{"id":662,"date":"2014-06-18T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T20:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:33:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve accumulated a bunch of notes on historical background on various topics and areas and I share it here.<\/p>\n<h2>Churches &#038; Cemeteries<\/h2>\n<p>In my research I&#8217;ve compiled data on a few different churches and cemeteries. Some I have visited; some I have not. Here, I&#8217;ll share my information with you.<\/p>\n<ul class = \"posts-by-tag-list\"><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Churches &amp; Cemeteries Jordan\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-7290\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-old-jordan-cemetery\/\">The Old Jordan Cemetery<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Churches &amp; Cemeteries\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-6472\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chester-bethel-cemetery-wilmington-delaware\/\">Chester Bethel Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Churches &amp; Cemeteries\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-5505\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/st-johns-union-church-palmerton-pa\/\">St. John\u2019s Union Church, Palmerton, PA<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Churches &amp; Cemeteries\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-860\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/stevensburg-baptist-church-tombstone-inscriptions-stevensburg-culpeper-county-virginia\/\">Stevensburg Baptist Church Tombstone Inscriptions - Stevensburg, Culpeper County, Virginia<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Churches &amp; Cemeteries\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-856\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/antrim-parish-halifax-county-virginia\/\">Antrim Parish, Halifax County, Virginia<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Daily Life<\/h2>\n<ul class = \"posts-by-tag-list\"><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Colonial Life Daily Life\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-8026\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/colonial-pumpkin-recipes\/\">Colonial Pumpkin Recipes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Daily Life\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-8022\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/colonial-apple-recipes\/\">Colonial Apple Recipes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Daily Life\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-6618\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/eighteenth-century-proverbial-sayings\/\">Eighteenth Century Proverbial Sayings<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Immigration<\/h2>\n<ul class = \"posts-by-tag-list\"><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Cumberland Gap Immigration The Wilderness Road\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-5693\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/migration-out-of-virginia-the-wilderness-road-and-cumberland-gap\/\">Migration out of Virginia, the Wilderness Road and Cumberland Gap<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Immigration\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-3469\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-westward-expansion-as-portrayed-in-art\/\">The Westward Expansion as Portrayed in Art<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Immigration\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-3459\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-emigrant-experience-portrayed-in-art\/\">The Emigrant Experience Portrayed in Art<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>Occupations<\/h2>\n<ul class = \"posts-by-tag-list\"><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Occupations\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-3968\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-tanner\/\">The Tanner<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Fay Occupations\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-6196\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-telegraph-operator\/\">The Telegraph Operator<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Occupations Slavery Smith\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-5762\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-southern-plantation-overseer\/\">The Southern Plantation Overseer<\/a><\/li><li class=\"posts-by-tag-item Fay Occupations\" id=\"posts-by-tag-item-3013\"><a class = \"posts-by-tag-item-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/telegraph-bicycle-messenger-boys\/\">Telegraph Bicycle Messenger Boys<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>United States<\/h2>\n<h3>Delaware<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/brandywine-raceway\/\">Brandywine Raceway<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/hiking-the-woodlawn-trustees-preserve\/\">Hiking the Woodlawn Trustees Preserve<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chester-bethel-cemetery-wilmington-delaware\/\">Chester Bethel Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>Mississippi<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/mississippi-general-info-and-maps\/\">Mississippi, General Info and Maps<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Carroll County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/carroll-county-mississippi-general-information-and-maps\/\">Carroll County, Mississippi, General Information and Maps<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/pine-bluff-plantation-carroll-county-mississippi\/\">Pine Bluff Plantation, Carroll County, Mississippi<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/seven-pines-school-hemingway-carroll-county-mississippi-november-11-1907\/\">Seven Pines School, Hemingway, Carroll County, Mississippi, November 11, 1907<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-clifton-plantation\/\">The Clifton Plantation, Carroll County, Mississippi<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Leflore County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/leflore-county-mississippi\/\">Leflore County, Mississippi<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>Ohio<\/h3>\n<h4>Cuyahoga County<\/h4>\n<h5>Cleveland<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clevelandmemory.org\/irish\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Irish Americans and Their Communities of Cleveland by Nelson J. Callahan &amp; William F. Hickey with an Introduction by Andrew M. Greeley<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Pennsylvania<\/h3>\n<h4>Carbon County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/st-johns-union-church-palmerton-pa\/\">St. John\u2019s Union Church, Palmerton, PA<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Centre County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/bellefonte-centre-county-pa-postcards\/\">Bellefonte, Centre County, PA, Postcards<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/bellefonte-centre-county-pennsylvania\/\">Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/my-trip-to-bellefonte-pa-april-2015\/\">My Trip To Bellefonte, PA, April 2015<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Chester County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chester-county-pennsylvania-images\/\">Chester County, Pennsylvania, Images<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/just-over-the-line-chester-county-and-the-underground-railroad\/\">Just Over The Line: Chester County and the Underground Railroad<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/octorara-area-high-school\/\">Octorara Area High School<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/pennsbury-mill-at-hilandale-farm-chadds-ford-pa\/\">Pennsbury Mill at Hilandale Farm, Chadds Ford, PA<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/remember-me-mourning-in-the-19th-century-chester-county-pa\/\">Remember Me: Mourning in the 19th Century, Chester County, PA<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/revolutionary-war-vocabulary\/\">Revolutionary War Vocabulary<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-battle-of-brandywine\/\">The Battle of Brandywine<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/thrown-molded-dipped-and-glazed-ceramics-of-southeastern-pennsylvania\/\">Thrown, Molded, Dipped, and Glazed: Ceramics of Southeastern Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/turners-mill-chadds-ford-pennsylvania\/\">Turner&#8217;s Mill, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Delaware County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/chester-bethel-cemetery-wilmington-delaware\/\">Chester Bethel Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/history-of-j-franklin-styer-nurseries-concord-township-pa\/\">History of J. Franklin Styer Nurseries, Concord Township, PA<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Lehigh County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/slatington-lehigh-county-pa-postcards\/\">Slatington, Lehigh County, PA, Postcards<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/whos-who-and-whats-what-in-slatington-pa\/\">Who\u2019s Who and What\u2019s What in Slatington, PA<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h4>Luzerne County<\/h4>\n<p><a title=\"History of Luzerne County\" href=\"http:\/\/www.luzernecounty.org\/living\/history_of_luzerne_county\" target=\"_blank\">History of Luzerne County<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Lycoming County<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/williamsport-lycoming-county-pa\/\">Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h3>Tennessee<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/the-old-jordan-cemetery\/\">The Old Jordan Cemetery<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/a-treasury-of-kith-and-kin-by-wilma-vaughan-chunn\/\">A Treasury of Kith and Kin by Wilma Vaughan Chunn<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/gibson-county-tennessee\/\">Gibson County, Tennessee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/tennessee-maps-for-genealogists\/\">Tennessee Maps for Genealogists<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/paris-tennessee\/\">Paris, Henry County, Tennessee<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<h2>France<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Huguenot Timeline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/historical-background\/france\/huguenot-timeline\/\">Huguenot Timeline<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Germany<\/h2>\n<h3><a title=\"The Palatinate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/historical-background\/germany\/the-palatinate\/\">The Palatinate<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a title=\"Schleswig-Holstein\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/genealogy\/historical-background\/germany\/schleswig-holstein\/\">Schleswig-Holstein<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve accumulated a bunch of notes on historical background on various topics and areas and I share it here. Churches &#038; Cemeteries In my research I&#8217;ve compiled data on a few different churches and cemeteries. Some I have visited; some I have not. Here, I&#8217;ll share my information with you. Daily Life Immigration Occupations United&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2691,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-662","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3viLY-aG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":217,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/around-chadds-ford\/","url_meta":{"origin":662,"position":0},"title":"Around Chadds Ford Book","author":"Karen","date":"May 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2005 I published a book of vintage Chadds Ford area photos in conjunction with the Chadds Ford Historical Society. 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