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Gratz During the Civil War – Kissinger House

| September 8, 2011

This is the eleventh in a series of posts on Gratz during the Civil War. The original house on Lot #85 on the north side of Market Street was built about 1832 at the time the land was conveyed to John Welker (1784-1854). The earliest found picture of the house is shown above and is […]

U.S. Census Returns – 1890 Veterans Schedules

| March 30, 2011

Ancestry.com provides an database index to the surviving 1890 Veterans Schedules which listed Union veterans who were heads of households or their widows.  The index will held find the exact schedule on which the information about the veteran is found.  The schedules are easily located through Ancestry.com and copies of them are available to Ancestry.com […]