The front and back of a 1974-1976 Pennsylvania Operator’s License for motor vehicles, issued to William E. Deitrich [Dietrich], R. D. Box 81 [Specktown, Lykens Township], Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Restriction […]
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 […]
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 […]
An undated carte de visit photograph of the two oldest children of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) and Hannah L. [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919) of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The children […]
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 […]
A newspaper listing of the men from the Lykens Valley area who were accepted for military duty in World War II, published on 6 May 1943. Note: These lists were […]
A unknown studio portrait of Hannah Louisa [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919) of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was probably taken about 1905 when she had been a widow […]
An undated photograph of the original Klinger’s Church in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to church records, the building was erected in 1800 and razed in April 1894. […]