Hello, Everyone, Thanks to a problem with our internet provider and some corruption of Windows98 files, I have had to completely reformat my hard drive. If anyone has written to me any personal messages since last Tuesday, please resend them...I've lost ALL the e-mail I have saved for more than five years. Although I did the proper backing up, the new installation of Netscape on the newly formatted drive will not read any of it. So...if you have any recollection of sending me information for any of the family names I'm researching, listed below my name, please be so kind as to send them again. I'm just sick over this whole thing. Thanks, Cindy Lucinda Cunningham Durbin <http://www.paperdolls.org> Searching: Durbin, Chalfant, Crow, Brown, Baglin, Ogier, Sarchet, Johnson/Johnston in Washington, Fayette and Mon Valley; searching Cunningham, Rasey, Sheeks, Crawford in IN, WI, SC, VA.

Thanks, Mike, for passing along the link. Very interesting reading. My father, Charles Jenkins, born in 1908, use to speak of the influenza of 1918. Everyone in his family were too ill to care for themselves. The task of caring for his parents and siblings rested on the small shoulders of my then 10 year old father. For some reason dad did not get the flu even though he was considered to be a fragile child. He was laid aside by the doctor at birth because the doctor considered him to be dead. It was only though the heroic efforts of a nurse that he was forced to breathe. Dad had several life threatening illnesses and events in his life; but, his determination and will to live kept him going until 1990 when he died at nearly 82. I believe that we should cherish and learn from our elder generation as they have had to face many hardships and have learned how to survive. Marilyn, Lake Co., IL ---- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Donaldson" <mdonald4@bentcom.net> To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:10 PM Subject: [PAMONVAL] Monessen - 1918 Influenza epidemic : Hi all - : : Found this page that may be of interest: Includes the names of Monessen : residents that died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu epidemic - and lists : 226 victims. : http://users.telerama.com/~cass/influenza.html : : -- : Thanks : Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) : : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ : : Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: : http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ : : My family gedcom: : http://www.my-ged.com/donldson : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ : Listowner of: : Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: : PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode : PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode : : Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list : Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode : Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode : : : : ==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== : Please include only text in your messages. Graphics , hyperlinks, and : file attachments are not supported. Send these to others only in : Private e-mails. :

Hi all - Found this page that may be of interest: Includes the names of Monessen residents that died in 1918 from the Spanish Flu epidemic - and lists 226 victims. http://users.telerama.com/~cass/influenza.html -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

Hello all. The Find A Grave website (www.findagrave.com) lists most of the Mon Valley cemeteries - and 100,000 others, and folks can quickly and easily add the names of ancestors, and search for yours as well. I've had two additional cemeteries added (Mt. Tabor and Rehoboth) that were not previously in their database. If you cannot find a cemetery, you can add new ones as well. I plan to add a lot of names (when I get back from my little vacations). There are currently 2.8 million names in the database. Searching is very fast. Check it out. It seems to be a great tool. Registration is free. -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

Wendy, Go to the following site www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/archives.asp You will find a listing of Revolutiuonary War Military Abstract Card files. I found one for Levi Stephens from Westmoreland county in Militia Unit Certificate 3061 Jan. 18, 1785 I feel certain this is the Levi Stephens you are looking for. Westmoreland and Fayette Counties meet near Washington Twp.(present boundaries) I am descended from the Farquhar family. Mary Farquhar married Levi Stephens II. They lived in Washington Twp., Fayette Co. near Fayette City (known as Cookstown and Freeport in early days). According to Ellis, History and Biography of Fayette County, Levi Stephens was a surveyor. There are several members of the Stephens family buried in the cemetery at Little Redstone Methodist Episcopal church.

Hi, I am looking for information on Levi Stephens born 1744. He lives in Washington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. I am trying to find out if he fought in the Revolutionary War. Wendy Brown

I may have posted this before; but, maybe there are some new people on the list who might help me. My g,grandmother Mariah (Minerd)Whetsel/Whetzel had a daughter by the name of Hazel prior to her marriage to my g,grandfather, Delmar Whetzel. It is the understanding in my mother's family and is confirmed in the marriage application of Mariah Minerd and Delmar Whetzel that Mariah had not been married before. There is a note left by a sister of Delmar that simply states that Hazel was a Stillwagon. Are there any Stillwagon descendants on this list who may have heard of Hazel? Another part of the Stillwagon/Minerd mystery is that there are court documents where Mariah Minerd sued two Stillwagon brothers for money owed her re some land which she had loaned them funds to purchase. Hazel (?) was born in 1882; and, Mariah married Delmar Whetzel in 1889. Hazel later married Elmer Maurice Whetzel b. 1881, who was the son of Mary Minerd and John Homer Whetzel. While Elmer was her first cousin on her mother's side, she was no relation to Elmer on the Whetzel side. Both Elmer and Hazel died within months of each other while in their thirties leaving 5 small children orphaned. The Inks and Hagen families provided care for the children. Since Hazel was my grandfather's half-sister, we would like to solve the mystery of Hazel's heritage. Thank you, Marilyn, Lake Co., IL

Can someone on the list please tell me where the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was or is located? I just received the obit for my g,g,grandmother Mary Jane (Wilson) Worrell via the kindness of my Worrell cousin, Mary Lee Rutherford. The microfilm copy is very dark and difficult to read in places; but, I will try to copy as well as I can so this can be added to Mike's list of obits. >From "Daily News Standard, Uniontown, Pa., November 13, 1893. WORRELL: IN BELLE VERNON, PA., NOVEMBER 7, 1893, MRS. MARY JANE (WILSON) WORRELL, IN THE 53RD YEAR OF HER AGE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND JANE (BEDELL) WILSON, AND, WAS MARRIED TO NATHANIEL WORRELL, DEC. 15, 1855. SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF ELEVEN CHILDREN, EIGHT OF WHOM SURVIVE. SHE WAS A CONSISTENT MEMBER OF THE C. P. CHURCH. Note: The marriage date is hard to read so it could have been Dec. 16 and the marriage year 1856. Also, there is no evidence in the family that John and Mary Jane had 11 children. I own their family Bible with all of the births and deaths carefully noted. There were only ten listed plus my 81 year old aunt tells me that there were only ten children. The C. P. Church has been identified as the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Growing up in Belle Vernon, I am aware of a Presbyterian Church at lower Belle Vernon (Fayette Co.section); but, I am unaware that it was called Cumberland Presbyterian. Can someone please shed some light on this church? Thank you, Marilyn (Jenkins) Prinzing; Lake Co., IL Anderson, Barringer, Bedall, Bedell, (Beadle), Bayer, Dicks(Dix), Howe, Jarrett, Jenkins, Johnson, Jordan, Kennedy, Landis, Mayhorn, Minerd, Moller, Nein, Roley,Shallenberger, Sharp, Sisler, Smith, Walters, Weber, Weems/Wemyss, Wetzel + Var., Wilson, Worrell. Locations: PA: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Bedford, Berks, Fayette, Greene, Lancaster, Lehigh, Mifflin, Northampton, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland, York Counties Maryland: Frederick Co. and Hagerstown. Scotland

Hello all. Some of you who are on the Washington List may have heard of this before. findagrave.com is a very interesting site. They now have over 2.8 million listings in over 100,000 cemeteries. Signing up is free, and you can easily submit infromation on the forms provided. Unfortunately, not all of our local Cemeteries are listed, but I'm working on having them added (Rehoboth and Mt. Tabor are not yet online.) This will be a great tool for finding ancestors, I've begun to add my data, and if everyone does so, it will help us all. -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

I got the following email from a group looking for descendents. Very interesting site, but very new. Some of the surnames included in their list of immigrants: Klingovsky, Bakala, Simko, Flegl, Pischny, Pobehaj, Hakala, Debnar, Kostolnik, Endresl, Weiss, Mischko, Buchta, Hega, Urban, Zabojnik, many more. Muennichwies is currently in Slovakia. >We are a non-profit group seeking to help trace family roots for those who are >descendants from a small village called Muennichwies. Like my grandparents, most who >emmigrated to the US went to Charleroi. Our website is www.muennichwies.org >As you can see on the site, we have a special page for Charleroi plus a Charleroi >category under photos. Our site is only 2 weeks old, so more information is being added >daily. > >As we are trying to reach people originally from Charleroi, we would be grateful for a >link from your site. Thank you for your consideration. --julie goodside (Julie's email: juliegoodside@home.com) -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

Dear List, The following notice will appear in our MonValley newspapers. The public is invited to attend this meeting. It may be the opportunity you are looking for to contact your own historical society re your genealogy questions. The Rostraver Twp. Historical Society will host a Valley-Wide meeting of many local historical societies to discuss ideas for improving historical society memberships, programs, tours and how to best preserve, document, provide and promote the history of the valley. This event will be done in conjunction with the Charleroi Area Historical Society. The specially called meeting is the first of it's kind. The RTHS has invited members from the various valley historical societies to attend this initial, historic and significant meeting which will serve as a source of knowledge for the historical societies, their community governments and the public at large. Each historical society will be given five minutes to introduce their representatives and present their society's backgrounds and activities. The public is invited to come to this Historic meeting on Thursday, August 30th, 6:30 PM at the Finley House, Cedar Creek Park. Snacks will be served. If information is needed, please contact Raymond Popp, Pres. at 724-929-7277 END Submitted by Mary Lou Magiske, Corresponding Sec.

Hello List Members, I have a contribution to Mike's new area of success stories that was a result of using his site. I got interested in genealogy a little over a year ago. I knew little about doing genealogy and less about computers. I contacted Mike and he was very patient and made some very good suggestions. I was hesitant at first but, found it so enjoyable that I could'nt stop even though I made a big mistake right in the beginning when I transcribed Bible pages to Mike's site and didn't check it thoroughly first and discovered later I had a marriage date that was completely wrong involving a sister that had died. I have found a lot of data on his search engine about my ancestors from Fayette and Westmoreland Counties in the Monongahela River Valley of Pennsylvania. I now have my own Home Page and some genealogy I want to share with the decendents of Lewis SISLEY and Margaret ELLIS (Bible pages on this site). They are my 4th G. Grandparents. Margaret ELLIS's Grandfather James ELLIS (1722-1800) m. Mary VEATCH (1720-1799) Mary VEATCH's Great Grandfather was James "The Sheriffe" VEITCH (1628-1685) in Calvert Co., Maryland. He was the last in the line dating from 1296 of "The VEITCHES of DAWYCK" of Scotland. His Grandfather was Laird John VAICHE of Dawyck (1579-1607) married Janet STEWART (1588-1607) of the Royal House of Stewart.(Veitch Historical Society) VEATCH,VEECH, VAICHE, VAICHE Thanks Mike for encouraging me Margaret Sisley Bullock

There is a C. A. Crall (phone 724-258-4112)and a Robert Crall (phone 724-258-7381) still living in Monongahela. There is also a Crall's floralist there(phone 724-258-7373) Hope this helps. Marian L. Bonacci. Formerly from Charleroi, PA. marianb@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allene Pierce-Avey" <al.avey@home.com> To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 8:40 PM Subject: [PAMONVAL] Crall's in New Eagle, PA? > I have just learned that an ancestor, Eleanor (born Sarah Emlar Evans)Crall died in New Eagle. I believe this is just north of Monongahela. Does anyone know any Crall's from this town? > Allene Pierce-Avey, CPM > Phoenix, Arizona USA >

Dear Listers, A while ago someone asked me where Redtown was in the Monongahela area. I don't know if they got the answer, but if someone on here knows please tell me & I'll get back to them. Regards, Ellen (ETHS) email: ellen@b-n-s.com Visit my web site: http://www.geocities.com/ellenj3

I have just learned that an ancestor, Eleanor (born Sarah Emlar Evans)Crall died in New Eagle. I believe this is just north of Monongahela. Does anyone know any Crall's from this town? Allene Pierce-Avey, CPM Phoenix, Arizona USA

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D2FE8078E54D880A4C97B93E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can anyone help Rhoda with her question? Please CC the list for all to see! -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode --------------D2FE8078E54D880A4C97B93E Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by atl4.america.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA20415 for <mdonald4@bentcom.net>; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:28:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [65.24.86.200] (dhcp065-024-086-200.columbus.rr.com [65.24.86.200]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f7KGORL09914; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:24:27 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rbecher@pop.service.ohio-state.edu Message-Id: <p05010403b7a6ea5ffb27@[65.24.86.200]> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:34:29 -0400 To: mdonald4@bentcom.net From: "Rhoda M. Becher" <becher.1@osu.edu> Subject: Bentleyville Obits...early 1900s Cc: becher.1@osu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 HI, My grandfather died in Bentleyville in Feb.(15 or 16), 1916. Where can I find a copy of his obit? Also obits of his mother and step-father who also lived there? She died around 1913...and I don't know when his step-father died but it was after 1910. Also, my mother graduated from Bentleyville HS in 1921...are there any sources of information about the high school at that time. Also, she was baptized at I think an Episcopal church there in about 1915 or 1917...is there information I can obtain about that church? Thanks. My grandfather's name was William Probert...he was a foreman on the railroad. His mother was Fannie (Elizabeth Frances Harris Probert) Abbott. His step-father was A.G. (Allen G.) Abbott. At the time of the 1910 census there was a son Charles Abbott, a daughter Bertha Abbott, and a grandson Joseph Abbott living with them. My mother was Rhoda Probert ( married Joseph McShane of Monessen). All of my mother's and father's family are deceased and I've been trying to piece together some family history. Thanks for any help you can provide. Rhoda McShane Becher --------------D2FE8078E54D880A4C97B93E--

Where would Marshall Township have been located in 1881? Does it still exist? Cora <Arocmae@aol.com>

Hello, My name's Todd Beckett and I'm researching the Beckett surname in the late 1700's and early 1800's in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Yours, Todd Beckett -- Todd Beckett Reference Librarian St. Louis County Library 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63131 (314) 994-3300 --

Just came across a wonderful book about McKeesport, PA. Well, at least the first few chapters are. Marc Connelly [the author] was born and raised in McKeesport and this is a memoirs of his life around the beginning of the 20th c. His folks owned the Hotel White in McKeesport and a lot of other McKeesport families are mentioned. This book is out of print, but if you want to get a copy of it [provided your local library doesn't have it], try a serach on: http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch Here is one description of it there: Connelly, Marc. VOICES OFFSTAGE. 1968. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. First. VG. Dj covered. 8.5x6. 258pp. 27 b/w photos. Voices Offstage is more than the memoir of one important man; it s the memoir of an era in American theatre and literary life which is unsurpassed in creativity and genius. This book recreates a sparkling era and the man who stood in the centre of it. Cora

Is everyone aware that Westmoreland County was just added to the Old Photos website? You can submit & view the old photos @ <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawphoto/">Western Pennsylvania Old Photos</A> http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawphoto/ This is a comparatively new undertaking & it's really off to a flying start, there have been over 2000 photos submitted for the Western Pa. counties. Jean in California