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Schuylkill County Update Log
Year 1999
Please be aware links may change in this log.
They are the current links and pages for the day listed


Date December 29,1999 December 28,1999 December 27,1999 December 26,1999 December 15,1999 December 08,1999 December 01,1999 November 22,1999 November 20,1999 November 19,1999 November 17,1999 November 16,1999 November 07,1999 November 01,1999 October 29,1999 October 23,1999 October 17,1999 October 16,1999 October 13,1999 October 12,1999 October 10,1999 October 06,1999 October 04,1999 September 30,1999 September 25,1999 September 24,1999 September 20,1999 September 16,1999
Schuylkill Main page

HSSC Dec news e-letter uploaded





Created new page - Family
Under town histories Schuylkill on-line: New Philadelphia
under Other Schuylkill links Logbooks of Flight students
Access Pennsylvania/Schuylkill
Pixler/Bixler Mailing list List-Mode or
Pixler/Bixler Mailing list Digest-Mode History of the name Schuylkill
Welcome to the Schuylkill River
Cemetery offers link to Orwig
On the left: added the address and phone number to the Tamaqua library and information on f's and s's in German writting
Added information about the miner's journal
Added the address to the Good Samaritan
Added information about the double dates .....left side



Added a new page...... Naturalization Rearranged the left side of the page a tad. Added the Orwigsburg Historical Society's homepage
as well as information concerning where to obtain history books on Schuylkill County
Also rearranged the contributions page into Schuylkill information and state and general information. Probably will be easier to scan thru. Page is over 133KB now !!!!!
Added new contributions - left side of page
Address about Phila Archives,
The INS website
Added the pronounciation and orgin of Schuylkill



Added new contributions - left side of page



Schuylkill Scrapbook



Updated and gave the Scrapbook a little bit of a new look








Uploaded new pics


Added new pics. One in particular of Gordon Steamship - most of the men are unknown








Schuylkill Migration




Updated


updated







Added new Migrations with new signs. Forgot a few of the new signs








Mining

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castle38 castle39 castle40 castle42 castle43 castle44 castle45 castle46 castle47 castle48 castle49 castle50 castle23
added links as well
1915 Report of Mines, Anthracite, Schuylkill County
changed the URL for the Coal Castles http://www.rootsweb.com/~paschuyl/castle/castles.html








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castle34 castle51
castle52 castle53
castle54 castle55
castle56 castle57
castle58 castle59







Updated the Coal Castles page.
added new coal castles and added in some of the dates of operation
A tribute to the Anthracite Miner

Names of collieries in operation, Shenandoah District,
Year ending Dec 31, 1880

Report of the Inspectors of Mines for the Year 1880
First District of Pottsville Register of Fatal Casulaties

transcribed by Shirley Ryan
****Appropriate links found on the Schuylkill page

worked on the coal castles page.
Added new coal castles contributed by Shirley E. Ryan.
Changed and added new headings


Census




1890 New Philadelphia
transcribed by Mary Ann Lubinski
1890 St. Clair - South Ward
transcribed by Dawn Morris- Bicht
Butler-Gordon Township
transcribed by Deb Brumbaugh
Pottsville (North East Ward)
transcribed by Diann Olsen
1890 Middleport
transcribed by Lori Eggert
1890 Saint Clair - North Ward
transcribed by Dawn Morris- Bicht



1900 Gilberton ~ West
transcribed by Shirley E. Ryan


1890 Manheim ~ South township
Transcribed by Laura Connors

1890 Washington township
Transcribed by Sharon Freeman
1890 Yorkville Township
Transcribed by Laura Connors






1830 Census linked from the USGW Census II project

worked on the census pages for Schuylkill County and the Schuylkill County Archives.
Uploaded to the Archives:
1890 Vets/Gordon Transcribed by Gwen Bixler Drivon,
1890 Vets/Foster and Barry Transcribed by Gwen Bixler Drivon
1890 Rahn Transcribed by Fran Bladwin
1890 New Castle Transcribed by Della Gerrity
1890 Cressona Transcribed by Diann Olsen
1890 Port Carbon Transcribed by Scott Wagner



Homepages










Templin Family Genealogy
My Irish Ancestors
Genealogy Page
How I got to be who I am
Ancestors of Carol Ruth Shapbell
A Red by many other names
Faith's Genealogy Page
Taliaferro family










Shelly Eitniear Cherry's Family History Page
Some Schuylkill names:Artz, Deidrick, Stein, Shadle and more
maintained by Shelly Eitniear

The Shelhamer Genealogy Site
maintained by:Dale Shelhamer
John Peifer & Elizabeth Miller Descendants
maintained by Cindy Bryant





Archives Marriage Application between Raymond J. GOBER and Virginia L. STUDLICK 1962 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between William J. LESKY and Elizabeth C. FORAN 1962 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Anthony M. GEIGER and Kathleen E. KOVITC 1962 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between George Theodore LIPSKY and Margaret Carole STEPHENSON 1962 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between John V. RYAN and Carol Ann TOMECHICK 1962 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Edward Lewis KULPCAVAGE and Emma Jean HONICKER 1965 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between George LIPSHAW Jr, and Mary C. SIMCHENA 1963 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Albert F. KOLOTSKY and Sandra L. PEARCE 1963 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between C.W.SMITH and Kate TEMPEST 1888 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between William John PEARCE and Maud May REED 1905 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Ralph H STEPHENSON and Mattie J. STERNER 1908 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between William THOMAS and Sarah STEPHENS 1886 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Thomas M. REED and Edith L. BAYNTON 1865 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Joseph Leo MALEY and Dorothy Ann REED 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
b560001.txtDeed: Sarah Boner Bitler nee Jones of Allentown, PA and Fenton & Annie Cooney Deed of Property in Shenandoah Borough, Schuylkill Co., PA. 1912: Transcribed by Dennis Bauer
Evidence before Coroners Jury in the case of Thos. Gwyther (Girardville) Aug. 14-16, 1875 Transcribed by Matt Cross
Deed:Philip and Eve Dietrich and James and Nelly Bixler 1903:Schuylkill Co, PA Transcribed by Gwen Bixler Drivon
Boner Family Bible Contributed by Dennis Bauer
Edmund P. JONES, 1905: Lanigan, Schuylkill County Transcribed by Dennis Bauer
Marriage Application between Thomas REED and Florence E. GRISIOM 1942: Schuylkill County Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Mandon E. REED and Margaret M. KILRANE 1942: Schuylkill County Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between William J. HONICKER and Alice A. CRAWSHAW 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between John A. DORMER and Jeanette A. PEARCE 1942 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Stephen J. KOWALICK and Margaret M. CHILDS 1943< Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Robert WOODWARD and Ida Jane PEARCE 1942 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between George F. STEVENSON and Anna Connie YUDKAUCKIE 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Oble Bell Hasley and Margaret Pritko 1943 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Warren H. TREZISE and Elizabeth L. KNOWLES 1926 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Walter L. Morgan and Gladys L. Stephenson 1945 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between George Stone and Emmeline Carl 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between William EIKENBURG and Mary E. (Pearce) STONE 1914 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between David W. Davis and Sarah E. Stevenson 1913 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Raymond Honicker and Lydia Stonelake 1913 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
:Marriage Application between Harry Reed and Rose Gertrude McCracken 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Glenn E. GOSS and Erma L. REED 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Nicholas POLINSKY and Helen YACOBUSKY 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Kenneth Leroy BOYER and Grace Dolores CHILDS 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Alfred J. CHILDS and Grace KANE 1886 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between George C. Reed and Irene Romanko 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Francis Clarence RYAN and Mabel Dorthea REISE 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Charles STEPHENS and Margaret MULLIN Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Joseph Stephen STUDLICK and Josephine Agnes VINSKIE 1939 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between August W. FRANTZ and Charlotte W. KNOWLES 1939 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between John REED and Anna E. VINANSKY 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Michael Micklo and Doris T. Honicker 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Michael J. MARAZAS and Isabella T. CHILDS 1941 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Walter DABRAVALSKIE and Kathryn PRITKO 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Leo HAUPTLY and Margaret KANTNER 1942 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Frank HIPPE and Margaret STEPHENSON 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Lester William SMITH and Bertha SIMCHENA 1939 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between George Simchenna, Jr. and Stella M. Wierzbickie 1939 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between G. Earl Stephenson and Dorothy Alexander 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage Application between Herbert Lee Stephenson and Ruth Elizabeth Smith, 1940 Transcribed by Sharon Steranko
Society of Friends (Quaker) Cemetery, Pottsville, Schuylkill Cnty, Pa
Barbara Bensinger Welch
day001.txt day002.txt day003.txt
1843 History of Schuylkill County by Sherman Day; reprinted by the Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services
Page 601-615
Transcribed by:Elizabeth Del Valle
1890 New Philadelphia
1890 St. Clair - South Ward
Pottsville (North East Ward)
1890 Middleport
1890 Saint Clair - North Ward
1793 Federal Septennial Census, Brunswick Twnshp
Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
contributed by:Richard Turnbach
1793 Federal Septennial Census, Pinegrove Twnshp Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
Contributed by: Richard Turnbach
1793 Federal Septennial Census, Manheim Twnshp
Contributed by Richard Turnbach
1800 Federal Septennial Census, Brunswick Twnshp
Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
Contributed by: Richard Turnbach
1800 Federal Census, Brunswick Township
Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
Contributed by: Richard Turnbach
1800 Federal Census, Manheim Twnshp
Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
Contributed by: Richard Turnbach
1800 Federal Septennial Census, Manheim Twnshp
Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
Contributed by: Richard Turnbach
Michael Fritz:
Oldest man in Schuylkill gets new teeth: 1892M
Contributed by Jim Wheat
Obit: William Stephenson, 4/21/1897: St. Clair, Schuylkill Co, PA
Contributed by Sharon Steranko Rev War: Pension File of Michael Happes
Contributed by Denise O'Kern
Saint Paul,(Artz) Cemetery Records
Contributed by Bobbyetta Ganunis
Obit: Mary Pritko Studlick, Frackville
Contributed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage between George C. Reed &Irene Romanko
Contributed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage between John R.Reed &Anna E. Vinansky
Contributed by Sharon Steranko
Marriage between John A. Dormer & Jeannette A. Pearce
Contributed by Sharon Steranko
T514001.txt
Emanuel TEMPLIN, Will, 1921
4 kb
contributed by Diane Mulligan
1786 PA Septennial Census: Brunswick
contributed by Richard Turnbach
bwfed.txt
1790 Federal Census - Brunswick & Manheim Twps.,
Then Berks now Schuylkill Co., PA
Contributed by Richard Turnbach
1790 Federal Census: Pinegrove Twp, Berks (now Schuylkill) Co
Contributed by Richard Turnbach
Naturalization, Martin Burkhart, 1853
Contributed by Faith Gibson

1900 Gilberton ~ West



see Census
Added new Deeds to the land records file



Seventy Years in the Coal Mines
Transcribed by Bailey Francis
see Census see mining see Census



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