County and family histories: Pennsylvania, 1740-1900
Pennsylvania 1740-1900
ISBN
1579440932 :
Place of Publication
Novato, CA
Publisher
Brøderbund,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
2 computer laser optical discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's manual (23 p. ; 13 cm.)
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Disc is c1998.
"Family Tree Maker's Family Archives"--Container insert.
"CD #193."
"Family Archive CD 193"--Container.
Summary
"Contains images of the pages of fourteen comprehensive books of Pennsylvania county and family histories. Many of these volumes were published by their authors and printed in very small quantities for limited distribution, making them difficult to locate and research. The information is also valuable because statewide registration of births and deaths was not required in Pennsylvania prior to 1906. These detailed volumes contain genealogical data on approximately 275,000 Pennsylvania residents and their families... "--Container.
1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's manual (23 p. : 13 cm.).
Notes
Title and version from disc surface.
"CD #196."
Summary
Contains ca. 476,000 individuals who lived in or who were born in Southeastern Pennsylvania before 1800. The records, found in 213 church, meeting and pastoral records were compiled by John T. Humphrey and published in the 13 volume set "Pennsylvania births".
1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's manual (19 p. ; 13 cm.)
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Disc is c1996.
"Family Tree Maker's Family Archives"--Container insert.
"CD #163."
"Family Archive CD 163"--Container.
Summary
"Contains images of all three volumes of Genealogies of Pennsylvania families from The Pennsylvania genealogical magazine, and one volume of Genealogies of Pennsylvania families from The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography ... contain several hundred family history articles and Bible records, and reference approximately 62,000 individuals from Pennsylvania as well as the Delaware Valley ... "--Container.
1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's manual (19 p. ; 13 cm.)
Notes
"Family Tree Maker's Family Archives"--Container insert.
Title from disc surface.
"CD #172."
"Family Archive CD 172"--Container.
Summary
"Contains images of virtually every article on births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths that ever appeared in the two most important Pennsylvania periodicals, The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography and The Pennsylvania genealogical magazine ... primarily cover the time period from about 1740-1830 and reference more than 87,000 individuals. For the period prior to 1820, they offer researchers one of the best opportunities for making ancestral connections in Pennsylvania ..."--Container.
Genealogical records : The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Volumes 1-39
Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vols. 1-39
ISBN
1579441092
Place of Publication
[Novato, CA]
Publisher
Brøderbund Software,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's manual (23 p. : 13 cm.)
Series
Family tree maker's family archives ;
Notes
Title from disc surface.
"CD #213."
Summary
Contains images of the pages of volumes 1 through 39 of The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine plus four supplements. Published by the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. Contains book reviews, methodological case studies, discussions of major resources, family histories and genealogies, and research guides. Originally published between 1895 and 1995, it includes information on approximately 343,000 individuals. Information is from Society of Friends meeting minutes, death records, correspondence, personal histories, census records, church records, etc. Includes name index.
A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc
