Hello All, I have added another 30 pages to the book "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com I also added a map from another book I have been scanning. It shows the land purchases PA made from the American Indians along with the dates. You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.3/986 - Release Date: 9/3/2007 9:31 AM

Thanks to all who helped me with an obit for Paul Ellis. It helped solve a mystery for a friend who lives in England. Dalice -----Original Message----- From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of LDSdeseretrose@aol.com Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 10:57 PM To: padauphi@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Obit from Harrisburg newspaper it would likely be in the Patriot News... Try looking up the Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA online...They have an archives section. Kathy in Las Vegas ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- 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

.............................................................................. ....................................... Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - November 9, 2001 Deceased Name: Paul R. Ellis MIFFLIN -- Paul R. "Hobo Mac" Ellis, 91, of Mifflin, died Nov. 2 in Lewistown Hospital. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a Roman Catholic. There are no immediate survivors. Services will be held at 11 a.m. today in Brown Funeral Home, Mifflintown. Burial, with full military honors, will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. Viewing will be from 10 to 11 a.m. today in the funeral home. .............................................................................. .............................................. In a message dated 9/2/2007 10:33:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dfadden@ptd.net writes: Can anyone help me get an obit from the Harrisburg newspaper for Paul Ellis? According to Obituary Daily Times it ran on 9 Nov 2001. Dalice ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

it would likely be in the Patriot News... Try looking up the Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA online...They have an archives section. Kathy in Las Vegas ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Can anyone help me get an obit from the Harrisburg newspaper for Paul Ellis? According to Obituary Daily Times it ran on 9 Nov 2001. Dalice

Hello All, I have begun scanning and uploading another public domain book. This one is titled "Pennsylvania The Keystone" and is from 1914. It is available at http://www.midatlanticarchives.com You can click on the link on the index page to jump to the start of the most recently added section. Alan RESEARCHING: Buckingham, Gilpin, Eastburn, Jeanes, Nowland, Wade, Creswell, Abernathy and related families No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/981 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 6:13 AM

If you have Eastern Star in your family, you're going to find Masons. You may even find the emblems on tombstones. You probably won't get a lot of information from the records either. http://www.easternstar.org/oes/oeshistory.html The history of the Eastern Star is divided into three Eras: 1. The First Era extended from 1850 to 1866, under the leadership of Dr. Rob Morris, Poet Laureate of Masonry. 2. The Second Era extended from 1860 to 1876, under the leadership of Robert Macoy of New York. 3. The Third Era extends from 1876, when the General Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, was established to the present time. http://www.easternstar.org/oes/join.html Who may join: Only men who are Masons are eligible and only women with specific Masonic affiliation may be members. These affiliations include: * Affiliated Master Masons in good standing, * the wives * daughters * legally adopted daughters * mothers * widows * sisters * half sisters * granddaughters * stepmothers * stepdaughters * stepsisters * daughters-in-law * grandmothers * great granddaughters * nieces * great nieces * mothers-in-law * sisters-in-law and daughters of sisters or brothers of affiliated Master Masons in good standing, or if deceased were in good standing at the time of their death; as well as members - either active for three(3) years or majority - of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls or of the International Order of Job's daughters, each of whom having attained to at least the age of eighteen (18) years, are eligible to membership in the Order of the Eastern Star. ewintr wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization > called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I > have found some ancestors who were members but know > nothing about this organization. Is there any way to > contact them and obtain genealogical information on an > ancestor? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > >

The National Archives and Records Administration has raised the fees for > > obtaining copies of records. The old NATF-80 form has been discontinued. > > Major genealogical records and costs are: > > > > Passenger Arrival Lists (NATF 81), $25 > > Federal Census requests (NATF 82), $25 > > Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims (NATF 83), $25 > > Land entry records (NATF 84), $40 > > Full Pension File (Civil War and after, more than 75 years old), up to 100 > > pages (NATF 85), $75 > > Full Pension File (pre-Civil War) (NATF 85), $25 > > Pension Documents Packet containing only selected records (NATF 85), $25 > > Bounty land warrant application files (NATF 85), $25 > > Military service files more than 75 years old (NATF 86), $25. > > > > You can obtain copies of the forms from > > www.archives.gov/contact/inquire-form.html. More details about the rate > > increase are available from the Federal Register, Volume 72, No. 159, > > Friday, August 17, 2007, Rules and Regulations, 46145. > > > > _____________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "George F. Nagle" <editor@afrolumens.org> To: <padauphi@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Civil War service question > You may request Civil War veterans' records from the National Archives by > mail or online. Details are at the link below: > http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/civil-war/index.html#mail > > Use form NATF-85 for pension files, which are the most useful for genealogy. > Use NATF-86 for military files. Military files sound as if they would be > more detailed, but I have found pension files to have much more material, > including letters home and such. The cost to have file copied, up to 100 > pages is $75. Wow, it was $35 when I started ordering pension files, about > 15 years ago. You need to know your ancestor's name and regiment, and if > you know the company as well, that helps. It takes a long time to get > reply, more than eight weeks, but sometimes you get a very fat manila > envelope stuffed full, in the mailbox as a reward. If they can't find a > file, they return your check or credit your account. > > -----Original Message----- > From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Nrtennison@aol.com > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:02 PM > To: padauphi@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Civil War service question > > > In a message dated 8/25/2007 4:30:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > cozycottage2005@bellsouth.net writes: > > Nelson, > Thanks for the information. I have some questions about where you found the > information: > (1)How were you able to look up the PA States Archives Card Files? Am I > able to do the same thing from my computer? > (2)Since I live in Florida, going to the Nat'l Archives in WashDC is out of > the question. So since I do have the pension application numbers, how can I > retrieve the original documentation? > Thanks, > Nora > Florida > > > > > Yes Nora, the Civil War Veteran's Card Files are online now. Here's the URL > > _http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/_ > (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/) > > Click on explore historical records, then Civil War Veteran card files and > browse thru the name menu or enter the surname in the search engine. > > About the national archives records. There are several companies for hire > that search your pension records, but it gets pretty expensive. Try a google > search. I can't think of the one I used years ago, but it costs like $150. > They send you their roll call cards and the works. If they lost any weapons > or were charged for anything lost. > > I don't think the Archives themselves search for hire? > > I've been there several times. > > Nelson > Pennsylvania > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Many thanks to all who replied to my question. These seem to be very active, helpful mailing lists!!! It sounds as though contacting the organization will not yield any help regarding my ancestors though since they would not reveal anything about their members. I thoroughly enjoyed going to the web site and viewing the clothing styles of the women in earlier eras!! I can only imagine how grand my ancestors must have looked in their finest!! I know that several members of my direct line ( ZEIGLER ) were members, and my step-grandfather ( Donald REED ) was also a member. Time period for them would have been 1880-1950 or so. Thank you all again for the information, Elizabeth ==================================================== --- Barbara <brivas1@cox.net> wrote: > If you have Eastern Star in your family, you're > going to find Masons. > You may even find the emblems on tombstones. You > probably won't get a > lot of information from the records either. > > http://www.easternstar.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC

I forgot to add that the organization might be able to tell you the name of the Mason on whose membership she joined but they probably will not as that would possibly reveal one of their secrets. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "ewintr" <ewintr@yahoo.com> To: <PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com> Cc: <PADAUPHI-HISTORY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:15 AM Subject: [PADAUPHI] "Eastern Star" organization? > Hello, > > Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization > called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I > have found some ancestors who were members but know > nothing about this organization. Is there any way to > contact them and obtain genealogical information on an > ancestor? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.9/975 - Release Date: 8/26/2007 > 9:34 PM >

I am a member of the Eastern Star and have had many friends in the Dauphin County branch. They do not have genealogical information on members. They could not help you with this. The only thing they could possibly furnish is the address of the person at the time of membership. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "ewintr" <ewintr@yahoo.com> To: <PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com> Cc: <PADAUPHI-HISTORY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:15 AM Subject: [PADAUPHI] "Eastern Star" organization? > Hello, > > Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization > called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I > have found some ancestors who were members but know > nothing about this organization. Is there any way to > contact them and obtain genealogical information on an > ancestor? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.9/975 - Release Date: 8/26/2007 > 9:34 PM >

The Eastern Star is a BRANCH of the Masons for the wives and daughters, Info can be gotten from the Masonic Lodge . They can point you to the Stars' secertary who keeps the records. Nick On 8/27/07, ewintr <ewintr@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization > called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I > have found some ancestors who were members but know > nothing about this organization. Is there any way to > contact them and obtain genealogical information on an > ancestor? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Yup, it's the female auxiliary or whatever of teh Masons. Or one of them. My mother belonged to it; it was big in her rural area. I don't know anything about it in Dauphin County, but the local masonic lodge ought to be able to tell you. They might have some basic biographical information; I don't know. This is not an ancient organization; if your "ancestors" belonged it, people who were members with tehm may still be around; talking to them will probably yield more information than whatever the organization might have in its files. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernut24@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "ewintr" <ewintr@yahoo.com> To: <PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com> Cc: <PADAUPHI-HISTORY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 12:15 AM Subject: [PADAUPHI] "Eastern Star" organization? > Hello, > > Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization > called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I > have found some ancestors who were members but know > nothing about this organization. Is there any way to > contact them and obtain genealogical information on an > ancestor? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/965 - Release Date: 8/21/2007 4:02 PM

Elizabeth, here's the contact for the Harrisburg Masonic Temple 2701 N 3rd St Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 233-6851 In a message dated 8/27/2007 1:29:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cove_man@comcast.net writes: It is the female side of the Masons. Hope that helps. Perhaps you can contact the Masons of the county -----Original Message----- From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of ewintr Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:15 AM To: PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com Cc: PADAUPHI-HISTORY@rootsweb.com Subject: [PADAUPHI] "Eastern Star" organization? Hello, Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I have found some ancestors who were members but know nothing about this organization. Is there any way to contact them and obtain genealogical information on an ancestor? Thank you, Elizabeth ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Elizabeth, Eastern Star is a service organization with the Masons. It is all over the country. My aunt Sally belonged to it but it is not a religion in and of itself. People of various religious denominations have been with the Eastern Star and the Masons. Kathy in Las Vegas ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

It is the female side of the Masons. Hope that helps. Perhaps you can contact the Masons of the county -----Original Message----- From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of ewintr Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:15 AM To: PADAUPHI@rootsweb.com Cc: PADAUPHI-HISTORY@rootsweb.com Subject: [PADAUPHI] "Eastern Star" organization? Hello, Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I have found some ancestors who were members but know nothing about this organization. Is there any way to contact them and obtain genealogical information on an ancestor? Thank you, Elizabeth ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ ------------------------------- 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, Has anyone on this list ever heard of an organization called the "Eastern Star", apparently in Dauphin Co? I have found some ancestors who were members but know nothing about this organization. Is there any way to contact them and obtain genealogical information on an ancestor? Thank you, Elizabeth ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/

Looking for Weirich family info: husband Jacob, b. 1817: wife Mary, b. 1818 Thanx Sassy Johnson in SoCA ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Hello, I would like to have any QUAID info that anyone has. Primary area is Harrisburg around 1830 and forward. Also New York before 1850. Thanks Don Firsdon

You may request Civil War veterans' records from the National Archives by mail or online. Details are at the link below: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/civil-war/index.html#mail Use form NATF-85 for pension files, which are the most useful for genealogy. Use NATF-86 for military files. Military files sound as if they would be more detailed, but I have found pension files to have much more material, including letters home and such. The cost to have file copied, up to 100 pages is $75. Wow, it was $35 when I started ordering pension files, about 15 years ago. You need to know your ancestor's name and regiment, and if you know the company as well, that helps. It takes a long time to get reply, more than eight weeks, but sometimes you get a very fat manila envelope stuffed full, in the mailbox as a reward. If they can't find a file, they return your check or credit your account. -----Original Message----- From: padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padauphi-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nrtennison@aol.com Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:02 PM To: padauphi@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PADAUPHI] Civil War service question In a message dated 8/25/2007 4:30:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cozycottage2005@bellsouth.net writes: Nelson, Thanks for the information. I have some questions about where you found the information: (1)How were you able to look up the PA States Archives Card Files? Am I able to do the same thing from my computer? (2)Since I live in Florida, going to the Nat'l Archives in WashDC is out of the question. So since I do have the pension application numbers, how can I retrieve the original documentation? Thanks, Nora Florida Yes Nora, the Civil War Veteran's Card Files are online now. Here's the URL _http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/_ (http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/) Click on explore historical records, then Civil War Veteran card files and browse thru the name menu or enter the surname in the search engine. About the national archives records. There are several companies for hire that search your pension records, but it gets pretty expensive. Try a google search. I can't think of the one I used years ago, but it costs like $150. They send you their roll call cards and the works. If they lost any weapons or were charged for anything lost. I don't think the Archives themselves search for hire? I've been there several times. Nelson Pennsylvania ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ------------------------------- 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