Hi, I need a copy of an obit on Howard Donald Parker, born 1929, who died in the past month in McKean. Don't know the date but should have been only a few weeks ago. Audry M in Ga.

I am trying to find information about George Emerson born 10-19-1883 and died 10-1966. I am particularly interested in his birthplace and his parents' names. Any help would be appreciated. Please email me with your info. THanks Paul

While Linda's effort is noble, the information presented below (along with the correction in the phone number) is NOT the office which handles county veteran burials or lists of cemeteries with veterans buried in them. As Dick Tefft already pointed out, this office is in the Erie County Courthouse. The office at 1000 State St is the "Vet Center" - Veterans Administration Readjustment and Counseling Center. Unfortunately, I could not follow up until this morning when I made several phone calls. The Erie County Veterans Affairs office is in room O8, West Wing, of the Erie County Courthouse. John Williams is the person in charge and Marie is the person I spoke with. They have a listing of all of the cemeteries with veterans (they do not have a map), they handle the flagholder applications and they have the listings of all of the deceased veterans. The phone number is (814) 451-6265. By the way, this was the office that provided the figure to the Erie Times-News (I believe it was 92) concerning the number of cemeteries in Erie County containing veterans remains. This was in conjuction with the September 27, 2000, front page article in the Morning News. Bill Klauk (retired USAFR veteran) Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Emerson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 6:37 PM Subject: [PAERIE] VA Office Found!! > Several members have asked for the address of the Erie County VA office, > so I thought I'd post it here for others as well. Bud Neer was kind > enough to reply to my message and provided me with the URL for his > website which lists VA offices all over the country: > http://www.icdc.com/~bfnjr/links.htm > > I've mailed a letter with my request today and will let you know when I > receive a reply and how much information they are able to provide for > Erie County cemeteries. > > Veterans Administration > Erie County > 1000 State Street, Suite 1-2 > Erie, PA 16501 > > Their telephone number is 814-543-7955. > > Linda

Hi List, I have noted recently many queries and person information posts that only include names. It would certainly help anyone who might be inclined to help and do lookups, if the actual or approximate birth and death dates are included in the message text. I personally can refer to my 1896 Nelson's, but don't routinely look through it for every name as it is not well indexed. Others have census copies and other type of data which if dates are included might cause them to at least glance at their sources and perhaps help in the query. However, when dates are not included there is no incentive to even try to do look ups as more than likely it is the wrong time frame and a wasted effort. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA

Brother of Robert and Selden Has a veteran's grave in West Spring Creek Cemetery, Warren Co. I wasn't sure if this had already been known. I was looking through some old papers and happened across it. Dale Adams

His farm was located on Jink's Road near West Spring Creek Cemetery. (He's buried in the plot). At some time, he moved to Corry. His obituary states he died at home on East Bond Street in Corry, PA Dale Adams

Anyone with information on the families of Peter STARK and wife Rose WOLF please get in touch with me. Also the families and parents of Andrew and Barbara HUBER and sons Matthias and Martin. Nancy Conrad [email protected]

I am hoping someone might know what the Militia or Military Tax was in Erie County during the Civil War. It was fifty cents for some of the men, while others were not charged. I will so much appreciate any assistance. Sincerely yours, Karen [email protected]

In a message dated 10/31/2000 5:01:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Veterans Administration > Erie County > 1000 State Street, Suite 1-2 > Erie, PA 16501 > > Their telephone number is 814-543-7955. > > I didn't think that the above phone # looked like an Erie exchange so I checked the phone book. The V.A. number is (814) 453-7955 :) Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant Surnames: Anderson, Baron/Barron, Bitters, Breckinridge (etc.), Como/Comer, Gordon, Hasselor (etc.), Hefferman/Heffernen, Heintz, Heiter, Jennings, Kingston, Lamer, Leamer, Learn, Lehmer, Lantzy, Lenzi, Leidig, Lydick, McAnulty, McClene (etc.), McCullough, Miller, Moon, O'Cain, Robertson/Robinson, Schenkle (etc.), Shankle (etc.), Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson, Tingley, Townsend, VanPelt, White, Woodruff, Wygant (etc.).

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: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 8:18 PM Subject: Help in Erie! > > Dear Mike > I have visited the Erie web site it is very nice, I left a query and tried to > look at it later > and could not find it. I probably did something wrong. > I was wondering if you knew of Bonnie Wasyl? I have been trying to contact > her but the old E-mail address I have for her will not work, She was kind > enough to help me > awhile back with some research on my wifes family the Heidts of Erie. And I > am trying to locate her again. If you know of anyone who knows her please > tell her Scott Hobbs is trying to locate her. I need help again. > > Sincerely Scott > >

Several members have asked for the address of the Erie County VA office, so I thought I'd post it here for others as well. Bud Neer was kind enough to reply to my message and provided me with the URL for his website which lists VA offices all over the country: http://www.icdc.com/~bfnjr/links.htm I've mailed a letter with my request today and will let you know when I receive a reply and how much information they are able to provide for Erie County cemeteries. Veterans Administration Erie County 1000 State Street, Suite 1-2 Erie, PA 16501 Their telephone number is 814-543-7955. Linda

Erie County is in need of transcribers for other years. The "On-Line Inventory of Transcribed Census Files" which lists all of the census files that were submitted to our census project at: http://www.us-census.org/inventory/inventory.htm The home page: http://www.us-census.org/

Hi List and Mike, I have added Summit Township Sites of Interest to my growing list of Zing albums at http://www.zing.com/album/pictures.html?id=4293425277 but have only a limited number of pictures. Other than some pictures of various 'welcome" signs, the 22 pictures currently loaded include St. Matthew RC Church and related on Townhall Road, the Central School (built 1939), the township admin building, the sewer authority building and the Waste Management landfill as viewed from Donation Road. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA

I have added a large number of pictures (the total is now 103) to the Millcreek Schools - Past & Present at http://www.zing.com/album/?id=4293463769 . I now have included pictures of Grandview, Vernondale, one lonely shot of the new Belle Valley (my battery went dead in the camera), McDowell, McDowell Intermediate, Westlake and the site of the Lakewood School (now a playground). I added several more shots of what was once the Parker School on Arbuckle Road, and several more of the Zuck School with the sun in a different part of the sky. I believe of the present schools, I am only missing the new Tracy, Chestnut Hill and JS Wilson and some more shots of Belle Valley. I think I have included shots of all the still standing one room schools. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA

I have updated the McKean Township sites of interest at http://www.zing.com/album/pictures.html?id=4293586851 with the adding of 4 pictures of a home in the woods on Pinetree Road which looks remarkably like it could have been a school house. Long before the building on I-90, this road joined with the road now known as Buman Road. I have no knowledge of this building actually being a school, other than it looks similar to other turn of the century (1900) school houses in the county. Bill Klauk Millcreek Township, Erie County, PA

Thanks to all the kind folks that took the time out from their own research to answer my query re: marriage licenses. A BIGGGGG Thank You Jessie Burton

This is a correction. On October 8 I posted a message that said that "most of the bodies from the Harbor Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery were moved to Gospel Hill Cemetery in Harbor Creek Township." Dick Tefft says this is not correct. He says that all reburials took place in the South Harborcreek Methodist Cemetery. Let me quote him so the information isn't filtered through my interpretations: "The Harborcreek Presbyterian Cemetery had been abandoned and the people felt they wanted those bodies removed to someplace where the cemetery is cared for. This was in the 80's and at that time, Gospel Hill was abandoned and badly overgrown and there was not any authority who could give permission to bury there if they had wanted to... I had interviewed the lady in charge of the move and she told me where they were. I was at the cemetery and there is a bronze plaque commemorating the move. Gospel Hill was cleaned up a couple of years ago by the Harborcreek Historical Society and I was there. There had never been any mention of recent burials, in fact they assured me when they checked the stones against the readings from the 50's they saw no change."

Evergreen Cemetery is still an active cemetery. The sexton is James Shepard, phone (814) 438-7107. If anyone has an address, I would appreciate it. Dick Tefft Linda Emerson wrote: > Sorry, but I didn't follow the recent thread related to cemetery > information so I get to have egg on my face by asking this question. > Does anyone know if the Evergreen Cemetery is still in existence? The > only information I could find was on the website, Cemetery Junction, and > this is the information listed: > > Evergreen Cemetery > Concord St. > Union City 16438 > > Can anyone in the Union City area complete the address for me? > > Many thanks... > > Linda Emerson > Twain Harte, CA > > ==== 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

Some years back it was in the courthouse, West Sixth Street.

My map of Ohio says Cleveland.