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Civil War Blog

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Additions to Veterans’ List – D

| May 21, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented.  […]

Additions to Veterans’ List – B (Part 2 of 2)

| May 17, 2013

Veterans of the Civil War identified as having some connection to the Lykens Valley area and included in the Civil War Research Project was last updated 19 April 2012.  In a series of posts continuing intermittently until concluding in mid-June, a brief sketch of each of the new names added since then will be presented.  […]

Dauphin County Church Records Available at Schwalm Library in Gratz

| May 11, 2013

The Gratz Historical Society has a collection of compiled and original copies of records from most of the churches in the Lykens Valley area.  One of the most useful sets of book is the nine-volume edition of Dauphin County Church Records. These volumes contain a variety of records for the indicated churches, including birth and […]

Contact Information for Local Historical Societies in the Lykens Valley Area

| May 8, 2013

  ——————————- HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MILLERSBURG AND UPPER PAXTON TOWNSHIP 324 Center Street, P.O. Box 171, Millersburg, Pennsylvania  17061 Phone:  (717) 692-4084 E-Mail Contact:  mbhist@epix.net Contact Person:  Leslie Smith Museum has Civil War display.  Open on Saturdays and Sundays, and at other times by chance or appointment.  Call or e-mail for further information. —————————– MAHANOY […]

Capt. Alexander C. Landis – Tailor, Merchant and Democratic Party Leader

| March 14, 2013

A one-line item that appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot on 10 March 1893 may be helpful in establishing a genealogical connection between men of the surname Landis from the Lykens Valley area and Captain Alexander C. Landis, a Civil War veteran from Stroudsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who, after the war, settled in Steelton, Dauphin County.  […]