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Collection
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Title
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Object ID
MG0116
Date Range
1805-1984
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Collection
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Title
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection
Description
Collection consists largely of information on the descendants of Edward Hand and on the Hand Family Reunion. Contains correspondence, genealogical materials, family charts, photographs, and commemorative booklet 1912, on Lancaster County in the Revolutionary War. Also, three documents concerning the settling of the Hand estate.
Date Range
1805-1984
Year Range From
1805
Year Range To
1984
Date of Accumulation
1805-1984
Creator
Hand family
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 03
People
Hand, Edward
Lear, Robert H.
Brien, Edward
Brien, Dorothy Hand
Hand, Jasper
Subjects
Genealogy
Family records
Letters
Search Terms
Genealogy
Family records
Family reunions
Rock Ford
Correspondence
Letters
Manuscript groups
Finding aids
Extent
1 box, 27 folders, .5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0116
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
Edward Hand Reunion and Genealogy Collection (MG-116), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Numbers
MG-116
Classification
MG0116
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 1 May 2019.
Documents
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Pierce's register : register of the certificates issued by John Pierce, Esquire, Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts for the United States, to officers and soldiers of the Continental Army under act of July 4, 1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8068
Corporate Author
United States. War Office. Office of the Paymaster General.
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
929.31 U58
Corporate Author
United States. War Office. Office of the Paymaster General.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
566 p. : 24 cm.
Notes
"Seventeenth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution."
Excerpted from: Seventeenth report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, October 11, 1913, to October 11, 1914.
Reprint. Originally published as: Senate Documents, v. 9, no. 988, 63rd Congress, 3rd session. Washington, D.C., 1915.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
United States. - Army - Pay, allowances, etc.
United States. - Continental Army - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Additional Author
Pierce, John,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Daughters of the American Revolution.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.31 U58
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The origins, development, & meanings of German names

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8072
Author
Johnson, Arta F.
Date of Publication
c1984
Call Number
929.4 J66od
Responsibility
by Arta F. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Arta F.
Place of Publication
[Columbus, Ohio?
Publisher
A.F. Johnson?]
Date of Publication
c1984
Physical Description
44 p. : maps ; 26 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 42-44.
Subjects
Names, German
Names, German.
Names, Personal
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.4 J66od
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Pennsylvania German church records of births, baptisms, marriages, burials, etc. : from the Pennsylvania German Society proceedings and addresses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8073
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.32 P415
Responsibility
with an introduction by Don Yoder.
ISBN
0806310170 (set)
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Vol. 2: with an index by Robert & Catherine Barnes; vol. 3: with an index by Elizabeth Petty Bentley.
Includes indexes.
Click on Table on Contents for more information.
Contents
v.1: Birth and baptismal register of Trinity Lutheran Church Lancaster, Pa;Birth and baptismal register fo the First Reformed Church, Lancaster, PA; Kirchen-Matricul: Der Evengelisch Lutherischen Gemeinde in New Providenz, Pennsylvania; Records of St. Michaelis and Zion Congregation (German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Philadelphia): v. 2: Church register of the United Reformed and Lutheran Church in Hopewell Township, York County Pa; Records of the Williams Township Congregation (Saucon, Northampton County, Pa.); Records of baptisms, catechumens, confirmations, marriages, and deaths at the Lutheran Church in New Hanover, Montgomery County, Penna; Guide to the Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem, Pa: v. 3: Church records of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge; Church records of the Old Goshenhoppen Reformed Congregation, Upper Salford Township, Morgomery County, Pa; Church record of the Great Swamp Reformed Congregation, Lower Milford Township, Lehigh County, Pa.; History of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pa.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Yoder, Don.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania-German Society.
Pennsylvania-German Society. Proceedings and addresses.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.32 P415
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Pennsylvania vital records : from the Pennsylvania genealogical magazine and the Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8074
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
929.32 P415p
Responsibility
with an introduction by Don Yoder.
ISBN
080631009X (set)
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
3 v. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Additional Corporate Author
Genealogical Publishing Co.
Additional Title
Pennsylvania genealogical magazine.
Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.32 P415p
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Pennsylvania Surveyor General's journals: a selective index

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8075
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
929.34 F925
Responsibility
compiled by Dean Froehlich.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
11 p. 28cm.
Subjects
Land grants
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.34 F925
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Family names : the origins, meanings, mutations, and history of more then 2,800 American names

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8076
Author
Hook, J. N.
Edition
1st Collier Books ed.
Date of Publication
1982,1983.
Call Number
929.4 H781
Responsibility
J.N. Hook.
ISBN
0025521004 (hdbk)
Author
Hook, J. N.
Edition
1st Collier Books ed.
Place of Publication
New York : London
Publisher
Collier Books ; Collier Macmillan,
Date of Publication
1982,1983.
Physical Description
388 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
On cover: Family names : how our surnames came to America.
Subjects
Names, Personal - United States.
Ethnology - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.4 H781
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The book of Ulster surnames

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8077
Author
Bell, Robert,
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
929.4 B435
Responsibility
Robert Bell.
ISBN
0856404055 (pbk.) :
0856404160 (cased) :
Author
Bell, Robert,
Place of Publication
Belfast ; St. Paul, Minn
Publisher
Blackstaff Press,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
285 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 258-259.
Subjects
Names, Personal - Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)
Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) - Genealogy.
Ireland - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.4 B435
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Author
Smith, Elsdon Coles,
Date of Publication
1986, c1969.
Call Number
929.4 S646
Responsibility
Elsdon C. Smith.
ISBN
0806311509
Author
Smith, Elsdon Coles,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1986, c1969.
Physical Description
xx, 370 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-329)
Subjects
Names, Personal - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.4 S646
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Special report on surnames in Ireland : [together with] Varieties and synonymes of surnames and Christian names in Ireland

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8082
Author
Matheson, Robert E.
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
929.4 M427
Responsibility
by Sir Robert E. Matheson.
ISBN
0806301872
Author
Matheson, Robert E.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
78, 94 p. 24 cm.
Notes
Reprints of the 1909 and 1901 editions.
Subjects
Names, Personal - Ireland.
Ethnology - Ireland.
Names, Personal - Celtic.
Additional Corporate Author
Ireland. Register General.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.4 M427
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The Hessians, auxiliaries to the British Crown in the American Revolution : a series of four lectures

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8083
Author
Schwalm, Mark A.
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
973.342 S398
Responsibility
by Mark A. Schwalm ; sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter, Palatines to America at Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania, 22 September 1984.
Author
Schwalm, Mark A.
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
The Chapter,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
iii leaves, 62 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Bibliography: p. 59-60.
Subjects
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Additional Corporate Author
Palatines to America (Society). Pennsylvania Chapter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 S398
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British and German deserters, dischargees, and prisoners of war who may have remained in Canada and the United States, 1774-1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8085
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Date of Publication
1988-
Call Number
973.342 S644ba9
Responsibility
Clifford Neal Smith.
ISBN
0915162342
Author
Smith, Clifford Neal.
Place of Publication
McNeal, Ariz
Publisher
Westland Publications,
Date of Publication
1988-
Physical Description
v. ; 28 cm.
Series
British-American genealogical research ;
Notes
LCHS has pt. 1.
Subjects
Germans - Canada
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - German mercenaries.
Canada - Genealogy - Sources.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Deserters, Military.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.342 S644ba9
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Historical register of officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8087
Author
Heitman, Francis Bernard,
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
973.34 H473
Responsibility
by Francis B. Heitman.
ISBN
0806301767
Author
Heitman, Francis Bernard,
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
698 p. ; 23cm.
Notes
"Reprint of the new, revised, and enlarged edition of 1914, with addenda by Robert H. Kelby, 1932."
Subjects
United States. - Army - Registers.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.34 H473
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People of the Palatinate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8089
Author
Johnson, Arta F.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
943.03 J66
Responsibility
[by] Arta F. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Arta F.
Place of Publication
Columbus, Ohio
Publisher
Arta F. Johnson,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
24 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Germany - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
943.03 J66
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A guide to Irish parish registers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8090
Author
Mitchell, Brian.
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
929.3415 M681
Responsibility
Brian Mitchell.
ISBN
0806312157
Author
Mitchell, Brian.
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
xvii, 134 p. ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Church records and registers - Ireland
Church records and registers - Northern Ireland
Ireland - Genealogy - Bibliography.
Northern Ireland - Genealogy - Bibliography.
Ireland - Church history - Sources - Bibliography.
Northern Ireland - Church history - Sources - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.3415 M681
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La Fayette : the history and genealogy of Fayette County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8106
Date of Publication
1981-
Call Number
974.884 L161
Place of Publication
Laughlintown, Pa
Publisher
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,
Date of Publication
1981-
Physical Description
v. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, No. 1 - ; April, 1981-
Notes
Cover title.
LCHS hasv. 1 (1981) and v.2 (1982) in 1 v.
Subjects
Fayette County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.884 L161
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Yuscht fer Schee : architectural ornament in Allentown : a project of the Lehigh County Historical Society with an exhibition at the Allentown Art Museum, December 4, 1982, through February 27, 1983

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8117
Author
Hall, Karyl Lee Kibler,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Call Number
720 H162
Responsibility
[Karyl Lee Kibler Hall ; introduction by Peter F. Blume ; photography by John Kress Bachman].
Author
Hall, Karyl Lee Kibler,
Place of Publication
Allentown, Pa. (Old Courthouse, Hamilton at 5th, Allentown 18101)
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Physical Description
71 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 65-67.
Subjects
Decoration and ornament, Architectural - Pennsylvania - Allentown
Wood-carving - Pennsylvania - Allentown
Decorative arts, Pennsylvania Dutch - Pennsylvania - Allentown
Additional Corporate Author
Lehigh County Historical Society.
Allentown Art Museum.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
720 H162
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Pennsylvania facts : a comprehensive look at Pennsylvania today, county by county

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8124
Author
Clements, John,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Call Number
974.8008 C626
Author
Clements, John,
Place of Publication
Dallas, Tex
Publisher
Clements Research,
Date of Publication
c1987.
Physical Description
viii, 423 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
Series
Flying the colors
Notes
"More than an almanac"
"Populated places and other locations": p. 350-423.
Subjects
Market surveys - Pennsylvania.
Quality of life - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Statistics.
Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
Pennsylvania - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8008 C626
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Bibliography on the colonial Germans of North America : especially the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8125
Author
Meynen, Emil,
Date of Publication
1982.
Call Number
974.8002 M612
Responsibility
compiled and edited by Emil Meynen.
Author
Meynen, Emil,
Uniform Title
Bibliographie des Deutschtums der kolonialzeitlichen Einwanderung in Nordamerika
Place of Publication
Baltimore
Publisher
Genealogical Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1982.
Physical Description
xxi, 636 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
English and German.
Reprint. Originally published: Bibliographie des Deutschtums der kolonialzeitlichen Einwanderung in Nordamerika. Leipzig : O. Harassowitz, 1937.
Includes indexes.
Subjects
German Americans
Pennsylvania Dutch
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Bibliography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8002 M612
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The Amish drawings of Florence Starr Taylor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8190
Author
Taylor, Florence Starr,
Date of Publication
1987.
Call Number
759.138 T241
Responsibility
text by David Graybill.
ISBN
0934672555 :
Author
Taylor, Florence Starr,
Place of Publication
Intercourse, Pa
Publisher
Good Books,
Date of Publication
1987.
Physical Description
96 p. ill.; 21 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 94 - 95.
Subjects
Taylor, Florence Starr, - 1904-
Amish in art.
Pencil drawing, American.
Pencil drawing - United States.
Pen drawing, American.
Pen drawing - United States.
Additional Author
Graybill, David,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
759.138 T241
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