How To Register A Farm Name Bucks County Pa

Guide to Bucks County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, nascence records, marriage records, decease records, demography records, family history, and military records.

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Canton Facts County seat: Doylestown Organized: November 10, 1682 Parent County(s): Original county Neighboring Counties Northampton  • Hunterdon (NJ)  • Montgomery  • Mercer (NJ)  • Philadelphia  • Burlington (NJ)  • Warren (NJ)  • Lehigh Encounter County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Adopt-a-wiki folio This page adopted by: PA Roots and its members who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

County Information [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

It is named afterwards the English county of Buckinghamshire. Information technology is located in the Southeast corner of the country.^[i]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Orphans Courtroom has nascency and expiry records 1893-1906 and marriage records from 1885
Prothonotary Function has divorce records from 1878 and court records from 1682
Register of Wills has probate records from 1684^[2]

Naturalization Papers for the years 1802 to 1906 and Term Papers from 1733 to 1920 have been microfilmed and are available for public review in the Prothonotary's function.
All papers recorded in the function of Recorder of Deeds are public data, with the exception of Military Discharge Papers. Primeval records are for 1684. Indexes are bachelor. Enquiry Center is open up to the public. No appointment is required to visit. Records date back to 1684.

Bucks County, Pennsylvania Tape Dates [edit | edit source]

Data for this nautical chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This data should be taken equally a guide and should exist verified by contacting the county and/or the state authorities bureau.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records [3]
Nascency*	Matrimony	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1893	1885	1893	1682	1684	1684	1790
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1906. General compliance by 1915.

Tape Loss [edit | edit source]

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete listing of populated places, including pocket-sized neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this canton:^[6]

Boroughs
Bristol Chalfont Doylestown Dublin Hulmerville Ivyland Langhorne Langhorne Manor	Morrisville New Britain New Hope Newtown Penndel Perkasie Quakertown Richlandtown	Riegelsville Sellersville Silverdale Telford Trumbauersville Tullytown Yardley
Unincorporated communities
Almont Andalusia Applebachsville Aquetong Argus Bedminster Blooming Glen Brick Tavern Bryn Gweled Buckingham Bucksville California Carversville Centre Bridge Danboro Dolington Durham Elephant Erwinna Eureka Fallsington Ferndale Finland Forest Grove Fountainville Furlong Gallows Colina	Gardenville Geryville Hagersville Harrow Hartsville Highland Park Highton Hillside Village Hilltop Hilltown Hinkletown Holicong Holland Hood Jamison Kintnersville Kulps Corner Lahaska Line Lexington Lodi Loux Corner Lumberville Maple Beach Mechanicsville Mount Pleasant Neshaminy Falls Newville	Oakford Ottsville Oxford Valley Paletown Passer Penns Park Pineville Pipersville Pleasant Valley Point Pleasant Revere Rushland Shelly Solebury Southampton Springtown Strawntown Uhlerstown Unionville Upper Black Eddy Warminster Washington Crossing White Horse Wrightstown Wycombe Zionhill
Census-designated places
Brittany Farms The Highlands Churchville Cornwells Heights Croydon Eddington Fairless Hills	Feasterville Levittown Milford Square Newtown Grant Plumsteadville Richboro	Spinnerstown Trevose Village Shires Warminster Heights Woodbourne Woodside
Townships
Bedminster Bensalem Bridgeton Bristol Buckingham Doylestown Durham Due east Rockhill Falls Haycock Hilltown	Lower Makefield Lower Southampton Middletown Milford New Britain Newtown Nockamixon Northampton Plumstead Richland	Solebury Springfield Tinicum Upper Makefield Upper Southampton Warminster Warrington Warwick West Rockhill Wrightstown
Historic communities
Stover-Myers Mill	Harriman Historic Commune

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

Biographies [edit | edit source]

• Bucks Canton Biographies at Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archives

Business concern, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

Indentured Servants

• Immigrant Servants Database hosted past Price Genealogy - Includes indentured/imported servants and transported convicts who served labor terms in Colonial York County, Pennsylvania.

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

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Additional Cemetery Resources

• ca.1700-ca.1950 Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; index and images
• Cemetery Abstracts at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection; alphabetize and images (incomplete)
• LDS Genealogy Buck County

Census Records [edit | edit source]

For links and tips on using Federal (or U.s.) census records online for Bucks County, see: Pennsylvania Census.

Federal Demography

• 1850-1880 Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Historical populations
Census	Popular.	%±
1820	11,554	—
1830	19,746	70.9%
1840	32,769	66.0%
1850	42,831	30.7%
1860	48,734	13.eight%
1870	53,204	9.2%
1880	58,541	x.0%
1890	59,233	1.2%
1900	59,403	0.three%
1910	54,526	−8.2%
1920	53,166	−two.v%
1930	49,039	−7.8%
1940	l,615	three.ii%
1950	51,722	2.ii%
1960	54,925	half dozen.2%
1970	57,962	5.5%
1980	62,919	eight.half dozen%
1990	lx,967	−3.1%
2000	62,761	2.nine%
2010	62,622	−0.2%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church Records [edit | edit source]

(Multi-denominational)

• 1620-1991 Pennsylvania, Historical Club of Pennsylvania, Congregational Records, 1620-1991(*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; index and images

• 1708 -1985 Pennsylvania, Church building and Town Records, 1708-1985 at Historical Club of Pennsylvania – $, to members of the society; Likewise bachelor at Beginnings $

Contains church records of:

• The Reverend Simon K. Gross Pastoral Records
• Bensalem: Bensalem Methodist Churchyard; Vandgrift Cemetery
• Blooming Glen: Blooming Glen Mennonite Cemetery
• Bristol: John Black Funeral Homes, Record Books
• Buckingham: Woods Grove Presbyterian Cemetery; Forestville Presbyterian Church; Trinity Episcopal Church
• Churchville: North and Southampton Reformed Church building
• Doylestown: Doylestown Mennonite Church Records; St. Paul's Episcopal Church
• Durham: Durham Reformed Church; Lutheran Church building
• Fallsington: All Saints Episcopal Church
• Ferndale: St. Luke'southward Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Haycock Run: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
• Hilltown: Hilltown Baptist Church; Kratz Diaries; St. Peter's Lutheran Church
• Hulmeville: Beechwood Cemetery; Grace Episcopal Church; Lewis Preston Townsend Funeral Ledger
• Langhorne: Langhorne Presbyterian Church building; St. James Episcopal Church
• Milford: East Swamp Mennonite Cemetery; West Swamp Mennonite Cemetery
• Milford Square: Jacob Clymer Justice of the Peace Dockets; William Z. Gottshalk Family unit Records
• Morrisville: Start Presbyterian Church
• Newportville: Ascension Church
• Newtown: St. Andrew'south Roman Catholic Church building; St. Luke's Church building
• Northampton: Richboro Methodist Episcopal Church
• Perkasie: Deep Run Mennonite Church Records; St. Andrew'due south United Church of Christ
• Philadelphia: Southampton Baptist Church building; Jonathan Worrall, J.P./Misc. Marriage Licenses, 1890-1915; Methodist Episcopal Church
• Pleasant Valley: Trinity United Church of Christ
• Quakertown: Emmanuel Church; Starting time United Church of Christ; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church building; Swamp Mennonite Charge Church building Message; Swamp Mennonite Church Class Records; Swamp Mennonite Meetinghouse Construction; Union Cemetery
• Richboro: Dutch Reformed Church; Marriage Cemetery
• Richland: Flatland Mennonite Cemetery
• Ridge Valley: The Reverend Simon K. Gross Pastoral Tape
• Riegelsville: St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Peter's Lutheran Church
• Sellersville: Bucks County Historical Guild
• Southampton: St. Columba Church; William Grant Funeral Domicile
• Springfield: Springfield Mennonite Cemetery; St. Paul Salem United Methodist; Trinity Lutheran Church
• Springtown: Christ Lutheran Church building
• Torresdale: All Saints Episcopal Church
• Trevose: Scottsville United Methodist Church
• Trumbauersville: Christ Lutheran Church
• Upper Blackness Eddy: Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church
• West Rockhill: Ridge Valley Reformed Church
• Wrightstown: Holy Nascence Episcopal Church building; Penns Park Methodist Episcopal Church
• Yardley: St. Andrew'due south Episcopal Church

• 1682 -1800 Humphrey, John T. Pennsylvania Births, Bucks County, 1682-1800 Washington, D.C.: Humphrey Publications, 1993. FHL Book 974.821 K2h.

Contains church records of Falls Friends Monthly Meeting; Middletown Friends Monthly Meeting; Wrightstown Friends Monthly Meeting; Richland Friends Monthly Meeting; Buckingham Friends Monthly Meeting; Southampton Baptist Church; Tinicum Presbyterian, as well known as Red Hill; Neshaminy Presbyterian Church building, Hartsville in Warwick Township; Newtown Presbyterian Church in Newtown Township; Reformed Low Dutch Church building of Southampton and Northampton Townships; Dutch Reformed Church, Bensalem; Tohickon Reformed Congregation in Bedminister Township; Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, also known as Tinicum Lutheran Church in Tinicum Township; Tohickon Lutheran Congregation in Bedminister Township; Christ Reformed Church, Trumbauersville in Milford Township; Springfield Lutheran Church building in Springfield Township; St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bedminister Township, also known as Keller's Lutheran Church; Springfield Reformed Church in Springfield Township; Evangelical Lutheran Church in Nockamixon Township; St. Luke'south Reformed Church building, Ferndale in Nockamixon Township; Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Trumbauersville in Milford Township. Also includes the journal of John Dyer, Plumsteadville, Plumstead Township, kickoff in 1769.

PAGenWeb, list of Bucks Canton churches.

Catholic

• 1803 -1913 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Haycock Township, Christenings (1803-1811), Christenings (1866-1869), Christenings (1869-1870), Marriages (1803-1859), Marriages (1803-1910), Marriages (1885-1913) at PAGenWeb

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-twenty-four hours Saints
The Blue Ridge District of the Eastern States Mission comprised church members living in southeastern Pennsylvania. District headquarters were in Lancaster, with branches located in Bucks, Fulton, Lancaster, and York counties.

• Record of Members, [1929]-1944, FHL moving-picture show 1979

Dutch Reformed
Reformed Dutch Church, Churchville

• 1737 -1780 Reformed Dutch Church, Churchville, Baptism Alphabetize 1737-1780 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C507121 ^[seven]
• 1738 -1772 Reformed Dutch Church building, Churchville, Wedlock Index 1738-1772 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M507121

Southampton Dutch Reformed Church building

• 1710 -1800 Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania, 1710-1800: Southampton Dutch Reformed Church at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages.

Episcopalian
St. James's Church, Bristol

Early registers "were stolen to prevent their evidence in a lawsuit."^[8]

Lutheran
Keller's Lutheran Church, Bedminster Township

• 1751 -1798 Keller's Lutheran Church building (Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Keller's Church, Bedminster Township) at Beginnings ($).

Nockamixon

• 1770 -1820 Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1770-1820: Nockamixon Township at Ancestry ($). Includes baptisms, marriages, and deaths from Nockamixon Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Nockamixon Lutheran Congregation, and Nockamixon Reformed Congregation.

Tohickon

• 1749 -1839 Tohickon Lutheran Church Baptism Index 1749-1839 in International Genealogical Alphabetize at FamilySearch. Batch C507561 ^[nine]

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church building, Springfield Township

• 1751 -1795 Hinke, William J. Trinity Spousal relationship Church building, Record of the Lutheran Congregation, Springfield Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 1751-95 at Ancestry ($).
• 1760 -1800 Hinke, William J. Trinity Union Church, Record of the Reformed Congregation, Springfield Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 1760-1800 at Beginnings ($).
• 1760 -1829 Hinke, William J. Trinity Marriage Church, Springfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Records of the Reformed Church, 1760-1829 at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, deaths.
• 1801 -1829 Trinity Union Reformed Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1801-29 at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.

Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church building

• 1883 -1928 Upper Tinicum Lutheran Church Burials 1883-1928 at PAGenWeb

Presbyterian
Several Presbyterian churches were built in Bucks County to arrange Scotch-Irish settlers. Neshaminy Presbyterian Church in Warwick Township was organized in 1726. A Presbyterian Church was organized at "Craig's Settlement" by 1737. Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church was organized in 1738 in "Hunter's Settlement" in Lower and Upper Mount Bethel Townships. The latter ii churches barbarous within the bounds of Northampton after it divide off in 1751. Neshaminy Presbyterian Church

• 1788 -1885 Neshaminy Presbyterian Church of Warminster and Warwick, Hartsville, Marriage Index 1788-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M535091
• 1788 -1885 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1788-1885: Neshaminy Presbyterian Church building at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.

Newtown Presbyterian Church

• 1769 -1812, 1838 - 1888 Newtown Presbyterian Church, Wedlock Index 1769-1812 and 1838-1888 in International Genealogical Alphabetize at FamilySearch. Batches M538981 and M538982 .
• 1771 -1811, 1888 Newtown Presbyterian Church building, Baptism Index 1771-1811 and 1888 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches C538981 and C538982 .

Presbyterian Church, Bensalem

• 1844 -1867 Presbyterian Church, Bensalem, Baptism Index 1844-1867 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C524081
• 1839 -1868 Presbyterian Church, Bensalem, Marriage Index 1839-1868 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M524081

Solebury Presbyterian Church

• 1812 -1867 Solebury Presbyterian Church, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1812-67 at Ancestry ($).

Reformed
Durham Union Church, Durham Township

• 1807 -1875 Durham Union Church, Durham Township, Baptism Index 1807-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C516661

First Reformed Church building, Quakertown

• Snyder, Elam J. Historical Sketch of First Reformed Church building and Auxiliary Organizations, Quakertown, Pa.: Including a List of Present Members of Congregation and Societies 1919. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Nockamixon

• 1770 -1820 Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1770-1820: Nockamixon Township at Ancestry ($). Includes baptisms, marriages, and deaths from Nockamixon Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, Nockamixon Lutheran Congregation, and Nockamixon Reformed Congregation.

Reformed Dutch Church building, Smithfield

• 1741 -1807 Reformed Dutch Church building, Smithfield, Baptism Alphabetize 1741-1807 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C507881
• 1742 -1752, 1785 - 1786 Reformed Dutch Church building, Smithfield, Baptism Index 1742-1752 and 1785-1786 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M507881

Reformed Nether Dutch Church, Southampton

• 1710 -1820 Reformed Under Dutch Church, Southampton, Baptism Index 1710-1820 in International Genealogical Alphabetize at FamilySearch. Batch C510771
• 1710 -1713, 1738 - 1772, 1788 - 1819 Reformed Nether Dutch Church, Southampton, Marriage Index 1710-1713, 1738-1772, and 1788-1819 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M510771

St. Paul's Reformed Church, Applebachsville Township

• 1868 -1875 St. Paul'south Reformed Church, Applebachsville Township, Baptism Index 1868-1875 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C516681

Tohickon Matrimony Reformed Church

• 1744 -1801 Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania, 1744-1801: Tohickon Union Reformed Church building at Ancestry ($).
• 1745 -1869 Tohickon Union Reformed Church Baptism Index 1745-1869 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C507551 ^[10]
• 1750 -1800 Hinke, William J. A History of the Tohickon Union Church, Bedminster Township, Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania: With Copy of Church Records, Reformed Congregation, Lutheran Congregation Meadville, Pa.: Tribune Pub. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.
• 1755 -1855 Tohickon Union Reformed Church Spousal relationship Index 1755-1855 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M507551

Trinity Union Reformed Church

• 1801 -1829 Trinity Union Reformed Church, Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania, 1801-29 at Ancestry ($). Baptisms, marriages, burials.

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records [edit | edit source]

For information about records kept in the Orphan's courtroom, Prothonotary Court, Courtroom of Mutual Pleas, and other courts in counties of Pennsylvania, visit the Pennsylvania Court Records Wiki page.

The Archive Inquiry Center, located on the tertiary floor of the Bucks Canton Courthouse
Genealogical and Archival Search Requests is available for the public. The site lists what records can be searched by staff and the cost.
Open to the public for genealogical enquiry. The Bucks County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court has microfilm records dating back to 1684. Some original records are stored off-site and are available by advance request. Copy services (by fee) include the following:

• 1684-1950 Genealogical Search Request, index search past proper noun
• 1684-1987 Index printout with name, decease twelvemonth, index number
• 1987-nowadays Index printout as well includes appointment of death
• 1885-nowadays Spousal relationship Awarding Tape, Certified Application, Marriage Certificate
• 1893-1906 Certified Nascency/Death Tape

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

For online resources, passenger lists, and specific groups coming to Pennsylvania, see Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration.

• 1798-1828 Pennsylvania Landing Reports of Aliens, 1798-1828 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Drove; Alphabet index then by numbered entry
• 1900-1923 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Case Files of Chinese Immigrants, 1900-1923 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; images merely (by county)
• 1952-1957 Pennsylvania, Crew Lists arriving at Erie, 1952-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1677 -1687 "A Partial List of the Families Who Resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Prior to 1687, With the Date of Their Arrival," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 9 (1885):223-233. For online access, see WeRelate.

Indentured Servants

• Immigrant Servants Database hosted by Toll Genealogy - Includes indentured/imported servants and transported convicts who served labor terms in Colonial York County, Pennsylvania.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

For groups that came, meet People section of the Pennsylvania Emigration page.

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

The Orphan'due south Court ensures the all-time interests of those not capable of handling their own diplomacy: minors, incapacitated persons, decedents' estates, and more than.^[11]

• 1685 -1900 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Orphans' Court Records FHL book 974.821 P28mt

Country and Property Records [edit | edit source]

Land and property records tin can identify an antecedent in a specific location and reveal family relationships. Records include: deeds, abstracts, indexes, mortgages, leases, grants, sheriff sales, land patents, maps and more. For more data, see Pennsylvania Country and Property.

Land records in Bucks County began in 1684. These records are filed with the Recorder of Deeds office in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Online State Index and Records

• 1684 -1919 Deeds, 1684-1866; Index, 1684-1919 FHL pic 172829 (kickoff of 119 films) - images simply; click on the camera icon to view images
• 1980 – present Bucks County offers online admission to land records. Fees utilise.

Land Records on Microfilm

• 1684 -1919 Mortgages, 1782-1821; Index, 1684-1919. FHL motion picture 905877 (first of 27 films)

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

• History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania : Including an Account of its Original Exploration. 1887. Edited by J. H. Battle. Philadelphia : A. Warner. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books, Ancestry ($); At various libraries (WorldCat).
• The History of Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Nowadays Time. 1876. By W.W.H. Davis. Doylestown, Pa: Democrat Book and Job Office Print. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Hathitrust, Google Books; At various libraries (WorldCat).

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Bucks County (more than 2000 entries)
  (may not always be present in alphabetic gild on offset endeavor.)

Maps

• Maps of Pennsylvania (1673-1878)
• Antecedent Tracks has posted downloadable images of two 19th century wall maps: (1) "Maps of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, from Surveys" published in 1850 by W. E. Morris; (2) "Map of Bucks and Montgomery Counties and the Consolidated City of Philadelphia" published by Kuhn and Shrope in 1857; and (3) "Barnes' Driving Map of Philadelphia and Environs" published in 1868 past R. 50. Barnes. These images show many landowners, towns and villages and roads as of the date of publication. These are invaluable sources to be used with the 1850 and 1860 censuses. While the physical maps are in the public domain, the images we accept taken of the maps belong to us and are non to exist used commercially. We hereby give permission to use them strictly for personal apply; please attribute to Antecedent Tracks.
• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this canton - How to Use FS Places

Migration [edit | edit source]

Early on migration routes to Bucks Canton for European settlers included:

• Minsi Path from Kingston, Ulster County, New York Genealogy to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Genealogy (from the Ulster and Delaware Turnpike to the Swell Valley Road).
• Lehigh and Lackawanna Paths from Unadilla, Otsego County, New York Genealogy to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Genealogy (from the Catskill Turnpike to the Great Valley Road).
• Delaware River.

Military Records [edit | edit source]

Revolutionary State of war
Local men served in the Bucks County Associators and the Bucks County Militia. A guide at the Pennsylvania State Archives website identifies townships where specific companies recruited soldiers, see Revolutionary State of war Militia Battalions and Companies, Arranged by Canton.

Bucks County men also served in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment^[12] and the fifth Pennsylvania Regiment^[12].

During the Revolutionary menstruation, committees of condom governed local communities. Minutes of the Bucks County Committee have been published:

• "Minutes of the Committee of Prophylactic of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1774-1776," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 15 (1891):257-290. For online admission, come across WeRelate.

Ceremonious War

• 1861-1865 Pennsylvania, Annals of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize
• 1865-1936 Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Democracy Membership Records, 1865-1936 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Drove; index and images

World State of war 2

• 1933-1947 Pennsylvania, Historical Order of Pennsylvania, World War II Casualty Cards, 1933-1947 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection; alphabetize and images

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Naturalization records tin can incorporate information about clearing and nativity. Prior to 1906, it is rare to find the town of origin in naturalization records. For more information, see Pennsylvania Naturalization

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

• 1795-1930 Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern Commune of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930 on Fold3.com - ($), indexed, National Archives publication M1522, incomplete for all counties
• 1795-1930 Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania located in Selected US Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1790-1974 database on Ancestry $
• 1795-1931 Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1795-1952 Pennsylvania, Eastern District Naturalization Indexes, 1795-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection; alphabetize and images

Original Naturalization Records on Microfilm

• 1743 Excerpt aus der Registratur der Supreem Court zu Philadelphia FHL Film 20361 Item nine

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

Newspapers may contain obituaries, births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, family unit gatherings, family travel, achievements, business notices, engagement information, and probate court proceedings. Newspapers are oftentimes found in local or university libraries, historical or genealogical societies, or state archives in the surface area where the newspaper was published. See Pennsylvania Newspapers for more information.

Newspapers of Bucks Canton

Online Newspapers

To learn if there are newspapers online for a specific town or urban center in Pennsylvania, see news.google.com/newspapers and search for the town or the proper noun of a newspaper.

• Chronicling America U.s. Paper Directory
• Pennsylvania Paper Archive
• Pennsylvania Newspapers

Online Newspaper Abstracts

• PA-Roots Newspaper Manufactures for Bucks County.
• 1947 -2010 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 at FamilySearch

Newspaper Index

• McNealy Terry A. (compiler), Index to Bucks County references in the Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1789 (Doylestown, Pennsylvania:Bucks County Genealogical Social club) FHL book 974.821 B3m Alphabetically arranged by surnames and subjects. "Bucks Canton had no newspaper of its own in the 18th century.--Intro."

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Obituaries are generally found in local newspapers where the person died or where family members lived. Local libraries or societies may have indexes or other sources.

Online Obituary Abstracts

• 1947-2021 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection; index and images
• 1977-2010 Pennsylvania Obituaries, 1977-2010 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Drove; index and images
• PA-Roots Obituaries for Bucks Canton.

Obituary Excerpts and Abstracts

• A Tape of deaths in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and territory immediately contiguous, 1934-1956: compiled mainly from the newspapers of the county; also burials in Richlandtown, Doylestown, Deep Run Mennonite, Kellers Church, and New U.k. Beulah cemeteries (SLC, Utah, 1958) FHL film 172930 (first of four)

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

Probate matters in Bucks County are handled by the Orphans' Court and showtime when the county was created.

In addition to wills and administrations, the Orphans' Court also handles: audits of accounts of executors, administrators, trustees, and guardians; distribution of estates; appointments of guardians; adoptions; appeals from the Register of Wills; inheritance tax appeals, and various petitions and motions.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1682-1825 Abstracts Books A and i - 10 at Bucks County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archives - Includes index.
• 1683-1993 Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1683-1993 at Ancestry $
• 1683-1994 Pennsylvania Probate Records 1683-1994 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (past county)
• 1684-1850 Williams, Richard T. Index of Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania, Wills and Administration Records, 1684 to 1850 Danboro, Pa.: R.T. and M.C. Williams, 1981. Digital version at [1] ($).
• 1684-1958 Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (past canton) Includes Bucks County Will Alphabetize (1684-1831), Will Abstracts (1685-1825), Will Books 1-32 (1684-1906), Wills and Letters of Assistants (1684-1693); Manor Alphabetize (1684-1939); Inventories (1684-1688); Orphans' Court Tape Alphabetize (1683-1958), Orphans' Court Records Vols. i-16 (1752-1866); Register's Dockets Vols. 4-nine (1839-1913).
• 1684-1693 "Bucks County Wills, 1684-1693," Publications of the Genealogical Order of Pennsylvania, Vol. one (Jul. 1897):198-224. For online access, see WeRelate
• 1713-1906 Wills FHL picture show 387828 (first of 26 films) Index included: 1682-1939 - images only; click on the photographic camera icon to view images
• 1839-1913 Register Dockets FHL film 927585 (start of iii films) - images only; click on the photographic camera icon to view images

Schoolhouse Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to utilise this drove; index. Besides at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.Due south., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more data.

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

• 1693 1693 Tax List at Bucks County, Pennsylvania PAGenWeb Archives
• 1779, 1781 -1786 Proprietary and Other Tax Lists of the Canton of Bucks: For the Years 1779, 1781, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786 (Pennsylvania Archives, Series three, Vol. 13). Digital versions at Ancestry ($); Google Books
• 1798 Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 at Ancestry ($).

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

Vital records are handled by the Canton Orphans' Courtroom. Between the years 1852-1855 Pennsylvania fabricated a failed endeavour to record birth, marriage and decease events at the county level. County union records were kept in earnest in 1885. Births and deaths, at the canton level, were begun in 1893 and kept through 1905. For the nearly complete set of records, contact the County Orphans' Court.

Birth [edit | edit source]

Early births 1893–1905 are located at the Canton Orphans' Court. For more information, see Pennsylvania Vital Records.

• 1520-1999 Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Drove; index and images
• 1709-1950 Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection; index
• 1852-1855 Bucks Canton Nascency Alphabetize 1852-1855 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C524001 ^[thirteen]
• 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Births Ancestry $
• 1941-1976 Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 at FamilySerch - How to Utilise this Collection; index and images

Marriage [edit | edit source]

Pennsylvania marriages were created by county officials. Contact Bucks County Courthouse

• 1512-1989 Pennsylvania, Historical Club of Pennsylvania, Matrimony Records, 1512-1989 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; index and images
• 1626-2016 Pennsylvania, United States Marriages at FindMyPast$
• 1677-1950 Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Employ this Collection; index and images
• 1682-1976 Pennsylvania, Church building Marriages, 1682-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize and images
• 1700-1821 Pennsylvania Matrimony Records Ancestry $
• 1709-1940 Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
• 1711-1797 Bucks Co residents listed in Early on NJ Union Bail Abstracts 1711-1797 at USGenWeb - Not all years represented.
• 1773-1824 "Marriages Copies from the Docket of Isaac Hicks: Justice of the Peace of Bucks County from 1773 to 1824," Publications of the Genealogical Lodge of Pennsylvania, Vol. iii, No. 3 (Jun. 1908):201-225. For online admission, see WeRelate; the Family History Library also has this series in its collection: FHL Book 974.8 B2p.
• Pre-1810 Pennsylvania Marriages Beginnings $
• 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Marriages Ancestry $
• 1885-1950 Pennsylvania Canton Marriage, 1885-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Drove; index and images
• 1947-2021 Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize and image

Death [edit | edit source]

Early deaths 1893–1905 are located at the Canton Orphans' Court. For indexes and records, 1906 and later, see Pennsylvania Vital Records.

• 1720-1999 Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 at FamilySearch - How to Employ this Drove; alphabetize, some images
• 1810-1924 Bucks Canton Death Index 1810-1924 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch^[14]
• 1852-1854 Pennsylvania Deaths Ancestry $
• 1856-1971 Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; alphabetize and images

Death Substitutes

• 1710-1906 Bucks Canton (Pennsylvania). Coroner. Coroner's Views and Inquisitions, 1710-1906; Index, 1722-1946. Coroner'due south reports supply data on adventitious or suspicious deaths.

Divorce [edit | edit source]

Divorce records are available through the office of the Prothonotary.

Enquiry Facilities [edit | edit source]

Athenaeum [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are archives in Bucks County. For state-broad archival repositories, encounter Pennsylvania Archives and Libraries.

The Archive Research Center, located on the third flooring of the Bucks Canton Courthouse
Genealogical and Archival Search Requests is available for the public. The site lists what records can exist searched past staff and the cost.
Open to the public for genealogical research. The Bucks County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court has microfilm records dating back to 1684. Some original records are stored off-site and are available by advance request. Re-create services (past fee) include the post-obit:

• 1684-1950 Genealogical Search Request, index search by name
• 1684-1987 Index printout with name, death year, index number
• 1987-nowadays Index printout as well includes date of death
• 1885-present Wedlock Application Record, Certified Application, Union Certificate
• 1893-1906 Certified Birth/Decease Record

National Archives at Philadelphia
14700 Townsend Route
Philadelphia, PA 19154-1096
Telephone: 215-305-2044
Fax: 215-305-2052
Website

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family unit History Middle and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family unit History Centers provide one-on-one aid, gratuitous access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Chapter Libraries have access to well-nigh heart-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided past a family history eye.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Doylestown Pennsylvania Family History Heart
• Morrisville Pennsylvania Family unit History Center
• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Family History Centre
• Philadelphia Pennsylvania Metro Family unit History Center
• West Philadelphia Pennsylvania Family History Center
• Complimentary Library of Northampton Township - an chapter library.
• Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania - an affiliate library.
• Historical Club of Pennsylvania - an affiliate library.

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Bucks County. For state-wide library facilities, see Pennsylvania Athenaeum and Libraries.

Bucks Canton Library Network
Website
Multiple locations. An online catalog is bachelor, and shows a sizable genealogy and biography collection.

The Mennonite Heritage Center
565 Yoder Road
Harleysville, PA 19438-1020
Telephone: 215-256-3020
Electronic mail: library@mhep.org
Website
The Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania support the John L. Ruth Historical Library and Museum at the Mennonite Heritage Eye. Located in Montgomery Canton, Pennsylvania the records and resources as well embrace the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. Access website for comprehensive overview of library resources, online cemetery database, manuscript collections, photograph collections, archival collections, and more than.

Museums [edit | edit source]

Historic Fallsington
Data Eye and Office
iv Yardley Ave.
Fallsington, PA 19054-1117
Phone: 215-295-6567
Email: info@historicfallsington.org
Website
The village of Fallsington was significant every bit a religious, social and market center for the surrounding expanse and a terminate for stagecoaches. In that location are several celebrated homes and buildings too as a manuscript collection with genealogical and historical records.

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are societies in Bucks County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Pennsylvania Societies.

Bucks Canton Genealogical Gild
P.O. Box 297
Doylestown, PA 18901
Website

Bucks Canton Historical Club
84 South Pino Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-345-0210
Website

Websites [edit | edit source]

• The Bucks Canton PAGenWeb Projection, a member of The PAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• Linkpendium - Bucks County
• Bucks County PA Genealogy
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Employ Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides [edit | edit source]

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania accessed two/i/2017
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002) Bucks Canton, Pennsylvania, p.588
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pennsylvania.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: The states of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pennsylvania.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pennsylvania.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Bucks County, Pennsylvania," in Wikipedia: the Costless Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania, accessed xiv January 2020.
7. ↑ Genealogical Gild of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/86/Igipennsylvaniabb.pdf.
8. ↑ Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 12 (1888):341-349. For online admission, run across WeRelate.
9. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/2/23/Igipennsylvaniac.pdf.
10. ↑ Genealogical Club of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/2/23/Igipennsylvaniac.pdf.
11. ↑ The Philadelphia Courts at Mutual Pleas accessed 10 July 2012
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.one} John B.B. Trussell and Charles C. Dallas, The Pennsylvania Line; Regimental Organisation and Operations, 1776-1783 (Harrisburg, Pa.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1977). Digital version at Family History Archive.
13. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://world wide web.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/86/Igipennsylvaniabb.pdf.
14. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/8/86/Igipennsylvaniabb.pdf.

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