I am planning a genealogical visit to Southwest Pennsylvania the week of January 17. Does anyone have any hotel recommendations for Washington, Waynesburg, and Uniontown? I am primarily interested in court and land records as I've done all that I can do from books at my local library and microfilms from LDS. I will be going to the respective courthouses in the area. Does anyone have any additional suggestions for locations other than the courthouse that are worth visiting for Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties? Thanks in advance, Rick Wilson New York, NY Researching: Wilson, Hill, Eckleberry, Pettit, Hopton, Swearingen

Assuming you are coming from Pittsburgh or from North or Northwest.... >From I-79S take I-70 West, go to 2nd Exit West Chestnut St. -- all the Washington Motels are there. The one behind Denny's isn't bad but the beds were getting slightly saggy 2 years ago. But it's safe and walking distance to Denny's and Wendy's. Other motels are within 1000-1500 feet further up the street. I'd go through Wash on Rt 40 for the scenic route to either Bentleyville or go on to Fayette. Or if you want to spend a little more, Scenery Hill PA still has the old Inn on Rt 40 which is less than halfway to Fayette. Or take 70-E to Bentleyville-- there's a motel there and you're about halfway to Fayette then. Wbg is I-79 South. Only one motel right at the exit. Not a bad place. Has internet... but 627 exchange is local toll back to Washington, so check if fees. Rates on all for 1 to 2 people I think ranged from $55 to $70 per night; might ask for discounts like AARP if you have it. Need reservations for each because truckers & travelers use all 3 locations. Expect heavy trucker traffic at I-70/I-79 exchanges. Both are dangerous to make the transition since you're merging in... I-79 to I-70E is the worst of the two IMO because traffic hides behind the hill behind your left shoulder--almost have to have eyes in back of head. Right ahead, people will be exiting onto Murtland ave/Rt 19 / Washington Mall, so you got to get over while avoiding people who want to exit. I-79 to I-70 West can be bad because the first exit is Jefferson Ave and it's too close to your merge point (plus they are coming down a slope behind you). In both, if you don't intend to use the first exit, try to go to the left lane IF you can as soon as you merge and stay there until the right lane clears out. I forget if the Wash location was Best Western or Super 8. Best Western I think is Wbg. I forget Bentleyville's one. Judy On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am planning a genealogical visit to Southwest Pennsylvania the week of > January 17. Does anyone have any hotel recommendations for Washington, > Waynesburg, and Uniontown? > > I am primarily interested in court and land records as I've done all that I > can do from books at my local library and microfilms from LDS. I will be > going to the respective courthouses in the area. Does anyone have any > additional suggestions for locations other than the courthouse that are > worth > visiting for Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rick Wilson > New York, NY > Researching: Wilson, Hill, Eckleberry, Pettit, Hopton, Swearingen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/

When we traveled to PA in July of this year, we stayed at the Hampton Inns in Uniontown and Belle Vernon and were quite pleased with the accommodations, however, because of all the drilling for natural gas, the hotels/motels fill up quickly and we were told to make reservations about a week or two in advance. Hannah M. Fisher ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 5:09 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [PAFAYETT] January Visit to SW Pennsylvania I am planning a genealogical visit to Southwest Pennsylvania the week of January 17. Does anyone have any hotel recommendations for Washington, Waynesburg, and Uniontown? I am primarily interested in court and land records as I've done all that I can do from books at my local library and microfilms from LDS. I will be going to the respective courthouses in the area. Does anyone have any additional suggestions for locations other than the courthouse that are worth visiting for Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties? Thanks in advance, Rick Wilson New York, NY Researching: Wilson, Hill, Eckleberry, Pettit, Hopton, Swearingen ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Desperately looking for records for my MILLER ancestor. I am having a really hard time finding records for this fellow. His first name is Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludowich, Lodowich & later changed to Lewis He was b abt 1724 perhaps in Dauphin or York Co, PA d 1813 Fayette Co, PA m. abt 1742 PA wife's name prob. Barbery b ab 1730 children born abt 1742-1765 Fayette Co, PA Samuel Miller Nicholas " Catherine " Hannah " Elizabeth " Solomon " David " Mary " Jacob " Abraham " Rebekah " thanks, Patti