Hi Jan, My grandparents were from the New Castle area. Grandma grew up in Moravia and in later years they moved to Lowellville where my dad was born and attended school. Lowellville High School (We called them the Lowellville Rats) were the archrivals of my high school sports teams (Springfield Local). Used to have fights at nearly every game. Anyway, there was also an Irish Ripple in the New Castle area - some of the McConahy clan lived there. Anyway, the public library at Youngstown, Mahoning County has an excellent research library and there are several good Mahoning County histories (can't recall exact titles.) Good luck, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: jan johnston <jjohnsto@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> To: <PALAWREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 6:09 PM Subject: [PALAWREN] Clarification of Lowellville info > I guess I need to clarify just a bit. > > I know Lowellville is near Youngtown, OH, and is in Poland twp, Mahoning > Co., OH. I re-looked at my New Castle newspaper source, (an Obit) which > states the individual (a James Ripple, age 45) died at his residence on > Lowell Road near Edenburg. I guess since I also have located ancestors > living *in* Lowellville, *and* Edenburg, I was assuming the Lowell Road was > the road taken to go to Lowellville. > > I also check some of the Internet map sites, and the road numbers look like > US 224 might be this road - it does go to New Castle - 12 mile jaunt. When > I looked at the map and zoomed closer (driving directions), I also found > one of the roads named Ripple Road in Lowellville - this is one of the > surnames I am looking for with this information, and could be named from > the family that lived along here. > > Again, any information anyone would have on resources, history, etc. would > be greatly appreciated - Thanks to those of you who have e-mailed me > privately. > > Jan >