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Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1895 F049
Date Range
1895
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1895
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1895
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0017
People
Harnish, Nathaniel
Harnish, Annie
Harnish, Henry
Harnish, Jonas
Harnish, Jacob
Harnish, Andrew
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1895 F049
Box Number
017
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Harnish, Annie.
Administrators: Harnish, Henry; Harnish, Jonas; Harnish, Jacob; Harnish, Andrew.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1895 F091
Date Range
1895
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1895
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1895
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0017
People
Rhinier, Daniel B.
Rhinier, Daniel
Rinier, Daniel
Rhinier, H. H.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1895 F091
Box Number
017
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncer: Rhinier, Daniel.
Or: Rinier, Daniel.
Administrator: Rhinier, H. H.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Object ID
Ren 1895 F116
Date Range
1895
Collection
Renunciations
Title
Renunciations
Description
Renunciations are papers filed in the Orphans' Court by executors of an estate who do not wish to administer that estate. They show the name of the decedent, the decedent's place of residence, the name of the person renouncing administration, the name of the replacement administrator to be appointed, and date. The relationship between the decedent, the executor, and the administrator is usually shown. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically within each year.
Date Range
1895
Date of Accumulation
1762-1820, 1821-1842, 1880-1906
Year
1895
Creator
Register of Wills
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Container
Box 0017
People
Stehman, Catharine
Stehman, Martha M.
Hess, Christianna E.
Hershey, Annie C. S.
Hess, Henry H.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Renunciation
Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Extent
12 cubic feet
Object Name
Probate
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Ren 1895 F116
Box Number
017
Associated Material
Administrators Accounts
Miscellaneous Orphans' Court Papers
Additional Notes
Renouncers: Stehman, Martha M.; Hess, Christianna E.; Hershey, Annie C. S.
Administrator: Hess, Henry H.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restricted use of original. A photocopy will be made for patron use.
Classification
RG 03-00 0115
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Woman standing by the Conestoga River
Object ID
3-21-01-11
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Woman standing by the Conestoga River
Description
Woman standing by the Conestoga River, watching men in a boat. "Conestoga, Pa." written on back.
Provenance
Transferred from Curatorial
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subject
Photographs
Classification
3-21-01-11
Search Terms
Conestoga River
Boats
Recreation
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
15.75 x 29 inches
Condition Date
Has water damage on upper right corner and along the top of the image and mold on back of image.
Object ID
3-21-01-11
Notes
Stored in flat case in Archives West
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph of ice jam at Washington Boro
Object ID
2-30-02-10
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph of ice jam at Washington Boro
Description
Ice jam and flooding at Washington Boro. Two story frame houses in background, railroad in foreground.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Subject
Photographs
Classification
2-30-02-10
Search Terms
Floods
Ice jams
Winter
Washington Boro
Houses
Railroads
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Original or Copy
Original
Print Size
7.5 x 9.5 inches
Dimention Details
On torn black backing board
Condition Date
Backing board is torn at upper right corner and lower left corner
Object ID
2-30-02-10
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-14-02-74
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater
Provenance
In a box labeled "From Mrs. Leo Ruof, 1-18-56".
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Covered bridges
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-14-02-74
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-15-01-40
Date Range
c. 1904
  1 image  
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
General Collection
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater
Provenance
Arnold Glass-Plate Collection
Date Range
c. 1904
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Bridges
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Print Size
4 x 5 inches
Object ID
1-15-01-40
Images
Less detail
Collection
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
Title
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
Object ID
1897 F506 MA
Date Range
1897
Collection
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
Title
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then by application number.
Date Range
1897
Year
1897
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0005
People
Wagner, John
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Record, Marriage
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
1897 F506 MA
Box Number
005
Additional Notes
Groom: Wagner, John.
Bride: Rinier, Catherine. Conestoga Twp.
Parents of bride: Rinier, Job.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Application Number
13632.000
Classification
RG 04-00 0401
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
Title
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
Object ID
1898 F204 MA
Date Range
1898
Collection
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
Title
Marriage Applications and Consent Forms
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically and then by application number.
Date Range
1898
Year
1898
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
Box 0007
People
Markley, Martin
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Record, Marriage
Language
English
Condition
Good
Object ID
1898 F204 MA
Box Number
007
Additional Notes
Groom: Markley, Martin.
Bride: Boyd, Bertha May. Conestoga Twp.
Parents of groom: Markley, B. G.
Parents of bride: Boyd, Edward M.
2 items, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Application Number
14639.000
Classification
RG 04-00 0401
Description Level
Item
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- After demolition of the Rock Hill Dam on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Object ID
1-03-03-32
Date Range
1998
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- After demolition of the Rock Hill Dam on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Description
After demolition of the Rock Hill Dam on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Date Range
1998
Creator
Loose, John Ward Willson
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Dams
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-03-03-32
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of gates to Rock Hill power house on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Object ID
1-03-03-31
Date Range
1998
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of gates to Rock Hill power house on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Description
Remains of gates to Rock Hill power house on Conestoga River at Rock Hill.
Date Range
1998
Creator
Loose, John Ward Willson
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
6 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-03-03-31
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- The Benedict Eshleman mansion, built 1764.
Object ID
1-01-02-89
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- The Benedict Eshleman mansion, built 1764.
Description
The Benedict Eshleman mansion, built 1764.
Provenance
Presented by Wilmer J. Eshleman, 1942.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
House
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
1-01-02-89
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-03-09-20
Date Range
1903
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
General Reynolds Cornet Band, Conestoga, 1903. Picture taken in front of Dr. Maris Kendig's office. Notice the Band Wagon in the rear. From Diary 1882, January 14, 15, 28 and Memoranda. Identified, seated left to right, are: Grant Gardner, B. Frank Zercher, David Caldwell, Grant Gardner, Martin Markley, George Pries. Standing left to right: Maris K. Jones, ?, Earl Pries, Ray Aston, Charles Kreider, Amos Aston, Christian Smith, Harry Binkley, Edward Wade
Date Range
1903
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Gardner, Grant
Zercher, B. Frank
Caldwell, David
Markley, Martin
Pries, George
Jones, Maris K.
Pries, Earl
Aston, Ray
Kreider, Charles
Aston, Amos
Smith, Christian
Binkley, Harry
Wade, Edward
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Music
General Reynolds Coronet Band
Bands
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
10 x 8 inches
Object ID
2-03-09-20
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Kendig's Hotel, Conestoga. Portion of white building on extreme left was office of Dr. Maris Kendig. To the right of the sign post is the old pump and water trough.
Object ID
1-01-03-57
Date Range
c. 1900
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Kendig's Hotel, Conestoga. Portion of white building on extreme left was office of Dr. Maris Kendig. To the right of the sign post is the old pump and water trough.
Description
Kendig's Hotel, Conestoga. Portion of white building on extreme left was office of Dr. Maris Kendig. To the right of the sign post is the old pump and water trough.
Date Range
c. 1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Kendig, Maris
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Hotels
Medicine
Physicians
Doctors
Business
Pumps
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5.25 x 3.5 inches
Object ID
1-01-03-57
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Bend in Susquehanna River below Holtwood Dam showing M. W. Bair fishing.
Object ID
1-01-03-70
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Bend in Susquehanna River below Holtwood Dam showing M. W. Bair fishing.
Description
Bend in Susquehanna River below Holtwood Dam showing M. W. Bair fishing.
Creator
LaRue, Edgar Allen
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Bair, M. W.
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Fishing
Recreation
Susquehanna River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
5.25 x 4 inches
Object ID
1-01-03-70
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Covered bridge at Slackwater over the Conestoga River. Bridge built in 1839, 269 feet long.
Object ID
1-01-04-63
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Covered bridge at Slackwater over the Conestoga River. Bridge built in 1839, 269 feet long.
Description
Covered bridge at Slackwater over the Conestoga River. Bridge built in 1839, 269 feet long.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Conestoga River
Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-01-04-63
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Slackwater covered bridge, also called Shober's Paper Mill bridge between Conestoga Township and Manor Township on the road from Millersville to New Danville Pike. Built c. 1839, 269 feet long.
Object ID
1-01-04-65
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Slackwater covered bridge, also called Shober's Paper Mill bridge between Conestoga Township and Manor Township on the road from Millersville to New Danville Pike. Built c. 1839, 269 feet long.
Description
Slackwater covered bridge, also called Shober's Paper Mill bridge between Conestoga Township and Manor Township on the road from Millersville to New Danville Pike. Built c. 1839, 269 feet long.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Conestoga River
Slackwater Bridge
Shober's Mill
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.75 x 3 inches
Object ID
1-01-04-65
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Covered bridge at Sickman's Mill on the Pequea Creek. Built in 1859, 110 feet long.
Object ID
1-01-04-66
Date Range
August 1924
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Covered bridge at Sickman's Mill on the Pequea Creek. Built in 1859, 110 feet long.
Description
Covered bridge at Sickman's Mill on the Pequea Creek. Built in 1859, 110 feet long.
Date Range
August 1924
Creator
Howry, Mary
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Covered bridges
Sickman's Mill
Pequea Creek
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.5 x 2.75 inches
Object ID
1-01-04-66
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of Lock No. 6 of Conestoga Navigation Company, one mile above mouth of Conestoga River at Safe Harbor. Canal was in operation from 1828 to 1865.
Object ID
1-01-04-92
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Remains of Lock No. 6 of Conestoga Navigation Company, one mile above mouth of Conestoga River at Safe Harbor. Canal was in operation from 1828 to 1865.
Description
Remains of Lock No. 6 of Conestoga Navigation Company, one mile above mouth of Conestoga River at Safe Harbor. Canal was in operation from 1828 to 1865.
Provenance
Received from Ernest T. Schuleen, June 24, 1983.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Canals
Bridges
Conestoga River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Related Publications
See LCHS Journal Vol. 85, No. 3, p. 85.
Object ID
1-01-04-92
Images
Less detail
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Man sitting on a rock looking at Indian Petroglyphs at Safe Harbor. Typed on back of photograph: George R. Cope Collection.
Object ID
1-01-05-04
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Photograph- Man sitting on a rock looking at Indian Petroglyphs at Safe Harbor. Typed on back of photograph: George R. Cope Collection.
Description
Man sitting on a rock looking at Indian Petroglyphs at Safe Harbor. Typed on back of photograph: George R. Cope Collection.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Petroglyphs
Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.
Susquehanna River
Place
Conestoga Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4.375 x 3.375 inches
Object ID
1-01-05-04
Images
Less detail

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