Lebanon County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Project

Organizations and Links

USGenWeb Project

• PAGenWeb Project (Pennsylvania Counties)


• USGenWeb Project


• World GenWeb Project


• USGenWeb Project - Master Surname Index (GenDex)


• USGenWeb Archives, Pennsylvania Table of Contents


• USGenWeb Archives, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania


• USGenWeb Census Project

Libraries

• Acess Pennsylvania
  The Access Pennsylvania Database is a project of the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Commonwealth Libraries. This database includes the holdings of over 1400 school, public, academic, and special libraries.
• Annville Free Library
  216 E. Main Street, Annville, PA 17003
  Tel. (717) 867-1802
  FAX (717) 867-5754
• Fredericksburg Area Library
  P.O. Box 241, Fredericksburg, PA 17028
  Tel. (717) 865-5523
  FAX (717) 865-5523
• Lebanon Community Library
  125 N. Seventh Street, Lebanon, PA 17046-5000
  Tel. (717) 273-7624
  FAX (717) 273-2719
• Lebanon County Historical Society
  924 Cumberland Street, Lebanon, PA 17042-5139
  Tel. (717) 272-1473
• Lebanon County Public Library
  125 North 7th Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17046
• Myerstown Community Library
  199 N. College Street, Myerstown, PA 17067
  Tel. (717) 866-2800
  FAX (717) 866-5898
• Palmyra Public Library
  325 S. Railroad Street, Palmyra, PA 17078
  Tel. (717) 838-1347
  FAX (717) 838-1348
• Richland Community Library
  Main Street, Richland, PA 17087
  Tel. (717) 866-4939
  FAX (717) 866-2661

Organizations (Lebanon County and neighboring Counties)

• Berks County Association for Graveyard Protection
  The Berks County Association for Graveyard Protection is a group of hard working volunteers who are seeking to locate and protect historic graveyards in the county. Historic graveyards in Pennsylvania are defined as those with a burial at least 100 years old and none within the last 50 years and with no more planned. Revenue to this group comes largely from donations and the sale of publications of interest to genealogists and historians.
• North Cornwall Township
  This web site provides a variety of information on North Cornwall Township. There are also web pages for the Police Department and the Neversink Fire Department in this township.
• Friends of Old Annville
  Box 99, Annville, PA 17003
• Lebanon Valley Church of the Nazarene
• Historic Schaefferstown
  Box 1776, Schaefferstown, PA 17088
  Tel. (717) 949-2244
• Lebanon County Courthouse
  400 S. 8th Street, Lebanon, PA 17042-6794
  Tel. (717) 274-2801
• Lebanon County Historical Society
  924 Cumberland Street, Lebanon, PA 17042-5139
  Tel. (717) 272-1473
• Lebanon Valley College
• PA Adoption Search and Education
• Palmyra Area Genealogical Society
  The Palmyra Area Genealogical Society (PAGS) welcomes beginner or experienced genealogists who have an interest in learning about or sharing their genealogical research experiences to attend the meetings as guests and to join PAGS. Genealogical activity and historical interests in Lebanon County and surrounding areas are emphasized in the meetings. The meetings are held the second Tuesday evening of each month.
  
  We also encourage persons who are doing genealogical research in the Lebanon County area to share the surnames they are researching or to contact us to see if anyone is researching the same families. We have a surname file of the names that our members are researching and a list of local history books and family resources that our members own. Requests for specific surnames and information from books and family resources will be forwarded to the appropriate PAGS members who will respond to you.
  
  Write to PAGS, P.O. Box 544, Palmyra, PA 17078, for more information about joining PAGS, meeting location, programs, the surnames you are researching, or your requests for name information. Include your mailing address and E-mail address when you request information. We do not accept requests for doing personal genealogical research for individuals.

Newspapers

• Pennsylvania Newspapers and Television Stations
• The Press and Journal
  Sharman Meck Carroll's column, "Pennsylvania Family Roots", is available on-line at The Press and Journal web site. Follow the "Genealogy" link on the left under "Features".
• Roots and Branches Online
  The Roots and Branches column appears every Tuesday in the Patriot News
• The Daily News (Lebanon, PA)

The Lebanon Valley of Pennsylvania

• Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce
  

Personal Home Pages and Family Pages

• Bodenhorn and related families
  Merry Fetterolf , fetterolfmer@comcast.net
• Burkholder Family Association
  Dale Burkholder, gangalf@usa.net
• Roger Cramer (rogercubs@aol.com)
  Roger Cramer is looking for anyone with connections to the LIGHT or SCHUCKER families. Visit his home page to see information on the genealogies of Roger and his wife, Sue.
• Eichelberger Family
  JoAnn Eichelberger Mallas has created a web site for for the Eichelberger family that includes records for births, deaths, marriages, deeds, and wills for members of this line. There are also lists of genealogies.
• Emmerich Emerich Emerick Emrick Emrich
  This web page is managed by Duane L. Emrick.
• Feldman Family
  This web page is managed by Fred Feldman, who is also researching the Miller, Imboden, and Ensminger families.
• Felty Family of Lebanon County
  The Felty Family page is maintained by David Rath.
• Ron Fernsler
• Charles E. Kindt
  Genealogy research in Lebanon, Lancaster, Dauphin, Berks, and Schuylkill Counties. Surnames BEHNEY-BOLTZ-COPENHAVER-DEAVEN-FAHLER-GERBERICH-GETTLE-HIMMELBERGER-KINDT-KOHR-KREISER-McKINNEY-MEASE-SCHAEFFER-SHAEFFER-WEABER
• Kreider Family
• Kroll/Crull, Hiestand/Heaston, and Huber/Hoover Families
  http://community-2.webtv.net/castorena/KrollCrullHiestand/
  http://community-2.webtv.net/castorena/KROLLCRULLHIESTAND/
  http://community-2.webtv.net/castorena/CrullHeastonHoover3/
  http://community-2.webtv.net/castorena/FOOTPRINTSFROMTHE/
• Jefferies Family
• Garry L. McLaughlin's Home Page
Garry maintains a genealogy database. His main family surname under investigation in Lebanon and Dauphin Counties is Gerberich and its various spellings. He has compilled quite a database linking many of the families in this area. These families are posted on his web page (9,733 linked names) and are offered to anyone that is interested. Garry is willing to help anyone investigating these families and he is eager for additional information. Garry L. Mclaughlin
• Linnea Miller
  Linnea Miller has assembled some useful genealogical information, including some early tax lists and some cemetery inscriptions from the Lebanon County region. She also has information on Annville Volunteers during the Civil War.
• Moomaw - Mumma Family Page
  
  Doug Mumma maintains an extensive web site devoted to the Mumma, Moomaw, Mumaw, and Mumau family lines. There is a master index available.
• Jim Rader
  Rader, Reader, Raeder, Roder, Roeder, Rotter Families
  Publisher of the Rader Newsletter
  2633 Gilbert Way, Rancho Cordova, CA, 95670-3513
  jim@rader.org
• Royer Family in America
• Stalnecker Family
• Stöver - Stoever - Staver - Stiver Family
  Butch Stiver has created a very nice page containing information on the Stoever family, including information on the family of John Casper Stoever and his descendents.
• Jim Santarelli, diagio@aol.com
  Jim has focused his genealogical inquiries on Bethel, Union, Swatara, and East Hanover Townships. His records include burial records for Cedar Hill Cemetery in Fredericksburg. He also has substantial information on the Kleinfelter family. Jim is willing to help individuals engaged in research in these areas.
• Templin Family
• Thompson Family Genealogy
• Tice Family
• Umholtz Family History
  This page is managed by Joe Umholtz .
• Webner Family (Alternate Site)
• Wenger Family
  This web site contains a compilation of the descendants and related families of Hans and Hannah Wenger. Three of their sons and Hannah immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1748 and 1749. Several other families are also included in the database, including other Wenger lines, in particular many descendants of Christian Wenger, immigrant of 1727.
• Witmeyer Genealogy
  Witmeyer Genealogy, The Witmeyers emigrated from Leiman Germany to the the colonies in 1764, and eventually settled in Annville, Pa. This web site includes a family tree and bios of several family members.
• Donovan Yingst ( home page )
  JUENGST - YINGST - YIENGST - YEINGST and some Related Names. Walter Josiah YINGST'S name lists and Descendancy Charts for Johann Henrich JÜNGST, Henne der JUNGESTE and others.

Links of Genealogical Interest

• Census On-Line
  Census On-Line - Pennsylvania
• County Formation Maps at Northeastern Genealogy Online
• Funeral Homes and Cemeteries in Pennsylvania
• Genealogical Resources on the Internet
  Compiled and updated by Chris Gaunt and John Fuller
• Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web
• Hamrick Software U.S. Surname Distribution
• 1883 History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio
  Timothy E. Fisher has placed the 1100 page book 1883 History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio on the web. Mention is made of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania and several Lebanon County, Pennsylvania inhabitants.
• Charles F. Kerchner, Jr.'s Genealogy Page
• Civil War Flags
  The Preservation Committee has preserved and is custodian of 390 Pennsylvania Civil War flags. These flags are currently housed in Harrisburg and are available for public viewing by appointment. Many individuals are unaware that these valuable flags are still in existence.
• Gene Stark's Index of Names
• Directory of Pennsylvania historical, genealogical and preservation societies at Home Histories
• Indiantown Gap National Cemetery
  Over 18,000 records from the U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs including recent burials up to May 2000.
• Migrations Project
• Passenger Lists on the Internet
• Pennsylvania Obituaries
• Obituary Links Page
  The Obituary Links Page contains hundreds of links to online obituary resources, both current and archived, arranged by state and county. Secondarily, there are links to cemetery inscriptions, mortality schedules, marriage, birth, and death notices. There is also a section devoted to online surname obituary archives
• Pennsylvania Biographies Project
• PA Roots
  Pennsylvania Genealogical Research
• Pennsylvania-Dutch and Palatine Ancestry
• Pennsylvania Dutch Family History
• Pennsylvania Iron Furnace Source Book
• Pennsylvania Vital Records Information
• Some Pennsylvania Geography
• Tombstone Transcription Project

Other Links

• Davidson College Home Page
• Chemistry at Davidson College
  Ok, so these are not really genealogy links. As it happens, I am a member of the chemistry faculty and the college is providing a home for this web page; so I thought the college should have a link.