Genealogical Accessions by the Genealogical Society and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1981

Genealogical Accessions by the Genealogical Society and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1981 Compiled by Rita Schive Mowrer NOTE: No distinction between manuscript, microfilm, typed or printed material as been made in the format of the following list. An "X" preceding a call number denotes Microfilm; "FC" denotes Family File Case; "BR" denotes Bible records. An asterisk (*) preceding an entry denotes material still to be catalogued. ADOPTION: The adoption searchbook. By Mary jo Rillera. (Huntington. Beach, Cal., 1981). 218 p. Index. Illustrations. F/845R/R574 ALDEN: The Alden family in the Alden house. By Dorothy Wentworth. (Duxbury, Mass., 1980). xii, 130 p. Illustrations, maps, portraits. F/A1121.6 ALEXANDER: The Alexanders of Mendon, Massachusetts. Compiled and presented by The Rev. Victor J. Alexander. (Lowell, Mass., 1981). xvii, 429 p. Index. Illustrations, genealogical charts, portraits. F/A1122.2 ALIENS: British aliens in the United States during the War of 1812. By Kenneth Scott. (Baltimore, Md., 1979). vii, 420 p. Index. Ts/67725/5c427.5 ALLEGHENY CO., PA.: Probate records, 1789-1906. MA'/Pa./Al-1 thru XW/Pa./A1-220 *ARMENTROUT family history, 1739-1978. By Russell S. Armentrout. (Harrisonburg, Va., 1980). Indexes. Presented by J. S. Armentrout, Jr. BALL cousins: descendants,of John and Sarah Ball and of William and Elizabeth Richards of Colonial Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Compiled and presented by Margaret B. Kinsey. (Baltimore, Md., 1981). x, 364 p. F/1321.9 BARE: Ancestors and relatives of Kendig Herr Barr, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Compiled and presented by Howard C. Bare. 17 p. Charts. Gen/ Ba35.1 BARE-BARK: Some descendants ofJohn Bare (Barr), Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pa. Compiled and presented by Howard C. Bare. 14 p. Gen/13a35.2 BARNES: Records (1817-1892) from the Bible of William T. Barnes. 8 p. Presented by Sue Kennedy .Barnes. BR/Ba 271 272 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine BOTSFORD family genealogy. Compiled by Botsford Family Association. (Williamstown, Mass., 1939). Illustrations, portraits. Presented by Mrs. Joseph D. Helwig. F/B659.3 BOWEN: Descendants in the direct line from Thomas Bowen of Chester County, Pa. to Elizabeth Bowen of York, Pa., 1742-1978. Compiled and presented by Robert David Bowen. FC/Bo BOWMAN: Before the Bowman boys, being the known American ancestry of Alan, John and Ruel Bowman. Compiled and presented by Jane Belknap Bowman'. (Decorah, Iowa, 1976. 190 p. Index. Portraits. F/13684.7 BRITTAIN: Bible records of Jeremiah Reed Brittain, D.D. and his wife Nannie D. King, 1864-1885. Presented by Howard E. Weaver, Ph.D. BR/Br BROWN family of Pennsylvania and Maryland. 7 p. Presented by Margaret Smith Keigler. FC/Br BUCKINGHAM: Prologue, a family history and genealogy of and by Richard Wm. Buckingham and his wife Muriel Barbara Earl. F/B854.2 BUCKMAN: Ancestors and descendants of Joseph Comly Buckman and Caroline Nice (Livezey) Buckman. Compiled and presented by Emily Buckman Milford, Gen/Bu16.1, Gen/Bul6.2 BUCKMAN: Line of ancestry of Williamson Buckman, 689 to 1926. By Elizabeth B. Satterthwaite. Gen/Bul8.1 BUCKMAN: Penquite, Hilburn, Fell, Heston, Hallowell, Spencer, Williamson and allied families. By Elizabeth B. Satterthwaite. ten/13u18.2 BUCKS CO., PA.: 1880 census. XC/1105/1880 XC/1107/1880. BUCKS CO., PA.: Records of Langhorne United Methodist Church (formerly Attleborough Methodist Episcopal Church), Langhorne, Middletown Twp., 1858-1924. XCh/639.4 BURR: The genealogy of Peter Burd and some of his descendants. Compiled and presented by Roger F. Burd. 71 p. Index. Gen/Bul7 BURHANS: Records, 1770-1908, from the Bible of Peter Burhans and his wife Helena Folant. BR/Bu CHESTER CO., PA.: Temple Methodist Episcopal church burials, North Coventry Township (ca. 1840-1911). 11 p. Index. Presented by Vivian Taylor. Ch12M CHESTER CO., PA.: Records of Vincent Baptist Church, Chester Springs, West Pikeland Township, 1939-1968. XCh/653 CHESTER CO., PA.: Tombstone inscriptions from Shenkel's Burying Ground, North Coventry Township. By F. P. Wanger. 28 p. Presented by Vivian Taylor. Ch/2R CHESTER CO., PA.: A class list and inspection roll of all persons subject to militia duty, 1814, within the bounds of Captain John Harris Company. Doc. Box-15 Genealogical Accessions CHIDLEY: Family birth records, 18 Douglas Oliver. BR/Ch 273 to 1902. Presented by Mrs. A. CHURCH-SMITH Bible records, 1758-1896. Descendants lived in Rhode Island, Vermont and Pennsylvania. 7 p. Typed. Presented by Brown County, Ohio Genealogical Society. BRICK CLOUD: Records, 1777-1904, from the King and Cloud Bible. 3 p. Presented by Elizabeth King Wailer. BR/C I COLLINS: The Collins family in Great Britain. Ancestors of The Rev. William Collins and descendants through his eldest son. Compiled and presented by Margaret Hill Collins. Vol. 1, viii, 157 p. Index. Charts, portraits. Gen/Co22.1 COLLINS: The Collins family in America. Compiled and presented by Margaret Hill Collins and Ellinor Collins Aird. Vol. IL vii, 143 p. Portraits, maps. Gen/Co22.2 COLLINS: The Collins family in America Ancestors of the distaff side of the first five generations. Compiled and presented by Margaret Hill Collins and Ellinor Collins Aird. Vol. III, vi, 270 p. Index. Charts, portraits. Gen/ Co22.3 CONNECTICUT: Barbour index to town vital records up to 1850. XR/ 830.1 thru XR/830.97 CONOVER: Records (1812-1846) from the Bible of Henry Conover and Hannah Suffield. Presented by Kevin N. Chambers. BR/Co COWNE: The Virginia Cowne family: from its origin in the Isle of Man to England and America. Compiled and presented by Jonathan and janna Cowne. (Ashland, Va., 1981). 50 p. Gen/Co21 CURRIE: Notes on Parson William Currie, Sterling's Quarters, Valley Forge, Pa. Presented by Mrs. Robert C. Ligget. FC/Box B/File DAUPHIN CO., PA.: Tax lists, 1785-1850. XCt/Pa./D-1 thru Xet/Pa./ D-39 DELAWARE CO., PA.: Records of St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Church Street, Marcus Hook, 1814-1852. XCh/638 DETWILER family genealogy. Compiled by Henry S. Landis, Lizzie Fretz and B. Harrison Landis. Presented by Frances Wise Waite. Gen/ De 11.1, Gen/Dei7.2 DOUD-DOWD and allied families. By Oscar L. Doud. (Sun City, Ariz., 1976). Index. Illustrations, map, portraits. F/7483 DUNBAR: Records (1727-1806) from the Bible of Mary and Lot Dunbar. Also includes birth records of the Atkinson family. BR/Du DU PONT: Genealogical tables, anecdotes—historical and traditional memoirs of her origin. Collected by Elise Wigfall Simons du Pont. Portraits. Presented by Mrs. E. Paul du Pont. Gen/Du14.1, Gen/Du14.2 274 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine EICHMAN-WARD Bible records, 1864-1973. 7 p. Presented by Mrs. Helen Davis. BR/Ei FAYETTE CO., PA.: Administrations, 1850-1871. XWa1lia./F-1 FAYETTE CO., PA.: Deeds, 1784-1867; Surveys and Warrants, 17841900. XD/Pa./F-1 thru XD/Pa./F-66 FAYETTE CO., PA.: Orphans' Court Record Index, 1784-1950. XWol Pa./F-1 thru XWo/Pa./F-3 FAYETTE CO., PA.: Wills, 1784-1875. XW/Pa./F-1 thru XW/Pa./F-8 FERRY: The Charles Ferry family in America (Feret, Ferry, Ferre, Fere, Ferrey, Ferree): an account of some of the descendants of Charles and Sarah (Harmon) Ferry of Springfield, Massachusetts. By Edward M: Ferry. (Northampton, Mass., 1978). 361 p. Index. Illustrations, coat of arms, portraits. Presented by Robert A. Brothers, F5412.2 FOULKES: Notes pertaining to Thomas Foulkes: the Burlington County pioneer. Compiled and presented by John E. Scully. 24 p. Gen/Fo15 FRISBY family of Cecil County, Maryland. Includes allied families of Brice, Tilghman, Carroll and others. By N. Brice. (Baltimore, Md., 1844). 70 p. Presented by Willis S. Whittlesey, III!. Gen/Fr-1.1 GARDETTE family Bible records, 1778-1887: descendants of Jacques Gardette. Presented by Virginia Alleman Brown. BR/Ga GARRETT-GERHARD-GEHRET family of York and Washington Counties, Pa. and Carroll County, Maryland. Compiled and presented by Mrs. Dolores Crumrine Rutherford. (Carmichael, Calif., 1976). ii, 9 p. FC/Ga GIBBON-McCORMICK—TURNER genealogy. Compiled and presented by Frederick Moore. 107 p. FC/Box B/File-11 GOETZ: Baptismal records from Beihingen, Neckar, West Germany pertaining to the Goetz family. 22 p. Presented by Ronald Graham. FC/Go *GOOD: History of a Good family. Descendants of Jacob and Mary Bosley Good of Cambria County, Pa. By Mary Ellen Sappington Good. (Baltimore, Md., 1978). viii, 646 p. Index. Illustrations, portraits. GREENAWALT-BROUGH: Stories and accounts of the Greenwalt and Brough families of Chambers burg, Franklin County, Pa., 1717-1931. By William Grant Greenawalt. 16 p. Index. Presented by Mary Greenawalt Murphy. Gen/Gr16 GREENE CO., PA.: Deeds, 1796-1866. X.DIPa.IGr-1 thru XCiria./ Gr-31 GREENE CO., PA.: Orphans' Court records, 1799-1869. XWo/Pas/GrI thru XWo/Pa./Gr-8 GREENE CO., PA.: Wilts, 1796-1874. XW/Pa./Gr- I thru XVV/Pa./Gr-4 Genealogical Accessions 275 GROSCH: The descendants of John Valentine Grosch. Preliminary sketch toward a Grosch genealogy. Compiled and presented by Aubrey H. Baldwin. (Phila., Pa., 1981). FC/Box-B/File 14 GRUBB family of Delaware, descendants of John, Grubb. Compiled and presented by Caroline Sparks. 11 p. FC/Gr HARPER: Records (1774-1890) from the Bible of Martha Harper, daughter Jonathan and Lydia Harper. 5 p. Presented by Edwin S. Dunkerley. BR/Ha HASSINGER: The Hassinger family of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Compiled and presented by Michael T. Wahl. 21 p. Gen/lia.35 HAWLEY: The Hawley record. By Elias S. Hawley. (Buffalo, N. Y., 1890). xvi, 592 p. Index. Presented by the New Century Guild. }I/11315F HEIMBACH: A survey of some of the descendants of Peter Heimbach. Compiled and presented by Hays .M. Heimbaugh. (San Diego, Calif., 1980). 38 p. Index. Charts. Gen/He25 HOLDEN family; ancestors of Patricia Janet Smith. Compiled and presented by Patricia Janet Smith. (Manhattan Beach, Calif., 1981). v, 17 p. Portraits. Gen/11°27 HOLLAND-SOCKUME family Bible records, 1872-1912. 2 p. Presented by Mrs. Joyce M. Pullen. BR/Ho HOOVER: Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover family. By Hulda Hoover McLean. (Stanford, Calif, 1967). xii, 486 p. Presented by Edwin Hoover Gideon. F/F1771.2 HOOVER-HUBER families. Hoover family group charts arranged alphabetically by given names. Compiled and presented by Edwin H. Gideon. Gen/23.1 thru Gen/23.10 HOWELL: Bible records (1614-1779) pertaining to Howell, Granger and Simpson families. 3 p. Presented by Effingham P. Humphrey, jr. BR/Ho HUNTER: Genealogy of the descendants of John Hunter (1667/8) and Margaret (Albin) Hunter; ancestors of Frances Elizabeth Hunter. Includes allied families of Pechin, Steel and others. Presented by Seymour Green. Fe/Hu/Box 93.1, FC/Flu/Box 93.2 HUNTINGDON CO., PA.: Deeds, 1786-1866. XD/Pa./Hu-1 thru XD/ Pa./Hu-47 HUNTINGDON CO., PA.: Orphans' Court records, 1786-1866. XWo/ Pa .Hu- 1 thru XWo/Pa./}1u-6 HUNTINGTON CO., PA.: Wills, 1786-1908. XW/Pa,Hu-1 thru XW/ Pa./Hu-9 IMMIGRANTS to the middle colonies; a consolidation of ship passenger lists and associated data from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. By Michael Tepper. (Baltimore, Md., 1979). xiii, 178 p. Index. Illustrations. F/35602R/T314 276 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine IMMIGRANTS: New World immigrants; a consolidation of ship passenger lists and associated data from periodical literature. By Michael Tepper. (Baltimore, Md., 1980), Index. Illustrations. F/356401R/T314 IRELAND: Passengers from Ireland; lists of passengers arriving at American ports between 1811-1817, transcribed from the Shamrock or Hibernian Chronicle. By Donald M. Schlegel. (Baltimore, Md., 1980). 158 p. Index. Ts/75R/Sch339 JORDAN-SYKES-MITCHELL: Bits and pieces, books and stones. By Jeanne J. Tabb. (Dallas, Texas, 1976). 3 vois. Presented by Jeanne J. Tabb. Flj 76.2 KENTUCKY: Genealogies of Kentucky families from the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. (Baltimore, Md., 1981). 2 vols. Illustrations, portraits. Presented by Bertram L. O'Neill. F/K419.4 KENTUCKY: Genealogies of Kentucky families from The Filson Club History Quarterly. (Baltimore, Md., 1981). xii, 917 p. Illustrations, charts, portraits. Presented by Bertram O'Neill. F/K419.4 KISTER-KEISTER families of Northern York County, Pa. Compiled and presented by Frances Wise Waite. (Doylestown, Pa., 1975). 86 p. Gen/ Kil8 KRATZ: Emma Jane Kratz (Fulmer) family. Descendants of John Valentine Kratz. Compiled and presented by Jennie Sperling. (Lansdale, Pa., 1981). 16 p. Gen/Kr5 LEARN: Descendants of Jacob Learn, son of the Pennsylvania pioneer John Learn. Compiled and presented by Wayne E. Learn and Clinton S. Learn. (Atlantic City, N. J., 1977). Index, F/1.4477 LEHR: The ancestors of Albina Johnson (Hoover) Lehr: Hoover, Houser, ,Johnson, Wood, Sharpies. By Stephen J. Kennedy. (Needham Heights, Mass., 1980). 131 p. Illustrations, maps, portraits. Presented by Edwin H. Gideon. F/52959.2 LUZERNE CO., PA.: Deeds, 1786-1891. XD/Pa./Lu-1 thru XD/Pa./ Lu-175 LUZERNE CO., PA.: Orphans' Court records, 1787-1866. XWo/Pa./ Lu-I thru XWo/Pa./Lu-5 LUZERNE CO., PA.: Wills, 1786-1906. XIV/Pa./Lu-1 thru XW/Pa./ Lu-15 MARSTELLER: Johann Georg Marsteller of Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh. County, Pa., his family and descendants. Compiled and presented by Julia Sefing Rock. (Barrington, I11. , 1981). 43 p. Gen/Ma35 MATHEWS family tree. Compiled and presented by Charles Casper Mathews, II. Gen/Ma36 To Be Continued