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Books & Publications

Publications:

The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society and the Lancaster Historical Society both publish wonderful publications. Not only can you subscribe to current publications but you can order back issues.

Books Available:

Key:

WB - Willow Bend Books
AM - Amazon.com
HQ - Heritage Quest online - Accessible online through most public libraries
LH - Lancaster County Historical Society Bookstore - online
LU - Volunteers who will do lookups

WB AM HQ LH LU
X X X X   A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: Being a History of Eminent Men of the County - Alexander Harris 638 pp., paper. (1872), repr. 1992, ISBN: 0806305908
X X X X   HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA To Which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Early History of Pennsylvania - I. Daniel Rupp (1844) 2002, paper, 531pp
    X X X

History of Lancaster County, with Biographical Sketches

by Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, 1883 (hardcover).
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Swiss & German Pioneer Settlers  

by H. Frank Eshelman, 1917 (hardcover).
X   X X   THE THREE EARLS. An Historical Sketch, and Proceedings of the Centennial Jubilee, Held at New Holland, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1876 -  (1876), 2000, 5½x8½, paper, 91 pp
X         A HISTORY OF STRASBURG, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Until the Sesqui-Centinnial Year - The Graduating Class of 1926 of Strasburg High School Reprint, 5½x8½, paper, 80+ pp
      X   Early Families of Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin Counties, PA   by Keith A. Dull, 1997 (softcover). Early families traced form early 1700s into mid-1800s. Surnames include Biehlmajer, Ehrhardt, Friesner, Fuesser, Griffith-Grim, Horauff, Hess, Maurer, Miller, Moser and more.

Churches & Church Records
X     X X CHURCHES AND CEMETERIES OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: A COMPLETE GUIDE - Hunter Rineer Jr index, maps, 600 pp
X         133 YEARS - REFORMED CHURCH, MAYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA - Rev. Ellis S. Hay (1898), reprint, 4x5, paper, 76 pp
X   X     A DISCOURSE: DELIVERED IN THE LEACOCK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Rev. P. J. Timlow (1855), reprint, 5½x8½, paper, index, 41 pp
X   X     A HISTORY OF BETHANY CHARGE OF THE REFORMED CHURCH IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - D. C. Thobias (1881), 43 pp
X         A HISTORY OF THE LITTLE BRITAIN MONTHLY MEETING of the Religious Society of Friends 1804 to 1954 - Helen Wood Shortlidge (1954), reprint, 5½x8½, paper, index, 20 pp
X   X     EMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH 200th Anniversary -  (1930), 1988, 5½x8½, paper, index, 16 pp
X   X     HISTORY NEW HOLLAND CHARGE REFORMED CHURCH - Rev. D. W. Gerhard (1877), reprint, 4x5½, paper, index, 152 pp
X   X     HISTORY OF PEQUEA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Delivered September 8th, 1876 - W. C. Alexander (1878), reprint, 4x6, paper, index, 53 pp
X   X     HISTORY OF THE CEDAR GROVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND CONGREGATION of East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Rev. John Leaman, M.D. (1853), 1989, 5½x8½, paper, 45 pp
X         HISTORY OF THE MUDDY CREEK REFORMED CONGREGATION East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - William J. Hinke (1932), reprint, 5½x8½, paper, index, 25 pp
X       X X LANCASTER COUNTY CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY, Volume 1 - F. Edward Wright (1994), 2001, 5½x8½, paper, index, xx+296 pp, ISBN: 1585492744
X       X X LANCASTER COUNTY CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY, Volume 2 - F. Edward Wright (1994), 2000, 5½x8½, paper, index, 351 pp, ISBN: 1585492752
X     X X LANCASTER COUNTY CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY, Volume 3 - F. Edward Wright (1994), 2000, 5½x8½, paper, index, 279 pp, ISBN: 1585493511
X       X X LANCASTER COUNTY CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY, Volume 4 - F. Edward Wright (2000), 2002, 5½ x 8½,paper, 269 pp, ISBN: 1585496502
X      X   LANCASTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA CHURCH RECORDS OF THE 18TH CENTURY, Volume 5 - F. Edward Wright 2001, 5½ x 8½, paper, index, 325pp
X       X X PENNSYLVANIA BIRTHS: LANCASTER COUNTY, 1723-1777 - John Humphrey 397 pp. cloth
X     X X PENNSYLVANIA BIRTHS: LANCASTER COUNTY, 1778-1800 - John Humphrey 397 pp. cloth
X     X   PERSONAL MARRIAGE RECORDS OF REV. J.J. STRINE, 1815-1870 - Frederick S. Weiser and Debra D. Smith 2002, 6x9, cloth, 202 pp
X         SALEM CHURCH OF KISSEL HILL, WARWICK TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - Eva M. Myers and Martha J. Xakellis 2001, 8½ X 11, paper, 130 pp
X         SESQUI-CENTENNIAL OF FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, Lancaster, Pennsylvania -  (1926), 1984, 5½x8½, paper, index, 17pp
X         THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - J. E. Witteker, Aden B. MacIntosh (1905, 1936), 1987, 5x7, paper, index, 53 pp
X X       X TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH RECORDS, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 1, 1730-1767 - Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser 1988, cloth, index, 487 pp
X X     X TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH RECORDS, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 2, 1767-1782 - Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser 1988, cloth, index, 578 pp
X X     X TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH RECORDS, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 3, 1782 -1796 - Debra D. Smith and Frederick S. Weiser 1998, cloth, index, 578 pp
X         TWO HUNDRED YEARS AND MORE OF THE FIRST REFORMED CHURCH, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1736-1936 -  (1936), 1984, 5½x8½, paper, index, 21 pp
      X X Baptismal and marriage Records, Rev. John Waldschmidt. Luther R. Kelker, 1995. Pipe Creek publications From 1752 to 1786. Cocalico, Moden, Krick, Weisseichen Land, and Seltenreich
        X REGISTER OF MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS PERFORMED BY REV JOHN CUTHBERTSON 1751-1791, Reprinted for Clearfield Co by Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, Baltimore, MD 1996, 1998
      X   Salem Church of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA   collected and compiled by Eva M. Myers and edited by Martha J. Xakellis, 2001 (softcover)
      X  

Early Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages in Southeastern Pennsylvania   1896, reprinted 1998. Record of John C. Stover, one of the first clergymen to serve early Pennsylvania German settlers, 1730-1779.

Cemetery Records
X         AN INDEX TO SOME TOMBSTONES IN THE BRICKERVILLE CEMETERY, Brickerville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - edited by Gary T. Hawbaker (1982), 2000 rev., 5½x8½, paper, iv+24 pp
X X   X   CEMETERY RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 1 - Dr. Shirley A. Harmon 2002, 8½x11, paper, index, 292 pp
X X   X X CEMETERY RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 2 - Dr. Shirley A. Harmon 2002, 8½x11, paper, index, 288 pp
X X   X   CEMETERY RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 3 - Dr. Shirley A. Harmon 2002, 8½x11, paper, index, 286 pp, ISBN: 1558563733
X X   X   CEMETERY RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 4 - Dr. Shirley A. Harmon 2003, 8½x11, paper, index, 286 pp, ISBN: 155856392X
X X   X   CEMETERY RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 5 - Dr. Shirley A. Harmon 2003, 8½x11, paper, index, 252 pp, ISBN: 155856389x
X X   X   CEMETERY RECORDS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Volume 6 - Dr. Shirley A. Harmon 2003, 8½x11, paper, index, 186 pp, ISBN: 1558563997
X     X   CEMETERY RECORDS OF MARTIC TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - Jenne Renkin (1997), 2000, 5½x8½, paper, index, vi+135 pp, ISBN: 1585494488
X     X   GRAVE UNDERTAKINGS. Volume 1, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County - Martha J. Xakellis 1993, paper, index, 578 pp
X     X X GRAVE UNDERTAKINGS. Volume 2, Warwick Township - Martha J. Xakellis 1993, 8½x11, paper, index, 160 pp
X     X   GRAVE UNDERTAKINGS. Volume 3: Clay Township (Old Warwick Township) - Martha J. Xakellis 1995, 8½x11, paper, index, 41 pp
X     X   GRAVE UNDERTAKINGS, Volume 4, Penn Township (Old Warwick Township), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Martha J. Xakellis 2001, 8½x11, paper, 230 pp
X     X   GRAVE UNDERTAKINGS: Volume 5, Gravestone Inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Penn - Martha J. Xakellis 2002, 8½x11, paper, 172 pp, ISBN: 1558563938
X         GROFFDALE MENNONITE CHURCH CEMETERY, LEOLA, LANCASTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA - Darvin L. Martin 1997, 8½x11, paper, 118 pp
X X       LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CEMETERY SURNAME INDEX - Bob Closson and Mary Closson 1988, 8½x11, paper, index, 118 pp
X         MILLERSVILLE MENNONITE CEMETERY INDEX - Gary T. Hawbaker 1984, 5½x8½, paper, 53 pp
      X X

Little Britain Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fulton Township, Lancaster County, PA - by Robert J. Patton, Jr., 2001 (softcover)
      X X

Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church and Cemeteries, Drumore Township, Lancaster County, PA - By Robert J. Patton, Jr. 2004 (Softcover)

Tax, Census, Land, Court etc.
X     X   1771 LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES - Katharine F. Dix 1990, 8x11, paper, 104 pp
X         1790 CENSUS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA -  1996, 5½x8½, paper
X     X  

COLONIAL TAXES, LEBANON TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1750 - 1783 - Gladys Bucher Sowers 2004, 366 pp, ISBN: 1932864024
X         INDEX TO (THAT PORTION OF) THE 1718-1726 TAX RECORDS OF CHESTER COUNTY THAT BECAME OR BORDERED ON LANCASTER COUNTY. Volume 4 - Gary T. Hawbaker and Clyde Groff 1985, 5½x8½, paper, maps, 124 pp
X     X X

INDEX TO THE 1780 TAX RECORDS. Volumes 1 and 2 - Gary T. Hawbaker and Clyde L. Groff 1981, 5½X8½, paper,169 pp 
X     X X

INDEX TO THE 1750 TAX RECORDS. Volume 3 - Gary T. Hawbaker and Clyde L. Groff 1982, 5½x8½, paper, 116 pp       
      X X

A New Index: Lancaster Before the Federal Census

by Gary Hawbaker & Clyde Groff (softcover) - Volume 4 1718-1726 Chester Co. tax records, areas later part of Lancaster County
X        X

INDEX TO THE 1770 TAX RECORDS [OF LANCASTER COUNTY]: Volume 5 - Hawbaker and Groff 5½x8½, paper, 204 pp     
          CD: PENNSYLVANIA RETROSPECTIVE SERIES: Lancaster County, Tax Lists, Third Series, Vol. XVII -  CD, ISBN: 1929356153
X   X   ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DEED RECORDS (BOOKS N-Q) including the areas now comprising Dauphin and Lebanon Counties. Deeds recorded 1770-1789 - Edward N. Wevodau 2002, 8½x11, paper, index, 254 pp, ISBN: 1558563806
X     X   ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DEED RECORDS (BOOKS R,S,T,U) including the areas now comprising Dauphin and Lebanon Counties. Deeds recorded 1774-1789. Volume 2 - Edward N. Wevodau 2003, 8½x11, paper, index, 238 pp, ISBN: 1558563989
X         ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DEED RECORDS: Vol. 3, Books W, X, Y, Z including areas now comprising Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1779-1786 - Edward N. Wevodau 2004, 8½x11, paper, 144 pp, ISBN: 155856425X
X         ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DEED RECORDS: Vol. 4, Books AA, BB, CC, DD, 1784-1791 - Edward N. Wevodau 2004, 8½x11, paper, 160 pp, ISBN: 1558564268
X     X   LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA LAND RECORDS 1729-1750, AND LAND WARRANTS 1710-1742 - Marsha Martin (1998), 2002, 5½x8½, paper, index, maps, 204 pp, ISBN: 1585491632
X         CD: LAND RECORDS: BUCKS AND LANCASTER COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA, 1682-1825 -  CD, ISBN: 1579442080
X         1864 ATLAS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - H. F. Bridgens (1864), 16x16, paper, 56 pp
X         INDEX TO JOSHUA SCOTT MAP OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 1824 (INCLUDES MAP) - Gary T. Hawbaker 1986, paper, 5½x8½, book + map, 13 pp
X       X INDEX TO THE 1864 BRIDGENS ATLAS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA -  1991, 8½x11, paper, 40 pp, ISBN: 1930353138
X         INDEX TO THE 1875 HISTORICAL ATLAS OF LANCASTER COUNTY [PENNSYLVANIA] - Lois Ann Mast 1991, 8½x11, paper, 94 pp, ISBN: 1883294088
X     X   ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS COURT RECORDS, 1742-1767 - Edward N. Wevodau 2001, 8½x11, paper, 182 pp
X     X   ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS COURT RECORDS, 1768 - 1782 - Edward N. Wevodau 2001, 8½x11, paper, 210 pp
X     X   ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ORPHANS COURT RECORDS, 1782 - 1791 - Edward N. Wevodau 2001, 8½x11, paper, 254 p
X     X   ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WILLS, 1732-1785 -  (1995), 2003,5½x8½, paper, index, 327 pp, ISBN: 1585494968
X     X X ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WILLS, 1786-1820 -  (1995), 2003, 5½x8½, paper, index, 337 pp, ISBN: 1585493201
X      X X ABSTRACTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WILLS, 1821-1830 - Edward N. Wevodau 2000, 8½x11, paper, index, 153 p
X     X   LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA QUARTER SESSIONS, 1729-1742 - Gary T. Hawbaker 1986, 5½x8½, paper, 109 pp
X         RUNAWAYS, RASCALS AND ROGUES: Missing Spouses, Servants, and Slaves - Gary T. Hawbaker 1987, paper, index, 136 pp
X     X X MARRIAGES & DEATHS IN THE NEWSPAPERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1821-1830 - F. Edward Wright (1989), 2004, 5½x8½, paper, index, 200 pp, ISBN: 1585491314
X     X X MARRIAGES & DEATHS IN THE NEWSPAPERS OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 1831-1840 - F. Edward Wright (1988), 2003, 5½x8½, paper, index, 187 pp, ISBN: 1585491209

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