Category Archives: genealogy

Original document reveals more about York widow

Posted on July 23, 2011 by june lloyd

My last post was on Barbara Smith/Schmidt/Schmith (c.1724-1798), the affluent widow who left nearly her entire estate to the Lutheran congregation [now Christ Lutheran Church] in York, including the funds specifically designated to purchase an organ. That organ, the last … Continue reading →

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More U.S. Presidental Ancestors Called York County Home

Posted on May 23, 2011 by june lloyd

My previous post told how researchers connected U.S. presidents Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and William McKinley with their York County, Pa. roots. Below are a couple more presidents and a vice president whose families have been traced back … Continue reading →

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U.S. Presidents Can Claim York County Ancestry too

Posted on May 21, 2011 by june lloyd

Seems to be some Irish excitement about President Obama visiting the village of one of his Irish ancestors, but they have nothing on us. As York County Heritage Trust Library Director Lila Fourhman-Shaull pointed out in an article she wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in 1730s, 1740s, 1770s, Chanceford Twp., genealogy, Heidelberg Twp., post office, Revolutionary War, Universal York, Warrington Twp., Washington Twp., York County | Leave a comment

More on Lewis Miller’s Blue Dyer

Posted on March 10, 2011 by june lloyd

As I indicated in my recent post on Lewis Miller’s drawing of the Seifert family, there is more going on here than just the very early depiction of an American Christmas tree. That post addressed why a blue dyer was … Continue reading →

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York County Cemetery Records Go Back to the 18th Century

Posted on February 1, 2011 by june lloyd

St. Luke Lutheran cemetery ca.1900 I’m on the Cemetery Committee at my church, St. Luke’s Lutheran in Chanceford Township, where both my husband’s family and mine go back over 200 years. The cemetery was one of about 500 cemeteries in … Continue reading →

Posted in 1770s, 1860s, 1880s, 1930s, cemeteries, Chanceford Twp., churches, genealogy, Universal York, York County | Leave a comment

Learn about Pennsylvania Germans of York County

Posted on May 12, 2010 by june lloyd

Pennsylvania German birth/baptismal certificate (Taufschein) for Catharina Stambach, born 1835, by Adam Wuertz Only a few days left to sign up for the Saturday June 5 Pennsylvania Germans in York County seminar sponsored by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society … Continue reading →

Posted in architecture, Fraktur, genealogy, Lewis Miller, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania Germans, tombstones, Universal York, York County | 2 Comments

York Man Grows Figs

Posted on August 20, 2009 by june lloyd

Fig orchard on East King Street I came across the striking photo above while looking for something else on the database at the York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives. Volunteers are loading images from the vast photo collection into the database … Continue reading →

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More on Disappearing York County Cemeteries

Posted on August 9, 2009 by june lloyd

Subscribers for a cemetery fence in Spring Garden Township Blake Stough recently shared the above image of a document he had purchased on eBay some time ago. It lists subscribers for a fence to be built around “the old burial … Continue reading →

Posted in 1850s, cemeteries, genealogy, Spring Garden Twp., Springettsbury Twp., Universal York | 9 Comments

Your Final Resting Place Might Not Be Final

Posted on June 8, 2009 by june lloyd

Over the years quite a few cemeteries in York County have been built over, paved over or plowed over. Sometimes the inhabitants have been moved to another cemetery, sometimes not. There have been various laws passed over the years in … Continue reading →

Posted in 1840s, 1960s, cemeteries, genealogy, Springettsbury Twp., Universal York | 5 Comments

More on the Princes of York

Posted on July 3, 2008 by june lloyd

The Prince family, that is. A few days ago I wrote and that I thought there were two contemporary David Princes in York. I based that assumption on that two different women married David Prince, and that one David Prince … Continue reading →

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