Hi Shirley, I was wondering if you had any information on Williams? My GG Grandfather settled in Latrobe and had purchased a lot of property. He even bought the property for the Holy Family church in Latrobe. I am not sure of the date he settled, but was involved in the early formation of the town back around 1850. I have tried to go and look at some of his properties, with no success. Where would I be able to find information on his properties? I know that he owned a farm and a home that was at 345 Depot Street, Latrobe, PA. It was the family homestead according to a article that I have indicating it was built in 1875. Later the property became the Dutch Club and it was torn down in 1980. I had always wished that I had seen it because my GG Grandfather David Williams actually built this. His son, Vincent also lived here later in life with his wife. He was a reputable attorney in Latrobe and the Solicitor. I think there are other properties that he owned and I think he even owned property to the Latrobe Airport, because in the late 1960's, I remember my Mother getting an inheritance on the sale of property. Where could I find information to actually go see property that was owned by him at one time? Mary Ellen

I am interested if there are any HUNTERs showing in Mt. Pleasant in the County Land Book. Thanks much! Ted

Ellen The churches in New Alexandria are: DERRY TWP SIDE Reformed Presbyterian 311 Church St, New Alex 724 668 7506 Community Presbyterian Church 209 Keir St , New Alex 724 668 7752 New Alexandria United Methodist Church Washington St, New Alex (parsonage) 724 668 2339 SALEM TWP SIDE Congruity Presbyterian Church (there is also a cemetery next to the church) RD#2 New Alexandria 724 668 7740 St James RC Church Lions Club Road New Alex 724 668 2323 St Mary's Ukrainian Church Lions Club Road New Alex no phone number this is an old Church that is used only a couple of times a year, I think that they are connected with St Mary's Uk Church in Latrobe. There is an old cemetery connected with St. Mary Uk Church. It is across the road from St Mary's and to the left of St. James. This cemetery hasn't been used in a long time. There is the Union Cemetery on rt 22 in New Alex , Derry Twp side, it is still in use and it also has old graves in it. This is an non-denomination cemetery. Some of the Catholics from the area are buried at Calvary Hill Cemetery at Crabtree. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen" <ellen@b-n-s.com> To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 2:37 PM Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] New Alexandria, Loyalhanna Twp. Question > Hi All, > > Is there anyone on here who has come in contact with any church, > marriage or cemetery records for this area that are not involving the > published material by either Fischer or Ruff? I am interested in the > names > of Snyder, Hagerman & Weaver. I have covered what is at the Westmoreland > County Historical Society. > > Thank You, Ellen in PA > > > > Visit my web site at: > > > > http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/> > > > > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > > >

Hi Ellen: I didn't find anything in the deeds office showing John Cummings or a variation of his name. That doesn't mean it isn't there, just that I didn't find it. Maybe I didn't know what I was doing. Never thought about a Sheriff's sale, but don't really know why that would be. John moved his family of seven people directly from there to Indiana, arriving in the 1816/1817 time frame so I assume he must have sold it around then. With all the paperwork he went through to obtain the Patent, including paying back taxes, I can't imagine he just walked off without selling it. My only other thought is if some relative who was staying behind took over the land and sold it at a much later date. Thanks, Pat Cummins In a message dated 3/14/2006 1:52:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, ellen@b-n-s.com writes: Dear Pat, Are you saying that when you were at the courthouse deeds office that you looked up John Cumming's as a Grantor & did not find him selling the land, or his selling of any land in the county??? If that's the case, could it have been a Sheriff Sale? There really should have been something there if he sold it & it should have been found without any problem. Regards, Ellen Ballas Researching the Cummins, Kraft, Hamilton, Smith, Lewallen, Stover, Pennell, and related lines. Visit us at _www.thecomyn.com_ (http://www.thecomyn.com/) Trees Listed with _www.gencircles.com_ (http://www.gencircles.com/)

What is the name of the cemetery that is right near Claridge but between there & Bushy Run Battlefield? Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

Hi All, Is there anyone on here who has come in contact with any church, marriage or cemetery records for this area that are not involving the published material by either Fischer or Ruff? I am interested in the names of Snyder, Hagerman & Weaver. I have covered what is at the Westmoreland County Historical Society. Thank You, Ellen in PA Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

Can someone see if there is Fulton or Irwin(e) in this book - looking specifically for John & Henry Irwin(e) and Abraham Fulton. Thank you for your time and consideration. Debbie Callison

Janet I'd be interested in the names BINKLEY, DAVIDSON, FRICK, SOUTH Thank you Donna BINKLEY Lograsso - St. Louis, MO SEARCHING: BINKLEY -Allegheny and Cambria Co., PA DAVIDSON, FRICK - Westmoreland and Allegheny Co., PA BINKLEY, MORGAN, STOUDER - Clermont Co., , OH BECK, MYERS - Westmoreland and Allegheny Co., PA + Germany/Austria SABOCK, YENETS, PERCICH - Cambria Co., PA + Yugoslavia TRBOVICH, KOSANOVICH - Allegheny Co., PA + Yugoslavia

Top of the morning to you, Please lookup MUFFLEY - MUFFLY & YOCKEY - JAEGGI. Thank you for your help! :D Happy hunting, Helen (DCGS)

Asking again for some helpful ideas on finding any record of the sale of my John Cummings's Westmoreland land about 1816. I have copies of the original Application, Warrant, Survey and Land Patent, dated 29 April 1816, granted my GGGGrandfather, John Cummings, when he formally purchased the 131 Westmoreland Co. acres the family had been living on for 20 years. Their land straddled today's South Huntingdon and East Huntingdon Twp., just north of Jacobs Creek. John then moved his small family to Franklin Co., Indiana, later that year. My assumption is he sold his land in 1816, or shortly thereafter, to finance the relocation. Hopefully, the documents for that sale might identify or provide some clues to other family members in the area. I made an attempt to go through the deed books during a visit to Greensburg. I couldn't find anything in the time available, but I did verify the current owners of the land. My interest is in finding who my John Cummings sold his land to, and I am willing to pay for a deed search if someone knows who I could contact. Would really appreciate some suggestions. Pat Cummins Researching the Cummins, Kraft, Hamilton, Smith, Lewallen, Stover, Pennell, and related lines. Visit us at _www.thecomyn.com_ (http://www.thecomyn.com/) Trees Listed with _www.gencircles.com_ (http://www.gencircles.com/)

In a message dated 3/14/2006 1:11:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Nanathomas@aol.com writes: I am hoping you will find the surnames HULL I don't have land records but do have some HULL information. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA

Janet, I am hoping you will find the surnames HULL and MEHAFFY in the land book. Both these families were in Westmoreland before the 1790's. Thank you for taking the time to look them up. Nan

----- Original Message ----- From: Janet Warter To: dtitus1@earthlink.net Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] WESTMORELAND COUNTY LAND BOOK Dan -- There are no entries at all for a TITUS, so your ancestor would have bought his land from someone who already had the warrant &/or patent for that Armstrong Co. property. If you can locate the deed, it usually gives the info on the original owners. Sometimes the land went through several owners before 1790. Most settlement in Armstrong Co. was after that date. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Titus To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:48 PM Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] WESTMORELAND COUNTY LAND BOOK Janet, I saw your post on the PAWESTMO-L site and was wondering if there is the surname TITUS listed in this book? My 4th GGrandparents moved to this County in area that is now Armstrong County before 1790 but after about 1775 because my 5th GGrandparents lived in Huntingdon/Berks or Bedford Counties or the area now Blair County in the Carlisle/Frankstown area. Family split after the Revolutionary War with 2 brothers going to Crawford County and my GGrandfather going to Westmoreland with his wife and children. Supposedly, according to his nephew, Jonathan Titus of Crawford County, he had 18 children. Thanks, Daniel Titus dtitus1@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You. ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ====

Janet, I saw your post on the PAWESTMO-L site and was wondering if there is the surname TITUS listed in this book? My 4th GGrandparents moved to this County in area that is now Armstrong County before 1790 but after about 1775 because my 5th GGrandparents lived in Huntingdon/Berks or Bedford Counties or the area now Blair County in the Carlisle/Frankstown area. Family split after the Revolutionary War with 2 brothers going to Crawford County and my GGrandfather going to Westmoreland with his wife and children. Supposedly, according to his nephew, Jonathan Titus of Crawford County, he had 18 children. Thanks, Daniel Titus dtitus1@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You.

One would think that someone who was a Senator in the State Legislature, a Burgess of Greensburg, active in banking and industrial ventures, and lived 'till 1893 would have left behind a photo somewhere ..... To this point, I have not been able to find a pic of James Cunningham Clarke [1823- 1893] who lived at 218 S. Main St. in Greensburg. Am also looking for a pic of his father, James Clarke, Esq., active in state & local politics and died in 1867. Both of these Clarkes were instrumental in the building of the PRR through the Greensburg Area in the 1850's... , a subject that I am researching... I will paste something more below here about the Clarkes..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am looking for information on the Clarke family. Thus far I have found references in G.D. Albert’s ‘History of Westmoreland’ and in Boucher’s ‘Old and New Westmoreland’. I am also aware of a box of collected material [No. 5] in the Archives of the Westmoreland Co. Historical Soc. I am writing this post in the hope that some list members may have additional information on the Clarke family. In particular I am interested in James Clarke, Esq. [born 1783]. In his early years he lived at Hannastown. His father kept tavern and was a County Commissioner in the 1790’s. As James Clarke grew up, he traveled about and learned the trades of spinning wheelwright and chair maker. He practiced that trade in York Co. until he was 28 years old, when he married and moved to Laughlintown. While living at Laughlintown, James Clarke practiced his trade and at age 30 became Postmaster. He noted that it was at that time the Esq. was appended to his name. He soon after became a Justice of the Peace. Boucher’s history records that he was also involved in the iron-making business and connected with Washington Furnace near Laughlintown. Around 36 years of age he became County Commissioner as his father had been. When he was around 40 years of age, he was elected to the State Legislature. During several terms in the Legislature, he became an active promoter of the movement to build a canal system across the State. In 1824 the Governor appointed him to the newly-created Canal Commission. In that capacity he participated in surveys for canals of the PA Public Works and was involved in acquiring property rights of way. He continued his activities as a Legislator. By 1830 his involvement in canal building prompted him to move his family to Blairsville, along the canal route. There he could be in more direct contact with others responsible for directing work on the Western Division of the PA Public Works. His extensive work on the PA canal system gave him an excellent background for work on the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad in the late 1840’s and early 1850’s. The PRR offered him the position of Commissioner of Damages for the Western Division in 1847, and he accepted. In that position he was responsible for acquiring land rights for the new railroad and satisfying damage claims. He was instrumental in building the PRR from Johnstown to Pittsburgh. Despite the fact that he had no schooling past age twelve, he was an avid reader and wrote on subjects as diverse as morality and physics. A son of James Clarke, James C. Clarke [1823 – 1893] became a prominent Greensburg attorney. He too worked for the PRR as Ass’t. Commissioner of Damages, and was local counsel for the railroad. He served on the State Canal Commission and was a Senator in the PA Legislature for several terms. Later, he was in the banking business in Greensburg and served as a school director. A son of James C. Clarke, James K. Clarke, was a prominent local politician and lived in Greensburg until the day he died, on Christmas Day of 1945. Any additional sources of information on the Clarkes would be appreciated, ESPECIALLY photos. My actual focus in doing this study is the building of the PRR through the Greensburg Area. Since James Clarke, Esq. and his son, James C. Clarke were both in the employ of the PRR during its building, they are of primary interest. ********************** jim miller/621 grove st ********************** greensburg pa 15601

This article was in the CENTRE DAILY TIMES (State College, PA) paper this morning: STATES STEADILY CLOSING DOWN ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION by Robert Tanner (AP) Some things your government doesn't have to tell you about: *The safety plan at your child's school, if you live in Iowa, *Medication errors at your grandparent's nursing home in North Carolina, *Disciplinary actions against Indiana state employees. States have steadily limited the public's access to government information since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, a new Associated Press analysis of laws in all 50 states has found. Legislatures have passed more than 1,000 laws changing access to information... Federal agencies responded by shutting down Web sites, pulling telephone directories and rethinking everything from dam blueprints to historical records. In statehouse battles, the issue has pitted advocates of government openness - including journalists and civil liberties groups - against lawmakers and others who worry that public information could be misused...security concerns typically won out. States passed 616 laws that restricted access.... Just this month, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced a new governmentwide effort to target identity theft, barring access to driver's licenses, phone records and Social Security numbers. No longer, the governor said, should there be a presumption that government information is public. Open government advocates disagree. The way we see it, if Pawlenty is successful, information that used to be public in Minnesota will soon be unnecessarily locked away. Copyright 2006 Centre Daily Times --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

>The question of price of the land is shown in Figure 1, 'Original >Advertisement for New Purchase Application Program' , page iv. It reads: >"ADVERTISEMENT. The Land-Office will be opened on the Third Day of >April next, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning, to receive Applications >from all Persons inclinable to take up Lands in the New Purchase, >upon the Terms of Five Pounds Sterling per Hundred Acres, and One >Penny per Acre per Annum Quit-Rent. No Person will be allowed to >take up more than Three Hundred Acres, with the Special Licence of >the Proprietaries or the Governor. <snip> Very interesting.. I can't help but wonder what 5 pounds sterling was worth. For instance, I wonder how many pounds one would have to pay for a good horse or some other object of some value that most owned in that day. Has anyone got any idea? It would be nice to know (or at least have a feel for) whether they were getting the land dirt cheap at 5 pounds for 100 acres or was 5 pounds something usually only available to the relatively well-to do person of the time? In other words.. since it wasn't actually really "free" land, could it have been considered very "cheap" land? Phil Phil Knox <pknox@earthlink.net> My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~pknox/ My genealogical database on WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pknox NOTE: E-mail and attachments are automatically scanned by McAfee Antivirus software.

Hi there: Yes, I set up a Milliron list. It hasn't seen much traffic yet - perhaps because I haven't promoted it. * Subscribe to MILLIRON-L <mailto:MILLIRON-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe> * Subscribe to MILLIRON-D (digest) <mailto:MILLIRON-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe&body=subscribe> Best regards, Tom

Hello to All, There is a new addition to the PA GenWeb Archives Cemetery Section, a list of known Stone Carvers for Pennsylvania. We are asking for donations of any further information any one can donate about early PA tombstone carvers. The link to the Tombstone Carver Page is http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/tscarvers/tombstone-carvers.htm Ellis Michaels Co-Coordinator, PAGenWeb Tombstone Photo Project ellisrn@earthlink.net If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. (Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)

On Sat, 4 Mar 2006 14:59:50 -0500 "Ellen" <ellen@b-n-s.com> writes: > Hi All, > > I have seen a number of inquires here on the Milliron name I see Tom Chapman's still on the list - did you ever look into starting up a list for them as you mentioned in a reply to me last June? There was an obit for a Jerry Lee (Gregory) Milliron in the Erie, PA Times-News last week: <http://www.legacy.com/ErieTimesNews/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStoryPrint &PersonID=16886695> You might need to register to see it :^( I can send the whole thing to anybody who wants it, but here's a summary: Jerry Lee Gregory, 65, died 2/25/2005 at her home in Girard, Erie Co, PA. She was born October 27, 1940 in Washington D.C., a daughter of the late Wilson S. and Evelyn G. Ragland Gregory. Jerry is survived by four daughters, Lynn Robinson and her husband Neal, of Columbus, Pa., Tammy Niebauer and husband Tony, of Girard, April Welsh and her husband Mike, of Erie, and Nikki Milliron and her husband David Schneider, also of Erie; one son, Chris Stancil and wife Diane, of Erie; nine grandchildren, Ryan, Travis, Jebediah, Christopher, Samuel, Zackery, David, Tiffany, and Amber; and one great-granddaughter, Ayla. Guestbook at http://www.GoErie.com/obits. Looks like she was divorced from Mr. Milliron. Ron Bauerle