Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 2001
This index runs from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
Cooke Township
Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 2002
This index runs from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 2003
This index runs from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2003.
Index of The Evening Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - December 11, 1881 to April 2, 1885
This index covers the periods December 11, 1881 through April 2, 1885.
Lewis the Robber
From a likely fictional confession written a day before his death, Pennsylvania’s Robin Hood tells the story of David Lewis, better known as Lewis the Robber from his birth on Hanover Street in Carlisle on March 4, 1790 to his capture and eventual death in jail in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania on July
Richard Martin (1799-1869): Pine Grove Furnace Miller
Richard Martin’s son, Reverend Joseph Martin, wrote that his father’s daily book was the English Bible. “He read widely and of the best. He was a great admirer of Shakespeare and could recite passages by the page.
“My War” by Yoshikuni Masuyama as retold by his daughter, Miyuki Hegg
Toward the end of WWII, the Pine Grove Furnace POW Interrogation Camp was used to house Japanese prisoners. One of those prisoners, Yoshikuni Masuyama, wrote a memoir of of his war time experiences after the war. This was later transcribed by his wife, Fumie Masuyama. Subsequently, the memoir was retold in English by his daughter Miyuki Hegg.
The National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County
The National Register of Historic Places was organized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
Prisoner of War Camps and Cumberland County
Cumberland County has played host to Prisoners of War at times during its history, most notably during the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and during World War II.
State Historical Markers in Cumberland County
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) has overseen a program to recognize important historical sites throughout the Commonwealth since 1946. Prior to that, a program existed that identified historical sites with a plaque.