I am looking for Edward Dean b 1865 who married Alice Barrett b 1875 they are on the 1900 census for Archabald Pa. they have a step daughter Alice Barrett age 8. I am wondering if anyone has info. on this line. Thanks Sandy sddoyle@frontiernet.net

I am looking for information on three MEREDITH sisters from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Mae (nee MEREDITH) SNYDER - born about 1878 Norma Abel MEREDITH - born October 3, 1879 Ruth K. MEREDITH - born about 1898 Their parents with Sarah (nee ABEL) and John MEREDITH. Sarah and John immigrated to the U.S. from Wales. The lived in Scranton from about 1880 through 1930 when Sarah died. (On North Bromley Avenue.) I am particularly interested in what happened to Norma. I tracked her through the 1920 Census and then she seems to have vanished. If anyone has any information to share I would be very grateful. Thank you. Tracy 202.226.8778

This New Jersey will mentions several Scranton families, so I want to pass it along to the list. Ann Amelia Tice was born in England, lived in NYC, and died in Scotch Plains NJ 1872. She had 4 Tice children: Mary, (Who married John Mead) Isaac, William R. and Thomas S. William and Thomas Tice were jewelers in Brooklyn, NY. Isaac died in 1866, living a wife, Ruth, and 4 children. Ruth and the children moved to Scranton by 1880. The 4 children of Isaac and Ruth Tice were: Mary (who m. Truman L. Freeman), Anna (who married Clarence Reynolds),Isaac S. and Ruth Ann (who married Frank J. Suydam.) Most of these folks are buried at Forest Hill Cemetery. Ann Tice left 1/4 of her estate to Ruth and the 4 children of her son Isaac. In 1902, these 4 grandchildren received their inheritance. Here is an abstract of the will and probate: Susan Kelley, Santa Cruz Ca In the name of God, Amen. I, Ann Tice now residing at Scotch Plains New Jersey, being of sound mind and disposing mind memory and understanding blessed be almighty God for the same do make publish and declare this my last will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: First: I order and direct my Executors hereinafter named to pay and discharge all my just debts and funeral expenses. Secondly I give and devise and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Meade (wife of Isaac Mead) her Executors administrators and assigns one quarter of all my real and personal estate. Thirdly, I give and devise and bequeath to Ruth Ann Tice, widow of my late son Isaac Tice the interest accruing from one quarter off all my real and personal estate until the youngest surviving child of my late son Isaac Tice shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years and if the said Ruth Ann Tice remains a widow then she shall receive the interest of the one quarter of my real and personal estate so long as she may remain such after the youngest child may have arrived at the age of twenty one years and in the event of her marriage or at her death then the said one quarter of my property to be divided equally amongst the surviving children of my late son Isaac Tice. Fourthly, I give and devise and bequeath unto my son Thomas S Tice his Executors administrators and assigns one quarter of all my real and personal estate. Fifthly , I give and devise and bequeath unto my son William R Tice his Executors administrators and assigns the remaining one quarter of all my real and personal estate what kind and soever I may possess at my demise. Lastly I constitute and appoint Isaac Mead my son in law and William R Tice my son as executors of this my last will and testament revoking all others. (etc)… signed Ann Tice 8 May 1868, Brooklyn NY wit: James M Spear; Geo W Marshall of Brooklyn Union Co New Jersey 16 Oct 1872 - Statement from James M Spear regarding wit. to will of Ann Tice. Statement from executors Isaac Mead & Wm. R. Tice regarding will of Ann Tice. State of NJ County Camden - Sept. 1902 Acknowledgements of Receipt pursuit to the will of Ann Tice: A set of releases disposing of the property of Ann Tice to her surviving grandchildren (children of Ruth & Isaac Tice): $464.47 each, from: Isaac Tice, Ruth A Suydam, wife of Frank Jay Suydam of Scranton Pa, Mary E. Freeman, wife of Truman L. Freeman of Scranton Pa, Ann Reynolds, wife of Clarence Reynolds, Scranton Pa. [I don't know if this is related or just misfiled: (filed between statements from Mary Freeman & Ann Reynolds above:) 3 "Deed of Release", no money: From Jefferson co KY, 25 Apr 1902, release for Marion (female)S D Belknap; from Union Co NJ 1 Apr 1902, John B. Dumont, Jr.; Morris J. Dumont ] ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

In the US you can use any name you want, as long as you have no intent to defraud. Usually the forms have spaces for "Other names used." If not, add the other names as "AKA __ __." You, she (and other family members) can go to a notary and complete affidavits about the name story. That's documentary proof. If some clerk tells you she's not eligible because her official, government issued documents don't "match" ask politely to see where it says that's a requirement in the program's regulations. If they deny her application, read the form for instructions on how to appeal the decision. It costs nothing. I have 30 years experience in public welfare programs. Her taxes pay for these programs so she can get help when she needs it. She's entitled to get help if she is otherwise eligible. That said, you can always file an ammended birth certificate with the county and get a new certificate for very little money. That way it will "match." (Stupid bureaucratic requirements. As long as it matches they don't care how it got that way.) Susan Kelley San Jose, Ca -----Original Message----- From: janice olds <jho2@earthlink.net> To: palackaw@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 9:55 am Subject: [PALACKAW] Name Change As an avid genealogist, I know these boards can help with all kinds of genealogy problems so I thought I'd describe a non-quite genealogy problem and see if I can get any feedback. As the story goes, my mother was born at home in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, PA in the early 1900s to a very Irish family. Her mother wanted her named Marie Anne. Her mother (Helen) was very ill from the delivery so her mother's sister registered the birth. Since my grandmother went against Irish naming convention, my aunt took it upon herself to register the name "properly," thus, my mother's birth name is Mary Helen. On her marriage certificate from Lackawanna County it is tweaked to Marie Helen. Her church records also show Mary Helen, except marriage of Marie Helen. All her adult life has been spent as Marie Anne including taxes, drivers license, social security, etc. My mother is over 85 and living in a nursing home. I've been pursuing various programs to help pay some of the costs. They are requiring birth and marriage certificates, etc. when I complete applications. Obviously the name difference is causing problems. In talking w/ Lackawanna County they advi! se that I must legally change her name to correct the forms. This entails hiring attorney, trips to PA, etc. Has anyone else run into this and how did you handle it? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

Hi Janice First of all, to make it interesting, in Pennsylvania you may call yourself anything you want as long as its not done to defraud someone. (I.e., changing your name to fool a creditor or something.) So you don't need to "change your name legally" to legally change your name in Pennsylvania. As someone on the list can attest, if that wasn't the case, her father would have had to get a lawyer or go through life as Baby Boy Thorpe on all of his documents. <g> Otoh, having mismatched documents obviously worked better in an age that wasn't as paper conscious as we are. Two of my grandparents had "wrong" names on their birth certificates when I got them, and even my 12 year old had a problem on her birth certificate when I had a copy made a few years back. If you you contact the Pennsylvania Department of Health, they can send you a correction form that you fill out with your mother's correct name and they will update their records and issue you a corrected certificate. (I assume you have to pay whatever the fee is now for the new certificate.) I fixed my daughter's certificate, but no, I didn't "correct" my grandparents' when the clerk asked me if I wanted to. I figure that if they went through life just fine with the name "wrong," I wasn't going to mess with it retroactively after their deaths. Alaine ~~~~~ www.nepagenealogy.com www.lackawannacounty.info > As the story goes, my mother was born at home in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, PA in the early 1900s to a very Irish family. Her mother wanted her named Marie Anne. Her mother (Helen) was very ill from the delivery so her mother's sister registered the birth. Since my grandmother went against Irish naming convention, my aunt took it upon herself to register the name "properly," thus, my mother's birth name is Mary Helen. On her marriage certificate from Lackawanna County it is tweaked to Marie Helen. Her church records also show Mary Helen, except marriage of Marie Helen. All her adult life has been spent as Marie Anne including taxes, drivers license, social security, etc. My mother is over 85 and living in a nursing home. I've been pursuing various programs to help pay some of the costs. They are requiring birth and marriage certificates, etc. when I complete applications. Obviously the name difference is causing problems. In talking w/ Lackawanna County they ad! vi! > se that I must legally change her name to correct the forms. This entails hiring attorney, trips to PA, etc. Has anyone else run into this and how did you handle it? >

As an avid genealogist, I know these boards can help with all kinds of genealogy problems so I thought I'd describe a non-quite genealogy problem and see if I can get any feedback. As the story goes, my mother was born at home in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, PA in the early 1900s to a very Irish family. Her mother wanted her named Marie Anne. Her mother (Helen) was very ill from the delivery so her mother's sister registered the birth. Since my grandmother went against Irish naming convention, my aunt took it upon herself to register the name "properly," thus, my mother's birth name is Mary Helen. On her marriage certificate from Lackawanna County it is tweaked to Marie Helen. Her church records also show Mary Helen, except marriage of Marie Helen. All her adult life has been spent as Marie Anne including taxes, drivers license, social security, etc. My mother is over 85 and living in a nursing home. I've been pursuing various programs to help pay some of the costs. They are requiring birth and marriage certificates, etc. when I complete applications. Obviously the name difference is causing problems. In talking w/ Lackawanna County they advise that I must legally change her name to correct the forms. This entails hiring attorney, trips to PA, etc. Has anyone else run into this and how did you handle it?

Does anyone know how I can get a copy of a marriage license from Lackawanna County? Groom was Alva W. Cook and bride was Ruth Louise Capwell dated 8/1/1938 Courthouse marriage Doc. Vol. 259:53 Thanks for any assistance. Judy

Hi Richard, This is Ginny. I have the list going to a different email. I am giving up the website. I started back to college full time and also work full time so I don't have the time to devote to the site that it needs. I will try to fix the broken link this weekend and when the new coordinator is found, will forward all of your files to who ever it might be. Thanks, Ginny Richard M. Reese wrote: > Would Ginny Magee,or whomever is acting as list manger, please contact > me regarding an update to some cemetery data and a broken link. I've tried > the e-mail address on USGenWeb - PALACKA and a different address on the > PAGenWeb page. Both are AOL accounts which have sometimes given my ISP > problems with delivery. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- Ginny Magee Genealogy Connections http://www.genealogy-connections.com SC Tri-County Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tga *********************************************************************** Names I'm searching: BISHOP, BROOKS, BUCK, CANFIELD, COGSWELL, DODGE, EDWARDS, ELLIOTT, FITCH, GARRISON, HINES, HOUGHTAYLEN, KEELER, KIERSTEDE, LEWIS, NORTHROP, REESE, SIGAFOOS, TERRELL, TERRILL, THOMPSON, WARNER ***********************************************************************

Would Ginny Magee,or whomever is acting as list manger, please contact me regarding an update to some cemetery data and a broken link. I've tried the e-mail address on USGenWeb - PALACKA and a different address on the PAGenWeb page. Both are AOL accounts which have sometimes given my ISP problems with delivery.

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Hi, My maiden name was Washburn. My mother was Isabelle Marie Lally, daughter of John Lally and Anna Gannon Lally, both of Scranton. They lived in the Hyde Park area. The men were mainly coal miners as they were second generation immigrants from County Mayo, Ireland. John died of black lung disease, leaving Anna with 5 young children in the late 1930's. I do have some cousins who grew up in Passaic, NJ, one of whom was named Bill Lally, as well as Jackie, Bobby, and Jimmy, sons of Caroline and Robert Lally, my aunt and uncle. Tell me more about your people, Bobbie **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Hi, Thomas Lally immigrated from Scotland, but many of the others immigrated from County Mayo. Other names include Gannon and Duffy. Many of them worked in the coal mines or the railroad. I did a lot of genealogical research about 7 or 8 years ago. I am sure there must be a connection. I have cousins named Lally who grew up in Passaic, NJ. Bobbie Ingersoll **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

I missed the inquiry about the St. Joseph Foundling home. Where was it, who ran it, and is it still in business? Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: BobbieIngersoll@aol.com<mailto:BobbieIngersoll@aol.com> To: palackaw@rootsweb.com<mailto:palackaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:11 PM Subject: [PALACKAW] Fwd: Fwd: St. Joseph Foundling Home, Dunmore Pa **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489<http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, everyone I'm Laurence Lance. I live in Seattle but my people moved from NJ to the Scranton area not long after the war - the Civil War. So I'm wondering if anyone here knew or my LANCE - LANCE folks. Last time I was in the PA area was as a boy in '57. I know we were in Chinchilla, Clarks Green, Nicholson, Wilkes Bar and I'm sure other places too. Rich Reese has been an enormous help in finding records but I'm still in hope of finding living relations. Thanks much and happy new year to all Laurence **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

Hi Bill...please see my previous reply to Bobbi! Let me know more about your Hyde Park history! Cinda HARTMAN & LALLY INSURERS INC. 726 West Front St. Berwick PA 18603 570-752-3688 ~ Cinda L. Hartman CPCU CLU "History seldom has endings to record, because of the cycles which bring to life again and again the issues which have seemed dead and done with." (Thomas B. Costain, novelist and historian.) -----Original Message----- From: palackaw-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:palackaw-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of WLally@aol.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:19 PM To: palackaw@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] St. Joseph Foundling Home, Dunmore Pa My name is Bill Lally, I lived in Hyde Park Scranton until 1950. Tell me more about yourself...if you please. Happy new year ,,, Bill **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bobbie, coincidentally, my husband's father's name is LALLY! His father emigrated from County Galway to NYC, and my father in law went north to the Boston area, where he met my mother in law, also an Irish immigrant. To my knowledge, none of his immediate family ended up in Hyde Park, BUT you never know....do you have any dates on that? Cinda hartman HARTMAN & LALLY INSURERS INC. 726 West Front St. Berwick PA 18603 570-752-3688 ~ Cinda L. Hartman CPCU CLU "History seldom has endings to record, because of the cycles which bring to life again and again the issues which have seemed dead and done with." (Thomas B. Costain, novelist and historian.) -----Original Message----- From: palackaw-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:palackaw-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of BobbieIngersoll@aol.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:11 PM To: palackaw@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] St. Joseph Foundling Home, Dunmore Pa Hey! My mother's family was named Lally and they lived in Scranton in Hyde Park area. I wonder if we're related. Bobbie Ingersoll **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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My name is Bill Lally, I lived in Hyde Park Scranton until 1950. Tell me more about yourself...if you please. Happy new year ,,, Bill **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489

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