LOCAL CEMETERIES                            

At a cemetery, lives are commemorated, deaths are recorded, families are reunited, memories are made tangible and love is undisguised.  Communities accord respect, families bestow reverence, historians seek information and our heritage is thereby enriched.

Testimonies of devotion, pride and remembrance are carved in stone to pay warm tribute to accomplishments and to the life - not death - of a loved one.  The cemetery is homeland for family memorials that are a sustaining source of comfort to the living. A cemetery is a history of people; a perpetual record of yesterday and a sanctuary of peace and quiet today.  A cemetery exists because every life is worth remembering - always.

Genealogical Research

For genealogical research beyond birth and death records, there are a variety of aids and resources available. Following is a listing of some of the most helpful.

Pennsylvania State Archives     www.phmc.state.pa.us
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
717-783-3281

Genealogy/Local History Sections     www.statelibrary.state.pa.us
State Library of Pennsylvania
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
717-783-5991

National Archives & Records Administration     www.archives.gov
The National Archives Building
7th & PA Avenues N.W.
Washington, DC 20408
202-501-5400