Norman Gasbarro | August 16, 2012
The St. Peter (Hoffman) Cemetery is located along the Crossroads between Loyalton (on Route 209) and Route 25. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area. Today’s post concludes a look at some of the Civil War veterans who are buried there, ——————————- JONAS W. HOFFMAN (1838-1887) also known as JONAS […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 15, 2012
The St. Peter (Hoffman) Cemetery is located along the Crossroads between Loyalton (on Route 209) and Route 25. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in the Lykens Valley area. Today, the first set of Civil War burials in that cemetery will be featured with the series concluding tomorrow. —————————- ISAAC B. MOYER (1845-1872) Isaac […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 14, 2012
Two previously published biographies of John F. Helt are presented below: John F. Helt was the son of David Helt and Elizabeth [Miller] Helt of Clark’s Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where he was born on 14 January 1841. John married Margaret A. Enders in October 1861. She was the daughter of Philip Enders and Margaret […]
Brian Tomlin | August 13, 2012
Here are six blogs that on on Civil War Topics that are regularly updated and feature information, photographs and other materials of interest to Civil War Researchers. Civil War Day by Day. The University of North Carolina Library produces this blog using documents, photographs and other primary source materials from its collections and presents them on […]
Norman Gasbarro | August 12, 2012
Charles L. Blockson is a Philadelphia-based researcher, writer, and collector of African American memorabilia. He is a co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia and his personal collection of artifacts became the foundation for the establishment of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at Temple University. He is considered a specialist on the Underground […]
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