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1790 manuscript census records (posted December 2023)
1790 census of Bedford County, Pennsylvania (including what is now Somerset County)

Henry Boucher (posted December 2023)
Henry Baucher tombstone, New Centerville, Pennsylvania

Samuel Spangler (posted December 2023)
Full stock percussion rifle attributed to Samuel Spangler

Misc. Dietle (posted December 2023)
Dietle-related social cards, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Meyersdale, Pennsylvania High School (posted December 2023)
Meyersdale FFA photos, 1958 to 1961

Somerset County and nearby region (posted December 2023)
1954 Somerset County Sesquicentennial map added to map index page

Troutman (posted December 2023)
Signed percussion full stock rifle by Daniel Benjamin Troutman

Meyersdale (posted December 2023)
Meyersdale post card: Centre Street, Square and Band Stand (from Ralph Dietle)

Somerset County schools (posted December 2023)

  • Added a student group photo to the bottom of the Wittenburg School page

  • Added a student group photo to the bottom of the Witt School page

  • Added a student group photo to the bottom of the Philson School page

  • Added a student group photo to the Kennell's Mill School page

    Samuel Mier, Salisbury, Pennsylvania (posted December 2023)
    MIER, Samuel, percussion full stock rifle with spurred trigger guard

    Greenville Township sawmill (posted December 2023)
    Photo of the Fuller & Knepp sawmill, Greenville Township

    Allen Lester Korns (posted December 2023)
    hand-cranked drill press, Allen Lester Korns workshop

    Roy Dietle (posted December 2023)

  • Roy E. Dietle FFA jacket, 1948-49 school year

  • Roy & Irvin Dietle cycling photos

  • Roy and Estalene Dietle at the farm of John D. and Emma (Miller) Meese

    Mt. Carmel Church (posted December 2023)

  • Updated the page about the circa 1920 photo of the church

  • Mt. Carmel Bible School group photo, circa 1938-40

  • Click here to see the location of the old Lutheran and Reformed Church relative to the location of the present-day Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church (photo at bottom of page).

    Pine Grove school (posted December 2023)
    Pine Grove School souvenir

    Nicholas Deitle, Greenville Township (posted December 2023)

  • Old photo of the Nicholas Deitle farm (now Peniel Church Camp)

  • Photo of Nicholas and Mary (Rembold) Deitle

    Korns school, Southampton Township (posted November 2023)
    I added a 1941 photo to the Korns School page

    Lepley, Kennell, Stevanus (posted November 2023)
    Color photo of the Lepley stone house

    The gunsmith Jacob Mier of Somerset County (posted November 2023)
    MIER, Jacob, wrecked full-stock rifle

    Cook family, Southampton Township, Somerset County (posted November 2023)
    Photos of the Cook farmstead on East Mineral Street near the Cook Cemetery

    King family of gunsmiths (posted November 2023)

  • Photos of a muzzle loading rifle that was made by Chambers King

  • Info about the gunsmith Elmer King added to the George King page

    Gladdens School, Southampton Township, Somerset County (posted November 2023)
    Current photos of the Gladdens School building

    Early settlement in the environs of Cumberland, MD (posted November 2023)

  • Mayhem on the Potomac

  • Commercial activity at Wills Creek before the founding of Cumberland (327 KB pdf)

    A curious early road from Fort Cumberland to Ray's Town ( now Bedford, PA) (posted November 2023)
    The Mystery Road (1,192 KB pdf)

    Dietle/Deitle genealogy (posted November 2023)
    I reorganized the Dietle/Deitle genealogy page to make things easier to find.

    Simon Dietle (posted November 2023)
    Photos of Simon Dietle and two of his daughters

    Pocahontas School, Greenville Township (posted November 2023)
    Photo of the children at the Pocahontas School, 1909

    Harvey Miller family (posted November 2023)
    Photos of the family of Harvey and Belinda (Baer) Miller of Somerset County, PA

    Plank Road School (posted November 2023)
    Photo of the Plank Road School, Somerset County, PA

    Irvin Henry Dietle (posted November 2023)

  • Photos of and documents about the Somerset County, PA farm of Irvin Henry Dietle

  • Group photos of the family of Irvin Henry Dietle

  • Photos of Alma Catherine (Miller) Dietle, wife of Irvin Henry Dietle

  • Photos of Irvin Dietle, Sr.

  • Photos of Irvin and Alma (Miller) Dietle

  • Photos of the family of Julia (Dietle) Saylor and her husband Irving Saylor

  • Photos of Ralph Dietle, son of Irvin & Alma Dietle, in childhood

  • Photos of Ralph Dietle, son of Irvin & Alma Dietle, in adulthood

  • Irvin Dietle, Sr. Pocket Ledger (7,377 KB pdf)

    Adam and Susan (Werner) Dietle (posted November 2023)

  • Photos of the family of Adam & Susan Dietle

  • The records in the family bible of Adam and Susan (Werner) Dietle

    Miller book page update (posted November 2023)
    Added a link to the 57th anniversary booklet of Harvey and Belinda (Baer) Miller

    Dietle sawmill (posted November 2023)
    The Dietle Brothers Sawmill, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

    1876 atlas of Somerset County (posted October 2023)
    Added many additional maps from the 1876 atlas

    Guns and Gunsmiths of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania (posted October 2023)
    I added a search engine to the Guns & Gunsmiths Project.

    History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania (posted October 2023)
    Added Volume I of the 1906 book "History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania".

    Antique black powder muzzleloader (posted October 2023)
    A rifle from the Dormayer/Dunmyer "school" of gunsmithing

    The Genealogy of Michael Korns, Sr. of Somerset County, Pennsylvania (posted September 2023)
    Links to improved resolution copies of the various chapters of the "Genealogy of Michael Korns, Sr." book have been added to the book download page.

    Bedford County rifles (posted September 2023)

  • Full stock percussion rifle by George Slonaker, Sr.

  • Half-stock percussion rifle by Jacob Snider

    Solomon Korns, son of Daniel Korns, Sr. (posted September 2023)
    New information regarding Solomon Korns

    Dr. Richard Korns, son of Marion D. Korns (posted September 2023)
    Dr. Richard Korns

    William Troutman, Jr. of Somerset County, PA (posted May 2023)
    Updated the Troutman log house page

    An old 1800s Somerset County wagon road (posted May 2023)
    A video of drive on Church Lane in Larimer Township

    Petenbrink, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (posted May 2023)
    Peter Petenbrink family in the 1910 census of Southampton Township

    Wilson Korns, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (posted May 2023)
    John Wilson Korns in the 1910 census records of Southampton Township

    Dietle, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (posted May 2023)
    William & Adam Dietle families in the 1910 census records of Greenville Township

    Daniel Korns, Sr. of Somerset County. Pennsylvania (posted May 2023)
    1873 newspaper item listing the heirs of Daniel Korns, Sr.

    Herman Sturtz (posted April 2023)
    The Korns ancestry of Herman Sturtz and his wife

    John and Susan (Korns) Shearer (posted April 2023)
    Click here to see a reference to John and Susan (Korns) Shearer and their children in the 1908 book "Prominent and Representative Men of Indianapolis and Vicinity".

    Daniel Korns, Jr. & son John (posted April 2023)
    Click here to see the household listings for Daniel Korns, Jr. and his son John Wilson Korns in the manuscript 1900 census records of Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

    Daniel Korn of Lehigh County (posted April 2023)
    Added manuscript census records to Daniel Korn page

    Michael, Daniel, and Jacob Korns (posted April 2023)

  • Michael & Jacob Korns in the manuscript 1800 census records of Somerset County, PA

  • Michael & Jacob Korn in the manuscript 1810 census records of Somerset County, PA

  • Michael & Daniel Korns in the manuscript 1820 census records of Somerset County, PA

    Jacob Korn (posted April 2023)
    Jacob Korn in the 1909 book "Centennial history of Coshocton County, Ohio"

    Edwin F. Korns (posted April 2023)

  • References to Edwin F. Korns in the 1917 book "A Brief History of Malvern, Iowa"

  • References to Edwin F. Korns in the 1883 book "History of the State of Kansas"

    History of the Corn Families U.S.A. (posted April 2023)
    Click here to view the book "History of the Corn Families U.S.A." (27,002 KB pdf). The book indicates that Olive (Korns) Porter thought that an individual named Henry or Harry Korns was the father of Michael Korn, Sr. of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

    Charles H. Korns of Bradford, Pennsylvania (posted April 2023)
    Click here to see math & science problems that were proposed by Charles H. Korns of Bradford, Pennsylvania and printed in a 1911 edition of the "School Science and Mathematics" publication.

    "Patowmeok Above Ye Inhabitants (posted March 2023)
    Circa 1721 Philomon Lloyd map: Patowmeok Above Ye Inhabitants (330 KB pdf)

    Cook School (posted March 2023)
    Pre-1917 photo of the Cook School, Southampton Township

    Kentucky rifle bore size (posted March 2023)
    Ball diameter for a given number of pure lead balls per pound

    The term "Kentucky Rifle" (posted March 2023)
    Tracing the term "Kentucky Rifle"

    Percussion conversions (posted March 2023)
    How to identify a percussion conversion

    When did the percussion cap era of firearms begin? (posted March 2023)
    Collected materials on the adoption of the percussion ignition system

    Samuel Mier muzzleloader (posted March 2023)
    Antique rifle by Samuel Mier of Somerset County, Pennsylvania

    John Amos muzzleloader (posted February 2023)
    Antique rifle by John Amos of Bedford County, Pennsylvania

    David Defibaugh muzzleloader (posted February 2023)
    Antique rifle by David Defibaugh of Bedford County, Pennsylvania

    Emerick Cemetery (posted February 2023)
    Emerick Cemetery, Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

    Somerset County surveys (updated February 2023)
    WPA Warrant survey maps of Somerset County, Pennsylvania

    Southampton Township (posted February 2023)
    A geographic reference to a gunpowder mill

    Emanuel Korns (posted February 2023)
    Emanuel Korns in the 1880 census of Somerset County

    Daniel Korns, Jr. (posted February 2023)

  • Daniel Korns, Jr. in the 1860 census of Somerset County

  • Daniel Korns, Jr. in the 1870 census of Somerset County

  • Daniel Korns, Jr. in the 1880 census of Somerset County

    Petenbrink (posted February 2023)

  • The Christian Petenbrink residence is identified on the 1860 Walker map

  • Christian Petenbrink in the 1870 census

  • Christian Petenbrink and his son Peter in the 1880 census

    Franklin F. Bittner (posted February 2023)

  • Franklin Bittner in the 1870 census of Somerset County

  • Locating the circa 1876 residence of Franklin F. Bittner

    Hermon Husband (posted February 2023)
    Hermon Husband in 1761 Maryland records

    Aeak's map (posted February 2023)
    Aeak's map of Braddock's and Forbes' roads

    Nemacolin (posted February 2023)
    An Evidence-Based Look at Nemacolin (1,073 KB pdf)

    Johann Adam Dietel (posted February 2023)

  • Appendices C & E of the 1996 book Descendants of Johann Adam Dietel have been posted.

  • John and Nicholas Dietle in the 1870 census

    Frederick Bittinger and his son Franklin Bittner (posted January 2023)
    Click here to see Franklin Bittner in the listing of the Frederick Bittinger household in the 1850 census records of Southampton Township.

    Philip Bitner (posted January 2023)
    Click here to see the listings for Philip Bitner in the 1800 and 1810 census records of Brothersvalley Township.

    Greenville Union Church, Greenville Township (posted January 2023)
    Select Greenville Union Church communion records

    Elisha and Polly Baer of Greenville Township (posted January 2023)
    Click here to see the Civil War pension records of Elisha Baer and his widow Polly.

    Christian Sturtz, Jr. (posted January 2023)
    Click here for a Christian Sturtz, Jr. estate document that seems to indicate the year and month his widow died.

    Carl & Odelia Korn (posted January 2023)
    Click here for an updated page about the 1752 marriage documents of Carl and Odelia Korn.

    The Turkey Foot Road (posted January 2023)
    Identifying a portion of the Turkey Foot Road across Level Ridge

    Braddock's Road (posted January 2023)
    Addenda to the book "Reconsidering Braddock's Road to Martin's"

    "Richard" Diederich Geiger (posted January 2023)
    "Richard" Diederich Geiger 1789 birth & baptism record

    Michael Korns, Sr. (posted January 2023)

  • 1816 patent to Michael Korns for a 320-acre tract on Application No 2491

  • 1817 deed from Michael Korns to Jacob Cook

    Two houses at Penn Alps (posted January 2023)

  • The John Markley log house

  • The John Hochstetler 'Little House'

    Pack Saddle Bridge 2008 photos (posted January 2023)
    Pack Saddle Bridge

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