"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)
"The tax records for this township [Rapho] which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1756-59, 1769-73, 1775, 1777-83, 1786-93, 1797-98, 1800-03, 1805-07, 1810-12, 1818, 1820-25. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records here reproduced for this city [Lancaster], following its incorporation as such on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1837-1840. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township [Leacock] which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1757-59, 1770, 1775-1783 [?], 1785-93, 1796-1803, 1805-22, 1825, Undated (apparently after 1825). On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1765, 1769-73, 1775, 1777, 1779-83, 1785-93, 1797-1803, 1805-11, 1813-16, 1818, 1820-23, 1825, Undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"Lancaster Township: The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-51, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1776-77, 1779-83, 1785-92, 1797-1803, 1805-08, 1810-19, 1821-23, 1825, 1828. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document. Tax records for Lancaster Borough and City appear on this and subsequent rolls of the microfilm."
"Lancaster Borough: The tax records here reproduced for this borough, prior to its incorporation as a city on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1750-51, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775, 1777-83, 1785-93, 1797-1803, 1805-17. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
Tax records for Lancaster City 1819-1836 appear on microfilm #17 of this series; Lancaster City 1837-1840, on reel 18.
Microfilm. Cocalico, 838 frames; East Cocalico, 107 frames; West Cocalico, 133 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 5".
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.
Notes
"The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1808-1814, 1816-1822, 1824-1827, 1830, 1832-1836, 1838. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township.
The records for East and West Cocalico follow the records for Cocalico.
"The tax records for [Earl] township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 18[13]-1822, 1826, 1834-1835, 1841. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for [Elizabeth] township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1757-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785, 1787-1789, 1792-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1814, 1816-1822, 1825. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
Although this microfilm reel was originally labeled as holding tax lists for 1832-1833, the documents on this reel that date from 1832 and 1833 are not tax lists for Strasburg Township; and those documents haven't been identified yet. They appear to be documents that provide tax information across all townships in Lancaster County. Digital files of the unidentified documents are attached to this record since they derive from the Strasburg microfilm reel #27.
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 18[14]-22, 1824-1825, 1832-33. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-59, 1769-75, 1777-83, 1785-93, 1797, 1799-1801, 1803, 1805-22, 1825, Undated. On this microfilm a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records fro this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1790, 1792-1793, 1796-1803, 1805, 1807-1825, 1827-1828, 1831, Undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document." [This last note may be important for the "Undated" section of tax records].
"This microfilm reproduces original document in the custody of the Lancaster County Historical Society [LancasterHistory.Org]."
