now you misspelled Higginson: it should be www.higginsonbooks.com. They do photocopies of lots of hard-to-find books. Reprints are usually more legible, but are often not available. Bill Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Mealy" <wordengen@hotmail.com> To: <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [PACRAWFO] 1885 county history > > Sorry to all. I forgot theb. it is www. higgonsonbooks.com > > Nicole > > >From: "Ron" <kssr2@comcast.net> > >Reply-To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com > >To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [PACRAWFO] 1885 county history > >Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:18:15 -0400 > > > >Nicole can't get this address to work. > >www.higginsonooks.com > >Thanks for your help > >Ron Kelsey > >kssr2@comcast.net > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Mealy" <wordengen@hotmail.com> > >To: <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 2:41 PM > >Subject: RE: [PACRAWFO] 1885 county history > > > > > >>Not sure if you can still get them from the historical society or not. I > >>do know that it is for sale at www.higginsonooks.com > >> > >>PA0017- > >>HISTORY OF CRAWFORD CO > >>Containing a Hist. of the Co.; its Twps., Towns...etc., > >>Portraits of Early Settlers & Prominent Men, Biogr., etc. > >>1186p. (1885) 1990. $119.50 > >> > >>Nicole Mealy > >> > >>>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 > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > This List is dedicated to Crawford County, Pennsylvania. If have a problem, question, need direction or to report a virus, please contact Teri off list at sanchoinc@houston.rr.com > > ============================== > 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 > > >