I think this may depend on when the contract was. Tehre seem to have been compiled records of indentured servants prior to a certain date. I don't think that included apprenctices, though, they were indentured in a very different sense of teh word. Yours,] Dora --- Sharon Sheldon <slsheldon@earthlink.net> wrote: > Karen, > > Thanks for your very interesting and > informative message re above. > > Is it your understanding that the contracts > between the servant/apprentice > and the 'owner' were just between them or was > there information on file at > the county or township level for these > contracts? > > Thanks, > Sharon > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester > County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/