Mike, Take care and thanks for all your hard work. Kathy

Hello everyone - I would like to officially introduce the new CC for Mercer County, PA. She is Teri Brown (Sanchoinc@aol.com) and she now has her new Mercer County pages up at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ The transition has been very smooth and painless (at least for me) and I'm sure Teri will do a fine job with the site. I have enjoyed being a part of the PAGW family for the past nearly 3 years. It is merely too many demanding job duties that are calling me away from my post and not any disdain for PAGW or USGW. There just aren't enough hours in the day to keep up with things. So, please welcome Teri aboard and good luck to Teri and the rest of the PAGenWeb Project. Mike Mercer County Coordinator Emeritus (title coined for me by Teri!)

I apologize for the following commercial message, but it seemd not unappropriate to put it on the list. I ordered a copy of the two volume 1909 History of Mercer County (edited by J. G. White) from Higginson Book Company, then cancelled my order a few days later when I located an original set of the books. However, I recently received the copy from Higgonson anyway - evidently they didn't process by cancellation. It seems silly to return it when others may be interested in it. I paid $117.75 for the two volumes and am willing to sell them for $90 - I'll pay the shipping. If anyone is interested, please drop me an e-mail. First come, first served. Thanks, John MacDonald 1021 Hancock Road Williamstown MA 01267-3021 413-458-0056 macillus@bcn.net (ps - I'm nearly finished with the transcription of the 1870 census of Hickory township. An index should be available early next week. I'll post a notice on the list when it's ready)

John DEARBORN, formerly of Greenland, New Hampshire, marriedabout 1801, probably in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Hannah SERENA/SURRENA. I estimate she was born between 1773 and 1780. Her father was Joseph SERENA/SURRENA, Sr. Her mother is unknown to me. She was apparently deceased by 1794, as she does not figure into the documents I found in Westmoreland County. They both died in Crawford County, PA. SERENA / SURRENA descendants live(d) in Venango and Mercer Counties, PA, also. I welcome any communication with the descendants of Joseph SERENA/SURRENA. dick barr Syracuse, New York, USA

Hello- Does anyone know the date of death of Alexander White, a Revolutionary War soldier who married Rachel Henderson? The DAR Patriot index says he was born 1748 IR d p 1783 PA Does that mean he died in 1783? If so, he can't be the one supposed to be in Pine Twp. or Wolf Creek Twp. in 1888.... Anyone familiar with this family, plus his daughter Elizabeth who married Hugh Watt? Nancy Dobbins

I have traced my Hayes family (with the help of many kind people, and newfound relatives) all the way back to Scotland! My grandfather used to live on S. Main St. in Greenville, and sold his house to his son, Ira Dale Hayes. So far as I know, his children, Sarah (Sally) and Dale (Butch) still live in Greenville. It turns out we are also related to Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes. But the search continues! Family stories have us descended from Kings of Scotland. Now I will attempt to confirm, or disprove, whichever the case may be! Happy Hunting! Dorothy James-Saxton

I am researching the FEATHER family of NJ and PA. The earliest known ancestor is Stephen FEATHER, who was a Revolutionary War soldier and died in 1804 in Westmoreland Co PA. He paid taxes in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co NJ in 1772. He had at least two sons, John FEATHER who married Mary WHEELER in 1785, and Cornelius FEATHER who was born ca 1777 and died in 1852 in Mercer Co PA. Both sons ended up in Mercer Co PA. Cornelius FEATHER's daughter Sarah married Henry CARRINGER about 1823 in Mercer Co, PA. I would appreciate hearing from you if you know something more about these families. Thanks. Randy Seaver rjseaver@electriciti.com

Hello List: I do not have names of the spouses of several of the 17 children of John Adam and Marie Henninger (Hettinger?). Any help sincerely appreciated. Willoughby Adams married ? Mina or Armina married ? Stoyer George Adam married Emaline ? Mary Adams married ? Johnston Mathias Adams married ? Anna md 1) ? Davis, 2) ? Wagner Caroline married ? Spencer Clara Adams married ? Johnston Sadie Adams - married ? Adam James Adams married ? Ida Adams - married ? Seiple Jonas Adams (Baker?) married ? (he took the Baker surname) Emma Adams married ? Timblin The Adams books (handwritten listings) have a good many of the grandchildren and great grandchildren and some gr-great listed. E-mail me if I can help or if you can fill in some of the ? Thanks Brent Morgan Cleveland, Ohio

--part1_543c1725.2506d806_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Especially for those of you who do the cemetary lookups. --part1_543c1725.2506d806_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <MAYO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (rly-yc02.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.34]) by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:01:59 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yc02.mx.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Tue, 07 Sep 1999 16:01:40 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA03948; Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:59:58 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:59:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19990907155952.00688ecc@mail.microserve.net> X-Sender: omalley@mail.microserve.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:59:52 -0400 Old-To: MAYO-L@rootsweb.com From: Lois O Malley <omalley@microserve.net> Subject: Death's funny twists.... Old-Cc: SCGREENV-L@rootsweb.com, SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, SCSPARTA-L@rootsweb.com, SHAMROCK-L@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Resent-Message-ID: <zO49rB.A.Y9.96W13@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: MAYO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: MAYO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <MAYO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1398 X-Loop: MAYO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: MAYO-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This came to me from another list, thought you'd enjoy it....perhaps someone may even recognize a name. > > > Actual epitaphs from gravestones ... > > > On the grave of Ezekial Aikle in East Dalhousie Cemetery, = > > NovaScotia: > > > >> Here lies > > > >> Ezekial Aikle > > > >> Age 102 > > > >> The Good > > > >> Die Young. > > > >> > > > >> In a London, England cemetery: > > > >> Ann Mann > > > >> Here lies Ann Mann, > > > >> Who lived an old maid > > > >> But died an old Mann. > > > >> Dec. 8, 1767 > > > >> > > > >> In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery: > > > >> Anna Wallace > > > >> The children of Israel wanted bread > > > >> And the Lord sent them manna, > > > >> Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, > > > >> And the Devil sent him Anna. > > > >> > > > >> Playing with names in a Ruidoso, New Mexico, cemetery: > > > >> Here lies > > > >> Johnny Yeast > > > >> Pardon me > > > >> For not rising. > > > >> > > > >> Memory of an accident in a Uniontown, Pennsylvania cemetery: > > > >> Here lies the body > > > >> of Jonathan Blake > > > >> Stepped on the gas > > > >> Instead of the brake. > > > >> > > > >> In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery: > > > >> Here lays Butch, > > > >> We planted him raw. > > > >> He was quick on the trigger, > > > >> But slow on the draw. > > > >> > > > >> A widow wrote this epitaph in a Vermont cemetery: > > > >> Sacred to the memory of > > > >> my husband John Barnes > > > >> who died January 3, 1803 > > > >> His comely young widow, aged 23, has > > > >> many qualifications of a good wife, and > > > >> yearns to be comforted. > > > >> (ed: guess they did not have personal ads then) > > > >> > > > >> A lawyer's epitaph in England: > > > >> Sir John Strange > > > >> Here lies an honest lawyer, > > > >> And that is Strange. > > > >> > > > >> Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont: > > > >> I was somebody. > > > >> Who, is no business > > > >> Of yours. > > > >> > > > >> Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, >Arizona = > > in > > > the > > > >> cowboy days of the 1880's. He's buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery = > > in > > > >> Tombstone, Arizona: > > > >> Here lies Lester Moore > > > >> Four slugs from a .44 > > > >> No Les No More. > > > >> > > > >> In a Georgia cemetery: > > > >> "I told you I was sick!" > > > >> > > > >> John Penny's epitaph in the Wimborne, England, cemetery: > > > >> Reader if cash thou art > > > >> In want of any > > > >> Dig 4 feet deep > > > >> And thou wilt find a Penny. > > > >> > > > >> On Margaret Daniels grave at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia: > > > >> She always said her feet were killing her > > > >> but nobody believed her. > > > >> > > > >> In a cemetery in Hartscombe, England: > > > >> On the 22nd of June > > > >> - Jonathan Fiddle - > > > >> Went out of tune. > > > >> > > > >> Anna Hopewell's grave in Enosburg Falls, Vermont has an epitaph = > > that > > > >> sounds > > > >> like something from a Three Stooges movie: > > > >> Here lies the body of our Anna > > > >> Done to death by a banana > > > >> It wasn't the fruit that laid her low > > > >> But the skin of the thing that made her go. > > > >> > > > >> More fun with names with Owen Moore in Battersea, London, England: > > > >> Gone away > > > >> Owin' more > > > >> Than he could pay. > > > >> > > > >> Someone in Winslow, Maine didn't like Mr. Wood: > > > >> In Memory of Beza Wood > > > >> Departed this life > > > >> Nov. 2, 1837 > > > >> Aged 45 yrs. > > > >> Here lies one Wood > > > >> Enclosed in wood > > > >> One Wood > > > >> Within another. > > > >> The outer wood > > > >> Is very good: > > > >> We cannot praise > > > >> The other. > > > >> > > > >> On a grave from the 1880's in Nantucket, Massachusetts: > > > >> Under the sod and under the trees > > > >> Lies the body of Jonathan Pease. > > > >> He is not here, there's only the pod: > > > >> Pease shelled out and went to God. > > > >> > > > >> The grave of Ellen Shannon in Girard, Pennsylvania is almost a = > > consumer > > > >> tip: > > > >> Who was fatally burned > > > >> March 21, 1870 > > > >> by the explosion of a lamp > > > >> filled with "R.E. Danforth's > > > >> Non-Explosive Burning Fluid" > > > >> > > > >> Oops! Harry Edsel Smith of Albany, New York: > > > >> Born 1903--Died 1942 > > > >> Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way >down. = > > It > > > >> was. > > > >> > > > >> In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery: > > > >> Here lies an Atheist > > > >> All dressed up > > > >> And no place to go. > > > >> > > > >> In a cemetery in England: > > > >> Remember man, as you walk by, > > > >> As you are now, so once was I, > > > >> As I am now, so shall you be, > > > >> Remember this and follow me. > > > >> > > > >> To which someone replied by writing on the tombstone: > > > >> To follow you I'll not consent, > > > >> Until I know which way you went. > > >==== NYBROOKLYN Mailing List ==== > Your Listowner:Nancy E Lutz >NancyL916@aol.com >POST TO: NYBROOKLYN-L@rootsweb.com >The Brooklyn Web Page:http://members.tripod.com/Searchinblind/Surnames.html > > > ==== MAYO Mailing List ==== County Mayo, Ireland - http://www.teesee.com/CoMayo/mayo.htm --part1_543c1725.2506d806_boundary--

I was quite excited recently when a message posted to this list gave instructions for ordering photocopies of WWI draft registration cards from the NARA at East Point, GA. I should have known it was too good to be true! The message claimed that for $.50, and by just supplying name and county, you could get copies of the draft registration cards. In today's mail I got a reply to my request for cards for my ancestors. Here is the gist of their message: --------------- The original draft registration cards remain boxed by state, county, and draft board order (alphabetically by last name at that point). The draft cards have been microfilmed, but again, in state/county/draft board order. To order photocopies of the records, you must submit a request form which can be ordered from NARA, Southeast Region. The forms can be ordered via e-mail (archives@atlanta.nara.gov), telephone (404-763-7383) or in writing (NARA, Southeast Region, 1557 St. Joseph Ave., East Point, GA 30344). To search for cards, you need full name of registrant, complete home address (including county), name of nearest relative. Additional info helps: birth date, birthplace, and occupation. The fee is $10 PER CARD (which includes both sides, you don't have to specifically request both sides). No fee is charged for a search when a record isn't located. No SASE is required. Walk-in customers can make copies of the records for $.10 per side. Individual regional archives have microfilm copies of the cards, and have differing policies regarding making copies from the microfilm. for further information about their holdings and services, a web address is provided: http://www.nara.gov/regional/atlanta.html ----------- Hope this helps anyone out there who was considering making a request for these cards. I wish I'd had the real facts before mailing off my check (yes, they did return it). Chris Cozadd CECozadd@aol.com

Hi Everyone! I have a complete list of all the cemeteries in Mercer County as I do the Mercer County cemetery lookups. If anyone wants a copy of this list please e-mail me at janets@infonline.net and I will send you a copy! Donmc3@aol.com wrote: > Would someone please resend the address for the Mercer Co. cemetery listing? > Thank you, > Donna > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the PAMERCER-L list, contact the > listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert.usgw@worldnet.att.net > 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

--part1_b5c6289e.25055da1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Now I see why I never get an answer! (sheepish grin) see first address. --part1_b5c6289e.25055da1_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: ONCEBOLAN@aol.com From: ONCEBOLAN@aol.com Full-name: ONCE BOLAN Message-ID: <b5c6289d.25055c9d@aol.com> Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 14:06:21 EDT Subject: (no subject) To: lorgen@infoline.net, bliston@infoline.net, janets@infoline.net, PaMercer-L@rootsweb.com, mherbert.usgw@worldnet.att.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 15 Dear I woud be so appreciative if someone would tell me how to get an obituary lookup for olive Ramsey Struble 1923 and her mother and father D Ramsey and Margaret Ramsey. Thank you Karen Patton PS I was wondering when I will receive the newsletter, at the picnic they said it would be out about now. Here is my address again in case they lost it. Also I got a mailing about Vonda Minner's new book on Mercer County History, (from her Albertson Cousin), and mentioned a Minner married to my grandfathers brother Clarence Struble, she told me Clarence's granddaughter (daughter of Howard and Alice Davis Struble ) Joanne Werger is doing research, I am trying to contact her as I have info on a 250th Immigration reunion next week on our share Longcore (Langhaar) side, and I have 7900 names of people on the family lines. Do any of you know her? I am told she doesn't have on line so she probably would save a lot of time with my data. Thanks again Karen Patton 3784 West 137th Cleveland Ohio 44111 --part1_b5c6289e.25055da1_boundary--

Dear I woud be so appreciative if someone would tell me how to get an obituary lookup for olive Ramsey Struble 1923 and her mother and father D Ramsey and Margaret Ramsey. Thank you Karen Patton PS I was wondering when I will receive the newsletter, at the picnic they said it would be out about now. Here is my address again in case they lost it. Also I got a mailing about Vonda Minner's new book on Mercer County History, (from her Albertson Cousin), and mentioned a Minner married to my grandfathers brother Clarence Struble, she told me Clarence's granddaughter (daughter of Howard and Alice Davis Struble ) Joanne Werger is doing research, I am trying to contact her as I have info on a 250th Immigration reunion next week on our share Longcore (Langhaar) side, and I have 7900 names of people on the family lines. Do any of you know her? I am told she doesn't have on line so she probably would save a lot of time with my data. Thanks again Karen Patton 3784 West 137th Cleveland Ohio 44111

Would someone please resend the address for the Mercer Co. cemetery listing? Thank you, Donna

Can any of you Mercer County researchers help with these names. Thank you, Bob McKeon Hartford, CT. Descendants of Thomas Mitcheltree 1 Thomas MITCHELTREE b: in Ireland d: Abt. October 1851 2 John M.D. MITCHELTREE b: 1777 in Ireland d: February 06, 1852 in bur Deer Creek Cemetary, Pulaski Twp. Lawrence County, Pa. .. +Jane IRVINE b: 1792 d: May 19, 1854 in Bur Deer Creek Cemetary, Pulaski Twp. Lawrence County, Pa. . 3 No issue MITCHELTREE 2 Ann Jane MITCHELTREE b: Abt. 1780 .. +Army Captain CLINGAN m: in Prob Ireland . 3 William Mitcheltree CLINGAN b: May 22, 1803 in Fermanagh, Ireland d: March 13, 1894 in Prob. Mercer County, Pa. .... +Martha Hilands Aka Martha HOYLANDS b: August 27, 1818 in Prob Centre County, Pa. m: September 25, 1836 in Pennsylvania d: February 11, 1882 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania . 3 George CLINGAN . 3 Tirzah / Eliza CLINGAN b: Abt. 1804 d: July 30, 1875 in 71 yrs, 9 mo, .... +John W VEACH b: Abt. 1801 d: Abt. 1888 . 3 Female CLINGAN . 3 Female CLINGAN 2 James MITCHELTREE 2 Thomas MITCHELTREE 2 William MITCHELTREE b: in RELOCATED TO PITTSBURGH, PA.

Thanks to all who replied. I am searching for Mildred Bell d: April 29, 1981 in or around Mercer PA Oil City area. I did have a memo from funeral home but either lost or misplaced it, so I thought if the list contained the people I would just search the listing. I guess not. I just walked 3 cemeteries this summer and listed them on Marshall Co, WV site. I guess every one does it different. Thanks again for all the replies. Donna from WV

Try these more detailed directions to get a list of 59 cemeteries in Mercer County at http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Then from the list you can select a map for the location of any cemetery. Fill in three sections on the USGS Mapping Information: GNIS United States and Territories Data Base Query Form. 1. State or Territory Name: Click on the arrow at right of blank. On the drop down menu scroll down to Pennsylvania, highlight it by clicking once. 2. Feature Type: Click on the arrow at right of blank. On the drop down menu scroll down to Cemetery, highlight it by clicking once. 3. County Name: Type in Mercer 4. Click on SEND QUERY When you get the list of cemeteries you can click on any name and you will get a screen with more detailed information. Then you can see a map by clicking on Show Feature Location or try some of the other options. This site is great for maps of all types. Check out some of the other feature choices: Civil will get a list of towns, cities, etc. Have fun exploring! Marjorie Shelton Mercer Co SURNAMES: KECK, MOYER

In a message dated 9/5/99 7:27:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PAMERCER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html >> I tried this site and was not the correct site gave me Geographic Names information System US and territories. Would someone be so polite and check the address for cemetery listings. would the cemetery listings be just the name of cemetery OR the individual people in each cemetery. Maybe I didn't fill out the questions correctly. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks in advance Donna from WV http://members.aol.com/dvbal please check out my new page for family members. I'm just new at webpages. Just to the point no frills. Thanks again.

Can anyone help me with a contact to the R. Biddle Roberts Odd Fellows Lodge No. 530? I don't know where this is located. I have a ggAunt who is buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at the Home and is information was on her tombstone. Her name was Elizabeth Crawford and she died in 1939. thx meg

Does anyone have access to the death index for the state of Pennsylvania around 1930? Lola