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.
The Medical, Dental and Veterinary Collection contains records of doctors and a midwife who practiced in Lancaster County. Susanna Rohrer Müller's account book is a record of her work as a midwife from 1791 to 1815. The other volumes in this collection contain medical school notes, records of births, ephemera, and medicinal formulas.
Walnut Hill School, c. 1939. First row: Ruth Shenk, Mary Frey, Helen Kauffman, Kenneth Witmer, Grace Breneman, Mildred Frey, Marian Urban, Betty Orbank. Second row: Charles Roberts, Robert Witmer, Leroy Kauffman, Russel Frey, Hilda Rice, Marty Breneman, Anna Rice. Third row: Emma Breneman, Paul Witmer, Roy Kreider, Glenn Kauffman, Ruth Urban, Ivan Rice, Richard Witmer, Susie Hess. Fourth row: Elvin Sauders, Earl Breneman, Bill Rice, Ruth Breneman, Ida Hess, John Kauffman, Elizabeth Drum (teacher).
Provenance
Digital image only. Original owned by Conestoga Area Historical Society.
Walnut Hill School, 1933. First row: Steve Hecimovich, Kenneth Witmer, Leroy Kauffman, ?, Marty Breneman, Robert Witmer, Russel Frey. Second row: Charles Roberts, Richard Witmer, Roy Kreider, Elvin Sauder, Earl Breneman, Glenn Kauffman, John Kauffman, Ivan Rice, Paul Witmer. Third row: Vicki Urban, Betty Orbank, Violet Hecimovich, HIlda Rice, Susie Hess, Emma Breneman, Anna Rice, Mildred Frey, Mary Frey. Fourth row: Marian Urban, Willis Rice, Ida Hess, John Urban, Theda Groff, Nicholas Hecimovich, Ruth Breneman, Dorothy Witmer, Elizabeth Drum (teacher).
Provenance
Digital image only. Original owned by Conestoga Area Historical Society.
