List of Genealogy Room Resources

The Genealogy Room at the Lititz Public Library has many resources to offer. Below are some of the titles the collection includes, but if you are looking for a specific title, please search through the catalog.

TitleAuthor/Editor
…And Improvements Upon the LandThe Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley
250th Anniversary of the Naming of Lititz, 1756-2006R. Ronald Reedy
A Biographical History of Lancaster CountyAlexander Harris
A Brief History of Lancaster CountyIsrael Smith Clare
A Brief History of Lititz, PennsylvaniaMary Augusta Huebener
A Child’s Guide to Lancaster CountyGerald S. Lestz
A Pictorial History of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the 20th CenturyLancaster Newspapers, Inc.
Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA Deed RecordsEdward N. Wevodau
Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA Orphans Court RecordsEdward N. Wevodau
Abstracts of Lancaster County, PA WillsEdward N. Wevodau
An Authentic History of Lancaster CountyJ.I. Mombert
Bridgens’ Atlas of Lancaster Co, PennaH.F. Bridgens
Celebration in Lititz, PennsylvaniaRonald R. Reedy
Cemeteries, Graveyards, Burials of Manheim Borough and Rapho TownshipMartha J. Xakellis
Cemetery Records of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaShirley A. Harmon
Centennial Year, 1891-1991: The Borough of EphrataFerdinand Hoefner
Central Pennsylvania Marriages, 1700-1896Charles A. Fisher
Chronicles of Central PennsylvaniaFrederic A. Godcharles
Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaA. Hunter Rineer, Jr.
Dictionary of American Family NamesPatrick Hanks
Early Families of Lancaster, Lebanon & Dauphin Counties, PennsylvaniaKeith A. Dull
Early Landowners of PennsylvaniaSharon Cook MacInnes & Angus MacInnes
Early Pennsylvania Births, 1675-1875Charles A. Fisher
Famous Women of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaMarion Wallace Reninger
Foundations in Fertile Soil: Farming and Farm Buildings in Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaDavid B. Schneider
From the Beginning: A History of Manheim TownshipC. Nat Netscher
Grave Undertakings: Gravestone Inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaMartha J. Xakellis
Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research in PennsylvaniaFloyd G. Hoenstine
Hiram Eberly’s Main Street Lititz
Historical and Pictorial LititzJohn G. Zook
Historical View of LititzCharlene Mearig Van Brookhoven
History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent MenFrank Ellis & Samuel Evans
History of the Moravian Congregation of Lititz, PennsylvaniaMary Augusta Huebener
History Trails of LancasterRollin C. Steinmetz
Illustrated Historical Atlas of Lancaster CountyAlan Giagnocavo
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, A HistoryH.M.J Klein
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Church Records of the 18th CenturyF. Edward Wright
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Land Records, 1729-1750 and Land Warrants, 1710-1742Marsha Martin
Lancaster’s Golden Century, 1821-1921, A Chronicle of Men and Women Who Planned and Toiled to Build a City Strong and BeautifulH.M.J. Klein
Linden Hall: Enduring Values, Changing TimesBonnie S. Handler
Lititz 250: A Historical Anthology
Lititz, Our Community in StoryLititz Historical Foundation & the Archives Committee of the Lititz Moravian Congregation
Manheim Revisited, 1700-2000Manheim Historical Society
Marriages and Deaths from the Newspapers of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaF. Edward Wright
Millersville-Penn Manor Community HistoryResearch Committee of the Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee
Mt. Gretna, A Coleman Legacy: A History of Mt. Gretna and the Coleman DynastyJack Bitner
My Pennsylvania: A Brief History of the Commonwealth’s Sixty-Seven CountiesPennsylvania State Department of Commerce
Old Lancaster: Historic Pennsylvania Community from its Beginning to 1865Frederic Shriver Klein
One Hundred and Fifty Years of School History in Lancaster, PennsylvaniaWilliam Riddle
Our Present Past: An Update of Lancaster’s HeritageHistoric Preservation Trust of Lancaster County
Pennsylvania: A History of the CommonwealthRandall M. Miller & William Pencak
Pennsylvania Genealogies and Family Histories: A Bibliography of Books about Pennsylvania FamiliesDonald O. Virdin
Pennsylvania Research: County and Township RecordsJohn T. Humphrey
Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Rothsville Bicentennial: 1790-1990Armin Sohns
Sights, Scenes, Visions, and Dreams: Looking Back at EphrataHistorical Society of the Cocalico Valley
Sketch of the Early History of Lititz, 1742-75H.A. Brickenstein
The Heritage of LancasterJohn Ward Willson Loose
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine
The Pennsylvania-German: a Popular Magazine of Biography, History, Folklore, Literature, Etc.
Warwick Township, Lancaster CountyCory Van Brookhoven

Additionally, we have collections of family histories housed in the Genealogy Room.

Family NameTitle
AllenJournal of the Travels of Isaac Allen by Horseback, 1804, 1805
BachmanOur Heritage, a History of the Bachmans of Lititz, Pennsylvania: Ancestors and Descendents of Aaron Eugene and Fannie Ritter Bachman, Monroe Eugene and Clara Weidman Bachman
BeckerA Biographical History of the Becker Family: and their Early Settlement in America and other Unpublished Information Belonging Thereto
BiemesderferBiemesderfers, Diehms, and Webers
BombergerBomberger Lancaster County Roots 1722-1986
BrubacherThe Brubacher Genealogy in America
BrumbachDavid Brumbach: Talent, Paper and Paint
BurkholderFamily History of Christian Burkholder, 1746-1990
CasselWe Called Him Papa: the Life of Elder Charles D. Cassel & Family
CrollOur Golden-Wedding Souvenir and Ebenezer, 1880-1930
DosterThe Doster Genealogy
EbyHannes Eby Death and Burial Record: Life and Death in Old Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1806-1845
ErbErb Family History, 1679-1961
FiddlerDescendants of Benjamin Fiddler and Maria Fosbrook Fiddler: Family History and Genealogy, 1838-1987
FisherDescendants and History of Christian Fisher (1757-1838)
ForneySketches and Genealogy of the Forney Family from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in Part
GibbelThe Descendants of Henry Gibbel
GoodyearThe Goodyear Family: The Descendants of Johann Christian Gutjahr & Margaretha Roesner
HageyAncestors and Descendants of Abraham D and Marietta M Hagey
HeineckeGenealogy of Adam Heinecke and Henry and Elizabeth Vandersaal
HerrGenealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants: From His Birth A.D. 1639 to the Present Time Containing the Names, Etc., of 13223 Persons
HersheyEsther’s Family: The Hershey’s of Lancaster County
HessA Family Record of the Hess Family: From the First Emigrant to this Country Down to the Present Time As Far As Could Be Obtained, Mistakes Excepted
HillerThe Diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898
HolsingerHolsinger Family History
HuberThe Huber-Hoover Family History: A Biographical and Genealogical History of the Descendants of Hans Huber from the Time of His Arrival in Pennsylvania Down to the Eleventh Generation
KolbA Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp of Culp Family and its Branches in America: With Biographical Sketches of their Descendants from the Earliest Available Records from 1707 to the Present Time, Including Dielman Kolb in Germany
LandisThe Landis Family Book
LongeneckerPitchforks and Pitchpipes: a Portrait of a Lancaster County Mennonite Family
MillerThe David and Anna Miller Story
MosemannMosemann Family Directory: The Descendants of Jacob and Magdalena Frey Mosemann
MusserGenealogy of John and Susanna (Weber) Musser Family
PinkertonDavid Pinkerton, Sr.: First Pinkerton Found in Lancaster Co., PA, and Some of His Descendants, Including Those of Hugh Pinkerton of Dauphin Co., PA
ReistFamily Record of Jacob B. Reist and Mary Peifer Reist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
RisserOur Risser Family
RisslerRissler Family History, 1851 or 52-1974
SpangenbergOur Spangenberg, Spangenburg Heritage
StaufferSixty Years of Mennonite Stauffer Immigrants to North America, 1710-1770
UlrichThe Descendants of Jacob and Susan Ulrich, 1817-1986
WannersThe Wanners: An Early Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Family
WeaverThe Descendants of William Weaver of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA
WengerThe Men from Wengen and America’s Agony: the Wenger-Winger-Wanger History, Including Christian Wenger, 1718
YeagleyThe Yeagleys of Penryn: the Edward Hummer Yeagley Family with Genealogies of Jacob Jäckle and John Hummer
ZartmanThe Zartman Family, 1692-1942
ZimmermanA Branch of the Zimmerman Off Spring of Glause Zimmerman in Europe and His Children who Came from Europe: Records of 12 Generations, Records of Births of Over 325 Years Over 12,000 Families