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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
This Month's Library Additions
at Tri-Counties Site
01 Oct 2007 TO 31 Oct - Month
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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| Above. One of two restored Velocipedes in the Fabulous 1890s Days motorless
parade in Mansfield 29 SEP. Left:. Lucinda Mudge on similar model about
1950. It dates from about the 1890s or earlier in various versions. |
What's NEW at Tri-Counties
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By using the sidebar links on the What's New Pages, you can link to any
other place on this massive site. This is our SITE MAP. Be sure you know
how to use them . It will save you a lot of time and make the site much
more efficient for you to use. It will also guide you to resources you
may have overlooked even if you have used the site for many years. Subject
links on the left and Township links on the right. The verbal site map
is in the bars at right and left of list and the graphic site map is below
the What's New list. |
| Site Map By Subject in Left Bar |
Site Map by Place in Right Bar |
| Subjects |
October 2007 Tri-Counties
Month 134 - Site Established August 1996
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Townships |
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"Chinese" Proverb - The person who says it cannot be done should not
interrupt the person doing it.
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Event or New Page
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Partitioned Search Engine for users of the
What's New Page Reindexed 28 SEP at 15717 pages |
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Spanish Hill Book Available |
| Oct 01 |
BCHS Annual Dinner |
| Oct 06 |
Smith - Shores Family Bible |
| 08 OCT |
Smith - Post Family Bible |
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Post - Conklin Family
Bible |
| 10 OCT |
1877 Obituaries - Part One [Clippings
P. 307] |
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1877 Obituaries - Part Two -
[Clippings P. 308] |
| Oct 13 |
SRAC Annual Dinner - SRAC's 4th Annual "Drumbeats Through Time"
event Oct. 13th, 2007: http://www.sracenter.org/Announcements/drumbeats2007.asp |
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OCTOBER 2007: October 13, 2007 the Town of Veteran Historical Society
will host a One-Room School House Reunion" from 11:00am to 2 pm
to be held at the Veteran Grange located at 777 Ridge Road, which will
be open to the public. We are encouraging anyone who attended a One-Room
School House (or any school) in the Town of Veteran or any surrounding
township to come and share your memories. We will have displays of
photographs and other memorabilia from our holdings. Light refreshments
will be available.
Do you have an old photo of a school in the Town of Veteran or perhaps
of a class you or someone you know attended? Would you like to share
a copy of a photo for the class reunion above? If so please let us
know. Tim Rodabaugh - veteranny@yahoo.com |
| Oct 14 |
TCHS Annual Dinner |
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Joyce,
Was not sure if any of your viewers would like to know that a Pictorial
Postmark is availabe until October 26, 2007, at the Smithboro Post Office
in Tioga County, New York State.
They may contact the POSTMASTER at 2325 State Route 17c, Smithboro,
NY 13840-9998.
They may request by mail, enclose with request an evelope with a first
class postage stamp and a return addresses stamped envelope. The pictorial
is 2" h x 4" w so allow space in upper right corner for postage stamp
and then the pictorial postmark.
A lot of citizens ancestors & or settlers passed through area of
Smithboro on the stage coaches and later railroad trains from Owego to
Newtown (Elmira), NY
Smithboro Post Office, bicentennial, 200 years; September 26,
1807 thru September 26, 2007.
I am not affilated with the United States Postal Service.
I just wanted to let citizens know of the postal cancelation that is
available for a short time only.
It may be viewed by going to the USPS website and go to Postal Bulletin
for Sept 15, 2007 issue then to pages of pictorial postmarks.
Roberta L. Bostwick |
| 16 OCT |
Our Centenarian List has reached 200--- Wow! |
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Turner Cemetery (2005) and
Crandell
Cemetery (2005). Formerly listed as one, now separated |
| 26 OCT |
CCHS Ghost Walk |
| 27 OCT |
Reunion Records - Sallie Whalen,
Levi Dunham Descendants |
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It's almost November and this is what my garden looks like. My little
border marigolds have turned into shrubs. Tomatoes and peppers still grow
in the back garden. No significant frost yet. |
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| Maggie, meet Andy. This photo of Maggie and Andy is friendlier
than it looks. It is play, at least on Maggie's part. Andy actually thinks
he is defending himself. The first day of our visit to "Maggie's House"
Amos and Andy hid under the ottomans from her over-exuberant attempts to
play with them. They were afraid of her size although she really just wanted
to romp. The second day was better, and the little guys were less intimidated.
No
animals were hurt in the filming. |
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Future Local Events of Interest
to Historians
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| 20 FEB 2008 |
Hoodie Hoo Day - See March 2007 Mountain Home Article |
Spanish Hill and Carantouan:The History, the People
and the Politics - by Deb Twigg is now on sale!
"The book Spanish Hill and Carantouan:The History, the People and the
Politics is a newer account of the Carantouan research that tells the historical
story with with more references and maps, documents and images and then
tells all of the stories that people have asked me to tell when I do presentations,
to include those efforts to preserve the hill, packed full of actual letters
and documents that I think the reader will find VERY interesting...from
Ellsworth Cowles, Barry Kent, Warren K. Moorehead, General John S Clark,
Ted Keir, LD Shoemaker, the Murrays, there are so many interesting stories
to tell just about these people and how they effected our local history...and
the hill.... and then I continue with my research into the Mound Builder
culture and what I have concluded from it as it relates to the hill and
the story of Carantouan...and what I have come to believe Spanish Hill
actually was used for.
To order yours today go to : http://www.sracenter.org/store/default.asp#spanishhill
or send $20 plus $2 shipping with your name and address to SRAC Book
Sales, PO Box 12, Sayre, PA 18840
All proceeds go directly to SRAC.
Deb Twigg
Executive Director
Susquehanna River Archaeological Center (SRAC)
P.O. Box 12
Sayre, PA 18840
www.SRACenter.org
H - (607)565-2536
C - (607)727-3111
Mark Your Calendars!
SRAC's 4th Annual "Drumbeats Through Time" event Oct. 13th, 2007: http://www.sracenter.org/Announcements/drumbeats2007.asp
Ghost Walk Tells Tales
of Elmira’s Past
The Chemung Valley History Museum, in partnership with the Elmira
Little Theater and the Friends of Woodlawn Cemetery, will present
a Ghost Walk on Friday October 26, 2007. The walk begins at the Chemung
Valley History Museum at 415 East Water Street in Elmira. Guests will be
transported by trolley to Woodlawn Cemetery, where they will be led on
a guided tour and hear stories about Elmira’s past as told by the “ghosts”
who haunt the cemetery. Guests will then return to the museum via trolley.
Refreshments, a trivia contest, and other activities will be provided
at the museum. Participants must be able to walk 3/10ths of a mile, partially
downhill. Feel free to bring your own flashlights.
During the walk, guests will encounter three “ghosts” as portrayed
by actors from Elmira Little Theater. The featured ELT actors are: Christine
Gill (credits: Nunsense II: The Second Coming; and The Strange Case of
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde); Jim Wellington (credits: The Caine Mutiny Court
Martial; and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde); and Gary Yoggy
(credits: A Visit to the Golden Age of Radio, director; and will star as
The Wizard in the Lake Country Players’ production of The Wizard of Oz
in November). The presentation is written and directed by Joe Edkin of
Elmira Little Theater.
Doors open at 6:00pm. Tours leave at 6:30pm, 7:00pm, 7:30pm, and 8:00pm.
Seating is limited. Advanced reservations are strongly recommended.
Admission is $10. To make reservations, contact the Chemung Valley
History Museum at 734-4167.
What:
Ghost Walk
When: Friday,
October 26th
Doors open at 6pm.
Tours leave at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, and 8:00pm.
Where: Chemung Valley
History Museum
415 East Water Street
Elmira, NY 14901
www.chemungvalleymuseum.org
Cost:
$10 per person
| Remember that the site is arranged PRIMARILY around the Eighty Township
Pages, and they all link from the sidebar at the right of the page. Subject
areas link both from the sidebar at the left and from the icons below.
My mail tells me that many long time site guests are very unaware of many
of its special features. Open every window so you don't miss any. |
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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Page Published on 29
Sept 2007
By Joyce M. Tice
Email:
Joyce M. Tice
You are the
visitor since the counter was installed on
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Here is a PICO Search Engine for you to
use. This is the ONLY search engine that can reliably pick up informationfrom
my four inter-linked site directories. This starts at the main page of
the site and indexes the 15,580 pages in the ~srgp, ~patioga, ~pabradfo,
and ~nychemun directories as of Dec 2006. Pages added to the site
since then will not be included until next time I reindex.. .
SEARCH at Tri-Counties
Many Thanks to the site guests who have chipped in to cover
the costs of this search engiine. We will start our 2007 contract with
search capacity of 16, 000 pages and increase in increments of 1000 as
the year and added pages progress. Your donations are needed to cover this
cost which is now well over $1300 per year. I can't do it FOR YOU without
your help. Donor
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February 2006 - $620 for another six months
August 2006 - $620 for another six months
October 2006 - Add 1000 page capacity to 16,000 pages $83-
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August 2007 - $730
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See Also PARTITIONED search engine to search just sections
of the site. -- Below
Use the Drop Down Windowto
search selected areas of site for Obituaries and other slected information
These represent directories in the site's structure. Clipping
section includes scrapbooks of obituaries, marriages, gossip, etc. It also
includes new obits where the cemetery is not identified. The Obit by cemetery
pages are by county BUT obits may be on an obit by cemetery page OR in
the Clipping - scrapbook section. Check both. Also remember that people
are often buried in a different county than the one in which they lived
or died. Another point to be aware of is that some of the very small cemeteries
that have few obits will have the obits on the cemetery listing page. They
will be missed by this partitioned search of just the obituary directories.
They will show up on the search which covers the entire site or the burials.
If you do not click the drop down list, you will think
this is just the same form of the search engine we have had for several
years. It is NOT - It is a major enhancement of its utility which I will
develop further depending on positive feedback I do or do not get. At this
point it partitions the obituaries and cemetery listings only. While obits
are added daily, the search engine in not reindexed that frequently. Added
obituaries will only register when the search engine is reindexed.
Here is an IMPORTANT tip - If you use a DATE restriction
in your search, be aware that refers to the date I last changed a particular
page - It is a file date, NOT a date for an event.
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