--- ewintr <[email protected]> wrote: > HI, > > Thanks for emailing again. I apologize though. I > seem > to have caused some confusion. > > My Zeiglers are not from Huntingdon/Black Log. Only > my > ggrandmother, Harriet McGurevey/M'Gervey is from > there. She met and married Solomon Zeigler after she > moved to Newport, Perry Co, PA. According to her > obituary she moved there "as a young girl". > > They were married in the "Reformed Parrish" in > Newport, Perry Co, PA., not in Huntingdon Co. > > I have never checked any church records for my > ggrandmother in Huntingdon Co. I did not know what > churches were there when she was born. Do you happen > to know whether there are any records available for > that St. Mary's that you mention? > > I assume from what you said below ("The only church > there today is a Brethren one, at Valley Point" ) > that > St. Mary's does not exist any longer and there is > now > only one church in Blacklog Valley. > > Do you have aany information about the McGarveys > who > worshipped at St. mary's? > > Years ago my sister went to the area trying to find > info about our ggranddmother and she said she saw a > cemetery that had only a bunch of fieldstones in it. > She said she found the place only from a small > wooden > sign that said "Black Log" on it with an arrow > pointing out the direction. She said the road went > into the mountain and it was hardly more than an old > narrow dirt road. She thinks she ended up in > Orbisonia. I know this isn't much, but does it sound > like it could have been that St. Mary's cemetery? > > > Thanks again, > Elizabeth > ================================================ > > --- kemp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >from Steve Kemp, Huntingdon > > > > Well, I know Blacklog Valley well. It is a > beautiful > > place. Even in the > > 19th century it was a favorite spot for sportsmen > > from Philadelphia and > > other cities to visit in the summer and enjoy the > > fresh air, to fish, and > > to hunt deer. > > > > It is a long but very narrow valley with high > ridges > > on either side. > > Blacklog Creek rises in Juniata County (Lack > > Township) and runs south > > twenty miles or so to eventually flow into the > > Aughwick Creek outside > > Rockhill Furnace near Orbisonia in Huntingdon > > County. St. Marys Roman > > Catholic Church where the McGarvey family > worshipped > > is very close to the > > south end of the valley. > > > > > >I can tell you what the "Reformed Parrish" would > > be. Today the denomination is > > >called the United Church of Christ (UCC). There > was > > no Reformed Church in > > >Blacklog Valley. The only church there today is a > > Brethren one, at Valley > > >Point, and the old-time Brethren were all > > conservative German farmers, hardly > > >fitting in with the McGarvey or Irish background. > > The Zieglers were probably > > >German Reformed church members; it's a German > name. > > > > > >I wonder if there is any one of the McGarvey men > on > > that typescript genealogy > > >who could have had twin daughters at the right > > time. Still it is strange that > > >the twins would not have been baptized in the > > Catholic Church, since good > > >Catholics always had their babies baptized as > soon > > as it was feasible to do > > >so. > > > > I also wonder whether there was a Thompson family > > living in Blacklog Valley. > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com