Could someone help me with my genealogy?

Question

I am trying to find parents of Isaac Osman from Shamokin, PA, Northumberland Co.

He was born in Nov 1846 and died 12 Nov 1906. I have tons of info on his Wife Harriet S. Bordner, and his children,Emma M, Minnie N, William F, Alice L, but I can't seem to find any info about his parents/grandparents.

His wife Harriet was remarried to a Frank E. Osman/Osmun after his death so it is possible that he and Frank were related.

The rumor is that either Isaacs dad or grandfather came from Turkey but I cant prove this either.

In 1860 there are 2 records for Isaac Osman in Pennsylvania, 1 born abt 1855 and 1 born abt 1848.

I thought the 1848 one was probably the one I wanted as the cencus says:

John Osman 40-Head,

Mary A 40-PA,

John, 16-PA,

Isaac, 12-PA,

Mary Miller 15

But, One reason I cant call John a match as his father is because according to familysearch.org, the Isaac Osman born in 1848 birth and death dates do not match up with the the Issac I am looking for.

Answer 1

Thought I saw this post before

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Did I missing something?

Answer 2

In order to be absolutely certain of Isaac's parent's names, you really really need his birth, marriage or death record which are difficult to find on-line for Pennsylvania.

There is only a 3 week wait and $9.00 fee to order a copy of a death record by mail from The Department of Health's Division of Vital Records.  You can find the request form and mailing address is at this link:

Pennsylvania death records from 1906-current

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health...

For Pennsylvania vital records prior to 1906, you need to contact the County Courthouse.  Contact information is at this link:

http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health...

Good luck, I hope you get your answers.

Answer 3

Here's what I dug up in five minutes on Familysearch.org

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/f...

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/C...

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/I...

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/search/I...

You gotta find it on your own man, cause only you have the facts that are needed. Often you do it by "feel". I highly recommend familysearch.org as well as myheritage.com, which has a great program for building your tree, which allows you to publish it to the internet, where you can compare with others.