topic:"Chester County" found 24 records - Research Collections

1765 Chester County, Pennsylvania archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19788

Author: Dix, Katharine F.

Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 974.813 D619

Alternate Title: Seventeen sixty-five Chester County, PA archives

Responsibility: compiled by Katharine F. Dix.

ISBN: 1558560610; 9781558560611

Author: Dix, Katharine F.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: 105 pages ; 28 cm

Summary: "Taken from the published "Pa. Archives, Third Series," this list includes taxpayer/land owner, page number of the volume in the published "Archives," township where the person was recorded, acres, number of horses, head of cattle, number of sheep, servants/slaves, and tax. Over 5,700 names." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Chester County (Pa.) - Registers.; Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Genealogy.; Registers.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 D619

Abstract of wills of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7935

Author: Martin, Jacob,

Date of Publication: 1999]

Call Number: 974.813 A164c

Alternate Title: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chester County, PA abstracts of wills; Abstract of wills and administrations, Chester County, PA

Responsibility: prepared by Jacob Martin ; indexed by Gilbert Cope.

Author: Martin, Jacob,

Place of Publication: [Philadelphia (1305 Locust St., Philadelphia 19107-5405)

Publisher: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1999]

Physical Description: 4 v. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Originally published: Philadelphia : Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900-1901.; Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. 1714-1758 -- v. 2. 1858-1777 -- v. 3. 1777-1800 -- 1801-1825.

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

Additional Author: Cope, Gilbert,

Additional Corporate Author: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 A164c

Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania land records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12470

Author: Bryant, Carol.

Date of Publication: 1997-<1998 >

Call Number: 974.813 B915

Responsibility: Carol Bryant.

Author: Bryant, Carol.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1997-<1998 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : folded maps ; 22 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.; LCHS has v. 1.

Contents: v. 1. 1681-1730 -- v. 2. 1729-1745 -- v. 3. 1745-1753 -- v. 4. 1753-1758 -- v. 5. 1758-1765.

Subjects: Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Landowners - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Deeds - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 B915

ADC's street map of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17227

Corporate Author: ADC (Firm)

Edition: 11th ed.

Date of Publication: c1993.

Call Number: 912.74813 C525s Atlas Stand

ISBN: 0875300871; 9780875300870

Corporate Author: ADC (Firm)

Edition: 11th ed.

Place of Publication: Alexandria, VA

Publisher: ADC,

Date of Publication: c1993.

Physical Description: 1 atlas (80 p.) : col. maps ; 36 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes index.; Stock no.: 70700.

Subjects: Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Maps.; Chester County (Pa.) - Maps.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 912.74813 C525s Atlas Stand

[A memoir]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16023

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Date of Publication: 1990?

Call Number: 929 V266

Author: Van Nest, Magaretta.

Place of Publication: Carbon typescript

Date of Publication: 1990?

Physical Description: 14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.

Notes: "Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."; "Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."

Subjects: Crouse family.; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 V266

Archive

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/85b0056f-d17a-4f78-aa43-482522017954

Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Object ID: MG0341

Date Range: 1912-2000

. Peter’s Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania Trivia World War II WWII Related Materials: Processing History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. This collection has been documented, preserved and managed according to professional museum and archives standards. The collection

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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Description: This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.

Date Range: 1912-2000

Year Range From: 1912

Year Range To: 2000

Date of Accumulation: 1912-2000

Creator: Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Appel, Roberts R.; Browne, George I.; Cooper, John Wallace; Cramer, Margaret Snader; Cramer, William Stuart; Davidson, Paul; Dippell, Marion Fox; Dippell, Victor William; Distler, Theodore A.; Donner, M. M.; Dotterer, Ray H.; Duke, Robert W.; Hager, E. M.; Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker; Hamblin, Dora Jane; Hartman, Edwin Mitman; Hartman, Mr.; Herman, Emma Garrigan; Herman, Theodore F.; Honig, Margaret; Honig, Stanley; Jefferson, Thomas; Jordan, Paul; Jurgelski, Susan; Kell, R. M.; Kilby, Tom; Kunkel, Arthur King; Lincoln, Abraham; Maugans, David; Mencken, Henry Louis; Michalak, Beverly; Michalak, Stanley; Moore, C. Eugene; Parks, Cynthia; Poole, H. Herbert; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Roy, John; Rudisill, Carl; Rudisill, Flo; Sayres, Alfred Nevin; Schmitchew, Peter; Schwalm, Ted; Smith, Howard P.; Steinmetz, Rollin; Thornley, Richard; Twombly, Clifford Gray

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Letters; Minutes (Records); Obituaries

Search Terms: Accomac Inn; Alfred's Victorian Restaurant; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Bynden Wood; Conestoga Bridge; Correspondence; Finding aids; Flyers; Franklin and Marshall College; Hamilton Club; Huachung University; Letters; Manuscript groups; Membership; Minutes; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Outings; Poetry; Republican Party; Restaurants; Sphinx Club; St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Trivia; World War II; WWII

Extent: 1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0341

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).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: 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 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.

Accession Number: 2004.MG0341

Other Numbers: MG-341

Classification: MG0341

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Births, deaths, and marriages of the Nottingham Quakers, 1680-1889

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12788

Author: Beard, Alice L.

Date of Publication: 2001.

Call Number: 289.6 N921

Responsibility: compiled by Alice L. Beard.

Author: Beard, Alice L.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Willow Bend Books,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: vii, 296 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Spine title: Nottingham Quakers.; Includes index.

Subjects: Quakers - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Genealogy.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Genealogy.; Quakers - Maryland - Harford County - Genealogy.; Quakers - Maryland - Cecil County - Genealogy.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.; Harford County (Md.) - Genealogy.; Cecil County (Md.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 289.6 N921

Early charcoal iron forges, furnaces and slitting mills in Chester County, Pennsyvania 1718-1830 : including sketches on the works and a finding aid for the original forge and furnace books at the Chester County Historical Society

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17946

Date of Publication: 2006.

Call Number: 672 E12

Place of Publication: [West Chester, Pa.]

Publisher: Daniel A. Graham ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: [4], 41, [10] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Chester County; Iron foundries - Pennsylvania - Chester County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 672 E12

Early church records of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11787

Author: Reamy, Martha.

Date of Publication: 1995-<1998>

Call Number: 974.813 R288

Responsibility: Martha Reamy.

Author: Reamy, Martha.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1995-<1998>

Physical Description: v. <1-3> : map ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: v. 1. Quaker records of Bradford Monthly Meeting (Bradford family records, marriages, etc.).--v. 2 Early church records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by Charlotte Meldum & Martha Reamy (includes Uwchland monthly meeting; East Vincent Reformed Congregation; Goshen monthly meeting, and New Garden monthly meeting).--v. 3 Early church recrods of Chester County, Pennsylvania (includes map of townships of Chester County, Kennett monthly meeting (abstracted by Gilbert Cope); Londongrove monthly meeting (abstracted by Gilbert Cope); Vestry book of St. John's Church, Pequay (copied by Julius F. Sachse); and Great Valley Baptist Church members.

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Meldum, Charlotte.; Cope, Gilbert.; Sachse, Julius, F.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 R288

Episcopalians and slavery in Lancaster County : from the Colonial Period to the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11377

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Responsibility: by Mark C. Ebersole.

Author: Ebersole, Mark C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: p.64-88 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.105, no.2.

Subjects: Hope Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. John's Episcopal Church (Chester County, Pa.); Bangor Episcopal Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Slavery - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 105, number 2 (2003), p. 64-88Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.105 no.2

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