From the following web address: http://www.jvbrown.edu/genealogy.html Copies of articles are available for 50 cents each at the library, $1.00 when sent by mail. Please request no more than five articles at a time. Please include your e-mail address, if available in any correspondence and requests. James V. Brown Library 19 East Fourth Street Williamsport, PA 17701 There's lots of good information about doing genealogy research in the Lycoming County area on that page, so I would recommend checking it out if you're trying to find some other places to look for information on people from the area. Christie -----Original Message----- From: rwfinn [mailto:rwfinn@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:03 PM To: PALYCOMI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: J.V. Brown Newspaper Index Christie, Thank you very much for explaining how to use the search engine. Works great once you know how! The next question, after finding some of my Clarks and Fauseys I would like to get copies of the newspaper articles. Is this possible? And if so, how can it be done? Again, thank you very much for your clear explanation of the search process. I think all of us on the mailing list will find this very useful. Richard Finn Christie wrote: > Richard- > > I have added a link to my favorites, that will take me directly to the > index, because it is sometimes hard to find the search engine through > the library's page, especially when they redesign the page layout. Here > is a link that you can paste directly into your web browser: > http://opac.jvbrown.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/49 > > This link should bring you to the search page. You can enter your > search into the search dialog box, and then select "Newspaper Index". > Then press the "Search Everything" Button. This should bring back the > search results for the phrase you entered into the search dialog. > > I've noticed that very late at night, the search enging goes off line, > so your best bet is probably to try it during the day. > > Hope this helps. > > Christie > > -----Original Message----- > From: rwfinn [mailto:rwfinn@pacbell.net] > Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:20 PM > To: PALYCOMI-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: JACOBY & REINWALD Pine Twp 1880s > > Christie, > I was interested in your answer to Elsa. I have tried on and off over > the > past couple of years to view the on line card file, but without any > luck. > Would you mind sending to the entire mailing list exactly (even button > by > button if that is what is needed) how to find the newspaper index on the > Brown website. That would be a great service to all of us who live far > from Penn. > Thank you for your time, > Richard Finn (Clark ancestors from Lycoming Co.) > > Christie wrote: > > > Elsa- > > > > Have you tried searcing in the newspaper indexes located on the J.V. > > Brown Library's website? Someone mentioned this index on this mailing > > list several months ago, and I have found it to be a useful source for > > many Lycoming County marriages and deaths. They have an index of the > > microfilms of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette (the current paper's name) > > and all it's predecessors. If the news was published locally, you may > > find entries there. Then you can go to that library to look at the > > microfilms or write to the library for copies. > > > > The address of the search engine is: > > http://opac.jvbrown.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/49 > > And the address of the library's website is: > > http://www.jvbrown.edu/ > > > > Hope you find what you're looking for. > > > > Christie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Elsa Vorwerk [mailto:elsavorwerk@mindspring.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:53 PM > > To: PALYCOMI-L@rootsweb.com > > Cc: PALYCOMI-D@rootsweb.com > > Subject: JACOBY & REINWALD Pine Twp 1880s > > > > Hello Lycoming County Genealogical Society -- > > > > I have reviewed the Lycoming County GenWeb site and am > > seeking information on Jacoby and Rienwald/Reinwalt families. > > According to family history, source unknown, Julius and > > Katherine Bohnert JACOBY had a son Otto Julius born > > 1 August 1884 in English Center. His mother, a teacher, died > > at the time of his birth, and his father, a tannery superintendent, > > disappeared in about 1890, thought to have been murdered on > > a bus trip from New York City to Pennsylvania. In 1910 we > > find 15-yr-old Otto living in Pine Twp with farmer Frederick > > REINWALD and his wife Mary, who must have taken him in > > either before or after his father disappeared. Fredrick died sometime > > between the 1900 and 1910 censuses, and we find widow Mary > > living with 25-yr-old Otto in April 1910 and June 1920 in Niagara > > Falls NY, so there was a strong relationship. At the GenWeb site > > I was able to find the Reinwald burials at Oregon Hill Cemetery, > > and I've been able to follow them in censuses 1870 forward. > > Unfortunately, the critical time period does not cooincide with a > > census year, and as so often is the case, an 1890 census might have > > been very helpful! > > > > Specifically, I'm wondering about: (1) birth record of Otto Jacoby in > > 1884, (2) death & burial of Katherine Bohnert Jacoby in 1884 in > > Pine Twp, and (3) possible newspaper coverage of the disappearance > > of Julius Jacoby around 1890. > > > > I'll be most grateful for any advice or suggestions anyone may have > > to offer to assist with my research, as this is my first experience > > with Lycoming County research. (I graduated from Bucknell in > > Lewisburg in 1966 and this might provide a nice opportunity for > > me to get back to the lovely hills of Pennsylvania!) > > > > Elsa Vorwerk in Allegany County, Maryland ______________________________