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From: Joann Taylor <>
Subject: Re: [IRISH-IN-PHILADELPHIA] Parish books
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:48:49 -0800
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The Arcadia Publishing books can be a great resource. I have a few of
them for the areas around Philadelphia where my ancestors lived. The
ones I have for Abington and Cheltenham were actually authored by the
Old York Road Historical Society and dip heavily into their archives.
Besides a good overview, it does give you a taste for what they have in
their collection and an indication of what else you might find there.
In addition, their books are not limited to just areas/neighborhoods. I
managed to find a publication of theirs that was written by a historian
about "The Seeing Eye" which was the first place that trained guide dogs
here in the US. I have a relative that was in one of their earliest
classes after they moved from Nashville to Morristown, NJ. She obtained
a number of "Seeing Eyes" in her lifetime. Very neat history.

Joann

Deborah Fox wrote:
> Also, although I haven't found my family yet, I have found some
> interesting information about the times when they lived (and photos) in some
> of the books put out by Arcadia Publishing (www.arcadiapublishing.com). I
> just purchased Images of America: Philadelphia's River Wards by George J.
> Holmes. There are photos and text pertaining to St. Michaels. Deb
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