Romance genealogy-style, as we share the tales of courtship from a handful of Greene County, Pennsylvania family histories.
With a face a descendant is ready to love, Henry Bowler’s photograph prompted a search that added a “peculiar” and remarkable personality to his preserved pose.
A discarded tombstone was rescued by a passerby, journeyed many states away, then reunited through volunteer efforts with its Greene County, Pennsylvania family.
On 2 August 1862, Joseph Throckmorton Sr., age 77, wrote a letter to his second wife, Laura (Peck) (Gilbert) Throckmorton, age 63. Laura was at home on their farm in Morrow County, Ohio, while Joseph was visiting family in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.
When we add an ancestor to our family tree, the first blank we fill is their NAME. But do we make the most of this essential fact? Do we extract from it every clue and revelation about our family’s history?
Jesse Lazear may not be in your family tree, but he may be in your family album! Local celebrities have a way of stumping genealogists who are trying to make sense of their ancestor’s archives.
Henry Clay Snyder and his wife, Hannah (McVay) Snyder, appear in the 1880 Census. Their preserved entry reveals some of the few known details surrounding the lives of Hannah and her child, as well as their deaths, just days after the Census taker's visit.
Zacharias Taylor was hanged 9 April 1890 at the Greene County Courthouse in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, for the murder of William McCausland. Zach was the second man hanged for murder in the county’s history. The first was his brother-in-law and accomplice.
Behind every good ghost story is the real story. Local and family history reveal the truths hidden in a haunting tale. Whether or not the separation of fact from folklore makes the Martin family mausoleum less spooky, is up to each visitor to decide.
Two letters tucked into the pages of a family Bible, reveal how a family pulled together to bring home a fallen soldier. The Bible once belonged to William Mitchell Clemens [1851-1938] and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Grimes [1854-1937].
The decade-by-decade details that have been cataloged by United States Census takers since 1790, culminate in one of the most research-rich and personally insightful record sets regarding the everyday existence of our ancestors and communities.
Half-a-century after the Greene County Historical Society established a home for its collections at the old County Poor Farm, a new generation of dedicated curators collaborate with Greene Connections volunteers to tell the stories behind the artifacts!