Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville Neighborhood Celebrates 200 years.

Seems like they should have made an even bigger deal of this but they had some great lectures and events this week.

Listen to a great interview on Essential Pittsburgh.

http://wesa.fm/post/tales-lawrenceville-commemorating-neighborhood-bicentennial

Online Project Matches Pittsburgh Street & Landmark Names To Headstones

Somebody roamed through Allegheny Cemetery and matched Pittsburgh landmarks to the headstones- adding historical background.

Aiken
Wood
Gross
Winebiddle
Negley
Hays
Baum
Ellsworth
Bidwell
McCandless

Learn about the family and personal histories behind the names. Possibly the project will extend to other cemeteries- although Allegheny seems to be the central fountain of names.

P.S. Names not directly linked to old Pittsburghers are often named after Civil War Generals- Butler, Thomas, Meade, Grant etc

Check out the project here