Norman Gasbarro | 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. […]
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Tags: Elizabethville, G.A.R., Gratz Borough, Halifax, Lykens Borough, Millersburg, Pillow, Tower City, Tremont, Uniontown, Upper Paxton Township
Norman Gasbarro | 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. […]
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Tags: Gratz Borough, Lykens Borough, Millersburg, Pillow
Norman Gasbarro | 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 […]
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Tags: Berrysburg, Carsonville, Elizabethville, Enders, Enterline, Erdman, Fisherville, Gratz Borough, Halifax, Halifax Township, Jackson Township, Jefferson Township, Killinger, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Mifflin Township, Millersburg, Pillow, Upper Paxton Township
Norman Gasbarro | 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 […]
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Tags: Dalmatia, Gratz Borough, Halifax, Millersburg, Pillow, Williams Township, Williamstown
Norman Gasbarro | 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. […]
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Tags: Halifax, Lykens Borough, Millersburg