Hello: Noticed an AlleghenyCity thread, mine is similar...Can anyone tell me what happened to McKeesport & Braddock in the 1870 census, would love to know page ranges or some way to find them...Did they become part of the Pittsburgh Wards? Need to do a name by name search as my family is not in the index. If you are in the know, I will be using Ancestry.com pages to find them Dianna

Dianna: I looked at the locality breakdown for the 1870 and I found also that Pitt Township, Wilkins Township and South Versailles Township were also missing. North Versailles is listed as having a McKeesport Post Office. So McKeesport may have been accidently been lumped in with North Versailles. McKeesport later annexed the Highland Grove area which appears on 1890 maps as part of NVT. NVT & SVT (the original SVT) were fairly new entities having been formed from their parent Versailles Twp. in 1869. Versailles Twp was one of the 7 original Allegheny County townships and was also the parent of McKeesport. South Versailles later split into two parts in the 1870s creating the current SVT and Versailles Twp. which later became Versailles & White Oak Boros. Braddock, I'm not sure of which one but most likely Wilkins Twp. must have been its parent, (although it could be Penn or Pitt Townships).. I found a number of other anomolies in this census with locational names. McKeesport and Braddock were never a part of Pgh., although Braddock is much closer to the city line. Hope this helps. Jim Owston Dianna Jo Csikos wrote: > Hello: > Noticed an AlleghenyCity thread, mine is similar...Can anyone tell me what happened to McKeesport & Braddock in the 1870 census, would love to know page ranges or some way to find them...Did they become part of the Pittsburgh Wards? Need to do a name by name search as my family is not in the index. > If you are in the know, I will be using Ancestry.com pages to find them > Dianna > > ==== PAMCKEESPORT Mailing List ==== > Try the "All Things McKeesport Web Ring" > If your Web Site is about McKeesport or owned by a McKeesporter....Join!! http://www.geocities.com/geojenk/ > If your Web Site is Owned by a McKeesporter...Join!! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

In regard to the 1870 census for McKeesport & Braddock. You will find them on Roll 1299 Braddoock is on pages in the 660's range & McKeesport is on pages in the 500's range. If Dianna sees this please e-mail me with your address. I want to communicate with you. Regards, Ellen (ETHS) email: ellen@b-n-s.com Visit my web site: http://www.geocities.com/ellenj3