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Click here for new research information  EUREKA!!


 

Lots of news articles are being posted.
Many have the actual clipping which can be downloaded to your computer. 
As the clippings are added, you may see changes to the site. 
Obituaries have been the primary concern, but Marriage Licenses, General Interest, Divorces, Arrests, etc. are being added as well.

Be sure to check back often since items are being added daily.
We now have obituaries posted for all letters of the alphabet with the exception of:
"X"

Click here to see a listing of the newest obituaries

NEW ADDITIONS

Posted July 28, 2010

68 new obituaries

Posted July 27, 2010

Link to Mineral County, W. Va. GenWeb
where you can find articles from many Mineral Co. newspapers.

http://www.wvgenweb.org/mineral/

Patti McDonald will send copies of obituary articles she has transcribed to anyone who makes a request.

56 new obituaries

Posted July 25, 2010

Wills & Probate   for
Will of ZELL, George A

In the News ~ "Another Year Older"
BOWEN, Mr. & Mrs. R. E. ~ Birthday Party 1929

In the News ~ Elk Garden "Mine Explosion" April 24, 1911, follow-up articles.

In the News ~ "Calamity Strikes!"
GRADY, L. C., Gun Trap ~ 1911

CAVANAUGH, Prof. Clarence, Fire ~ 1905

Deaths of unknown Italians and a female inmate of the Poorhouse ~ 1911

In the News ~ "This & That"
A.O.H. convention ~ 1906

Brode ~ Newhouse Bout ~ 1930

DIXON, Verlys Lee Dance Recital ~ 1932

RESOLUTION OF BANK ~ SHARPLESS, James A.
First National Bank of Keyser W. Va. ~ 1907

Hibernian Picnic ~ 1905

HOLLARS, Wase ~ Not Dead! ~ 1911

LONG, Mr. & Mrs. Philip
Miscellaneous Shower ~ 1925

McGREEVY, Mrs. John ~ Valentine Party ~ 1938

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Burlington M E Church, South ~ Resolution regarding Mrs. Thomas Wagley ~ 1911

Sun School Convention ~ 1907

53 new obituaries

Posted July 24, 2010

58 new obituaries

Posted July 23, 2010

50th Anniversary  of BLAKE, Mr. & Mrs. Patrick

41 new obituaries

Posted July 22, 2010

Skeletons in the Closet ~ "Murder & Mayhem "
Murder of John P. Moody

Wills & Probate  for
Will of TROUT, James H.
Will of ZANTOPP, William J.

Marriage of
FINAN ~ McDERMOTT & BRODERICK ~ STAKEM
 ~ "Nuptials"

74 new obituaries

Posted July 21, 2010

correction for
WITT, Mrs. Alice Louise Moser ~ Previously listed as Delbrook

62 new obituaries

 

Posted July 19, 2010

68 new obituaries

Posted July 18, 2010

42 new obituaries

Posted July 17, 2010

65 new obituaries

Posted July 16, 2010

40 new obituaries

Posted July 15 , 2010

47  new obituaries

Posted July 13 , 2010
Wills & Probate  for:
FITZPATRICK, John
MILLER, Christopher
MILLER, Jacob
(Courtesy of Patti McDonald)

15 new obituaries

Posted July 12, 2010

18 new obituaries

Posted July 9, 2010

8 new obituaries

Posted July 8, 2010
Order In the Court!
LASHBAUGH, Virginia vs Albert

Anniversary Waltz
25th Wedding Anniversary
LASHBAUGH, Mr. & Mrs. Albert

This & That 
LASHBAUGH, Harold U.
Lashbaugh Ready For Jap Strike

Charges Filed
PRITTS, Blaine & Homer
COLEMAN, James C.
Moonshiners Nabbed In Somerset County

11 new obituaries

Posted July 7, 2010

27 new obituaries

Posted July 3, 2010

45 new obituaries

Marriage of McGOWAN ~ MONTGOMERY Nuptials
(Courtesy of Pat Dailey)

JACKSON, Henry
Former Area Man In Crash: Calamity Strikes!
(Courtesy of Lee Deetz Fasnacht)

Posted July 2, 2010

25 new obituaries

From Ireland to Maryland ~ A Family Reunion, June 29, 2010
from Shawn McGreevy has been added to Welcome Home! on the "Eureka"  page

Posted July 1, 2010

18 new obituaries

Family pages for

BLOCHER  & GARLITZ

Posted June 30, 2010

17 new obituaries

A new section, Welcome Home!, has been added to the "Eureka"  page
at the suggestion of Eric Householder,
who has a terrific success story about finding his father's biological family

Posted June 27, 2010

Family Pages for

BITTINGER & BROADWATER

14 new obituaries

Posted June 26, 2010

4 new obituaries

Posted June 25, 2010

6 new obituaries

DEVORE vs PLUMMER on Order In the Court!

The broken link for the Ruth Enlow Library has been updated

Posted June 24, 2010

4 new obituaries

A Family Feud involving DOOLEY, FITZPATRICK, LOAR on Order In the Court!

Posted June 22 & 23, 2010

29 new obituaries

Posted June 21, 2010

5 new obituaries

60th Annivesary for Mr. & Mrs. George S. Ternent

Posted June 20, 2010

16 new obituaries

"In the News" has been expanded into the following categories:

Anniversary Waltz, Another Year Older, Calamity Strikes!, Order In the Court!,

Stop! Thief!, This & That, and Under the Weather

Posted June 16, 2010

a new page for C.W. Union Soldiers buried in Cumberland area

10 new obituaries

Posted June 13, 2010

CROWE ~ SUDER Wedding

60 new obituaries

Posted June 11, 2010

11 new obituaries

Obituaries on the "Be" page and the "Co" page were moved to new pages

Posted June 6, 2010

11 new obituaries

Obituaries on the "R" page were moved to new pages

Posted June 5, 2010

51 new obituaries

Posted June 4, 2010

Article regarding 60th Anniversary for Mr. & Mrs. G. L. Shroyer on Anniversary Waltz

Obituaries on the "Br" page were moved to new pages

Posted June 2, 2010

Two birthday articles for

Mrs. Caroline Cutter Inskeep & Mrs. Carrie Martin Billmyre on Another Year Older

38 new obituaries

Posted May 31, 2010

34 new obituaries

Posted May 30, 2010

28 new obituaries

Posted May 23, 2010

80 new obituaries

The Marriage of

Decker ~ Yingling & Martin ~ Curran

Posted May 22, 2010

52 new obituaries

Wills for Layman and McGreevy were added to

       Wills & Probate      

Viet Nam Memorial Virtual Wall

http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)

Passing along information from Patricia Shaffer  ~

 Information is needed on VETERANS from the area of Windber, Somerset Co., Pa., for a black granite wall which is to be erected.

You may contact Patricia Shaffer at:

pdshaffer@comcast.net

For those of you connected to the "FRIEND" family, you might want to check out their website to meet lots of FRIENDS!

(Yes, the pun was intended)

The Friend Family Association.
http://www.friendfamilyassociation.org

 


 

Our friend, Gregory Bittinger has the Shade Mills Day Book, now online!

Shade Mills Store of Western Maryland Allegany - Garrett County

This Store Book was an exciting find. I purchased it many years ago. I soon found that there was a lot of historical information in this book. The date was 1857 to 1860 and the town was Shade Mills located in western Maryland Allegany county now Garrett county. Shade Mills is now a ghost town located between Frostburg and Grantsville Maryland along historic RT 40. There is very little information documented on this town. The store’s name was Shade Mills and they sold dry goods, meats, candles and other supplies. They also served as post office and a lumber mill. William Frost was the owner and he was the first born male child in Frostburg Maryland. His father Meshach Frost founded Frostburg Maryland. 

This store book has over 681 pages of names, what they purchased and some prices. I picked out a few names to research and found where they were in the Civil War. I created a downloadable 681 page E-Book from this old store book. You can now experience history by going back in time to an1800’s store. Also if you had ancestors from western Maryland Allegany or Garrett county you may just find them in this E-Book. One other note I’d like to mention is I know originally the store owner was William Frost; I’m seeing John Wilhelm also. So I’m not sure if John Wilhelm purchased Shade Mills store later or was the store keeper? I don’t know right now. One other thing of interest is there are several newspaper clippings glued to the first few pages, such as Thomas W Frost’s obituary (1903) and an article on the Last Hope Mine along with others.

This E-Book is available for purchase. Choose from a 2 minute download (using cable or DSL) or order a CD sent by mail.

To order, click the link below
http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/shademills.shtml

 

 


Carol ("The Communicator") made the Genealogical Expedition and Sentimental Journey back home to Western Maryland on her own.  Due to family obligations, Genie ("Editor by Default") was not able to make the trip.  Hopefully a trip will be made by both Genie and Carol, aka "ToeJam & Earl" in the future.  In the meantime, Genie is living vicariously through Carol's visits.

Photos from the April, 2005 trip are shown on a separate page

April, 2005 Family Gathering






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