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WPGS Quarterly - Table of Contents

Vol. 1  | Vol. 2  | Vol. 3  | Vol. 4  | Vol. 5  | Vol. 6  | Vol. 7  | Vol. 8  | Vol. 9  | Vol. 10  | Vol. 11  | Vol. 12
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Volume 16 - No. 1 (Summer 1989)

Pre-Revolutionary Military Service in Pennsylvania   4
Pennsylvania Mechlin Family in the 1880 Nebraska Census Ruth C. Stoller 9
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Johnstown, Cambria County 1855 to Present Time Judith Beck Martin 10
Rev. Samuel F. Smith's Marriage & Baptismal Register 1827-1846 in
Crawford, Mercer and Venango Counties
William B. Moore 13
Emily Perchment Delaney, Daughter of Revolutionary Soldier of Westmoreland
County Dies
  15
Indian Depredations in W. PA. W. VA 1772-1782 as Described in 1864 Letter   16
Confirmation Certificate Dated 1 April 1917 of Bertha Amanda Christ of Pittsburgh   19
McCollom-Renwick Bible Records, Beaver and Venango Counties Charlotte B. Stewart 20
Grable Family Graveyard, Fallowfield Township, Washington County  Jeanne Will 21
Morrow Marriage in 1818 Allegheny County, Divorce 1827 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio   21
Vital Records from Allegheny Magazine/Repository of Useful Knowledge,
July 1816-Nov 1817 Published in Meadville, Crawford County
  22
The Bedell Family Graveyard, Jefferson Township, Allegheny County Jeanne Will 26
Cemetery of Reformed/Emanuel United Church of Christ, Sandy Twp.,
Clearfield County
James H. Sterrett 27
Anti-Cruelty Society [Children's Home], Montooth, Allegheny County 1900 Census   28
Marriages by Rev. James Guthrie in Tyrone and Laurel Hill Presbyterian
Churches of Fayette County between 1805 and 1848
Jean S. Morris 29
The National Road, Sketches of Old Wagoners of Fayette County Who
Drove on the Old Pike
Jean S. Morris 36
How to Get Along with a Reference Librarian Dr. Gary Topping 38
An Archivist's Thoughts on Educating the Researching Public Dr. Jonathan R. Strayer 39
Roll of Capt. Andrew B. Chess's Company of Militia, Feb. 25, 1825 of
St. Clair Township, Allegheny County
Charles H. Nixon 40
More Abstracts from the Raftsman's Journal, Clearfield Co. Jan-Oct 1856 Henrietta Malone 41
St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Chartiers, Founded 1795 [1788 St. Clair Twp., 1806 Upper St. Clair Twp., since 1861 Scott Twp.] Allegheny County Charles H. Nixon 48
Petition of Pittsburgh Inhabitants to Have Lamp Posts Installed, 1830 Jean S. Morris 54
Greene County Assault & Battery, and Bastardy Cases 1820-1839 Jean S. Morris 55
Oil City Fireman's Parade, October 7, 1909, Venango County   56
Return of Capt. I. Craig's Company of Artillery at Ft. Pitt, March 30, 1871   56
Book Reviews   57
Payroll of Peter Drum's Independent Battalion of Voluntary Riflemen Under
John B. Alexander 1812-1813, Westmoreland County
Jean S. Morris 67
Queries Dorothy Braden 68
Thomas Smith of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh City Directory 1879-1880   71

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Volume 16 - No. 2 (Fall 1989)

The Military System of Pennsylvania During the Revolutionary War   3
Souvenir of Conner School 1897-1898, Madison Twp., Clarion County   7
Peters Creek Campbellite Church and Cemetery, Peters Twp., Washington County & Library, Allegheny County Short History and Cemetery Readings Charles & Gwendolyn Bender 8
Valid Social Security Numbers Lesle Dunn 12
Armstrong County G.A.R. Posts William J. McMaster 13
Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention, October 1909, Oil City, Venango County, PA Mary M. Platt 15
1890 Death of Mrs. Martha (McClintock) Grier Parsons Pittsburgh PA   18
Papers for Birth Dayes, Fraktur, and Scrivener Artists of Pennsylvania Corrine & Russell D. Earnest 19
The First Methodist (Episcopal) Church of New Brighton, Beaver County, PA Baptisms & Marriages 1869-1884 Virginia Patton 21
The Independent Greens   31
Pennsylvanians who Died in Illinois Verlee C. Dauma 32
Souvenir Cards, Cherry Hill School 1899-1900 and 1908-1909, Conneaut Township, Erie County Lucy Fuller 36
Beech Grove School Souvenir Card 1905-1906 Conneaut Township, Erie County Lucy Fuller 37
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Ruffs Creek, Washington Township, Greene County David Seibert 38
Pennsylvanians Mentioned in County Down, Ireland Gravestone Inscriptions Dr. Brian Trainor 39
Western Pennsylvanians in Reno County, Illinois James H. Sterrett 42
Indiana County Woman Celebrates her 95th Birthday in 1915   43
Western Pennsylvanians in El Paso County, Colorado Clara E. Duer 44
Is This Your Ancestor?   44
Book Reviews   45
Queries Dorothy Braden 54

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Volume 16 - No. 3 (Winter 1990)

History Takes Center Stage in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Regional History Center Update   3
1901-1902 School Card, Beach Grove Public School, Conneaut Township, Erie County, PA Lucy Fuller 6
Bibliography of Pennsylvania History Jean S. Morris 7
1852 Students from Western Pennsylvania at Wheeling [VA] Female Seminary Kathryn Y. Ellis 8
Dressler Cemetery, Union Township, Clearfield County James H. Sterrett 9
1883 Donors to First Methodist Episcopal Church, New Castle, Lawrence County Margaret E. Sica 11
Coal Works of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Valleys of Western Pennsylvania in 1859 Ed. 12
Abstracts from [Some] Bedford County Newspapers, 1827-1829 Jean S. Morris 19
Five Generations of the King   22
Vital Statistics from [Some] Beaver County Newspapers, 1838-1841 Jean S. Morris 23
Moore Family of Huntingdon County Deed in 1828 for Washington County Land   25
Civil War Research Facilities in Pennsylvania Daniel W. A. Lang 26
W. PA News Items from Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 1889 Ed. 28
Isaac Linn of Fayette County War of 1812 Service Virginia Patton 31
Cumberland County Indictments, 1750-1800 Merri Lou Schaumann 32
Review of Cumberland County Indictments, 1750-1800   37
Record of Accidents, 1865-1887 on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, Part 2 Jane E. Jobes 38
Northern Pennsylvania Marriages by J.P. Armstrong D. Smiley of Venango County, 1840-1863. Donald Haggarty 46
Westmoreland county Marriages by J. P. Martin Luther Fausold, 1816-1850   47
A Library Catalogers Dilemma   48
Book Reviews   49
Queries Dorothy Braden 55

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Volume 16 - No. 4 (Spring 1990)

Letter from the Editor Jean S. Morris 3
Scotch-Irish Emigrations from Scotland to Ireland and Ireland to America
& Southwestern PA
Reid W. Stewart 4
Computer Access to Pennsylvania State Library Card Catalog   15
List of Titles Microfilmed as of December 1, 1989   21
Bucks County Original Deeds Found at Antique Shop   29
Funeral Home Directory as a Research Aid, Funeral Directories of Allegheny
County PA, Pittsburgh Area Jewish Cemeteries
Jean S. Morris 30
Book Reviews   32
Accessions to the Library 1989-1990   49
Periodical and Family Newsletter Accessions 1989-1980   58

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