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Clipart Library It's really exciting to come across a new resource that brings an ancestor's story to life. It could be an historical map, a dictionary full of unfamiliar words and archaic terms, or a cemetery database. As I've researched Mary Jane Sheridan over the past few months, I've discovered several such resources that have made understanding her life and the records she left behind easier. As her residence changed over the course of her life, I've focused on not one, but five different localities. And I have found some wonderful resources that I'd like to share here so that other family researchers can benefit from them. Here are some of my favorites and how I used them: BUFFALO, AND ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK Map of the city of Buffalo, N.Y.  ( https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/30004/rec/2 ) This 1856 map was really helpful to me in locating Catholic churches in the neighborhood where the Sheridan family lived and might hold their s...
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CCC PHOTO DISCOVERY

 

Thomas Kozlina (3rd from left, bottom row), with members of his CCC 329 Co., Pine Grove Furnace, winter 1934-35.1

by Nancy Gilbride Casey


Genealogical serendipity is real! 

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about my discovery that my grandfather Thomas Kozlina was in the Civilian Conservation Corp in 1934-35, when he was 23. He was stationed at the Pine Grove Furnace CCC Camp No. 51 in Cumberland County, from Fall 1934-March 1935. He was a member of 329 Company, which worked on state forest projects.

Today, I received a stack of photos from my Mom's cousin Marlene in Pennsylvania, which included several never-before-seen photos of Grandpa's time in the CCC. She had discovered them in an old photo album full of family photos.

Over the next few weeks, I'll be scanning and sharing more photos, but for today, here are photos of Thomas Kozlina from the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Wielding tools of the trade in the state forest CCC camp.

Posing in the snow and sun.

Horseplay during down time.

Thomas Kozlina  (2nd from right), with other members of 329 Co.
  

Two formal photos in front of camp headquarters perhaps?


Until next time...

Special thanks to Cousins Marlene who provided the photos and Cousin Joe who supplied notes on the photos. Thank you for helping preserve our family history.

 

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NOTES

Various photos of Thomas J. Kozlina, age 23, Civilian Conservation Corps, 329 Co., unknown photographer, Cumberland County, 1934-35; private collection of N. Casey [address for private use], 2022.


 



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