And to add my 2 cents again on the Lancaster Mennonite Society records - I also found all the information invoked by the mention of using records to be very interesting and helpful. Hopefully all researchers know not to believe everything they read! It is a jumping off point and then you can either accept the information or reject it and keep searching. I had mentioned the obituaries that are available and there can't be any error on the part of the LMS with them as they are just photo copying what was in the newspaper! The only error there could be from the relative of the deceased who gave the information to the funeral home who gave it to the newspaper. So, therefore, I would take obituary information as being correct. Thanks to all on the list for all the good suggestions and information. It is all so helpful. I read all the postings as they arrive whether it is a surname I am researching or not, as there are often suggestions posted that any one could benefit from. Sue Lupinacci On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Sam Silvey <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to thank everyone that has chimed in on my original post inquiring > about Mennonite records! The discussion has been very informative and I > appreciate everyone's help. > > I have found over the years that if I want information and guidance I can > get it in short order by subscribing to the Rootsweb boards. I can attend > class after class on research tips but where the 'rubber meets the road' is > by talking with the local Rootsweb people! > > In the few weeks I've been working in the York area I've been the recipient > of much information and have learned a lot about the availability of > records. I will never be an expert at this but I know many of you are very > specialized in certain areas. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise > with me and the others on this board. > > Sincerely, > Sam Silvey > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK > > > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are gatewayed > to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may > not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking > on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

This discussion has reminded me that the Mennonite Church has a website containing obits from several of their newspapers. For those not familiar with it, here's the web address. Be sure and read "About the Indexes" when you get to the Index page. I hope someone out there finds something useful! http://www.mcusa-archives.org/MennObits/index.html Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Lupinacci" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [PAYork] Mennonite records of early York County and otherPAcounties > And to add my 2 cents again on the Lancaster Mennonite Society records - > I > also found all the information invoked by the mention of using records to > be > very interesting and helpful. Hopefully all researchers know not to > believe > everything they read! It is a jumping off point and then you can either > accept the information or reject it and keep searching. > > I had mentioned the obituaries that are available and there can't be any > error on the part of the LMS with them as they are just photo copying what > was in the newspaper! The only error there could be from the relative of > the > deceased who gave the information to the funeral home who gave it to the > newspaper. So, therefore, I would take obituary information as being > correct. > > Thanks to all on the list for all the good suggestions and information. It > is all so helpful. I read all the postings as they arrive whether it is a > surname I am researching or not, as there are often suggestions posted > that > any one could benefit from. > > Sue Lupinacci >