Category Archives: Pennsylvania

Research from the Olde Country

I’m in the midst of doing a Genealogy Do-Over on my direct line files, so I’m delving into a lot of seldom-seen parts of my tree and finding a lot of new info (or at least new to me). At the moment, I’m focusing on my paternal side, which is heavily populated with German roots […]

Is This House Still Standing?

For many years, an old photo of a house has intrigued me as I vaguely recalled someone mentioning that the house had been built by Jacob Reynolds, a direct line ancestor from the 1700’s. The picture was inside a very old frame and the backing paper was falling apart. Under the backing paper were wooden […]

Bathing Style 1930’s

While I don’t have an exact date on the photo for this post, I can make a pretty good guess of early  to mid 1930’s based on the folks who are present in the picture. The picture was almost certainly taken at the farm of my mother’s great-uncle Jeff McClelland, as his farm in Newlin […]