Michael Keefer and Margaret Matilda Bucher of Sunbury

by | Mar 31, 2025 | ARC

Michael Keefer and Margaret Matilda Bucher were born, married, raised their family, and passed away all within the radius of a very few miles. The town of Sunbury, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, was the focus for all the events of their lives. The farthest...

Memories by Beatrice Thompson Moyer

by | Mar 31, 2025 | ARC, WAW

Daughter Of Abraham Thompson, Granddaughter Of Alexander Thompson The only memory I have of my daddy was at age 4 ½. That year 1911, I cut my chin on the wooden tub. My daddy always let me wash his back when he knelt at the tub to start his bath after a day of work in...

Rouse/Rauss Family of York, Pa

by | Mar 1, 2025 | ARC

Barbara Elizabeth Rouse’s story begins in the heart of York County, Pennsylvania, where she lived a life enriched by a family legacy steeped in resilience, service, and remarkable achievements. As the daughter of Johann Rauss (anglicized as John Rouse), a doctor...

The Family That Prays Together

by | Dec 1, 2024 | ARC, WAW

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

by | Oct 1, 2024 | ARC, WAW

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...