Lancaster County Contributions

Below are various links, articles, books and documents related to Lancaster County history and research from previous versions of Lancaster County PAGenWeb with Special Thanks to Don and Jeanine Hartman.

  • Lancaster County Map with Municipal and Township Labels

  • History of Lancaster County: to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania, by Israel Daniel Rupp (1844)

  • History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans (1883)

  • Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settlers, by John Franklin Meginness (1903)

  • Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens (1894)

  • Lancaster County Indians by Henry Frank Eshleman (1909)

  • An Authentic History of Lancaster County, in the State of Pennsylvania by J.I. Mombert, D.D. (1869)

  • The Story of Lancaster: Old and New by William Riddle (1917)

  • Lancaster's Golden Century, 1821-1921 by H.M.J. Klein (1921)

  • Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania by H. Frank Eshleman (1917)

  • Pennsylvania Genealogical Magizine - various online copies

  • The German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania: A Study of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch by Oscar Kuhns (1901)

  • The Mennonites of America by C. Henry Smith (1909)

  • The Germans in Colonial Times by Lucy Forney Bittinger (1901)

  • German American Annals (Various)

  • German Pioneers by Ralph Dornfield Owen (1960)

  • Pennsylvania German Roots Across the Ocean; edited by Marion F. Egge (1900)

  • The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania 1708-1743, A Critical and Legendary History of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers by Julius Friederich Sachse (1899)

  • Pennsylvania German Manual for Pronouncing, Speaking and Writing English (1896)

  • Proprietary and State Tax Lists of the County of Lancaster for the years 1771, 1772, 1773, 1779 and 1782; edited by William Henry Egle, M.D. (1898)

  • Charter of Franklin (& Marshall) College (1837)

  • Life and Letters of the Rev. John Philip Boehm, Founder of the Reformed Church in Pennsylvania (1683-1749) By Rev. William J. Hinke (1916)

  • Palatine and Palatinate; and Annotations to Strassburger and Hinke's Pennsylvania

  • Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German, by William Henry Egle (1886)

  • Genealogy of the Barber Family by Edwin Altee Barber, A.M. (1890)

  • A Biographical History of the Becker Family by Leah B. Becker (1901)

  • A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Jacob Beidler, by Rev. A.J. Fretz (1903)

  • The Brubacher Genealogy in America by Jacob N. Brubacher (1884)

  • History and Genealogy of the Burgner Family by Jacob Burgner (1890)

  • A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz and a complete Genealogical Family Register to the Fourth Generation, by Rev. A.J. Fretz (1904)

  • A Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck and other Funk Pioneers by Rev. A. J. Fretz, (1899)

  • The Henkel Memorial - Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical; Edited by A. Stapleton (1910)

  • A Genealogy of the Hess Family by John H. Hess (1896)

  • The Landis Family of Lancaster County by D. B. Landis (1888)

  • Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by Warren S Ely (1909)

  • A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Martin Oberholtzer, by Rev. A.J. Fretz (1903)

  • A Family Record of John Michael Pfautz by John Eby Pfautz (1881)

  • Descendants of John Peter Scholl and Anna Susanna Dorothea Scholl by A. D. Scholl (1903)

  • A Record of the Searight Family by James A. Searight (1893)

  • History of the Descendants of Mathias Slaymaker by Henry Cochran Slaymaker (1909)

  • A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Henry Stauffer and other Stauffer Pioneers, by Rev. A.J. Fretz (1899)

  • A Biographical History of the Swarr Family of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1909)

  • History of the Swope Family and their Connections by Gilbert Ernest Swope (1896)

  • The Life of (John) Conrad Weiser by C.Z. Weiser (1876)

  • The Zartman Family by Rev. Rufus Calvin Zartman (1909)

  • The Ziegler Family Record by Elder Jesse Ziegler and Rev. Daniel P. Ziegler (1906)

  • Lancaster Historical Society

  • Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society

  • Southern Lancaster County Historical Society

  • Maytown Historical Society

  • Manheim Historical Society

  • Conestoga Area Historical Society

  • Evangelical & Reformed Historical Society

  • Elizabethtown History Org

  • Lititz Historical Foundation

  • The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley

  • Christiana Historical Society

  • Strasburg Heritage Society

  • South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society

  • Palatines to America - Pennsylvania Chapter

  • Hans Herr House

  • Lookups - This is PROBABLY Outdated. Please let me know what you find! ~ greg price

  • The Ephrata Cloister

  • Landis Valley Museum

  • Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the Civil War

  • Lancaster-York Heritage Region

  • Lancaster County Government Records Archives Quick Guide

  • National Register of Historic Places - Lancaster County

  • Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy