Wrightsville's book of facts : a souvenir inspired by the sixtieth anniversary of an event of the Civil War which occurred at Wrightsville, York County, PA known as "Farthest east reached by the Confederate Army" June 28th 1863-1923 including a classified professional and business directory
A plot map and coded listing of information given on grave markers and tombstones in Bermudian Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Washington Township, York County, Pennsylvania
The Manchester townships, Manchester, West Manchester and East Manchester : and that portion of Hellam Township outside of the Manor of Springettsbury, York County, Pennsylvania
compiled and published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 5-6
Contents
v. 1. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed York County, Pennsylvania -- v. 2. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151) and index.
Contents
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The colonial period (1682-1749) -- 2. Late colonial to early nation (1749-1800) -- 3. National growth and division (1800-1865) -- 4. From the Civil War to the Korean War (1865-1950) -- 5. Mid-century and beyond (1950 to today) -- Appendix A: Roster of the York County bar -- Appendix B: Intergenerational families at bar -- Appendix C: Public servants -- Appendix D: Attorney-to-population ratio -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.103, no.2.
Contents
From slavery to freedom--middle class African-Americans in Lancaster County (Hannah Bosley, William Whipper, Stephen Smith, Dinah McIntire)--Joseph Simon: Jewish merchant and philanthropist of the eighteenth century--Firefighting in early Lancaster--Family history at the Lancaster County Historical Society (Demuth family history)--Cooking in the County--Blanche Nevin--Lloyd Mifflin: artist and sonneteer--The bridge at Columbia--Ephrata Cloister--A distinguished military family (Henry A. Hambright)--A midwife (Susana Rohrer Mueller)--John Wise, balloonist (1808-1879)--Jasper Yeates, attorney and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice--Thaddeus Stevens--Robert Fulton, engineer and artist--"Gold!" (John Augustus Sutter)--George Washington--Oddities and the END.
