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Hi Friends! Am hoping that one of you living in Erie can help me. I would like a copy of an automobile and pedestrian accident that occured April 11, 1930 at 26th and Pittsburgh. This accident resulted in the death of Arthur Harris who lived at 2103 W. 32nd Street at that time. I already have a copy of his obit from the paper of April 12, 1930. Could be in either paper. Also, would like a copy of the obituary for Elsie Etta Elder, date of death unknown, however believe their are surname lists at the library. Thank you....Thank you....Thank you! Barb

Hi List's, Can you tell me how far is Moorheadville, PA to Corry, PA? Here my great grandmother is buried in Corry, PA in Pine Grove Cemetery and I have wrote to Bracken Funeral Home to see if they have her burial record. Then I have received a information from Erie Library and found Erie Daily Times in Nov. 22, 1932; this what it said: "DIED: Mrs. Mary Alice Jackson, wife of Mr. D. C. Jackson, at her home, south of Moorheadville, early Monday morning. Funeral services at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gower, at Moorheadville, Wednesday at 12 o'clock. Interment in Corry. Friends invited." What I am wondered what do you think the funeral home will be? Do they have a funeral home in Moorheadville, PA? I am wondered if I wrote to the wrong funeral home in Corry, PA "Bracken Funeral Home". I haven't received a letter from them yet. What do you think my great grandmother Mary Alice Jackson could be living at "south of Moorheadville"? Any information is much appreciated. Will you help me understand this and where I can write to the funeral home or do you think I did the right thing in writing to Bracken Funeral Home in Corry, PA? Thank. Teresa from Oklahoma

Hello! I am new to the list, and looking for someone who was going to college in Erie in 1968. She was majoring in Education and switching to Interior decorating about that time. Can anyone help me find the names of the schools so I can call them? Thanks in advance! -Tamara _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

If your friend was going to school in downtown Erie, then she probably was attending Mercyhurst College. I believe in 1968 this was still primarily, if not all, female catholic school, along with Villa Maria College which was incorporated into Gannon University. Gannon, I believe was still primarily a men's college in 1968, although this may have been about the time they started admitting women. If your friend was attending college in Erie County, but not in the city itself, chances are she attended Edinboro State University which may still have been known as Edinboro State Teachers College, as I am not sure when the name change was made. Was your friend a Pennsylvania resident? Edinboro was a state college, so a lot of residents wanting to be teachers went there. There is also the Behrend Campus of Penn State University which I think in 1968 was considered a Junior College, or the preliminary to attending the main campus. This was also a state school so PA residents paid less money for tuition. Gannon has a web site, and I believe the other's do also if you want to do an Internet search. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara Bowden" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 1:47 PM Subject: [PAERIE] Help with colleges > Hello! I am new to the list, and looking for someone who was going to > college in Erie in 1968. She was majoring in Education and switching to > Interior decorating about that time. Can anyone help me find the names of > the schools so I can call them? > > Thanks in advance! > -Tamara > ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > >

I've been having problems accessing the Erie County site all morning. It seems to get hung up when trying to load something called "c2.counter.com". Has anyone else had this problem? Linda

Teresa, I might suggest that you contact the Corry Chamber of Commerce at [email protected] or search around the Corry pages web site which is at http://www.tbscc.com/museum/index.htm and http://www.tbscc.com/cacc/ just to give you two points of entry. There is also a page there for the Corry Library which include a phone number, but I didn't see any mention of obituaries. I didn't see any funeral homes listed at the site, although there are a lot of phone numbers for various organizations and churches, etc. at http://www.tbscc.com/corry/ . The only phone book listing that I see is for Braken Funeral Home, 315 N Center, Corry (814) 664-7735. I have posted this reply to the list in case others might be interested. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:19 AM Subject: [PAERIE] Funeral homes in Corry, PA -----

I am looking for the parents of Ellen E. Carson. She was born in 1848 and married a Frank D. Longstreet(m. 5-10-1876) and had three children to my knowledge, Herbert Carson Longstreet, Addie Ellen (Longstreet) Phillips, and Mamie Longstreet. She died in 1915 in Wattsburg, PA. I know that Frank's parents previously lived in Riceville, PA and Lincolnville, PA. I cannot find these two villes in the atlas, so I have the feeling that they were small road crossings like the Crossingville I grew up in. Can anyone help me with Riceville, Lincolnville, or Ellen Carson? Thank you! Cindy Snyder

an online yellow pages search only shows the following funeral home in Corry PA Bracken Funeral Home Inc Corry, PA 16407 (814) 664-7735 Mike Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero Check out the Erie County Genealogy page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie ----- Original Message ----- From: James Young <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:19 AM Subject: [PAERIE] Funeral homes in Corry, PA > Hi Lists, > Merry Christmas!! Boy, this sure is a friendly people here in this list. Everybody is so helpful and I want to tell you how much I appreciated you. Now can you help me with something else. How many funeral homes are there in Corry, PA? I would like to write to them to see if they have the record of my great grandmother, Mary Alice Souther Carter Jackson's burial service back in 1932. I have checked out your web site in Erie County and found no name of funeral homes. Any information is much appreciated. Teresa from Oklahoma > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > ============================== > The only real-time collaboration tool that allows you and other family > members to create a FREE, password-protected family tree. > http://www.ancestry.com/oft/login.asp > >

I am looking for Retha/Wretha Webb McClure Benson. She was born April 16, 1877 in Clarion Co., PA to James and Mary Ann Rowe WEBB. James went out to Colorado to mine and Mary Ann died in 1878. An unknown family in Waterford area was to have taken and raised her after the death of her mother. I would like to find out who the family was that raised her and more about her and her children. She was a sister to my ancestor Samuel WEBB. Samuel and their brother George were raised by their Uncle & Aunt - Joseph Newton and Elizabeth Jane Webb BUZZA down in Kossuth, Clarion Co., PA. It has been stated that the family who raised her were related to us also. It has been a mystery that I would like to find out about. Retha was 1st m. to R. McClure and 2nd to Doug Benson I think. She died March 31, 1919 and I would like to find an obit for her. I have a photo of a lady that was taken from a photographer in Waterford. No name on it for who she was. The photographer was HOOPER. Would anyone know when he would have been in business in Waterford? I feel that it may be Retha's photo but am not sure. The photo was in the possession of my ancestor Samuel Webb's wife when she died in 1940, so that is why I am wondering if it could be Retha. Thanks, Betty Macdonald

Jim, Just checking messages and woudl offer that I believe I stumbled across a web site for Corry Library or Historical. Do not know URL, but you might want to try to locate. Nancy in Erie -----Original Message----- From: James Young <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 01, 2000 3:42 PM Subject: [PAERIE] Where to order the obituary? >Hi Lists, >Can you help me give me address to Corry, PA newspaper office? I am wondered where can I get the obituary back in 1932. Will it be at the Corry, PA or at the Historical Society? Just found out that Mary Alice Jackson, died in 1932. She is my great grandmother. Any information is much appreciated. Thank. Teresa > > >==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== >Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > >============================== >The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! >http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1

Sorry about the typo, everyone... we just had a good sized earthquake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains... my fingers & my brain were going in two different directions! ;>) > Corry Histocial Society (make that Historical) Linda

The URL for the Corry Histocial Society & Museum is http://www.tbscc.com/museum/ The URL for the Corry History & Genealogy site is http://www.ancestors.net/corry/ Both of these are excellent resources! Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA > In a message dated 12/1/00 6:39:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > << Can you help me give me address to Corry, PA newspaper office? I am > wondered where can I get the obituary back in 1932. Will it be at the Corry, > PA or at the Historical Society? Just found out that Mary Alice Jackson, died > in 1932. She is my great grandmother. Any information is much appreciated.

Hi Lists, Merry Christmas!! Boy, this sure is a friendly people here in this list. Everybody is so helpful and I want to tell you how much I appreciated you. Now can you help me with something else. How many funeral homes are there in Corry, PA? I would like to write to them to see if they have the record of my great grandmother, Mary Alice Souther Carter Jackson's burial service back in 1932. I have checked out your web site in Erie County and found no name of funeral homes. Any information is much appreciated. Teresa from Oklahoma

In a message dated 12/1/00 6:39:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Can you help me give me address to Corry, PA newspaper office? I am wondered where can I get the obituary back in 1932. Will it be at the Corry, PA or at the Historical Society? Just found out that Mary Alice Jackson, died in 1932. She is my great grandmother. Any information is much appreciated. >> This obituary is available at the Erie County Public Library's Heritage Room. They have Erie newspapers on microfilm back into the late 1800s. There is also an index for obituaries that makes looking these up a very simple task. I don't have an address for the library, but their phone number is (814) 451-6983. Hope this helps. Irene Crawford [email protected]

Hi Lists, Can you help me give me address to Corry, PA newspaper office? I am wondered where can I get the obituary back in 1932. Will it be at the Corry, PA or at the Historical Society? Just found out that Mary Alice Jackson, died in 1932. She is my great grandmother. Any information is much appreciated. Thank. Teresa

Mike apparently hasn't activated that link. There is no URL behind the hyperlink text called "Lookup", so that means there is not yet a page associated with it. Bill Klauk ----- Original Message ----- From: "sarah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:38 PM Subject: [PAERIE] off topic question > is anyone else having trouble getting the lookup site to load at the > erie county website? > > i get a warning saying: > server sent an unrequested proxy automatic configuration file to > netscape: http:/// > configuration file will be ignored > what does this mean?...............i also tried to reach the site > through internet explorer browser with no success that way either - can > anyone help? > > sarah > > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

is anyone else having trouble getting the lookup site to load at the erie county website? i get a warning saying: server sent an unrequested proxy automatic configuration file to netscape: http:/// configuration file will be ignored what does this mean?...............i also tried to reach the site through internet explorer browser with no success that way either - can anyone help? sarah

Hi, I have just discovered where my great grandmother Mary Alice Souther Carter Jackson had died and where she is buried at. She is buried in Corry, Pennsylvania in Pine Grove Cemetery; died in 1932. Is anybody familiar with Corry, PA? Does anybody live close to Pine Grove Cemetery? It will mean so much to me if I can have a picture of her tombstone, that is if she have a tombstone on her grave. I will be so glad to pay for the film, developing the film, gas to drive over there and for all your troubles to help me. Can you help me give me address on where I can order her death certificate? Or even get her obituary in the newspaper. Any info. is much appreciated. Thank. Teresa Young from Oklahoma

Happy Thanksgiving to all of the PAERIE list, For all of you here in Erie or neighboring counties, you know what this is like, but for those who are not, the official November snowfall has just moved 2000 into second place for most snowfall in Erie during November all time. Only Nov 1950 (exactly 50 years!) had more. Of course, we have 6 plus more days to have 10 more inches of snow, so we could break the record yet. If anyone wants to see what the snow looks like, I have created a special Zing album at ---> http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293323417 with 18 pictures taken at about 2:30 this afternoon. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA