Slatington is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, located 20 miles north of Bethlehem, 62 miles south of Scranton, and 70 miles north of Philadelphia. Situated across from Walnutport on the west side of the Lehigh River, Slatington is at the northeast corner of Washington Township. Before the first white settlers established homesteads in the …
Many of my Smith ancestors lived in Carroll County, Mississippi, including my grandfather, great-grandfather, and so on. One Smith, not in my direct line, was Harry Smith, who owned the Pine Bluff Plantation. If you type in the place name of Pine Bluff, MS, into Google maps, you will be shown a spot at the …
These are from my postcard collection. You may use these any way you like. I have higher res versions if you need it for printing or publishing. My Slatington ancestors were the Labars, Jesse and his daughter Laura, who married into the Straub family.
My husband and I both have ancestors who were abducted by native peoples in the 18th century. My ancestors were my sixth great grandfather, Henry Boyer, his son Frederick and his daughters, Dorothea and Catherine, who were taken in a raid of their Carbon County farm in 1755. Henry was scalped and killed but his …
From my collection of Bellefonte, PA, postcards. You may use these any way you wish. For information about the town, please visit my blog post called “Bellefonte, Centre County, PA.”
My husband’s great-grandfather worked for a few years as a telegraph operator in Ohio around 1880. I did some quick searches to find out more about this occupation. From Wikipedia: A telegrapher, or telegraph operator is an operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code in order to communicate by …
I’ve been looking for self defense classes geared toward women in and around my area of Wilmington, DE. They are hard to find! After spending a few hours with Google, I found several opportunities. So I thought I’d start a list. If you have any classes to add, please let me know in the comments. …
Our kitchen was undoubtedly thought of as state-of-the-art when it was built. But 50 years later, it’s dark, ugly, and inconvenient. Here’s what it looked like before we fixed it up: The sea foam green backsplash tiles had been carefully matched to the wall color and the accent color of the linoleum flooring. We admired …
Some of my early Smiths stopped in Paris, Tennessee, in the 1820s for a sojourn of a few years, before moving south to Mississippi. Most of the early growth in the Western District occurred on the gently sloping interior plateau where the land was fertile and the drainage better than along the Mississippi. One of …
My husband has many family members from Bellefonte, PA, including his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. We’ve visited a few times and very much enjoy this charming town. Things to See Bellefonte is a charming town and it’s fun to just stroll around and look at the architecture. But when you get tired of that, stop …