I have "Hess" in my line who come through marriage into my husband's "Best" line. I'd have to check further to see if they are among the ones you're looking for. I'm originally from Jefferson County (now living in Mifflin Co.) but I know the area very well "up there." If I can help, I will, since so many people on other boards have been so helpful to me. I guess that's how it goes...pass it on. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. Learn more.

If your local paper is on line you should be able to get this from their obit column. You don't say where this person died or the name of the town where she died. Just some hints or clues. Linda Harden-Lantz ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kragle@aol.com> To: <PAJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 11:36 AM Subject: Katherine Reynolds obit > Katherine Reynolds passed away this past week I would like a copy of her > obit if someone has it. her death date was December 16, 2004 > > Thank you > > Mark Cragle > > ________________________________________________________________ Keep unwanted email out. Visit www.spamsubtract.com for more information.

Katherine Reynolds passed away this past week I would like a copy of her obit if someone has it. her death date was December 16, 2004 Thank you Mark Cragle

I just wanted to say "Happy Holidays" to everyone on this board and "Thank You" to everyone and anyone who helped me this year in my research. You may not know what you've done but I do. I may have gotten a website from you that you sent to someone else; I may have asked a "stupid" question and you were patient enough to answer; I may have asked for an obit or some other tidbit and you sent a jpeg copy or even more than I asked for. Whatever it was, again, THANK YOU. Happy Hunting and I hope we all find more than we're looking for next year. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.

I apologize, I inadvertently sent this formated the first time. I found some old photos and hope I can help someone find some that belong to their family. I have loaded the photos onto my website at http://www.bobbiev.net/photos.html Here is a short description of the photos: Name of person(s) in photo: Aunt Vina & Lennie Mai Marl Tabor - Smith & Smith St. Louis Art Co. Joe Moore Ethel & Frank Brigman - Fischer - Quincy, IL. D M Rollins -- 17 Archie Eichman & wife Fedora Ethel Roberts Photo Studio or Location: Carlyle, IL McDonald - Augusta, Illinois. Palmer - Griggsville, Ills. John Strathmann - Germantown, Ill. Williams & Ritter - Clayton, Ills. E. Clark Hall - Brookville, PA Dinnington - Meadville, PA Fowler - Meadville, PA Pentz - York, PA - Rupps Building Centre Square Setzer and Roth - St. Louis Smith & Smith - St. Louis Art Co When - 1651 Franklin Ave. St. Louis, Missouri If you are interested in any of them, please contact me off list. Thanks, Bobbie

I have inherited a number of family photos most of which are not identified. I would by grateful if any of you with connections to these families in Jefferson County would look at them and tell me if you recognize anyone. You may view them at: http://users.adelphia.net/~eswab/family/index.html Thanks Eric Swab Voice: 719/632-0251 Email: eswab@adelphia.net Website: http://users.adelphia.net/~eswab

Alice, Thank you for sending this to the list. Carrie Marsh On 11/25/04 8:34 AM, "Alice J. Gayley" <agayley@earthlink.net> wrote: > Washington, DC > October 3, 1863 > > The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled > with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. > To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we > are prone to forget the source from which they come, others > have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, > that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart > which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful > providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of > unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes > seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their > aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order > has been maintained, the laws have been respected and > obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the > theater of military conflict; while that theatre has been > greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of > the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength > from the fields of peaceful industry to the national > defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the > ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, > and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious > metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. > Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste > that has been made in the camp, the siege and the > battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the > consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted > to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom. > > No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand > worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts > of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger > for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. > > It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be > solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one > heart and voice by the whole American people. I do > therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of > the United States, and also those who are at sea and those > who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and > observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of > Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who > dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that > while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such > singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with > humble penitence for our national perverseness and > disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have > become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the > lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, > and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand > to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon > as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full > enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union. > > In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand, and > caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. > > Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, > in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and > sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States > the eighty-eighth. > > A. Lincoln

Washington, DC October 3, 1863 The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theater of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle, or the ship; the axe had enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years, with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth. A. Lincoln -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/

Follow-up to my message below: I thought the obits I submitted to the Jefferson County Genealogy Project Board last month were lost. Not so.... It's the index part that's not working right. When I typed a name nothing came up. I had to go through each page to find them. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: Bev Morris To: PAJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:40 PM Subject: HIMES/KERNER/WACHOB obits Hello, I posted some obits for HIMES, KERNER, and WACHOB surnames on the Jefferson County Genealogy Project Board. It appears that others I submitted last month such as GEIST were lost. I'll do my best to re-submit, but it will take awhile. Others that have submitted obits, please check to see if they're still there. Also, please add any that you have. Happy Thanksgiving, Bev in Calif.

Hello, I posted some obits for HIMES, KERNER, and WACHOB surnames on the Jefferson County Genealogy Project Board. It appears that others I submitted last month such as GEIST were lost. I'll do my best to re-submit, but it will take awhile. Others that have submitted obits, please check to see if they're still there. Also, please add any that you have. Happy Thanksgiving, Bev in Calif.

Rootsweb's servers have been down for about a week. Should be more active soon. Mark Thomas --- Mona Anderson <roadqueen1340@yahoo.com> wrote: > Boards have been awfully quiet recently and I haven't received any posts. > Just checking to see if everything's OK. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com

Rootsweb was having problems. Still can't get into some of the county archives like obituaries for Jefferson Co. Has anyone checked lately? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mona Anderson" <roadqueen1340@yahoo.com> To: <PAJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:27 AM Subject: TESTING > Boards have been awfully quiet recently and I haven't received any posts. Just checking to see if everything's OK. > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com >

Saw this on ebay and thoght it might help someone: Around Punxsutawney - Images of America by Sr. Anne Frances Pulling, 2001 Book features old photographs of Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania and the history of Ground Hog Day and Gobblers Knob. Photos include: Birds Eye View of Punxsutawney 1915, Hotel Pantall Public Square showing Pantall and Waverly Hotels The Park after snow storm of April1911 Mahoning Street (several photos) Barletta's Palace of Sweets (interior) The Nut Shop1936, founded by Zimmerman, Anderson, Langhearst and Johnson S. Taylor Farm - North Farm Shoeshine shop on N. Findley Avenue Ben Rueben Delvitto Wedding 1915 Central Hotel New National Hotel Washington Hotel - Lumber and Coke Company, 1888 Washington House & First Baptist Church, 1865 Winslow Family Reunion 1911 Sarnin Thomas Flyer car 1904 Post office Punxsutawney Iron Works George and August Keeler Eldred Glass Company Clark Steel Hoop Mill Punsutawney Brewery Elk Run Brewery Peoples Planing Mill 1936 Flood - post office and N. Findley Street Kendra's Transfer Co trucks (1940s) Diamond Drilling Pantall's Moving Van pulled by horses Lindsey Store John Bair's General Store Whitney Hotel Mayo Market 1915 and 1935 Horace Miller, Punxy News Rawleigh Wagon with P. C. Heilbrun J. H. Fink Store Groundhog Brand Trucks (1930s) Weber Mens Clothing Store Charles M. Feicht Pharmacy Murphy Five & Ten employees Jacobson's Men's Wear McGee & Son Moving and Razing Co Lauderbach - Barber Co Freas garage Old Indian Bridge White Photography Studio N. D. Corey, justice of the peace 1909 Jefferson Theatre Adrian Hospital Punxsutawney Hospital Murray Sanitarium Winslow House (illustration) Gillespie House, 809 W. Mahoning Jenks House (illustration) Children of Morris School 1907-08 Tiny Tots Orchestra 1942 Jefferson School Punxsutawney High School Class of 1918 Punxsutawney High School Football team 1909 Johnson's Grill Basketball Team Punxsutawney B. R. & P. R. Depot Stephen and Anna Fairman Farcus Walston School Children 1949-1950 Main Street, Anita, PA Big Run Mill Big Run Gas Station Christian Church, Big Run Elk Run Mine Helvetia Mine Rossiter Coal Mine Punxsutawney State Police 1905 Punxsutawney Citizens Band 1914 Masonic Temple YMCA Punxsutawney Fire dept 1909, 1940 (and several other photos) Photos of parades http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3940054236&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! � Try it today!

I know that several servers were down but I haven't received ANYTHING for weeks. Are the servers up yet? --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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I'm searching for the parents of these children I found in the 1930 in Punxy living with their step-father, mother deceased. McKee George age 28, Conductor/R.R. Geist George age 28, step-son, Laborer/Glass Works Geist Nelda N., step-daugher, age 24 Geist Theodere/Theodore? step-son, age 21, Laborer/B.B. Co. Couldn't read occupation but they started with a B. I also found Nelda N. Geist in Vol. II of "Tombstone Hoppin" cemetery book by Pat Steele, dates 1906-1993, buried in Circle Hill Cem., Bell Twp., Jefferson Co. There's one other Geist near her - C. Eugene Geist, 1911-1918. Thanks in advance for any help. Darla Kelly

Bev Nate has had his share of problems with the pa-roots sites in the last month first with a hacker, then he changed servers, so he has had his hands full getting all the web pages back up and running correctly. Hopefully everything will be back to normal with the sites and there will be no more "errors". Nate and his family are moving over the next 2 weeks. He is a pastor and will be settling in at his new church in the weeks ahead. So he will be quite busy packing, and moving. Just wanted to let you know if the site is not fixed right away, that is the reason why. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: Bev Morris [mailto:bmom@rickadee.net] Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:29 PM To: PAJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: obituaries Letting everyone know that I haven't been able to post any more obituaries since the Jefferson County Genealogy Project Board won't let me in. An "error" page comes up. Bev in Calif.

Letting everyone know that I haven't been able to post any more obituaries since the Jefferson County Genealogy Project Board won't let me in. An "error" page comes up. Bev in Calif.

Hi Lillian- Yes this is Emma sister of James. Thought I'd try her but don't know which one either. Someone sent me the info the other day and I think it is the one listed as living with John and Beatrice Pugh. It states she is the sister in law so I am assuming Beatrice is another sister but can't confirm it. In my grandmother's bible she had a Mrs. John Pugh listed with nothing else , so maybe? I will just have to keep trudging through it all till it comes together. You have a good day and nice hearing from you. Irene

Yes. I have that information already. Trying to find his parents for years now. They are listed as Robert and louisa Yohe on his marriage application. Can't find any other connection though. That's why I thought I might have more luck with his sister Emma. Thanks anyway though. Irene