Hugh, Thank you so much for the tip. I have a tough time getting around anymore -- too many surgeries -- and the trip to Pittsburgh can be costly. Even though it's only from Erie, it would have to include a couple of nights in motels to be of any real use. I'll get down there, hopefully sometime this year. But this really helps. The McKinney family were strong Presbyterians -- you'll find a couple of noted church leaders in Pa. named McKinney, but they were not part of my direct line unless, of course, they're from the generation who came over before 1822 (and there were many). I will explore that site thoroughly. Thank you again. I've been on this site, now, for quite a few years, and I absolutely love it, even when it gets slightly off track. For one thing, I know it won't last long. Not with Linda at the helm. Bill McKinney Erie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of H. Nevin Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [S-I] RP church in Wilkinsburg Googling just now, I came up with the obituary for one of my McKees who was a trustee in the Wilkinsburg congregation at the time of his death in 1893. It appeared in the Reformed and Covenanter newsletter. Most copies of the newsletter, from 1864 to 1895 are in the online archives of the RP Seminary <http://www.rparchives.org/refprescov.html>. Didn't see anything specific to the congregation, but I also didn't go beyond the first page of links. Hugh Nevin On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi Bill, I haven't googled recently so I can't tell you what there is > on line for the RP church in Wilkinsburg. > > The RP Seminary library is just up the road apiece. I don't know what > they got either since when I visited > there last I hadn't revisited the will of my ancestor (collected by > mother and sister) and as a result of a lot > of learning, realized that the witness to the will was now known to > me. I guess I should go back. > > Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William McKinney" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 2:26:46 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [S-I] Mitchell, Scotch/Irish New York to Michigan > > Howdy Linda, > > Just curious. Are there any accounts on line relating to the Reformed > Presbyterian Church in Wilkinsburg. That's where my McKinneys ended up > after > selling their Braddocks Field farm to Andrew Carnegie for his steel > works. > > Bill McKinney > In Erie (which, yes, got precious little snow this year compared to > last) ------------------------------- 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

On Mar 10, 2010, at 3:15 PM, William McKinney wrote: > The McKinney family were strong Presbyterians -- > you'll find a couple of noted church leaders in Pa. named McKinney, > but they > were not part of my direct line unless, of course, they're from the > generation who came over before 1822 (and there were many). Bill, There was a 19th century western PA Rev. William McKinney (died March 13, 1907) who, with his wife Eliza McKee, went to Alabama to work in a Reformed Presbyterian Mission. Their daughter, Lulu Jeanette McKinney, later became the Registrar at Geneva College, retiring in June, 1952 (died June 14, 1973 at about age 97). Don't know anything about when this family arrived here. On the other hand, I do know that Eliza McKee McKinney was a daughter of Robert C. McKee of the Wilkinsburg RP Church (born 1821 at Castleblaney, County Monaghan, died December 29, 1872). Joseph McKee, her grandfather, arrived with his wife and children in 1828. My line descends from John A. McKee (born 1812), oldest brother of Robert C. Hugh