PENNSYLVANIA ORIGINAL LAND RECORDS SERIES FOR YORK COUNTY, PA

ADAMS COUNTY, PA + MARYLAND LAND RECORDS AVAILABLE.

Folks who do this kind of research usually know each other, since there are so few... and at one time or another we bump into each other doing original research.

The earliest Adams County records are bundled with York County until 1800, when Adams County was established.

For Land Records - copy and past the following address into your browser and hit "enter" - http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-88WarrantRegisters/YorkPages/r17-88YorkPageInterface.htm

Here are some other folks who have done fine work that you won't find elsewhere.

ADAMS COUNTY, PA LAND RECORDS:

The Manor of Maske - It's History and Individual Properties, Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg, PA, Charles H. Glatfelter and Arthur Weaner, 1992, paperback, 74 pages. $10.60; $11.85 by mail.

This volume details the history of the 43,500 acre manor, dating from 1741, and the acquisition summaries of some 333 original settlers.

The Manor of Maske connected-draft survey map, a companion to the above book, 36 by 48 inches, Charles H. Glatfelter and Arthur Weaner. $21.20 on-site; $22.50 by mail in PA; $24.25 outside of PA.

Hankey, Joan R., comp. Guide to Warrants and Patents in Present York and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, (1996), $12.72, $14.00 by mail.

Books and map are available from the Adams County Historical Society, Box 4325, Gettysburg, PA 17325. Inquire about current pricing.

GO TO THE ADAMS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAGE for a full list of their books in print and pricing. Civil War era volumes, Battle of Gettysburg, and ghost stories, too.

MARYLAND LAND RECORDS

Olde Map Shop,6790 White Rock Road, Sykesville, MD 21784; George Horvath - proprietor, (410) 526-4878; deals with the following original researched and published Maryland land records for:

Reisterstown area

Old Hamstead (Cox's Town)

Ward's Chapel Area, along Liberty Road, west of Randalstown

Baltimore / Carroll County Area

Eldersburg Area

Freedom to Winfield Areas, along Liberty Road

Ruxton and Riderwood Areas, near Towson

Green Spring Valley Area

Finksburg to Westminster, along Old Westminster Road

Granite Area

Pikesville Area - from Hookstown to Greenspring Valley

Randallstown Area, along Liberty Road at Old Court Road

Owings Mills Area - along Old Reisterstown Road and St. Thomas Church

Union Bridge Area - south to John Gillis' Land

Winfield (Old Baltimore county to Delaware Falls in Howard County

Elkridge to Ellicott's Upper Mills Catonsvlle

Rayville to the Maryland Line along the York Roads.

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