Jacob Shoop was from Freeport, Armstrong County. I've seen & read this publication, "The Diary of Jacob Shoop". It was done as a masters thesis by a Freeport-area author named Gary Link. Mr. Link has produced 3 very nice historical novels based in the Pittsburgh area beginning 1845. The first is set during the Great Fire of Pittsburgh in 1845, it is called "The Burnt District", the 2nd is set in 1846, the 3rd in 1847. I get the order of the 2nd & 3rd mixed up but their titles are :"The Spectrum" and "The Throughway". All 3 are great and easy reads. The last one concerns the Underground Railroad & runaway slaves in Western PA. I believe Mr. Link used Jacob Shoop as a character in all 3 of his novels. Jacob Shoop was an entrepreneur, and began a family-owned clothing store which survived until very recently. The oldest continuously operating clothing store by one family in Western PA. the Diary is NOT indexed, although the Local History Dept, Community Library in Tarentum PA has self-produced an everyname index for it. many Freeport area residents are mentioned in it, circa-1845-ish. Bella Apr 15, 2011 12:23:09 PM, pawestmo@rootsweb.com wrote: Barb -- Can you tell me if this Jacob Shoop was from Westmoreland Co., and if so, what Twp.? I have Shupe ancestors. Janet ---- Barb Lorensen wrote: > Good morning > I was sent some sheets with cemetery information > I have these sheets to share > Maysville Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery and > Maysville Hill Cemetery > also > Excerpts from THE WEATHER BOOK 1848 - 1870 THE DIARY of JACOB SHOOP > > If you want these sheets send me an e-mail to lllorensen@sbcglobal.net > and I will send them to you > Barb > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWESTMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message