If you love both history (especially historiocal war re-enactments) and genealogy then you’ll most likely love the last few posts from the blog Walking the Berkshires . I have been a regular reader of this blog which tends to have one or two posts a month.
The blog post is always fun to read, but I have especially liked the photos from the revolutionary war re-enactments. They portray both the battle scenes as well as camp life. It gives a good picture of what life was like during that time.
The Pennsylvania has a website which contains a large number of digital records.
A portion of this website is dedicated to service records : Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) .
There are also quite a number of additional subjects of interest for people with Pennsylvania roots.
If you have Pennsylvania Roots be sure to check out the Pennsylvania State Archives website.
This photo comes from a 19th century Sanders & Fryher Photo album. If you can identify the date, age of the individual or who the person is, please post a remark about it.
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