The Pipersville Inn is a B&B in a nice area, about 10 minutes from Doylestown at Stump Road and Route 611. Doylestown is the County Seat) The Spruance library has good genealogical material and requires membership in Bucks County Historical Society. Gwynned Meeting house is on 202 South, easy trip from Pipersville. Abington Friends Meeting ( about 40 minutes from the Inn) has some records housed at the Meeting, some at the Montgomery County Historical Society. Other meeting minutes are housed at Swarthmore and Haverford Colleges ( 45 minutes to an hour from the Inn depending on time of day). Some land records are housed at the Doylestown Courthouse. The Doylestown Library has a book of early tax records. You may want to check the PA archives online for land records. Have a great trip. It's a lovely area. Mary On Saturday, March 01, 2008, at 04:17PM, "Linda Stokesbury Brennan" <linda@stokesbury.org> wrote: >I'm planning a research trip to bucks county to look for my early >ancestors. Does anyone have any suggestions on resources, places of >research, and in general how to make the best of my time while there? > >Also, any suggestions on places to stay and eat? > >I'd also like to know where to look for info on Quaker monthly >meeting minutes. > >Thanks for any advice. > >Kind Regards, >Linda > >Stokesbury.org > > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

On Mar 1, 2008, at 7:52 PM, MARY LONGSTRETH wrote: > The Doylestown Library has a book of early tax records. You may > want to check the PA archives online for land records. Mary, did you mean http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ ? I tried that and don't see land records. I have not found a lot, but here's what I do know: Land: my ancestor, Robert Stukesbury (Stuchbury, Stutchbury, Stokesbury) was one of 14 men to whom William Penn deeded the "Park" in Wrightstown in 1719. Then in 1745 this record: "Robert Streckbury (or Robert Stutesberry) of Wrightstown, yeoman, and his wife Elizabeth, to John Gourley, sell land in Wrightstown comprising 194 acres, being part of a tract of 494 acres, which Samuel Baker and his wife Hannah had confirmed to Robert Streckbury Sept. 17, 1722, for 240 Pounds. Quakers: Deborah Stotesbury who married James Rose in Wrightstown, apparently a quaker marriage. She (Deborah Stuckbury) declared her intentions of marriage to JAMES ROSE, at the Wrightstown MM on the 2nd month, 5th day, 1735. This couple is mentioned in the Burial Record of Merion Meeting Graveyard, Montgomery County. PA. Other: Later, in 1763 I find William Stooksbury in Upper Makefield. I also know William and Jacob Stokesbury served in the Bucks County militia in the Rev. War. So, what I want to do is round out the land records, find where it was located and find the string of ownership. Find out if there are any more mentions of the family in the Quaker records. And see if there are other mentions in any of the other early records. Linda Stokesbury Brennan Lansing, MI & Natchitoches, LA Stokesbury DNA Project Administrator Stokesbury.org Researching: STOKESBURY, LAMARE, BABIN, DUNNING, OLINGER, ORR, PAINTER/BAINTER, BAUGHMAN, CLARK, HENINGER