Compiled birth, death, marriage records within the area of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains notebooks containing handwritten copies of the announcement and records of births, death, marriage of individuals living within the area of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Many are inviduals living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Not all were members of the Society of Friends.
Dates
- Creation: 1826 - 1937
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.
Extent
.02 Linear Feet (5 folders) : 5 notebooks and loose clippings
Language
English
Overview
This small collection is composed of notebooks containing announcements and records of births, death, marriage of individuals living within the area of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, many living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Not all were members of the Society of Friends, and the sources are not included.
Arrangement
Largely recorded in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elisabeth Horne, 1965.
Processing Information
Transferred from Meeting Papers, Miscellaneous Manuscripts, when that artificial collections was reviewed in 2018.
- Author
- Susanna Morkawa
- Date
- August 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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