Bradford County PA
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Craig Burial Ground, Lost Cowanesque Cemetery in Westfield
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18 APR History of First National Bank in Wellsboro
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Bengt's news from Sweden: Regarding air traffic I am glad we don't have any trips abroad planned this spring. And I'm glad I didn't have this mess last year. We hear on the news how tourists returning home have had to get off the charter plane in Greece and be transported by bus and train through Europe to home destination. A five person family stuck in London bought a car for approx 350 USD and managed to drive home to Sweden! 

The domestic and intern'l airports in Stockholm have been open a couple of days for limited traffic, but this evening they have to close again. Some reports say things will be better during the weekend.  People living near by the airports seems to be happiest as they don't get disturbed by planes. I think London is the one that has had biggest problem with the ash cloudes. 
/Bengt [Note visited here a year ago with no volcano disrupting air traffic]

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Memories of Nineteenth Century Wellsboro written 1930
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24 MAY Spencer Family Burial Ground 2009
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26 MAY Austinburg Woodlawn Cemetery 2009
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10 JUN Sabinsville Cemetery 2010
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12 JUN Queries for first six months of 2010 - updated
23 JUN Lawrence Corners Cemetery (2009) 
24 JUN Hi, Joyce, 
Your website is unparelleled in breadth and depth for county content in the field of genealogy!  Unfortunately, none of my ancestors lived in the tri-county area, but I have enthusiastically added links to your site on two of my pages at http://ancestortracks.com – my pages on Tioga Co. (http://ancestortracks.com/Tioga_Resources.html) and Bradford Co. (http://ancestortracks.com/Bradford_Co_Resources.html).  As you can see, I am dedicated to posting free, downloadable landowner maps for the entire state of Pennsylvania and have nearly covered the state. My goal is to put at least one 19th-century landowner map online for any researcher to copy and use in their research, particularly making the census records and the 19th-century published county histories more helpful. In some cases, I post links to other maps which are posted online.  I live outside of Washington, D.C. so most of the maps I post come from the Library of Congress collection. 

So, in addition to extending my sincerest appreciation for ALL that you have posted, I wonder if you would like to link to my site—perhaps the home page rather than the individual pages so people are able to see what else is available?  If you hover over the map of PA, you will see what is on the page if you click on a county.  I am also transcribing all of the Township Warrantee Maps that are on file at the PA Archives in Harrisburg and we sell those, but the vast majority of resources on our website is completely free. 

Congratulations on your wonderful site! 
Sharon Cook MacInnes 
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25 JUN Hi Joyce, 
I'm working with a group called the Keystone Marker Trust, that is looking to help communities in Pennsylvania restore, replace and fabricate the blue keystone-shaped markers found at entrances to towns in PA: http://www.keystonemarkertrust.org/ 

See also http://www.gribblenation.com/papics/keystone/yenerall/index.html 

We are constantly trying to confirm the existence of markers, as well as finding new ones that are not in the group's database.  I've seen the one at Sabinsville, but do you happen to know of any others in Bradford & Tioga Counties?  Do you mind putting the word out on your site?  Feel free to contact me, or the KTM directly at http://www.keystonemarkertrust.org/default.aspx?pg=118 . 

Thanks for your help, and as always, kudos on a terrific online resource. 

Matt Hamel | Historic Preservation Specialist 
PA Department of Transportation 
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P.O. Box 218 | 715 Jordan Ave. | Montoursville PA 17754 
Phone:  570.368.4414 | Fax:  570.368.4311 
www.dot.state.pa.us<http://www.dot.state.pa.us/>

03 JUL LeRoy Heritage Museum to be Open at Old Home Day, July 3th
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05 JUL Keeler - Dodge Family Bible Records
09 JUL Fay Tiller Morgan was the very first person to send in typed records for inclusion on the site when we started it up fourteen years ago.  She died Friday. Her obituary follows. You will find many of Fay's contributions on the site. She was a fine woman with a good sense of humor, and we'll miss her. She always wanted to be helpful, and she achieved that goal very well.
TILLER, Fay  - Fay Tiller Morgan,  [SRGP 15388] ""Granny Nut,"" 85 of Troy, passed away Friday, July 9, 2010, at the Green Home Wellsboro. She was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Dumbarton, Va., daughter of the late Henry and Gladys Sumner Tiller.  She was a graduate of Ashland Virginia High School. Fay was employed as a bus driver in Armenia Township for many years and later worked in the Troy Middle School Cafeteria. She also was the tax collector for Armenia Township. Her memberships included the First Baptist Church of Troy. Rebecca's interests were studying family genealogy and spending time with her family. Survivors include her husband, James T. Morgan of Troy; daughters and sons-in-law, Anita and Ozzie Osgood of Gillett, June and Ross Cummings of Wellsboro, May Decker and Paul Ford of Chatham, N.Y., Elaine Morgan and Larry Colton of Troy; sons and daughters-in-law, Kelvin and Irene Morgan of Mansfield, Wayne and Sonya Morgan of Troy; a sister, Betty Carol Ellis of Knoxville; brothers, Henry Tiller, Jr., Eugene and Joy Tiller, all of Virginia; 21 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and cousins. Her parents; two sons, Jon Morgan, Dennis Morgan and infant daughter, Naomi, predeceased Fay. Family and friends are invited to call Monday, July 12, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the First Baptist Church of Troy, 160 Canton St., Troy. Her funeral service will be held at the conclusion of calling hours at 8 p.m. with the Rev. Garry Zuber officiating. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery, Troy. 
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Gerald W. Vickery, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc. 110 W. Main St., Troy. Memorials are directed to Tri-County Genealogy, c/o Joyce Tice, 2068 Shaw Road, Mansfield, Pa. 16933-8974.  Wellsboro Gazette - July 15, 2010 
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Bradford County PA
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Page Published on 01 APR 2010
By Joyce M. Tice
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Hi Joyce,

Your Tri-Counties site is terrific, and often the best source for obscure pictures and information about the small towns that dot Tioga & Bradford Counties.

PennDOT has historic county maps online here:
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRCartoMapsinPDFandDJVU?OpenForm

Historic county maps that may interest you are
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bradford_1911.pdf
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bradford_1941_Sheet_1.pdf

and
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Tioga_1915.pdf
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Tioga_1941_Sheet_1.pdf

From http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRHistoricCountyMaps

Route numbers changed often and alignments shifted as the Department upgraded roads, and these maps help verify locations of schools, churches, etc.

Enjoy,

Matt Hamel, Regional Historian
PennDOT Districts 2-0, 3-0 & 4-0

Joyce,

I also remembered an additional source of historic maps that would also include NY: http://historical.mytopo.com/

For example, here’s a 1902 map showing Lawrence Twp. in Tioga County and others south:

http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.asp?fname=tiog02nw.jpg&state=PA

Matt