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Long out of print, this book identifies the families who settled the largest of the six pioneer Catholic parishes of Pennsylvania, that of St. Joseph's, which extended from Philadelphia up and down the Delaware, west into Berks County, north into New York, and east throughout New Jersey. Herein the researcher will find data on about 3,000 families and 12,000 family members. ... Read more

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Originally settled by Swedes, Pennsylvania became the single largest land grant to an individual in history when Charles II of England signed it over to William Penn in 1681. The transaction never turned a profit for Penn, but proved fateful - the colony quickly evolved into a nucleus of American politics, culture, and social reform. Complemented by 50 photographs, illustrations, and maps, this concise volume begins with the history of Pennsylvania from the Native American era to colonial times, when Philadelphia served as the birthplace and first capital of a new nation. It then moves through the centuries to explore the oil, coal, iron, and steel industries that developed in the nineteenth century, ending with an overview of modern-day Pennsylvania, with its varied and complex economy and workforce. ... Read more

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The second volume of the great Encyclopedia is complete in itself for the NewJersey and Pennsylvania monthly meetings which were part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.It includes all records of genealogical value, both Orthodox and Hicksite, known to be inexistence for the meetings from the last quarter of the seventeenth century down to the time thework was originally published in 1938. The records are of two principal classes: (1) births anddeaths and (2) minutes and marriages, and they are arranged in alphabetical order, by familyname, under their corresponding monthly meeting. The marriages are arranged by the names ofboth brides and grooms. Also provided are abstracts of Quaker certificates of removal, whichenable genealogists to trace Quaker ancestors from one monthly meeting to another. ... Read more

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Philadelphia area records from the late 1600's thru late 1800's
Large book that would be cumbersome if in hardback.Heavy enough in paperback.Print is typewriter letters but clearly and solidly set on the page.

I took this volume to bed to read but laid it on the bed for support while reading.

It has a general history of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, a page of abbreviations, and a little history of each of the earliest four monthly meetings (Salem NJ, Burlington NJ, Philadelphia PA, Falls-Fallsington,Bucks Co. PA), their records, and where those records are kept.

There is a 135 page family name index with variations of spellings grouped together before all the page numbers are given.

Notice is made of any individuals within a family group entry of a different name.

I had great fun reading it cover to cover.1126 pages including index.

Essential for Quaker Research
INDEX to the Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy 1750-1930 by William Wade Hinshaw.

DearREADERS, "Totally thrilled" describes my feelings as I received my copy of the index to our library's copy of William Wade Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy 1750-1930. This past summer I discovered I have Welsh and English Quaker ancestry in Chester County, PA. (Merion on the Welsh Tract.) Prior to this I'd had no personal experience doing Quaker Research.

When I asked others about Quaker Research, they raved about Mr. Hinshaw's six volume compilation of Friend's Monthly Meeting records listing births, deaths, marriages and removals. That last term refers to entries in the church books when Society of Friends members moved from one area to another. They were removed from the old Monthly Meeting membership in order to join the new group.

We're fortunate to have Mr. Hinshaw's complete set of Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy at our local public library. As I uncover new names to research, I'll be turning again and again to Henshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy.

From the publisher: "William Wade Hinshaw's renowned Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, originally published between 1936 and 1950. Containing approximately 500,000 entries.. each volume ha[s] a separate surname index..."

"Almost no class of records, religious or secular, has been kept as meticulously as the monthly meeting records of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The oldest such records span three centuries of American history and testify to a general movement of population that extended from New England and the Middle Atlantic states southward to Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia; then west to Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The importance of these records cannot be overstated. Not until recently have the vital statistics of Quakers been recorded in civil record offices.

Thus, for more than two centuries, the only vital records identifying these people are to be met with in the Quaker records themselves. Fortunately, the monthly meeting records contain extensive lists of births, marriages, and deaths, as well as details of the removal of members from one meeting to another. (The monthly meeting, during which vital statistics are recorded, is in fact, a business meeting.)"

Painstakingly developed from these monthly meeting records, Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy is the magnum opus of Quaker genealogy.In its production, thousands of records were located and abstracted into a uniform and intelligible system of notation. The data gathered in these volumes of the Encyclopedia are arranged by meeting, then alphabetically by family name, and chronologically thereunder. Volume 1: NORTH CAROLINA Volume II: NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA Volume III: NEW YORK Volume IV: OHIO Volume V: OHIO Volume VI: VIRGINIA"

If as the publisher suggests, 50% of our pre-1850 US ancestors were Quaker, than every researcher needs a personal copy of the index, and every genealogy library needs the six volumeEncyclopedia! ... Read more

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Facsimile Reprint
This is a facsimile reprint.Each page is printed as a high resolution picture of the original page.Processing the pages as pictures is more expensive and takes longer than automated computer Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software that is used for less expensive reprints; however there is no danger of changing the spelling of words or the formatting of text so the book can be used and quoted from for research as if it were an original copy.

While OCR versions have cleaner text and can easily be reformatted to fit different electronic screens (i.e. Kindle versions) they can not be used for accurate research.With detailed genealogical and historical research a misspelled name or location could easily result in weeks, or even years, of wasted research chasing false leads.It is also important to be able to cite your research so it can be verified later and to verify the citations in other people's research before relying on them as evidence.A facsimile version assures that the same information will be found on the exact same page on the copy as on the original.
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Acclaimed as the standard history of the Keystone State, this book has been updated to cover the 1978 gubernatorial election as well as other developments - political, economic, social, and cultural - during the six years since publication of the original edition.Dozens of new illustrations have been added throughout the book, and both the text and the chapter-end bibliographies take account of significant recent scholarship. ... Read more

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it's a good book if you like history!
It's a good information book. It goes way back into Pennsylvania history. It starts with the founder, William Penn. ... Read more

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The Bucks County Recorder of Deeds began the Miscellaneous Docket series in 1785 to record various transactions other than standard transfers of real estate. The transactions in the Miscellaneous Dockets include powers of attorney, releases of executors a ... Read more

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The bulk of this work is composed of marriage records of Union and Snydercounties, viz.: (1) Union County Marriages, 1795-1829; (2) Rev. G.J. Anspach, Marriages,Union County, 1831-50; (3) Rev. J.P. Shindel, Marriages, Snyder and Union Counties, 1835-87;(4) Rev. A.B. Casper, Marriages, Snyder and Union Counties, 1839-82; and (5) Rev. C.G. Erlenmeyer, Marriages, Snyder County, 1840-75. Other sections of the book include miscellaneous marriage records from other central Pennsylvania counties, 1700-1896. In all, about 15,000 brides and grooms are identified. ... Read more

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Among the laws agreed upon in England for the governing of the Province ofPennsylvania was one providing for a registry of marriages, births, and deaths. Marriage licenseswere issued from the Office of the Provincial Secretary, those listed in this work dating from1742. Some earlier registers of licenses and some kept at a later date are missing, yet this workstill features a base list of 6,500 marriages, to which we have added a further 3,500 marriagesfrom articles in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and The PennsylvaniaGenealogical Magazine. All 10,000 marriages are based on public records as opposed to churchrecords. ... Read more

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This historic document is the earliest accounting of Phillipsburg, whose residents were members of Count Leon's New Philadelphia Society (1832-33).Most members had seceded from Georg Rapp's Harmony Society at Economy.The original non-government census, penned in archaic German script, is reproduced in full, each page facing an English translation interspersed with notes.A comprehensive listing of the NPS is appended; by 1833, many had already left Phillipsburg. ... Read more

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The marriage records in this work were compiled from church registers rather thanlicenses. They cover 1685-1810 and comprise about 65,000 entries, arranged for the most partunder both bride and groom. Over half of Vol. I is the marriage records of Christ Church(1709-1810) and Swedes' Church (1750-1810) of Philadelphia. The rest are records fromchurches at Carlisle, Chester, Falkner Swamp, New Hanover, Paxtang, and Derry.Vol. II has marriage records of the First, Second, and Third Presbyterian Churches ofPhiladelphia; Moravian church records of Bethlehem, Emmaus, Litiz, Nazareth, andPhiladelphia; records of various churches in the counties of Bucks and Montgomery; and Quakerrecords of the Monthly Meetings of Buckingham, Falls, Middletown, Philadelphia, Quakertown,Richland, and Wrightstown. Also included are the records of St. Michael's and Zion LutheranChurch (1745-1800) and St. Paul's P.E. Church (1759-1806), both in Philadelphia. ... Read more

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From issues held by the Lancaster County Historical Society & the Library of Congress. Entries of different newspapers sometimes conflicted as to ages, dates, spelling of names etc. These disparities are noted. ... Read more

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Clearfield Company is pleased to publish in the same volume two excerpts from the Pennsylvania Archives that would otherwise have escaped the notice of most genealogical researchers interested in Revolutionary War land grants in Pennsylvania.

In 1754, the colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania entered into a dispute over the ownership of what is today the southwest corner of Pennsylvania. At the time, Virginia's claim, which was encompassed within the boundaries of Augusta County, embraced all of Pennsylvania west of Laurel Hill and included the present-day counties of Westmoreland, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and parts of Allegheny and Beaver. The dispute raged over the course of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War--during which time frontier forts were constructed, rights for land were ceded by Virginia, and settlement waxed and waned--until commissioners for the two states of Virginia and Pennsylvania were appointed in 1780 to draw proper boundaries. Eventually, in 1784, new meridian lines were run confirming the present-day boundaries of the two states.

The first of the two excerpts from the Pennsylvania Archives reprinted here, Virginia Claims to Land in Western Pennsylvania, is a complete list of Virginia land entries in the aforementioned Pennsylvania counties between 1779 and 1780. For each of the 1,300 entries we are given the date of the entry, the name(s) of the parties to the transaction, and occasional references to subsequent transfers of grants, the amount of acreage, and a landmark indicating where the land was situated. Preceding the land records is a fascinating history of the thirty-year dispute between the two colonies/states.

The second excerpt, An Account of the Donation Lands of Pennsylvania, concerns the March 1780 statute enacted by the state legislature granting land in western Pennsylvania to the soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line who served in the Continental Army. The list of eligible soldiers is preceded by an introductory sketch informing us that the donation area comprised parts of the contemporary counties of Lawrence, Butler, Armstrong, Venango, Forest, Warren, Erie, and all of Mercer and Crawford. Here we learn the story of how the lands were surveyed, the terms under which the land could be claimed, contact with Indians in that region, and so forth. The 3,000 members of the Pennsylvania Line entitled to a donation are identified by name, rank, regiment, acreage awarded, and, sometimes, whether the individual claimed the land, was killed in action, relinquished his right to the land, etc. ... Read more

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This is the third volume of Pennsylvania German Church Records, a three-volumeseries which gives the genealogist access to all of the church records ever published in theProceedings and Addresses of the Pennsylvania German Society . These records areindispensable to anyone interested in Pennsylvania-German origins, but until now they havebeen almost impossible to locate as few libraries have a complete file of this scarce serialpublication.In each of the three volumes are births, baptisms, marriages and burials, the records that identifypeople and their relationships to one another--not only parents and children, husbands and wives,but witnesses and sponsors as well. A staggering 125,000 persons are mentioned in theserecords, and every one of them is cited in the new indexes, which have been painstakinglycompiled especially for this publication. The records themselves answer the usual who, whereand when questions, but because of their magnitude, because of the vast number of people whofigure in these records, they must now be accounted, in the aggregate, as the very basis ofPennsylvania-German genealogy. For a complete list of the contents, write the publisher. ... Read more

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Reproduced from the southeast portion of Sayer and Bennett's larger 1775 map of Pennsylvania, entitled "A Map of Pennsylvania...Laid down from Actual Surveys, and Chiefly from the Late Map of W. Scull..." , this map section shows forts, creeks and rivers, wagon roads, trails, the location of religious meetings and many mills, stretching from modern Fulton County in the southwest north to Wyoming County. The populous southeast corner shows the greatest detail, with western and northern areas still mostly wilderness. Berks, Cumberland and Northampton Counties are still vast tracts of land. Black and white map, printed on 18 x 24 paper, folded. ... Read more

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This double sheet set, first issued between 1885 and 1887, depicts the state in extraordinary detail. Tiny communities - often with less than 25 people - are shown, as are the county and township boundaries. In addition, railways, rivers and numerous small creeks and streams are shown and identified. Ideal for use with either mid or late 19th century census records, in both rural and thickly settled areas. Black and white maps, printed on 18 x 24 paper, folded. ... Read more

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A collection of early historical & rare photographs of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania combined with short explanations of each. ... Read more

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These wills were abstracted under the auspices of theHistorical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Every namementioned in the original will is abstracted. (1995), 2003, 5½x8½,index, paper, 327 pp.

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