- Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Records
of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia,
1775-1780
by Boyd Crumrine
The old Virginia minute books transcribed here include Yohogania and
Ohio counties as well as the District of West Augusta. The records cover
the period during which Virginia exercised jurisdiction over the Pennsylvania
counties of Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, and Allegheny.
The minute books contain information such as land titles, deeds, mortgages,
conveyances, probate records, administrations, contracts, suits, judgments,
and oaths of allegiance. Within these documents, thousands of Monongahela
Valley's early settlers are identified.
- Index to Pennsylvania's Colonial Records Series
by Mary Dunn
The first sixteen volumes of the Pennsylvania Archives form a distinct
series known as "Colonial Records." Together, they form one
of the cornerstones of early American record sources. The first ten
volumes cover Minutes of the Provincial Council, 1683-1775 while
the last six cover Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council, 1777-1790.
Not properly indexed until the publication of this book, these volumes
include detailed information on early inhabitants of Pennsylvania. This
index names approximately 50,000 men and women who played a role in
the early history of Pennsylvania. To help explain the significance
of the Colonial Records series, the work includes an illuminating foreword
by Jonathan Stayer of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
- Early Pennsylvania Land Records: Minutes of the Board of Property
of the Province of Pennsylvania
by William Henry Egle
In the early days of Pennsylvania, proprietor William Penn established
a Board of Commissioners of Property to review property claims and maintain
careful record of property matters. In 1893, Dr. William H. Egle edited
the Minutes of this Board beginning with Book C (the earliest legible
extant volume). Egle began with the Board's 13th session in 1687 and
ended with the Board's 30th session in 1732. Here you'll find the names
of thousands of people (tenants and owners) associated with various
land holdings.
- Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes
I, II, and III
by John W. Jordan
These three volumes contain possibly the most authoritative collection
of Pennsylvania genealogies ever assembled. The 250 Colonial and Revolutionary
family histories included here extend from two pages to upwards of thirty
pages. Each genealogy generally commences with a family's first Pennsylvania
settler and proceeds in a direct line of descent to family members who
lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Often, you'll be able
to learn about as many as eight generations in one family history.
- Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the Province
and State of Pennsylvania, 1727-1775
by William Henry Egle
This work is an exhaustive list of mostly German immigrants who arrived
in Pennsylvania between 1727 through 1775 and 1786 through 1808. For
the approximately 35,000 individuals included here, you'll learn the
full name, name of ship, date of arrival, port of origin, and names
and ages of family members.
- Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1740-1773
by John B. Linn and William H. Egle
Most of the 3,000 individuals included in this volume were Quakers.
For each, you'll learn full name, place of residence, date of naturalization,
location of the county court, and the name of the judges who conferred
citizenship upon the applicants for naturalization.
- Names of Persons who Took the Oath of Allegiance to the State
of Pennsylvania Between the Years 1777 and 1789
by Thompson Westcott
In this volume you'll find a list of almost 2,000 individuals who signed
the Revolutionary oath of allegiance in Philadelphia. For each individual,
you'll learn the name, date of signing, occupation, residence, and origins
in Europe or other Colony.
- Abstracts from Ben Franklin's 'Pennsylvania Gazette,' 1728-1748
by Kenneth Scott
Here you'll find abstracts of the most influential newspaper in the
18th century, The Pennsylvania Gazette. Arranged chronologically
from 1728 to 1748 during the period of Benjamin Franklin's personal
charge, the variety of stories featured in The Gazette often
provide genealogical connections. Often you'll find record of vital
events, fires, accidents, crimes, desertions, mutinies, piracies, advertisements,
and listings of merchants, artisans, teachers, and shippers. Although
births are rarely mentioned, notices of marriages and death are frequent.
The 12,000 persons indexed here are not limited to Philadelphia or Pennsylvania
and are from all of the Colonies, especially New Jersey, Delaware, and
Maryland. You'll find similar information in another volume included
here entitled Abstracts from 'The Pennsylvania Gazette,' 1748-1755.
- Genealogical Abstracts from 'The American Weekly Mercury,' 1719-1746
by Kenneth Scott
The American Weekly Mercury was the first newspaper published
in Pennsylvania and the third in British North America. In these abstracts,
you'll find notice of marriages, deaths, and advertisements for runaway
servants and slaves. Most of the marriage entries pertained to persons
of some distinction, such as governors, judges, government officials,
clergymen, and eminent merchants, as well as their family members. In
the case of death notices, the age of the deceased was noted, sometimes
with a brief sketch of his career and with an indication of his place
of birth, ancestry, and relatives. The 3,400 individuals listed were
from Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, South Carolina, and New England,
as well as Pennsylvania.
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