Lancaster County
Look-up Volunteers

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    • Do you own a book pertaining to Lancaster County in which you would offer to look up material? If so, please volunteer to look surnames up!
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REFERENCE AUTHOR INFORMATION CONTACT
Brenneman History Albert H. Gerberich printed by Mennonite Publishing House 1938. It has over 900 pages. And begins with Melchior Brenneman of Griesheim, Switzerland b. about 1631. The family fled to Germany where it is believed they may have heard William Penn recruiting for colonization in America in Sept., 1677. The family along with others who migrated settled in Lancaster Co. Linda Garrett
A History of the Harnly Family Mrs. Henry H. Harnly, 1903 Contains some early Lancaster Co. Residents with surnames HARNLY HERNLY HOERNER EBY HERSHEY SCHNEIDER. 
F. Vincent Hernly fhernly@iupui.edu
Births, Death and Marriages of Nottingham Quakers   includes Chester and Lancaster counties in Penna. and Cecil County, Maryland. It includes specifically information from Little Britain Meeting. Mary Moody, moodster41@hotmail.com
Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and His Lineal Descendents Theodore Herr The book lists over 13,000 descendants of Rev Herr, who was born in 1639. Al Boulanger
Marriages 1753-1856, Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania compiles by Annette Simpson Publisher's note: "Unfortunately, the author never revealed her source
for these marriage records. It would seem however, the majority are
taken from St James Church at Lancaster."
There are 1759 marriages listed - groom, bride, date, no location given
Margaret James
Lancaster Directory for 1843 J.H. Bryson containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupation, places of
business, and residences
reprinted by Southwest PA Genealogical Services, Laughlintown, PA
Margaret James
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
  Margaret James
Index, Bridgen's 1864 Atlas of Lancaster County   this
lists each property owner by surname, first name and township. Most
first names are abbreviated such as Dl.,Hy.,Jb.,Jn.,Sl.,Widow; very few
entries list a complete first name.
Margaret James

Carolyn Mattern

Leibensperger Family History   compiled by my ggrandfather Elmer Isaac Leibensperger and published by the Leibensperger Family Assn in 1943.  
Trinity Lutheran Church Records (1730-1796)     Joe Wolfe
Lancaster County Church Records to 1800 (5 volumes)     Joe Wolfe
Lancaster County Orphans Court Records 1742-1791     Joe Wolfe
Will Abstracts - 3 volumes to 1830     Joe Wolfe
Hawbaker and Groff Tax Lists for Lancaster County     Joe Wolfe
Index, 1790 Lancaster Census     Joe Wolfe
Warfel and Allied Families Stanley and Jane Warfel  The book contains
information on most of the family from George and Melchior Warfel who
settled in Lancaster County about 1732 until the book was published in
1979.
Louis Warfel
Ellis and Evans     Carolyn Mattern
Records of Pastoral Acts at Emanuel Lutheran Church   known in the eighteenth century as the Warwick congregation, near Brickerville, Elizabeth Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1743-1799. 
It was translated by Frederick S. Weiser and printed by The Pennsylvania German Society in 1983. The index includes surnames only, no given names. Prominent names include: Eichelberger, Gesell, Hacker, Haushalter, Illig, Lang, Miller, Oberle, Suss, Stober, Weidmann and Zartman. 
Diane M. Stober
   

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