Pennsylvania Birth and Death Indices
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- Created on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 12:33
The Pennsylvania Department of Health, Vital Records has posted on-line the Birth Indices for the year 1906 and the Death Indices for the years 1906-1961.
The Birth Indices includes the name, Mothers maiden name and first initial and the place of birth.
The Death Indices includes the name, age, date of death and the place of death.
To view the indices CLICK HERE
Liberty Township, Bedford County Schools
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- Created on Monday, 13 February 2012 16:46
PA-Roots recently received a package of documents that were rescued from an old cottage in Ocean City New Jersey that was being demolished. The documents all related to the Liberty Township School District in the late 1870's to early 1880's. There is plans and specifications for the building of school houses in:
Stonerstown
Cypher Plant
Hoover School House in Bunker Hill
There is also some miscellaneous documents related to Liberty Township Schools.
The documents are interesting to read - I've scanned them and saved them as PDF files and posted on-line. You can find them by Clicking Here
Passing of Shirley Pierce
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- Created on Monday, 15 February 2010 13:06
Shirley Pierce, a founding Director of PA-Roots passed away on 6 February 2010 following a valiant fight with cancer. Shirley was very active providing resources for Clearfield, Elk and Jefferson counties in Pennsylvania. During the Board of Directors meeting in January Shirley was elected to the status of Director of Emeritus. Her presence will be deeply missed by the genealogy community.
Shirley Jean Pierce, 58, Fern Hollow Lane, Brookville, died Saturday at Brookville Hospital.
Born June 4, 1951 in Brookville, she was a daughter of the late Charles
Edward and Betty Allen Zipfel of Shinglehouse. She was married to
William K. Pierce Sr. on April 2, 1971 in Coudersport. He survives.
She lived in the Elmer/Monroeville area of New Jersey for many years.
She worked for William Schober and Sons in Monroeville, N.J. and later
moved to the Smyrna/Dover area of Delaware where she worked at Rick's
Deli and as a clerk for Boscov's Department Store.
She returned to
Pennsylvania and was active in volunteering at Jefferson County
Historical Society in Brookville; and she was on the Board of Directors
of the PA-Roots, a Pennsylvania non-profit, web-based genealogy
organization. She enjoyed quilting, family history research and
spending time with her family.
She is also survived by a son,
William K. Pierce Jr. of Brookville; a daughter, Tracy Lynn (Jimmy)
Blanchfield of Smyrna, Del.; five brothers: Charles Zipfel of North
Olmstead, Ohio, Steven Zipfel of Doylestown, Jeffery Zipfel of
Aliquippa, the Rev. Nathan Zipfel of Johnstown and Phillip Zipfel of
New London; one sister, Virginia Kirchhoff of Elkart, Ind.; and two
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Janet Zipfel.
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PIERCE: Shirley Jean, Fern Hollow Lane, Brookville, died Feb. 6, 2010.
Friends will be received Friday at the time of services at Sigel United
Methodist Church. A funeral service will be held at noon Friday at the
church with the Revs. Nathan Zipfel and Kevin Bochus officiating. Burial will be in
Brookville Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Jefferson
County Historical Society, 172 Main St., Brookville, PA 15825.
Arrangements are under the direction of the McKinney Funeral Home,
Brookville.
Software Upgrade
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- Created on Thursday, 17 November 2011 19:20
17 November 2011 - We are in the process of upgrading to the latest version of the software that manages PA-Roots. If you find any problems navigating the website, please let us know.
Press Release - Articles of Incorporation filed
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- Created on Wednesday, 03 December 2008 12:41
1 December 2008 - PA-Roots, the premier internet resource for genealogical and historical research in Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region has filed Articles of Incorporation under the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 and is organized exclusively for the following purposes:
- To make genealogical and historical data freely available on the Internet for public research and educational needs.
- To gather, transcribe, preserve, and promote the study of genealogical and historical data.
PA-Roots was founded in March 1998 by Alice Gayley and Nathan Zipfel to provide research resources for Pennsylvania. Over the past 10 years research resources have been added for each county in Pennsylvania as well as the states of Delaware, Maryland and New York. PA-Roots currently houses over 600,000 individual pages of freely accessible data.
CONTACT
Nathan Zipfel, President PA-Roots
http://www.pa-roots.com