Thanks--looks like Cumberland would have been 13 x 15.5. This will certainly help. On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Michael Klinosky <mpk2@enter.net> wrote: > On 07/21/2012 08:02 AM, Nora Avery wrote: > > What was the original size of it in paper form? (8.5 x 11 seems too small > > to read the history of the county, but I'm not sure what the size would > > have been.) > > This page gives several examples of the work of Beers publishing -- > http://mapsofpa.com/atlaslist.htm > > This site actually sells reprints (and should know some details of the > originals) -- > http://www.historicmapworks.com/ > > ------------------------------- > > DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post your reply to the list. > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list. To search the list > archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain > other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please > click on the following link to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

And this one looks interesting -- http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all/who/Beers,%20F.%20W.%20%28Frederick%20W.%29 If that link doesn't work, go to the main page and explore -- http://www.davidrumsey.com/

On 07/21/2012 08:02 AM, Nora Avery wrote: > What was the original size of it in paper form? (8.5 x 11 seems too small > to read the history of the county, but I'm not sure what the size would > have been.) This page gives several examples of the work of Beers publishing -- http://mapsofpa.com/atlaslist.htm This site actually sells reprints (and should know some details of the originals) -- http://www.historicmapworks.com/

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Laura BIXLER SIMONTON which was taken at the Lenney Studio in Newport, Pennsylvania. I believe the photograph was taken in the 1880's and that Laura was probably in her teens or 20's at the time. Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information regarding Laura and her family: Laura E. BIXLER was b. 1861 in Perry Co., PA to parents Jacob BIXLER (b. 26 Aug 1834-1895) and Eleanor LYONS (b. 21 Nov 1836 in PA-1882). Laura was one of 11 children born to this couple including, Jerome Riley; Joseph Fillmore; Laura E.; Lewis; David Lyons; Sarah Jennie; Mary Magdalena; Susan or Elsie; Alice Anna; Emma; and Jacob BIXLER, all born between 1857 and 1879. Laura married Calvin E. SIMONTON (b. Jul 1865 in Harrisburg, PA son of Hamilton & Elizabeth SIMONTON) and together they had a son, Paul B. SIMONTON b. 1895. Laura died in 1943 and is buried at the East Harrisburg Cemetery in Harrisburg, PA. Son Paul died in 1968. Census records provide the following details: 1870 census of Saville Township, PA: Jacob BIXLER, age 35, a Farmer, born PA Ellen BIXLER, age 34, Keeps House, born PA Jerome BIXLER, age 12, born PA Joseph BIXLER, age 10, born PA Laura BIXLER, age 8, born PA David BIXLER, age 6, born PA Sarah BIXLER, age 4, born PA Mary BIXLER, age 2, born PA Susan BIXLER, age 1, born PA And living directly next door - Henry & Sarah BIXLER and their 6 children 1880 census of New Bloomfield, PA: Laura BIXLER, age 18, a Domestic Servant, born PA, parents born PA I am hoping to locate someone from Laura's family so that this wonderful old treasure can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

I have a digital version of F.W. Beers, & Co. 1872 Atlas. This one happens to be of Cumberland Co. Pennsylvania, but the question I'm asking could apply to any county. What was the original size of it in paper form? (8.5 x 11 seems too small to read the history of the county, but I'm not sure what the size would have been.) I am asking because I'm trying to convert the scale of miles (20 rods to the inch) to gauge how far a piece of property is from an intersection. If I knew how big the paper used to publish the book was then I could calculate everything out. Thank you. Nora

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Thanks for the quick reply David. I too am retired. First from USN then University of North Florida then Lowe's Corporation.  Guess that makes me a triple dipper.  Like you I am pretty sure I am retired for good this time. None of the names you mentioned are in my tree as far as I know so far but you never know when a cousin will appear. Glad you picked up the dauphin list. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: padauphi@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:34:57 PM Subject: Re: [Dauphin Co PA] New List Admin Ray,   I have multiple surname lines who passed through Pennsylvania, most of whom arrived in the Philadelphia area then spread out from there all over the colony/state.  Wynne/Wynn, Markley/Merkle, Vance and Schottler come to mind, but there are many others as well.   No, I do not live in Dauphin County, I’m in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D. C., where I retired from the      USMC more than a couple of years ago and never went back to California.  I’ve since retired from the business community as well.   David E. Cann decann@infionline.net   From: cove_man@comcast.net [mailto:cove_man@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:00 PM To: padauphi@rootsweb.com Cc: decann@infionline.net Subject: Re: [Dauphin Co PA] New List Admin   Hello David, I am an admin to. All my lists are names however. I've never had a "place" list. One thing I am curious about.  Usually people who admin name lists have that name somewhere in their family tree.  Do you, as the Dauphin County list admin live in the county? My main reason for asking is to find out if you have access to all the records stored there.  Not that I plan on bombarding you.  I'm just curious for future reference. Regards, Ray Richard (Reichert) ps. my family left Dauphin around the beginning of the 1800's but I still have a lot to learn there.   ------------------------------- DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC:  The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post your reply to the list. LIST INFORMATION PAGE:  Contact the List Admin at padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list.  To search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello David, I am an admin to. All my lists are names however. I've never had a "place" list. One thing I am curious about.  Usually people who admin name lists have that name somewhere in their family tree.  Do you, as the Dauphin County list admin live in the county? My main reason for asking is to find out if you have access to all the records stored there.  Not that I plan on bombarding you.  I'm just curious for future reference. Regards, Ray Richard (Reichert) ps. my family left Dauphin around the beginning of the 1800's but I still have a lot to learn there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: "Dauphin Co., PA List Posting" <padauphi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 4:07:00 PM Subject: [Dauphin Co PA] New List Admin This is just a note to introduce myself as the new List Admin of this list as of a short while ago.  I have been a volunteer List and Board Admin for RootsWeb for a dozen years or more though, so even though new to this list I am hardly new to administering them.   I'm a retiree now, so am lurking in the background keeping an eye on things much of an average day these days, but if you ask my wife I'm "in front of that computer all day."  I am  also a very active genealogist as well, just like most of you are, and I will jump into the conversation whenever I have something to offer just as most of the rest of you do.  As for list workings and such, I try to keep things going according to all of RootsWeb's commonly accepted guidelines and practices just as any other list you may be on, so you will not see any changes in that respect. I look forward to meeting and working with you all in the coming weeks and months, and also to sharing our mutual enjoyment (or is it "obsession?") for genealogy.  If you need any help with a list operation problem, please contact me at any time by writing to the Admin's address in my signature lines below, or simply post it to the list if it pertains to appropriate genealogy or history of general interest to other subscribers. David E. Cann padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com Admin of the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania mailing list on RootsWeb List information: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html   ------------------------------- DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC:  The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post your reply to the list. LIST INFORMATION PAGE:  Contact the List Admin at padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list.  To search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have done research in Lancaster County at the Lancaster Historical Society which presently is located in downtown Lancaster. Their archives are excellently organized and the people were extremely helpful to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Lowe" <richlowe@web-iowa.com> To: <padauphi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:29 PM Subject: [Dauphin Co PA] Help Planning Research Trip > I'm planning a research trip east in mid-September and plan to have a > couple days to do some digging on my maternal Johnson/Johnston line. I > would appreciate some guidance from those who have done on-site > research in the area regarding where I can best spend my limited time > while in the area. > > My earliest known direct ancestor from this line was my > ggg-grandfather James Johnson aka Johnston, b. 1748 PA? d. 1836 OH > (his wife Mary McCord b. 1753 PA? d 1843 OH). They lived in the West > Hanover part of Lancaster County that eventually became Dauphin County > in 1785 . Allied families included Crain or Crean, McCord and Sawyer. > All of those surnames appear within a census page of each other in the > 1790 Dauphin Co Federal Census in "unidentified township". All of > those families that made up my line moved on to Warren Co OH around > 1800, then to Fountain Co IN in the late 1820s and some on to Iowa in > the late 1830s where my Johnson line goes back my to gg-grandfather > William Johnson (son of James and Mary) who is buried just a few miles > from my home. > > I have no info on the parents of either either my ggg-gf James Johnson > or his wife Mary McCord Johnson. This is the main goal of my trip. > (DNA testing has suggested my Johnsons were Scotch-Irish) > > My hope is that there might be probate records or church records that > I could examine locally that may turn up what so far has been an > elusive search. Several of their children are listed in birth and > baptismal records in the book "Early History of Old Hanover Church" by > Rev. Thomas H. Robinson. > > Since the lived originally in Lancaster County and later in what > became Dauphin County, where should I be searching? Would probate > records up until 1785 be in Lancaster County or would they have ended > up in Dauphin County records? What other records am I overlooking that > could lead to their parents? > > My James Johnston's father could have died before or after 1785 so I > suspect I'll need to search both areas IF probate, land records, > church records etc stayed with the original county. > > I would welcome some guidance and suggestions which might help my > chances of success during be visit there. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Rich Lowe > > ------------------------------- > > DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history > information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message before you post your reply to the list. > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at > padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list. To search the list > archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain > other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please > click on the following link to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > >

Rich Lowe, have we ever corresponded before on some of the surnames you are looking for? I sent someone ( from Iowa) photographs of Crains, McCords, Sawyer from East Hanover Twp. and the Old Hanover Church, also some photos from the old Derry Presbyterian Church cemetery at Hershey. My uncle is one of the trustees of the old Hanover Church cemetery. I have asked him about old, old records. He says they don't know what became of them. I wonder who "holds" records for the Presbyterian denomination. Beverly Walmer Wyld On Jul 11, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Rich Lowe wrote: > I'm planning a research trip east in mid-September and plan to have a > couple days to do some digging on my maternal Johnson/Johnston line. I > would appreciate some guidance from those who have done on-site > research in the area regarding where I can best spend my limited time > while in the area. > > My earliest known direct ancestor from this line was my > ggg-grandfather James Johnson aka Johnston, b. 1748 PA? d. 1836 OH > (his wife Mary McCord b. 1753 PA? d 1843 OH). They lived in the West > Hanover part of Lancaster County that eventually became Dauphin County > in 1785 . Allied families included Crain or Crean, McCord and Sawyer. > All of those surnames appear within a census page of each other in the > 1790 Dauphin Co Federal Census in "unidentified township". All of > those families that made up my line moved on to Warren Co OH around > 1800, then to Fountain Co IN in the late 1820s and some on to Iowa in > the late 1830s where my Johnson line goes back my to gg-grandfather > William Johnson (son of James and Mary) who is buried just a few miles > from my home. > > I have no info on the parents of either either my ggg-gf James Johnson > or his wife Mary McCord Johnson. This is the main goal of my trip. > (DNA testing has suggested my Johnsons were Scotch-Irish) > > My hope is that there might be probate records or church records that > I could examine locally that may turn up what so far has been an > elusive search. Several of their children are listed in birth and > baptismal records in the book "Early History of Old Hanover Church" by > Rev. Thomas H. Robinson. > > Since the lived originally in Lancaster County and later in what > became Dauphin County, where should I be searching? Would probate > records up until 1785 be in Lancaster County or would they have ended > up in Dauphin County records? What other records am I overlooking that > could lead to their parents? > > My James Johnston's father could have died before or after 1785 so I > suspect I'll need to search both areas IF probate, land records, > church records etc stayed with the original county. > > I would welcome some guidance and suggestions which might help my > chances of success during be visit there. > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Rich Lowe > > ------------------------------- > > DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post your reply to the list. > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list. To search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think you did, Beverly send me that info. While I don't find your email in a search of past messages, I do know some kind lady sent me gravestone photos and even a booklet and other copies of records. It's been quite a few years ago now but they were most helpful in many ways. They helped me get this far but now I really want to know who the parents were and siblings. I'm hoping to learn from those on this list my best options for on-site research while in the area. Where best to go and what to find there. The historical society, for example, or directly to the courthouses? And why? Thanks again for helping a stranger many moons ago! I am a GenWeb volunteer back in Iowa and have been for more than a decade so know that helping others with their research needs often is repayment for similar help coming from the other direction. Rich Lowe On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:42 PM, Beverly Wyld <bawyld@verizon.net> wrote: > Rich Lowe, have we ever corresponded before on some of the surnames you are looking for? I sent someone ( from Iowa) photographs of Crains, McCords, Sawyer from East Hanover Twp. and the Old Hanover Church, also some photos from the old Derry Presbyterian Church cemetery at Hershey. My uncle is one of the trustees of the old Hanover Church cemetery. I have asked him about old, old records. He says they don't know what became of them. I wonder who "holds" records for the Presbyterian denomination. > Beverly Walmer Wyld > On Jul 11, 2012, at 5:29 PM, Rich Lowe wrote: > >> I'm planning a research trip east in mid-September and plan to have a >> couple days to do some digging on my maternal Johnson/Johnston line. I >> would appreciate some guidance from those who have done on-site >> research in the area regarding where I can best spend my limited time >> while in the area. >> >> My earliest known direct ancestor from this line was my >> ggg-grandfather James Johnson aka Johnston, b. 1748 PA? d. 1836 OH >> (his wife Mary McCord b. 1753 PA? d 1843 OH). They lived in the West >> Hanover part of Lancaster County that eventually became Dauphin County >> in 1785 . Allied families included Crain or Crean, McCord and Sawyer. >> All of those surnames appear within a census page of each other in the >> 1790 Dauphin Co Federal Census in "unidentified township". All of >> those families that made up my line moved on to Warren Co OH around >> 1800, then to Fountain Co IN in the late 1820s and some on to Iowa in >> the late 1830s where my Johnson line goes back my to gg-grandfather >> William Johnson (son of James and Mary) who is buried just a few miles >> from my home. >> >> I have no info on the parents of either either my ggg-gf James Johnson >> or his wife Mary McCord Johnson. This is the main goal of my trip. >> (DNA testing has suggested my Johnsons were Scotch-Irish) >> >> My hope is that there might be probate records or church records that >> I could examine locally that may turn up what so far has been an >> elusive search. Several of their children are listed in birth and >> baptismal records in the book "Early History of Old Hanover Church" by >> Rev. Thomas H. Robinson. >> >> Since the lived originally in Lancaster County and later in what >> became Dauphin County, where should I be searching? Would probate >> records up until 1785 be in Lancaster County or would they have ended >> up in Dauphin County records? What other records am I overlooking that >> could lead to their parents? >> >> My James Johnston's father could have died before or after 1785 so I >> suspect I'll need to search both areas IF probate, land records, >> church records etc stayed with the original county. >> >> I would welcome some guidance and suggestions which might help my >> chances of success during be visit there. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Rich Lowe >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST >> >> LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. >> >> WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post your reply to the list. >> >> LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list. To search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADAUPHI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > > DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Dauphin County at any point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post your reply to the list. > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com privately off list. 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Ray, I have multiple surname lines who passed through Pennsylvania, most of whom arrived in the Philadelphia area then spread out from there all over the colony/state. Wynne/Wynn, Markley/Merkle, Vance and Schottler come to mind, but there are many others as well. No, I do not live in Dauphin County, I’m in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D. C., where I retired from the USMC more than a couple of years ago and never went back to California. I’ve since retired from the business community as well. David E. Cann decann@infionline.net From: cove_man@comcast.net [mailto:cove_man@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:00 PM To: padauphi@rootsweb.com Cc: decann@infionline.net Subject: Re: [Dauphin Co PA] New List Admin Hello David, I am an admin to. All my lists are names however. I've never had a "place" list. One thing I am curious about. Usually people who admin name lists have that name somewhere in their family tree. Do you, as the Dauphin County list admin live in the county? My main reason for asking is to find out if you have access to all the records stored there. Not that I plan on bombarding you. I'm just curious for future reference. Regards, Ray Richard (Reichert) ps. my family left Dauphin around the beginning of the 1800's but I still have a lot to learn there.

I'm planning a research trip east in mid-September and plan to have a couple days to do some digging on my maternal Johnson/Johnston line. I would appreciate some guidance from those who have done on-site research in the area regarding where I can best spend my limited time while in the area. My earliest known direct ancestor from this line was my ggg-grandfather James Johnson aka Johnston, b. 1748 PA? d. 1836 OH (his wife Mary McCord b. 1753 PA? d 1843 OH). They lived in the West Hanover part of Lancaster County that eventually became Dauphin County in 1785 . Allied families included Crain or Crean, McCord and Sawyer. All of those surnames appear within a census page of each other in the 1790 Dauphin Co Federal Census in "unidentified township". All of those families that made up my line moved on to Warren Co OH around 1800, then to Fountain Co IN in the late 1820s and some on to Iowa in the late 1830s where my Johnson line goes back my to gg-grandfather William Johnson (son of James and Mary) who is buried just a few miles from my home. I have no info on the parents of either either my ggg-gf James Johnson or his wife Mary McCord Johnson. This is the main goal of my trip. (DNA testing has suggested my Johnsons were Scotch-Irish) My hope is that there might be probate records or church records that I could examine locally that may turn up what so far has been an elusive search. Several of their children are listed in birth and baptismal records in the book "Early History of Old Hanover Church" by Rev. Thomas H. Robinson. Since the lived originally in Lancaster County and later in what became Dauphin County, where should I be searching? Would probate records up until 1785 be in Lancaster County or would they have ended up in Dauphin County records? What other records am I overlooking that could lead to their parents? My James Johnston's father could have died before or after 1785 so I suspect I'll need to search both areas IF probate, land records, church records etc stayed with the original county. I would welcome some guidance and suggestions which might help my chances of success during be visit there. Thanks in advance for any help. Rich Lowe

This is just a note to introduce myself as the new List Admin of this list as of a short while ago. I have been a volunteer List and Board Admin for RootsWeb for a dozen years or more though, so even though new to this list I am hardly new to administering them. I'm a retiree now, so am lurking in the background keeping an eye on things much of an average day these days, but if you ask my wife I'm "in front of that computer all day." I am also a very active genealogist as well, just like most of you are, and I will jump into the conversation whenever I have something to offer just as most of the rest of you do. As for list workings and such, I try to keep things going according to all of RootsWeb's commonly accepted guidelines and practices just as any other list you may be on, so you will not see any changes in that respect. I look forward to meeting and working with you all in the coming weeks and months, and also to sharing our mutual enjoyment (or is it "obsession?") for genealogy. If you need any help with a list operation problem, please contact me at any time by writing to the Admin's address in my signature lines below, or simply post it to the list if it pertains to appropriate genealogy or history of general interest to other subscribers. David E. Cann padauphi-admin@rootsweb.com Admin of the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania mailing list on RootsWeb List information: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/usa/PA/dauphin.html

Hello Folks: This is an invitation to the 83rd Annual Brownawell / Brownewell Family Reunion to be held on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at Lupfer's Grove, Shermansdale, Carroll Twp., Perry Co., PA.. We'll be eating at 1:00 p.m.. The reunion will provide the baked ham, fried chicken, rolls, drink and placesettings. Please bring a covered dish or two to share, tablecloth, and your appetite. Each person/family is also asked to bring at least one item to be auctioned off during our White Elephant Sale and at least one food item to be placed in a large basket, to be raffled off to help defer the reunion expenses. The 2012 Reunion Officers: President: Paulette Killinger Barclay Vice-President: William J. Brownewell Secretary / Treasurer / Historian: Donna Heller Zinn Games: Karen Campbell I'm hoping that you will be able to help us spread the word of this reunion. Our family members are spread out all over Pennsylvania, and the United States, and even into Australia. We're trying to reunite and locate many of the families that we have lost contact with over the past 83 years. Feel free to forward this notice. THANKS! Donna Heller Zinn 248 Whiskey Run Rd. Newville PA 17241-8612 (717) 776-6403 - home (717) 422-6378 - cell djzinn@pa.net Historian of the Brownawell / Brownewell Family Reunion

Is there anyone on the list that has a copy of the book “Records of Shoops Church” by Frederick S Weiser that would be able to do a look up for me? I am interested in anyone with the surname of Ressel or Russel that might appear in the records of the church prior to 1882. I have tried to get a copy through inter-library loan but the only library that has it will not participate in inter-library loan. Ray Rhoads

Hello Fellow Listers: The below forwarded request was received by The Perry Historians. I was able to find a brief death notice in the Perry County Democrat dated 15-Aug-1945 for Adda Jane Patterson and seen that she and her parents were to be residing in Royalton, Dauphin County. Since the lists do not allow attachments, I will transcribe the death notice as found: Perry County Democrat - 15-Aug-1945 The sad news of the death of Miss Adda Jane Patterson, 31, of Royalton, was received here Sunday by her uncle, Amose Dum. She was Lt. (jg.) in the Navy and was transferred from New York City to Seattle, Wash. and was killed ina train wreck at Michigan, North Dakota, Thursday. Surviving her are her parents, William and Mary Dum Patterson, a sister Betty, Mrs. John Rhinesmith, Royalton, and a brother, William Patterson of the Medical Corps, France. She was a graduate of Bucknell University and received her Master Degree at Columbia University and was a teacher in the Middletown High School before joining the Waves almost three years ago. The family, formerly from Landisburg have the sincere sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. Funeral arrangements not known yet. Burial will be in the Landisburg Cemetery. (note: I did not find a tombstone transcript for Adda in the Landisburg Cemetery, so presume she may in fact be buried in Dauphin County???) I'm hoping that the word will get to Adda's relatives through this notice. Donna Heller Zinn volunteer / director of The Perry Historians ----- Original Message ----- From: <grinch@polarcomm.com> To: Staff@ThePerryHistorians.org Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:41 PM Subject: question about Adda Jane Patterson > Hi, > My name is Maria Vasichek. I live in Michigan, ND. In 1945, we had a train crash here that killed 34 people. Adda Jane Patterson (1913-1945) was one of them. She is buried in the Landisburg, PA Cemetery. I am trying hard to find her surviving relatives. I would like to invite them to the dedication ceremony of the new granite monument that our community club recently purchased in memory of the train crash. The dedication will be held on July 21st, 2012. Could you please help me? > > I would very much appreciate it. > > Maria Vasichek > Michigan, ND > 701 259-2289 > grinch@polarcomm.com >

You're Invited to The 59th Annual Zinn Reunion On Sunday, June 24, 2012 Eating at 2:00 p.m. at Marvin and Donna Zinn's at 248 Whiskey Run Rd., Newville, PA. 17241 and Dean and Sue Zinn's at 250 Whiskey Run Rd., Newville, PA. 17241 Hamburgers, hotdogs, fried chicken, rolls, placesettings and drinks provided. Bring a covered dish. or two to share, your lawn chairs, bathing suits, towels. and of course . your appetite! We'll be having the Food Basket Drawing again. so bring those food items along. Once the basket full of goodies is filled, we'll have a raffle to help cover the reunion expenses. The winner of the basket at last year's reunion was Ernie Smith. Come see who will win it at the 2012 Reunion!! The officers for the 2012 Reunion are: President - Marvin Zinn (717) 776-6403 Vice-President - Dean Zinn (717) 776-5270 Secretary / Historian - Donna Heller Zinn (717) 776-6403 / djzinn@pa.net Treasurer - Peggy Kelley Holsinger (717) 776-7590 Games - Christine Zinn (717) 385-0868 Look forward to seein' you here! Donna Ps. Please forward this invite to others in the family that may not have received a mailing. Thanks!

Am seeing descendants of Benjamin Hoffer Lutz (b1873-d?) who married Lydia Viola Farner (b1876-d?) They lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, had about 10 or 11 children. Some of their children moved to Dauphin County and other parts of PA. Would like to touch base with someone of this line to fill in some gaps. Thank you. Nora -- Nora Avery Florida

Hello! I am trying to locate information on my great-great-grandfather's sister, Maude Towson (also spelled Towsen). Her parents were Charles Towson and Frances Tarr, and the siblings who lived to adulthood were: Charles W., Edward C., Thomas Walton, George Henry, and May Emma. Charles, Edward, and George were born in Baltimore 1869-1881, but George and May were born in Harrisburg. I do not know where she was born, or when. She appears in an 1889 city directory of Harrisburg alongside her father and brother, Charles W., as "Towsen, Maude, trimmer, 334 Market, h 1038 S Cameron". I don't know whether she appears in any other city directories, but I would be happy to know. I also have several newspaper references from Baltimore that appear to be about her. Right after her mother's dead in 1911, a "Mrs. Maud Hirsch is the guest of her father Charles Towson." This is at the same time as Thomas was visiting his father. Later, in 1916, she was referred to as Mrs. John H. Sell of New York, though it said she lived in Harrisburg. In her father's 1919 obituary, she was called "Mrs. John Seel of Des Moines, Iowa". I also found a couple of newspaper references that may or may not be her, that refer to a scandal where a "Maud Towson" married an already married man named Gustav(e) Herzig. She claims he convinced her to marry him, he claims she drugged him. He also says that he was picked up by her brother Edward, taken to her father's home (in one article called James) at 1401 S 11th St. (at the time, my Towsons were living at 1401 S Cameron) and introduced to a "Brother Bill" (all the articles referred to him with quotes) before being beaten. Maude later had him arrested in New Jersey (where they were married) for bigamy. In one of the articles, Gustav claimed that it was all a conspiracy by his competitor (who, Gustav claimed, had feelings for Maude) David Hirsch. If anyone can provide me any information on Maude, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you! Libby