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If one of your ancestors could have received a warrant to have land surveyed between 1682 and 1898, but you don't know in what county, see Pennsylvania Archives, 3d series. Volumes 1-4 and 24-26 include land records. The surname indexes are in volumes 27-30 {{FHL|481905|item|disp=FHL films 824436-38}}. | If one of your ancestors could have received a warrant to have land surveyed between 1682 and 1898, but you don't know in what county, see Pennsylvania Archives, 3d series. Volumes 1-4 and 24-26 include land records. The surname indexes are in volumes 27-30 {{FHL|481905|item|disp=FHL films 824436-38}}. | ||
For additional assistance in identifying the county, search Allen Weinberg and Thomas E. Slattery, ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania Including the Three Lower Counties, 1759 ''(1965, Reprint, Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1975. {{FHL|249920|item}}, book 974.8 R2w; films 982105 item 7, and 1036747 item 2. This source indexes warrants by county. Most warrants listed were issued for the period 1682-1759. This book also indexes Pennsylvania, Provincial Assembly, ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1682-1759: Transcribed from the Records of the Surveyor General's and Proprietaries Secretary's Offices by John Hughes, Recorder of Warrants and Surveys under the Act of Assembly July 7, 1759'', Original manuscripts, 9 vols. (Philadelphia, PA: Department of Records, 1957), {{FHL|341183|item}} films 981096-97. These films are difficult to read. | For additional assistance in identifying the county, search Allen Weinberg and Thomas E. Slattery, ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania Including the Three Lower Counties, 1759 ''(1965, Reprint, Knightstown, Indiana: Bookmark, 1975. {{FHL|249920|item}}, book 974.8 R2w; films 982105 item 7, and 1036747 item 2. This source indexes warrants by county. Most warrants listed were issued for the period 1682-1759. This book also indexes Pennsylvania, Provincial Assembly, ''Warrants and Surveys of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1682-1759: Transcribed from the Records of the Surveyor General's and Proprietaries Secretary's Offices by John Hughes, Recorder of Warrants and Surveys under the Act of Assembly July 7, 1759'', Original manuscripts, 9 vols. (Philadelphia, PA: Department of Records, 1957), {{FHL|341183|item}} films 981096-97. These films are difficult to read. | ||
The [http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=3184&&SortOrder=100&level=4&parentCommID=3162&menuLevel=Level_4&mode=2 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission] has several indexes and other land records online of the land records at the Pennsylvania State Archives, including Warrant Registers, Copied Survey Books, Patent Indexes, Patent Tract Name Index, etc. | |||
=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||