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Census of 1940 for Gratz and Lykens Township

| April 9, 2012

After 72 years, the 1940 United States Census has finally been released by the National Archives and Records Administration and is available on the NARA website.  However, the demand for searching this important census and obtaining copies of the enumeration sheets has caused problems at the NARA website and corrections and improvements are presently being […]

Easter 1862 – Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia

| April 8, 2012

Easter, celebrated on 20 April 1862, was the first opportunity of Philadelphia’s Roman Catholics to worship in the nearly completed Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Logan Square. This Easter marks the 150th anniversary of the first time the building was used for worship. The picture of the basilica is from around 1970 […]

Civil War Exhibit at Millersburg

| April 7, 2012

The first floor of the building at 324 Center Street, Millersburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, will have a new and updated Civil War exhibit when it opens to the public for the 2012 season in early May.  The building, an old fire house built in 1918, is the headquarters of the Historical Society of Millersburg and […]

Death of Widow of Daniel Chester

| April 6, 2012

MRS. E. A. CHESTER WILLIAMSTOWN, 6 May 1904 — Mrs. Esther A. Chester, who was stricken with paralysis at her home in Williamstown on Sunday evening, died on the following day, aged 59 years and 25 days.  Deceased, whose maiden name was Esther Garland, was born in Llewellyn, Schuylkill County, and shortly after her marriage […]

Death of Widow of William Budd

| April 5, 2012

DEATHS and FUNERALS WILLIAMSTOWN, 29 April 1904 — At the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Brown, on Broad Street, Williamstown, the spirit of Mrs. William Budd departed from her mortal body at 7 o’clock, Wednesday morning, 20 April 1904, after an illness of several weeks from gastritis, aged 63 years.  Deceased was born in […]