I have been looking for Philip FINNEY born in Philly born Sept 12, 1892, he was in New York, Long Island by 1930 census , father born in Ireland. After many searches my Brother Ed finds a Philip FINEMAN in Philly 1920 census with a wife Estelle (same name as 1930), daughter Jean (Gina in 1930). Parents born in Russia. SS application says parents Abraham Finney & Sarah Leshem. Next we found an Abe Fineman in Philly, with a wife Sarah and a son Philip along with 4 more kids, born in Russia. Has anyone run into this before? Russian becoming Irish??? Was there a problem being Russian & maybe Jewish in 1820, they seem to have made the name change when they moved to NY. Any ideas where I could look for records of name change in that time period? By the way Philip was buried Baptist, could be two different families I know but names & ages are awfully close. Thanks, Carol L. Heap FL

Alexa: >From that period, what type of information is revealed on the certificate? On 5/29/09, Alexa K Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > Joan, > > I sent for four birth certificates from 1871 - 1892 for my great-grandmother > and some of her children.  They were all born in Philadelphia and all born > at home.  I sent my request to the City Archives.  I received all four birth > certificates within a short time, probably less than a month.  I sent for > them in July 2008.  The four certificates cost me total $36. > > You can call them to find out what they are charging now. > > http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm > > > Alexa > > > --- On Tue, 5/19/09 > > I would like to send for 3 birth certificates, one from 1886, one from 1890 > and one from 1897. Would these be available from the city archives on Market > Street, and is the fee $10.00 per certificate? > > Thank you for your help. > > Joan > > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Joan, I sent for four birth certificates from 1871 - 1892 for my great-grandmother and some of her children.  They were all born in Philadelphia and all born at home.  I sent my request to the City Archives.  I received all four birth certificates within a short time, probably less than a month.  I sent for them in July 2008.  The four certificates cost me total $36. You can call them to find out what they are charging now. http://www.phila.gov/phils/Docs/Inventor/genealgy.htm Alexa --- On Tue, 5/19/09 I would like to send for 3 birth certificates, one from 1886, one from 1890 and one from 1897. Would these be available from the city archives on Market Street, and is the fee $10.00 per certificate? Thank you for your help. Joan

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Wow, when Patti asked the question, I did not think it was possible. So one can just write and get this info? Does the person have to be deceased. Do you have any details? Jo Dell > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:56:23 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Military Picture and Discharge Papers > > > I got original documents from... > > > > Office of Personnel Management, OPF/EMF Access Unit, PO Box 18673, St. Louis, MO 63118. > > Larry B. > > > > > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:38:59 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Military Picture and Discharge Papers > > > > Hi Everyone, > > How or is it even possible to obtain a military picture of a relative who served during the years 1938-1946. Also where can I get my Grand Uncles military records. He had no wife or children, both his parents and brother are deceased. Is it even possible for me to get them? Or at the very least his discharge papers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. > > > > Patti > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********* > > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > > ********* > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® goes with you. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009

Try www.va.gov - there is a section for forms and I believe you might be able to fill it out online - not sure. Also - visit your Veterans Affairs office nearest you - it may be listed under county, state, or federal - they will be able to help you out. -------------------------------------------------- From: "P Valverde" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:38 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Phly-Rts] Military Picture and Discharge Papers > Hi Everyone, > How or is it even possible to obtain a military picture of a relative who > served during the years 1938-1946. Also where can I get my Grand Uncles > military records. He had no wife or children, both his parents and brother > are deceased. Is it even possible for me to get them? Or at the very least > his discharge papers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks for your time. > > Patti > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi, Patti- I know your query has already received a response but I'm wondering as to how your query pertains to Philadelphia research? Is there a connection between the service and records available in or pertaining to Philadelphia? If so, it would be helpful in allowing the list member to assist you and, if not, then another list would be more appropriate for this query. Thanks! Joan, admin [email protected] In a message dated 5/26/2009 2:46:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Everyone, How or is it even possible to obtain a military picture of a relative who served during the years 1938-1946. Also where can I get my Grand Uncles military records. He had no wife or children, both his parents and brother are deceased. Is it even possible for me to get them? Or at the very least his discharge papers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Patti

This was a generic question, and since my relative was a Philadelphian I posted here. If they is a different more "appropiate" list I should have posted on then perhaps your listing it for me would have been more helpful than the reply you gave. Sorry you feathers got ruffled. Patti ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:14:37 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Military Picture and Discharge Papers Hi, Patti- I know your query has already received a response but I'm wondering as to how your query pertains to Philadelphia research? Is there a connection between the service and records available in or pertaining to Philadelphia? If so, it would be helpful in allowing the list member to assist you and, if not, then another list would be more appropriate for this query. Thanks! Joan, admin [email protected] In a message dated 5/26/2009 2:46:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Everyone, How or is it even possible to obtain a military picture of a relative who served during the years 1938-1946. Also where can I get my Grand Uncles military records. He had no wife or children, both his parents and brother are deceased. Is it even possible for me to get them? Or at the very least his discharge papers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Patti ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- 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

I got original documents from... Office of Personnel Management, OPF/EMF Access Unit, PO Box 18673, St. Louis, MO 63118. Larry B. > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 11:38:59 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Military Picture and Discharge Papers > > Hi Everyone, > How or is it even possible to obtain a military picture of a relative who served during the years 1938-1946. Also where can I get my Grand Uncles military records. He had no wife or children, both his parents and brother are deceased. Is it even possible for me to get them? Or at the very least his discharge papers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. > > Patti > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009

Hi Everyone, How or is it even possible to obtain a military picture of a relative who served during the years 1938-1946. Also where can I get my Grand Uncles military records. He had no wife or children, both his parents and brother are deceased. Is it even possible for me to get them? Or at the very least his discharge papers. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Patti

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There's a good chance they may not have any record of those births. I've sent for birth certs for a couple of my people, pre-1900, and there were none.  A lot of people were born at home back then and I don't think the state or city were very strict about registering the births back then. The only thing they found for my paternal grandfather from February 1898 was a hospital record from the old Women's Medical Center. I would like to send for 3 birth certificates, one from 1886, one from 1890 and one from 1897. Would these be available from the city archives on Market Street, and is the fee $10.00 per certificate? Thank you for your help. Joan

I went to the site you listed and get no info on birth certs. only death certs. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Birth Certificates > Hi Joan: > If all need is the information from the birth certificates the Family > History Centers have a cite _http://familysearchlabs.org/_ > (http://familysearchlabs.org/) that has Philadelphia Births to 1915. > Good luck Joe > **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy > Steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823248x1201398651/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=May > Excfooter51609NO62) > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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

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I would like to send for 3 birth certificates, one from 1886, one from 1890 and one from 1897. Would these be available from the city archives on Market Street, and is the fee $10.00 per certificate? Thank you for your help. Joan

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That's a broad question. What "information" are you looking for? Contact the Atwater Kent Museum, 15 S. 7th St., Philadelphia. No American has died of old age since 1951. That was the year the government eliminated that classification on death certificates. Gene Stackhouse > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:56:48 -0400 > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Stetson > > Does anybody have information -- or clues I can follow -- about the > Stetson hat factory in Philadelphia in the late 1800s? My great- > grandfather signed an indenture contract for my grandfather there > around that time. > > Looking for Califano and Christaldi. > > > > Willi Miller > Florida Features/Arts Spotlight > Features for Print, Radio, Web > [email protected] > > Subscribe to the free Florida Features eNewsletter by clicking here: > http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102168925153 > > See archived newsletters at: http://archive.constantcontact.com/ > fs094/1102168925153/archive/1102498084126.html > > Arts Spotlight - online at WQCS.org at 1 and 7 p.m. EST > > Member: Freelance Writers Association, National Association of Women > Writers, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, AvantGuild > > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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

Does anybody have information -- or clues I can follow -- about the Stetson hat factory in Philadelphia in the late 1800s? My great- grandfather signed an indenture contract for my grandfather there around that time. Looking for Califano and Christaldi. Willi Miller Florida Features/Arts Spotlight Features for Print, Radio, Web [email protected] Subscribe to the free Florida Features eNewsletter by clicking here: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1102168925153 See archived newsletters at: http://archive.constantcontact.com/ fs094/1102168925153/archive/1102498084126.html Arts Spotlight - online at WQCS.org at 1 and 7 p.m. EST Member: Freelance Writers Association, National Association of Women Writers, Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, AvantGuild

Gene, Thank you for the info. Carol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugene Stackhouse Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:58 AM To: philly-roots Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Germantown Upper Burial Ground openings The Germantown Lower Burial Ground can be visited by appointment. It was open on Saturday. Gene Stackhouse > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 10:08:31 -0400 > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Germantown Upper Burial Ground openings > > > Michael, > Did you see this posting? I wonder if they are going to have opening > at the Lower Burial Ground. > Carol > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugene > Stackhouse > Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:08 PM > To: allaboutphilly yahoo; Andy Waskie; germantown yahoo; > hood-cemetery-germantown; market-square-germantown; > [email protected]; PA-PHILA-CEMETERIES; PA-CIVIL-WAR; > Philadeadspace; philly-roots; Tom Keels; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Germantown Upper Burial Ground openings > > > Sunday Openings: > > In 2009, the Germantown Upper Burial Ground will be open the second > Sunday of each month (May to October), from 2:00-4:00 PM > > Dates are: > > May 10 > > June 14 > > July 12 > > August 9 > > September 13 > > October 11 > > > > Also: Saturday, 20 June, Juneteenth Celebration, Schoolhouse and > Burial Ground open 11AM to 3PM > > Saturday, July 4, open from Noon to 2PM, Bell ringing ceremony at 2PM > > Saturday, Oct 3, Revolutionary Germantown Festival (Battle of > Germantown reenactment), Burial Ground open from 11AM to 3PM > > No American has died of old age since 1951. > That was the year the government eliminated that classification on > death certificates. > > Gene Stackhouse > > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > 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 ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- 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