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2000 ACCESSIONS

 

 

The Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society’s accessions for the year 2000 are listed under the following categories:

Books
Computer Disk
Loose-leaf Folders
Magazines and Journals
Manuscripts
Maps
Microfilm
Microfiche
Museum
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Paintings and Prints
Photographs
Scrapbooks

Books

Baillie, Janet Leonard, and Beatrice Leonard Vandiver. The Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Leonard. Sunnyvale, CA: William B. Leonard, 2000. Donor: Janet Baillie, P.O. Box 522, Angels Camp, CA 95222-0522.

Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. Vols. 1, 3, 4, 5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, 1870. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Battle, J. H., ed. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: A. Warner & Company, 1887. (Reprint) Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company. Purchased by CCHGS.

Beers, D.C. Atlas of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Co., 1874. Purchased.

Beers, D.G. Atlas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Pomeroy & Company, 1876. Donor: Eugene M. and Mary A. Hock, 648 Riverhill Drive, Catawissa, PA 17820.

Berwick Bicentennial Book, 1986. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Bloomsburg High School Yearbook, 1929 (The Memorabilia). Donor: Mary Ward, 1103 South Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Bloomsburg State Normal School Yearbooks: 1921, 1923, 1926. Donor: Jay C. Fenstermaker, 262 East Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Bloss, Marvin, ed. Gleanings of the Switze: Making of Powder by Dupont, Favorite Poems, and Nonsensical Nonsense. Berwick: Keystone Publishing Company, 1976 (2 copies). Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R.R. #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Bowman, Samuel L. The Bowman Family: A Historical and Memorial Volume. Harrisburg: Methodist Episcopal Book Room, 1886. Bound photocopy, 1999. Donor: Gerald Brandt, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Burgert, Annette K. Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Pfungstadt, Hessen-Darmstadt, to Pennsylvania. Myerstown, PA: AKB Publications, 1995.

Burgert, Annette Kunselman. Palatine Origins of Some Pennsylvania Pioneers. Myerstown, PA: AKB Publications, 2000. Purchased.

Capitols of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Carrington, Henry B. Battle Maps and Charts of the American Revolution. NY: Arno Press, 1974. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Catawissa, A History of (200th Anniversary), 1974. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Cullen, Joseph P. The Battle of Chancellorsville. Np: Eastern Acorn Press. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Davis, George B., et al. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1891. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Dollarhide, William and Ronald A. Bremer. America’s Best Genealogy Resource Centers. Bountiful, Utah, Heritage Quest, 1999. Donor: Lorraine Prutzman, 40 Bellas Hollow, Danville, PA 17821.

Dollarhide, William. Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735-1815. Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1997. Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Dominguez, Andre J. Descendants of Daniel Moyer, Sr., Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (1788-2000). Vol. 1. np. 1999. Donor: Andre J. Dominguez, 254 West Fourth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Everett Family History. Washington, D.C: Heritage Press, 1978. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Fenstermacher, Ted. More Tracking Yesterday. Bloomsburg: Press Enterprise, 1984. Donor: Bill & Mollie Harrell, 2281 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Fenstermacher, Ted. Tracking Yesterday. Bloomsburg: Press Enterprise, 1983. Donor: Bill & Mollie Harrell, 2281 Old Berwick Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Fisher, Charles A. Wills and Administrations of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1974. Donor: Bonnie Farver, Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Guth, Hermann, and Gertrud Guth. Palatine Mennonite Census Lists, 1664-1793. Elverson, PA: Mennonite Family History, 1987. Donor: Ann H. Brandt, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Henrie, Rodney. Orangeville Evangelical & Reformed Church History. np, 1957. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Higgenbottom, Sanford W., et al. Pennsylvania and the Civil War: A Handbook. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.Harisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1961. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

History of the Wapwallopen Region. Published by the Wapwallopen Historical Society, 1952. Reprinted 1976. Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R.R. #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

History, Legend and Facts of Hobbie: The Switze and the Dupont Powder Mills, plus the Memoirs of Marvin Bloss. np. 1975 (2 copies). Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R.R. #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Hone, E; Wade. Land & Property Research in the United States. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc., 1997. Donor: Lorraine Prutzman, 40 Bellas Hollow, Danville, 17821.

Howells, Cyndi Cyndi’s List: A Comprehensive List of 40,000 Genealogy Sites on the Internet. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Jacobs, Jane. A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece. New York: Vintage Books, 1995. Donor: George A. Turner, 611 Country Club Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Jordan, Florence R. History of Pennsylvania Counties. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Farmer, np. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Kennedy, Fraces H. The Civil War Battlefield Guide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1990. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Kilbourne, John Dwight. Virtutis Praemium: The Men Who Founded the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998. Donor: Lewis S. Graham, Jr. 5016 Gayman Road, Doyletown, PA 18901.

Laubach, Frank. Prayer: The Mightiest Force in the World. np. Donor: Hortense Hagenbuch, 644 Knob Mountain Road, Berwick, PA 18603.

Lucas, Sidney. The Quaker Story. New York: Harpers and Brothers, 1949. Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Martin, Jere. Pennsylvania Almanac. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997. Donor: Anonymous.

McKeever, Eric. Tales of the Mine Country. np. 1995. Purchased.

Memorabilia, 1935: Bloomsburg High School yearbook. Donor: Sara E. Tubbs, 330 W. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Memorabilia. (Bloomsburg High School Yearbook), 1936-1939. Donor: Nola and Bill Shaffer, 420 Valley Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Miller, Robert C., et al. Historic Views of Gettysburg. Gettysburg: Mumper & Miller, 1906. Donor: Michael J. Long, 3651 Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

My History is America’s History. Washington: National Endowment for the Humanities, 1999. Donor: Bloomsburg Public Library.

Myers, Paul W. Pennsylvania Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Living in Other States. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Neagles, James C. U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Incorporated, 1994. Purchased by CCHGS.

Paige, John C. The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service, 1933-1942. Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1985. Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society Report. Np, c. 1862. Donor: Wayne Mensinger, Fourth & John Streets, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Perkiomen Region (The). Vols. 1-5. Bedminster, PA: Adams Apple Press, 1994. Purchased.

Photographic History of the Civil War. Seacaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, 1987. Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Private Records of Rev. Johannes Heinrich Helfrich (1790-1810). Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Rhoads, Willard R. History of the Catawissa Quaker Meeting and the Roaring Creek Quaker Meeting. Np, 1963. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Rice, Phillip A., and Jean A. Dellock. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Vital Records. Vols. 2 & 3. Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pa. Genealogical Services, 1991. Purchased.

Ries, Linda A., and Jay W. Ruby. Directory of Pennsylvania Photographers: 1839-1900. Harrisburg: Pa. Historical and Museum Commission, 1999. Donor: authors.

Rupp, I. Daniel. History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe, Carbon, and Schuylkill Counties. Harrisburg: Hickok and Cantine, 1845 (rpt. 1991). Purchased.

Santee, Ellis M. Genealogy of the Santee Family. Wilkes Barre: Caxton Press, 1927. Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R.R. #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Schwalm, Glenn P. Church Record of the Christ (Maxatawny or Delong’s) Reformed Church at Bowers, Berks County, 1765-1832. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Schwalm, Glenn P. Collected Chruch Records of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Chruch, Franklin Square, Eldred Township., Schuylkill County, PA and Jacob’s Lutheran Church, Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland County, PA. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Shapiro, Michael S., et al. A Museum Guide to Copyright and Trademark. Washington, DC: American Association of Museums, 1999. Donor: American Association of Museums, Washington, DC.

Sharfman, Bern. The PNPA Story. np. 1999. Donor: Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association, 3899 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA.

Soldiers of the American Revolution: Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Danboro, PA: Will-Britt Books, 1979. Purchased.

Steinach, Adelrich. Swiss Colonists in 19th Century America. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1995. Purchased.

Third Reader, The. (old school book, prior to 1892). Donor: Chris Paul, 511 Davis Street, Elmira, NY 14901.

Walsh’s 1939 Bloomsburg Directory. Donor: Paul Reichart, P.O. Box 235, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Wesner, Doris. Alsatian Connections. Vol. 1. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Whitebread, S.A. Genealogy of the Whitebread Family in America. Ottowa, KS: Newman Waring Printer, 1902. Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R.R. #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Yoder, Don. Pennsylvania German Immigrants, 1709-1786. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Computer Disks

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930. (6 vols.) Family Tree Maker CD #192. Purchased.

Pennsylvania German Church Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983 (CD). Purchased.

Pennsylvania Vital Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (CD). Purchased.

Revolutionary War Pension Lists (CD). Purchased.

U.S. Census: Pennsylvania, 1850. Family Tree Maker CD # 305. Purchased.

Loose-leaf Folders

Albeck or Allbeck History and Genealogy of John Michael Allbeck and His Descendants, 1830-1930. Donor: Winifred M. Allbeck, 204 Eyers Grove Road, Millville, PA 17846.

Allbeck, Montraville McHenry. Albeck or Allbeck Genealogy of John Michael Allbeck and His Descendants, 1830-1930, plus two updates. Donor: Winifred Allbeck, 204 Eyers Grove Road, Millville, PA 17846.

American Association of Retired Persons, Col-Mont Chapter (Chapter 1040): three notebooks of news clippings, letters, and photographs dating from 1971 to 1992. Donor: Warren Klees for Col-Mont Chapter of AARP.

Anthony, Laura Hand: History of (looseleaf, includes Waller family heritage). Donor: David F. and Laura B. Anthony, 147 Westminster Way, Lynchburg, VA 24503.

Arner Family charts and history (2). Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Arnold, John: Descendants of, with photocopies of application for pension, 1795 agreement, photographs, etc. Donor: Ken Forbes, 12105 157th Street Court East, South Hill, WA 98374-9735.

Aten Family descendant charts. Donor: Martha Aten, Berwick, PA 18603.

Barton and Underhull Family descendants. Donor: Jean Jones Holder, S 2707 Rhyolite Road, Spokane, WA 99203.

Barton, Edwin M. History of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 1 (looseleaf). Donor: Mr. & Mrs. LaRue Derr, 100 Roop Street, Highspire, PA.

Bell, Raymond Martin and Edna Jordan. Wotring-Woodring Family of Pennsylvania. (loose-leaf. Donor: Kay Long, R.R. #1 Box 1140, Berwick, PA 18603.

Berks County Index to Wills and Administrations, 1752-1850. Purchased.

Bloomsburg High School diploma (1906). Donor: Ann Reed Kirwin, 1013 22nd Avenue N, Street Petersburg, FL 33704.

Bredbenner Family: Descendants of James and Elizabeth. Donor: Lee and Kathy Bredbenner, 636 Piccadilly Road, Towson, MD 21204.

Brownson/Brunson/Bronson: Descendant Chart 1525 to the present. Donor: Sharon Tishler, 933 Old Tioga Turnpike, Benton, PA 17814.

Canby Lutheran Church Sunday School Records (photocopy). Donor: Anonymous.

Civil War affadavits and applications for pension records for Martin Karshner and Reuben Ande (photocopies). Donor: Scott Kuchta, R R #1, Box 1384, Berwick, PA 18603.

Coder Family History (William Coder, 1830s; Samuel Coder, 1850s). Loose-leaf. Donor: Patricia W. Kelley, 303 Holland Court, Coraopolis, PA 15108.

Cortright, Nathan, and wife Katherine Burket: Notes of the family of. Donor: Elsie Harmon via Matthew Shaffer, 518 Sussex Avenue, Seabrook, DE 19973-2042.

Crist, John, and Catherine Snyder: Family group sheets and photographs. Donor: Ms. Barbara A. Stephens760 Aspen Circle, Red Hill, PA 18076.

Diemer Family, beginning with Eli, 1791. Donor: Rachel Bitler, 41 Lookout Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Dodson and Post Family papers. Donor: Vinniedee Hippensteel, 907 E. 8th Sts. Berwick, PA 18603.

Family Genealogies in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1993. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Foulke, Thomas Albert: Eleven Generation Ancestral Chart. Donor: Anne Foulke, 23 Grotto Drive, Danville, PA 17821.

"French and Indian War Period within the Delaware Water Gap," paper. Donor: National Park Service (Delaware Water Gap), Bushkill, PA 18324.

Friend to Friend (bi-fold brochure). Donor: Caldwell Consistory, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Fritz, Prof. A. S., papers on Hess, Yorks, and Miller families. Donor: Susie Fritz Jablonic, 1015 Lincoln Street, Madison, WI 53711.

Fry, Arthur, compiler. "Klinetob Family History," Vol I. 1999. Donor: Arthur Fry, 1923 East Joyce Blvd., Fayetteville, AR 72703.

Gilmore, Lois Remensnyder. Family History and Genealogy of Robert Seeley (1600-1667) to John Weitz Seelz (1830-1904) and his Descendants (spiral-bound). Purchased.

Handbills for 2 plays at Rolling Green Park Theatre. Donor: Lin Whitenight, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Hinterleitner/Hinderliter Saga: A Journey in Time, 1609-1999 (CD), 2000. Donor: Andrew F. Hinderliter, 33 Orsinger Hill, San Antonio, TX 78230-1517.

In the Service of Humanity (brochure) Donor: Caldwell Consistory, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Italian Presbyterian Cemetery Listing. Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Klinetob Family History. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1995. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Luzerne County Cemeteries: Old Italian Presbyterian, Macanaqua; Sorbertown, Hunlock Creek; and Hunlock Creek. Donor: Anonymous.

Luzerne County Cemetery Lists for Cambra and Goss Cemeteries, Huntington Township; Reyburn/Sorber Cemetery, Union Township; and Pine Hill Cemetery, Shickshinny. Donor: Anonymous.

Madame Montour Origins (looseleaf photocopy). Donor: Montour County Genealogical Society, 134 Mill Street, Danville, PA 17821.

McCalmant Family Sheets. Donor: Lawanna Dailey, 15014 N.E. Rancho Drive, Vancouver, WA.

"McClure House (Fort McClure) History." Donor: Fort McClure Chapter DAR, McClure Blvd., Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

McEowen, William, Family Notebook. Donor: Roger L. McEowen, 448 West Russ Road, Greenville, Ohio 45331-2458.

Mensch Family Genealogy (additions). Donor: Rachel Bitler, 41 Lookout Dr., Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Millville Cemetery: Additions and Corrections, 1999. Donor: Mrs. F. Stuart Wilkins, 1251 Salway Avenue, SW, North Canton, Ohio 44720-3451.

Odd Fellows Cemetery, Danville, PA. Donor: Ann Thomas, 700 Avenue E, Danville, PA 17868.

Ohev Sholom Cemetery Listing. Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

"Orange and Black, 1929" (Danville Yearbook): (loose-leaf). Donor: Lin Whitenight, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Pealer Family Newsletters and Descendants. Donor: Brian A. Pealer, 5310 Gordon Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405.

Peter, W.K. History of the Peter Family. Allentown: Call Publishing Company, 1908. Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R R #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Register of Invalid Pensions, Revolutionary Service, 1789. Donor: Karlton Kisner, P.O. Box 317, Wysox, PA, 18854.

Revised Index to the McHenry Book. Donor: Vinniedee Hippensteel, 907 E. Eighth Street, Berwick, PA 18603.

Roaring Creek Friends Cemetery Records: Photograph and negative of the "Old original yard," 1855, photocopies of additional loose-leaf burial records. Donor: Robert Mosteller, P.O. Box 430, Millville, PA 17846.

Rush Baptist Church, R. D. #5, Danville: 150th Anniversary Booklet. Donor: Lorraine Prutzman, 40 Bellas Hollow, Danville.

Schneider/Snyder Family Genealogy. 1711 to 2000. Donor: Sally Meginley, R.R. #1, Box 134A, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Sitler Family History (loose-leaf). Donor: Edgar R. Hon, 1422 Colshire Drive, Apartment 6, McLean, VA 22102-7422.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church Histories: 1807-1957, 1807-1985, and 1965 program. Donor: Neal Weaser, 230 Glenn Avenue, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Trinity United Methodist Church, Espy (newsletter): "170th Anniversary Celebration." Donor: Donna Laubach, 377 E. Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

U.S. 1870 Census Index for Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Donor: Marjory Bleidner, 2000 Coco Plum Drive, Marathon, FL 33050-4044.

U.S. Census, Luzerne County, 1840. Donor: Ann Thomas, 700 Avenue E, Danville, PA 17868.

Weaver, Douglas: Ancestors of. Donor: Carl E. Diltz, 135 Friar Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

White Family Genealogy. Donor: Nancy Need, 361 Lysander, Rochester, MI 48307.

Williams, Knies, and Ringrose family records (photocopies), photographs, news-clippings, and documents. Donor: Jack Williams, 502 Harbour Cove, Somer’s Point, NJ 08244.

 

Magazines and Journals
Herefordshire (England) Family History Society Journal. October 1998, October 1999, January 2000 (3 issues). Donor: Robert Greenly, Sunnyvale, CA.

Historical Review of Berks County. Summer, 1999; Spring, 2000; Summer, 2000. Donor: Andre Dominquez, 254 West Fourth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

"History of Catawissa Friends’ Meeting." Berwick Historical Society, Vol. 1, # 1, 1940. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Journal of Berks County Genealogical Society. Winter 1997, (partial reprint). Donor: Bonnie Farver, Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Journal of Pennsylvania German Society. No. 2, 1989. Donor: Bonnie Farver, Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Genealogical Helper. March/April, 1998; July/August, 1998; May/June, 1999; September—December, 1999; March/April, 2000. Donor: Andre Dominquez, 254 West Fourth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Genealogical Helper. September—December, 1998. Donor: Andre Dominquez, 254 West Fourth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Genealogical Helper. January 1991 to February 1993; Jan./Feb. 1995; March to December 1998. Donor: Lucille Strausser, 280 ½ Eighth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

"Palatines to America." Index to Palatine Patter, 1978-1980. Donor: Bonnie Farver, Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631

Manuscripts

Arnold, John. Descendants of, with photocopies of application for pension, 1795 agreement, etc. Donor: Kenneth Forbes 12105 157th Street, Court E, South Hill, WA 98374-9735.

Bloomsburg High School Class of 1950 Reunion booklet. Donor: Samina Rishton Cole, 2100 Harbor Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401.

Burial Permits from Pennsylvania Department of Health. E. P. Chapin, Undertaker, Benton, c. 1940. Donor: Lin Whitenight, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Cemetery listing for Forest Lawn Cemetery, Nescopeck, Luzerne County, PA. Donor: Robert Whitenight, 1219 Spring Garden Avenue, Berwick, PA 18603.

Cemetery listings for Waller, Jonestown, and Jackson Cemeteries in Columbia County, PA. Donor: Robert Whitenight, 1219 Spring Garden Avenue, Berwick, PA 18603.

Colbert, William. Copies of selected pages of the journal of Rev. Colbert, containing references to places, names, marriages, and deaths of persons in Northumberland, Montour, Columbia Counties, and beyond (spiral-bound). Donor: George Holdren, 1215 State Route 254, Millville, PA 17846.

Columbia County Presidential Elections Returns from 1900 to 1996. Donor: George A. Turner, 611 Country Club Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Covered Bridge Festival. Columbia-Montour Tourist Agency, 1976. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

"Diary of Monross S. Hayhurst." Donor: Sarah Swisher, 3852 Carr Hill, Cortland, NY 13045.

Deeds to and from trustees of the Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting and Catawissa Meeting Houses (4), indenture, petition, and letters relating to the transfer (photocopies). Donor: Millville Friends Meeting, Bob Mosteller, Clerk, P.O. Box 536, Millville, PA 17846.

History of Derrs by 4-H Club. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Index of Sketches of Civil War Soldiers in Col. Ent GAR Post No. 250 Memory Book. Donor: George A. Turner, 611 Country Club Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Index to Collection of Marriages Taken from Early Newspapers. Donor: Fort McClure Chapter DAR, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Index to Goshenhoppen Church Records. Donor: Barbara Stevens, 760 Aspen Circle, Red Hill, PA 18076.

Index to Pine Grove Cemetery (Market Street), Berwick, PA. Donor: Robert Whitenight, 1219 Spring Garden Avenue, Berwick, PA 18603.

Index to the McHenry Book by May and Terrence McHenry (additional names not in book index). Donor: Vinniedee Hippensteel, 907 East Eighth Street, Berwick, PA 18603.

Laubach, Frank, Dr. letters (5) to Mrs. Myrtle Whitmoyer. Donor: Hortense Hagenbuch, 644 Knob Mountain Road, Berwick, PA 18603.

Lichty, Betty Telford. "The Ancestors of Nathan Tubbs," November 1999. Donor: Sarah Tubbs, 330 West Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Notes (hand-written) on numerous families of Columbia County from cemetery listings, courthouse records, etc. Donor: Nancy Lou Sweeney, 5660 80th Street North, Street Petersburg, FL 33709.

Orangeville High School class secretary’s notebook, 1922-23. Donor: Paul Reichart, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Ranslo Fiester Memoir of His Civil War Experiences. Donor: Paul Reichart, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Raven Creek Cemetery (updated). Donor: Kenneth Forbes, 12105 157th Street, Court E, South Hill, WA 98374-9735, and Mariann Houseweart, 953 Upper Raven Creek Road, Benton, PA 17814.

Records of Millville Cemetery by Betty Jean Bartlow Wilkins, 1993. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Schwenkfelder Library Surname List. Donor: Barbara Stevens, 760 Aspen Circle, Red Hill, PA 18076.

Schwenkfelder Library-List of Church Records. Donor: Barbara Stevens, 760 Aspen Circle, Red Hill, PA 18076.

Shamokin Presbyterian Church in Shamokin Township (speech by Heber G. Gearhart, May 9, 1933, photocopy). Donor: Bonnie Farver, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Stroup/Straub Family group sheets. Donor: Linda Allen, 329 Cypress Street. Cambridge, PA 55008.

Waller, David J. Letters to and from family members; other family writings. Donor: David F. and Laura B. Anthony. 147 Westminster Way, Lynchburg, VA 24503.

Wapwallopen Cemetery Records. Donor: Jane Fabrio, 1560 S.E. Sunshine Avenue, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952.

Whipple Family Genealogy Papers. Donor: Richard J. Whipple, 18202 East Caspian Place, Aurora, CO 80013-5908.

William Fritz Store Day Books (2), Orangeville, PA: September 1852 to November 1854; May 1857 to March 1859. Donor: Don Brewer, 125 Robin Lane, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Yeager Family group sheets and miscellaneous articles, etc. Donor: Don Hughes, Box 40052, Sarasota, FL 34242.

Maps

Cummings Map of Columbia and Montour Counties (1860). Donor: William E. Geisinger, RR #1, Box 880, Jakin, GA 31761.

Map of Byrnesville, PA 1856-1996. Donor: Michael P. Reilly, R.R. 1, Box 155, Elysburg, PA 17824.

Maps showing the area of reconstruction being done under block grants during the year 2000, including Benton Borough and Sugarloaf, Greenwood, and South Center Townships. Donor: Lori Gordner, Community Development Specialist, Columbia County Redevelopment Authority, Bloomsburg.

Pennsylvania Atlas and Gazetteer. Freeport, ME: DeLorme, 1996. Donor: Anonymous.

Plot Plan of Byrnesville, Conyngham Township, Columbia County, PA. Donor: Michael P. Reilly, R.R. 1, Box 155, Elysburg, PA 17824.

Sanborn Map of Bloomsburg. New York: Sanborn-Perris Map Co., 1896. Donor: Jerry Depo, Town Hall, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Surveyor’s Map of Bloomsburg by Samuel Neyhard, circa 1880s. Donor: Jerry Depo, Town Hall, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Town of Bloomsburg map by Press Enterprise. Donor: Ruth Moodie, West Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Microfilm

Columbia County Index to Grantor and Grantee Deed Books 1 & 2, Recorder of Deeds. Purchased.

Columbia County Index to Wills and Admission, Register of Wills. (Purchased.

U.S. Census: Columbia County (1820-1860, 1880, 1910) and Montour County (1850, 1860, 1880). Purchased.

Microfiche

Columbia County Index to Grantor and Grantee Deed Books 1 & 2, Recorder of Deeds

Montague, George William. History and Genealogy of Peter Montague. Amherst, MA: np, 1894. Donor: Donna Laubach, 377 East Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Museum

Bloomsburg High School banner. Donor: Paul Reichart, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Bottle stopper – City Bottling Works, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Donor: Mrs. William Hause, 11 U Mulberry Street, Danville, PA 17821.

Camera, wooden carrying box, three wooden detachable legs for holding the camera, circa 1890s (The name on the box is Rochester Optical Co.) Notes: for developing photographs. Donor: Clyde Kalbach, 233 East Front Street, Berwick, PA 18603

Cornerstone of the African Methodist Episcopal Church formerly located on West First Street, Bloomsburg, inscribed "AME 1870." Donor: Town of Bloomsburg, PA.

Food Grinder. Donor: anonymous.

My History is America’s History (2 Posters). Donor: Bloomsburg Public Library.

Registration Card, WWI, of Lloyd Cameron Shaffer. Donor: Nola and Bill Shaffer, 420 Valley Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Sanitary Greaser Holder – O’Blosser Mfg. Co., Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Pat. Feb. 5, 1910 Schneider Bros. & Co., Mt. Carmel and Bloomsburg, Pa. Donor: Mrs. William Hause, 11 U Mulberry Street, Danville, PA 17821.

Soft-drink bottle, 6 oz: Excel, Berwick Bottling Works, Berwick PA. Donor: David Nichols, 920 Buckhorn Road, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Spice can – A-Bro-Co Spices, 1 ½ oz. Red Pepper, made expressly for Schneider Bros. & Co., Mt. Carmel and Bloomsburg, Pa. Donor: Mrs. William Hause, 11 U Mulberry Street, Danville, PA 17821.

Newspapers

Columbia Democrat (Bloomsburg, PA), June 7, 1862), photocopy. Donor: Dr. Anthony Waskie, Dauphin Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA), 70th & 71st Bloomsburg Fair Issues. Donor: Jack W. Williams.

Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA), July 30, 1977, 75th Anniversary Edition. Donor: Ruth Moodie, West Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Press Enterprise (Bloomsburg, PA), July 4, 1976, Bicentennial View. Donor: Ruth Moodie, West Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Weekly Tablet (Millville, PA), June 2, 1897 (photocopy). Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Pamphlets

Albright United Methodist Church, Nescopeck: 100th Anniversary brochure, 1978 (photocopy). Donor: Bonnie Farver, Mifflinville, PA 18631.
Battle of Wyoming. Souvenir booklet of the Sesqui-Centennial, 1778-1928. Donor: Luther and Kate Wirsing, via John L. Walker, R.R. #4, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Beaver Memoria booklet, 1936 to 1986, and program. Donor: Mr. & Mrs. LaRue Derr, 100 Roop Street, Highspire, PA.

Beaver Township Consolidated School Yearbooks: 1947-48 and 1949. Donor: Mr. & Mrs. LaRue Derr, 100 Roop Street, Highspire, PA

"Bethany United Methodist Church, Seventy-fifth Anniversary" (Berwick), 1976. Donor: Lin Whitenight, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Bloomsburg Fair Program Booklet, 1990. Donor: Paul Reichart, Orangeville, PA 17859. Donor: Paul Reichart, Orangeville, PA 17859.

"Bloomsburg, Pa.: Bicentennial Showcase, 1776-1976" (Bloomsburg Bank-Columbia Trust Co.). Donors: Ann and Fae Diseroad, 347 E. Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Bucks County Index to Wills and Administrations, 1684-1850. Purchased.

Covered Bridges of Columbia County (set of 26 line drawings). Donor: Richard Spaid, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Ellemaker, Hannah and Matilda. Iron Souls, Loving Hearts. (Waller and Ellemaker Family Letters). np. Donor: David F. and Laura B. Anthony. 147 Westminster Way, Lynchburg, VA 24503.

Elwell, Edward, Jr. "Valley of Bloomsburg Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite History, 1865-1974." (pamphlet). Donor: Caldwell Consistory, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Keystone Treasures: A Guide to Museums and Historical Organizations in Pennsylvania, 2nd ed. Donor: Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations, Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026.

Locating Your Colonial German Families in Pennsylvania (booklet). Purchased.

Locating Your Pennsylvania German Ancestor in Europe (booklet). Purchased.

Master Index to the Emigrants Documented in the Published Works of Annette K. Burgert. Purchased.

Mt. Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church, Briggsville: 130th Anniversary and Homecoming brochure, 1941 (photocopy). Donor: Bonnie Farver, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Notes on Research Sources for Eighteenth Century Emigration from the Swiss Cantons Basel-Land, Basel-Stadt, Bern, and Zurich. Purchased.

Notes on Research Sources for Emigration Studies from Archives and Societies in Southern Germany (booklet). Purchased.

One Hundred Years of Methodism in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1831-1931. (booklet). Donor: George A. Turner, 611 Country Club Drive, Bloomsburg, PA.

Research Guide to the Tulpehocken Region, Lancaster (Now Berks and Lebanon) County, PA. Purchased.

Slocum Township and Its Environs, History of, 1976 (pamphlet). Donor: Bonnie Farver, 713 Race Street, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Catawissa, Anniversary Booklet. Donor: Neal Weaser, 230 Glenn Avenue, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Using Pennsylvania German Church Records (booklet). Purchased.

Valley Chemical Fire Company, 75th Anniversary, 1924-1999. Donor: Valley Chemical Fire Company, Numidia, PA 17558.

Wesley United Methodist Church, Nescopeck: 75th Anniversary brochure, 1964, and centennial brochure, 1989 (photocopy). Donor: Bonnie Farver, Mifflinville, PA 18631.

Paintings and Prints

"Timeless Reflections." Print #213 (Main Street, Bloomsburg), signed and donated by artist Jeffrey Lynch, 15 East Sixth Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Photographs

Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in Bloomsburg. Donor: Mollie Haas Harter, Roberts Grove, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Beaver Alumni Photograph (1986). Donor: Mr. & Mrs. LaRue Derr, 100 Roop Street, Highspire, PA.

Bethany United Methodist Church, Berwick: Pictorial Directory, 1973. Donor: Lin Whitenight, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Bloomsburg High School: Classes of 1906-8 photograph. Donor: Ann Reed Kirwin, 1013 22nd Avenue N, Street Petersburg, FL 33704.

Bloomsburg State Teachers College: Science Hall (postcard). Donor: John Robinson, 6817 Wesley Drive, Harrisburg, PA 17112.

Bowman’s Bridge over Fishing Creek, Orange Township, PA (damaged). Donor: B. Benjamin Bowman, P.O. Box 125, Cornwall, PA 17016.

Bowman’s Mill on Fishing Creek, Orange Township, PA. Donor: B. Benjamin Bowman, P.O. Box 125, Cornwall, PA 17016.

Bush’s Soda Fountain Store, Bloomsburg, circa 1910. Donor: Burt Wandell, 275 Riverview Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Dr. Frank Laubach at Benton Kiwanis & Dr. J. B. Laubach’s residence; sketches of Dr. Laubach’s birthplace; newsclippings. Donor: Hortense Hagenbuch, 644 Knob Mountain Road, Berwick, PA 18603.

Espy area, canal, boatyard, flood scenes, individuals (collection of prints, tintypes, and negatives). Donor: Clyde Kalbach, 233 East Front Street, Berwick, PA 18603

Orangeville Academy: Class of 1903 photograph. Donor: B. Ben Bowman, Box 125, Cornwall, PA 17016.

Pensyl Family Photograph Albums. Donor: Alice Frances Pensyl Estate, First Columbia Bank, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Photo Album (Book III). Donor: Mollie H. Harter, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Picture of cheerleader, 1943. Possibly Miss Mary Whitenight, 700 Market Street, Bloomsburg. Donor: Lin Whitenight, Market Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Scenes of Bloomsburg inside heart, 1910 postcard. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

Stroup/Straub, Philip and Julia Ann (Weiser) of Hemlock Township. Donor: Linda Allen, 329 Cypress Street, Cambridge, PA 55008.

White, Williamson Pierce, family photograph. Donor: Nancy Need, 361 Lysander, Rochester, MI 48307.

William B. Taylor’s Barber Shop in Bloomsburg, circa 1922. Donor: Mollie Haas Harter, Roberts Grove, Orangeville, PA 17859.

Williams, Knies, and Ringrose family photographs. Donor: Jack Williams, 502 Harbour Cove, Somer’s Point, NJ 08244.

Williams/Knies family photographs also Hartman, Smith, Ringrose, Stackhouse, Harris, and Bomboy. Donor: Jack W. Williams, 502 Harbour Cove, Somer’s Point, NJ 08244.

Scrapbooks

Scrapbook of political articles, 1936. Donor: Sarah Tubbs, 330 West Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

Scrapbooks (six), with clippings, letters, receipts, etc. Donor: Jack M. Ruckle, Millville, PA 17846.

 

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