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Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with a new index : reprinted with some early Lancaster County birth and death records, c1700-1896

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4626

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 920 P853 reprint; 920 P853 Reprint

Responsibility: especially edited for inclusion in this reprint by William L. Iscrupe, Shirley G.M. Iscrupe.

ISBN: 0944128009

Place of Publication: Laughlintown, Pa

Publisher: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: p. 118-698, 11 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : Chapman Pub. Co., 1894.; Includes reprint of original title-page.; "For the sake of economy, the biographical articles on the presidents of the United States (pages 13-112) are not included in this reprint."; Includes index.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Iscrupe, William L.; Iscrupe, Shirley G. M.

Additional Corporate Author: Chapman Publishing Company.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County; Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 920 P853 reprint; 920 P853 Reprint

Wealthy citizens of Lancaster County, Pa. : containing an alphabetical arrangement of persons worth $15,000 and upwards, their occupation, residence, and their estimated wealth appended to each name ; being useful to traders, merchants, bankers, and other classes of men of business

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Author: Hawbaker, Gary T.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO W362

Responsibility: compiled from actual assessments and authentic sources.

Author: Hawbaker, Gary T.

Place of Publication: Hershey, Pa

Publisher: G.T. Hawbaker,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: 17, [7] p. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published : Lancaster, [Pa.], D.S. Kieffer, 1845.; "'Omissions and corrections' were tipped in on the back of the 'Preface' page" -- verso of T.p.

Subjects: Wealth - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO W362

Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being an alphabetical listing of all names found in York County Court of Quarter Sessions docket books for 1749-1754 and true copies of 5 known "Quarter Sessions" documents for 1749-1754 not recorded (abstracted) in the docket books, plus a surname index to same

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10328

Date of Publication: [1980]

Call Number: 974.841 S963q

Responsibility: compiled & published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: The Society,

Date of Publication: [1980]

Physical Description: 20 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / The South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 12 (Jul./Oct. 1980

Notes: Errata slip inserted.

Subjects: Court records - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions (York County); South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 S963q

History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5898

Author: Futhey, J. Smith.

Edition: Facsimile reprint ed.

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 974.813 F996 1986 Oversize

Responsibility: by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope.

Author: Futhey, J. Smith.

Edition: Facsimile reprint ed.

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Chester County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 782, xliv, 153 p., [105] p. of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.

Notes: Facsim. of: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts, 1881.; Includes index compiled by Lucy I. Smedley and Arabella Cleveland, originally published in 1971.

Summary: "The first section of the book is a general history of the county dealing with such topics as: religion, education, agriculture, masons, mills, banks, judges, county officials, lawyers, doctors, etc. The second section of the book provides over three hundred pages of brief genealogical and biographical sketches of county residents." [Worldcat.org]

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Biography.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Cope, Gilbert,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 F996 1986 Oversize

History of Lancaster County : to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania

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Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO R946 1984

Responsibility: by I. Daniel Rupp.

ISBN: 0871523957 (alk. paper); 9780871523952 (alk. paper)

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Place of Publication: Spartanburg, S.C

Publisher: Reprint Co.,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: 524, 42 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : G. Hills, 1844.; Includes index.; "Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Service."

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO R946 1984

The American farrier: adapted for the convenience of the farmer, gentleman, and smith; being a sure guide to prevent and cure all maladies and distempers that are incident to horses ... with a variety of other valuable things relating to them: and also, for the diseases incident to cattle

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15598

Author: Franklin, Augustus.

Date of Publication: 1803.

Call Number: 090 S897b 1803

Author: Franklin, Augustus.

Place of Publication: Strasburg [Pa.]

Publisher: Brown & Bowman,

Date of Publication: 1803.

Physical Description: 290 p. ; 18 cm.

Notes: "A description of the nature and progress of diseases; forming an appendix": p. [241]-270.; Film 633 reel 44 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 44, no. 793).; Microfilmed for preservation.

Subjects: Horses; Cattle

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 090 S897b 1803

The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3584

Author: Hutchinson, C. H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 974.818 H975

Responsibility: by C. H. Hutchinson.

Author: Hutchinson, C. H.

Place of Publication: [Middletown, Pa.]

Publisher: Middletown Area Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: vii, 266 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Notes: Chapters 45-54 give war records of Middletown volunteers, 1861-1865. Chapters 55-56 give rolls of militia companies in 1862-1863.; Reprint of the 1906 ed. published by Hutchinson.; Includes index.

Subjects: Burd family.; Cameron famiy.; Smith family.; Fisher family.; Frey family.; Kendig famiy.; Landis family.; McClure family.; Snyder family.; Middletown (Pa.) - History.; Middletown (Pa.) - Biography.; Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.

Additional Corporate Author: Middletown Area Historical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.818 H975

Our volunteer firemen : a look at firefighting in early America as exemplified by the men and machines of Lancaster, Lebanon, Reading and York, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14475

Author: Collins, Donald L.

Date of Publication: c1982.

Call Number: 353.3 C712

Responsibility: by Donald L. Collins.

Author: Collins, Donald L.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, Pa

Publisher: Science Press,

Date of Publication: c1982.

Physical Description: 130 p. : ill. (Some col.) ; 24 x 27 cm.

Notes: Christmas keepsake of Science Press, 1982.

Subjects: Fire fighters - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 353.3 C712

Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: <1985- >

Call Number: 920 B615 Reprint

ISBN: 0871524104 (set)

Place of Publication: Spartanburg, S.C

Publisher: Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services [by] The Reprint Co.,

Date of Publication: <1985- >

Physical Description: v. <1-4> ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: [U.S.] : Beers, 1903.; "Containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settles, with new index."; Includes index.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Reprint Society.; Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 920 B615 Reprint

Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Cumberland, York, and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4459

Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 974.843 B615

Place of Publication: Laughlintown, Pa

Publisher: Published for the Heritage Society of Pennsylvania [by] Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Physical Description: 578, 15 p., [53] leaves of plates : ports. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of the Nineteenth Congressional District, Pennsylvania / edited by Samuel T. Wiley. 2nd ed. Philadelphia : C.A. Ruoff Co., 1897. With new index.; Includes indexes.

Subjects: Cumberland County (Pa.) - Biography.; York County (Pa.) - Biography.; Adams County (Pa.) - Biography.

Additional Author: Wiley, Samuel T.

Additional Corporate Author: Heritage Society of Pennsylvania.; Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.843 B615

"Pennsylvania medical men of the American Revolution and era" : a history of the Revolution and era told through the lives of those who lived and made that history

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1469

Author: Wright, Karl Eugene.

Date of Publication: 1981.

Call Number: 973.375 W951

Responsibility: Karl Eugene Wright.

Author: Wright, Karl Eugene.

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: K.E. Wright,

Date of Publication: 1981.

Physical Description: 36 p. : ill. : 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [3] of cover.

Subjects: Kuhn, Adam, Jr.; Lenning, John.; Smith, William.; Hand, Edward.; Kuhn, Frederick.; Leidig, John.; Marshall, Christopher.; Ramsey, David.; Reinick, Christian.; Bear, John.; Huber, Anna Maria.; Millinger, Gertraut.; Miller, Heinrich.; McKenzie, Samuel.; Simonton, William.; Kimmel, Adam.; Funk, Martin.; Koch, Johannes.; Walter, Casper.; Bentz, Johann.; Angus, John Jacob.; Bentz, John.; Buck, Henry.; Kennedy, Samuel.; Physicians - Pennsylvania; Medicine - United States; Pennsylvania - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Medical care.; Pennsylvania - Biography.; United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Medical care.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.375 W951

The original lists of persons of quality, emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars, from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7734

Author: Hotten, John Camden,

Date of Publication: 1980.

Call Number: 929.3 H834

Responsibility: edited by John Camden Hotten.

Author: Hotten, John Camden,

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Genealogical Pub.,

Date of Publication: 1980.

Physical Description: xxxii, 580 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: British - America; United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Sources.; United States - Genealogy - Sources.; Great Britain - Emigration and immigration.; Barbados - Biography.

Additional Corporate Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 H834

History of the counties of Berks and Lebanon

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4808

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Date of Publication: 1984.

Call Number: 974.816 R946

Responsibility: by I. Daniel Rupp.

ISBN: 0871523965

Author: Rupp, I. Daniel

Place of Publication: Spartanburg, S.C

Publisher: Published for Pennsylvania Reprint Society and Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, Pa. [by] Reprint Co.,

Date of Publication: 1984.

Physical Description: vi, 519, 67 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Lancaster, Pa. : G. Hills, 1844. With new index.; Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - Biography.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Biography.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 R946

A history of Scottish dissenting Presbyterianism in Franklin County, Pennsylvania : being an account of Reformed Presbyterian, Associate Presbyterian, Associate Reformed, and United Presbyterian Church of North America, clergy and congregations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17731

Author: Stewart, Reid W.,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 285.1 S541

Responsibility: by Reid W. Stewart.

Author: Stewart, Reid W.,

Place of Publication: Apollo, Pa

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: viii, 84 p. ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-80).

Subjects: Presbyterians - Pennsylvania - Franklin County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 285.1 S541

A plot map and coded listing of information given on grave markers and tombstones in Altland's Meetinghouse Cemetery, Paradise Township, York County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10535

Author: Trimmer, Rodney W.

Date of Publication: [1980]

Call Number: 974.841 P729

Responsibility: compiled, 1977, by Rodney W. Trimmer, and compared with 1934 compilation of the Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania.

Author: Trimmer, Rodney W.

Place of Publication: York, PA

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: [1980]

Physical Description: 16 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 10 (Jan. 1980)

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Altland's Meetinghouse Cemetery (York County, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - York County.; Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of York County (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 P729

A genealogical record of the descendants of Martin Oberholtzer : together with historical and biographical sketches and illustrated with portraits and other illustrations

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5369

Author: Fretz, A. J.

Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 929 O125f

Responsibility: by Rev. A.J. Fretz.

Author: Fretz, A. J.

Place of Publication: Scottdale, Pa

Publisher: Westmoreland-Fayette Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: v, 254, 88, 6 p. : ill., coat of arms, ports. ; 22 cm.

Notes: Cover title: Oberholtzer & Nash family histories.; Includes the author's A genealogical record ofthe descendants of William Nash of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.; Includes indexes.

Subjects: Oberholtzer family.; Nash family.; Leatherman family.; Stauffer family.; Overholtzer family.; Fretz family.; Meyers family.; Overholt family.; Stoner family.; Mumma family.; Burchfield family.; Alleshouse family.; Shupe family.; Loucks family.; Fry family.; Durstine famly.; Baker family.; Frey family.; Kratz family.; Moyer family.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 O125f

The Hochstadt origins of some of the early settlers at Host Church, Berks County, Pa

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Author: Burgert, Annette K.

Date of Publication: c1983.

Call Number: 929.3 B954j

Responsibility: by Annette K. Burgert.

Author: Burgert, Annette K.

Place of Publication: Worthington, OH (P.O. Box 93, Worthington 43085)

Publisher: AKB Publications,

Date of Publication: c1983.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Map on lining paper.; Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 38.

Subjects: Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Berks County; German Americans - Pennsylvania - Berks County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Hochstadt (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) - Genealogy.; Germany (West) - Genealogy.; Host Church (Berks County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929.3 B954j

An index to the will books and intestate records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1729-1850 : with an historical sketch and classified bibliography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13784

Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Call Number: 346.054 F974; 346.3054 F974

Alternate Title: Will index, Lancaster County, PA 1729-1850.

Responsibility: prepared by Eleanore Jane Fulton and Barbara Kendig Mylin.

Author: Fulton, Eleanore Jane,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1987.

Physical Description: ix, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint of the 1936 ed.; Spine title: Will books & intestate records, Lancaster Co., Pa.; Bibliography: p. 111-136.

Subjects: Probate records - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Indexes.; Wills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Bibliography.

Additional Author: Mylin, Barbara Kendig.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Archive - Government Record

Call Number: 346.054 F974; 346.3054 F974

A bit of local history : estates of Lancaster Countians confiscated during the American Revolution

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Date of Publication: 1982

A Bit of Local History Estates of Lancaster Countians Confiscated During the American Revolution During the American Revolution owners of property (real estate) had to be careful what they said or did, because any remark or action that might be construed as disloyal to the American cause or that

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1982

Physical Description: 118-119 ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 3

Subjects: Estates (Law) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 3 (1982), p. 118-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86

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Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being genealogical excerpts from Will book A, 1749-1762, with surname index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5423

Author: Wilt, Mary Barr Bryant.

Date of Publication: c1982.

Call Number: 974.841 W755s

Responsibility: by Mary Barr (Bryant) Wilt.

Author: Wilt, Mary Barr Bryant.

Place of Publication: York, PA. (P.O. Box 1824, York 17405)

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: c1982.

Physical Description: 42 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 20 (Oct. 1982)

Notes: Will index

Subjects: Wills - Pennsylvania - York County.; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Corporate Author: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 W755s

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