John, I believe we have corresponded before on other surnames. I have quite alot of information of a MERCHANT family which originated abt 1700 in Glouchester Co., VA. Our line eventually went to South Carolina and then Texas. They were Quakers. I don't know if there is any connection, but let me know. Jane

Surnames I am researching; Wilson Waddell Waddle Dave Waddell, Melbourne, FL

My Mercer County, PA surnames include the following: Ealy Uber Reichard Harpst McCormick King Ronda Chaya

I'm looking for STEPHENSON... very specific, James and Hannah from England, lived in Stoneboro, Mercer Co. from 1862-65 until 1874-79 (can't place exact immigration to the States, or move to TN) They would have been living with James' father John, and children Wm. George, John, and Joseph. I need to verify the time frame they were in PA, as it is affecting my research on John's wife and her family. She was a PATTERSON, Ellen, with sister named Missouri and a brother named Charlie. Not sure if John married her in PA or not. Any help GREATLY appreciated. Patricia Penny

My Mercer Co., PA surnames include ROSS PRICE GRACE SEISLEY/SISLEY RHODES Thanks, Linda

I have a lot of Mercer County Names but here are a few: HILANDS/HIGHLANDS/HOYLANDS JONES (of "Jonesville" Lackawannock Twp.) BYERS CATTERSON (also Lawrence County) McKINNEY HAWTHORNE WILLIAMS (Jesse) WHITE (J.G.) REZNOR (George) BUXTON DIBBLE WHANN MOSSMAN (Dr. B.E.) CAMPBELL ACHER SMEAL (Wm. b 1826, m. Hannah Jones, b. 1837 had son Edwin, b. 1870.) JONES, (Rebecca, b. 1841 sister to Hannah.) Will share info. Bob McKeon

In a message dated 99-11-07 15:26:06 EST, you write: << KLINGENSMITH >> Hope this is of use to you. Bob McKeon FROM: THE ADVANCE ARGUS, GREENVILLE, MERCER COUNTY, PA. Thursday, August 31, 1916. DEATH ROLL Mrs. Almina Dumars. Mrs. Almina Klingensmith Reed Dumars was born April 6, 1851 in Greenwood, Crawford County, Pa., died August 19, 1916 at 8 p.m., at Kennard. Deceased was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Klingensmith and is survived by five sisters: Mrs. William Shepard, Salem, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Hoyland, New Salem, Kansas; Mrs Lydia Mann, Astabula, Ohio; Mrs. Aaron Van Riper, Meadville, and Mrs. Jennie Bailey, Bradford, Pa. She was married to J. W. Reed, of Jamestown, Pa., April 26, 1871. He died June 25, 1886, and to this union seven children remain; Mrs. E.B. McManus, Windham, Ohio; Mrs. F.D Stevenson, Cleveland, Ohio; John T. Reed, of Greenville, Pa.; Mrs. M.H. Haas, of Meadville, Pa.; Mrs. J. Vincent Brown, Greenville, Pa.; Mrs. Fayette N. South of Cleveland, Ohio; and Miss Vernal Reed of Meadville. She was married to N. W. Dumars, Kennard, Pa, January 17, 1891, and two children remain from this union, Miss Ruth Dumars, Kennard, and Mrs. James M. Bean, of Greenville. She was a lifelong Church member and died with all the rights of the United Presbyterian Church. She was a noble character, kind and loving mother and at all times had the good will of the community in which she lived.

Surname search is a great idea! From this area, the names I have been working on are: DILLINGER, MCGINNETT, & LOONEY Thanks, Kathy

The response to the Old Photos section of the Mercer County Genealogy site (www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer) has been great! Thanks to Amy Hutton, Walt Jankowski, Phil Gilmore, Inez Gibson Jovenall....... We've just added another 19 photos! These are of: The MC WHIRTER family Laura Jane GILMORE ALLISON Farm near Millbrook in the 1890s - 1900s Robert MC WHIRTER family GILMORE Reunion 1909 John Clarence CARR William Harry GIBSON General Store in Clarksville Gas Station in Clarksville Mildred Luretta CARR, 1922 Carl SCOTT Lavina Wick KIMMEL MC FARLIN John MC FARLIN Elizabeth Lillian MC FARLIN NORTHCOTE Helen RAPP MC WHIRTER child and three unknown photographs...... Unknown Girl, Unknown Lady and Unknown Couple. Maybe you'll recognize them and we can give them names! For those of you who have been following along, each time we've added photos.....I've added little red bursts to the main page - - to make it easier to spot the "new" old photos! So, check out the Old Photos the next time your at the PAMercer site! And, next time you're looking through shoeboxes and albums of your old photos..... send a few our way. There's always room for more! Teri Brown Mercer County Coordinator

I have checked the site this a.m. (www.sharon-herald.com)- the special edition newspaper is listed but doesn't have a link. No information is provided only that it is a special edition in today's paper. I do not have my paper as yet this a.m. to see what it looks like however will post it later today. Beverly Liston, President, Mercer County Genealogical Society. bliston@infonline.net

I am researching the following surnames: BLAIR, THOMAS, GERHARDT, COSGROVE I would love to correspond with others researching these names or those knowing anything about these surnames. DOROTHY JONES

Thanks, Harry. I'm researching: CARR SCOTT RAPP Would like to hear what Surnames other folks are researching. Teri

Posting my lines which were in Mercer Co. down through to current Lawrence Co. Harry

Thanks Beverly. I know everyone appreciates your help on this. Later Karen

If anyone wants to replace their existing cursors with genealogy-related cursors, you can download some from The Obituary Links Page at http://www.cribbs.net/obit/ Replace your pointer with a tree branch! Replace your hourglass with a blossoming family tree! Replace your background working cursor with a microfilm reader! Might want to print these instructions out! Just download the zipped file, GENCURSOR.ZIP Extract files into your C:\Windows\cursors\ folder Go to your Control Panel and click on Mouse Click on the Pointers tab Choose the BRANCH for your arrow Choose TREE for your second cursor Choose MFILM for your third cursor Actually, the second two are interchangeable. These are for those avid family researchers who bring the shovel to the cemetery researching project! Bill Cribbs The Obituary Links Page

Hello Everyone! This is what the The Herald says will be in the 1899 newspapers: "The Herald which was only 35 years old at the turn of the century, was an eight-page weekly newspaper. The last eight newspapers of 1899 will be reproduced as closely as possible to the originals on the last eight Sundays of 1999 as we mark the end of the 20th century. Each weekly, six-page section will contain stories and advertisements reprinted from those editions as well as modern ads from local advertisers. The 1899 editions to be reprinted are from the weeks of Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, and Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 29." The Mercer County Genealogy Society is in the process of taking these old newspapers and making and index of all of the deaths and marriages from 1878 to 1920. After 1920 they are only indexing the deaths. We are currently up to 1925. I will be saving the copies of the old newspapers that will be in tomorrow's paper. If you would like me to look for a certain name for anyone please e-mail me with the name and I will see if the names are mentioned. Txflythndr@aol.com wrote: > Wonder how any of us that are not near Sharon, Pa., would get info. from > these papers???? Lots of my folks were in Mercer Co., Pa. at that time. > Karen in Texas > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Any questions/problems regarding the PAMERCER-L list, contact the > listowner, Teri Brown mailto:Sanchoinc@aol.com > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ > This list is sponsored by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Please help support Rootsweb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html -- Janet Stanko janets@infonline.net Look up person for all Mercer County, PA cemetery information. Also do obituary look up for Mercer County, PA. Please e-mail me for more information. Moderator for the Obituary Daily Times http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary The e-mail newspaper of obituaries from around the world! To subscribe: send a message to: Gen-Obit-Request@rootsweb.com with the message: subscribe

Wonder how any of us that are not near Sharon, Pa., would get info. from these papers???? Lots of my folks were in Mercer Co., Pa. at that time. Karen in Texas

The web site for the Herald is http://sharon-herald.com I don't know if they have any info on these special editions yet, but you can probably e-mail them from their site. Jo

Just read in our local paper tonight (The Herald, Sharon, PA) that for the next 7 Sundays they are (to celebrate the new millennium I guess) going to reproduce the newspapers from the last 2 months of 1899. This should be interesting. Has anyone heard of any other papers doing something similar? Jo

Dear Rooters: Is there anyone who owns the Epitaphs-Handbook of Historic Family Graveyards, Berks County, Pennsylvania and can look up the Surname TEXTER for me? I would appreciate any help that can be given. Linda Simmons __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html