Hi Listers: Just got back from a visit at the Cumberland County Historical Society. I was searching through some turn of the century records of deaths at the Cumberland County Home [aka Poor House, Asylum, Hospital, etc.] and found the answer to my "own" question that I posted several months ago concerning: What is an S.A.B. when it pertains to a burial or was in the area on a death register for the place of burial? Well, while looking through the original death records, I found that many of the persons were simply listed as "S.A.B." or "S.A.B., Philadelphia" - this area was normally marked as who took the body and where it was buried. Later on, around 1913 it was written out as "Shipped as Anatomical Body to Philadelphia". I even found a Dr. A. LAWSON, Secretary of S.A.B., Philadelphia who examined one of the bodies before it was buried by the family. Now, another question: Was there a medical research laboratory or medical school in Philadelphia that would have need for so many bodies??? Hope this will help other researchers out there! Happy New Year to you and yours! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA.