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We encourage you to create pages for your Hilltown ancestors. We currently have two templates to choose from including a new Civil War Soldier template. For additional help editing the biography template including adding photographs and documents visit Instructions for Biographies.

Please respect the privacy of living Hilltowners.

Biography Templates

Two templates are included below. The first is for anyone, and the third is a new template for Civil War Soldiers. The Civil War template has a special section for military service date. View the Template Examples to see which you prefer, then click the appropriate Use This Template link to create your page.

Biography Template Example:Template in Use Use This Template
Civil War Soldier Biography Template Example:Template in Use Use This Template
Blank Template for transferring Bios Use This Template

Creating Biographies

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When creating biographies, they should contain the following information:

  • Birth dates and location
  • Parents names
  • Occupations
  • Marriage date and location
  • Information on children
  • Death date and location
  • Burial location

You are not limited to just this information! Add whatever you know and think should be there. Other things you may choose to include may be:

  • Military service
  • Hobbies
  • Organizations
  • Education information
  • Places they resided