Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 1997
This index runs from January 1, 1997 through December 31, 1997.
Upper Allen Township
Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 1998
This index runs from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998.
Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 1999
This index runs from January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999.
Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 2000
This index runs from January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000.
Index of Cumberland County Birth, Wedding, Divorce & Obituary Newspaper Records - 2001
This index runs from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.
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.
The One-Room Schoolhouses of the Mechanicsburg Area
In the early part of the 18th century, public schools did not exist in Pennsylvania. Affluent parents who wanted their child to have a formal education enrolled them in a private academy such as the Carlisle Grammar School or the Cumberland Valley Institute in Mechanicsburg. Private or subscription schools were very expensive but would prepare a child for college and the professions.
Abraham Parker
Private Abraham Parker was born around 1843 in Gilford, Franklin Co., Pa to Daniel and Rosanna Parker.1 There is little known about Parker before the war. He was a laborer and had a couple of criminal convictions. In 1858, in Com vs. Allen Whiten and Abraham Parker, Parker was found guilty of larceny and sentenced to 6 months in prison.2 He was again sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and fined for larceny in Com. vs.