Hello Fellow Listers: Below was something that I think is a pretty neat idea - Why didn't I think of it sooner???!!!! I know I'm gonna do it!!! This was sent to the Adams County, PA. List by Art and Kay HARPLE STAUB... THANKS ART and KAY for sharing and GOOD idea!!! Best Wishes to all on your family quest! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. > < "The year 2000 is a Census Year. Most of the census will be > taken by mail, so after you have filled out your census form > why not make a copy of it and to file with your important > papers. Then your family will not have to wait 70 years to > learn about you." > > This note was posted on another list to which I subscribe > (the Banat-L, we should keep track of where it's been) >> > > > > -- > Genealogy without documentation is mythology!

Searching for parents/siblings and further family info. on Hugh DALRYMPLE (b.1776 in Ireland) who came from Derry Co., Ireland - emigrated 23-Jun-1800 from Londonderry and landed at Philadelphia in Sep-1800. He lived in Lack Twp., Mifflin Co. (now Juniata Co.), PA.. He was married to a J_____ (b.1774) and had children: Martha Mary Catherine (b.1805 md. Peter BARNHART TAYLOR); E.[female] (b.1810); Ann (b.1815); H[ugh] (b.1817). This info was from 1850 Census [Lack Twp., Juniata Co., PA.). Neither Hugh nor his wife were found in the 1860 Census. NOTE: His father may also be Hugh?! Any help appreciated! Thanks in advance... Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA.

Hello Fellow Listers: This list of Diseases Found on Death Certificates was sent to me by a fellow lister, Lucy Manson. She told me that she had received it from another list. I hope that this list will prove interesting and maybe answer some questions that you may have. Please forgive if this is a repeat. Best wishes on your family quest... Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. ******************************** Diseases found on Death Certificates Ablepsy - Blindness Ague - Malarial Fever American plague - Yellow fever. Anasarca - Generalized massive edema. Aphonia - Laryngitis. Aphtha - The infant disease "thrush". Apoplexy - Paralysis due to stroke. Asphycsia/Asphicsia - Cyanotic and lack of oxygen. Atrophy - Wasting away or diminishing in size. Bad Blood - Syphilis Bilious fever - Typhoid, malaria, hepatitis or elevated temperature and bile emesis. Biliousness - Jaundice associated with liver disease. Black plague or death - Bubonic plague. Black fever - Acute infection with high temperature and dark red skin lesions and high mortality rate. Black pox - Black Small pox Black vomit - Vomiting old black blood due to ulcers or yellow fever Blackwater Fever - Dark urine associated with high temperature. Bladder in Throat - Diphtheria (Seen on death certificates) Blood poisoning - Bacterial infection; septicemia Bloody flux - Bloody stools Bloody sweat - Sweating sickness Bone shave - Sciatica Brain fever - Meningitis Breakbone - Dengue fever Bright's disease - Chronic inflammatory disease of kidneys Bronze John - Yellow fever Bule Boil - tumor or swelling. Cachexy - Malnutrition Cacogastric - Upset stomach Cacospysy - Irregular pulse. Caduceus - Subject to falling sickness or epilepsy. Camp Fever - Typhus; aka Camp diarrhea Canine Madness - Rabies, hydrophobia. Canker - Ulceration of mouth or lips or herpes simplex. Catalepsy - Seizures / trances. Catarrhal - Nose and throat discharge from cold or allergy. Cerebritis - Inflammation of cerebrum or lead poisoning Chilblain - Swelling of extremities caused by exposure to cold Child Bed Fever - Infection following birth of a child. Chin Cough - Whooping cough. Chlorosis - Iron deficiency anemia. Cholera - Acute severe contagious diarrhea with intestinal lining sloughing. Cholera mrbus - Characterized by nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, elevated temperature, etc. Could be appendicitis. Cholecystitus - inflammation of the gall bladder Cholelithiasis - Gall stones Chorea - Disease characterized by convulsions, contortions and dancing. Cold Plague - Ague which is characterized by chills Colic - An abdominal pain and cramping Congestive Chills - Malaria Consumption - Tuberculosis. Congestion - Any collection of fluid in an organ, like the lungs. Congestive Chills - Malaria with diarrhea. Congestive Fever - Malaria. Corruption - Infection Coryza - A cold Costiveness - Constipation Cramp Colic - Appendicitis Crop Sickness - Overextended Stomach Croup Laryngitis - diphtheria, or strep throat Cyanosis - Dark skin color from lack of oxygen in blood Cynanche - Diseases of throat Cystitis - Inflammation of the bladder Day Fever - Fever lasting one day; sweating sickness Debility - Lack of movement or staying in bed Decrepitude - Feebleness due to old age Delirium tremens - Hallucinations due to alcoholism Dengue - Infectious fever endemic to East Africa Dentition - Cutting of teeth Deplumation - Tumor of the eyelids which causes hair loss Diary Fever - A fever that lasts one day Diptheria - Contagious disease of the throat Distemper - Usually animal disease with malaise, discharge from nose and throat, anorexia Dock Fever - Yellow fever Dropsy - Edema (swelling), often caused by kidney disease (Glomeruleonephsitis) or heart disease Dropsy of the Brain - Encephalitis Dry Bellyache - Lead poisoning Dyscrasy - An abnormal body condition Dysentery - Inflammation of colon with frequent passage Dysorexy - Reduced appetite of mucous and blood. Dyspepsia - Indigestion and heartburn. Heart attack symptoms. Dysury - Difficulty in urination Eclampsy - Symptoms of epilepsy, convulsions during labor Ecstasy - A form of catalepsy characterized by loss of reason Edema Nephrosis - swelling of tissues Edema of lungs - Congestive heart failure, a form of dropsy Eel thing - Erysipelas Elephantiasis - A form of leprosy Encephalitis - Swelling of brain; aka sleeping sickness Enteric Fever - Typhoid fever Enterocolitis - Inflammation of the intestines Enteritis - Inflations of the bowels Epitaxis - Nose bleed Erysipelas - Contagious skin disease, due to Streptococci with vesicular and bulbous lesions. Extravasted Blood - Rupture of a blood vessel. Falling sickness - Epilepsy Fatty Liver - Cirrhosis of liver Fits - Sudden attack or seizure of muscle activity. Flux - An excessive flow or discharge of fluid like hemorrhage or diarrhea. Flux of Humour - Circulation. French Pox - Syphilis Gathering - A collection of pus Glandular Fever - Mononucleosis Great Pox - Syphilis Green Fever / Sickness - Anemia Grippe / Grip - Influenza like symptoms Grocer's Itch - Skin disease caused by mites in sugar or flour Heart Sickness - Condition caused by loss of salt from body Heat Stroke - Body temperature elevates because of surrounding environment temperature and body does not perspire to reduce temperature. Coma and death result if not reversed Hectical Complaint - Recurrent fever Hematemesis - Vomiting blood Hematuria - Bloody urine Hemiplegy - Paralysis of one side of body Hip Gout - Osteomylitis Horrors - Delirium tremens Hydrocephalus - Enlarged head, water on the brain Hydropericardium - Heart dropsy Hydrophobia - Rabies Hydrothroax - Dropsy in chest Hypertrophic - Enlargement of organ, like the heart Impetigo - Contagious skin disease characterized by pustules Inanition - Physical condition resulting from lack of food Infantile Paralysis - Polio Intestinal colic Abdominal pain due to improper diet Jail Fever - Typhus Jaundice - Condition caused by blockage of intestines King's Evil - Tuberculosis of neck and lymph glands Kruchhusten - Whooping cough Lagrippe - Influenza. Lockjaw - Tetanus or infectious disease affecting the muscles of the neck and jaw. Untreated, it is fatal in 8 days. Long Sickness - Tuberculosis. Lues Disease - Syphilis. Lues Venera - Venereal disease. Lumbago - Back pain. Lung Fever - Pneumonia Lung Sickness - Tuberculosis Lying in - Time of delivery of infant. Malignant Sore Throat - Diphtheria. Mania - Insanity. Marasmus - Progressive wasting away of body, like malnutrition. Membranous - Croup Diphtheria Meningitis - Inflations of brain or spinal cord Metritis - Inflammation of uterus or purulent vaginal discharge Miasma - Poisonous vapors thought to infect the air Milk Fever - Disease from drinking contaminated milk, like undulant fever or brucellosis Milk Leg - Post partum thrombophlebitis Milk Sickness - Disease from milk of cattle which had eaten poisonous weeds Mormal - Gangrene Morphew - Scurvy blisters on the body Mortification - Gangrene of necrotic tissue Myelitis - Inflammation of the spine Myocarditis - Inflammation of heart muscles Necrosis - Mortification of bones or tissue Nephrosis - Kidney degeneration Nepritis - Inflammation of kidneys Nervous Prostration - Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities Neuralgia - Described as discomfort, such as "Headache" was neuralgia in head Nostalgia - Homesickness. Palsy - Paralysis or uncontrolled movement of controlled muscles. It was listed as "Cause of death" Paroxysm - Convulsion Pemphigus - Skin disease of watery blisters Pericarditis - Inflammation of heart Peripneumonia - Inflammation of lungs Peritonotis - Inflammation of abdominal area Petechial Fever - Fever characterized by skin spotting Puerperal exhaustion Death due to child birth Phthiriasis - Lice infestation Phthisis Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis Plague - An acute febrile highly infectious disease with a high fatality rate Pleurisy - Any pain in the chest area with each breath Podagra - Gout Poliomyelitis - Polio Potter's Asthma - Fibroid pthisis Pott's Disease - Tuberculosis of spine Puerperal Exhaustion - Death due to childbirth Puerperal Fever - Elevated temperature after giving birth to an infant Puking Fever - Milk sickness Putrid Fever - Diphtheria. Quinsy - Tonsillitis. Remitting Fever - Malaria Rheumatism - Any disorder associated with pain in joints Rickets Disease of skeletal system Rose Cold - Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy. Rotanny Fever - (Child's disease) ??? Rubeola - German measles Sanguineous Crust - Scab Scarlatina - Scarlet fever Scarlet Fever - A disease characterized by red rash Scarlet Rash - Roseola Sciatica Rheumatism in the hips Scirrhus - Cancerous tumors Scotomy - Dizziness, nausea and dimness of sight Scrivener's palsy - Writer's cramp Screws - Rheumatism Scrofula - Tuberculosis of neck lymph glands. Progresses slowly with abscesses and fistulas develop. Young person's disease Scrumpox - Skin disease, impetigo Scurvy - Lack of vitamin C. Symptoms of weakness, spongy gums and hemorrhages under skin Septicemia - Blood poisoning Shakes - Delirium tremens Shaking - Chills, ague Shingles - Viral disease with skin blisters Ship Fever - Typhus Siriasis - Inflammation of the brain due to sun exposure Sloes - Milk sickness Small pox Contagious disease with fever and blisters Softening of brain Result of stroke or hemorrhage in the brain, with an end result of the tissue softening in that area Sore Throat Distemper - Diphtheria or quinsy Spanish Influenza - Epidemic influenza Spasms - Sudden involuntary contraction of muscle or group of muscles, like a convulsion Spina Bifida - Deformity of spine Spotted Fever - Either typhus or meningitis Sprue - Tropical disease characterized by intestinal disorders and sore throat St. Anthony's Fire - Also erysipelas, but named so because of affected skin areas are bright red in appearance St. Vitas Dance - Ceaseless occurrence of rapid complex jerking movements performed involuntary Stomatitis - Inflammation of the mouth Stranger's Fever - Yellow fever Strangery - Rupture Sudor Anglicus - Sweating sickness Summer Complaint - Diarrhea, usually in infants caused by spoiled milk. Sunstroke - Uncontrolled elevation of body temperature due to environment heat. Lack of sodium in the body is a predisposing cause. Swamp Sickness - Could be malaria, typhoid or encephalitis Sweating Sickness - Infectious and fatal disease common to UK in 15th century Tetanus - Infectious fever characterized by high fever, headache and dizziness Thrombosis - Blood clot inside blood vessel Thrush - Childhood disease characterized by spots on mouth, lips and throat Tick Fever - Rocky mountain spotted fever Toxemia of Pregnancy - Eclampsia Trench Mouth - Painful ulcers found along gum line, Caused by poor nutrition and poor hygiene Tussis Convulsiva - Whooping cough Typhus - Infectious fever characterized high fever, headache, and dizziness Variola - Smallpox Venesection - Bleeding Viper's Dance - St. Vitus Dance Water on Brain - Enlarged head White Swelling - Tuberculosis of the bone Winter Fever - Pneumonia Womb Fever - Infection of the uterus. Worm Fit - Convulsions associated with teething, worms, elevated temperature or diarrhea. Yellowjacket - Yellow fever. - --------------------------------------------------

Hi Fellow Listers: This was posted to the York County List and was taken from another list. Sorry if it is a duplicate! Thought this may be of interest to a few of you out there! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. ***************** FINDING OLD, ABANDONED CEMETERIES When dealing with cemetery records, people often ask, "How can I find old, abandoned cemeteries if no one takes care of them and they're out in the woods somewhere or forgotten?" You might think those cemeteries are forgotten, but they're not. Property laws required landowners to disclose whether there were burials or burial grounds on property when the property was sold. Usually, those burial grounds are recorded on plat maps. If they're not, check older plat maps, such as those from the 1880's. These maps might pinpoint cemeteries that have somehow disappeared from the more current plat maps. Be certain to check them. You can usually find plat maps in public libraries. ---------------------------------------------- Diana J. Muir, Professional Genealogist Former Host of the World GenWeb Teacher of 8 free online genealogy classes at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~genclass/

Hello fellow listers: Listed below was recently sent through the Perry Co. list. This may be of interest to some of you on other lists... feel free to pass it on! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. *********************************************** EPIDEMIC TIMELINES AND CHRONOLOGIES Epidemics in the U.S. 1657-1918 http://people.delphi.com/pamyates/epidemic.htm U.S. Epidemics http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html Plagues & Epidemics (from Plumber.com) http://www.theplumber.com/plague.html Some Historically Significant Epidemics http://www.botany.duke.edu/microbe/chrono.htm Epidemics and Military Battles http://everest.ento.vt.edu/IHS/militaryEpidemics.html The American Experience: Influenza 1918 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/ Plague and Epidemic in Renaissance Europe http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/

Searching for the parentage of Emanuel Bahr/Barr/Bear BAUM/BUMGARDNER born between 1784-1788 in York Co. He married Mary/Polly EBBS, whose father was Emanuel EBBS. They had several children who were born in York Co, Mifflin Co, Centre Co, and Clarion Co. Their children were: Jacob Ebbs, Ester, Mary, Henry, Nancy Margaret, William Johnston, Sarah Elizabeth, Isabella, and Daniel Harrison. Emanuel EBBS came from England, fought in the Revolutionary War (enlisted in MD), married Nancy CANNON, and lived in PA (York Co, Mifflin, Juniata). Their children were: Daughter (b. 1787) Daughter (b.1788) one of these two daughters married a BROWN and had a daughter Matilda Mary Polly EBBS (b. 1793) James H. EBBS (. b 1797) Emanuel EBBS Jr. ( b. 1800) Daniel EBBS (b. 1809) Any relatives out there? Elaine Kahler

Hi, does anyone have records of a Kilpatrick family who were in Juniata Co. area before 1844? I have not seen that name on the archives that I have found. Ellie

Hello fellow listers: Here is a tip that was posted on the Perry County, PA. list. I had never been aware of this type of register before, but it does sound promising. Thought maybe the rest of the lists would be interested in this genealogical source. Best wishes on your family research! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. ********************************** > And now for today's tip... > > FEE BOOKS > > An auditor's fee books are daily registers of people who paid 25 cents > to a dollar to record documents such as bills of sale. These books > contain documents that may not appear in other places you've searched. > Fee books are located in the auditor's office, but you must ask to see > them. They're not indexed, but if you know your ancestor lived in a > specific place in a specific year, a document in a fee book might be > the only way to prove it in order to establish the person's place of > birth or death. > ---------------------------------------------- > > Diana J. Muir, Professional Genealogist > Former Host of the World GenWeb > Teacher of 8 free online genealogy classes at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~genclass/ >

MaMalai68@aol.com wrote: > > Hello! I spotted the name "Pannebaker" you put on the surnames list for > Juniata Co., PA, and I was just a bit curious; my grandfather Merritt > Oberholtzer's first wife was one Geraldine "Toots" Pannebaker, who lived in > Mifflintown and graduated with my grandfather's eventual second wife (!) from > Mifflintown High, class of '24. > > Maybe no relation, but worth a try..... =) > > Cheers! > Stacey > MaMalai68@aol.com ////////////////////////////////////// Stacey, I have Nettie Lela Pannebaker 1866-1960 m. Andrew Parker Suloff. I show Nettie's parents as Joseph Rickett Pannebaker 1838-1915 and Nancy Notestine 1844-1870, and Joseph's parents as Joseph P. Pannebaker and Mary M. Wert. Secondly, I have Edwin D. Pannebaker m. Elizabeth Deborah Bowers, who were the parents of Roy Winfield Pannebaker 1883-1964 m. Sara Jane 'Jennie' Suloff 1886-1961. This couple's children were Edwin Suloff Pannebaker b. 1918; Paul Marion Pannebaker b. 1921; and Gerald Roy Pannebaker b. 1924, whose wife was named Nancy. I would be very interested to learn about descendants for these three brothers. Would you kindly let me know if you find a connection? These are all the Pannebakers I have in Juniata Co. There could very well be a connection to your Pannebaker, but it is not immediately obvious. Hope this gives you something to work on. Nelson R. Sulouff

Mary, I found your inquiry about Uriah WISE on the GenForum for Juniata Co. I have the following WISE family in my SULOUFF AND SULOFF FAMILY HISTORY (5th printing December 1999) _______________________________________________ 1 Emanuel WISE, Sr. b. estimated 1790-1800 d. after 1840 m. 18 Feb 1824 Susannah ZULAUF>SULOUFF (Susannah bore only one son before her death at age 33) 2 Emanuel WISE, Jr. b. 01 APR 1826 d. 06 Jan 1880 m. 01 Apr 1846 Elizabeth RICE (no children of record) m. 29 Apr 1850 Lucinda ALBRIGHT b. 1828 3 Jane WISE b. 1853 3 William WISE b. 1859 3 Catharine 'Cassie' WISE b. 1859 3 Emanuel WISE, III b. 1863 3 Anna 'Annie' WISE b. 1865 3 Sherman WISE b. 04 Sep 1867 3 Josiah WISE b. 27 Sep 1868 3 Barton WISE b. 1869 3 Samuel WISE b.27 Sep 1870 3 David WISE b. 27 Sep 1875 _____________________________________________ I realize there is no "Uriah WISE" among the above, but this WISE family might provide you some leads to investigate. The frequent use of Old Tesament names for the children of Emanuel, Jr. points to a similarity with the name Uriah, which is an Old Testament name. I regret I have not had time to investigate the ancestors of Emanuel WISE, Sr., nor to research the descendants of his grandchildren who are listed above. I would hope to include more WISE ancestors and descendants in the next printing of my book. Emanual, Sr. shows up in Juniata County's Fermanagh Twp. tax records for 1830. The Civil War File for Emanuel, Jr. is found in National Archives File #277337; and the Pension Claim made by his second wife, Ludinda, is found in National Archives File No. 277337, Can No. 607, Bundle No. 27). Please let me know if any of this helps you find your Uriah WISE. Happy hunting, Nelson R. Sulouff

Is Genforum down? if not does anyone have a current address? Thank you, Ron Knouse Researching the KNAUSS/KNOUSE, RANNELS/REYNOLDS, ALLEMONG/ALLIMANG/ALLEMAN, KNERR/KNORR, ZELLERS, HAAS, Families.

Thank you for the list of diseases. It will help me now in finding the cause of my gggrandfathers death. Mary

GLOSSARY OF DISEASES Outdated Term Current Term AMERICAN PLAGUE ? yellow fever APOPLEXY ? paralysis due to stroke BAD BLOOD ? Syphilis BILIOUSNESS ? liver disease symptoms Bilious is defined as having an undue amount of bile. Bilious fever is defined as a fever _supposed_ to be caused by a liver disorder. (It probably also has something to do with gallbladder disease.) BLOOD POISONING ? Septicemia (overwhelming bacterial BRAIN FEVER ? today known as meningitis BRIGHT'S DISEASE ? Glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation) CATALEPSY ? seizures/trances CHLOROSIS ? iron deficiency anemia CHOLERA ? an acute infectious disease characterized by severe diarrhea, vomiting, muscle cramps and prostration. The severe dehydration leads to shock and death. CONGESTIVE FEVER ? malaria CONSUMPTION ? Tuberculosis, pulmonary CRETINISM ? Hypothyroidism, congential DROPSY ? Congestive heart failure ??taken from an old "Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary" ? 'dropsy; from Hydrops, a condition rather than a disease. Morbid accumulation of water in the tissues and cavities.' It goes on to mention dropsy of the amnion, belly, brain, heart, chest, peritoneum, tubes (e.g. fallopian) and uterus. It could be congestive heart failure or just a general accumulation of fluid in unwanted places. (Not the bladder after too much beer though! #1? A condition rather than a disease. Morbid accumulation of water in the tissues and cavities. (chest=thorax) #2? a fever with vomiting of bile. (a symptom due to disordered condition of the liver. FATTY LIVER ? Cirrhosis GLANDULAR FEVER ? Mononucleosis GRIPPE ? an old term for influenza JAIL FEVER ? Typhus LOCK JAW ? Tetanus LUNG FEVER ? pneumonia LUNG SICKNESS ? Tuberculosis MILK SICK ? poisoning resulting from the drinking of milk produced by a cow who had eaten a plant known as white snake root MORMAL ? gangreen PLAGUE/BLACK DEATH ? Bubonic Plague PODAGRA ? Gout POTTS DISEASE ? Tuberculosis of the spinal vertebrae QUINSY ? another name for tonsillitis; acute inflammation of the tonsil <& surrounding tissue>, usually forming an abscess. SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN ? cerebral hemorrhage/stroke VARIOLA ? smallpox WINTER FEVER ? pneumonia OLD DISEASES AND THEIR MODERN DEFINITIONS ? PART 2 [note: contributor's names in (_).] CAMP FEVER & JAIL FEVER, etc. ? TYPHUS & TYPHOID (Tom Lincoln): typhus was never seen (for example, in the Civil War) in the United States. Thus camp fever (in the U.S.) usually referred to TYPHOID. (D.G. Gardner): it was an American physician, William Gerhard, who first made clear the distinction between typhoid fever and (epidemic) typhus. [note: This was in 1830] It took 20?30 years for others. It must not have been uncommon in C19 America. "Since TYPHUS is to some extent a crowding disease??the lice that carry the germ can infect more people in cities, jails [why it was sometimes called Jail Fever], military camps [camp fever], and so forth, I have to believe that typhus was a problem during the Civil War. (Fred Rump): Typhus does not equal typhoid, of course, but it is common to confuse the two diseases due to the similar? ity in their names. The reservoir of typhoid fever is humans. Mode of transmission of typhoid fever is by food & water contaminated by feces and urine of patients and carriers. CANINE MADNESS ? Hydrophobia [morbid fear of water] CHLOROSIS ? Iron Deficiency anemia (Tom Lincoln): also a number of confounding diseases ?? like leukemia ?? that were not recognized at the time. COMMOTION ? Concussion CONSUMPTION ? Tuberculosis (Tom Lincoln): effect of the disease was that of wasting away. (George Thurston): TB, but also dysentery and other "wasting" diseases that rendered their victims a bag of bones. CORRUPTION ? Infection CORYZA ? A cold COSTIVENESS ? Constipation CRAMP COLIC ? Appendicitis CROUP ? Croup (still around) (George Thurston): a congested cough that babies get. DEATH FROM "TEETH" OR "TEETHING" (Tom Lincoln): Tooth infections with inflammation and cellu? litis were clearly important causes of illness and death before there was adequate dentistry.

(continued from last message) Furuncle. See boil. Gangrene. Death and decay of tissue in a part of the body??usually a limb??due to injury, disease, or failure of blood supply. Synonym: mortification. Gleet. See catarrh. Gravel. A disease characterized by multiple small calculi (stones or concretions of mineral salts) which are formed in the kidneys, passed along the ureters to the bladder, and expelled with the urine. Synonym: kidney stone. Hectic fever. A daily recurring fever with profound sweating, chills, and flushed appearance?? often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or septic poisoning. Hives. A skin eruption of wheals (smooth, slightly elevated areas on the skin) which is redder or paler than the surrounding skin. Often attended by severe itching, it usually changes its size or shape or disappears within a few hours. It is the dermal evidence of allergy. See the discussion under croup; also called cynanche trachealis. In the mid?nineteenth century, hives was a commonly given cause of death of children three years and under. Because true hives does not kill, croup was probably the actual cause of death in those children. Hospital fever. See typhus. Hydrocephalus. See dropsy. Hydrothorax. See dropsy. Icterus. See jaundice. Inanition. Exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation. A condition characterized by marked weakness, extreme weight loss, and a decrease in metabolism resulting from severe and prolonged (usually weeks to months) insufficiency of food. Infection. The affection or contamination of a person, organ, or wound with invading, multiplying, disease?producing germs??such as bacteria, rickettsiae, viruses, molds, yeasts, and protozoa. In the early part of the last century, infections were thought to be the propagation of disease by effluvia (see above) from patients crowded together. "Miasms" were believed to be substances which could not be seen in any form??emanations not apparent to the senses. Such miasms were understood to act by infection. Inflammation. Redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissue to injurious agents. This mechanism serves as a localized and protective response to injury. The word ending ?itis denotes inflammation on the part indicated by the word stem to which it is attached??that is, appendicitis, pleuritis, etc. Microscopically, it involves a complex series of events, including enlargement of the sizes of blood vessels; discharge of fluids, including plasma proteins; and migration of leukocytes (white blood cells) into the inflammatory focus. In the last century, cause of death often was listed as inflammation of a body organ??such as, brain or lung??but this was purely a descriptive term and is not helpful in identifying the actual underlying disease. Intussusception. The slipping of one part within another, as the prolapse of one part of the intestine into the lumen of an immediately adjoining part. This leads to obstruction and often must be relieved by surgery. Synonym: introsusception. Jail fever. See typhus. Jaundice. Yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, and mucous membranes, due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood??often symptomatic of certain diseases, such as hepatitis, obstruction of the bile duct, or cancer of the liver. Synonym: icterus. Kidney stone. See gravel. Kings evil. A popular name for scrofula. The name originated in the time of Edward the Confessor, with the belief that the disease could be cured by the touch of the king of England. Lockjaw. Tetanus, a disease in which the jaws become firmly locked together. Synonyms: trismus, tetanus. Malignant fever. See typhus. Marasmus. Malnutrition occurring in infants and young children, caused by an insufficient intake of calories or protein and characterized by thinness, dry skin, poor muscle development, and irritability. In the mid?nineteenth century, specific causes were associated with specific ages: In infants under twelve months old, the causes were believed to be unsuitable food, chronic vomiting, chronic diarrhea, and inherited syphilis. Between one and three years, marasmus was associated with rickets or cancer. After the age of three years, caseous (cheeselike) enlargement of the mesenteric glands (located in the peritoneal fold attaching the small intestine to the body wall) became a given cause of wasting. (See tabes mesenterica.) After the sixth year, chronic pulmonary tuberculosis appeared to be the major cause. Marasmus is now considered to be related to kwashiorkor, a severe protein deficiency. Meningitis. Inflammation of the meninges (the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord), especially of the pia mater and arachnoid??caused by a bacterial or viral infection and characterized high fever, severe headache, and stiff neck or back muscles. Synonym: brain fever. Morbus. Latin word for disease. In the last century, when applied to a particular disease, morbus was associated with some qualifying adjective or noun, indicating the nature or seat of such disease. Examples: morbus cordis, heart disease; morbus caducus, epilepsy or failing sickness. Neuralgia. Sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a sensory nerve. There are many causes: anemia, diabetes, gout, malaria, syphilis. Many varieties of neuralgia are distinguished according to the part affected??such as face, arm, leg. Paristhmitis. See quinsy. Petechial fever. See typhus. Phthisis. See consumption. Pleurisy. Inflammation of the pleura, the membranous sac lining the chest cavity, with or without fluid collected in the pleural cavity. Symptoms are chills, fever, dry cough, and pain in the affected side (a stitch). Pneumonia. Inflammation of the lungs with congestion or consolidation???caused by viruses, bacteria, or physical and chemical agents. Pus. A yellow?white, more or less viscid substance found in abscesses and sores, consisting of a liquid plasma in which white blood cells are formed and suspended by the process of inflammation. Putrid fever. See typhus. Putrid sore throat. Ulceration of an acute form, attacking the tonsils and rapidly running into sloughing of the fauces (the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading to the pharynx). Pyrexia. See dysentery. Quinsy. A fever, or a febrile condition. An acute inflammation of the tonsils, often leading to an abscess; peritonsillar abscess. Synonyms: suppurative tonsillitis, cynanche tonsillaris, paristhmitis, sore throat. Scarlatina. Scarlet fever. A contagious febrile disease, caused by infection with the bacteria group. A beta?hemolytic streptococci (which elaborate a toxin with an affinity for red blood cells) and characterized by a scarlet eruption, tonsillitis, and pharyngitis. Scrofula. Primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those in the neck. A disease of children and young adults, it represents a direct extension of tuberculosis into the skin from underlying lymph nodes. It evolves into cold abscesses, multiple skin ulcers, and draining sinus tracts. Synonym: king's evil. Septic. Infected, a condition of local or generalized invasion of the body by disease?causing microorganisms (germs) or their toxins. Ship fever. See typhus. Spotted fever. See typhus. Suffocation. The stoppage of respiration. In the nineteenth century, suffocation was reported as being accidental or homicidal. The accidents could be by the impaction of pieces of food or other obstacles in the pharynx or by the entry of foreign bodies into the larynx (as a seed, coin, or food). Suffocation of newborn children by smothering under bedclothes may have happened from carelessness as well as from intent. However, the deaths also could have been due to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), wherein the sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant, while asleep, typically occurs between the ages of three weeks and five months and is not explained by careful postmortem studies. Synonyms of SIDS: crib death and cot death. It was felt that victims of homicidal suffocation were chiefly infants or feeble and infirm persons. Summer complaint. See cholera infantum. Suppuration. The production of pus. Tabes mesenterica. Tuberculosis of the mesenteric glands in children, resulting in digestive derangement and wasting of the body. Teething. The entire process which results in the eruption of the teeth. Nineteenth?century medical reports stated that infants were more prone to disease at the time of teething. Symptoms were restlessness, fretfulness, convulsions, diarrhea, and painful and swollen gums. The latter could be relieved by lancing over the protruding tooth. Often teething was reported as a cause of death in infants. Perhaps they became susceptible to infections, especially if lancing was performed without antisepsis. Another explanation of teething as a cause of death is that infants were often weaned at the time of teething; perhaps they then died from drinking contaminated milk, leading to an infection, or from malnutrition if watered?down milk was given. Tetanus. An infectious, often?fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium, Clostridium tetani, that enters the body through wounds; characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw. Synonyms: trismus, lockjaw. Thrush. A disease characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, tongue, and fauces caused by a parasitic fungus, Candida albicans. Thrush usually affects sick, weak infants and elderly individuals in poor health. Now it is a common complication from excessive use of broad?spectrum antibiotics or cortisone treatment. Synonyms: aphthae, sore mouth, aphthous stomatitis. Trismus nascentium or neonatorum. A form of tetanus seen only in infants, almost invariably in the first five days of life, probably due to infection of the umbilical stump. Typhoid fever An infectious, often?fatal, febrile disease, usually occurring in the summer months??characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi, which is usually introduced by food or drink. Symptoms include prolonged hectic fever, malaise, transient characteristic skin rash (rose spots), abdominal pain, enlarged spleen, slowness of heart rate, delirium, and low white?blood cell count. The name came from the disease's similarity to typhus (see below). Synonym: enteric fever. Typhus. An acute, infectious disease caused by several micro?organism species of Rickettsia (transmitted by lice and fleas) and characterized by acute prostration, high fever, depression, delirium, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body. The epidemic or classic form is louse borne; the endemic or murine is flea borne. Synonyms: typhus fever, malignant fever (in the 1850s), jail fever, hospital fever, ship fever, putrid fever, brain fever, bilious fever, spotted fever, petechial fever, camp fever. Virus. An ultramicroscopic, metabolically inert infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals. In the early 1800s virus meant poison, venom, or contagion. Yellow fever. An acute, often?fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates??caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, especially Aledes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice, fever, and protein in the urine. In 1900 Walter Reed and others in Panama found that mosquitoes transmit the disease. Clinicians in. the late nineteenth century recognized "specific yellow fever" as being different from "malarious yellow fever." The latter supposedly was a form of malaria with liver involvement but without urine involvement. NOTES AND REFERENCES William Cullen, First Lines of the Practice of Physic with Practical and Explanatory Notes by John Rotheram (New York: Evert Duyckinck, 1801 ); Robert Hooper, Lexicon?Medicum or Medical Dictionary (New York: J. & J. Harper, 1826); Marshall Hail, The Principles of Diagnosis (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1835); Robley Dunglison, A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise Account of the Various Subjects and Terms (Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1844); Richard D. Hoblyn, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences (Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1865); William Aitken, The Science and Practice of Medicine, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1872); Richard Quain, ed., A Dictionary of Medicine (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883); Austin Flint, A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine (Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1884); George M. Gould, An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology, and Allied Sciences (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1901); Glentworth Reeve Butler, The Diagnostics of Internal Medicine (New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1903); The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 2d ed., unabridged (New York: Random House, 1987); Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1988). From the article "Disease and Death in the Nineteenth Century: A Genealogical Perspective", by James Byars Carter, M.D. Exerpted from a complete article on the subject from The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 76, (Dec 1988) pp 289?301.

(continued from last message) Cholera. An acute, infectious disease, endemic in India and China and now occasionally epidemic elsewhere??characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, and cramps. It is caused by a potent toxin discharged by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which acts on the small intestine to cause secretion of large amounts of fluid. The painless, watery diarrhea and the passing of rice?water stool are characteristic. Great body?salt depletion occurs. Cholera is spread by feces?contaminated water and food. Major epidemics struck the United States in the years 1832, 1849, and 1866. In the 1830s the causes were generally thought to be intemperance in the use of ardent spirits or drinking bad water; uncleanness, poor living or crowded and ill?ventilated dwellings; and too much fatigue. By 1850 cholera was thought to be caused by putrid animal poison and miasma or pestilential vapor rising from swamps and marshes??or that it entered the body through the lungs or was transmitted through the medium of clothing. It was still believed that it attacked the poor, the dissolute, the diseased, and the fearful?? while the healthy, well?clad, well?fed, and fearless man escaped the ravages of cholera. Cholera infantum. A common, noncontagious diarrhea of young children, occurring in summer or autumn. In the nineteenth century it was considered indigenous to the United States; was prevalent during the hot weather in most of the towns of the middle and southern states, as well as many western areas; and was characterized by gastric pain, vomiting, purgation, fever, and prostration. It was common among the poor and in hand?fed babies. Death frequently occurred in three to five days. Synonyms: summer complaint, weaning brash, water gripes, choleric fever of children, cholera morbus. Chorea. Any of several diseases of the nervous system, characterized by jerky movements that appear to be well coordinated but are performed involuntarily, chiefly of the face and extremities. Synonym: Saint Vitus' dance. Chronic. Persisting over a long period of time as opposed to acute or sudden. This word was often the only one entered under "cause of death" in the mortality schedules. The actual disease meant by the term is open to speculation. Colic. Paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels. Infantile colic is benign paroxysmal abdominal pain during the first three months of life. Colic rarely caused death; but in the last century a study reported that in cases of death, intussusception (the prolapse of one part of the intestine into the lumen of an immediately adjoining part) occasionally occurred. Renal colic can occur from disease in the kidney, gallstone colic from a stone in the bile duct. Congestion. An excessive or abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part or blood vessel. In congestive fever (see text), the internal organs become gorged with blood. Consumption. A wasting away of the body; formerly applied especially to pulmonary tuberculosis. The disorder is now known to be an infectious disease caused by the bacterial species Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Synonyms: marasmus (in the mid?nineteenth century), phthisis. Convulsions. Severe contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions of the extremities, trunk, and head. See epilepsy. Coryza. See catarrh. Croup. Any obstructive condition of the larynx (voice box) or trachea (windpipe), characterized by a hoarse, barking cough and difficult breathing occurring chiefly in infants and children. The obstruction could be caused by allergy, a foreign body, infection, or new growth (tumor). In the early?nineteenth century it was called cynanche trachealis. The crouping noise was similar to the sound emitted by a chicken affected with the pip, which in some parts of Scotland was called roup; hence, probably, the term croup. Synonyms: roup, hives, choak, stuffing, rising of the lights. Debility. Abnormal bodily weakness or feebleness; decay of strength. This was a term descriptive of a patient's condition and of no help in making a diagnosis. Synonym: asthenia. Diphtheria. An acute infectious disease caused by toxigenic strains of the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, acquired by contact with an infected person or a carrier of the disease. It was usually confined to the upper respiratory tract (throat) and characterized by the formation of a tough membrane (false membrane) attached firmly to the underlying tissue that would bleed if forcibly removed. In the nineteenth century the disease was occasionally confused with scarlet fever and croup. Dropsy. A contraction for hydropsy. Edema, the presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in intercellular tissue spaces or body cavities. Abdominal dropsy is ascites; brain dropsy is hydrocephalus; and chest dropsy is hydrothorax. Cardiac dropsy is a symptom of disease of the heart and arises from obstruction to the current of blood through the heart, lungs, or liver. Anasarca is general fluid accumulation throughout the body. Dysentery. A term given to a number of disorders marked by inflammation of the intestines (especially of the colon) and attended by pain in the abdomen, by tenesmus (straining to defecate without the ability to do so), and by frequent stools containing blood and mucus. The causative agent may be chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms. There are two specific varieties: (1) amebic dysentery caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; (2) bacillary dysentery caused by bacteria of the genus Shigella. Dysentery was one of the most severe scourges of armies in the nineteenth century. The several forms of dysentery and diarrhea accounted for more than one?fourth of all the cases of disease reported during the first two years of the Civil War. Synonyms: flux, bloody flux, contagious pyrexia (fever), frequent griping stools. Eclampsia. A form of toxemia (toxins??or poisons??in the blood) accompanying pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria (protein in the urine), by hypertension (high blood pressure), and by convulsions. In the last century, the term was used for any form of convulsion. Edema. See dropsy. Effluvia. Exhalations or emanations, applied especially to those of noxious character. In the mid?nineteenth century, they were called "vapours" and distinguished into the contagious effluvia, such as rubeolar (measles); marsh effluvia, such as miasmata; and those arising from animals or vegetables, such as odors. Emphysema, pulmonary. A chronic, irreversible disease of the lungs, characterized by abnormal enlargement of air spaces in the lungs and accompanied by destruction of the tissue lining the walls of the air sacs. By 1900 the condition was recognized as a chronic disease of the lungs associated with marked dyspnea (shortness of breath), hacking cough, defective aeration (oxygenation) of the blood, cyanosis (blue color of facial skin), and a full and rounded or "barrel?shaped" chest. This disease is now most commonly associated with tobacco smoking. Enteric fever. See typhoid fever. Epilepsy. A disorder of the nervous system, characterized either by mild, episodic loss of attention or sleepiness (petittnal) or by severe convulsions with loss of consciousness (grand mal). Synonyms: falling sickness, fits. Erysipelas. An acute, febrile, infectious disease, caused by a specific group ~4 streptococcus bacterium and characterized by a diffusely spreading, deep?red inflammation of the skin or mucous membranes causing a rash with a well?defined margin. Synonyms: Rose, Saint Anthony's Fire (from its burning heat or, perhaps, because Saint Anthony was supposed to cure it miraculously). Flux. See dysentery. (continued in next message)

MEDICAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Most of the definitions of diagnoses in the glossary that follows are from medical dictionaries or medical texts compiled at different points in the nineteenth century. [see NOTES AND REFERENCES at end of article]. To determine which medical terms should be defined, the author has surveyed various mortality schedules, death certificates, and other medical sources of the nineteenth century. While he has tried to submit the best?possible interpretation of these terms, there are certainly other interpretations which may be valid. Glossary Abscess. A localized collection of pus buried in tissues, organs, or confined spaces of the body, often accompanied by swelling and inflammation and frequently caused by bacteria. The brain, lung, or kidney (for instance) could be involved. See boil. Addison's disease. A disease characterized by severe weakness, low blood pressure, and a bronzed coloration of the skin, due to decreased secretion of cortisol from the adrenal gland. Dr. Thomas Addison (1793?1860), born near Newcastle, England, described the disease in 1855. Synonyms: Morbus addisonii, bronzed skin disease. Ague. Malarial or intermittent fever characterized by paroxysms (stages of chills, fever, and sweating at regularly recurring times) and followed by an interval or intermission whose length determines the epithets: quotidian, tertian, quartan, and quintan ague (defined in the text). Popularly, the disease was known as "fever and ague," "chill fever," "the shakes," and by names expressive of the locality in which it was prevalent??such as, "swamp fever" (in Louisiana), "Panama fever," and "Chagres fever." Ague?cake. A form of enlargement of the spleen, resulting from the action of malaria on the system. Anasarca. Generalized massive dropsy. See dropsy. Aphthae. See thrush. Aphthous stomatitis. See canker. Ascites. See dropsy. Asthenia. See debility. Bilious fever. A term loosely applied to certain enteric (intestinal) and malarial fevers. See typhus. Biliousness. A complex of symptoms comprising nausea, abdominal discomfort, headache, and constipation??formerly attributed to excessive secretion of bile from the liver. Boil. An abscess of skin or painful, circumscribed inflammation of the skin or a hair follicle, having a dead, pus?forming inner core, usually caused by a staphylococcal infection. Synonym: furuncle. Brain fever. See meningitis, typhus. Bronchial asthma. A paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of breathing, characterized by spasm of the bronchial tubes of the lungs, wheezing, and difficulty in breathing air outward??often accompanied by coughing and a feeling of tightness in the chest. In the nineteenth century the direct causes were thought to be dust, vegetable irritants, chemical vapors, animal emanations, climatic influences, and bronchial inflammation??all of which were reasonable guesses. The indirect causes were thought to be transmissions by the nervous system or by the blood from gout, syphilis, skin disease, renal disease, or heredity. Only the latter cause was a reasonable assumption. Camp fever. See typhus. Cancer. A malignant and invasive growth or tumor (especially tissue that covers a surface or lines a cavity), tending to recur after excision and to spread to other sites. In the nineteenth century, physicians noted that cancerous tumors tended to ulcerate, grew constantly, and progressed to a fatal end and that there was scarcely a tissue they would not invade. Synonyms: malignant growth, carcinoma. Cancrum otis. A severe, destructive, eroding ulcer of the cheek and lip, rapidly proceeding to sloughing. In the last century it was seen in delicate, ill?fed, ill?tended children between the ages of two and five. The disease was the result of poor hygiene acting upon a debilitated system. It commonly followed one of the eruptive fevers and was often fatal. The destructive disease could, in a few days, lead to gangrene of the lips, cheeks, tonsils, palate, tongue, and even half the face; teeth would fall from their sockets, and a horribly fetid saliva flowed from the parts. Synonyms: canker, water canker, noma, gangrenous stomatitis, gangrenous ulceration of the mouth. Canker. An ulcerous sore of the mouth and lips, not considered fatal today. Synonym: aphthous stomatitis. See cancrum otis. Carcinoma. See cancer. Catarrh. Inflammation of a mucous membrane, especially of the air passages of the head and throat, with a free discharge. It is characterized by cough, thirst, lassitude, fever, watery eyes, and increased secretions of mucus from the air passages. Bronchial catarrh was bronchitis; suffocative catarrh was croup; urethral catarrh was gleet; vaginal catarrh was leukorrhea; epidemic catarrh was the same as influenza. Synonyms: cold, coryza. Childbirth. A cause given for many female deaths of the century. Almost all babies were born in homes and usually were delivered by a family member or a midwife; thus infection and lack of medical skill were often the actual causes of death. (continued in next message) Michael O. Reck - 2434 Forest Home Ave - Riverside, Oh. -45404-2410 E-mail: moreck@juno.com - moreck@netzero.net Researching: BAIR-BIRT-BOYD-BRANDON-CURTIS-DAVIDSON-FLETCHER-FRANTZ-HENNING-KOHR-LESHE R-MILLER-MUNCY-PEARSON-RECK-REIGLE-SHOOK-STOEVER-URMEY-ZELLER

Hello Fellow Listers: Recently a fellow by the name of Michael O. RECK of Riverside, Ohio posted a list of various "Old Diseases" to the Perry County, PA. List. THANK YOU MIKE! Seeing that this would be of interest to many of the other lists, I am copying them to this list and others. I hope that these lists and definitions may help someone understand what many of the "olden-day illnesses" were. Have a Happy New Year! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA.

-----Original Message----- From: Barb <bsharar@pa.net> To: PAPERRY-L@rootsweb.com <PAPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 7:47 PM Subject: Fw: Sarah Crist Rhine Sowers -----Original Message----- From: Barb <bsharar@pa.net> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Sarah Crist Rhine Sowers HELP! I'm trying to find my great-grandmother Sara E. Crist Rhine Sowers. She was first married to Robert Rhine and lived in Juniata Co. Found her on 1910 census Lack Twp. Juniata Co. living with her daughter Ethel and son-in-law David Kennedy. Between 1910 and 1920 she married Henry G. Sowers and lived in Chambersburg. Found them on tax assessments until 1936 in Chambersburg. Can't seem to find when she died or where she is buried. A second cousin seems to think that she is buried in Chambersburg, but not sure where. Any one out there that can help, it will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance, Barb bsharar@pa.net

Sorry if some get this more than once. But I have lost a lot of mail sent to me in the past few weeks. If someone out there had sent me mail in regards to Campbell, would you please resend if you still have a copy. Many things have happened here lately including the loss of my mother who is a Campbell decendant. It really has hit hard, especially when one is trying to do geneology. With the loss of both parents now, i look at the pages of my book and they are now another generation there that are gone and a part of the past for our future generations to study. This has put a whole new look on things for me and has been a difficult time. So if you had sent mail in regards to Moms Family CAMPBELL let me know and perhaps we can get your questions/inquires worked out. Sorry this has taken some time to answer. Elaine Dearborn Heights, MI

In Black Log Valley there is a little church with a cemetery on the hill across the road. The Juniata Archives Cemetery Index calls the cemetery the Black Log Brethren. I once saw a sign at the site calling it the Byron Run Cemetery. My ancestors lived in this area and I was told that my gg grandparents were buried in the grounds immediately surrounding the church. This would have been circa 1880. Years ago I visited and did, indeed, find some gravemarkers in the area around the church, however, not the names I was looking for. At the time it was quite brushy and some gravestones were grown over. I was wondering if any listers are familiar with the church and could share what they know. I'd be interested in knowing what years the church was in operation; whether it may have also been used as a school; whether its denomination was in fact, Brethren; and whether there is a record somewhere of the graves surrounding the church (not the ones across the road). Thanks, Angie