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Early Marriage Records, Lancaster County, Pa. : copies as shown on church records Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland; Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim Boro and St. John's Lutheran Church, Maytown

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Date of Publication: April 1951

Call Number: 284.1 E121

Responsibility: prepared by the Donegal Chapter of the DAR, Lancaster Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: April 1951

Physical Description: 20 p. : 29 cm.

Notes: Indexed.; Marriages, Trinity Lutheran, 1730-1752; Zion Lutheran, 1780-1812 and St. John's 1827-1832.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County ", Trinity pg. 336 #2A; Zion Evangelical pg. 261 #3 and St. John's Evangelical pg. 117 #3.

Subjects: Trinity Lutheran Church (New Holland, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - New Holland; Registers of births, etc. - Pensylvania - Manheim; Registers of births, etc - Pennsylvania - Maytown

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 E121

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Responsibility: Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;

Date of Publication: 1734 - 1935.

Physical Description: 4 reels ; 35 mm.

Notes: Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.; Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.; Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.; Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.

Additional Author: Britton, William W.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 15, Sec. 1

Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution : records of their marriages and baptisms of their children, in America, performed by the Rev. G.C. Coster, 1776-1783, chaplain of two Hessian regiments

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Author: Coster, G. C.

Date of Publication: 1959.

Call Number: 973.342 D547

Responsibility: translated and abstracted from the German by Marie Dickore.

Author: Coster, G. C.

Place of Publication: Cincinnati

Publisher: The C.J. Krehbiel Co.,

Date of Publication: 1959.

Physical Description: 25 p. ; 26 cm.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - United States.; German Americans.; United StatesÂ Â - HistoryÂ Â - Revolution, 1775-1783Â Â - Participation, German.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries - Registers.

Additional Author: Dickore, Marie Paula.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.342 D547

Baptismal records of St. Michael's Lutheran Church Strasburg, Pa. : from 1753-1816

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Date of Publication: 1954

Call Number: 284.1 S146

Responsibility: translated and typed by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Heisey.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: the authors,

Date of Publication: 1954

Physical Description: 24 p., 41 p., 12 l : 29 cm.

Notes: Baptisms 1753-1869 with surname index; burials 1816-1869; baptisms 1862-1896; and burials 1861-1895.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 397 #1.

Subjects: St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Strasburg; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Strasburg

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 S146

Archive

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Collection: Auto Racing Collection

Title: Auto Racing Collection

Object ID: MG0137

Date Range: 1932-1987

: The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about

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Collection: Auto Racing Collection

Title: Auto Racing Collection

Description: The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about a benefit for the Williams Grove Old-Timers Association.

Admin/Biographical History: J. Earl Way (1907-1997) of Salunga, Pennsylvania was a barber, dance instructor, and local band leader. He was also involved in auto racing, was a race promoter at Landisville Speedway, and wrote articles about racing for several newspapers. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43953963/obituary-for-j-earl-way-aged-89/

Date Range: 1932-1987

Year Range From: 1932

Year Range To: 1987

Date of Accumulation: 1932-1987

Creator: Way, J. Earl, 1907-1997

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Acker, Ralph; Barzda, Joe; Bennet, W.; Bob, Gert; Bob, Joe; Bonmoyer, Herry; Brubaker, Allen; Chittwood, Joe; Cooper, Joe; Cooper, Russel; Culp, Dutch; Dotter, Clyde; Emery, E.; Emery, L. D.; Fritz, Ben; Gable, Bill; Gasta, Al; Gensler, Le Roy; Graham, Ray; Greer, Adam; Greer, Wilbur; Hamilton. Les; Heister, Duer; Herman, George; Holland, Bill; Horn, Ted; Keenig, Len; Kelcher, Ammon; Kline, Ted; Kolas, Fred; Light, Mark; Martin, Jack; Matera, Johnny; McClanagan, Don; Menke, Bill; Meyer, Newt; Miller, Paul; Mowery, Earl; Myers, Chares; Shollenberger, Ray "Dutch"; Shoop, Bill; Spahr, Russel; Stine, Ottis; Trissler, John; Way, Ardella; Way, Betsy; Way, Betty; Way, Fern; Way, John Earl; Way, Steven; Wentz, Walt; Wilt, Dave; Wolf, M. J.; Young, Paul

Subjects: Advertisements; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing--Accidents; Automobiles; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Programs (Publications); Racetracks (Automobile racing); Stock car drivers

Search Terms: Advertisements; Automobile racing; Automobile racing drivers; Automobile racing--Accidents; Automobiles; Bird-in-Hand, East Lampeter Twp.; Bird-in-Hand Speedway; Bishop's Café; Cars; Central Speedway; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Columbia; Finding aids; Greer's Motor Dome; Landisville, East Hempfield Twp.; Landisville Speedway; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Manuscript groups; Newspaper clippings; Lancaster Fairgrounds; Pennsylvania Casualty Company; Programs; R. R. Graybill's Garage; Racetracks; Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Russ Cooper's Riley Special; Sambler Special; Speedways; Star Beer Special A V8 Ford; Statistics; Stock car drivers; Williams Grove Old Timers; Wyomissing, Berks County, Pennsylvania; Young Bros.

Extent: 1 box, 7 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0137

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Auto Racing Collection (MG0137), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-137

Classification: MG0137

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed and finding aid prepared by AS, 1999. Finding aid typed by KS, March 2013. Added to database 25 September 2021.

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Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

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Author: McElwain, Madison E.

Date of Publication: 1956]

Call Number: 285.1 M627 index

Alternate Title: Middle Octorara presbyterian cemeteries old and new, United Presbyterian 1717, taken from Faith and Works by Madison E. McElwain, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Penna.

Author: McElwain, Madison E.

Place of Publication: [Manheim? Pa

Date of Publication: 1956]

Physical Description: 582 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Library has a photocopy of the cemetery abstract (p. 451-581) with index added locally,and an updated abstract incorporating new graves (no date).

Subjects: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.); Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania.; Registers of birth, etc., Lancaster County, Pa.; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 M627 index

Archive

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Search Terms: A. Geist and Son Adams County, Pennsylvania Albert Pick Company Births Bismarck, North Dakota Blue Ball Bank Blue Ball, East Earl Twp. Calling cards Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Coatesville, Chester

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents 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 collection 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

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York; a record of the early gravestones and their inscriptions

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Author: Perry, William Graves,

Date of Publication: 1953.

Call Number: 974.727 T192

Author: Perry, William Graves,

Place of Publication: [Boston]

Date of Publication: 1953.

Physical Description: 175 p. illus., fold. map. 23 cm.

Notes: "Privately printed as a contribution ... to the permanent records of the First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, New York."; "In 1926 the History Research Society of the Tappan Zee had published ... 'The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow' ... a partial record."

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - New York (State) - Tarrytown.; Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (North Tarrytown, N.Y.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.727 T192

Swiss emigrants & Huguenots Emigrants to the Palatinate & America and Huguenots in the Palatinate and Germany (In German)

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Author: Macco, Hermann Friedrich,

Date of Publication: 1954

Call Number: Drawer 1, Sec. 4: #404 & #405

Alternate Title: Swiss emigrants to the Palatinate in Germany and to America, 1650-1800, and Huguenots in the Palatinate and German

Responsibility: information compiled by the late professor Dr. Hermann Friedrich Macco, Aachen.

Author: Macco, Hermann Friedrich,

Place of Publication: Salt Lake City

Publisher: Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [comp.],

Date of Publication: 1954

Physical Description: 6 vols.

Notes: Reel 404: volume 1, A-C; volume 2, D-G; volume 3, H-L; Reel 405: volume 4, M-R; volume 5, S-Z; volume 6, INDEX; Microfilm. Salt Lake City : Genealogical Society of the Churgh of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1970 2 reels, 35 mm.

Subjects: Huguenots - Germany - Palatinate.; Immigrants - United States - Registers.; Registers of births, etc. - United States.; Switzerland - Emigration and immigration.; Palatinate (Germany) - Emigration and immigration.; United States - Emigration and immigration.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 1, Sec. 4: #404 & #405

Early marriage records 1731 to 1850 Inc. of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 1950.

Call Number: 284.1 T833Lh

Responsibility: Prepared by the Donegal Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: 1950.

Physical Description: v.p. : 29cm.

Notes: Indexed.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 194 #1.

Subjects: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster

Additional Corporate Author: Donegal Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 T833Lh

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Early Marriage Records, Lancaster County, Pa. : copies as shown on church records Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland; Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim Boro and St. John's Lutheran Church, Maytown

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18083

Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13303

Hessian soldiers in the American Revolution : records of their marriages and baptisms of their children, in America, performed by the Rev. G.C. Coster, 1776-1783, chaplain of two Hessian regiments

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2093

Baptismal records of St. Michael's Lutheran Church Strasburg, Pa. : from 1753-1816

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1524

Archive

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Documents

Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2050

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2e7b5e2e-f7c0-45c1-925f-944649511343

Documents

The old Dutch burying ground of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York; a record of the early gravestones and their inscriptions

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2909

Swiss emigrants & Huguenots Emigrants to the Palatinate & America and Huguenots in the Palatinate and Germany (In German)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16782

Early marriage records 1731 to 1850 Inc. of the Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1537