Genealogical Gems

  Dmytryk   Stephen  1891-1970 Sophia 1893 - 1981   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County    Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

Memorial Day has come to celebrate and honor all veterans who have passed however it is really a time to remember and honor those who gave their lives during military service. It was originally called Dedication Day and was created after the Civil War to remember all those who died during that war. Over time, it was expanded to all those who lost their lives in service. Every year the local (Coatesville) American Legion goes around and visits the various cemeteries and does a service at each for all who have fallen in the line of duty, as well as all veterans. There are so many cemeteries in the Coatesville area that they literally have to do this a couple days to get everyone done. Our cemetery - Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery - is always visited the third Sunday of May. The service rotates among our veterans, although all are honored. This year the service was done at my Uncle Paul's gravesite. We have many veterans in our cemetery. One of whom is Andrew Buckle. Andrew was bo...

  Dmytryk   Julia b. 7 September 1921 d. 21 April 1988   John b. 29 January 1923 (buried a couple plots away)   at the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA   Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

  Christopher Still was a Private during the Revolutionary War, according to Ancestry.com. (1)   In 1789, a Christopher Still appears on Pikeland's Tax and Exoneration List. (2)   In 1799, a document regarding his death was filed in Chester County. At that time, it reveals he lived in Vincent Township. The administrator of his account was John Evans, also of Vincent Township. (3) He died intestate. (7)   Christopher Still is also listed in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index however Ancestry.com does not reveal the full text at this time. It does reveal he was born in 1750 and that he is mentioned in Volume 169 on page 183. (4)   Another source lists a Christopher Still as a Corporal receiving a pension. He began receiving it in 1785 and died 22 July 1807. He had received an annual allowance of $48 and a lifetime benefit of 432.13. (5) The Corporal Still shows up again in the " Vol. II. Muster rolls of ranging companies, &...

  Gerald Welsh SFC 1919 - 1998   buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia   Today - 13 May - is the 150th anniversary of the first burial at Arlington. The cemetery is on Confederate General Robert E. Lee's confiscated estate.     Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.   Arlington National Cemetery marks its 150th year today. There will be a wreath-laying ceremony on Private William Christman’s grave. His was the first military burial at the cemetery on May 13, 1864. The U.S. government bought the property, after the family of Confederate General Robert E. Lee lost the land in a property tax dispute. Read more: http://fox43.com/2014/05/13/arlington-cemetery-commemorates-150-years/#ixzz31aX9rOSr Read more at http://fox43.com/2014/05/13/arlington-cemetery-commemorat...

Richard A. "Dick" Manley, Sr., age 75, of Columbia, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at home surrounded by family. Born in Columbia, he was the son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Donnan Manley. He was the husband of Joyce M. Kirchner Manley. They celebrated their 55th anniversary January 31, 2008. He worked for 45 years until his retirement as a Lineman for PP&L. Dick was a U S Army veteran. He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Columbia. He was a life member of VFW Post 757, Mountville; the Owls Club of Columbia; the Seagraves of Wrightsville; Columbia Fish & Game Association; Ickesburg Sportsmen's Club. He was also a member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Chickies Rock Lodge 307; the American Legion, Newport, PA; and the former Shawnee Fire Company. He enjoyed spending time at his cabin in Perry County and hunting and fishing. He loved to spend time with family and friends. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three c...

The Foundation for East European Family History Studies will hold its annual conference this August.  

  Our Darling Son Peter Dmytryk, Jr. 1955 - 1958   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA   Peter is buried next to his mother, Audrey Dmytryk .   Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

Nearly 150,000 US men and women were taken prisoner during the Second World War. WW2POW.info features the records of 143,374 US men and women held captive by Japan and Germany during the Second World War. When doing a search for ECKMANs, I had to weed out similar surnames, like Beckman and Heckman. The database provides the specific branch of the person as well as their serial number, the camp they were imprisoned in and whether it was Germany or Japan which detained them. So for example, here we see Ausbon T Eckman was in the Army. He was captured by Germany and detained at Stalag 10b. Clicking on his name naturally reveals more information.   In all, I found five Eckmans in the database. Four were captured by Germany and one by Japan. Looking above, it is not indicated where Ausbon lived before the War. Some of the records however did provide their last residence. Elmer M. Eckman for example is from Pennsylvania.  Robert E. Eckman was fro...

Albert M. Hudock Al, age 78, of Newark, DE, died peacefully at his home on Monday, March 27, 2006.Al graduated from Lehigh University in 1952. He was a mechanical engineer with the DuPont Company for 34 years, retiring in 1985. Al enjoyed golfing and he loved to watch his grandchildren participate in sports. Al was a kind, loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Elizabeth A. Hudock; his children, Thomas J. Hudock, and his wife, Michele, of Wilmington, DE, Ellen H. Elliott, and her husband, Reds, of Bear, DE, and Mary E. Zimny, and her husband, Bobby, of Elkton, MD; his brother, Edward Hudock, of New Holland, PA; his sisters, Mary Ann Hudock and Helen Marie Kurenda, both of Coatesville, PA; and his grandchildren, Brian, Christine and Rileigh Hudock, Caitlin Elliott, and Alison Zimny. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 2503 Centervi...

Jewish American Heritage Month is a month to celebrate the contributions Jewish Americans have made to America since they first arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654, according to the Library of Congress. Family Research Ancestry.com has partnered with JewishGen®, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the American Jewish Historical Society and The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc. This partnership offers the world’s largest online collection of Jewish historical records, according to Ancestry.com. Some of the collections include: Belarus, Minsk, List of deaths 1889 Miriam Weiner Eastern European Archival Database Lithuania: List of Donors to Charity from HaMagid, 1871-72 Munich, Vienna and Barcelona Jewish Displaced Persons and Refugee Cards, 1943-1959 (JDC) Hungary: Jewish Census, 1848 Russia: Duma Voter Lists, 1906-07 Jewish Given Name Variations Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum Records, 1878-1969 (AJHS) New York Hebrew Orphan Asylum Re...