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[Colonial records of Pennsylvania]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20686
Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Call Number
974.8 P415
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Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Printed by T. Fenn,
Date of Publication
1838-1853.
Physical Description
16 volumes illustrations (volumes 7) tables 22 cm
Notes
The first three volumes of the Colonial records are from the first edition. Their pagination does not correspond to the references from Dunn's "Index to the Colonial Records". Dunn's index refers to the second edition. Patrons can find the second editions of volumes 1-3 online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010447960. A link to this webpage is near the bottom of this library record. Look for the field "Electronic Location".
Collection of documents, supplemented by the companion series "Pennsylvania archives". (See preliminary reports of the committees, and of the editors, S. Hazard, and the Act providing for the publication, 1837, in Pennsylvania archives, v. 1, p. 1-23, especially p. 7 and 17-23, where the present collection is officially designated as the "Colonial records", a title not used in printing, the volumes having special titles only, as given in "Contents" below).
Errors in paging: nos. 158-167, 499 ommitted, v. 3; nos. 209-224 repeated, v. 16; numerous other errors.
V. 12, minutes of the Supreme executive council from May 21, 1779-July 12, 1781; v. 13, July 13, 1781-Dec. 31, 1783; v. 14, Jan. 1, 1784-Apr. 3, 1786; v. 15, July 4, 1786-Feb. 6, 1789; v. 16, Feb. 7, 1789-Dec. 20, 1790.
Contents
v. 1-10. Minutes of the Provincial council of Pennsylvania, from the organization to the termination of the proprietary government: v. 1, Mar. 10, 1683-Nov. 27, 1700; v. 2, Dec. 18, 1700-May 16, 1717; v. 3, May 31, 1717-Jan. 23, 1735-6: v. 4, Feb. 7, 1735-6-Oct. 15, 1745: v. 5, Dec. 17, 1745-Mar. 20, 1754: v. 6, Apr. 2, 1754-Jan. 29, 1756: v. 7, Jan. 29, 1756-Jan. 11, 1758: v. 8,Jan. 13, 1758-Oct. 4, 1762; v. 9, Oct. 15, 1762-Oct. 17, 1771; v. 10, Oct. 18, 1771-Sept. 27, 1775, with minutes of the Council of safety from June 30, 1775, to Nov. 12, 1776.--v. 11-16. Minutes of the Supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, from its organization to the termination of the revolution: v. 11, Proceedings of Council of safety, Nov. 13, 1776-Mar. 17 [i.e. 13] 1777, Oct. 17-Dec. 4, 1777; memorandum from Dec. 31, 1776-Mar. 17, 1777; minutes of the Supreme executive council Mar. 4, 1777-May 20, 1779.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
Pennsylvania.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Additional Author
Hazard, Samuel,
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Provincial Council.
Pennsylvania. Committee of Safety.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.8 P415
Websites
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Soil survey of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14247
Author
Custer, Boyd H.
Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
550 U58 1985
Responsibility
United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service ; in cooperation with Pennsylvania State University, College of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, State Conservation Commission.
Author
Custer, Boyd H.
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C.?]
Publisher
The Service,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
ix, 152 p., 121 folded p. of plates : ill., maps (1 col.) ; 28 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
"Issued May 1985"--P. iii.
Item 102-B-38
Half of this book consists of a series of maps showing soil distributions.
Bibliography: p. 87.
Summary
"Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1981. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1982. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publicaion refer to conditions in the survey area in 1982." [introduction]
Subjects
Soils - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Soil surveys - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Pennsylvania State University. College of Agriculture.
Pennsylvania. State Conservation Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
550 U58 1985
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Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Cumberland, York, and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4459
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
974.843 B615
Place of Publication
Laughlintown, Pa
Publisher
Published for the Heritage Society of Pennsylvania [by] Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
578, 15 p., [53] leaves of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of the Nineteenth Congressional District, Pennsylvania / edited by Samuel T. Wiley. 2nd ed. Philadelphia : C.A. Ruoff Co., 1897. With new index.
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Cumberland County (Pa.) - Biography.
York County (Pa.) - Biography.
Adams County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Wiley, Samuel T.
Additional Corporate Author
Heritage Society of Pennsylvania.
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 B615
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Historic highway bridges in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5029
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
624.2 H673
ISBN
0892710322 (pbk.)
Place of Publication
[Harrisburg]
Publisher
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission : Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
187, 17 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Notes
Describes old Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge, Hammer Creek Bridge, Bridge in West Earl Township, Pine Grove Bridge, Risser's Mill Bridge, Bitzer's Mill Bridge.
Bibliography: p. 14 (2nd group).
Summary
Results of a statewide survey which identified 180 PennDOT-owned bridges as significant and worthy of preservation. Pictures and descriptions included.
Subjects
Historic bridges - Pennsylvania.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Pennsylvania. Dept. of Transportation.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
624.2 H673
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Constitutions of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17229
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
342.748 P415c
Responsibility
compiled by Legislative Reference Bureau, under the direction of Robert L. Cable.
ISBN
0818200731 (pbk.)
9780818200731 (pbk.)
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, PA
Publisher
The Bureau,
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
503 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes the Pennsylvania Constitutions of 1968, 1874, 1838, 1790, and 1776.
Includes indexes.
Subjects
United States.
Constitutions - Pennsylvania.
Constitutions - United States.
Additional Author
Cable, Robert L.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Legislative Reference Bureau.
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
342.748 P415c
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Pennsylvania German church records of births, baptisms, marriages, burials, etc. : from the Pennsylvania German Society proceedings and addresses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8073
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.32 P415
Responsibility
with an introduction by Don Yoder.
ISBN
0806310170 (set)
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2: with an index by Robert & Catherine Barnes; vol. 3: with an index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
Includes indexes.
Click on Table on Contents for more information.
Contents
v.1: Birth and baptismal register of Trinity Lutheran Church Lancaster, Pa;Birth and baptismal register fo the First Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA; Kirchen-Matricul: Der Evengelisch Lutherischen Gemeinde in New Providenz, Pennsylvania; Records of St. Michaelis and Zion Congregation (German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Philadelphia): v. 2: Church register of the United Reformed and Lutheran Church in Hopewell Township, York County Pa; Records of the Williams Township Congregation (Saucon, Northampton County, Pa.); Records of baptisms, catechumens, confirmations, marriages, and deaths at the Lutheran Church in New Hanover, Montgomery County, Penna; Guide to the Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem, Pa: v. 3: Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge; Church records of the Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Congregation, Upper Salford Township, Morgomery County, Pa; Church record of the Great Swamp Reformed Congregation, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa.; History of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pa.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Yoder, Don.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Pennsylvania-German Society. Proceedings and addresses.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.32 P415
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Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being abstracts of all known existing documents submit[t]ed to York County Court of Quarter Sessions during 1749-1754, plus an all inclusive surname index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10112
Date of Publication
c1981.
Call Number
974.841 S963a
Responsibility
compiled & published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.
Place of Publication
York, PA (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
c1981.
Physical Description
26 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 14 (April 1981)
Subjects
Court records - Pennsylvania - York County
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (York County)
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 S963a
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Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being an alphabetical listing of all names found in York County Court of Quarter Sessions docket books for 1749-1754 and true copies of 5 known "Quarter Sessions" documents for 1749-1754 not recorded (abstracted) in the docket books, plus a surname index to same

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10328
Date of Publication
[1980]
Call Number
974.841 S963q
Responsibility
compiled & published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
[1980]
Physical Description
20 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / The South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 12 (Jul./Oct. 1980
Notes
Errata slip inserted.
Subjects
Court records - Pennsylvania - York County.
York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (York County)
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.841 S963q
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Pennsylvania German immigrants, 1709-1786 : lists consolidated from yearbooks of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7166
Edition
3rd ed.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
929.3 Y54pg
Responsibility
edited by Don Yoder.
ISBN
0806308923
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
xi, 394 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
LCHS c. 2 has 1984 printing date.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Ships
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Germany - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Yoder, Don.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society.
Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Yearbook.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3 Y54pg
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Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15180
Date of Publication
<1985- >
Call Number
920 B615 Reprint
ISBN
0871524104 (set)
Place of Publication
Spartanburg, S.C
Publisher
Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services [by] The Reprint Co.,
Date of Publication
<1985- >
Physical Description
v. <1-4> ; 24 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: [U.S.] : Beers, 1903.
"Containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settles, with new index."
Includes index.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Reprint Society.
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
920 B615 Reprint
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