It sounds like there are some people on this list who are very knowledgeable about cemeteries in Scranton. Anyone happen to know where a Welshman living in the Providence, 3rd ward, area of Scranton would likely have been buried? Was there a cemetery near that ward where most Welsh were buried? Thanks, Lloyd > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:10:28 -0400 > From: suznkelley@aol.com > Subject: Re: [PALACKAW] Scranton deaths c 1880 > To: palackaw@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CA6641C5C36C76-9EC-1FBA@webmail-ne05.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > There's an Eliz. Thomas of about the right age buried in > Forest Hill Cemetery. > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~palackaw/forest/ > > > Thomas Elizabeth E age 86y born England died 1/31/1904 Pneumonia F?? > > Susan > Santa Cruz, Ca > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Davies <roger.davies55@virgin.net> > To: PALACKAW@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 6:54 am > Subject: [PALACKAW] Scranton deaths c 1880 > > > > I have just discovered my ggg grandmother Elizabeth Thomas > living in Scranton in > the 1880 census, age 59, widowed at home. She had been consistently > understating her age by 10 or more years since her arrival in > the US in 1867 - > she was actually born in Wales in 1810. > > She must have died fairly soon after 1880, given her real > age. I am in England, > so a visit to Scranton Library is probably not on the cards! > Is there anyone on > the list who visits the library and would be prepared to have > a look at their > death index to see if her death is recorded there please? > > I would be most grateful, and happy to reciprocate with any > UK census or BMD > lookups for the list. > > Thanks > > Roger