I help genealogists research their ancestors in Pennsylvania through books, workshops, and a membership community.
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Hi! I'm Denyse Allen, Founder of PA Ancestors
I help genealogists research their ancestors in Pennsylvania through books, workshops, and a membership community.
Your PA ancestor in 1976 Reader, We’ve walked back through 1826, 1876, and 1926. This week we reach the anniversary you may have lived through yourself. In 1976, the country turned two hundred. The tall ships, the flags on every porch, the bells rung across the country on the Fourth — for millions of Americans, the Bicentennial isn’t a research problem, it’s a memory. Pennsylvania was at the heart of it, with events around Independence Hall and a new home for the Liberty Bell. And that...
Your PA ancestor in 1926 Reader, In 1926, the country turned a hundred and fifty, and Philadelphia threw another World’s Fair — the Sesquicentennial International Exposition in South Philadelphia. You’ve probably never heard of it, and there’s a reason. It rained on 107 of the 184 days it was open, drew about 6.4 million of the 10 million visitors planners expected, and lost more than twenty million dollars. An honest civic flop. But here’s the thing: the fair flopped, and your ancestor’s...
Where was your PA ancestor in 1826? Reader, We just spent the spring on 1776. But your ancestor lived through every American milestone after it — and each one left a different paper trail. Over the next six weeks I’m walking the anniversaries: 1826, 1876, 1926, 1976, and then two posts on what makes Pennsylvania research genuinely its own animal. We start with the hardest one. In 1826, the country turned fifty. On July 4 — the exact half-century mark — John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died...