My family history for the most part was just a bunch of names and dates. I knew nothing about these people but as I watched Genealogy Road Show, I loved how they told the story of the area and time which brought the ancestors to life. So I was hunting for a photo of the Petty homestead for the Lacoe Family Reunion. I knew it was in Milwaukee, Pennsylvania so I started Googling. First I learned Milwaukee is an unincorporated community and is part of Ransom. Then I learned Ransom is too small for its own library so I moved on to the next town over where a bunch of my relatives lived - Newton. But all I was finding was a library in West Newton. As I scrolled down, at the bottom of the first page of results there was a link to the History and Directory of Newton and Ransom Townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, and since the book was out of copyright, it was available online in full.
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My family history for the most part was just a bunch of names and dates. I knew nothing about these people but as I watched Genealogy Road Show, I loved how they told the story of the area and time which brought the ancestors to life. So I was hunting for a photo of the Petty homestead for the Lacoe Family Reunion. I knew it was in Milwaukee, Pennsylvania so I started Googling. First I learned Milwaukee is an unincorporated community and is part of Ransom. Then I learned Ransom is too small for its own library so I moved on to the next town over where a bunch of my relatives lived - Newton. But all I was finding was a library in West Newton. As I scrolled down, at the bottom of the first page of results there was a link to the History and Directory of Newton and Ransom Townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, and since the book was out of copyright, it was available online in full.