Hello Michelle! My name is Grant Berry, and I think I can help with some information about Morrisdale PA. My Grandfather, Thomas Berry, was a coal miner who lived in Morrisdale. Morrisdale is very much in existence - my wife and I visited and drove around a bit, including visits to 2 cemeteries, about 6 months ago. My Grandfather Thomas Berry and Uncle Norman Berry are buried in one cemetery, and my Grandmother Sidonia Moreau Berry and her mother Sidonie Moreau are buried in "the Catholic cemetery". My father, Grant Sr., was born and grew up in Morrisdale. After graduating from Lock Haven Normal School (later Lock Haven State College, then Lock Haven University) he returned to teach in the Elementary School at Allport. The Route 53 you mentioned is very familiar. It ran directly in front of my Grandfather's House, directly across from Bailey's Store and catty corner from Al Shannon's "beer garden". Hope this information helps. If you have questions, I will try to answer them, although I know Morrisdale only from memories of my visits to my Grandfather's house over the years - many years ago. .........Grant Berry Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist and poet Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. SURGE OUR TROOPS HOME !!! In a message dated 7/15/2007 11:46:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, cunhel@comcast.net writes: Hello, Group: I was at the post office in Billerica, MA, waiting to mail a package and the person in front of me was sending something to Moshannon, PA and asked for a zip code. That got my attention, because my mother grew up in Grassflat, PA and I knew it was not far. I started a conversation with the person in front of me while the clerk got the zip code. She said that the package was actually going to Morrisdale, but The postal worker was not able to find a zip code for that town. Boy, did that ever get my attention. I told her about my quest to find ancestors and that the brother of my 4th great-grandmother was born in Morrisdale, but I was never able to locate it. That is when the postal worker "discovered" the postal worker came up with a zip code for "Morrisdale, PA, 16858. It is about 15 miles South/West of Moshannon, off of Allport-Bigler Road (53.), just North of Allport. Even my Mom, who grew up in the area didn't know where it was! If anybody else knows anything about the town (even if it is a ghost town) I would welcome some info. Now This puts that family in the area in the 1790-1800 time frame. I did not think that the area was so settled back then. Michele ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour