Many records were consulted in the study of Thomas Holme’s map. This is a reference guide for locating them. In some cases there is more detailed information on an earlier blog page. Please note that this is a guide for locating records, not a source for the records themselves, which are generally voluminous.<\/p>\n
Quaker Records<\/strong><\/p>\n Monthly meeting minutes: Reference on blog of 2\/9\/16 [all blog dates in 2016]<\/p>\n Vital records: Reference on\u00a0blog on 2\/14, 2\/15, 2\/29, 3\/1<\/p>\n Certificates of removal: Reference on blog on 5\/4<\/p>\n Acknowledgments: Mostly included in monthly meeting minutes.<\/p>\n Court Records<\/strong><\/p>\n Bucks County Quarter Sessions: Ancestry; Spruance Library; HSP (Historical Society of PA, Phila.)<\/p>\n Chester County Record of the Courts: Ancestry and HSP<\/p>\n Burlington Court Book: Ancestry, HSP<\/p>\n Upland Court: Ancestry<\/p>\n Land Records<\/strong><\/p>\n Old Rights Index 1759: Pennsylvania Archive, series 3, vol 2 & 3 (correct dates)<\/p>\n Copied Survey Books and Old Rights Index 1833: State website at phmc.pa.gov (under Land Records). Note that the Old Rights Index there has incorrect dates; Quakers used numbers for months instead of the pagan names; by 1833 someone had forgotten that before 1752 the year started in March, not January, so “First Month” meant March.<\/p>\n First Purchasers: Papers of William Penn<\/em>, vol 2<\/p>\n Minutes of the Board of Property: Google Books, full view; Ancestry<\/p>\n Original Purchase Register: PHMC website<\/p>\n Deeds, Phila County, index: Philadox.phila.gov\/phillyhistoricalindex\/index.html<\/p>\n Deeds, Phila County, deeds & a guide: Phila-records.com\/historic-records\/web (paid site)<\/p>\n Deeds, Bucks County: FamilySearch.org (to about 1860)<\/p>\n Deeds, Chester County: FamilySearch.org (to about 1860)<\/p>\n Immigration Records<\/strong><\/p>\n Civil arrivals: Lists in Sheppard, Passengers and ships prior to 1684<\/em><\/p>\n Certificates of removal: Myers, Quaker Arrivals<\/em>\u2026; see the blog on 5\/4\/16<\/p>\n Immigrants who declared goods: Balderston\u2019s articles in Passengers and ships\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Tax lists<\/strong><\/p>\n Blackwell rent roll: Papers of William Penn<\/em>, vol 3<\/p>\n 1693 tax list: See the blog on 3\/25\/16<\/p>\n Probate Records<\/strong><\/p>\n Bucks County wills (and other estate papers): FamilySearch.org; Bucks Co. courthouse<\/p>\n Chester County wills: FamilySearch.org; Chester Co. Archive<\/p>\n Philadelphia County wills: FamilySearch.org; Phila City Hall<\/p>\n Other Useful Lists<\/strong><\/p>\n Philadelphia Business Directory of 1690: Roach, Colonial Philadelphians<\/em><\/p>\n Biographies of officers: Horle et al, Lawmaking and Legislators<\/em>, vol. 1<\/p>\n Lists of people who signed petitions: Lawmaking and Legislators<\/em>, vol. 1<\/p>\n Early letters and narratives: Papers of Wm Penn<\/em>; Myers, Narratives of early PA\u2026<\/em>Minutes of the Provincial Council: Google Books; Ancestry<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many records were consulted in the study of Thomas Holme’s map. This is a reference guide for locating them. In some cases there is more detailed information on an earlier blog page. Please note that this is a guide for locating records, not a source for the records themselves, which are generally voluminous. Quaker Records … Continue reading Earliest records and where to find them: Pennsylvania before 1700<\/span>