Gail, Thanks for the reply. I got the deeds by mail from the county Archives. My guess is that they were made from a microfilm copy, not the original. Microfilm of the deed records are also available through the FHL in Salt Lake City, although the county Archives is very responsive even if a bit more expensive. Regards, Nathan On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 12:08:13 -0500 "Gail Swain" <[email protected]> writes: > Nathan, did you get these deeds at the York co. courthouse? > My dad's cousin said the courthouse had burned some years ago when > she was > trying to get a birth certificate for her mother's Passport to go to > Scotland. > Contact the Historical Society in Philadelphia as that is where most > of the > research is done. > Gail Swain in NC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan K Carpenter" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 12:01 PM > Subject: [PAYorkGEN] Philadelphia Land Office > > > > Reviewing several York county deeds from the early 1800's, I've > noted > > references to applications for land made at the "Land Office" in > > Philadelphia in the 1760's. Can anyone provide some background on > these > > applications, and how one might go about researching them? The > deeds > > reference an application number and date. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Nathan > > > > > > ==== PA-YORK-GEN Mailing List ==== > > Have you been to the Pennsylvania Roots Network at: > > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/pa/ > > > > ============================== > > Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life > > If you know how to reduce these risks. > > http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html > > > > > > > ==== PA-YORK-GEN Mailing List ==== > Come join us at the Pennsylvania Dutch website at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/padutch/ > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >