>From the Allegheny county list. Sounds like a good CD. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare" <Clare@sierratel.com> To: <PAALLEGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 4:45 PM Subject: [ALL] New CD published > Retrospect Publishing is proud to announce the completion of our 11th > CD-ROM > in the Pennsylvania Retrospective Series: > > > MONONGAHELA VALLEY - Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, > Washington, Westmoreland > (Item#: M221 $39.95) > > This CD contains the images of the ORIGINAL PAGES along with a FULL TEXT > search capability for the following books: > > - The Monongahela of Old: Sketches of southwestern PA > to the Year 1800 (James Veech; 1910) > - The Old and New Monongahela (John S. Van Voorhis; > Nicholson, Printer; 1893) > - Directory of Monongahela Valley in 1876-7 containing > the principal towns and villages in the valley also > a Directory of Westmoreland Co. (Wiggins & McKillop; 1876) > - The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families, a > Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley > Vol I-VII (Howard L. Leckey; Waynesburg Republican; 1950) > - Old Westmoreland: History of Western PA during the > Revolution (Edgar Hassler; 1900) > - The county court for the District of West Augusta, > VA, held at Augusta Town, near Washington, PA, > 1776-1777; with an account of the county courts > for Ohio, Yohogania and Monogalia Counties, VA, held > 1777-1780 (Boyd Crumrine, Observer Job Rooms; 1905) > - Excerpts from the Annals of the Carnegie Museum > pertaining to VA Court Records in southwestern PA, > 1775-80 (Vol I, No. 4; Vol II, No. 1 & 2; Vol III, > No. 1 & 4; Boyd Crumrine; 1902) > > The Monongahela River which forms the valley begins in the mountains of > West > Virginia and flows in a northerly direction through Greene, Fayette, > Washington, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties to Pittsburgh, > Pennsylvania, > where it joins the Allegheny River to form the Ohio River. The valley > was a > hot bed of immigration during the late 1700's and early 1800's. For > those > people researching southwestern Pennsylvania from the mid 1700s to the > late > 1800s, they will find this an invaluable collection of material. Within > minutes you will be able to search for well over 40,000 Monongahela > Valley > residents. Search transcribed deeds and court minutes from the 1770's > or > locate a pioneer family and their descendants in the well documented > Tenmile > Country. The author of this book, Mr. Leckey, took great effort and > pride > in combing through court, bible, cemetery and many other types of > records in > order to provide accurate and well documented accounts of the people and > families of the area. Whether you are searching the list of settlers in > Fayette County and contiguous parts of Greene, Washington, Westmoreland > Counties in 1772 or viewing maps related to the boundary controversy > between > Pennsylvania and Virginia you are bound to learn more about this region > of > the country. (2267 pp maps included) > > To order you can print out an order form at > http://www.retrospectpublishing.com/Forms/orderfm.htm. You can also > simply > mail a check for $39.95 plus shipping (shipping in the USA $4.95 - VA > residents please add 4.5% sales tax) to: > Retrospect Publishing > 1307 Warrington Place > Alexandria, VA 22307 > Please indicate item# M221 with your order. > > For more information about other PA CD-ROMs check out our website at: > http://www.retrospectpublishing.com and please remember to let us know > what > other PA counties you are interested in. Thank you for your interest in > our > products. > > Retrospect Publishing > http://www.retrospectpublishing.com > > System Requirements: CD-ROM drive; Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, NT or 2000; a > 486 > or higher IBM PC or compatible; 16MB of RAM; 4MB hard drive space and > VGA > display, 256 colors. Not compatible with network software. > > > ==== PAALLEGH Mailing List ==== > WorldConnect: Linking the World One GEDCOM at a Time. > A gift to genealogists from RootsWeb! > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >