A forward of a forward, but the methodalogy would be applicable to any *Burned County* i.e. I hear this a lot in SC...I know there are at least some council records in the SC archive that have not yet been published and are not on mirofilm...I suspect there is other info as well... But thought this would be of interest....Char ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: [Va-Notes. Burned Record Counties] > Brent Tarter <BTarter@lva.lib.va.us> wrote: > VA-NOTES > BURNED RECORD COUNTIES > Several Virginia counties, most of them in the eastern part of the > state, have suffered tremendous loss of their early records during the > intense military activity that occurred during the Civil War, and others > lost records in fires. At some point, almost everyone conducting > genealogical or historical research will face the problem of finding > information from a so-called "Burned Record county." > Burned record counties might be grouped into three basic categories: > Hopeless, Almost Hopeless, and Difficult. Included in the Hopeless category > are James City, New Kent, Buckingham, Nansemond, Dinwiddie (before 1782), > Appomattox, Buchanan, King and Queen, Warwick, and Henrico (before 1677). > Almost Hopeless are Hanover, Prince George, Elizabeth City, and Gloucester. > Difficult counties are Caroline, Charles City, King William, Mathews, Prince > William, Stafford, Rockingham, and Nottoway. > If you are working with a county that has suffered a loss of court > records, you must devote all your genealogical energy and historical > knowledge to the project. First, survey any extant records as well as all > existing indexes; second, read every surviving record page by page; third, > consult the records of the surrounding counties; finally, seek out other > types of records, such as church, business, private, and government > documents. > Within the colonial period, the major source available are the > patents that were recorded in the Secretary's Office between 1623 and 1774. > Determine also if any church records are extant for the county of your > interest. > A few more resources are available during the statehood period. > Title to virgin land issued from the governor in a record now called a > grant; petitions to the legislature date from 1775 into the 1850s; tax > records, both land and personal, date from 1782 into the twentieth century; > militia fines date from 1795 to 1860. Researchers should also consult the > federal census schedules that were taken every ten years and for Virginia > survive from 1810 onward, excepting 1890, which was almost entirely burned. > Realize, however, that most of these records are simply lists and do > not give family information. The record can locate a particular name within > a specific county. > With the exception of the patent and grant books, the records > referenced are not available on-line; further, most are manuscripts and must > be consulted in person at the holding depository. > As always, when researching county court records, first consult the > on-line list of what is available at the Library of Virginia. It may be > found at the Library's wet site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us > > The Burned Record Counties. > > Appomattox: created in 1845, county court records were destroyed by > fire in 1892. > Buchanan: created in 1858, county court records were destroyed by > fire in 1885; records created after that date suffered extreme damage in a > flood in 1977. A few re-recorded deeds exist. > Buckingham: created in 1761, county court records were destroyed by > fire in 1869. One plat book survived and some wills and deeds were later > re-recorded. > Dinwiddie: created in 1752, county court records prior to 1833 were > destroyed in 1865. One plat book, one order book, and one judgment book > survive. > Elizabeth City: created in 1634 as an original shire, records were > damaged and/or destroyed during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the > Civil War. A few early deeds, wills, orders, and guardian's accounts > survive. > Gloucester: created in 1651, all county court records were > destroyed by an 1821 fire, and records created after that date were > destroyed in Richmond on 3 April 1865. Six minute books from the nineteenth > century and two surveyor's record books survive. > Hanover: created in 1721, most county court records were destroyed > by fire in Richmond on 3 April 1865. A few isolated record books that were > not sent to Richmond and various scraps of loose papers survive. > Henrico: created in 1634 as an original shire, all county court > records prior to 1655 and almost all prior to 1677 are missing; > additionally, many isolated records were destroyed during the Revolutionary > War, and almost all Circuit Court records were destroyed by fire in Richmond > on 3 April 1865. > James City: created in 1634 as an original shire, all county court > records were lost in 1865. > King and Queen: created in 1691, county court records were lost in > fires in 1828 and 1865. One plat book and three mid-nineteenth century > Superior Court record books survive. > Nansemond: created in 1652, county court records were destroyed in > three separate fires, the earliest of which consumed the house of the court > clerk in April 1734 (where the records were kept at that time), and the last > on 7 February 1866. A few fee books have been found in the records of Sussex > County. > New Kent: created in 1654, county court records were destroyed when > John Posey burned the courthouse on 15 July 1787, and records created after > that date were lost to fire in 1865. > Prince George: created in 1703, most county court records were > burned during the Civil War. A few record books survived and, proving that > there is always hope, the volume in which deeds and wills were recorded > between 1710 and 1713 was found within the last decade. Warwick: created in > 1643, county court records were destroyed at several times with most > destruction occurring during the Civil War. A seventeenth century livestock > registry, one order book, and one minute book from the eighteenth century > survive. > > Twenty-five other Virginia counties have suffered some loss of county court > records, some to a greater degree than others: > > Albemarle: created in 1744, all order books except the first and > all loose papers were destroyed in Tarleton's raid on Charlottesville in > 1781. > Bland: created in 1861, all but a few record books and some > chancery papers were destroyed by fire in 1888. > Brunswick: created in 1732, the first pages of a number of early > record books damaged by time. > Caroline: created in 1728, most records prior to 1836 were > destroyed during the Civil War. Some deeds and wills are recorded in extant > Chancery Papers, and a considerable number of order books and loose papers > survive. > Charles City: created in 1634 as an original shire, records have > been destroyed at various times. The most damage occurred during the Civil > War when the records were strewn through woods in a rainstorm. Many > fragments of records exist, so many, in fact, that there is something for > almost every year. > Chesterfield: created in 1749, lost one marriage register and some > loose court papers during the Civil War. > Clarke: created in 1836, had pages cut from several record books > during the Civil War. > Craig: created in 1851, lost the first deed book and most of the > loose papers during the Civil War. > Fairfax: created in 1742, original wills and deeds as well as many > other loose papers were destroyed during the Civil War; deed books for > twenty-six of the fifty-six years between 1763 and 1819 are missing. > Greene: created in 1838, lost the first deed book during the Civil > War when it was removed from the courthouse; no records were lost, but some > suffered extreme water damage in efforts to put out a fire in the 1970s. > King George: created in 1721, had one will book, an early marriage > register, and an order book "carried away during the Civil War." A few years > ago the will book was deposited in the Virginia Historical Society. > King William: created in 1702, all county court records prior to > 1885 (except for seventeen will books) were destroyed in a fire in that > year. > Lee: created in 1793, lost the oldest marriage register in an 1863 > fire. > Louisa: created in 1742, lost one order book in Richmond in 1865. > Mathews: created in 1791, all county court records were burned in > Richmond on 3 April 1865. At least two bond books, one plat book, and a > number of fee books survive. > Northumberland: created in 1645, suffered some loss in a fire in > the clerk's office on 25 October 1710. > Nottoway: created in 1789, many county court records were destroyed > or heavily mutilated in 1865. > Prince William: created in 1731, many county court records have > been lost, destroyed, or stolen at various times. Scattered years of deeds, > wills, and orders, as well as various bond books and a plat book, survive. > Richmond: created in 1692, has some record books damaged and > mutilated due to unknown causes; additionally, the will books prior to 1699 > were missing as early as 1793, and order books for the period 1794-1816 are > also missing. > Rockingham: created in 1778, most pre-Civil War wills were lost > when the courthouse was burned in June 1864; in an effort to save records, > they were loaded onto a wagon which was set afire along the road. Some few > were saved and administrators, executors, and guardian bonds survive. > Russell: created in 1786, the first marriage register and all loose > files were lost in a fire in the clerk's office in 1872. > Stafford: created in 1664, many pre-Civil War county court records > were lost to vandalism during the war. Scattered years of deeds, wills, and > orders have survived as has an old General Index. > Surry: created in 1652, has lost deeds for 1835-1838 and order > books for 1718-1741 and various other early record books are fragmentary. > Court house fires in 1906 and 1922 did not result in loss of records which > were then housed in a separate clerk's office. > Washington: created in 1777, lost a minute book for the period > 1787-1819 and many loose papers in a fire in the clerk's office on 15 > December 1864. > Westmoreland: created in 1653, lost an order book for the period > 1764-1776 to theft, and many loose papers were damaged during both the > Revolutionary War and the Civil War. > > > An online series on Research in Virginia Documents. > Prepared by the Division of Publications and Education Services. > Copyright by The Library of Virginia; this note may be reproduced in full if > proper credit is given and no changes are made. > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Found in: 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, OH by Joseph B. Doyle printer: Richmond-Arnold Publishing p. 1064 J. William Coates, of Coates Bros., the only merchants in Steubenville dealing exclusively in sporting and athletic goods, is one of the energetic and enterprising business men of the city. He was born in Wheeling, W. VA., but was in his boyhood when the family moved to Ironton, Ohio. Mr. Coates was reared at Ironton and lived there until he was twenty-six years of age when he located at Steubenville. He was connected with iron industries for ten years, and in 1899 he established his present business enterprise, with his brothers, Wilson R. and George D. Coates, as partners. They are located at 137 N. Fourth Street and carry a complete general stock of sporting and athletic goods, newspapers and periodicals. Mr. Coates has a number of other business interests, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and always has taken an active part in furthering the best interests of Steubenville. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Can anyone help this person figure out who Leonard George Coats parents are and lineage? >From: ACBAKER@aol.com >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:16:19 EDT >Subject: Re: Marmaduke Coate >To: LDudick@ancestrees.com >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 101 >X-RCPT-TO: <LDudick@ancestrees.com> > >Linda, > My Leonard G. (George?) Coats (assuming no "e" or "s") b. 1824 Aurillous, >Cayuga Co., NY; m. 25 Mar 1851 Bath NY to Deborah Ann Hadden; d. 13 Sep 1854 >Essex, Clinton Co. MI. Leonard may be the son of a David Henry Coats, who is >either brother (or somehow related) to an Israel and maybe a William and >Joseph. There may be a New Jersey connection, as well. > Leonard and Deborah had son, Henry Absalom, b. 3 Nov 1853 Essex Twp., >Clinton Co. MI, who married Rebecca McLean and d. 18 Sep 1937. > Henry Absalom and Rebecca had son, Hugh Leonard (my grandfather) b. 2 Nov >1885 Paines Station, Saginaw Co. MI; m. Lenore Marie Rodgers; d. Mar 1960. >Again, thank you for your help -- and for your tremendous research! >Ann >ACBAKER@aol.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DA909818E345E0F11964EE48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is some COATES information that came across a Massachusetts list I am on for Franklin County (posted by Pwallred@aol.com). I am descended from Hezekiah COATES in the second list, through his son Calvin Coates who married Emily Barber. If anyone recognizes that line, please email me! ******************** Descendants of Sally Arms Porter (daughter of Reuben PORTER) and Calvin Grant COATES FIRST GENERATION 1. Reuben PORTER. He was married to Elizabeth.1 Elizabeth was born in 1777.2 She died on 4 Apr 1833 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.3 Reuben PORTER and Elizabeth had the following children: +2 i. Sally Arms PORTER. 3 ii. Eliza PORTER was born on 21 Jun 1808 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.4 +4 iii. Barnabas Sabens PORTER. +5 iv. Lydia Maynard PORTER. 6 v. Rufus PORTER was born on 11 Dec 1812 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.5 He died on 21 Dec 1837 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.6 +7 vi. Lucinda PORTER. +8 vii. Almira PORTER. SECOND GENERATION 2. Sally Arms PORTER was born on 10 Mar 1807 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.7 She was married to Calvin Grant COATS on 11 Mar 1824 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.8 Calvin Grant COATS was born on 12 Mar 1798 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut.9 Sally Arms PORTER and Calvin Grant COATS had the following children: 9 i. Mary E. COATS was born on 10 Nov 1825 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.10 10 ii. Child COATS was born on 19 Mar 1826 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.11 He (or she) died on 19 Mar 1826 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.12 He (or she) was buried in Centre Cemetery, Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.13 11 iii. Child (twin) COATS was born on 19 Mar 1826 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.14 He died on 19 Mar 1826 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.15 He was buried in Centre Cemetery, Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.16 12 iv. Charles P. COATS was born on 16 Apr 1827 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.17 13 v. Sarah G. COATS was born on 7 Jul 1829 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.18 14 vi. Marth Graves COATS was born on 14 Jul 1831 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.19 15 vii. Samuel Elihu COATS was born on 8 Feb 1832 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.20 16 viii. Dwight Tyler COATS was born on 26 May 1834 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.21 17 ix. Reuben Porter COATS was born on 17 Jul 1837 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.22 18 x. Almira Hawks COATS was born on 20 May 1839 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.23 19 xi. Olive Maria COATS was born on 9 Jul 1841 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.24 She died on 19 Jul 1844 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.25 She was buried in Centre Cemetery, Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.26 20 xii. George Emerson COATS was born on 11 Nov 1843 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.27 21 xiii. Asahel Hawks COATS was born on 30 Jun 1844 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.28 22 xiv. Amos Cranadall COATS was born on 6 Jan 1846 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.29 23 xv. Horace Taylor COATS was born on 25 Nov 1847 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.30 24 xvi. Albert Rufus COATS was born on 22 Dec 1849 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.31 ****************************** Descendants of Hezekiah COATES FIRST GENERATION 1. Hezekiah COATES was born on 7 Jan 1789.1,2 He Int. Marriage on 23 Aug 1818 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.3 He was married to Eleanor PORTER in 1818. Eleanor PORTER died on 6 Mar 1836 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.4 Hezekiah COATES and Eleanor PORTER had the following children: 2 i. Anna COATS was born on 20 Jul 1819 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.5 She died on 27 Aug 1820 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.6 3 ii. William Albert COATS was born on 23 Jan 1821 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.7 He died on 18 Jan 1845 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. 4 iii. Elisha Avery COATS was born on 26 Mar 1822 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.8 5 iv. Amos Mansfield COATS was born on 6 Nov 1824 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.9 He died on 13 Jul 1841 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.10 6 v. Lucinda COATS was born on 23 Mar 1826 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.11 She died on 19 Mar 1831 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.12 7 vi. Emily Ann COATS was born on 30 Sep 1827 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.13 8 vii. Ezekiel Bradford COATS was born on 30 Sep 1829 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.14 He was married to Minerva.15 Hezekiah COATES and Minerva had the following children: 9 i. Harlan Page COATS was born on 17 Jan 1837 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.16 10 ii. Marcia Permelia COATS was born on 26 Apr 1840 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.17 11 iii. Hirum Pierce COATS was born on 29 Mar 1841 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.18 He died on 19 Sep 1841 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.19 12 iv. Hannah Sweet COATS was born on 9 Feb 1844 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.20 He was married to Sophia THOMPSON.21 Sophia THOMPSON was born on 20 Apr 1790.22 She died on 6 Jul 1818 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.23 Hezekiah COATES and Sophia THOMPSON had the following children: +13 i. Margaret COATS. +14 ii. Calvin COATS. +15 iii. Hezekiah Crandel COATS. SECOND GENERATION 13. Margaret COATS was born on 25 May 1811 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.24 She died on 2 Jun 1833 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.25 She was married to Ebenezer BARBER in 1829. Ebenezer BARBER Int. Marriage on 23 Dec 1829 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.26 14. Calvin COATS was born on 28 Dec 1812 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.27 He was married to Emily BARBOUR.28 15. Hezekiah Crandel COATS was born on 18 Jun 1815 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.29 He Int. Marriage on 4 Nov 1839 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts.30 of Hawley, Mass. He was married to Emily SEARS in 1839. --------------DA909818E345E0F11964EE48 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com ([209.85.6.30]) by fb04.eng00.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with ESMTP id sjr4gk.127l.37kbi5a Tue, 6 Jun 2000 20:06:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA10858; Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:07:10 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: coats@hotmail.com Tue Jun 6 17:07:09 2000 Message-ID: <20000607000643.91523.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [216.89.14.126] From: "* Charlotte" <coats@hotmail.com> Old-To: Coates-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 17:06:43 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Subject: [COATES-L] Moses Clark Coates Resent-Message-ID: <RRqatC.A.apC.uIZP5@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: COATES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <COATES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/5238 X-Loop: COATES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Added a photo of Moses Clark Coates and his kids to the Archive: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/photo.html These are descendants of Moses Coats of Chester County PA, if I'm not mistaken... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ==== COATES Mailing List ==== Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar --------------DA909818E345E0F11964EE48--

Well, this is what I tried, this is for more recent record collection say mid 1800s to present: I looked up either the funeral home or the cemetery at: http://www.funeralnet.com Found the address, phone number and fax and then: at: http://www.fax4free.com faxed a letter asking if they had records for any of the individuals I had listed.... Not sure if anyone will respond...but will let you know...oh, and at Fax4free.com you can fax up to 5 faxes per day without charge... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I found the microfilm number for the Burlington MM Quaker records that I got the other day...number is LDS # 20,456 Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

I've added a discussion forum and chat to the Coats Archive at: http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar/coatesl.html Hey, that's what happens when the microfilm doesn't get here fast enough....I start fiddlin' with stuff...<g>... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Also, I heard from an Abernathy researcher who was going to Newberry County, SC on a research trip...she told me that the Bush River Baptist Church secretary she had contacted said they had the old church records...not sure how old but she was going to get there to look at them...also she was going to try and find the old Quaker buring ground around Scotts Creek and the Bush River area...haven't heard back from her yet...<g>... Char ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

FYI....Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: DESloan@aol.com To: coats@hotmail.com, NCGUILFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NCGUILFO] [Fwd: Guilford Co. N.C.] Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 14:30:55 EDT Charlotte, My understanding is that the Quakers in the early and mid 1700's didn't place headstones on graves. Starting in the very late 1700's or early 1800's they started using grave markers (although it was frowned upon to put anything more that a simple stone on a grave). An example of Quaker cemeteries with markers is West Milton, OH. There are many markers from the early 1800's when they first migrated from NC to OH. Dave Sloan Colorado Springs, CO. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

This is where Burlington County was or is or in that area... West Jersey Proprietary Records. The records for West Jersey have not been published, but the originals at Rutgers University have been microfilmed. These include minutes, 1688 to 1951 (FHL films 888812-14; computer number 265961); warrants, 1717 to 1754 (FHL film 888815; computer number 265976) and surveys, 1654 to 1952 (FHL films 888803-11; computer number 266090, and FHL film 888723; computer number 341904). Any additional records still in the possession of the West Jersey proprietors can be searched for a fee by writing to: West Jersey Proprietors c/o Mr. Robert Haines, Clerk 230 High Street P.O. Box 158 Burlington, NJ 08016 Telephone 609-386-1636 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

LAND AND PROPERTY There are no records created in New Jersey of grants made during the Dutch period. See the New York Research Outline (31069) for information about grants made prior to 1664. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

entry in David Dobson's book "The Original Scots Colonists of Early America" 1612-1783 page 56 (only Coats listed) "Coats, William, b. 1692, laborer, Jacobite, res. Aberdeenshire, tr. 5 May 1747, fr. Liverpool to Leeward Islands, in Veteran, arr. Martinique Jun 1747." ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Transcripts of many New Jersey public documents from the colonial and revolutionary period have been published in: Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. [Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series, Second Series]. 42 vols. Newark, N.J.: Daily Journal Establishment, 1880-1949. (FHL book 974.9 B49a; films 844833-52 and 438588; computer number 248331; some vols. are on fiche.) This set contains will abstracts, patents, deeds, newspaper abstracts, and marriages. (An index to volumes 1-10 is on FHL film 844833 item 3; computer number 248331. Most volumes are individually indexed.) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

The records formerly at the Friends Records Department in Philadelphia are now at Haverford College. These records are on microfilm at the Family History Library, as are most of the records at the Haviland Records Room and a large collection of the records at Swarthmore College. The Family History Library also has microfilm copies of the John Pickens Dornan and Gilbert Cope collections (see the “Genealogy” section of this outline) and abstracts from most New Jersey monthly meetings, compiled by William Wade Hinshaw, John Cox, and John P. Dornan. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

The various documents (bonds, letters, inventories, etc.) are usually transcribed into Orphans'Court Record Books or Administrator's Account Books. The Family History Library has microfilmed the wills and orphans' court records for most counties, usually up to the early 1900s. For example, the library has: Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills. Wills, 1682-1916; Indexes to Wills, 1682-1924. (On 327 FHL films beginning with 1311039; computer number 96687.) Pennsylvania. Orphans' Court (Philadelphia County). Orphans' Court Records, 1719-1880: Orphans' Court Index, 1719-1938. (On 417 FHL films beginning with 21843; computer number 55813.) The library has few probate records from Lackawanna, Lehigh, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, and Union counties. Some probate records are listed in the Locality Search of the Family History Library Catalog under PENNSYLVANIA - GUARDIAN AND WARD. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

County Records After the title to a piece of land was obtained from the land office, most subsequent transactions,including sales and mortgages, were recorded by the recorder of deeds in each county courthouse. You can obtain copies of these records by contacting the clerk's office. The Family History Library has microfilms of county land records, such as deeds and mortgages,for most counties. For example, from the recorder of deeds in Philadelphia County the library has Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania), Recorder of Deeds, Deeds, 1683-1886; Index to Deeds, 1683-1916 (on 1385 FHL films beginning with 1318501; computer number 58385). The library does not currently have land records for Blair, Carbon, Centre, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe, Pike, Snyder, and Union counties. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Indexes of Colonial and State Records If one of your ancestors could have received a warrant to have land surveyed between 1682 and 1898, but you don't know in what county, see Pennsylvania Archives, 3d series. Volumes 1-4 and 24-26 include land records. The surname indexes are in volumes 27-30 (FHL film 824436-38). For additional assistance in identifying the county, search Allen Weinberg and Thomas E. Slattery, Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania Including the Three Lower Counties, 1759 (1965, Reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1975; FHL book 974.8 A1 no. 130; films 982105 item 7 and 1036747 item 2; computer number 165206). This source indexes warrants by county. Most warrants listed were issued for the period 1682-1759. This book also indexes Pennsylvania, Provincial Assembly, Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1682-1759: Transcribed from the Records of the Surveyor General's and Proprietaries Secretary's Offices by John Hughes, Recorder of Warrants and Surveys under the Act of Assembly July 7, 1759 . . ., Original manuscripts, 9 vols. (Philadelphia, Pa.: Department of Records, 1957; FHL films 981096-97; computer number 392049). These films are difficult to read. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Wow...Salt Lake has the PA Archive Series on microfilm... Before William Penn (–1682) In the period before the grant to William Penn, Sweden, The Netherlands, and England established settlements along the Delaware River in what is now Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the state of Delaware (called the three lower counties). Land and other records for this area may be in the archives of these countries and in New York (see the New York research outline). Delaware had its own colonial government after 1701 and became a state in 1776. Some records for this time period are in Pennsylvania Archives, series 2. vol. 5 and vol. 7 pp. 485-873. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Just some interesting info... Virginia. Virginia claimed the southwestern portion of Pennsylvania which included the present counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland. Virginia called it the District of West Augusta and organized three counties: Monongalia,Ohio, and Yohogania. The current Pennsylvania boundary for this area was established in 1784. An explanation of some of the Virginia records that were kept is found in “The Virginia Land Grants in Pennsylvania,” in The Virginia Genealogist, vol. 7, 1963 (FHL book 975.5 B2vg; film 844856 item 4; computer number 110010). ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

Apparently he has quite a bit of stuff here... John P. Dornan Collection,1600-1900. TITLE John P. Dornan Collection, 1600-1900. AUTHOR Dornan, John Pickens. PUBLICATION INFORMATION Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com