Could someone please give me the address and phone number, or the street number for the West Liberty Cemetery? Thank you very much for your help. Deb

I received this and thought that you might like it as well. Deb Thought I'd share this with the list.  The last few paragraphs, I have thought about many times and I'm sure others have also. Carol Sunday Afternoon Rocking How Our Gardens Grow (from the Sunday Afternoon Rocking series) When I was a small girl, my family lived in the upstairs garage apartment of a landlord who had planted a veritable garden of beauty around us.  The "folks in the big house" I will call Mr. and Mrs. C., and truly they had given the fullest of their spare time over to the grounds of their home.  For a young child, it was a fairy kingdom, peopled with the bright happy faces of a hundred varieties and more of first this flower, then that.  To add to the beauty of the tiered flower beds, there was a brick floored special part of the garden in herringbone pattern, the center attraction of which was a glittering gold fish pond, complete with moss covered fountain. Where the brick was not, the lawn was as soft as any carpet I have ever walked barefoot across. Mrs. C. spent long hours in her garden, and took it upon herself to befriend the little girl I was, and allow me to happily traipse behind her as she tended her flowers.  I would kneel beside her in the soft grass and she would gently lift the little heads of the flowers, cupping their bright little faces, each in turn, telling me what "its name was", and why it was best planted when, and how long it would bloom and how.  Before long, I knew better than most adults how to call the names of the flowers in the garden.  I was allowed free reign with one very important admonition.  I was never to pick the flowers. I did quite well with that one rule, until after a very hard winter (and winters were indeed cold and bleak in that country), the tulips bloomed.  Such an array of color I thought I had never seen in all my life and virtually overnight!  The colors bloomed in cheerful abandon and no rainbow ever could out glow the myriad tints and shades of them!  I promptly forgot the "rule", proceeded with careless abandon, and to this day can remember my mood going from elation to horror as I realized that in my arms were a dozen and more tulips, plucked rudely from the earth that had coaxed them forth.  So impulsive was my action, I was not sure just when I had even done it, only that I had. In the way of all those who bear guilt of any kind, and fear repercussion, my first thought was to avoid it.  And the only place I could think of to "hide my sin" was under the profusion of last autumn's fallen leaves that lay between my home and a retaining wall.  There it was I sadly buried that beautiful array of tulips, under the damp and moldy leaves.  No one at all could enjoy their colors now, and for myself, there was now a load of guilt to carry.  I carried it many years, for though I am sure the very kind Mrs. C. noted the tulips had been plucked, she said not a word.  Nor did I.  But I never forgot it, frequently thought with sadness how I had betrayed my adult friend, and what a shame it was that I had tried to bury beauty in the dampness of moldy leaves.  I was well into adulthood before I ever admitted to anyone what I had done.  All the hours Mrs. C. had devoted to creating beauty, only for a thoughtless little girl to destroy it! Many years later, I returned to that place with my husband and one of my teenage children.  I almost wished I had not.  The carefully tended "big house" and its grounds were no longer carefully tended.  Whoever lived there now, did not appear to be at home, and because I had ventured hundreds of miles to see this home of my young girlhood, I also ventured into what had been the garden area.  I peered down at a patch of untended earth where Lilies of the Valley once graced arriving visitors.  I could not find the rose trellis or any semblance of where it had been, nor the fern bed.  And to my shock the bricked garden I remembered no longer even existed!  It was now a weedy patch of ground, the glittering gold fish pond had long ago been filled in, and the peonies that once profusely proclaimed its outskirts were no longer in sight.  Desperately searching for something to remind me of what I remembered, I finally spied, sitting abandoned in the corner of the yard, the fragmented pieces of the fountain.  What I remembered now only lived in my memory, and thinking of Mr. and Mrs. C., I realized how much time had passed and that by now they must have long ago left this world.  I left with a heavy heart, thinking how many hours had been devoted to create beauty, only for it to be buried in neglect. Sometimes I think of how many hours I have devoted to building a family story for my children and their children and the children to come.  I wonder if it will continue and be nurtured as I have tried to nurture it.  And I wonder if it might go the way of Mr. and Mrs. C.'s gardens, abandoned perhaps or destroyed by someone thoughtless.  I suspect that is possible, for I well know of a cousin who spent tireless hours on family history.  How I would love to see her research!  She was much closer to "pivotal sources" than I was, being the granddaughter of the ancestor that has been a stumbling block.  But she has been gone this many a year, and no one seems to know what went with it! Two lessons I can only bring from this. One that we trust no one person with the precious history we have spent so long preparing, but unclasp the treasure we hold tightly to, and share freely, that with at least one of these folks who receive it, surely it will be passed on.  I cannot take each of you by the hand and show you the gardens I remember, but I can describe them for you. I can pass that on.  I can give you a picture of what was given to me. And we can do the same with our histories, each time we share them freely. And two, the knowledge and admittance of the other reason we have spent so many hours at this. Our own pleasure and delight is no small thing, nor anything to feel guilty about enjoying.  What we learn from our passion we pass on in far more ways than a documented source of names and dates.  Each time our passion brings a lilt to our tone or a light to our eyes, each time we meet with pleasure a stranger we have learned is a cousin, each time we share the love of family with those around us, we are lighting a flame that indeed will live on in someone who is lit by the fire that has warmed our own hearts.    It is a shame the garden of Mr. and Mrs. C. did not survive, was not passed on to yet another who loved beauty and not only preserved what they had built, but added more to it.  It is a shame, but it does not mean their efforts were in vain or that they were wasting their time.  They gained great pleasure in those gardens, great rewards from seeing the beauty their efforts brought forth.  They surrounded themselves with beauty and they shared it with others.  I am sure there were others, but I know of a little girl who will never quite forget, and always associate her very youthful years with the beauty of the flowers and the kind caretakers who loved them.  Part of the reason for our love of genealogy has nothing to do with what we wish to pass on, but has everything to do with our own pleasure in assembling it, and the pleasure we give others by our response to it.  And that too, is reason enough for the effort. Just a thought, jan Copyright ©2001janPhilpot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Note: Afternoon Rocking messages are meant to be passed on, meant to be shared...simply share though e-mail as written without alterations...and in entirety. If planned for a publication, permission must be granted by the author. Please forward sufficient information concerning the nature and intent of the publication. Thanks, jan) Sunday Afternoon Rocking columns are distributed weekly on the list Sunday Rocking. This is not a "reply to" list, and normally only one message per week will come across it, that being the column. To subscribe send email to [email protected] Comments about the content of these messages can be sent to [email protected]

We've celebrated a milestone this week at Western PA Old Photos! We passed the 2000 mark. We have 2039 photos on line (and are adding more!). Here's what's new in the Jefferson County section -- - http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawphoto/jefferson (and, yes, here's the clickable link - - <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawphoto/jefferson">click here</A>) Here's what we've added - - >From Jeffery Yard Robert Jetson Gaston and Barbara Elizabeth Frederick James Irvin Gaston and Annie Mae Wolfgang Delilah Himes and Children William Himes >From David J. Huffman Joseph and Hannah Shaffer Smith Jacob and Elizabeth Shaffer Smith >From Jean Platt Jacob Streamer Sprankle Jacob Streamer Sprankle, Art Sprankle and the Woodsmen Della D. Mottern Sprankle with Oral and Mabel Sprankle >From Clarence R. Shirey Sarah "Catherine" Shiry Dinger Levi Dinger William Martz >From Kim Corey Alice Montgomery Irvine Alice Montgomery Irvine with unknown gentleman That brings the total in our Jefferson County section to 54! If you'd like to add photos of your family, just look for the camera at the bottom of each page. Teri Western PA Old Photos

Mary Ann Smith Best and Barbara Anna Best Culp Shaffer Karen Semencar wrote: > Dear Richard > I have contacted Marilyn and will tell you that Flo Best obtained much of her > information from my Great Great Great Grandmother, May Ann Smith Best, the wife > of William Best Sr and my great great grandmother, Barbara Anna Best Culp > Shaffer. She gave shoeboxes full of pieces of paper she had written notes on. A > cousin of hers, Ethel Crawford, was a friend of a woman I have come to know in my > search to redo a book I had done for my family. The woamn filled me in on what > Ethel had done and much about Flo. I do know some about Frances Moore Best and > what she, her two daughters and a son did after the deaath of her husband. > Clarion County Historical Society has the notes or some of them according to a > fiend who has seen them there. I hope to make it over and compare soon..By the > way, someone took information I had written in a book for my family and gave it > to WFTM. My words are in there verbatim and I am not pleased as this was not > meant to be seen by anyone other than my family. I am now working to correct and > make any additions I have since found. It took me five years to gather sources > and documents for the first one and I have been at work for about three on the > next which will be cited every place I can cite. My point being to all others to > beware as FTM is not always reliable and do not give correct sources of all their > material. Some is correct but one must be careful... > Karen Semencar > Western PA > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Marilyn, > > I have some info about Floe BEST that may be of interest to you. It comes > > from a document on file at the Jefferson County Historical and Genealogical > > Society, Brookville, PA -- "A History of the Andrew Moore Family of Jefferson > > County, Pennsylvania" Compiled by Jude Fischer, 1984 (Document #1053). This > > MOORE family is my mother's father's line. Here is what I have from that > > document: > > > > Her full name was Floe Anna BEST (b. 25 Feb 1887, Winslow Twp. Jefferson Co. > > PA; d. 5 Dec 1977, DuBois, Clearfield Co. PA). She was the dau. of Alexander > > BEST (b. 30 Nov 1862, Jefferson Co. PA; d. 8 Jun 1937 Jefferson Co. PA) and > > Anna Marie O'DONNELL (b. 27 Apr 1866, New Bethlehem, Clarion Co. PA; d. 3 Jul > > 1936, Knox Twp. Jefferson Co. PA). [Alexander was the son of William BEST Jr. > > & Frances Willard (Fanny) MOORE - who was my GGG Aunt] Floe married (29 Jan. > > 1910, Brookville, PA) John E. (Jack) STRAITWELL (b. 5 Jun 1884, Jefferson Co. > > PA; d. 19 Mar 1938 in a coal mine cave in in Knox Twp. Jefferson Co. PA). He > > was the son of George STRAITWELL & Sarah HENDRICKS. > > > > Floe and Jack lived in Knox Twp after they married, where they had 3 children > > [only 2 names are given - James E. and Elsie Marie]. She left Jack and the > > children in 1915 (the children were raised by Jack and his parents). She then > > lived a few years in New York City, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, working in > > nursing, child care, and as an insurance agent. She converted from being a > > Baptist to the Catholic Church in Orange, NJ (bapt. 28 Jan 1923 in St. John's > > Church; confirmed 16 Apr 1923 in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, South Orange, > > NJ). She returned to Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co., PA where she lived on > > Worth Street. Her hobby was family history and genealogy. In her last year, > > she lived at Christ the King Manor in DuBois, PA, where she died. > > > > All this info appears to be family lore, so I am not sending it to you as > > verified information. But, it is info that is available in the document I > > mentioned earlier. I hope there is something in all this that is useful for > > you. > > > > Richard Magill > > Baton Rouge, LA > > > > In a message dated 8/1/01 6:58:25 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] > > writes: > > > > << Hi Karen, > > I'd be interested in what you may have on the Best family. I have bits and > > pieces of Floe Best Straitwell's Wilhelm Best family history, unfinished, > > and > > copies of her notes and correspondence that sometimes confuses me. Did she > > ever finish her work? > > Regards.. Marilyn > > [email protected] > > > > < >> > > > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Jefferson County Genealogy Project by clicking below: > > http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/ > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > To contact Nate Zipfel, Listmister, click below: > mailto:[email protected] > remember, Please share Genealogy with future generations....

Hi all, I just placed on-line a transcription of the Hominy Ridge Cemetery in Barnett Township that I recorded in June. The direct URL is http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/cemetery/hominyridge.html Enjoy Nate Nathan Zipfel PA-Roots Webmaster http://www.pa-roots.com

Dear Richard I have contacted Marilyn and will tell you that Flo Best obtained much of her information from my Great Great Great Grandmother, May Ann Smith Best, the wife of William Best Sr and my great great grandmother, Barbara Anna Best Culp Shaffer. She gave shoeboxes full of pieces of paper she had written notes on. A cousin of hers, Ethel Crawford, was a friend of a woman I have come to know in my search to redo a book I had done for my family. The woamn filled me in on what Ethel had done and much about Flo. I do know some about Frances Moore Best and what she, her two daughters and a son did after the deaath of her husband. Clarion County Historical Society has the notes or some of them according to a fiend who has seen them there. I hope to make it over and compare soon..By the way, someone took information I had written in a book for my family and gave it to WFTM. My words are in there verbatim and I am not pleased as this was not meant to be seen by anyone other than my family. I am now working to correct and make any additions I have since found. It took me five years to gather sources and documents for the first one and I have been at work for about three on the next which will be cited every place I can cite. My point being to all others to beware as FTM is not always reliable and do not give correct sources of all their material. Some is correct but one must be careful... Karen Semencar Western PA [email protected] wrote: > Marilyn, > I have some info about Floe BEST that may be of interest to you. It comes > from a document on file at the Jefferson County Historical and Genealogical > Society, Brookville, PA -- "A History of the Andrew Moore Family of Jefferson > County, Pennsylvania" Compiled by Jude Fischer, 1984 (Document #1053). This > MOORE family is my mother's father's line. Here is what I have from that > document: > > Her full name was Floe Anna BEST (b. 25 Feb 1887, Winslow Twp. Jefferson Co. > PA; d. 5 Dec 1977, DuBois, Clearfield Co. PA). She was the dau. of Alexander > BEST (b. 30 Nov 1862, Jefferson Co. PA; d. 8 Jun 1937 Jefferson Co. PA) and > Anna Marie O'DONNELL (b. 27 Apr 1866, New Bethlehem, Clarion Co. PA; d. 3 Jul > 1936, Knox Twp. Jefferson Co. PA). [Alexander was the son of William BEST Jr. > & Frances Willard (Fanny) MOORE - who was my GGG Aunt] Floe married (29 Jan. > 1910, Brookville, PA) John E. (Jack) STRAITWELL (b. 5 Jun 1884, Jefferson Co. > PA; d. 19 Mar 1938 in a coal mine cave in in Knox Twp. Jefferson Co. PA). He > was the son of George STRAITWELL & Sarah HENDRICKS. > > Floe and Jack lived in Knox Twp after they married, where they had 3 children > [only 2 names are given - James E. and Elsie Marie]. She left Jack and the > children in 1915 (the children were raised by Jack and his parents). She then > lived a few years in New York City, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, working in > nursing, child care, and as an insurance agent. She converted from being a > Baptist to the Catholic Church in Orange, NJ (bapt. 28 Jan 1923 in St. John's > Church; confirmed 16 Apr 1923 in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, South Orange, > NJ). She returned to Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co., PA where she lived on > Worth Street. Her hobby was family history and genealogy. In her last year, > she lived at Christ the King Manor in DuBois, PA, where she died. > > All this info appears to be family lore, so I am not sending it to you as > verified information. But, it is info that is available in the document I > mentioned earlier. I hope there is something in all this that is useful for > you. > > Richard Magill > Baton Rouge, LA > > In a message dated 8/1/01 6:58:25 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > > << Hi Karen, > I'd be interested in what you may have on the Best family. I have bits and > pieces of Floe Best Straitwell's Wilhelm Best family history, unfinished, > and > copies of her notes and correspondence that sometimes confuses me. Did she > ever finish her work? > Regards.. Marilyn > [email protected] > > < >> > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Jefferson County Genealogy Project by clicking below: > http://www.pa-roots.com/~jefferson/

In a message dated 8/9/01 6:15:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > TUCKER, JOHN, 42y, 3m, 1d, a carpenter born in Gaskill Township, died on > April, 6 1904 of Bright Disease at his home on Woodland Ave. He will be > buried in the Hopewell Cemetery on April 9, 1904. Anybody have any information on this Tucker family? Thanks, Mary Wilt > >

Hi Everyone: Would the person who sent me the Barnett-Stalhman Family (Harry Robert Barnett Sr. married to Catherine Elizabeth Stalhman Barnett) information (I lost your original e-mail to me) please contact me at --- [email protected] I need to talk to you about some of the information you have for the Barnett's. Thanks Jean (Ford) Ross

A few more obits. They are word for word. I noticed a few mistakes, but I left them in. Deb DuBois Morning Courier 10/11/1905 DIED YESTERDAY. Mrs. ALMELEA KENNEDY, Aged 76 Years Passed Away at Home of Daughter. Mrs. ALMELIA KENNEDY died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. H. MILLER, of West Long avenue, yesterday morning. The deceased was 76 years of age and her death was caused by a complication of diseases brought on by her advanced years. She is survived by one son, ELMER KENNEDY, of South Main street and two daughters, Mrs. W. H. MILLER, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. J. A. WILSON, of Hights, Pa. Funeral services will be held at the MILLER home on Wednesday evening and the body will be taken to Kewayden on Thursday for burial. Mrs. KENNEDY resided at Kewayden for about 65 years. DuBois Courier Express 10/31/1958 MERLE LITZ: BUFFALO -- MERLE LITZ, brother of A. B. "Deacon" LITZ, well known DuBois, Pa. racing driver in the Thirties, died early yesterday morning in St. Francis Hospital here. He had been stricken with a heart attack at his home, 43 Pfohl Place, in nearby Williamsville N.Y. He was 50. Friends are being received at the Beach Tuyn funeral home, 5541 Main st., Williamsville, N. Y. until Saturday at 1:30 p.m. when funeral services will be conducted. MERLE LITZ, was born June 15, 1908 in DuBois, Pa., the son of the late JOSEPH and HARRIET (RUGH) LITZ. He had resided in Williamsville for about 15 years. He was a veteran of World War II. He leaves his wife, the former IONA POPE, and a daughter, BARBARA, at home; a brother, "DEACON" LITZ, of Williamsville; and a sister Mrs. PAUL (GWENDOLYN) WILLIS, of Pittsburgh. Reynoldsville Journal 1/17/1923 P.R. FOHNER KILLED IN MINE NEAR KARTHAUS. P.R. FOHNER, miner, in the employ of the Harrington Coal Company and working in the operation at Mowry near Karthaus, was killed Jan. 2nd, by a fall of rock and his body was not recovered until Thursday morning at 3 o'clock. Mr. FOHNER, worked at night, and on Tuesday night of last week was alone in the mine. He failed to return home Wednesday morning, and Mrs. FOHNER went to the mine to learn the cause of his absence. It was discovered that some distance in the mine Mr. FOHNER's coat and dinner bucket were found, just outside a big fall of rock. Men were summoned and started to remove the rock and dirt, and while they began Wednesday morning they did not reach the body until Thursday at the hour stated. Deceased was well know in that section of the county. He is survived by his widow and several children. September 3, 1913 DuBois Courier One of the Earliest Residents. Mrs. HERMAN C. SCHAFFER, whose death was noticed in the courier yesterday belonged to one of the earliest families to locate here. She was married to Mr. SCHAFFER here by Rev. Mr. HETRICK on New Year's Day 1879, and made here home here ever since. She was a member of the Baptist church and was known as one of the best home and family women that the community possessed. She was so unselfishly devoted to the home and family that her character was most beautiful in the eyes of those who knew her best. The husband and three children survive. The latter are CHARLES F., who is in the tailoring business at Fairfield, IA, Mrs. CORA M. SMITH of Buffalo, and Mrs. MAY MAZE, of DuBois. Her father, JOHN LYONS and four sisters and three brothers also survive. The deceased's maiden name was ISABELLE LYONS. The son, CHARLES F. and wife, arrived for Fairfield at noon yesterday. No time had been decided upon for the funeral yesterday, but will be today.

Here are more obits. I hope you don't mind. Deb TUCKER, JOHN, 42y, 3m, 1d, a carpenter born in Gaskill Township, died on April, 6 1904 of Bright Disease at his home on Woodland Ave. He will be buried in the Hopewell Cemetery on April 9, 1904. TALBART, WILLIAM, 78y, 9m, a lumberman born in England died February 23, 1904 in Davis W.VA of Rheumatism. He will be buried in Brockwayville on February 26, 1904. TILLOTSON, AARON, 62y, 2d, a farmer born in Woodhall New York died on March 15, 1903 of cancer. He will be buried at Mt. Tabor Cemetery on March 17, 1903. THOMAS, SOPHROMIA, 36y, 7m, born in Punxsutawney died suddenly on April 28, 1904 of heart trouble. She is the daughter of REUBEN and MARY WAGNER. She will be buried in Circle Hill Cemetery on May 1, 1904. Reynoldsville Journal 2/4/1891 ROLAND KENNEDY, of Keewaydin, died very suddenly of paralysis of the heart at the residence of his daughter in Karthane, on Sunday morning of last week. He had been in good health and had gone with his wife and daughter to spend the day with his son-in-law, and had been in the house but a few minutes when he died. He was one of the oldest citizens in that section and was highly respected by all who knew him. He was aged 61 years. TRETAN, LEOS, 10m born in Anita, died of Stericks being sick for only 15 hours. He will be buried in Anita on April 10, 1904. He is the son of TYRENZ and FRANCES TRETAN.

Marilyn, I have some info about Floe BEST that may be of interest to you. It comes from a document on file at the Jefferson County Historical and Genealogical Society, Brookville, PA -- "A History of the Andrew Moore Family of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania" Compiled by Jude Fischer, 1984 (Document #1053). This MOORE family is my mother's father's line. Here is what I have from that document: Her full name was Floe Anna BEST (b. 25 Feb 1887, Winslow Twp. Jefferson Co. PA; d. 5 Dec 1977, DuBois, Clearfield Co. PA). She was the dau. of Alexander BEST (b. 30 Nov 1862, Jefferson Co. PA; d. 8 Jun 1937 Jefferson Co. PA) and Anna Marie O'DONNELL (b. 27 Apr 1866, New Bethlehem, Clarion Co. PA; d. 3 Jul 1936, Knox Twp. Jefferson Co. PA). [Alexander was the son of William BEST Jr. & Frances Willard (Fanny) MOORE - who was my GGG Aunt] Floe married (29 Jan. 1910, Brookville, PA) John E. (Jack) STRAITWELL (b. 5 Jun 1884, Jefferson Co. PA; d. 19 Mar 1938 in a coal mine cave in in Knox Twp. Jefferson Co. PA). He was the son of George STRAITWELL & Sarah HENDRICKS. Floe and Jack lived in Knox Twp after they married, where they had 3 children [only 2 names are given - James E. and Elsie Marie]. She left Jack and the children in 1915 (the children were raised by Jack and his parents). She then lived a few years in New York City, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, working in nursing, child care, and as an insurance agent. She converted from being a Baptist to the Catholic Church in Orange, NJ (bapt. 28 Jan 1923 in St. John's Church; confirmed 16 Apr 1923 in Our Lady of Sorrows Church, South Orange, NJ). She returned to Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co., PA where she lived on Worth Street. Her hobby was family history and genealogy. In her last year, she lived at Christ the King Manor in DuBois, PA, where she died. All this info appears to be family lore, so I am not sending it to you as verified information. But, it is info that is available in the document I mentioned earlier. I hope there is something in all this that is useful for you. Richard Magill Baton Rouge, LA In a message dated 8/1/01 6:58:25 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Hi Karen, I'd be interested in what you may have on the Best family. I have bits and pieces of Floe Best Straitwell's Wilhelm Best family history, unfinished, and copies of her notes and correspondence that sometimes confuses me. Did she ever finish her work? Regards.. Marilyn [email protected] < >>

Would the persons intereted in WHITESELL AND SALSGIVER contact me off line. I may have some information for you. Mary Pyle Palmer [email protected]

Hello everyone! I think I may have tracked down the father of Lydia Smith who married John C. Clover, using the 1850 census. It would be just my luck that his first name is John. Here is the information I have John L. Smith b ca 1806 PA Margaret b. ca 1820 Harriet b. ca 1832 Lydia b. ca 1834 William b ca 1835 Lousia b. ca 1836 Eliza b. ca 1840 Judson b. ca 1842 Catharine b. ca 1844 Mary b. ca 1845 John b. ca 1848 Philista b. 1848 I have a feeling that Margaret is a second wife, because she is a little young to be tthe mother of at least the first 4 kids -- and there is a break between them and the next 6. Does anyone have any additional information about this family? This is all I have at this time. Linnea Albuquerque

It seems to me that they were open on Sunday afternoons from ?? until 4. pm., but you could call them and ask. 1-814-371-9006

Can anyone tell me the hours of the DuBois Historical Society?

Hi Bev I have a Margaret Ann Salsgiver born 4-17-1869 married a John Whitesell and to his brother George Whitsell. Also a sister Mary Catherine Salsgiver born 1-10-1868 married to John Whitesel John Painter Salsgiver born 9-28-1846 was married 3 times Mary and Margaret were from the first marriage. The sisters married two whitesell brothers then the husband of one died and the wife of the other died, then those two married. Do you have anything on this line? Thank you Mark Cragle

What questions do you have about Jefferson County Vital records? I'm sure someone here on the list can answer them for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:19 PM Subject: Archives > I asked several days ago about accessing the archives and didn't get a > response, but found my answer anyway. I have some pretty basic questions > about vital records in Jefferson County. I didn't find the answers, but in > case anyone is interested, to access the archives: > archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAJEFFER > > In scanning the archives I followed the recent controversy. Sorry, Deb, but > you've been posting to another PA list as All4SNDB and signing as Deb, not > Allison. You might want to check the archives for that list to refresh your > memory. > > > ==== PAJEFFER Mailing List ==== > To contact Nate Zipfel, Listmister, click below: > mailto:[email protected] > remember, Please share Genealogy with future generations.... > >

I asked several days ago about accessing the archives and didn't get a response, but found my answer anyway. I have some pretty basic questions about vital records in Jefferson County. I didn't find the answers, but in case anyone is interested, to access the archives: archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAJEFFER In scanning the archives I followed the recent controversy. Sorry, Deb, but you've been posting to another PA list as All4SNDB and signing as Deb, not Allison. You might want to check the archives for that list to refresh your memory.

<A HREF="http://www.pa-roots.com/data.html">Click here: Data Submission</A> This is a great site to post obits. There are quite a few already posted. Scroll down the entire site and see the many obits that are already there. This is a big help to a lot of people. Pat

I saw someone on my Ilinois list asking and giving a sentence on the Slick name. I am not sure if there is a relationship but I do know that some from Jefferson went to this area. If you want a forward let me know.... Karen