A Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy
the genealogy & family research site of Kris Hocker
The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features a photo of two boys, most likely brothers. They may have lived in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area and may have been either friends of or related to either the Greulich, Wieder, Waage, Snyder, or Witmer families. The photo was likely taken in the early 20th century.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features a photo of a young couple. They may have lived in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area and may have been either friends of or related to either the Greulich, Wieder, Waage, Snyder, or Witmer families.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The next photo in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features two boys, likely brothers. They may have lived in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area near East Greenville or Red Hill and may have been friends or family to either the Greulich, Wieder, Waage, Snyder and/or Witmer families.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features a portrait of a young man. He may have lived in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the early 20th century and been a friend or family member of the Greulich, Wieder, Waage, Snyder, or Witmer families.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features a photo of an unidentified baseball player.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series features an unidentified baby most likely from the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area, taken in the early 20th century.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The next installment in the Unidentified Pennsylvanians series. This photo features and unidentified man, quite likely the father, and child most likely from the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area in the early 20th century.
For more photos visit the Unidentified People photo gallery.
The United States Federal Census is one of the most widely used resources for genealogists. Online access to the census indices and images is available through a variety of subscription services like Ancestry.com, Archives.com, and HeritageQuest and free sites like FamilySearch.org. But did you know that the census microfilm images are also available online for free through the Internet Archive?
You can browse the census microfilm online from the comfort of your home. You can even download a reel and view it as a PDF on your computer. You can’t search the schedules for your ancestor—there is no index. But if you’re short on cash, here’s a free and convenient alternative to visiting the nearest NARA office or genealogy library.
I was finally able to learn the census schedules from Conestoga, Lampeter, Strasburg and Sadsbury townships from 1820 are missing by viewing the microfilm roll online—something Ancestry’s customer service department apparently did not know.
Here’s the second installment in my Unidentified Pennsylvanians series. This photo features three children most likely from the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania area in the early 20th century.
More unidentified photos can be found in my Unidentified People gallery.
I’ve been trying to get the Trinity Lutheran Church Records, volumes 1-4, through ILL for some time now with mixed results. So, imagine how pleased I was to find some of the records online in the Internet Archive. The Pennsylvania-German Society published their Proceedings and Addresses in the 1890s. Several volumes included records from Trinity Lutheran Church.
These are just the volumes containing the Trinity Lutheran records. Other volumes that have been put online include records from St. Michael’s in Philadelphia and New Goshenhoppen in Upper Hanover, Montgomery County. View more examples of publications from the Pennsylvania-German Society to see if they might have records you’ve been looking for.