Category Archives: Surnames

Feb
06
2017

Some McCune Info to Verify

by Mary Briggeman

This comes from a 1947 article in the News-Chronicle of Shippensburg and provides some interesting information about the early McCunes in the Shippensburg area. Just north of Middle Spring can be seen the old McCune house where many ancestors of Mrs. Eva Theresa McCune Wylie Polk lived. The first house on this 1500 acre plantation […]

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Feb
06
2017

Is This House Still Standing?

by Mary Briggeman

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 […]

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Nov
19
2014

Relatives You Don’t Want to Claim

by Mary Briggeman

When searching for our long-lost relatives in old books and newspapers, we are usually thrilled to find mention of a familiar surname. Usually. But sometimes we find folks that could possibly be related but, for a number of reasons, we would prefer not to have to acknowledge as relatives. And, then perhaps, we sigh with […]

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