The Family That Prays Together

The Kuntz & Rauch Families of West Hanover Does prayer work? Well, these two families put it to the test. They found that families that pray together build eternal relationships built on a foundation of strength, comfort, and love, and prayer was the bedrock of...

Elijah Anderson & M. Catherine Bordner

Elijah Anderson and Catherine Bordner were lifelong residents of what would become Snyder County in Pennsylvania. Their lives spanned the greater part of the nineteenth century and, except for Elijah’s service in the Civil War, they rarely if ever felt the need to...

The Battles of Newbattle

The Stoddart & Muckle Families of Newbattle Battles! For the peasants of Newbattle, every day was a fight against the domination of insatiable lairds, merciless coal masters, disease, cruel weather, and hunger. Add to this the ever-present wars and religious...

Jacob Livezey – Soldier

In 1776, Jacob Livezey was enlisted in the Flying camp/Second Associator Regiment under captain John Moore, Colonel Robert Lewis. Moore who was promoted, and captainship of the company fell to Christian Snyder. Livezey may have participated in the Battles of Trenton...

Collier & Salters Unite!

The Penman & Brown Families of Newbattle A child of eight crushed under the wheels of a coal cart. A young father hacking up black phlegm. A half-starved mother pulling a wagon of salt because she was cheaper to employ than a mule. These were the grim realities of...