Index to the 1850 Census of Pennsylvania: Berks County; Bucks County; Lancaster County; Luzerne & Wyoming Counties; Northampton County

Five volumes in one

$57.50

Author: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty
Publication Date: 1974-1978
Reprint Date: 2007
Pages: 542 pp. total
ISBN: 9780806347592

Item #: 9306 Categories: , ,

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The 1850 federal census is a genealogical source of unparalleled wealth, since it was the first census in which every member of the household was enumerated by name. It is a touchstone for LDS researchers because it is an acceptable source for ordinance work on direct line families for whom no civil registration or church records can be found. As the original 1850 census enumerations were not alphabetized, indexes to the various 1850 censuses are understandably among the most useful aids at the genealogist’s disposal.

These five consolidated volumes constitute a surname index, with corresponding microfilm locations, to the residents of the Pennsylvania counties of Berks, Bucks, Lancaster, Luzerne/Wyoming, and Northampton respectively, in the year 1850. (Wyoming County was formed from Luzerne in 1842.) Although it was not possible, for reasons of economy, to list every person appearing in the census by given name, each book lists all the surnames appearing in the census for the county(ies) in question (i.e., Berks, 7,000; Bucks, 8,000; Lancaster, 15,000; Luzerne/Wyoming: 10,000; and Northampton, 5,000). The arrangement of each volume is alphabetical by surname, with corresponding code numbers keyed to the borough or township and to the house numbers within the borough or township in which were residing individuals of a particular surname. Thus, for purposes of obtaining a copy of the original census page, both the area number and the house number are conveniently specified.

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