Pennsylvania (part 1)

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"The 1693 Census of the Swedes On The Delaware." Author: Peter Stebbins Craig. Publisher: SAG Publications. Date: 1993. Family histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church members residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey and Cecil County, MD. 1638-1693. CBC, SR1

"American Family History" of Fox, Ellicott & Evans. Charles Evans, Martha Ellicott Tyson & G. Hunter Bartlett, Published by the "Fox, Ellicott, Evans Fund, Ivy Hill Forest, Cocleysville, Maryland, 1882 & 1976. Library of Congress Catalog # 75-37006 Originating from Counties (Cornwall, Wiltshire, Collumpton and Devonshire) of England, the Fox, Ellicott & Evans families tell their story. Quakers, the story starts in the 1400's and travels to America in the 1700's and to the present. Many influencial families, mostly Quakers, settle in Maryland and Pennsylvania between the 1600's and 1800's. Very thorough genealogies. STH

"American Militia in the Frontier Wars, 1790-1796." Murtie June Clark, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 1990. Lists many frontier era militia, although not exhaustive. It will provide locations for further research for any names discovered. Please submit first and last name of individual you are seeking. Limit your requests to three. Specific to these states: Kentucky, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. M16

"The Casdorphs from Hamburg to the Kanawha Valley 1625-1995." Rayma Casdorph Atkinson, published by the author in 1995. KARSDORP/CASDORP/CASDORPH descendants, emigrants allied with KOLB, SCHUMACHER, DE VOSS, ALLEN families around Germantown prior to migration to the Kanawha Valley. GBR

"A Collection Of Upwards Of Thirty Thousand Names Of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania From 1727-1776" Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company 1965 This book lists mainly the ships landing here in the time frame written and all males who signed the ship's registry upon getting on the ship. There are some entries for property owners also listed. DS4

"The Colonial Clergy of the Middle Colonies, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania." Frederick Lewis Weis, Clearfield Company (reprinted from the Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1978) reprint date 1995. An Alphabetical listing of hundreds of early members of the Clergy. Very helpful if a person is trying to trace the "footsteps" of a circuit rider or early minister. List by years each church served as well a location. The people in this book are from the years 1628-1776. In many cases it list the parents names and date/place of birth as well as date and place of death. All of the churches that this minister was associated with are listed by the year. There is no mention of a wife and family however. SW5

"The Day is Ours." William M Dwyer. November 1776 to Janurary 1777. An inside view of the battles of Trenton and Princeton. How a Ragged Rebel Army stood the storm. WRK

"Emigrants to Pennsylvania, 1641 - 1819 Excerpted from Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 1877 - 1934." Edited by Michael Tepper, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Md. Very detailed passenger lists - Henry Marjorum and Elizabeth, his wife of Cheverell in the County of Wilts, husbandman. Arrived in the "Bristol Merchant," the Mrs.name Wm. Smith, in the 12th Mo.,1682. Lists of early Moravian Congregations to Pennsylvania. Unusual bonus, most of the lists in the book include the Wife's name. Lists of indentured servants provides a look into life at that time. Oct. 3rd, 1745, "Samuel Powell, (son of Mary Powell) binds himself by consent of mother, apprentice to William Moode, shoemaker, for seven years and five months from this date, and is to have nine months schooling at writing and reading, and at the expiration of his time one complete suit of new apparel." I3

"Genealogical and Family History of Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys, PA," Hayden, 1906. ML

"Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vols. I - III." 1915, John W. Jordan, editor. CB8

"A Genealogy of the NESBIT, ROSS, PORTER. TAGGART Families of Pennsylvania." Blanche T. Hartman. This book was privately printed in 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA. The Contents is as follows:

Part I
- A Sketch of the Nesbits or Nisbets of Nisbet
- The Nesbits of Springton Manor, Chester Co., PA
- The Nesbits of Hibernia Plantation, York Co., PA
- The Nesbits of Northcumberland and Union Co.'s
Part II
- The Rosses of Tipperary Plantation, Rossville, PA
Part III
- The Descendants of William and John Porter of York Co., PA
Part IV
- The Taggarts of Pittsburgh, PA. Including the Allied Families of Hamilton and Kneeland (Cleland). CK

"The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial PA," Kuhns, 1901. ML

"History of Lackawanna Valley," Hollister, 1885. ML

"History of the 97th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Civil War)" contains surnames of the soldiers who fought with the 97th Regiment. Some entries contain age, place of residence, and occupation. All entries contain military information. Willing to do lookups on surnames and provide information from book. Will not lend book or do photocopies due to age of book. Please visit http://www.users.fast.net/~mdolfan/97thregt.html and when email is sent, include the company, surname, and page number that the surname appears on. LF

"History of Pennsylvania." George Wilkins Gurthrie, Lewis Historical Publishing Co Inc. 1926. Pennsyvlania a History. NM2

"Lineage of Lorentz Matz the Immigrant: Descendants and Related Families." S.E. Kantner, 1987. This 300 page book on the descendants of Lorentz and Barbara Matz of Wankheim, Germany from the 17th century, was written from information obtained by Miss Anna Matz (1894-1979)from the early 1940s through the 1970s, with 10 more years of detailed follow-up research conducted by the author. It contains the names of over 6000 individuals connected to the Matz descendancy, most of whom find their roots in the Berks County region of Pennsylvania after the 1750s. Only about 200 copies of this book were printed. I am related to the author of this book, and although I don't know if she still actively collects information related to the Matz surname (or its ancestral, descendant and collateral connections), I will forward all new information or inquiries I am unable to answer to her. RC4

"Mahaffey Descendants, Sketch of Reunions, Historical Records and Biographical Genealogy of Mahaffey Descendants, 1600-1914." Compiled by Estelee Kinports Davis & Mary E. Mahaffey Garst. Mahaffey/Mehaffie family histories from Lycoming, Lancaster, Cumberland and Perry Counties of Pennsylvania, last family entries 1914. Includes some BARNHART, BROWN, BURD, CRUM, CUNNINGHAM, DUNN, FENICLE, FUNK, GAYLOR, HENDERSON, HOUTZ, HYERS, JONES, KENNEDY, KIRKPATRICK, KNISELY, LEITER, MCBRIDE, MCCASKY, MCCORD, MCCOY, MCKEE, MCKENSIE, MURPHY, MUSSER, PEFFER, PURDON, RAFFENSPERGER, ROSENSTEEL, SHADE, SHEARER, SHEIBLEY, SMILEY, SMITH, SOUDER, STOUFFER, SULLENBERGER, SUTCH, WAGNER, WELLS & WHITE. NM3

"Monocacy and Catoctin, Some Settlers of Western Maryland and Adjacent Pennsylvania and Their Descendants 1725 - 1988, Volume II." C.E. Schildknect, Family Line Publications. MF5

"Names of Persons Who Took The Oath of Allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania, Between the years 1777 and 1789, with a History of the 'Test Laws' of Pennsylvania." Originally published as a limited edition of 250 copies by Thompson Westcott, Philadelphia, 1865. Current Copy, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1965. Some of the entries are as simple as:
1779
Jan. 1, Frederick Seegez, Shopkeeper.
Others as complex as:
1782
Aug. 12, Gottlieb Anton, deserted the Brittish Service & Hessian Line at Stony Point in 1779, Labourer.
1786
Oct. James Anderson, of Philada. Mariner, proves that he took the Oath in 1777 & had a certificate.
Joseph Mussi, from Italy, arrived in this City two years past.
The book lists names, often country of origin, occupation, occasionally age, and service, including country, and often rank. I3

"Narratives of Early PA, West NJ, and Delaware 1630-1707," Myers, 1912. ML

"Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Volumes 1 and 3" by Strassburger and Hinke. This book has 324 ship passenger lists for Palatinates who entered Philadelphia from 1727-1808. NWH

"Pennsylvania German Pioneers." Strassburger, Picton Press, 1992. German immigrants to America from 1727-1808. Many passengers have facsimile of their signature which can be provided upon request. DH1, LM5

"Pennsylvania Place Names." by A. Howry Espenshade originally published by PA State College, 1925 - no time period listed. No names listed - only geographic locations in PA! LPT

"Pennsylvania's Soldiers' Orphan Schools." James Laughery Paul,1876, J. Fagan & Son. Brief account of the origin of the Civil war, the rise and Progress of the orphan system, and Legislative encactments. Forty-five schools are listed, along with names of pupils and staff. A1

"Pensioners in Western PA in 1883 - Vol. I" BC2

"The Record of the Class of 1889 LEHIGH (University): 50th Entrance Anniversary 1885-1935," Published by the Class of 1935. One to two page professional biographies with parents, marriages, children, some dates. TLL

"Westerwald to America, some 18th Century German Immigrants." Annette Kunselman Burgert and Hank Z. Jones, Jr., 1989. This is only immigrants from the Westerwald area of Germany to Pennsylvania before 1760. MHW

Adams Co.

"Adams County Church Records of the 18th Century." F. Edward Wright; Willow Bend Books; 1989, 2000. Marriages-Births-Deaths from : Lower Bermudian Church; Upper Bermudian (Ground Oak)Church; Christ's Church (Episcopal); Bender's Church (Lutheran & Reformed); Christ Evangelical & Reformed Church (Conewago); Abbotstown Reformed Church (Emanuel Reformed); Arendtstown Lutheran & Reformed Congregations; Dutch Reformed of Conewago; Rock Creek/ United Presbyterian Congregation of Gettysburg; Minutes of the Upper Marsh (Marsh Creek Gettysburg) Presbyterians; Register of Births & Deaths of Menallen Monthly Meeting (Quaker); Excerpts from Diary of Rev. John Culbertson; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany Township; Conewago Chapel, Edge Grove (Roman Catholic). VCT

"Early Families of Frederick County, Maryland and South Central Pennsylvania." Steve Gilland, Willow Bend Books, 2000. Collection of family histories. VCT

Allegheny Co.

See also under McCready, Pangburn and Randolph surnames.

"1865 McKeesport & Elizabeth PA tax list." Transposed from Film of old records by Richard Pollard / 2001. Income tax list of 1865 for McKeesport, Turtle Creek, Port Perry, Elizabeth & Versailles Townships, Allegheny Co. PA. Now ONLINE (RP5). "Inscriptions From Highwood Cemetery; Allegheny (Now Pittsburgh), Pa Vol. I & II." by K.T.H. McFarland. Published by Closson Press, 1988. Inscriptions from the Highwood Cemetery. This is not a burial record, just a reading of tombstones. L5

"List of those moved from the 9th St. McKeesport Cemetery 1857-1895," obtained from The Elizabeth Historical Society. The original Cemetery set aside by the Founder of McKeesport Pennsylvania. Some early Burials of those related to the McKee Family: McKee, Sill, Hendrickson, Penny, Wampler, Huey, and one Revlutionary War Soldier "Thomas Clark Burried with Military honers in 1842." In 1857 this cemetery became the one that was commonly used for the town of McKeesport until 1895 when all were moved and this site was built upon. RP5

"McKeesport High School Yearbooks: 1920 , 21, 22, 24 ,25 , 26 ,27 - 30 & 1931." Photographers, Publishers, and Printers are no longer in business . For each year there are photo's of the graduating class and many Alumni photo's and notes. RP5

"PITTSBURG:Forge of The Universe." By Frank C.Harper Frank C.Harper , 1957. Comet Press Books (NY). A review of Pittsburgh's matchless two hundred year history; the rise of economic democracy and Industrial libralism, and the great upsurge in capitalism's key city. Has index including many persons by name. DB7

"Pittsburgh Social Register 1945", Vol. LIX, No. 7. Social Register Association, NY, Nov., 1944. "Social registers record the full names and addresses of members of prominent families grouped together, the clubs to which they belong and the marriage and death of each person as it may occur." If the person is no longer living in Pittsburgh, the current location is given. Usually a maiden name is given. JW11

"The SketchBook." Geo. Westinghouse H.S. Yearbook, Class of June 1932. Published by the Students of George Westinghouse H.S. , Pittsburgh, PA. 1932 Contents include portrait style pictures of the Senior Class only but underclassmen are uncluded in organizations and sports photos. Also included are many poems, musings, advertisements from in and around the Homewood-Brushton neighborhood. CK

"The SketchBook." Geo. Westinghouse H.S. Yearbook , Class of January 1937. Published by the Students of George Westinghouse H.S. , Pittsburgh, PA 1937. Contents include portrait style pictures of Senior Class only but underclassmen are uncluded in organizations and sports photos. Also included are poems, musings, many silhouettes and advertisements from in and around the Homewood-Brushton neighborhood. CK

""The SketchBook." Geo. Westinghouse H.S. Yearbook , Class of January 1940. Published by the Students of George Westinghouse H.S. , Pittsburgh, PA 1940. Contents include portrait style pictures of the Senior Class only but underclassmen are uncluded in organizations and sports photos. Also included are many poems, musings, advertisements from in and around the Homewood-Brushton neighborhood. CK

Armstrong Co.

"History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania." Robert William Smith, Esq; Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago, 1883. This is a reprint of the 1883 edition of Smith's history of Armstrong County. Primarily, this is a history of the county, its geography, its towns, organizations, etc. But, there is a section of bigraphical sketches of a few prominent individuals. Most mention of individuals is within the context of land ownership. Indexed. SD5

"History of The Old Kittanning Cemetery; N. Jefferson St. Kittanning, Pa 1811-1960." written and compiled by Allen R Mechling 1995. Published by Closson Press. Inscriptions from the OLD cemetery, it no longer exists. Graves were moved to the New Kittanning Cem. L5

"Patients with Communicable Diseases in the Borough of Kittanning, PA 1907-1955." Written & Compiled by Allen R Mechling & Marla K. Mechling. Published by Closson Press 1995. Patients with communicable diseases. Sort of like a CDC report. L5

Bedford Co.

"Bedford County Archives, Vol. 5 & Vol. 6." Closson Press. 1993 & 1994. Vol. 5 by James B. Whisker includes bios on: John Owens, John Fraser, Henry Roth, Sr., Jacob Saylor, Ferree family, Parkinson family, Jacob Earnest, Horner family, Troutman family, Isaac Mills, Henry Topper, Peter White, Liohn Lutz, Christian Miller, Indian John Miller, Ludwig Lybarger, Hans Peter Shaeffer, Geroge Michael Imler, Simon Stuckey, John Foor, William Slick, John Smouse, Johann Gottfried Reiger, John Dibert, John Tobias Heltzel, Thomas Kinton, Samuel Davidson, Conrad Sammel, Adam Ritchey, Samuel Deihl, Rudolph Walters, Major John Cessna, Henry Koontz, sr., & Nicholas Coleman. As well as early land owner lists and abstracts from the Bedford Gazette newspaper. Volume 6 by K.T.H. McFarland, is a listing of birth, marriage and death records extracted from Bedford PA newspapers from 1850-1870. NWH

"Bedford Co. Index to Divorces 1804-1920." Gillian K. Leach. Gives the following information: Libellant, Respondent, No. Term, Year, Date of decree and Docket Number. NF1

"Bedford County Marriage Records, Bedford County, Pennsylvania Oct 1885 - April 1890." compiled by Michael A. Hengst, Closson Press 1989. Records gleaned from Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of the Bedford County Marriage Rocords located in the Court House, Bedford, Pennsylvania. AG2

"Burial Grounds of Beford County, PA - Vol. 1 thru 7." Jim Boor. Cemetery listings and some funeral home/obit. information. JW6

"Burns Family History." George Andrew Burns, 7/1991. Listing of the descendants of Thomas Burns, Scottish immigrant (about 1755) and founder of Burns Mills, PA. Some history of early generations of the family. CAL

"Cemeteries of Bedford County Vol. 1 and 2." Cindy Diehl. Includes the Following Cemeteries, Rebecca Anderson, White Church, Stinson, Kearney, Evans, Grove, McIntyre, Duvall, Cypher, Edwards, Little Valley, Coalmont, Middletown, St. Luke's, Stonerstown, Fockler, Hinish, Ritchey, Rinard, Cessna, Black Valley and Breezewood. NF1

"History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, 3 volumes." Blackburn & Welfley, Lewis Publishing Co., 1906. History and Biographical sketches. NWH

"History of Bedford, Somerset, & Fulton Counties." Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1884. History & Biographical sketches. NWH

"Index to Bedford County, Pa. Wills." Patricia Wainwright Collins. Includes the Name, Date, Volume and Page Number of the Will. NF1

"Mother Bedford and the American Revolution." Larry D. Smith, copyright 1999. Closson Press. A History of the Blair, and Somerset-Cambria County Chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution (S.A.R.) and a view of Bedford County in the Rev. War. Includes Rev. War vets from all overthe state of Pennsylvania. NWH

Berks Co.

See also under these surnames: Bolich, Fike.

"1752 Tax List Berks County PA, Exeter Twp." Family Line Publications, 1989. This tax list can be found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~evilsizer/exeter.html. A list of all the men in Exeter township who paid taxes in 1752. SJK

"1767 Tax List - Berks County, PA." Family Line Publications, 1989. The index of names in this book are posted at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~evilsizer/1767berk.html. After finding your ancestor in the index, you can request the information which includes number of acres, horses, cattle, and sheep for inhabitans of all townships within Berks County. SJK

"1790 Berks Co, Pennslyvania Census." Mountain Press. Names township, number of males 16 years of age and older, males under 16, number of slaves, number of females, and number of other free persons in the household. This census has been transcribed as part of the USGenWeb project, at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/pa/berks/1790/. "1850 Berks Co., PA Census INDEX." (this is an index only - does not list all names found in the census). LST

"Abstracts of Berks Co. Wills 1752-1785." A complete index has been posted at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~evilsizer/Berkswill.html. Please check the index before placing a lookup request. SJK

"Berks County Church Records of the 18th Century, Volume 1." F. Edward Wright, (Willow Bend Books), 2000. "Records of churches in the southeastern portion of the county. This includes the area covered by townships of Brecknock, Caernarvon, Robeson, Union, Amity, Douglass, Colebrookdale, Earl, Oley and Exeter (except the Monthly Meeting of Exeter which is included in Volume Two)." LD8

"Berks County Church Records of the 18th Century." Vol.2. F.Edward Wright Family Line Pub. Records from Oley Hill church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, deLongs Reformed Church, Peters Church, St.Pauls in Windsor Twp. OHM

"Berks Co, PA Epitaphs." Jacqueline B. Nein, Joan Texter, Cynthia Jimenez: Berks Co. Assoc. for Graveyard Preservation, 1999. Obscure familiy graveyards of Berks County. LV4

"Berks County PA Will Abstracts 1682-1834." Family Tree Maker Will Abstracts from Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery. Philaelphia and York Counties ONLY. LM9

"History of Berks County in the Revolution 1774-1783." Morton L. Montgomery, Genealogical Publishing Co-reprint 1995. Book NOT indexed.-So please DO NOT ask for info on anyone other than listed. Has Biographic sketches on famous influential men: Biddle, Bird, Bower, Bright, Brodhead, Burd, Christ, Decker, Douglass, Dundas, Eckert, Ege, Geehr, Graydon, Haller, Hiester, Hunter, Thomas Jones Jr, Lesher, Levan, Lincoln, Livingood, Lotz, Lower, Ludwig, Morgan, Nagel, Otto, Patton, Potts, Read, Reeser, Schultz, Scull, Shoemaker, Soder, Spohn, Spyker, Undree, Vanderslice, Weiser, Witman. SJK

"Oley Valley Heritage, The Colonial Years: 1700-1775." Philip E. Pendleton, The Pennsylvania German Society, 1994. Includes the towns of Amity, Exeter and Oley in Berks County. There is a name index, general index, maps of landowners in 1725, 1750 and 1775 for these three townships. LV4

"Private Records of Rev. Johannes Heinrich Helfrich." Schuylkill Roots Researchers, Closson Press, 1990. Register of marriages and burials between the years of 1790 and 1810 by the Rev. Johannes Heinrich Helfrich (actually Rev. Johann Heinrich Helffrich). These records were compiled from miscellaneous books and papers belonging to Rev. Helffrich. All these records were from Northampton (now Lehigh) County and Berks County, PA. During this period, Rev. Helffrich served the congregations at Heidelberg, Weisenberg, Lowhill, DeLong's, Kutztown, Longswamp, Salisbury, Lynntown, Upper Milford, Ziegel's and Trexlertown. DH16

"Records of Christ (Mertz) Lutheran Church, Rockland Twp., Berks Co.,PA 1749-1890." Christ (Mertz) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dryville, PA 1996. Baptism and cemetery records. Indexed. PLEASE NOTE: there are many people with same name. Please provide a date or family relationship, if possible. B5

"The Weller Family." Written by Robert G. Weller, 1941. A family history of the Wellers and all associated families in the Hill Church area of Berks Co. begining in 1750's into the 1930's. Published for the 51st Weller Family Reunion June 29th, 1941. KW1

"Wenrich Family of Berks County, Pennsylvania Revisited." by Oby J. Bonawitt. SVV

Blair Co.

Bradford Co.

"History and Geography of Bradford County, Pa., 1615- 1924." Clement F. Heverly. Published by Bradford County Historical Society. A comprehensive history, fully indexed, which includes family information. NG

"History of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1770-1878." CAF

"History of the One Hundred Forty First Regiment, Pa. Vols. 1862 - 1865." by David Craft (Chaplain of the Regiment) pub. same 1885. SR

"Standing Stone Township Cemeteries." Res. & Comp. by Linda C. English, 1992. The Mirror Publishing Listed are; Ennes cem., Gordon cem., Holly cem., Huyck cem., Keen Summit,Old Burying ground, Standing Stone cem.Methodist Epis. church, St. Peter & Paul Parish catholic cem., Tuttle hill cem., Universalist Church cem., Vergason cem. on the Henderson Roof Farm, and Bradford Co., death rec. from approx. 1894 to 1904. P1

Bucks Co.

See also under Hallowell, McFall surnames.

"Abstracts of Bucks County, PA Wills 1685-1785." Family Line Publications. F. Edward Wright (representative? for Historical Soc. of PA). ALW

"Bucks County, Bedminister & Haycock Townships, Tombstone Inscriptions." Frances Wise Waite for Bucks County Genealogical Society - 1988. Listing from numerous cemeteries in said townships of the tombstone inscriptions, the cemetery where found and the location within the cemetery. PSW

"Bucks County, Hilltown Township, Tombstone Inscriptions." Frances Wise Waite for Bucks County Gen. Society, Doylestown 1984. Data inscribed on tombstone, Cemeterey where found and location within the cemeterey. PSW

"Direct Tax of 1798, Upper Bucks County." Abstracted & compiled by Harry C. Adams, pub by Adams Apple Press 1994. For the twelve townships of Upper Bucks, the 1798 tax assessor information compiled for each property owner including Occuppant, Owner, two adjoining owners, dwelling size and brief description, other dwellings or outhouse with brief description, house valuation, total valuation, other buildings and acreage. One of the most interesting books I have. PSW

"Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" by Clarence V. Roberts (1925). LV4

"Early Pennsylvania Reformed Church & Cemetery Records." Ruth Allen -Closson Press 1992. Springfield and Durham townships, Bucks Co and Lower Saucon Township, Northampton Co. RE2

"History of Bucks County Pennsylvania from the Discovery of the Delaware to the Presant Time," Volumns 1, 2, 3. William W.H.Davis, A.M., 1905 by Lewis Publishing Company/Copyright 1975, A.E.Lear, Inc., Pipersville, Pennsylvania Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged with a Genealogical and personal history of Bucks County. Prepared under the Editorial Supervision of Warren S. Ely, Genealogist, member of the Histgorical Society of Pennsylvania and Librarian of the Bucks County Historical Society and John W. Jordan, LL.D. of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. I3

"The Life of Matthias Harvye and Family." Dorothy Marty Reibold, Gateway Press Inc, 1998. The life of an early colonist whose date and place of birth and parentage is unknown. His active part in community affairs - from 1649 in Rhode Island to Oyster Bay and Flushing, Long Island, and finally his move to Bucks County, Pennsylvanai before his sea voyage in 1699, is told in this writing. Descendents and Allied families from Bucks County, Pa included. MS1

"The Longstreth Family Records, Revised and Enlarged." by Agnes Longstreth Taylor, Philadelphia, 1909, Press of Ferris & Leach. Includes five generations in Bucks County, PA. GF

"Traveling Through Bensalem 1692-1984." Historical Society of Bensalem Township, 1984. Hisotry of Bensalem Township, PA. Bensalem Twp is an area of southeastern PA, just north of Philadelphia, bordering on the Delaware River. It includes the towns of Neshaminy Valley, Oakford, Trevose, Nottingham, Stanwook, Bridgewater, Eddington, Cornwells Heights and Andalusia. Has a somewhat complete index of names. KRW

Cambria Co.

"Illustrated Historical Combination Atlas of Cambria County Pennsylvania." J. A. Caldwell, Atlas Publishing Company, 1890. Includes Biographical Sketches, business directories, histories, maps, etc. MM5

"The Johnstown Flood." David McCullough, Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, 2nd Ed. 1987. Has good list of victims of flood. MW4

Prospect Cemetery Index, Portage, PA. MN4

Chester Co.

See also these surnames: Lamborn, Moore, Woolley.

"Concord Township, Pennsylvania: Progress & Prosperity in the 19th Century." Robert P. Case & Virginia M. DeNenno; Concord Twp Hist Soc; The Kutztown Publishing Co.; 1998. Detailed reconstruction of landholding and the nature of Concord's society in the first half of the nineteenth century wih a great deal of genealogical information incorporated into is pages. EP2

"Descendants of Robert and Hannah Hickman Way of Chester Co. PA." An excellent genealogy with many Chester Co. Quaker families. MJO

"Early Church Records of Chester Co. Pennsylvania...Vols. 1, 2 & 3." Charlotte Meldum & Martha Reamy. Chester, Bucks, and Philadelphia Counties were the original 3 counties of Pennsylvania. The Church records in this book are those which have survived for the region now identified as Chester Co. The last County to be carved out of the original Chester Co. was Delaware co. which was formed in 1789 following the movement of the county seat to the town of west Chester. TLR

"Biographical and Personal Memiors of Chester and Delaware Counties PA." Cope & Ashmead. Published Lewis Publishing NY, 1904. Vol #1. This is a very nice Genealogical text. Mostly prominent families of the Counties with excellent family information, including wives, children, occupation. Some pictures of the business's they founded, some institutions of historical interest. At least a 1000 surnames and subsequent histories. Will do lookups from this text upon request. ER4

"Biographical and Personal Memoirs of Chester & Delaware Counties PA." Vol#2. Cope & Ashmead- Lewis Publishing Co. 1904. This has a great amount of genealogical material from about 1850. A few surnames listed are: Abraham, Ash, Ashmead, Alexander, Baker, Barnard, Baldwin, Beatty, Bartram, Black, Bonsall, Broomall, Brosious, Brown, Buffington, Caldwell, Chambers, Chandler, Cheyney, Clark, Cloud, Cochran, Conard, Cope, Cooper, Cox, Crozier, Darlington, Dale, Davis, Detwiler, Dewees,Dickinson, Deshong, Eachus, Edward, Embree, Evans, Ewing and many many more. ER4

"History of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers." Robert S. Westbrook, Apparently privately Published, 1898. Roster of all personnel belonging to the 49th PA Vol. Regiment, and diary of action seen, 1861-1865. RD2

"History of Chester." Written by John H. Martin in 1877. Publisher not shown but in Phila. This is a very concise history of the town of Chester in Chester Co PA. The earliest date shown is 1640 for settlers. It covers many branches of the Martin family and their associated branches. ER4

"History of Chester County with Biographical and Genealogical Sketches." J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Louis H. Everts, 1881, by Lippincott & Co. Historical History of the Chester Co PA area such as Land Titles, Boundary Lines, Townships and Boroughs, Religious organizations, Education and Agricultural, Mills and Iron Manufacturers, Civil and Judical lists. Biography's and Genealogies of the most prominent families of the period. ER4, J14, NOB

"Lewis Walker of Chester Valley and his Descendants, 1686-1896." Priscilla Walker Streets, Alfred J. Ferris, Printer, 1896; reprinted 1984 by W. Z. Frederick Walker. Lots of information on Quaker Families in Tredyffrin Twp., Chester Co., PA. JVD

"Oxford Cemetery 18th, 19th, 20th Centuries." Robert Patton Jr. Listing those who are buried in Oxford, Chester County PA. Book was published in Feb 2000. TS7

"The Pennocks Of Primitive Hall." George V> Massey II, Higginson Book Co., 1951, witten for the Chester County Historical Society. Decendants of Christopher Pennock (Cork, IRL) who settled in Philadelphia & Chester counties, circa 1700. BR1

"Pennsylvania Births, Chester County, 1682 - 1800." John T. Humphrey, 1994. This is a selection of Births recorded in 16 Churches in Chester County, Pa. Included are: (1)Kennett Square MM; (2)Bradford MM; (3)Goshen MM; (4)Nottingham MM; (5)New Garden MM; (6)Sadbury MM; (7)Uwchlan MM; (8)Londongrove MM; (9)Birmingham MM; (10)Fallowfield MM; (11)Zions Lutheran in Pikeland; (12)East Vincent Reformed Church; (13)Brownbacks German Reformed Church, Coventry Twp.; (14)Forks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Church; (15)Faggs Manor Presbyterian Church; (16)Records of Rev.John Casper Stoever. GM2, JK2, TLR

"Two Hundred and Fifty Years at Upper Octorara." A. Wayne Morris, Church Published, 1970 History of Upper Octorara, Parkesburg, Chester, Co. Pa. 1720-1970. General History and lists of members of this historic Presbyterian Church. TD

"Westtown Through the Years 1799-1942" Helen G. Hole, Lyon & Armor, Inc, 1942. A very complete history of the Quaker school "Westtown" in Westtown, Pennsylvania. SN2

"Wills of Chester Co. Pennsylvania 1778 - 1800." Based on Abstracts of Jacob Martin Published Wills of Chester Co.w/ named deceased and all other person's either as administrators, Witness'es, ect. dates and more. TLR

Clarion Co.

"History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania." A. J. Davis; D. Mason & Co., PUblishers, 1887. History of early Clarion County, Pennsylvania with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Clarion County is in northwest Pennsylvania about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. C37

Clearfield Co.

"History of the French Settlers in Covington and Girard Townships." By Margaret Billotte Mignot, 1968 - manuscript not published. Surnames: Bamat, Beausigneur, Beiglemen, Bergey, Berthot, Billotte, Bronoel, Coudriet, DeLisle, DeMange, Derminer, Fontenois, Frelin, Garnier, Gaulin, Girard, Grosjean, Guenot, Gette, Gormont, Hugar, Hugnot, Hugney, Jannot, Lachat, LaMotte, LeConte, Leigey, Lonjin, Marin, Mulson, Martel, Merat, Mignot, Picard, Plubell, Perrot, Renaud, Rolley, Rougeux, Royer, Roussey, Renoe, Sayer, Sergey, Triponey, Vallimont, Variot, Verbeck, Vermeleun, Vincent, Voinchet, Viard. ED

Columbia Co.

See also under the Bowman/Baumann surname.

1876 Atlas - "Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania" G. H. Walker and C.F. Jewett, Publ. by F.W. Beers & Co., 1876. The maps of the 22 townships in Columbia Co., and 9 townships in Montour Co. show boroughs, towns, and the owner of each property in 1876. There are also illustrations, business notices and statistics for population, agriculture, etc. SS9

"Cemeteries of Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania." Phillip A. Rice & "Schuykill Roots" Researchers, Closson Press, 1990. FM

"Cemeteries of Northern Columbia County (PA)." Columbia Co. Historical and Geneological Soc., Bloomsburg, PA, Nov. 2000. Cemetery burial records for: Fallowbrook, Belles, Dodder, Benton, Chapin, Hamline, Jackson, Jonestown, Pine Center, Raven Creek, St. Gabriel, St. James, Stillwater, Waller, Wesley Chapel, and Zion Cemeteries. SS9

"History of Columbia and Montour Counties in Pennsylvania." Editor, J.H. Battle. Publ. A. Warner & Co., 1887. Biographical sketches of residents in 20 townships. Apparently, families paid to have their information included in the book, so less-well-to-do families may not be included. SS9

"Pioneer Families of Northern Columbia County, PA." Articles by Kenneth Yocum. Edit. by Ann Brandt, Columbia Co. Historical and Geneological Soc., Sept. 2001. Articles from the "Benton Argus", 1934-35, includes pioneer names, including: Priest, Hess, Kline, McHenry, Keeler, Roberts, Heacock, Lemon, Beishline, Yocum, Appleman, Shoemaker, Larish, Lundy, Lunger, Kester, Patterson, Whiteman, Jackson, Titman, Kramer, Parker, Van Horn, Cole, Eves, and others. SS9

Crawford Co.

"History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania." Warner, Beers & Co., 1885. This is a two-volume set. Volume II contains biographical sketches and is indexed. Crawford County is in northwest Pennsylvania near the Ohio border. C37

Cumberland Co.

"Atlas of Cumberland County, PA, 1858." by Henry F. Bridgens as reproduced by the Cumberland County Historical Society. Shows property owners in each township (primarily rural) as well as in the towns of Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, Newville, and Shippensburg. CCT

"Cumberland Co., PA Marriages, 1761-1800." Gen. Society of PA. Marriages from 1761 to 1800. GB4

"History of the Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville, PA 1737-1898." by Gilbert Swope, 1898. Records are spotty until 1786, then get better. Often shows births, marriages and baptisms. Some tombstone inscriptions. Indexed. CCT

"History of the First United Presbyterian Church, Newville, PA 1764-1978." compiled by Georgia Rife, 1980. Begins with James Scouller's UP history up to 1878 and is then updated after that. Records are bestafter 1820; spotty before that. This book is NOT indexed so please be as helpful as you can as regards dates. It'll keep me from having to wander through the whole thing. CCT

"Pioneer McClure Families of the Monongahela Valley." McClure, Cicero Pangburn and Roy Fleming McClure; The Superior Printing Co., Akron, Ohio, 1924. This book is not indexed; however most of it is in my computer database. It relates to the families of John McClure and Richard McClure of Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. The authors say the two families are not related; however the two families intermarried frequently. BC

Dauphin Co.

"Baldwin Cemetery Steelton, Swatara Township Dauphin Co., PA." Robert S. Viguers, Closson Press. Tombstone inscriptions from the Baldwin Cemetery. BR2

"A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz, PA." The Gratz Historical Society. 900 page book with history and genealogy of many early families from the Gratz, Lykens Twp., Dauphin Co., PA area published in 1997. RC5

"Genealogy of the Ludwig Bretz Family 1750-1890." E.W.S. Parthemore, Harrisburg Publishing 1890. Ludwig Bretz arrived in Philadelphia on August 15,1750 and settled in Lykens Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Other surnames include Duey, Wirt, Bomgardner, Meck plus many other Dauphin County surnames. KM8

Delaware Co.

"Boyd's Directory of Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1897-1898." C.E. Howe Co. 1898. City directory of Delaware Co., Pennsylvania 1897 and 1898. Includes specific listings for cities or Boroughs of Chester, Clifton Heights, Darby, Eddystone, Lansdowne, Media, Sharon Hill, Upland and Wayne in addition to many of the village names. Lists names, occupations and residence address of the heads of households. Widow's Christian names are listed in addition to "widow of". Business listings are also given as is the names of farmers in Delaware County. TD

"Chester (and its Vicinity), Delaware County, Pennsylvania." John Hill Martin, Esq. 1877; Indexed by John A. Bullock III. Over 600 pages, beginning with the Swedish settlements and continuing through the arrivals of William Penn and the Quakers and the development of the area. Includes geneological sketches of some old families. DH5

"ColHumS", Senior Annual 1929. Collingdale High School Yearbook 1929. Graduates, Clubs, Faculty. SP6

"ColHumS", Senior Annual 1930. Collingdale HIgh School Yearbook 1930. Graduates, Clubs, Faculty. SP6

"The Colsenian". Collingdale High School Yearbook 1936. Graduates, Undergraduates, Clubs, Faculty. SP6

"The Colsenian." Collingdale High School Yearbook, 1937. Graduates, Undergraduates, Clubs, Faculty. SP6

"Drexel Hill 1875-1912: Life in Addinghan and Garrettford." Thomas Roy Smith, 1980. A small volume of recollections and history about Addingham and Garrettford. Surnames included are Garrett, Sellers, Pratt, Price, Rhoades, Maris, McGlinchey, Howarth, Lister, Upright, Haigh, Culver, Henderson, Crosby, Linder, Lister, Sommers, Brennan, Nicholds, Conway, Wyatt, Hey, Culver, Bennett, Lubin, Runske, Holsten, Wiener, et al. DM9

"The Gleam 1930." 1930. The annual of the West Philadelphia Catholic Girls' High School. KS1

"The History and Development of Upper Darby Township." by Thomas J. DiFilippo, Upper Darby Historical Society, 1992. Covers the history of Upper Darby Township from 1609 to the present. Of special interest to genealogists may be tables and charts such as: Early Settlers and their Contributions; 1790 Census of Upper Darby; 1793 Land Owners; Large Land Owners in 1882; Major Land Owners in 1900, etc. Some major family surnames are indexed: Bartram; Bonsall; Burnley; Conway; Fearne; Garrett; Kent; Kershaw; Kirk; Levis; Lewis/Smith; Lukens; Marshall; McClatchy; Mitchell; SEllers; Sheridan; Snyder; Smith/Lewis; Wilde, et al. DM9

"The Oak, Upper Darby High School Year Book." Upper Darby High School, 1949. Traditional High School Yearbook, published 1949. DM9

"PA. BIRTHS, DELAWARE CO. 1782-1800." by J.T. Humphrey. GM2

Erie Co.

"Burials in St. Gregory's Cemetery, North East, Erie County, PA." Erie Society for Genealogical Research, 2002. ED

"Burials in Calvary Cemetery Erie, PA." Erie Society for Genealogical Research, 2004. This listing contains over 35,900 burials. BTK

"Burials in Trinity Cemetery, Erie County, PA." Erie Society for Genealogical Research, 2003. This cemetery contains the oldest Catholic burials in Erie, which were orginally in older cemeteries and moved to this site. This listing contains over 24,000 burials. BTK

"Directory of Waterford Borough and Township for 1894." Bolard Bros., "The Waterford Leader" 1894.CB8

"Naturalizations of Erie County, PA - Declaration of Intention Papers 1907-1927." Erie Society for Genealogical Research, 2004. This book covers "Declaration of Intention" papers filed in Erie County from May 15, 1907 through October 17, 1927. BTK

"Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County." 1896. CB8

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