Hi all, the Lawrence county page that Richard Harvey was hosting as a part of the PAGenWeb Project has gone off-line. I have been unable to contact him so I've created some temporary pages with some resources for you all to use. Sorry for the inconvenience. The URL is http://www.pa-roots.com/lawrence Nate Nathan Zipfel PaGenWeb Project State Coordinator http://www.pa-roots.com/pagenweb

Relative research: A Missouri's woman's quest to untangle the roots of her family tree brings her to New Castle. Oct 26 2000 12:00AM By Judy Hruska: News Correspondent Jane McClelland Kelsch traveled across three states to piece together her scattered ancestry and to locate long-lost relatives living in the New Castle area. Kelsch, 81, of Oakville, Mo., was accompanied by her granddaughter, Laura Smittick-James, on the mission to dig into records at the New Castle Public Library. While poring over documents and books, Kelsch and Smittick-James slowly unraveled the history of the McClelland family. Kelsch's great-grandparents, Alexander and Jane McClelland, immigrated to the United States and settled in Schenectady, N.Y., in 1832. Alexander died 12 years later, when his son David was only 11 years old. David was Kelsch's great-grandfather. David came to the New Castle area in 1853. At that time he settled in Union Township and married Mary J. Stewart and soon after became the township tax collector. Smittick-James, of Canfield, Ohio, noted they couldn't find a paper trail, but Kelsch was told as a youth that someone in her family originally settled New Castle. "We might even be related to the man who founded New Castle, John Carsyle Stewart," Kelsch offered. The women copied a 19th century map at the Lawrence County Historical Society, which shows that a farm in Union Township, which includes the present day McClelland Avenue, was listed as being owned by a D. McClelland. One of the children born to David and Mary was David Stewart McClelland (1856-1921), who was referred to as Stewart, they learned. "It was really tricky to find the information because we had two David McClellands both married to Mary Janes. Then one had a daughter named Mary Jane. But we found out that Grandma's grandfather went by Stewart instead of David, because his father was named David," Smittick-James said. She added that D. Stewart McClelland kept popping up in all the research because he was a tax collector. When they discovered that his family was originally from Schenectady, N.Y., they knew they were onto something. Offspring from this family may still be living in the New Castle area. "I know that I have a lot of relatives here somewhere, but I don't know who they are," Kelsch said. Kelsch and Smittick-James also visited First Presbyterian Church on Jefferson on North Jefferson streets, where they believe their ancestors worshipped. They also toured Greenwood Cemetery seeking and finding some McClelland grave stones. Smittick-James hopes to further investigate her family roots in New Castle and plans to organize findings in some type of book for family reference. "I'm the oldest living member of the McClellands and who knows how long I'll be around," Kelsch said. "So I want to pass this information on to the younger ones." She is interested in hearing from anyone who might be a part of the McClelland clan. Anyone with information can e-mail Smittick-James at lsmittic@umich.edu or write to Kelsch at 5008 Flamewood Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63129.

I have a New Castle City Directory for 1897, which includes Mahoningtown. The directory does not include any of the residents in the townships. If anyone would like a look-up, please let me know. Tami

Hi there! I am researching my Davis family which comes from New Castle. Unfortunately, I never met my great-grandparents or know of their names. I'm waiting for the birth certificate of my grandfather to arrive. Grandfather Thomas Arthur Davis was born April 19, 1925 in New Castle and died February 2, 1998 in Chicago. From the obituary, his sibblings are Robert, Roy , Frances and Barbara, all of whom live in New Castle still, but sadly I don't know them or how to really get a hold of them. I've also heard tales told about our family changing the name Davies to Davis. Anyone heard of that? Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated! Katie Davis mkLdavis@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Found another obit amongst the photocopies I made for my family line researches. The following is all that I have for this obit. New Castle News, 24 Feb 1909, page 6: "Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Isabelle of 506 South Jefferson street, were sadly bereaved this morning at 6 o'clock by the death of their infant son, born January 10. The funeral announcement will be made later." Cheers Jim Reichman

Looking for any information on the following families, especially the Jones children. Lived in Lawrence Co., New Castle, PA. 1.James B. Hammond m. Nancy Neely 2. Susan Luella Hammond b. 1862 *John Jones 3. William H.Jones 3. John H. Jones 3. Nancy E. Jones m. Mr. ______Keck 2. Sarah J. Hammond m. John Cain 2. Lenora Hammond b. 1866 m. Charles Davies 2. Harvey C. Hammond b. 1857 m Harriet Shira 2. John Neely Hammond b. 1856 m. Mary Ann Jones b. 1861 Thank you for any information connected to my family, Gayle Hammond Marcus

Hi, I just found out that my Gr grandmother CAROLINE NELSON was born May 1st, 1862. Her parents were Thomas & Lydia Nelson. The story goes that her father died in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War. Her mother remarried and the stepfather did not want her around so she was sent to a farm to work. Here she met Charles MOOK and they were married in Oil City Dec. 24th, 1880 at Trinity Church by Rev. Theodore Flood. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Cindy Crytzer

The following obits/funeral notice were on the pages I copied for my relatives. In some cases only a portion of the obit/funeral notice is available. If related to you, let me know and I can send you what else the obit/funeral notice says: >From New Castle News, 19 April 1946 Otto MAKI, 18 Apr 1946 Hope CURRIE, 18 Apr 1946 Rudy (ELARI) ELLERY, funeral notice no death date George Collins TRAMMELL, funeral notice no death date Goldie D. INGELS, funeral notice no death date Richard F. DANA (only have name) - -------------------------------- >From New Castle News, 9 Feb 1920 Charles M. JACKSON, 6 Feb 1920 Bessie FRISBEE, funeral notice no death date Mary E. PARSONS, funeral notice no death date Margaret K. COOPER, funeral notice no death date Mrs W. F. PERDUE, funeral notice no death date Minnie MENASSA, 7 Feb 1920 Ruth Irene WAGNER (infant), 8 Feb 1920 Oliver Alfred CLARK, 9 Feb 1920 Mary BROTHERS, 7 Feb 1920 - -------------------------------- >From New Castle News, 5 Feb 1920 Catherine BRENNEN, 5 Feb 1920 Christopher NELSON, 5 Feb 1920 Sarah MATILDA, funeral notice no death date Joseph E. PATTERSON, 5 Feb 1920 Harry PRITCHET, 5 Feb 1920 Jacob HARTFELTER, funeral notice no death date Catherine May MCWILLIAMS (3 yr old), 4 Feb 1920 Elizabeth HARTZELL, 5 Feb 1920 Charles MCNAMARA, 4 Feb 1920 Jim

On April 13, 1854, William Taylor (b 1830 VA) married a Nancy Lutton (b 1832 PA) in Salem Twp., Meigs County, Ohio. In the 1860 census I find W. Taylor, Nancy Taylor, Jane Taylor 3 and Annie Taylor 1. There is also an M. Lutten 66, living in the house. I haven't been able to find an M. Lutten/Lutton in Meigs County, Ohio. On her death certificate William very nicely includes her parents names. Thomas Lutton Ireland and ~~~~~~ Newton PA. Thats right, you can't read the first name. I posted my query to genforum and received a reply back last Tuesday. A gentleman told me about a Thomas Lutton marrying a Euphemia Newton in Lawrence County, PA. Mystery first name solved. William was trying to spell Uphmia. Is any one researching the Lutton's? G Norwood

I recently acquired these obits while in New Castle. If anyone wants additional details about them please contact me. BOALICK, Anna M. (nee RANDECKER), d: 14 November 1931 (wife of William B. BOALICK) BOALICK, William B., d: 18 April 1946 (husband of Anna M. (nee RANDECKER) BOALICK) GILBERT, Marion A., d: 4 February 1920 (daughter of Roy B. and Anna M. (nee BOALICK) GILBERT) BOALICK, Howard C., d: 20 May 1982 (husband of Eleanor M. (nee WIMER) BOALICK) BOALICK, Eleanor M. (nee WIMER), d: 8 December 1988 (wife of Howard C. BOALICK) CLARK, Alice B. (nee BOALICK), d: 14 Oct 1982 (wife of Lloyd A. CLARK) PARKER, Elizabeth M. (nee BOALICK), d: 12 Nov 1982 (wife of J. DeRoy PARKER) BOALICK, Aaron L., d: 27 December 1983 (husband of Bessie R. (nee GOODCHILD) BOALICK) Jim Reichman jj.reichman@peakconnection.com Colorado Springs, CO

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I have created a web page with information on the Elisco family, which has been in New Castle since the 1920's. Any one interested can visit www.geocities.com/eliscofamily to view the tree. -Mohammad Sayad ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup

Greetings, This will be the last post that I will make for a long time, as I am drained from doing this project. On my site I have compiled the following information in my "All Things Section" of my site located at: http://www.geocities.com/geojenk Be patient as I have a lot of great stuff packed on the pages till I can tweak them for faster loading. Detailed History of McKeesport, Pa Genealogy and Biographies of Early McKeesporters (These are very detailed genealogical biographies on close to 400 individuals that immigrated to McKeesport from other countries/states.) Pictures and Biographies of Prominent Early McKeesporters (Part of above) Western Pennsylvania Family Group Genealogies (Genealogical Biographies on close to 400 family groups that lived in Western Pa. Includes families country of origin where applicable) Biographies of Service Men (WWI) (Men and women who served in WWI from the W. Pa. Area. Detailed info concerning their service record and also a lot of their pictures.) Pictures of Life in 1900s - Western Pa. (Close to 60 pictures showing how life was in W. Pa. during the beginning of the 1900s. There are some people on these pics that may be reconizable. Some immigrant group pics.) Please remember these sources of info are not related to my family research efforts. I have done this project with the intention of sharing the info. I get no financial gain from this effort as my site sells absolutely nothing. Good Luck!!! Blessings, George "DaPicMoocher" Jenkins Jenkins-Jeffries-Lee Family Page - http://www.geocities.com/geojenk Jenkins-Jeffries-Lee Family Picture Page - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~geojenk/index.html

HORDEN/JOHNSON William and Alice HORDEN liven in Lawrence County for a time during the 1850,s. Their daughter MARGARET married ? JOHNSON. IN 1862 she and her 3 children William H., Samuel Richiey and Ensign Johnson moved to MEIGS COUNTY,OHIO. I would like to know the first name of the man she married and the date of their marriage. Also, is anyone working the families of AUTHRESON,WILKERSON,or BOLT? ginny

Please accept my apologies for erroneously sending a panic letter. You all have alerted me to the fact that I was really taken in by a hoax. My face is red! Sally

Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 12:28 AM Subject: email charge??? > Subject: E-Mail News > > > > VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! > > I guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P > 5-cents per E-mail Sent. It figures! No more free > E-mail! We knew this was coming!! Bill 602P will > permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent > charge on every delivered E-mail. > > Please read the following carefully if you intend to > stay online and continue using E-mail. The last > few months have revealed an alarming trend in the > Government of the United States attempting to quietly > push through legislation that will affect our use of > the Internet. > Under proposed legislation, the US > Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users > out of "alternative postage fees". Bill 602P will > permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent > surcharge on every E-Mail delivered, by billing > Internet Service Providers at source. The consumer > would then be billed in turn by the ISP. > > Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without > pay to prevent this legislation from becoming law. The > US Postal Service is claiming lost revenue, due to the > proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly > $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may > have noticed their recent ad campaign: > "There is nothing like a letter." > > Since the average person received about 10 pieces of > E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical > individual would be an additional 50 cents a day - or > over $180 per year -above and beyond their regular > Internet costs. Note that this would be > money paid directly to the US Postal Service for a > service they do not even provide. > > The whole point of the Internet is democracy and > non-interference. > You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail > mail because of bureaucratic efficiency. It currently > takes up to 6 days for a > letter to be delivered from coast to coast. If > the US Postal Service is allowed to > tinker with E-mail, it will mark the > end of the "free" Internet in the United States. > > Our congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has > even suggested a "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all > Internet service" above and beyond the government's > proposed E-mail charges > > Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored > the > story - the only exception being the Washingtonian - > which called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful > concept who's time has come" > (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). > > Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away! Send > this to E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all > your friends and relatives write their congressional > representative and say "NO" to Bill 602P. It > will only take a few moments of your time and could > very well be instrumental in killing a bill we do not > want. > > Please forward!

Hi, Hoping to find the descendants of PATRICK DUCKETT, son of PATRICK ALEXANDER and CATHERINE MEARES DUCKETT, of Chesterfield, England. PATRICK DUCKETT left Chesterfield for Camden Coal Valley, Allegheny County August 29, 1866, but his address on April 8. 1873 was Stirling (or Sterling) Mines, Enon Valley, Lawrence County. Thank you very much for any help. Regards, Loretta Myrter

Looking for the parents and siblings of Eli Jordan. He was born in Clarion County, Penna. On April 15, 1864. and died on Nov. 27, 1933. He was a farmer in Slippery Rock Township, Penna. For twenty yrs. married twice. The first wife Margaret McIntyre died Feb.11, 1895. Children were, Charles H. Jordan (1886-1947) M. Edna Locke Amanda Jordan (1888-1942), M. Thomas Wardley Second wife, Marcella (White) Lewis (1853-1915) Marcella had two children from a previous marriage. Harry Lewis and Sophia (Lewis) Stewart. Buddy Jordan Bjordan66@mpinet.net

I believe births were recorded starting in about 1893. Marriages started in 1885. Deaths were somewhere close to the same date as the births. They are somewhat alphabetical -- all for a few years were on the page that the surname started with. So, all the births with the surname of "C" (or whatever) were recorded together for a given number of years (maybe three or so). They were usually chronological on the page. It sounds like you might be in luck with the right dates. All of these are available from your local LDS Family History Center. They are at the Salt Lake library and can be sent to any other branch library for basically the cost of postage and handling. I don't know what the time period is now that they are rented for (or how long to get them). Maybe someone else can help with that. To see where the nearest branch library might be check the web page: http://www.familysearch.org Good luck! Lucy

Terrie, When it comes to locating your husband's grandmother birth certificate you may want to try the court house. My grandmother was born in 1899 and her birth was recorded in a book of births at the court house. I found her among births recorded in 1900 just because her family did get to the courthouse till 6-8 months after she was born. It has been a very long time since I did it. Perhaps someone else on the list could shead some more light on this subject. Janet > From: "Terrie/Thad" <terriethad@home.com> > Subject: [PALAWREN] Steel Mills > > I am new to the Lawrence County list. I recently received some information > regarding my husband's grandmother. Her maiden name was Pilawski and from the > information she left, her father worked in the Steel Mill in New Castle. Her > parents were married in New Castle in 1895 and they lost a child there. She > was born in New Castle in 1898 but left as an infant when her father was sent > to Lorain, Ohio to work in the Mill there. > > I would like to get marriage records and perhaps a birth and death > certificate. Would I be able to get this information from the county clerk > which I am assuming is in New Castle? Any help regarding the location of > records and information would be greatly appreciated. Terrie >