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[edit] Bibliographic CitationGenealogical Publishing Company. 1905. Biographical annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settled. Chicago, Il. Genealogical Publishing Company. [edit] Inline Citation
This work cites no author by name. See Commentary below. [edit] Electronic Source
[edit] CommentaryThis work was developed by the publishers to capture family history information from Cumberland County, PA. The preface notes that many of the accompanying sketches were prepared by Jeremiah Zeamer, based on material provided "from those immediately interested", but he is not given authorship on the title page. This work was prepared through subscription, and could be regarded as a "Vanity" publication. Nonetheless, as the publishers note in their preface that "they perpetuate information now [1905] readily obtainable, and hence lightly valued, but easily lost, the value of which is ot always apparent until too late." While such works seldom say anything ill of anyone, they do capture much information that has now been otherwise lost, just as the publishers predicted. Portions of this work appear in later presentations. For example, Source:Huston, 1912 contains long passages that are virtually identical to those in Source:Genealogical Publishing Company, 1905. It is conceivable that the author of the former work (Rankin Huston) contributed this material to Source:Genealogical Publishing Company, 1905, but neither work acknowledges the other. [edit] Usage TipsMay be ordered through the nearest Family History Center. Index of printed biographies available at U.S. GenWeb Archives Special Projects (Pennsylvania, Cumberland Co Bios). [edit] FHL film numbers
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