http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sarakay/rural%20valley%20history/

“Sarah’s Roots and Twigs” has lots of different things relating to that portion of Armstrong County Pennsylvania where the Barnards were. Here is her introduction:

Here is some of the history of Rural Valley, Yatesboro, and surrounding areas in Cowanshannock Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania that I’ve gathered up along the way. This is a work in progress with much more to be transcribed. Many of these materials were found while I was cleaning out my aunt’s home in Rural Valley. Quite a few others came from the estate of Mary Elizabeth (”Lib”) Caylor and were generously donated by Linda Repine. Submissions are very welcome!

This site is subdivided into the following areas:

* Histories. Civic and church histories.
* Maps.
* People. Wedding announcements, biographies, letters, memorial cards and obituaries.
* Cemeteries.
* Pictures.
* Miscellaneous. Newspaper articles and the like that do not fit into the other categories.
* What’s new?

Is online here:

http://ancestortracks.com/Clarion_Co_Atlas,Caldwell,1877.html

The histories include Highland Alex McNaughton, from whom we descend, and property maps, drawings of houses, etc.

Thanks to help from Shirley Pierce and others, and postings at Pa-Roots.org, I’ve added a lot of people to the Esther Eva Agnew side of the family. I’ve added many biographies which were written in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They give a feel for what Western Pennsylvania was like!

Bartley Allen Agnew is a good place to start:

http://www.ewbarnard.com/ancestry/getperson.php?personID=I8309&tree=barnard

I have some old Agnew family photos, including Grandmother Esther, Great Grandmother Audrey, and Audrey’s parents and family, that I should have up soon.

Now that I have Agnew/McNaughton possibly sorted out (but not verified!), I find two more researchers for our Agnews:

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linda_k_jones&id=I2126
Linda K. Jones’ Ancestors
Entries: 3086 Updated: Wed Jan 15 20:41:10 2003 Contact: Linda K. Jones

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jholiday&id=I7206
Holiday Family
Entries: 7046 Updated: 2007-03-31 23:29:03 UTC (Sat) Contact: Jane Holiday
This is a work in progress. Additions and corrections are welcome. If you find a match, please contact me, I am happy to share my information.

I found some records that are totally messed up, but may have some clues to my Agnew ancestors. I did a search for Bartley Agnew at familysearch.org and then clicked on the batch number, and searched on that. Read the rest of this entry »

Joy Fisher is collecting and displaying scans of century-old penny postcards:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

Go check out the view of your favorite state or county!

Please visit the Notice for Virginia R. Magne.

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000086731489X

Click on the above link or cut and paste the url into your browser’s address bar.

From Kathy Fowler:

There
is a wonderful site–free–that includes more recent data than the Mormons’
site (it includes deaths in 2006) and has a terrific search engine:
http://stevemorse.org/ssdi/ssdi.html

Have fun!

Kathy
http://www.kfgeorgia.net/genealogy/index.php

Here’s the letter sent along one of the mail lists. Until now I’ve used the local LDS Family History Center for access to ancestry.com. That access has been great because I can save information and images to my flash drive. I can’t save anything from public library version!

The letter follows.

From: FHCSupport
Date: 3/16/2007 12:26:36 PM
To: FHC-CAN-Centers@ldsmail.net; FHC-US-Center@ldsmail.net
Subject: Discontinued Access to Ancestry.com Databases

To: Family History Center Directors in English Language Areas
From: Worldwide Support
Date: March 16, 2007
Re: Discontinued Access to Ancestry.com Databases

For many years, Ancestry.com has provided free access to patrons of family
history centers around the world. Ancestry has informed the Church that as
of April 1, 2007, it will discontinue this free access to the full Ancestry
com service.

Free access through Ancestry.com to the following databases will continue:

1. Index and images for the 1880, 1900 and 1920 U.S. censuses
2. Full name indices for the British 1841-1891 censuses (England and Wales)
3. World War I draft cards indices as created and miscellaneous other
databases

Free access is likely to be discontinued for the remainder of the Ancestry
com databases including:

1. Index and images for the 1930 U.S. census
2. Index and images for the 1901 British census (England, Scotland, and
Wales)

At this point, Ancestry.com is not offering an option for family history
centers to independently purchase commercial or library site licenses.
Patrons, of course, may choose to subscribe directly to Ancestry.com.

Free access to online databases is important and we therefore intend to add
many new databases to FamilySearch.org. Much of the data preparation will be
accomplished through the online indexing program available at
FamilySearchIndexing.org. We encourage you to visit the website to learn
more.

Volunteers have already begun indexing the 1900 U.S. census and other
projects. Other censuses and vital record collections will be indexed as
soon as the 1900 U.S. census project is completed. The more volunteers that
participate, the sooner access can be provided. Since access to databases on
FamilySearch.org is free to all, we anticipate that this will be of great
interest to individuals around the world. We are also exploring
opportunities to provide broader access to additional databases from other
online service providers.

Please inform patrons regarding our plans to provide access to records and
invite them to help by participating in the FamilySearch Indexing projects.
We will communicate as more information becomes available. Thank you for all
that you do on behalf of our patrons.

The wedding photos are now online! Follow the link to the photo album, or click here:

Barnard Photo Gallery

We’ll be getting descriptions and a LOT more photos up this week!

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