The Blubaugh place as seen from the Dan Korns, Jr. farm. This photo shows the Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania homestead of the pioneer Michael Korns, Sr., son of Carl Korn.

History relating to the Korns family, Somerset Co., PA, & the region

Introduction
This website, established in 1998, covers historical and genealogical topics pertaining to Somerset County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding region that interest me. It isn't a fancy website, but it is content-rich, with a massive amount of difficult-to-organize material. I recommend using the search tool to find pages that interest you.

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Lannie Dietle, website owner
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  • In the Land of Used to Be

  • Fort Cumberland

  • Reconsidering Braddock's Road to Martin's

    Somerset & Bedford County, Pennsylvania history

  • Guns and Gunsmiths of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania

  • Misc. Somerset County, Pennsylvania history materials

  • Digital library of books pertaining to Somerset County, Pennsylvania

  • Various Somerset County, Pennsylvania churches (index)

  • Old-time schools in Somerset County, Pennsylvania (index)

  • The Turkey Foot Road (video, photo tour, interactive map)

  • Southampton Township, Somerset County, PA

  • Wellersburg, Southampton Township

  • The Kennells Mill area, Southampton Township

  • Misc. Bedford County, Pennsylvania topics

    Allegany County, Maryland history

  • Misc. Allegany County, Maryland history materials

  • Railroad-related photos from Cumberland, Maryland

  • Things you were not taught about Fort Cumberland video (1 hour 9 minutes)

  • Second Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Allegany County, Maryland

    Korn(s) family genealogy

  • Korns photos, documents & traditions

  • The Michael Korns Sr. family homestead

  • Korns genealogy book download page

  • How you can help with Korns genealogy research

    Other Somerset County, PA genealogy

  • Descendants of Johann Adam Dietel, born March 18, 1809

  • Descendants of Peter Miller, born Sept. 11, 1739

  • Bittner genealogy

  • Petenbrink genealogy

  • Kennell genealogy

  • The Lepley family

  • The Troutman family

  • The Hochstetler / Hostetler family

  • Misc. Somerset County genealogy odds & ends

    Miscellaneous

  • Songs about western Pennsylvania

  • Misc. Mercer County, Pennsylvania topics

  • Misc. & off-topic subjects

  • DISCLAIMER

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