Monday, December 29, 2008

Central Pennsylvania Marriages, 1700-1896 Online

Central Pennsylvania Marriages, 1700-1896 on line at World Vital Records. The records are part of a subscription, but you can view them for FREE for the next 10 days.

According to the WorldVitalRecords.com website the database is

composed of marriage records of Union and Snyder counties, viz.: (1) Union County Marriages, 1795-1829; (2) Rev. G.J. Anspach, Marriages, Union County, 1831-50; (3) Rev. J.P. Shindel, Marriages, Snyder and Union Counties, 1835-87; (4) Rev. A.B. Casper, Marriages, Snyder and Union Counties, 1839-82; and (5) Rev. C.G. Erlenmeyer, Marriages, Snyder County, 1840-75. Other sections of the book include miscellaneous marriage records from other central Pennsylvania counties, 1700-1896. In all, about 15,000 brides and grooms are identified.

Search Central Pennsylvania Marriages, 1700-1896 free for the next 10 days

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Sharon High School, Sharon, PA 1923 Football Team

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In the photograph - Dick Booth, Alton Heutsche, Ted Donaldson, Glen Hoelzel, Ralph Goeltz, Trevor Brandt, Jack Martin, Raymond Hodge, Harold Nightwine, Clarence Cox, Lewis Moon, Paul Christman, Carmine Pepe, Earl Wilson and several players whose names are unknown.

Also (probably) Coach - Mr. A. W. Dickerson. Manager -Paul King. Faculty Manager - Mr. J. A. DeFrance.

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Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 1932 Track Team Photo

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In the photograph: Poole, Gregg, Fallon, March, Hasson Rockey, Elliott, Varano, Ish, W. Hershelman, Coach H. Paul Way, Wolfe, Carver, J. Hersehelman, Murray, Vanaman, Marks, Horn, Beighley, Lubic, Coach Daniels, Brown, McBride, Sebring, Smith, Berger, Beiler, Nighan, Shetterley

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Sharpsville High School, Sharpsville PA 1943 Basketball Team

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In the photograph: Coach Johnson, Charles Flynn, William Lally, Paul
Davidson, La Mont, Robert Deal, Thurlo Gill, Russ Wise, John Kehler, Joe
Campbell, Joe McDowell, Dente Bonaquest, William Erme, Joe Sylvester.

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Friday, December 05, 2008

Milton, PA High School Girls Basketball Team, 1929

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In the photograph: Gladys Haggy, Betty Hill, Margaret Heinbach, Ruth Deiffenbach, Madeline Sessinger, Marian Bender

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Sunday, November 09, 2008

Lytle School Students, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co., PA.


Lytle School Students, Sandy Lake, Mercer Co., PA.

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/schools-reagle/8021/lytle-school-sandy-lake-mercer-co-pa-1910

Names listed on back: Mildred Egbert, Teacher, Edson M., Hamy W., Lavisa O., Karl K., Joe A., Vera S., Lawrence L., Robert A. Also Esther, Helen and Sam McGarr.

You may recognize some of these students.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Spartansburg, PA Postcards and Old Photos

Postcards and Photo of Spartansburg, PA

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Crawford County Old Photos

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Pennsylvania Train Wrecks, Fires and other disasters

Pennsylvania Disasters recently added at GenDisasters.com

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Chester County, PA Tornado, Jul 1877


Chester County, PA Tornado, Jul 1877
Transcription from the book "A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, PA, 1877" - the story of the tornado that struck the Chester County PA Area on July 1, 1877.

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Thursday, August 07, 2008

Franklin, PA Policemen's Baseball Club Group, early 1900s

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The names of the policemen are unknown.

Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Gettysburg High School, Gettysburg, PA Basketball Team 1907

Gettysburg High School, Gettysburg, PA Basketball Team 1907

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/4263/gettysburg-high-school-gettysburg-pa-basketball-team-1907

The names of the players and the coach are unknown. Perhaps you might recognize some of them.

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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Friday, July 04, 2008

Athens, PA High School Fire, Feb 1917


Athens, PA High School Fire, Feb 1917

http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/7229/athens-pa-high-school-fire-feb-1917

Photos showing the school before the fire and ablaze with a newspaper article about the fire.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Pennsylvania Fires, Train Wrecks and other disasters

Pennsylvania Disasters added to the database at
http://www.gendisasters.com
Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives:

Butler, PA oil company fire, Jun 1907
Bellefonte, PA High School Fire, Feb 1939
Philadelphia, PA Leather Works Factory Destroyed, Dec 1910
Pittsburgh, PA Train Wreck, Sept 1911
Hollidaysburg, PA Court House Fire, Mar 1917
Barnesboro, PA School House Burns, Mar 1909
Bellefonte, PA County Prison Fire, Jan 1959
Brandtsville, PA Train Cars Explode At Wreck Site, April 1963
Westport, PA Train Wreck, Aug 1871
Uniontown, PA Destructive Fire, July 1943
Meshoppen, PA Hotel Fire, Jan 1904
Dunmore, PA Marywood College Fire, Feb 1971
York, PA Rolling Mill Explosion, Aug 1908
Mechanicsburg, PA Printing House Fire, Jan 1903
Mechanicsburg, PA Bowling Alley And Apartment Fire, Mar 1956
Tyrone, PA Pennsylvania House Hotel Fire, Jan 1972
Marcus Hook, PA Tanker Explodes After Collision, Jan 1975
Ardmore, PA Train Accident, May 1896
Rankin, PA Boiler Explosion, Apr 1900
Pottsville, PA Mine Explosion, Feb 1895
Philadelphia, PA Grand Central Theatre Fire, Apr 1892
Bus Crash Kills Seven near Lancaster Pa Dec 1969
Marianna, PA Mine Explosion Disaster, Nov 1908
Shiremanstown, PA Fires Sweeps Through Town, Sep 1908
Salisbury, PA Loss By Fire Of Portion Of Town, Sep 1924
Ebensburg, PA Destructive Fire Throughout Town, Feb 1915
Philadelphia, PA Refinery Fire, Aug 1975
Cheswick, PA Harwick Mine Explosion, Jan 1904
Greensburg, PA Train And Truck Collision, Sep 1924
Altoona, PA Lyric Theatre Burns, Feb 1907
Lancaster, PA Warehouses Burned, Jan 1907
Briar Hill, PA Bucket Accident Kills Four, Jan 1904

Unknown School Photo, New Castle, PA

Unknown School Photo, New Castle, PA

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/3807/unknown-school

Perhaps you might recognize someone or the school in the background.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

N & S. V. Depot, Blain, PA, early 1900s photo


N. & S. V. Depot, Blain, PA early 1900s

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Photo from a postcard shows a group of unknown residents waiting for the train at the N. & S. V. railroad depot in Blain, Perry County, PA.

Perhaps you might recognize some of these folks.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Pennsylvania Train Wrecks, Explosions and other disasters - on line

Pennsylvania Disaster Articles - just added at http://www.gendisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives

Carmichaels, PA Robena Coal Mine Explosion, Dec 1962
Charleroi, PA Area Auto Accidents, Aug 1960
Clymer, PA "Sample Run" Mine Disastrous Explosion, Aug 1926
Courtney, PA Cincinnati Mine Explosion, Apr 1913
Five Points, PA Dreadful Mining Accident, Aug 1855
Gettysburg, PA Area Storm, Jan 1939
Johnstown, PA Commuter Plane Crashes On Landing, Jan 1974
Kensington, PA Boating Accident, July 1880
Knoxville, PA Street Car Wreck, Dec 1917
Media, PA Fatal Cigar Smoking Accident, Dec 1909
Myerstown, PA Troop Train Rams Freight Train, Jan 1946
Near Allentown, PA Under-Water Blast Kills Diver, July 1960
New Oxford, PA Auto Wreck, Jan 1939
New Smithville, PA Bus Crashes Through Guardrail, July 1970
Northeast Pennylvania Forest Fires, May 1880
Parnassus, PA Valley Camp Coal Company Mine Explosion, Mar 1929
Philadelphia, PA Destructive Tornado, Apr 1856
Philadelphia, PA Fell from Pole, Apr 1896
Pittsburgh, PA Monongahela House Banquet Hall Fire, Apr 1897
Pittsburgh, PA Plane Crashes After Attempted Landing, Mar 1937
Portage, PA Mine Explosion Kills 63 Workers, July 1940
Powys, PA Farm Home Fire Near Williamsport, Jan 1931
Shenandoah, PA mine cave-in, Nov 1938
Spangler, PA Reilly Shaft No. 1 Mine Explosion, Nov 1922
Springville, PA Tornado and Storms In Pennsylvania, July 1871
Various Towns, PA Tornado and Storm Damage, July 1853
Wilkes-Barre, PA Deadly Mine Explosion, Dec 1947

You can find these using the search box at the upper lefthand corner of each page of the site - or browse to the article from the main Pennsylvania page:

http://www3.gendisasters.com/category/united-states/pennsylvania

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Grove City High School, Grove City, PA 1934-35 Basketball Team

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In the photograph: Carroll Byler, George Ketler, George King, John Smith, Nick Maddalena, Winfield Baer, Tony Bell, Harold Bennett, Robert Buchanan, Wayne Cookson, George Craft, Dick Englehart, Charles Hartley, Dick Ketler, John King, Raed Patterson and Milton Waterman.

Coach - Joseph A. Hartman.

The name of the manager of the team is unknown.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Curtisville PA School Students 1922-23

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In the photograph: Lawrence Gizienski, Stanley Gizienski, Nick Snyder, Thelma Bytheway, James Pendergast, Bada Moskala, Red Murray, Joe Tutak, Laura Calderelli, Rose Telowsky, Pete Telowsky, Elizabeth Grubbs, Elio Tabachi, Anna Allison, Andy Mehalic, Rose Tristani, Anna Yanko, Mary Shurina, Buddy Falconer, Howard Stewart - Teacher, Gate Thomas, George Dzvonich, John Myers, Mary Skymic, Thelma Fagart, Skinny Allison, Mary Gizienski, Paul Grubbs, Fanny Melnick

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

More Pennsylvania School Photos

Pennsylvania School Photos on line --

Parkers Landing School Band

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1984/parkers-landing-pennsylvania-school-band

Photo from 1930s-1940s. The players are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.
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St. Mary's School, New Castle, PA 1931

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1978/st-mary039s-school-new-castle-pa-1931

The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.
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Keifer School, Beaver Co., PA 1914

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/2037/keifer-school-beaver-co-pa-1914

Surname: Conn - The rest of the children are unknown.
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New Richmond School, Crawford Co., PA

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1947/new-richmond-school-crawford-county-pa

Surnames: Bertram, Bidwell, Bresee, Clark, Drake, Fosburgh, Hall, Holcomb, Hopkins, Huckleberry, Johnson, Kingsley, McClaughry, Minnick, Ongley, Root, Sayre, Smith, Ward, Wilcox, Willey, Winton
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Ben Franklin High School, New Castle, PA Girls Basketball Team 1923

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1706/ben-franklin-high-school-girls-basketball-1923-new-castle-pa

Surnames: Greer, Greig, Hurst, Krestle, Monnath, Norris, Ormesher, Rodgers, Sankey, Scaggo, Thompson, Waltenbaugh, Wettish
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Warnock School, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA 1921

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1703/warnock-school-shenango-township-lawrence-county-pa-1921

The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.
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Hill School, Castlewood, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA abt 1919

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1702/hill-school-castlewood-shenango-township-lawrence-county-pa-1919

Surname: Cunningham. The rest of the students are unknown.
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Hogue School, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, PA 1911

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1699/hogue-school-slippery-rock-township-lawrence-county-pa-1911

The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.
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Hogue School Slippery Rock Township Lawrence County, PA abt 1916

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1698/hogue-school-slippery-rock-township-lawrence-county-pa

Brandon, Duncan, Frew, Glasser, Hogue, Leonhardt, Lock, McHattie, Mentzer, Newton, Reno, Rohr, Thompson, Weisz
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Hogue School Slippery Rock Township Lawrence County, PA 1917

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1697/hogue-school-slippery-rock-township-lawrence-county-pa-1917

The names of the students are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.
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Sugar Grove PA Union Free School Photos - early 1900s and 1909


Sugar Grove Union Free School, Sugar Grove, PA April 1909, 4th Room

http://www3.familyoldphotos.com/photo/pennsylvania/1985/sugar-grove-union-free-school-sugar-grove-pa-april-1909-4th-room
Mable Jamison, Rena Lundberg, Grace Frodelious (sp?), George Haupin (sp?), Randolph Edin, Philina Fitts, Arline Lundburg, Allene Mit, Bessie Sanders, Ernest Thorpe, Principal Charles Fisher, Fern Marton, Earl Noyse, Eugene Mattison, Harold Hummell
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The Mattison children are known; the rest are unknown. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them.

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Reading High School, Reading, PA Football Team 1957 Photo


Football Roster: David Tezak, Earl Horst, S. Richardson, Robert Lamp, Michael Brown, Robert Nelson, William Wentzel, Paul Iager, Peter Gable, Irvin Godboldte, Robert Marchut, Allen Barnes, Frank Lopresto, Stewart McAlvage, Joseph Gilmore, Dallas Zeiber, Louis DeAngelis, Joseph DeLancey, Mervin Wertz, Thomas Coleman, Carlo Margharito, Lewis Tezak, Lloyd Brady, Lloyd Oudinot, K. Thomason, Bertram Jones, A. Calvaresi, Herman Lowery, M. Vardjan, William Sauer, Dennis Green, Nick Odagis, Lawrence Funk, George Fry, Richard Schreiber, Richard Klein

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Union City High School, Union City, PA Girls Basketball Team 1933 Photo

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In the photograph: Virginia Cross, Ruth Hadlock, Margaret Thomas, Mary Siverling, Anna Perkins, Paula Parker, Betty Miller, Esther Stevenson, Irene Shreve, Jeannette Ashton, Madolin Eldred, Jeannette Fuller.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

More Pennsylvania Old Photos - added

New Pennsylvania Old Photos - added this week at familyoldphotos.com

Hubler: Maxine
Fetcenko: Michael Ronald "Ronnie"
Hubler: Paul & Maxine app. 1948
Fetcenko: Steve and Helen
Hubler: Paula, Pam & Denny
Hubler, Paul H. Graduation Photo 1950
Hubler, Paul H.
Hubler, Howard and Iva
Max Smith's Airplane
Hubler: Maxine Fetcenko-Hubler
Mystery Family of Mercer Co PA, jad15
Mystery Man of Mercer Co PA, jad14
Mystery Woman of Mercer Co PA, jad13
Mystery Woman of Mercer Co PA, jad12
Mystery Woman of Mercer Co PA, jad11
Mystery Lady of Mercer Co PA, jad10
Mystery Children of Mercer Co PA, jad09
Mystery Girl of Mercer Co PA, jad08
Mystery Boy of Mercer Co PA, jad07
Mystery Boy in Mercer Co PA, jad06
Mystery Baby of Mercer Co PA, jad05
Mystery Baby of Mercer Co PA, jad04
Mystery Baby in Mercer Co PA, jad03
Mystery Baby in Mercer Co PA, jad02
Mystery Baby in Mercer Co PA, jad01
Restaurant or Laundry Working Girls, c. 1912 Newcastle or Butler PA
Paul Cuba
William "Bill" Klee
George Thomas
P. H. Bridenbaugh
W. H. Herbst
Clarence East
New Castle PA High School Football Coaches 1943
New Castle PA High School Football Coaches 1925
Ben Franklin High School Girls Basketball 1923 New Castle PA
General View of Monaca from Rochester Pa.
General View Rochester Pa. Monaca on the right
Warnock School, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA 1921
Hill School, Castlewood, Shenango Township, Lawrence County, PA abt 1919
Houk Reunion 1937
Slippery Rock Church Congregation, Lawrence County, PA 1920
Hogue School, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, PA 1911
Hogue School Slippery Rock Township Lawrence County, PA
Hogue School, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, PA 1917
Jara Family
Redding Burns and Nancy Wright Burns and Children
Allen boys & Butler boys 1918
Bridgeville PA High School Class of 1941
Unknown Man
Unknown Soldier
Elsie Aho and another little girl
Elsie Aho and Tomas Turri
Men of Nativity Parish, North Side, Pittsburgh, PA 1958
Men of Nativity Parish, North Side, Pittsburgh, PA 1957
Osceola Mills, PA High School Class of 1929
Kephart Family
German Township, Fayette Co PA Football Team, abt 1929-1931

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

German Township, Fayette Co PA Football Team, abt 1929-1931

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Jesse Piszczor, Sr., is in the photograph.

The rest of the players are unknown - perhaps you'll recognize some of them.

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Bridgeville PA High School Class of 1941


Perhaps you'll recognize some of the graduates.
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