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Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight, December 10, 2013 3:56 PM
This paper reports the findings of a meta-interpretation into of the emergence of a new learning design concept and its positionality within the learning and teaching theory landscape. The purpose of this examination of the concept of 'connectivism' is to 'dig for nuggets' and contribute new knowledge to the current debate about the validity of 'connectivism' as a new and emerging learning theory. The deconstruction and systematic analysis of the concept 'connectivism' is based on a newly developed coding system that is also applied to other, established learning theories, providing a comparative evaluation of commonly agreed properties of well-known learning theories. The results of our analysis are discussed and possible implications for practice and further research are outlined.
J. Mark Schwanz's curator insight, December 21, 2013 4:09 PM
With MOOCs on the mind we have to see if Connectivism is a theory or just a new twist on Constructivism. Most recognize that we are facing a new world of instructional modalities but that we just don't have enough data to know what it all means yet.
Ivon Prefontaine, PhD's curator insight, December 21, 2013 6:12 PM
Who is connnecting? That is an important question. I know a number of people who connect and what they have to offer is limited at best. An important consideration is creating praxis as we make meaning of theory in real-life situations.
John McDermott Neill's curator insight, December 18, 2013 11:15 AM
A brief attempt to define these overlapping ideas.
Jose Carlos Favero's comment, September 27, 2013 4:16 AM
We must also consider gen-c, the new age of knowledge workers who are shaping the future of business. here's an article I wrote regarding gen c http://kminaction.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/the-future-of-km-understanding-c-generation/
Pascale Mousset's comment, September 27, 2013 8:34 AM
Thanks very much for your so good article Jose Carlos Favero about KM management and the C-generation. I scoopIt ;)
Robin Good's curator insight, September 9, 2013 7:17 PM
Peep Laja, a conversion optimization expert at Markitekt, has an excellent illustrated guide at ConversionXL guiding you through over 20 of the most common mistakes made when designing landing pages.
For each issue Peep provides a real-world example with a screenshot and relevant commentary at what you should pay attention to.
Instructive. Good curation. 8/10
Full guide: http://conversionxl.com/21-ways-youre-screwing-up-your-landing-pages-and-what-to-do-about-it/#.
Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight, August 19, 2013 1:07 PM
"The New Media Consortium and Open Universities Australia jointly released theTechnology Outlook for Australian Tertiary Education 2013-2018: An NMC Horizon Project Regional Analysis. This report applies the process developed for the NMC Horizon Project, with a focus on identifying and describing emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in tertiary institutions across Australia. Twelve emerging technologies are recognized across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years, as well as key trends and challenges expected to continue over the same period, giving campus leaders and practitioners a valuable guide for strategic technology planning. View the work that produced the report atwww.aus.wiki.nmc.org."
harish magan's comment, August 30, 2013 3:03 PM
Content is king. Curators are almost agree to this that if the content is good reader will read it till end.
Katherine Hanson's comment, August 30, 2013 3:08 PM
I completely agree, Harish - always has been, always will be
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health and well being, the project of ICSU could emphasize more learning
Fellinger's curator insight, January 5, 2013 2:39 PM
Een goed overzicht welke middelen ter beschikking staan om de volgende stappen ogv Social Business te zetten.
Fiona Scott-Handley's curator insight, January 7, 2013 6:08 AM
Another great piece from Eloqua - the 4 areas a business should focus on in order to become a Social Business
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, October 3, 2013 9:02 PM
Valuable insight into generation Z. and how they process information.
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Infographie des nouvelles balises HTML5 et des anciennes. Toujours utile pour un référenceur web ;-)
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Hand-foot-mouth disease is a common viral infection that most often begins in the throat.
Alternative Names
Coxsackievirus infection; HFM disease
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is most commonly caused by a virus called coxsackievirus A16.
Children under age 10 are most often affected. Teens and adults can sometimes get the infection. HFMD usually occurs in the summer and early fall.
The virus can spread from person-to-person through tiny, air droplets that are released when the sick person sneezes, coughs, or blows their nose. You can catch hand-foot-and-mouth disease if:
- A person with the infection sneezes, coughs, or blows their nose near you
- You touch your nose, eyes, or mouth after you have touched something contaminated by the virus, such as a toy or doorknob
- You touch the stools or the fluid from blisters of an infected person
The virus is most easily spread the first week a person has the disease.
The time between contact with the virus and the start of symptoms is about 3 to 7 days. Symptoms include:
Fever Headache Loss of appetite
- Rash with very small blisters on the hands, feet, and diaper area that may be tender or painful when pressed
- Sore throat
Ulcersin the throat (including tonsils), mouth, and tongue
Exams and Tests
A history of recent illness and a physical examination, demonstrating the characteristic vesicles on the hands and feet, are usually sufficient to diagnose the disease.
There is no specific treatment for the infection other than relief of symptoms.
Antibiotics do not work because the infection is caused by a virus. (Antibiotics treat infections caused by bacteria, not viruses.) To relieve symptoms, the following home care can be used:
- Over-the-counter medicines, such as acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) or ibuprofen can be used to treat fever. Aspirin should not be used in viral illnesses in children under age 18.
- Salt water mouth rinses (1/2 teaspoon of salt to 1 glass of warm water) may be soothing.
- Drink plenty of fluids. Extra fluid is needed when there is a fever. The best fluids are cold milk products. Do not drink juice or soda because their acid content causes burning pain in the ulcers.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Complete recovery occurs in 5 to 7 days.
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- Loss of body fluids (dehydration)
- Seizures due to high fever (
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dehydrationoccur, such as dry skin and mucus membranes, weight loss, irritability, decreased alertness, decreased or dark urine
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Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Background
Pharmaceutical companies, which develop both over-the-counter and prescription drugs, have been among the biggest political spenders for years. They've traditionally supported Republican candidates, as they have received 64 percent of industry contributions on average since the 1990 election cycle.
The top contributors to candidates and parties during the 2014 election cycle were Pfizer Inc. (over $1.5 million), Amgen Inc. (over $1.3 million), Merck & Co. (nearly $928,000), AstraZeneca PLC (over $801,000) and Abbott Laboratories (around $801,000).
Pharmaceutical companies scored major victories during the period President George W. Bush occupied office. In 2003, Bush signed legislation that created Medicare "Part D," expanding benefits to include prescription drugs; in a major win for the industry, the bill prevents the government from negotiating prices with drug companies.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers have for years put major resources into lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill and at the federal agencies. With prescription drugs playing an increasing role in health care, manufacturers enjoying unprecedented increases in profits, and drugs like Viagra and Prozac becoming household names, industry players will continue to look to Congress to help them maintain their recent success. The top industry lobbyists in 2014 were the drug makers' trade group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (around $16.5 million), Amgen Inc (nearly $8.6 million) Pfizer Inc (almost $8.5 million) and Eli Lilly & Co (nearly $8.1 million).
One piece of legislation the industry has lobbied heavily is the 21st Century Cures Act. The bill, which passed the House, would encourage the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to rely less on randomized controlled trials when deciding whether or not to put a new drug on the market. Critics maintain that this would all but guarantee that more drugs will hit pharmacy shelves at a faster pace, potentially at the expense of patient safety.
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Here is a shot of a few of them next to a Quarter for scale.
Ocean/beach themed: made with watercolor pencils, magazine clippings, sharpie marker and glitter
Romantic Theme: made from torn pages of Othello, images from vintage cigar ads and words from my Scrabble dictionary
Silly Monster theme: made for a swap partner from watercolor pencils and construction paper
Super Mario themed: made for a swap partner with watercolor pencils and sharpie marker
And here's the whole lot that will be sent to my swap partner. If they were all lined up together, the whole row would only be 1' long!
Now that I'm going to have all these Inchies, I need to figure out something to do with them! Maybe magnets?


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Serve America Corps needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 812 designs submitted by 207 freelance designers.
MagmaZines will be an Ipad app and website through which people can both create and read magazines on the ipad.
The target audience is anyone who wants to create a magazine for the ipad and people that want to read magazines on the ipad.
The magma part refers to lava, perhaps spurting from a volcano.
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It's really hard to narrow down and pick a few highlights. My Lady Grey jacket gets TONS of use and lots of unsolicited compliments, but the "Woman in Red" Dress really is the show stopper. Although I've only worn them a few times, the seersucker dress and the jumpsuit were big wins. My flowered pants and single seam skirt - both a cinch to sew - have been worn with glee on many occasions. And my most recently finished garment, the Karl Lagerfeld skirt, is in heavy rotation and probably will get worn plenty more before spring.
Really, I only had a very few projects not go my way.
The Donna Karan skirt that I scrapped before finishing (poor fabric choice), camo pants which did not fit my nephew, and this Burda top which really was just too big thru the neck were the only flops. Not too bad considering all the risk taking and new skills I tried out.
Anyway, on to 2012! I've got so much more on my sewing list than I can reasonably expect to sew. So this is really more of a wish list to get me started. I'll have to do some editing and prioritizing as I go.
I've got two projects going already, which should be done in short order:
- Boxers for Phin which are cut and ready to be sewn
- Burda dress from the cover of 9-2010 which is basically together and just needs arm/sleeve bands added and the neckline and hem finished.
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A few gifts:
- A diaper bag - for my excellent friend, Dr Kiang, whose new little one surprised us all by arriving 2 months earlier than the stork predicted. I'm having a mental block on the fabric choice.
- Housewarming/newlywed apron - for my excellent friend, Magenta. (Magenta, you can blame Dr Kiang for this not being higher on the list)
- Re-do of camo pants for my nephew - Who am I kidding? I'm in the denial phase of this project. I bought two different patterns to ponder and that's where I stalled.
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- A black sheath dress with leather piping - I've had this dress in my head for a while now, using Vogue 1237 (Tom & Linda Platt). It's got princess seams, which should make fitting much easier.
- A leather jacket - I am getting an urge to sew another jacket and I've been wanting to work with leather after seeing so many other sewistas have such great results this fall. Plus, I now have a rolling foot for my SM, which should make things easier.
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- Slips and a Kimono Robe - really this has been in queue since this time last year. I have a vintage pattern in my stash and since Sherry did a fantastic sew along, I'm even more inspired. The kimono would match the slip (naturally).
- Corset - OK, I admit this is not one of my more practical projects, but now that I have a book, I'm eager to use it. Plus, I think this will really hone some of my skills, like working with boning, waist stays and other hardware. Plus, I do have a bit of left over to-die-for red crepe back satin from the red dress in the stash. Wouldn't that be luxurious?
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And I have a list of patterns I want to sew just waiting for a fabric to suggest itself. Do you have these kinds of projects in your head just waiting to get out?
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Today was an exciting day for me. I added the final source citation and organized the last digital image in my quest to resource my family tree! I still have a few scattered files that need organized before I can say that I am done though. I should finish those tomorrow. I'll post a separate blog post about this experience soon.
I also went through the Opening Ceremony post and followed a bunch of genealogy bloggers and added many new blogs to my Google Reader.
Here are my standings in the Winter 2010 GeneaBlogger Games:
1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources - an additional 20 images puts my total at 105. I'm calling that a Double Platinum Medal.
2. Back Up Your Data - Gold Medal.
3. Organize Your Research - digital files organized stands at 90 (that's like 4 1/2 medals, right?) I have a Silver Medal though.
4. Expand Your Knowledge - Silver Medal.
5. Write, Write, Write! - Silver Medal.
6. Reach Out and Perform Genealogical Acts of Kindness - Completed Task G today. That's 3 tasks done and a Gold Medal!
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2 Gold Medal
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The 10th-ranked Cal women's team beat No. 5 Stanford 6-1 on Saturday at Taube Family Tennis Stadium, just the Cardinal's fifth home loss since 1999.
The Bears (18-4, 10-0 Pac-12) claimed their first-ever Pac-12 championship. The last time Cal won at Stanford was in 1999, when head coach Amanda Augustus was a senior
Kristie Ahn got the only point for Stanford (16-2, 8-2), a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Denise Starr at the No. 1 spot.
The Stanford men's team (14-4, 5-2 Pac-12) posted a 4-2 upset of No. 16 Cal (14-6, 4-3) at the Hellman Tennis Complex. John Morrissey clinched the match with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Ben McLachlan at No. 1 singles.
John Hochstatter took a no-hit bid to the sixth inning and Danny Diekroeger hit a solo home run in the fourth, as Stanford (15-17, 6-9 Pac-12) beat Arizona State 1-0 at Sunken Diamond. Hochstatter allowed three hits in 72/3 innings. He out-dueled ASU's Darin Gillies.
Casey Munoz went 3 for 5 with an RBI and Santa Clara (17-22, 8-7 WCC) completed a three-game sweep of San Diego with a 5-3 victory.
Saint Mary's (13-25, 5-10 WCC) scored twice in the ninth but left the tying run on first base as it lost 4-3 to Pacific. Anthony Villa had two hits for the Gaels.
New Mexico scored 10 runs in the first two innings en route to an 11-6 win over San Jose State (12-28, 6-15 Mountain West). Matt Lopez and Matt Carroll hit back-to-back homers in the Spartans' eighth inning.
Top-ranked Oregon completed a three-game series sweep with a 7-2 win over Cal (22-20, 4-9 Pac-12). Cheyenne Cordes went 3 for 4 including a solo homer for the Bears.
Brittany McCray's two-run homer and Tara Glover's RBI double in the seventh inning gave Boise State a 7-6 walk-off win over San Jose State (24-18, 7-5 Mountain West).
Jessie Hufstetler's three-run homer in the fifth gave the Spartans a 6-4 lead.
Saint Mary's (19-21, 5-4 WCC) lost a doubleheader to Pacific — 6-1 and 2-1. In the nightcap, Christine Torrise hit a solo homer in the seventh for the Gaels.
Dora Antal and fellow freshman Anna Illes had two goals each for the Bears.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The growing movement of local "Arab" Christians who identify with Israel are now asking the state to establish an official school curriculum.
The Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum, which encourages young local Christians to join the Israeli army, is behind the new petition.
"As many know, the Arab schools only teach the history of the Arabs and Islam," the group posted on its Facebook page. "We do not learn anything about the history of the Christian community."
The Forum has teamed up with the Israeli Zionist movement Im Tirzu to prepare a position paper to present to the Ministry of Education requesting the establishment of an official, state-backed Israeli Christian school curriculum.
Opponents of the move would argue that these local Christians are Arabs, so should be satisfied with learning Arab history in the region.
But, in a recent interview with Israeli media, Father Gabriel Nadaf, one of leaders of this new movement, said it was wrong to classify local Christians as Arabs, since the Christian community in the Holy Land far predates the Arab Muslim conquest.
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Top clubs from Major League Soccer and Mexican First Division return for fourth annual edition, beginning July 2010
NEW YORK – Major League Soccer and the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FMF) today unveiled the dates and venues for the 2010 edition of SuperLiga. The fourth installment of the tournament – which features top U.S. and Mexican soccer clubs and awards the winner with one of the biggest purses in the region – will begin Wednesday, July 14, just three days following the conclusion of this summer's FIFA World Cup.
The first round of the 2010 edition will be staged in an eight day span that will include doubleheader dates at Toyota Park in the Chicago area (July 17) and Robertson Stadium in Houston, TX (July 18). Information for the semifinals and final to be played in August will be announced once teams qualify.
Competitive criteria determined which four teams would represent the United States in the tournament. Based on their 2009 regular season record, the top four MLS teams (who are not competing in the 2010-2011 CONCACAF Champions League) qualified for SuperLiga 2010: Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Houston Dynamo and New England Revolution. The four invited Mexican clubs participating in this edition of SuperLiga will be known later this spring, following the conclusion of the current tournament.
In its history, SuperLiga has crowned two Mexican champions (Pachuca, 2007 and Tigres, 2009) and one U.S. champion (New England Revolution, 2008). All three championship games have been determined by penalty kicks. During the inaugural edition of SuperLiga, CF Pachuca defeated the Los Angeles Galaxy at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. on Aug. 30, 2007. In 2008, the all-MLS final saw the Revolution defeat the Houston Dynamo at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. In 2009, Tigres UANL of Mexico defeated the Chicago Fire in front of a sell-out crowd at Toyota Park.
For ticket information, fans are encouraged to contact the local MLS club. The entire tournament will once again be broadcast live by TeleFutura in the United States.
Groups and schedule for SuperLiga 2010 will be announced in the spring.
SuperLiga 2010 Schedule*
* Subject to change
Wednesday, July 14
Game 1: Venue TBD – Boston / Foxborough, MA
Game 2: Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL
Thursday, July 15
Game 3: Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX
Game 4: The Home Depot Center – Carson, CA
Saturday, July 17
Game 5: Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL
Game 6: Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL
Sunday, July 18 Game 7: Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX
Game 8: Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX
Tuesday, July 20
Game 9: Venue TBD – Boston / Foxborough, MA
Game 10: Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL
Wednesday, July 21
Game 11: Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX
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Thanks for sharing my joy Randy! When they took blood Friday 03/04, I asked if they could squeeze me in before my scheduled appointment.Things are looking pretty good. My psa went from 0.36 to 0.13. My blood pressure has been trending up & so I'm taking a mild medication for that. My first hormone shot was 05/04/10, so I have another year of testosterone removal.I celebrated by planting a tree at Channahon.Thanks Everyone!
Yesterday, April 19th was my first year anniversary being diagnosed with prostate cancer. I don't like how I feel but I'm doing OK. I'm being proactive rather than reactive. I having a pft examine tomorrow, the 21st. Pulmonary function test. This is about shortness of breath. There is also a CT scan scheduled 04/27. Prostate cancer is very curable, it's just that I have an aggressive form of it. I have a huge support group & thanks for that. That's a big deal!!!
I bumped into an old friend that's been following my process. He mentioned that there was some concern with his prostate & was following what was going on with me. His mind went into worst case scenario, but all his tests came back negative. So this is a good news update for those who don't see me often.I had an appointment with the GU Dr. & was complaining about the usual things, shortness of breath, being tired, urinating, weakness, no sex & went on about the loss of hair on the back of my shoulders & thinning on my arms & legs, & the new hair on the top of my head. In so many words he raised both hands in the air & yelled Yeaaah!!! the medication is working. He also suggested my psa will be lower than 0.13. If you don't already know, the medication, zoladex, removes my testosterone. In getting another ct scan it was discovered I have a "substantially enlarged heart" from the prior scan. I had more tests & the only thing discovered was an "left artial enlargement" & it's just something to be watched.So in my cancer fight, I'm doing good. The side effects appear to be normal. I haven't found anyone with my situation. Everyone I talked with has had their prostate removed. It make me wonder it I made the right decision. Thanks for your prayers & concern.
I have continued Good News! My psa is 0.02. Can you believe that? I'm doing numbers from memory, 13.82 was the start. After radiation & one or two implants, the number was 0.36, six months later 0.13, & now 0.02. The trend is dooown!!! Not much downside left. I get one more implant. I'll be on my own for three months, & six months from now I'll meet the GU & we'll see how I'm doing. I'm certainly not of the woods, but I see the sun shining brightly! I'm also not sure when I'll feel normal, but I'm super thrilled on numbers!http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots/99-The-Greatest


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Actor Neil Patrick Harris breaks from his role of Barney on CBS' "How I Met Your Mother" to narrate Epcot's Candlelight Processional on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. (Performance times are 5 p.m., 6:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. daily). It's his third time at Candlelight and his first since 2008. He chatted with Orlando Sentinel reporter Dewayne Bevil.
Was there a big surprise the first time you narrated Candlelight Processional?
The surprise was the sheer volume of everything. It's sort of deafening, standing in the middle of the cacophony of sounds coming not only from the orchestra in front of you but also 500 full-throated vocalists all around you. That was a bit of an overwhelm. And when you do three in a row for three days, by the ninth show, you're mostly deaf.
To me, it looks like you're ready to break into song. Is that frowned on?
I know that they say you're welcome to sing along, but I don't know if that's encouraged or just optional. I grew up singing in our church choir and they would sing the "Hallelujah Chorus," so my instincts are to sing, because I mostly know the song.
Do you have a favorite part or passage in the processional?
My favorite Christmas carol has always been "O Holy Night." I really love that song, and it's a beautiful orchestration and arrangement of that one.
Is there a must-do, must-eat, must-see part of Disney World for you?
Where to begin? We really love the Animal Kingdom. There's just so much great stuff there. I love the Kilimanjaro Safari, and we love the coaster [Expedition Everest] although it loses a couple of points with the Yeti not running anymore. I'm a big fan of old-school Audio-Animatronics, so I also am a big Spaceship Earth fan. Haunted Mansion is probably one of my favorite designs ever, so I always have to go see that.
One of the main perks of being a narrator — and a theme-park enthusiast, Disney especially — is that I'm afforded the opportunity to go backstage. One early morning, we got to go tour the Haunted Mansion before it opened, which was very exciting. On another trip I got to go under the stage of American Adventure at Epcot and see all the pneumatics working and how those set pieces fold up into each other. It's that access I really get off on.
Because you're based in California, do you get to Disneyland often?
I have a special soft spot in my heart about Disneyland. I love the scope and the size of what Florida and Disney World is able to provide in just sheer quantity. You get giant flower beds that are amazing and topography. … Since they have such a finite amount of space in Disneyland, every single thing that you look at and glorify over is well designed, a little gem.
Has having children changed your holiday focus or planning? [He and his partner David Burtka are parents of 14-month-old twins.]
It means we're allowed to travel less. It's two kids and a nanny and strollers and portable cribs plus gifts. It's just a lot. I'm anxious to root myself and start our own family traditions. It will be nice to just take a breath during the holidays and decorate and stay in.
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This made me laugh out loud. It's probably bigoted, racist, sexist, and homophobic somehow, but it's pretty funny.
Sorry that I am late in publishing your comments. I'm still getting used to using my Blackberry in coordination with my email (and used to moderating comments). Sometimes when something comes to my Blackberry I forget that I have to go to my email to do anything with it. This is one of those cases. So, again I apologize. Great comment though, especially in light of my last Friday Funny!
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International involvement
The effects of maritime piracy are felt all around the world. INTERPOL is one of many international and regional organizations working together on various projects to combat and break up the pirate networks and shut down their operations.
- Eurojust and Joint Investigation Team to Combat Maritime Piracy: INTERPOL is working with Eurojust and Europol to develop a global law enforcement and prosecution strategy to combat maritime piracy.
- Formal cooperation agreements with naval forces: INTERPOL and naval forces involved in maritime piracy, notably the Netherlands and Denmark, are exploring an information-sharing model that would give the navies access to the INTERPOL fingerprints database. This would allow for searches of fingerprints taken from pirates immediately after capture. INTERPOL has established this type of information-sharing platform with NATO and the EU Naval Force Somalia (EU NAVFOR).
- Joint Somali and INTERPOL initiative: As part of an effort to identify Somali pirates captured by navies and prosecuted in foreign jurisdictions, the INTERPOL and Somali anti-piracy task forces are developing a plan to improve diplomatic relations between affected countries.
- The Somalia Maritime Security Bill of 2011: At the request of the Somalia Maritime Piracy Task Force, INTERPOL reviewed and provided comments to improve the legislation.
UN-supported projects:
- Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia: This group facilitates discussion and coordination of action among states and organizations fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia. INTERPOL participates in working groups on operations, legal issues, private industry inclusion and piracy financing.
- UN Sub-Working Group on Maritime Piracy: Comprises 16 entities, including the International Maritime Organization, INTERPOL, UN Office of Drugs and Crime and the Monitoring Group on Somalia. The aim of the group is to share information, exchange ideas and ensure collaboration on the issue of counter-piracy.
- Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE) initiative: This group brings together INTERPOL, the European Union, NATO, Combined Maritime Forces and several countries to coordinate military efforts against piracy.
- Kampala Process: The group facilitates political dialogue and collaboration in the fight against piracy among international groups including INTERPOL, the UN and the EU.
- Djibouti Code of Conduct: An agreement among East African countries on how to coordinate their responses to maritime piracy.


text: Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865), better known as A.P. Hill, was a U.S. Army officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). Hill entered the Civil War in March 1861 as a colonel and experienced a meteoric rise to the rank of major general in the spring of 1862. As commander of a fast-moving unit called the Light Division, Hill served at the Battles of Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run (Second Manassas), Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. During this time he established himself alongside officers like James Longstreet and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as one of General Robert E. Lee's most trusted subordinates. Hill was promoted to corps command in May 1863, but his involvement in the later stages of the war was marked by an uneven combat record and poor health. Hill was mortally wounded by Union troops outside of Petersburg in April 1865. He died at the age of 39.


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Next, an "airline reported status" section with 2 columns for departure and arrival data.
Section 3 is the Real-Time FlightCaster Predicted Status. This is the area you will be focusing on--more info below in the requirements section
Section 4 is for delay factors. It shows why the flight has a given predicted status.
We're basically happy with the general layout of Sections 1, 2 and 4. We're not wed to colors of background, header styles, or exact font choice, but we also don't care too much if it remains as it is. The colors in particular are fairly boring right now. The focus is on designing section 3. But whatever design is decided upon for Section 3, the other sections need to follow.
Again to reiterate--you don't have to change sections 1, 2, and 4--but they do need to be consistent with what you design in section 3.
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The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Fostering Innovation and Excellence
For all students to thrive in the classroom, in college, and in a career, our educational system must continuously develop and embrace the very best practices, policies, and ideas. Innovative practices are constantly emerging to help more students graduate ready for college and a career. We will ask policymakers and educators at all levels to carefully analyze the impact of their policies, practices, and systems on student outcomes. We will provide students and families with increased high-quality public school educational options, and empower them with improved information about the options available to them. And across programs, we will focus less on compliance and more on enabling effective local strategies to flourish.
A New Approach
- Providing incentives for a Race to the Top among states and districts willing to take on ambitious, comprehensive reforms.
- Developing, validating, and scaling up promising and proven educational strategies to improve student outcomes.
- Expanding educational options to increase choice within the public school system through high-performing new schools and meaningful public school choice.
Race to the Top
Modeled after the Race to the Top program authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, our proposal will provide competitive grants to states and school districts to take on ambitious and comprehensive reforms, and to encourage the broad identification, dissemination, adoption, and use of effective policies and practices. State and school district grantees will be required to develop and implement comprehensive plans, in collaboration with other stakeholders, to dramatically improve student outcomes, including focusing on rigorous college- and career-ready standards and high-quality assessments; providing better information to families to help them evaluate and improve their children's schools, and to educators to help them improve their students' learning; supporting effective teachers and school leaders; turning around persistently low-performing schools; and supporting innovative models for reform.
States and school districts that receive grants may spend funds flexibly in a manner aligned with their plans, but states must award at least 50 percent of their grant funds to school districts that participate in the state plan. Grantees will be required to meet specific annual performance targets related to the implementation of their plan and to improving measurable outcomes for students and schools, and will receive continuation funding only if they implement their proposed plans effectively and meet their performance targets. Grantees must invest in rigorous evaluation of their ongoing performance and reform efforts.
Investing in Innovation (i3)
This program builds on the i3 program launched through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and will provide additional competitive grants to expand the implementation of, and investment in, innovative and evidence-based practices, programs, and strategies that significantly improve student outcomes. The Secretary will use a rigorous, three-tiered evidence framework that directs the highest levels of funding to programs with the strongest evidence, and also provides significant support for promising programs that are willing to undergo rigorous evaluation. Grantees will use funds to scale up practices, strategies, or programs for which there is strong evidence of success in significantly closing achievement gaps between groups of students and in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students; validate and expand practices, strategies, or programs for which there is moderate evidence of success; or develop and test promising practices, strategies, or programs for which there is potential and some research-based support. Each grantee will be required to conduct or participate in an independent evaluation of its project. Grantees will be required to form partnerships with the private sector to secure matching funds.
Applicants will be required to propose projects that develop or expand innovations in critical areas of education reform. The Secretary may also give preference to applicants that propose to develop or expand innovations around specific pressing needs, such as improving the teaching and learning of STEM subjects, improving early learning outcomes, addressing the learning needs of English Learners and students with disabilities, and serving schools in rural areas. The Secretary will also reserve funds for inducement prizes to drive breakthrough inventions in education or for dramatic and innovative approaches to improving educational outcomes.
Expanding Educational Options
In addition to broad-based comprehensive state and local reforms and the expansion of evidence-based practices and innovations, the Administration's ESEA reauthorization proposal will encourage educational entrepreneurship by expanding competitive grants aimed at increasing the supply of high-quality public educational options available to students.
Supporting Effective Charter Schools. Our proposal will provide competitive grants to states, charter school authorizers, charter management organizations, districts, and nonprofit organizations, to start or expand high-performing public charter schools and other high-performing autonomous public schools, with a priority for applicants proposing to start or expand high-performing public charter schools. Autonomous schools are public schools that, as much or even more than charter schools, have ongoing autonomy over key operational elements, including staffing, budget, schedule, and program. Both charter schools and other autonomous schools funded under this program must be subject to the same accountability systems as traditional public schools, as well as increased accountability for improving student academic achievement.
To ensure that funds are used to start or expand high-performing schools that improve outcomes for all subgroups of students, applicants will be evaluated based on their record of past success in funding, supporting, authorizing, managing, or operating (as relevant) high-performing public charter schools or other high-performing public autonomous schools; their record of cutting off funding to or closing low-performing charter schools or other low-performing autonomous schools; and their commitment to improving the quality of their schools in the future. Grantees will be required to develop plans to appropriately serve all students in charter or other autonomous schools, including English Learners and students with disabilities, and to provide information to ensure students and families are aware of and able to apply to these schools. The Secretary may reserve a portion of funds to improve charter schools' access to facilities or to facilities financing.
To build greater capacity to support and hold schools accountable under this program, grantees at all levels will be allowed to set aside funds to improve their capacity to oversee and support schools funded under this program. Additionally, charter management organizations that commit to work with districts to support the districts in implementing effective strategies in district schools may be eligible for larger grants.
Promoting Public School Choice. Our proposal will continue to provide competitive grants to districts, consortia of districts, and states in partnership with districts to expand high-quality public school educational options for students, especially students in low-performing schools, and ensure that students and families are aware of these options. Grantees will use funds to implement programs that increase high-quality public school options for students, especially students in low-performing schools, through creating or expanding inter- and intradistrict choice programs, theme-based schools, high-quality online learning programs, or academic pathways. Grantees must also carry out activities to provide students, families, and the community with information about how to identify, evaluate, and access high-quality educational options. Priority will be given to interdistrict choice programs and programs that provide comprehensive choices to every student in a district. Priority will also be given to programs that increase diversity in the schools served by the program.
Magnet Schools Assistance Program. Our proposal will continue to provide competitive grants to districts to support magnet schools under a desegregation plan ordered by a federal court, state court, or other authorized state agency or official, or approved by the Secretary. The reauthorized program will expand and improve options for students and increase diversity by placing a greater emphasis on funding whole-school magnet school programs or models that have a record of success in raising student academic achievement and reducing minority group isolation.


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PHILADELPHIA — A child pornography victim from Pennsylvania is using a law that carries her name to seek at least $150,000 each from her father, 13 other jailed men and anyone else who viewed explicit images of her.
"Masha's Law" is named for Masha Allen, a Russian orphan adopted at age 5 by divorced Pittsburgh-area millionaire Matthew Mancuso. He's in prison for making and posting about 200 sexually explicit images of her that authorities believe have been viewed millions of times online.
The FBI sought the identity of the child known as the "Internet Girl" or "Disney World Girl" and located Masha in 2003, when she was 10. She is now 20 and has changed her name to regain some measure of privacy after testifying in Congress.
"Why didn't anyone ever check up on me?" she asked during her testimony before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, according to a transcript.
Her class-action lawsuit, filed Friday in Philadelphia under the name Jane Doe, targets doctors and other professionals like Mancuso who have assets that could be seized. All of the named defendants are in prison for exploiting her. They come from towns across the U.S., including Stonington, Conn.; Port St. Lucy, Fla.; and Olympia, Wash. The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported on the lawsuit Tuesday.
"Scarred by years of brutal exploitation, she must now also bear the humiliating knowledge that untold numbers of men … continue to take sadistic pleasure in viewing and distributing graphic visual depiction of her pain and degradation," the lawsuit said.
On any given day, that could include the man standing behind her in line at the grocery store, the lawsuit said.
More than 2,300 people have been indicted by the Justice Department for viewing Masha's images alone. She is notified each time the list grows.
"If you get down into the court files, and start reading about the images that these people were downloading and viewing for their pleasure, it's frightening and depressing," said Leighton Moore, an Atlanta lawyer who represents the young woman. "Some of them are day care workers. Some of them are policemen, firefighters."
About a dozen lawsuits have been filed under the 2006 law, but Moore is the first to seek class-action certification, so that his client does not have to endure serial litigation. Some of those cases have ended with judgments, but Moore did not know if any victims have been able to collect.
He declined to discuss how his client is doing or whether she is in school or working.
"You can imagine the kind of experiences that she's been through leaves some scars," he said.
Mancuso, an engineer in his mid-40s, had sought to adopt a girl between the ages of 4 and 6, explaining that he wanted to make up for his strained relationship with his teenage daughter, according to the Congressional hearing transcript. He then repeatedly raped and sexually abused Masha on camera, sometimes during trips to Disney World.
Mancuso, who lived in Plum, is serving a 15-year federal sentence for child pornography. He also faces a state sentence for child rape and incest when he leaves federal prison.
According to the 2006 Congressional hearing, a social worker sent Russian officials a report after the adoption describing Mancuso's home as warm and loving, all based on a phone interview. The Somerdale, N.J., woman whose adoption agency placed her with Mancuso told the Congressional panel that in-home checks were then voluntary on Mancuso's part.
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Still more activities on schedule this month at the Lewiston Public Library, 305 S. Eighth St.:
Clubs and More
•Advanced genealogy classes with Peggy Taylor-Hulligan take place on Tuesdays, Oct. 15, 22 and 29, at 6 p.m. Registration required; call the library at 716-754-4720 for details.
•The Lewiston Writers' Group will meet on Monday, Oct. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. For further information, visit http://www.lewistonwritersgroup.com.
•The Dead Beats Society will meet Monday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m. The Italian Research Group will meet Monday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m.
•The Friends of the Lewiston Library are hosting a "Friendly Gathering" on Wednesday Oct. 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the library. Hearty appetizers, wine tasting, champagne and desserts will be available. Join to see the Friends' gifts to the library, made possible by community support, and share food, conversation and music.
All are welcome; you don't need to be a member of the Friends. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door and available at the library. RSVP by Oct. 16. Call JoAnne Lotterio at 716-754-1153 or stop in to purchase tickets.
•The Knitting Club meets every Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. No registration is required and knitters of all skill levels are welcome. For more information, contact Ellen Comerford at 716-754-4144.
Children's Events
•Paul Merklein presents a class, "How to Draw Super Heroes," for ages 10 and up, on Monday, Oct. 28, at 4 p.m. Also on Oct. 28, Merklein will offer a program, "Great Big Spooky Faces," open to area families at 6 p.m.
•Alphabet Soup, a story time that introduces children to a different letter of the alphabet each week, meets Mondays, Oct. 21 and 28, at 10:30 a.m. Children will be introduced to the letter with music, stories, crafts and simple American Sign Language. Children will participate in a costume parade with snacks provided to celebrate Halloween on Oct. 28.
•Toddler Time, a story time for children ages 2 to 3 years old, meets on Tuesdays, Oct. 15, 22 and 29, at 10:30 a.m. Children will participate in a costume parade with snack provided to celebrate Halloween on Tuesday, Oct. 29.
The library will be closed Monday (Columbus Day).


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Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy
Guide to Montour County, Pennsylvania ancestry, family history and genealogy in courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.
|Montour County, Pennsylvania
Location in the state of Pennsylvania
Location of Pennsylvania in the U.S.
|May 3, 1850
|County Seat
| Montour County Courthouse
29 Mill Street
Danville, PA 17821
Montour County Website
- 1 Montour County Pennsylvania Historical Facts
- 1.1 Description
- 1.2 Boundary Changes
- 1.3 Records Loss
- 1.4 Bible Records
- 1.5 Biographies
- 1.6 Cemeteries
- 1.7 Census
- 1.8 Church Records
- 1.9 Court Records
- 1.10 Emigration and Immigration
- 1.11 Ethnic Groups
- 1.12 Gazetteers
- 1.13 Genealogy
- 1.14 History
- 1.15 Land and Property
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- 1.17 Migration
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- 1.22 Periodicals
- 1.23 Poorhouse, Almshouse
- 1.24 Probate Records
- 1.25 Repositories
- 1.26 Taxation
- 1.27 Vital Records
- 2 Montour County Pennsylvania Genealogy Websites
- 3 Montour County Pennsylvania Places
- 4 Montour County Pennsylvania Genealogy References
Montour County Pennsylvania Historical Facts
Parent Counties: Formed from Columbia County 3 May 1850. [2]
County Seat: Danville
Neighboring Counties: Montour County residents may also have records in:[3]
Named for Elizabeth Catherine Montour, better known as Madame Montour, a prominent Indian leader during the colonial era. It is the smallest county in the state of Pennsylvania.
The county was named Andrew Montour. It's county seat is Danville and was founded May 3, 1850. It is located in the Mid-Central area of the state.[4]
Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Records Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Bible Records
- History of Montour County from "The History of Colubmia and Montour Counties" Battle, 1887 Includes "Some of the Early Families" and "Montour County Bios" Courtesy USGenWeb Archives
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.
|Tombstone Transcriptions Online
|Tombstone Transcriptions in Print
|List of Cemeteries in the county
|Family History Library
|PAGenWeb Archives
|Tombstone Photos
|Pennsylvania Genealogy
|Access Genealogy
|BillionGraves (name)
|See Pennsylvania Cemeteries for more information.
Additional Cemetery Resources
For tips on accessing Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Federal (or United States) census records online, see: Pennsylvania Census.
There are no county or state census records available for Pennsylvania. County and city tax records can be used as a substitute when census records are not available.
Church Records
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. In Pennsylvania, church records are often used as a substitute for birth, marriage, and death information. For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, view the Pennsylvania Church Records wiki page.
The Montour County Genealogical Society has various records for churches throughout the Montour County area. However, the society has not put the records on-line and to view the records one must go to the society. The society will do limited lookups in the records. See their website for details.
Finding Church Records at Other Repositories
Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Church Records in online catalogs like:
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
County-wide Database - Multi-denominational
- 1708-1985 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Society of Pennsylvania – $, free to members of the society; Also available at Ancestry.com – $; 7,542,774 entries. This database is incomplete for all counties.
- Contains the church records of:
- Bloomsburg: Trinity Reformed Church (United Church of Christ)
- Danville: Beaver Library; Lutheran Church; Presbyterian Church; Reformed Church; Shiloh United Church of Christ
- Hemlock: Hemlock Township Union Church
- Mooresburg: Presbyterian Church
In 1842, the First Baptist Church of Danville was organized. The Immanuel Baptist Church was created from members of the First Baptist Church in 1892, but the church was dissolved by the members in 1908.[5]
The first pastor was appointed for the Evangelical Church in 1867, although previous pastors did perform services before that time. This congregation was eventually called the Emanuel Evangelical Church and their first church building was dedicated in 1871.[5]
The first sign of the Lutheran denomination in Montour County was in 1820 with the creation of what is now known as the Pine Street Lutheran Church. Before then, they would go to the Lutheran Church in Mahoning Township, Northumberland County. In 1845, a church was built and the congregation was known as Evangelical Lutheran Church of Danville (now called St. John's Lutheran Church). But the congregation eventually outgrew the building and the Pine Street Lutheran Church was built in 1859.[5]
The Trinity Lutheran Church was created in 1859 from members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (eventually called the Pine Street Lutheran Church) that did not agree with the location of the new church building agreed upon by the majority of the congregation.[5]
Methodist Episcopal
The St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church was the second religious organization established in Danville in about 1791, although a permanent church building was not erected until 1839.[5]
The Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1868 from members of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church who lived in the north side of town. [5]
The Mahoning Presbyterian Church, later changed to the Grove Presbyterian Church, was the first religious organization in Danville in about 1778.[6]
Protestant Episcopal
The Protestant Episcopal congregation (now known as Christ's Church) was officially established in 1829, sharing a church building with the Lutheran congregation. Difficulties with the Lutheran Congregation eventually lead to them leaving the church building in 1836 and was left exclusively to the Protestant Episcopal Church.[5]
The Shiloh Reformed Church in Danville was formally created in 1893, when it split from a larger congregation of the Reformed Church that began in 1856 and covered Danville, Catawissa, St. James (Mahoning) and Mausdale. [5]
Roman Catholic
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church began as a mission in 1847. It's first building was on the corner of Center and Ferry streets and later moved to its current lot in 1869.[5]
Because of the large influx of German Catholics by 1859, a congregation was created and called the St. Hubert's German Catholic Church. Previously, German Catholics attended St. Joseph's Catholic Church.[5]
The B'nai Zion Synagogue was built in 1871. Previously, the congregation met in their schoolhouse built in 1853.[5]
Court Records
Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy court records are housed at the Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Courthouse. For many counties copies of court records may be found at the Pennsylvania State Archives and in the FamilySearch collection. Note that within these collections some films may contain the same records, but have different titles. Other titles are not duplicates. See Finding Court Records at other repositories within this section for links to the online catalogs for these two collections. Films at the Pennsylvania State Archives are not available for inter-library loan. If court records are available FamilySearch films may be available at a local Family History Center. Call ahead for availability.
Court of Common Pleas
The Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of Pennsylvania. Major civil and criminal cases are heard in these courts. Judges also decide cases involving adoption, divorce, child custody, abuse, juvenile delinquency, estates, guardianships, charitable organizations and many other matters. The Common Pleas courts are organized into 60 judicial districts. Montour County shares its judicial district with Columbia County. Judges of the Common Pleas courts are elected to 10-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district.[7]
Clerk of the Court
The Clerk of Courts prepares and maintains the records for the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas. The Clerk signs and affixes the Seal of the Courts to all writs and processes, administers oaths and affirmations, and assumes custody of the seal and records of the Courts. The Clerk certifies and distributes orders of the Court. The Clerk also certifies and prepares bills of costs for the defendants and utilizes the computerized financial management system to disburse fines, costs and restitution.[8] For the Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Clerk of Courts address see the Courthouse section on this page.
The office of the Prothonotary is the custodian of all civil matters in the county. This includes naturalization, immigration, equity actions, judgements, federal and local tax liens, city liens, family court, arbitrations, license suspension appeals, appeals to higher court, commercial code filings, applications for passports and divorce proceedings. See the Courthouse section on this page for the Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Prothonotary office information.
- 1850–1907 Common Pleas Docket, vol. 1–2 FHL film 953899 (first of 5 films)
Orphan's Court
See Vital Records
The Orphans' Court is responsible for a wide range of matters. The name of the Court is derived from the more general definition of "orphan," that being a person or thing that is without protective affiliation or sponsorship. This would include those not capable of handling their own affairs, minors, incapacitated persons, decedents estates, nonprofit corporations and trusts. It is the role of the Court to ensure that the best interests of the person or entity are not compromised.
It is believed the name of this court was borrowed from the Court of Orphans of the city of London, England which had the care and guardianship of children of deceased citizens, in their minority.[9]
For Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Orphans' Court contact information see the Courthouse section on this page.
- 1851–1865 Orphans Court Docket, vol. 1–2 FHL film 954020
Finding Court Records at Other Repositories
Additional court records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Court Records in online catalogs like:
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Emigration and Immigration
For information about emigration into Pennsylvania, see the Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration page.
Ethnic Groups
- History of Montour County from "The History of Colubmia and Montour Counties" Battle, 1887 courtesy USGenWeb Archives
Published Histories
Land and Property
Land records in Montour County began in 1850. These records are filed with the Register and Recorder office in Danville, Pennsylvania.
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, and maps. Property records include liens as well as livestock brands and estray records.
The following are examples of available resources:
Land Records on Microfilm
- 1850-1958 Deeds, 1850-1866; Deed Index, 1850-1958. FHL films 953720-953728
Additional Resources
Note that the "Maps" section below also includes maps related to land ownership.
See Pennsylvania Land and Property for more information about using land records, especially about original land warrants, surveys, and patents filed at the state land office.
Additional resources can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montour County Pennsylvania Land in online catalogs such as:
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog.)
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search.)
- Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
- Ancestor Tracks has posted free downloadable images fromthe atlas of Columbia and Montour Counties of Pennsylvania from Recent & Actual Surveys & Records Under the Superintendence of G.H. Walker & C.F. Jewett published by F.W. Beers & Co in 1876. This atlas located in the Library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used commercially. We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.
Naturalization and Citizenship
Naturalization records can contain information about immigration and nativity. Prior to 1906, it is rare to find the town of origin in naturalization records. See Pennsylvania Naturalization for more information about the types of records and availability.
Naturalizations granted at the county level were kept by the office of the Prothonotary. Naturalizations could also be granted on the Federal Court level.
Naturalization records available for Montour County, Pennsylvania include the following:
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
- 1901-1930 Naturalization Petitions of the U.S. Circuit and District Courts for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1906-1930; and 1901-1906 on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1622, Middle District court was created in 1901, for earlier dates try the Eastern and Western District court records
- 1901-1930 Middle District, US Circuit and District Courts: Naturalization petitions, 1906-1930 located in U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) database on Ancestry.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1622, Middle District court was created in 1901, for earlier dates try the Eastern and Western District court records
Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm
- 1850-1907 Common Pleas Docket FHL film 953899 (first of 5 films)
Finding Naturalization Indexes at Other Repositories
Additional naturalization indexes can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy naturalization in online catalogs like:
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Abstracts in FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.
To access newspapers, contact public libraries, historical/genealogical societies, college or university libraries, or state archives in the area where the newspaper was published.
For information on state-wide newspapers see Pennsylvania Newspapers
Newspapers of Montour County
- Pennsylvania Newspapers
- Chronicling America US Newspaper Directory
Online Newspapers
To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper.
Online Newspaper Abstracts
- PA-Roots Newspaper Articles for Montour County, Pennsylvania.
Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died. However, sometimes an obituary is found in the location from which he or she originated. To find an obituary, see the information under the Newspaper heading
|Sometimes the fastest way of finding obituaries is to call or email the local public library in the area where the person died. If the library does not have newspapers, a librarian often will know where they are kept. If a death date is known, and the newspapers are at the library, someone on staff will usually make a search for a small fee, or will indicate someone who will do the search.
Online Obituary Abstracts
- PA-Roots Obituaries for Montour County, Pennsylvania.
Indentured Servants
Poorhouse, Almshouse
Probate Records
Probate matters in Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. To obtain original probate records, contact the Orphan's Court in the County Courthouse.
In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates of decedents, incompetents, and minors; appointment and control of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills involving probate matters; inheritance tax appeals and various petitions and motions.
Online Probate Records
Original probate records for some Pennsylvania counties are available free online as digital images at FamilySearch.org. The dates vary significantly for each county and not all counties are listed. Some counties may only have probate indexes. This Pennsylvania collection of images may be browsed through the links listed below:
Complete Collection:
- 1683 - 1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
- 1683-1994 Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 at FamilySearch.org
Montour County Only:
- 1850–1912 Montour County Probate Records
- 1850-Present Montour County Index of Wills 1850 to the Present. Free index found on the Mountor County, Pennsylvania website. Index includes name, book, and page number.
Original Probate Records on Microfilm
- 1850–1912 Wills FHL film 953717 (first of 3 films)
Additional Probate Indexes and Abstracts
Additional probate indexes or abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy probate wills in online catalogs like:
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
- The Pennsylvania Archives collection contains county archive records that can be searched onsite. Currently the Archives' staff cannot provide research or make copies of these records. Their collections include Almshouse Registers; Tax records; Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes and Records; Midwife records; African American records; Wills; Deeds; Naturalizations; Coroner's inquests; and Orphan's Court dockets. A list of the Archive's county holdings are on Microfilm or Manuscript form.
- National Archives at Philadelphia
14700 Townsend Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096
Phone: 215-305-2044
Fax: 215-305-2052
Montour County Courthouse
29 Mill Street
Danville, PA 17821
Phone: 570-271-3010
County courthouse has:
- 1893-1905: Birth and Death records
- 1885 to present: Marriage license
- 1883-1905: Delayed birth registration
- 1850-1904: Naturalization Records
Office of the Prothonotary/Clerk of Courts/Clerk of Orphans'Court
Montour County Court House
29 Mill Street
Danville, PA 17821
Phone: 570-271-3010
Family History Centers
Family history centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes. See family history center for more information. Search the online FHC directory for a nearby family history center.
Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.
The main FHC for Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy is the Sunbury Pennsylvania Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.
- Thomas Beaver Free Library
205 Ferry Street
Danville, PA 17821
Phone: 570-275-4180.
- The Montour County Genealogical Society keep their genealogical records at the library.
- The Montour County Genealogical Society collection includes but is not limited to the following records:
- Obituary files
- Family histories
- Church records
- County histories
- Newsletters form various Pennsylvania genealogical societies
- Surname files
- Montour County Genealogical Society
205 Ferry Street
Danville PA 17821
Phone: 570-275-6177
Genealogy Room: Thomas Beaver Free Library, 2nd Floor
Check website for usage fees.
- The collection includes records for Columbia, Montour and Northumberland Counties. Research requests may be submitted in writing using a printable form which includes the fee schedule.
- Montour County Historical Society
P.O. Box 8
1 Mill Street
Danville, PA 17821
- Located in the Montgomery House Museum, corner of Bloom and Mill Streets
A small library contains local and county histories, industrial record books, business and law ledgers, military references, photographs, tax records, and maps.
Currently open by appointment. Check website for information and phone numbers.
Vital Records
Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. Between the years 1852-1855 Pennsylvania made a failed attempt to record birth, marriage and death events at the county level. While the records for that time period are available, there were few events recorded. County marriage records were kept in earnest in 1885. Births and deaths, at the county level, were begun in 1893 and kept through 1905. Abstracts and copies of vital records are available for some counties, but most are incomplete. For the most complete set of records, always contact the County Orphans' Court.
See also How to order Pennsylvania Vital Records
Early births 1893–1905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. See the heading Court Records on this page for contact information.
Indexes for Pennsylvania birth records are available through the Department of of Health for 1906 and 1907. Once an individual is located in the index a non certified Birth certificate can be obtained by writing and sending $3.00 to:
Division of Vital Records
ATTN: Public Records
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103
- 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Births Ancestry.com – $ Index with images.
Pennsylvania marriages are located at the county level. Contact the Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy clerk's office for these records.
- 1626-2016 - Pennsylvania, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
- 1677-1950 Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1700-1821 Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.
- Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.
- 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) Index with images.
- 1885-1950 Pennsylvania County Marriage, 1885-1950 Extracted marriage records – free. Most of the records consist of marriage licenses, certificates, applications, docket books, and affidavits. This database is incomplete for all counties. May also contain marriage records earlier than 1885.
- Marriage records of Columbia and Montour Counties at Ancestry.com - ($); book transcription.
- 1947-2010 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 at FamilySearch — index and images
Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary. The office of the Prothonotary is located in the courthouse building.
Early deaths 1893–1905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. See the heading Court Records on this page for contact information.
Indexes for Pennsylvania death records are available through the Department of Health for 1906 through 1962. Once an individual is located in the index a non certified death certificate can be obtained obtained by writing and sending $3.00 to:
Division of Vital Records
ATTN: Public Records
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103
- 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry.com – $ Index with images.
- 1893-1905 Montour County Death Index 1893-1905 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches B544541 and B544542.[10]
- 1947-2010 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 at FamilySearch — index and images
Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories
Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Montour County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Vital Records in online catalogs like:
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Montour County Pennsylvania Genealogy Websites
- Montour County PAGenWeb
- Montour County, PA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- USGenWeb
- Montour County PA Genealogy
- FamilySearch Catalog
Montour County Pennsylvania Places
Populated Places
Montour County Pennsylvania Genealogy References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Montour County, Pennsylvania. Page 588-593 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 579-581.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Montour County, Pennsylvania" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montour_County,_Pennsylvania.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montour_County,_Pennsylvania accessed 2/12/2017
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J.H. Beers and Co., 1915), 352, 355), FamilySearch Books Online; Digital copy at Internet Archive; At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL book 974.83 H2b vol. 1.
- ↑ "History of Danville, Grove Presbyterian Church" in PA-Roots at http://www.pa-roots.com/index.php/montour-county/134-history-of-danville/391-history-of-danville-grove-presbyterian-church (accessed August 7, 2012).
- ↑ The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania http://www.pacourts.us/T/CommonPleas/ accessed 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, Clerk of Courts in http://www.pacourts.us/T/CommonPleas/ClerksOfCourts.htm (accessed 25 Aug 2012)
- ↑ The Philadelphia Courts at http://www.courts.phila.gov/common-pleas/orphans/ accessed 10 July 2012
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/1/10/Igipennsylvaniall.pdf.


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DNA answer to a family tree question.
According to the story that was passed down in my family, our great-great grandfather Almus Lentz was born in Germany. By the time he was 8 or 9 years old, he was an orphan. He stowed away on a ship that was headed for America, but mid-voyage, shiphands discovered him and hauled him up to meet the captain. A kindly Irish couple named Hill took pity on the frightened lad and paid his passage. In America, the Hills took Almus into their home and continued to provide for him. They had no children of their own, so Almus was like a son to them, He even took their name, becoming Almus Hill and giving up his old name, Almus Lentz. This was how our family acquired the Hill name.
As I researched Almus Hill/Lentz around the internet and corresponded with other descendants, I learned that there were other versions of this legend. In one branch of the family, it was told that Almus was an out-of-wedlock child born to a Lentz girl in Ohio. To hide this birth, the wealthy Lentz family gave the newborn baby Almus to their housemaid Mary Ann Hill. They told her to take the child and raise it as her own because they never wanted to see it again. Thus, little Almus should have been a Lentz, but he became a Hill.
In another branch of the family, a similar story claimed that either the wealthy Mr. Lentz fathered a child (Almus) with a servant girl, or Almus was the son of an unmarried Lentz girl. Whatever the case, Almus lived in the Lentz home until he was 8 or 9 years old. One day, Mr. Lentz decided to free himself of this unwanted child. He gave Almus to John and Mary Ann Hill who worked for the Lentz family. The Hills were told to take the boy and leave and never to speak to anyone of this boy being a Lentz. So, Almus Lentz became Almus Hill. This version of the legend also included the adult Almus calling the Lentz family "filthy rich bastards" and saying that the Lentz family was from Austria.
In each case, these stories, told by Almus Hill to his children, were faithfully passed down through several generations to the present day.
Facts contradict the Hill/Lentz legend
Family tree researchers have never found any evidence that the Lentz stories are true. All the evidence pointed to a much less dramatic birth and childhood for Almus Hill. His parents, John Hill (1821-1849) and Mary Ann Jones (1824-1844), were married on February 26, 1843, in Trumbull County, Ohio. Almus was born on December 23, 1843. His mother Mary Ann died on June 20, 1844, of unknown causes. She was buried in Mahoning County, Ohio.
Soon after his wife's death, John Hill enlisted in the Army (4th Infantry, Company C) and was sent to Fort Scott, Kansas. When hostile relations with Mexico became war in 1846, John Hill's company was immediately sent to Mexico under the command of Zachary Taylor. In the Battle of Monterey in September, 1846, during the first day of heavy street fighting, John Hill was severely wounded. He was discharged from the Army on April 4, 1847, at Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis, and died on May 31, 1849. He was buried beside his wife Mary Ann in Mahoning County, Ohio.
When his father died in 1849, six-year-old Almus Hill was an orphan. We don't know who took care of him after his mother died or while his father was in the Army. We do know that Almus was living in the home of Robert and Rachel Hill of Ashland County, Ohio, in 1850. Robert Hill was Almus's uncle -- probably a great uncle. He and Rachel had just one child, a daughter who was 11 years older than Almus.
Almus grew up with Robert and Rachel in Ashland County, Ohio. He married an Ashland County girl, Lucinda Martin, and they had seven children who survived to adulthood. In the late 1870s, Almus inherited his mother Mary Ann Jones's share of Jones land in Mahoning County.
All of the facts in the above four paragraphs are supported by historic records. I'll add one comment -- Almus's role in the Robert Hill household was probably very similar to being an only child.
DNA solves the riddle
How could the documented facts about Almus Hill be so different than the faithfully remembered, faithfully retold legends about him? This question bothered me. I eventually realized that only DNA testing would ever definitively settle the Hill-or-Lentz question.
When I found a DNA study of 517 people named Hill, I wrote to the project administrator (a Mr. Hill, of course) with some questions. He suggested that a Hill male from my family contribute DNA for testing. Even if it did not match anyone at present, perhaps it would match someone in the future. Within the same DNA company, I also found a Lentz study.
I thought about it for a few months, and finally I asked my brother to contribute a sample. He graciously agreed, and I submitted the order. The sample kit arrived quickly. My brother swabbed the inside of his cheek as directed, and returned the kit to the company. Within a month, we had the results-- 35 out of 37 markers matched with Mr. Hill of California. This close of a match is considered significant. Odds were good that we shared a common ancestor within 10 generations.
I contacted the Mr. Hill of the matching DNA sample, and he confirmed that he is descended from William Hill, a younger brother of our John Hill. Our first common ancestor is Rogers Hill (1799-1883), the father of both John and William. Rogers is my great-great-great-great grandfather.
We had no matches with any Lentz DNA samples. In fact, our Hill DNA is of a different haplogroup than any of the Lentz samples. (The haplogroups are the main branches on the family tree of mankind.) Beyond that, when I submitted my brother's DNA results to a much larger database of Y-test results that includes results from various other DNA companies, we still didn't match with any Lentz DNA.
Will we ever know?
The picture is still incomplete. Why did Almus Hill tell these stories to his children? Why did he choose the name Lentz for his stories? Did he hear stories of this sort from someone else, or did he invent them on his own? Was there perhaps an earlier Lentz/Hill ancestor whose story Almus appropriated? We may never solve these mysteries, but we can thank the DNA for proving two things beyond a doubt:
- Almus Hill's father was a Hill.
- Almus Hill's father was not a Lentz.
This article was written by Genevieve L. Netz and originally published as a blog post at http://prairiebluestem.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-almus-hill-almus-lentz-legend.html . Copyright 2012 Genevieve L. Netz. All rights reserved. Permission is granted for attaching this article to Hill family trees as long as this entire notice is included. Any other use requires written permission. firstname.lastname@example.com