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Glades Cemetery Military Veterans Burials Carmichaels, Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Cemetery behind the current 1st Baptist Church -there is a memorial marker in front of the church “New Providence Presbyterian Church Memorial – In Honor Of Those Who Served In All Wars” (Francis Clark, John M. Harper, John Hunter, Joseph W. Martin, J. … Read more
Hinerman Cemetery Aleppo Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania This is a family cemetery located on the same ridge as the Wise (or Quiet Dell) Cemetery. This tombstone information was transcribed by the late Burl and Margaret Mackey of Aleppo Township in January 1972 and was published in a 1972 newsletter of the Greene County Historical Society. … Read more
The following is a list of Surnames from the Elwyn Training School Graveyad, obtained from a 1936 WPA graveyard study. I believe I will be able to obtain the given names of the individuals, but I can’t guarentee that yet. AbyAdamsAgnewAlbertsonAlbrightApplebaumApplerArmstrongAthertonBaddersBainbridgeBaldwinBarnesBarringerBennettBetronBurbexkBirdBitnerBixlerBlountBookmanBoozBowesBowmanBraceBristowBrownBryanBuchananBucklaneBurkeBybeeCaleroCanfieldCansonCareyCarterCathinghamCeragherChambersChandlerCharlesChilsonChristyClareClaytonCohnCollinsComfortConnickConstantCooperCooverCoulterCovertCreasyCroffCrowellDannenhauerDavisDayDeanDicksonDietrickDillonDixtonDobsonDonaldsonDonahueDoranDoughertyDouglassDoveDowlingDuganDunganDurellDurkinEatonElkinsEdwardsEllsworthErwinEsherEvansEvartsEwingFaganFanningFariesFarrowFaughhearFaustFeetsFersterFinnellaFinkFinkleFisherFlommerFlynnFordForstFosterFrielFultonFureyGabrowskyGaraghtyGatesGaytonGillinghamGillonGilmoreGoodnowGoanerGouldGraffGrahamGrayGrossGrouthamelHainesHallettHamiltonHandHardingHarknessHarringtonHarrisHarrisonHartHartmanHarveyHasenemarHassHeckHelmHenleyHensonHeplerHessHaymanHibblerHicksHijerHillHollandHolmesHolyesHooperHopkinsHouserHowellHubbardHuffmanHumphreyHurdIngriskIrwinJacksonJacobyJohnsonJonesJosephKahlerKauffmanKearneyKellyKernKinslerKinslowKitchenKlineKnowlesKochKoenfeldKountzKreiderKristlerKritlerKrotzerKuglerKuhnKurzLeClereLeeLefeverLewisLingafeltLogueLordLoughreyLowLoweLowtherLwellynLunchMcBrideMcCamantMcCueNcCullyMcDowellMcKeoughMcLaughlinMcNeilMcNesbyMcNicholMcPheeMaffettMagillMarahMatlackMaxwinMeaghenMeredithMichiltreeMiffordMilligahanMoneyMooreMorganMorrowMoyerMullikenMurpheyNaylorNazelNiverNoadNobleNortheroftNortonO’GradyOliverO’NeillO’RourkeParishOattersonPerkinsPerryPetersPhilipsPickerPickhamPitardPrinceQuigleyRaeRainesRaineyRamseyRatcliffRehderReynoldsRichterRileRisslerRodhamRodimerRoelkeRoemerRoseRosseaRubinRyanSandersScanlonSchaefferSchiuemanSchneiderScottSealSeiesSellersShafferShanerShawSheetzShieldsShockleyShottsShipleySimpsonSloanSmithSnyderSomervilleStatenSteerSteinbachStewartSticklineStoddartStoresStoutStreaksStrickerSundershafferTaylorTheileThomasThompsonThorneToddTorgaToveyTracyTrainerTroxellTrotterUhlmanVanMoschzeakerVintonVogtVoigtWagnerWalkerWallaceWalshWaltersWaltonWardWatzlerWeaverWebberWeinmanWhitehurstWilletsWilliamsWilsonWolfWolfeWorkmanWornerWrightYardYarringtonYergeyYoungZeiglerZonbathy
1890 Census Directory – Schuylkill County Substitute Census Transcribed by Karla Mahlberg Census Directory Pages 97-101 Blythe Township Blythe Township was erected from Schuylkill in 1846. Population in 1880 was 1049, in 1890, 1269. P.O. Broad Mountain. — Page 97, Column 1– ACELYDER Henry 36, farmer. Alice, William 9, Annie, Emma, Mamie, John 3, … Read more
The Pennsylvania Department of Health, Vital Records has posted on-line the Birth Indices for the year 1906 and the Death Indices for the years 1906-1961. The Birth Indices includes the name, Mothers maiden name and first initial and the place of birth. The Death Indices includes the name, age, date of death and the place … Read more
PA-Roots recently received a package of documents that were rescued from an old cottage in Ocean City New Jersey that was being demolished. The documents all related to the Liberty Township School District in the late 1870’s to early 1880’s. There is plans and specifications for the building of school houses in:StonerstownCypher PlantHoover School House … Read more
Brookhaven Baptist Church415 Edwards DrBrookhaven, Pennsylvania 19015 19 Jun 1977 Pastor Dalton Names Mentioned: Alma Cruspero, Lisa Marie Mrozowski, Marian Mrozowski, Michael Mrozowski, Craig Michael Grant, Jon Grant, Beverly Grant, Edith Hamlin, Robert Mullaney, Lewis Sickman, Gene Cox, Charles McCormick, Henri Van Bergan, Evert Carmichael, Shirley Summers, Dorothy Draper, Helen Harrington, Emma … Read more
A SHORT HISTORY OF HUNTINGDON COUNTY The following history, written by J Simpson Africa of Huntingdon, first appeared in Egle’s 1876 “History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania”. It should prove of interest to our readers whose ancestors lived in that portion of Bedford County which was taken off to form Huntingdon County in 1787. The … Read more
The purpose of this website is to serve as a central repository for transcriptions and photographs of cemeteries in Pennsylvania. PA-Roots currently houses approximately 250,000 individual internments and are spread across a wide number of websites, DataBoards and databases. PA-Roots receives donations of transcriptions from time to time for counties that currently aren’t hosted on … Read more
Thank you for visiting PA-Roots The mission of PA-Roots is to Bring our Past into the Future! PA-Roots is a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation that was incorporated in December of 2009. The history of PA-Roots actually goes back much further. PA-Roots was first begun in the summer of 1998 by Alice Gayley and Nathan Zipfel. It … Read more