Hello All, I have added another 20 pages (including the first half of the INDEX) to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. I also added a layout map of the Valley Forge area under the "Maps" section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.12/1162 - Release Date: 11/30/2007 9:26 PM

Can someone please tell where Charlestown is or was in the late 1800's? Jacqui **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Orphans Court held in West Chester for the county of Chester, Township of Uwchland 24 April 1787 The following names are mentioned in probate records of Michael Righter - 1730 - 1777 Dennis WHELEN - listed as appraiser Thomas EVANS - listed as appraiser, guardian of Michael Righter a minor Titus TAYLOR - witness Thomas TAYLOR - Register for the probate of wills Caleb DAVIS, Clerk John WHELEN - witness to valuation of real estate Richard DOWNING, Jun. " " George THOMAS " " Joseph BOND " " Benjamin JACOBS - witness to statement Henry Brenner - signer of deposition Lieut. Joseph FLEMING - signer of deposition 2nd Lieut. Josaih PHILIPS - signer of deposition Christina RIGHTER - wife of deceased Jacob RIGHTER / RITER - son of decd (signed both ways) John RIGHTER / RITER - " " " " Elizabeth RIGHTER / RITER - dau. of deceased (signed both ways) Mary RIGHTER / RITER - " " " " Michael RIGHTER - son of deceased Perhaps the above listed names will help someone put that person in a specific place at a specific time frame. Jacqui in FL **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Thanks a bunch, Jaqui. All part of my line, all the names tie in. Michael Riter was killed by the British in Philadelphia during the revolution. Interesting that it took 10 years to clear the estate. > Orphans Court held in West Chester for the county of Chester, Township of > Uwchland 24 April 1787 > > The following names are mentioned in probate records of Michael Righter - > 1730 - 1777 > Dennis WHELEN - listed as appraiser > Thomas EVANS - listed as appraiser, guardian of Michael Righter a minor > Titus TAYLOR - witness > Thomas TAYLOR - Register for the probate of wills > Caleb DAVIS, Clerk > John WHELEN - witness to valuation of real estate > Richard DOWNING, Jun. " " > George THOMAS " " > Joseph BOND " " > Benjamin JACOBS - witness to statement > Henry Brenner - signer of deposition > Lieut. Joseph FLEMING - signer of deposition > 2nd Lieut. Josaih PHILIPS - signer of deposition > Christina RIGHTER - wife of deceased > Jacob RIGHTER / RITER - son of decd (signed both ways) > John RIGHTER / RITER - " " " " > Elizabeth RIGHTER / RITER - dau. of deceased (signed both ways) > Mary RIGHTER / RITER - " " " " > Michael RIGHTER - son of deceased > > Perhaps the above listed names will help someone put that person in a > specific place at a specific time frame. > >

To whom it may concern, I received a phone call from our 1st ward commissioner, Mike FULGINITI, here in Aston Twp., informing me Paul DOUGHERTY will be receiving an award! :D The award will be given to Paul on Wed., at 7:00 PM, 19th of Dec 2007 at the commissioner's meeting. The meeting room is behind the Aston Twp., Police Station, (same building). Paul, is a retired Police Officer & the founder of the Aston Twp. Historical Society & Museum. He is, also, Member of The Zoning Board & The Heritage Commission of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Please try to attend! Paul has not been up to par, of late. :( Helen M. Imburgia 396 Derry Drive Aston, PA 19014 (610) 358-1102 HMWEBBER@aol.com Professional Genealogist Local Historian Founder of the     Delaware County Genealogical Society (DCGS) ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

(besides, it would be good to have the info in the list archives....) -----Original Message----- From: pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacheste-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Terri Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:49 AM To: pacheste@rootsweb.com Subject: [PACHESTE] Gunner L. Kundsen Hearty congratulations on finding Gunner!!! I'm sure we all share your excitement. Will you please share your story of finding this ancestor?? It's always fun to read about successes. Stay well all -- Terri in WA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hearty congratulations on finding Gunner!!! I'm sure we all share your excitement. Will you please share your story of finding this ancestor?? It's always fun to read about successes. Stay well all -- Terri in WA

Hi list, Gunnar L. KUNDSEN has been found -- thank you very kindly for all your help! :) Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! Helen Marie ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Hello All, I have added another 20 pages to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1147 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 9:19 AM

There is an estate indexed in the Register of Wills for Gunnar Lars Knudsen. The file number is 1501-1613. The fiduciary is Richard W. Knudsen. If you go to the Register's office and ask for that file, which will be on microfiche, you will be able to get a copy of the death certificate. On 11/23/07 8:00 PM, "HMWEBBER@aol.com" <HMWEBBER@aol.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > Would sks please do a lookup for me? We need proof of the > death of Gunnar L. KNUDSEN. He died in Chester Co., PA on the > 26 Oct 1998. > > We need a copy of the death notice or an obituary from the local > newspaper or a picture of the gravestone would be wonderful. > > We do not know the cemetery where Gunnar is buried. > > We do not know what newspaper his obit/death notice would > have been published in. > > And we do not know the undertaker's name. > > Thank you for any help or suggestions -- it is gratefully > appreciated! :) > > Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) > > Helen M. Imburgia > 396 Derry Drive > Aston, PA 19014 > (610) 358-1102 > HMWEBBER@aol.com > Professional Genealogist > Local Historian > Founder of the >     Delaware County Genealogical Society (DCGS) > > > > > ************************************** > Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest > products. > > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi list, Would sks please do a lookup for me? We need proof of the death of Gunnar L. KNUDSEN. He died in Chester Co., PA on the 26 Oct 1998. We need a copy of the death notice or an obituary from the local newspaper or a picture of the gravestone would be wonderful. We do not know the cemetery where Gunnar is buried. We do not know what newspaper his obit/death notice would have been published in. And we do not know the undertaker's name. Thank you for any help or suggestions -- it is gratefully appreciated! :) Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) Helen M. Imburgia 396 Derry Drive Aston, PA 19014 (610) 358-1102 HMWEBBER@aol.com Professional Genealogist Local Historian Founder of the     Delaware County Genealogical Society (DCGS) ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

Hello All, I have added another 20 pages to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.34/1134 - Release Date: 11/16/2007 9:52 AM

Must strongly agree with the posts from Al and Pamela ---- our gov't officials get their panties/shorts in a ruffle, run around looking for something to do that "looks official" and end up targeting PUBLIC records. Have seen this in many states, and Canada, with their recent census battle, as I'm sure most of you have. It CAN be changed -- take the five or ten minutes needed to write to the necessary people, pass this on to all your genealogy friends so they can also. The more protest, the better. Okay, off my soap box and stay well all -- Terri

Hello All, I have added another 20 pages to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com The previous pages that were causing problems should also now be fixed! You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.26/1120 - Release Date: 11/9/2007 9:26 AM

Pam, I was informed earlier today that Mr. Houser had a typo in his article. The House bill is HB443. Of course the whole thing is ridiculous. What else could you expect from the clowns voted to represent us? I sometimes wonder who is doing the counting because most that I, friends and family vote for lose. Al At 12:23 PM 11/9/2007, you wrote: >Just like everywhere else, the government is probably >satisfied that it looks like they are doing something >about a problem, when in reality they aren't. Of >course the proposed legislation is ridiculous. It is >historians and other students who will suffer, not the >crooks. >Pamela L. > >--- alenkner@stargate.net wrote: > > > > > << Pennsylvania Open Records Law > > By Justin K. Houser > > Bellefonte, Pennsylvania > > > > Pennsylvania is considering an Open Records Law, > > currently known as > > House Bill 343. In its current state, the bill would > > "deem > > inaccessible" any record containing a birth date or > > address, among > > other items. If interpreted literally, this bill > > would seal birth, > > marriage, death, deed, probate, divorce, and hosts > > of other county > > court records. > > > > For as long as can be remembered, these records have > > been publicly > > accessible (with the exception of birth and death > > records after 1906, > > which are available through an application process), > > and have been > > abstracted, indexed, published, and disseminated in > > whole or in part > > by many genealogical societies. > > > > Going to the county offices and wading through these > > records is not > > the major source of identity theft this bill makes > > it out to be. > > Identity theft derives chiefly from carelessness > > with correspondence, > > which is rummaged through by thieves after it is > > discarded, or by > > thieves obtaining credit card and other information > > through fraudulent > > communications. This bill would make the work of > > genealogists, local > > historians, missing heirs, researchers, and > > individuals seeking to > > trace the history of a particular piece of property > > nearly impossible. > > > > I feel that the genealogical community needs to make > > its voice known > > by contacting the Pennsylvania Legislature and the > > governor's office > > to voice opposition to House Bill 343--particularly > > Section 307--and > > to push for an exception to be made in the case of > > the county "row > > office" records that have traditionally been > > available. In no way > > should the centuries-old ability to use these > > records by law-abiding > > citizens be shut off. > > > > We already have provisions in place to protect the > > most sensitive of > > these records. Marriage records do not even contain > > Social Security > > Numbers--they were redacted and are no longer > > visible. The same could > > be done with other instances of Social Security > > Numbers, which are > > generally not necessary in most public documents. > > (The Social Security > > Numbers of all deceased persons are already posted > > online at the > > Social Security Death Index. Rather than enhancing > > identity theft, > > this tool prevents it by enabling individuals to > > quickly check for > > fraudulent uses of Social Security Numbers.) > > Adoption records are > > sealed and accessible only by court order. Records > > of births and > > deaths are available for a $9.00 fee from the > > Department of Health. > > > > Other states are making their records more > > accessible, rather than > > less accessible. Several years ago, Texas released > > the index to > > births, marriages, and deaths as an online database, > > covering the > > years 1905 to the present. The city of Chicago, > > Illinois, is planning > > to digitize and release its records for historical > > inquiry in January. > > > > California has released a complete index to its > > death registers from > > 1940 to 1997. Ohio has also made death record > > indices available for a > > nominal cost, and records can be ordered through the > > state by any > > interested party. Arizona has released its death > > records via a public > > website, as has Utah and West Virginia, which I > > believe is also > > contemplating a similar procedure for marriage > > records. Georgia is > > releasing all of its death records to online public > > access, beginning > > with 1919. > > > > The leadership of the Pennsylvania Legislature can > > be found here: > > > > House: > > >http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house/office > > rs.cfm > > Senate: > > >http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate/offic > > ers.cfm > > Governor: http://www.governor.state.pa.us/ > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.26/1119 - Release Date: >11/8/2007 5:55 PM

<< Pennsylvania Open Records Law By Justin K. Houser Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is considering an Open Records Law, currently known as House Bill 343. In its current state, the bill would "deem inaccessible" any record containing a birth date or address, among other items. If interpreted literally, this bill would seal birth, marriage, death, deed, probate, divorce, and hosts of other county court records. For as long as can be remembered, these records have been publicly accessible (with the exception of birth and death records after 1906, which are available through an application process), and have been abstracted, indexed, published, and disseminated in whole or in part by many genealogical societies. Going to the county offices and wading through these records is not the major source of identity theft this bill makes it out to be. Identity theft derives chiefly from carelessness with correspondence, which is rummaged through by thieves after it is discarded, or by thieves obtaining credit card and other information through fraudulent communications. This bill would make the work of genealogists, local historians, missing heirs, researchers, and individuals seeking to trace the history of a particular piece of property nearly impossible. I feel that the genealogical community needs to make its voice known by contacting the Pennsylvania Legislature and the governor's office to voice opposition to House Bill 343--particularly Section 307--and to push for an exception to be made in the case of the county "row office" records that have traditionally been available. In no way should the centuries-old ability to use these records by law-abiding citizens be shut off. We already have provisions in place to protect the most sensitive of these records. Marriage records do not even contain Social Security Numbers--they were redacted and are no longer visible. The same could be done with other instances of Social Security Numbers, which are generally not necessary in most public documents. (The Social Security Numbers of all deceased persons are already posted online at the Social Security Death Index. Rather than enhancing identity theft, this tool prevents it by enabling individuals to quickly check for fraudulent uses of Social Security Numbers.) Adoption records are sealed and accessible only by court order. Records of births and deaths are available for a $9.00 fee from the Department of Health. Other states are making their records more accessible, rather than less accessible. Several years ago, Texas released the index to births, marriages, and deaths as an online database, covering the years 1905 to the present. The city of Chicago, Illinois, is planning to digitize and release its records for historical inquiry in January. California has released a complete index to its death registers from 1940 to 1997. Ohio has also made death record indices available for a nominal cost, and records can be ordered through the state by any interested party. Arizona has released its death records via a public website, as has Utah and West Virginia, which I believe is also contemplating a similar procedure for marriage records. Georgia is releasing all of its death records to online public access, beginning with 1919. The leadership of the Pennsylvania Legislature can be found here: House: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house/office rs.cfm Senate: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate/offic ers.cfm Governor: http://www.governor.state.pa.us/

Hello All, I have added another 20 pages to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com The previous pages that were causing problems should also now be fixed! You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.19/1105 - Release Date: 11/2/2007 11:04 AM

Ruth, I found a Mrs Esther NANGLE who was admitted by letter to the First Baptist Church of Phoenixville on 11 Sep 1927. Any help? Link in Schwenksville ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Riley" <rileysonalmeria@yahoo.com> To: <PACHESTE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] NANGLE Obit Look up Request > Would SKS please look up an obituary and see if it contains the date of > death? I want to order a death certificate, but do not have the exact day > of the month he died. > > Here is what I have - > > Published in Eagle paper on Sunday March 11, 1906 - > Edward I Nangle, 412 S 11th, died at Phoenixville of heart failure. > survived by Katie C - wife. > > I am not certain if the Eagle paper is a Reading paper or a Chester Co > (Phoenixville Paper), but since he died in Phoenixille, I thought there > may be an obit in a Phoenixville paper, even if that's not the Eagle. > > Many thanks!! > > Ruth Riley > Mt Airy MD > RESEARCHING FORSTER, SPIREK in Chester and Montgomery Counties > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACHESTE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Would SKS please look up an obituary and see if it contains the date of death? I want to order a death certificate, but do not have the exact day of the month he died. Here is what I have - Published in Eagle paper on Sunday March 11, 1906 - Edward I Nangle, 412 S 11th, died at Phoenixville of heart failure. survived by Katie C - wife. I am not certain if the Eagle paper is a Reading paper or a Chester Co (Phoenixville Paper), but since he died in Phoenixille, I thought there may be an obit in a Phoenixville paper, even if that's not the Eagle. Many thanks!! Ruth Riley Mt Airy MD RESEARCHING FORSTER, SPIREK in Chester and Montgomery Counties __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Hello All, I have added another 20 pages to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.11/1094 - Release Date: 10/26/2007 8:50 AM