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Rakestraw family history : the story of William Rakestraw who emigrated in 1684 from England to Pennsylvania, and his descendants, who intermarried with the Joseph Yard and Justinian Fox families, were members of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia, and master builders of the city

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19053
Date of Publication
2007.
Call Number
929 R162
Responsibility
Dennis Lynch.
Place of Publication
Laurel, MD
Publisher
the author ,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
unp. : maps, photo ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Rakestraw family.
Yard family.
Fox family.
Gilbert family.
Downsing family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 R162
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A narrative of the captivity and sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his family. Who were surprised by the Indians and taken from their farm, on Mahoning creek, in Penn township. Northampton county, not far from where Fort Allen was built, on the frontier of Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1780

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6082
Author
Walton, William,
Date of Publication
1890.
Call Number
974.822 N218
Author
Walton, William,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Priv. print.,
Date of Publication
1890.
Physical Description
1 p.l., 38 p. 24 cm.
Notes
150 copies printed.
Subjects
Gilbert, Benjamin, - 1711-1780.
Indians of North America
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.822 N218
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Family tree maker land records : Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, 1682-1825

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12375
Date of Publication
c1999.
Call Number
929.34 L253 CD
Alternate Title
Land records : Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, 1682-1825
Family tree maker's family archives :
ISBN
1579442080
Place of Publication
[Novato, CA]
Publisher
Broderbund,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Physical Description
1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user manual ([16] p. ; 12 cm.).
Series
Family archives ;
Notes
Title from disc label.
Summary
This CD-Rom "contains information on approximately 12,690 individuals mentioned in land record abstracts for Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania. While the land records are from Pennsylvania, often the individuals listed resided in neighboring Mid-Atlantic states."
Subjects
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Broderbund.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
929.34 L253 CD
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Old stonework in Bucks County : a survey of stonemasonry during the 18th & 19th centuries in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15457
Author
Rivinus, Willis M.
Date of Publication
1972.
Call Number
974.821 R625o
Responsibility
Willis M. Rivinus ; photography by Michael Smith ; prepared with assistance from Bucks County Historical Society.
Author
Rivinus, Willis M.
Place of Publication
New Hope, Pa
Publisher
W.M. Rivinus,
Date of Publication
1972.
Physical Description
69 p. : chiefly ill. ; 19 x 25 cm.
Subjects
Stone buildings - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Stone houses - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Building, Stone - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Additional Author
Smith, Michael A.,
Additional Corporate Author
Bucks County Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 R625o
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Oaths of allegiance, Allegiance Book #1, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1777 : copy of oaths of allegiance taken before justices of Bucks County, Pennsylvania as recorded in the above named book in the office of the Register of Wills at Doylestown, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7194
Author
Williams, Richard T.
Date of Publication
1973.
Call Number
974.821 W726o
Responsibility
compiled & published by Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams.
Author
Williams, Richard T.
Place of Publication
Danboro, Pa
Publisher
Published by Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams,
Date of Publication
1973.
Physical Description
99 p. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Oaths of allegiance, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1777-1786.
Includes index.
Subjects
Loyalty oaths - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers, lists, etc.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Williams, Mildred C.
Brittingham, Janet R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 W726o
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How to find the story of an old house : a guide to research sources and techniques in Bucks County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5503
Author
McNealy, Terry A.
Date of Publication
c1997.
Call Number
728 M169
Responsibility
by Terry A. McNealy.
Author
McNealy, Terry A.
Place of Publication
Doylestown, PA
Publisher
Bucks County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
29 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Originally published as the Spring 1988 issue of the Mercer Mosaic, The Journal of the Bucks County Historical Society.
Includes index.
Subjects
Buildings - Pennsylvania - Bucks County
Architecture, Domestic - Pennsylvania - Bucks County
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Bucks County Historical Society.
Additional Title
Mercer mosaic.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
728 M169
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History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5512
Author
Davis, W. W. H.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl. / with a genealogical and personal history of Bucks County, prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan.
Date of Publication
1905.
Call Number
974.821 D265
Responsibility
by William W.H. Davis.
Author
Davis, W. W. H.
Edition
2d ed., rev. and enl. / with a genealogical and personal history of Bucks County, prepared under the editorial supervision of Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Lewis Publishing Co.,
Date of Publication
1905.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2 includes a historical index for vol. 1 and 2. The index for vol. 3 is a personal name index and follows the introduction.
Subjects
Natural history - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Biography.
Bucks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Ely, Warren Smedley,
Jordan, John W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.821 D265
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The accounts of two Pennsylvania German furniture makers--Abraham Overholt, Bucks County, 1790-1833, and Peter Ranck, Lebanon County, 1794-1817

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7540
Author
Overholt, Abraham,
Date of Publication
1978.
Call Number
684 K44
Responsibility
translated and edited by Alan G. Keyser, Larry M. Neff, and Frederick S. Weiser.
ISBN
0911122389
Author
Overholt, Abraham,
Place of Publication
Breinigsville
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Sources and documents of the Pennsylvania Germans ;
Subjects
Overholt, Abraham, - 1765-1834.
Ranck, Peter, - 1770-1851.
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Bucks County
Furniture industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Bucks County (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Ranck, Peter,
Keyser, Alan G.
Neff, Larry M.
Weiser, Frederick Sheely,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
684 K44
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The court records of Philadelphia, Bucks, and Berks counties in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14514
Author
Salmon, Marylynn,
Call Number
905.748 HSP v. 107 (1983)
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Marylynn Salmon.
Author
Salmon, Marylynn,
Physical Description
p. 249 - 291.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 107, 1983.
This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Court records - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia County.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Bucks County.
Court records - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v. 107 (1983)
Websites
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Comly family in America, descendants of Henry and Joan Comly, who came to America in 1682 from Bedminster, Somersetshire, England. With short account of the ancestors of Charles and Debby Ann (Newbold) Comly. Compiled by George Norwood Comly

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4768
Author
Comly, George Norwood,
Date of Publication
1939.
Call Number
929 C733c
Author
Comly, George Norwood,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Priv. published under supervision of J.B. Lippincott company,
Date of Publication
1939.
Physical Description
xiv p. 1 l., 1148 p. illus., plates, maps (1 fold.) facsims. (part fold.) fold, geneal. tables. 25 cm.
Notes
Additions inserted at p. 233.
Includes also the Budd, Evans and Hanson families.
"References" at end of some of the chapters.
Subjects
Comly family (Henry Comly, d. 1684)
Budd family.
Evans family.
Hansen family.
Newbold family.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 C733c
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