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Gallery Added Posted by Admin
(2008/8/10)
After shifting some things around a bit, our new Image Gallery is now online and I'll be adding lots of new photos to it in the next few days, including lots of old postcards. We're always on the lookout for photos from the area, so let us know if you have some to share!
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Chester Chatter
26. August 2008 — Mary (Views: 72)
Well, at least for me - I’m heading to West Chester for the holiday weekend and hope to get lots of new pictures as we reamble around the countryside. We’ll be staying right in the borough at the Faunbrook B&B, first built for Smedley Darlington, so I’m looking forward to spending some time in one of the more fascinating older homes of West Chester.
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In The Spotlight
One of the more intriguing stories about Chester County's local inns is that of the Stottsville Inn on Strasburg Road. As the legend goes, the Inn is haunted by the ghost of Josephine Stott Chandler Emery, after supposedly being murdered by her husband, Horace G. Emery when he found her in bed with someone else. As the story continues, Horace then intended to do himself in and left a suicide note which read as follows: "I love, love, love you. You are the dream of my life. Come with me to the shoe store and I will make love to you. Love, Horace." "P.S., I can't live without you so I will commit suicide in the barn. I will bite a cow's leg and he will kick me in the head and kill me. For without you, life is nothing."
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Chester County Genealogy
Chester County, PA and the genealogy of its people have been a part of my life for so long now that it's hard to remember a time when I wasn't actively engaged in research in the Chester County area. Though my interest in genealogy in Pennsylvania predates my involvement online, the real start for me came when I volunteered in the summer of 1996 to coordinate the Chester county site for the PAGenWeb Project, then in its infancy.
Having a large numbers of ancestors who were Quakers made it much easier in some ways to find information on their history and because of that, a large amount of the data here is related to the early Quaker families of the area. When I first started working on my Chester site for the PAGenWeb Project, I was acutely aware of the tremendous amount of history for the area and the importance that the Chester County area played in the early history of our country. As one of the three original counties created when Pennsylvania was first settled, nearly all later parts of the state derive their roots in this original section as it was a major point of entry for settlers coming to Pennsylvania.
During my time as coordinator, a total of about 6 years altogether, I collected an enormous amount of genealogy and history data pertaining to the Chester County area and the neighboring counties and have been actively putting it online ever since.
If you've been here before, you'll notice that the site is sporting a brand new look. You may also notice some changes in the way some of the data is arranged - the new Site Map will help locate files if they've been moved from their original spots.
All of the information on this site is viewable by all visitors, though it will be necessary to create an login and be logged in if you wish to post in the forums or add other forms of data to the site. We will always respect your privacy and will never share your contact information with anyone!
If you find this site useful, please consider creating a link to it from your own web pages and let other folks know about it - the more people that find us, the better able we are to share valuable information! Enjoy your visit!
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