A city has a Mayor,A borough Has a Burgess. On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 09:15:49 EDT PFinnis@aol.com writes: > In searching the rootseb/lackawanna archinves for my family, I came > up the > following... > 1877 - William J. Burke was the first burgess from 1877-79. The > firstjustices > were Henry Howell and James Loftus. > Does any one happen to know what a burgess is? I know my great > grandfather > William J. Burke was a postmaster in Minooka & a former miner & mine > > inspector, would this be replated to any of those positions? > > Patti in NJ (PFinnis@aol.com) > Searching WALSH, BURKE, LAVELLE, KAVANAUGH, GALLAGHER, HOGAN AND > SCANLON and > JUDGE > SCRANTON/MINOOKA, PA (maternal) > also FOX/O'SHAUGHNESSY (Newark, NJ) (paternal) > and FINNIS (New York, NY) and CALLERY (Brooklyn, NY) husbands side > > > ==== 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 INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.