----- Original Message ----- > > KIP'S TIPS, by Kip Sperry > "Quaker Records for Genealogists" > ============================================================ > Founded in England in 1652 by George Fox, the Religious Society of > Friends (Quakers) did not (and do not) believe in organized religion > as was practiced in the Church of England and other churches. Quakers > believed that individuals could worship God directly and that members > had an "inner light" (an inner capacity to understand God); they > rejected a formal clergy or creed. > > Known for their plainness in dress, large numbers of Quakers followed > William Penn and settled in Pennsylvania. Many Quakers also settled > in Rhode Island and other New England states, but also in New Jersey, > North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, New York (especially > New York City and Long Island), Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Ohio, > Indiana, Illinois, and elsewhere. Many Quakers also immigrated to the > Philadelphia area beginning in the 1660s to the 1680s and formed the > Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. They separated into the Orthodox and > Hicksite (followers of Elias Hicks) branches beginning in > Philadelphia in 1828. > > QUAKER RECORD GROUPS > > Quakers kept some of the best church records of any church in England > or America. Of particular interest to genealogists are the records of > monthly meetings (MM), at which births, marriages, and deaths were > recorded. Also important are minutes, marriage intentions, letters of > transfer, and actions regarding church members. (It is interesting to > note for genealogists that marriage certificates were often signed by > all persons present at the marriage ceremony.) One should remember > that many Quakers refused to serve in the military, so it is less > likely to find military service or pension records for them. But > Quakers did keep records of transfers and removals of individuals > from one meeting to another. Quarterly and yearly minutes of meetings > were also kept, but they are not as valuable genealogically as the > monthly meetings. > > PRINTED SOURCES > > The most valuable printed source for researchers--and the first place > to begin research--is William Wade Hinshaw's "Encyclopedia of > American Quaker Genealogy" (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore). > Hinshaw's reference is arranged by monthly meeting, and the work is > separately indexed. The volumes and index may be found in many large > libraries. Descriptions of Quaker meetings are included, and there > are several supplements to this multi-volume work. > > Another valuable source, compiled by employees at Haverford College > Library in Haverford, Pennsylvania, is "Quaker Necrology" (G.K. Hall, > Boston). This two-volume work is an index to approximately 59,000 > death notice entries taken from four major Quaker periodicals from > the necrology card index of the Quaker collection at Haverford > College Library. Many Quakers who died in America between 1828 and > 1960 are recorded in this card file. > > REPOSITORIES > > The two major repositories of Quaker records in America are: > > Friends Historical Library > Swarthmore College > Swarthmore, PA 19081 > > Haverford College Library > Haverford, PA 19041-1392 > > The major repository for New England Quaker records is the Rhode > Island Historical Society in Providence. Records may also be found at > Quaker colleges in North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, and > elsewhere. Especially valuable are Quaker records housed at Earlham > College in Richmond, Indiana (http://www.earlham.edu). > > Many Quaker records have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society > of Utah and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake > City. See the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC) at > http://www.familysearch.org for details. An example of filmed records > is "Goshen Monthly Meetings, Pennsylvania, 1722-1938," which contains > births, marriages, deaths, minutes of meetings, memberships, > certificates, and miscellaneous records. Original Quaker church > records are generally not indexed. See your locality of interest > under the heading "Church Records," as well as author entries under > "Society of Friends" and "Quaker." > > SELECTED INTERNET SITES > > Cyndi's List: Quaker Sites > http://www.cyndislist.com/quaker.htm > > Quaker Ancestors > http://www.crosswinds.net/~autumnskye/quaker.html > > The Quaker Corner > http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers > > Quaker History Archives > http://harrisroxas.com/qha > > Quaker Resources on the Web > http://www.themestream.com/articles/191727.html > > The Religious Society of Friends > http://www.quaker.org > > Research Resources for Quaker Genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/resource.htm > > SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY > > Berry, Ellen Thomas and David A. Berry. "Our Quaker Ancestors: > Finding Them in Quaker Records." Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing > Co., 1987. > > Cope, Gilbert. "Cope Manuscript Collection." Microfilm (Family > History Library). > > Heiss, Willard and Thomas D. Hamm. "Quaker Genealogies: A Selected > List of Books." Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, > 1985. > > McVetty, Suzanne. "Records of the Society of Friends (Quakers), New > York Yearly Meeting." 'NYG&B Newsletter' 8 (Fall 1997): 27-31. > > Milligan, Edward H. and Malcolm J. Thomas. "My Ancestors Were > Quakers: How Can I Find More About Them?" London: Society of > Genealogists, 1983. > > Myers, Albert Cook. "Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750." > 1902. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. > > Remington, Gordon L. "Quaker Preparation for the 1752 Calendar > Change." 'National Genealogical Society Quarterly' 87 (June 1999): > 146-50. > > Remington, Gordon L. "Quaker Records for Genealogists." 1994 National > Genealogical Society Conference in the States, Houston, Texas, pp. > 497-500. > > Stattler, Richard D., comp. "Guide to the Records of the Religious > Society of Friends (Quakers) in New England." Providence: Rhode > Island Historical Society, 1997. > > Thomas, Allen C. and Richard H. Thomas. "A History of the Society of > Friends in America." Philadelphia: Winston & Co., 1895. > > Wilds, Mary. "Finding Quaker Ancestors." 'Ancestry' > (November/December 1995): 29-31. > > Worrall, Arthur J. "Quakers in the Colonial Northeast." Hanover, > N.H.: University Press of New England, 1980. > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Kip Sperry, CG, AG, FASG, FNGS, FUGA, is an associate professor of > family history at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is the > author of "Abbreviations & Acronyms for the Family Historian" > (today's Product Special at: > http://shops.ancestry.com/product.asp?productid=1957), "Reading Early > American Handwriting," "Genealogical Research in Ohio," and other > works. > > Kip's Tips is a bi-weekly column at Ancestry.com > (http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/tips/tips.asp). Look > for it in the Today @ Ancestry section of the "Ancestry Daily News" > every other Tuesday. The Kip's Tips archive is at: > http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/tips/d_p_1_archive.asp > > ============================================================ > FAST FACT: QUAKER DATABASES AVAILABLE TO ANCESTRY.COM MEMBERS > ============================================================ > The following databases are available to Ancestry.com Premium > Subscribers. For more information on subscribing to Ancestry.com, go > to http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/main.htm. > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3215.htm > > Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 2 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3216.htm > > Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 3 (New York) > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3180.htm > > Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 4 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3219.htm > > Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 5 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3222.htm > > Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3226.htm > > Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York Quaker Records > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4968.htm > > Dutchess County, New York Quaker Records > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4702.htm > > Illinois Quaker Records > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4752.htm > > Irish Quaker Immigration into Pennsylvania > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3300.htm > > Missouri Quaker Records > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4998.htm > > Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland Quaker Records > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5025.htm > > Pennsylvania Irish Quaker Immigrants, 1682-1750 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4587.htm > > Philadelphia Quaker Arrivals, 1682-1750 > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4444.htm > > Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3200.htm > > Virginia Early Quaker Records > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/1035.htm > ___________________________________________________________________ > > This list of Quaker databases is also posted in the library at: > http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/tips/2966.asp > > ______________________________<br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. 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