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/