I first became interested in genealogy when I was about twelve. It was then that my paternal grandmother first introduced me to a book entitled Genealogy of the Fell Family in America Descended from Joseph Fell. This book, which was published in 1891, included my grandfather, Charles McConnell Lightburn. I was struck by the time span covered by the book—nearly three hundred years—and was fascinated by the fact that all of the people in that book were related to one another and to me either by blood or marriage! My grandmother later gave me that book, and it became the first book in my genealogical library. My grandfather and my great-aunt Mary told me that their father had fought for the North during the Civil War by the side of his older brother, who was a brigadier general. This fascinated me. They also told me that there was a town in West Virginia called Lightburn. I couldn’t wait to find it on a map! My own genealogical research did not begin until the late 1970s when I requested the Civil War records of my great grandfather, Calvin Luther Lightburn, and his brothers from the National Archives. During the 1980s, I continued my research, albeit at a very low level of activity. It was not until the early 1990s when I moved to the Washington, DC, area that I became intensively involved in—some might even say addicted to—genealogy. The resources in the Washington, DC, area are extensive, and I ended up spending many happy (and sometimes frustrating) hours conducting research in the National Archives, Library of Congress, and the library of the Daughters of the American Revolution. By 1999, I had amassed a great deal of genealogical information, most of which was stuffed in cardboard boxes. I was encouraged to put what I had on paper by Faye M. (Brown) Lightburn, who had published her book, Revolutionary Soldier Samuel Brown and Some of his Family in 1993. So after attending several related sessions at the National Genealogical Society Conference in the States, which was held that year in Providence, Rhode Island, I finally screwed up my courage and plunged in. I published the original book in 2003. This book is the second and probably last edition.

Westmoreland County Pennsylvania Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 535 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. Contains complete information on Acme Dam Lake Alleghany River (F) Baldwin Creek Bear Pond Hollow Run Bearpen Hollow Run Big Swickley Creek (F) Bridgeport Dam Lake Brush Creek (F) Camp Run Conemaugh River (F) Conemaugh River Lake Coyote Hollow Run Crabtree Creek (F) Dyke Hollow Run Fish Run Four Mile Run (F) Freeman Run Furnace Run Grove Run Hannas Run Hendricks Creek Hess Run Hypocrite Creek Indian Creek (F) Indian Lake Jacobs Creek (F) Keystone Lake Kiskiminetas River (F) Lake Donegal Laughlintown Run Laurel Hill Creek Left Fork Mill Creek Linn Run Little Killbuck Run Little Paint Creek Little Run Loves Hollow Run Lower Burrell Park Pond Loyalhanna Creek (F) Loyalhanna Creek Lake Macks Run Mammoth Lake McCullen Run Mill Creek (F) Mill Creek Right Fork Monongahelia River (F) Naugle Run Noels Creek North Fork Mill Creek Northmoreland Lake Pike Run Poplar Run Powdermill Run Powdermill Run # 2 Right Fork Mill Creek Rock Run Sawmill Run Shannon Run Slate Lick Run Snyder Run South Fork Mill Creek Trout Run Tub Mill Creek (F) Turtle Creek Twin Lakes White Oak Run Youghiogheny River (F) (*) are floatable or canoeable rivers or streams)

The sketches in this book, numbering approximately 2,250 and naming a total of 50,000 related persons, generally treat subjects who were born in the early nineteenth century, with reference to immediate forebears of the late eighteenth century. The sketches typically mention the date and place of birth and marriage of the principal subject, the place of birth of his parents and often grandparents, sometimes the name of the first ancestor in America, and details of religion, education, military service, occupation, home, and residence.