Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by on May 5, 2020 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter Topics in the Spring 2019 newsletter: PHF Partners with The State Museum for Art of the State Weddings Make History at PHMC Sites PHF at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Mary M. Hull Appointed Manager of PHF  ...
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Rooted in Family History: Archivist Reflects on Four Decades of Genealogical Research

Posted by on Apr 9, 2020 in | Comments Off on Rooted in Family History: Archivist Reflects on Four Decades of Genealogical Research Jonathan Stayer had been working at the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society for several weeks in 1985 when he received a call from the Pennsylvania State Archives. The PHMC bureau wanted to hire an archivist with experience in genealogical research and Stayer, who had previously worked for the archives surveying county records, was already immersed in the growing field of genealogy. Stayer...
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Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter

Posted by on Nov 3, 2019 in | Comments Off on Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation Newsletter Topics in the Spring 2018 Newsletter: Thousands Search Ancestry.com PHF Members-Only Preview of New State Museum Exhibit New Giving Circle Members Join the Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation  ...
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From the Executive Director

Posted by on Mar 13, 2017 in | Comments Off on From the Executive Director As a trained historian who has devoted his life to the preservation and teaching of American history, I am embarrassed to admit how little I knew about my own family’s history—only a few bits and pieces passed down from my parents. I was told that our family settled in the old Northwest Territory before Ohio became a state in 1803 and that some of my ancestors came from Pennsylvania. I...
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