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Pennsylvania did not have a systematic registry of deaths before
1906. For deaths before that date, it is necessary to check church
records or compiled death records. Knowing the township where your
ancestor lived or their religious denomination will help to narrow
your search. To locate the specific church records, use the Churches
and Cemeteries in Lancaster County, LC 310.35 R579, 20 and
the online catalog, 6. Fill out a call slip and turn
in at the reference desk.
The sources listed below are all
found on the Reading Room shelves.
TITLE
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CALL
NUMBER
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FLOOR
PLAN LOCATION
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18th CENTURY |
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Church Records of the 18th Century, Wright
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LC 310.3 W949
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17
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Worner Cemetery Collection, 30 vols.
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LC 310.35 W919
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20
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Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster City] Records, 1730-1796, Smith & Weiser
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LC 284.1 T832ds
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17
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Estate Records, Lancaster Co. Use the computer to see this
database. Complete Archives call slip for retrieval.
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Click on “Q & A”
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6
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Will Book and Intestate Records, Lancaster Co., 1729-1850
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LC 352.4 F974
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17
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Abstracts of Lancaster Co. Wills, 1721-1820, index,
2 vols.
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929.3 A164
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13
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Abstracts of Lancaster Co. Orphans Court Records, 1742-1791.
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974.815 W544
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17
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Index to Lancaster Co. Will Books, 1729-1947. Will Books
1729-1908
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Film drawer # 4
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4
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Orphans Court Records Index 1742-1891. Records for 1742-1867
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Film drawer # 4
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4
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Index to Death Records taken from pre-1850 German Language
Newspapers, Spiese
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310.5 G373d
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17
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Death Registers of the Ephrata Cloister, Bach & Spohn
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905.748 JHSCV
v. 21
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14
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Family Records in Bibles at the Landis Valley Museum, 1700-1850
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Film drawer # 1
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4
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Burial Book of the Moravian Church, Lancaster City, 1744-1821
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905.29 GS, v.10 & v. 11
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15
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Church Records, Lancaster Co. Miscellaneous churches from
1729
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Film drawers # 2 & 3
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4
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Tombstone Inscriptions [Lancaster Co.]
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Film drawer # 1
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4
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Gerberich Tombstone Collection.
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Film drawer # 1
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4
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19th CENTURY |
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Lancaster Cemetery [burial records only] Use the computer
to see this database.
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Click on “Q & A”
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6
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Woodward Hill Cemetery Burials, Lancaster City, includes
some Trinity Lutheran Church burials but no Zion Lutheran
Church burials. Use the computer to see this database
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Click on “Q & A”
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6
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Mount Tunnel Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Lancaster Co. Use
the computer to see this database.
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Click on “Q & A”
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6
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Estate Records, Lancaster Co. Use the computer to see this
database. Complete Archives call slip for retrieval.
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Click on “Q & A”
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6
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Abstracts of Lancaster Co. Wills, 1821-1830, Wevodau
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929.3 A164w
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13
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Orphans Court Records Index 1742-1891. Records for 1742-1867
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Film drawer # 4
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4
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Registration of Deaths, Lancaster Co., 1852-1854.
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Film drawer # 16
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4
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Death Affidavits, Index to Lancaster Co., 1865-1950
Death Affidavits 1865-1906, vols. A-G
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Film drawer # 16
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4
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Death Register Books, Lancaster Co., 1894-1909
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Film drawer # 16
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4
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Newspaper Deaths c.1800-1905, Use the computer to see this
database
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Click “ACCESS”
icon
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6
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Local Records Southern Lancaster County. Miscellaneous family
records in southern Lancaster County townships
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Brown wood card file
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5
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Family Cemetery Records, misc. names
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Film drawer # 1
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4
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