Lula E. Keffer, 87, of Perryopolis, Pa., died Monday, Jan. 12, 2004, in Country Care Manor, Fayette City, Pa. She was born Jan. 13, 1916, in Rostraver Township, Pa., daughter of the late Bliss and Orita ZUNDEL HAGGERTY. Lula was a member of The Harmony United Presbyterian Church, Wickhaven, Pa. She is survived by several nieces and nephews, Jack SNYDER and wife, Susan, of State of Florida, William SNYDER and wife, Audrey, of State of Arizona, Beatrice Kostilak and husband, Rudy, of Lober, Pa., Robert B. LYNCH, of Zephyr Hill, Fla., Scott LYNCH and wife, Cindy, of Belle Vernon, Pa., Robert D. LYNCH and wife, Cindy, of Belle Vernon, Robert D. LYNCH and wife, Pam, of Perryopolis, Pa., and Daniel HAGGERTY and wife, Milian, of State of California. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers and sisters. Friends will be received in the BLAIR-LOWTHER FUNERAL HOME INC., 106 East Independence St., Perryopolis, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and on Wednesday in Harmony United Presbyterian Church from 10 to 11 a.m., where services will begin at 11 a.m, with Pastor William E. Lawson officiating. Interment in Rehoboth Cemetery, Belle Vernon, Pa. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Mildred "Millie" MUTICH Barron, 86, of Champion, Pa., died Saturday, January 10, 2004, in Westmoreland Regional Hospital, Greensburg, Pa. She is survived by two sons, Richard BARRON, of Champion and Ronald L. Toth, of Vestal, N.Y.; one daughter, Bernadette L. BARRON, of Champion; and two brothers, Barney MUTICH, of Fayette City, Pa., and Louis MUTICH, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio. Friends will be received at Ferguson Funeral Home Inc. and Cremation Service, 700 Broad Ave., Belle Vernon, Pa., today until 10 a.m. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Mabel E. Burkholder, 92, of Mill Run, Pa., died Sunday, January 11, 2004, at the residence of her son, Dale BURKHOLDER, where she had been staying. She was born Nov. 8, 1911, Bruceton Mills, W.Va., a daughter of the late Jesse and Millie MAUST WOLFE. Mabel was a resident of Mill Run, for most of her life. She was a graduate of the Connellsville High School. Mabel was a longtime member of the Mill Run United Methodist Church and its Tried and True Sunday School Class. She also had been in the Ladies Aid and Missionary Group. Mabel is survived by her loving sons, Dale BURKHOLDER and his wife, Jean, of Mill Run, and Robert BURKHOLDER and his wife, Maxine ,of Champion, Pa.; seven grandchildren, Michelle Miller and her husband, Randy, of Normalville, Pa., Mark BURKHOLDER and his wife, Wanda, of Connellsville, Pa., Wendy Jo Leichliter and her husband, Lyndon, of Champion, Lynn Miner and her husband, Chris and Richard BURKHOLDER and his wife, Shelly, all of Mill Run, Robert BURKHOLDER and wife, Terri and Jason BURKHOLDER, all of Champion; 16 great-grandchildren; a sister, Kathryn Teets, of Beaver Falls, Pa.; a brother, Robert WOLFE, of Pompano Beach, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Wilmer L. BURKHOLDER, in 1979; a son, Richard W. BURKHOLDER, in 1984; a brother, Alvin WOLFE; and two infant brothers. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Harold Joseph VANORSDALE, 80, of Connellsville, Pa., died Saturday, January 10, 2004, in Scottdale Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility, Scottdale, Pa. He is survived by one son, Michael VANORSDALE, of Ruffsdale, Pa.; three daughters, Dorothy Sumey, of Springfield Township, Pa., Cynthia Bisel and Regina Saxon, both of Connellsville; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one brother, Wendell VANORSDALE, of Illinois. Friends will be received at Brooks Funeral Home Inc., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, Pa., today until 11 a.m. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Daisy A. DURSTINE Bowers, 86, formerly of Champion, died Thursday, January 8, 2004 Five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survive her. Arrangements are under the direction of Forest Hills Memorial Park, Palm City, Florida. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Odessa C. CATOE Cornwell, 92, of Blackstock, S.C., died Saturday, January 10, 2004, in Highlands Hospital, Connellsville, Pa. One sister, Mrs. Reid James (June) Cavanaugh, of Connellsville survives her. Arrangements are under the direction of Brooks Funeral Home Inc., 111 E. Green St., Connellsville, Pa. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Janet, I have a few old deeds I could look through for you if you are interested, they are for land, also did your Davidson's ever marry into the FitzRandolph family ? Trisha Fitz Randolph

Janet, Death certificates in Allegheny Co. are on file in Allegheny Co. This county does not file at State level. Becky > [Original Message] > From: jewatson <watsonje@Comcast.net> > To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 1/13/2004 8:44:37 AM > Subject: [PAFAY] Death Certificates > > Can anyone tell me where to research death certificates and/or dates of death? I sent the required forms and fee to the Pennsylvania vital statistics requesting a death certificate for my great grandmother. She was born Carrie Shaw Davidson in Fayette. She married Oliver Crawford and was widowed. At the time of her death she was married to William Peckman. I submitted the query under the name Carrie or Caroline Peckman with a date of 3/5/20 which is the date of her death written in the family Bible. However, they could not locate a death certificate. > > She died in Allegheny County. Are death certificates also filed in the County? > > Would appreciate any advice and strategies. > > Thank you, > > Janet Watson > > > > ==== PAFAYETT Mailing List ==== > Fayette County GenWeb Page is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pafayett/

Hello, I'm looking for info. on a Christopher Murphy he was born in Pennsylvania I think maybe Fayette co. later moved to Ohio died in Scioto co. Ohio he was born early 1800's Thanks for any help. Leslie

Can anyone tell me where to research death certificates and/or dates of death? I sent the required forms and fee to the Pennsylvania vital statistics requesting a death certificate for my great grandmother. She was born Carrie Shaw Davidson in Fayette. She married Oliver Crawford and was widowed. At the time of her death she was married to William Peckman. I submitted the query under the name Carrie or Caroline Peckman with a date of 3/5/20 which is the date of her death written in the family Bible. However, they could not locate a death certificate. She died in Allegheny County. Are death certificates also filed in the County? Would appreciate any advice and strategies. Thank you, Janet Watson

JUNE 6, 1976, Graduating seniors were honored at South Brownsville Methodist Church. Shown are SUSAN WILSON, TRACY KEPLAR, VICKI KARAS, TAMMY TUNNEY, HOLLY HOUSEHOLDER Second Row: MARK METZGER, STANLEY JABLONSKY, the REV. CHARLES FOWLER, JIM RICHARDSON, and WILLIAM HARASTY. Absent from the photo is ROSS SWORDS. June 1976, ANN MARIE SWINKER, daughter of DR. and MRS. ROBERT J. SWINKER, became the bride of THOMAS W. McMANUS, Hiller, at a ceremony solemnized at St. Peter's R.C. Church in Brownsville. June 6, 1976, Billionaire J. PAUL GETTY, 83, died in his Sutton Place mansion in London of a heart attack. JUNE 6, 1976, First Christian Church of Brownsville honor the graduating seniors who are members. From left to right, REV. WAYNE TOLSON, DEBBIE OTANIC, BELINDA MISKE, TONIA DAVIS, PAM WALTERS. Second Row: DONA-RAE SHUPE, KEVIN ELKO, LINDA MORMOS. Absent from the photo is LORI NICHOLSON. ELDER, DR. ROBERT R. ELDER, 82, of 309 Front St., Brownsville died June 9, 1976. He had practiced dentistry for more than 50 years in Brownsville. He was born May 18, 1894, in Bellwood, PA, the son of the late CALVIN KINGSLEY and CARRIE RAUGH ELDER. He was a graduate of South Brownsville High School and also of Franklin and Marshall College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry. He was an Army veteran of WWI and a member of the Chillicothe, OH F. & A.M., and a member of A. Kramer Axton, American Legion Post 295, Brownsville. He was a past president of the Fayette County Dental Society, a member of the Pennsylvania Odontological Society, a past president of the Brownsville Rotary Club, a member of Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church, and was treasurer for many years of the Session of the former First Presbyterian Church of Brownsville. Survivors include a son, ROBERT R. ELDER, JR., a daughter, MRS. FLORENCE E. KISINGER; a brother, DR. HERMAN K. ELDER. He was preceded in death by his wife, RUTHANNE HIBBS ELDER in 1973. Burial in Redstone Cemetery under the direction of the J.W. Kisinger Funeral Home, Brownsville. FRANKS, ABE, 39, of 508 High St., Brownsville, was killed in the crash of a tractor-trailor on Route 220 in Bedford County. He was the son of MRS. NELLIE BIDDLE FRANKS and the late WALTER FRANKS. Surviving in addition to his mother is his wife, NANCY JANE SAXE, five children, NELLIE JANE, ABE JR, TAMMY, RHONDA, and KENNY; five sisters, MRS. LUCINDA FEENEY, MRS. MARTHA SWEARINGEN, MRS. MARGIE RYAN, MRS. JoANN GORDON and MRS. CONNIE McCLELLAND. He was a member of the Fort Burd United Presbyterian Church and was employed as an independent trucker. He was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Bridgeport Young Men's Club, Bakewell-Phelps American Legion Post 940, West Brownsville, Hiller Volunteer Fire Co., BPO Elks, Lodege 1344 Brownsville, and the I.O.O.F. Lodge, No. 51, Brownsville. Burial in Bridgeport Cemetery, Brownsville under the direction of the Homer L. Crawford Funeral Home, Brownsville. Hannah Millward Fisher Information Services Librarian Hannah@ahsl.arizona.edu The University of Arizona (520) 626-2933 (voice) Arizona Health Sciences Library 1501 N. Campbell, P.O. Box 245079 (520) 626-2922 (fax) Tucson, AZ 85724-5079 "The statements expressed herein are my own and should not be taken as a position, opinion or endorsement of the University of Arizona."

----- Original Message ----- From: "albert peloquin" <floralp@earthlink.net> To: <PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:27 PM Subject: [PAFAY] PELOQUIN > Edward: > > My maternal uncles had told me that my step-father had taken my half-sister to one of the Carolinas and through a website I joined in NC I located my step-father's name. I was able to write to some people in NC and was happy to receive a reply envelope in the mail, but very disappointed to find a funeral home memoriam with her picture. She died in 1970 which was before we lived in NC. Did you get a death certificate on your mother from North Carolina yet? Nothing like the facts! You can find both parents names and where they were born on the DC's, and the cause and exact time and place of death. How about her marriage license application? Where and when? Church affiliated? All of the answers to these questions will help you springboard to other questions and answers. Don't hesitate to ask your questions on this list. You can easily draw from the experience of about 800 active genealogy researchers. From that I was able to get an obituary from a newspaper. Our mother died when Arlene was six days old and I don't think she ever knew she had a half-brother. I was not listed as a survivor. After Mother died, I lived with my maternal grandparents. Are you still in contact with your maternal grandparents? Where do they live? Did you already get their complete names, dates of birth, and maiden name? Where married and when. These are imporatant when building the puzzle. > > I was born in Brooklyn where my mother and Paul PELOQUIN lived. Our family has lived in North Carolina since 1975. Do you have your own birth certificate? Were you adopted by Paul? Was paul listed as your father on the BC? > > I appreciate your very prompt. You are most kind. > > Albert Peloquin I have helped several folks find their biological parents. It takes pereverence and easy access to local records. There is a mailing list at rootsweb.com which is dedicated to helping folks find their biological parents. Try a search on google.com for help in finding biological parents. Last time I searched there was a million helpful sites. Arm yourself with every once of intelligence you can ferret out. Take notes, and use them. Keep asking questions. Keep searching. Eventually you'll hit pay dirt. If you still live in North Carolina, can you make the trek to Fayette County, Pa.? Your father might have been registered with the draft board. Did you get his DC from Canada yet? When did he move to Canada? Good luck! BTW- There is a very good possibility that my father and grandfather knew your father. Too bad they have taken the final sojurn. Edward Dunlevy

List Members Found and recorded this cemetery, last month, when we had the warm weather. This cemetery is in VERY bad shape, setting in a pasture field. Most stones, except small natural stones, have been knocked over. The first name on one stone is VERY hard to read, I have given what I can read. I have a picture of stone, if someone thinks to decipher it. Ken QUAKER CEMETERY------------- FRANKLIN TWP. Located on Rowes Run Road. To find Travel to Smock, Take Smock road 1 2/10 miles from the Honor Roll, to Rowels Run Road. Go 1 1/10 mile to top of hill, 1/4 mile past Center Gas Rd. Cemetery on Left, next to road. I was told by local residents that cemetery was known as Quaker Cemetery, and that many stones were stolen over the years, and there were many more stones years ago. There are many unmarked field stones, and some with only initials chiseled on them. Apparently are many unmarked graves. Cemetery is a pasture field. The Samuel Sharpless stone is a four sided, modern Granite stone, and is not of time period of the deaths of Samuel and his family. All inscribed stones have been knocked off their bases, and lying on ground. Recorded December, 2003 MYERS ?? Margaret 4-25-1865 age 7 yr. PIERSELL Sarah Mary 9-22-1865 age 13 yr. 7 mo. 27 d. d/o Wm. & Edith N. SHARPLESS *Samuel 6-26-1846 age 53 yr. 4 mo. *Elizabeth 2-14-1871 age 76 yr. 2 mo. 7 d. w/o Samuel *William 5-26-1881 age 57 yr. 2 mo. 17 d. s/o S. & E. *Louisa 8-20-1846 age 20 yr. 3 mo. 19 d. * Four sided stone with above names Sabrina 1st mo. 25th 1810 -- 11th mo. 1st. 1891 Edith 5-11-1769 -- 5- ? 1829 or 1839 One stone natural almost illegible, this is best I can read In Memory Hekeof Lays John / Hcroelays john WO DMA age 10 yr. Died Aug.27 1814 These stones only have initials, no dates T.P A.W. S.H. R.B. H.

Mrs. Mary E. Mitchell, aged 81, died Tuesday morning, July 19, 1938, after a long illness. Surviving are five grandchildren, Clement, Frances, Phillip, Hollis and Silas PROVANCE, children of Gilmore and Cora J. PROVANCE,, of Masontown, Pa. Her daughter, Cora J. PROVANCE, preceded her in death. She also leaves two brothers, Phineae W. and James A. HOLLAND, and one sister, Susan M. Woody, all of Uniontown, Pa. Brief funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday morning in the Ferguson Funeral Home, 80 Morgantown Street, Uniontown, Pa., in charge of Rev. Harry Kilgore, of New Salem, Pa. Pallbearers will be her nephews, J. G. Robinson, Arthur Higinbotham, Jasper Holland, B. K. Holland, Harry Tate and G. M. Wood. Burial will be in New Salem cemetery. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Hattie M. Shaw, K, of 273 E. Main St., Mount Pleasant, Pa., died Tuesday at Keefer's Personal Care Home, Wooddale, Pa. She was born Dec. 11, 1893 in Kecksburg, Mount Pleasant Township, Pa., daughter of the late John Henry and Cordilla ADAMS JOHNSON. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Mount Pleasant and a senior citizens group. She was predeceased by her husband Leo P. SHAW; four brothers, Judson, Elmer, Lester, and Arthur JOHNSON; a stepbrother, Luther Hawk, and two sisters, Mrs. Cora Wise and Mrs. Anna Thomas. She is survived by three sons, H. Kenneth SHAW, Leo E. SHAW and Clyde M. SHAW, all of Mount Pleasant, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth E. Leasure, of Mount Pleasant; a sister, Mrs. Mary Kuhn, of Latrobe; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Name and date of publication unknown, but was probably from a Fayette County, Pa. newspaper. Hand-written note on the obituary indicates 9/13/1988- Mt. Joy. I believe Mt. Joy refers to a cemetery in Fayette County, Pa. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Nellie LEWIS Bryner, 71, of Greensboro R.D.1, Pa., and formerly of the Point Marion, Pa. and Lake Lynn, Pa. areas died Monday, April 18, 1994, in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. She was born Dec. 16, 1922, in Winstead, Pa., daughter of the late Stephen and Essie GASKILL LEWIS. Surviving are three children, Daisy Darnell, Diana Cooke, and Larry W. BRYNER, all of Greensboro; five grandchildren, Jerry DARNELL, John KISNER, Jr., Bobbi Jo Zilkanich, Cynthia Sue DARNELL, Tony Cooke; four great-granddaughters; a sister, Ann LEWIS, of Uniontown, Pa.; five brothers, Walter LEWIS, of Cleveland, Ohio, Steve LEWIS, Jr. of Security, Colo., Kenneth Wayne LEWIS, of Fairchance, Pa., Warren LEWIS, of Smithfield, Pa., and John LEWIS, of Markleysburg, Pa. She was predeceased by her husband, William BRYNER, in 1966; daughters, Marjorie Louise BRYNER and Brenda C. Kisner; grandson, Douglas Wayne DARNELL; brothers, Elmer, Thomas, and Harold LEWIS. Friends will be received in the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and Thursday until 1 p.m., the hour of service, with Rev. Russel W. Shuluga officiating. Interment will follow in Fletcher Cemetery, Cheat Lake, W.Va. Name and date of publication is unknown. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Ronald J. "Jack" KEFFER, 59, of Dawson R.D.1, Pa., and formerly of Lower Tyrone Township, Pa., died Friday, May 3, in Highlands Hospital, Connnellsville, Pa. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn UBANK Keffer, children, Jeffrey KEFFER, of Elizabeth City, N.C., Robert Dale KEFFER, of Dawson, Mrs. John (Kathy) Steindl, of Shippensburg, Pa., and Mrs. Paul (Theresa) Schomer, of Connellsville, Pa. 10 grandchildren, two sisters, Mary Lee Berouty, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Ted (Dorothy) Davis, of Connellsvillle, and one brother, Bill Henry KEFFER, Jr. of Dawson R.D. Friends are being received in the Ralph E. Galley Funeral Home, Railroad St., Dawson, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 11 a.m. Name and year of publication unknown. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

William R. (Bill) LANCASTER, 53, of Dunbar, Pa., died Saturday in West Penn Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born. Aug. 25, 1928 in Dunbar, a son of the late Peter and Margaret MILLER LANCASTER. He was a self-employed excavating contractor. He was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served with the U.S. Army. He attended Dunbar Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Operating Engineers Local No. 66. He is survived by a son, Peter, of Dunbar; a daughter, Iris, of Ann Arbor, Michigan; two brothers, Earl, of Dunbar, and Edward, of Dunbar Township, and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Lillian Swope Lancaster, in 1984. Was probably published in a Fayette County newspaper. Hand-written note on the obituary indicates 2-4-1987. Unrelated to me. Just sharing a resource. Edward DUNLEVY

Listers: Taken from the Scotch-Irish list. If you have SI ancestors this is terrific list, with a very informative listmistress, Linda Merle. Marybeth C. ========= << Here's a website that has a black list of Pennsylvanians who refused to take the oath to the Continental Congress (etc). Most left, eventually settled in Canada or somewhere else. No doubt like in Virginia, a few returned in the early 1800s: http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/blacklst.htm . Also checking "Guide to genealogical Sources at the Pennyslvania Archives" by Dructor which clarifies on page 9 that many of the documents in "lists of persons who took the oath of allegiance 1770-1790" (RG 26) are LOYALTY OATHS not naturalization papers. It also helpfully tells us that SOME of the oaths were printed in the PA Archives, Second Series, Vol III. Before 1786 they only give the person's name and residence -- so even if the person was foreign born, these documents are of no assistence in distinguishing between foreign born and native residents. So apparently there's some more of these oaths, unpublished, at the physical PA Archives. Maybe filmed by LDS....donno. An excellent source for trying to locate the origins of an immigrant (Immigration Research) is to be found at www.genealogy.com/university.html. Several free courses. My family has found the origins of several colonial and early 18th century ancestors this way. The strategies can work to just find the prior generation in difficult cases such as one of ours. Generations of family researchers were searching for the name of the ancestor's parent (German, so I won't mention it here). My sister reviewed every land record with the surname for 50 years in the county (Allegheny, PA) and found a land registration in the late 1800s in which our ancestor mentioned his parents (father spelled surname differently), siblings, cousins, etc, anyone who might still be alive to swear that he had received the land from his father. It was a lot of work but well worth it. Now the father's our brick wall .... you always got one. The trouble is that there is NO single document that will always give you the origin of the colonial immigrant so you must search all records till you do find a clue. Sometimes the only clue will be in the oral history of a collateral line so if you don't trace collateral lines, you will never find the one clue. It's frankly very difficult work for Scotch Irish unless you luck out. Linda Merle ______________________________ >>

MEDICALLY URGENT- Searching for blood relatives of Baby Girl CALLAHAN, born 1957 in Waynesburg, Pa., possibly unknown to family. Mother at time of birth had three girls, ages 11, 5, and 3. Resided in Fayette County, Pa., and possibly moved to Ohio. Respond to (snail mail) H-S # 140, P.O. Box 848, Uniontown, Pa. 15401 Re-posted from the Herald-Standard newspaper for educational and research purposes only. Unrelated to me. Edward DUNLEVY