Hiya Listers, I got this from rootsweb's email server and if I am reading the error message correctly..... the following didn't make it to the list. So..... I'm sending it along in case one of you can help Mel out. Excuse me if this did get thru and I didn't see it... (chuckle, I do that sometimes!) Anyway, send your response(s) to Mel at: lader@gwu.edu Thanks, Bob Puckett List manager for PAMONTOU & PACOLUMB. Hello, I am new to this list. My primary Drescher/Thrasher line is from Sullivan County, but while researching original church records in Dushore last week I found a notation that my g-g-grandfather, Adam Drescher, was born in Columbia County, not in Luzerne as previously thought. He was born to George and Catharine (Fox) Thrasher in 1815. By 1830, the family had moved to Cherry Township, Sullivan County. Does anyone have any information on the Drescher line from the early 19th Century in Columbia County? What is their connection, if any, with the Luzerne Drescher/Thrashers? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mel Lader Alexandra, VA

Hello, I am new to this list. My primary Drescher/Thrasher line is from Sullivan County, but while researching original church records in Dushore last week I found a notation that my g-g-grandfather, Adam Drescher, was born in Columbia County, not in Luzerne as previously thought. He was born to George and Catharine (Fox) Thrasher in 1815. By 1830, the family had moved to Cherry Township, Sullivan County. Does anyone have any information on the Drescher line from the early 19th Century in Columbia County? What is their connection, if any, with the Luzerne Drescher/Thrashers? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mel Lader Alexandra, VA

Message #2, Millie. Are there any CARRIHERs or variation thereof on the page of the church record you own? Barb

Millie, if you find out anythng about Hannah, let me know, Just curious because of a very complex situation that's oo long to go into and also too "iffy". Barb

Could anyone with any thing on school children from the Columbia County area please look up any of the BEAGLE children. They would not show up till at least after 1839. Thanks alot Anna Parker

In the 1910 census My great grad uncle Albert C Herbine is listed in Montour twp. Columbia County enumeration district 30 as being a hotel keeper. It also lists Cora Shephard as being his housekeeper but also says she works for the hotel so I am thinking he lived at the hotel. He was the black sheep of the family and my aunt only knows that no one talked about him and when he died he left 3 properties to my grandfather. My aunt suspects now that I have discovered Cora that it was because he was living with her but never married. Any information on Albert, Cora or this mystery hotel would be lovely. We do not know his death date but since my aunt remembers it and my dad does not it was after 1930 but before 1935. Thanks a bunch Sue

I pulled off the web in a Genealogy .com site ( so it is a paid site) a record from the Wilkes-Barre Record of Oct 29,1902 a listing of the children from the Nescopeck Schools with perfect attendance for the month of October. It goes from first primary to high school listing the number of children in each class and their teachers name and the high school principle but only lists the names of children with perfect attendance. ( my great grand father Fred Herbine was one of them ) My printer at the time was poor so the list will not scan well but I would be glad to do look ups for any one who thinks their ancestor had perfect attendance or was a teacher in 1902. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <MarcPit@aol.com> To: <PACOLUMB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:45 AM Subject: school children > I am curious about records of all school children and teachers. What is available and where? > > Marcy Pitkin > > ______________________________

Where can I get a copy of the Mooresburg Presbyterian Church History, 1834-1974? It lists Hannah Carter, 1852. (I have one sheet) Is this just that she was in attendance that year? Did she join that year? Your help would be appreciated! Millie Conrad

Can anyone tell me the maiden name of Hannah, wife of John Lunger. She is buried in the Old Chillesquaque Presbyterian Cemetery near Pottsgrove, PA. She died in 1830 (60 years old) according to reading in the Chillesquaque History (put out by the church). We went back to cemetery 2 times and the date she died is actually 1880. My supposition is that she is the daughter of William Carter - who is buried next to her. He names a daughter Hannah in his will which was written 1853. Can anyone help me with this person. Thanks. Millie Conrad

I am curious about records of all school children and teachers. What is available and where? Marcy Pitkin

Once upon a time I was able to access the readings of the Old Chillesquaque Cemetery (I can never remember which county it is in). I can't seem to find it now. Can anyone help? Thanks. Millie

I am curious as to whether there are any lists pertaining to any other years of school children. Anna Beagle, Heimbach, Watts, Adams,

In Hanna Black's will dated June 19, 1843 (Columbia, CO. PA) whe lists her children: Richard, William, Mary Gibson White intermarried with George Tyson, Jane intermarried with Jeremiah Black, James. Grandchildren John and Hannah, children of Richard.

I have a copy of 1 page of "Columbia County, Pennsylvania School Children, 1811 - 1829" by Harriette M. Wheeler. In this it lists children whose parents were not able to pay for their schooling. It gives "family name, following which are given the township, the year, and the children's names and ages." Black, James, Derry 1814; William, Mary; 1815; Mary 10. Does this read that William and Mary where James Black's children? Or does this read that James Black was in school in 1814, that William and Mary were in school in 1815 and that Mary was 10 year old? Does anyone know anything about these children? Who their parents were, etc." Thanks. Millie

In the book "Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties it lists a John BLACK as subscribing 1 pound to a "preaching subscription." Quote: Nov. 24, 1784, is the date of the oldest record extant containing a partial list of those who were first here. It was a subscription paper, drawn by Gen. William Montgomery's hand and entitled 'Preaching and Subscription.' It was not especially sectarian, and as all men in those days were deeply religious in faith and pined for the expounding of God's word, it is quite probable that the list contained nearly every head of a family then in the county who was able to subscribe towards the desired fund..........The list is here given in full, and following it is such an account of their descendants as it has been possible to gather from some of the oldest citizens." Does anyone know who this John Black is? Thanks. Millie

This message has been on here for months! Please delete it!! -----Original Message----- From: PACOLUMB-D-request@rootsweb.com <PACOLUMB-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: PACOLUMB-D@rootsweb.com <PACOLUMB-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 12:05 AM Subject: PACOLUMB-D Digest V01 #50

I found this entry in the social security death index. I am looking for family information on John Brobst. John Brobst Birth 20 Mar 1911 Death Jan 1979 Last residence 17815 (Bloomsburg, Columbia, PA) Issued Pennsylvania Visit the National Brobst/Probst Historical Registry http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~brobst/ Many different volunteer Brobst Family researchers have contributed to the vast collection of Brobstology names, dates, and places that comprise the history of the Brobst Family. The Registry is continually being updated. Brobst descendants: please submit your family lineage data to the Registry for inclusion. There are already about 35,000 names and over 7000 families, with 4700 Brobsts and 1900 Probsts, and bazillions of their spouses and relatives, back into the middle ages! ===== "Make a bet every day, otherwise you might walk around lucky and never know it." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/

Can anyone tell me how I locate church records for a Presbyterian Church in the Washingtonville area? I've been told it is now called Anthony Presbyterian Church. Also a Presbyterian church in Derry Twp. that is now a Mennonite church. Would they still have the Presbyterian records? I'm looking for a church where Jno Hendrickson was a pastor. He married my gggrandparents in 1843. Thanks. Millie

--part1_39.164e10d5.285c9ed4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_39.164e10d5.285c9ed4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Millieconrad@aol.com> From: Millieconrad@aol.com Full-name: Millieconrad Message-ID: <b9.f62ea74.285c94ae@aol.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 06:53:34 EDT Subject: Lookups To: PACOLUMB@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 124 Is there anyone who does lookups that could look up the will of John Black. Executors, Hannah and Richard Black. The year was 1833. I found this on page 67 of Wills and Administrations which I got at the Mormon Family History Center. Thanks! Also is anyone out there related to this Hannah and Richard? Millie --part1_39.164e10d5.285c9ed4_boundary--

Hiya Folks, Just got this yesterday and thought it might be of some interest to you. Bob Puckett List manager for PAMONTOU & PACOLUMB mailing lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cindy Kanny <tohw@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 7:34 PM Subject: Orphanage Roster on-line: Soldiers' Orphan Schools of Pennsylvania, 1902 > Dear PA County Listowners, > > I don't know if anyone on your lists would be interested in viewing the 1902 > roster from the Soldiers' Orphan Schools of PA or not, but thought I would > let you know just in case. Some of you may have known about this previously > and made a similar announcement already. In any case, I wanted to take this > opportunity to let each of you know the roster is now completely on-line in > the event you would like to view the roster yourselves, announce it to any > of your lists, and/or, add a link from the roster to any of your own county > webpages. > > For most, it is easiest to access this roster from the homepage: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome > > There is a link about midway down the homepage entitled "Orphanage Rosters"; > click on this link to access the 1902 roster. > > Alternatively, and for your convenience, I have provided a link directly to > the PA counties page here as well; the url flows on to two lines and may > pose difficulties for some: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome/rosters/rostpasolorph.h tm > > Additionally, uploaded with the roster is a transcription of a few pages of > text from the SOS Annual Report for 1902 describing the schools, classes > taught, student activities, names of the honor students & scholarships, 3 > children who died that year (I added memorial & notes pages for these latter > students as well), and a report from the Medical Department of the > schools --- relating illnesses, accidents, general health. A number of > students are mentioned by name. > > The roster itself provides the names of the children, birthdates, date of > admission to the orphanage, father's name and record of service in the > military, whether father/mother is living or dead, name of > person/institution in charge of admitting each child and P.O. Address of > applicant. > > As always, if any of you come across orphan listings from censuses, rosters, > or wherever, feel free to pass them on to me -- if you choose to do so -- > for transcription. Also, if any of you do have a place for orphanages at > your own websites, please let me know: my own site is not geared toward > orphanages per se, but I can pass what does come my way in this regard on to > you for your own websites. > > Thanks very much, > > Cindy Kanny > The Orphans' Home Website > http://freepages.genealogy.roostweb.com/~orphanshome