Hello Fellow Listers: The Perry Historians will host an Olde Fashioned Hymn Sing on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 1:45 p.m. at the Harry Lenig Library (home of The Perry Historians) in the Hoverter Archives addition. The singing will be led by Mr. Gerry Bell of Duncannon, PA. with accompaniment by Mr. Tom Loy of Loysville, PA.on the reed organ from the Harry Horting home in Little Buffalo Valley, Perry Co., PA.. Come share the music of past generations! Light refreshments will be provided. After the Hymn Sing, we will travel by car to the the Harry Horting home, now the home of Wayne and Barbara Perkins, where the Perkins' will graciously open their home for us to tour. This is FREE to all and all are welcome! For more information about The Perry Historians - http://www.ThePerryHistorians.org Physical street address: 763 Dix Hill Rd., New Bloomfield, PA. 17068 Mailing address: PO Box 73, Newport, PA. 17074-0073 Directions: Located on right hand side of Route 34 North, 2 miles from the square of New Bloomfield, or left hand side of Route 34 South, 4 miles from Newport.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MaryDempsey27 Surnames: Williams, Mitchell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3165/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for a John Williams who was born abt 1810 in Mifflin or Clarion County. I believe his parents to be Edward Williams and Nancy Mitchell. Any help is very greatly appreciated. Kindest Regards, Mary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: roadqueen1340 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3164.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is an Oliver Perry Snook buried in Samuel's Cemetery in Decatur Twp (Close to Snyder County line). He was b. 30 Jan 1859, died 27 Mar 1924. However his bio states his wife's name was Christiana WRAY. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Here are more cemeteries that I have transcribed to www.findagrave.com   As before, if you wish to have any memorials transferred to you, please contact me OFF LIST at roadqueen1340@yahoo.com with the memorial number and your Find-a-Grave profile number.   HAPPY HUNTING!   Mona   Maitland Community Cemetery St. Mark's - Alfarata Rothrock-Hoyt Galbraith - Granville Brought - Granville Dean's Cemetery - Granville Comfort Cemetery - Granville Malta Home Cemetery - Granville Means Family - Granville Aurand-Cever Hoffman-Shade-Burger McKee Family Cemetery Ruble Family Cemetery  

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: newwavetec Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3164/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on Oliver Perry Snook and wife Emma C. Snook. I'd like to know what church they attended, and what Emma's maiden name was. I've been told it was Smith. Thanks Loads, Linda Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

I have posted memorials for the following cemeteries at www.findagrave.com I am transcribing all the cemeteries for Mifflin County so be patient. There will be many more to come.   Allensville Presbyterian Aurand-Ellen Chapel Bell Farm - Decatur Twp. Bell-Sigler - Deactur Twp. Belltown Cemetery Bratton Cemetery - Bratton Twp. Corbin Cemetery - Bratton Twp. Early Maitland Brethren Hertzler Old Mennonite Himmelsbaugh Cemetery Ort - Derry Twp. Paintersville CMA Pine Glen Brethren Hooley Cemetery Lauver's United Methodist McCord Cemetery - Granville Mechanicsville Lutheran - Belleville Milroy Presbyterian Moist Cemetery Morrison Cemetery - Kistler New Amish Cemetery - Armagh Twp. Ohev-Sholom Old Methodist - Allensville Old Presbyetrian - Lewistown Country Club Grounds Old Salem Lutheran - MIlroy Barrville Mennonite Ruble-Swartzell Long Lane Ryde Salem United Methodist - Milroy Snyder Cemetery - GRanville St. Marks - Dormantown Wagner Family Cemetery Wagner Methodist - Decatur Twp. Pleasant View - Mattawana Potters Field at the County Home Whitehall (Renno Amish) Woodlawn - Milroy Yoder-Zook Cemetery   If anyone wants the transfer of any of these memorials, please email me OFF LIST at roadqueen1340@yahoo with the MEMORIAL NUMBER and your Find-a-Grave PROFILE NUMBER and I will transfer them to you.   I hope you all have success in finding some of your ancestors in one of these cemeteries.   Mona Anderson

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cbeind2 Surnames: Pearson, Rutherford, and Bottorff Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3163/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am attaching two group photos that were with my grandmother's pictures. Her name was Sarah Eleanor Pearson, Mother was Lottie Bottorff and her father was John Howard Pearson. John's father was George Howard Pearson and Mother was Elizabeth Rutherford. All from Mifflin County (Yeagertown & Lewistown) In the large group, my grandmother is in the third row from the front and third from the left hold small child. I think the lady in the black dress in front is also in the other picture. Any help with names would be appreciated. I not sure which side of her family this is. Pearson, Rutherford, or Bottorff. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Please respond directly to Betty Peters at g2e2design@aol.com   ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "G2E2Design@aol.com" <G2E2Design@aol.com> To: josiefb@verizon.net Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 1:51:28 PM Subject: Mifflin County PAGenWeb Dear Gentleperson, I understand that there is a history for Dipple Pottery. I have rather hard to read pages 15 and 16 from a book regarding the subject in Lewistown, Mifflin County. The business was called Peters & Dibble recorded in 1850 as "two houses, shop on 1/2 lot. potter -$100" Would you be able to provide me with more information on this family? I am particularly interested in Henry Peters, who arrived in about 1847 and was also listed in census records as a stone mason. He lived in your community all his life. I would appreciate any input you can provide. Betty Peters g2e2design@aol.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: quiltaddict Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1723.2.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: So, my grandfather was related by marriage to these Fultz boys -- his Uncle Charles Smither's sister's children? Charles having married my grandfather's mother's sister. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dresstj1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1723.2.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Fred and Robert Fultz are the sons of David M. Fultz and Catherine Lytle. They are brothers to Eliphas Elmer Fultz. David and Catherine had 13 children. Eliphas (also spelled Eliphaz) married Margaret E. Smithers; daughter of George W. Smithers and Ellen Shreffler. She was one of eight children. Eliphas and Margaret had five children. Eliphas was married twice. His first wife was Luella J. Casner. They were married Dec 24, 1885 and had three children. She died in 1893. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: quiltaddict Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1723.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thank you!Best wishes. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: quiltaddict Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1723.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thank you for the additional information on Charles Smither's family. I did not have anything more on them. he was my grandfather's guardian after the death of his mother and grandmother. I have photos of Charlie and his wife on my family tree. Best wishes. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: roadqueen1340 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1723.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am in the midst of transcribing the Mifflin County cemeteries and I remember the name Eliphas Fultz. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Milroy. His dates are 1864-1928. Margaret, his wife, is there also and her dates are 1864-1938. I didn't find Fred or Rob Fultz (yet) but if I run across them there I will let you know. I'm not done with the full transcription. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bevrossman Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1723.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: This Charles Smithers has a sister named Margaret Ellen Smithers. She married an Eliphas Elmer Fultz. Eliphas Elmer's youngest child was Henry Edward Fultz whom was/is my grandfather. Would like to correspond with anyone having information on this Smithers line. I do have a picture of Margaret but it is not a very good one. Charles & Margaret's father was George W. Smithers Born 9/20/1836 and died 7/23/1879. Their mother was Ellen Frue Shreffler Smithers born July 1836. I have 7 children listed for George and Ellen. Any help is greatly appreciated. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hey, I wanted to thank everyone who sent me suggestions and did some research on my behalf.  I got MANY responses to my initial inquiry.  Thank you so much to everyone who responded.   There were several people who said that they had found the Revolutionary War papers for Absalom Timms and offered to send them to me.  I appreciate the offer.  But I do have them already-- I also found them at Heritage Quest.  (By the way, if you didn't know, Heritage Quest has made available the Revolutionary War pension files free of charge.  Check them out!)   Thanks again everyone!   Brian

I'd recommend this book. If he appears, it should indicate where he was living when he died: Personal Author: Gunning, Kathryn McPherson. Title: Selected final pension payment vouchers, 1818-1864. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia & Pittsburgh / Kathryn McPherson Gunning. Publication info: Westminster, MD : Willow Bend Books, 2008. "In the 1960s, the National Archives staff culled out selected 'settled accounts' that had genealogical value from the pension payments (these are records not found in the pension application files). This massive volume reflects payments made by the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh pension offices to veterans (chiefly of the Revolution but also of the War of 1812 and wars in Florida and Mexico), their widows, or their surviving children. The record abstracts include such information as dates of death, remarriages of widows, identities of survivors, and the places and length of residence."--Cover. *** My Rev. War ancestor is in this book. He had a pension and lived in central PA. Also, I have access to HeritageQuest, which has Rev. War pension files online. There is an Absolom Timms who is on the pension roll for Pennsylvania but who served from Cumberland Co., New Jersey. His certificate of pension was issued on 28 Nov 1818.In 1820 he had nine children and a young wife. Same one? Linda Vixie _________________________ -----Original Message----- From: pamiffli-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pamiffli-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:18 AM To: pacentre@rootsweb.com; paclearf@rootsweb.com; pavenang@rootsweb.com; pamiffli@rootsweb.com; pajeffer@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAMIFFLI] Indexed will/estate records for Absalom Timms, abt 1830 Hello.  I am new to this list, and I am hoping that someone here may be able to help.  I am researching who I believe to be one of my ancestors who lived in Pennsylvania.     His name was Absalom Timms, and he was born about 1760.  After serving in the Revolutionary War, he moved to Pennsylvania.  I don't know exactly when he died, but I'm guessing it was sometime around 1830.  I know it was after 1820, because he filed a pension application then.  I didn't find him in the 1840 census, so it was sometime in that 20 year time period.    What I am hoping to find is a will or estate record that lists his children.  The problem is, I don't know where he died either.  He bounced around a lot between several different counties in PA.    I would like to be able to order the LDS film that might have his papers, but I don't know when or where they were filed.  Is there an index available that might have him listed?  If so, could someone tell me if he shows up (or anyone with that last name) in the index?  I'm not looking for someone to necessarily track down his will, but I am hoping for some clue as to when and where to look.  An index would help with that.   Could someone help me out?   Thanks so much!   Brian ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAMIFFLI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Brian, You might want to check with your local public library, a local genealogical society, or with friends to find subscription access to the GENEALOGYBANK Website. It specializes in genealogical information published in old newspapers. You might get lucky!!! You can read about GENEALOGYBANK on the Web to see if you think it might provide you a clue. Click this link: http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ Nelson R. Sulouff ////////////////////// ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian To: pacentre@rootsweb.com ; paclearf@rootsweb.com ; pavenang@rootsweb.com ; pamiffli@rootsweb.com ; pajeffer@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:17 AM Subject: [PAMIFFLI] Indexed will/estate records for Absalom Timms, abt 1830 Hello. I am new to this list, and I am hoping that someone here may be able to help. I am researching who I believe to be one of my ancestors who lived in Pennsylvania. His name was Absalom Timms, and he was born about 1760. After serving in the Revolutionary War, he moved to Pennsylvania. (Snip)

Hello.  I am new to this list, and I am hoping that someone here may be able to help.  I am researching who I believe to be one of my ancestors who lived in Pennsylvania.     His name was Absalom Timms, and he was born about 1760.  After serving in the Revolutionary War, he moved to Pennsylvania.  I don't know exactly when he died, but I'm guessing it was sometime around 1830.  I know it was after 1820, because he filed a pension application then.  I didn't find him in the 1840 census, so it was sometime in that 20 year time period.    What I am hoping to find is a will or estate record that lists his children.  The problem is, I don't know where he died either.  He bounced around a lot between several different counties in PA.    I would like to be able to order the LDS film that might have his papers, but I don't know when or where they were filed.  Is there an index available that might have him listed?  If so, could someone tell me if he shows up (or anyone with that last name) in the index?  I'm not looking for someone to necessarily track down his will, but I am hoping for some clue as to when and where to look.  An index would help with that.   Could someone help me out?   Thanks so much!   Brian

Today, October 11th is the birthday for my g.g.grandmother Elizabeth Ross Glant, born to James Ross and Susan Satzler of Mifflin County, PA. Elizabeth married Henry Glant - actual date unknown but speculate around 1845. Elizabeth and Henry had 10 children, oldest being John Atkinson Glant, who was an enumerator for the McVeytown/Oliver Twp. census in 1880. I welcome any Mifflin County Ross/Satzler/Glant correspondence. Donna Glant Terrian, Apopka, FL

Hello Fellow Listers: The Perry Historians, a genealogical library located just north-east of New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA. is hosting another of their Special Presentations on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at their library in the Hoverter Archives building. Special speaker, Mr. Andrew Wyatt is an archaeologist at the Harrisburg office of McCormick Taylor, Inc.. Since 1986, Mr. Wyatt has conducted fieldwork and analysis on Native American sites in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic regions. He received a B.A. in Anthropology from the State University of New York, Albany and an M.A. in Anthropology from Temple University. The title of Mr. Wyatt's presentation is "An Early Seventeenth Century Susquehannock Village in the Great Valley: The Lemoyne Borough Memorial Park Site". Mr. Wyatt will speak on the recent archaeological excavations in advance of rail line construction, which resulted in the discovery and partial excavation of a previously unknown Susquehannock village site dating to the early seventeenth century. This presentation will feature the site, its artifacts, and its relationship to the more well-known Susquehannock villages in Lancaster and York counties. This is FREE to all and all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served following the presentation. For more information about The Perry Historians - http://www.ThePerryHistorians.org Physical street address: 763 Dix Hill Rd., New Bloomfield, PA. 17068 Mailing address: PO Box 73, Newport, PA. 17074-0073 Directions: Located on right hand side of Route 34 North, 2 miles from the square of New Bloomfield, or left hand side of Route 34 South, 4 miles from Newport.