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Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of James Irwin
Object ID
Inv 1729 F001 I
Date Range
1729
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of James Irwin
Date Range
1729
Year
1729
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0062
People
Irwin, James
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Probate records
Search Terms
Estate inventories
Probate records
Place
none
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Language
English
Object ID
Inv 1729 F001 I
Box Number
062
Additional Notes
Also administrators' account 1734.
Please use photocopy.
2 items, 4 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of Joseph Thornbrough
Object ID
Inv 1729 F001 T
Date Range
1729
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of Joseph Thornbrough
Date Range
1729
Year
1729
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0124
People
Thornbrough, Joseph
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Probate records
Search Terms
Estate inventories
Probate records
Place
Manheim Twp.
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Object ID
Inv 1729 F001 T
Box Number
124
Additional Notes
Also administrators' bond 1730, administrators' account 1735/6.
Please use photocopies.
3 items, 16 pieces
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
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Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of Owin O'Neall
Object ID
Inv 1728 F001 O
Date Range
1728
Collection
Estate Inventories
Title
Estate inventory of Owin O'Neall
Description
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.
Date Range
1728
Date of Accumulation
1728-1913
Year
1728
Creator
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0095
People
O'Neall, Owin
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Subjects
Probate records
Search Terms
Estate inventories
Probate records
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Extent
138 boxes
Object Name
Estate Inventory
Language
English
Object ID
Inv 1728 F001 O
Box Number
095
Associated Material
The Lancaster County Archives has probate records after 1913.
Related Item Notes
Administrators' Accounts
Collateral Appraisements
Estate Vouchers
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Renunciations
Vendue Lists
Additional Notes
1 item, 1 piece
Classification
RG-03-00-0133
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Alice E. Brown Family Papers
Title
Alice E. Brown Family Papers
Object ID
MG0583
Date Range
1727-1963
(14 June 1888) and Barbara Brown (21 November 1904). Insert 5 Brown Family History – Clemson Brown, 1932. Folder 3 Insert 1 Letter from W. F. Beyer (lawyer) to Margaret C. Brown, for Lizzie [Brown] regarding the latter’s $2539.17 dower. 15 June 1893. Lancaster, PA. Insert 2 Inventory of estate of
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Collection
Alice E. Brown Family Papers
Title
Alice E. Brown Family Papers
Description
The Alice E. Brown Family Papers contain genealogy and family records, deeds, land drafts, ads and ephemera for local businesses, bonds, estate papers, wills, and personal papers. Some of the deeds and maps are for property also owned by the Coates and Pownall families. Alice's father was a race horse breeder and the collection contains certificates from the American Trotting Register for some of his horses.
Admin/Biographical History
"Alice E. Brown, age 93, of Christiana, PA passed away on Monday, March 15, 2010 at Tel Hai Retirement Community. She was born in Salisbury Twp., daughter of the late John H. & Lizzie F. Brown. She was a member of Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church of Christiana. Alice graduated from the Millersville Normal School in 1934. She was a School Teacher for 7 years at the former Simmontown one-room schoolhouse. She also worked for Dr. Beacher of Gap. She was known as a wonderful artist. She was preceded in death by 4 siblings: Norris, Phares, Lela, and Leah Brown. She was the last of her immediate family. Funeral service will take place from the Shivery Funeral Home, 111 Elizabeth Street, Christiana, PA on Wednesday, March 17th, at 11 a.m. with Rev. Jane DeFord officiating. Interment will be in the Sadsbury Friends Burial Grounds, Gap, PA."
From the obituary of Alice E. Brown, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 16 March 2010.
Date Range
1727-1963
Year Range From
1727
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1727-1963
Creator
Brown, Alice E., 1916-2010
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Bedard, A. J.
Beecher, Eleanor
Beecher, Samuel
Beyer, W. F.
Brinton, Susanna
Brown, Alice E.
Brown, Barbara
Brown, Clemson
Brown, David
Brown, David, Jr.
Brown, Elizabeth F.
Brown, Hannah
Brown, J. Norris
Brown, Jacob
Brown, John H.
Brown, John Henry
Brown, Leah
Brown, Lindley T.
Brown, Lizzie F.
Brown, Lydia
Brown, Margaret C.
Brown, Phares
Brown, Samuel
Brown, Sarah "Sallie"
Brown, William
Coates, Lindley
Davis, Benjamin F.
Dubree, Absolom
Dubree, Ann
Elliot, Joseph
Eshleman, Jacob
Fleming, John
Hipple, Mary Ann
Hostetter, Abraham F.
Howell, Philip
Jackson, Mary Louise
Kunkel, H. Clinger
Lindley T. Brown
McNeely, Abigail
Mews, Hannah
Mews, John
Moore, Thomas
Murray, John
Murry, John
Murry, Susanna
Pownall, Deborah
Pownall, Ellen
Pownall, George H.
Pownall, Harriet
Pownall, Levi
Wasson, Samuel
Pownall, Martha
Pownall, Theodore
Rhea, Ann
Samson, Margaret
Samson, William
Steele, Elizabeth
Steele, Hugh E.
Swanger, John H.
Taylor, Isaac
Walker, Asahel
Wasson, Ann
Wasson, Ruth
Wasson, Usher
Wayser, Janet L. Knox
Whitson, George
Williams, Robert
Subjects
Advertisements
Deeds
Family archives
Genealogy
Horse breeders
Probate records
Search Terms
Advertisements
Certificates
Deeds
Family records
Finding aids
Genealogy
Horse breeders
Lutheran and Reformed Church
Manuscript groups
Pikeland Church
Probate records
Sadsbury Friends Cemetery
Simmontown School
Union Cemetery
Extent
1 box, 35 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0583
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also the Photograph Collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Alice E. Brown Family Papers (MG0583), 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.
Accession Number
2010.MG0583
Other Numbers
MG-583
Classification
MG0583
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed by RW, February 2010; finding aid typed by SH, July 2013. Added to database 26 December 2021.
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Denizations and naturalizations in the British colonies in America, 1607-1775

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14306
Author
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt.
Date of Publication
c2005.
Call Number
929.37 B665
Responsibility
Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck.
ISBN
080631754X
Author
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt.
Place of Publication
Baltimore, Md
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c2005.
Physical Description
xv, 350 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - York County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Naturalization records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Naturalization records - Canada.
Naturalization records - Jamaica.
Naturalization records - Great Britain - America.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Canada - Genealogy.
Jamaica - Genealogy.
Great Britain - Colonies - America - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.37 B665
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Object ID
MG0207
Date Range
1700-1874
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Description
The Yeates, Carson Collection covers several generations and a variety of topics and gives insight into family and local social history from 1700-1874. The items in the collection include business and legal papers, receipts, estate accounts, correspondence, a biographical sketch of Jasper Yeates' grandfather, land surveys, indentures, financial records, and land agreements. The collection also contains a list of books sent to Phineas Bond for binding, certificates with seals, copies of poems, eviction notices, and requests for items to be delivered to Simon Girty and others in 1776.
Date Range
1700-1874
Year Range From
1700
Year Range To
1874
Date of Accumulation
1700-1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Boreman, John
Girty, Simon
Morgan, George
Neville, John
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Subjects
Business records
Delaware Nation (To 1795)
Letters
Ojibwa Indians
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Search Terms
Business records
Chippewa (Ojibwa)
Correspondence
Delaware Nation
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Ojibwa
Receipts
Extent
3 boxes, 94 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0207
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
MG0205 Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
MG0206 Yeates, Aungst Collection
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
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-207
Classification
MG0207
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to database 6 August 2022.
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Collection
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Title
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Object ID
MG0071
Date Range
1726-1922
Margaretta [Graunnon] as taken from church records in Stuttgart, Germany. In German. 23 November 1784. Naturalization paper for Jacob Schnierer of Cocalico Twp. 10 April 1762. Promissory note to repay Robert Mayor. Signature cut out (obligation satisfied). Witnessed by John Moor. 26 October 1749. Certificate
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Collection
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Title
John Leonard Ellmaker Collection
Description
Collection of Ellmaker family papers, including original papers of the first immigrant, John Leonard Ellmaker of Germany. Papers include correspondence, genealogy charts, deeds and legal papers. newspaper clippings, photographs, articles on Jacob Eichholtz, and a diploma and teachers' certificate. There is also a blank book with paper made at Ephrata Cloister in 1796.
Date Range
1726-1922
Year Range From
1726
Year Range To
1922
Date of Accumulation
1726-1922
Creator
Ellmaker family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Cochran, Thomas B.
Eichholtz, Jacob
Elder, Thomas
Ellmaker, Alfred
Ellmaker, Amos
Ellmaker, Ana Margareta
Ellmaker, Benjamin Ellmaker
Ellmaker, E. Ben
Ellmaker, Edgar O.
Ellmaker, Elizabeth
Ellmaker, Enos
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Ellmaker, John Watson
Ellmaker, Leonard
Ellmaker, Lucy H.
Ellmaker, Nathaniel
Ellmaker, Thomas
Graunnon, Christiana Margaretta
Haverstick, H. B.
Hoofgardner, Ferdinand
Hornberger, Maria
Hubbard, Elbert
Huston, R. M.
Koning, P.
Mayor, Robert
Moor, John
Nicolaas, I.
Pancoast, Dr.
Schnierer, Jacob
Snyder, Edwin L.
Snyder, John A.
Snyder, Mrs. Edwin L.
Other Creators
Ellmaker, John Leonard
Subjects
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Deeds
Family records
Genealogy
Letters
Marriage records
Stocks
Wills
Search Terms
Aoelian Hall
Carnegie Hall
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Deeds
Ephrata Cloister
Family records
Finding aids
Genealogy
Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia
Letters
Manuscript groups
Marriage records
Metropolitan Opera House
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philharmonic Society of New York
Roycroft
Stocks
Wills
Extent
2 boxes, 58 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English, German, Dutch
Object ID
MG0071
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photograph Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions. Please request at Reference Desk or contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection 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 site 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.
Classification
MG0071
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged prior to 1997. Added to database 23 October 2018.
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Courthouse indexes illustrated

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17301
Author
Rose, Christine,
Edition
First printing 2006
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
929.1 R795c
Responsibility
by Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG.
ISBN
0929626176
Author
Rose, Christine,
Edition
First printing 2006
Place of Publication
San Jose, CA
Publisher
CR Publications ;
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
58 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Chapters: Cott indexes // Russell index // Graves index // Proceedings index // Campbell index // Vowel index // Stark Index // Devisor/Devisee index // Traditional indexes // And others
Summary
This book provides an overview of the different indexing schema used in government record keeping. Most government indexes do not list records in alphabetical order by surname. The Cott index is often employed in indexes for Lancaster County, and this book provides an explanation of that system along with many others. Use of this guide will provide researchers with the knowledge to make their searching of indexes successful.
Subjects
Court records - United States.
Public records - United States.
United States - Geneaology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
United States - Genealogy - Methodology.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 R795c
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Marriages and deaths reported by Der Pennsylvanier, a German language newspaper published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1868-1879

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19397
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.819 H466m
Responsibility
translated and transcribed by Robert A. Heilman.
ISBN
9780788450082 (paperbound)
0788450085 (paperbound)
9780788482069 (clothbound)
0788482068 (clothbound)
Author
Heilman, Robert A.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md
Publisher
Heritage Books,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
84 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Genealogy.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Marriage records - Pennsylvania.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
German Americans.
Marriage records.
Registers of births, etc.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Vital records.
United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Lebanon - Newspapers.
Genealogy.
Additional Title
Der Pennsylvanier.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 H466m
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Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Object ID
MG0573
Date Range
1923-2003
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Collection
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Title
Lefever Genealogy (Descendants of Philip Lefever)
Description
This collection contains genealogy for some of the descendants of Philip Lefever. Family history includes family sheets for several descendants, the family crest and a family tree. Copies of the will and estate inventory of Martin K. Lefever are among the documents. Minutes are preserved from the Adam Lefever Descendants Reunions, 1945-1979. There are also legal papers and information for the Philip Lefever Cemetery and Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association, including the rededication of the cemetery in 2001.
Date Range
1923-2003
Creation Date
1923-2003
Year Range From
1923
Year Range To
2003
Creator
Lefevre family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 12
People
Brandt, Kathleen
Brenneman, Mabel
Brubaker, Ann Mary Lefever
Brubaker, John H.
Buckwalter, Nancy
Buckwalter, Naomi
Buckwalter, Nathan
Dagen, Florence Lefever
Dagen, Jacob Jr.
Dagen, Jacob L.
Dagen, Lester L.
Eaby, Christian Earl
Eshleman, Arlene
Eshleman, Chester L. Jr.
Frey, Furry H.
Gontner, Lizzie
Hess, Edith A. Lefever
Houser, Emma Lefever
Huber, Christian
Huber, Elizabeth Lefever
Kirk, Ethel
Knight, Mary Lefever
Lefever, Adam K.
Lefever, Ruth M.
Lefever, Benjamin M.
Lefever, Charles
Lefever, Charles J., Sr.
Lefever, Charles R.
Lefever, Christian
Lefever, Clair
Lefever, Edna
Lefever, Elizabeth
Lefever, Elizabeth M. Gerlach
Lefever, Emilie A.
Lefever, Enos
Lefever, Ernest
Lefever, Frank K.
Lefever, Gertrude M.
Lefever, Gladys Brenneman
Lefever, Harry M.
Lefever, Henry
Lefever, Henry K.
Lefever, Isaac
Lefever, John A.
Lefever, John M.
Lefever, Leon
Lefever, Martin
Lefever, Martin K.
Lefever, Martin M.
Lefever, Mary Buckwalter
Lefever, Mary C.
Lefever, Mengen
Lefever, Parke M.
Lefever, Paul S.
Lefever, Philip
Lefever, Walter F.
Martin, Anna G. Lefever
Martin, Reba Mae
Meck, Robert A.
Mellinger, Catherine
Metzler, Mary L. Lefever
Morrow, Grace
Mylin, Amanda C.
Mylin, Frank H.
Mylin, Martha Lefever
Rohrer, Betty P. Lefever
Sensenig, Gladys
Shimp, Charles
Shimp, Verna Lefever
Smith, Dottie
Stoltzfus, Amos L.
Stoltzfus, Clarence L.
Stoltzfus, Elmer L.
Stoltzfus, Marjorie E. Lefever
Williams, Steven A.
Subjects
Family records
Cemeteries
Genealogy
Business records
Family reunions
Search Terms
Business records
Cemeteries
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence
Family records
Family reunions
Finding aids
Genealogy
Grave Concerns, Inc.
Harvest Presbyterian Church
Letters
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Newspaper clippings
Obituaries
Philip Lefever Burial Ground Association
Philip Lefever Cemetery
Wills
Extent
1 box, 21 folders, 1 binder, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0573
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-573
Classification
MG0573
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by KV, February-March 2014.
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