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This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project.The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members.The Cemetery Project included profiles of Lithuanians buried in three Lithuanian c...
This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...
This project is used to relate all units from Pennsylvania who served in the Union Army and such soldiers who were born in PA ~• Many soldiers wounded and captured and paroled were treated in Annapolis at the USNA See, for instance: = The Philadelphia Inquirer Mon, Mar 20, 1865 ·Page 2
This cemetery is located on 119 Aspen Alley, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
The University of Scranton is a private Jesuit university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1888 by William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St. Thomas College. In 1938, the college was elevated to university status and took the name The University of Scranton. The institution was operated by the Diocese of Scranton from its founding until 1897. While the Diocese of Scranton ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created on March 4, 1785, from part of Lancaster County and was named after Louis-Joseph, Dauphin of France, the first son of king Louis XVI. Located within the county is Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, site of the 1979 nuclear core meltdown. The county con...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was formed in 1752 and was named for Northamptonshire, England. The county is industrially oriented, producing cement, and other industrial products. It was a center of cement production, with the world's then-largest cement producer, Atlas Portland Cement Company, opera...
July 1-3, 1863 This project is devoted to all soldiers of every rank who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg, and to the families of those soldiers. This project is less about the conflict than it is about the people who engaged in it. That said, many historians call this battle the turning point of the Civil War. After two years of fighting, the war was practically at a standstill. In May o...
This project is for those from Pennsylvania and /or their respective Counties. Please go to following link for more information.
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.= Official County Website == Official City Website = Overview The County of Lancaster is a popular tourist destination, with its Amish community a major attraction. Contrary to popular belief, the word "Dutch" in "Pennsylvania Dutch" is not a mistranslation, but rather a corruption of the Pennsylvania Ge...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was formed in 1836 and named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. The Tobyhanna Army Depot, the US Department of Defense's largest center for the repair and fabrication of electronic systems, is located in Monroe County. The US headquarters for...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Official Website Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named in honor of General Richard Butler, a hero of the American Revolution. Some famous inventions and discoveries were made in Butler County. It was in Saxonburg that the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, J...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Allentown, Pennsylvania . Official Website Allentown, the county seat of Lehigh County , is located 50 miles north-northwest of Philadelphia on the Lehigh River. It is connected on the east with Bethlehem and along with Bethlehem and Easton constitutes a metropolitan area. Allentown is in an area of limestone deposits, from which de...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county, which was first settled around 1730, was formed in 1812 with the division of Northampton County into two counties. It is named after the Lehigh River, whose name is derived from the Delaware Indian term Lechauweki or Lechauwekink, meaning "where there are forks". Adjacent ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived, or died in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Official Website Reading developed during the 1740s when the inhabitants of northern Lancaster County sent several petitions requesting that a separate county be established. With the help of German immigrant Conrad Weiser, the county was formed on March 11, 1752, from parts of Chester County, Lancaster ...
Natural burial at Moravian High Acres Cemetery is a way to preserve Pocono Mountain heritage. The site dates back to 1848 and has been an important part of the history of the area since. It is located in Canadensis in Barrett Township in northern Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The unusual name can be attributed to the scientific name for the eastern hemlock tree, Tsugas Canadensis. The area lat...
Riverview Cemetery, also known as Cornplanter Cemetery and Corydon Cemetery, is located on the Chief Cornplanter Reservation. Riverside encompasses all three cemeteries. " The Riverview Cemetery, which had been created in 1835; The Corydon Cemetery, established in 1819, was originally located in the River Valley, near the small villages of Corydon and Kinzua, PA and they were removed in 1964 t...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Warren County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was formed in 1800 and was named for Joseph Warren, a soldier and statesman of the American Revolution. Adjacent Counties Chautauqua County, NY Cattaraugus County, NY McKean County Elk County Forest County Venango County Crawford County
Wikipedia Temple University, commonly referred to as Temple, is a comprehensive public research university (formerly private) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The University was founded in 1884 by Russell Conwell. As of 2014, more than 37,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are enrolled in over 400 academic degree programs offered at seven campuses and sites in P...
Wikipedia Thomas Jefferson University is a private health sciences university in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The university consists of six constituent colleges and schools, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Biomedical Sciences, Jefferson College of Health Professions, Jefferson College of Nursing, Jefferson College of Pharmacy, and Jefferson ...
Wikipedia =Lafayette College=Lafayette College is a private coeducational liberal arts and engineering college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown and the citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the school after General Lafayette, who famously toured the ...
Wikipedia Washington & Jefferson College, also known as W & J College or W&J, is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which is 30 miles (48 km) south of Pittsburgh. The college traces its origin to three log cabin colleges in Washington County established by three Presbyterian missionaries to the American frontier in the 1780s: John McMillan, Thadd...
This cemetery is located on South Pottstown Pike, Mountainhome, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
Hope Cemetery is a non-profit, public service cemetery. It is governed by a nine member board of community-minded volunteers. The goal of Hope Cemetery is to keep costs at a minimum while providing a tranquil, respectful and aesthetically pleasing area for the final resting place of your loved ones. Hope’s first burial dates back to 1825, however, it was not established as a corporation until ...
Wikipedia =Carnegie Mellon University=Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon or CMU; /ˈkɑrnɨɡi ˈmɛlən/ or /kɑrˈneɪɡi ˈmɛlən/) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The university began as the Carnegie Technical Schools founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1900. In 1912, the school became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967, the...