The source: a guidebook of American genealogy -- The library: a guide to the LDS family history library -- The Library of Congress: A guide to genealogical & historical research -- Ancestry's Red book: American state, country & town sources -- The archives: a guide to the national archives field branches -- US military records: a guide to federal & state sources -- Guide to genealogical research in the national archives -- The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans -- Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the 19th century -- Historical register of officers of the Cnitinental Army -- Biographical directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 -- Daughters of American, or women of the century -- The biographical cyclopaedia of American women -- Plymouth Colony, its history and people, 1620-1691 -- American biographical notes.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, divorces, 1789-1860 (1994) -- Pennsylvania divorces : Dauphin County, 1788-1867 and York County, 1790-1860 (1995) -- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, divorces, 1786-1832 (1996).
Information on almost 180,000 individuals mentioned in abstracts of baptisms, births, marriages, and deaths from the registers of more than fifty Pennsylvania churches in Adams, Berks, and Lancaster counties. The information was extracted from microfilm records of transcriptions of the original records. You will find: the name of every person listed in the record, their relationship to the key person, their role in the event, date and place of the event, their residence, volume and page of the original record.
Contains coverage of the U.S. and the U.K., including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records, as well as record collections from Canada and other areas. A collection of more than 4,000 databases and 1.5 billion names including U.S. federal census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930; the Map Center containing more than 1,000 historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index (over 200 volumes), Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage (over 150 volumes), The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1630, Social Security Death Index, WWI Draft Registration Cards, Federal Slave Narratives, and a Civil War collection.
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Collection (MG0096) https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3760
James Buchanan Family Papers
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph Collection
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Wheatland Collection
Wheatland Mansion
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Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pa.
Other Number
MG-0096, Folder 063, Insert 03
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
Digitization of the James Buchanan Collection was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
Land records : Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania, 1682-1825
Family tree maker's family archives :
ISBN
1579442080
Place of Publication
[Novato, CA]
Publisher
Broderbund,
Date of Publication
c1999.
Physical Description
1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user manual ([16] p. ; 12 cm.).
Series
Family archives ;
Notes
Title from disc label.
Summary
This CD-Rom "contains information on approximately 12,690 individuals mentioned in land record abstracts for Bucks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania. While the land records are from Pennsylvania, often the individuals listed resided in neighboring Mid-Atlantic states."
County and family histories: Pennsylvania, 1740-1900
Pennsylvania 1740-1900
ISBN
1579440932 :
Place of Publication
Novato, CA
Publisher
Brøderbund,
Date of Publication
c1998.
Physical Description
2 computer laser optical discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user's manual (23 p. ; 13 cm.)
Notes
Title from disc surface.
Disc is c1998.
"Family Tree Maker's Family Archives"--Container insert.
"CD #193."
"Family Archive CD 193"--Container.
Summary
"Contains images of the pages of fourteen comprehensive books of Pennsylvania county and family histories. Many of these volumes were published by their authors and printed in very small quantities for limited distribution, making them difficult to locate and research. The information is also valuable because statewide registration of births and deaths was not required in Pennsylvania prior to 1906. These detailed volumes contain genealogical data on approximately 275,000 Pennsylvania residents and their families... "--Container.
