While researching genealogy online for Cumberland county, the lack of online resources can be very frustrating - it’s not as if there isn’t a lot of information out there, it just isn’t online. Cumberland county has a rich history as one of the older counties in Pennsylvania, but a lot of that history remains uncdocumented, at least when it comes to online sources.

Historical societies are great places to do research on family lines, but they’re not always easily accessible for many of us. And while many of us do have copies of books that have records for the area, there’s still a lot of information that never seems to come to light.

To combat the issue somewhat, this site is designed to make it easy to add new information in the various sections of the site, so take a look around and see if there are areas that YOU might have data to contribute!

I’m not even going to pretend to be politically correct and say “happy Holidays” instead - it’s Christmas! And I even found a bit of a surprise yesterday that is sort of like a bonus Christmas present - a handful of old photographs from Cumberland county! These were stashed away in a box that I had forgotten about and some of them actually are identified - a real plus when it comes to these old photos.

Among these neat old photos is one of the house that my maternal grandmother grew up in, her father’s house in Carlisle on Bedford Street. I suspect a road trip to Carlisle will soon be planned here as I would love to see if the house is still standing. I imagine it probably is, as it appears from the photo to be a well-built brick home.