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The Birthday of Elizabeth Gallatin – Annville, PA (1907)

March 15, 2022 No Comments

In October of 1907, Elizabeth Gallatin of Annville, PA was celebrating a birthday. Elizabeth received a postcard greeting from Esther F., also of Annville. Annville

Daddy is in Holland – 1937

January 31, 2022 No Comments

Helen and Esther Lineaweaver may have missed their father, who was in Europe during the summer of 1937. The sisters lived in Campbelltown, an unincorporated

Sara Hopes to see Allen – Lebanon, PA (1907)

January 31, 2022 No Comments

Sara lived in Lebanon, a city in the Lebanon Valley of south central, Pennsylvania – 26 miles east ofHarrisburg and 28 miles west of Reading.