trying to locate some info on my family...were in ambler pa.till my dad died in 1943...trying to locate his marriage license..parents were married in st. anthonys church...called norristown but they don't have any records there...any help appreciated......thanks mary....

Hello, listers. Those of you who don't belong to the Historical Society of Montgomery County might be interested in the Spring issue of their bulletin, which arrived in my mail box here in the Midwest this afternoon, probably two hours before spring officially ended. But it was worth the wait. There is a fascinating article about Valley Forge, in the time between the Revolution and the 1880s, when it was a fairly successful mill town. Harold R. Twiss has done a remarkable job of researching and documenting the comings and goings of residents and employers in that corner of Upper Merion Township and the way he uses census data and other public records is both interesting and refreshingly accurate. If every township in Montgomery County had an article like Mr. Twiss's written about it, we genealogists would have a much easier time pinpointing our 19th century relatives. Maybe some of the local folks can give us some pointers on how to get a copy of the article without necessarily joining the society (although membership is only $25 annually). Dan