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Archives For July 2010
I’m enjoying reading anything I can get my eyes on about our new city of residence: Shippensburg, PA.
Found some of the standard-stuff tonight –
Distances from nearby places of interest:
Harrisburg – 1 hr.
Frederick – 1 hr.
Baltimore – 2 hrs.
Washington DC – 2 hrs.
Philadelphia – 3 hrs.
Pittsburgh – 4 hrs.
New York City – 4 hrs.
Average yearly rainfall: 39.78 inches.
Average snowfall: 30.9 inches.
Altitude: 700 feet above sea level.
Founded: July, 1730
Name Origin: Named after Edward Shippen, who got a grant for the land from the heirs of William Penn.
Population: 5,586 (2000 Census)
Brief history:
Shippensburg is the oldest community of the Cumberland Valley, and the second oldest west of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. In July, 1730, 12 Scoth-Irish families came to the site of the present day Shippensburg and built cabin homes along Burd’s Run. Shippensburg began as the western outpost of colonial settlement.
Just found the Rails-to-Trails path that runs from Shippensburg to Newville. (11-miles!) I will be riding this trail!
Chances are you have heard and/or sung the song “How He Loves” (with or without the “sloppy wet kiss” lyrics…)
I stumbled upon the story of that song and had to pass it along as it is powerful and moving.
How He Loves : A Song Story from john mark mcmillan on Vimeo.
I’ve talked about Geni.com before, but they just released this terrific explanation video that explains the process and benefit of using Geni.com in just one minute!
Confession: I haven’t logged into Geni.com in MONTHS, but I still think it’s a terrific tool for building and maintaining your family tree! I have just been overwhelmed with everything else and had to put my tree-making/maintaining on hold!
