"The tax records here reproduced for this township [including Columbia], prior to its division in 1818 into East Hempfield and West Hempfield townships, cover the following years: 1751, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775-81, 1783, 1785-90, 1792-93, 1796-1803, 1805-07, 1809-11, 1813-1818, Undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township [Mount Joy] which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1759, 1769-1770, 1772-73, 1776-78, 1780-82, 1785-90, 1792-94, 1797-1803, 1805-11, 1813-16, 1818, 1820-22, 1825. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-1757, 1759, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785, 1787-1793, 1797-1803, 1806-1810, 1812, 1815-1826, 1828-1829, 1833-1843, 1845, 1855. Many of the later records (dataing from 1823 and after) appear to have sustained water damage."
"This microfilm reproduces original document in the custody of the Lancaster County Historical Society [LancasterHistory.Org]."
"The tax records fro this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1790, 1792-1793, 1796-1803, 1805, 1807-1825, 1827-1828, 1831, Undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document." [This last note may be important for the "Undated" section of tax records].
"This microfilm reproduces original document in the custody of the Lancaster County Historical Society [LancasterHistory.Org]."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750, 1754, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1794, 1797, 1799-1803, 1805-1811, 1813-1822, 1824, 1834."
"The date [sic] tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-1751, 1754, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1793, 1799-1803, 1805-1823, 1825-1832, 1834, 1836, 1838-1839, 1841-1846. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township."
"The tax records for this township [Caernarvon] which are here reporduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1816, 1818-1822, 1824-1828, 1830-1832, 1834, 1836, 1839-1841, 1845."
There is one entry for "Elizabeth Township" in the 1780 PDF file. The entry for Elizabeth Township can be found starting on the 22nd page of the 1780 PDF file.
"The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1751, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1789, 1791-1793, 1796-1803, 1805-[1808]"
Cocalico taxes for 1809-1838 continue on the next microfilm reel, #5.
Microfilm. Cocalico, 838 frames; East Cocalico, 107 frames; West Cocalico, 133 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 5".
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.
Notes
"The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1808-1814, 1816-1822, 1824-1827, 1830, 1832-1836, 1838. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township.
The records for East and West Cocalico follow the records for Cocalico.
The dated tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1788, 1790-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1814, 1817-1822, 1824-1827, 1829-1833, 1835, 1837, 1839-1846. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township."