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Chester County (Pa.) -- Genealogy

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

Birmingham Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-B520
Scope and Contents Records of Birmingham Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and its predecessors, ongoing. Records of the the pre-Separation, Hicksite, and post reunification meeting include: Minutes, 1815-2021; Women's minutes, 1827-1895; Ministry and Counsel records, 1924-2019; Overseers' minutes, 1941-1952; Vital records, 1770-1955; and other miscellaneous materials. Also includes Orthodox records: Vital Records, 1816-1963; Marriage certificates, 1818-1962; Removals, 1827-1963; Overseers...
Dates: 1770 - 2021
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Bradford Monthly Meeting Records (including Bradford & Uwchlan (Hicksite) and other predecessors)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-B700
Scope and Contents Records of Bradford Monthly Meeting and of its pre-Separation predecessors, Bradford & Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, Bradford Monthly Meeting and Uwchlan Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), include: Minutes, 1880-1900/1954-2013; minutes of Uwchlan Monthly Meeting, 1828-1863; minutes of Bradford Monthly Meeting, 1828-1880; vital records, 1699-1921/1984-2006; women's minutes, 1828-1886. Also included are records of Bradford Monthly Meeting since 1724: Orthodox vital records, 1724-1908; minutes of the...
Dates: 1691-2013
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Bradford Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-B730
Scope and Contents

Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation meeting, 1764-1824; a Hicksite membership list, 1894, contained in Bradford Monthly Meeting record book, 1828-1899; Orthodox men's minutes, 1828-1875; pre-Separation and Orthodox women's minutes, 1821-1844, 1907-1918; and Orthodox property deeds, 1820-1890.

Dates: 1764-1894
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Cambridge Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/C320
Identifier: QM-Ph-C320
Scope and Contents

Records include: Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1831-1845; and minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1831-1842.

Dates: 1831-1845
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Crosslands Worship Group Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/C720
Identifier: QM-Ph-C720
Scope and Contents

Records of Crosslands Worship Group, 1978-2013. Includes minutes, 1979-2013, membership lists, 1979-2002, annual reports, 1978-2003, and miscellaneous records.

Dates: 1978-2013
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Doe Run Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype SW/Ph/D600
Identifier: QM-Ph-D600
Scope and Contents

Records of Doe Run Preparative Meeting, 1810-1946, as follows: pre-Separation and Hicksite minutes, 1822-1834, 1882-1890, 1903-1917, 1917-1946; Hicksite women's minutes, 1887-1893; pre-Separation and Hicksite burials, 1810-1830; Hicksite treasurer's account book, 1913-1949; Hicksite graveyard accounts, 1928-1936; Hicksite First Day School minutes, 1893-1899; Hicksite insurance policy, 1883; list of books in Doe Run Meeting library, n.d.

Dates: 1810-1946.
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Downingtown Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Othertype HV/Ph/D610
Identifier: QM-Ph-D610
Scope and Contents

Records of Downington Preparative Meeting, 1811-1907, include: vital records, 1829; men's minutes, 1811-1907; women's minutes, 1811-1907; financial records, 1856-1919; property records, 1798-1935; miscellaneous papers, 1887-1905; trustees' minutes, 1876-1910; Springer Legacy trustees' minutes, 1877-1887.

Dates: 1784-1907.
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Fallowfield Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-F300
Scope and Contents Records include: pre-Separation and Hicksite mnutes, 1811-1980; pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox, and United vital records,1740-1934, including births and deaths, burial chart, marriage records, membership lists, removals; pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1811-1893; minutes of Hicksite Ministers and Elders, 1829-1916, and of Worship and Ministry, 1919-1959; Hicksite Ercildoun First Day School minutes; 1893-1935; Hicksite financial records, 1903-1961; miscellaneous...
Dates: 1740-1998
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Fallowfield Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-F320
Scope and Contents

Records of Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1797-1936, as follows: Minutes of the men's meeting and joint sessions, 1848-1936; women's meeting minutes, 1797-1806 and 1823-1893; membership lists, ca. 1805, [190-?], 1910; treasurer's accounts, 1895-1907. Records of Fallowfield Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) include: men’s meeting minutes, 1827-1891; women’s meeting minutes, 1847-1883; membership, 1858-1884; account books, 1890-1895.

Dates: 1797-1936
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Goshen Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-G600
Scope and Contents Records of Goshen Monthly Meeting, 1705-2015, include: acknowledgements, 1762-1774; births and deaths, 1705-1896; disownments and removals, 1721-1930; marriage certificates, 1722-1938; membership registers and lists, 1828-1991; Hicksite men’s minutes, 1722-1962; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1828-1956; Hicksite women’s minutes, 1827-1889; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1722-1911; United minutes, 1985-1999; Hicksite ministers and elders minutes, 1827-1938; Orthodox ministers and elders minutes,...
Dates: 1705-2021
Found in: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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