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History and Genealogy

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This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.


Cumberland County Data Online

NEWSPAPERS AND NEWS ARTICLES FROM THE PAST

Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles From the Past

Updated 01/12/08:   Unknown man murdered; Store house struck by lightning (1824)

The 1823 Cumberland County Agricultural Society Meeting

Obituaries and Death Notices

Updated 01/12/08:  Added - Maj. Gen. Henry Miller; Henry M. Campbell; John Riley

Kelly Residents in Cumberland County PA Townships in 1778 - Donated by Margaret Gagliardi

 Wills, Probate Records, Orpan's Court and Posted Notices, Estate Sales of Deceased

Marriage Records, Marriage Notices and Wedding Announcements

Updated 01/12/08: John Quigley - Ann C. Dipple (1824)

  Land Deeds and Transfers

The Frankenberger and Miller Stories

By Margaret (LaMonte) Gagliardi
December 2006

Chapter I: The Frankenberger Family of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Townships

Cooke Township   Dickinson Township   East Pennsboro Township   Hampden Township   Hopewell Township   Lower Allen Township  
Lower Frankford Township   Lower Mifflin Township   Middlesex Township   Monroe Township   North Middleton Township   North Newton Township   Penn Township   Shippensburg Township   Silver Spring Township   South Middleton Township   South Newton Township   Southampton Township  Upper Allen Township   Upper Frankford Township   Upper Mifflin Township   West Pennsboro Township

Boroughs and Designated Census Places

Camp Hill   Carlisle   Lemoyne   Mechanicsburg   Mount Holly Springs   New Cumberland   Newburg   Newville   Shippensburg   Shiremanstown  Wormleysburg   Boiling Springs   Enola   Lower Allen   New Kingstown   Plainfield   Schlusser   Summerdale

Surrounding Counties

**Adams County (south)

** Franklin County (west)

 Dauphin County (northeast)

**Perry County (north)

** York County (southeast)

**=Needs Adopted

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