Genealogy is often a simple matter of sifting through all kinds of information until you find what you need. Sometimes there is no other way. I've kept your e-mail on file in case I can get to some of it; but my research efforts have been limited lately to about 2 hours per week. ----- Original Message ----- From: "ellie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Fw: Scranton, PA - seek: d-o-d, burial, obit,occupation 1904-1992 > > Thank you, Richard. That's all I needed to know: the recipe to find my way through all of these > loose ends . . . you are a very kind soul to offer a simplification toward my goal. > > ellie http://www.Kositch.US > ....... > Knowledge is power...and.....information is how you get it. > personal opinions shouldn't be regarded as a universal truth. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Richard M. Reese > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:06 PM > Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Fw: Scranton, PA - seek: d-o-d, burial, obit,occupation 1904-1992 > > > You requested far too much information for a simple search. For each of > the six people in your request, there could be considerable effort involved. > While it is possible to find the likely year of death for Daniel by > looking in the city directories, a search for an exact death date would take > as much as 52 hours of newspaper research assuming that he died just before > the city directory was canvased. The search for the last year he appeared > in the directories is likely to take extra time because of the confusion of > multiple surname spellings. The same is true for his widow, Amelia. That > process could be simplified with information from the church they attended. > A 1992 full year search would go much quicker, but still needs about 15 > hours of time. With no information on the other three children, a starting > point for a search is difficult to determine. Finding the 1992 obit is the > key to isolate them, along with information from Amelia's obit - but that > still leaves a 50 year gap. Perhaps a trail might be established via > marriage licenses and city directories, but there is no guarantee. > This is not to say that someone won't help, but be patient in awaiting a > response. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ellie" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:35 AM > Subject: [PA-LAC] Fw: Scranton, PA - seek: d-o-d, burial, obit, occupation > 1904-1992 > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Visit the Northeast Pennsylvania Genealogical Society http://rootsweb.com/~panepgs/ > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/mailist.html#unsubscribe > > >