The Aurandt Panorama, 1550-1982


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Johannes Aurandt (b.1725) immigrated to Philadelphia from the Palatinate via Rotterdam in 1753 with his wife, Anna Christina and four children. They settled in Cumberland County, Penn. where four more children were born, Christina died and Johannes married again. Includes the lineage of the author, lecturer and radio commentator of ABC news, "Paul Harvey", (born, Paul Harvey Aurandt). Includes some family history and genealogy to 1550.




Genealogies in the Library of Congress


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This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.







Come Walk with Me


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Broadcasting Yearbook


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Union County, Pennsylvania


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This updated and revised book covers the gamut of Union County's history. It begins with the region's earliest days when the Delaware Indians were in residence and how the arrival of settlers, who ventured into this frontier area from Berks and Lancaster counties, marked the beginning of major changes. Synder's text, first published in 1976, has been expanded and updated to reflect newly discovered material on such groups as the Amish and the developments in Union County up to 2000. Distributed by Penn State University Press by arrangement with the Union County Historical Society.