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    1. [PALANCAS] warrantee maps far predate other maps --date into the 1700's
    2. I would like to?mention the far earlier warrantee maps for Lancaster and many?other counties of PA.? These maps were all drawn up years (centuries?) after the fact, but are still the most useful maps for those of us who had forebears who were the first owners of the land, especially going back to the 1700's.? They are drawn up by township, and are available for sale by individual townships.? Not all counties of PA are completed, but I believe all those for Lancaster Co. have long been completed.? Keep in mind that all these individual warrants were pieced together like a giant jig saw puzzle, and show the original properties with the names of their original owners.? Keep in mind people first purchased their lands at all different times, so that the names listed on the maps are not necessarily people who lived contemporaneously in the same area.? But it is very helpful to look them over to see in general who were the groups of people who lived in the same neighborhoods at rou! ghly the same period of time, which with much of Lancaster was the early or mid 1750's. So far as I know they are only available for sale through Harrisburg, but if anyone knows otherwise please post to this list.? Or if anyone needs the website for where they can purchase from the state I can provide that.? Richard B.

    02/06/2009 06:32:09