30 December 1998 - Added two new web page links, and a new lookups volunteer. Added info about "newbie" mailing lists to the getting started page. Also, don't forget to check the bulletins to find out about the upcoming WGPS conference.

14 December 1998 - Added a new web page links, and two new articles. Also, have a look at an original receipt for a photo in the Beer's Biographical Record.

10 December 1998 - Made many modifications and updates to the libraries page, the newspapers page, and the societies page. Also added one new photograph. Added one new article. See the new Fallowfield Twp. transcription.

9 December 1998 - Moved the photo gallery, the survey, and the map to other counties to the Connecting With the Genealogy Community section. Added lists of land patents for North Strabane Twp.

8 December 1998 - Added two new articles/documents and one new photograph.

3 December 1998 - Added several new photos of Washington Co. to the photo gallery.

2 December 1998 - Added a new Raymond Bell article, and added two new pieces to the documents and articles section.

1 December 1998 - Added links to the following pages: Military, Census, and Miscellaneous.

29 November 1998 - Added a new photo to the photo gallery, and the transcription of Crumrine's Independence Twp..

27 November 1998 - We have activated a Washington Co. Obituary Archive via "GenConnect at Rootsweb".

24 November 1998 - Added four new Raymond Bell Articles.

23 November 1998 - Added a new web page link, a new photo to the photo gallery, and a new lookups volunteer.

15 November 1998 - Added E. Bethlehem Twp. to our collection of township articles. Also, we are all grateful to our new sponsor.

2 November 1998 - Added information about the original publication of the articles in the Raymond M. Bell Anthology.

30 October 1998 - We now have a clickable map that will take you to the web pages for our neighboring counties, both in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Added six new Raymond Bell articles. Also added a new lookup volunteer.

29 October 1998 - Added a new link in the articles section pointing to additional Washington Co. document resources.

28 October 1998 - Added seven new articles.

27 October 1998 - Add two new web page links and four new articles. Added source info to the township map. Added new photographic link. And a VERY BIG thank you to the several sponsors who have come forward!!!!!!

20 October 1998 - Three new Crumrine articles added: Chartiers Twp., Franklin Twp., and California Borough.

13 September 1998 - Added links to on-line copies of maps of Washington Co. from Caldwell's Atlas and Ruple's 1781 map.

7 September 1998 - Today I added a photo gallery containing ten photographs I took on a recent trip to Washington, PA. More photos are on the way...

6 September 1998 - Added the Union Twp. History and another personal web page link. Added seven new articles.

5 September 1998 - Added 6 new personal web page links. Made several cosmetic changes and numerous operational changes behind the scenes. We also added five more articles to the Raymond M. Bell Anthology.

17 August 1998 - Added new article.

16 August 1998 - Added eight new Raymond Bell articles. Fixed the image of Beer's Biographical Record On-line's title page. Fixed the search indexes for the Bell Anthology (they were broken and I just noticed last night.)

13 August 1998 - Finally figured out a way to get the search engine to accept phrases. Give it a whirl! Also, the Grable Family Reunion is coming up, so check for details.

12 August 1998 - Added six new Raymond Bell articles.

11 August 1998 - Added new article, a new home page link, a new regional reseearcher, and three new Raymond Bell articles.

5 August 1998 - Added a new chapter, W-X-Y-Z, to the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript.

4 August 1998 - Added three new articles to the Crumrine Township Histories: Donegal, Mt. Pleasant, and South Strabane Twps. Also added a new chapter, S-T-U-V, to the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript.

26 July 1998 - Added three new articles to the Crumrine Township Histories: Carroll Twp., North Strabane Twp., and West Brownsville Borough.

16 July 1998 - Fixed some problems with the PAWASHIN-L subscription form. If you tried using it in the past and you never got subscribed, then try it again now. Sorry for any inconvenience.

4 July 1998 - Added four new Raymond Bell articles. Added six new documents and one article to the Documents & Articles section.

3 July 1998 - Added two new documents to the Documents & Articles section. We also added Federal Census transcriptions for 1830 for E. Bethlehem and Chartiers Twps.

28 June 1998 - The Hanover township history has been added.

26 June 1998 - The Amwell, Peters, and Jefferson township histories has been added. Also, added a new link to personal pages.

18 June 1998 - Added 7 new articles to the Raymond Bell Anthology today. (Thanks Jeanne and Helen!!!) Also, fixed the software that downloads Observer-Reporter obituaries; they should start appearing every day now.

17 June 1998 - The message board that is part of Beers Biographical On-Line is now fixed. You should be able to post new messages and follow-ups to old ones.

16 June 1998 - Today we added two more installments to the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript: M-N-O and P-Q-R.

11 June 1998 - We have new lookups volunteer.

6 June 1998 - Many thanks to our sponsor for July.

5 June 1998 - Two new links to personal web pages were added today.

30 May 1998 - Today we added the Robinson Twp., Nottingham Twp., Cross Creek Twp., Buffalo Twp., Cecil Twp., Morris Twp., and Somerset Twp. histories.

2 May 1998 - We have discontinued use of the Message Board which has outlived its usefulness. If you would like to communicate with other researchers who share your interest in Washington Co., PA then please consider joining the PAWASHIN-L email discussion group. This is a much more responsive forum for asking questions from a large group of people with an interest in genealogical research in Washington Co.

31 March 1998 - Today we added three Crumrine chapters:  West Finley Twp., Smith Twp., and West Bethlehem Twp.  Additionally, we added a new home page link and two new articles.

21 March 1998 - We've added a couple new township histories. Also added a couple new home page links, a new article, updated the libraries page with links to antiquarian search engines, and two new Beers articles.

14 March 1998 - Thanks very much to our sponsor for May 1998.  We added two new personal web page links. E. Finley township from the Crumrine History have been transcribed.  On the libraries page, we added a link to an on-line, searchable database that includes Citizens Library of Washington Co., PA.

8 March 1998 - Installed new index page for the Observer-Reporter Obituary Archive; be sure to "reload" that page.  Also added list of newspaper microfilms available at the Greater Canonsburg Library.  Added another article to the articles page, and added another lookups volunteer.  Uploaded 22 articles for the Bell Anthology.

4 March 1998 - Added three new articles in the last week.  Also, added info about the upcoming McMillan family reunion. The government agencies page and the cemeteries page have been updated with information gleaned from traffic on the PAWASHIN-L email discussion list.  A new researcher has been added to the regional researchers page, and a entry was added to the list of personal web pages.  Two more articles were added to the Beers Project, leaving only 7 left to do. We've started transcribing chapters from Crumrine's history, specifically those pertaining to townships and boroughs.  And finally, we have had a reader come forward wishing to sponsor this site for April 1998.  Thanks!

22 February 1998 - Check the links to personal web pages for a new entry. Also, the email address for one of our lookups volunteers had been entered incorrectly on our web page.  The problem has been fixed, and you should now be able to contact Wanda Deitemeyer from that page.

22 February 1998 - Today we added 9 articles to the Beers Project.  The Beers Project only lacks ***9*** articles now!  MANY, MANY THANKS to all the volunteers who rallied to the call to finish the project.  The end is in sight!

16 February 1998 - We've added the Enon Baptist Church cemetery to the cemeteries page and we've added a lookups volunteer. Also, another reader has made a contribution to the articles and documents area.

14 February 1998 - Even more biographies were added to Beers Biographical Record On-line today.

8 February 1998 - Several new biographies were added to Beers Biographical Record On-line today. And we added a new article to the documents and articles section.  We have updated the libraries and newspapers pages to reflect new information about the the Manderino Library and the newspaper microfilms in its holdings. Also, please be aware of the area code changes affecting southwestern Pennsylvania.  And this just in: we've added a link on our census page to Ancestry HomeTown's 1790 census index for Pennsylvania.

7 February 1998 - Today we made some changes to the main www.chartiers.com page.  Hope you like them!  They include adding a note about the name Chartiers and about computers in genealogy in 1975.

2 February 1998 - In addition to the two articles added yesterday, we have three more new ones today. Also, we inadvertantly broke a link to the Oaths of Allegiance which is fixed now. Finally, one new personal link was added.

1 February 1998 - We added some new information to the cemeteries page relating to the Millers Run cemetery, Covanter's cemetery, Calvary cemetery in Charleroi, and Speer Spring cemetery in Canonsburg.  You may have heard of the GenForum which houses discussion lists for over 4000 surnames.  We've added a link to GenForum on our Surnames Registry page.

1 February 1998 - Check out the two latest articles. We also added a new link to a personal web page.  Some changes have been made to the Observer-Reporter obituary archive, so please be sure to "reload" or "refresh" your browser on the main page and on the index page.

28 January 1998 - The next installment of names, J-K-L, for the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript have been added.

25 January 1998 - The next installment of names, G-H-I, for the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript have been added.

23 January 1998 - Seven new articles/documents were added this week. page.

18 January 1998 - The new LDS Family History Center has opened in Washington, PA.  For directions and operating hours, see out libraries page.

18 January 1998 - We've had some problems with the Surnames and Queries software in the last few days.  We've identified the problem and are attempting to get it fixed.  Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience.  

5 January 1998 - Today we added a new link to a personal web page.

4 January 1998 - The McMillan family reuion has been scheduled for August 1.  We've also added a few more documents and articles.  Also, two of our look-up volunteers have had to reduce their load, so before you send them any repeat requests, be sure to review the updated lookups page.  Finally, on the history page, we've added a link to fine site dedicated to the National Road Heritage Park.

3 January 1998 - We've added a search engine for the Civil War Rolls and one for the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript.

2 January 1998 - The next installment of names, D-E-F, for the Samuel MacMillan Manuscript have been added.