis" <lewis@doorpi.net> To: <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 7:36 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] Researching Joseph LEWIS > I would like to contact the Tredyffrin-Easttown History club > I think my g grandfather Joseph LEWIS was born in Tredyffrin, and his > 2nd wife Sarah Ann RAMSEY was from Easttown. I haven't beeen able to > find out anything about when and where Joseph died and is buried, nor > where Sarah died and is buried. I wold appreciate some clues pointing me > where I might find out this information. Am ready and willing to share > information about later generations of my LEWIS line. > Bob Lewis <lewis@doorpi.net> > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Check out the searchable US GenWeb Project Archives! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgwarch.html > > > I would like their contact info also-Thanks Jim > >

Anyone know where AK, a staunch abolitionist and Quaker, is buried? Obviously somewhere in the Kimberton area.