PA-Roots Blog

Who was he?  Reflections on Memorial Day Monday May 30’th is Memorial Day.  Growing up we still called it Decoration Day.  For many people it’s just a long weekend, an extra day off from work with pay.  We often went to visit a cemetery on that day.  Memorial Day began after the Civil War with … Read more

The Life of a Soldier With the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War I’ve been thinking about many in my family tree that served during the Civil War.  Many served and returned home to grateful family members.  Others went off to war and never returned home.  My 3rd great uncle was one … Read more

It seems that recently I have been doing a lot of work with cemetery transcriptions and tombstone photos.  I think I’ve always had a fascination with cemeteries.  It must have started when I was just a child visiting a cemetery that my grandparents were buried in and it has grown from there.  I remember when … Read more

Hi all,  A number of new additions have been made over the past couple of weeks. Martha and Terry teamed up to enter marriage records for these five churches: 1. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends (1682–1793). 2. German Reformed Church, Philadelphia.3. First Baptist Church, Philadelphia. 4. Presbyterian Church, Abington, Montgomery County, Pa. (1708–1800).5. Neshaminy Presbyterian … Read more

Hi all, A lot of work has been going on recently making new resources available.  Mona has provided tombstone photographs from the following cemeteries: Fairview – Wrightsville, PA (Lancaster Co.)Machpelah – Belleville (Mifflin)McAlevys Fort UP – McAlevys Fort (Huntington)McVeytown Presby – (Mifflin)Milroy Presby (Mifflin)Mt. Rock – Lewistown (Mifflin)Mountainview – Mill Creek (Huntington)Old White Church – … Read more

Hi all, Was busy over the weekend transcribing cemeteries from a volume of William Henry Egle’s “Notes and Queries”.  They include: Warrington Friends Graveyard, York County Hanna’s Graveyard, Cumberland County Huntington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Adams County Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County Monaghan Presbyterian Graveyard, Dillsburg, York County Menallen Friends Graveyard, Adams County … Read more

Hi all and Happy New Year! it’s been a busy past two weeks or so.  The”elves” have been busy posting lots of new stuff.  Carol finished abstracting and posting the brief bios of the Blair County, Pa. Veterans of the War of 1812.  You can find them by Clicking Here. I recently posted a listing … Read more

Hi all, It’s been a busy 10 days since our last update.  The following has recently been added. Photos of the tombstones found at the Shippinville Methodist Cemetery in Shippinville, Clarion County. (contributed by your’s truly).  Carol just finished entering Cemetery Records for the Edgewood Cemetery and “Old Saltsburg,” (“Old Presbyterian Graveyard”), Saltsburg, Indiana County. … Read more

We’ve recently received a transcription of the History of Warren County by J.S. Schenck & W.S. Rann which was published in 1887.  The book has been formatted and has all been placed on-line.  Nathan

We’ve been busy adding new stuff recently that you’ll want to check out!   Amityville Lutheran Church, Berks County Newman Cemetery, Susquehanna County Over in our Photo Gallery we’ve posted over 100 pictures from 10 different cemeteries in Mifflin County.  Check them out! Do you have some photos from cemeteries in Pennsylvania that you’d be … Read more