Norman Gasbarro | 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 […]
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Norman Gasbarro | April 1, 2012
DANIEL HARMAN LYKENS, 13 May 1904 — Daniel Harman of Lykens Township, died of cancer of the stomach on the 4th inst. and was buried at Hoffman’s Church on the 7th, aged 6 years, 8 months and 5 days. The deceased was born in Jordan Township, Northumberland County, and was left fatherless in infancy. At […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 18, 2012
HENRY KEISER, 92, DIED SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY LYKENS, March 1933.– Henry Keiser, 92, oldest male resident of Lykens, died suddenly at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daisy Long, South Second Street, Wednesday night at 10:45, death having been caused by a heart attack. Mr. Keiser, a veteran of the Civil War, is widely known […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 15, 2012
Part 3. The Dauphin County Memorial to the Civil War is currently located in a park at 3rd Street and Division Streets near William Penn High School and near Italian Lake. It is now in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, north of what was once the entrance area to Camp Curtin. The monument stands about […]
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Norman Gasbarro | March 14, 2012
Part 2. The Dauphin County Memorial to the Civil War is currently located in a park at 3rd Street and Division Streets near William Penn High School and near Italian Lake. It is now in the Uptown section of Harrisburg, north of what was once the entrance area to Camp Curtin. The monument stands about […]
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