Thanks to all my friends who responded. Just the one that I lost, a senior moment. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristin Corcoran" <kdc13@worldnet.att.net> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Lost web site > Try: > www.ourtimelines.com > > > Kristin > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Pennsylvania USGenWeb site for other county pages & lists http://www.usgenweb.org/pa > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

Good people, I lost a web site. One that you could enter a date of an ancestor, say 1828, and all the significant world events from that date to present would be listed. Could anyone please send the address to me. thanks Jim cactuspatch@charter.net

Try: www.ourtimelines.com Kristin

The following illustrates details of the Scranton connection to the Avondale tragedy, and why anniversary information may be used to shed light on family connections not found when the event was current news. Scranton Tribune-Republican, Wednesday, Sept. 6. 1911 - ANNIVERSARY OF AVONDALE HORROR - Forty-two years ago today, 110 men lost their lives in a fire in the Avondale mine of the Lackawanna company, and the village of Hyde Park, were scores of the men resided, was plunged into grief, similar in respects to the sorrow which prevailed six [five -ed.] months ago tomorrow, on April 7, in Throop and North Scranton as the result of the Pancoast disaster, where seventy three men lost their lives. In the Washburn Street cemetery, lying in two long rows, are the bodies of fifty-one of the victims, many of whom were never identified. Col. R. A. PHILLIPS, general superintendent of the Lackawanna Coal department, lived in Plymouth at the time. He was a boy of five or six years, and his father, Thomas J. PHILLIPS, was foreman of the Jersey mine of the Lackawanna, which adjoined the Avondale colliery. Colonel Phillips said last night that he remembered the women running to and fro carrying coffee to the relief parties which had been formed. "Scores of people from this section lost relatives in the disaster," said Colonel Phillips. "Walter REESE, one of our district superintendents, lost a father and two brothers. Harry HATTON lost a father and a brother, and there were others that I do not recall at the moment. Benjamin HUGHES was then general superintendent, and his brother, Evan HUGHES, mine foreman at the Avondale, was one of the victims." "Some of the best miners of West Scranton were taken down there to help in the relief work. Evan J. EVANS, district superintendent now, was one, and John H. POWELL, one of our mine foremen was another. Quite a number are dead. I remember Benjamin HUGHES, Thomas D. DAVIES and Richard H. WILLIAMS among others and Thomas CARSON, who died a few years ago." The Avondale mine is being operated now from a new breaker, the old one having been destroyed in the fire. Legislation promoted by Harry J. PHILLIPS now requires that there be two openings in a mine. Representative Phillips was a brother of Joseph P. PHILLIPS, former city engineer. [condensed] Scranton Tribune-Republican, Thursday, Sept. 7. 1911 - West Scranton news column - Notes and Comments: It will be many years until the Avondale is not a frequent topic in West Scranton, owing to the peculiar fact that the large majority of the victims were residents of this section of the city. The reference in yesterday's Tribune- Republican to the forty-second anniversary of the disaster caused the inquiry as to the reason that so many of the victims should have found their last resting place in the Washburn Street cemetery. There are eighty of the poor fellows who were entombed buried in this city, which was their home, although employed at such a distance away. There are many of the older settlers who will remember the old Luzerne slope, in the Notch, where Benjamin HUGHES was appointed foreman by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company. In 1862 Mr. Hughes was commissioned by a New York syndicate to examine some coal lands in Nova Scotia, and the late Thomas D. DAVIES was appointed to succeed him as foreman of the Luzerne slope. In 1866 Mr. Davies was promoted foreman of the Bellvue Mine, succeeding Walter PHILLIPS, who fell down the shaft and was killed. Evan HUGHES, a brother of Benjamin Hughes, succeeded Mr. Davies at the Luzerne slope, which was closed in 1868, and thereupon Evan Hughes was transferred to the ill-fated Avondale mine. When the Luzerne slope was thus closed all the miners were practically out of employment, and Mr. Hughes prevailed upon them to accompany him to the Avondale, where he arranged to find work for them. Although they worked in the Wyoming valley many of them retained their residence in Hyde Park and Providence, coming home each week-end. When Benjamin Hughes returned from Nova Scotia, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western company was glad to secure his services again and placed him in charge of the Hyde Park shaft, then known as Price's, which had been filled with water and rendered idle for a long time. There are many men who rendered heroic service in the Avondale disaster whose names are easily brought to mind. One of the most pathetic features was the dying effort of seventy-two men to protect themselves from the smoke by building a wall and making an inclosure. It was necessary, however, that one man should remain on the outside to close the aperture and then meet his death in the effort to save the seventy-two who were inside. The volunteer was Johnny BOWEN, whose relatives live in North Scranton. When the enclosure was reached Thomas DAVIES, Rees T. EVANS, and two others found Bowen's body near the wall and then, forcing an entrance, found the seventy-two bodies within the enclosure. The total number of victims was 110. Rees T. Evans did some heroic work. He was the father of Mrs. John E. BRADLEY and Mrs. Eleazer EVANS, of Lafayette street, and was one of the best known bards of his day. Another rescuer was John T. WILLIAMS, afterwards state representative and merchant of South Main avenue, who was at the time a foreman for the DL&W company. His widow resides on South Main avenue. His two well known sons, Palmer WILLIAMS and Elmer WILLIAMS, have passed away. Joseph D. LLOYD, father of Mrs. William R. LEWIS, was a rescuer and afterward foreman of several of the DL&W collieries. John HALE, who is still living and a comparatively young man, although retired from the foremanship of the Bellvue colliery, was one of the untiring workers. Among the other rescuers were: Lewis ROBERTS, now dead, foreman for years at the Central and Dodge mines, and one of the brainiest foremen in the employ of the company. He was the father of Robert ROBERTS, employed in the post office. Edward JAMES, father of the late Hon. Edward JAMES, and of John Rees JAMES, now of Kingston. He was an excellent poet and well known by his non-de-plume, "Iorweth Ddu". Morgan HARRIS, of Taylor, father of John M. HARRIS, and Supt. H. E. HARRIS. He was undoubtably one of the best read men in the community and exercised a marked influence among the men in the uplifting of their ideals. John L. LEWIS, of the Pyne, at which place he was foreman. His son, W. V. LEWIS, who is now in West Scranton on a visit form his home in Montana, where he has prospered. Thomas HOUSER, who was foreman at the Diamond, and was the father of Dr. HOUSER, of Taylor. "Mike" HOUSER, brother of the last mentioned, who was a foreman of many years. Henry P. DAVIES, father of John J. DAVIES, the druggist, who died about a year or so ago, and was a popular choir leader and bard. Thomas WATKINS, foreman at the Cayuga, and father of Daniel WATKINS, city assessor, and William WATKINS, formerly bank cashier of this city and now of New York city. Elijah DAGGER, of South Main avenue, and Frank ZIMMERMAN, of West Park, both of whom are still living and are retired foremen. Daniel PHILLIPS, now dead, an uncle to Col. R. A. PHILLIPS. Who was then a foreman. Morgan MORGAN, superintendent of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, and Rees MORGAN, his brother. W. T. SMITH, former general superintendent of the lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company. Gwilym M. WILLIAMS, now dead, the well known mine inspector and choir leader. John GORDON, father of T. P. GORDON. John FLYNN, now dead, who after leaving the service of the DL&W company, was a partner in the firm of Mears & Flynn. Reese G. BROOKS, then a foeman for the Lackawanna Iron and Coal company, rendered splendid aid. Patrick BLEWITT, mine inspector, who I regret to learn is seriously ill. Harry J. PHILLIPS, mining engineer, who returned to Wales and built a little home and called it "Lackawanna Villa." He died about four years ago. J. J. EVANS, the South Main avenue merchant, who is still alive and as youthful as ever. Mr. Evans has a wonderful memory and recites the stirring scenes of the Avondale disaster today just as clearly, vividly, and with as much detail as he did forty-two years ago. Joseph P. PHILLIPS, then in the engineer's department and afterwards city engineer, and his brother, Jeremiah J. PHILLIPS, mining engineer, were also among the rescuers.

Luzerne Co Historical Society is offering a new publication which is called Gone But not Forgotten...Civil War Veterans of Northeastern Pennsylvania---it is a pre publishing offer of 25% off the 165 page book and a CD ROM ---sounds interesting-is supposed to list Civil War Grave Sites , Unit histories, Biographies etc--price before 11/1/2001 will be 29.95--Contact Luzerne County Historical Society 49 South Franklin St Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

I've "rescued" the original marriage certificate belonging to Friedrich Johann HOEFFNER and Elizabeth Karoline BOTKE, both of Scranton, Pennsylvania. They were married by E. J. SCHMIDT Pastor on 8 November 1905 in Scranton, PA with Elizabeth KELLERMAN and Charles HOEFFNER witnessing the ceremony. This is a beautiful old certificate written all in German, on the back someone has written the family name as HOFFNER. I'm hoping to locate someone in this family so that this beautiful family heirloom can be returned to its rightful place with family. If you are a member of this family or know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

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The virus mentioned in the original is real. I just wanted to provide a link to additional information at Norton's site: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.vote.a@mm.html The key is the quirky capitalization: The infected e-mail's subject line reads "Peace BeTween AmeriCa And IsLam!" and the message reads as follows: "Hi! iS iT A waR Against AmeriCa Or IsLam! Let's Vote To Live in Peace!" Also, please be aware that the BadTrans virus that was causing problems on mailing lists, this one included, is not dead. If you have not got a virus program and you don't update it every week and, ideally, have it set to scan your messages as they are downloaded and/or opened you are leaving the door open. No need to discuss this further on the list, however. Susan

Wondered if anyone knew what the Rev. John Shelley or Schelley served in 1868. I have a Rosar married by him in 1868. Lenora from Wisconsin Researching: Weber, Hengel - Luxembourg Duckgeischel, Rosar, Dippre,Griswold,Burg,Grim-Germany Hayburn, Kelley, Cairns, Dean-Ireland/Scotland

Every city has sections which bear different place names. Some fine examples are Georgetown in Washington, DC, or Harlem , or Hell's Gate, in New York, or Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco. So it is that such names were kept as Scranton grew into a city. Providence was incorporated as a borough prior to becoming part of the city of Scranton. It refers to a specific section, wards 1, 2, and 3, on the north side and west of the Lackawanna river. Other place names still commonly used in Scranton are Hyde Park (also a borough at one time) and Bellvue, on the west side going south from Providence; Keyser Valley further to the west; Green Ridge, Petersburg, South Side, and Minooka, east of the river from north to south. There are several other names no longer in use as well - Patagonia, Lincoln Heights, Bellvue Heights, Capouse, Pine Brook, Sandy Banks, and Slocum Flats to name a few. -----Original Message----- From: Flower Child <mlkintner@enter.net> To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:52 AM Subject: [PA-LAC] Scranton/Providence >Hi everyone, >I was looking over some email today and I had an email from someone who referred to Scranton as Providence. Does anyone know if Scranton was called Providence before? It is the first time I have ever heard it. >Thanks Lily > > Give a dream gift >Hand painted gifts & ect... > www.alittledream.cc > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Visit the Lackawanna County, PA Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/lackawp.html >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > >

Hi everyone, I was looking over some email today and I had an email from someone who referred to Scranton as Providence. Does anyone know if Scranton was called Providence before? It is the first time I have ever heard it. Thanks Lily Give a dream gift Hand painted gifts & ect... www.alittledream.cc

In my morning paper here in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL today 25 Sept 2001 Edward Theodore "Ed" or Ted" WALSH passed away on September 15, 2001 at St vincent's Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL. He was born in Scranton, PA and was a long time resident of Binghamton/Johnson City, NY. For the past 15 years, he and his wife resided in Jacksonville. He was a retired military veteran and proudly served his country from 1946 to 1984, in the US Army Air Corps, US Air Force, US Air Force Reserves and NY Army National Guard, at Binghamton, NY. In March 1956, he was promoted to M/Sgt while still on active duty, in the US Air Force and was honorably discharged from enlisted status to Reserve of the Air Force in 1959, as M/Sgt. He joined the NY ARNG and served until he honorably retired on 30 November 1984. He spent most of his life in the military and in transportation. He was a long haul independent trucker, who owned his own fleet of trucks in Johnson City, NY, and a chauffeur, who never met a stranger. He is survived by his wife Mary Ann Helen (HESS), one son, Edward Ronald Walsh, Chenango Bridge, NY, three daughters and sons-in-law, Laura Ann (Gerald Alan) O'Brennan, Sierra Vista, AZ, Sandra Jean (James John "Jim" Diffin, Binghamton, NY, Donna Marie (Eddie) Garmany, and two grandchildren, Stacy Mae and Jason Edward, Johnson City, TN, his sister Ann Marie Gorman, Vestal, NY, brothers Paul Robert (Linda), Smyrna, NY and John Joseph "Jack" (Ruth), FL, a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and many friends. Arrangements by Corey-Kerlin Funeral Home, 1426 Rowe Ave. Please sign the Guestbook at Jacksonville.com

Hello. Thank you for volunteering your time. I need to find the death record for William Prosser Jenkins b.June 1857 Nantyglo, GLA ,Wales who died of TB in 1907 in Dalton,Lackawanna county,PA. Buried in Dalton Cemetery with no stone. May have died in West Mountain TB Sanitarium or hospital in Scranton. Lived in Dalton. Ill for a long time,so rather think he died at home. Wife: Elizabeth(Lizzie)Ann Williams Jenkins Son: Winfield Benjamin Jenkins. All buried in Dalton.. Any info at all would be fantastic! Been stuck on this family for years. thanks, Sally Walton

Since we have had a problem in the past with viruses I thought this would be of interest to the group. Judy Creel Auburn, WA Seems like a pretty simple way to stop email viruses that exploit your address book from spreading. You could use any combination of characters that begin with a nonnumeric value (a symbol)... Stopping The Spread of Email Viruses A clever and simple solution. This tip won't prevent you from getting viruses (you still have to scan those attachments before opening them), but it will stop those viruses from latching onto your address book and sending itself out to others. To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a Contact in your e-mail Address Book with the name: !0000 and NO e-mail address. This contact will then show up as your first contact in your Address Book. If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your PC will put up an error message saying that "The message could not be sent. One or more recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your Address Book and make sure all recipients have a valid e-mail address." You click on OK and the offending (virus) message would not have been sent to anyone. Of course, no changes have been made to your original contacts list. The offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in your "Drafts" or "Out box" folder. Go in there, delete the offending message and give your system a thorough work-over with a reputable anti-virus software package. Problem is solved and virus is not spread. ----------------------------------------- Note: This works with Outlook Express and Eudora. It won't work where the email package requires an email address for each entry. Dawn Baron Cisco Systems, Inc.

>From the Scranton Tribune-Republican, Friday, Oct. 6, 1911 - West Scranton news, Notes and Comments Why is West Scranton known among the world over as the Welsh Athens of America? Because of the number of well known Bards (celtic poets) who have lived here, or at present, are residents here. The claim has been made that no town in Wales can produce such a number of competent and able Bards in comparison with population as Hyde Park, and the forgoing list will at first sight justify the claim. Some of the names, alas, already forgotten by many: Bardic Name Christian Name Residence Alaw Dulais Benjamin Thomas Hyde Park Ap Cyw Iowawr R. A. Phillips Hyde Park Ap Hywel John H. Powell Hyde Park Athenydd James W. Rees Hyde Park Bardd Coch Isaac Benjamin Hyde Park Bardd y Bryn Thomas Evans Hyde Park Callestr Rev. E. R. Lewis Hyde Park Celni Rev. H. C. Parry Hyde Park Cilcenin T. C. Evans Hyde Park Cochfardd Henry W. Evans Hyde Park Courier John Courier Morris Hyde Park Cynfelin T. Cynfelin Benjamin Hyde Park Cynidr Ivor C. Parry Hyde Park Cyw Ionawr Rev. Thomas J. Phillips Hyde Park Dafydd o Went Rev. D. P. Jones Hyde Park Daniel Ddu Daniel J. Evans Hyde Park Dewi Cwmtwrch D. C. Powell Hyde Park Dewi Gwylit David Jones Hyde Park Dewi Moelwyn David Williams Hyde Park Dewi Ogle David Jones Hyde Park Ednyfed Rev. Fred Evans Hyde Park Garibaldi Evan Lewis Hyde Park Glan Llafar Rev. W. R. Edwards Hyde Park Gwawrfryn Rev. John G. Evans Taylorville Gwentydd Fardd Samuel Williams Hyde Park Gwillym Cadle William C. Jones Hyde Park Gwilym Curwen William Evans Hyde Park Gwilym Cynials Rev. W. E. Morgan Hyde Park Gwyddon John T. Williams Hyde Park Gwyneddfardd T. G. Morris Hyde Park H. M. H. M. Edwards Hyde Park Iago ap Rhys James Price Hyde Park Ieuan Ddu Rev. J. P. Harris Hyde Park Ieuan Fardd Rev. D. E. Richards Hyde Park Iorwerth Ddu Edward James Hyde Park Irlwyn John Hughes Hyde Park Llyfnwy Thomas T. Morgan Hyde Park Martian Jonathan Edwards Hyde Park Montanfardd T. Elsworth Davies Hyde Park Penfelyn Joseph Prosser Hyde Park Rhys T. Rhys T. Evans Hyde Park Tewfardd S. R. Jones Hyde Park The writer of the 1911 article could not recollect the bardic names of the following: >From Hyde Park: Lewis Roberts, Enoch Harris, Titus Evans, Rev. John T. Morris, Rev. Dr. William Roberts, Rev. Dr. Joseph Davies, Rev. M. A. Ellis, and Luther Jones; from Olyphant, Edward Williams. We would like to add them to the table, so if you have this information please contact richreese@fast.net .

Hello List Where did the information on the Poor Boards come from? It is posted for awhile..I really loved reading the information. Could SKS tell me how I can access the Poor Boards. Donna from CT searching WORRELL< BROWN< PRICE<MIDDLETON

The 1892 Scranton City Directory lists Dr. Horace Hollister's address as 2079 N. Main Ave., Scranton. >From: "John Middleton" <jmiddleton@carolina.rr.com> >To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PA-LAC] Dr. H. Hollister, MD >Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:45:34 -0400 > >I am looking for the residence of the Doctor H. Hollister who wrote the >book "History of the Lackawanna Valley" in 1885. Can anyone look-up the >address of his residence around the turn of the century. >Thank you, >John Middleton in NC; jmiddleton@carolina.rr.com > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Have you visited the Lackawanna County page lately? >http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/ >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Hi, I'm looking for anyone that might have a connection to the following family. Father - Isiah Jones, born abt 1856 in New Paltz, NY, was member of Scranton Police Mother - Ottilie Jones, born September 1864 in Germany Minnie D. Jones, born July 1888 in Scranton Arthur Jones, born July 1890 in Scranton Tillie Jones, born July 1892 in Scranton Madeline M. Jones, born October 1896 in Scranton Isiah Jones, born abt 1897 in Scranton Sarah M. Jones, born abt September 1898 in Scranton In 1900, the family lived at 949 Taylor Avenue, Scranton Trying to locate any information including living relatives. Thanks Grant Kreinberg Suisun, CA

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries, Documenting the American South, site http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/neh.html states: "Documenting the American South (DAS), an electronic collection sponsored by the Academic Affairs Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. It supplies teachers, students, and researchers at every educational level with a wide array of titles they can use for reference, studying, teaching, and research." "'North American Slave Narratives, Beginnings to 1920' documents the individual and collective story of the African American struggle for freedom and human rights in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. When completed, it will include all the narratives of fugitive and former slaves published in broadsides, pamphlets, or book form in English up to 1920 and many of the biographies of fugitive and former slaves published in English before 1920." The documents are presented in both web page form with scans of some illustrations, and a format that requires the downloading of a program (I didn't test it). In addition to various indexes, the site and can be searched with a customized Google search. It is very user friendly and it is free. Susan

I am looking for the residence of the Doctor H. Hollister who wrote the book "History of the Lackawanna Valley" in 1885. Can anyone look-up the address of his residence around the turn of the century. Thank you, John Middleton in NC; jmiddleton@carolina.rr.com