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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 ...
This project is an umbrella project for all colonies in the New World that were part of the "Lords Proprietor" and "landgrave" system of establishing a noble ruling class. Please do not add profiles to this project, but add profiles to the appropriate sub-project. From Proprietary colonies were a type of colony in English America which existed during the early modern period. In English over...
Prospect Hill Cemetery is located at 700 North George Street near historic downtown York, PA. We are the biggest and oldest cemetery in the area. We are a private cemetery that includes numerous historic graves including those of Declaration of Independence signer Philip Livingston, Civil War Union Corps Commander William Buell Franklin, and Civil War industrialist Arthur Briggs Farquhar. Soldi...
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...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Official Website History In 1750 Robert MacRay, a Scots-Irish immigrant , opened the first trading post in Raystown (which is now Bedford) on the land that is now Bedford County. The early settlers had a difficult time dealing with raids from Native Americans. In 1754 fierce fighting erupted as Nati...
The church started as a log cabin called Pigeon Hills Church in 1765 in Spring Grove. The commonwealth’s constitution was adopted a year after the church was built and dedicated. The church had sent at least seven members to serve the Union cause in the Civil War. They are buried in the church's cemetery. Around 1846, the congregation decided it needed more space, so it built a two-story ...
Pennsylvania Governors and Presidents Since declaring its independence in 1776, Pennsylvania has had 7 presidents and 48 governors serving a total of 55 terms of office. Governors of Pennsylvania prior to 1776 should be added to Colonial Governors of Pennsylvania . Presidents of Pennsylvania: 1st Thomas Wharton Jr. 2nd George Bryan 3rd Joseph Reed 4th William Moore 5th John Dickinson
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This project is focused around the genealogy of members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). If you have sourced information, please don't hesitate to contribute. Influential and Well-Known Quakers George Fox William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania Robert Barclay, The Quaker Apologist Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader Joan Baez, Singer and Political Activist John Dalto...
Saint John's UCC Cemetery is located on 2243 Hunterstown Hampton Road, Straban Township, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
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
Old Reformed Cemetery, located on 20 South Peters Street, New Oxford, Adams County, Pennsylvania, is also known as the New Oxford Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery . It was located on the site of the present St. Paul's UCC Church. The cemetery was abandoned 1912-13. Some tombstones may still be stored in the basement of the present church. Some tombstones were moved to other nearby cemeteries. Fin...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.= Official Website =The county was formed in 1813 and named for old Lebanon Township. Lebanon is a Biblical name meaning "White Mountain." Adjacent Counties * Berks County * Schuylkill County * Lancaster County * Dauphin County Cities & Boroughs *Cleona*Cornwall*Jonestown*Lebanon (County Seat)*Mount Gretna...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McKean County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created in 1804 and organized in 1826. It was named in honor of former Pennsylvania Governor and Declaration of Independence signer Thomas McKean. McKean County is home of "The Zippo Lighter" and boasts of being "The Black Cherry Capital of the World." Adjacent Counties...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Erie County, Pennsylvania. Official Website Erie County was established on March 12, 1800. Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania and so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened. On March 23, 1823, the Erie County Courthouse burned and all county records to that poi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Counties and later organized in 1807. It was named for the nation of Wales, which in Latin is known as "Cambria". The Johnstown Flood (locally, the Great Flood of 1889) occurred on May 31, 1889, ...
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...
This cemetery is located on South Pottstown Pike, Mountainhome, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave
In 1761, Irishman Samuel Gettys settled at the Shippensburg-Baltimore and Philadelphia-Pittsburgh crossroads, in what was then western York County, and established a tavern frequented by soldiers and traders. In 1786, the borough boundary was established, with the Dobbin House tavern (established in 1776) sitting in the southwest. As early as 1790, a movement seeking to split off the western p...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Pennsylvania. Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,407. Its county seat is Gettysburg . The county was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County , and was named for President John Adams . On July 1–3, 1863, the area around Gettysburg was t...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in York County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created on August 19, 1749 and named either after the Duke of York, an early patron of the Penn family, or for the city and county of York in England. Based on the Articles of Confederation having been adopted in York by the Second Continental Congress on November 15, 177...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Official Website Cumberland County was first settled by a majority of Scots-Irish immigrants who arrived in this area about 1730. English and German settlers constituted about ten percent of the early population. The General Assembly (legislature) of the Pennsylvania colony on January 27, 1750, cr...
Incorporated in 1844, the Allegheny Cemetery is the sixth oldest rural cemetery in the United States. It has been expanded over the years and now encompasses 300 acres. Allegheny Cemetery memorializes more than 124,000 people. Some of the oldest graves are of soldiers who fought in the French and Indian War . Their remains were reinterred here, moved from their original burial site at Trinity ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived, or died in the city or county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also known as "The City of Brotherly Love" and "Philly" Formerly the capital of the United States when Washington D.C. was being built. Official Website Please see Wikipedia for a full history. Adjacent Counties Bucks County Burlington County, New Jersey Camden County...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was created on March 12, 1800 and took its name from the Beaver River. The Beaver River flows south from Lawrence County entering Beaver County near Koppel and continuing south to its confluence with the Ohio near Beaver. Adjacent Counties Lawrence County Butler County ...