Good evening researchers I just finished adding the Enumeration Districts for the 1840-1900 Luzerne County census. I also added the 1870 census index with NARA film numbers for the Townships. I hope you all find this useful in doing your research. You can access these a few different ways. 1 is by visiting the luzerne county genweb site and scrolling down to census. There you will find links to them. or 2. If you are already on the census page you can find them under the years they are for. Good luck in your search. Tammy Lamb

After I posted my thanks for the help about the SSDI, I received a lot of mail asking what the answer to my questions was. The replies were sent directly to me, and not posted to the list. But what everyone told me was that your only on the SSDI if a claimed was filed against your number, or if someone told SS that you died. One list member sent me this web site that was helpful: http://www.lineages.com/FirstSteps/AboutSSDI.asp Thanks again, Donna

1888 Rpt of Fatal Accidents in the Fourth Anthracite District, comprising parts of Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Carbon Counties. (from the Reports of the Inspectors of Mines of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending 31 December, 1888) NOTE: most of the printing in this book is completely legible. However, some letters, in some words, are faint to non-existent. Where a letter in a person's name is in doubt, a lowercase alpha will be used; where a letter is completely illegible, an asterisk will be used. 2/4 STEPHEN FAGETTA, loader, 26, Gowen colliery, Luzerne Co. 2/13 FRANK ANDERSON, footman, 33, married - 5 orphans, Highland 2nd, Luzerne Co 3/23 OWEN BOYLE, miner, 48, married - 7 orphans, Lattimer 1st, Luzerne 3/26 ANGELO AUGUSTINE, laborer, 24, Gowen colliery, Luzerne Co 3/27 FRANK CANNON, helper, 16, South Sugarloaf, Luzerne Co 3/27 FRANK MOONEY, miner, 45, Beaver Brook, Luzerne Co 3/27 MIKE LOVINE, jig tender, 17, Deringer, Luzerne Co 4/27 JOHN W AIREY, company man, 46, married - 4 orphans, Humboldt, Luzerne Co 4/28 PATRICK BOWEN, miner, 45, married - 7 orphans, Stockton 2d, Luzerne Co 6/4 WILLIAM T WILLIAMS, miner, 38, married - 5 orphans, Honey Brook, Schuylkill Co 6/5 THOMAS MCCONNELL, helper, 16, Silver Brook, Schuylkill Co 6/6 THOMAS DANIELS, roadman, 18, Drifton 2, Luzerne Co 6/8 DANIEL BRENNAN, miner, 35, married - 2 orphans, Sandy Run, Luzerne Co 6/21 ANDREW GRAKOWSKY, laborer, 40, married - 2 orphans, Gowen colliery, Luzerne 6/23 HUGH MCGINLEY, driver, 18, Highland 2, Luzerne Co 7/11 JOHN BELL, miner, 23, Jeanesville 4, Luzerne Co 7/12 ANTHONY MENEELY, miner, 26, married, Sandy Run, Luzerne Co 7/23 JOHN BROGAN, laborer, 23, Silver Brook, Schuylkill Co 8/20 AUGUST REINOLD, footman, 22, married, Cranberry, Luzerne Co 8/22 JOHN WARD, miner, 30, Drifton 2, Luzerne Co 9/20 MIKE HOININICK, loader, 20, Gowen breaker, Luzerne Co 9/27 MIKE HODRA, laborer, 41, married - 2 orphans, Audenried No. 4, Schuylkill Co 10/20 JAMES MCGRORY, miner, 40, married - 5 orphans, Stockton 2, Luzerne Co 10/26 DAVID KITE, topman, 24, Milnesville, Luzerne Co 11/1 MICHAEL BURNS, pumpman, 31, married - 4 orphans, Oak Dale 1st, Luzerne Co 11/15 JOHN GERSKU, laborer, 19, Beaver Brook, Luzerne Co 12/3 JOSEPH SEREAM, laborer, 41, married - 4 orphans, Silver Brook, Schuylkill Co 12/6 GEORGE PETRICK, laborer, 26, Drifton 2, Luzerne Co 12/11 JAMES CARNEW, miner, 50, Cranberry, Luzerne Co 12/13 JOSEPH BUBAN, laborer, 48, married - 4 orphans, Beaver Meadows, Carbon Co 12/31 THOMAS MCGARVEY, miner, 45, married - 5 orphans, Pond Creek, Luzerne Co 12/31 WILLIAM MCGARVEY, laborer, 18, Pond Creek, Luzerne Co Ed, Phoenix

I am trying to reconcile conflicting information on Mary Susannah, wife of Peter Gregory and Isaac Benscoter. According to the Benscoter genealogy, p. 505, Isaac Benscoter married, as his first wife, "Mary Susannah Gregory, nee Gearhart, who d. in 1806;..." She is given four children by Isaac Benscoter: 1. Susannah Benscoter, b. 7 June 1799; 2. Abram Benscoter, b. 1802; d. 1822; 3. Jacob Benscoter, b. 7 July 1804; and 4. Abigail Benscoter, m. Andrew Hontz; no issue; lived in Luzerne County. The Belles book, p. 35, gives the following account: Isaac Benscoter married first, Mary Susannah Fink, d. 1806, who was married first to a Gearhart by whom she had: 1. Mary Gearhart, m. Shadrach Austin; 2. Susan Gearhart, no further record; and second to George C. Gregory and had 3. George Gregory; 4. Peter Gregory; 5. Richard Gregory. This account is erroneous in that Mary Susannah was married to Peter Gregory, not George; Mary, wife of Shadrach Austin was a Gregory; and Susan Gearhart is probably confused with Mary Susannah's daughter Susannah Benscoter. An account of Mary Susannah, which I accessed on Rootsweb.com, calls her a daughter of George Gearhart, b. 1740 in Germany, and his wife Ann Van Horn. This account gives this couple 11 children ending with Mary Susannah, b. 27 April 1762. The preceding children were born two years apart starting with a daughter Ann, born in 1742!! What a precocious father she had!! Needless to say this account is suspect. Finally, in Bradsby's History of Luzerne County, one finds on p. 657 the following: "The first settlement outside of what is now Shickshinny borough was made in the northwest of River mountain, in 1790, by Peter Gregory and George Fink. These men had married each other's sisters, and had come from the valley of the Delaware." So, who was Mary Susannah? Was she George Fink's sister or was she a Gearhart? David

unsunscribe ResQSquaw@aol.com wrote: > I have a family reference in Indianna. My ggggrandfather died leaving second > wife and 4 young girls and older son (teen) from 1st marriage. He died in > October. The girls were warded out in November. Next fall the older son was > warded out til he turned 18. I researched the reasons and came to this > conclusion: They lived on a farm. The girls were warded out to neighbors (men > who agreed to be financially responsible for them as in food and clothing) I > do not know if they lived at home or with the neighbors. I think the wife and > older son tried to farm the next year but could not make it on their onw, so > he was warded out the next fall. She returned to her birth place in KY and > after about 4 years came back to get the girls. This was an early form of > welfare to make sure the children did not starve and does relate to women's > rights and who could sign as being legally responsible. > If you are researching orphan's court records, try looking at deeds to locate > your ancestor and/or deeds of men mentioned as "warders". You often find they > are related or neighbors. > Marti Wethington > > ==== PALUZERN Mailing List ==== > Northeast Pennsylvania Chat can be accessed at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/chat.htm

We just added another 1,000 entries to the "Clippings" category of the Web Site at www.folkfinders.com All total, this category contains an index of 1,866 entries. We keep copies of each article on file, in the event you find something of interest. Jim Smith __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I would like to order the LDS reels for the WW I draft registration cards for Scranton. But I need the registration district numbers (I have the addresses). Are these registration numbers the same as the ward numbers on the census pages? If not, would anyone know how I would find this? Sandy

Thanks for the quick reply. My Julia Bower was born circa 1842 and married in Sept 1860, died ca. 1888 to 1890. So mine would not match up with yours. Emily __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Hello listers. Would any one know where one would write to to get very early Baptist Church Records in Tuscarora? Thank you. Viola.

For Thyme1954@aol.com who was looking for Shomaker or Shoemaker Street in West Wyoming, and for anyone who wants to find a street anywhere in the U.S., try this website: www.mapquest.com. Put in whatever information you have and it will give you a map of the street in any town.m It will also give driving directions. I tried putting in Shoemaker St. in Wyoming PA and got several hits. Lois in Malibu

I found this listing regarding a St. Charles Cemetery in Sugar Notch. Sorry, I was unable to get the exact address. St. Charles Borremeo Cemetery Sugar Notch (Luzerne County), Pennsylvania Lois in Malibu

Hi List, Where could I find old newspaper articles dating back to 1854? I am looking for any info. on the death of Chester Davenport, December 6, 1854, of Plymouth, Pa. Thanks, Sandy Davenport, Frick, Hicks, Varner, Nesbitt, Lamoreaux

Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Wed, Feb 5, 1890 MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED: J C TYRRELL, to MATTIE POE, both of Forty Fort J S NILES, of Goram, NY, to ANNA P HORTON, of Kingston MYER M MARKS, of Elmira, NY, to RAY SAULBURG, of Wilkes-Barre DEATHS: At Hazleton Feb 3, of paralysis, Mrs ANTHONY BROWN, aged 67 years At Jeansville Feb 3, FRANK CADDEN, aged 60 years At Edwardsville Feb 3, of dropsy, Mrs JENKIN EVANS, aged about 60 years At Yatesville Feb 3, ELIZABETH, wife of ALEX FRAZER, aged 61 years In Midvale Feb 1, of heart disease, Mrs MCGOULDRICK, wife of JOHN MCGOULDRICK In Exeter Feb 3, G M SWARTWOOD, aged about 59 years Near Shickshinny, Feb 2, of paralysis, STEPHEN HARTMAN, aged 68 years In Plymouth Feb 4, Mrs JAMES CUNNINGHAM, aged 30 years, of pneumonia In Nanticoke Feb 6, SAMUEL P GEORGE, aged 54, of heart disease Mr IRA R BALDWIN, a native of Huntsville and a brother of G R BALDWIN, of Shickshinny, died at Tombstone, Arizona on Sunday last, aged about 47 years. He was a veteran of the late war. JULIA, wife of CHARLES DODSON, died at her home on Davenport Street, in Plymouth this morning of pulmonary trouble. She was thirty-seven years of age and leaves a husband and one child. The funeral will take place from her late residence at 9 o'clock Friday morning. Interment at Hunlock's Creek. Ed, Phoenix

Hi Anyone have a Murry Strait 1896 died 10-8-1955 wife Maude 1900-1955 Thank you Mark

Hello, I can't remember if I posted this or not - if so, here it is again. I'm looking for the family of Wingblad(e). Emil & Helen Wingblade had at least two children born in or around Newton, PA - Cecelia and Lydia around 1885 to 1895. There were two other children - Walter and Rosa - but I'm not sure where they were born. Does anyone have access to the 1880, 1890, or 1900 census for Luzerne Co.? Thank you. Priscilla

Dear Researchers For the time being I am going to allow all replies to go to the list as a test. This is on a trial period to see how it goes. I did try this one before and then people started taking advantage of it by advertising companies and others started slamming people for posting things. Anyone caught overstepping the guidelines step up on the list will be removed without warning. Any displeaser's with a post to privately mail me. please read the following guidelines so I don't have to remove anyone. IMPORTANT GUIDELINES FOR POSTING TO PA-LUZERN are as Following: 1. Purpose. The PALUZERN-L list is for discussion of the history of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and the genealogy of Luzerne County families. Discussion of history and genealogy of the part of Luzerne County that became Bradford, Susquehanna, Lackawanna & Wyoming county is also welcome. 2. The custodian of the PALUZERN-L list is Tammy Lamb tamlamb@icontech.com. If you have problems getting unsubscribed from the list or have any other difficulties with the list, write to me (not to the list) and I'll try to resolve the problem. 3. Message format and attachments. Please submit messages only in plain text, and don't submit attachments. Many of our subscribers are using software that cannot read attachments. Please, always use a helpful subject line like "John DOE d. 1800 in Wilkes Barre Pa", rather than a generic one like "inquiry about my family line". 4.Advertising. Technically, RootsWeb has a "no commercial use" policy. Like all RootsWeb policies, though, the last thing that we want is for policy to get in the way of our doing genealogy. Therefore, the PALUZERN list will accept brief announcements of books and other resource material for sale that is specifically related to this county. Don't include prices and ordering info; just include a pointer to a URL, a commercial mailing list, or an E-mail address where the complete ordering information can be found. In case of doubt, send the message to the list custodian, tamlamb@icontech.com, and I'll review it and forward it to the list if appropriate. 5. Archives. At present, the archival copies are stored at Rootsweb.com and can be retrieved by anyone. To get a list of the messages that have been archived, send a message to PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com with the subject archive SEARCH Subject: latest/* and nothing in the body of the message. You'll get back a message that looks like this: ARCHIVE search subject: latest/* BEGIN---------------cut here------------------ latest/23:10:Subject: Re: John DOE query (fwd) latest/24:12:Subject: Looking for Samuel FORWOOD latest/25:15:Subject: inquiry latest/26:15:Subject: Hitchcock Md.>Ar.>Ok.>Ar. & other western states latest/27:17:Subject: Jon Harlan END-----------------cut here------------------ If you decide you want to read the message about John Harlan, the "latest/27:" part of the line identifies the file containing the message. Send another message to PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com with the subject archive SEND latest/27 and nothing in the body. You can request several messages at once, but please don't request more than ten at a time. 6. No-nos. Please do not submit virus alerts, chain letters, or other off-topic material to the list. Don't send copies of copyrighted material. Vulgarity and personal attacks on other list members are also unwelcome. Don't send messages exceeding 8 kilobytes in length. If someone else violates these rules, please do not send their message back to this list! That just magnifies the problem, and defeats our anti-spam defenses at Rootsweb. 7. Instructions on how to order a copy of the list's welcome message: (this message) Open a NEW e-mail message. Send it to: PALUZERN-L-request@rootsweb.com In the subject line type one word: archive In the body type only this text: get welcome.txt Turn OFF your signature file. Send the message. Tammy Lamb List Owner

I found two books about LUzerne county on Ebay and thought you may be interested. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1408476906 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1408473589 Wendy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

The "Railroad Info" button of the FolkFinders Web Site has recently been updated to include Railroad Fatalities, as they appeared in the Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac (covering the period 1895 through 1931). Included is the individual's name, and the date of the railroad fatality. Perhaps somewhere in the 1,417 entries you may find an ancestor. Luzerne County Genealogy Online at www.folkfinders.com Jim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Thank you to eveyone who help me out with my SSDI problem. I thought if you died with a SSN, you were on the list. I'm so glad you all know this stuff. Donna

I too would like to know how to obtain Naturalizations records. Thanks Suzie Potter ppotter@woh.rr.com