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by Linnea Travis Miller

Genealogy The science or study of family descent

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A Timeline of WWII, one of the most devastating conflicts in world history

Old Recipes

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Legacy of: Lizzie Fink Hostetter nee Long
from South Annville, PA
born 1881

Salt Beans
boil till about half soft
then salt like pickles

Directions: soak 2 days before you boil them

 Civil War Memories

of

John Herbert Claiborne, 1828-1905.

 By Franklin T. Wike

I don’t know how old most people are when they become interested in Genealogy,

but I started my family searching when I was in my early 20’s. I think that part of my

interest was because my parents were divorced and I didn’t know anything about my

father, Franklin T. Wike, or his side of the family. However on my mother’s side, Verna

M. Hostetter, I was lucky because my local library had a book with the listing of the first

U.S. Naval Officer William Alexander Marshall

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Amelia Earhart: The life story you may not know

by Ruthann Held Wike

I never thought my childhood was unique. I was pretty much like almost every other kid I knew. I had two parents. A mom and a dad. I was different in the fact that I had all four grandparents and both sets of grandparents celebrated their 50 year wedding anniversary. I thought that was the way it was supposed to be.

John Fink's Snitz & Kneppe Dough

1/2 tea spoon salt

1 table spoon sugar

1 egg

2 little cakes Fleishman’s yeast

1 1/2 tablespoons lard

1/2 pint luke warm water

Flour to stiffen. Don’t make to stiff. Use good flour.

Salt, sugar, beat egg.

Add yeast & lard to water.

Mix all together, then mix flour.

acid

What type of acid did they use 100 years ago?

I have a 1908 cookbook my mother gave me. It lists an Acid Phosphate, as a solution of lime, magnesia, potash and iron. It was used for: Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Nervousness, Exhaustion, Headache, Tired Brain, Sleeplessness and a Delicious Drink. Jo Ann Wright nee Rochner

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buckets

When a recipe calls for a bucket of some vegetable, what size buckets were most commonly used?