On page 814, Horace N. is mentioned as one of the eight children of Ephraim S. Rockwell. There is a bio on Ephraim. On Friday, September 10, 2004, at 12:50 AM, Chancelee March wrote: > For those willing and have the time....is there a Bio in this book for > any > Conn or Horace Rockwell? Thank you. Chancelee > >> From: "Annette Lynch" <all_lynch@hotmail.com> >> Reply-To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com >> To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [PACRAWFO] 1885 county history >> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:02:52 +0000 >> >> >> For those of you who are not familiar with the standard 1885 Crawford >> Co. >> history, here are a few notes which might make it easier to make >> inquiries: >> >> As Diana Watson said, it was published in 1885 >> >> It includes information about the county from its formation in 1800 to >> 1885. >> >> There are sections on the history of each township, including names of >> early settlers, early purchasers, etc. >> >> There is a biographical section. The biographies can vary from just a >> single paragraph to several pages per person. It appears that they >> were >> paid for by the person or family involved - a subscription, if you >> will, to >> have your bio. included in the book. Obviously, then, the bios cover >> only >> a tiny fraction of the population of the county. And, since they were >> submitted by people living here in 1885 when the book was published, >> it >> rarely includes detailed information about people who moved on early >> in the >> county's history. >> >> There is an every-name index, which was not original to the book. >> >> Reprints are still available, I believe, from the county historical >> society. >> >> >> >> ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== >> Looking for your ancestors in Crawford County? Visit the Crawford >> County, >> PA USGenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawfo >> >> ============================== >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > ~ SUBJECT LINES ~ > Think about it!! A picture's worth 1000 words; a Subject Line more! The > 4 W's: Who? What? When? and Where? Don't leave home without 'em! > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Looking for your ancestors in Crawford County? Visit the Crawford > County, > PA USGenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawfo > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Looking for your ancestors in Crawford County? Visit the Crawford > County, PA USGenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacrawfo > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >