Both families · Photographs · Documents · Historical images
The family
archive.
A shared collection of photographs and historical records from Zach and Meghan’s families. Choose a family, examine the documents, and follow the people behind them. Uncertain identities are identified as such.
Zach’s family ↗ Meghan’s family ↗Military service · Across both families
The service records behind the stories.
Explore Frank Conlin's 27th Signal Company records, original Army orders and the new military-service reading room. Enter the military archive ↗
From both sides of the family
A few traces worth lingering over.
Not everything that survives is an extraordinary event. A photograph, a marriage notice, a school team, or a small family gesture can bring a life a little closer. Open any record to see its source and the fuller story around it.
Nancy's family · PhotographBasil and Sophia, together.An undated family portrait of two people whose journeys began in Galicia.Examine the record ↗
Dale's family · 1955A marriage in a few lines.A newspaper notice records the beginning of Nancy and Dale's married life.Examine the record ↗
Don's family · 1945The boy in the back row.Before his working life in agriculture, Don was number ten on the basketball team.Examine the record ↗
Evelyn's family · 1937Seventy-five flowers.A birthday gift remembered in the newspaper just before a family loss.Examine the record ↗
Meghan’s family · PhotographRoy and Mary, together.A photograph preserved by the Hilliard family.Examine the record ↗
Meghan’s family · 1943A name beside a portrait.A school yearbook preserves a glimpse of Regina’s life.Examine the record ↗
Browse published materials
What
remains.
Zach’s four grandparent collections appear below; Meghan’s documents can be reached through the family filter. All newly indexed images were already published in individual family histories.Photographs, maps and original records from Meghan’s biographies and reading rooms. Enlarge a record here, then close it to return to this collection.
Slovakia · GaliciaNancy's recordsKovish, Palencar, Dwornak, Mruk ↗
PennsylvaniaDale's recordsRitter, Bilger, Price, Giering ↗
Oldwick · New JerseyDon's recordsMelick, Beavers, Craig, Van Horne ↗
New JerseyEvelyn's recordsKennedy, Wainwright, Chumard, Shreve ↗
Meghan’s collection belongs here too. Explore already-published images from the Ontario, English and Philadelphia family histories. Browse Meghan’s records ↗
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How to read this archive
Family research images are labeled by type: original documents, yearbooks, cemetery photographs, and historical context. Some cemetery stones are modern memorials erected for much older ancestors; their captions distinguish them from original markers. Family records include later newspaper clippings and handwritten sources, which can be enlarged for reading.