The Eighth Annual Report of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENEA¬ LOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. The Board of Directors of your Society in presenting the eighth annual report of the Society believe, that during the past year they have faithfully carried out the work for which this Society was originally founded, that is, the col¬ lecting, copying, and properly binding and indexing of records and valuable historical and genealogical matter, and placing them in such serviceable shape that any of the members of the Society can find data which otherwise would be out of the reach of most of them. There is much work yet to be accomplished; in fact, our collections of the past few years which are put before you to-night are only yet in their infancy. Every day, week, or month, your Board hears of papers which would be invaluable, but our work is limited by our resources. That the work is appreciated and being made use of, a casual examination of the bound copies will easily prove so much so, in fact, that in certain cases some of the col¬ lections may have to be rebound to preserve them. It is the hope of your Board to have eventually such room or space in the Historical Society that our collections can be displayed and arranged with better facility for research and use than the}' are at present ; we are indebted to the Historical Society for what has been done, and we know that they will, with their desire always to aid us, do in the future what can be done to add to the efficiency of ' our work. The following work has been done by the Society from March 6th, 1899, to March 5th, 1900 : 1. Marriage and Death Notices taken from Daily and General Advertiser, 1791-1799, indexed and bound. — (84) Eighth Annual Report. 85 2. Abstract of Bucks County Wills, Vol. II, 1795-1825 indexed and bound. 3. St. Michaels and Zion Marriages, 1745-1764, indexed and bound. 4. Hopewell Meeting Records, alphabetically arranged and bound. 5. Swedesboro, Raccoon and Penns Neck, P. E. Church Records, commenced by Mr. J. W. Jordan, completed and being indexed by the Society. 6. Four volumes of Genealogical Notes, containing sketches of Shippen, Willing, and other families, indexed and bound. 7. Catalogue of books on Genealogical shelves. 8. Burials in Delaware County, and vicinity, bound. 9. First Moravian Church Record, presented by J. W. Jordan, Esq., alphabetically arranged, and bound by the Society. 10. Middletown Presbyterian Tombstone Inscriptions, presented by Mr. George H. Earle, being bound by the Society. 11. The Society has sent pedigree blanks to members, a number of which have been filled out and returned, but some are still lacking. The Board have to acknowledge with thanks the follow¬ ing gifts: 1. Berks County Wills, vols. I, II, 1752-1825, presented by Alfred Smith, Esq. 2. Type-written manuscript of the Pennsylvania Town¬ sends, presented by J. W. Townsend, Esq. 3. “ Jacob Alricks and his nephew Peter Alricks,” pre¬ sented by Edward A. Price, Esq. The four following, presented by Gilbert Cope, Esq-: 4. “ Dunwoody and Hood Families.” 5. “ West Chester, past and present, Centennial Sou¬ venir.” 6. “ Official Programme, Centennial Celebration of the Borough of West Chester.” 86 Eighth Annual Report 7. “Centennial Celebration of West Chester, Pa.” 8. New England Bibliopolist, July, 1899. 9. Annual Report of the Essex Institute for the year ending May 15th, 1899. 10. The Essex Antiquarian, December, 1899. 11. Northern Indiana Historical Society, containing Constitution, By-Laws and list of members. 12. Northern Indiana Historical Publications, vols. 1 and 2. No. 1. The St. Joseph-Kankakee Portage. No. 2. The Glacial Phenomena, as exhibited in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan, and the Resulting Water¬ ways, by Hugh T. Montgomery, M. D. 13. Bulletin of the New York Public Library, 8 num¬ bers. 14. Joseph Hills and the Mass. Laws of 1648. 15. " Delaware Governors,” an address delivered at the formal Presentation of the Portraits of the Governors of Delaware to the State, May 26th, 1898, presented by Henry C. Conrad. 16. Journal of Michael Walters. 17. “ Raleigh’s Lost Colony,” presented by J. P. Baxter. 18. The Twentieth Century University, an address de¬ livered by John H. Converse, before the Associate Alumni of the University of Vermont, June 28th, 1898. 19. Citizenship and Technical Education, an address de¬ livered by John H. Converse, presented by the author. 20. Monatschrift fur Geburtshiilfe and Gynsekologie, Berlin. 21. Genealogical Notes, relating to the Lloyd, Pemberton, Hutchinson, Hudson and Parke Families 23 volumes, presented by Charles Hare Hutchinson for distribution to members of the Society. 22. Lincoln Probate Records. There has been prepared an index of the Genealogical Society’s collection, which is a great help to the members and others desiring information as to our work. — Eighth Annual Report 87 The Board have received many courtesies from the His¬ torical Society, and are especially indebted for many favors from the Librarian and Assistant Librarian. During the year six members have been elected, ten re¬ signed, and three dropped from our list. Total list of membership at present 309. The Board have with regret to announce the death of the following members during the past year : PERCIVAL ROBERTS, JOHN STRUTHERS, FRANK THOMSON, DR. DANIEL G. BRINTON, DR. CHARLES J. STILLE, WM. N. TISDALL, HENRY WHELEN. All of which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD SHIPPEN, M. D., U. S. N. EDWARD S. SAYRES, President. Recording Secretary. March 5th, 1900.