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Fort Harrison
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Three researchers hired
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“Life Under Four Flags” book
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15,000 register for Old Homes Tour
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Lincoln celebration at cemetery
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1978 Membership Roster
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Artist Drawing of the Building Complex of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham
Historical Society, by Janet Baugher Downs
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Bill Wilson Remembered, by Dale Harter
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The Dedication of the New Building by Margaret Grattan Weaver’s Gift of
$750,000
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Electric Map Starts Journey to New Location
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Harrison Reunion and All Allied Lines, by John Harrison Sipe
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Brocks Gap Heritage Day Plans
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Lincoln Day Ceremony
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Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society’s Museum Will Feature Four
Exhibits, by Lawrence Bowers, Jr.
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The Genealogy Committee - HRHS, by Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush
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HRHS Spring Banquet
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New Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp Forming
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Electric Map Project Moves Forward
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Lecture Series Planned by Dr. Clive Hallman
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Armentrout Family History Reprint
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Millennium Tribute to Anglo-American Heritage
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Tombstones for Veterans
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Lecture Series Looks at Area History
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Christmas at Fort Harrison
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The Armentrout Family from 1739 to 1978, by Russell S. Armentrout
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HRHS at State Fair
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Holiday Harvest of Art Exhibit to Open
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Special Exhibit to Honor Black History Month
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Lincoln day Ceremony
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Brocks Gap Heritage Day
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Dedication of Miller Kite House
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Recognition of Enhanced Giving
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Volunteer Recognition
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Faye Witters Retires, by Dale MacAllister
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Rockingham County Alms House Cemetery, by William L. Zirk
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Genealogy Interest Group
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Historical Society Loses Friend and Benefactor – Margaret Grattan
Weaver
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Long Rifle Show
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Rockingham’s Belle Grove Remembered at the Shenandoah Valley Folk Art
& Heritage Center
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Dennis N. Hevener, by Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush
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Cedar Creek Preservation March
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Millstone Workshop
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Silver Lake Mill Renovations Complete
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Old Order Mennonite Tour, by Sharon Showalter
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The Photo Collection of HRHS, by Trisha Maust-Blosser
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A Heritage Center for a Common People, by Paul Roth
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Jackson’s Famous Valley Campaign of 1862
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Society Receives a Major Collection of Shenandoah Valley Tools
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Vignettes from the Mary Spitzer Etter Collection
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Roc Day: A Spinner’s Tradition
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Brocks Gap Decides to Mark Old House Used by Washington, by Pat Ritchie
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The Legacy of Lineweaver: The Rockingham County Baseball League
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Contemporary Longrifle Association Mini-Gun Show to be Held at HRHS
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An Evening with James I. Robertson, Jr.
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Chief Ritchie - A Remembrance (1910-2002), by Dale MacAllister
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Dana Luck to Become Collection Manager
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Book Review: Bucks County Fraktur, by Dr. Scott H. Suter
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Wampler Marker to be Dedicated
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Rexrode to America, by William D. Rexrode
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Rockingham County Post Offices, by John W. Wayland, first installment
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Rockingham County Baseball League Exhibit Opens
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The Aermotor Windmill
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Folklife Symposium to be Held
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Oral History Project
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters from 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, second installment
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Rare Civil War Items Donated to Museum
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Notes on the Early History of Broadway, by Harold Wood
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“Firsts” in the American Civil War, by Nancy Hess
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters from 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, third Installment
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Dayton May Fair --- 200 Years of Valley Life
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Mills of Rockingham County, Volume IV, by Janet and Earl Downs
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters from 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, fourth Installment
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Flavia Converse Collection Open for Research
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Shenandoah College and Conservatory---The Dayton Years Exhibit
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A Sunday Evening in Historic Port Republic
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters From 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, fifth installment
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Journey Into the Past, A Walking Tour of Downtown Harrisonburg, by Bob
Sullivan
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Cromer-Trumbo Home Opened for Display
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Cross Keys: Early History Recovered, by Marjorie Lamb McLean
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Unionists and the Civil War – new book available
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters From 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, sixth installment
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Researching in the Marriage Records at Rockingham County Court House, by
Harriet Welch
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Joseph Funk: Father of Song in Northern Virginia, by Dale MacAllister
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Rural Life in 19th Century
Rockingham County – new exhibit opens
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Rockingham Post Offices and Post Masters From 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, seventh Installment
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In the Record – Name or Nickname, by Victoria Wilson
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters From 1792-1932, by John W.
Wayland, eighth Installment
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Heatwole Exhibit Opens
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New Exhibit Focuses on Rockingham’s Traditional Pottery
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Maintaining Tradition and Embracing Innovation: Emanuel Suter and His
Pottery, 1865-1890, by Scott Hamilton Suter
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Fall Program Series: Religious Groups in the Central Shenandoah Valley
Area, 1738-1828
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Longtime HRHS Member Receives Lora Robins Award
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters, 1792-1932, by John W. Wayland,
ninth installment
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Two More Archival Collections Open for Research at HRHS
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Lutheran and German Reformed Groups in the Central Shenandoah Valley,
1738-1828, by The Rev. Dr. John Byerly, Jr.
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Medical Exhibit Forthcoming
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Strickler Foundation Donates Surveyor’s Instruments to Museum
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Rockingham Post Offices and Postmasters, 1792-1932, by John W. Wayland,
tenth installment
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Society Officials Visit National Museum of Civil War Medicine
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Brocks Gap Heritage Day to be Held
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Zenda Group to Restore and Remember Black Community’s Heritage
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Bowman House at Frontier Culture Museum Reveals Cultural Change in an
Early Rockingham County Household, by David Puckett
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Current Exhibit at Heritage Center Focuses on the Development of Medicine
in the Shenandoah Valley
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One Hundred Years of Clothing on Display in Next Museum Exhibit
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Appreciation Luncheon Honors Volunteers; Shelvie Carr Recognized
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Forgotten Treasures Revealed in New Exhibit of Clothing from the HRHS
Collection: Through the Looking Glass of Time 1850s-1950s, by Shelvie Carr
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Massanetta Springs Historic District, Whitesel Brothers Building and Long
Meadow Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Archives Collection Pertaining to Rockingham Schools Now Open for
Research
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Genealogically Speaking, by Dorothy A. Boyd-Bragg
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Robert Mason Colvin: Keeper of the Confederate Faith, by Dale Harter
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Lincoln Society of Virginia Forms, by Phillip C. Stone
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Ingram to Present Valley Surveying Lecture on September 8
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Annual Fall Meeting and Banquet features talk on Johannes Spitler and His
Cupboard
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Genealogically Speaking…Where the Records Are, by Dorothy A. Boyd-Bragg
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Forensic Genealogy, by Seymour Paul
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The Early History of Green Hill Methodist Episcopal Meeting House and
Salem United Brethren in Christ Church, by Dale MacAllister
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Silver Lake Millwheel to be Restored
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Thirty Years in the Lincoln Cemetery, by Phillip C. Stone
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Sellers Retires as HRHS Administrator
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Brocks Gap Tour to be held; All Proceeds to Benefit HRHS, by Pat Turner
Ritchie
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Vernacular Architecture on Display: “Shelter and Culture, Vernacular
Architecture in the
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Shenandoah Valley”, by Richard Martin
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HRHS Aids John Heatwole in Preservation of Meigs Site
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Photograph Album of Old Rockingham County Schools Donated to HRHS
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Rockingham Chancery Records Now Available at Library of Virginia
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The True Valley Gentleman: Highlights from the Life of John W. Wayland,
by Cathy Dagenhart Baugh
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“Bottled in Rockingham”, an exhibit of glass containers used to see
the products of Rockingham County businesses, continues on display
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The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation releases new booklet on
Jackson’s Valley
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Campaign
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First historical tour of Fulks Run proves fun, tasty, and successful, by
Pat Turner Ritchie
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WPA records for Rockingham County available on HRHS website
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Exploring the 19th
Century Roots of Valley Baseball, by Scott Hamilton Suter
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Bergton-Criders Area History Tour Scheduled
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Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar at James Madison University
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A Little Bit of Local News…From Long, Long Ago (excerpts from
Rockingham Register)
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Land Adjacent to “the Coaling” Preserved at Port Republic by SVBF
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Does It Really Matter Which Road You Take to Turner Ashby Monument, by
Dale Harter
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A Westerner’s Search for His Rockingham Roots, by Charles E. Burgess
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Have You Tried the HRHS Online Name Search Database?, by Seymour Paul
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Brocks Gap Tour, Part II, by Pat Turner Ritchie, Tour Leader
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Shenandoah Shunpiking CD Tour
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Getting Stumped on Zane’s Trace: A Saga of Westward Migration, by
William Dollarhide
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Native Americans Exhibit at HRHS
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John Heatwole Honored by SVBF
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National Trust to Craft Marketing Plan for Valley Battlefields Foundation
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Emma Lyon Bryan’s Painting Finds a Home at HRHS
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The Painting Is Only Part of the Picture: The True (?) Tale of Emma Lyon
Bryan, by Dale Harter
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Annual Brocks Gap Heritage Day Set
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It Happened in Rockingham…Tape Worm 39 Feet Long Removed by Dr. Wilbur
in 1883
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Richmond Civil War Newspaper Now Online
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World War II: The Home Front, an Exhibit about Life in Rockingham County
during WWII
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In Memory of John Heatwole, by Dale MacAllister
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Prisoners of War in Rockingham County During WWII, by Gregory L. Owen
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, Co. I, 3rd
Va. Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Libby Custer Art Exhibit on Display Now at HRHS
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Harrisonburg Tourism Publishes African-American Heritage Tour Guide
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Virginia Valley Frontier is Theme of Fall Lecture Series
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It Happened in Rockingham…excerpt from Rockingham Register, Sept. 29,
1865
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Al Jenkins and the Preservation of Long’s Chapel
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, Co. I, 3rd
Va. Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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New book “An African American Community of Hope, Zenda: 1869-1930” by
Nancy Bondurant Jones.
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Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival to Hold House Tour
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Living on the Edge: Life in the Virginia Backcountry
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The Valley During the French and Indian War, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, Co. I, 3rd
Va. Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Volunteer Spotlight: Jane Smootz
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Confederate Commissary Ledger Donated to Society
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Exhibit: “Christmas in the Valley”
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Preserving the John Kline Homestead
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Joseph T. Williams, Free Man of Color: Harrisonburg’s First
African-American Policeman, by Dale MacAllister
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Augusta County Historical Society Mounts First Exhibit at Smith Center,
by Janet Downs
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Shenandoah County Chancery Causes Available Online
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Digital Versions of Rockingham Burned Wills/Estate Settlements Now
Available for Research at HRHS Genealogical Library, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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“Valley Weddings: Then & Now, 1870-2008” Exhibit opens
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Brocks Gap Heritage Day, Saturday, April 19
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“Boats, Wagons, Trains & Cars: 200 Years of Transportation in the
Shenandoah Valley, 1739- 1939” Exhibit
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Runnin’ And Gunnin’ Fund-raisers: Heritage 5K and Frontiersman
Reenactment Highlight
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Summer and Fall Fun at HRHS, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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The Library of Virginia Publishes Guide to Personal Papers Collection, by
Lyn Hart, Library of Virginia
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What’s A Palatine?, by Henry Z. Jones, Jr.
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Online Database of Names Updated on HRHS Website, by Seymour Paul
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2008 Annual Banquet to Feature Peggy Shifflett and Silent Auction
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A Harrisonburg Wedding from 1879, from Rockingham Register, May 22, 2024
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Tea and Quilt Raffle Mark Opening of Latest Exhibit
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The Flood of 1949 in Bridgewater, by Dale Harter
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar Has Four Events Remaining in
2008-2009
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Belsnickeling Workshop, Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, at
the Heritage Center, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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Honoring Those Who Honored Us, by Dale Harter
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Fulks Run Ruritan Club Publishes Documentary History, by Chris Bolgiano
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New Strickler Lecture Series Offers Three Events This Spring, by Cathy
Baugh
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“The Country Store: Lifeline of the Community” Exhibit
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Saturday Night at the Country Store with the May Family Singers
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Free Civil War Conference Kicks Off 150th
Anniversary
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1902 Voter Registration Book Now for Sale at HRHS
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Grave Matters about John Gray Paul, Jr., by Seymour Paul
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2008 Special Publication of the following by the
Massanutten Regional Library: The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society
presents Emma Lyon Bryan’s “The Town of Harrisonburg, Virginia 1867”
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The Life and Times of Emma Lyon Bryan, by Dale F. Harter
Special Edition 2008
“Emma L. Bryan’s Painting “The Town of Harrisonburg – 1867”
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Baker Country Store Records Invaluable to New HRHS Exhibit, by Pat Turner
Ritchie
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Linville-Edom High School Grads, Class of 1927 Identified
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“Oh Shenandoah! Migration and Settlements Across the Valley, Genealogy
Conference in Winchester
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Photos and report from “HRHS Celebrates the Country Store with Country
Cookin and a
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Saturday Night Hoedown”, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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HRHS Sponsoring 50/50 Raffle
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Recognition of Enhanced Giving Membership Year 2009
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In Memory of Dan Stark, 1927-2009, by Seymour Paul
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Mixing Pleasure and Profit at the Springs: The Harrisonburg-Rawley
Connection, by Diane Rafuse
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Hearth Cooking Class at historic Maplewood
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Volunteer Spotlight: Ilene Smith
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Remembering Dr. Jean Wine 1920-2009, by Dale MacAllister
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New HRHS Exhibit to Feature Photography in Harrisonburg and Rockingham
County 1850-1950
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Corner of West Market and North Liberty Holds 228 Years of Harrisonburg
History (The Morrison House), by Rosemarie Palmer
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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New Membership Campaign 2009, by Seymour Paul
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Volunteer of the Year: Edgar Flora
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Dr. Bill Blair Highlighted the Annual Banquet with his talk on
abolitionist George Bourne
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Reorganization Underway at Historical Society, by Bonnie Paul
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Consulting Firm is Optimistic About HRHS Future
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Cromer-Trumbo House Featured During Dayton Holiday Open House
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The Reverend George Bourne: Rockingham’s Pioneer Abolitionist, by Dr.
Charles William “Bill” Blair
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Spring Lecture Series Begins
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HRHS Holds Successful Authors’ Forum
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“A Century of ‘the New Method:’ Photographers in Rockingham County,
VA, 1850-1950” Exhibit
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Docent Program Being Organized at HRHS
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Committees Offer Various Ways to Get Involved
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Jedediah Hotchkiss Maps Exhibit, Events Begin
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Volunteer Spotlight: Libby Wampler Custer
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New in Bookstore: Death Notices from Extant Issues of the Rockingham
Register, by Dorothy A. Boyd-Bragg
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“You Have to Get Out of the Genealogy Collection”, by Carolyn L.
Barkley
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Come Help Us Make A Good Thing Even Better, by John Paul, Chairman of the
Board
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Share Your Time, Talents and Family History to Help HRHS
Commemorate Civil War 150th
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Patrick Henry Sipe Served in Two Confederate Units During War, by John T.
Stemple and Violet M. Hogan-Stemple
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Massanetta Springs Celebrates Centennial of Historic Hotel
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Wanted for New Book: Photographs of Soldiers from Rockingham County Who
Served During the Spanish-American War, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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Shank Descendant Donates Bernhart Frakturs to HRHS
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More Than Genealogy to be Found in HRHS Library, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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New Business Offering Walking Tours in Downtown Harrisonburg, by Jamie
Marsh
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Cromer-Trumbo House Open for Business; Visitors Rediscovering HRHS Gem
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Cromer-Trumbo House to be Featured on 2011 Spotswood Garden Club House
& Garden Tour
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Jedediah Hotchkiss Map Exhibit Opens August 14; Special Lectures and
Programs Too!, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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HRHS is Now on FaceBook!
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Get Involved in HRHS. It Could Last a Lifetime, by Pat Turner Ritchie
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Trustees Announce New Hires: Executive Director Ann-marie Alford Latchum;
Newsletter Editor Lauren Jefferson; Archivist Laura Adams
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Fraktur Exhibit in Planning Stages, by Bonnie Paul
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It is Membership Renewal Time! Enjoy Everything The Heritage Museum Has
to Offer!
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Jedediah Hotchkiss Map Exhibit in Full Swing!, by Lauren Jefferson
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In Memory: John Gideon Stewart 1918-2010, by Dale MacAllister
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Welcome to The Heritage Museum!, by Ann-marie
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HRHS Hosts Annual Banquet
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Welcome to the Heritage Museum
- Staffing Changes at the Heritage Museum
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Hotchkiss Bus Tour Highlights Cartographer’s Life
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Meet the HRHS Volunteer of the Year 2010 – Seymour Paul
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Antique Firehose Donated to Museum
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Volunteers Open Cromer-Trumbo House
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Frakturs Needed for Exhibit
- Harrisonburg Resident Feted at The Feast of Roses, by Richard Cummings
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Comings and Goings – trustees, volunteers.
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“The Fashionable Mrs. Etter Exhibit: Opens
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Brocks Gap Heritage Day Back for 21st Year
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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Quilt Lecture by Nina Hart
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California Researcher Makes Breakthrough at HRHS!
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Augusta County records now available online
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Fraktur Exhibit Gaining Momentum, by Bonnie Paul
- Featured Artist: Peter Bernhart, Fraktur-maker, by Dale MacAllister
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On the Website, by Seymour Paul
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Many Hands Make Light Work at Fraktur Exhibit, by Lauren Jefferson
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Kaylor Collection Donated to HRHS, by Lawrence D. Bowers, Jr.
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Wartime Mural Still Graces Old Post Office Interior, by Rosemarie Palmer
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HRHS Annual Banquet, presenting Robert Dalessandro
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“Thank You to all the Volunteers” who walked all the 470 plus
cemeteries in Rockingham County
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New databases on the Web
- “Taking the Waters”, by Dale MacAllister
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New staff member; Margaret Hotchner
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Correspondence From The Genealogy Library
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Annual Banquet – New Trustees Elected
- Volunteer of the Year: Allen Litten
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“Civil War in the Valley: Lynnwood Plantation”, by Rosemarie Palmer
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Member publishes book: Munch / Minnick (1776 – 1860)
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“Court Manor: A Jewel of the Valley”, By Lauren
Jefferson
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Correspondence From The Chairman, Gregory L. Owen
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Donors Help Purchase Scanning Equipment for Photography Collection, by
Larry Bowers
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Selections from the Annual Report 2011, by Executive Director Penny
Imeson
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Family Donates Civil War Letters, by Nancy Hill Hess
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Heroic Valley Women During the Civil War, by Rosemarie Palmer
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1940 Census to be made available in April 2012
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Anti-Suffragette Letter Found at Yard Sale
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“President Lincoln’s Rockingham Roots” Exhibit Opens
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The Local Legend of “Pawnee Bill” Lilly – and how it informs us
about historical research, by Dale MacAllister
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Notes from the Executive Director, Penny Imeson
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Contentment: A Mount Crawford home, By John T. Foster Jr.
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Voices of the Mountain: Interviews of displaced mountain residents
available online, by Rosemarie Palmer
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From the Genealogy Library
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Becoming A Certified Genealogist, by Robert Earl Alley
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Spring Activities
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Valley Music Exhibit Opens
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Museum Opens New Civil War Gallery, by Lauren Jefferson
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Notes from the Executive Director, by Penny Imeson
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Archivist Trains at Special Institute, by Laura Adams
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Hopkins Family Civil War Letters exhibit opens
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NAACP donates to restore 1815 tax records
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The Diary of John B. Sheets, of Mt. Crawford, Co. I, 33rd
Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., transcribed by Dale Harter
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“My Uncle Abram Paul: 1846 – 1937”, by John Gray Paul
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Noted Historian to Speak at Annual Banquet – Gary Ecelbrger
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Foxhall Alexander Daingerfield, by Diane Rafuse
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Notes from the Executive Director, by Penny Imeson
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Annual Banquet and Silent Auction
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Trustee Class of 2015
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Volunteer of the Year – Rosemarie Palmer
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Plantation stories, by Dale MacAllister
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In Search Of . . . Mary Morrison Art
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