[PRCo] Re: White House

[John Swindler]

Likewise. The genealogy files are boxed up in the basement.
 
And as for rights of way, once that is figured out, tend to lose interest.  An exception might be Schuylkill County or some of the interurbans in Pittsburgh area other then PRC.  But picture identifiction is another matter. 
 
The family research was useful for street railway research - be careful of second hand information.  Let's see the original documents.
 
Cheers
John
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: White House> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:41:31 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Using your last statement ... "but its fun to research as long as not > taken seriously" ... that is why once I found out where we came from > in Germany and Ireland and I had accumulated a file drawer of > documents and photographs, I put them away and never looked at them > again. I've even talked to the minister in the small northern > Bavarian church that my great grandfather went to as a child in the > 1850s. That and a five bucks will buy me coffee at Starbucks. I > won't bother with either.> > Irish presbyterians? Probably Calvinists from the Church of Scotland.> > But like going out with Mike or John or Ed looking at trolley rights- > of-way, it can be fun if you don't take yourself too seriously. > It's a great way to have a day out with friends.> > The one good thing research into your family's history does for you > is teach you to appreciate what others go through. Seeing that my > own great grandfather struggled as a tailor in an all German section > of Pittsburgh because he spoke limited English and was therefore > comfortable among his own kind, or that all of my German ancestors in > the United States worshipped God in churches where the sermon and > liturgy were conducted in the German language, because they were > comfortable with it, gives me a much greater appreciation for the > chap from Mexico or Puerto Rico who cannot find someone to teach him > English because there are far more applicants than there are E. S. L. > teachers. (John and I both have a friend whose wife teaches English > as a second language; I have a second friend who does it ... both > tell the same story that the applicants exceed the teachers by two or > three to one.)> > On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:23 PM, John Swindler wrote:> > >> >> > Most people probably don't know where they come from, such as my > > father's family. My uncle, 'the doctor' (and therefore an expert), > > said that we were descendents of Hessein soldiers. I then inquired > > about the 1729 estate settlement in Freehold NJ, 1760s land deeds > > in Loudon Co., Va., and the pension applications for Revolutionary > > war era vets who served in Captain Swindler's Ranger Co. from Ft. > > Gerrard in Washington County.> >> > It's just like electric railway history. A lot of it is made up as > > a short cut.> >> > And besides, Fred, where do you think the Irish Presbyterians came > > from?> >> > In the end, it doesn't much matter where people come from, there is > > so much intermingling anyway, but its fun to research as long as > > not taken seriously.> >> > Cheers> > John> >> >>> 
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