Janice The "sport hill" section of Dunmore encompasses a big chunk of area including just below, including and above the now existing Interstate 81/Drinker St. exit ramps. Winton, Drinker, Derrig, River, Flynn, Field, Laurel streets were part of Sport Hill. Meade St. is a current Street there also...not sure if that existed way back when. If you need info...I'll get you more :o) Colleen

On 4/7/1923 Alice Colburn Bonno, born 1899 and Mary V. Colburn, born 1906, died due to a railroad/car accident in Lackawanna Co and were buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. According to records, Alice Colburn Bonno was pregnant and her unborn child perished with her. I am looking for further details in regard to the accident, presuming that there would have been newspaper account/obituaries. Any help in this regard might possibly solve a family mystery of long standing. If anyone could shed light on this accident and details as to family, at least 3 generations of our family would be most grateful. Hopefully, Martha S.

04-05-1930, Scranton, Lackawanna, PA Henry Scheigg Head 66 Swit Swit Swit Mary Wife 66 Ger Ger Ger Marie AdoptDaug 13 Pa Pa Pa Fred S. Weismer StepSon 46 Pa Pa Pa Fred B GrSon 20 Pa Pa Kan Henry first married when he was 22, Mary first married when she was 17. Fred was a widow he married at 25 years old. Henry immigrated in 1889 and Mary in 1885. Henry was a watchman for Furnace Works. Fred was an insurance agent. They lived at 626 Prospect Ave. --------------------------------------------------------- Debby Malecki [email protected] Searching for surnames and anyone connected to them : Pennsylvania - AYERS, EYERMAN, GALLAGHER, GRIFFIN, MCCLEARY, MCGOWEN, MCLAUGHLIN, MCGUINESS, SNODGRASS, SNYDER, VANDERMARK, WOLF(E) Maryland - BENNINGTON, COCHRAN, DUFF. MCCLEARY, PAVARD, SMITHSON North Carolina - ANDREWS, COCHRAN, HANKS, HARRINGTON, LITTLE, LONG, JENKINS, NEALEY, POWELL, SIMMONS, SPICER, TOMPKINS, WALTERS, WATTS, WILLIS, YATES Germany - EYERMAN, GUTMANN, HOFFMAN, PFLINZINGER, SCHMITT, TRUNZER > I am looking for any information on Marie SCHEIGG who was born cir. 1916 in > Scranton to Henri SCHIEGG and Mary WEISMER SCHIEGG. She later married cir > 1935 an Edmond QUINN from Scranton. She also had a brother Frederick WEISMER > who lived in Clarks Summit. Any info would help...thank you. -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 267.8.15 - Release Date: 07/14/2005

The Scranton Electric Building is right across the street from the Courthouse on Linden St. It was the home of the (go figure) The Scranton Electric Company. It was/is a famous building in the area as it had the big electric lighted sign on the top of the building. They just refurbished it and it is lit once again. Tom Price

In a message dated 7/22/2005 8:46:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Where did you live in Clarks Summit? I lived on Ashmore Avenue. Actually, Barbara, we lived in S. Abington Twp. on Willowbrook Road, which was a dead end (after Rt. 80 went through) We lived right off Edella Road before you went over the big bridge over Rt. 80. When they cut through Edella Road for Rt. 80, we bought a house that was in the right-of-way and moved it down to our land. I took moving pictures of the house being moved in the winter with all our furniture in it, and no one would insure it until it was solidly on the ground. Talk about sweating it out. The driver had to back the trailer with the house on it over a stack of about 12 railroad ties high. He had about 6-8" on either side of the tires. The first attempt they started to shift, and he had to pull off so they could rearrange it. When he got the house off safely, the sweat was on his forehead. My hands were shaking so much I could hardly hold the movie camera. But it worked out well. Nice to meet people from the same area. Ruth

In a message dated 7/22/2005 7:05:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I remember it was near a Laurel Line tunnel entrance of which the other end was over near Moosic Ave! Yes, my Aunt and Uncle lived at the top of the hill opposite it. My Mom took it to work every day - she was a supervisor in the Western Union. You were right to be afraid - it had a live third rail. There was an accident in the tunnel back in her days. My husband and I ice-skated on the creek that ran through the lower part of her back yard. Ahh - memories! Ruth

I am looking for any information on Marie SCHEIGG who was born cir. 1916 in Scranton to Henri SCHIEGG and Mary WEISMER SCHIEGG. She later married cir 1935 an Edmond QUINN from Scranton. She also had a brother Frederick WEISMER who lived in Clarks Summit. Any info would help...thank you.

Hey Bill, You might have known my sisters. They would have been in Clarks Summit HS during that time. Jean Kembel and Evelyn Kembel. Evelyn was born in 1919 and Jean was born in 1921. You might remember them as the classes were not too big at that time. Barbara In a message dated 7/22/2005 11:46:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Barbara; I lived in chinchilla from1927 to 1941.My house was the last one on the left going south on northern boulevard(I believe it was route 611)before entering what we called the notch.I went to Clarks Summit HS in 1941.Then my family moved to Brooklyn NY. Yes i am quite a bit older than you. I still go back on occasion. Bill Thomas

Barbara; I lived in chinchilla from1927 to 1941.My house was the last one on the left going south on northern boulevard(I believe it was route 611)before entering what we called the notch.I went to Clarks Summit HS in 1941.Then my family moved to Brooklyn NY. Yes i am quite a bit older than you. I still go back on occasion. Bill Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:07 PM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Messages > In a message dated 7/21/2005 12:21:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > In a message dated 7/21/2005 8:16:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi, > I was born an raised in Chinchilla in 20 in the 20s and 30s. > Anybody else out there that lived there. > Bill Thomas > Bill, > > I live in Delaware but lived in Clarks Summit from 1933 until 1952 when > I > moved to Delaware. > > Barbara > > > Bill, > I'm from Seattle but my LANCE people were in Chinchilla in those days. I > had > a cousin or was it a great uncle that lived there at that time and passed > in > I think it was 1957. > Laurence Lance > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Visit the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society > http://rootsweb.com/~panepgs/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Search the Lackawanna pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/search.html > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe > >

Dawn, I just did that, last month! You need to write down all information from the site, and take it to the Lackawanna CourtHouse. They will pull the original will and you can copy each page if you wish, for .25 each. The folks there are very, very nice, and helpful. I suggest you call first, with your estate number, so that they can tell you over the phone, before you make the trip, if they have that particular item available. Cinda -----Original Message----- From: Dawn Meehan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [PA-LAC] Leyh 1890s-? I was wondering how to get a look at a will that is listed on the website lackwanna genealogy. Dawn ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Have you seen the USGenWeb Pennsylvania Page? http://www.usgenweb.org/pa/ To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe

Hi Tom, Thank you for that valuable information. Can you tell us where the Scranton Electric Building is located, please? Mary

Ruth, Where did you live in Clarks Summit? I lived on Ashmore Avenue. Barbara In a message dated 7/22/2005 1:08:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: am living in good old Scranton!! Hello everybody!! Dave Hi Dave, We lived in West Scranton (Hyde Park) before we moved to Clark Summit. Nice to meet in cyberspace ;>) From Wisconsin, Ruth

I want to thank everyone for the information. Unfortunately I live in AKron Ohio. I won't be getting to Pa anytime soon. Dawn Jim O'Hara <[email protected]> wrote: Dawn, I believe that the wills are at the Register of Wills in the Courthouse Building in Scranton on the second floor. The wills are in volumes that the public is able to look at. Register of Wills Lackawanna County Courthouse Courthouse Square Scranton, PA 18503 (570) 963-6702 Jim --- Dawn Meehan wrote: > I was wondering how to get a look at a will that is > listed on the website lackwanna genealogy. > > Dawn > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Have you seen the USGenWeb Pennsylvania Page? > http://www.usgenweb.org/pa/ > To unsubscribe: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe

Hello, Any one searching Paden, Knight and Royal families from Hyde Park or Scranton area? Would love to chat with them. Don Wilsey [email protected] Sayre, PA

I'm not sure about Meadowbrook, I just remember it called Southside pool! I remember it was near a Laurel Line tunnel entrance of which the other end was over near Moosic Ave! We used to go a few hundred feet into the tunnel, but were afraid to go through it, for fear of a train coming! There wasn't much clearance on the sides, but my dad said every few hundred ft there was a 2x2 indent you could duck into if a train was to come through! I also remember we could see the pool down the hill from my aunts house, she lived at 7?? Locust, it was a deadend at the top of the hill! The nearest main street was Stafford Ave. a couple blocks away. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:45 PM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Messages In a message dated 7/21/2005 8:52:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> writes: I remember Crown Ave was about a block away! We used to walk Crown Ave to the old South Side swimming pool when we were up to Scranton visiting my grandparents! I live in South St Paul, Mn? Where are you? My grandparents, and my Aunt Eva and Uncle Hank Meyers lived in the 1300 block of Crown. Was that Meadowbrook where you went swimming? I vaguely remember that name. I'm in Wisconsin Dells, probably heard of it? ;>) Ruth ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed Please forward any offending email to <mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>

The wills for Lackawanna County are now available to see and copy at the Register of Wills Office on the third floor of the Lackawanna County Courthouse. Please be advised that in October the Register of Wills Office is moving to the fourth floor of the Scranton Electric Building. They will be closed for a time duing the move. This is per a conversation last week with Linda Munley the Lackawanna County Register of Wills. In response to a question yesterday, the Sport Hill section of Dunmore is off the upper section of Drinker St. the area in where Sherwood Park exists today. Some of the streets are Allen, Prospect, Jessup, Sherwood, Throop, etc. Tom Price

In a message dated 7/21/2005 9:30:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I am living in good old Scranton!! Hello everybody!! Dave Hi Dave, We lived in West Scranton (Hyde Park) before we moved to Clark Summit. Nice to meet in cyberspace ;>) From Wisconsin, Ruth

In a message dated 7/21/2005 8:52:00 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I remember Crown Ave was about a block away! We used to walk Crown Ave to the old South Side swimming pool when we were up to Scranton visiting my grandparents! I live in South St Paul, Mn? Where are you? My grandparents, and my Aunt Eva and Uncle Hank Meyers lived in the 1300 block of Crown. Was that Meadowbrook where you went swimming? I vaguely remember that name. I'm in Wisconsin Dells, probably heard of it? ;>) Ruth

In a message dated 7/21/2005 6:06:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Did you go to Clarks Summit Abington High School? I graduated from there in 1951 and will be going back next year for my 55th class reunion if they have one. Barbara No, Barbara, I graduated from West Scranton High School in 1951, and I hope to go back for my 55th Class reunion. It's nice to know us old fogies are still keeping up with the 21st century ;>) If our reunions coincide, we may get to see you, Ruth

Boy, with everyone sharing where they were born and where they are living now, I feel the need to add my info. I am living in good old Scranton!! Hello everybody!! Dave