The Archives of LancasterHistory.org invites its patrons to travel through history. Read the letters that Sarah Yeates wrote to her husband in the late eighteenth century. Witness the diversity in business and social organizations through minute and account books. Trace the branches of the family tree with estate inventories, court cases, and deeds.

A wide variety of manuscript documents, county records, Lancaster City records, and bound newspapers make up a large portion of the LancasterHistory.org's collections. The majority of these records date to the incorporation of the county in 1729 and continue to the present.

Archival collections can be located using the Library Catalog, our new Discovery Tool, in-house databases, or paper finding aids. Most archival items may be used in the Reading Room and should be requested at the Research Desk. However, the staff may photocopy some documents due to their fragile condition and some items may require staff supervision.