This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZdB.2ACI/3131 Message Board Post: For anyone that is interested I have a very detailed story regarding this capture by the Indians. Betsy's father went after her soon after she was discovered missing. It cost him a considerable sum of money to retrieve her. Unfortunately for Catherine she stayed with the Indians for several years and walked back to the "white town". She had a dog follow her for part of the way but the dog attracted attention to her so she shooed it back to the Indian camp. The Indians discovered she was missing and went to find her. She had to hide inside a hollowed out log while they walked over the top of her looking for her. She eventually married a Huston---which I am from the Huston line. I am happy to share more of this story with anyone who would like to hear it.

Looking for information on Christiana Miles. This entry appears in the Bedford Co Archives, Vol 7. pg 61 & 78, from the Democratic Inquirer dated 4 Jan 1828. Married by Henry Fluck, Esq, on Thurs, 20th ult, Philip Bartlebaugh to Mrs Christina Miles, both of Woodbury Twp. Was there a Miles family in the area? Elaine

I believe I saw a post on here looking for Dietrick--I just hit the delete button--what time frame are you looking in? I just saw a post on one of my other lists with this name. Doris Snyder

Is there any hope of finding newspapers for 1853 Huntingdon County? I have a Mrs. James (Hannah Armstrong) Curry who died in West Twp 17 Aug 1853. I was just curious if there would be any notation of her death in a newspaper. Also, a legacy was left to her children Thomas, John, Rachall, Joseph, and William Curry from Hannah's father, William Armstrong, to be given to them when the youngest grandson was 21. The youngest, William A. Curry was born 24 Nov 1852, so he would have been 21 on 24 Nov 1873. Would there be court records filed at that date in Huntingdon County? The children and their father moved to Ohio, then some to Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri. I was hoping an 1873-4 document might show if they were still living and where they were living. Thanks for any assistance! Gayle in Kansas

Is there anyone who could check the orphan records? I'm looking for children of Hugh Mountain who appears to have died between 1820 & 1830. Thanks, Melissa

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/602.1 Message Board Post: I have an Alexander Kennedy who was born in Huntingdon in 1819 who married Jane Gillis. Is this who you are looking for? He had children John Calvin, Mary Rebecca, Sarah Emma, Margaret Jane, James Chalmers, Newton Daniel, Virginia Adeline, and Louella Priscilla. They moved first to Pike Co., Illinois and then to Pottawattamie Co., Iowa where Alexander died in 1898.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kennedy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/1661.1859.1 Message Board Post: Sorry I can't help you. I have never managed to get my Kennedy family back to Ireland. That is a goal someday, but I haven't worked on it to this time.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: kennedy Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/ZdB.2ACI/1661.1859 Message Board Post: my grandfathers name was gilbert kennedy from county mayo ireland, he served in india, my fathers name is rueben kelvin kennedy born in oldham lancs, brothers and sisters names include, bill, jim, gilbert, ann, maureen,mildred and gladys, im told there are more of my family live in america, im trying to trace all i can as apparently were descendants of king kennedy of the ormandy sept? if any one has information i would be gratefull

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZdB.2ACI/3129 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone related to this family, or with information on were they originated: John Rose b.1810 appears on 1850 census with wife Sarah in Huntingdon co. , 1860 in Blair co. Children: Mary (Thompson)b. 1832 (my grandfather's grandmother) Sarah b.1835 Angeline b. 1837 John b. 1840 killed in action at Antietam 1862 125th PA inf. Caroline b. 1844 James b. 1846 Oliver b.1850 **** Lydia b. 1852 *** Is this the Oliver Rose listed on 1920 census Bliar co. with wife Mary and son Walter? and listed in the obituaries of his Thompson neices as a surviving uncle?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZdB.2ACI/2950.1 Message Board Post: Have located John's grave in the old Methodist cemetery in Alexandria, wife Sarah is supossedly burried with him though her headstone is missing. Appears to be an infant grandaughter burried with them, the stone reads " Ellen A Thompson 1868".

Thanks so much, Eleanor. Found two of my ancestors on this map! At 10/3/03 09:24 PM -0400, you wrote: >An 1873 map of Tell Township shows S. H. Waters as a property owner in the >southwest corner of the township. Check it out at <A >HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/pa/county/hunting/1873/tell.jpg"> >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/pa/county/hunting/1873/tell.jpg</A> > >Eleanor McMullen Blumenschein > > >==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== >Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, >cemeteries and other research information. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

An 1873 map of Tell Township shows S. H. Waters as a property owner in the southwest corner of the township. Check it out at <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/pa/county/hunting/1873/tell.jpg"> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/pa/county/hunting/1873/tell.jpg</A> Eleanor McMullen Blumenschein

The Huntingdon County Grantee-Grantor Index lists Wm. Watters, Grantee, Enos McMullen, Grantor, Book E1, page 2, dated May 11, 1795. Also, Stephen Watters, Grantee, Enos McMullen, Grantor, Book D2, page 627, August 28, 1840. (Probably Tell Township) Eleanor McMullen Blumenschein

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Witters,Weeters,Waters of Huntingdon Co PA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/3128 Message Board Post: Looking for family of 3 siblings. 1st Susan Alice Witters Kelley born 1864 2nd David L Witters born abt 1858 3rd Mary E Witters Kough born abt 1860 These siblings were supposively native american and raised by a John Weeters,Witters, or Waters They did grow up in Huntingdon Co PA Susan ALice Witters Kelley was my great great grandmother. SHe has 4 granddaughters still living in NW PA. My email address will be dead end of Oct. 2003 My snailmail address is: Keith Bossard 7207 Whipple Street Pgh, PA 15218

> >RE: Phillip Hares' e-mail: > >One of the physical features of the area is a 700 ft high area known as >Callow Hill and Callow Rocks which lie on the edges of several of these >parishes. > >Can this be simply coincidence? from Steve Kemp, in Huntingdon. It seems to me that it COULD be a coincidence as relates to Jacob Hare. It seems more than likely to me, after giving this a little thought, that someone who came to Mapleton, who laid out or named some of the streets in the borough, WAS familiar with Callow Hill in England. Across the river from Mapleton are sand quarries that cut deeply into the leading edges of a steep rocky ridge. There are other sharp edges of ridges coming right down into the town. The Juniata River cuts through these formations, one of which may have looked like Callow Hill to someone who had seen it or lived near it... Jacob Hare was in the area before the Revolutionary War, but as a place on the map, Mapleton is much more recent; it only grew up after the railroad came through the site in the 1850s. It was incorporated in 1866. Also... for what it's worth, Jacob is found very commonly in the colonial period as a first name of Pa. German people, less commonly as an English first name.

I wish I could help.....but thanks for another lead in finding information about Pennsylvania ancestors. Someone will surely do this act of kindness. -----Original Message----- From: Kathy & David Wells [mailto:rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 5:02 PM To: PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Joshua Brown & Charlotte Morris RESEARCHERS, I am specifically looking for someone who is researching Joshua Brown and Charlotte Morris(on), and lives in or near Philadelphia, Penn. The reason being, I found that the Genealogical Society of Penn, 215 S. Broad St., 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5325 has what is called 'Window Taxes' for 1798. It is a U.S. Direct Tax, nicknamed the "window" or "glass" tax because the levy was based on the number of windows in a house. The window tax lists that survive for the state (which they have both Bedford and Huntingdon Counties) give specific dimensions and building materials used in the homes of the time and therefore can assist in determining whether an ancestors' home dates to this time period. The lists also show acreage, THE NAME OF AN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER, and other information about the real estate of the time. If one of you can xerox copy the tax information page for Joshua Brown, and his brothers Daniel & James and Possible brothe! r William Brown, it might give us some further clues. Possibly they are connecting property owners, or their neighbors might be the same person. If the Browns live that closely to each other, then surely they are from the same family??? We are all at dead ends here, and anything like this could be helpful. So.....is anyone out there close enough to go there in person? It costs $ 35.00 if you write and ask for research to be done for non-members. But, if you go in person it is only $ 5.00 or your copying costs. I will be happy to reimburse the $ 5.00 for a copy of these Browns. Any Takers???? Thanks, Kathy Wells, down here in Hurst, Texas. Kathy & David Wells 425 Evergreen Dr., Hurst, Texas 76054 rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/kathywells2002/index.html Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tent #1, Texas (Past President & Registrar) http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7706/DUV.html Member of Mayflower Society http://geocities.com/texasmayflower/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Carlyle ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

> >Cathy >> from Steve Kemp. Like you I just can say what I've seen or heard about >>archives. I was exchanging correspondence with the archivist of the Central >>Pa. Conference of the (United) Methodist Church at Lycoming College in >>Williamsport, Pa., some years ago, and he was extremely knowledgeable about >>where records were, for member congregations; also there are other things >>that have been archived, such as journals, diaries, which they can photocopy. >>Drew University has microfilm and original papers (some) of 19th century >>church-wide Methodist newspapers over many years' time, which carried obits >>and marriage notices from wide regions, in many states, not just locally. A >>gt-gt-uncle of mine, Rev. David Wilson (born Martinsburg, then Bedford Co.) >>had a number of sermons and articles published in THE METHODIST RECORDER... >>the papers carried a combination of religious and secular items. Some denominations the pastor kept vital records in a personal journal which he carried from parish to parish, often ended up with his family, but was sometimes archived. The church itself would only maintain the financial and membership rolls, while the pastor had the record of marriages, for example. This is most common in the less formal and less hierachical denominations like Baptist or Brethren, but I've seen such a journal made by a Lutheran in York County, Pa. There is a church book from a Baptist church in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon Co., now closed, which ended up with the Perry Historians in Perry Co., Pa.; I've seen it at their library. Any one on the "list" who reads this... including Ken Boonie... here's food for thought... A useful resource would be a listing of church books for Huntingdon County that are available OUTSIDE the county churches themselves or are unknown to the local Historical Society library. As a former volunteer for the latter group, none as I've described were known to exist, by any of us working there; we knew where to look up archive addresses but never got any report of a genealogist finding a local book in any archive. Members of the list who HAVE found a record and used it could contribute the name and place to this list... which is information that so far as I know, no one has ever compiled. Any feedback on this??? Finally, here's my personal input building on what Cathy said on the subject in her last e-mail to the list-- I'm a Lutheran and member of the Lutheran Historical Society (Gettysburg) and I know from THE HISTORY OF THE ALLEGANY SYNOD and other sources that up to ten congregations or mission points existed in or very near Huntingdon County that were Lutheran or "Union" (Lutheran/ Reformed) and are now defunct, the most recent being Christ Lutheran, Waterstreet, Morris Township, just a few years ago, then Mill Creek around 1940 or 1950... in any case, what happens is that by the time a church closes, only a few, older people remain, in almost every case. They often feel an anger with the Synod that goes back some time... the Synod is blamed for not supporting them in their difficulty, while on the Synod's part, it has been years since the dwindling church body sent any money or any delegates, and they have been informally "written off." The church book will likely be in the hands of a former council secretary who may have since joined another denomination or even has passed away. What it all means is that the archives at Gettysburg have never received ONE church book from Huntingdon County churches. The archives themselves have no way of knowing when a church closes... so you get the picture. If everyone in every organization did his or her job in terms of records, we would never have lost records as a problem. The truth is that for churches, in my experience, people don't take their responsibilities very seriously. I'd love to hear of exceptions and be proved wrong and have some church books turn up, maybe for other denominations. Once in awhile, a book is recovered. Only a few years ago a 19th century church book from Greencastle, Franklin County, was offered at a public estate auction. The church got wind of it, contacted the Synod, which demanded the book. In this case, the book was returned. It had not been seen or heard of for most of a century. >> >> >

As I enter McConnellstown from the south (I live in Bedford) the first thing I see on my left is the large Bouquet Spring, named after Beneral Bouquet, a Swiss, who was instrumental in building what is now route 30 from Bedford to Pittsburgh. That was done in the 1750s. Behind it to the left is a very large stone house which was build by my great great great grandfather, Patrick Lang in 1828. He was a tanner and evidently used the water of the creek for his operation. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <sfoster@pennwoods.net> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 10:47 PM Subject: [PAHUNTIN] McConnellstown,PA > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Weight/Waite, Vanormen, Buckwalter > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/3127 > > Message Board Post: > > Can anyone give me a history on the lot along Rt. 26 just entering McConnellstown, after you pass New Enterprise stone quarry, that has the pond in the yard. I am mostly interested in the years from about 1860 to about 1900. I know that seems to be alot to ask, but I thought there might be a McConnellstown historian out there that just might know. Also about the placque that is located in the parking lot up along the street by the house of the same lot. Thank you for your help. > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZdB.2ACI/3126.1 Message Board Post: There are several sites for cemetery records, such as: www.interment.net www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery www.daddezio.com/cemetery www.genealogy.com/vcem_welcome.html www.geneasearch.com/cemeteries.htm www.findagrave.com www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm George G. Morgan has an informative article in the Ancestry newsletter archives that covers the above sites: "Cemetery Research Online". For Catholic cemeteries, check with the Archdiocese in which the cemetery is located for information.