Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Register of Wills 50 N. Duke St. P.O. Box 83480 Lancaster, PA 17608-3480 email: Mary Ann Gerber - MGerber@co.lancaster.pa.us

Office of the Clerk of Courts County of Lancaster 50 North Duke Street P.O. Box 83480 Lancaster, PA 17608-3480 Phone: (717) 299-8275 Fax: (717) 295-3686 Email: ClerkofCourts@co.lancaster.pa.us

Quick History
Wikipedia

Parent County
14 October 1728: Lancaster County was created from Chester County.

Boundary Changes

 * 14 October 1749: York County set off.
 * 14 October 1751: Berks County set off.
 * 27 January 1750: Cumberland County set off.
 * 21 March 1772: Northumberland County set off.
 * 16 October 1813: Lebanon County set off.

Neighboring Counties
Berks | Chester | Dauphin | Lebanon | York | Maryland counties: Cecil | Harford

Local Histories
Some of the Lancaster County histories available in the Family History Library:

History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 (Has been microfilmed)

History of Lancaster County : to which is prefixed a brief sketch of the early history of Pennsylvania Rupp, Israel Daniel, 1803-1878 (Has been microfilmed)

An authentic history of Lancaster County, in the state of Pennsylvania Mombert, J. I. (Jacob Isidor), 1829-1913 (This book has been digitized)

1875 historical atlas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Everts & Stewart (Has been microfilmed.)

Maps
Online map site: http://www.800padutch.com/lancastermap.shtml

Web Sites

 * Lancaster County PA GenWeb Project, a member of The PAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project, may have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.


 * Family History Library Catalog


 * Lancaster County's official government web site.