____________________________________________________________________ > > PENNSYLVANIA FOUNDING FAMILIES, 1681-1911 > > First settled by Dutch traders, Pennsylvania was chartered to William Penn in > 1681. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, many important and > prominent families established themselves in the colony. This database, > originally published as three volumes in 1911, is a collection of genealogical > records regarding these early families. It includes biographical sketches of > family members, vital records of births, marriages, and deaths, and > accomplishments of the family as a whole. Records span from the families' first > arrival in the colony through 1911. For researchers of early Pennsylvania > ancestors, this can be a source of detailed and helpful information. > > Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Pennsylvania Founding Families, 1681-1911." > [Database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Electronic reproduction of > "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Vol. I-III" originally > published in 1911. > > To search this database, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4677.htm > ____________________________________________________________________