- Newspapers from the 1700s–2000s
- Over 3,500 newspapers across the US
- Millions of additional pages added every month.
That snippet is taken directly from their website. There are 3559 newspapers from all over the U.S.A. and it includes 213 papers from Pennsylvania. There is a search engine, fortunately, so you can plug in a name in any specific, or all, newspapers and watch what occurs. I know many of our relatives are originally from Lebanon County, though some then migrated to Schuylkill. The Forry family was originally from Lebanon; Peter Forry was the Grandfather of Effie Forry, as he was the father of Andrew Forry who married Emma Hosler and subsequently had Effie. So just on the off-chance I plugged in Forry in the Lebanon Daily News. Over 1000 hits for the name Forry came up, some from the 1800s. It was sooooo cool and interesting and fascinating. I do not know that all are directly related, but I did figure out that some of them were specifically our Forrys, including the Raymond Forry referenced in the article below. He was Effie's brother. And Mrs. Levi Lehman noted for her hospitality was none other than Aunt Ellie, Effie Forry's sister, and the woman shown in some of the pictures with Grandma Lilley on the Greats page.
The synopsis of the article is that Raymond and Lottie Herb Forry were given a wedding reception by Ella Lehman and after the reception the baptism of William and Effie Lilley's son, Melvin, took place. Not to mention the Fine Dinner Served to those present, which included Mrs. William Lilley, her children Olive, William, Jr., and Melvin and Miles Robinson of Pottsville. It warmed my heart to read about this family gathering and made me a tad nostalgic seeing all these familiar names as if I should have been one of the guests.
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When I look at the picture of Melvin I see a striking resemblance to our Alina, when she was about three. Weird, huh? And when I look at Bill (Daddy) and that facial expression, I see Will Ronco. The picture makes me smile.
Thanks so much for sending them, Barbara.
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Sadly, what I did find in 1923 were the items relating to the accident that took Melvin Lilley's life at the age of 8. (see below)
The treasures I have found in these newspapers! I will write more about them at some point. Did you know Aunt Olive was a pretty adventurous person for that era? Did you know she was an incredible bridge player? Reading these newspaper articles is liking opening Forrest Gump's box of chocolates; you never know what you are going to find.