Sources of Untapped Information for Historians and Family Researchers in Cumberland County Court House Records. Merri Lou Schaumann, author an local historian, will shed light on the kinds of county court records that are seldom used, unknown to most genealogists and historians, yet packed with untapped historical data. You will discover the titles of these […]

From the earliest human inhabitants to the present day, Cumberland County has been an agricultural breadbasket. Many great innovations were developed or tested in the Cumberland Valley. We will discuss the important role our area has played in the production of food.

Jim Richards discusses the unwilling witnesses to the events of late June 1863 through November of that year and what they experienced when war was at their doorsteps. We will examine how the lives of many of the citizens were changed forever by the events of those days. Special emphasis will be place on some […]

Guest Curator Kate Theimer will provide some background on the development of the Historical Society’s exhibit Before and After and After: New Perspectives on the Carlisle Indian School, and discuss some of the ways in which new perspectives have been explored and incorporated.