Appraisements of real estate for inheritance tax. Some personal property appraisals are also included. Appraisals include: name of decedent; location and description of real estate; description of personal property; valuation of real estate and personal property; and assessed tax. May also include names of heirs. Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name. Handwritten; from 1886, handwritten on printed forms.
System of Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by first letter of decedent's last name.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
The Strasburg Railroad - Passenger train with 1890 vintage coaches pauses beneath one of the many giant trees that flank the ancient track between Paradise and Strasburg. To thousands of tourists the leisurely ride, away from the crowded highways through the colorful fields and deep woods of the adjacent Amish and Mennonite farms is the highlight of their visit to Lancaster County, Penna.
Strasburg Railroad Depot Route 741, Starasburg, Penna. Reminiscent of the golden age of railroading, the 1882 East Strasburg passenger station is used annually by thousands of tourists who board the oldest operating standard-guage passenger train in the United States for the famous "Trip to Paradise". Moved some twenty miles in 1960 to the present locaton, it serves also as headquarters for teh Strasburg Railroad's display of ancient engines and cars open to the public free of charge.
The Strasburg Railroad Route 741 Strasburg Penna. Locomotive No. 1223, built more than half a Century ago at the Pennsylvania Railroad's famous Juniata shops, is the one ramining American tupe from the Pennsylvnia's Steam Roster of "Thoroughbreds." Here, she poses proudly on the Strasburg Railroad Main Line, fresh from the paint shop of America's Oldest Short Line Railroad.
The Strasburg Railroad Route 741 Strasburg Penna. Old Number 31, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia in 1908, is one of the last operaing steam locomotives in the United States today, and isused to pull the last regularly-scheduled standard-gauge steam passenger train in the United States.
