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United States of America / Re: Calvary Cemetery, New York
« on: Thursday 18 December 25 21:18 GMT (UK) »
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United States of America / Re: Calvary Cemetery, New York
« on: Wednesday 17 December 25 05:35 GMT (UK) »
Greetings, california dreamin,
The link below takes you to a page to fill in a Genealogical Records Request at Calvary Cemetery. The request form asks for a good amount of information.
https://calvaryandalliedcemeteries.com/genealogy-record-search/records-request/
Good luck.
JD
The link below takes you to a page to fill in a Genealogical Records Request at Calvary Cemetery. The request form asks for a good amount of information.
https://calvaryandalliedcemeteries.com/genealogy-record-search/records-request/
Good luck.
JD
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United States of America / Re: NELSON FULLUM Washintgon Co. PA
« on: Wednesday 19 March 25 16:09 GMT (UK) »
Greetings, Dianna from Australia. I am on the other side of the globe. I know the counties in the states of Pennsylvania and Indiana that you mentioned.
Which dots are you interested in having connected?
The city of Washington in Washington County has a public library, the Citizens Library. You might find some help there. Email the library at https://www.citlib.org/
I can probably answer some questions, too.
Regards,
johnnyboy
Which dots are you interested in having connected?
The city of Washington in Washington County has a public library, the Citizens Library. You might find some help there. Email the library at https://www.citlib.org/
I can probably answer some questions, too.
Regards,
johnnyboy
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United States of America / Re: Interpreting court notice
« on: Sunday 20 September 20 20:07 BST (UK) »
Hi mrcakey, Sidney was sent back to England from New York City on the Cedric, arriving Liverpool, Nov. 18, 1929. His "proposed address" on the passenger list was Straits Lane, Read, Lancs. His occupation was printer.
In some ways, Sidney's situation may have been a blessing in disguise: On the newspaper page with the item about Sidney, I noticed stock market tables from the New York Stock Exchange. Some of the shares were trading at $200 per share (about $3000 per share in today's money). A week later the stock market crashed, and the Great Depression began.
Ancest*y has some prison records from New York State, but the Elmira Reformatory isn't among them, probably because of the age of those sent there. You are also correct about the New York State Archives: many records, but the many Elmira Reformatory records there are not searchable, probably because of age restrictions, too.
But never say never. You might try emailing the Reference Services people at the Archives: archref@nysed.gov The Archives' website says that they are reopening. FYI: Nysed in the email adress refers to the New York State Education Department, of which the Archives is part.
You also might want to read the Archives' info on inmate records beforehand. http://www.archives.nysed.gov/researchinfo/res_tips_023_prison_inmates.shtml
There are inmate age limitations on the release of information, but if you mention that Sidney Collinge was born 1909 (according to the Cedric's passenger list), that should not be problem.
Regards,
johnnyboy
In some ways, Sidney's situation may have been a blessing in disguise: On the newspaper page with the item about Sidney, I noticed stock market tables from the New York Stock Exchange. Some of the shares were trading at $200 per share (about $3000 per share in today's money). A week later the stock market crashed, and the Great Depression began.
Ancest*y has some prison records from New York State, but the Elmira Reformatory isn't among them, probably because of the age of those sent there. You are also correct about the New York State Archives: many records, but the many Elmira Reformatory records there are not searchable, probably because of age restrictions, too.
But never say never. You might try emailing the Reference Services people at the Archives: archref@nysed.gov The Archives' website says that they are reopening. FYI: Nysed in the email adress refers to the New York State Education Department, of which the Archives is part.
You also might want to read the Archives' info on inmate records beforehand. http://www.archives.nysed.gov/researchinfo/res_tips_023_prison_inmates.shtml
There are inmate age limitations on the release of information, but if you mention that Sidney Collinge was born 1909 (according to the Cedric's passenger list), that should not be problem.
Regards,
johnnyboy
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United States of America / Re: Tragic death of Ada Assister in Pennsylvania 1920
« on: Wednesday 28 March 18 17:39 BST (UK) »
Attached is the item about Ada Assiter on part of the front page from the Pittsburgh Press of March 23, 1920. Scroll to the left side of the of the page if this is too large for the screen.
I can't seem to find the death Ada's death certificate on this post. The newspaper item says that she died in Mercy Hospital, which is in the city of Pittsburgh. But I seem to recall that another hospital is listed on the death certificate--St. Margaret.
John
I can't seem to find the death Ada's death certificate on this post. The newspaper item says that she died in Mercy Hospital, which is in the city of Pittsburgh. But I seem to recall that another hospital is listed on the death certificate--St. Margaret.
John
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United States of America / Re: Tragic death of Ada Assister in Pennsylvania 1920
« on: Saturday 24 March 18 20:20 GMT (UK) »
I found a blurb about Ada Assiter's death at the bottom of the front page of the Pittsburgh Press of Mar. 24, 1920. The newspaper is accessible through the Google News Archive. It is no longer maintained by Google, but it is still searchable. Navigation on a particular page, however, can be a problem.
Right click on this link and open it in a new tab to see the newspaper: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19200323&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
The item about Ada Assiter is at the bottom left of the front page. The best way to navigate, if you can read the headline at the bottom of the page, is by clicking on it. Otherwise, just click on any headline on the front page and then use the arrow keys to go down and left.
Though not over far from the city of Pittsburgh, Leechburg in 1922 was small and rural. Details of local news would have been covered by newspapers of nearby towns. The only other relevant newspaper that I found in the Google News Archive was from Greensburg, a larger town about 20 miles to the southeast. A check of the Greensburg Tribune editions for a few days after March 22, 1922 turned up nothing.
Regards,
John
Right click on this link and open it in a new tab to see the newspaper: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19200323&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
The item about Ada Assiter is at the bottom left of the front page. The best way to navigate, if you can read the headline at the bottom of the page, is by clicking on it. Otherwise, just click on any headline on the front page and then use the arrow keys to go down and left.
Though not over far from the city of Pittsburgh, Leechburg in 1922 was small and rural. Details of local news would have been covered by newspapers of nearby towns. The only other relevant newspaper that I found in the Google News Archive was from Greensburg, a larger town about 20 miles to the southeast. A check of the Greensburg Tribune editions for a few days after March 22, 1922 turned up nothing.
Regards,
John
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US Lookup Requests / Re: James Conroy burial - crushed in mine accident Pennsylvania28 November 1909
« on: Monday 25 September 17 21:47 BST (UK) »
Here's one additional link to more information about Fayette County, Pennsylvania and its coal industry: http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-2D0
John
John
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United States of America / Re: What is my next move?
« on: Monday 25 September 17 21:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Paul: You're welcome. And thanks for enlightening me. As Claude Rains said to Bogie in Casablanca: I am shocked! I had no idea that the faces were expressing shock! I just thought they were eyes blinking open and shut. No offense intended.
Regards,
John
Regards,
John
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US Lookup Requests / Re: James Conroy burial - crushed in mine accident Pennsylvania28 November 1909
« on: Monday 25 September 17 21:19 BST (UK) »
Hi River Tyne Lass (and Sandra and others)
The snippet of James Conroy's death certificate that Sandra posted has his place of burial as Slavish Cemetery (nowadays we would say Slavic). Slavish Cemetery is another name for the "old" cemetery of St. Emery's R.C. Church in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, which is several miles southeast of the Shamrock Mine and Coke Works, where James died.
It took some sleuthing, but I think James is buried that far away from where he lived because the Slavish Cemetery was the burial place of 239 miners who were killed in an explosion in December 1907 at another mine in the area, and there are other burials there of coal miners.I couldn't find the burial records for the cemetery online, and St. Emery's church has apparently closed, unfortunately.
Edited: There actually are burials on Findagrave for St. Emery's (Slavish) Cemetery. However, only 99 records have been posted. Here's a link to the Findagrave page for the cemetery: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GScid=2457354&GRid=139696358&CRid=2457354&
There is a very thorough website about coal mining in southwestern Pennsylvania. Here's a link to the page with a map showing many coal mining towns in Fayette County, with Shamrock listed: http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/klondike/klondike.htm. Shamrock is just to the left of Uniontown.
Scroll down the list on the left to find Shamrock and click on it to see a few pictures.
That first page is just a few pictures of the coke ovens. Here's a website with some further info about Shamrock and many more pictures (mostly of the coke ovens, which are know as beehive ovens): http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/12/shamrock-coke-works.html
Shamrock the mining town is pretty much gone, but here is a link to a topographical map that shows Shamrock in relation to New Salem and Buffington, the nearest settlements: http://usgwarchives.net/maps/pa/county/fayett/usgs/menallen.jpg
And if you go to Bing Maps and search "Buffington, Pennsylvania", you will be able to zoom in, using the Birdseye view, to see what Buffington and New Salem look like today. As far as I can make Shamrock would have been to the southeast (the right) of New Salem and just to the left of the intersection of New Salem Road and Krulock Road. The Shamrock coke ovens might have been somewhere on the south (lower) side of New Salem Road, where the straight line in the foliage and the roundish black spot (an old coal pile, perhaps) are.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
John
The snippet of James Conroy's death certificate that Sandra posted has his place of burial as Slavish Cemetery (nowadays we would say Slavic). Slavish Cemetery is another name for the "old" cemetery of St. Emery's R.C. Church in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, which is several miles southeast of the Shamrock Mine and Coke Works, where James died.
It took some sleuthing, but I think James is buried that far away from where he lived because the Slavish Cemetery was the burial place of 239 miners who were killed in an explosion in December 1907 at another mine in the area, and there are other burials there of coal miners.
Edited: There actually are burials on Findagrave for St. Emery's (Slavish) Cemetery. However, only 99 records have been posted. Here's a link to the Findagrave page for the cemetery: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GScid=2457354&GRid=139696358&CRid=2457354&
There is a very thorough website about coal mining in southwestern Pennsylvania. Here's a link to the page with a map showing many coal mining towns in Fayette County, with Shamrock listed: http://www.coalcampusa.com/westpa/klondike/klondike.htm. Shamrock is just to the left of Uniontown.
Scroll down the list on the left to find Shamrock and click on it to see a few pictures.
That first page is just a few pictures of the coke ovens. Here's a website with some further info about Shamrock and many more pictures (mostly of the coke ovens, which are know as beehive ovens): http://coalandcoke.blogspot.com/2016/12/shamrock-coke-works.html
Shamrock the mining town is pretty much gone, but here is a link to a topographical map that shows Shamrock in relation to New Salem and Buffington, the nearest settlements: http://usgwarchives.net/maps/pa/county/fayett/usgs/menallen.jpg
And if you go to Bing Maps and search "Buffington, Pennsylvania", you will be able to zoom in, using the Birdseye view, to see what Buffington and New Salem look like today. As far as I can make Shamrock would have been to the southeast (the right) of New Salem and just to the left of the intersection of New Salem Road and Krulock Road. The Shamrock coke ovens might have been somewhere on the south (lower) side of New Salem Road, where the straight line in the foliage and the roundish black spot (an old coal pile, perhaps) are.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
John