Does anyone know od a website similar to this one for Lackawan Cty except covering Luzerne County. Thanks

Looking for information on Esther Farren. She came to Scranton in 1904 with her mother Elizabeth and her brother Richard and her sister Hilda. They lived in the Hyde Park section. She later married an Edward Scott. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Lisa

I know the Lackawanna Historical Society has city directories for Scranton because they did some research for me. May have others as well. As I remember, they charge $5 an hour for research plus copying fees if you need things like copies of old maps. Their address is The Catlin House, 232 Monroe Ave., Scranton, PA 28510, 570-344-3841. e-mail lhs@albright.org. They are not open Mondays. The researcher who helped me is a descendent of my grandfather's first wife whom I had never met - amazing.

Hi Listers: I'm seeking information about a Funeral Home from 1940. From what I can read on my ggrandfather's death certificate (ELI TILL DICKINSON), it looks like it could be J.C. VanCamfen located at 70 N. Main St. Carbondale. I was wondering if that establishment was still in existence or who would have taken it over? I'm interested in finding where ELI was buried. Thank you for your suggestions Verna

Mary Anne, For your information, Cusick 's run a funeral home in Scranton going back into the 1890's or earlier. The business still exist today. Although, I am not researching Cusicks, every death certificate I got from Scranton so far has their name on it as Funeral Director. Hope that helps. Annette researching: McNulty, Lynn, Dougherty, Lyndon in Scranton Mitchell, Stolze, Schellentrager, Bolte in NY

Hello Shawn What was the Welsh inscription? I may be able to translate it. Glen Jenkins Swansea Wales --- Shawn Presner <spresner@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear List > On a recent trip to Washburn, I uncovered the > headstone of my gg gf > John Harries (Harris) with a lot of help from one > Iva Hanlon. He died at the > Avondale Mine Disaster in 1869. > Now I have uncovered a series of new questions. The > stone shows a distinct > "star" placed above the decease's name and a Welsh > inscription below. Any > idea what this star may have meant? Surrounding the > stone, which was broken > and difficult to read, were fairly recently placed > hosta plants. They > encircle the stone. This in itself is not strange, > but I don't know of many > family members still in the Scranton area. > Apparently there is at least > one. John Harris had 4 children. One daughter, > Mary Ann, I know nothing > about. My ggf, Morgan Harris, was his only son. I > have no Harris relatives > in Scranton. > He had two daughters, Elizabeth who married Thomas > Hughes and > Jane who married John Matthews. They lived on Hyde > Park Ave. I know there > were two gsons (?) Ralph and Art(Hughes) > One more possibility is that his widow married > again, their name was Morgan > and Houck. Does anyone have a connection to these > names? > > Does anyone have a connection to HUGHES or MATTHEWS > or their descendants in > the Hyde Park section of Scranton. Perhaps I have > cousins that care enough > about this grave, I never knew I had. > > Regards, > Shawn > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > ==== 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 > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

Alaine I have been trying to contact you for some time. I have some important information for you. Please reply direct. Glen --- Alaine Keisling <alkeis@yahoo.com> wrote: > Is anyone researching the family of John & Ellen > Campbell? Children included Stanley (c 1894), John > (c > 1895), Genevieve (1897-1986) & Loretta (c 1902). > > In 1935 Genevieve married Francis P McClimon > (1899-1979), son of James V & Mary Costello > McClimon, > and moved to DeWitt, IA. > > Thanks, > Alaine > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute > with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== 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:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

Looking for my lost cousins FRANK PERKINS born about 1930 in Scranton PA and his Sister NANCY SUSAN PERKINS born around the same time. Their Dad my Uncle Frank Perkins ran a Druggists Store called PATENT MEDICINES at 2431 North main Street until his death in 1941. He was married to Thelma Susan Perkins nee PERRY. Thelma remarried and became THELMA LATCHAM and was living in NEWTOWN SQUARE Delaware Co when she died in 1976. I would dearly like to trace them any information regarding their whereabouts would be greatly appreciated. Garnet Perkins Middlesbrough England

Lenora, I have little info on Charles Miller, b.10/8/1908. Parents - Philip Miller and Caroline Schneider lived in South Scranton. Could this be the Carl you are looking for? Paul S. ----- Original Message ----- From: <BrennaJne@aol.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 8:03 AM Subject: [PA-LAC] Miller > Looking for information on a Carl Miller who was a bartended in a Hotel and > lived in Scranton in 1920 and lived on Pittston Ave. Married to Anna posibly > Dippre. > > Lenora from Wisconsin > > > ==== 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 >

Michael J Size Sr. Honora (Hannah) Cusick-Size wife CHILDREN: Joseph P. Aloysius Jerome William James Greggroy Michael J. Jr. 840 Lords Court Scranton, PA 7th Ward Michael Jr. owned & ran the Savoy bar on Lackawanna Ave. till about 1984. He worked for McDade Park till his death in 1991. Michael Sr., Honora (Hannah), James, Gregg, & Michael Jr. are buried in the same plot at Cathedral Cemetary. William (my father) is buried at Cathedral Cemetary with his wife Rhea. Jerome & Joseph P. I think are buried at Cathedral Cemetary, but not real sure. Aloysius is buried in Washington DC with his wife, I believe. On the Cusick line all I have is Honora (Hannah on head stone) and a picture of her and her 3 brothers & 2 sisters. Any help and information on these families would be great. I would be glad to share the little information & pictures with anyone researching these families. Mary Ann Size-Roberts __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

I thought I saw on this list a link to a description of how our ancestors traveled to the new country and what hardships, etc they endured. Does anyone have that site? Lenora from Wisconsin

Thanks to everybody for their thoughts on relocating gravesites. While I don't think I have a connection to this particular cemetary, it does bother me think that somewhere down the line that I might be cremated against my or my family's wishes. Take care, Jamie O'Brien

Looking for information on a Carl Miller who was a bartended in a Hotel and lived in Scranton in 1920 and lived on Pittston Ave. Married to Anna posibly Dippre. Lenora from Wisconsin

Hi Glen It was almost worn away and very unreadable. I took a photo that came out well. Would you like to look at it? I believe it may say --- Avondale (Avondale is spelled strangely, perhaps in Welsh) looked like Avondaiuch. Then I think I can make out MEDI 6, --- He died September 6, 1869. The Welsh inscription that follows is more lenghthy and unreadable to me. If you will send an address I will post the photos to you. I would be very grateful for the help. Any suggestions on the "star"?? Does it mean anything to an organization, or just a decoration? Nice to hear from you how is school? Regards, Shawn >From: Alayne Jenkins <jinxs104@yahoo.co.uk> >Reply-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Harris Washburn Street Cemetery >Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:00:11 +0100 (BST) > > Hello Shawn > >What was the Welsh inscription? I may be able to >translate it. > >Glen Jenkins >Swansea >Wales > >--- Shawn Presner <spresner@hotmail.com> wrote: > Dear >List > > On a recent trip to Washburn, I uncovered the > > headstone of my gg gf > > John Harries (Harris) with a lot of help from one > > Iva Hanlon. He died at the > > Avondale Mine Disaster in 1869. > > Now I have uncovered a series of new questions. The > > stone shows a distinct > > "star" placed above the decease's name and a Welsh > > inscription below. Any > > idea what this star may have meant? Surrounding the > > stone, which was broken > > and difficult to read, were fairly recently placed > > hosta plants. They > > encircle the stone. This in itself is not strange, > > but I don't know of many > > family members still in the Scranton area. > > Apparently there is at least > > one. John Harris had 4 children. One daughter, > > Mary Ann, I know nothing > > about. My ggf, Morgan Harris, was his only son. I > > have no Harris relatives > > in Scranton. > > He had two daughters, Elizabeth who married Thomas > > Hughes and > > Jane who married John Matthews. They lived on Hyde > > Park Ave. I know there > > were two gsons (?) Ralph and Art(Hughes) > > One more possibility is that his widow married > > again, their name was Morgan > > and Houck. Does anyone have a connection to these > > names? > > > > Does anyone have a connection to HUGHES or MATTHEWS > > or their descendants in > > the Hyde Park section of Scranton. Perhaps I have > > cousins that care enough > > about this grave, I never knew I had. > > > > Regards, > > Shawn > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > >==== 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 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Sorry for my last note to Glen via the list. I haven't been onlist since April & for some reason thought that it was set to private response, not list. I'll get back in the grove, honest, Alaine __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Hi Glen, I'm sorry, I was having computer problems & all sorts of things going on here and wasn't online for a while. The computer is kind of working again & my mailbox has shrunk down enough that yahoo is letting me get most mail, so I guess that I'm finally back. What's up? Alaine --- Alayne Jenkins <jinxs104@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Alaine > > I have been trying to contact you for some time. I > have some important information for you. Please > reply > direct. > > Glen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

Joe: alot of them (including some of my fmily) came from Liverpool, England. There was factory work there when work was short in Ireland. John O'Connor >From: Joe Callahan <jcallaha@ctctel.com> >Reply-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PA-LAC] Irish to US via England??? >Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:53:21 -0600 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [63.92.80.123] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBD5443EA0026400431CD3F5C507B0D0D0; Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:50:39 -0700 >Received: (from slist@localhost)by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id >f7S1lVM20016;Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:47:31 -0600 >From PALACKAW-L-request@rootsweb.com Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:51:50 -0700 >Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:47:30 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: jcallaha@ctctel.com Mon Aug 27 19:47:30 2001 >Message-ID: <3B8AF991.751989DF@ctctel.com> >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD NSCPCD47 (Win98; I) >X-Accept-Language: en,pdf >Old-To: PA roots <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> >Resent-Message-ID: <-gFbHB.A.f4E.ygvi7@lists5.rootsweb.com> >Resent-From: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/9822 >X-Loop: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com >Precedence: list >Resent-Sender: PALACKAW-L-request@rootsweb.com >X-PALACKAW-L-Web-Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html > >Does anyone have an idea where in England many of the Irish originated >from as a waypoint to leave England and end up to US and then on to >Kingston PA. My relatives for some reason stayed in Ireland for at least >four years and then on to U.S. but I would love to figure out where in >England they came from and then try to connect to a source in Ireland? >thanks for any suggestions on the England connection for the Irish in >1870's. > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Have you seen the USGenWeb Pennsylvania Page? http://www.usgenweb.org/pa/ >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

In a message dated 8/28/2001 6:36:29 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Jamieob256@aol.com writes: > . The turnpike plans to cremate the remains and relocate the remains in > another cemetery. > In a number of circumstances it is very actionable -- meaning a very nasty lawsuit can be brought against anyone cremating remains without permission. My guess is that there is an eminent domain issue here for the condemnation of the cemetery, but I can't see how that could extend to a blanket permission to cremate remains. Anyone interested in this might want to contact me and I'll put them in touch with an expert on this issue. Laurence Seattle

I'm not sure of your spelling, but "Wieœ" means village". "Zamek" means castle. "Gmina" means populace of. "Powiat" means district. "Ziemia" means territory of. Zamek, Bacice, Belgonaz, and Lubelska are names of places. Lubelska is in eastern Poland around Poznan. The bigest city in that region would probably be Lublin. It is about 90 miles away from the Ukranian boarder. I'm giving you this information from my memory. My ex wife's family was from this region. Although most of my nationaliy is of Irish background, I was raised in a Polish neighborhood where I learned to speak Polish. I still have my Polish/Engilsh dictionary to help me out with some Polish words I've forgotten, but I seldom use Polish anymore. If you have a map of Poland, check out the Poznan and Lubelskiej areas. Lubelskiej is nothing more than the declined form of Lubelska. Poznan and Lubelskiej are nothing more than areas within areas, such as: state, county, village. I'm pretty shure I'm correct on this, but I'm not 100% sure. A map of Poland would comfirm what I'm telling you. It has been a long time since I've thought about any of this, but I hope this helps. Sincerely, Mike Cavanaugh Buffalo, NY

Thanks to Rich Reese the Lackawanna PAGenWeb site now has in index to the Scranton Republican Newspaper 1886 Obituaries. Information includes, where available: date Published; Age; Birth; Birthplace; Death date; Father; Mother; Spouse; Children Occupation; Street; County; City; Cemetery; and Church, plus Notes. For best results, use the search engine at http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/search.html Or go direction to http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/news/obits1886a.html Susan -- Lackawanna County, PA, USGenWeb ~o~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/