Hi, I received the following query & thought my response might be of help to others with similar problems. In a message dated 11/11/2 7:54:08 PM, [email protected] writes: << I've sent twice to the PA Vital Records for a copy of the death certificate for Jacob Yarnall but they say they don't have one. Jacob Yarnall (born YarnEll or Yarnold depending on who I ask, in DE) 1847-1922 lived and died at Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA. I have been to Union Hill Cemetery and seen his gravestone. If the date was wrong, I'm sure one of his children would have mentioned it. The PA Vital Records sent a copy of a death certificate for a Jacob YarnEl, born/died the same years as my Jacob. But all the other information on the death certificate was wrong--county, burial place, wife's name. So I sent that one back and asked for the one who died in Kennett Square and buried at Union Hill. They say they don't have one. I'm anxious to get one because it will tell me who his parents were. There is a Jacob Yarnold, age 3, in the 1850 census in the household of Ephriam B. Yarnold in New Castle County, DE. But by 1860 he is gone. In the 1870 census of Kennett Square I found a Jacob Yarnall,, age 23, in the household of Caleb Taggart. Annie B, age, 33, and Wendell P., age 8, Yarnall are also in this household. Annie would be the right age to be Jacob's sister. >> In regard to Jacob YARNALL-YARNELL: 1. Have you searched for the obit of Jacob YARNALL-YARNELL, at the Chester County Historical Society. This should answer your question where he died & where he is buried. 2. If Jacob is buried in Chester Co., that does not mean he died there. On the form, if you put down he died in Chester Co. when he died in another county in PA or another state, they will not be able to find his death certificate. 3. Wrong dates of birth & death are sometimes put on the grave markers. Have you checked with the cemetery office to see what they have on Jacob. 4. Incorrect info is sometimes given on death certificate. Especially, if the first spouse dies & there is a second spouse/common law wife/ girlfriend, etc. Who gave the info? 5. It was not uncommon to bury someone in one cemetery & then 5 or 10 years later have them transplanted to another cemetery. Families appear to have done this more in the past than in the present times. Memories do fad with time.! :) Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) In a message dated 11/11/2 7:54:08 PM, [email protected] writes: << I've sent twice to the PA Vital Records for a copy of the death certificate for Jacob Yarnall but they say they don't have one. Jacob Yarnall (born YarnEll or Yarnold depending on who I ask, in DE) 1847-1922 lived and died at Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA. I have been to Union Hill Cemetery and seen his gravestone. If the date was wrong, I'm sure one of his children would have mentioned it. The PA Vital Records sent a copy of a death certificate for a Jacob YarnEl, born/died the same years as my Jacob. But all the other information on the death certificate was wrong--county, burial place, wife's name. So I sent that one back and asked for the one who died in Kennett Square and buried at Union Hill. They say they don't have one. I'm anxious to get one because it will tell me who his parents were. There is a Jacob Yarnold, age 3, in the 1850 census in the household of Ephriam B. Yarnold in New Castle County, DE. But by 1860 he is gone. In the 1870 census of Kennett Square I found a Jacob Yarnall,, age 23, in the household of Caleb Taggart. Annie B, age, 33, and Wendell P., age 8, Yarnall are also in this household. Annie would be the right age to be Jacob's sister. >>

Hi list, In the past, I have always asked, at the cemetery office, who pays for the perpetual care or for the upkeep of the graves. This helps you find other relatives, (mostly ones still living). Of course I would ask who purchase the lot & who now owns it. Now, I know to ask for affidavits, too! :) I sent to Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx, for records. When I received the info I received something I never thought of pertaining to the owners of cemetery lots -- affidavits. The affidavits show who the cemetery lots were handed down to through the family -- giving the person's name(s) & relationships. Interesting! With genealogy you learn something new all the time. :) Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

Good afternoon, Does anyone know where I might find some history on the Corinthian Yacht Club (now known as the Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia), located in Essington near Governor Printz Park? Thanks, Karen Greim Mullian [email protected]

Donna, could I pay you to check out a land record at the courthouse in Media? I have written to the registrar of Deeds and have phoned and I always get the answer that they don't have time to check the index to see if the name is there. That I have to have the # etc. Captain George W Moore of Chester advertised the sale of a piece of property, sounds like a farm, in 1853. He died in 1857. I thought that it might be a family farm and might tell me where he had lived before Chester, and might even give me a clue of his parents. I don't know the number of the deed or even if he succeeded in selling it. He evidently did not leave a will and the Orphans Court office sent me only a renunciation by his wife of admistration and a list of one page inventory. All that for $12. George has been my brick wall for a long time. Too many Moores! Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Orphans' Court, Delaware, which State? > I live in Delaware County in Pennsylvania. Hope this helps > > Regards, > Donna > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ==== > > >

Hi list, o 1813 SMITH-BULLOCK Family Bible; Item # 1578705066 Auction ends: Nov-10-02 17:40:59 PST; Seller: peachiecreamy 1813 Bible includes four pages of records [images of these pages accompany this listing] for the John M. SMITH and Hannah BULLOCK family of Wilmington, Delaware and Delaware County, Pennsylvania, going back to 1787. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1578705066 PERMISSION TO REPRINT notices from SOMEBODY'S LINKS is granted, provided: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the message: Previously published in SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 4, No. 40, 8 November 2002. http://www.petuniapress.com/. Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

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Hello~ I was checking 1880 census for "missing persons" and found a likely candidate who showed up in the household of the State Penitentiary in Allegheny County, PA. If I have the right person he was born in Delaware County. Does anyone know if there would be state penitentiary records dating back to 1880 and if so how/where one would write to request them? I'm wondering what caused his new living arrangements. Thanks! Kathy

Renee, I have contacted you before both on the list and privately,, the phone books from the year 1963 on are at the Delaware County Historical Society, You need to call them and have them look up a name for you or I can check it out the next time I go. Jacki

Hello veterans and newbies of the RootsWeb. I have received permission from the listowner to make this offer. There are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the asking. I, myself do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison in Andersonville Georgia. Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost and I am willing to do what I can. There are more than 41718 prisoners on record from the Union, (5056 from Pennsylvania) and quite a few who were held prisoner here as Union regiments from Confederate states. There are also nearly 13000 marked graves of those who died here. I thought I would send my offer as these would lead to a great many descendants who might be looking for them.. I feel the need to say I am not in anyway trying to focus on the horrors of Andersonville compared to any POW camp in the north ..( i.e.Elmira ) or any others and do not wish to stir up arguments on this site. My focus is dedicated to ALL of those held prisoner during this war , on both sides as well as all Americans who gave their freedoms for those that we enjoy today.. I just happen to be near Andersonville so this is where I do my work Here are my sources of research. There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by Company and Regiment. I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list which has the names and grave numbers of 12960 graves with only 460 marked as " UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 34,000 names of the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records because of misspellings of the names or alternate names. I also have the continued update database which is dated October 01 2002 . . I visit the prison site every couple of weeks and have access to the onsite databases as well as the physical files. Please do not consider this spam as my research offer is FREE for the asking . Please email me directly at [email protected] If there is anything I can do in helping your research at Andersonville, please just ask. Kevin Frye Local Historian / National Park Service Volunteer Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned and died in captivity while in the service to our country Kevin Frye Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html AOL USERS go to http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/

Hello~ If somebody lived at "6 East of Booth Street" in 1888 in CHester and 3106 N. 6th Street in 1900 in Chester, what would have been the likely Methodist church they would have attended? Are both those addresses in the same general area? (I'm wondering if the *6 East of Booth* means 6th Street. Thanks..... Kathy Dowe

Good morning list, If any one as an interest in Bethel Twp., Delaware Co., PA -- be it family history, general history are the following church, school & homes: Siloam United Methodist Church, Fulton, Clayton, Southery, Zebley, No. 1 School, Cloud, Little Heaven & Booth homes Please, e-mail me off line at: [email protected] Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

Hi I need someones help and advice please. I need to find someone who has access to a phone book from the 1950 to 1960's for the glenolden area of delaware county pa There is an address I would so much need to have. I have searched everywhere on the computer for one to view online but with no luck. Please help me.......... thank you for your time and efforts they are very very appreciated. Renee

The "Rebekah's" are the women's branch of the I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of the Odd Fellows). My mother in-law was a member and my wife was a member of the Daughters of the 'Rebekah's". Subject: Re: Fraternal Organizations I haven't seen anyone answer this. Rebekah is a female name from the Bible - a highly respected one. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Atkinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: RE: Fraternal Organizations > I have always wondered... what is the meaning of 'Rebekah' ? > > Nancy > > > > Daughters of Rebekah (I.O.O.F.) - this one solved a mystery > > for me on the initials IOOF. There was an obituary which > > mentioned membership and I'd never heard of this. > > > > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ==== > > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ====

I am not sure if there is a meaning for the name Rebekah. Rebekah is derived from the original Hebrew name "Rivka" found in the book of Genesis. > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Berger [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fraternal Organizations > > I haven't seen anyone answer this. Rebekah is a female name from the > Bible - a highly respected one. > > Cathy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy Atkinson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:41 PM > Subject: RE: Fraternal Organizations > > > > I have always wondered... what is the meaning of 'Rebekah' ? > > > > Nancy > > > > > > > Daughters of Rebekah (I.O.O.F.) - this one solved a mystery > > > for me on the initials IOOF. There was an obituary which > > > mentioned membership and I'd never heard of this. > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ==== >

I haven't seen anyone answer this. Rebekah is a female name from the Bible - a highly respected one. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Atkinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:41 PM Subject: RE: Fraternal Organizations > I have always wondered... what is the meaning of 'Rebekah' ? > > Nancy > > > > Daughters of Rebekah (I.O.O.F.) - this one solved a mystery > > for me on the initials IOOF. There was an obituary which > > mentioned membership and I'd never heard of this. > > > > > > ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ==== > > > >

Hi list(s), I received a query in regard to saving the WELDIN - ALLMOND Family House at 302 Philadelphia Pike in Wilmington, at the corner of Lore Avenue, Marsh Road and Philadelphia Pike. Please read the following & if anyone can help in any way possible please contact: Nancy Dunlap [email protected] QUERY: <<I live next door to the house that George and Elizabeth (Allmond) Weldin lived in, in Delaware. Currently a 7-Eleven wants to buy the property and put in a convenience store and gas pumps. The neighborhood is trying to save the historic house. I am working on research about the families that lived there. I saw your name when searching a genealogical web site and was hoping you might have further information about them. Please write back. You can see our website at www.geocities.com/friendsofpennyhill . Thank you in advance, Nancy Dunlap>> From: [email protected] Date: 2002/11/01 Fri AM 09:24:18 EST To: [email protected] Subject: Re: weldin allmond Hi Nancy, What kind of info are you looking for on the WELDIN-ALLMOND family? You didn't give any dates on them & you did not mention the place in Delaware they are from. Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) RESPONSE: <<The property in question is at 302 Philadelphia Pike in Wilmington, at the corner of Lore Avenue, Marsh Road and Philadelphia Pike. It looks, from deed records, the property was originally in the hands of the Allmonds, and deeded to Elizabeth Allmond when she married George Weldin around 1790. The house appears to have been built about that time. The Weldins appear to have kept it in the family until sometime around the late 1800's . At some point, the state of Delaware owned it, I think, but then Benjamin Veasey was the owner until the 1920's. In order to save the house, I need to know more about the owners so that we can push the "historical significance" aspect. Land Use people indicated to us that just because something is old, they don't consider it valuable. Seven Eleven sure doesn't care. They said, at a recent meeting, that they don't even believe it is older than this century. You can just look at it and see otherwise. Nancy Dunlap Please send e-mail to 7-Eleven to register your opposition to the demolition of the Weldin House. [email protected]>> Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS) P.S. Please pass this onto others who might be interested.

Dear listers: Several of you have written to me, reminding me that it's time for my annual Delaware County ghost story. This year, the region has been commemorating the 225th anniversary of the Philadelphia campaign of the Revolution - Head of Elk, Cooch's Bridge, Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown, Forts Mercer and Mifflin, Valley Forge. I know of at least 26 ghost stories related to this campaign, most of them about "lost" soldiers. Here's one that is a little different -- a haunted tree. After the day long, sprawling battle of Brandywine, the British Army occupied the ground. General Howe's forces spent five days camped on the bloody field, bringing in the wounded, burying the dead and raiding the local countryside. While food, draft animals and other items of military usefulness were considered the spoils of war, some of the raiders went further. In one unit, which had taken very heavy casualties, there were three soldiers who evidently decided that the locals should pay for stiff resistance the Continentals had made. Word came back to British headquarters that there had been robbing and raping inflicted on a local family living on what is presently Brinton's Bridge Road. Robbing was something both armies tended to turn a blind eye towards, but raping was sometimes else. Howe could not permit such crimes to go unpunished, mostly for the sake of maintaining army discipline but also to prevent a hostile populace from being goaded into rising behind his army and cutting their communications as Howe marched on Philadelphia. Suspects were identified, a court martial was held and the three men were hung from a branch of a magnificent oak tree located near the site of the crime. They were buried in an unmarked grave at its foot, and the Crown forces moved on. This tree, known as the Dilworthtown Oak, dated back to well before Penn's arrival and was one of the largest trees in the region. From the mid 19th century on, there were occasional travelers along Brinton's Bridge Road who claimed that they saw three bodies dangling from the branches, and would call out neighbors and/or the local constable to report the "crime." Sightings continued until the 1980s, often with motorists placing phone calls to the local State Police to come and investigate, when a violent storm finally felled the landmark oak. A cross-section of its gigantic trunk has been preserved in the Birmingham Township Building, but the ghosts seem to have found their rest at last. However, there are other parts of the battlefield where restless spirits have been seen, and a similar location where rape and its ultimate punishment occurred during the aftermath of Brandywine. People continue to see ghosts at that site, near Dutton's Mill in Aston, but that's another story. Happy Hallowe'en! And keep reserving our local history. Thy friend, Nancy Webster

Thanks Dori. Okay, would anyone know what the initials O. of N.A. stand for? See obit below! Thanks, Tina -------------------- POPULAR GIRL'S FUNERAL Hundreds of Sorrowing Friends View Remains of Young Woman. The funeral of Miss Sarah R. Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington J. Williams, will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her parents, 1117 Upland Street. The remains were viewed last night by a large number of sorrowing friends and relatives. Deceased, who was 23 years of age, was a popular woman. She was a member of John Roach Temple, No. 61, O. of N. A., who will attend the funeral in a body. The interment will be private at Chester Rural Cemetery. Chester Times, Chester, Pa., Monday, April 9, 1906 page 1 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: IOOF This is a fraternal organization, i.e.: Independent Order of Odd Fellows DORI ==== PADELAWA Mailing List ====

This is a fraternal organization, i.e.: Independent Order of Odd Fellows DORI

Nancy, I don't know - that organization must be the female version of a masonic or rotary type lodge. I found the first mention of IOOF in an obituary. If anyone knows I would be curious about the answer! Tina -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Atkinson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:41 PM To: Culbertson, Tina Cc: [email protected] Subject: RE: Fraternal Organizations I have always wondered... what is the meaning of 'Rebekah' ? Nancy > Daughters of Rebekah (I.O.O.F.) - this one solved a mystery > for me on the initials IOOF. There was an obituary which > mentioned membership and I'd never heard of this. >