Welcome to Lebanon County Pennsylvania History and Genealogy Welcome to Lebanon County Pennsylvania History and Genealogy, part of the Pennsylvania Trails and Genealogy Trails Project.  My name is Nancy Piper and our goal is to have available on line free of charge, all available information pertaining to the history of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  If you have anything to contribute, please contact me at  n.piper@mchsi.com NOTE**  I do not live in Pennsylvania so personal research is not possible.   The only data available is what I have online.

Lebanon County Information
BIOGRAPHIES	BIRTHS AND BAPTISMS	CEMETERIES	CENSUS AND TAX RECORDS	CITIES AND BOROUGHS
COUNTY HISTORY	DEATH RECORDS	MARRIAGE RECORDS	MARRIAGES NOTICES AND WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS	MILITARY
NEWSPAPERS	OBITUARIES AND DEATH NOTICES	PHOTOS	UPDATES	WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Recent Updates May 2013 MILITARY Pennsylvania Civil War History - Three Year Volunteer Enlishment Records - Transcribed by Tammy Clark December 2012: 1883 Pensioners - Transcribed by Debbie Ovechka October 2012 Updates: BIOGRAPHIES - MURRAY, Lindley - Transcribed by Richard Ramos July 2012: News Crimes: Police Chief Aaron McCord Shot to Death by Andrew Shirk (1890); Edwin H.B. Allen Held Responsible for Shooting Death of Francis Donaldson (1931); November 1931 Obituaries and Funeral Notices: Susan Koehler, Eliza (Atkins) Urich, Agnes L. Bowman, Paul E. Swanger, J. Spayd Bomberger, Mrs. Clara J. Krause, Albert F. Killian, Mrs. Leah Karsmitz, Mrs. Leah L. Young, Edwin H. Shroff June 2012: NEWSPAPER : H. David Sarge Main Speaker at Father and Sons Dinner in NJ Town (1931); W. A. Sewing Club Met At Home Mrs. R. Bleistein (1931) (Names mentioned: Swope, Urich, Schrader, Kiscadden, Ziegler, Kreider, Fiducia, Kiscadden, Bleistein) ; November 13, 1931 Local Gossip (Names mentioned: Hebler, Webber, Wilson, Jones, Prescott , Emerich , Zettlemoyer , Rose, Zerbe, Shlappich , Krammes, Stahl, Miller, Spancake, Schwalm, Reber, Moyer, Martin, Meily, Dohner, Copeland, Whitman, Doan, Barr, Dean, Schucker, Embick, Gilbert, Schropp, Herring, Dobner, Rupp, Houck, Seidel, Riland, Breunle, Anderson, Chorpening, Filbert, Rakow) ; Harman Receive Photo of the Late John W. Harbeson from Mrs. Kelly (1931) March 2012: 1828 Union Canal News February 2012: November 13, 1931 News - Accidents:  Campbell, McCombs, Hampton and Carrigan Injured When Firetruck Truck Overturned; Births: Oscar Clair Celebrates Birthday; Miscellaneous: Norman Shirk and Lester Schlaseman Attend National Grange Sessions; Miscellaneous: 1931 South Lebanon Township Farm Show and Awards (Names mentioned: Anderson, Arnold, Barto, Bicksler, Boyer, Brown, Brubaker, Buffenmyer, Dohner, Gundrum, Harnish, Hartley, Hartman, Hauck, , Heisey, Herr, Horst, Houck, Krail, Krall, Laudermilch, Light, Lineweaver, Long, Meyers, Moore, Moors, Moyer, Newmaster, Patches, Pottenger , Reedy, Risser, Royer, Sanger, Scott, Shaak, Smith, Snyder , Stager, Strauss, Uhler, Waidner, Weidner, Weiss, , Wenger, Whitman, Young)

County History

1843 History of  Lebanon County, Pennsylvania [Source: Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania, by Sherman Day, 1843]

The Union Canal   The Union Canal was a towpath canal that existed in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States during the 19th century. News articles are online recording the building of this canal.

The History of Lebanon County:  Taken From the History of the counties of Berks and Lebanon : Rupp, I. Daniel. Lancaster, Pa.. G. Hills. 1844., Pages 302 to 322 - History of Lebanon County, Lebanon Township, Lebanon (city) and Bethel Township Pages 323 to 353 - History of Hanover , Londonderry, Heidelberg  and Swatara Township Pages 354-360 - History of Annville, Jackson and Union Township

In The Swatara Region - A Two Days Trip Through the Valley  in 1895 (Source Notes and Queries by W.H. Egle, 1895) This Contains a lot of early area history and genealogical information.  Surnames mentioned are Albert, Blough, Bomgardner, Deininger, Erb, Elder, Early, Leidig, Funkhouser, Goetz, Harper, Heintzleman, Kean , Krause, Light, Mark, Maulfair, Miller, Mosser, Moyer, Neidig, Ney, Orth, Raysor, Rittenhouse, Roop, Sherk, Shellenberger, Stauffer, Ulrich, Weis, Worthington, Zimmerman

Military

Korean and Vietnam War Casualties - Transcribed by Tammy Clark    World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel - Transcribed by Tammy Clark Congressional Medal of Honor & Distinguished Service Cross & Distinguished Service Medal Issued by the War Department, 1919 - Transcribed by Tammy Clark  Civil War Three Months' Service Soldiers - Transcribed by Tammy Clark Civil War History - Three Year Volunteer Enlishment Records - Transcribed by Tammy Clark 1883 Pensioners - Transcribed by Debbie Ovechka

Photos

Chartiers Avenue, Sheridan, PA - Donated by Dawn Coen

Cities and Boroughs

ANNVILLE (MILLERSTOWN) History of Millerstown (1843 History)	Avon	BUNKER HILL Bunker Hill Local News
Campbelltown	Cleona	Cornwall
Fredericksburg (Stumpsville)	Fort Indiantown Gap	JONESTOWN History of Jonestown (1843 History)
LEBANON Lebanon Local News  History of Lebanon (1843 History)	Lebanon South	Mount Gretna
Mount Gretna Heights	Myerstown	Newmanstown
Palmyra	Pleasant Hill	Quentin
Richland	Sand Hill	SCHAEFFERSTOWN History of Schaefferstown (1843 History)
Sheridan	Shirksville	Timber Hills

Township History

Annville Township	Bethel Township	Cold Spring Township	East Hanover Township	Heidelberg Township
Millcreek Township	North Annville Township	North Cornwall Township	North Lebanon Township	North Londonderry Township
South Annville Township	South Lebanon Township	Swatara Township	Union Township	South Londonderry Township
Jackson Township		West Lebanon Township		West Cornwall Township

Surrounding Counties

Dauphin County	Northumberland County	York County
Cumberland County	Schuylkill County	Snyder County
Perry County	Lancaster County	Juniata County

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