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1999 ACCESSIONS

The Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society’s accessions for the year 1999 are divided under the following categories:

Books
Pamphlets, File Folders, and Loose-leaf Folders
Newspapers
Manuscripts
Maps
Photographs
Computer Disks
Museum

Books

1820 Pennsylvania Pension List: Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting a Report of the Names, Rank, and Line of Every Person Placed on the Pension List, in Pursuance of the Act of the 18th March, 1818, etc. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994. Adams, Samuel Speese. Adams Families Ancestors and Descendants. np.

Alphabetical Listing of Those Subscribers to the Oaths of Allegiance, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1992.

Battle, J. H. History of Columbia and Montour Counties. Chicago: Warner & Company, 1887.

Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt. Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996.

Brightly, Frederick C. A Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of the State of Pennsylvania 1754 to 1877. Vol. II. Philadelphia: Kay and Brother, 1877

Browning, Charles H. The Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania, (1912). Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998.

Centaur, (Yearbooks of Central Columbia High School from 1956 through 1980, few years missing).

Cherington, Dean C. The Cherrington Family History and Genealogy. np. (1999).

Classification of Public Secondary Schools, 1928-29. Harrisburg: Department of Public Instruction, 1929.

Clyde, John C. The Genealogies, Necrology, and Reminiscences of the "Irish Settlement, (1879). Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998.

Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz, Pennsylvania, A. Gratz: Gratz Historical Society, 1997.

DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, 1990. Vols. 1-3. Washington: DAR, 1994.

Davis, John David, compiler. Bucks County Deed Records, 1684-1763. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997.

Devine, Anne Marie. Centralia Yesterday, Today, Forever. Selinsgrove, PA: Meadowood Publications, 1991.

Eckert, Jack. Guide to the Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Philadelphia: Records Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1989.

Eshleman, H. Frank. Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, (1917). Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1998.

Fifth Annual Report of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Harrisburg: Stanley Ray, 1900.

Freeze, John G. A History of Columbia County. Bloomsburg: Elwell & Bittenbender, 1883.

Freeze, John G. History of Columbia and Montour Counties. Bloomsburg: Elwell & Bittenbender, 1883.

Gibson, W. The True Method of Dieting Horses, &c. London: W. Taylor, 1771.

Graydon, William. The Justices and Constables Assistant. Being a General Collection of Forms of Practice . . . . Harrisburgh: John Wyeth, 1805.

Gruell, Mark Jr. and Adam T. Bower, compilers. Pennsylvania Legislative Directory 1967. Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1967.

Hazard, Samuel. Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to the Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851, & March 1, 1852; Commencing 1779 to 1781. Vol. VIII. Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co., 1853.

Hazard, Samuel. Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to the Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851, & March 1, 1852; Commencing 1781 to 1783. Vol. IX. Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co., 1854.

Hazard, Samuel. Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to the Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851, & March 1, 1852; Commencing 1783 to 1786. Vol. X. Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co., 1854.

Hazard, Samuel. Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to the Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851, & March 1, 1852; Commencing 1786 to 1790. Vol. XI. Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co., 1855.

Hazard, Samuel. Pennsylvania Archives. Selected and Arranged From Original Documents in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Conformably to the Acts of the General Assembly, February 15, 1851, & March 1, 1852; Commencing 1790 with an Appendix. Vol. XII. Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co., 1856.

Hile, William H. The Ostrich for the Defense. Boston: George H. Ellis Co., 1912.

History of the J. Reinhart Laubach Family. np. The Book Genealogy Committee of the Laubach Family Association, 1993. .

History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: R. C. Brown, 1897.

Hostetler, James D. Massacres Across Pennsylvania. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1998.

Howe, F. S. Memorial of John Magee. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1870.

Hubert, Archer Butler, and William Nathaniel Schwarze. eds. David Zeisberger’s History of the Northern American Indians in 18th Century Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. Lewisburg: Wennawoods Publishing, 1999.

Hunt, Bruce A. and O. R. Howard Thomson, compilers. Gold Star Men and Women of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, World War 1914-1918. Williamsport: Lycoming Historical Society, 1929.

Jones, Wayne V. The Stull Family: Julia Ann Stull (1814-1872) and Her Ancestors. np.

Jones, Wayne V., compiler. The Bergstresser Family in American. 2 Vols. Dallas: D. Armstrong, 1988 & 1998.

Krause, Arthur A. History of Hazleton and Area. Wilkes Barre: Arthur Krause, 1999.

Krickbaum, Charles and Raymond L. Krickbaum Family History, 1749-1918. Canton, Ohio: Krickbaum Reunion, 1918.

Marshall, John A. American Bastile: A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonment of the American Citizens During the Late Civil War. Philadelphia: Evans, Stoddart & Co., 1870.

Memorabilia, (Bloomsburg High School Yearbook, 1964).

Morgan, Lewis H. The League of the Iroquois. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1922.

Pearce, Stewart. Annals of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1866. (Reprint) Salem, MA: Higginson Publishing Co., 1995.

Pennsylvania Education Directory, 1932-33. Harrisburg: Department of Public Instruction, 1932.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Lehigh, Northampton, and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1894. (Reprint) Salem, MA: Higginson Publishing Co., 1997.

Religious Society of Friends 1995-1996 Yearbook. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1996.

Religious Society of Friends 1997-1998 Yearbook. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1998.

Religious Society of Friends: Faith and Practice, 1961. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1961.

Religious Society of Friends: Faith and Practice, 1972. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1972.

Religious Society of Friends: Faith and Practice, 1997. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1997.

Remembering the Past: An Album of Scenes Printed in The Daily Item During Danville’s Bicentennial In 1992.

Report of the Superintendent of County Schools of Penna. Harrisburg: Meyers, 1874.

Rice, Phillip A., and Jean A. Dellock. Circuit and Circuit Riders. 2 vols. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1996.

Schrader-Muggenthaler, Cornelia. The Alsace Emigration Book. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1989.

Schrader-Muggenthaler, Cornelia. The Swiss Emigration Book. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1993.

Schwalm, Glenn P. Miscellaneous Church and Cemetery Records from Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1990.

Scogna, Kathy M. The Ford at the Schuylkill: A Glimpse of Early Reading. np., 1998.

Snyder, Charles F., ed. Northumberland County in the American Revolution. Sunbury: Northumberland County Historical Society, 1976.

Susquehanna Valley: A Pictorial History. Bloomsburg: Press Enterprise, 1999.

Vale, Ruby R. A Digest of Decisions of the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1754 to 1907. Vols. 1, 3-11. Philadelphia: George T. Bisel Co., 1908.

Walker, James D. Col., ed. Pennsylvania at Andersonville, Georgia: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Memorial, 1905. C. E. Auginbaugh, 1909.

Yearbook of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.

Yearbook of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.

Yearbooks and school publications: Bloomsburg High School Yearbook, Memorabilia, 1930 and 1956; Bloomsburg State College Yearbook, Obiter, 1960; Bloomsbrug High School Hand-book, 1959-1964; Dedication Program of Bloomsburg High School, 1927; Blooms-burg Normal School program, 1914; miscellaneous news clippings and pictures.

Pamphlets, File Folders, and Loose Leaf Folders

1830 Census Index, Columbia County.

1840 Census Index, Columbia County.

1920 United States Population Census: Federal Catalog.

Angeli, Glenn, and Sheriann Angeli. "Our Angeli Family." (loose-leaf)

Beach Grove Cemetery, Luzerne Co., (Listing of tombstones).

Beech Grove, The, Newsletter of the Hagenbuch Family (1982-1992), Mark Hagenbuch, editor.

Berks of Old. Vols. 3 & 4 (May 1985-November 1986).

Bible Records of William and Mary E. Hutchinson Hagenbuch, plus obituaries.

Burrowes, Helen B. The Warrior Run Presbyterian Church. Sunbury: Northumberland County Historical Society, 1995.

Carter, John H. The Shamokin Indian Traders. Sunbury: Northumberland County Historical Society, 1995.

Certificate of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for Charles W. Dennison, retired after 42 plus years of duty.

Church Records of Marriage from Harveysville Methodist Charge (1883-1975), Huntington Township, Luzerne County.

Church Records of Marriages from Town Hill Methodist Church (1866-1899), Huntington Township, Luzerne County

Danville Iron Heritage Festival. Newspaper clippings from the Danville News, the Press Enterprise, and the Sunbury Daily Item.

Deed: Caleb Barton & Wife, James Barton & Wife, Eli Barton and E. Mendnhall & Wife to Frederick Weimer, September 5, 1865.

Deed: William Edgard & Wife to D. W. Robins, September 15, 1865.

Deeds, draughts, maps, and surveyor’s drawings of Samuel Neyhard, Bloomsburg surveyor during the 1800’s.

Descendants of Godfried Fiester.

Descendants of Michael DeMott, 1998. (loose-leaf)

Descendants of William Gougar, I, in Family Line. (Loose-leaf, xerographic copies taken from this book.)

Dittenhafer, Miriam. History and Genealogy of Ebenezer Marcy (1741-1790), Luzerne County, PA…with appendices on Clyde, Godshall, and Rhone.

Eveland, Hazel McMichael, et al. The McMichael Family. (loose-leaf)

Find your Past: Beginning your Genealogical Research. Guide to using interactive CD, 1999.

First Columbia Bank Centennial Celebration Booklet.

First National Bank of Bloomsburg. Blueprints c. 1907.

First Settlers and Warranties of Huntington Township, Luzerne County.

Frederick, Arthur L. "History of the Frederick Family."

Fritz Family Papers.

Genealogical Helper Magazine. Jan to Apr., 1999.

Genealogical Helper, Sept.-Oct., 1996.

Genealogy of Peter Cool and Hannah Briggs of Luzerne County, PA, and Some of Their Descendants Who Migrated to Illinois and Minnesota. (1999)

Gleanings from the Ancestral History William Gougar, I. (Loose-leaf, xerographic copies taken from this book.)

Golder Family Papers.

Greenly Family, The. (loose-leaf)

Greenwood Friends School class lists for 1997-1998.

Hammaker, Dwayne, and Ron Smith. "Early Industries of Perry County." New Bloomfield, PA: Perry County Tourist Bureau, 1999.

Herefordshire Family History Society Journal. Vol. VII, No. 1 (1995-98), No. 4 (1999).

Historical Review of Berks County, Summer 1997 to Fall 1998.

Historical Review of Berks County, Winter 1998-99.

History of the Marsteller Family name and the town of Pfungstadt, Germany.

Hostetler, James. "How to Write and Publish Local History," 1993.

Index to deaths and marriages from various newspapers: The Morning Press for the year 1904; Berwick Gazette for the year 1833; Berwick Independent Ledger for the years1839-40.

Index to Wills of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (1772-1859). Sunbury: Northumberland County Historical Society.

Junior Women’s Club, Bloomsburg, Scrapbooks for 1955-56 and 1958-59.

Kesler/Kessler Family History.

Kirkpatrick, William E. Eckroth-Eckenroth-Eckenrode Family. 2 Vols. np. 1987.

Kitchen Family 1690-1999.

Kitchen, Family of George and Mary Whitmire, 1999.

Lancaster Legacy, Vol. 4 (March, 1987).

Marks, Glen K. Oldstone’s Guide to Creative Rubbing. Boston: Oldstone Enterprises, 1973.

Marsteller, Johann George: Upper Saucon Township. Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Family Group Sheets.

McHenry, John, Genealogy of.

North American Copper, San Francisco Mining, Makever Brothers Gold & Silver Mines.

Novak family genealogical charts and information.

Ohl Family (Newspaper clippings, including obituaries, reunions, and news articles).

Owens, Evans, and Allied Families, from Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania.

Palatine Patter. Palatines to America Newsletter, 1994-1998.

Pen Pa. Palatines to America, Pennsylvania Chapter Newsletter, 1994-1998.

Pennsylvania Photographers: Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania, The Last 100 Years. Nanticoke: Luzerne County Community College, 1999.

Pensyl, Jack L., compiler. "Marriages and Deaths from German Newspapers Published inn Dauphin, Northumberland, and Snyder Counties, Pennsylvania, 1825-1851." Sunbury: Northumberland County Historical Society, 1996.

Persons from Pennsylvania who moved to Stephenson County, Illinois (from 1850 census).

Pine Center Cemetery lot owners’ list.

Pine Center Church (100-year anniversary news clipping and deed from the Lutheran church to the Methodist church).

Potter Family Genealogy, pedigree chart of Helen Moss.

Program for Bloomsburg High School Circus, April 1948.

Ransom Notes: An Update of The Blue Book of Ransom Genealogy and The Descendants of Captain Samuel Ransom by C. B. Sears; compiled by Karen A. Keil.

Raven Creek Cemetery Burials, Benton Township, Columbia County, PA, complete listing.

Rees/Reece Family (Time line and family notes).

Register of Invalid Pensions, Revolutionary Service, 1789. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1981.

Reichard Family: Family Charts, Wills, and Deeds.

Riegel, Carl Robert, and James Earl Reigle. Riegell to Riggle: A Genealogy, 1390 to 1985. Np: Penobscot Press, 1996.

Riegell, Mattheis Family Tree, 1332-1998.

Roberts Family Genealogy, from Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania.

Roderick, Jessie Margaret Birth, Baptism, and Marriage Certificates, Deeds, and Stock Certificates.

Rohn (Rhone) Family Papers.

Sands Family 1572-1999.

Schmidt, Helen Laubach. Supplement to History of the J. Reinhart Laubach Family. 6th ed. np. 1999.

Sixth Report of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1931-1934. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical Commission, 1937.

Smith, Phinehas (History of, descendant chart, and family group sheets).

Snyder, Charles Fisher. The Great Shamokin Path. Sunbury: Northumberland County Historical Society, 1995.

Snyder, Daniel (1893-1855) time line, descendant chart, results of research for cemetery tour.

St. Gabriel’s Cemetery Listing (updated).

St. Gabriel’s Cemetery records, updated.

St.Clair Genealogy.

St.Clair, Susie E. Ball Family Tree, 1997. (loose-leaf)

Stock Certificate in the name of Cortez B. Robbins.

Sutliff Family (Data taken from Sutliff Family Genealogy by George W. Sutliffe, 1897; Sutcliffe/Sutliffe Family by Bennett Hurd Sutliffe, 1903; and The Family History by Samuel Milton Sutliff, Jr., 1909).

Thomas, L. Ann. "The Baylors from Central Pennsylvania." (loose-leaf)

Thomas, L. Ann. "The Beyer Family from Germany." (loose-leaf)

Thomas, L. Ann. "The Krums of Central Pennsylvania." (loose-leaf)

Turner, Family of Harry Vincent, 1999.

U.S. 1830 and 1840 Census Indices for Columbia County.

U.S. 1850 Census Index for Montour County and Franklin, Madison, and Roaring Creek Townships, Columbia County.

U.S. Military Personnel Who Died in the Korean Conflict (1950-1957).

U.S. Military Personnel Who Died in the Vietnam Conflict, 1997.

Vance, J. David. Vance Family in Columbia County, 1999.

VFW Souvenir Program by Pup Tent #8, Military Order of the Cootie. "In Memory of our Honored Dead (World War II)."

Viets, Carl Edward: Selective Service Notice to Appear for Physical Examination.

Wilkins, Betty Jean Bartlow. Second supplement to Record of Descendants of Samuel T. and Phoebe E. (Lowe) Gardner of Moreland Township, Lycoming County, Pa., 1997. (loose-leaf)

World Book of Youngs. 2 vols. Halbert’s Family Heritage, 1994.

Wright, Mary. "A Quaker History of Columbia County." Research paper, 1951.

Newspapers

Argus, The (Benton, PA) July 1900.

Berwick Gazette, Sept 21, 1833 to Jan. 10, 1836 (bound).

Independent Ledger (newspaper), Berwick , PA, several issues in 1840.

Mifflinburg Telegraph, Newspaper clippings during the years of 1982-1992.

Mifflinville Record. April 5, 1883 through August 1883.

The Weekly Tablet, Millville, PA, April 6 1887 through March 28, 1888.

Manuscripts

American Association of University Women Scrapbooks, Bloomsburg Branch, Minutes, Clippings, etc., 1930 to 1994.

Civil War Diary of Jacob Keller, 1865 (photocopy).

Daybook, Ledger, and Sales Book of the Jennie McMahan Retail Dry Goods Store, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, and Brooklyn, New York, dated April-July, 1879, and July, 1898.

Four shares of Berwick Fair Stock.

Maps

Atlas of Pennsylvania County Maps.

Insurance Map of Bloomsburg and Catawissa.

Luzerne County, 1893.

Map of St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Numidia.

North Central Pennsylvania Quaker Meetings (in Sullivan, Columbia, Montour, and Northumberland Counties).

Northampton County 1681-1783 Landowners.

Pennsylvania Map, 1832.

Pennsylvania Map, Reading Howell, 1792.

Photographs

Aerial photograph of Millville.

B.H.S. Class of 1951 Reunions, 1956, 1976 & 1991.

Berwick High School Class of 1921 (photocopy of original class picture of 1921, photographs of fifty and sixty-year reunions).

Berwick Theatre, 1920.

Bloomsburg Air Show, 1947.

Bloomsburg River Bridge, 1953.

Bloomsburg-Danville Bus, circa 1920.

Boon Family Photographs (3 photographs).

Buckhorn Hotel.

Capital Theatre, Bloomsburg.

Civil Air Patrol, 1946.

East and West Paden Covered Bridges, Columbia County, circa 1946.

Getty Family Reunion, July 13, 1929.

Greenwood and Mt. Pleasant Township Area Photograph Album.

Hanging Rock Photographs.

Hess Shoe Store, Bloomsburg.

Hess, Eva Hagenbuch and Coriel Hess of Orangeville area.

Jamison City Tannery with Group of Workers, 1905.

Keller, George, Lion Tamer.

Kirkendall, A. G. Car, Berwick.

McHenry Distillery, John Geiser McHenry, Rohr and Caroline McHenry, R. McHenry Store, Interior of the home of John G. McHenry, Sr.

McHenry One-room School, Orange Township, with John Hauck, School Director, and Dr. Stoddard, School Doctor.

Photograph: "Spirit of ‘76" Drum belonging to Private Thomas Ritter.

Photographs from the Hauck, Rohm, Ivy families of Barton Street, Bloomsburg.

Photographs of the Fourth Ward School, Danville.

Pictorial postcards (53) of street scenes and buildings in Berwick, Bloomsburg, and surrounding area.

Pursel, William, Home in Orangeville (photocopy).

Rees, Family Picture of Cyrus Barton.

Sunbonnet Girls, Bloomsburg.

Train Wreck on Route 11.

TWA Plane Crash, Aristes, 1947.

Computer Disks

"Beginning Your Genealogical Research." Interactive program by the Institute of Interactive Technology, Bloomsburg University, 1999.

U.S. 1810 Census Index for Pennsylvania

U.S. 1870 Census Index for Columbia and Montour County.

 

Museum

Advertisement of Excelsior Lawn Mower, circa early 1900s (framed) from J. Schuyler & Son in Bloomsburg.

Autograph book, circa 1890, Orangeville Academy, of Eva Hagenbuch Hess.

Brick marked "Bloomsburg."

Commemorative plates from the Bloomsburg Fair and the Bloomsburg Sesquecentennial.

Compass mounted in tree ring.

Doll, "Marqueen," porcelain, with original dress and pantalets, circa 1920.

Double Road Brick marked "Bloomsburg Brick Co.

Election poster and photographs of William D. Duck and Democratic party ashtray.

Glass mug from Bloomsburg High School.

Linseed oil can, oil lamp, oil can, miscellaneous can.

Mechanical "Set-back" Thermostat, circa 1900.

Print of the Twin Covered Bridges, Stillwater.

Prints, plates, and catalogue from the Orangeville, Manufacturing Company.

Scrapbook collection of 1886 illustrations, old valentines and Christmas cards.

Sheet music and books; program from 1955 fair vesper service.

Washboard and Old Electric Iron.

Woven coverlet with deer and bird design.

 

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