Can anybody on the list provide details about Kline's Hotel in Lewisburg? I think it was owned by Charles D. Kline in 1850 and continued to carry the name in 1863. Later, it became the Lewisburger Hotel. Dr. Stephen W. Taylor, the founder of Bucknell University (formerly University of Lewisburg), used the hotel as his home for six or seven years and conducted organizational meetings and receptions at the hotel. Any additional details about the hotel and it's first owner would be appreciated. Bob Saunders Salem, Oregon

Does anybody on the list have access to copies of the Lewisburg Journal (newspaper) in 1887? I'd like to obtain information from the obituary of Mrs. Sarah DeLancy Kline, dated 16 March 1887. A summary of genealogical information in the obituary would suffice. Thanks in advance for any help rendered. Bob Saunders Salem, Oregon

Hey everyone! Check this site out! I also have this link on my Union County, PA GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~paunion/~index.html >Danielle McCormick, PAUNION List Owner -----Original Message----- From: Bill Cribbs [SMTP:cribbswh@tbi-set.org] <mailto:[SMTP:cribbswh@tbi-set.org]> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 11:50 AM To: dmccormi@seda-cog.org <mailto:dmccormi@seda-cog.org> Subject: The Obituary Links Page -- Because you are a leader in genealogy with your county page, I am inviting you to review my genealogy tool called The Obituary Links Page at http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/ <http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/obit/> or its mirror site at http://www.cribbs.net/obit/ <http://www.cribbs.net/obit/> This site contains hundreds of links to online obituary resources, both current and archived, arranged by state and county. Secondarily, there are links to cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, marriage, birth, and death notices. Recently, a section devoted to online surname obituary archives was added. New links are added daily. I am looking forward to your review and hopefully that you will help me "spread the word" to the family researchers who frequent your site. Thank you for your consideration. Blessings, Bill Cribbs The Obituary Links Page The Cribbs-Krebs-Creps-Kribbs Family History Page --

Greetings, I am a new subscriber to this list. I descend from the immigrant Michael ZIEGLER (1684-1765) of Montgomery County, PA. His great-great grandson, Abraham Ziegler lived in Union/Snyder County approximately from 1850-70 in Chapman Township, probably near the river (possibly McKee Half Falls?). He traveled back and forth to Herndon. Abraham ZIEGLER was born 12 Mar 1813, Montgomery Co., PA. (probably Frederick Tp.) He married about 1833, PA. (prorbably Montgomery County) to Catharine "Katie" WALT (b. 10 May 1812, Montgomery Co., PA.-d. 2 Jan 1901, Wayne Co., MO.) She was the daughter of Solomon and Catherine WALT. They came to Northumberland Co., PA. about 1840 from Montgomery Co., PA. along with Abe's father, Peter. Abe was a stonemason, farmer, and operated a sawmill at Herndon, PA. His sawmill burned down in 1871 or 1872, his mother, a widow, died in 1876, and Abe (now in his 60's) "headed further west" to Webb Tp., Reynolds County, MO. c1878 and later to nearby city of Piedmont, MO. by 1900 with his wife, 4 sons, and one daughter and their families (Henry, Catharine, Solomon, Daniel, & William). There Abe settled down to farming and retired several years before his death 26 Aug 1905, Piedmont, Wayne Co., MO., at age 92 and is buried in Mile Cemetery, Wayne County, MO. along with his wife. Abraham Ziegler's will was written 10 Nov 1904, proved 6 Oct 1905. (I have a copy if anyone is interested.) Children: i. Henry M. ZIEGLER ii. Peter ZIEGLER iii. Andrew M. ZIEGLER iv. Catharine "Katie" ZIEGLER v. Mary ZIEGLER vi. Solomon ZIEGLER vii. David ZIEGLER viii. Daniel A. ZIEGLER ix. Benjamin ZIEGLER, never married, deaf and dumb x. Sarah "Sallie" ZIEGLER xi. unknown ZIEGLER that died young xii. William Willaba ZIEGLER + Mary Agnes BICKEL "William" was his given name, but he also went by the name of "Willaba" later in life. William was born 22 Jan 1858, PA. (probably in Chapman Township, Snyder County). He married about 1878, PA. (probably in Snyder, Perry, or Northumberland County), to Mary Agnes BICKEL (b. 1 Jan c1860, PA., probably Snyder County-d. 24 Sep 1945, St. Louis, MO.) She is daughter of John and Elizabeth BICKEL and is buried at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. She often went by the name of "Agnes". My Questions: 1) Would like to swap/share info on ZIEGLERS. I have further info on the children listed. 2) Looking for information on any BICKEL family of McKee Half Falls, Chapman Township. 3) Does anyone have information on marriage of William Willaba ZIEGLER to Mary Agnes BICKEL c1878? Blessings, Brad Ziegler Union, MO.

The Union County Historical Society is located in the Court House in Lewisburg. While I do not have the exact address or telephone number readily at hand, use the white or yellow pages of your e-mail directory for accurate information. You may get verification that the material you seek is at the library and even arrange to have copies made and sent to you! The staff is very helpful. Hope this is of value. Rjob1502@AOL.com

According to the death certificate of my grandmother, Sharlotte Donachy Leonard(Newport.Pa.) her father was Thomas M.Donachy, her mother Mary Ellen Schamp of Lewisburg. I believe the historical society has a genealogy on the Schamp family. Can anyone suggest how I go about having a look up done or how I might obtain a copy of the genealogy? Marcia Mulligan Bertelson in Fairfield, Pa.

Hello Everyone, I am researching the family of Thomas M. Donachy of Lewisburg, Union, PA. I have been looking for his parents for over thirty years and those of his wife Mary Ellen Slypher (Slifer)I have their children and many "cousins". Any ideas? Thanks, Sandy Barrow ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Could somebody on the list help me with a couple of obituaries, death records or cemetery records? I'm trying to find death information for: Charles D. Kline b. ca. 1798, PA; resided Lewisburg, Union Co., PA, 1850, 1860 and 1870. Sarah (DeLancey) Kline b. ca. 1803, PA; wife of Charles D. Kline. The children of Charles and Sarah, as listed in the 1850 census, were Jonathan, Joanna, Jerusha, Samuel, William and Charles D., Jr. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me. Bob Saunders Salem, Oregon

RE:TAYLOR Please refer to yesterday's posted message for Mac/McPherson/Silverwood. Try Winfield, PA. Rjob1502@AOL.com

Hi Looking for info' re Susanna DUKES or DOOKS marr. Frederic SHULER b. 1801 father was Andrew her parents: Daniel DUKES and Mariah MONDIBOUGH Thanks, Arleen in FL

Look under name of Mac/McPherson family or at later date for Thomas (from abt.1935 to present). Try Winfield, Union, PA. Rjob1502@AOL.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7B787148161C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Listers: I was forwarded this from the Westmoreland List. This is quite lenghthly but is very informative. Just thought some of you may be interested as I was. Sincerely... Donna Heller Zinn of Cumberland Co., PA. --------------7B787148161C Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-From_: PAWESTMO-L-request@rootsweb.com Sun Oct 3 21:02:02 1999 >From bin Sun Oct 3 21:02:02 1999 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by emh1.pa.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA17913 for <djzinn@pa.net>; Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:02:01 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA06754; Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:01:14 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:01:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Jlktrees@aol.com Message-ID: <48cbfb33.2529561f@aol.com> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:00:15 EDT Old-To: ILWAYNE-L@rootsweb.com, OHBELMON-L@rootsweb.com, OHMONROE-L@rootsweb.com, OHROOTS=L@rootsweb.com, TUSCARA-L@rootsweb.com, OHIO-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com, washington-oh-digest@genweb.net, PABUCKS-L@rootsweb.com, PAFAYETT-L@rootsweb.com Old-CC: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com, PAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com, PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com, PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com, PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] German burial policies Resent-Message-ID: <4O6A5.A.UlB.Qx_93@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8347 X-Loop: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PAWESTMO-L-request@rootsweb.com First an apology. I type very fast and typed my name wrong, and then used auto spell check and since I also don't see as well as I used to I accidentally let my letter go out under the name of Julienne. Wrong it is Jerilyn Sorry I have been very fortunate these past 19-15 years to travel a lot of the world and as I am very interested in the people and their customs I see more than just scenery. I do do the scenery bits, but love the old churches, buildings, museums. I am astounded at how many poor serfs must have died building the tall churches of Europe. This turned out to be very long so if you want - just delete me and go on. Several questions came my way about the cemetery policies in Europe. 1. I do not know if they dig the bones up or if they are gone at the end of the time but will find out. Probably depends on the amount of time you rented your space. 2. I am assuming the rental time starts at the time you purchase the lot. Hadn't really given it any thought before, but that would make sense. I am sure that if the family keeps renting the space they just go on top of each other. 3. One answer said that in England they consider embalming barbaric so they probably don't do it. Particularly today as very environment conscious and that would be putting chemicals in the soil. 4. Other answers brought out the way of the Indians who built pyres and burned their ancestors. Some Indian Tribes put them on the platform in the air and left them. When an Eskimo outlived their usefulness to the community, they just went into the wilderness to die. 5 One answer talked about being in Dublin where they were buried in the dry catacomb and have turned all leatherly. These were the priests and Nuns. I have seen the following in a church in Germany and one in Switzerland for the burial of Saints. They are buried in glass coffins which are kept at the front of the church. They are in their good clothes and are leaned as if on their side and using one arm to hold their head up. This is really odd. The clothes are rotting, but the bones are still OK. I had seen this years ago, but couldn't remember where and we found it again. These were both in Benedictine Monasteries, but I am sure that is not exclusive to them. Will continue with some of our experiences. You have to understand that I have no fear of cemeteries nor have I ever had. In the small towns you visit them often and never forget them on Memorial Day. Our family probably put flowers on 3/4 of the graves every year. My mother, age 82, is still doing it. If we knew the families were too far away or no descendants left to remember the older ones, my mother takes care of it. Plants peonies, iris, etc. Out in western Kansas we don't have as much rain as the East so can't do a lot, but what she can. When I first started this obsession (one of love but an obsession anyway), I used to visit many cemeteries and when the children were young, they were all given the names I needed and on vacations which I carefully scheduled to travel through areas that I needed information from, the four would fan out and yell when they found a name I needed. It is a joke in the family now. I have always had a fascination with the topic as well as medieval history and thus types of torture used by our ancestors. A large paper in high school convinced me that man was not always nice to another man. I am such a softy I can't kill a bug and that is probably why my fascination. Anyway, that might be why I do visit some of the places I do. Now for the travels. In Germany there is not a funeral in a church. They have chapels, I guess you call them that, in each cemetery and it is from there the service is held. No following a hearse, etc. I don't know where that came from. They are buried very soon and as I said in a white shroud. Czechoslovakia was about the same except that I found so many tombstones that had pictures of the deceased on them. I have also seen this at the Czech cemeteries in this country. I find this really great. A lot of the cemeteries in Czechoslovakia had a big stone and were usually covered totally with a large granite slab. Then there were sitting on the slab several small urn types for those who were cremated - again with pictures. We were hunting my husbands families roots at the time and was amazing to find the town they came from that had 9 houses in the 1870's still has 9 houses. As I understand it, they are quite dull on the outside but very nice on the inside - this was to prevent things being taken away during the Communist Regime. When we found his family tombstone it was labeled the family of KOSKAN. Now there were also KOSTKAN's in the same cemetery. Seems some were Catholic and some were Protestant -not sure which, but think KOSKAN were the Protestants. Still working on that. In Rome we took a tour of the Catacombs. I saw not a single bone so asked how can this be the Catacombs with no bones. This was my answer. Many ha been robbed through the years and what was left was not on the tour any more as they had too many people feint. Consequently I got another tour to see how it was done. Paris- When Napoleon rebuilt the city he had to dig up many many cemeteries. He left a beautiful city. At least he didn't build over them. All the bones from each cemetery was kept together and put in the Catacombs under the city and each labeled as to what cemetery they came from and years of use and anything else they might know. How they arranged the bones you can read in the Czech section of this dissertation - guess I had better call it that. The last time I was in Paris I decided to tour the Catacombs. Husband was in meetings all day so I went to the entrance, stood in line (yes it is a big tourist attraction) and paid my money and went down. I am expecting a short little trip. Three hours later I came up far away. They wind all over under the city and I have no idea where I was. Many, many of the tunnels are closed off. Thank God, you would never get back. During World War II, the French Resistance used the Catacombs for their headquarters with no problems. The Germans and others were afraid to go down there in the dark with all the bones.(So they say) In Prague we visited a very very old Jewish cemetery. Here they also were burying one on top of the other. What was interesting is that when they dig for the next person they remove the headstone, bury the new person, put the old headstone back on and add a new headstone. Some of the graves had 7 or 8 headstones. As you know Judaism does not allow cremation-at least that is what I understand. Now the next description does get macabre so if you have a weak stomach - quit reading. I said I would get back to the bone churches. Originally, the bones were all dug up and piled in the crypts of the churches to make way for new graves. A lot of these were the result of the Plague many many years ago. At the one I visited, someone had taken the time to make all sorts of church objects out of the bones. To say it was weird is putting it mildly. One Monstrance (forgot how to spell it) was made using every bone in the human body. The chandelier was made from bones. You would have to have seen it to believe it. No pictures, but I bought postcards. What bones were left were piled very nearly in arches along the sides. Large leg bones all stacked neatly like logs with the skulls sitting on top and all the rest of the extra bones piled behind.. As I said before I know of two Czechoslovakia and one in Italy but there may be more. One more part of the world and I will quit. As you know the Orient has a bad population problem and woman are not allowed to choose how many children they can have in many of the countries. I didn't get into the burial in China other than the Emperors, but in Japan we visited the oddest garden - very sad. There was a shrine covered with probably 5 to 6 hundred small dolls (10 to 15 inches tall). Each doll represented a dead baby, either from abortion or still birth. The numbers were overwhelming and then we were told that they only stay one month and are replaced. This was only for this area of Japan. How sad, but their way of remembering their lost ones. Sorry to end on such a sad note. Travel is fun and like one of the responders to my first missive, it is through the customs of the people and meeting those of other countries that we can perhaps make this a more peaceful country. I have found that wherever I go, people have the same wants for their families. Their customs are different and they go at it a different way, but each wants what is best for their children and none want war or killing. This drive for power causes such disorder in life. We hosted exchange students for 15 years and what a blessing. How can you go to war when you have friends in the country you are supposed to be mad at? OK back to chasing the elusive ancestor. Hope you enjoyed the discourse and I am ready to hit the court houses again. Jerilyn Koskan Orland Park, Illinois ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== To contact Nate Zipfel, Listmaster click below: mailto:nate@pa-roots.com --------------7B787148161C--

Searching for descendants of John M. TAYLOR who was born in Philadelphia, PA 14 Mar 1817, d. 21 Nov 1881 Garabaldi, Keokuk Co, IA. He married Isabella SILVERWOOD 1839 in Mifflinburg, Union Co. PA. Their children, all b. Mifflenburg, Union Co, PA: James Edwin Taylor b 1842, Thomas Brainard Taylor b. 1844, Henry Allison Taylor b 1847; John Newton Taylor b 1855; Mary Eliza Taylor b. 1857, William Harvey Taylor b. 1859. Would like to share information with anyone connected with this family. John N. Taylor is my grandfather. Cecy Taylor Rice, Moberly, MO.

For all of you people who have hit brick walls, check out Ancestry.com. Wow! Based on the frustration of hitting a brick wall in tracing my fathers family line, I decided to switch gears to my mothers side. I knew names of some of the people back until about the mid 1700's but did not know dates or or even wive's names. I went onto the Ancestry.com page and did a simple search for my earliest know ancestor in this line. What I usually find on those pages are just one or two names with maybe a marriage or birth date thrown in. This time was quite different!! To make a long story short, I found a GEDCOM file with that family line all the way back from my grandmother to my 9th great grandfather, 3 generations past the information I had before! The site is : http://www.ancestry.com Of course, all of the information will still have to be verified. But at least I have a name to verify, instead of going into it blindly! Thanks and good luck! Andy Reichenbach

I am interested in locating the birth record of Daniel Stine, b. Feb. 1828, Union Co., PA. Also would like any information regarding this family. Please reply to: RPSZk@aol.com Thanks.

Hi, I am researching my REICHENBACH line and have traced it back to Amos Reichenbach (b 1824). The last place (actually first) place he is found is in Snyder County, PA in the 1850 Census, but I haven't found him in any earlier records in that county. I was told that he came from Germany, but did not settle directly in Snyder County. Does anyone have a listing for REICHENBACH, or AMOS REICHENBACH in their family tree? I am looking for a lead as to what part of the state he may have settled in after immigration. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Andy Reichenbach

Hello all, I am seeking information about the man in this obituary. He is buried in my hometown of Mifflinburg, PA, but he was born in Vernon Co., MO. Thank you, Sidney Dreese sdreese@cvn.net Mifflinburg Telegraph, December 11, 1924 ABRAHAM HUDDLESTON Abraham Huddleston, one of the few remaining members of the GAR in Mifflinburg, passed away at his home on Market Street at 1:00 AM Monday, December 8, after an illness of two months. He was born in Vernon County, Missouri. He is survived by three daughters and one son, Mrs. Ethel Koons, Mrs. Gertrude Auman, of Mifflinburg, Mrs. Sarah Durr, Harrisburg, and C.L. Huddleston, Mifflinburg. Military funeral services were in charge of the Thomas H. Clapham Post, 410, American Legion; Rev. Dubbs, of the Evangelical church, officiating were held from his late reisdence at 2:30 PM Wednesday, December 10th. Burial, L.W. Strunk and Sons in charge, being made in the Fairview Cemetery.

Look forward to receiving your e-mail. Thanks for such a great service! Rjob1502@AOL.com

The First Naional Romig Reunion will be held on 7, 8, & 9, July 2000 at the WYNDHAM GARDEN HOTEL by the Kansas City International Airport. The room rate is $64.00 + tax a night and they are real nice rooms.Working on two free buffet breakfast meals with the room. Free transportation to and from the Airport. Have 80 rooms blocked. Need to make room reservation early so I can block off more rooms if need. Each person needs to make their own room reservation with the Hotel direct at 816-464-2423. Hope to have a hospitality room set up. We will have a large room set up with tables to display any and all Romig History. The Hotel has a nice garden and patio area located in the center of the complex. Would need to know how many would be interested in some type of evening meal in the patio area on Sat. 8 July? It has been suggested to invite Romich, Romick, and possibly Romiger to the Reunion. This being the first National Romig Reunion and not knowing what will take place, I'm not going all out at this time to invite them. I think it should be done at the next one if there is another. If you know of any, then go ahead and invite them. Please contact any Romig or Romig related people that you know and send them this info. The following is set up for a group of 50 people and depending on how many groups of fifty that we can do this for. This would be on Sat. 8 July. Tour the Truman Libarary, drive by the Truman Home, and tour Steamboat Arabia Museum. Will have a tour bus for 50 people. If time permitting will tour Historic Weston, MO and visit a Winery there. Their would be a $20.00 registration fee per family to off set some of the expenses. The remainder would be returned at the Reunion. _______ Registration Fee(20.00 per Family)____________ _______ Truman Libarary Tour(4.50 ea. Per)____________ _______ Steamboat Arabia(6.50 ea. Person) ____________ _______ Tour Bus(8.00 ea. Person) ____________ Total ____________ Please send me all names that would be attending and send me your address and e-mail address. Jerry A. Romig 1307 Southwind Raymore, MO 64083 816-331-4807 pdgromig@discoverynet.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2E3A7BAD2677 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi All: Was sent this from another list and thought I'd forward it on to you! Enjoy! Donna Heller Zinn of Cumberland Co., PA.. --------------2E3A7BAD2677 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-From_: PAWESTMO-L-request@rootsweb.com Sat Sep 25 14:04:03 1999 >From bin Sat Sep 25 14:04:03 1999 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by emh1.pa.net (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10621 for <djzinn@pa.net>; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:04:02 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA01889; Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:03:31 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:03:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19990925180231.16225.rocketmail@web213.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 11:02:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Ellen Ballas <genesearcher1@yahoo.com> Old-To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <6rmA9B.A.Od.y5Q73@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Unidentified subject! X-Mailing-List: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/8272 X-Loop: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PAWESTMO-L-request@rootsweb.com Since we have been talking about obits so much, thought we might as well add this one to our list. Enjoy, Ellen (ETHS) Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 10:46 AM > > Doughboy Dead at 71... > > Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh, died > yesterday of a severe yeast infection. He was 71. > Fresh was buried in one of the largest funeral > ceremonies in recent years. > Dozens of celebrities turned out including: > Mrs.Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, > Betty Crocker and the Hostess Twinkies. > The gravesite was piled high with flours and > longtime friend, Aunt Jemima, delivered the eulogy, > describing Fresh as a man who "never knew how > much he was kneaded." > Fresh rose quickly in show business, but his > later life was filled with many turnovers. He was not > considered a very smart cookie, squandering much of > his dough on half-baked schemes. > Still, even as a crusty old man, he was a roll model > for millions. Fresh is survived by his second wife. > They have two children and one in the oven. > The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes. > __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== Great map site: <http://mapping.usgs.gov/> Surname searcher: <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html> Genealogical resourses on the net: <http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html> "Life is not a dress rehearsal"......... --------------2E3A7BAD2677--