Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Photograph- A map of the farm attached to the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, 1846-1847, unknown artist. See LCHS Journal, Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 92.
Photograph- A map of the farm attached to the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, 1846-1847, unknown artist. See LCHS Journal, Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 92.
Description
A map of the farm attached to the Poor and House of Employment of the County of Lancaster, 1846-1847, unknown artist. See LCHS Journal, Vol. 102, issue 2/3, page 92.
Group of brewery workers drinking beer posed around a keg. The year 1885 is written on the keg. Possibly workers at Rieker Star Brewery, West King Street, Lancaster. Frank A. Rieker may be the man seated to the right of the keg.
Carte de visite. Young boy sitting on a chair in a photographer's studio. Identified as John Alfred Hornberger, c. 1882. Written on back: "John Hornberger brother".
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
