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Adams County, Pennsylvania genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

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Founded January 22, 1800
County Seat Gettysburg
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Address Adams County Courthouse
111 Baltimore St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2312
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Contents

Adams County Pennsylvania Historical Facts

Beginning dates for major county records
Birth
Marriage
Death
Deeds
Probate
1893
1885
1893
1800
1800


Adams County Pennsylvania Genealogy Resources

Bible Records

Cemeteries


Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Online Grave Transcripts Published Grave Transcripts County Cemetery Directories
Findagrave.com

Family History Library

Findagrave.com
Interment.net WorldCat Names in Stone
PA-Roots Billion Graves
Pennsylvania Genealogy Epodunk
Pennsylvania Gravestones USGW Also lists cemeteries no longer in existence
Billion Graves Adams Co. Historical Society The place to start; gives alternate names
Names in Stone
Access Genealogy
Ancestry($)
USGW
See Pennsylvania Cemeteries for more information.
  • Harry Senft York and Adams County Cemetery Pictures Harry Senft has taken pictures of 100s of 1000s of headstones in over 200 cemeteries in York and Adams counties that are ALL posted online. In conjunction with FamilyHart (aka Don & Jeanine Hartman), Custom Google Maps for each cemetery location have been produced so that the user can easily find the cemetery. An index of the cemeteries listed is also provided by name and by location. In addition, indexing of the actual cemetery picture files with links to the FamilyHart Online Databaseare being compiled. The FamilyHart Online Database contains over 719,000 linked family names, most of which have connections to York and Adams counties. This family database is the most comprehensive and complete listing of York and Adams County names on the Internet. It grows by about 1,000 names per week, and is updated online quarterly.
  • The Cemeteries of Adams County, Pennsylvania includes many of the same images taken by Harry Senft (along with those of others) posted online with indexing.  In addition there are transcriptions of some cemeteries that do and don't have photographic images. Many older stones are unreadable in photographs so these transcriptions are often invaluable.
  • Idaville United Methodist Cemetery on BillionGraves. On Highway 34, just north of a very small town by that name, in a very rural area. Two land parcels to this cemetery, nearly side by side on east side of highway as shown on this page.

Census

For tips on accessing Adams County, Pennsylvania Federal (or United States) census records online, see: Pennsylvania Census.

There are no county or state census records available for Pennsylvania. County and city tax records can be used as a substitute when census records are not available.

1890 Census

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. In Pennsylvania, church records are often used as a substitute for birth, marriage, and death information. For general information about Pennsylvania denominations, view the Pennsylvania Church Records wiki page.
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Perhaps the earliest religious denomination to be established in the county was the Church of the Brethren or the Dunkards who came around 1840. The Church of England or Episcopal congregations if the English were formed soon after. They kept few records. The Dutch Reformed church came around 1865. German Lutherans came to the county around 1780-1800. Other groups to come included Methodists, Irish Catholics, and Scotch-Irish Presbyterians. Not all the early churches to settle in the county stayed active to the present day.

Finding Church Records at Other Repositories

Additional church records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Adams County, Pennsylvania Church Records  in online catalogs like:

The Adams County Historical Society
Archives of the Historical Society:

  • A church and cemetery file.
  • A collection of Parish Register Transcripts: Many from old Lutheran and German Reformed congregations, and some from Presbyterian, Methodist, and Roman Catholic churches situated in the greater south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland areas.
  • Baptisms, marriages, etc. in over 300 Lutheran & many non-Lutheran Churches in Adams County and area.

The Adams County Historical Society website includes a detailed list of Adams County Clergymen covering the entire period of the county's history (1800-present). Clergymen's names, churches served, and dates served are included in this free online resource.

Historical Sketches

County-wide Database - Multi-denominational
Contains church records of:
  • Abbottstown: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church; St. John's Lutheran Church
  • Arendtsville: Zion United Church of Christ
  • Barlow: Mount Joy Lutheran Church
  • Bendersville: Bethlehem Lutheran Church
  • Biglerville: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Trinity United Church of Christ
  • Butler: Benders Church
  • Conewago: Sacred Heart Basilica
  • East Berlin: Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Fairfield: St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Franklin: Lutheran Church
  • Gettysburg: Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church; St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Latimore: Chestnut Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church; Lower Bermudian Lutheran and Reformed Union Church
  • Littlestown: Christ United Church of Christ; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • McSherrystown: St. Paul Lutheran Church
  • Mount Joy: Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church; Marks German Reformed Evangelical Lutheran Congregations
  • Mount Pleasant: St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church; United Brethren in Christ
  • Straban: St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • Uriah: United Methodist Church
  • York Springs: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church; United Brethren in Christ
Catholic

Conewago Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Conewago Township

Dutch Reformed

Conewago Dutch Reformed Church, Straban Township

Lutheran and Dutch Reformed Church, Arendtsville

Episcopal

Christ's Episcopal Church, York Springs

German Baptist
Lutheran
  • 1785-1874 - Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations at Ancestry ($).

Christ Lutheran Church, Gettysburg

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, York Springs

Lower Bermudian Lutheran and Reformed Union Congregation

Lutheran and Dutch Reformed Church, Arendtsville

Mark's Lutheran Reformed Church, Mount Joy Township

St. Mark German Reformed and Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Gettysburg

St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Gettysburg

St. John Lutheran Church, Abbottstown

Upper Bermudian Church, Huntington Township

Methodist

The Methodist Episcopal Church, Gettysburg

Presbyterian
  • Burial Record of Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church at Ancestry ($).

Rock Creek Congregation, Gettysburg

Reformed
  • 1785-1874 - Adams County, Pennsylvania, 1785-1874: Lutheran and Reformed Congregations at Ancestry ($).

Benders Reformed Church, Butler Township

Bermudian Reformed Church, Latimore Township

Emanuel Reformed Church, Abbottstown

German Reformed Congregation, New Oxford

St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Fairfield

Trinity Reformed Church, Gettysburg

Court Records

Adams County, Pennsylvania court records are housed at the Adams County, Pennsylvania Courthouse. For many counties copies of court records may be found at the Pennsylvania State Archives and in the FamilySearch collection. Note that within these collections some films may contain the same records, but have different titles. Other titles are not duplicates. See Finding Court Records at other repositories within this section for links to the online catalogs for these two collections. Films at the Pennsylvania State Archives are not available for inter-library loan. If court records are available FamilySearch films may be ordered at a local Family History Center.

Court of Common Pleas

The Courts of Common Pleas are the trial courts of Pennsylvania. Major civil and criminal cases are heard in these courts. Judges also decide cases involving adoption, divorce, child custody, abuse, juvenile delinquency, estates, guardianships, charitable organizations and many other matters. The Common Pleas courts are organized into 60 judicial districts. Adams County, Pennsylvania has its own judicial district. Judges of the Common Pleas courts are elected to 10-year terms. A president judge and a court administrator serve in each judicial district.[4]

Clerk of the Court

The Clerk of Courts prepares and maintains the records for the Criminal Division of the Court of Common Pleas. The Clerk signs and affixes the Seal of the Courts to all writs and processes, administers oaths and affirmations, and assumes custody of the seal and records of the Courts. The Clerk certifies and distributes orders of the Court. The Clerk also certifies and prepares bills of costs for the defendants and utilizes the computerized financial management system to disburse fines, costs and restitution.[5] For the Adams County, Pennsylvania Clerk of Courts address see the Courthouse section on this page.

Prothonotary

The office of the Prothontary is the custodian of all civil matters in the county. This includes naturalization, immigration, equity actions, judgements, federal and local tax leins, city liens, family court, arbitrations, license suspension appeals, appeals to higher court, commercial code filings, applications for passports and divorce proceedings. See the Courthouse section on this page for the Adams County, Pennsylvania Prothonotary office information.

See Divorce

Orphan's Court 

See Vital Records
The Orphans' Court is responsible for a wide range of matters. The name of the Court is derived from the more general definition of "orphan," that being a person or thing that is without protective affiliation or sponsorship. This would include those not capable of handling their own affairs, minors, incapacitated persons, decedents estates, nonprofit corporations and trusts. It is the role of the Court to ensure that the best interests of the person or entity are not compromised.

It is believed the name of this court was borrowed from the Court of Orphans of the city of London, England which had the care and guardianship of children of deceased citizens, in their minority.[6]

For Adams County, Pennsylvania Orphans' Court contact information see the Courthouse section on this page.

Finding Court Records at Other Repositories

Additional court records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Adams County, Pennsylvania Court Records in online catalogs like:

Emigration and Immigration

For information about emigration into Pennsylvania, see the Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration page.


The Scotch-Irish made settlements at the "Marsh Creek Settlement" and the "Great Conewago Settlement" about 1740 in what was a predominantly German area.[7]

Ethnic Groups

Germans

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History


Published Histories

Land and Property

Land records in Adams County began in 1800. These records are filed with the Register of Wills/Recorder of Deeds office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, and maps. Property records include liens as well as livestock brands and estray records.

The following are examples of available resources:

Online Land Records

  • 1800–1936 Adams County offers online access to indexes and images. Fees apply. Refer to the website for current availability and fees.
  • PA Original Land Records The Rev. Neal Hively has done extensive land record compilations and land mapping of York and Adams counties with indexes available online.

Land Records on Microfilm

Additional Resources

Note that the "Maps" section below includes maps related to land ownership.

See Pennsylvania Land and Property for more information about using land records, especially about original land warrants, surveys, and patents filed at the state land office.

Additional resources can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Adams County Pennsylvania Land in online catalogs such as:

Maps

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  • Ancestor Tracks has posted free, downloadable images from the 1858 Map of Adams Co., Pennsylvania by G. M. Hopkins. This wall map located in the Library of Congress shows major landowners and geographic sites at the date of publishing.  While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we have taken of the maps belong to us and are not to be used to commercially.  We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal use; please attribute to Ancestor Tracks.

Migration

Military

Revolutionary War

Men from what is now Adams County (then York County) served in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment.[8]

Civil War

Civil War service men from Adams County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Adams County.


Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Adams County.

Gettysburg National Military Park helps visitors relive this battle.

Map showing Civil War battles in Pennsylvania.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Naturalization records can contain information about immigration and nativity. Prior to 1906, it is rare to find the town of origin in naturalization records. See Pennsylvania Naturalization for more information about the types of records and availability.

Naturalizations granted at the county level were kept by the office of the Prothonotary. Naturalizations could also be granted on the Federal Court level.

Naturalization records available for Adams County, Pennsylvania include the following:


Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm

Finding Naturalization Indexes at Other Repositories

Additional naturalization indexes can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Adams County, Pennsylvania naturalization in online catalogs like:

Newspapers

Adams County, Pennsylvania newspapers may contain genealogical value including obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings.

To access newspapers, contact public libraries, historical/genealogical societies, college or university libraries, or state archives in the area where the newspaper was published.

For information on state-wide newspapers see Pennsylvania Newspapers

Newspapers of Adams County

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers on line for a specific town or city in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the name of a newspaper

Online Newspaper Abstracts

Newspaper Excerpts and Abstracts

  • Stover, Robert, Abstracts From the Republican Compiler, Adams County, Pennsylvania 1831-1851 (Gettysburg, PA:R. Stover, c1976) At various libraries (WorldCat; FHL Collection
  • Sullivan, Raymond (compiler), A collection of newspaper clippings of vital records from the Evening Sun, Gazette and Daily, Adams Co., York Co., Pennsylvania, Carroll Co., Maryland, 1968-1969; Sykesville Times Caroll County Times, Carroll Co., Maryland, 1967-1968, 1967-1969 (SLC, Utah:1969) FHL film 599824–599829 item 1 Includes "Evening Sun," (Gazette and Daily) " "Carroll Co. Times," Sykesville Times," (Gazette and Daily) and "Evening Sun."
Obituaries

Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died. However, sometimes an obituary is found in the location from which he or she originated. To find an obituary, see the information under the Newspaper heading.

Tip
 Sometimes the fastest way of finding obituaries is to call or email the local public library in the area where the person died. If the library does not have newspapers, a librarian often will know where they are kept. If a death date is known, and the newspapers are at the library, someone on staff will usually make a search for a small fee, or will indicate someone who will do the search.

Online Obituary Abstracts

Occupations

Indentured Servants

Periodicals

Poorhouse, Almshouse

Probate Records

Probate matters in Adams County, Pennsylvania are handled by the Orphans' Court and start when the county was created. To obtain original probate records, contact the Orphan's Court in the County Courthouse.

In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates of decedents, incompetents, and minors; appointment and control of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills involving probate matters; inheritance tax appeals and various petitions and motions.

Online Probate Records

Original probate records for some Pennsylvania counties are available free online as digital images at FamilySearch.org. The dates vary significantly for each county and not all counties are listed. Some counties may only have probate indexes. This Pennsylvania collection of images may be browsed through the links listed below:

Complete Collection:

Adams County Only:

Original Probate Records on Microfilm

Additional Probate Indexes and Abstracts

Additional probate indexes or abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Adams County, Pennsylvania probate wills in online catalogs like:

  • 1800-1864 - Young, Henry James. An Index to the Wills and Administration Bonds of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Books "A-G") 1800-1864. 1940. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Repositories

Archives

The Pennsylvania Archives collection contains county archive records that can be searched onsite. Currently the Archives' staff cannot provide research or make copies of these records. Their collections include Almshouse Registers; Tax records; Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes and Records; Midwife records; African American records; Wills; Deeds; Naturalizations; Coroner's inquests; and Orphan's Court dockets. A list of the Archive's county holdings are on Microfilm or Manuscript form.

Courthouse

Adams County Courthouse
111 Baltimore St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2312
Phone: (717) 334-6781
Hours: M - F   8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The courthouse houses records of county births and deaths (1893-1905) and Marriage records (1885- to the present). The Office of the Prothonotary is located in the courthouse and is a good place to search for divorce and civil case records.

County of Adams Prothonotary
117 Baltimore Street
Room 104
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717-337-9834

County of Adams Clerk of Courts & Orphans' Court
117 Baltimore Street
Room 103
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717-337-9806

Accounts, Adoptions, and Guardian records are filed in the Orphans' Court. The court maintains records from 1800 to the present. They also have indexes to birth records from 1852 to 1855 and 1893 to 1905, indexes to death records from 1852 to 1855 and 1893 to 1905, and indexes to marriage records from 1852 to 1855.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers (FHCs) are branches of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are located all over the world. Their goal is to provide resources for family history research.

The main FHC for Adams County, Pennsylvania is the Gettysburg Pennsylvania Family History Center. For additional nearby Family History Centers, search online in the FHC directory.

Libraries

Adams County Library System
140 Baltimore Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: (717) 334-5716
Fax: (717) 334-7992
Mon-Thurs: 9 am to 8:30 pm
Fri/Sat: 9 am to 5 pm
Sun: 1 pm to 5 pm

Museums

Appalachian Trail Museum Society
1120 Pine Grove Road
Gardners, PA 17342
Phone: (812) 936-3366

Societies

Adams County Historical Society
P.O. Box 4325
111 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: (717) 334-4723

Houses the county's historical records. Website includes helpful worksheets for Adams County census, property, surname, and taxation research. Finding Aids available online cover microfilms, vertical file index, family file index, list of cemeteries, list of clergymen, Marsh Creek German Baptist Brethren Index, Marsh Creek Congregation Church of the Brethren Index, Adams County Delayed Birth Register 1893-1905, Original Land Records Name Index (3 vols.). A look-up service is available for a small fee. Includes Battle of Gettysburg Research Center.

  • Come Join our Adams County Genealogy Group on Facebook

Taxation

  • Adams County USGenWeb Project This site has the Returns of Taxables of the County of York for the Years 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783 online. Adams County was a part of York County during these years.

Vital Records

Vital records are handled by the County Orphans' Court. Between the years 1852-1855 Pennsylvania made a failed attempt to record birth, marriage and death events at the county level. While the records for that time period are available, there were few events recorded. County marriage records were kept in earnest in 1885. Births and deaths, at the county level, were begun in 1893 and kept through 1905. Abstracts and copies of vital records are available for some counties, but most are incomplete. For the most complete set of records, always contact the County Orphans' Court.

Tip
 Use substitute records for birth, marriage and death information. These substitute records include Bible Records, Cemeteries, Church Records, Newspapers, and Probate Records.
Birth

Early births 1893–1905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. See the heading Court Records on this page for contact information.

Indexes for Pennsylvania birth records are available through the Department of of Health for 1906 and 1907. Once an individual is located in the index a non certified Birth certificate can be obtained by writing and sending $3.00 to:

Division of Vital Records
ATTN: Public Records
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103

  • 1726-1930 - Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 - free index. Not complete for all years. This index is an electronic index for the years 1726 to 1930. It is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
  • 1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Births Ancestry.com – $ Index with images.
  • 1893-1905 - Adams County Delayed Birth Register 1893-1905 at Adams County Historical Society website - free. Includes name, gender, date of birth.
Marriage

Pennsylvania marriages are located at the county level. Contact the Adams County, Pennsylvania clerk's office for these records.

  • 1700-1821 - Pennsylvania Marriage Records Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties.
  • Pre-1810 – Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) This database is incomplete for all counties. Includes 35,000 marriage records from vol. VIII of of the second series of the Pennsylvania Archives.
  • 1725-1976 - Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940 - free index. Not complete for all years. This index is not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records. This index is not complete for any particular place or region. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.
  • 1852-1855, 1885-1931 - Adams County Marriage Books 2-3, 5-11, 13-15 Index 1852-1855 and 1885-1931 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.[3]
  • 1852-1854 - Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry.com – ($) Index with images.
  • 1885-1950 - Pennsylvania County Marriage, 1885-1950 Extracted marriage records – free. This database is incomplete for all counties. May also contain marriage records earlier than 1885.
  • Marriage Records alphabetically arranged at Adams County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives
Divorce

Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary. The office of the Prothonotary is located in the courthouse building.

Death

Early deaths 1893–1905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. See the heading Court Records on this page for contact information.

Indexes for Pennsylvania death records are available through the Department of Health for 1906 through 1962. Once an individual is located in the index a non certified death certificate can be obtained obtained by writing and sending $3.00 to:

Division of Vital Records
ATTN: Public Records
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103

  • 1852-1854 – Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry.com – $ Index with images.

Finding Vital Records at Other Repositories

Additional vital records can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Adams County, Pennsylvania Vital Records in online catalogs like:

Adams County Pennsylvania Genealogy Websites

  • FamilyHart Online Database, FamilyHart(aka Don & Jeanine Hartman), has the largest collection of York and Adams County family genealogies online (Total database size over 630,000 linked names, most with York and Adams County ties). They also have a large collection of family photgraphs, documents, and headstone pictures associated with these families.
  • Harry Senft York and Adams County Cemetery Pictures Harry Senft has taken pictures of 100s of 1000s of headstones in over 200 cemeteries in York and Adams counties that are ALL posted online. In conjunction with FamilyHart (aka Don & Jeanine Hartman), Custom Google Maps for each cemetery location have been produced so that the user can easily find the cemetery. An index of the cemeteries listed is also provided by name and by location. In addition, indexing of the actual cemetery picture files with links to the FamilyHart Online Databaseare being compiled. The FamilyHart Online Database contains over 600,000 linked family names, most of which have connections to York and Adams counties. This family database is the most comprehensive and complete listing of York and Adams County names on the Internet. It grows by about 1,000 names per week, and is updated online quarterly.

Adams County Pennsylvania Places

Populated Places

Boroughs
  • Bonneauville
  • Carroll Valley
  • East Berlin
  • Fairfield
  • Gettysburg
  • Littlestown
  • McSherrystown
  • New Oxford
  • York Springs
Townships
  • Berwick
  • Butler
  • Conewago
  • Cumberland
  • Franklin
  • Freedom
  • Germany
  • Hamilton
  • Hamiltonban
  • Highland
  • Huntington
  • Latimore
  • Liberty
  • Menallen
  • Mount Joy
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Oxford
  • Reading
  • Straban
  • Tyrone
  • Union
Communities
  • Charmian

Fountain Dale

Jack's Mountain

Census Designations
  • Bendersville Station-Aspers
  • Cashtown-McKnightstown
  • Hampton
  • Lake Heritage
  • Lake Meade
  • Midway
  • Orrtanna

Adams County Pennsylvania Genealogy References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), [FHL book 973 D27e 2002].
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Adams County, Pennsylvania" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_County,_Pennsylvania (accessed 17 July 2012).
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/b/b5/Igipennsylvaniaa.pdf.
  4. ↑ The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania http://www.pacourts.us/T/CommonPleas/accesssed 10 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, Clerk of Courts in http://www.pacourts.us/T/CommonPleas/ClerksOfCourts.htm (accessed 25 Aug 2012)
  6. ↑ The Philadelphia Courts at http://www.courts.phila.gov/common-pleas/orphans/ accessed 10 July 2012
  7. ↑ Wayland F. Dunaway, The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania (Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, 1944), 57-58. Free digital version at PA's Past: Digital Bookshelf at Penn State.
  8. ↑ John B.B. Trussell and Charles C. Dallas, The Pennsylvania Line; Regimental Organization and Operations, 1776-1783 (Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977). Digital version at Family History Archive.
  9. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 7 August 2012)
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