Various County officials lined up to shake hands with a man and woman. Ben Weaver, Commissioner, Brenda Swingler, Clerk of Quarter Sessions, Paul Paes, Register of Wills are the only identifiable officials.
Lancaster's southeast quadrant, the seventh ward, shown with members of Lancaster City Council and Redevelopment Authority tour the area to be cleared in the 1960s. Mayor George Coe, with paper in paper in pocket, leads the group. W. Hensel Brown, Jr. is on the sidewalk at left.
Fencibles and Patriot Daughters re-enactment during Civil War Centennial: Vincent Nolt, Mrs. Howard Shertzer, Mrs. Edward N. Constein and Charles R. Krantz
Pirates Cruise to Valley Forge Military Academy, May 8, 1969. Front from left: General Milton Baker, General Daniel Strickler, Chief Wally Davis, Doug Darmstetter, Sam Slaymaker, A. C. Darmstetter. Rear from left: Miles Kieffer, Ray Hall, Dick Ladner, Ralph Hill, Harry Espenshade, Ira Honeman
Inventories of estates show name of decedent and township, date filed, itemized list of possessions and assets, appraised valuation, and signatures and affidavit of appraisers and administrators. Administrators' Accounts and Administrators' Bonds are also filed with this collection prior to 1776. Other estate related papers sometimes included before 1776 were: Orphans' Court papers, Renunciations, and Vendue Lists. Inventories were sometimes filed with the wills and may be at the courthouse. Appraisers often included widow's allotments in the inventories. Any additional information such as occupation, cause of death, or the listing of enslaved persons or indentured servants are noted in the database.
Prior to 1752, documents between the months of January and March were subject to double dating, as a result of the conflict between the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Therefore, documents filed between 1 January and 25 March have two years listed; one from the old Julian calendar and one from the new Gregorian calendar.
System of Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each letter.
Group of students planting a tree at Lancaster County Historical Society, Nov. 27, 1965. Identified are: Carolyn Hoober, Louis Hassoldt, William Hassoldt, Alice Zimmerman and Philip Hammond.
