The appendix contains several lists, etc., not immediately relating to Pennsylvania: p. 439-449, lists of Palatines in New York Colony, 1709-1714; p. 449, list of Palatines in North Carolina, 1709-1710; p. 449-451, lists of Salzburgers in Georgia, 1734-1741; p. 454-460, notice of the German settlement in North Carolina, 1709-1710; p. 460-462, Germanna, Va.; p. 463-464, list of Huguenots in New Rochelle, N.Y., 1710; p. 479-495, interpretation of baptismal names.
Publisher from spine.
Cover title: Thirty thousand names of immigrants in Pennsylvania.
Includes indexes.
Reprint of: 2nd rev. and enl. ed. Philadelphia : I. Kohler, 1876 ; with Ernst Wecken's index, and with Index to ships.
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania special publication ; no. 7
Notes
Reprinted from the Pennsylvania genealogical magazine, 40, no. 2 (Fall/winter 1997).
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
"The published Pennsylvania Archives (PA) can be an intimidating reference source for the genealogical researcher. Its 138 vol. fill several library stacks. Yet the researcher who does look for ancestors in them may find rich veins of info., gaining clues about where his ancestor was & what the ancestor was doing at different times in his or her life. This article, reprinted from the Penna. Genealogical Mag. & is intended to demystify PA & give researchers the confidence to delve into it, discusses what types of documents the various series of PA contain, the best order to work through them to obtain the most results quickly, & routes to follow to locate a set of PA. Includes a chart summarizing each volume s contents & indexing." [from the publisher]
