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The genealogy and family research site of Kris Hocker

Marriages and Death Notices in the Harrisburg Chronicle

Marriages and Death Notices
from the Harrisburg Chronicle, 1820-1834

Newspapers can be an invaluable source of historical information to put our ancestors’ lives in context. But they can also provide direct content, such as BDM—birth, death, and marriage—dates, about our ancestors, too.  This compilation is a useful resource for the family genealogist with ancestors who lived in Dauphin or the surrounding counties in the very early 1800s. It includes an every name index in the print version.