PA State Archives Records from M[anuscript]G[roup] 6, MG7, and MG8: Engle, Brackbill, & Watson family records/histories, Mt. Joy Orphans School Cert., Other misc records
Miscellaneous items from Pennsylvania State Archives manuscript group 8
Physical Description
23 items
Contents
pt. 1. Engle family journal/diary, 1854-1858 -- pt. 2. History of the Engle family in America, 1754-1927, by Morris M. Engle -- pt. 3. Engle family Bible, 1834-1965 -- pt. 4. Sloan family Bible and records, 1840-1934 -- pt. 5. Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Orphans School attendance certificate for Mary E. Patterson, 1875-1880 -- pt. 6. Lancaster County school attendance records, 1853, 1858-1859 -- pt. 7. Military discharges and pension documents from Silverwood-Minniner-Keiser Collection, Northumbelrand County -- pt. 8. Dresher's School attendance report, 1861-1965, Schuylkill County -- pt. 9. George Pierce's statement of Robert Pennall's birth, 1723 -- pt. 9. Timoth Connor enlistment record, 1747, Ireland -- pt. 10. Johannes Rice indenture, 1751, Philadelphia -- pt. 11. Captain Richard Gray and Mary Ann Rees marriage, 1811, Philadelhpia -- pt. 12. Benjamin Field petition, 1817, Philadelphia -- pt. 13. Phillip Laur petition, 1818, Philadelphia -- pt. 14. Charles E. Frowert indenture, 1827, Philadelphia City -- pt. 15. Haverford Monthly Meeting, Friends testimony, n.d., Montgomery County -- pt. 16. John G. Watmough military service, n.d., Erie and Philadelphia Counties -- pt. 17. Ship Isabella Maria seamen list, n.d. -- pt. 18. Nicholas Cline and George Blough, Certificate of Conocition and Republica, 1782, Lancaster County -- pt. 19. HInes family Bible record, 1826-1872, no location -- pt. 20. German extracts of baptismal protocols of Reformed Church, 1751, no location -- pt. 21. Harmon Gregg petition, 1817, Montgomery County -- pt. 22. Chambers King Collection, 1865, 1871, Armstrong County -- pt. 23. Hocker Family collection, Genealogy of the Watsons, 1760-1909, Lancaster County, by Martha Ziegler Watson.
Notes
Microfilm Salt Lake City ; Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979 1 reel, 35mm.
Described in: Hart, Lyndon H., III, comp. A Guide To Genealogical Notes And Charts In The Archives Branch, Virginia State Library. Richmond : Virginia State Library, 1983.
Summary
Concerns the ancestors and descendants of John Olp (1754-1812) of Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Family files are created for Lancaster County families. They may contain correspondence about a family, short genealogies and charts, photocopies of inventories and accounts, letters, etc. The size of any particular family file varies greatly.
Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.