Gratz News – January 20, 1926
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper for the week of 20 January 1926: The sale of Harry Schlegel was largely attended […]
Agnes [Phillips] Hartman Zerfing (1881-1938) – Hangs Self in Barn Near Gratz
The story of the suicide of Agnes Minerva Zerfing of near Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,was reported in local and area newspapers. Some of those stories follow here. From the Pottsville […]
Gratz – Irvin C. Adams Motors, 1970
A 1970 advertising photograph for Irvin C. Adams Motors, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Ford Sales and Service ___________________________________ From an advertisement that appeared in the 1970 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Gratz News – March 19, 1926
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz Items” section of a local newspaper for the week of 19 March 1926: Mrs. Mary Daniel visited in town, Wednesday evening. […]
Rev. Isaac Gerhart – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Isaac Gerhart served as minister of Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, from about 1822 to 1844. _________________________________ Rev. Isaac Gerhart is the first known Reformed pastor of Simeon […]
Gratz News – December 14, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 14 December 1927: Rev. and Mrs. Reichert, of Berrysburg, were entertained […]
The 1890 Census Substitute for Lykens Township
As all genealogists know, the primary schedules for the 1890 United States Census were almost completely destroyed in a fire. The few that were not destroyed did not include the […]
Gratz News – January 26, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 26 January 1927: Miss Mildred Kocher and Miss Bonawitz of Berrysburg, […]