Looking for any information on; Anna Conahan, born Oct 3, 1872 Baptized Oct 6, 1872. Parents: Cornelius Conahan and Bridget Doherty. Sponsors: Patrick Dougherty and Margaret Clark. Also Anne married Charles Kelly June 25, 1914. Ann is shown as age 32, a school teacher, living with her father and brother Neal at 10th and Alter in the 1910 census. Anna Conahan and Charles Kelly had one child; Anne Kelly {I don't believe that Anne married} Anna and Charles were killed in a major Hazleton hotel fire, unknown hotel name and date. thanks for any information, Frank

Looking for any information on; Thomas Conahan, born in Oct, 1871, as a twin, baptized in Saint Gabriel's Church in Hazleton, married Bid Heanan they had the following children; 2. Margaret Conahan 2. Catherine Conahan {I don't believe that the daughters married} thanks, Frank

Seeking family of Henry SNYDER (1793-1865) and his wife Margaret (1793-1892). Both buried in White's cemetery--now known as Maple Grove, in Loyalville, Luzerne county. History of Luzerne county states he had a family of eight, so there should be other cousins about. My line is through son, Reuben (1832-1917) and Mary Ann DAVIS. Another Brick wall is a Philip H. SNYDER born 6 June 1873 in Ross twp. He was a widower before taking his second wife, Anna Marjorie Bulford in 1901. Unable to deterine Philip's parents or first wife. Would appreciate any hints. Hope to hear from you. Pat Krivak

Searching for family of Margaret BOGART/BOGERT. Margaret was born 19 Feb 1820, Wilksbarre; m. Elisha Platts WARNER, 24 Dec 1839, Wilksbarre; d. 30 Dec 1897 in Bucklin, Linn Co., MO. I believe there are still members of the BOGART/BOGERT families in the area. Just don't know if they are related to my Margaret. SSMc

List Members, I am trying to find the location and address of the St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church in Freeland, Luzerne, Pa if it still exists today. I am interested in looking for the marriage records of my g-g grandparents and the baptism record of my grandfather if they can be found. I have searched on the internet for the church but have been unsuccessful in locating any info on it and I have also wondered if the church may no longer exist. If anyone knows of an address where I can write to them for info I would be grateful. Thank you, Missy Zuber Atco, NJ Researching- Bias, Fatula, Lucash, & Zuber

Hi Pam, I am glad to hear that you (and some other listers) have had success working with Folk Finders. I only question their ethics given the way they are obtaining e-mail addresses from this list to send out bulk solicitations. I will contact them to be removed from their list even though I was never asked to be put on it in the first place. I realize there are always two sides to every story. Thanks for your feedback. Nancy -----Original Message----- From: Pam Jones [mailto:pamjones_us@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:25 PM To: PALUZERN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PALUZERN] FOLKFINDERS Just wanted to let the new people on the list know that I have purchased quite a few books from them and have helped alot of list members with look-ups from these books. Before I even offered to do look-ups I verified the information for it's accuracy. I subscribe to their newsletter as well as visiting their site often. It has been extremely helpful to me in my family research. And yes, the information is available at the library however Folkfinders has compiled it in a searchable format that I can have at my fingertips to do look-ups from home. I'm sure if you contact them to be removed from thier mailing they would do so. I'm thrilled to have another source of Luzerne County information in addition to rootsweb. I wish there were a dozen more. It just makes my research easier. Pam

I am searching for info on my grandfather Robert Beckley. His family was from Nanticoke. He married my grandmother Ethel Weaver. Her father Claude Weaver was from White Haven. Thanks. Lee Ann

Hello List 1st of all PERSONAL MESSAGES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THIS LIST! Anyone posting personal emails (emails with any name in it) are subjected to removal from the list without further notice. 2nd Folkfinders is not on the list server nor is he tied to Luzerne county Genweb in anyway. He does use Ebay alot and has recieved many peoples email addresses through there. If you use ebay he may have gotten your email address through there or someone forwarding your list message to him. However, If you write him he will remove you from his mailings. 3rd Since folkfinder is a business and sells things for profit, those talking about his books and other items he sells he is advertising and is also against the guidelines of this list and you are subject to removal. So lets drop this topic and if you have any questions about folkfinders I suggest you go to his webpage at: www.folkfinders.com Tammy Lamb List Owner

Blain/e, J.C born about 1825 lived in Larksville Blain/e, Levi, born about 1840 lived in Courtdale Blaine, Daniel born in 1888, lived in Larksville Lyons, Maria wife of J.C.Blain/e born about 1840

List, Maybe it would be a good idea to block his address also. Becca

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0C6262F1D89CDA2AAD2831E8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I've purchased several of the books from FolkFinders. The service has been good and I don't feel that I have been rooked at all. It isn't easy for some of us to get to Luzerne County. I wrote to Osterhut Library in October, for an obituary, I am still waiting. The information I was looking for was in the Folk Finder book. Frances -- http://www.twinpinesretreat.com http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/frouse@neo.rr.com/ --------------0C6262F1D89CDA2AAD2831E8 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="frouse.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Frouse Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="frouse.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rouse;Frances x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:frouse@neo.rr.com fn:Frances end:vcard --------------0C6262F1D89CDA2AAD2831E8--

Betty, Either you missed my point or I failed to make my point clear. The only way this person (Jim from Folk Finders) would have known about my interest in PALUZERN would be through subscription to this Rootsweb mail list (PALUZERN). Many people replied to my message indicating they too have received these unsolicited Advertising/Promotional e-mails without being asked to be put on HIS mailing list. I am sure Jim must have obtained OUR e-mail addresses from our posts to the PALUZERN list. He may or may not be a subscriber to the list but could easily have obtained our addresses via our posts to PALUZERN in the Rootsweb archives. At the very least I am asking the List Owner of PALUZERN to verify that Jim from Folk Finders is not subscribed to the list. Also, anyone not wanting to receive these unsolicited e-mails from Folk Finders should reply to his unsolicited e-mail and ask to be removed from HIS list. He is required to honor your request. If you continue to receive his unsolicited e-mails after asking to be removed from his list, then you can report him to his ISP for unsolicited e-mail. Thank you, Nancy P.S. I have been told that any material offered for SALE at Folk Finders can be obtained elsewhere such as Libraries and Historical Societies. Please folks be careful about who you do business with. -----Original Message----- From: Betty Thomas [mailto:bettythomas@charter.net] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:58 PM To: rascalz@worldnet.att.net; PALUZERN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PALUZERN] Luzerne County Genealogy Update The only people who have access to your address are rootsweb and your listowner. If it didn't have [PALUZERN] in the "from:" area then you didn't get it via the list. The only way to post to any rootsweb list is to subscribe, so its possible that someone can send something like that to the list, but not probable. It also could have been forwarded to the list by some other subscriber. In any case, I find it more fun to do my own leg work than to pay someone to do it for me. Betty

I'm looking for any remnants of the family of Margaret Conahan (born in Oct, 1869) and John McGinnes. The children were; Helen McGinnes James McGinnes who married Muriel Erby James McGinnes, possibly worked in South America Marge McGinnes Margaret Conahan and John McGinnes were married on the 7th of Feb. 1907 in the presence of John Sharhey, (possibly Sharkey) and Anna Conahan in Saint Gabriel's Church in Hazleton. thanks, Frank

At 12:20 PM 1/14/01 -0500, Nancy M. Atkinson wrote: >Folks, > >Has anyone else received an unsolicited piece of e-mail titled 'Luzerne >County Genealogy Update'? This Advertising/Marketing e-mail is promoting a >website called Folk Finders. Has anyone had experience with this company to >know whether or not they are legit? > >I replied to the person responsible for sending this to me and he claims not >to be affiliated with any Luzerne County mailing list. I am having trouble >believing that. These type of e-mails annoy me to no end! If no-one else >on PALUZERN received this e-mail then I suppose he must have gotten my info >elsewhere. > >Nancy > The only people who have access to your address are rootsweb and your listowner. If it didn't have [PALUZERN] in the "from:" area then you didn't get it via the list. The only way to post to any rootsweb list is to subscribe, so its possible that someone can send something like that to the list, but not probable. It also could have been forwarded to the list by some other subscriber. In any case, I find it more fun to do my own leg work than to pay someone to do it for me. Betty bettythomas@charter.net My Family - http://BettyT.tripod.com Wicks,Hammond, Heintz,Bradfield,Walbridge Boylston Historical Society http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/ GenWeb County Coordinator for: Genesee, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese Wyoming, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin Worcester, MA http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces

Folks, Has anyone else received an unsolicited piece of e-mail titled 'Luzerne County Genealogy Update'? This Advertising/Marketing e-mail is promoting a website called Folk Finders. Has anyone had experience with this company to know whether or not they are legit? I replied to the person responsible for sending this to me and he claims not to be affiliated with any Luzerne County mailing list. I am having trouble believing that. These type of e-mails annoy me to no end! If no-one else on PALUZERN received this e-mail then I suppose he must have gotten my info elsewhere. Nancy

looking for families of ZATORSKI john, michael, and another john john was in 1910 census, married to Bronislawa Makowski children: martha frances anthony - married frances unknown michael - simon - twins apolorine (pearl) married fitzgibbons leonora (lil, lilly, eleanor) married bonsavage sophia casmere (charles) MAKOWSKI frank, head mary, wife frank lydia sigmund cassie edward SUPECK Barney married Tessie Zatorski children: Frances (Duncan), Frank, and Cecelia (Slominski) MITULSKI all from Erie, Pa anyone with info contact me please mary.zatorski@gte.net

I know quite a few people on the list have books from them because they have done look ups for me. I really appreciate them doing so. Maybe the subscribers to the list that have dealt with this folkfider should email the new people to the list who are concerned. Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Just wanted to let the new people on the list know that I have purchased quite a few books from them and have helped alot of list members with look-ups from these books. Before I even offered to do look-ups I verified the information for it's accuracy. I subscribe to their newsletter as well as visiting their site often. It has been extremely helpful to me in my family research. And yes, the information is available at the library however Folkfinders has compiled it in a searchable format that I can have at my fingertips to do look-ups from home. I'm sure if you contact them to be removed from thier mailing they would do so. I'm thrilled to have another source of Luzerne County information in addition to rootsweb. I wish there were a dozen more. It just makes my research easier. Pam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Betty: Didn't receive any e-mail, but I have visited their site in the past and they offer some great info on the site to use when looking for ancestors. Wendy :) --- Betty Thomas <bettythomas@charter.net> wrote: > At 12:20 PM 1/14/01 -0500, Nancy M. Atkinson wrote: > >Folks, > > > >Has anyone else received an unsolicited piece of > e-mail titled 'Luzerne > >County Genealogy Update'? This > Advertising/Marketing e-mail is promoting a > >website called Folk Finders. Has anyone had > experience with this company to > >know whether or not they are legit? > > > >I replied to the person responsible for sending > this to me and he claims not > >to be affiliated with any Luzerne County mailing > list. I am having trouble > >believing that. These type of e-mails annoy me to > no end! If no-one else > >on PALUZERN received this e-mail then I suppose he > must have gotten my info > >elsewhere. > > > >Nancy > > > > > The only people who have access to your address > are rootsweb and your > listowner. If it didn't have [PALUZERN] in the > "from:" area then you > didn't get it via the list. The only way to post to > any rootsweb list > is to subscribe, so its possible that someone can > send something like that > to the list, but not probable. It also could have > been forwarded to the > list by some other subscriber. > In any case, I find it more fun to do my own leg > work than to pay someone > to do it for me. > Betty > > bettythomas@charter.net > My Family - http://BettyT.tripod.com > Wicks,Hammond, Heintz,Bradfield,Walbridge > Boylston Historical Society > http://www.ultranet.com/~boyhisoc/ > GenWeb County Coordinator for: > Genesee, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenese > Wyoming, NY http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywyomin > Worcester, MA http://www.rootsweb.com/~maworces > > > ==== PALUZERN Mailing List ==== > Northeast Pennsylvania Chat can be accessed at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/chat.htm > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Wed, Jan 15, 1890 MARRIAGE: Miss MILLIE SCHAPPERT, daughter of PETER SCHAPPERT, and FRED J STEGMAEIR, son of CHARLES STEGMAEIR, were married at St Nicholas, by Rev Nagle, last evening. The ushers were PHILIP FORVE, JOHN BECKER, ROBERT WILLIAMS, and JOHN KASENBAUGH. Miss EMMA SCHAPPERT was maid of honor, and WINA SCHAPPERT, bridesmaid. the best man was Mr JOSEPH SHRIEBER, of Philadelphia. UPCOMING MARRIAGES: >From Pittston: Mr A J BRENNAN and Miss MARY SHERIDAN will be united in marriage this evening in St John's Church. After the wedding, a reception will be held at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs MICHAEL SHERIDAN in Sebastapol Mr WELLS JOHNSON, of the editorial staff of the Record, and Miss JANE LEACH, will be married at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at the home of the bride's parents North Main Street The wedding of HAROLD D CHASE, a journalist formerly of this city, and Miss ANNIE THOMPSON will take place in the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kansas this evening. Mr CHASE is chief editoral writer on the Capital Commonwealth of Topeka. SAMUEL and Miss ETHEL, brother and sister of the groom, left on Saturday for Topeka. MARRIAGE LICENSES GRANTED: J F LETTER, of Fairmount, to A MICHAEL, of Cambra JOHN MCCAGUE to KATIE MATTIMORE, both of Denison A F MAGUIRE to MARY HOGAN, both of Wilkes-Barre WELLS B JOHNSON to AUGUSTA E LEACH,both of Wilkes-Barre DEATHS: In Wyoming Jan 15, FLORA S, daughter of ANDREW and MARY MATHERS, aged 22 years, 6 months, and 8 days. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm from the residence; interment at Forty Fort In this city on Tue Jan 14, of diphtheria, CHARLOTTE MUIR, infant daughter of CHARLES E and SALLIE E AYARS, aged 2 years, 4 months, and 12 days. In Larksville Jan 13, of pneumonia, JAMES L KEATING In Upper Pittston Jan 11, of diphtheria, OLIVE J, daughter of Mr and Mrs W C WORKHEISER, aged 7 years In Brandy Patch, Pittston, Jan 10, DOMINICK O'MALLEY, aged 54 years In Hollywood Jan 10, SOPHIA, wife of CHARLES KELLY, aged 38 years In Stockton Jan 11, CLARENCE, the infant son of Mr and Mrs GEORGE LEGGO In Audenreid Jan 13, JOHN BAYLESS, aged 68 years In Hollywood, infant daughter of CHARLES KELLY In Hazleton Jan 13, Mrs MARGARET BOCK, aged 69 years In Hazleton Jan 14, of bronchitis, Mrs JOHN D SHOLL, aged 46 years In Cork Lane, Pittston, Jan 13, of pneumonia, ANTHONY REAP, aged 56 years In Butler Jan 11, DANIEL OUPLINGER, aged 82 years BRIEFS: Yesterday was the 36th anniversary of W H MCCARTY's advent onto this mundane sphere. Ed, Phoenix