Hi Sherry (and listers all), and Happy New Year -- I am still looking to substantiate the parents of John M. ECKERT b. 22 Feb. 1872 d. 19 Feb. 1943, also whether or not John was born and died in St. Marys. I currently have Conrad ECKERT and Katherine BARR of Germany as his parents -- is this correct? Sue Eckert Rochester, NY

Indywm9284@aol.com wrote: > Looking for any information on a Greenawalt family that may have lived in or > around Johnsonburg in the late 1890's into the early 1900's. My telephone book shows a T. Greenwalt at 759 Johnsonburg Road, St. Marys PA 15857 phone 814- 834-0021 Lloyd

Hi , I am looking for any information on Adam Wank b.1798 in Schöelkrippen, Bavaria, Germany and his wife Theresa Schumaker b. 1797, his sons Godfrey and Ferdinand , and daughters Elizabeth(Pistner) , Sabina(Dane) , Christina(d.1849) , Katherine( Krammer), Margaret( Bauer), Christine( Farnsworth ) They came to St. Mary's in 1845 , then moved to Jones Township, ( Rasselas area) Godfrey moved to Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, PA in 1872. He had a son, Clemence in 1865, he was my great-grandfather. Clemence Wank and his wife Carrie Yeomans Wank, lived in Portland Mills in 1905 and in Dents Run in 1912. Their son, Edward was my grandfather. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Paula Pompeii Falls Creek, PA

I doubt any of them are on the list, but I don't mind if you post the names, as genealogy is defined as a "people search." You may have better luck though, posting to someplace like the Elk Co., PA GENWEB page at http://pa-roots.com/pagenweb/ or the query page at http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/Elk The mailing list is seen by a limited number of people who have subscribed, while the messages boards mentioned above are open to the public and may be seen by anyone. This is always a great time of year, as many people get computers for Christmas and get online. I always get a flood of genealogical mail after Christmas and into the New Year, so now is a perfect time to post queries to the various message boards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pete Bennett <petebennett@hotmail.com> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: Fwd:[PAELK] > Hey Lloyd, > I think you should go ahead and list the names of your beautiful > people in our JHS class of "41". It's close enough to genealogy for me! > and there old enough to be my ancestors(maybe some of them are) > Pete Bennett > >

Hey Lloyd, I think you should go ahead and list the names of your beautiful people in our JHS class of "41". It's close enough to genealogy for me! and there old enough to be my ancestors(maybe some of them are) Pete Bennett From: "GJ & SJ" <gljslj@penn.com> To: PAELK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Fw: [PAELK] Number of subscribers Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 14:33:43 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lloyd H. Yost <lhyost@nfdc.net> To: GJ & SJ <gljslj@penn.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [PAELK] Number of subscribers > > > > Well, I can say this, with some gladness, I heard yesterday from the husband of a second > cousin once removed, who is interest in his wife's, and my, ROOF, SEARFOSS, > HECKENDORN, and BROWN families of Johnsonburg and Ridgway. That makes three > folks I know, actively researching these families: a Mrs. Dee, a Mr. Chuck, and a Mr. Lloyd. > Are there more? > > Lloyd Yost, JHS '41 > P.S. We are soon due for a 60th high school class reunion. Who remains alive? > Any one hear from Flora Rhines Powell, or Mary Port Thorp, Betty Snyder Winslow? > Would it be appropriate for me to list the class members here? We had some beautiful > people in our class! > LHY > > ==== PAELK Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the Elk Co., PA mailing list, send an e-mail to paelk-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. (minus the quotation marks!) My email address is:pete@email4u.com and will NEVER change. Or try: petebennett@hotmail.com Visit my "All American" Home Page at: http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ or type clix.to/petebennett/ in your address bar Chat with me at AOL Instant Messenger as: popiePete View my Album at:http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4294741735 The Earth is asleep in Winters embrace and Dreams Sweet Dreams of Peace! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Hi, Could anyone help me with where to get a birth record for Estella Belle Parker b. Mar. 19, 1881. Said to be born in Weedville,Jay Twp. Elk Co. Pa. Mother was Anna Mariah Krise. Father was said to be William (Morrison) Parker Being fairly new to this I would appreciate any help i can get. Thank you for your time. Patti, car92@msn.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Lloyd H. Yost <lhyost@nfdc.net> To: GJ & SJ <gljslj@penn.com> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [PAELK] Number of subscribers > > > > Well, I can say this, with some gladness, I heard yesterday from the husband of a second > cousin once removed, who is interest in his wife's, and my, ROOF, SEARFOSS, > HECKENDORN, and BROWN families of Johnsonburg and Ridgway. That makes three > folks I know, actively researching these families: a Mrs. Dee, a Mr. Chuck, and a Mr. Lloyd. > Are there more? > > Lloyd Yost, JHS '41 > P.S. We are soon due for a 60th high school class reunion. Who remains alive? > Any one hear from Flora Rhines Powell, or Mary Port Thorp, Betty Snyder Winslow? > Would it be appropriate for me to list the class members here? We had some beautiful > people in our class! > LHY > >

There are currently 113 people subscribed to the Elk regular mail mode, and 21 subscribed to Digest mode. Doesn't anyone have anything to say? :-) Hello all, Havent posted in a while will try again. Looking for any information on a Greenawalt family that may have lived in or around Johnsonburg in the late 1890's into the early 1900's. Thanks Terry

Looking for Patrick & Dora Petersen Flynn. Patrick came to the USA from Liverpool, England to NYC. on March 22, 1866. Naturalization Papers were signed January 23, 1871 in Ridgway, PA. He was found in the 1880 census in Clermont, PA. and 1900 census in Elbon, Pa. Patrick was born in Ireland May 24, 1847 and died Sept. 16, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan. The children were: James, Catherine, William, Mae Gertrude, Henry, John, Frank, Emma, Charles, Nellie. Dora Petersen was born Sept 1857 in Germany. Her parents were Dorothy Wintzel and Adjusts Petersen.

There are currently 113 people subscribed to the Elk regular mail mode, and 21 subscribed to Digest mode. Doesn't anyone have anything to say? :-)

I am searching for a Mary Shaw IMDORF and husband, Leo IMDORF, who emigrated from England to Ridgway. Not sure of date of emigration - possibly in 1920's or 1930's. Does anyone have ties to this surname? Thanks, Tracy Taylor, Houston, TX

Hello all Merry Christmas to everyone, I'm searching for the brothers James and Roy Kemmler living in Rigdgeway in May 1919, when her father John Jacob from Waterstreet/Shaffersville, Huntingdon County died. In the SSDI I have found a James Kemmler, born 4/7/1879 and died June 1966 in Ridgeway. The birth date would fit in the data I have already. >From Roy I only know, that he must have lived in Ridgeway in 1919. Her father John Jacob Kemmler was born in Alexandria June 23, 1850 and died May 5, 1919. Her mother was Alice Mauffet or Moffit. So if anyone of you have any information on these two persons or their descendants I would very much appreciate, if you would share this information with me. Kind regards, Ruediger Kemmler Munich, Germany

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God smiled and said: "My time is eternity > and is enough to do everything; what questions do you have in mind to ask > me?" > > "What surprises you most about mankind?" > > God answered: "That they get bored of being children, are in a rush to grow > up, and then long to be children again. That they lose their health to make > money and then lose their money to restore their health. > That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such > that they live neither for the present nor the future. > That they live as if they will never die, and they die as if > they had never lived . . ." > > God's hands took mine and we were silent for awhile > and then I asked . . . "As a parent, what are some of > life's lessons you want your children to learn?" > > God replied with a smile: "To learn that they cannot > make anyone love them. What they can do is to let > themselves be loved. > To learn that what is most valuable is not what they > have in their lives, but who they have in their lives. > To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to > others. All will be judged individually on their own > merits, not as a group on a comparison basis. > To learn that a rich person is not the one who has the > most, but is one who needs the least. > To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open > profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes > many years to heal them. > To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness. > To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not > know how to express or show their feelings. > To learn that money can buy everything but happiness. > To learn that two people can look at the same thing and > see it totally different. > To learn that a true friend is someone who knows everything about them . . > . and likes them anyway. > To learn that it is not always enough that they be forgiven by others, but > that they have to forgive themselves." > > I sat there for awhile enjoying the moment. I thanked Him for his time and > for all that He has done for me and my family, and He replied, "Anytime. I'm > here 24 hours > a day. All you have to do is ask for me, and I'll answer." > > People will forget what you said. People will forget what > you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. > > > > > --------------DC47E07ACA4EC2D350B6967A-- --------------7E23C585526987986C39BA08--

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I saw this in the "RootWeb Review" newsletter. Is this a relative of the Ridgway family here? It lists his unit as Co H, 2 PA Quote follows... * * * I recently found four graves in our Earlsboro, Oklahoma cemetery that date back to the American Civil War. I believe there are several more but they are very difficult to read. Richard (Dick "Seabag") H. Lay, USN (Ret.) seabag@brightok.net John H. GWINN, Co K, 40 MO, In (infantry?) Corpl E. P. RIDGEWAY, Co H, 2 PA, H. A. John W. GROSS, Co B, 97 Ill Inf Severn D. MOULTON, 8th Ill Cav. * * *

Loleta is located in Millstone Twp in Elk Co., PA and there isn't much over there today. I can copy and send you the chapter on Millstone Twp, which includes quite a long piece on Loleta from the History of Elk County book published in 1982 if you want. Just send me your snail mail address. Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda K. Jones <joneslk@earthlink.net> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 6:43 PM Subject: [PAELK] Loleta, MATHERS, DOBSON > Hi folks, > > I'm searching for any information about Loleta, Elk county, PA. My > grandparents, Frederick Sinnings DOBSON and Gladys Gertrude MATHERS > lived their in the early 1900's. They were married there and their > first three children were born in Loleta. However, we can not find a > marriage certificate. Fred worked in a mill but I don't know the name. > > My ggrandparents, Samuel Teats MATHERS and Lucy Jane PLATT, lived > there from about 1907 - 1912 when they moved to Oregon. Sam worked in > the mill and Lucy ran a boarding house. > > Any information or hints on where to start researching Loleta is > gratefully welcome. > > Take care - Linda K. Jones > > > > > ==== PAELK Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Elk Co., PA mailing list, send an e-mail to paelk-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. (minus the quotation marks!) > >

Hi folks, I'm searching for any information about Loleta, Elk county, PA. My grandparents, Frederick Sinnings DOBSON and Gladys Gertrude MATHERS lived their in the early 1900's. They were married there and their first three children were born in Loleta. However, we can not find a marriage certificate. Fred worked in a mill but I don't know the name. My ggrandparents, Samuel Teats MATHERS and Lucy Jane PLATT, lived there from about 1907 - 1912 when they moved to Oregon. Sam worked in the mill and Lucy ran a boarding house. Any information or hints on where to start researching Loleta is gratefully welcome. Take care - Linda K. Jones

You are cordially invited to the Elk County Historical Society Open House this coming weekend. We are decorated for Christmas and we would love to have you stop by and visit! The Center House and the Robinson Museum will both be open for viewing, and admission is free. The dates are: Dec. 8- Friday- 7-9 p.m Dec. 9- Satur- 7-9 p.m. Dec 10-Sun.- 2-4 p.m

If you are going to be in the Elk County, PA area this weekend, you may want to stop in to the Elk Co. Historical Society located in Ridgway. We will be having an open house with dates and times as follows (Mark, PLEASE correct me on the list if I get any of this wrong!): Friday, December 1- 7-9 p.m. Saturday, December 2- 7-9 p.m. Sunday, December 3- 4-9 p.m. Both the Carriage House and the Center House will be open these days. The carriage house is where the Genealogy Department is located and the "Christmas Around the World" exhibit is set up. The Center House, located directly in front of the Carriage House is set up inside and out like an old fashioned Victorian home, with part of it set up as a doctor's office with some of Dr. Charles Early's actual equipment from the late 1800's! We will be having another open house the weekend of December 8, 9 and 10, but I will have to get more details on that and post it to the list at a later time. For directions to the Elk County Historical Society, please visit the "Exhibits" page located at: http://users.penn.com/~elkhist Please come and visit!