Milk Book, Heilman Dale Creamery, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

This is an original ledger book that came from the Heilman Dale Creamery in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The Heilman Dale Creamery was started in 1883 by ten local men. The book starts in May 1887 and ends in December 1887. It has 189 pages and contains the names of many local farmers who were selling milk to the creamery at that time.

This ledger book is a great genealogy resource for the Heilman Dale, Lebanon County area of Pennsylvania and as a census substitute for the missing 1890 census. A lookup in this book gives you all pages with your ancestor's name! What fascinating details you can add to your ancestor story.

The book's pages survive only as photographed scans (not yet transcribed) — see the gallery below.