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Collection
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Title
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Object ID
MG0205
Date Range
1699-1934
Ledger Collection, Series 10 Estate Records on 20 March 2009. Folder 36 Restricted access—please use transcription in the library. Letter copybook of Jasper Yeates. Contains copies of his correspondence to friends, family members and colleagues13 and is indexed. The letters are on a variety of topics as
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Collection
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Title
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
Description
Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection provides insight into the Yeates family, local social history, and details of legal business from 1743-1870. These documents have been collected by the Lancaster County Historical Society over many years. Collection includes letters, receipts, articles, eviction notice, advertisement, estate inventories, wills, deeds, treaty, court transcript, drawings, photographs, copy of house plan, post road distances, daybook, letter book, catalog of books in Jasper Yeates' library, and an alphabetical catalog of law books.
Date Range
1699-1934
Year Range From
1699
Year Range To
1934
Date of Accumulation
1699-1934
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Atkinson, Matthew
Bausman, William
Bond, Phineas
Bowman, Valentine
Bradford, W.
Brien, Edward
Burd, Edward
Carson, John
Coates, Samuel
Conyngham, David
Conyngham, Elizabeth Yeates
Conyngham, Redmond
Dallas, George M.
Davis, Jonathan
Davison, Benjamin
Dickey, Robert
Duncannon, Thomas
Edward, Thomas
Erter, Henry
Ewing, John
Ferguson, John
Fohren, Michael
Gibson, John
Gillchrist, John
Godcharles, Frederic A.
Graff, Conrad
Gregg, Andrew
Grubb, Peter
Hamilton, Charles
Hamilton, James
Hamilton, John
Hamilton, William
Hand, Edward
Hand, Jasper
Hayes, A. L.
Henry, John
Hess, David
Jago, John
Javin, William
Keeportz, Daniel
Kittera, William
Kremer, Philip
Krug, Jacob
Kurtz, William
Lindsay, William
Loudersmith, Wendel
Lyon, Joseph Barnet
Magaw, David
Marshall, J.
McClellan, John
McKean, Thomas
Millar, John
Miller, Michael
Minich, Henry
Muhlenberg, William Augustus
Nesbitt, John
Nissley, Martin
Ord, John
Philips, David
Postlethwaite, John
Poultney, Thomas
Price, Eli K.
Probst, John
Ramsey, Robert
Rawle, William
Riegart, Adam
Rine, Widow
Ross, George
Ross, J.
Scott, James
Sergeant, Thomas
Shippen, Edward
Shippen, Evans Wallis
Shippen, Robert
Simpson, John
Smith, Charles
Smith, Mary Yeates
Stein, Charles
Steinman, Fredrick
Stevenson, Henry
Stewart, Charles
Sturmii, Johannis Christophorus
Thomas, John
Tilghman, Benjamin C.
Tilghman, E.
Tilghman, Edward
Tilghman, William
Tilghman, William B.
Towson, William
Underwood, John
Wallace, George
Wallace, William
Waln, Nicholas
Warden, J.
White, William
Wickersham, Elijah
Willson, Samuel
Yeates, Catharine
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Jasper, Jr.
Yeates, John, Jr.
Yeates, John, Sr.
Yeates, Margaret
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Zantzinger, Paul
Subjects
Business records
Deeds
Family records
Law libraries
Letters
Library catalogs
Wills
Search Terms
Business records
Correspondence
Deeds
Family records
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Wills
Extent
6 boxes, 49 folders, 13 books, 6 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0205
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Copies
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Yeates, Aungst Collection (MG0206)
Yeates, Carson Collection (MG0207)
George M. Steinman Collection (MG0184)
Jasper Yeates Colonial Law Library
Objects in the Curatorial Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection (MG0205), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions noted at the item level. The letter copybooks in Folders 31 and 36 are restricted--please use the transcriptions available in the library.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-205
Classification
MG0205
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Folders 1-34 and Books 1-2 were processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to PP on 26 March 2022.
Documents
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Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Object ID
MG0753
Date Range
1920-2010
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Collection
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Title
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star Minutes
Description
This collection contains the minutes of the James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star.
Admin/Biographical History
The James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star was founded in 1920 and was dissolved in 2011.
Date Range
1920-2010
Creation Date
1920-2010
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
2010
Creator
James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Order of the Eastern Star
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 15
Subjects
Fraternal organizations
Lancaster (Pa.)
Minutes (Records)
Order of the Eastern Star
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315 (Lancaster, Pa.)
Search Terms
Finding aids
Fraternal organizations
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Order of the Eastern Star. James Buchanan Chapter No. 315, Lancaster
Extent
6 boxes, 30 volumes, 3 cubic feet
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0753
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-753
Other Number
MG-753
Classification
MG0753
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared by RR and SM in Summer and Fall 2015; and SW in Spring 2016. Added to database 23 May 2021.
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Object ID
MG0410
Date Range
1691-1963
Melchor Kock. John Brubaker and John Devenderffer were executors for Melchor Kock’s estate. 1 March 1787. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Folder 10 Deed from Christina Diefenderfer and Matthias Young, both of Lancaster, to David
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Collection
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Title
Diffenderffer Family Papers
Description
The Diffenderffer Family Papers collection contains items that have been passed down through generations of the Diffenderffer family. Deeds for tracts of land in New Holland date back to the creation of New Design, the village that preceded New Holland. Correspondence and some manuscripts pertain to J. P. McCaskey's life and accomplishments. F. R. Diffenderffer's manuscripts on Easter Day and Conrad Weiser are preserved with this collection, as well as poems, a program for the C. Elvin Haupt School, and a claim of F. R. Diffenderffer & Co. against the State of Texas.
Date Range
1691-1963
Year Range From
1691
Year Range To
1963
Date of Accumulation
1691-1963
Creator
Diffenderffer family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 10
People
Brubaker, John
Brubaker, Margaret
Brubaker, Philip
Davis, Sarah
Diffenderfer, David
Diffenderfer, Elizabeth Shirk
Diffenderfer, John
Diffenderffer, Christina
Diffenderffer, David
Diffenderffer, David, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried
Diffenderffer, Harold F.
Diffenderffer, John, Jr.
Diffenderffer, John, Sr.
Diffenderffer, Margaretta Stein
Diffenderffer, Michael
Freymyer, Jacob
Grim, Henry
Haupt, Charles Elvin
Hoch, Herman E.
Holl, Wendel
Hubley, Bernard
Kennerly, John
Kinzer, John
Kinzer, Magdalena
Koch, Mary
Koch, Melchior
Law, James D.
Markley, Henry
McCaskey, Donald G.
McCaskey, John Piersol "Jack"
Nevin, Blanche
Painter, John
Penn, William
Rodman, John H.
Shirk, Henry
Smith, Oliver
Smith, William Evans
Sneider, Christian
Stone, David
Stone, George
Stone, Leonard
Stone, Mary
Sutton, Mary A. Diffenderffer
Thomson, Bill "Tommy"
Winter, John
Young, Matthias
Other Creators
Diffenderffer, Fianna L. Lutz, 1918-2009
Diffenderffer, David
Subjects
Deeds
Letters
Real property
Search Terms
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Conestoga River
Correspondence
Deeds
Drowning
Earl Twp.
England
Estate settlement
Finding aids
German Reformed Church of New Holland
Haupt Elementary School
Hutchings Printing House
King Street
Lancaster
Land drafts
Lemon Street School
Letters
Manuscript groups
Mortgages
New Design, Earl Twp.
New Holland
Newspaper clippings
Programs
Real estate
Real property surveys
Reigart's Landing
Susquehanna River
Texas
Texas Frontier Forces
Windsor Forge
Extent
1 box, 23 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0410
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Deeds in folders 1-18 were a gift of Fianna Diffenderffer and the Diffenderffer family, 4 November 2006.
Items in folders 19-23 were a gift from her nephew, David Diffenderffer, 14 August 2006.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level--please use photocopies or transcriptions for those items. Other original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.
Copyright
Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2006.MG0410_NOV
Other Numbers
MG-410
Classification
MG0410
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged by HST, November 2008. Added to database 28 July 2021.
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Object ID
MG0207
Date Range
1700-1874
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Collection
Yeates, Carson Collection
Title
Yeates, Aungst Collection
Description
The Yeates, Carson Collection covers several generations and a variety of topics and gives insight into family and local social history from 1700-1874. The items in the collection include business and legal papers, receipts, estate accounts, correspondence, a biographical sketch of Jasper Yeates' grandfather, land surveys, indentures, financial records, and land agreements. The collection also contains a list of books sent to Phineas Bond for binding, certificates with seals, copies of poems, eviction notices, and requests for items to be delivered to Simon Girty and others in 1776.
Date Range
1700-1874
Year Range From
1700
Year Range To
1874
Date of Accumulation
1700-1874
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 05
People
Boreman, John
Girty, Simon
Morgan, George
Neville, John
Yeates, Jasper
Yeates, Sarah Burd "Sally"
Subjects
Business records
Delaware Nation (To 1795)
Letters
Ojibwa Indians
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Search Terms
Business records
Chippewa (Ojibwa)
Correspondence
Delaware Nation
Finding aids
Letters
Manuscript groups
Ojibwa
Receipts
Extent
3 boxes, 94 folders, 1.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0207
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
MG0205 Yeates, Lancaster County Historical Society Collection
MG0206 Yeates, Aungst Collection
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org for permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-207
Classification
MG0207
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Processed and finding aid prepared prior to 1997. Added to database 6 August 2022.
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Collection
Land Records Collection
Title
Land Records Collection
Object ID
MG0304
Date Range
1717-1983
South, Side 8 Scope and Content Note: This collection contains several types of land records including deeds, leases, land drafts and articles of agreement. These documents record transactions involving real estate within Lancaster County and/or by residents of Lancaster County. Creator
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Collection
Land Records Collection
Title
Land Records Collection
Description
This collection contains several types of land records including deeds, leases, land drafts and articles of agreement. These documents record transactions involving real estate within Lancaster County and/or by residents of Lancaster County.
Date Range
1717-1983
Year Range From
1717
Year Range To
1983
Date of Accumulation
1717-1983
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 08
Subjects
Deeds
Real property
Surveys
Search Terms
Deeds
Real estate
Land drafts
Surveys
Extent
3 boxes, 70 folders, 10 oversized folders, 8 framed deeds, 6 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0304
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
Copyright
Collection may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-304
Classification
MG0304
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Transferred from the library, 13 October 2023.
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The common and statute law of England concerning trials in high-treason, misprision of treason, and in all other crimes and offences relating to the Crown : briefly collected out of the common and statute law-books and trials relating to that subject, alphabetically digested under proper titles, wherein the learning of appeals is at large set forth under the same head : the whole is brought down to the present year 1710, with an exact table

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21136
Author
W. J.
Date of Publication
1710.
Call Number
Book 436 1710
Responsibility
by W.J., Barrister at law.
Author
W. J.
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by John Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq. for John Walthoe ...,
Date of Publication
1710.
Physical Description
[8], 405, [27] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Notes
"Very useful for all barristers, attorneys, justices of peace, and for all others that have, or may have occasion to be concern'd in such matters."
Signatures: A⁴ B-2E⁸.
Bookseller's advertisements: p. [23-27] at end.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 436 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Criminal law - England - Early works to 1800.
Criminal procedure - England - Early works to 1800.
Criminal law.
Criminal procedure.
England.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Damaged gilt title on maroon spine label (Binging)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 436 1710
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Denver Union Cemetery ; Denver, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18352
Author
McCrea, Kenneth D.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
310.35 D416
Author
McCrea, Kenneth D.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
McCrea Research, Inc. ,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
166 p. ; ill ; 28 cm.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 96, #9.
Subjects
Denver Union Cemetery (Denver, Pa.)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Denver
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Denver
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.35 D416
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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20492
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
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General John Fulton Reynolds : his biography, words and relations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19538
Author
Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,
Edition
2nd Sunbury Press ed.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
923.5 R462k
Responsibility
Lawrence Knorr, Michael A. Riley, Diane E. Watson.
ISBN
9781620061817 (pbk.)
1620061813 (pbk.)
Author
Berger-Knorr, Lawrence,
Edition
2nd Sunbury Press ed.
Place of Publication
Mechanicsburg, PA
Publisher
Sunbury Press,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
312 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Notes
Rev ed. of: General John Fulton Reynolds / compiled by Lawrence Knorr. Camp Hill, PA : Sunbury Press, c2010.
Includes: Kinship of John Fulton Reynolds (p. 250-291).
Genealogy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. For God's sake forward! / by Michael A. Riley -- pt. 2. Reynolds, the last six miles / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 3. Reynolds, his own words before Gettysburg / by Diane E. Watson -- pt. 4. The relations of John Fulton Reynolds / by Lawrence Knorr.
Subjects
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863.
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863
Reynolds, John Fulton, - 1820-1863 - Family.
Reynolds family.
United States. - Army - Biography.
United States. - Army.
Generals - United States - Biography.
Families.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Personal narratives.
United States.
Personal narratives.
Records and correspondence.
Additional Author
Riley, Michael A.
Watson, Diane E.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.5 R462k
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A history of Salem Lutheran Church with people and places of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, 1823-2018

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22343
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Date of Publication
©2018.
Call Number
284.1 P294
Responsibility
by Joan Habecker Patches.
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Place of Publication
Brownstown, ,:Pa
Publisher
Steffy Printing, Inc.,
Date of Publication
©2018.
Physical Description
138 pages: photographs ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliography.
Contents
Contains various documents pertaining to the founding and administration of the church ; names on the Honor Roll, lists of pastors, and errata sheet.
Subjects
Salem Lutheran Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Salem Church (Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Salem Reformed Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwkick (Lancaster County: Township)
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township)
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Lutherans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 P294
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