I know many of you have probably already seen this excellent Pennsylvania resource, but for those of you who have not found the PA Genweb page yet, you may want to check it out. It was the first online genealogical resource I found after getting online in 1996, and it's only gotten better with age. :-) http://www.pa-roots.com/~pagenweb/

For those of you who may be researching in Cameron County, PA and weren't aware of it-- Iris and her sister-in-law Sally also inventoried the Cameron County cemeteries and had a book printed. I don't know how much that one costs though. I think I paid $35.00 for mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry J" <genequeen@alltel.net> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [PAELK] Elk County Cemeteries Book > I believe the cost of the book is $60 postpaid, and you can order them from > Iris Caskey, 1355 > Flower Valley Road, St. Marys, PA 15857 > > >

I believe the cost of the book is $60 postpaid, and you can order them from Iris Caskey, 1355 Flower Valley Road, St. Marys, PA 15857 ----- Original Message ----- From: <PEGGYJAI2@aol.com> To: <genequeen@alltel.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [PAELK] Elk County Cemeteries Book > Where can we get this book, Sherry? > > Thankx > Peggy >

Last summer, I transcribed the entire Gardner Hill Cemetery while I was visiting there (I have lots of family in that area and am descended from some of the original settlers there). Just let me know who you are looking for..... I believe I also have some of the names from the Hollobaugh Cemetery directly above Gardner Hill Cemetery, although most of the graves there are not marked with names. By the way, for anyone who has not seen Gardner Hill Cemetery, it is really beautiful, up on the hill with quite a view, and nicely kept. Krys Smith Krys461@cs.com

For those who were not aware, all of the Elk Co., PA Cemeteries were inventoried circa 1991 by two ladies from St. Marys and published in book form.

Is there a book that has been published listing the marriages of Elk County, Pennsylvania? Janet Gardner

Does anyone know if there is a book listing everyone in the Gardner Hill Cemetery? Janet

Wilbert Norman Runyan was born in Elbon, on 5-24-1897. The son of William Henry Runyan and Tibitha Jennie Myrtle.

Gardner Hill is actually located in both Jay and Fox Twp., Elk Co., PA, but it is more of a "place" name than a town. It is located on a country road that turns off to the right just before you get to the town of Force. Gardner Hill was the area that Oliver Gardner came to sometime in the 1830's from Ostego Co., NY. I'm afraid I don't know much about the Gardners. Oliver had a son named Rudolphus Gardner, who had a daughter named Christina Gardner who married John Bilodeau. Perhaps someone on the list will have more info for you. Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Gardner" <jgardner@tca.net> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 12:02 AM Subject: [PAELK] GARDNER > Hello, I am new to this list. Would like to find out about GARDNER HILL, > Pennslyvania. Could anyone help me with this? Would the Jay Township be > located in Gardner Hill? > > > Thank you for your time and consideration. > Janet Gardner > > > > > ==== 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!) > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Does anyone know anything about a Alanson GARDNER born about ca. 1838 in Pa., who married an Eliza born ca. 1843 in New York. They would have married about 1858-1859. As of 1860 they had one daughter by the name of Loretta who was born in 1859. They were found in the Jay Township. Any time and consideration given this request would be greatly appreciated. Janet Gardner Texas

Hello, I am new to this list. Would like to find out about GARDNER HILL, Pennslyvania. Could anyone help me with this? Would the Jay Township be located in Gardner Hill? Thank you for your time and consideration. Janet Gardner

Hello, thanks to Sherry I received an obit about the decease of Jamews W. Kemmler on June 18, 1966. In this obit a daughter Ethel (Kemmler) Lowe is mentioned as surviving. If somebody of you has a connection to this family I would be happy to share the information on the Kemmler side. Kind regards, Ruediger Kemmler Munich, Germany

I sure wish I could be in Elk County to enjoy your exhibit. While reading your post, it occurred to me that someone might have information or history regarding coal boys. It is family oral history that my grandfather, George G. Weber b. in Elk County 1865 began working for the railroad (Pennsy?) at age 11. I assume at that age he was a coalboy. Apparently, also family oral history, he worked up through the ranks - and I don't know how they ascend - but I've heard he was an engineer, yardmaster, inspector of bridges and tunnels. I do know that when I was a very young child he was a conductor and would have been near 75 years in age at his retirement. Does anyone have or know where I can find information on the coalboys? Jan Leigh Strange, CCHT, RM Ask me about hypnotherapy for enhanced self esteem, pain management, self healing, spiritual emergence, past life regression.

If you were to ask someone in this area to name a famous musician with local roots, most likely the first name you would hear is the famous hymn composer Philip P. Bliss. The name of George Rosenkrans is rarely brought up, nor is he much though of today. He certainly wasn't as famous as P.P. Bliss, but he was just as prolific a writer and composer as Bliss. My husband and I found his tombstone in the Penfield Cemetery located in Huston Twp., Clearfield County, PA a few years ago. It is the most impressive stone in this rather neglected cemetery, and reads simply " George Rosenkrans, Composer. Jan. 17, 1881--Aug. 18, 1955 "He Gave His All For Music." It was obviously placed there in tribute by members of the community. This past Thursday morning I was poking around in the basement of the Elk County, PA Historical Society and came across an old Bennett's Valley newspaper that contained an article about George Rosenkrans, and I thought I would type it up and share it with all of you. I am posting to both the Elk and Clearfield county lists because the town names overlap at times. Enjoy! Article- The Bennett's Valley News, Weedville, Elk Co., PA. Thurday, September 25, 1969 Many Valley Citizens Remember George Rosenkrans and His Music Except for his music, played the world over, there is little written account of the near famous composer, the late George Rosenkrans of Penfield. But he is alive in the memory of many present and former Valley residents. Mrs. Elsie Spleen, now of Boot Jack Farm in Ridgway, probably has the most vivid memories of the great musician. Rosenkrans was the 80 year old Mrs. Spleen's cousin. Relating a capsule history, she explains, "He was born in Penfield in 1881. George had a talent for music but he never had a music lesson. A cousin taught him how to read the staff. He wrote band music for every instrument. He taught band in Weedville and then in Butler, but he was never paid for his teaching. His talent all went to music, none of it went to business. He died in Butler in 1955, a pauper." The former school teacher disclosed several anecdotes to illustrate Rosenkrans' lack of business sense. Russel Orner, owner of a music store in Dubois, published and sold Rosenkrans' music. George once commented to Mrs. Spleen that if he had a list of all the high school bands in the country he could make $50,000 by selling each band a piece of music for 50 cents. Mrs. Spleen asked why he didn't ask Orner for a list, and Rosenkrans replied that Orner wouldn't be interested in giving up the list. On another occasion a band leader in what was then Siam wrote that he had heard Rosenkrans' music being played on the West Coast, and would he rewrite a particular musical selection for an instrument not included in the original composition? George did so, and for only 50 cents. Mrs. Amy Anderson of Weedville remembers Rosenkrans as "a wonderful man but quite eccentric." Explaining her remark, she recalled, "After his mother died he lived alone in Penfield. Mr. Snyder of Medix Run would keep in contact with him. Like an artist, Rosenkrans didn't always eat right. One time Snyder went to see George and he'd been sick and didn't have anything in the house to eat." "Clarence Anderson and Snyder arranged to get Rosenkrans a job in one of the plants in St. Marys. They got him some clothes and a place to stay. George worked there for about a year, but he didn't like that kind of a life at all." Bob Woodel, a former Penfield resident who is now an announcer for TV 3 in LaGrange, Georgia, wrote to Mrs. William Steis, Mrs. Spleen's sister, about George Rosenkrans. He wrote: "George Rosenkrans has long been one of my personal heroes. I learned to love his music long before I ever saw him. On Tuesday nights I would sit on the downstairs porch of my grandfather's hotel and listen to the Grampian Band practice across the street from the Fire Hall. I saw George many times direct the band in his compositions." "On Oct. 11, 1938, I joined the Grampian Band to which my father, Guy Woodel, and brothers, Harry, Carl, and Ralph had belonged for many years. While a member of the band, I had many opportunities to meet and play under the direction of George Rosenkrans. I was in the band when George first tried out the marches Greetings to Grampian, Doughman's March, The Governor James Inaugural March, and many others." "All of George's music had a lyric quality that could easily be recognized. I remember Twilight in the Mountains, a tone poem; Cinderella Overture, From Maine to Manila,, From Alaska to Panama, Colonel Miner March, Remembrance of Col. Miner, The Illuminator, Royal Welcome Home, Grieving Breezes, Our Juniors and Seniors, Greetings to Bethlehem, The Military Escort, etc. Remembrance of Col. Miner was the very first march I ever played on parade with the Grampian Band." "Many of George's marches have been recorded by the San Jose State Teachers College Band and the Purdue University Band. While my brothers Carl and Ralph (Woodel) were members of the Medical Field Service School Band at Carlisle Barracks they corresponded with George quite a bit and he sent them many marches to be played by the MFSS Band on the weekly Mutual Network radio broadcasts." "My father and we four boys were also members of the Clearfield American Legion Band from the middle 1940's through 1948 when it won all of those State Championships and National Legion Honors. Later, in 1948, the Legion Band became the Clearfield Firemen's Band and still later it was simply called the Clearfield Band. During those years my brother Harry was selecting the music for the band, and he selected a lot of George's music." "Russell Orner of Rockton, when he learned of my admiration for George's music, gave me a hymn book that had been written by George and Orner, who owned the music store in Dubois many years ago. The book also contained several selections by George's father, A.H. Rosenkrans, such as When We Walk on the Streets of Gold. " "I was working in radio in Rochester, NY when George died, but when I learned of his death, I cam home to attend the funeral." "My great uncle William Lanich lived in Mill Run. The Milford Spragues and Marguerite Challingsworth are some of our relatives who still live there." "I was born and raised in Grampian but lived in Penfield at Hickory Kingdom. I did church work in Penfield, Mill Run, Benezette, Weedville, and wrote for the Bennett's Valley News. I'm the fellow knowns as Kernel Korn both on radio and in newspapers. My Kernel Korn's Korner and Kornfidentially Yours columns appeared regularly in the Courier Express, Progress, News, Record and other for many years. "Some fine day I would like to create a permanent and continuing memorial to George Rosenkrans at Penfield. I would like it to be in the form of a week long music camp or similar observance where the famous and near famous composers, musicians, singers, etc, would gather and play and sing George's music. Possibly it could be in the form of a combined tribute to both George and P.P. Bliss."

Hi all-- hope spring has found it's way to your part of the world. Here in Elk Co, PA we are still gray and gloomy but hoping for the best! I spent part of the morning with a very enthusiastic work crew setting up a new Spring exhibit down at the Historical Society. Our new exhibit will be titled -"Local Industry Then and Now". Coming from a long line of coal miners I was very interested in setting up a coal mining display, but came up rather empty handed as far as artifacts. We have two of the cages that miners used to take canaries into the mines with, and I can get ahold of a carbide mining lamp, but can anyone tell me what other equipment a coal miner might have carried into the mines with him? Also, does anyone have any pictures of miners or mines in the local area of Elk Co., PA? If you do, and would be kind enough to scan and send via e-mail, I will print them out and give you credit if the pictures are used in the display. Also, for those of you who live close enough to the area to loan the historical society mining equipment, etc, this would be greatly appreciated, and the items will be returned to you after the exhibit closes in the fall. I will let you all know when this display opens, and the hours. Any comments, ideas and whatnot appreciated. Thanks, Sherry Jesberger

Hi Everyone, I just joined the list. I was born in Ridgway but live in Iowa now. I am researching MELROYS from Kersey and PRINDIBLES from Ridgway. I have been having a hard time finding any information on my G. Grandfather THOMAS PRINDIBLE born 1835 in Ireland and died Sept 27, 1900 in Ridgway. ....Susan

I just wanted to let all of you who write to me on a regular basis know that I have a new e-mail address. You can write to me at the address listed for this e-mail (Which is where all of my Rootsweb mailing lists have been directed) or you can write to me at gordsher@alltelREMOVE.net. Please take out the word REMOVE from the alltel address before you use it. I am jealously guarding this one against spam and joke/chain letter forwards. :-) Thanks, Sherry Jesberger _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

I second that! Ever since penn.com was bought out it's gone down hill. Not that it had far to go as they were pretty bad before. They were the cheapest in the area though so you overlooked a lot. Now that They were bought out and the prices are the same as everyone else.... > Just a note to let you know I've changed servers. I've finally had it with Penncom/Earthlink > > My new email address is zeich@alltel.net > > Please make a note of this. I look forward to hearing from you! > > Mark > > ==== 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!) > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Just a note to let you know I've changed servers. I've finally had it with Penncom/Earthlink My new email address is zeich@alltel.net Please make a note of this. I look forward to hearing from you! Mark

No Eckstein's buried in the St. Boniface Cemetery-- is she buried in an unmarked grave or could she have been missed? Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: tomordot <tomordot@email.msn.com> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: [PAELK] Ecksteins of Elk County Pennsylvania/Bavaria > Looking for the maiden name and descendants of > Theresia Eckstein (married name) born Sept 8 1824 - died Jan 13 1892. She was a long term resident of Elk County and Kersey Pennsylvania and formerly of Bavaria(?). A member of St Boniface Church at time of death and interred thereat. Other close relatives living in the area were a sister and son George (abt 31 at that time). tom > > > > ==== 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!) > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >