Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice This Month's Library Additions at Tri-Counties Site 01 December 2009 TO 31 December -  Month 161 Home Page Disclaimer Guide   Purpose Volunteer Joyce Previous New  Search

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Date New Page or Event Walt's Red Search Button 01 DEC Partitioned Search Engine for users of the What's New Page Reindexed 01 DEC  2009 at 16969  pages  SRAC Events for December Explanation of what you can find in the various PICO indexed partitions of the site. How to limit your search to something manageable CCHS Events for December 01 NOV See attached: Abstracts from Frances VanHorn Parke Diaries. 1870-1929  Troy Historical & Genealogical Society has available Abstracts from Charles Eugene Parke Diaries 1862-1916 for sale at $10.00. plus $3.00 postage. Charles was a famous barn builder in the Troy area, as well as churches, schools and houses. Lots of historical data from the East Troy area.  Email troyhistoricalsociety@cqservices.com. 06 DEC Herrickville Cemetery 13 DEC 1,  The Southport Historical Society's 2010 calendar is now available for purchase.  It is full of historical photos and information on the Town of Southport.  The donation is $10.00 and you can find them at the Southport Town Hall and some local businesses.  2.  The Southport Historical Society's Christmas program will be Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Chapel Park Community Center.  1:30  Buffet Luncheon - provided by the Southport Historical  Society  2:30 Program - James Gray will give his presentation entitled:           "HISTORY:   Don't Believe a Word of It."  Come and join us.  If you can't make the luncheon, come for the program.  It is free and open to the public.  For further information:  Toni Mason, 734-3563 The Veteran Historical Society is working on a "Name Quilt" project.  This quilt will contain 144 blocks.  This quilt will be hung in the town hall, at the Veteran Grange and be entered in the Chemung County Fair in the Fall of 2010.  This is to ensure everyone gets a chance to see it.  Each block will contain the name (s) of Town of Veteran residents - past or present.  Cost for each block is $10.00.  The family information will be printed on material using a computer program specifically designed for material.  The ink is permanent and will be treated so it does not run.  The colors for the quilt are an off white for the blocks bordered with a green leaf design.  Order forms are available from society members or at the town hall in the historians office.  There is a supply of forms on top of the file cabinet in front of our printer.  The forms are self explanatory and you can even include the address where your family was established in the town if you wish.  Some of the society members are visiting their neighbors to see if they are interested as well.  Today  a group of members cut out the material and the border.  The deadline for placing orders is February 1, 2010.  This has been published in the Elmira Star Gazette, the Easy Shopper and the Broader View Weekly.  If you should need further information or have any questions please let us know.  If you want to mail your order form it can be mailed to the societies address:  Town of Veteran Historical Society  P.O. Box 134  Millport, New York   14864  *There are photos of actual blocks and how the finished ones will look on our website: www.townofveteranhistoricalsociety.com  26 DEC Reindexed PICO Search engine - reached page search capacityof 17,000 - will need to increase to next 1000 page increment. 05 JAN SRAC Event 11 FEB 2010 Bradford County Florida Picnic will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Golden Corral Restaurent in Lakeland, Fla.  A small microphone and amplifier should make communicating less cumbersome.  The Golden Corral is located near the Alamo traffic light at 4532 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland, Fla..  The cost of the senior buffet is currently $7.49, so $9 each will also cover the gratuity.  For more information call Jess Bacon at (570) 265-9784 or in Florida at (863) 655-2428. ?? If anyone has information on  the Tioga County Florida picnic be sure to let me know. Thanks to Pat SR for notifying us of the above.	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Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA

Page Published on 01 DEC 2009 By Joyce M. Tice Email: Joyce M. Tice

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