Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice This Month's Library Additions at Tri-Counties Site 01 February 2007 TO 28 February -  Month 126 Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

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Date New Page or Local Event 01 Feb  Partitioned Search Engine for users of the What's New Page Reindexed January 31 at 15340 Pages Old Bacon Cemetery (2004) Smith-Jacoby Family Bible Records CCHS February Lecture Series 1875 Election - Tioga County Township Officers 02 FEB 1875 - New Post of G.A.R. formed at Elkland 1910 Annual Report of the Superintendent of Schools. W. Longstreet 1910 Teachers and Directors of Tioga County 1842-1957 - Scudder School photos, minutes of the school board, history, etc. Incredible collection of school records.  Woodchucks here have not seen their shadow today. Winter almost over and it only started two weeks ago. We are FINALLY having some REAL SNOW !!!! Not deep, but white and fluffy and pretty ! 1879 Pot of Gold found in Brookfield - It must be true. It was in the newspaper. 03 FEB 1878 Wellsboro Agitator Abstracts 04 FEB  1874 Report of Superintendent of Tioga County Schools History of the Sebring Grange 1891 - 1991 Many Seed Catalogs Have Long Histories - Joyce's February Mountain Home article 1878 History of the Common Schools of Tioga County by Sarah Lewis, first woman county level school superintendent. Covers history by each township. Excellent article 05 FEB VanEtten Citizens Band 1879 Wellsboro Agitator Abstracts 07 FEB 1874 Rosina Smith Diary - This is second of 24 diaries in this series. Fully annotated with identification of those who "walk through" and photos of many. Still adding links, but it is ready for reading.  08 FEB CCHS February Lecture Series  Bradford County Picnic that takes place in Lakeland, Florida every year, is Thursday, Feb. 8th.  . This is all the information I have - The people running it do not send me notification any more as they used to do.  1886 Wellsboro Hosts Multi County Odd Fellows Convention More of the Henry Card papers added to page - This is resource (treasure) for the history scholar, although those of you with an ancestor being sued will also find it interesting. Dispute resolution in the 1850s to 1860s. 10 FEB Ashland Historical Society - Dr. Earl Robinson is doing a Power Point presentation of Sullivan's journey from the Waverly area to Lowman.  This has never been well-covered locally, and since it's the immediate prelude to the Battle of Newtown, it's important.  Date:  Sat. 2/10/07......Time:  1:30 pm.......Place:  Ashland Town Hall in Wellsburg  Come if you can!    Sylvia    Sun. 2/4/07      9:36 pm 1939 Sugar Run School 1930 Crawford Reunion Photo Bailey has discovered the moving cursor when I work and keeps trying to catch it. Funny only for a while. His injury is almost healed. Bandage will come off soon. 13 FEB Thorn - Macumber Letters Article in Star-Gazette about Tri-Counties http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070212/COLUMNIST26/702120320/1082 14 FEB - Lots of it  - at long last.. This is more snow than we had all of last year and this combined. Hooray!! [I can say that because I don't have to go drive in it] A New (to us) Troy Fair Ad Card Oldest Frame House in Troy A Catalog of 63 Carpenter & Pierce Postcards - Do you have any of the missing numbers in the A1335 series to add to this collection? Take the C&P Tour of Western Bradford County.  They are coming home today from far and near (15 Feb) 15 FEB CCHS February Lecture Series 1858-1958 Centennial Old  M. E. Church West Burlington Beech Grove School & Carrie Cogswell Clippings Page 240 - Ada PARK Rick of Erin - Scrapbook Clippings Page 241 - Ada PARK Rick of Erin - Scrapbook Clippings Page 242 - Ada PARK Rick of Erin - Scrapbook Foster DNA test Roaring Branch Centennial - 1862-1962 1885- Bessie Wells Play - Nice photo 16 FEB Barbour Cemetery 17 FEB  Brookfield Township Booklet Looking for local people who would be interested in starting a Troy Historical Society. Contact me at janeto@cqservices.com if interested. Janet Peters Ordway 18 FEB Actors with Bradford County Origin Smith - Crofut Bible Clippings page 235 - Obits & Clippings from the Quentin Smith Book sent to Tri-Counties in 2006 Linda's Family Photos 1875 Rosina Smith Diary - This is third of 24 diaries in this series. Fully annotated with identification of those who "walk through" and photos of many people & places. Barnum Enjoys some winter bird watching from his windowsill	Albany Armenia Ashland Asylum Athens Baldwin Barclay Big Flats Bloss Brookfield Burlington Canton Catlin Charleston Chatham Chemung Clymer Columbia Covington Deerfield Delmar Duncan Durell Elk Elkland Elmira Erin Farmington Franklin Gaines Granville Hamilton Herrick Horseheads Jackson Knoxville Lawrence LeRoy Liberty Litchfield Mansfield Middlebury Monroe Morris N. Towanda Nelson Orwell Osceola Overton Pike Putnam Richmond Ridgebury Rome Roseville Rutland S. Waverly Sayre Sheshequin Shippen Smithfield South Creek Southport Springfield Standing Stone Stevens Sullivan Sylvania Terry Tioga Towanda Troy Tuscarora Ulster Union VanEtten Veteran W. Burlington Ward Warren Wells Wellsboro Westfield Wilmot Windham Wyalusing Wysox

Bailey's had enough winter and has himself all packed for a trip to Florida.

20 FEB	Abigail Miller - Comfort Bennett Homestead in Big Flats
22 FEB	CCHS February Lecture Series
	150th Anniversary F & AM Lodge 247 - Mansfield PA
24 FEB	1966 List of Patrons of Husbandry (Grange) Chapters in Pennsylvania in Order by Chapter Number
	1966 List of Patrons of Husbandry (Grange) Chapters in Pennsylvania in Order by Chapter Number Within Each County
	Compiled Listing of Information on Granges in Tioga County PA
25 FEB	From Anna Belle Rice  I need your help with this message. I got a call this morning  saying that the date for the Tioga County Picnic has been changed. The cards  have all been mailed with the incorrect date.  New cards have been sent  with the proper date of the picnic.  Tioga County Picnic Magnolia Building in Lakeland, Florida February 25, 2007 doors open at 10am. bring your place setting, a dish to pass and a gift to give away.
	Bosworth Cemetery
	Partitioned Search Engine for users of the What's New Page Reindexed February 26  at 15381 Pages
	Begonia in the plant room  Larger than life-size.
27 Feb	PICO Bill Due for Next Six Months $730.  Donations
	Patrons of Husbandry - Grange - 1966 Officers Bradford County Chapters
	Patrons of Husbandry - Grange - 1966 Officers Tioga County Chapters
	1885 March & April Wellsboro Agitator Extracted articles added
28 FEB	Rogers - Sargent Bible Records
	1880 Wellsboro Agitator Abstracts from Rhoda's Volume 2 - goes to June only
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	Future Local Events of Interest to Historians
Feb
March 17	The Erin (NY) Historical Society will again sponsor the Erin Irish Festival; it will be held on Saturday, March 17th, 2007 from 10 AM until 4 PM.  The Erin Historical Society Museum will be open to the public, and the Curator, Pat Wainwright, will have a display, featuring the 60th Anniversary of the Erin Historical Society.  The Erin Post Master will be there to hand cancel mail with a postal cancellation stamp especially designed for the 2007 Festival & the "60th Anniversary of the Erin Historical Society."  The Erin United Methodist Church, and the Erin Volunteeer Fire Dept./Auxillary will also participate; the Fire Dept. will put on a Corned Beef/Cabbage Dinner, as they have before. The Erin UMC will have a Bake Sale, entertainment (Lynn Maki & her guitar & others), and a Cub Scout Display.  The "Let's Dance Studio Celtic Dancers will perform at the Fire Hall. There will be more to announce prior to the Big Day, so watch for further announcements!  We in Erin invite you all to -"Come & help us celebrate with the "Wee People!"      "  You may call me, Suzanne Murphy, Erin Town Historian, for information at (607) 739-0242, or email me at smurphy237@aol.com,  or write me at 53 Fairview Road, Erin, NY  14838
March 21	Archie's Meeting.
April 17	4 hour genelaogy class by Joyce for Tioga County Office of Aging. Will be held at Mansfield University- details later. Beginning Internet Genealogy for local Sr. Citizens 65+ (Bradford, Tioga, & Sullivan Counties residents).  There is no registration fee but it will be on a first come first serve basis.  To register, they must contact Julie Sexton at the Area Agency on Aging at (570) 265-6121.
May 16	Archie's Meeting

CCHS - February Lecture Series
Hello Everyone:
Below is information regarding the February lecture series. Each lecture is from 7:00 until 8:00 and is free to the public. Please contact me if you have any questions. I hope to see all of you there!
Rebecca
Rebecca Smith
Education Coordinator
Chemung Valley History Museum
415 E. Water St.
Elmira, NY 14901
phone: (607) 734-4167, ext. 205
fax: (607) 734-1565
educator@chemungvalleymuseum.org

February Lecture Series
A Celebration of Black History Month

Thursday, February 1st @ 7:00pm: Join Kenneth Anderson on a musical journey of discovery. Anderson will sing Negro spirituals, popularized in the 1920s through the 1960s by talented singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson.

Thursday, February 8th @ 7:00pm: Explore the lessons about the value of domesticity as a guiding idea in the movement for abolition conveyed by Frederick Douglass, Frances Harper, and Charles Chesnutt in the lecture “Frederick Douglass and the Rhetoric of Domesticity” with Elmira College Professor of American Literature, Dr. Michael Kiskis.

Thursday, February 15th@ 7:00pm: Reminisce about the life of famed Elmira native, Ernie Davis, with Davis’ friend and teammate, Jack Moore.

Thursday, February 22nd@ 7:00pm: Sing along to gospel music during this unique lecture and performance by the Reconciliation Choir.

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