For information on the Hood Cemetery (Germantown Lower Burial Ground): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hood-cemetery-germantown/ No American has died of old age since 1951. That was the year the government eliminated that classification on death certificates. Gene Stackhouse

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

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

I will be at the Hood Cemetery at 1PM tomorrow, representing the SUVCW, with Joe Stokes, who represents the SAR, placing flags on the graves of the veterans in the Hood Cemetery. Anyone wishing to come by is welcome. Gene Stackhouse

Hi... Wanted to remind everybody that Darby's REMEMBRANCE DAY will be celebrated tomorrow, May 16,2009 at 1:00 at the Methodist Meeting Cemetery which is adjacent to Mt. Zion Cemetery in the 1400 block of Springfield Rd. in Collingdale.? This celebration has been endorsed by the National Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and there will be a book for sale honoring those buried at the cemetery, particularly the Revolutionary, War of 1812, and the Civil War Veterans. The day is filled with activities and should be very exciting. Regards, Bev W

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

Liane, Thank you. Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liane Fenimore" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 5:18 AM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] John Risdon - Phila. wills > The LDS also have the wills and the index: > > Wills 1682-1916 and index 1682-1924 > > Order through your local family history center - > > Liane > > > ********* > 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 >

The LDS also have the wills and the index: Wills 1682-1916 and index 1682-1924 Order through your local family history center - Liane

In a message dated 5/13/2009 10:28:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Does anyone have a disc with an index to Philadelphia wills (if one exists)? If so, could you look up John Risdon (died 1874) in Holmesburg, PA and give me the index number to his will. I know one exists. Could there possibly be such a disk? I doubt it. However: Register of Wills, City Hall, Phila., PA 19107 Philadelphia Research **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)

I wrote an e-mail yesterday concerning wills in Philadelphia. Does anyone have a disc with an index to Philadelphia wills (if one exists)? If so, could you look up John Risdon (died 1874) in Holmesburg, PA and give me the index number to his will. I know one exists. Thanks. Andy

There is no mention of this surname nor the company in "Happenings in Ye Olde Philadelphia 1680-1900" Bob, Marlton, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Free Library of Philadelphia > Hi All, I have read so many emails where you all helped others find clues > of their past.? I am trying to find any information on a business named > Markmann Bottling Co.,that was located at 1630 Thompson Street, Phila.? > This residence/business was owned by Gerhard Markmann (b 2/12/1864 > Germania - d 10/5/1913 Phila) and his wife Eva Schaebler Markmann (b 1870 > Germany - d 1944 Phila).? Gerhard died at 47 however Eva continued on > until her death, at which time their son John (Jack) took over.? I see Eva > as the head of household with her children?on the 1920 census; she was > still at the same address and still a bottler.? Any clues to info about > the company, etc.? would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks so much! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Finley <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 10 May 2009 3:32 pm > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Free Library of Philadelphia > > > > I am helping someone with her Philadelphia search. It's been some time > since I > Emailed a request to FLP. Is [email protected] still valid? > > Regards, > Mary McCanney Finley > > > > > ********* > 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 >

Hi All, I have read so many emails where you all helped others find clues of their past.? I am trying to find any information on a business named Markmann Bottling Co.,that was located at 1630 Thompson Street, Phila.? This residence/business was owned by Gerhard Markmann (b 2/12/1864 Germania - d 10/5/1913 Phila) and his wife Eva Schaebler Markmann (b 1870 Germany - d 1944 Phila).? Gerhard died at 47 however Eva continued on until her death, at which time their son John (Jack) took over.? I see Eva as the head of household with her children?on the 1920 census; she was still at the same address and still a bottler.? Any clues to info about the company, etc.? would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much! -----Original Message----- From: Mary Finley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 10 May 2009 3:32 pm Subject: [Phly-Rts] Free Library of Philadelphia I am helping someone with her Philadelphia search. It's been some time since I Emailed a request to FLP. Is [email protected] still valid? Regards, Mary McCanney Finley ********* 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

Some of my husband's family lived in Montgomery County and worked in Philadelphia. His grandfather lived across the river in NJ and worked in the city all his life. Liane

Hi everyone,   I'm interested in any genealogical information people may have on the Mercer family that lived on Queen Street in Southwark in the 1840s (33 Queen Street is the old street address).  This is the Mercer family that served as the basis for George Lippard's novel The Quaker City, or the Monks of Monk Hall.  I have all the contemporary newspaper stories about the Singleton Mercer-Heberton murder, but am interested in other members of the family besides Singleton, especially: Thomas Mercer (father), merchant, who died in 1848, age unknown, probably 60+. Sarah Gardner Mercer (sister), born ca. 1832-1833, death date unknown.  There was another brother and sister, whose names I do not have.  There was another Singleton Mercer, who lived into the 1890s and was an officer of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank.  He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.  I'm not sure what his relationship was to the Thomas Mercer family.    I'm particularly interested in finding out whether Sarah married, when she died, and where Thomas, Sarah, and other family members may be buried.  They're not in Laurel Hill, where their son/brother Singleton (d. 1855, aged 35) is buried under the Yellow Fever Volunteers' monument.  I'd appreciate any help anyone might be able to offer.   Thanks, Tom Keels

Register of Wills, City Hall, Philadelphia. 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur Gene Stackhouse --- On Tue, 5/12/09, Andy Andrelczyk <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Andy Andrelczyk <[email protected]> > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Wills > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 2:41 AM > I'm planning a trip to Philly in the > near future. There are 2 wills that I want to locate. In one > the individual died in 1874 and in the other they died in > 1917. > I remember going to City Hall and viewing wills at that > location. Lots of books with all the names in them....pick > out the will you want and they retrieve it for you. > I should also mention that I am a member of The > Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. > So I'm not wasting my time......where can these wills be > located. > Thanks. > Andy > > > ********* > 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'm planning a trip to Philly in the near future. There are 2 wills that I want to locate. In one the individual died in 1874 and in the other they died in 1917. I remember going to City Hall and viewing wills at that location. Lots of books with all the names in them....pick out the will you want and they retrieve it for you. I should also mention that I am a member of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. So I'm not wasting my time......where can these wills be located. Thanks. Andy

In a message dated 5/11/2009 5:48:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Is there another place besides Philadelphia they might have died? What cemeteries are near their address? Can't find any cemetery information either, from what I can find on-line. So, I am hoping that someone can give me some ideas on how to search for their deaths/burlals. Obviously, they left Philadelphia, and probably Pennsylvania, before they died! They could have died anywhere! Look in New Jersey. Philadelphia Research **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)

I used [email protected] in March and got a very prompt reply. Linda ----- Original Message ----- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 15:32:16 -0400 From: "Mary Finley" <[email protected]> Subject: [Phly-Rts] Free Library of Philadelphia To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I am helping someone with her Philadelphia search. It's been some time since I Emailed a request to FLP. Is [email protected] still valid? Regards, Mary McCanney Finley

Thank you Linda! Mary Finley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Foh" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Request" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] Free Library of Philadelphia >I used [email protected] in March and got a very prompt reply. > > Linda > > > ----- Original Message ----- > Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 15:32:16 -0400 > From: "Mary Finley" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Phly-Rts] Free Library of Philadelphia > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am helping someone with her Philadelphia search. It's been some time > since I Emailed a request to FLP. Is [email protected] still > valid? > > Regards, > Mary McCanney Finley > > > ********* > 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 all, I live in Idaho and am having trouble figuring out some things about where records can be located in the Philadelphia area. I am trying to find the death record of a Jane or Jennie Patterson Stevenson who I believe died on 6 May 1934. (I have an original telegram sent to my family at the time that said Aunt Jennie died). The PA vital records cannot locate a death certificate and the free library of Philadelphia looked for obit/death notice from 7-11 May 1934 in the Philadelphia Bulletin and Evening Public Ledger and found nothing. She died suddenly (coronary thrombosis); perhaps they took her to a hospital not in Philadelphia County? In the 1930 census she (age 58) was living with her husband William Stevenson (age 57) at 6248 Gardenia Street, Philadelphia, where they had lived for many years. William was an engineer at Girard College - would the college have any records of him? He worked there more than 30 years - from before 1900 to after 1930. I can't locate his death either. Is there another place besides Philadelphia they might have died? What cemeteries are near their address? Can't find any cemetery information either, from what I can find on-line. So, I am hoping that someone can give me some ideas on how to search for their deaths/burlals. Thank you, Marilyn [email protected]