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Revised and Updated Edition now available!

Edited by Robert Dunkelberger, Sam Bidleman and Eric M. Sweeney

This book, created in celebration of Columbia County’s bicentennial, is intended to provide a snapshot of memories across the years. In addition to facts and stories covering the second 100 years of Columbia County’s existence divided into three separate geographical areas, over 150 distinctive photographs are reproduced here, some which have rarely been seen over the decades.

8.5″ x 11″ softbound, 275 pages, over 150 photographs

By Mark Fritz, Editor

Nine local WWII veterans tell their stories, including hitting the Normandy beaches on D-Day, facing Kamikaze attacks at Okinawa, serving on Eisenhower’s staff, and flying cargo planes over New Guinea. Also single-page “Brief Profiles” of 85 local WWII veterans.

8.5” x 11” softbound, 230 pages, over 330 illustrations, index

By Ava Dennen Hower

A reissue, with additions, of a 1960 detailed history of the families, farms, church and school of this close-knit community in Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia County, written by a lifelong resident.

8.5”x11” spiral-bound, 154 pages, 12 photos, index

By W. M. Baillie

The story of an “ideal” rural community in Columbia County from its original settlers through the Civil War era. Included are family histories for 75 prominent early settler families, with over 2,000 individuals included.

8½”x11” softbound, 210 pages, 4 maps, 50 photos, notes, bibliography, index

By Craig A. Newton and James R. Sperry

Discover the history of how this community in the northern reaches of Columbia County owed its existence to a railroad, which in turn, enabled the lumbering and tanning industries to become its economic foundation. The study also provides a descriptive account of community life. Its future and prosperity were dependent on a forest that was constantly under attack by the woodman’s axe and saw.

5.5”x8.5” paperback, 160 pages, 1 map, 38 photos, endnotes, bibliography, appendix, and index

By George A. Turner and W. M. Baillie

A portrait of Bloomsburg in the year it was incorporated as the Commonwealth’s only Town.
The book presents three types of information:
• The complete U. S. Population Census for Bloomsburg in 1870
• The 1870 map of the town, in sections, showing the owners of every residence
• Biographical sketches of 70 of the town’s leading citizens and their families.
With INDEXES to personal names of the map, the census, and the biographies.
SPECIAL FEATURE: a digital copy of the 1870 map on a CD; on your computer screen, you can zoom in to see specific neighborhoods in great detail.
Paperback, 8-1/2” x 11”, 188 pages

By Ann Brandt, Editor

This is a great resource for those who are interested in genealogy. The inscriptions on gravestones can be a great help in researching family history. In this volume there are the names of those buried in twenty-one cemeteries in six townships: Greenwood, Hemlock, Madison , Mt. Pleasant , Orange , and Fishing Creek. It also includes maps that can help you locate the cemeteries. Cemeteries included are: Canby, County Home, Crouse, Dutch Hill, Greenwood Friends, Greenwood Methodist, Ikelers (Greenwood Twp.), Ikelers (Mt. Pleasant Twp.), Jerseytown, Katy VanDine, Kitchens, Laurel Hill, Lemons, McHenry, Millville Borough, Millville Friends, Rohrsburg/Rohr Family, Rohrsburg, Savage Hill, Vallerchamp, and Vanderslice.

8.5”x11” spiral-bound, 242 pages, 5 maps, and 29 photos

By Ann Brandt, Editor

This is a great resource for those who are interested in genealogy. The inscriptions on gravestones can be a great help in researching family history. In this volume there are the names of those buried in nineteen cemeteries in four townships: Briar Creek, North Centre, South Centre, and Scott. It also includes maps that can help you locate the cemeteries. Cemeteries included are: Bower, Briar Creek Union, Ebenezer, Fowlersville Baptist, Fowlersville Lutheran, Hidlay, Highland/Lightstreet, Holy Annunciation, Lime Ridge EUB, Lime Ridge Methodist, Martzville, Ohev Sholom, Old Bower, Old Ebenezer, St. Cyril’s Ukrainian, St. Mary’s, Stone Methodist, Summerhill, and VanCampen/Fort Wheeler.

8.5”x11” spiral-bound, 207 pages, 3 maps, and 26 photos

By Ann Brandt, Editor

This is a great resource for those who are interested in genealogy. The inscriptions on gravestones can be a big help in researching family history. In this volume there are the names of those buried in six cemeteries in two townships south of the Susquehanna River: Main and Mifflin. Cemeteries included are: Emanuel, Fisher, Brown, Creasy, Mensinger and Mifflinville Village. It also includes maps that can help you locate the cemeteries.

8.5”x11” spiral-bound, 202 pages, 3 maps, and 26 photos

By Ann Brandt, Editor

The fifth volume of Cemeteries of Columbia County, Pennsylvania is available at the Society or can be purchased by using the mail order form. It is part of a series of Columbia County cemetery books that provides complete listings of known burials. Included in Volume V are four cemeteries in Catawissa Borough: Society of Friends, Greenwood, Union, and Hillside. The volume presents alphabetical listings of over 4500 burials based on a careful re-reading of all legible tombstones. Additional information, such as spouse(s) and military service, is included when available.

8.5” x 11” spiral-bound, 236 pages, 3 maps, 10 photos