Thank you, Nancy, for the marriage record of Milton SHAFFER & Salome STRAUB. I did not have that information. It's difficult to get early marriage records in PA because PA was so late in recording them at the county level, so these newspaper notices are very much appreciated. Milton E. SHAFFER, born Sep 1863 in PA (probably Chapman Twp., Snyder Co.), was the son of Henry Carvell SHAFFER & Vashti AMIG (see WorldConnect for more on these SHAFFERs). Salome H. STRAUB, born Aug 1869 in Chapman Twp., Snyder Co., PA, was the daughter of Jonathan Francis STRAUB and his second wife, Barbara __?__. Milton & Salome are in the 1900 census of Chapman Twp., Snyder Co., PA (p. 111B, ED 173), where they are shown with two children: 1. Lydia H. SHAFFER, b. Oct 1891 2. Rena M. SHAFFER, b. Apr 1894 Jonathan Francis STRAUB was the son of John STRAUB & Elizabeth STEELEY. Does anyone know the parents of John or Elizabeth? Diana StockPony@aol.com wrote: > > Hi all > It seems I'm finally getting time to go through all my files and get the > info on the Lists and message boards. > Here's 3 marriage announcements from the Synder County Tribune, PA > > Synder County Tribune- Dec. 23, 1890 > Married; Dec 32 Milton Shaffer to Salome Straub, both of Chapman > > Synder County Tribune- Feb. 26, 1891 > Married; Feb 22, by Rev. Wampole, Charles E. Hummell to Adelia Straub > > Synder County Tribune- March 12, 1891 > Married; March 8 by Rev. W.A. Haas Mr. S.J. Straub to Miss Ella M. Stahl, > both of Verdilla > > Nancy Straub Holben > > ==== STRAUB Mailing List ==== > Ths subject of this mailing list is STRAUB/STROUP/etc. genealogy. > Please do not post virus alerts or other off topic messages to this list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237