Norman Gasbarro | December 26, 2018
Sinary Erdman was born on 14 December 1943, in Rough & Ready, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham Erdman (1818-1881) and Mary Elizabeth [Troutman] Erdman (1822-1869). At the time of the Civil War, on 25 February 1864, Sinary enrolled in the 50th Pennsylvania Infantry at Pottsville, and was mustered into service the next day […]
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Tags: Erdman, G.A.R., Klingerstown, Lykens Township, Rough and Ready
Norman Gasbarro | June 10, 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: Berrysburg, Dalmatia, Elizabethvile, Enders, G.A.R., Gratz Borough, Halifax, Herndon, Klingerstown, Lincoln Assassination, Lykens Borough, Lykens Township, Mifflin Township, Rebuck, Rough and Ready, Tower City, Upper Mahantongo Township, Warhington Township, Washington Township
Norman Gasbarro | June 5, 2013
Today’s blog post provides information on Volume 2 of a series of books published beginning in 1995 by Closson Press, titled Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Archives. In all, three volumes were published through 1996. The series was based on genealogical research done by: Phillip A. Rice, a specialist in church and cemetery records; Jean A. Dellock, […]
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Tags: Eldred Township, Fountain, Hegins Township, Klingerstown, Pine Grove, Pine Grove Township, Pitman, Rough and Ready, Tremont, Tremont Township, Upper Mahantongo Township, Valley View
Norman Gasbarro | May 30, 2013
Today’s blog post provides information on Volume 1 of a series of books published beginning in 1995 by Closson Press, titled Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Archives. In all, three volumes were published through 1996. The series was based on genealogical research done by: Phillip A. Rice, a specialist in church and cemetery records; Jean A. Dellock, […]
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Tags: Donaldson, Frailey Township, Hegins, Hegins Township, Pine Grove, Pine Grove Township, Rough and Ready, Upper Mahantongo Township
Norman Gasbarro | January 25, 2013
A newly released book on the social history of a village at the center of the Mahantongo Valley, Rough and Ready, contains several sections useful for the study of Civil War veterans and their families, including the discovery of another Civil War veteran to be added to the Civil War Research Project – Henry B. […]
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Tags: African American, Andrew Curtin, Cemetery, Hubley Township, Pennsylvania Dutch, Rough and Ready, Upper Mahantongo Township