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Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1887 F053

Date Range: 1887

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: 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.

Date Range: 1887

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1887

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0014

People: Greider, Anna; Greider, John F.; Erb, Israel G.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lititz, Warwick Twp.

Place: Lititz, Warwick Twp.

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1887 F053

Box Number: 014

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Greider, John F.; Administrator: Erb, Israel G.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Probate

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Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Object ID: Ren 1870 F015

Date Range: 1870

Collection: Renunciations

Title: Renunciations

Description: 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.

Date Range: 1870

Date of Accumulation: 1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906

Year: 1870

Creator: Register of Wills

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0009

People: Conn, Philip; Myers, Jonas; Conn, Sarah Ann

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Renunciation; Lititz, Warwick Twp.

Place: Lititz, Warwick Twp.

Extent: 12 cubic feet

Object Name: Probate

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Ren 1870 F015

Box Number: 009

Associated Material: Administrators Accounts; Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers

Additional Notes: Renouncer: Myers, Jonas.; Administrator: Conn, Sarah Ann.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.

Classification: RG 03-00 0115

Description Level: Item

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

Hanover, York County Hershey, Derry Twp., Dauphin County Ironville, West Hempfield Twp. J. G. Brill Co. Kinport Road Lancaster Lancaster & York Street Railway Company Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company Lancaster, Elizabethtown

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

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-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-12-02-22

Date Range: c. 1925

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: John K. Galebach had a P. U. C. permit for a bus line from Penryn to Lititz from 1925 to 1940. He also took charter trips for employees of local factories to amusement parks for company picnics in this c. 1925 REO bus. Also in front of the bus is W. Tafton Weachter.

Provenance: Original image owned by Karen Haldeman.

Date Range: c. 1925

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Galebach, John K.; Weachter, W. Tafton

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Buses; Penryn, Penn Twp.; Lititz

Place: Penn Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Object ID: 2-12-02-22

Notes: Donated for "Lancaster at Play" photograph book.

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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: JAN 1807 F004 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1807

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Brecknock Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Little Britain Twp.; Sadsbury Twp.; Bart Twp.; Salisbury Twp.; Elizabeth Twp.; Warwick Twp.; Manor Twp.; Drumore Twp.; Martic Twp.; Rapho Twp.; Lancaster

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: JAN 1807 F004 QS

Additional Notes: Return of tavernkeepers.; 13 items, 13 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

List

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I008

Date Range: 1921

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1921

Year: 1921

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Cocalico Bridge; Colerain Twp.; Culverts; East Cocalico Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Lists; Octoraro Bridge; Pequea Bridge; Pequea Twp.; Providence Twp.; Schoeneck Culvert; Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County; Warwick Twp.; West Cocalico Twp.; West Earl Twp.

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I008

Box Number: 013

Additional Notes: Document type: List of bids for bridge construction.; 1. Octoraro No. 2.5; [Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County]; 2. Cocalico No. 1; [East Cocalico Twp. and West Cocalico Twp.]; 3. Pequea No. 15; [Pequea Twp. and Providence Twp.]; 4. Schoeneck [Culvert]; [Lancaster County]; 5. Cocalico No. 7; [Warwick Twp. and West Earl Twp.]; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324; Bridge F0905 I008

Description Level: Item

Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1803 F001 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1803

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Thompson, Nathan; Bumbagh, John; Withers, John; Moorehead, William; Stroh, Philip; Bricker, John

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Treasurers; Returns; Liquor License; Bart Twp.; Donegal Twp.; Hempfield Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Warwick Twp.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1803 F001 QS

Additional Notes: Treasurer's return, regarding liquor license.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-20-05-53

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Bridge #0 over Hammer Creek on Brunnerville Road - 75 feet long, built in 1908.

Provenance: Photographs taken by Lancaster County during bridge repair work. Gift of Gordon Reed.

Year Range From: 1920

Year Range To: 1929

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Search Terms: Hammer Creek; Bridges; Brunnerville, Warwick Twp.

Place: Elizabeth Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3.25 x 5.5 inches

Object ID: 1-20-05-53

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Record, Judicial

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Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

Object ID: NOV 1808 F003 QS

Collection: Quarter Sessions

Title: Quarter Sessions

System of Arrangement: Organized by Court of Quarter Sessions term.; Arranged by case number within each term.

Year: 1808

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Quarter Sessions; Taverns; Returns; Drumore Twp.; Lampeter Twp.; Strasburg Twp.; Lancaster; Manor Twp.; Warwick Twp.

Object Name: Record, Judicial

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: NOV 1808 F003 QS

Additional Notes: Tavern Returns for Drumore Twp., Lampeter Twp., Strasburg Twp., Lancaster, Manor Twp., Warwick Twp.; 6 items, 6 pieces

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0908

Description Level: Item

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Probate

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