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Pennsylvania Genealogy Collection #1 This is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania. These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA. 1) Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 John Blair Linn & William Egle, 1876, 368 pages This publication outlines the names of persons for whom marriages licenses were issued in the state of Pennsylvania prior to 1790. After the Revolution, the practice of keeping official records of marriages fell out of favor. The body of the publication is a list of marriages arranged in alphabetical order, and lists the date that the marriage license was issued, and the bride and groom's names. In all, there are hundreds of marriages recorded, making this a valuable tool for genealogical research in Pennsylvania. The appendix offers additional marriage data: 1) Marriages of the First Church of Philadelphia, the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, the Presbyterian Church of Abington, Montgomery County, and the Trinity P. E. Church of Oxford. 2) Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, 1742-1748 3) Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses issued by Governor James Hamilton, 1748-1752 4) Marriage Licenses Issued in the Secretary's Office from August 1755 to April 1759 2) Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 (Volumes 1 & 2) John B. Linn & Wm. H. Egle, 1878, 1879, 1414 pages This work is an extensive collection of early Pennsylvania marriages records. These volumes were published as part of the Pennsylvania Archives series, and provide a wonder set of information for research. The churches represented are: Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1806 Swede's Church (Gloria Dei), Delaware Co., 1750-1810 1st Pres. Church of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., 1785-1812 St. Paul's Epis. Church, Chester, Delaware Co., 1704-1733 Ref. Church of Falkner Swamp, Montgomery Co., 1748-1800 Luth. Church of New Hanover, Montgomery Co., 1745-1809 German Ref. Church of Philadelphia, 1748-1802 First Baptist Church of Philadelphia, 1761-1803 Paxtang & Derry Churches, Dauphin Co., 1741-1810 1st Pres. Church of Philadelphia, 1702-1745 & 1760-1803 Moravian Church of Bethlehem & Nazareth, Northampton Co., 1742-1800 Moravian Church of Lititz, Lancaster Co., 1743-1800 Moravian Church of Philadelphia, 1743-1800 Neshaminy Pres. Church, Hartsville, Bucks Co., 1785-1804 St. James Epis. Church, Perkiomen, Montgomery Co., 1788-1810 Abington Pres. Church, Montgomery Co., 1716-1821 Marriages Authorized by the Philadelphia, Middletown, Falls, Buckingham, Quakertown & Wrightstown Monthly Meetings of Friends, 1682-1810 St. Michael's & Zion Church of Philadelphia, 1745-1800 St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, 1759-1806 Pres. Church of Churchville, Bucks Co., 1738-1810 2nd Pres. Church of Philadelphia, 1763-1812 3rd Pres. Church of Philadelphia, 1785-1799 3) The Mercantile Agency Reference Book, July 1889 (Pennsylvania) R.G. Dun & Co., NY, 191 pages The Mercantile Agency Reference Book was published as a reference work for banks and financial institutions. It was originally published for use by private institutions, not mass produced for the general public, therefore relatively few were published of each edition. Also, it was published each year, so many of the institutions simply discarded the older editions when the newer ones were published. Those factors make this publication is a very rare resource to find today. What makes this edition especially useful today is that is was published shortly before Federal Census of 1890. This Census was damaged by fire in 1921 and the damaged originals were authorized to be destroyed by 1935. Less than 1% of the Census remains to this day, leaving a void for genealogists and historians. Although this publication does not contain the same information as the Federal Census of 1890, the information contained within is useful for research. This listing is for the section on Pennsylvania and includes all of its major cities all the way down to its small villages in the countryside. The information is arranged alphabetically by town, and includes the name of the establishment or business owner, the type of business, the estimated wealth of the business and its general credit rating. A map of the state is also included. Since this was originally published for private institutions there are no ads for local businesses included, as is often the case with directories of this era, just the directory information. 4) Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the Year 1790 [Pennsylvania] Bureau of the Census, S. N. D. North Director, 1908, 428 pages This publication is a copy of the Pennsylvania portion of the first U.S. Federal Census taken in 1790. The information given for each family is the name of the family head, the number of free white males age 16 and over, the number of free white males under age 16, the number of free white females and the number of slaves. This families are listed by county and in some counties also arranged by town or township. Also included is a map of the state showing the county lines at the time of the census. This is one of just a few resources for historical or genealogical research from this period of the nation's history. PDF file on CD This auction is not for the actual books listed. Instead, the pages of these publications have been scanned into a PDF file and copied to a CD. This type of file can be read on any kind of computer (including Mac) using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This program can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website. Text-Searchable The pages of these publications have been carefully scanned to offer text that is easily readable. Each title is also text-searchable. Text-search capability allows the user to scan the entire text of the publication for specific names or places and is a very useful tool for research. Please be aware, if you see another auction for this kind of historical / biographical E-book and it is not listed as text-searchable - it most likely does not have that capability. Price, Selection & Service: (Please READ) Get an amazing selection of historical, biographical and genealogical information at the best price - here at PA-Genealogy. Many of the titles listed are available ONLY HERE, and each title is priced reasonably. For those titles that are also available elsewhere, I will match the price of any identical selections - just contact me with the listing(s) in question. Also, if you purchase 3 or more selections at the same time, you will save an additional %10. The contents of each selection are described in detail in the auction listing, including the surnames of those mentioned within. But, if you have questions about any of the surnames mentioned I am willing to do reasonable lookups to provide you with more information - I can be reached at: histography@gmail.com Shipping & Payment Shipping is $2.00 within the U.S., and only $3.50 for international airmail. Shipping for additional CDs purchased at the same time is FREE, so please view my other auctions for more historical and genealogical e-books. Payment is to be made within 7 days of auction end. Paypal accepted through Ebay, other typical payment methods also available - just contact histography@gmail.com for details. |
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