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Preserving the Past

Post a Comment - 03/30/2008 1:00 AM EDT

As a student at Coughlin High School, the young Charles Petrillo was captivated by a Times Leader story about the Susquehanna River steamboats of many years ago.

• Poetry of the past sparks research TOM MOONEY Out on a limb - 02/7/2008 2:42 AM EST
  JEAN BAUMANN of Baldwinsville, N.Y., is on the trail of a family poet of times past. Let’s see if we can help her today.

• Happy 75th to the Lone Ranger, a cultural hero who rides on and on - 01/6/2008 12:00 AM EST
  Some stirring words pierced the gloom of the Great Depression winter of 1933. On March 4, incoming President Franklin D. Roosevelt sounded a rallying call to the nation in his inaugural speech when he said “…the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

• Christmas isn’t so bright at the Mooney house - 12/23/2007 12:00 AM EST
  New Year’s parties on the horizon? Life-changing resolutions to make as 2008 nears?

• Shedding light on a long-ago Scranton school TOM MOONEY oUT ON A LIMB - 12/16/2007 12:00 AM EST
  It has been a busy autumn for some people researching the area’s genealogy and history. Let’s see if we can help them.

• Zeroing in on the lives of Wilkes-Barre residents from the early 20th century - 12/2/2007 12:00 AM EST
  Two out-of-area researchers are looking for information on people who lived in Wilkes-Barre in the early 20th century. If you can help, contact this column.

• Taking mystery out of records at courthouse OUT ON A LIMB TOM MOONEY - 10/21/2007 1:00 AM EDT
  A courthouse can be an intimidating place. It’s big and busy, and you might not know where to go to find the records you need for your genealogy.

• A pirate’s life: Yo, ho ho and bottled up fun - 10/14/2007 3:38 AM EDT
  My nephew’s career plans include becoming a pirate. He plays with a big curvy plastic sword, and when he goes to the playground he looks for broken swings so he can grab hold of a dangling chain and pretend he’s boarding a Spanish galleon ripe for plunder.

• A strange ritual that’s planted deep within me - 09/30/2007 1:00 AM EDT
  These days my tomato garden is a sagging, withering jungle. No longer neat and tidy, affixed to the poles with string, the yellowing plants spill beyond the scalloped brick borders of the garden, touching the grass outside and bearing the last few red prizes, small ones, plus a handful of greenies that sprouted too late to mature.

• More folks seek help on quests about ancestors - 08/12/2007 1:00 AM EDT
  Researchers far and wide are looking for information about ancestors and kinfolk in the Wyoming Valley. Let’s see if we can help some of them.