"This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."
Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.
Brecknock Twp. 1833
Caernarvon Twp. 1844
Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829
Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831
Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)
This book appears to be a self-published book created by the Conestoga Valley Association. It is a history of the Conestoga River watershed and includes dozens of black and white photos, maps [includes a pull-out reproduction of a map for the Conestoga Navigation Company, which used the Conestoga River as a slackwater canal], reproductions of posters, biographies, and photos of noted Lancastrians of the early years of the twentieth century and more.
"Among the books and papers which have passed from generation to generation in the Keller family is a small leather-bound, hand-written booklet. The firsrt entry states: "Copy of memorandum of the Brethren's Church kept by Christian Bomberger, Rothsville." The copy was made by Lizzie W. Keller, Springville.
Translation of the German notes by Frielinde Kratz Ebersole.
"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]."
