…bringing our past into the future
EARLY BOONE WILLS Boone wills prior to 1750, on record in Philadelphia County, Penn., are as follows: Andrew Boone, 1696. William Boone, 1714. Andrew Boone, 1731. Nicholas Boone, 1737. Samuel Boone, 1745 SOURCE:Â Vol. VI, No 2, February 1916 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
A LANCASTER, PENN., LOTTERY (From an Old Document Recently Discovered) At a meeting of the Lancaster, Penn. Street Lottery at the house of Adam Weaver, on 10 January, 1803, the following members were present: Casper Shafner               Jacob Krug John Miller                  Ab. Witmer Jacob Graeff                 George Musser John Huber                   John Hubby Adam Weaver                  James Crawford Resolved … Read more
UNION CEMETERYOLEY, BERKS COUNTY    The ancient burial place of the Yoders is at Pleasantville – called by the Germans Yotterstettle, in Oley, Berks county. It forms the extreme eastern end of the Union cemetery. This was doubtless one of the very first burial places in Oley. Many Pennsylvania German emigrants are sleeping here. Among … Read more
THE “OLEY” CHURCH    The Oley Lutheran and Reformed Churches are situated in the heart of the famous Oley Valley, near the eastern extremity of Berks county, Pa. The congregations are considerably over a hundred and fifty years old, and the burying ground is one of the oldest in the county. The original church, a … Read more
Black’s cemetery at Upper Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania Contains monuments bearing these names and dates: Nathaniel Porter, 1749William Porter, 1753Violet Porter, 1735 Source:Â Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania; Edited by William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A.; Harrisburg, Penna.; Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1898. page … Read more
The Gettysburg Times – May 24, 1968 Church will Re-Dedicate Old Cemetery The Gettysburg Presbyterian Church will conduct a service of rededication of Black’s Graveyard on Belmont Road, west of town, Sunday at 3 p.m. According to a recent work compiled by Dr. Mary Margaret Steward of the English Department of Gettysburg College and a … Read more
PA-Roots.com, Inc recently acquired a small library of donated genealogical books which are being made available to Friends of PA-Roots in terms of free look-ups. We will start out by featuring one book and offer look-ups in it for one week and then, hopefully, we can move on to another the next week, etc. With … Read more
October 4, 1860 A sad accident occurred in the vicinity of Easton, in this State, on the 25th ult., by which a Mr. Leastner, a farmer, and his two sons lost their lives. It was at a cider mill; they have a very large tank to put the cider in for fermentation. The tank leaking, … Read more
August 2, 1860 Fatal Mistake. – Mrs. Myers, wife of Mr. John Myers, of Rayne township, Indiana country, who had been for some time in delicate health, used as a remedy a tea made of a green plant, known to botanists as Pipsissiwa, which grows wild in the woods. Going out on last Thursday to … Read more
June 7, 1860 Finally Committed. Hamilton and Helfright, whom we noticed last week, as having been arrested on the charge of being the persons who broke into the store of Gen. B. F. Bell, at Bell’s Mills, last winter, were brought before Esquire Cherry on Thursday last, for a second hearing. One of the railroad … Read more