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Cumberland formed from Lancaster County in 1750.




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Copies of relinquishment papers, adoption decrees, petitions to have records opened, info on fees and procedures.

PENNSYLVANIA ADOPTIONS



Genealogical Resources in Cumberland County

Bosler Free Library
158 W. High St.
Carlisle, PA 17013-2924
(717) 243-4642
M-F 10-9; Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5

U. S. Army Military History Institute
Carlisle Barracks, Bldg. 22
Carlisle, PA 17013-5008
(717) 245-3611
Cumberland County Historical Society
& Hamilton Library

21 N. Pitt St.
Carlisle, PA 17013-2945
(717) 249-7610

USGW welcomes the CCHS to the web.
Now with its own web site.
Be sure and check it out.
CCHS information is now available through these web pages.
Or email them at
CCHS email


Cumberland County
Hanover & High Sts.
Carlisle, PA 17013
(717) 240-6100 or
(717)-697-0371

Clerk of Orphans Courts/
Marriage Licenses
(717) 240-6344

Prothonotary
(717) 240-6195

Recorder of Deeds
(717) 240-6370

Register of Wills
(717) 240-6345

Courthouse Holdings.
Mechanicsburg Area Public Library
51 W. Simpson St.
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-6323
(717) 766-0171

Newville Historical Society
69 S. High St.
Newville, PA 17241-1405
(717) 776-6210

Shippensburg Public Library
73 W. King St.
Shippensburg, PA
(717) 532-4508

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library
100 N.19th St.
Camp Hill, PA
(717) 761-3900

New Cumberland Library
1 Benjamin Plaza
New Cumberland, PA
(717) 774-7820

Waidner - Spahr Library
Dickinson College
West High St.
Carlisle, PA 17013-2896
(717) 245-1397
Murray Learning Resources Center
Messiah College
Grantham, PA 17027
(717) 691-6006

State Library of Pennsylvania
Genealogy/Local History Section
Forum Building
Walnut & Commonwealth
P.O. Box 1601
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 787-4440
Pennsylvania State Archives
Third & Forster Streets
P.O. Box 1026
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026
(717) 783-3281



The Genealogy Club
of the Harrisburg Area YMCA
West Shore Branch
410 Fallowfield Rd.
Camp Hill, PA. 17011
Online at West Shore Branch, YMCA Genealogy Club


Cumberland County Information

County Seal


Cumberland County Populated Places


  • From the GNIS data base.





Newspaper


Cumberland County Newspapers
on Microfilm


  • Known dates of available microfilm.

Sentinal

  • 1996 PA Daily Newspaper of the Year

  • The Sentinel
    The on line edition. [Now archived.]


If you have additions or corrections to these lists, please email Joe Patterson, County Coordinator.



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Brady Cabin
Cabin Interior
Brady Reunion 2009 -300th Birthday Reunion for Hugh Brady, 1709-2009
Date: June 19-21, 2009
Place: The Old Brady Homestead near Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
For: All descendants of Hugh Brady, born 1709, and his wife Hannah McCormick.
The log home that Hugh & Hannah built in 1750 is still standing
and we will be gathering at this location for the reunion.
We will also be having a Memorial Service on Sunday June 21, 2009 at
Hugh & Hannah's graves across the road from Middle Spring Presbyterian Church.
Join with us for a weekend of Revolutionary visitors, lots of Family History, photos,
covered wagon rides and colonial crafts for everyone. 
This is a family experience and children of all ages are most welcome.


Contact:  Donna Cuillard, Reunion Chair  at   dcuillard@aol.com
Sponsored by: The Brady Family Association, Robert L. Brady, President


Seeking descendants of the following individuals who attended the 1909 Brady Family Reunion.
Their places of residence in 1909 are listed below.

Thank you,
Donna Cuillard


SHIPPENSBURG, PA

McCune Helen M.
McCune Samuel Brady
McCune Augusta M.
McCune William A.
McCune Mary S.
Sharpe James A.
Sharpe Mrs. James A.
Sharpe Eleanor
McClellan Mrs. W. C.
McClellan Eleanor
Quigley Ida B.
Quigley Anna M.
Quigley Mary B.
Beatty Jean Woods
Craig Hugh Boyd Jr.
Craig Jane Elizabeth (Sharp)
Craig Edwin Hayes
Craig Elizabeth
Wylie Harriet Anne
Wylie Samuel S.
Beatty James H.
Martin Nancy
Martin Mary O.
Jamison Mrs. Emily
Cope Mrs. G. W.
Quigley Anna M.
Creamer W. C.
Creamer Mrs. W. C.
Brady Rev. Lyons Mussina
Brady Sallie Virginia Gwynn
Brady Miss Maud S.
Brady Miss Mary
Maclay James
Maclay Mrs. James


MIDDLE SPRING, PA

Wylie Eva McCune
Rhodes Mrs. Maggie McCune
McCune W. E.
McCune Maggie E.
McCune Winifred R.
McCune Margery A.
McCune Elizabeth


NEWVILLE, PA

Gracey, Laura B.
Gracey, Emma P.
Gracey, Mrs. J. S.
Gracey, Isabel
Sharpe Florence
Gracey J. S.
Sharpe Miss Ella
Swope Mrs. Belle McKinney Hays
Hays Edwin P.
Hays Maria M.
Hays Rachael G.
Hays Robert M.
Hays Mrs. John Sharpe
Hays Lucy Sharpe
Brady Mrs. Harriet
Scouller Mrs. A. E.
Tritt Mrs. O. C.
Tritt Eleanor
Woodburn John S.
Woodburn Mrs. Jane
Sharpe Ella
Sharpe Josephine
Sharpe Bertha
Spangler Julia McCandlish
Fulton J. B.
Fulton Mrs. Hanna Malvina (McCune)
McCune Helen
McCullough Eliza C.
McCullough Tabitha
Ahl Jane B.
McCune M. Lou
Fulton W. A.
Fulton Mrs. Hugh Brady
Tritt E. G.
Tritt Mrs. E. G.
Tritt Donald M.
Tritt Marguerite H.


CARLISLE, PA

Stuart Mrs. Robert M.
Stuart Robert M.
Searight Mrs. Robert McCune
Searight Edith M.
McKeehan Benjamin
McKeehan Mary Fulton
McKeehan Robert Fulton
Houston Samuel F.
Houston Mrs. Margaret Sharpe




LINKS


The Carlisle Indian Industrial School


An Introduction to the
HISTORY OF THE CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, 1879-1918.
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Written by Barbara Landis and presented as a series of lectures in the Native American Sections of the Living History Forum on CompuServe Information Service.

The history of the CIIS is also available with photographs and will take a few minutes to download. For this version click here.

The Carlisle Indian Industrial School Home Page




A CUMBERLAND COUNTY EXTRA


Finley Families of Cumberland County

Extracted source documents of an early Cumberland/Franklin County
family by a GenWeb County Coordinator.

Includes several related family lines.



Finished your Cumberland search?

MAP

Visit our neighbors.


    Dauphin  formed from Lancaster in 1785.



    York  formed from Lancaster in 1749.



    Adams  formed from York in 1800.


    Franklin  formed from Cumberland in 1784.

    Perry   formed from Cumberland in 1820.




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Sharpen your Research Skills


Dr. Carmen's Crash Course

  • Visit the excellent links to research tips for genealogists.
  • Something for the beginning as well as the experienced rooter.



Migration Routes




Occupation Chart

  • Have you seen occupations or titles in wills or tax lists and wondered what they really were?
  • See if you can find them on this list.



Disease Chart

  • Disease names have changed over the years.
  • This list may clear things up. Click here.




Female Nicknames

  • Do you have a female ancestor named Zilla or Creasy?
  • The nickname list could help determine who they "really" were.
  • If you know of others, send them along and I will include them, too.

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