Source Information

Ancestry.com. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Ellis, Franklin,. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883.

About History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men

Bordered by the Susquehanna River in southeastern Pennsylvania, Lancaster County was created in 1729 from neighboring Chester County. This database, originally published in 1883, is a county history and collection of biographical sketches. The history section includes descriptions of the topography, Native American settlements, and involvement in the Revolutionary War. The biographical sketch section includes the names of nearly fifty thousand men, women, and children. In addition, it provides a listing of men who served from the county in the Revolutionary War. For researchers of ancestors from eastern Pennsylvania, this can be a useful source of information.