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Administrators' accounts

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13490
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)
Call Number
RG 04-00 0150, Archives West 1
  1 website  
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)
Physical Description
443 boxes.
Arrangement of Material
Arranged alphabetically by decedent and then chronologically by date filed.
Notes
Administrators' Accounts may be searched in the PastPerfect database and at LancasterHistory.org.
From 1729-1775, administrators' accounts were filed with the estate inventories. However, there are some accounts in this collection that date 1739-1775 and 1902-1912.
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.
Summary
These are accounts filed by fiduciaries showing court term and case number; names of decedent, fiduciary, attorney, and judge; assets; receipts and expenditures; balance on hand; dates; amounts; totals; affidavit of fiduciary; dates filed and confirmed by court; and volume and page of recording in Account Book.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Subjects
Decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.) Orphans' Court.
Location
Lancaster History Archive - Government Record
Call Number
RG 04-00 0150, Archives West 1
Websites
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Chester County, Pennsylvania inventories, 1684-1850

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6014
Author
Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.
Date of Publication
1974.
Call Number
974.813 S333i
Responsibility
by Margaret B. Schiffer.
Author
Schiffer, Margaret Berwind.
Place of Publication
Exton, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Pub.,
Date of Publication
1974.
Physical Description
402 p. ; 29 cm.
Summary
Over 10,000 estate inventories, dating from 1682 to 1850, were examined to produce this record of possessions in an early rural county. The author provides lists of possessions broken down by type and by decade. For instance, the section on CLOTHING is broken down into 71 separate items, e.g. Pantalets, Pantaloons, Pants, Pelisse, Petticoat, Pocket, Pocket-book, Purse, Robe, Safe guard, Scarf, Shawl, Shift, etc. Within the tables for each item, the author may break down the item by color or type. For instance, in the CLOTHING>Apron table, there is a breakdown which includes the following: green, flowered muslin, green grazet silk, blue, blue holland, checked, white, leather, etc. The breakdown of possessions by decades can provide a general idea of when certain possessions were popular in Chester County. For instance, in the section TEXTILES> Velvet, velvet doesn't begin to appear until 1740 and becomes more popular from 1780-1810; but it becomes less popular in the period from 1820-1849. Each section begins with a dictionary with definitions of the separate items; for example a "safe guard" is "a sort of Dust-Gown, or Riding Garment, worn by Women; also a coloured Stuff Apron; also a swathing Bond for Children". Overall, this book is a unique compilation of local government records being used to understand patterns of ownership of household items.
Subjects
Inventories of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 S333i
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Early American probate inventories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo227
Date of Publication
1989
Call Number
658.89 E12
Responsibility
editor, Peter Benes
Place of Publication
Boston, MA
Publisher
Boston University
Date of Publication
1989
Physical Description
184 p. ill. 23 cm.
Series
Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, v. 12
Subjects
Probate law and practice - United States
Inventories of decedents' estates
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Congresses.
Additional Author
Benes, Peter.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
658.89 E12
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Register of Wills (Lancaster County)
Call Number
RG 05-00 0202, Microfilm Room
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Register of Wills (Lancaster County)
Physical Description
267 reels.
Arrangement of Material
Arranged chronologically by year and then estate number.
Summary
Papers filed with the Clerk of Orphans' Court to settle the estate of a deceased resident of Lancaster County. Files may include administrators' accounts, estate inventory, will of deceased, petition for probate of will, letters of administration, letters of testamentary, renunciation, decree of probate, grant of letters, resident inheritance tax appraisement, notes of audit, inheritance tax papers, and papers dealing with personal property and real estate.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Notes
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records, microfilm.
Subjects
Decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.) Register of Wills
Lancaster County (Pa.) Orphans' Court
Location
Lancaster History Archive - Government Record
Call Number
RG 05-00 0202, Microfilm Room
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Register of Wills (Lancaster County)
Call Number
RG 03-00 0133, Archives West 1
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Register of Wills (Lancaster County)
Physical Description
138 boxes.
Arrangement of Material
Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically within each letter.
Notes
Estate Inventories may be searched on the PastPerfect database.
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.
Summary
Inventories of estates show name of decedent and township, date filed, itemized list of possessions and assets, appraised valuation, and signatures and affidavit of appraisers and administrators. Administrators' Accounts and Administrators' Bonds are also filed with this collection prior to 1776. Other estate related papers sometimes included before 1776 were: Orphans' Court papers, Renunciations, and Vendue Lists. Inventories were sometimes filed with the wills and may be at the courthouse. Appraisers often included widow's allotments in the inventories. Slaves, servants, occupation, cause of death, and any additional information is noted in the PastPerfect database.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Subjects
Inventories of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster (Pa.) Register of Wills.
Location
Lancaster History Archive - Government Record
Call Number
RG 03-00 0133, Archives West 1
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Estate inventories : how to use them

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13365
Author
Smith, Kenneth L.
Date of Publication
2000.
Call Number
929.1 S653
Responsibility
by Kenneth L. Smith.
Author
Smith, Kenneth L.
Place of Publication
[Columbus, OH]
Publisher
K.L. Smith,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
137 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 135-137.
Subjects
Inventories of decedents' estates - United States.
United States - Genealogy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929.1 S653
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Estate of Thaddeus Stevens, deceased : audit, notes of testimony

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22231
Date of Publication
1893.
Call Number
923.2 S846e
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
Examiner Pub. House,
Date of Publication
1893.
Physical Description
105 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Estate.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868
Decedents' estates.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846e
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Estate vouchers and vendue lists

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10632
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)
Call Number
RG 04-00 0169, Archives North
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Lancaster County)
Physical Description
12 v. 31-38 cm.
Notes
See Table of Contents for details.
Finding aid in the repository: Local government records.
Contents
v. 005. 1822-1823 -- v. 010. 1823-1829 -- v. 015. 1825-1828 -- v. 020. 1828-1835 -- v. 025. 1829-1835 -- v. 030. 1835-1841 -- v. 035. 1841-1845 -- v. 040. 1845-1848 -- v. 045. 1846-1848 -- v. 050. 1848-1851 -- v. 055. 1848-1851 -- v. 060. 1851-1854.
Summary
Twelve softbound volumes appear to be lists of estate vouchers and accounts filed in the Orphans' Court between 1822 and 1854. Some also include lists of wills and inventories filed. Most are entered by year filed and are listed alphabetically by surname of deceased. These books contain acts to be taken on settlements of estates and correspond with estate inventories, administrators' accounts, and miscellaneous accounts.
Rights
May not be photocopied.
Subjects
Decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County (Pa.) Orphans' Court.
Location
Lancaster History Archive - Government Record
Call Number
RG 04-00 0169, Archives North
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The Federal farmhouse: a reappraisal : site report, Landis Valley Museum

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18605
Author
Messimer, Susan Sharpless.
Date of Publication
1986.
Call Number
728.67 M585 pt. 1
Responsibility
Susan Sharpless Messimer.
Author
Messimer, Susan Sharpless.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1986.
Physical Description
Unpaged : maps ; 29 cm.
Notes
Bound with: The Settler's Farmstead: a compendium of information relating to properties in Manheim Township containing log dwellings / Susan Sharpless Messimer; summer internship report / Susan Sharpless Messimer.
Subjects
Farlow family.
Landis family.
Huhn family.
Coldren family.
Hambright family.
Smith family.
Reist family.
Brubaker family.
Cain family.
Pennsylvania Farm Museum of Landis Valley.
Taxation - Lists.
Farmhouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Manheim Township.
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Inventories of decedents' estates.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.67 M585 pt. 1
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A guide to civil estate and death records in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12204
Author
Keen, R. Martin.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 25 no. 2
Responsibility
by R. Martin Keen.
Author
Keen, R. Martin.
Physical Description
p. 24 - 26.
Notes
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 25, no. 2 (April 2002).
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania
Inventories of decedents' estates - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v. 25 no. 2
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