A gathering at the Samuel Sitlinger farm in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1935. Identifications: Front Row (standing): Melva Sitlinger; Lucy [Sitlinger] Troutman; Lydia [Helt] Riegle; Bertha [Riegle] […]
A 1974 photograph of 4 generations of a family that originated in Specktown, Lykens Township,Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Front Row (seated): Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich, great-grandmother; Annette Helen Gasbarro, great-granddaughter; William E. […]
A 1917 photographic post card of 4 generations of a family that originated in Specktown, Lykens Township,Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Front Row (seated): Kathryn [Dietrich] Gasbarro, born February 1915, great-granddaughter, on […]
An early 20th century photograph of Sarah Adaline [Daniel] Evitts (1859-1920) on her farm in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Sarah was the daughter of John George Daniel (1801-1871) […]
A photograph of a group of family and neighbors at a picnic probably on the farm of Edward Dietrich and Jennie [Keiper] Dietrich, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about 1926. […]
A wedding photo taken about 1909 at the Rowland Studio, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Norman L. Riegle (1886-1942) of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, and Lydia Alice Helt (1883-1942), of […]
A photograph dated 17 July 1921 taken on the Edward Dietrich farm in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with barn in background. Holding the horse are: Jennie [Keiper] Dietrich (1876-1967) […]
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, German Lutheran churches in America typically provided elaborately printed and hand-lettered certificates called “frakturs” to commemorate occasions such as births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, […]