Handy Book for Lancaster, PA area
Handy Book for Lancaster, PA area For those of us who have ancestors in Lancaster County and the surrounding area in the 1700's, I would like to suggest finding or making a copy of this booklet for yourself. It is the "Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever - Baptismal and Marriage 1730-1779" . It was originally published by Harrisburg Publishing Co. in Harrisburg, PA in 1896. There is nothing promising about the way this booklet looks, but as a circuit riding preacher during those years, Rev. Stoever kept a record of all the people he baptised and married. He spent much of his circuit in southeastern Pennsylvania, however, some locations are in northern Virginia and possibly a small corner of Maryland. I found a copy of it in a genealogy library years ago, and promptly photo copied the less than 100 pages. The copy I have has a more recent typed alphabetical index. I put my copies in a three ring binder with my other genealogy books and reference materials. It is a