Does anyone own the book Westerwald To America and can they do a lookup for me on the Surname TEXTER. I would appreciate any help that can be given. Linda __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

There is a video tape of Sharpsville in 1940 with 37 minutes of running time that shows much of the Walnut, Main & Mercer Ave. buildings. The town's people that have been identified in this tape have their name's superimposed in the tape. It is a gem for ones remembering Sharpsville as it used to be. The tape is $15 if picked up in Sharpsville or $20 mailed. To order the tape call Norma Findley at (724) 962-9661 Her address is: 141 S. 12th Street, Sharpsville, PA 16150 Also the Sharpsville Historical Society has their 125th Commemorative Book for sale for $10, it is very nice also. Debbie Hoffman

Dear Listers, Does "foster son" mean the same as adopted son? On 4 October 1894, in Atlantic, in Crawford county, PA Esther W. Lackey bequeathed the remains of her estate to her "Foster Son Harry E. Lackey for His use forever." How might I discover who were Harry E. Lackey's birth parents? Harry was my grandfather and I will be grateful for all suggestions, comments, ideas, etc. JoAnn P. Pecenka DeKalb, IL

I am searching for any information on the below people that appeared on the 1850 Mercer County, Delaware Twp. Census, Schedule # 28, Frame # 190. Especially, BARNHART, Wm age 7, as this may be my wife's Grandfather, William BARNHART, that died May 1, 1916 in Fulton Co., Pa. was married to Elizabeth JORDAN...Who would the Father of the below BARNHART's be?? Any and all information appreciated, Thanks. Gene Mellott Orlando, Fl. 34 201 203 VAN HORN, Barbara 35 F 700 Pa. 35 201 203 BARNHART, Victor 13 M Pa. S 36 201 203 BARNHART, Armis 12 F Pa. S 37 201 203 BARNHART, Wm. 7 M Pa. S 38 201 203 BARNHART, Edmund 5 M Pa. 39 201 203 VAN HORN, Melifsa 3 F Pa.

Hello everyone. I'm looking for any information on James and Hannah Stephenson, my gr gr grandparents. They emigrated from England to PA, and I was told they lived in Stoneboro, Mercer Co. during the 1860's-1870's. I'm looking to confirm this, if possible. James and Hannah had a son, John (my gr grandfather) who was born in PA, exact date UNK. John eventually shows up in Hamilton Co. TN around 1905, married to an Ellen Patterson, but I have no information on her at all, so I'm unsure if the marriage took place in PA or TN. Ellen had a sister named Missouri and a brother named Charlie, parents UNK.. Any help at all GREATLY appreciated! Sincerely, Patty Penny

Our collection of Mercer County Old Photos is Growing!!! Thanks to Esther Mc Dermott, Robert Pew Worst, Carol Ann Senior, Brent Morgan and Walt Jankowski, we've just added another sixteen photos to the collection. (And, I still have more to add!) Come and visit: www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/photos and see the new photos of: Arthur Raymond Hedglin Mary Elizabeth McWhirter Forrester Mary Jane Garvin McWhirter Bud Graham and Arthur Raymond Hedglin William Swan McWhirter The Hedglin Girls at the Kansas School Elizabeth Ann Correll/Korrell and John A. Clark John Pew and Nancy Glenn Pew The grave of Wilson and Mary Dean Thomas Harrison Northcote, Jr. Mrs. Becky Jane Patterson Rev. C. A. Knessell Mary Jane McKindry Northcote Three McFarlin Sisters and two photographs of Unknown people taken at studios in Mercer County. You may know these folks! Teri Brown Mercer County Coordinator www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer

To those of you with Rhode Island ties , I figured that maybe this Times Name Index might help a few of you. http://seq.clan.lib.ri.us/wwa/tni/tni3.htm Linda __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

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Looking for the parents of William ORR, born Ireland and died 1843 in Springfield Twp., Mercer Co., PA. My line: William ORR & Mary ORRICK; Mercer Co., PA Elias ORR & Margaret HOLIDAY; Mercer Co., PA Margaret ORR & Josiah LUCE; Mercer Co., PA Maude LUCE & James LANGLEY; Mercer Co., PA/Mahoning Co., OH William LANGLEY & Ilma GRANDSTAFF (my great grandparents); Mercer Co., PA/Mahoning Co., OH/Lucas Co., OH Would like to correspond with cousins and I'm also interested in the parents of Mary ORRICK and Margaret HOLIDAY. Thanks, Cassie Langley Brown aislingkat@aol.com

Searching for information on the Rev. Henry and Phebe (Randolph) FRAZIER family. Henry, a travelling Baptist preacher settled in Mercer Co,PA by about 1800 in Hickory Twp. He was born 11 Nov 1765 in New Jersey and died 18 Dec 1853 probably in Mercer Co His wife Phebe Randolph was also born 4 Oct 1764 in New Jersey and died 14 May 1851 prob. Mercer Co. The couple married abt 1787 probably in New Jersey where their 1st 3 children were born. They may have lived in Beaver Co before settling in Mercer. Any information on this couple, their origin in New Jersey, and their children would be greatly appreciated. Children: Abigail 1787; Nancy 1788; John 1790; Maryann 1792; Thomas 1793; Randolph 1796; Elizabeth 1798; Phebe 1801; Joel 1805; Polly 1802; Susanna 1815; Lizaann 1816. Of these John and Randolph moved to Holmes Co.,OH. Thank you Melba ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Hello everyone... I am seeking information on one of my ancestors but I am not sure that I have enough information to begin. All I have is written in a family book... "Mary Emerson (born early 1800s; Erie County?) married Hickor, a farmer. They had a large family and lived in Mercer County." Is there a surname list that I should check for this county? Many thanks for any suggestions... Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA

Free Public Records site http://www.brbpub.com/pubrecsites.htm This is to anyone looking for anyone. I just found some of my Ohio relatives on the Trumball County Auditors site. There are many sites like it and I would suggest to all that receive this to pass it on to as many genealogy researchers as you know as this can be a great help to many. Good Luck , I am going back to find more relatives. By the way I found the address in a book entitled Locating Lost Family Members and Family. Linda Simmons Researching Cullingsworth, Kellerman, Texter, Adams, Ekis, Simmons, Shumer

Is there a book that has the births of Mercer Co indexed in the mid 1800's? I am researching the PEAIRS/PIERCE line. At some point, the name PEAIRS was changed to PIERCE. I was hoping to find out if the children were given the name PEAIRS or PIERCE. Culbert Peairs/Pierce b. 1848 William Peairs/Pierce b. 1846 David Peairs/Pierce b. 1854 possibly Joseph & Robert Peairs/Pierce as well Thanks, Cathy Catmere@aol.com

Our collection of Mercer County Old Photos is Growing! I just uploaded recent submissions from Amy Hutton, Don Karr, Ed McClelland, Esther McDermott, Walt Jankowski and my mother. Some of the photos are of: Sylvester and Sara ENGLISH Johnson T. ENGLISH Eliza COULSON Robert ENGLISH Mathew KARR and Mary KINNE Robert R. KARR Lena Miller ENGLISH William ENGLISH, Lorinda ENGLISH KERR, and Alfred ENGLISH KARR family in 1917 John MC WHIRTER Dick and Audie MC AULEY Neshannock Potato Marker Old Store in Millbrook Clara Mae SCHELL/SHELL Elizabeth Jane HUNTER Adam CLARK Edward Joseph CLARK James Lawrence CLARK Please take a look: directly to old photos: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/photos/index.htm Mercer County Genealogy Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ More updates to the site will be posted this weekend. Teri Brown Mercer County Coordinator

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Rooters, Does anyone know where Shaw's Mills was located ? I found a Henry McCutchen d 23 Sep 1865, near Shaw's Mills. He is interred in the Methodist Cemetery, Pine Township, Mercer County. Mac

Hello, The following is a list of corrections for the Mercer Co. 1850 census. Some of these corrections may already appear, others may not have been logged in. If you downloaded and saved an earlier copy of the census, it may not have any of these corrections. For that reason, I am generally posting this list, as well as forwarding it to the coordinator. Concise error reports are welcome- I follow the same routine for all error reports- I check the microfilm again, and try to decide if the error in question falls into one of three categories: 1) My typographical error or misinterpretation 2) An error of the enumerator, or a perceived error of the enumerator 3) A misapprehension of the reporter, or a judgment call Below is, I think, a complete list of errors reported for my 1850 Mercer Co. census transcripts, and agreed upon so far. It is relatively small, given that about 30,000 names were transcribed. The errors below are all category 1 errors, or errors yet to be checked- I tried not to reinterpret what the enumerator wrote, except for some corrections on overlapped numbers to avoid double-referencing in any future data bases. I take no action on category 2 and 3 errors. Error list to date: All instances of the surname "Worford" in Hickory and Pymatuning Townships should be "Morford". Wolfcreek Tp. schedule 23, Lines 6-11 on should be dwelling 167, not 166. Also, Philpor (196) should be corrected to Philpot. The surname for lines 30 through 41 under Schedule 21, Frame 326, Enumeration Date 23 August 1850 for East Lackawannock TWP should read "Aley" rather than "Hey." (the surname above it remains "Hay"). In Pymatuning, Frame 121-122, lines 36-2, the names should read: 36 150 151 Maskrey B. 37 150 151 Maskrey Sarah (Change Sarah from Maskry to Maskrey) 38 150 151 Maskry Henry A. 39 150 151 Maskry Martha 40 150 151 Maskry Sarah 41 150 151 Maskry John 42 150 151 Maskry Helen Schedule 21, Frame no. 122, Enumerated October 22, 1850 1 151 152 Maskry Edward 2 151 152 Maskry Endema (Change Ed and Endema from Maskey to Maskry) Coolspring, schedule 8, line 4: Hannah Maskre should have the same family number (989, not 990) as the others in that dwelling. Springfield, schedule 28, lines 21-28: The surname for this family should be Richael, not Richad. E. Lackawannock, schedule 21, lines 28-29: The birthplace for these two individuals should read "New York", not "Mercer County, Pa.". Lines 30-31: The birthplace for these two individuals should read "Pa.", not "New York". Worth, schedule 10, lines 6-12. The surname should be "Cillaman", not "Gillman". **I Still have to check on the ones below, will let you know** Pymatuning #16, 161, 162 through 23, 161, 162 surname Ferguson, not Feryson? Original papers have it numbered starting with 16, 162, 163 through 23, 162, 163? Wolf creek Silas B. Montgomery 4 years old = Cyrus J. Montgomery? Sandy creek twp. Schedule No. 69, lines 17-29 surname = Meacham, not Weekem? If you have reported an error and I confirmed it, but it does not appear above, please let me know. Sincerely, Richard S. Winder (Richard_Winder@bc.sympatico.ca)

>What year was Mercer Co. formed? > >Cathy > Mercer was formed in 1800. However, the county government was not up and running until 1804. From 1800 - 1804, all Mercer county governmental activities were handled by Crawford County. If you're looking for original tax, probate, etc records for Mercer 1800 - 1804, you must go to the Meadville Courthouse in Crawford County. John MacDonald 1021 Hancock Road Williamstown MA 01267-3021 413-458-0056 macillus@bcn.net

What year was Mercer Co. formed? Cathy

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