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1 1790 Census for Bucks County Pennsylvania 1790 Census for Bucks County Pennsylvania   75 1790   Bucks County This is the first federal census of the United States of America.  It lists the "Name of the Head ofFamily", Free white males of 16 years and upward including heads of families, Free white males under 16 years, Free white females including heads of famili
2 A Brief History of Montgomery County Illustrated by H.W. Kriebel Published by The School Directors' Association Norristown 1923 216 Montgomery County PA
3 A collection of Memorials Concerning Diverse Deceased Ministers and Others of the People Called Quakers
In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Parts adjacent, from Nearly the First Settlement thereof to the year 1787

A Heritage Classic
1990 439 Bucks County The foxing, or discoloration with age, characteristic of old books, sometimes shows through to some extent in reprints such as this, especially when the foxing is very severe in the original book.  We feel that the contents of this book warrant its reissu
4 A History of Land Ownership Newtown Bucks County Pennsylvania 1683-1850 Newtown by Thomas Holmes, Surveyor general for the Proprietorship of William Penn, 1687 1999 334 1683-1850 Newtown Bucks County Newtown was shown on the 1687 Holme Map divided into 16 tracts radiating out from a central square that was simply labeled "New Town"  The owners of 15 of the 16 tracts were named.  One parcel was designated "Governer's," presumably retained by Penn.
5 Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Land Records Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Land Records 1711-1749 June d. Brown 224 1711-1749 All
6 Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills 1785-1825 F. Edward Wright 1994 184 1685-1785 All
7 Abstracts of Bucks County, Pennsylvania Wills 1785-1825 WBB 1998 340 1785-1825 All
8 Bensalem III Bensalem III
The Journey Continues
2008 469 Bensalem Bucks County The third in a series of 3 books on Bensalem Township
9 Bishop White's Private Marriages 1801-1836 Bishop White's Private Marriages 1801-1836
Transcribed and arranged by Harry C. Adams
Bucks County Genealogical Society, Post Office Box 1092, Doylestown PA 18901
1989 31
10 Buck Family of Bucks County Buck Family of Bucks County 0 Nockamixon Bucks County 215536792 Account of the Buck Family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: And of the Bucksville Centennial Celebration Held June 11th, 1892:
11 Bucks County Account of Blankets for the Continental Army 1777 Bucks County Account of Blankets for the Continental Army 1777
Edited by Frances W. Waite and Terry A McNealy
20 1777 The account of blankets received from the several collectors of Bucks County for the use of the Continental Army provides sames and historical information.  This is useful to anyone interested in historical details, or in proof that a person supported the
12 Bucks County Declarations and Naturalizations 1802-1906 Bucks County Declarations and Naturalizations 1802-1906
Compiled by Frances Wise Waite and Terry A. McNealy, Bucks County Genealogy Society
1985 65 1802-1906 Naturalization is the process of Law by which a citizen of one country becomes a citizen of another.  It is the renunciation of allegiance to all past sovereigns and governments and the pledge to support the new country and its rulers.  … naturalization g
13 Bucks County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Vol 1. 1908 585
14 Bucks County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Vol 2. 1909 648 Bucks County
15 Bucks County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Vol 4. 1917 761
16 Bucks County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Vol V 1926 769 Bucks County
17 Bucks County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Vol VI 1932 546 Bucks County
18 Bucks County Historical Society Bucks County Historical Society Vol VII 1937 616 Bucks County
19 Bucks County Historical Society Vol 3. Bucks County Historical Society Vol 3. 676 785
20 Bucks County Historical Society Vol VIII Bucks County Historical Society Vol VIII 1940 400 Illustrations: The Durham Vigilant Society, Organized September 21, 1832, Certificate of Membership  Richland Friends Meeting-house, Quakertown, Pa -Men s Gallery in same - Women s Gallery in same - The Old Parry Mansion, New Hope, Pa- The Washington Tree
21 Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices Volume 2 1835-1860 A to Law Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices Volume 2 1835-1860 A to Law Bucks County Genealogical Society 1986 279 1835-1860 Alphabetically arranged and typewritten by C. Arthur Smith, Wycome Volume III  The Bucks County Historical Society 1938  AAR-LAW with Appendix
22 Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices Volume 3 1835-1860 Lay to Z Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices Volume 3 18351860 Lay to Z - Bucks County Genealogical Society 280 Alphabetically arranged and typewritten by C. Arthur Smith, Wycome Volume III  The Bucks County Historical Society 1938 Lay - ZVN with Appendix
23 Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices Volume I 1804-1834 Bucks County Intelligencer Marriage Notices Volume I 1804-1834
Edited by Frances Wise Waite - Bucks County Genealogical Society
1986 241 1804-1834 Bucks County The newspapers of the 1800's began to carry marriage notices which were submitted by individuals or by those who performed the ceremonies.   Within the newspapers these are generally grouped together.  They contain the barest amount of information.  The B
24 Bucks County PA Deed Records 1684-1763 1684-1763 Bucks County
25 Bucks County Pennsylvania Orphans' Court Records 1685-1852 Thomas G. Myers 573 1685-1852
26 Bucks County Pennsylvania Will Abstracts 1825-1870 This work contains abstracts of wills probated in Bucks County, PA , from 1825 through 1870.  It serves to extend a series of will abstracts covering the period 1685-1825, prepared by the PA Genealogical Society in the early 20th Century 2000 448 1825-1870
27 Bucks County Tax Records 1693-1778 Compiled by Terry A. McNealy and Frances Wise Waite Bucks County Genealogy Society Post Office Box 1092, Doylestown PA 18901 1987 163 1693-1778 ALL
28 Bucks County Tombstone inscriptions Bedminster and Haycock Townships Bucks County Tombstone inscriptions Bedminster and Haycock Townships
Bucks County Genealogical Society
1988 500 Bedminster, Haycock Applebachsville(St. Paul's), Wm. Bryan, Baptist Burying Ground, Deep Run Mennonite East, Deep Run Mennonite West, Deep Run Presbyterian, Haycock Mennonite Cemetery, Keller's Union, St. John the Baptist Catholic, St. Luke's Union Cemetery, Dublin, Tohickon
29 Bucks County Tombstone Inscriptions Hilltown Township Compiled by Frances Wise Waite for Bucks County Genealogical Society, Post Office Box 1092 Doylestown PA 18901 1984 210 Hilltown Bucks County Blooming Glen Mennonite, Calvary Church, Upper Hilltown Baptist, Upper Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery, Lower Hilltown Baptist Church Cemetery, German Reformed Church Cemetery, Our Lady of Sacred Heart Cemetery, Perkasie Mennonite Cemetery, St. Peter's U
30 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Volume 4 150 This volume covers Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warwick, Hartsville Evangelical Lutheran Congregation at Tinicum, Southampton Baptist Church, memoranda from the Diary of John Dyer of Plumstead, the Presbyterian Church in Churchville, and Hilltown Bapt
31 Civil War Veterans in  Bucks County Cemeteries Civil War Veterans in  Bucks County Cemeteries 1996 117 Knowing  the units, service and dates the researcher can request from the National archives, regimental and the official records to get a better picture of the veteran.
32 Civil War Veterans in  Bucks County Cemeteries Civil War Veterans in  Bucks County Cemeteries 1996 117 Bucks County Applebachsville Union, Almont, Beechwood, Beulah, Bensalem Methodist, Bensalem Presbyterian, Blooming Glen Mennonite, Bristol, Buckingham Friends, Bristol Friends, Carversville UCC, Churchville, Canada Hill, Cornwell Friends, Davisville Baptist, Deep Run 
33 Colonial History of Wrightstown by Charles W. Smith, M.D. Originally Published in The Bucks County Intelligencer - 1855, reprinted in The Pennsylvania traveler - Post 1989-1990 1855 28 Colonial Wrightstown Bucks County
34 Companion to Nockamixon Township Bucks County Pennsylvania Landowners in 1798 Companion to Nockamixon Township Bucks County Pennsylvania Landowners in 1798 2001 15 1798 Nockamixon
35 Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks Pennsylvania Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks Pennsylvania, Roberts, 1925 1925 680 bef 1752 - 1925 Upper Bucks County A collection of genealogical and historical information about those first settlers who located in the upper part of Bucks County Pennsylvania.  Almost all of the forty-four different families, to each of whom we have assigned a chapter in this publication
36 Early Marriage Records of Pennsylvania Churches, Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Bucks County PA Early Marriage Records of Pennsylvania Churches, Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Bucks County PA 1965 8 1790 - 1804 Marriage records were reprinted from the Second Series of "The Pennsylvania Archives" published in Harrisburg in 1878 under the direction of Matthew S. Quay, Secretary of the Commonwealth at that time, and edited by John B Linn and Wm. H. Egle.  A Quarter
37 Early Taverns of Bucks County Pennsylvania Early Taverns   Bucks County Copyright 1965, So it was in the early 1700;s when the first inns appeared in Bucks County along the roads to New York and later Easton.
38 Episodes in Bucks county History Highways of History a Bicentennial Tribute 1976 156 1776-1976 Bucks County
39 Every Name Index to Fort Ligonier and its Time by Jody Rogers Speece Every Name Index to Fort Ligonier and its Time by Jody Rogers Speece 1982 54 Index only with no other reference.  http://fortligonier.org/The history of Fort Ligonier began in September 1758 and was concluded in March 1766, embracing the period of the French and Indian War and Pontiac’s War. Today, the story of this time period is
40 Family History Henry Seidel Canby Family History Henry Seidel Canby 1945 118 Illustrations: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Coat of Arms, Bishopstead, Germantown, Bucks County
41 First U.S. Census Pennsylvania 1790 First U.S. Census Pennsylvania 1790 1908 reprint of Heads of Families 426 1790 Pennsylvania Departmet of Commerce and Labor Bureau of the Census , S.N.D.North, Director - Heads of Families at the first census of the united states taken in the year 1790, Pennsylvania - Washington Government Printing Office 1908, For sale by the Superintendent of 
42 Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families 1981 949 pre 1935 Pennsylvania Indexed, contains all but one of the family history articles published in the Magazine up to 1935, The Descendants of Joran Kyn, the Founder of Upland, by Gregory Keen
43 Historic Wycombe 58 Wycombe
44 Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania 1843 708 -1843
45 History Of Bedminster William Penn History of Bedminster 1976 - 1983 136 1783 Bedminster
46 History of Bucks County Pennsylvania Davis 1876 875 This volume is respectfully inscribed to the Honorable Henry Chapman, a descendant of John Chapman, the first settler north of Newtown, by the author.  As a rule we have given the original spelling of the names of both persons and places wich in many case
47 History of Bucks County Pennsylvania Edited by J.H. Battle Reprint Society Edition 1985 reproduced from an 1887 edition 1278 This volume is offered to the public as a contribution to the history of Bucks County.  … In the preparation of this book great assistance has been derived from the various newspaper contributions to the history of the county, none of which have been more
48 History of Bucks County Pennsylvania Vol I Davis 1905 482 Soon after the publication of the first edition of the History of Bucks County, 1876, we began collecting material for a second edition should that be required.  To assist in this work, we had one copy bound in two volumes and interleaved to make our addi
49 History of Bucks County Pennsylvania Vol. II 399
50 History of Bucks County Pennsylvania Vol. III Davis 1905 732 pre 1905 Bucks County The present volume forms a fitting supplement to the ample historical narrative from the pen of General W.W.H.Davis. For its preparation especial thanks are due to Mr. Warren s. Ely, of more than merely local fame as a genealogist and historian.   An earn
51 History of Neshaminy Presbyterian Church D.K. Turner 370
52 Index of Papers read before the Bucks County Historical Society
53 Index to Battle
54 John Dyer's Journal
55 Langhorne Centennial 1876-1976 Langhorne Centennial 1876-1976 1975 88 Langhorne
56 Marriages from the Docket of Isaac Hicks, J.P. of Newtown Marriages from the Docket of Isaac Hicks, J.P. of Newtown
Bucks County Pennsylvania
1773 - 1824
25 1773-1824 Isaac Hicks, was for many years, Justice of the Peace in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  He was the son of Gilbert Hicks and his wife Mary Rodman of Bensalem Township and was born in 1748.  He was the first of the name to live in Newtown, his home b
57 Marriages performed in Bucks and Northampton Counties Pennsylvania 1824-1854 Marriages performed in Bucks and Northampton Counties Pennsylvania 1824-1854
By Rev. William T. Gerhard, Reformed Minister
8 1824 - 1854 Bucks County - Northampton Separated by Bucks County and Northampton County
58 Military Appeals in Bucks County Pennsylvania for exemption from service in the militia for both physical and conscientious scruples Military Appeals in Bucks County Pennsylvania for exemption from service in the militia for both physical and conscientious scruples
Published in the Doylestown Democrat Tueday, September 23, 1862
Typed from the original by Trudy Wubbles Indexed by Harry 
26 1862
59 Pennsylvania A History Pennsylvania a History 1978 208 Pennsylvania
60 Pennsylvania Births-Northampton County 1733-1800 Pennsylvania Births-Northampton County 1733-1800 John T. Humphrey 239 1733-1800 Northampton County
61 Pennsylvania Genealogies 1886 720 -1886
62 Pennsylvania German Marriages Marriages and Marriage Evidence in Pennsylvania German Churches 817 1760-1860 Pennsylvania Includes records from 105 churches, Indexed
63 Pennsylvania Land Applications Volume 1 East Side Applications, 1765-1769
Kenneth D. McCrea, Ph. D.
An Internet Interactive Book - AncestorsLand.com
2002 541 1765-1769 Eastern Pa Often overlooked or ignored by genealogists, recrds of land transactions frequently provide valuable clues to family relationships, social status and stage of life.  Land records enable researchers to better understand the lives and communities of their a
64 Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1790 Same as title 376 1742-1790 Pennsylvania Among the laws agreed upon in England by the Proprietary for the government of the Province of Pennsylvania, was one providing for a registry of marriages, births and deaths.
65 Pennsylvania Marriages: Bucks & Montgomery County   1824-1854 Bucks County-Montgomery County
66 Pennsylvnia German immigrants Edited by Don Yoder 1936-1998 394 1750-1786 Pennsylvania Index to personal names, Index to ships,  Emigrants from Wuertemberg: The Adolf Gerber Lists, from Volume Ten (1945), Pennsylvania German Pioneers from the County of Wertheim, from Volume Twelve (1947), A list of German Immigrants to the American Colonies
67 Picturesque Bucks County Trevose Building & Loan Association 1957 48 Revolutionary Bucks County
68 Place Names in Bucks County Penn abcd 1942 1942 436 1681-1942
69 Place Names of Bucks County Penn. 1942 1942 474 Bucks County Names of places have tremendous human interest.  Men have fought over them, and oftentimes a proposal for a change will meet with violent community opposition.  A place name is not easily destroyed.  It persists for years after being replaced by another. 
70 Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 Volume I Volume I 780 1685-1810 Pennsylvania Registrar General of the Province, 1685-1689, Christ Church, Philadelphia 1709-1806, Swedes Church, Philadelphia, 1750-1810, First Presbyterian Church at Carlisle, 1785-1812, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, 1704-1733, Reformed Church, Falkner Swamp,
71 Record of Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810 Volume II Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1987 1987 601 Before 1810 Richland, Philadelphia, Quakertown, Middletown, Falls, Buckingham, Wrightstown, Churchville Pennsylvania First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, 1702-1745 and 1760-1803; Moravian Church, Bethlehem, 1742-1800; Moravian Church, Nazareth, 1742-1800; Moravian Church, Litiz, 1743-1800; Moravian Church, Philadelphia, 1743-1800;Moravian Church, Emmaus, 1758-1800
72 Record of the Courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas of Bucks County 1684-1700 1943 432 1684-1700
73 Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions and common Pleas of Bucks County Blank 431 Bucks County 1667, Governor Lovelace organized three judicial districts, that of Upland extending up the Delaware to the "Falls", and embracing the country of Bucks County to that point. Until the time of William Penn, the inhabitants had to go to Upland, the present 
74 Registration of Births 1852-1854 Registration of Births in the county of Bucks and the state of Pennsylvania -  1852-1854 21 1852-1854 Bucks County The following are the entries from the Birth records for Bucks County beginning in 1852.  Bucks County attempted to have individuals records births and deaths beginning in August of 1852.  However, this attempt at recording vital statistics did not succee
75 Registration of Deaths 1852-1854 Registration of Deaths in the County of Bucks and the State of Pennsylvania  - 1852-1854 50 Registration of Deaths 1852-1854 and Registration of Births 1852-1854 were the first of the public records of Bucks County that eventually became the Bureau of Vital Statistics of Bucks County. Apparetnly this was something of an experiment in public reco
76 Rev. Frazer's Marriages Rev. Frazer's Marriages
1768-1795
Reprinted, with permission, from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume XII
Rev. William Franzer's Three Parishes: St. Thomas's, St. Andrew's, Musconetcong, New Jersey - Marriages 1768-1795, and Baptisms
18 1768-1795 Every name Index
77 Solebury Township Bucks County Pennsylvania 1958 128 1681 Solebury
78 Springfield Church 1751-1953 1953 207 1751-1953 Springfield
79 Sweet Country Sweet Country
by William E. Collier
46 Haycock Oath of Allegiance, Walking Purchase, 1763 Constables
80 Tax list of 1787 of Bucks County Pennsylvania Tax list of 1787 of Bucks County Pennsylvania
from The Provincial papers of the Pennsylvania Archives Series III, volume XIII Proprietary and other tax lists of the County of Bucks.  A transcript of the Funding Tax for 1787
Published by: the Bucks County 
77 1787 Bucks County In the Pennsylvania Archies, this Tax List is arranged by township (see list) and then by a small measure, in alphabetical order.  At least one township has no particular order at all.  This works IF one has a complete index, or knows the location of resi
81 The Carversville Christian Church 1837-1987 United Church of Christ Our God, Our Help in Ages Past 592 1837-1987 Carversville Bucks County
82 The Direct Tax of 1798 Upper Bucks Adams 267 1798 Upper Bucks, 12 Townships Upper Bucks County Adams, Harry C. The direct tax of 1798 in the second district third division of Pennsylvania: 12 townships in the upper part of Bucks County. (Bedminster, Pennsylvania: Adams Apple Press, 1994).
83 The Farm Journal Illustrated Farm and Business Directory of Bucks County Pennsylvania 1914 The Farm Journal Illustrated Farm and Business Directory of Bucks County Pennsylvania 1914 1914 0 1914 Buck County The publishers of the Farm Journal maintain that we all need to know more of our own home counties and the neighbors who are right around us.  Bucks County has a total area of 608 square miles and a population according to the last census of 76,530, which
84 The Heritage Collection Illustrated Atlas Combined atlases of Bucks Co Pennsylvania 1876-1891 Indexed 1992 119 1876 and 1891 Not sure this book is available.
85 The Pennsylvania Militia in 1777 The Pennsylvania Militia in 1777
Hannah Benner Roach
Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Volume XXIII, Number 3, 1964
228 A study of the operation of the Militia and the meaning of the records it generated.  Includes many names.
86 The Scotch Irish A Social History A social History 1961 377 1600-1900 United States
87 THE SCOTCH-IRISH OF NORTHAMPTON
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Scotch-Irish in Northampton PA N.C.H.G.S. 1926 1926 641 Northampton County The Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society takes great
pleasure in offering its initial publication to members, to descendants of the sturdy
settlers of the Irish Settlements in "The Forks of the Delaware", to genealogists and
students of 
88 Tinicum Sketches of a Rural Township Bucks County Pennsylvania 81 1926-1981 Bucks County
89 Wandering Through Milford Township Wandering Through Milford Township a Glimpse at its Past and Present 224 Milford
90 Wanderings through Historic Plumstead Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania with Edward Mathews Wanderings through Historic Plumstead Township, Bucks County Pennsylvania with Edward Mathews 86 Plumstead Bucks County
91 Year Book Great Swamp Reformed Church Spinnerstown Pennsylvania 1942-1943 32 1942-1943 Milford In the service of our Country, Members, Pastors starting in 1734. Circa 1868 104th PA Volunteers Regiment Monument Doylestown PA
 
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