This volume contains abstracts of death and marriage notices taken from extant copies of The York Recorder at the Library of Congress. These deaths and marriages occurred in York County, Pennsylvania, (and surrounding Pennsylvania and Maryland counties) between January 6, 1821 and March 9, 1830. Records are arranged chronologically by date of publication. Death entries typically contain: full name of the deceased, age, plus place of death and/or residence. Some entries also list: occupation, cause of death, name of spouse and/or other relative. Marriage entries typically contain: full name of...

This volume contains items relating to individuals living in Talbot, Dorchester, Worcester, Somerset, Caroline, Queen Anne's and Kent Counties, with occasional items from adjoining counties. Vital records, legal cases, property sales and rentals, lists of letters left at post offices, runaway wives, fugitive slaves, absconding apprentices and amusing stories are all included.

This volume contains items relating to individuals living in Talbot, Dorchester, Worcester, Somerset, Caroline, Queen Anne's and Kent Counties, with occasional items from adjoining counties. Vital records, legal cases, property sales and rentals, lists of letters left at post offices, runaway wives, fugitive slaves, absconding apprentices and amusing stories.

These abstracts were gleaned from the earliest newspapers of Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland. Vital records; legal notices; property sales; runaway wives, apprentices and slaves; and local events are preserved on these pages. These abstracts also contain names of persons in Western Maryland and adjoining parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania.

This volume contains genealogical extracts from Portrait and Biographical Record of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The original contained portraits of citizens of the past and present, together with portraits and biographies of the presidents of the United States, published by Chapman Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, 1898. Information was gathered by a corps of writers who interviewed the subjects of the biographies. "In attempting to reduce the size of this material I the editor] have eliminated as much unnecessary wording as possible. The original contains much in the way of...

This volume lists persons who were taxed, i.e.: householders or landholders and tenants, residents in the household of another who worked for the landowner, freemen who were single men over the age of twenty-one, and non-residents of unseated (unoccupied) land. Acreage, number of cattle, horses, sheep and servants are given (when appropriate). It includes present day Delaware County.

Extracts from the Maryland Advocate, Maryland Herald, The Torchlight, Republican Banner, The Hagerstown Mail and The Farmers' Register. Over 5,000 persons. Marriages, obituaries, and heirs listed in chancery court cases.

This work contains Alexandria Quaker records, 1802-1827 (minutes, certificates of removal, marriages, births, deaths); extracts from the Vestry Book of Christ Church Fairfax, 1765-1806 with burial plot owners in 1812; burial permits, 1787-1795 (support payments, apprenticeship of orphans, pew owners); extracts from Truro Parish Vestry Book, 1732-1765 with references to orphans and burials (from which you can estimate the year of death), the needy for whom payments were made, and other payments; and the register of baptisms, marriages and funerals during the ministry of Rev. James Muir,...

York County was established in 1749 from Lancaster County, and in 1800 Adams County was founded from York County. One must consider these dates when looking for the records. These abstracts contain the names of persons mentioned in wills: decedents, heirs, trustees, guardians, witnesses, executors, debtors and relatives. They also provide references to property being devised and dates the wills were written and proved. These wills were abstracted under the auspices of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Originally the abstracts were arranged in alphabetical order. In...