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Claim

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Municipal Liens

Object ID: RG 01-00 0205

Date Range: 1876-1901

Swartzwelder, J. B. and Morrow, Robert Lancaster Plum Street 1879 2, 167 25 2 Silvius, Conrad, Estate of Lancaster South Queen Street 1879 2, 168 12 2 Snyder, Adam Lancaster Grant Street and West King Street 1879 2, 168 4 2 Shaffner, John Lancaster Manor Street 1879 2, 169 105 2 Short, Bernard Lancaster South

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Municipal Liens

Description: Documents filed with the Court of Common Pleas by municipalities in Lancaster County placing liens on real estate. The overwhelming majority were filed by the City of Lancaster. The next greatest number were filed by the Borough of Columbia. Other liens were filed by the boroughs of Adamstown, Ephrata, New Holland, Quarryville, Strasburg, and Washington. The liens show docket book and page numbers, the name of property owner, and then describe the location and size of the property along with buildings and improvements, the amount of money in question, and the cause for the assessment. These documents were recorded in Municipal Lien Docket Books 2 through 5, and are arranged in the order they appear therein. This leads to an oddity in filing order, in that the last 45 liens in Book 4 fall out of chronological sequence, overlapping and extending slightly beyond the dates of the liens in Book 5. Handwritten, plus a very few typewritten.

Date Range: 1876-1901

Year Range From: 1876

Year Range To: 1901

Date of Accumulation: 1876-1901

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subjects: African Americans--History; Liens; Real property; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Adamstown; Columbia; Court of Common Pleas; Ephrata; Lancaster; Liens; Municipal liens; New Holland; Persons of color; Quarryville; Real estate; Strasburg; Washington Boro

Extent: 6 boxes

Object Name: Claim

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0205

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Information for each lien has been recorded in an Excel Spreadsheet which is available in the Research Center and the attached PDF.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0205

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

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Petition

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds

Object ID: RG 01-00 [1840]

Date Range: 1783-1902

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds

Description: Petitions from landowners to the Court of Common Pleas requesting an order to the sheriff to issue deeds for property purchased at the previous sheriff's land sales. Petitions show names of petitioner, former owner, and former sheriff; signature of petitioner; a brief description of the property; location; purchase price; and date. Most are handwritten on printed forms.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by purchaser's name.

Date Range: 1783-1902

Year Range From: 1783

Year Range To: 1902

Date of Accumulation: 1783, 1800, 1823-1827, 1895, 1902

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County); Petitions; Real property

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Petitions; Real estate; Sheriff's sales; Sheriffs

Extent: 1 Box

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 [1840]

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Petitions to Make Sheriff's Deeds may be searched in the online collection database. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 [1840]

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Civil Case Papers, Divorce Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 2308 Microfilm

Date Range: 1873-1997

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Civil Case Papers, Divorce Papers

Description: Papers filed with the Court of Common Pleas during all proceedings of a civil case. Civil cases are non-criminal cases usually involving property rights, such as divorce, but also include injury and worker's compensation cases. Records may include pleadings, depostitions, commissions and interrogatories, warrants of attorney in every action, notes of testimony, reports of auditors, assignees, court rulings. Photographs and other forms of evidence may appear with the records. Documents show names of parties, dates, case number, and nature of plea.

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, then by case number.

Date Range: 1873-1997

Year Range From: 1873

Year Range To: 1997

Date of Accumulation: 1873-1997

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Court records; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court cases; Court of Common Pleas; Court records; Depositions

Extent: 3702 reels of microfilm

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 2308 Microfilm

Copies: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Only available on microfilm. See microfilm finding aid.; For the year 1997, the microfilm boxes are labeled LC1997 and the cases are still identified as CI-1997.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 2308

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Record, Bookkeeping

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Moneys Ruled into Court Book

Object ID: RG 01-00 [1920]

Date Range: 1836-1938

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Moneys Ruled into Court Book

Description: These volumes contain records of moneys ruled into court (money paid to winner of court case by loser). Lists names of plaintiff and defendant, summary of case, date, and court term. Also includes amount paid.; Contents and Object IDs:; Vol. 1 (1836) RG 01-00 [1920]-005; Vol. 2 (1888-1938) RG 01-00 [1920]-010; Vol. 3 (loose papers from v. 2) RG 01-00 [1920]-010 loose papers

System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Date Range: 1836-1938

Year Range From: 1836

Year Range To: 1938

Date of Accumulation: 1836-1938

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives North

Subjects: Judgments; Payment; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court cases; Court of Common Pleas; Judgments; Payments

Extent: 3 volumes

Object Name: Record, Bookkeeping

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 [1920]

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 [1920]

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 03 Feb 2024.

Petition

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Petitions

Object ID: RG 01-00 0103

Date Range: 1800-1940

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Petitions

Description: Petitions filed for admission to citizenship. Documents may contain: petition number, date, name, nationality, declaration of intention, oath of allegiance, affidavits of witnesses, date admitted in court, and official signatures. Twentieth century petitions may include notes of testimony.

System of Arrangement: Arranged numerically by petition number.

Date Range: 1800-1940

Creation Date: 1800-1940

Year Range From: 1800

Year Range To: 1940

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Naturalization--United States; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Immigration; Naturalization papers; Notes of testimony

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Petition

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0103

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0103

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Testimony

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Notes of Testimony

Object ID: RG 01-00 0129

Date Range: 1907-1940

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Naturalization Notes of Testimony

Description: Stenographic notes taken in naturalization proceedings, showing court term; petition number; names of petitioner, judge, and attorneys; nature of testimony; place of birth; official signatures; and date filed.

System of Arrangement: Arranged numerically by petition number.

Date Range: 1907-1940

Creation Date: 1907-1940

Year Range From: 1907

Year Range To: 1940

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Immigration; Notes of testimony

Extent: Microfilm

Object Name: Testimony

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 0129

Location of Originals: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 0129

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Judgment

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Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Judgment Papers

Object ID: RG 01-00 1730

Date Range: 1899-1986

Collection: Lancaster County Historical Government Records

Title: Judgment Papers

Description: Papers filed in judgment proceedings, where the court made the final decision after a lawsuit, showing court term, case number, names of parties and attorneys, nature of claims, amount involved, and date filed.

System of Arrangement: Arranged by court term, then numerically by case number.

Date Range: 1899-1986

Year Range From: 1899

Year Range To: 1986

Date of Accumulation: 1899-1986

Creator: Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, Office of the Prothonotary

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Microfilm Room

Subjects: Judgments; Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Lancaster County)

Search Terms: Court of Common Pleas; Judgments

Extent: 236 reels of microfilm

Object Name: Judgment

Language: English

Object ID: RG 01-00 1730

Copies: Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection, Title and Object ID, Box #, Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Only available on microfilm. See microfilm finding aid.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please request at Reference Desk or Research@LancasterHistory.org.

Copyright: Copies of historic Lancaster County, Pennsylvania government records held by LancasterHistory may be published without special permission. There is no fee for publication. Proper credit lines are encouraged in the interest of good documentation.

Credit: Courtesy of Lancaster County Archives and LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Classification: RG 01-00 1730

Description Level: Series

Custodial History: Added to database 09 December 2023.

Archive

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Object ID: MG0237

Date Range: 1880-2003

• Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 5 Deed from Albert F. Witmer, substituted Fiduciary of the Trust Mortgage Pool of the Lancaster Trust Company to Watt and Shand, Inc. for the property of Number 12 East King Street on the South side of East King Street between

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Collection: Watt & Shand Collection

Title: Watt & Shand Collection

Description: The Watt & Shand Collection contains materials related to the Watt & Shand Department Store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.; Series 1 includes employee handbooks, job description, beauty salon price list, bridal registry information, a history of the store, a Christmas catalog, a Historic Preservation Trust calendar, and children's books.; Series 2 is a record of the property at the downtown location and at Park City Mall beginning in 1880 with deeds, legal agreements, a building inspector's permit, and insurance policies.

Admin/Biographical History: On 22 February 1878, Peter Watt, James Shand and Gilbert Thompson advertised the opening of a new store, The New York Store, featuring new lines of foreign and domestic dry goods as well as fancy goods and notions. The New York Store opened on 9 March 1878 and was an immediate success focusing on customer service. The owners had an unwritten policy stating that they remained open until the last customer left. During that first year, partner Gilbert Thompson died. Watt and Shand purchased a building located at 8-10 East King Street and changed their name from The New York Store to Watt, Shand and Company. Then during 1885, the store name was shortened to Watt & Shand even though the business was expanding to acquire 6 East King Street. The Ladies' Ready-To-Wear Department was added in 1889 which included coats, suits, dresses, and underwear. The owners proceeded to expand the business over several decades and procured Appel & Weber jewelry store and Hager's Department Store during the 1950s and 1960s. The branch store opened in 1970 at Park City Mall. The Bon-Ton Stores purchased Watt & Shand in 1992 and the store officially closed in March of 1995

System of Arrangement: This collection is arranged by series.; Series 1 Items collected by LancasterHistory; Series 2 Gift of Penn Square Partners

Date Range: 1880-2003

Year Range From: 1880

Year Range To: 2003

Date of Accumulation: 1880-2003

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 06

People: Ammon, Cora Mae Fox; Ammon, John M.; Appel, Eva Rengier; Appel, Percy L.; Baker, Miriam Rengier; Bell, Louise Price; Berger, R. R.; Blatchley, Charles A.; Breyers, C. J.; Buchanan, James; Drukenbrod, Lee Roy; Fehl, J. Herbert; Frantz, I. E.; Fritz, C. C.; Goodhart, E. C.; Groff, Alpheaus S.; Groff, Ella L.; Hermansader, T. F.; Hirsh, Bertha; Hirsh, Gabriel; Hostetter, D. B.; Lively, Henry; Long, Jacob M.; Loss, Natalie M.; Loss, Nathan; Marshall, Elizabeth H. W.; Marshall, Elizabeth Weber; Marshall, George A.; Marshall, George W.; Marshall, Maria L. Good; May, Jennie H.; Miller, E. N.; Myers, Harry; Myers, Maria; Myers, Patricia Marshall; Myrtetus, George B.; Noonan, Ella O.; Noonan, Raymond Smith; Prangley, James; Reed, George R.; Reichley, Jacob Christian; Reifsnyder, Arden P.; Reifsnyder, Christine Kauffman; Rengier, Charles F.; Rengier, John S.; Rohrer, Adelaide C. Crohen; Rohrer, George Redsecker; Rohrer, Jeremiah; Rohrer, Mary Ann Redsecker; Roth, George R.; Rupert, L. H.; Schaller, Kimberly; Shand, James; Shand, Thomas Marshall; Sherrill, Anita B.; Sherrill, S. Edward; Short, Edwin P.; Skyllas, Drossos A.; Slaymaker, Peter J. Eckert; Stiles, H. A.; Stirk, Isaac; Stirk, Sarah C.; Swarr, Donald; Urban, Cassius Emlen; Watt, Laura Louise Geiger; Watt, Peter T.; Weber, May H.; Wisegarver, Harry P.; Witmer, Albert F.

Other Creators: Watt & Shand Department Store (Pa.)

Subjects: Advertising; Architectural drawings; Blueprints; Building leases; Calendars; Catalogs; Deeds; Department stores; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Letters; Menus; Newsletters; Penn Square (Lancaster, Pa.); Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail

Search Terms: A and S Realty and Investment Corporation; A. B. Rote & Co.; Advertising; Agreements; Air conditioning; American Blower Corporation; Appel & Weber; Architectural plans; Automatic Sprinkler Corporation of America; Awards; Blueprints; Bon-Ton; Bon-Ton Beauty Salon; Booklets; C. J. Breyer and Associates, Inc.; Calendars; Catalogs; Central Automatic Sprinkler Company; Certificates; Columbia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Commonwealth Title Company of Philadelphia; Correspondence; Deeds; Department stores; DUSCO Property Management, Inc.; East Hempfield Twp.; Employee handbooks; Employees; Ephemera; Escalators; Finding aids; Fire sprinklers; Floorplans; Gatter and Diehl Consulting Engineers; Gift certificates; Ground-rent; Hager and Bro., Inc.; Hager Realty Corporation; Heating and ventilation systems; Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County; Historical markers; Insurance policies; Job descriptions; Kroll Electric Company, Inc.; Lancaster; Lancaster Parking Authority; Lancaster Trust Company; Leases; Letters; Manuscript groups; Menus; Mortgages; Newsletters; Oblender's Furnishing, Inc.; Park City Mall; Penn Square; Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania Power and Light Company; Permits; Poetry; PPL; Price lists; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company; Reynolds and Reynolds Company; Scrapbooks; Stores, Retail; Total Energy Leasing Corporation; Trion, Inc.; Watt and Shand; Workers' Compensation Act; York Corporation

Extent: 4 boxes, 59 folders, 1 scrapbook, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0237

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Folder 2 contains restricted items. With the exception of Folder 2, the items in this collection may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-237

Classification: MG0237

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Scrapbook cataloged by CB, 2008. Series 2, Folder 1-48 cataloged by ML, Summer 2014. Added to database 13 January 2022.; The Watt & Shand Department Store scrapbook was cataloged and preserved with funding from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. ME60112.

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Claim

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Petition

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Archive

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Record, Judicial

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Record, Bookkeeping

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Petition

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Testimony

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Judgment

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Archive

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