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''[[United States|United States]] > [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'' | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'' | ||
[http://ancestortracks.com Ancestor Tracks], whose goal is to become a one-stop portal for researchers trying to pinpoint their PA ancestors, has posted numerous free, downloadable township landowner maps on their site so that researchers can pinpoint where their ancestors lived during the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. They typically also show landowners and locations mentioned in published county hhistories. Scroll down to the map and hover over the colored counties for specific titles of the maps or books, then click on the county to access the free images. In addition to the online images, Ancestor Tracks has published atlases (which are for sale) showing the earliest tracts and their owners for the following counties: Berks, Fayette, Greene, Lancaster, Washington, and Westmoreland. The "Keystone State" may be the most important state in supplying settlers for westward migration. Countless families who started out in Pennsylvania moved west into Ohio and beyond, while thousands more floated down the Ohio River into Kentucky and beyond. Pennsylvania was also the heart of German immigration and migration. Ancestor Tracks has become the most active participant in the effort to uncover and publish Pennsylvania landowner maps of the 18th and 19th centuries. | |||
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*Free, downloadable, high-quality 19th-century maps and atlases for numerous Pennsylvania counties. | *Free, downloadable, high-quality 19th-century maps and atlases for numerous Pennsylvania counties. | ||
*CDs containing the state-wide Pennsylvania Warrant Registers and Pennsylvania Patent Register Indexes located in the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. These registers, or ledgers, contain all of the indexes for the original sales from the Penns, and later the state, to the first private landowners throughout Pennsylvania. Part of the information in these ledgers for some counties were published in Pennsylvania Archives (Series 3, Volumes 24-26), but the CDs contain the entire set of 67 county indexes, plus 3 registers predating 1733. Please note that after the land passed from government ownership to private ownership, all land transactions were recorded at county courthouses. | *CDs containing the [http://ancestortracks.com/warrant_registers_CD.htm state-wide Pennsylvania Warrant Registers] and [http://ancestortracks.com/patent_registers_CD.html Pennsylvania Patent Register Indexes] located in the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. These registers, or ledgers, contain all of the indexes for the original sales from the Penns, and later the state, to the first private landowners throughout Pennsylvania. Part of the information in these ledgers for some counties were published in Pennsylvania Archives (Series 3, Volumes 24-26), but the CDs contain the entire set of 67 county indexes, plus 3 registers predating 1733. Please note that after the land passed from government ownership to private ownership, all land transactions were recorded at county courthouses. | ||
*The series of books titled Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of *** County. Starting in 1907, the Pennsylvania Land Office began to research the original surveys, locating them once and for all on the maps of current townships. These maps show precise metes-and-bounds outlines of each original tract and all surrounding tracts in the township, giving the names of the warrantee and patentee; dates of the warrant, survey, and patent; and the patent book and page of the recorded patent. Dates of the transactions rang e from the 1700s into the 1900s. Using these atlases, researchers of early Pennsylvania settlers can place their families in geographical context. | *The series of books titled Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of *** County. Starting in 1907, the Pennsylvania Land Office began to research the original surveys, locating them once and for all on the maps of current townships. These maps show precise metes-and-bounds outlines of each original tract and all surrounding tracts in the township, giving the names of the warrantee and patentee; dates of the warrant, survey, and patent; and the patent book and page of the recorded patent. Dates of the transactions rang e from the 1700s into the 1900s. Using these atlases, researchers of early Pennsylvania settlers can place their families in geographical context. | ||