Family Artifacts
While most of us have some old family photos lurking around that help to flesh out those noted ancestors of ours, it can also be a lot of fun to track some of their...
Monthly Archive: September 2024
John Todd: Setting the Record Straight
Perhaps the most aggravating experience for an active genealogist is to come upon records that are just plain wrong. It may take a fair amount of work to straighten these things out, but it...
The Man Buried in Two Places
Strange enough title for an article, eh? I’ll get to that shortly… it’s a bit gruesome, so carry on at your own risk. Over the years of researching Chester County genealogy, I have come...
Quaker: Marriages of York Friends Meeting
Marriages at York Meeting John Cope, of the borough of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, son of Caleb Cope and Mary his wife, and Mary Updegraff, daughter of Harmon Updegraff and Lydia his...
Brandt, Philip
Philip Brandt, of New Hanover BY HENRY S. DOTTERER. Philip Brandt received a commercial education in Germany. On his journey to this country he lost his property, compelling him to begin life here under...
Quaker: Drumore Friends Marriages
Marriages of Drumore Preparative Meeting 12/12/1817 David Parry & Lydia Richardson Drumore 8/12/1818 Ann Smith & Levi Coates Drumore 10/4/1820 Emily Walton & Jams Hampton Drumore 3/13/1822 Thomas Lamborn & Lydia Bradley Drumore 1/21/1824 Benjamin...
Bratton – Robinison – Academia – 10/13/1910
Pretty Wedding Near Academian Miss Josephine Robinson Becomes the Bride of J. M. Bratton Special to the Telegraph Mifflintown, PA. Oct. 13 – A pretty wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride’s...
Matrimony Notices – Juniata Sentinel: 1864-1865
10/26/1864 LAUVER – KIRK – On the 20th inst., by Rev. D. J. Beale, Mr. Samuel Lauver and Miss Margaret M. Kirk, all Tuscarora twp. KAUFFMAN – WALLACE – On the 28th of August, by William...
Matrimony Notices – Juniata Sentinel: 1872
12/18/1872 MAGILL – CUMMINS – On Nov. 4, 1872, By Rev. J. A. McGill, Mr. William Magill and Miss Maggie Cummins, both of Tuscarora township. KELLY – McDONALD – On Nov. 14, 1872, by the same,...
Matrimony Notices – Juniata Sentinel: 1873
1/1/1873 WARNER – PRY – On the 19th ult., by Rev. D. M. Blackwolder, Mr. Isaiah Warner, of Fermanagh townshp, to Miss Ella S. Pry, of Beale township. ZIMMERMAN – SIEBER – On the 24th ult.,...