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Subject: Re: [PIATT] piattresearchers.org
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 05:29:51 +0000
Robin and all,
I have the Path Valley (and Tuscarora Valley) on my mind
this evening and have been thinking of what could go on
the piattresearchers.org site in that respect. Here's
what I thought of so far:
--a current map of both valleys
--Scull's 1759(?) map showing "Pyatt's" in Dry Run, Path
Valley
--the pertinent text of the record for the road which
passed by Piatt's in Tuscarora Valley (now Rt 75 from
Concord to the Juniata) (Dick found this in the Cumberland
Co courthouse a few years ago)
--the three original surveys of Brice, Harvey, and
Arbuckle (Brice survey shows Jacob Pyatt, spelled Pyath,
as a neighbor on land which was surveyed later for Harvey)
(Tuscarora Valley)
--tax lists
--text of two articles by A N Pomery published about 1898
by Kittochinny Historical Society. One article refers to
roads leading to Pyatt's (Dry Run, Path Valley) and can
already be seen at
http://tuscaroras.com/pages/history/path_valley_1.html
and the other refers to the West Branch of the
Conococheague as Pyatt's Creek. (I can transcribe this
second article when I get home.)
--scanned copy of a painting showing a stone arch bridge
over the West Branch of the Conococheague near Mercersberg
from a book I purchased last week here in PA (pending
permission)
--excerpts from _Pennsylvania Archives_ referring to Jacob
Piatt (sr, jr or both) as Indian trader(s)
--same from Hanna's _Wilderness Road_
--quotes from the pubished papers of Henri Bouquet where
"we came over Tuscarora Mountain in a howling rain and
stopped at Jacob Pyatt's on the left hand...." or
something to that effect
Robin, is there anything in the list not do-able?
The Path Valley is one of my favorite aspects of Piatt
research. Anyone who has a favorite of their own can
begin thinking about what they would like to see about it
on this website and begin to gather that information. And
we can include visual aspects here that we couldn't with
the Piatt Family Newsletter.
Robin has good plans and ideas. Let's help her out.
--
Laverne Ingram Piatt
Ontario, OH
> Laverne, Listers--
>
> It's going to be a HUGE project indeed--and I will need lots of submissions from
> this list.
>
> I will consider ALL link submissions. Like Cyndi Howells (my personal idol,
> next to
> Laverne and Dick *grin*) I will review each link before listing it and include a
> brief description so the navigation will be easier. If anyone has a website to
> submit, please send it to me at . Once the page is up, you
> will be
> able to submit to . Members may also get private email
> forwarding from their for a small yearly fee if
> desired.
>
> As for posting scanned images and text, absolutely. It would be my greatest
> pleasure to add digital text of out of copyright or with permission books and
> paper.
> If anyone has anything like that I can accept scanned images and convert them or
> I
> can scan them in myself if you will loan me the text. I will check on the
> ability
> to add 'post-its'--that still a bit out of my league! I currently have the
> index
> and first three years of PFN and with Laverne's permission will add the digital
> version at some point. Over time I will be purchasing the rest of the volumes
> as
> well. I also have Mr. Kearney's charts (thanks to Jo Lauer) and my husband is
> working on a way to put those online as well providing it's not a copyright
> issue.
>
> I also will be including a way to purchase hard copies of PFN, Kearney's Charts,
> and
> past/future issues of the Photogravure (ok I know that is spelled VERY
> wrong...Beth
> please correct me!)
>
> A section on the history of the research would be AWESOME...any volunteers? If
> someone will research and write it and email it to me I can easily add it to the
> site.
>
> I want to make sure that everyone knows that while I will be driving the
> website,
> all Piatt researchers will be the road it travels--I will be VERY MUCH in need
> of
> submitted materials.
>
> Right now, the site/databases will be free. If (God Forbid!) we need other
> server
> space then we will have to look at funding sources. Perhaps a grant? I truly
> want
> this to be a free site.
>
> Thanks Laverne for your input!
>
> Robin
>
> wrote:
>
> > This is great news that Robin has secured a domain name
> > and server space to be used as "home base" for Piatt
> > research. I'm sure the site will include to links to the
> > work of others already in progress such as Marianne's
> > website. I hope, too, we can include a "history of the
> > research" to date with information about "pioneer" Piatt
> > researchers such as Joe Kearney, N Louise Lodge, Ruth
> > Thayer Ravenscroft, and others and their work.
> >
> > I can envision viewable and/or downloadable files of
> > previously published works such as "Memorial Biography of
> > Benjamin M Piatt and Elizabeth, His Wife" (assuming no
> > copyright violations) and PFN with the ability to add
> > post-its to information which has since been extended or
> > proven incorrect. Robin, can we do this? What fun it
> > will be.
> >
> > --
> > Laverne Ingram Piatt
> > Ontario, OH
> >
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