Let me tell y'all. I had the pleasure of meeting Beverly and using the MCGS resources last October when I made the trek up from Florida. I was amazed at the wonderful collection as well as the dedication and hard work of the volunteers. They will help you all they can and with a smile! Because of Beverly and the MCGS, I was able to solve many family mysteries and astound my relatives :) Many thanks to Beverly. If you ever get the chance to visit the Mercer County Genealogical Society, GO! David Stoner dgstoner@hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------- Beverly Liston wrote: This will be rather lengthy concerning the Mercer County Genealogy Society, however, since the list is quite active at this time I decided it would be a good time to put it out there. The Mercer County Genealogy Society is a non profit organization staffed by volunteers. We are located in the Shenango Valley Community Library, 11 North Sharpsville Avenue, Sharon, Mercer County, PA. Volunteers are at the library on Tuesdays from 10:00am until around 4:00pm. During those hours all records belonging to the society are available for research and any help that we can give a person in locating records in our 'Genealogy Library'. Some of our resources are available at all times that the library is open. We have other resources that are only available when a volunteer member is present. If you can not be there on Tuesday, other times can be arranged by appointment. Usually on short notice. The regular library staff has a list of the telephone numbers to call. Dues in the Society are $l0.00 per year. Dues include a one time search of the records for your surname (copying of pages is extra). A newsletter is published 8 times a year. - February, March, April, May, September, October, November and December. There are six meetings a year at the library - March, April, May, September, October and November - the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. A picnic is held in July at Buhl Farm. The Genealogy holdings consist of Cemetery Books for not only Mercer County, PA (which were done by volunteers from the society in 1970's and includes all the locatable cemeteries in Mercer County, PA.) but other local counties; Histories from many Counties in Pennsylvania (many not indexed); family histories which have been donated to the society; Ancestor Charts that have been sent to the society; city directories (both books and on microfiche); Mercer County Courthouse records of Marriages (1885-1946); Deaths recorded (1893-1905; Births recorded (1893-1905) and Delayed Birth Certificates. The courthouse as we understand it is not doing research at this time. >> Microfilm of all Sharon Papers (mostly are complete - there are a couple of periods in the early papers that are missing). Abstractions of the births and marriages in the early newspapers (1876-1920) are nearly 100% completed. Deaths have been abstracted from the newspapers (1876-1920) and 1952 to the present. These are all being computerized at this time. It is an ongoing project being done by the volunteers. Years between 1920 and 1952 are being worked on by volunteers. >> An obituary can be found, if it was published in the Sharon Papers, copies and sent to you for a nominal fee. Normal research rates are $7.50 per hour for research plus copying fee. >> We have microfilm or microfiche of the following: Mercer County, PA Census Records; some Church Records of Mercer County; Some Funeral Home Records; Miscellaneous Trumbull County, Ohio Census Records; Various other County Census records; Mercer County Poor Home Records; a few rolls of Ship Passenger Lists from New York. >> We will soon have our own web site and all the holdings of the society will be listed there. >> Officers are Beverly Liston, President - bliston@infonline.net Jane Rodgers, Vice President - bjr@infonline.net Toni Sheehan, Secretary Linda Dudzenski, Treasurer Loretta DeSantis, Librarian lorgen@infonline.net Paul Corbett, Past President Peggy Ruggles, Newsletter Editor >> A query can be advertised in our newsletter for $2.00 per surname for non members. >> For more information you can write to either of the above e-mail addresses. >> Beverly Liston, Hermitage, PA. President of the Society bliston@infonline.net >> ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com