If you have references dealing with Chester County and would be willing to do lookups for others, please let us know! Send e-mail to ferg@ntelos.net
When asking for a lookup, there are a few rules that you need to follow. Volunteers will only do lookups if they are presented in the following way ... because we have many, many people requiring our help, we are unable to to personal research. What we CAN do is look to see if the name you send us appears in the index of whatever book of CD you've chosen. We will then send you whateve it is we find.
First place CHESTER COUNTY LOOKUP in the subject slot.
Second, in the first line of the message, put the name of the book or CD from which you wish the volunteer to do your lookup. Next, a short statement containing the name of the individual and what you hope to find. Sign your name and send.
Your query should look like this:
CHESTER COUNTY LOOKUP (this is the subject line)
Immigration Records: Immigrants to PA 1600-1800 (the title of the lookup resource)
Could you please see if there is a record of the arrival of Joe Blow. He was in Chester County for the 1790 census. Thanks for any help you may be able to give me.
Sign your name.
This has the correct subject, lists in the first line the name of the resource from which you wish your lookup done, and then the query is clearly stated with both given and surname and a date to indicate when the arrival would have been. Nothing more is needed.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1) Only ask ONE (1) person to do each lookup...there is no need to ask 2 volunteers to do the same thing...it's a waste of someone's time and unnecessary...so, just contact one of the folks per resource.
2) NEVER request a 'blanket' lookup, or " tell me all the Smiths in so and so book"...this is NOT allowed in the fair usage section of the copyright laws...
limit your request to 1 or 2 people, being sure to include both given names and surnames.3) ALWAYS include some sort of a date....all gen. materials cover specific time frames, so a date is necessary, even if only an approximate one.
4) Always acknowledge receiving the information, even if it is not what you want to hear...remember, these folks are doing YOU a favor by doing research for you in their resources, and the only way that they have to know if it has reached you is for YOU to let them know it arrived.......when you receive it, simply hit REPLY and type in, for example, "thanks so much for your help; I certainly appreciate it", sign it and hit send....this takes 4 seconds and is the very least you can do for a complete stranger who has helped you.
5) Remember, these are done by folks that are as busy as your are, so they may take a while...be patient!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PA wills 1683-1840 ferg@ntelos.net
Pennsylvania Births - Chester Co 1682-1800 Volunteer temporarily unavailable.
Immigration Records; Immigrants to PA 1600-1800 ferg@ntelos.net
Genealogical Records; Pa Colonial Records 1600-1800 ferg@ntelos.net cltest@bellsouth.net
Genealogical Records; the Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy 1750-1930 ferg@ntelos.net
Immigration Records; Scottish Immigrants to N.A. 1600s-1800s ferg@ntelos.net
PA Vital Records 1700s-1800s ferg@ntelos.net
British Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1788 ferg@ntelos.net
County and Family Histories; PA 1740-1900 Volunteer temporarily unavailable.
MD Genealogies & Marriages 1634-1820 Volunteer temporarily unavailable.
Western PA census - 1870 ferg@ntelos.net
Eastern Pa census 1870 ferg@ntelos.net
PA Census 1790 through 1850, 1910-1920 (Miracode). "Please include the microfilm and page #s, if you know them". EHanebury@aol.com
FTM's Family Archives - Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, & Virginia, from 1740 - 1920. Volunteer temporarily unavailable.
Church Records; selected areas of PA 1600s-1800s ferg@ntelos.net
Early Church records of Chester Co vols 1,2,3 ferg@ntelos.net
Quaker marriage certificates...New Garden MM Chester County 1704-1799 ferg@ntelos.net
Quaker Records of Bradford MM ferg@ntelos.net
Early Marriages of Concord MM ferg@ntelos.net
Quaker Marriage Certificates Concord MM 1679-1808, by Gwen Bjorkman. ferg@ntelos.net
The Welcome Claimants Proved, Disproved and Doubtful ferg@ntelos.net
Immigration of the Irish Quakers into PA 1682-1750 ferg@ntelos.net
The 1683 Census of the Swedes on the Delaware ferg@ntelos.net
Concord Township; 19th Century ferg@ntelos.net
Concord township; The Colonial Period ferg@ntelos.net
Edgmont, the Story of a Township ferg@ntelos.net
A History of Uwchlan Twp 1682-1782 ferg@ntelos.net
1765 Chester County PA Archives ferg@ntelos.net
Chester Co court records 1697-1710 ferg@ntelos.net
Chester and its Vicinity (with gen. sketches of township families) ferg@ntelos.net
The HIstory of Chester County PA, by Futhey and Cope ferg@ntelos.net
Mendenhall-Newlin Alliance ferg@ntelos.net
Descendants of Joel Baily ferg@ntelos.net
Joel Baily and Ann Short 1683 +Eng. and PA ferg@ntelos.net
Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia 1682-1750 ferg@ntelos.net the entire book is locatedelsewhe re on this site, under the Quaker heading
The Brethren in Colonial America nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
The Brethren in the New Nation nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
History of the First Amish Mennonite Communities in America, Grant M. Stoltzfus, a master's thesis from 1954, published in 2002 by Masthof Press, Morgantown, PA, hclind@verizon.net
European Origins of the Brethren nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Early Marriages of Pennsylvania - Old Swede's Church (Gloria Dei) 1750-1810 Philadelphia nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Early Church Records of Chester County, Pa [Bradford MM] nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
First Families of Chester Co, Pa, Vol I & II nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Abstracts of Chester County Land Records 1681-1730 nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Abstracts of Chester County Land Records 1729-1745 nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Abstracts of Chester County Land Records 1745-1753 nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Abstracts of Chester County Land Records 1753-1758 nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Nottingham Quakers 1680-1689 nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pa including the Three Lower Counties to 1759 nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
A History of Birmingham Township, Chester Co, Pa nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com (index of names found in the Birmingham Twp book)
Abstracts of Chester Co Pa Monthly Meetings [Cope 1869] - this is a library lookup - allow at least a month for reply nadineholder72@ssvecnet.com
Genealogy of the Smedley Family SHS521@aol.com
The History of the Morison or Morrison Family
A Complete History of the Morison Settlers of Londonderry, N.H. of 1719, and Their Descendants with Genealogical Sketches and branches of Morisons Who Settled in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Nova Scotia By Leonard A. Morrison, Boston Mass., A. Williams & Co. 1880 FISHERFWF@aol.comChester and Its Vicinity, Delaware County, In Pennsylvania; with Genealogical Sketches of Some Old Families - by John Hill Martin cltest@bellsouth.net
Passengers and Ships Prior to 1684 by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. cltest@bellsouth.net
Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware 1630 - 1707 by Albert Cook Myers cltest@bellsouth.net
Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania by John F. Watson cltest@bellsouth.net
CD - Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Wills, 1682 - 1834 cltest@bellsouth.net
An account book of a wheelwright/carpenter/coffin maker who had a shop in Londonderry. List of purchases by customers from 1861-1877. Index included. genealogy@ymail.com