Announcements

The Society will be closed from December 23rd through January 2nd.  Have a wonderful holiday!

Check our publications tab, page 4, to purchase your copy of The Whipple Gang: The Wild West in Central Pennsylvania!

The digitization of the 1915-1950 Bloomsburg Town Council Meeting minutes has been completed and is now available for browsing and keyword searching on the University’s website.  We appreciate their hosting this resource for us.  You can access the records through this link.  A permanent link will…

The Whipple Gang, the Wild West in Central Pennsylvania is now available for purchase at the Society.  It will soon be listed on our website under our Shop tab.  Check back often and plan to add it to your Christmas gift list!

1852-54 marriages for Columbia, Montour, Luzerne, Lycoming and Schuylkill counties were added recently, 42 records in all.  Also posted last month were 81 new photo descriptions.  Make sure to check back regularly to see if any of your ancestors have “arrived”!

Come visit us today at our stand in front of Dollar General for Bloomsburg’s Renaissance Jamboree, 10am – 5pm!  The Society is closed today.

Check out the special event on the event tab for the launch of our new book – Letters Home – WWI.

The Society will be closed Friday, 3/30 and Saturday, 3/31 for the Easter Holiday.

Letters Home WWI, by Mark Fritz has arrived at the Society and is now available for purchase!  It is $14 for Members, $15 for Non-Members.  If you order through our Shop/Publications Page, the price shown includes the $4 for Shipping and Handling.  Order online or stop…

The Society will be closed from Friday, 12/22/17 through Monday, 1/1/18, reopening on Tuesday, 1/2/18.  Have a wonderful holiday and see you in the New Year!

Mark Fritz’s new book filled with letters home from local participants in the Great War is at the printers and expected to arrive a few days before Christmas.  Call the Society now (570-784-1600) to reserve your copy at $15 each.

Remember, the Society will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday November 23 through November 25.

The Society will be closed for Veterans’ Day November 10th and 11th and for Thanksgiving November 23rd-25th.

DNA kits are now on sale for $69 at Ancestry.com until 8/15/17!

There’s still time to reserve your seat on our great bus trip to Philadelphia to visit the new Museum of the American Revolution and Eastern State Penitentiary on Saturday, Sept. 16th.  Cost is only $60 per person.  See Events tab for more details.  Only ten seats…

CCHGS will be closed on Tuesday, July 4th for the Independence Day holiday.

We’ve got a great itinerary planned for our fall bus trip to Philadelphia.  Check out upcoming events for all the details!

Don’t forget the Society will be closed on Saturday, May 27, for the Memorial Day Holiday.  Have a great summer!

Don’t forget the Society will be closed Friday and Saturday, 4/14 and 4/15 for the Easter holiday and Saturday, 4/29 for Renaissance.  Come visit us at our stand in front of Dollar General!

Our annual dinner will be held on Saturday, April 8th.  Mark Fritz will be our featured speaker on WWI.  See the Events tab and mark your calendars!

The link to the Andruss Library Digital Collection (Historic Newspapers) at Bloomsburg University on our Search by Name database page has been updated following the changes made to their website.

The newly reprinted book “Pioneer Families of Northern Columbia County” has arrived at the Society.  The price remains the same at $13 plus $4 shipping and handling.  Stop by to pick up your copy today!

Our nostalgia toy displays are all ready for viewing!  We’ll hope you’ll come visit and bring your family and friends.  Click on the Upcoming Events tab for more details!

The Society will be closed for the Holidays from Friday, December 23rd through Monday, January 1st, 2017, reopening on Tuesday.  Happy, healthy holidays to everyone from all of us at CCHGS!

Those industrious and creative folks over in Mt. Pleasant Township have put together a 2017 calendar featuring the seven one-room schoolhouses in the township. The first printing is already sold out. The second will be available in early January. If you’re interested, they’re $10 and can…