Gee Rob, thanks for the lead. It seems to have: Baynton, Wharton and Morgan (Firm : Philadelphia). Baynton, Wharton and Morgan Company daybook and Fort Pitt store records [microfilm] 1765-1772, 1779-1865 1765-1767, 1779-1781 More Book Baynton, Wharton and Morgan (Firm : Philadelphia). Baynton, Wharton and Morgan Company daybook [manuscript] 1765-1772 1765-1767 More Collection Fort Pitt (Pa.) Fort Pitt store records [manuscript] 1779-1865 91779-1781)(1819-1865) More Collection Graham, George K., 1840- I don't see that these are on line. Linda Merle -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Rob Hilliard" <rhilliard@mackinengineering.com> > My French is not so good unless I'm ordering filet mignon, so I'll pass > on this. But I did want to let everyone know that the Historical > Society of Western PA has the daily log from Fort Pitt in its possession > as well. Fort Pitt supplanted Fort Duquesne when the British took over > in 1758. It became the center of both military and commercial (i.e., > trading) activity on the western frontier for decades, so there's a > decent chance of finding a reference to your SI ancestors therein. > > I don't know if it's available online (it wasn't when I viewed it, but > that was several years ago). And there are some gaps too. It should > cover all the years from 1758 to about 1800 or so (I forget the exact > date that it went out of service right now), but I couldn't find 1792 > when I was there. > > Good luck. > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda Merle [mailto:merle@fea.net] > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:24 PM > To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Sc-Ir] The baptismal register of Fort Duquesne, (from June, > 1754, to Dec. 1756) > > Hi folks, a few weeks ago we had a history lesson on Pittsburgh. Many of > us didn't realize that only Indians and French lived here much before > the Revolution. > > I found a free copy of The baptismal register of Fort Duquesne, (from > June, 1754, to Dec. 1756) / translated, with an introductory essay and > notes, by Rev. A.A. Lambing. > > The printed source citation is > The baptismal register of Fort Duquesne, (from June, 1754, to Dec. 1756) > / translated, with an introductory essay and notes, by Rev. A.A. > Lambing. > Register of Fort Duquesne > 97 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. > Pittsburgh, Pa. : Printed by Myers, Shinkle & Co., 1885 > > http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=00aee8620m; > view=toc;c=pitttext > > These are not Presbyterian baptisms but Catholic of course. > Also....the text is in French. This makes searching--- and reading! a > bit of a challenge. > > Linda Merle > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net > > > > > >