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Old Recipes
Legacy of: Lizzie Fink Hostetter nee Long
from S. Annville, PA
born 1881
Ice Box Cake
1 pt double cream
4 square chocolate
4 table spoon sugar
4 eggs
4 table spoon water
1/2 lb lady fingers
Melt chocolate in double boiler
add water and mix well
Mix egg yokes and sugar and add hot chocolate and heat well
add beaten egg whites
by George G. King
Spanish-American War
was declared by Congress on April 25, 1898.
This is a collection of letters written home by George King, an American soldier who served in the Puerto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American War. At the outbreak of the War, King volunteered in the Sixth Regiment of Infantry formed in Concord, Massachusetts.
by Linnea Travis Miller
Genealogy The science or study of family descent
Bert Hardy/Picture Post // Getty Images
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
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
Civil War Memories
of
John Herbert Claiborne, 1828-1905.
U.S. Naval Officer William Alexander Marshall
Bettmann // Getty Images
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.