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Matilda Anna Sellars, Daughter of an Indian Princess>

Matilda Anna Sellars — 21 May 2003 4:19:30 GMT

Matilda anna sellars married Lee harbarger, any one out there if you can help,Please. She also was a midwife. b around 1900in Pa?lived near chalk Hill.E mail me at above address.
Betty Harbarger( Devan)

Butler Township/Schuylkill County Hauntings

Coleen McGuire — 3 Jan 2007 5:58:43 GMT

I am currently beginning research on the paranormal, in particular, paranormal activity in Butler Township, Schuylkill County. Anyone who may have personnally experienced, or know of hauntings that have occurred in this area of the county I would be most interested in hearing your story. Also, if anyone knows of any situations or groups that may have been involved in satanic worship or anything related (historically) would also be appreciated. If you would like to know the results of the data I hope to collect (remember I am just beginning) please leave your e-mail or snail mail address and I will respond as I collect data. Thank you.

Indian massacre

vbauer143 — 19 Sep 2008 4:34:23 GMT

I live on Maple St. in N. Whitehall. This area is near to
Jaindl's Turkey Farm and Grouse Lake. I was told by some of my neighbors that our houses are built on what was once the site of an Indian massacre. (The Indians were the victims)
I can find no record of this anywhere but this information has been related to me by several people. Nobody has been able to provide proof, however. Has anyone heard of this?

George Ogg decendants

Stacy I. Ogg — 23 Feb 2003 11:50:56 GMT

Silver spoons as wedding gift 18-19th century

Hollie — 10 Sep 2006 1:24:49 GMT

Has anyone heard of passing six silver spoons down to a daughter when she married in the late 18th and early 19th century?

Pa. dutch powwow cures

Paul HINKLE — 3 Oct 2005 11:47:32 GMT

In the 1930s my mother needed help when the doctor could not help my brother.
The problem was infected ears! They drained all the time and had a bad odor.
after several weeks of treatment by the Dr. He made a remark when leaving one friday night, May be Aunt Kate could help Bob.My mother had an aunt Kate who pow wow,d on 2 visits bob was recovering, when the Dr. made his next visit the following week. Bob was about cured.
I do not know if Pwo wow is parcticed now, and can find no books about it. Can anyone help

An Adams County Recipe Found

pajznovicki — 19 Oct 2005 6:22:49 GMT

Hi Everyone:

While looking through my departed mother-in-law’s cook books and recipes for newspaper clippings and other notes that she kept, I came across her mother’s hand written recipe for “Ripe Tomato Ketchup.” When I asked my wife about it she said that it was “…the best ketchup I ever tasted.” She went on to say that she used to help her grandmother make it and preserve it for the winter. Preserving was also called “puttin up.” My wife told me that her grandmother told her that she got the recipe from her mother so it is quite old.

If anyone would like a copy of the hand written recipe, please send me an email with the title, “Ketchup Recipe.” I will send you an email with a Microsoft Word file attached with a copy of the actual recipe. If you would like a PDF file please, in the body of the message, ask for “PDF File Please.” Please note that I am not the author of the recipe I only coped it.

Regards, Jack Novicki < pajznovicki@aol.com >

Hop Snow

Becky — 27 Oct 2005 12:44:14 GMT

I have often heard of "onion snow", but has anyone heard of "hop snow"? I am particularly interested in the origins of this phrase...the time people began using it and where. Thank You!

Western PA family photos

Joyann Dwire — 19 Oct 2005 2:50:59 GMT

I have a dozen or so "mystery photos" that may turn out to be someone's family. I"ve posted them on my website with any information I know about them -- which in most cases is nothing. Some may be associated with the Walter(s) family or the Gage or Munson families. They should all be southwestern PA through Eastern Ohio. Hopefully someone will recognize them and be able to place them in your family history. There are a couple that I want to hang on to, but the rest I would be happy to give to anyone who wants to claim them as family. Please visit www.peacocksgalore@yahoo.com" target="_blank">www.peacocksgalore@yahoo.com and click on the Mystery Photos link. Thanks.

Warning Whistles from the Grave

harleswaidler — 16 Dec 2005 4:57:23 GMT

My great uncle's name was Thomas J. Davis. His nickname was "Whistle." Whistling is how he'd locate his baby sister (my grandmother) at their school dances so he could keep an eye on her & make sure she was safe.
The whole time I was a kid and into my teens, just before something very bad was going to happen, I'd hear whistling. It wasn't a tune or a melody, just whistling. Not like a tea kettle, not like a bird or siren, and no one was around, not even outside walking. People with me couldn't hear it. I thought I was nuts so I kept it to myself for years. Then when I was in my 20's, my dad told me about his Uncle "Whistle," who died in 1940 at the age of 27 (leukemia). Daddy even showed me a picture of him. He was a handsome guy - in the picture he was dressed in a 1930s suit with a white hat, leaning against the stone back gate of his father's house, smiling warmly.
In my heart I think perhaps he's been watching over me. I haven't heard the whistling for a long time, but if I ever do again, I'll ask him to tell my grandma (she passed on in 1976) that I love her & I miss her every day of my life.

Jacques

gladys rowley — 22 Jan 2004 3:51:25 GMT

Looking for information on Zepheniah Jacques who i found in the Directorys in Scranton Pennsylvania 1890-2 and his location was 3211 N Main Avenue, Occupation Laborer. I would be very grateful if any one can help me. Thank you. Gladys Rowley

SPOOKY - maybe dead folks can talk in the grave !?

Ron Ohnmacht — 31 Aug 2001 2:28:46 GMT